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SECTION FOURTH.

Concluding Prayers.

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For Purity of Heart and Life.

LMIGHTY Father! who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; cleanse us, we beseech thee, from the old leaven of malice, and of uncharitableness, that we may serve thee with singleness of heart and purity of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Divine Compassion and Blessing.

LMIGHTY God! the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; we beseech thee to have compassion on our infirmities; and those things which, for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us; through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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For Grace, Mercy, and Direction.

GOD! the protector of all who trust in thee, without whom we have neither strength, nor faith, nor holiness of life; we beseech thee to increase thy grace in our hearts, and to multiply thy blessings upon us. Vouchsafe to be our ruler and our guide, that we may so pass through things temporal, as not to lose things eternal. Grant this, O heavenly Father! for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For Profitable Meditation, on the Works of Creation and Redemption.

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ALMIGHTY God! who didst create in six

days, the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, and didst rest on the seventh day; and hast created a new heaven and a new earth, by the ransom of the world, through Jesus Christ; give us grace so to meditate on the wonders of creation and redemption, that, knowing and adoring thee more and more, we may rejoice continually in thy marvellous works; and may enter one day into that eternal rest, which thou hast prepared for them that love thee; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.

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For Grace and Life.

GOD! who desirest not the death of a sinner,

but rather that he would turn from his wickedness and live; who despisest not the prayers and sighs of such as call upon thee; hearken unto us, and to all who confess their faults. Give thy grace unto those who are penitent. Turn us unto thee, that, forsaking our sins and living in newness of life, we may be acceptable in thy sight. Grant this, for the love of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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For Christian Love.

GOD! who art the common Father of all mankind; and who hast taught us, that, although we speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have all knowledge and all faith, and have not charity, we are nothing; we bless thee, that thou hast shown unto us this most excellent gift. We acknowledge, that, through our sinfulness and insufficiency, we fail continually in love to thee and to our fellow men. Endue us with grace to understand and believe, that charity suffereth long, and is kind; that charity envieth not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly; seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all things,

endureth all things. We beseech thee, O most compassionate Father! so to assist us in following the example of thy blessed Son, that we may experience in our hearts, and show forth in our lives, this grace; to the end that whether we live or die, we may glorify thee in love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For a Blessing on the Services of the Day.

LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father! it is of

thy great goodness that we enjoy the precious advantages, of which so many are destitute. We have offended thee by our ingratitude, by our abuse of the privilege which thou hast vouchsafed to us, of knowing and serving thee; and thou mightest justly have removed the light of thy word from among us. O God! we adore thee for thy mercies; and we beseech thee, in thine infinite compassion, not to withdraw thy grace, but to sanctify us more and more, that we may serve thee with renewed zeal, all the days of our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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LMIGHTY God! bless, we beseech thee, the instructions of holy Scripture which we have heard this day, and all the services of thy sanctuary; that our hearts may be inclined to love and to fear

thee; that we may serve thee faithfully, whilst we live; and that, having profited by the means and opportunities afforded for our salvation during this life, we may be received into the temple of thy glory, to praise thee forever, in the assembly of the saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we offer up our prayers. Amen.

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ALMIGHTY and merciful God! the source

of all good, and the author of every perfect gift; we bless thee that we have been enabled, at this time, to meditate on the wholesome truths which thou hast revealed to us in thy word. Give us grace, we beseech thee, to profit by the instructions we have heard. So graft them in our hearts, that, being more and more strengthened in faith, we may serve thee with a pure conscience during the rest of our lives. Increase, O Lord! in our children, in our young people, and in all the members of this church, a knowledge of thee, and the fear of thy name. Grant, that being steadfast in obedience, and faithful even unto death, we may obtain, through thy mercy, that blessed and eternal life to which we are called; through Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Saviour. Amen.

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