I. 1. A fhort Prayer at first rifing, in the Morning. I T becomes me, O Lord, before the Thoughts of this World find any place in my Mind, to lay hold on the first opportunity this Day affords me, of worfhipping Thee my Creator and Governour. I adore the Perfections of thy Nature; and acknowledge thine undeserved Goodness to me. I bless Thee for every Inftance of it, thro' my whole life: and at this time particularly, for the watchfull Care of thy Good Providence, by which I have been fecured from the dangers of the last night. I entreat of Thee alone, as the Father and up Judge of Mankind, the Pardon of every willfull tranfgreflion, and omiffion, of my Duty, thro' my whole life. I beg this on those Terms only, which the Holiness of thy Nature, and the Declarations of Jefus Chrift, have mark'd out to Us. I here acknowledge my felf thy Creature, and thy Servant, and the Disciple of thy Son; and as fuch obliged by all the ftrictest ties of Duty, Gratitude, and Intereft, fincerely to fearch out and perform thy Will; and never willfully to offend against thy Holy Laws. I now entreat thy Fatherly Goodnefs towards me; and beg of Thee, the Governour of the World, Protection and Favour profeffing before Thee, my entire dependence upon thy Wifdom, Power, and Goodness. Defend me, I befeech Thee, this Day, from all Dangers, and fad Accidents. Guard me, by the Difpofitions of thy good Providence, from all the ways of Sin; and lead me forward in the paths of all Virtue, towards the perfection of a reasonable and moral Agent here, and the Happiness prepared for Him hereafter. Accept, O Lord, this my first Service of this Day,according to the Goodness of thine own Nature declared by thy Son Jefus Chrift our our Lord: in whofe Name, and in whofe Words, I farther call upon Thee. Our Father, which art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this Day our daily Bread. And forgive us our Trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 2. A short Prayer at Night, just before going to Bed. GOD, my great Creator, Preferver, and Benefactor, I approach Thee with the fincereft reverence and humility, to pay the laft acknowledgments of This Day to Thee, before my Eyes are closed with fleep. I praise and magnify thy Name for all thy Mercies: particularly, at this time, for thy Preservation of me through the past day; and for that tender care and guidance of thy merciful Providence, by which I have been defended from from all the great Evils, both Natural and Moral, with which this imperfect State fo much abounds. Whatever of Good or Happinefs I enjoy, to Thee I give the praise of it, and to thy Favour. My willfull Imperfections, and Failings; My Tranfgreffions, and Neglects, in any inftances of thy Law and my Duty, I truly repent of. I take the Shame of them to my felf; and seek the pardon of them from thy Fatherly Mercy and Goodness alone. Forgive me, I befeech. Thee, upon the Terms of thy Son's Gospel, whatfoever Thou haft feen amifs in any part of my Conduct, thro' the paft Day: and take me, and all in whom I am concerned, into thy Care and Protection thro' this Night. Defend us, if it be thy Holy Will, from the defigns of Evil men; and from every thing terrible and hurtfull. And lead us all, in the paths of thy Good Providence, to everlafting Life and Happiness, thro' thy Fatherly Goodness, and thy Love to Mankind, declared by thy Son Jefus Christ our Lord; in whofe Words, I conclude the Services of this whole Day. Our Father, which art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy . Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this Day our daily Bread. And forgive us our Trespasses, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us. And lead us not into Temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 3. A longer Prayer, to be used at any other Time of the Day. O GOD, who art the Father and Lord of all Beings, and glorious in all Perfection, I thine unworthy Creature and Servant, in the deepest Sense of my own manifold imperfections, approach thy Divine Majefty: befeeching Thee, out of the abundance of thy Goodnefs, to be mercifull to me. I acknowledge that many have been my Failings and Neglects, thro' the courfe of my Life: and that, if Thou fhouldst be extreme to mark, and to punish, what is, in every degree and every inftance, amifs; I could not hope for any portion of thy Favour. But, O Lord, the Goodnefs and Rectitude of thy Nature; and thy |