made it as much my interest as it is my duty to serve Thee.

Most deeply would I lament my guilt and folly in having lived so unmindful of Thee and thy laws; in having despised Thine authority, abused thy goodness, and counteracted thy gracious and benevolent intentions in my favor. Mercifully pardon and forgive whatever has been amiss in my past temper and conduct, and enable me to rectify it, by a course of new and better, obedience for the time to come. I desire to renounce all those foreign Lords that have too long had dominion over me; and would now consecrate myself afresh to Thee; all that I am, and all that I have; the members of my body and the faculties of my soul; my worldly possessions, my time, my talents, and my influence over others, to be employed in thy service, and used for the advancement of Thine honor and interest in the world.

Yet from a sense of my own weak. ness, and after many lamentable proofs of

the instability of my good resolutions, I am forced to give up all self trust and confidence; and would earnestly seek the aids of thy grace, which alone is sufficient for me; begging that thou wilt manifest thy strength, in my weakness. Deliver me, O God, by thy mighty power, from the dominion and tyranny of every worldly and fleshly lust; from the bondage of corrupt habits, the influence of vain customs, and the contagion of evil examples. Fix the great principles of religion deeply upon my heart. Fill my soul with good affections towards thyself, and towards all my fellow creatures; and may the whole of my conduct be governed and regulated thereby. AL so enable me so to improve all the dis pensations of thy providence, the instructions of thy word, and the influence of thy spirit, as to be daily advancing from grace to grace, and from strength to strength, till I shall appear at length perfeet before Thee in Zion,

To Thee, O God, who hast kept me the night past, and caused the light of: another morning to open with comfort upon me, would I again commend myself, intreating the continuance of thy kind and favorable regard this day. Preserve me from the snares and dangers to which I may be exposed, and especially from the sins which most easily beset me. Quicken me to the discharge of the sev eral duties that may lie before me, and prepare me for whatever occurrences I may meet with, whether prosperous or adverse.

Remember all my relations and friends, to do them good. Forgive my enemies, if I have any, and enable me to forgive them. Pity and relieve those that are in distress; and suit thy blessings to the wants, capacities, and qualifications of all thy creatures. Graciously hear these my humble requests which I offer up to Thee in the name of Jesus, the Son of thy love; to whom, and through whom

to Thee, O heavenly Father, I would ascribe everlasting praises....AMEN.

XII-A Prayer for Thursday Evening.

HOLY, holy, holy Lord God Almighty, who art, and wast, and art to come! Thou art the righteous Lord, who lovest righteousness and hatest iniquity. Thy countenance beholdeth the upright with the most favorable regard; but thou hast no pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil dwell with Thee. Yet, notwithstanding Thine irreconcileable aversion to sin, thou art nevertheless kind and compassionate to returning sinners, slow to anger, and of great mer.. cy; not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

With shame and sorrow for the numberless sins and offences of my past life, and particularly for what I have thought, or said, or done amiss this day, would I

now humble myself before Thee, admiring that goodness and patience of Thine which I have so ungratefully abused; entreating an interest in thy forgiving mercy, and a restoration to thy forfeited favor; and resolving in the strength of thy grace, to depart from all iniquity, and to regulate my future temper and conduct in a manner more agreeable to thy holy nature and will.

Enable me, O Thou great Pattern of all moral excellence, to purify myself, as thou art pure, to hate all sin with a perfect hatred, effectually to renounce and forsake every evil way, and to return unto Thee with my whole heart. As thou, who hast called me to the profession and privileges of the true religion, art holy, so may I be holy in all manner of conversation. Help me, I beseech Thee, to cleanse myself from all pollutions, both of the flesh and of the spirit, and to perfect holiness in thy fear.

Thou hast given us a perfect rule to walk by; but, alas! how exceedingl

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