afk or think, for the Merits of Jefus, my Saviour, in whofe holy Words I fum up all my Wants. Wants. Our Father,

which art in Heaven, &c.

Evening Prayer.

GLory be to Thee, O Lord God, for all the Bleffings I daily receive from Thee, and for thy particular Prefervation of me this Day.

O Lord, have Mercy upon me, and forgive whatsoever Thou haft seen amifs in me this Day paft; and for the Time to come give me Grace to fly all youthful Lufts, and to remember thee, my Creator, in the Days of my Youth.

Lord, teceive me and all my Relations, and all that belong to this College, into thy gracious Protection this Night; and fend me fuch feasonable Reft, that I may rife the next Morning more fit for thy Service.

Lord, hear my Prayers, and pardon my Failings, for the Merit of my Bleffed Saviour, in whofe holy Words I fum up all my Wants. which art in Heaven, &c. B 2

Our Father,

This,

This, good Philotheus, is the lowest Degree of Duty; and it fhould be your daily Endeavour to improve in your Devotion, as well as in your Learning: And the more effectually to move you to fo happy an Improvement, I advise you on Sundays and Holidays attentively to read over the following Meditation, and to propose to yourself the Holy Child Jefus for your Example.

A Meditation on the Holy Child Jefus.

Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, Glory be to thee, who, when thou wert twelve Years old, didft go up to Jerufalem with thy Parents, after the Custom of the Feaft, to eat the Paffover, and to worship thy Heavenly Father, Luke ii. 41, 42.

O bleffed Saviour, give me Grace, like thee, to make Religion my firft and chiefest Care, and devoutly to observe all folemn Times, and all holy Rites, which relate to thy Worship.

Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, Glory be to thee, who, when thy Parents returned home, didft ftay be

hind in Jerufalem, and after three Days waft found of them in the Temple, fitting in the Midft of the Doctors, both hearing them, and asking them Questions.

O bleffed Saviour, who in thy very Childhood didft triumph over all the vain Delights of Youth, and wouldst chufe no place but the Temple to refide in, mortify in me all inordinate Love of fenfual Pleafure, which may pervert me from my Duty; raise in me an awful Reverence of thy House, and early Devotion in my Prayers, and a Delight in thy Praises.

O bleffed Jefu, who didft chufe before all others, the Company of the Doctors, and didft both hear them, and ask them Questions, give me Grace to abhor all lewd Company, and all filthy Communication; give me Grace to love wife, and fober, and profitable, and religious Converfation, and to be diligent and inquifitive after Learning, and whatsoever is good.

Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, Glory be to thee, who, when thy Father and Mother had fought thee B 3 for

forrowing, didft reply to them, How is it that ye fought me? Wift ye not that I must be about my Father's Bufinefs?

O bleffed Jefu, who from thine Infancy didft make it thy whole Employment to do thy Father's Will, kindle in me a forward Zeal for thy Glory, that I may confecrate my Youth to thy Service, and make it the great Bufinefs of my Life, to know and fear, to love and obey my Heavenly Father.

Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, Glory be to thee, who did at last return home with thy Parents, and wert fubject to them.

O bleffed Jefu, give me Grace to honour my Parents and Governors, and readily to obey all their lawful Commands.

Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, Glory be to thee, who in thofe tender Years wert bleffed with fuch Heavenly Wifdom, that all that heard thee were aftonished at thy Understanding and Anfwers, who didft daily increase in this Heavenly Wifdom, and in Favour with God and Màn,

Ó Lord

O Lord Jefus, bless me with all Abilities of Mind and Body, that may make me daily increase in my Learning; but above all, blefs me with Wif dom from above, and give me thy Holy Spirit to affift and enlighten me, that as I grow in Age, I may daily grow in Grace, and in the Knowledge of thee, and in Favour with God and Man, and every Day more and more conformable to thy unfinning and divine Example. Amen, Lord Jefus, Amen.

Directions for those that are more grown

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in Years.

HEN you have attained to more Knowledge and Profici ency in Grace, and are of an Age capable of receiving the Holy Sa crament, God then expects more from you; and 'tis high Time for you, good Philotheus, to lengthen your Prayers, and to begin to add fome Ejaculations over and above fuch as these are, which follow."