gracious God, be a lost day to us, nor thy word as water spilt on the ground: but may the Spirit cause thy word to do thy great and gracious work thoroughly and successfully upon all our hearts; for which we may have cause to give thee praise and glory to all eternity. And as we perceive how we ought to walk, and to please thee our God, so help us to walk more worthy of the Lord, unto all wellpleasing; increasing in thy saving knowledge: and being still more ready to, and more rich and fruitful in every good work, that is pleasing in thy sight through Jesus Christ.

At his hands, O Lord our God, we beg thy gracious acceptance of our humble returns of praise and thanksgiving, for all the blessings and favours spiritual and temporal, so freely conferred upon us, and so long vouchsafed and continued to us, even throughout our whole lives, until this present time. Thou hast dealt graciously with us, O blessed Lord, and been exceedingly good and kind to us, not only beyond all that we had reason to expect from thee; but above all that we are able to express here before thee. We bless thy name our heavenly Father, that in so many respects thou hast made us to dif fer from multitudes in the world; who are destitute of those comforts and conveniencies of this life, and means and hopes of a better, which through thy favour to us we do enjoy. We acknowledge thee in all; and we desire to ascribe unto thee the whole praise and glory of all. Especially our souls desire to bless thee for the mercies of all mercies, which thou hast shewed, and still art pleased to continue to our souls; particularly what we have receiv ed and experienced this day; thy house open to us; the word of salvation sounding in our ears, and the Spirit of God striving with our hearts; and helping

our infirmities, and enlightening our minds, and reviving our souls.

O that we may not receive the grace of God in vain; that all thy mercies may not be lost upon us : but that we may better answer the care and kindness of heaven, which we have so long and largely expe rienced, and that we may so thankfully receive and carefully improve thy distinguishing favours to us, and all thy bountiful dealings with us; that thou mayest not withdraw thy tender mercies from us, but still continue thy accustomed goodness to us, and increase thy grace and heavenly blessings upon us, and rejoice over us to do us good.

In mercy pass by all which in thy most pure and holy eyes, from which nothing is hid, have been amiss this day past, in any of our thoughts, desires, expressions or actions. O pardon our neglect of what we should have done, and our guilt of what we have misdone. Forgive the iniquities of our holy things: and enter not into judgment with us, even according to the best of our works and services; but over. look all our sins and failings, and imperfections, through our great Mediator and Redeemer; who does appear in the presence of God in our behalf, and ever lives at thy right hand, to make intercession for us. And for Jesus Christ, the blessed Author of all our hopes and happiness, and for all the comforts and good things of this life, and means and expectations of that eternal glorious life to come, which thou art pleased to give us,together with him ; not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name be all the praise, and honour, and glory, humbly and heartly rendered and ascribed of us, and of all thy church, now and for evermore. Amen.

Another Evening Prayer for the Lord's Day.

LORD, thou art good to the soul that seeks

thee; thou art full of invitation, and all the endearments of love, to draw and encourage poor sinners to come unto thee. Thou dost not bid us seek thy face in vain, nor serve thee for nought; but art a Lord, that hath pleasure in the prosperity of thy servants, and payest us not according to our poor imperfect services, but givest like thyself, infinitely good and most rich in mercy the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. It is not any thing in thy laws, O gracious Lord, but the sinfulness of our depraved nature, that makes any of them seem grievous to us, which are all holy, and just, and good, tending to promote our present and eternal happiness. Nor is it any thing in thy blessed service, but the indisposedness of our own vile hearts, that makes any part of that tedious to us, which is the work and joy of angels, and our wisdom, honour and interest; yea, what we may make our delight, as well as our duty, to perform. Holy God, we are all as an unclean thing, and all our very righteousnesses are as filthy rags: nor can we ever hope to be justified in thy sight, upon account of any works or worth of our own: for by our own hearts and deeds we are reproved and condemned, and should be left speechless in thy judgment, if thou, O Lord, shouldst call us to account, according to the merits even of our best services. But we desire to take refuge and sanctuary under the shadow of our crucified Saviour; aud to be found in him, not having our own righteousness, but that which is by the faith of Jesus Christ, that the shame of our nakedness may be covered, and all our sinful deformities hid G

from thine eyes: that thou mayest forgive us mercifully, and receive us graciously, and love us freely in the Son of thy love, in whom thou art well pleased.

Command a blessing, we pray thee, O Lord, upon the word, which this day we have heard, and upon all the means of grace that have been used for the good of our souls. It is not of him that planteth, nor of him that watereth, but of thee, our God, who giveth the increase. O be thou pleased to second the preaching of thy word with the powerful influences of thy grace and holy Spirit; that it may be the savour of life to our souls, and the power of God to our salvation. O let us so hide thy word in our hearts, that we may not, as we have done, sin against thee, but that it may be as a treasure within us; to stand us in stead, in every hour of temptation, and in all the times and cases of our need: That we may walk more humbly and closely with our God, and more conscientiously and circumspectly before thee; and be so obedient to the holy precepts of thy word; that, finally, we may enjoy the glorious promises, of which it gives us the blessed reviving hopes.

Supply the want of thy public ordinances, we beseech thee, by the immediate teachings of thy good Spirit, to all such as through any unavoidable impediments are kept from them: And continue to us, O gracious Lord, the light of thy gospel, and all the happy opportunities, which we enjoy for our souls' advantage. And preserve us also, by. thy grace, from the curse of barrenness, under all thy holy means, and abundant mercies; for it were better for us we never had them, if we were not the better for them. That they may not, therefore, hereafter rise up in judgment against us, O make them now efficacious to us: and write thy laws in our hearts, and

cause them to accomplish all the purposes of thy grace in our souls, and to shine forth with a convincing splendour in our lives: to make us every way

such as thou wouldst have us.

And now we give thanks, as we are infinitely bound, to thee, O Lord God, our heavenly Father, for the mercies of this day; and for thy great mercy and goodness that has hitherto followed us all the days of our lives. O how wonderful is thy patience and long-suffering, that thou shouldst all day long stretch forth thy hands to a rebellious and gainsaying people! And how unwearied thy kindness and love, that we still enjoy so many comforts with our lives, who have taken the course to spoil all with our sins! Yea, that thou shouldst not withhold the greatest mercies from such as cannot pretend to deserve the least at thy hands! Blessed be thy name, O most merciful Father, that thou hast defended us from so many dangers in our lives, which threatened to destroy us; and delivered us out of so many troubles, under which we should have sunk and perished, if thou hadst not been nigh to us, and done great things for us. We bless thee for our health and plenty, peace and liberty; for the use of our reason, limbs and senses, and for the comforts of all thy good creatures; for the kindness of friends, and safety from our enemies; for the benefits and refreshments of society, and the success and prosperity of our affairs here in the world. But above all, we bless thee for the mercies and blessings relating to the world to come; for Jesus Christ, and all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in him, tending to the salvation of our souls: for remembering us in our low estate, and sending eternal redemption to us by the hands of thy dear Son; for the light and direction of thy word; for the teachings and strivings,