Some devout Ejaculations and Elevations of the Soul, after receiving at the Lord's Table.

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I. LORY be to thee, O Lord our God, that in our extreme need of a Redeemer, thou hast made such gracious provision for our souls; and sent thy Son to die for our sins, and to save us who had destroyed ourselves. And that he who offered himself upon the cross for us, is pleased to offer himself at his table unto us: Where I have been tasting the fruits of his love, and receiving my share among the redeemed of the Lord.

II. I bless thee, my God, for the mercies of a Saviour; without which all mercies else would be unavailable, and do me no good. I bless thee, that thou hast not withheld thy Son, thy only Son, from us, but given him to be the propitiation for our sins, and to be the life and food of our souls.

III. I sat down under his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. I have been entertained at the table of the Lord: and there his banner over me was love. 'Twas love that gave me the Saviour whom I have been receiving; and the opportunity now to come, and rest, and feast my soul upon him.

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IV. Return to thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.-Thy life is given thee at his hands who forgiveth all thy sins, and healeth all thy diseases: and not only redeems thee from destruction, but crowns thee with loving kindness and tender mercies; and satisfies thy mouth with good things, and those the best of all things, even his pardon and peace, his Son and his Spirit; the riches of his grace, and the pledges of his glory.

V. Blessed be my God, for that bread which came down from heaven, to give life unto the world. And blessed be thy name, O gracious Lord, for my share in this highest expression of thy wonderful love and bounty.

VI. Eternal thanks and praise be unto thee, O blessed God my Saviour, forall thy glorious achievements, in laying the sure foundation of our good hope, and everlasting consolation.

VII. Thou hast loved us, and redeemed us, and washed us from our sins in thy own blood. And O how infinitely indebted am I to thy mercy, that thou callest me to this sweet heavenly entertainment; which cost thee so dear, to purchase and provide for us!

VIII. O make me more sensible of thy love, and more thankful for all its blessed effects; and let me now find the happy fruits of strength and refreshment to my soul; even strength against all the temptations that would pluck me from thee, and engage me in rebellion against thee; and such refreshments as may take my heart off from all the pleasures of sin; and make it my meat and drink to do the will of my heavenly Father.

IX. After I have tasted the pleasures of my Father's house, O let me not go to feed upon husks. And let nothing wear off or wear out the savour that I have had of things heavenly: nor let a world part between me and the blessed Saviour of the world.

X. Let me not turn my back upon the Lord of love, that has been so good and kind to my soul.

O let me not break with my heavenly Sovereign, to whom now again I have vowed allegiance.

XI. Whither shall I go from thee, O blessed Jesus, who hast the words and the gift of eternal life ? All is in thy hands; and thou art the best of all Lords, who dost not rule us, but to bless us: and canst have no ends upon us in ordering of us, but only to keep off ruin from us, and to secure the highest happiness to us.

XII. I will admire, and love, and praise my Lord I will believe and trust in his tried mercy: I will rejoice and glory in his great salvation. And who shall pluck me out of his hands? What shall separate me out of his love? My beloved is mine, and I am his. Thine I am, O Lord, and thine I will be, while I have my being.

XIII. Yet Lord of all power and love! I beseech thee keep thy servant from falling: and preserve me in every time and case of danger. O do not suffer

me to undo myself; but pity my frailty, and relieve my infirmity; and in thy hands let me be safe and never perish, but attain to everlasting life: through Jesus Christ my great Redeemer and only Saviour. Amen, Amen.

Prayer and Humiliation for a Public Fast-Day.

LORD God, glorious in holiness, and of purer eyes than to behold any iniquity without abhorrence of it, and indignation against it! How shall man, sinful man, that drinks in iniquity like water, appear before thee? And how shall we, vile and frail, polluted and depraved as we are, shew ourselves in the presence of such a great and wise, just

and holy God, as thou art! When we look upon thy perfect law, and see what we should be, what manner of person, in all holy conversation and godliness; and when we reflect on our own hearts and lives, and find what we are; how wanting in our duty, and how contrary to that holy rule, which thou dost prescribe to us by which to keep our hearts and to order our conversation: We cannot come into thy presence, O Lord, without confusion of face, and anguish of soul, and remorse of conscience, to think how foolishly and wickedly we have done; and how abject and wretched we have made ourselves; even viler than the dust of the earth, or any thing that moves upon it.

Besides that we brought with us a corrupt name into the world, full of strangeness to thee, our God, and full of enmity against thy holy, good and righteous laws; we have mispent the most of our time here in the neglect of thy work, and in disobedience against thy word; daily multiplying our offences against thee, as thou hast been pleased daily to multiply thy blessings and favours upon us. O the precious time that we have lost, the means that we have neglected, the mercies that we have abused, the calls and warnings, offers and invitations, that we have disregarded! How bold have we made with thy glorious Majesty, and with thy holy laws! What little awful regard have we had to thee! What little conscientious fear of offending thee!

O the crying sins and abominations, the prevailing wickedness, and the bold open impieties, [the swearing and drunkenness, the pride and uncleanness, the cruel enmity, and all manner of injustice, the corrupt communication, and ungodly conversation] whereby God is so greatly dishonoured and provoked every day almost every

where! And O how large a share have we had in adding to the public guilt! Sinning as we have done, in all estates and affairs, in all relations and circumstances of our lives! And not only through weakness and surprize, and the violence of temptations: but many times knowingly, wilfully and presumptuously; with a high hand, and stiff neck, against thee, our glorious Maker, and Judge eternal: and O how great a weight have we added to all our other sins, by the hardness of our hearts, and our impenitent continuance in oursins! Committing great sins with little remorse, little penitent concernment for all the evils whereof we have been guilty! Yea, Lord, how unsuitable still are our hearts and our lives for those holy rules, which thy word gives us in charge to follow! So much is there still amiss with, and wanting in us, that it is the great abounding mercy of our Lord, that thou dost yet lengthen out our lives, and thy patience with us; and still leave us any of these opportunities, to humble our. selves before thee, and to cry for mercy to thee, in that day of grace, which through the forbearance of our God is yet over us.

We have not glorified thee, O Lord, in bearing fruits of holiness answerable to thy revealed will, and to thy obliging love: But we desire to give glory to God, in confessing our sins, and humbling our souls, and acknowledging our desert of all thy judgments: and admiring and magnifying the riches of that grace and mercy, which has spared us so long a time, and shewed us such marvellous kindness still, notwithstanding all the high provocations of our sins. Lord, we have heard, and blessed be thy name, we have found, that the King of heaven is a merciful King. That with thee our God, there is mercy, that thou mayest be feared; that our sins,