against temptations, severe and holy resolutions, productive of our duty. O'let us never fall from sin to sin, nor persevere in any, nor love any thing which thou hatest; but give us thy holy Spirit to conduct and rule us for ever, and make us obedient to thy good Spirit, never to grieve him, never to resist him, never to quench him. Keep us, O Lord, with thy mighty power from falling into presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over us. us never despair of thy mercies by reason of our sins, nor neglect our repentance by reason of thy infinite loving-kindness; but let thy goodness bring us, and all sinners, to repentance, and thy mercies give us pardon, and thy holy Spirit give us perseverance, and thy infinite favor bring us to glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Let O ALMIGHTY and eternal God, thou hast sent us into this world to serve thee, and to live according to thy laws; but we, by our sins, have provoked thee to wrath, and have planted thorns and sorrows round about our dwellings; our life is but a span long, because of the calamities that inclose us in on every side; the days of our pilgrimage are few and evil; we have frail and sickly bodies, violent and distempered passions, long designs and but a short stay, weak understandings and strong enemies, abused fancies, perverse wills. O God, look upon us in mercy and pity: let not our weaknesses make us to sin against thee, nor our fear cause us to betray our duty, for our former follies provoke provoke thy eternal anger; but let thy holy Spirit lead us through this valley of misery with safety and peace, with holiness and Religion, with spiritual comforts and joy in the Holy Ghost; that when we have served thee in our generations, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a holy conscience, in the communion of the Catholic Church, in the confidence of a sted fast faith, and the comforts of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope, and perfect charity with thee our God and all the world, that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, may be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. GRANT that we may never sleep in sin, or death eternal, but that we may have our part of the first resurrection, and that the second death may not prevail over us. Grant that our souls may be bound up in the bundle of life, and in that day when thou bindest up thy jewels, remember thy servants for good, and not for evil, that our souls may be numbered among the righteous. Grant unto thy servants to have faith in the Lord Jesus, a contempt of the world, a longing desire after heaven, a holy life and a blessed death, that our souls may rest in hope, and our bodies may may rise, and both may be beautified in the communion of saints, in the kingdom of God, and the glories of the Lord Jesus. Amen. Our Father, &c. WEDNESDAY MORNING. O GREAT King of heaven and earth, the Lord of all ages, receive thy servants, approaching to the throne of Grace, in the name of Jesus Christ. Give unto every one of us what is best for us; cast out all evil from within us; work in us a fulness of holiness, of wisdom, and spiritual understanding, that we, increasing in the knowlege of thee our God, may be fruitful in every good work, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. BLESSED be thy name, O God, and blessed be thy mercies, who hast preserved us this night from sin and sorrow, from sad chances and a violent death, from the malice of the devil and the evil effects of our own corrupted nature and infirmity. The outgoings of the morning and evening shall praise thee, and thy servants shall rejoice in giving thee praise for the operation of thy hands. Let thy Providence and care watch over us this day and all our lives, that we may never sin against thee by idleness or folly, by evil company or pri vate sins, by word or deed, by thought or desire; and let the employment of our day leave no sorrow, or the remembrance of an evil conscience at night, but let it be holy and profitable, blessed and always innocent; that when the days of our short abode are done, and the shadows are departed, we may die in thy fear and favor, and rest in an holy hope, and at last return to the joys of a blessed resurrection through Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. SAVE us, defend and keep us, in thy fear and love, O thou God of grace and mercy. Give unto us the light of thy countenance, pardon of our sins, health of our body, sanctification of our spirits, peace from heaven, and salvation of our souls in the day of the Lord Jesus. Hear our prayers for thy holy Catholic Church which thou hast redeemed with thy blood, sealed and sanctified with thy Spirit. Extirpate all heresies and false doctrines, unite all her divisions, let her be prosperous under thy favor, and the protection of kings and princes and the civil government; that she may daily celebrate thy Name, with strict obedience, and pure spiritual sacrifices, that she may be accepted in her daily and nightly Prayers, and that the gates of hell may never prevail against her let her live in the Spirit, and reign in thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. We pray unto thee, O great King of Heaven and Earth, for all Christian kings, princes, governors, and states: crown them with justice and peace, and with the love of God, and the love of their people; that being servants of the King of kings, friends of Religion, ministers of justice, and patrons of the poor, they may at last inherit a portion in the kingdom of our Lord Jesus. Remember all them that do thy work in the ministry and conduct of souls. Give unto them great gifts and distinguished holiness, that, in their lives and ministry, they may advance the good of souls, and the honor of our Lord Jesus. O blessed God, who art rich in mercy and compassion, extend thy care, and dispense thy blessings, over all estates of men in the Christian Church: give them Grace in their several callings to glorify thee, and to keep a good conscience both towards God and towards man, that they may find eternal comfort in the glorious day of our Lord Jesus. In mercy remember the poor and needy, the widows and fatherless, the strangers and the friendless, the oppressed and the grieved, the weak of heart and the weak in body, them that languish and them that are dying; relieve their necessities, comfort their sorrows, sanctify their calamities, strengthen their weaknesses, and suffer not the Devil to prevail over them in the days of their trouble and in thy due time deliver them from their sad bondage into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. We pray unto thee, O Blessed Father, in behalf of all that are in banishment and captivity, in fetters or hard services, in want or extreme poverty, in great fear or any great temptation. Keep them from |