FOR

DAILY USE IN SCHOOLS;

EXTRACTED FROM

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

BY

W. DE LANCY WEST, D.D.

HEAD MASTER OF BRENTWOOD SCHOOL

THIRD EDITION.

London,

RIVINGTONS, WATERLOO PLACE;

HIGH STREET, TRINITY STREET,

BODLE

Prayer before Study.

DOMINE Pater, cæli ae terræ effector, qui

liberaliter tribuis sapientiam omnibus abs

te cum fiduciâ petentibus, exorna ingeniorum nostrorum bonitatem, quam cum cæteris naturæ viribus nobis infudisti, lumine divinæ gratiæ tuæ, ut non solum quæ ad cognoscendum te et Servatorem nostrum Christum valeant, intelligamus, sed etiam tota mente et voluntate persequamur, ut indies, benignitate tuâ, tum doctrinâ tum pietate proficiamus, ut qui efficis omnia in omnibus in nobis resplendescere dona tua facias, ad gloriam sempiternam immortalis majestatis tuæ, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. Psalm cxix. 9.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. Eccl. v. 2.

LMIGHTY God, everlasting Father, who on

the grave thine only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; Raise up our hearts this day from all worldly thoughts, and set them on things above, in holy rest and godly contemplation; and grant us so to worship thee in thy church on earth, that we may praise thee evermore in thy glorious temple in heaven, through the same, thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen.