it in mind as well as in body, that it may be able to know thy goodness, dread thy power and Juftice, and ferve thee all the days of its life. Wherefore I humbly pray thou wilt fanctify it from the womb, and receive it in baptifm for thy own child by adoption and grace. Oh! lend it to me for my comfort, but referve it, as thou haft created it, for thy glory and service. Therefore I humbly commit both myfelf and this babe, which is conceived in me,to thy mercy and goodness. Oh! ftrengthen and enable me to go thro' all the pains and uneafinefs of childbearing with patience and fubmiffion to thy will; give me an humble trust and dependance on thy fatherly care and good providence, and make me in thy good time a joyful mother of a hopeful child, which may live to be an inftrument of thy glory, and by ferving thee faithfully, and doing good in its generation, may in thy good time be received into thy everlasting kingdom, and join'd to the fpirits of juft men made perfect, thro' Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the King, and all Rulers and Magiftrates.

A

Lmighty Lord, by whom kings do reign and princes decree juftice, and we are commanded to pray for kings, and for all that are in authority, I both in duty and inclination become a petitioner to thy Divine Majefty, for GEORGE thy fervant, our king, and for all our governours. Give thy judgments, O God! unto the king, that he may judge thy people righteoufly, and break their enemies in pieces. Blefs him with the fpirit of government, and make him wife as an angel of God, to punish the wicked and to reward the good. Make him fenfible of his duty to thee, and his fubjects obedient to him for thy fake, O God. Fill his heart with thy fear and love, that being a ruler after thy heart, the righteous may flourish in his days, and abundance of peace, with the liberty and free profeffion of the gofpel. Defend and preferve him. Blefs his arms with fuccefs and victory; his councils with wifdom, and his government with happiness and profperity. 'In the midst of danger keep him as the apple of thine eye, and hide him under the shadow of thy wings, that no mischief may befall him, nor any fon of wickedness

wickedness come near to hurt him. Grant that he may long continue to rule and reign for thee here in this earthly kingdom, till he come to live and reign with thee in thy heavenly kingdom for evermore,

Bless, O Lord, all our rulers with fpirits fuitable to their stations; and make them a terror only to evil doers, and the praise of them that do well, that they may not bear the fword in vain; but curb and fupprefs all vice and ungodlinefs, and defend and encourage whatever is holy, just and righteous. Endue them with wisdom to understand, with hearts to confider, and with abilities to repair the breaches, and to redress the grievances of all fuch as come before them; that under the protection of the powers protected by thee, and under fuch rulers, as are guided by thy word, we may lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honefty all the days of our lives. Grant therefore, that all rulers may fo govern, and subjects fo obey, that we may always deferve thy heavenly grace, affiftance, protection and falvation, which we ask in the name, and for the fake and righteousness of thy Son, Jefus Chrift, our Lord, and Saviour. Amen.

The following Prayers and Thanksgivings are fuited to peculiar Articles of the Chriftian Faith.

A Thanksgiving for the Incarnation.

Lory be to God on high, and in earth peace, good-will towards men. I praise thee, I bless thee, I worship thee, I glorify thee, I give thanks unto thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only begotten Son Jefus Chrift, O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who waft made man, to take away the fins of the world, have mercy upon me, by turning me from my iniquities: thou who waft ma

nifested

nifested to destroy the works of the devil, have mercy upon me, by enabling me to renounce and forfake them: who art the greatAdvocate with the Father for penitent finners, receive my prayer. For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord, thou only, O Chrift, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

I

A Thanksgiving for the Birth of Chrift.

T is very meet, right, and my bounden duty, that I fhould at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty everlafting God; because thou didst give Jefus Chrift thy only Son to be born as at this time for us; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man of the fubftance of the Virgin Mary his mother, and that without spot of fin, to make us clean from all fin: therefore with angels and arch-angels, and with all the company of heaven, I laud and magnify thy glorious name, ever more praifing thee, and faying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hofts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. Amen.

I

A Prayer for the Benefits of Chrift's Death.

Befeech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into my heart, that as I have known the incarnation of thy Son Jefus Christ, by the meffage of an angel; fo by his crofs and paffion, I may be brought unto the glory of his refurrection, thro' the fame Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

A

Thanksgiving for the Refurrection.

Son Je

Lmighty God, who, through thy only begotten fus Chrift, haft overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; I humbly befeech thee, that as by thy fpecial grace guiding and affifting me, thou doft put into my mind good defires, fo by thy continual help I may bring the fame to good effect, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who

who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

I

Thanksgiving for the Afcenfion.

Tis very meet, right, and my bounden duty, that I should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and everlasting God; through thy moft dearly beloved Son Jefus Chrift our Lord, who after his moft glorious refurrection manifeftly appeared to his apoftles, and in their fight afcended up into heaven to prepare a place for us; that where he is, thither we might alfo afcend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with angels and arch-angels, and all the company of heaven, I laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praifing thee, and saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord, moft high. Amen.

A

A Prayer for Preparation for Judgment.

me

caft away

Lmighty God, give me grace, that I may the works of darknefs, and put upon me the armour of light; now in the time of this mortal life, (in which thy Son Jefus Chrift came to vifit us in great humility;) that in the last day, when he fhall come again in his glorious Majefty to judge both the quick and dead, I may rife to the lite immortal, through him, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the Holy Ghoft, now and ever. Amen.

IT

Thanksgiving for the Defcent of the Holy Ghost.

T is very meet, right, and my bounden duty, that I should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and everlasting God, through Jefus Chrift our Lord; according to whose most true promife, the Holy Ghoft came down as at this time from heaven, with a fudden great found, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting up

on

on the apostles, to teach them, and to lead them into all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and alfo boldness with fervent zeal, conftantly to preach the gospel unto all nations, whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge ofthee and thy Son Jefus Chrift. Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, I laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praifing thee, and saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hofts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high: Amen.

A Prayer for the prefervation of the Church.

Lord, I beseech thee to keep thy church and houshold continually in thy true religion, that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace, may evermore be defended by thy mighty power, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

A

A Prayer for forgiveness of Sins.

Lmighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we defire or deferve; pour down upon me the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving me thofe things, whereof my confcience is afraid, and giving me those good things, which I am not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jefus Chrift thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the profeffion of our Faith in the Refurrection.

I

Believe, that by the virtue of the refurrection of Jefus Christ, all the dead fhall rife, bad as well as good; for death is fwallowed up in victory. I believe, that by the almighty power of Jefus Chrift, all fhall rife with the fame bodies they had on earth; that their scattered duft shall be gathered into the fame form again, that our fouls fhall be reunited to our bodies, that we shall be judged both in body and foul for the fins committed by both; that the bodies

of