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M. And on the Seventh Day, Thou didst reft from all the Work which thou hadst created and made, and Thou bleffedft the feventh Day, and fanctified it Seventh Day to be a Sabbath for ever, holy and hono

norable unto the Lord, for Men to reft from their world. ly Cares and Labor, to comfort their Souls in joyful, Adorations of thy glorious Perfections, and contemplate thine infinite Wisdom, Power and Goodness and this Thou didst ordain to the Children of Ifrael, to be observed, throughout all their Generations, for a perpetual Covenant. And Thou haft at all Times fignified thy will, that there fhou'd be One Day in Seven fet apart from worldly Bufinefs, to thy more immediate Worship and Service. But by Jefus Chrift thine only begotten Son, whom Thou haft conftituted Lord alfo of the Sabbath, and who rofe again from the Dead, and afterwards appeared to his Difciples three times, on the First Day of the Week,and by the Holy Spirit's miraculous Defcent on that Day, Thou haft been pleased to change the Sabbath from the Seventh to the First Day of the Week; and therefore the Apoftles of our Lord kept the First Day of the Week as their Chriftian Sabbath, to be a Memorial for ever of Redemption from Sin and Mifery, and Regeneration to eternal Life. And from one Sabbath to another, fhall all Flesh come to worship before Thee, O Lord God, moft good. P. Every Day, O Lord, is thine; but this is in a dif tinguished manner the Day, which the Lord hath made; we wou'd rejoice and be glad therein.

M. And hereof now my Heart is glad, and my Glory: rejoiceth; my Flesh alfo fhall reft in Hope. Thou wilt fhew me the Path of Life; in thy Prefence is Fulness of Joy, and at thy right Hand there are Pleasures for ever-p

more.

P. Glory be to thee, O Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, who fpeaked the Word, and all things were made.

M. Now to God even our Father, and to the Lord Jefus Chrift, who is the faithful Witnefs, and the firft begotten from the Dead, and the Prince of the Kings of the Earth; to Him who loved us, and died to wash us from our Sins in his own Blood, and to make us Kings and Priefts unto God and his Father, be Honor and Glory, Salvation, Thanksgiving, and Praife for ever and ever. P. Anen. N. B.

N. B. On Week-Days, if thefe Hymns are thought too long, they may be one or both omitted, and the Minifler may begin as follows, immediately after finging of the Palm before mention'd, pag. 9.

M. Let us now, my Fellow Chriftians, give Thanks unto God for thofe temporal and fpiritual Mercies, which we have each received at his Hands; but more especially for his great Love to Mankind in fending us a Savior from Heaven, the Lord Jefus Chrift, who, though He was the only be-gotten Son of God, was delivered for our Offences, and railed again from the Dead for our Justification.

P. Thy loving Kindnefs, O Lord, is better than Life, therefore fhall our Lips praife thee. (Pf. Ixiii. 3.) Now, if Any defire to return God Thanks for particular Mercies, let their Names and Cafes be read aloud to the Congregation, by the Clerk, or the Minifter. And then let the following General THANKSGIVING be read devoutly by the Minifter alone, the People ftanding or kneeling as each best approves, and at the End answering Amen.

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thy Children do give Thee moft humble and hear-ty Thanks for all thy Goodness and loving Kindness to Us, ' and to all Men; we bless thee for thine efpecial Favor in : creating us in thine own Image, and for that Reafon and Understanding with which thou haft endowed us, whereby we are diftinguished from the Beafts of the Field, and made, wifer than the Fowls of Heaven; we blefs Thee for thy continual Prefervation of us, from the many Dangers, to which we are at all Times expos'd; for thy gracious Protection of us through the Night paft; for that kind Provifion thou haft made for our comfortable Subfiftence in this World; for healthful and fruitful Seafons, filling our Hearts with food and gladnefs; and for all other thy Mercies and Bleffings of this Life, public or perfonal; and for thy Patience and Forbearance with us, though we have provoked Thee fo often by our Sins and Tranfgreffions: [* in a more

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This is to be read only when Any defire to return particular Thanks to God for Mercies received; whch as they may be various, fo that perhaps no Form can altogether fuit every particular Cafe, the Minifter here must in his own Difcretion, ufe fuch Words, as are most agreeable to the feveral Cafes that call for Thanks; or after this general Thanksgiving is read, he may read a particular one more immediately applicable.

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M. And on the Seventh Day, Thou didst reft from all the Work which thou hadft-created and made, and Thou bleffedit the feventh Day, and fanctified it Seventh Day to be a Sabbath for ever, holy and hono

norable unto the Lord, for Men to rest from their world. ly Cares and Labor, to comfort their Souls in joyful, Adorations of thy glorious Perfections, and contemplate thine infinite Wifdom, Power and Goodness and this Thou didst ordain to the Children of Ifrael, to be observed, throughout all their Generations, for a perpetual Covenant. And Thou haft at all Times fignified thy will, that there fhou'd be One Day in Seven fet apart from worldly Bufinefs, to thy more immediate Worship and Service. But by Jefus Chrift thine only begotten Son, whom Thou haft conftituted Lord alfo of the Sabbath, and who rofe again from the Dead, and afterwards appeared to his Disciples three times, on the First Day of the Week, and by the Holy Spirit's miraculous Defcent on that Day, Thou haft been pleafed to change the Sabbath from the Seventh to the First Day of the Week ; and therefore the Apoftles of our Lord kept the First Day of the Week as their Chriftian Sabbath, to be a Memorial for ever of Redemption from Sin and Mifery, and Regeneration to eternal. Life. And from one Sabbath to another, fhall all Flesh come to worship before Thee, O Lord God, moft good." P. Every Day, O Lord, is thine; but this is in a dif tinguished manner the Day, which the Lord hath made we wou'd rejoice and be glad therein.

M. And hereof now my Heart is glad, and my Glory. rejoiceth; my Flesh alfo fhall reft in Hope. Thou wilt fhew me the Path of Life; in thy Prefence is Fulnefs of Joy, and at thy right Hand there are Pleafures for ever

more.

P. Glory be to thee, O Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, who speakedit the Word, and all things were made.

M. Now to God even our Father, and to the Lord Jefus Chrift, who is the faithful Witnefs, and the firft begotten from the Dead, and the Prince of the Kings of the Earth; to Him who loved us, and died to wash us from our Sins in his own Blood, and to make us Kings and Priests unto God and his Father, be Honor and Glory, Salvation, Thanksgiving, and Praife for ever and ever. P. Anen. N. B.

N. B. On Week-Days, if thefe Hymns are thought too long, they may be one or both omitted, and the Minifter may begin as follows, immediately after finging of the Palm before mention'd, pag. 9.

M. Let us now, my Fellow Chriftians, give Thanks unto God for thofe temporal and fpiritual Mercies, which we have each received at his Hands; but more especially for his great Love to Mankind in fending us a Savior from Heaven, the Lord Jefus Chrift, who, though He was the only begotten Son of God, was delivered for our Offences, and raifed again from the Dead for our Juftification.

P. Thy loving Kindnefs, O Lord, is better than Life, therefore fhall our Lips praife thee. (Pf. Ixiii. 3.) Now, if Any defire to return God Thanks for particular Mercies, let their Names and Cafes be read aloud to the Congregation, by the Clerk, or the Minifter. And then let the following General THANKSGIVING be read devoutly by the Minifter alone, the People standing or kneeling as each beft approves, and at the End answering Amen.

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God, the Creator and Preferver of all Things, We thy Children do give Thee most humble and hearty Thanks for all thy Goodness and loving Kindness to Us, and to all Men; we blefs thee for thine efpecial Favor in : creating us in thine own Image, and for that Reafon and Understanding with which thou haft endowed us, whereby we are diftinguifhed from the Beafts of the Field, and made wifer than the Fowls of Heaven; we blefs Thee for thy continual Prefervation of us, from the many Dangers, to which we are at all Times expos'd; for thy gracious Protection of us through the Night paft; for that kind Provifion thou haft made for our comfortable Subfiftence in this World; for healthful and fruitful Seafons, filling our Hearts with food and gladnefs; and for all other thy Mercies and Bleffings of this Life, public or perfonal; and for thy Patience and Forbearance with us, though we have provoked Thee fo often by our Sins and Tranfgreffions: [* in a more

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This is to be read only when Any defire to return particular Thanks to God for Mercies received; whch as they may be various, fo that perhaps no Forn can altogether fuit every particular Cafe, the Minifter here muft in his own Difcretion, ufe fuch Words, as are moft agreeable to the feveral Cafes that call for Thanks; or after this general Thanksgiving is read, he may read a particular one more immediately applicable.

particular manner we offer up our Praife and Thanks unto Thee for thy late Mercies, vouchfafed unto thy Servant (or Servants) who defires (or defire) now to acknowledge thy great Goodness to him (her or them) in the folemn Affembly.] But above all, we adore and magnifie Thee, O God, for thine ineftimable Love manifefted in the Redemption of the World by our Lord and Savior Jefus Chrift, who hath brought Life and Immortality to Light by his glorious Gofpel. We thank thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, that for us Men and for our Salvation, Thou didst not spare thine own Son, but didft freely deliver Him up for us all and we defire with Gratitude to acknowledge the Love of Chrift, who gave himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity. We blefs Thee for his holy and unblameable Life, who did no Sin, neither was guile found in his mouth, but He went about doing good to the Bodies and Souls of Men, leaving us an Example, that we fhou'd follow his Steps: we praise Thee for thofe pure and heavenly Doctrines which He taught, and for the numerous Miracles which He wrought, and which no Man cou'd work, unless God was with him: we glorifie Thee for his Refurrection from the dead, and his Afcenfion into Heaven, to confirm the Truth of what He had thus teached, and for the Hopes of eternal Glory revealed to us by Him. We blefs Thee for the miraculous Effufion of the Holy Spirit upon his Difciples, by which They were enabled to preach the Gofpel to every Nation, and to do many wonderful Acts in the Name of Jefus. We defire alfo to praife thy Goodnefs for continuing ftill among us the Light of the Gofpel, for thy holy Ordinances, and all other Means of Grace that we enjoy; [and for our Deliverance from Popery, Superftition and Slavery.] And we befeech Thee to give us fuch a due Senfe of all thy Mercies, that our Hearts may be fincerely thankfull, and that we may fhew forth thy Praife, not only with our Lips, but in our Lives, by giving up ourselves to thy Service, and by walking before Thee in righteousness and holiness all our days, in the Name of Jefus Chrift our Lord, to Whom, with Thee, through the Grace of the Holy Spirit, be afcribed all Honor and Glory, both now and evermore.

Amen.

N. B.

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