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Ir remains only, that the Author once more add his most fincere Wifh and Prayer to GOD, the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that all Chriftians may ftudy to walk worthy of the Vocation wherewith they are called, with all Lowlinefs and Meekness, with Long-fuffering, forbearing one another in Love; endeavouring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace: That as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptifm, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all: (Ephef. iv. 1-6.) So we may

henceforth be all of one Heart, and of one Soul, united in one holy Bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and "Charity, and may with one Mind and one Mouth glorifie GOD, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

P. S. IF the following LITURGY fhould be approved of and introduced into PUBLIC USE, by any Christian Society or Church, OFFICES for Baptifm, as alfo for the Lord's Supper, may eafily be formed upon the fame Plan, by any fenfible Minifter or People: The Author wishes, yea thinks it neceffary, that the Lord's Supper fhould be adminiftered every Sonday Evening, immediately after, or at another diftinct Hour from, the other common Service, agreeable to the original Practice of the Apoftles and primitive Chriftians: And He would have added his own Scheme for this Purpofe, but that He is afraid of giving farther Offence, and the prefent is enough to offer to the Public at first. Whatever Errors or Objections to this Work are made known to Him by Men of Candor, fhall be faithfully rectified or answered in a future Edition, if that becomes neceffary.

"It cannot be expected that the Author fhould inform "the Public of his Name, becaufe He would not influence "any Perfons either in Faver or in Prejudice of his Work, "which as it is wholly confecrated to the Caufe of Liberty, "Truth, and Virtue, [i. e. real Christianity] he defires all "his Readers to perufe with the most difinterested Impar"tiality, to whofe Reafon and equitable Judgment He ap"peals, and queftions not their candid Acceptance, if not "Approbation.". However, to fatisfie in fome Measure

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Enquiries that may be made about him, he declares in the Words of the fpirited Writer,* whom he chufes to copy in this Paragraph, that He is no more a Believer in the

Divine Original of the Difcipline of Geneva or Edinburgh, "than He is in that of Rome or Canterbury," but his Truft is in the Gospel alone: "That as He often frequents the "public Worship of the Church of England, fo He thinks "it as fit, often alfo to join in Worship with honeft "Proteftant Diffenters," and moft neceffary to be in Charity with all Men. "The Friends of Truth, Li"berty, and Virtue among all Parties He efteems and "honors; and none elfe of any Party whatsoever." And he trufts in God, that He is, what alone he wishes to be called,

A Chriftian.

N. B. For PSALMS or HYMNS to be fung together, He prefumes to recommend A Collection of Pfalms and Hymns. for Divine Worship, printed for Waugh, Ward, Buckland, Longman, &c. 1760, as the beft Book of the Kind He has yet feen; and it feems to contain a fufficient Variety for every Occafion, felected with great Judgment from the beft Authors in this Way.

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MOST merciful God, unto whom all Hearts be open, all Defires known, and from whom no Secrets are hid; give me Grace, at this Time, fo humbly to confels my Sins and Offences before thee, as to obtain the Pardon and Forgiveness of them; ftrengthen the good Refolutions I would now make of living more worthy of my Christian Profeffion: And grant that We may all more perfectly love thee, and devoutly magnifie thy holy Name; that the Words of our Mouths, and the Meditations of our Hearts, may be acceptable in thy Sight, through Jesus CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

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Another PRAYER before public Service.

SSIST me, O GOD, in the Service in which I am about to engage, that I may offer up unto Thee my Praifes and Supplications in an acceptable Manner, with humble Reverence and due Attention of Mind: Compofe all my Thoughts, raife my Affections, help mine Infirmities, and pardon my Sins and Imperfections, through the Mediation of JESUS CHRIST thy Son; in whose comprehenfive Words I further address thee:

O my FATHER, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name; may thy Kingdom côme; may thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; give me this Day my daily Bread; forgive me my Offences, as I do forgive them, that offend against me; and lead me Temptation; but deliver me from Evil: For thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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A PRAYER, proper to be faid in private, after the public Service is ended.

DLESSED be thy Name, O LORD, for this Opportunity

of attending on thee in thy Houfe and Service: Grant that I, and All who profefs thy Name, may be. Doers of the Word, and not Hearers only: Pardon our Wanderings and Imperfections, and accept us and our Services, through our only Mediator JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

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