Twenty-Ninth Day.

CONFESSION.

LORD our God, if Thou shouldest lay righteousness to the line and judgment to the plummet, Thou mightest justly separate us unto all evil, according to all the curses of the covenant, and blot out our names from under heaven.

What fruit have we now in those things whereof we have cause to be ashamed, seeing the end of those things is death? And what are we profited, if we should gain the whole world, and lose our own souls?

Sentence against our evil works has not been executed speedily, but Thou hast given us space to repent, ana make our peace with Thee; and callest ever backsliding children to return to Thee, and hast promised to heal their backslidings; and therefore, behold, we come unto Thee, for Thou art the Lord our God.

PETITION.

Thou, Lord, art our refuge and our fortress, and under Thy wings will we trust, Thy truth shall be our shield and buckler; let us therefore not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day. Having made the Lord our refuge, and the

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Most High our habitation, let no evil befall us, nor any plague come nigh our dwelling.

Lord, Thou hast told us that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come; and that if we seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, all other things shall be added unto us; and therefore we cast all our care about these things upon Thee, who carest for us, for our Heavenly Father knoweth that we have need of all these things.

If Satan desire to have us that he may sift us as wheat, yet let Christ's intercession prevail for us, that our faith fail not.

THANKSGIVING.

We thank Thee that Jesus having borne the sins of many, He makes intercession for the transgressors; and prays not for those only that were given Him when He was upon earth, but for all that shall believe on Him through their word; that they all may be one.

That we have had an Advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous, who is therefore able to save to the uttermost all those that come to God as a Father by Him, as mediator, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. That we also have a High Priest taken from among men in things pertaining to God, that He may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin, who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way, and that He is become the Author of eternal salvation to all them that obey Him.

INTERCESSION.

Lord, keep those that are rich in this world from being high-minded, and trusting in uncertain riches, but give them to trust in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they may do good, and be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, that they may lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Though it is hard for those that are rich to enter into the kingdom of heaven, yet with Thee all things are possible.

Lord, make those who are poor in this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom; O that the poor of the flock may wait upon Thee, and may know the word of the Lord.

Blessed be the Lord God of Abraham, who hath not left us destitute of His mercy and His truth. Amen.

NOTES FOR SPECIAL PRAYER.

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Thirtieth Day.

CONFESSION.

HOU art just, O Lord, in whatever Thou art pleased to lay upon us; for Thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Nay, Thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities have deserved. We know that the law curseth every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them; that the wages of sin is death; and that for these things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Thou therefore shalt be justified when Thou speakest, and be clear when Thou judgest.

Wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punishment for his sins? We will bear the indignation of the Lord, because we have sinned against Him.

Thou hast said it, and hast confirmed it with an oath, that Thou hast no pleasure in the death of sinners, but rather that they should turn and live.