wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.*

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts. The whole earth is full of His glory.†

Let my whole dependence be upon Thee, and Thy grace, O heavenly Father.

To Thee, O King of Heaven, we pray; on Thee we depend; for Thou only hast power to help and defend us. To Thee, therefore, we give the glory of all the blessings we enjoy or hope for in this world, or in the world to come, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Question from the Office of Consecration.-Will you deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world, that you may show yourself in all things an example of good works unto others, that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing to say against you?

Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast made me a guide to others, suffer me not to go astray myself; give me grace that I may never follow the inclinations of corrupted nature, nor govern myself according to the maxims of an evil world; but give me the spirit, as well as the character, of a minister of Jesus Christ.

O Holy Spirit of Grace, sanctify my heart, that no base or impure thoughts, no mean and covetous affections, may lodge there. Govern my tongue, that no corrupt communication may proceed out of my mouth.

Guard my eyes, purify my hands, guide my feet. Conduct my whole life, that by all instances of a good

example, I may lead the people committed to my care in the ways of truth, and of eternal life; and that no irregularity in my conversation may ever make my instructions ineffectual, or the ways of religion to be evil spoken of.

O Lord Jesus Christ, without whom we can do nothing, be Thou my advocate with God, as well as my example, that I may live and be as Thou wouldest have me. Amen.

"I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away."-1 Corinthians ix. 27.

Εἰ δὲ Παῦλος, τὶ ἂν εἴποιμεν ἡμεῖς.

When a man has given himself to the immediate service of God, he is no longer at liberty to follow his own inclinations, whether in study, profit, recreation, &c.

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts."-Galatians v. 24. Nature is content with a little, grace with less.

"Who is a wise man, let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom;" (James iii. 13,) that is, let him show his wisdom in his life.

Temperance consists in neither eating nor drinking more than is necessary, and in not seeking for exquisite dainties and liquors.*

*Julian Pomerius.

"A man's attire, excessive laughter, and gait, show what he is.”—Eccles. xix. 30.

"But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of Hosts; therefore have I made you contemptible and base before all the people; according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law," &c.— Malachi ii. 8, 9.

O good Lord, keep Thy servant from bringing contempt upon the Clergy, by any irregularity or fault of mine.

"Let no man despise thee."-Titus ii. 15.

That is; demean thyself agreeable to the authority which thou hast received from Jesus Christ, not making thy office contemptible by any mean action, but act with the dignity of one who stands in the place of God.

They that recommend eternal possessions and happiness to others, ought to show, that they are verily persuaded themselves of the vanity of all earthly enjoyments, avoiding superfluities, and not being over concerned for necessaries. Jesus Christ thus preached the contempt of the world, by contemning it himself.

"Which of you convinceth me of sin?"-John viii. 46.

O Jesus, the only Priest free from all sin, make me, Thy servant, as blameless and holy as the frailty of my nature will suffer me to be.

The reputation of a Minister is not his own but

the Church's, as the reputation of an ambassador is his prince's.

"If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring a sin offering."-Leviticus iv. 3.

N. B. That the same sin in a single priest, is to have as great a sacrifice as a sin of the whole people of Israel.

The flesh never thrives but at the cost of the soul.

Let us ever remember, that mortification must go further than the body.

Self-love, pride, envy, jealousy, hatred, malice, avarice, ambition, must all be mortified, by avoiding and ceasing from the occasions of them.

The sobriety of the soul consists in humility, and in being content with necessaries.

O Thou, who hast made me a servant in Thy house, give me grace that I may never dishonour Thy service.

FAILINGS OF GOOD MEN.

God permits these, that we may plainly see that there is no person in whom nature is not corrupted.

A man may hide from the world some of his good works; but a Christian life ought to be seen; it is a public testimony which we owe to our faith, and an example which Christianity requires of us. "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."-Matthew v. 16.