brancers, keep not filence; give him no reft, till he establish and till he make Jerufalem (his Church) a praise on the earth.

Thy kingdom come.-Though we are altogether unworthy of the good times Thou haft promised thy Church, yet we beseech Thee deprive us not of them.

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken, and do not defer thefe good days, for thine own fake, oh! our God.

We hope a day is coming when all the world will come and worship Thee, O God.

Christ's Patience.

WHAT forrows did he undergo, and with what patience did he fuffer them! Patient when Judas unworthily betrayed him with a kiss; -patient when Caiaphas defpitefully ufed him ;-patient when hurried

from one place to another ;-patient when Herod with his men of war fet him at naught;-patient when Pilate fo unrighteously condemned him;-patient when scourged and crowned with thorns ;-patient when his crofs was laid upon him, when he was reviled, reproached, fcoffed at, and every way abufed. Lord Jefus, grant me patience, after this example, to bear thy holy will in all things.

Christ's Love and Charity. WHERE fhall we take our pattern but from Thee?-Thou calleft thy followers thy friends. Thou didit ftoop down to wash their feet, who were not worthy to untie thy fhoe. Thou didst forgive and restore Peter, when he had abjured Thee. Thou didft vouchfafe to fatisfy Thomas, who would not believe but upon his own terms. Thou didst forgive and

pray for thy bloody perfecutors. O thou Fountain and Pattern of Love, grant that I may love Thee above all things, and my neighbour as myfelf!

SATURDAY MEDITATIONS. PREPARATION for DEATH.

O that they were wife, that they would confider their latter end. The night cometh when no man can work.

A VERY gracious intimation. Lord, grant that I may never forget it; and that now, now, is the time, in which to provide for eternity.

What a wife man then when he comes to die, would wifh he had done, that he ought to do forthwith; for death is at hand, and the confequences of a furprise most dreadful.

He will then wifh, if he has not done it, with all his foul,

First; That he had made a just and Chriftian fettlement of his worldly concerns; fo as not to be diftracted with the cares of this world, when all his thoughts should be upon another.

Secondly; That he had made his peace with God by a timely repent

ance.

Thirdly; That he had faithfully discharged the duties of his calling. Fourthly; That he had weaned his affections from things temporal, and loofened the ties which faften us to the world.

Fifthly; That he had crucified the flesh with its affections and lufts; fo that being weary of this life, he might be more defirous of a better.

Sixthly; That by acts of justice, mercy, charity, and alms, he may be entitled to the mercy of God at the hour of death.

Seventhly; That he had got fuch habits of patience and refignation to the will of God, during his health, as may render death, with all the train of miferies leading to it, less frightful and amazing.

Eighthly, and laftly; That by a conftant practice of devotion preparatory for death, he had learned what to pray for, what to hope for, what to depend on in his last sickness.

And this, gracious Lord, is what I wish for, what I pray for, and what I purpose shall be the conftant practice of my life. Amen.

Set thine houfe in order, for thou fhalt die and not live.

May God, who has every way provided for me, and put it into my power to be just to all men, charitable to the poor, grateful to my friends, kind to my fervants, and a benefactor to the publick: may He add this to all his favours, and grant that in making my last will, I may