The most unlearned Christian may know what is required of him.

The greatest Sinner may depend upon Pardon on his Repentance.

The weakest Christian may rely upon all necessary Assistance: And the meanest Christian is sure not to be overlooked.

By all which you may perceive what Thanks you owe to God for your great and good Redeemer, and for what he has done and suffered for you;which you will do well to express in some such Manner as this.

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THE PRAYER.

GIVE me Leave, O God, to mention before Thee the Death of thy Son, and the infinite Blessings I have received thereby Add this to all thy Favours, I beseech Thee, that I may never forget these Mercies ;- -never forget to be thankful for them ;- -but that I may preserve the Remembrance of them in the Manner which he hath ordained.- -I thank Thee, O God for that Word, in which thou hast caused these thy Mercies, and his Example, to be recorded. Make me truly sensible of that Love which brought him down from Heaven; -and

and how sad our Condition was, which required such a Sacrifice. May I learn by his Patience, Humility, Selfdenial, and Resignation, what Virtues are most acceptable to thy Divine Majesty!—— And may I take him for my Lord and Master, and Teacher, and Example; and dedicate myself to Thee, and to thy Ser vice, for his Sake! Amen.

SECT. VIII.

The last Enquiry you are to make, is, Whether you are in Charity with all the

World?

CONCERNING which, take especial Notice, that the two great Ends of this Ordinance mentioned in Scripture are ;The First, To keep up the Remembrance of Christ's Death till his Coming again.

The Second, To be a solemn Token of our Communion with Jesus Christ, and of our Union and Charity with all his Family.

To this End he has ordained, that as all Christians, high and low, rich and poor,

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shall make up one Body; of which he is the Head; and one Family, of which he is the Master: So they should all eat at one Table, of one Bread, as a Sign of that Love, and Peace, and Friendship, and Readiness to help one another, as Occasion shall require, and as Members of the same Body will naturally do.

And indeed your Acceptance with God, will very much depend upon your hearty good-will for every Christian, and for all Mankind.

Therefore you must take especial Care, lest there be any Person with whom you are not at Peace ;-whom you cannot forgive, and pray for, and do him all the Good that can in reason be expected from you: That you be disposed to make Satisfaction to any Person that has been injured by you, or who may have taken just Offence at your Words or Actions, this being a Duty which Jesus Christ himself has commanded, Matt. v. 23. And that you be ready to forgive every Person, who may have injured you, as you expect Forgiveness of God:- -Remembering the

dreadful Sentence mentioned in Matt. xviii. Thou wicked Servant, I forgave thee all thy Debt: shouldst not thou have had Compas

sion on thy Fellow-Servant, even as I had Pity on thee? And the Lord was wroth, and delivered him to the Tormentors.

And lastly, you are to take care, that you love, not in Word only, but in Deed, and in Truth; that is, that you do Good, as well as give good Words; and relieve Jesus Christ in his poor Members.

And believe it for a certain Truth, that a charitable and forgiving Temper is not near so beneficial to any body as to him that hath it; it being more blessed to give than to receive; and to forgive, than to insist upon Satisfaction for Injuries and Wrongs done unto us; Acts xx. 35.

This being so necessary a Grace, you will not fail to beg of God most carnestly to rouchsafe it to you.

THE PRAYER.

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THIS is my Commandment, that ye one another as I have loved you.-Hear, O my Soul, what thy Saviour has commanded thee;-He who loved us, and gave himself an offering and a Sacrifice to God for us.

May this thy Love, O Jesus, be the Motive and Pattern of my Love, and Charity for all Mankind!-Where this

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sions, as may make me lose the Remembrance of Death, and the Account I must give.

I will endeavour to be content with my Condition, not coveting what is another Man's, neither envying the Prosperity, nor taking Pleasure in the Calamities, of my Neighbour.

And forasmuch as a Life of Idleness and Luxury is hateful to God, I will strive to do my Duty in the State of Life in which his Providence has placed me; not flattering myself, that I do no Evil, when I do no Good in my Generation, Generation,lest the Sentence upon the unfruitful Tree be passed upon me,Cut it down, why cumbereth it the Ground?

These Duties I will endeavour to perform, as a Proof of the Love and Reverence I bear to God, who is so good as to accept of my Repentance, and a sincere though imperfect Obedience.

And if through Weakness, Temptation, or sudden Surprize, I shall be so unhappy as to forget any of these Resolutions, and fall into Sin, I will, as soon as I perceive it, beg God's Pardon, and be more careful for the Time to come.

Now if your Conscience can witness

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