And mercifully hèar us' when we call

upon thee.

Endue thy minifters' with rìghteoufnefs "

And make thy chosen people joyful"'' O Lord' fàve thy people"

And ble'fs thine inheritance"" Give peace in oùr time'Ō Lord" Because there is none other that fighteth for us' but only thōu' Ō God""' Ō God' make clean our hearts within

us"

And take not thy holy fpirit from us= Ō Gōd' who art the author of peace' and lover of co`ncord" in knowledge of whom' ftandeth our eternal life" whose fe`rvice' is perfect freedom" defend u`s' thy humble fervants' in all affaults of our e`nemies" that we' fùrely trufting' in th`y defence' may not fear the power of any

adversaries' thro' the might of Jesus Christ' our Lōrd =

Ō Lōrd our heavenly Father almighty and everlasting God" who haft fafely brought us to the beginning of this day" defend us in the fame with thy mighty power" and grant that thi's day' we fall into no fi'n' neither run into any kind of dànger" but that all our dòings' may be ordered by thy governance' to do always that is righteous in thy fight' thro' Jesus Chrift our Lōrd =

O Lord' our heavenly Father' high and mighty' King of kings' Lord of lords' the only Ruler of princes' who doft from thy throne behold all the

carth" most heartily we

dwellers upon

beseech thee'

with thy favour to behold' our most gracious fovereign Lord' King George" and fò replenish him with the grace of thy holy fpirit' that he may àlway incline to thy will'

wi`ll' and walk in thy wày" Endue him plenteously' with heavenly gifts" grant him in health and wealth lo`ng to live" ftrengthen him' that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies " and finally. after thi's life' he may attain everlasting joy and felicity' thro' Jefus Christ' oūr Lord

Almighty God' the fountain of all good. ness' we humbly beseech thee to bless our gracious Queen Charlotte' his Royal Highnefs George Prince of Wales' and all the Royal family"" Endùe them with thy hòly fpirit" enrich them with thy hea`venly grace" profper them with all happiness" and bring them to thine everla'fting kingdom' thro' Jefus Chrift our Lord =

Almighty' and everlasting God' who alone workeft great marvels" fend down upon our Bishops' and Curates' and all congregations committed to their charge'

in

the healthful spirit of thy grace" and that they may truly please thee' pour upon them the continual dew of thy bleffing Grant this' ō Lord' for the honour of our advocate and mediator' Jesus Christ =

Almighty God' who haft given us grace at this time with o`ne accord to make our common fupplications unto thee" and doft promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy name' thou wilt grànt their requests" fulfil now' Ō Lōrd' the defires and petitions of thy fervants' as may be most expedient for them grant

ing us' in thi`s world' knowledge of thy truth" and in the world to co'me' life everlafting =

The grace' of our Lord Jefus Chrift" and the love' of God" and the fellowship' of the Holy Ghōft" bè with us all' e`vermore'=

Upon the foregoing prayers I fhall only make a few remarks. In that for the King,

the following paffage is often thus read.'Moft heartily we beseech thee with thy favour, to behold our most gracious fovéreign Lord King George'-By which false pauses the paffage is rendered abfurd. It is evident in the first part of the sentence,

that the words — with thy favour to behold' fhould be kept together, preceded and followed by a small paufe-most heartily we beseech thee' with thy favour to behold' our moft gracious Sovereign Lord King George'-in which way of reading the laft words, without any paufe, Lord King George' the title given to his Majefty appears ludicrous, inftead of the proper and folemn one given to him by interjecting the due pause our moft gracious Sovereign Lord' King George.'

In pronouncing the benediction in the ufual way, as thus- The grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God,