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191 fully asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our neceffity and to the fetting forth of thy glory, through Iefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Then the Priest (or Bishop, if he be prefent) shall let them depart with this Bleffing.

§. 73. The peace of God which paffeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Iefus Christ our Lord: And the bleffing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

§ 74. An Act of Thanksgiving afterwards."

I Can never praise Thee enough, O Thou great lover of Souls, and therefore let me live eternally to praife Thee. Bring me into thy heavenly Kingdom, when Thou haft by fuch Means as thefe prepared me for it; that there I may more fully understand and injoy the fruits of thy wondrous Love; and alfo blefs and praise Thee perpetually for 'em, in that fulness of Joy which is at thy right hand. Lord help me more and more to rejoyce in the hopes and affurances of it to rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Let my Joy be fo full that my mouth may be filled with thy praife all my Life long thro' Iefus Chrift our bleffed Savior and Redeemer. Amen.

§. 75. ¶ If any of the Bread and Wine $. ། remain of that which was confecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Prieft, and fuch other of the Communicants as he shall

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§. 76. WHILE that is doing, I may read what has been left out by him of the laft fix Collects, $.67.to 72. of the two Prayers in the Poft Communion, §. 64.65. and of the 30 Sentences at the offertory §. 11. or fome of 'em: and when done, worship, and return_home with Joy, (meditating of what I have heard, feen, and felt, and opening my heart aud purfe to fuch proper Objects of Charity as I shall meet with by the way,) fince the bleffing of Heaven goes with me, and will never leave me fo long. as the Peace of God does rule in my heart, and may that be for ever. Amen.

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CHAP. III.

At Home, at Noon, Evening, and Night.

many as received Him, to them gave He power_to become the Sons of God. S. John 1.12. And if children then beirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Chrift. Rom. 8. 17. As foon as I come home, I privately read & pray as follows.

1. Pfalin 45. ifnet Christmas, nor the 9 day..

heart is inditing of a good matter: I fpeak of the things which I have made unto the King, My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the chil dren of men full of grace are thy lips, because God hath bleffed Thee for ever. Gird Thee with thy fword upon thy thigh, O Thou moft mighty: accordingto thy worship and renown. Good luck have Thou with thine honor ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness and righteousnefs, and thy right hand fhall teach Thee terrible things.. Thy arrows are very harp, and the people fhall be fubdued unto Thee even in the midft among the Kings enemies, They feat, O God, indureth for ever: the Sceptre of thy Kingdom is a right Sceptre.. Thou haft loved righteousness

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aad hated iniquity: wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oyl of gladuefs above thy fellows. All by garments fmell of Myrrh, Aloes, and Caffia: out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made Thee glad. Kings daughters were among thy bonourable women: upon thy right hand did ftand the Queen in a vefture of gold, wrought about with divers colors. Hearken, O daughter, and confider, incline thine ear: forget alfo thine own people, and thy father's houfe. So fhall the King have pleasure in thy beauty for He is thy Lord God, and worship thou Him. And the daughter of Tyre fhall be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people fhall make their fupplication before Thee. The King's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She fha be brought unto the King in raiment of needle work the Virgins that be her fellows, fhall bear her company, and fhall be brought unto Thee. With joy and gladness shall they be brought and fhail enter into the King's palace. In ftead of thy fathers Thou shalt have children whom Thou mayft make princes in all lands. I willrememberthy Name from one generation to another: therefore fhall the people give thanks unto Thee, world without end. Glory be to the &c.

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S. 2. falm 23. Except it be the 4th day of the Month. TELORD is my fhepherd:therefore can I lack nothin He fhall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth befide the waters of comfort. He fhall convert my foul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name's fake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the fhadow of death, I will fear no evil for Thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me: Thou hast anointed my head with oyl, and my cup fhall be full. But thy lovingkindness and mercy fhall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the houfe of the Lord for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, &c.

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S.3. Exhort that fupplications, prayers, intercef fions, be made for all men; For Kings, and for all that are in authority, Tim. 2. I, 2. Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of thefe is charity. 1 Cor. 13.13.

§. 4. An Interceffion for all men.

O most merciful and gracious God, Father of our Lord
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Part II. Jefus Chrift, the Lord of giory; Thou art the great lover of Souls, and Thou haft given thy holy Son to dy for our Salvavation, to redeem us from fin, to destroy the works of the devil, and to prefent a Church to Thee pure, and spotless, and undefiled; Relying upon thy goodness, trufting in thy promifes, and having receiv'd my Deireft Lord into my Soul, I humbly reprefent to thy Divine Majefty the glorious Sacrifice which our dearest Jefus made of Himself upon the Crofs, and by a never ceafing Interceffion now exhibites to Thee in Heaven in the Office of an eternal Priesthood, in behalf of all that have communicated this day in the Divine Myfteries, in all the Congregations of the Chriftian world; and in behalf of all them that defire to Communicate, and are hindred by fick nefs or neceffity, by fear or fcruples, by cenfures Ecclefiaftical, or the sentence of their own Consciences. Give unto me, O God, and unto them a portion of th' Interceffion of our Lord, and of the fupplications of all thy fervants; and unite us in the bands of the common Faith, and a holy Charity; that no Interefts or Partialities, no fects or opinions may keep us any longer in darkness and divifion. Give thy Grace fpeedily to all wicked perfons. that they may repent and live well, and be faved; to all good people give an increase of gifts and holiness, and the grace of Perfeverand - and Chriftian Perfection; to all Idolaters, Hereticks, and Schismaticks grant the Spirit of Humility and Truth, Charity and Obedience; have mercy upon all Strangers and Aliens from the Kingdom of thy Son, let the fweet found of the Gospel be heard in all the corners of the earth. Grant upto me and my dearest Relations (efpecially

-) whatíoever we want, or wifely and holily defire; keep us for ever in thy fear and favor; grant that we may never fin against Thee, never fall into thy difplea fure,never be feperat ed from thy Love and from thy Prefence, but let our Portion be in the Blessing, and in the Service. in the Love and in the Kingdom of God for ever and ever.. Give thy Bleffing tofall Proteftant Kings and Princes, efpecially to thy Servant George, our King, and all that Royal Family, to all Prot eftant Governors and Magiftrates of Republicks and other Dominions, especially to the States General of the feven United Provinces, and patticularly to thofe of Holland and Weft-Friesland; grant to all of 'em the Spirit of mercy and justice, prudence. and deligence, the favor of God,

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and the love of their People, and grace and bleffiug that they may live at Peace with Thee, and with one another, remembring the Command of their Lord and King, the Serene and Reconciling Fefus. Supprefs all violent and warring Spirits that unjustly disturb the Peace of Chriftendom. Comfort and Relieve all Gentlemen, Gentlawomen, and Merchants, that are fallen into Poverty, or other misfortunes; Support and Comfort all that are fick, and deliver'em from all their Sorrows, and all the Powers of th' Enemy; And let the Spirit of Comfort and Patience, of Holiness and Refignation defcend upon all others of the Houshold of faith whom Thou hast in any inftance vifited with thy rod. Give an Apoftolical Spirit to all Ecclefiaftical Erelates and Priests, grant to them zeal of Souls, wisdom to conduct their Charges, Purity of Doctrine, and Exemplarinefs of Life. Grant unto thy Flock to be fed with wife and holyShepherds, that, being burning and shining Lights, men beholding their light, may rejoyce in that light, and glorify Thee our': Father which art in Heaven. Have mercy upon all States of Men and Women in the Christian Church, the Governors and the governed, the rich and the poor, high and low, grant to every of them in their feveral Stations to live fo, that thy will may be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. For all Mankind, whom I have and whom I have not remembred, a Lhumbly reprefent the Sacrifice of thy eternal Son, his Merits and Obedience, his Life and Death, his Refurrection and Afcenfion; his Charity and Enterceffion, praying Thee, in vertue of our Glorious Savior, to grant unto us all, the Graces of an excelleut and perfcct Repentance,an irreconcileable hatred of all fin, a great love of God, and of our Brethren, an exact Imitation of the Holiness of the ever Blefled Jefus, the Spirit of Devotion, conformable Wills, and religious Affections, an Angelical Purity, and a Seraphical Love, thankful hearts, and joy in God; and let all things happen to us all in that Order and Difpofition as may promote thy'greatest Glory, and our Duty, our like nels to Chrift, and th' honor of his Kingdom, by the Bloud of th' Everlasting Covenant pour'd forth in the day of the Lords Love, whom I adore, and whom I love, and defire more and more to love, and love for ever. Amen. Amen..

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