Lord grant that it may be thus with all who hear thy word this day. May all vain hopes, all false views, and all hardness of heart, fall before the truth.

We pray thee to enable us to worship thee in spirit and in truth. May our hearts and our lips unite in honouring thee. With the self abasement that becometh sinners, may we utter our confessions, our prayers, and our thanksgivings. In the same spirit may we hear thy word, and perform every act of worship in which we engage this day. And graciously vouchsafe, O Lord, to accept our weak and imperfect services, and grant the requests which we make, both for ourselves and for others.

And may thy blessing so attend our waiting on Thee, that we may return from thy courts with an instructed and edified heart. May we bring religion honre to our houses, that it may be found there, as well as in the house of God. So let it be with thy servants, O Lord, that we on all occasions shewing forth the holy influence of thy truth, may at all times feel its heavenly consolations; through

Jesus Christ our Mediator and Advocate, by whom we were taught thus to address thee,

Our Father, &c.

SUNDAY EVENING.

That we may not rest satisfied with a Form of Godliness.

O THOU searcher of the heart, with whom the mere service of the lips is of no avail, give unto us a sincere and serious mind in prayer. Remembering that thou canst not be deceived by false appearances, let us worship thee in spirit and in truth.

Blessed be thy Name, for such a sense of Religion as preserveth us from neglecting thine ordinances; but seeing they may be attended by those whose hearts are not right in thy sight, we make it our earnest prayer to Thee, that we may not rest in the outward acts of religion.

We would be thankful for so much knowledge as to see, that there may be the form of godliness without the power of it: but do thou preserve us from neglecting either. May we attend all thine appointments with an exemplary regularity; and be ever looking to Thee in them, for that grace, by which their edifying intention is completed.

May we not only read and hear thy word, but seriously consider the things which it declareth to us. May we hearken to thy gracious counsels, be convinced of our sinfulness, and turn to thee with our whole heart.

Let us not only call ourselves Christians, but be Christians indeed: fleeing to Christ as our refuge; leaning on him as our support; living upon him daily as the bread of life; and following him as our leader. May we glory in his cross; and by it may the world be crucified to us, and we to the world.

Thus, O Lord of life, quicken us, that our religion may not be a body without spirit. May we not only have a name to live,

but be indeed alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. For thy word assureth us, that although we may understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and speak with the tongues of men or even of angels, if we have not charity, these gifts will profit us nothing.

We earnestly beseech Thee, therefore, to add the power of thy grace, to the light of thy truth; that we may grow in faith and love and being renewed by thy Holy Spirit from day to day, we may become more and more meet to be partakers of the inheritance the saints in light.

We pray thee, most gracious Father, to look in mercy on the Christian world, and pour down a 'spirit of illumination on its Churches; that ignorance, pride, and false security may be removed far from them. May the simplicity and power of thy gospel, as they were seen in its best days, return again. Look down, O Lord, from heaven, behold, and visit this vine. Let showers of blessings descend on it; that there may be a revival of thy work in all the Churches,

and that it may be known that thou art yet. among us.

And may we of this house, partake largely of this favour. Stir up every, one of us to the diligent use of all those means, in which thou hast appointed us to be found, in order to grow grace.

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Suffer us not, O Lord, to rest satisfied with our present attainments in religion; but as those who are far from being perfect, may we daily press toward the mark that is before us.

O God of mercy, pardon the coldness of our hearts in thy service this day. We have need most earnestly and humbly to intreat thy forgiveness, even on account of our holiest employments. And, if even for our prayers and praises we have need to ask forgiveness, how much more for all our other actions! Enter not therefore into judgment with thy servants, O Lord, but look upon us. and accept us in thy beloved Son, of whose mediation we are in continual need