praise thee with joyful Lips. Thus will (x) I bless thee while I live, I will lift up my Hands in thy Name.

My Heart is fixed, O God, my Heart is fixed, I will fing and give Praife: Awake up my Glory, I my self will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the People, I will fing unto thee among the Nations; for thy Mercy reacheth unto the Heavens, and thy Truth unto the Clouds. Be thou (y) exalted, O God, above the Heavens, and thy Glory above all the Earth.

* Psalm LVII. 17, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Having such a great High Priest, who is passed into the Heavens, let us approach the Throne of the Divine Majesty, to obtain Grace and Mercy to help in this time of need. Amen.

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A Confeffion of Sin and Supplication for Mercy.

(a) John 111. 16,17. For GOD

AVE (a) Mercy, fo LOVED THE WORLD, that he gave upon me, O his only begotten Son, that whoH God, according foever believeth in him should not to thy LOVING KINDNESS; according to the Multitude of thy TENDER MERCIES, blot out my Tranfgreffions: (6) WASH me tho

perish, but have everlasting Life: For God sent not his Son into the World to CONDEMN the World, but that the World through him might be saved.

roughly from mine INIQUITIES, and (c) CLEANSE me from my SIN: For I (d) acknowledge my Tranfgreffions, and my SIN is ever before me. (e) Against Thee, the only God, have I finned, and done EVIL in thy fight; that thou mightest (f) be justified when thou speakest, and be CLEAR when thou

judgest. Behold, I was shapen (g) in INIQUITY, and in SIN did my Mother conceive me. Thou defireft Truth in the inward Part, and in the hidden Part thou shalt make me to know Wifdom. (b) PURGE me with Hyffop, and I shall be CLEAN; (i) WASH me, and I shall be WHITER (k) than SNOW. Make me to hear Jor and GLADNESS, that the Bones which thou hast broken may REJOICE. Hide thy (1) Face from my Sins, and blot out all mine Iniquities. Create in me (m) a CLEAN HEART, O God;

(b) Heb. 1.3. Who being the BRIGHTNESS of his Glory, and the express IMAGE of his Perfon, and upholding all Things by the Worn POWER; when he had by himself PURGED Our Sins, fat down on the right Hand of the Majesty on high.

(i) Heb. 1x. 13, 14. For if the Blood of Bulls and Goats SANCTIFIETH, to the PURIFYING of the Flesh; how much more shall the Blood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit OFFERED himself without Spot to God, PURGE your Confcience from dead Works, to serve the living God?

(k) Rev. VII. 14. These have WASHED their ROBES, and made them WHITE in the Blood of the Lamb. Ifa. 1. 18. Though your Sins be as SCARLET, they shall be as white as Snow; though they be red like Crimfon, they shall be as Wool.

(1) Heb. x. 16, 17. This is the COVENANT that I will make with them, faith the LORD; I will put my Laws into their HEARTS, and in their MINDS will I write them, and their Sins and their Iniquities will I REMEMBER no more.

(m) Ezek. XXXVI 26, 27. A new HEART also will I give you, and a new SPIRIT will I put within you; and I will take away the STONY HEART out of your Flesh, and I will give you an Heart of FLESH; and Ifwill put my SPIRIT within you, and cause you to walk in my Statutes, and ye shall keep my Judgments, and do them. Heb. 1x. 15. For this Caufe he is the MEDIATOR of the New Covenant.

and

:

and renew a RIGHT (n) SPI- (n) John v11. 38, 39. Jesus stood

RIT within me. Cast me not away from thy PRESENCE, and (0) take not thy Holy SPIRIT from me. Restore unto me the Joy of thy SALVATION, and uphold me

and cryed, saying, If any Man and drink. He that BELIEVE TH THIRST, let him COME unto me on me, as the Scripture hath faid, out of his Belly shall flow Rivers of he of the SPIRIT, which they that LIVING WATER: But this spake believe on him should receive.

with thy † FREE SPIRIT. (0) 1 Theff. v. 19. Quench not

O Lord, open thou my Lips, and my Mouth shall shew forth thy PRAISE. For thou defirest no SACRIFICE, thou (p) delightest not in BURNT-OFFERINGS. The Sacrifices of God are a BROKEN SPIRIT: a broken and a contrite HEART, O God, thou wilt not despise.

know how to give good GIFTS the Spirit. Luke x1.13. If Fathers unto their Children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the HOLY SPIRIT

that ASK him?

to them

cometh into the World, he faith, (p) Hcb. x. 5, 7, 10. When he wouldest not, but a Body haft thou SACRIFICE and OFFERING thou prepared me: Then faid he, Lo, I COME to do thy Will, O God: by the which Will we are SANCTIFIED, through the OFFERING of the Body of Fefus Chrift once.

I do not present these Supplications for my Righteoufness, but for his great Mercy's Sake, who has exalted bis only Son Christ Jesus, to be a Prince and Saviour, to give Repentance and Remission of Sins. Amen.

+ Thy free Spirit, or the Spirit of Government which God had taken from Saul, and given to David, 1 Sam. XVI. 13, 14. and which David prays might continue with him, notwithstanding his Sin.

A Prayer for the Pro-
Sperity of the Church,
with a Confeffion of
God's Goodness to it.

RAISE wait

Peth for thee, O
God, in Sion;
and

unto thee

(a) John XIV. 13, 14. Whatsoever ye shall ASK in my Name, that will I do; that the Father may be GLORIFIED in the Son. If ye shall

shall the Vow be perform- ASK any thing in my Name, I will ed. O thou, (a) that hearest do it.

a Psalm LXV. 1, to 8.

PRAYER, unto thee shall all Flesh come. Iniquities prevail against us; as for Tranfgreffions, thou shalt PURGE (b) them away.

Blessed are they whom thou (c) CHUSEST, and caufeft to APPROACH unto thee, that they may dwell in thy Courts; they shall be fatiffied with the Goodness of thine (d) House. By TERRIBLE Things in RIGHTEOUSNESS wilt thou answer us, O God of our Salvation; who art the Confidence of all the Ends of the Earth, and of them that are afar off upon the Sea; who by thy Strength settest faft (e) the Mountains, being girded with Power; who (f) STILLEST the Noife of the Seas, and the Noise of their Waves, and the Tumults of

(b) Heb. 1. 3. When he had by himself PURGED Our SINS, fat down on the right Hand of the

and

Majefty on high. Eph. v. 26, 27.
That he might SANCTIFY
CLEANSE with the washing of
Water by the Word, that he might
present it to himself a GLORIOUS
Church, not having Spot or Wrin-
kle, or any such thing, (but that
it should be holy, and without Ble-
mish.)
(c) John xv. 16. Ye have not
CHOSEN me, but I have CHOSEN
you, &c.

ΧΧΙ. 22.

The Lord

(d) Rev. God Almighty and the Lamb, are

the TEMPLE of it.

(e) Heb. 1. 10. Thou, Lord, in the Beginning haft laid the FOUNDATION of the Earth, and the Heavens are the WORKS of thine Hands. (f) Mark IV. 39. He said unto the Sea, PEACE, be ftill; and the Wind ceafed, and there was a

the People: They also that dwell in the Calm.

uttermost Parts are afraid at thy Tokens; thou makest the out-goings of the Morning and Evening to rejoice. O make a b JOYFUL Noife unto God, all ye Lands; (g) SING forth the Honour of his Name, make his Praise GLORIOUS. How terrible, O Lord, art thou in (b) thy WORKS! Thro' the Great ness of thy PoWER, shall thine Enemies submit themselves unto thee. All the Earth shall WORSHIP thee, and shall fing to thy Name;

great

(g) Rev. v. 13. Every Creature which is in Heaven, and on Earth, and under the Earth, and such as are in the Sea, and all that are in I saying, BLESSING,

the heard and Honour, and GLORY, and POWER, be unto him that fitteth upon the Throne, and unto the

Lamb for ever and ever.

(b) Rev. xv. 3,4. Great and marvellous are thy WORKS, Lord God Almighty: Juft and true are thy WAYS, thou King of Saints. Who shall not FEAR thee, O Lord, and GLORIFY thy Name? For thou only art holy, for all Nations shall come and WORSHIP thee, for thy JUDGMENTS are made manifeft.

Pfalm LXVI. 1, to 14. and 17, 18, 19.

for

for thou art terrible in thy Doing towards the Children of Men. Thou rulest by thy POWER for ever; thy (i) EYES BEHOLD the Nations; let not the Rebellious exalt themselves.

any CREATURE that is not MA(i) Heb. IV. 13. Neither is there NIFEST in his Sight, but all Things are naked and opened unto the

O bless our God, ye People, which HOLDETH (k) our Soul in LIFE, and suffers not our Feet to be moved. For thou, O God, haft PROVED us, thou (1) haft TRIED us as Silver is tried; thou hast laid AFFLICTION upon our Loins, thou hast caused Men to ride over our Heads: We went through (m) FIRE and through WA-pearing of Jesus Chrift.

Eyes of him with whom we have

(k) John 111. 16. For God so LOVED the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoPERISH, but have everlasting LIFE. ever believeth in him should not Chap. 1.4. In him was LIFE, and

TER, but thou broughtest us into a WEALTHY Place. Therefore will we go into thine House, to pay the Vows which our Lips have uttered, when we were in Trouble. We CRYED unto him, and he shall be ExTOLLED with our Tongues, If we (n) regard Iniquity in our Hearts, thou, O Lord, wilt not HEAR; but truly God hath HEARD, and ATTENDED to the VOICE of our Prayer.

Let God arife, and let his Enemies be (0) SCATTERED, let them also that hate him FLEE before him.

the Life was the LIGHT of Men.

of your Faith being much more (1) 1 Pet. 1. 7. That the TRIAL precious than of Gold that perisheth, though it be TRIED with and Honour, and Glory, at the apFIRE, might be found unto Praise,

(m) I Pet. IV. 12, 13. Think it not strange co concerning the FIERY some strange thing happened unto Trial, which is to try you; as tho' you: But rejoice, inafmuch as ye

are PARTAKERS of Christ's SUFshall be revealed, ye may be glad FERINGS; that when his Glory also with exceeding Jov. that God HEARETH not SINNERS; (n) John 1x. 31. Now we know but if any Man be a WORSHIPPER of God, and doth his Will, him he

HEARETH.

like the CHAFF of the Summer (0) Dan. 11. 35. They became Threshing-Floors, and the Wind CARRIED them away, that no Place was found for them.

punished with everlasting Deftruc-
(P) 2 Theff. 1. 9. Who shall be
tion from the Prefence of the Lord,

As Smoke is driven away, fo
let the Wicked (p) FLEE be-
fore thee, O God: But let
the Righteous be GLAD, let the Brightness of his coming.

and from the Glory of his Power