BEbold bow finners difagree, The Publican and Pharifee! The Lord their diff'rent language knows, The Prayer, on Saturday Evening. Against Prefumptuous Thoughts. ALmighty Lord God, who art infinitely great, and infinitely good, and the maker and Lord of heaven and earth! I befeech thee to grant me a juft fenfe of my own infufficiency, and a due regard of thy fovereign power and awful majefty. O cleanfe me from all prefumptuous fins, left they get the dominion over me. For though thou haft fhewn thyself a moft kind and indulgent father to me; yet, alas! I have been an undutiful and difobedient child, and have made very ungrateful returns for thofeinnumerable mercies and favours, which thou haft bestowed upon me. So that my confcience accufes me of having done many things contrary to thy bleffed will; of having acted foolishly and wickedly, contrary to my best and greatest intereft; which is to obey thy will, and adore thy majefty and goodness. I willingly acknowledge, O Lord, that the greatest concernments of this world are a nothing when compared with eternity; and yet how apt am I to grow carelefs and remifs in the great and important work of my falvation, and to fuffer my affections to be carried away from thee after the things of this life; for which I cannot expect any other desert than death, the just punishment of my fin. But, Thou art infinite in mercy, and willeft not the death of a finner; remember then, I beseech thee, thy tender mercies; and, for the fake and merits of my dear redeemer, have mercy upon me. Accept, O Lord, of that full, perfect, and fufficient facrifice, which thy beloved fon offered upon the cross; and through the merits of his bitter death and paffion pardon all my fins; particularly [Here mention thofe fins you are moft guilty of.] larly O Lord, give me an intereft in the blood of that immaculate lamb Jefus Chrift; and grant that I may never render thofe fufferings, which he underwent for finners, ineffectual to the falvation of my foul. And give me grace feriously to confider that it is my indifpenfable duty to forfake every evil way. Poffefs my foul with juft and lively apprehenfions of the infinite difproportion there is between this world and the next; and that I may make a right ufe and improvement of all thofe gracious opportunities which thou art pleased to give me of working out my falvation, and fecuring an inheritance in that kingdom, which is to laft for ever. Let no temptations or allurements divert me from fecuring the interefts of my precious foul. Grant that I may fo pafs through things temporal, that I finally lofe not the things eternal; and that in all the concernments of this life, I may govern myself by the rules of temperance and fobriety, juftice and honesty, prudence and moderation, and with an entire truft and dependance on thy fatherly care and good providence; that having always before my eyes that great account which I muft one day give, I may never dare to do any thing that may dishonour thy name; nor be fo wretched ly foolish, as to purchase any happiness in his world at the expence of thy favour. Enable me to make thy laws the rule of all ny actions, that I may approve myself to thee is becometh thy fervant; by being zealous and devout in thy fervice, kind and charitable toward my neighbour; by being meek and patient, quiet and peaceable, humble and inoffenfive toward all men; and, as far as in me lies, useful and beneficial to the world; that fo glorifying thee here upon earth, I may at my departure hence, enter into the joy of my Lord, and be for ever glorified in thy heavenly kingdom. To this end, I pray thee give me grace to make a right ufe and improvement of all thy mercies, and vouchfafe, O Lord, to continue to me thy grace, favour, and protection. Be thou pleased in thy great goodness, to take me, and all that belongs to me, this night, under the care of thy good providence; defend us from all perils and dangers; and, after the comfortable refrethments of reft and fleep, raise us up in health and safety, with hearts full of love to thee, and zeal to thy service, that we may in the last day be raised to life immortal, though Jefus Christ our Lord! in whose words I pray unto thee, faying, Our Father, &c. F DIRECTIONS to Collefs, Suitable to the Occafions of a worthy Communicant. COLLECTS. OR God's ASSISTANCE in the Sift Sunday after Epiphany, For deliverance from, and fupport un- 29th after Trinity. 5th after Epiphany, St. Simon and Jude, Annunciation. Trinity Sunday, St. Thomas, and St. Mark. 1st, 2d, and 13th after Trinity, Epiphany, 6th after Epiphany, Sunday after Afcenfion-Day. Σ Septuagefima, For |