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ON GOING TO BED.

I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest, for it is thou, Lord, only that makest me to dwell in safety. Ps. iv, 9.

AT GOING OUT.

Lord, bless my going out, and my coming in, from this time forth for evermore. Ps. cxxi, 8.

AT WORK.

Prosper thou the work of my hands, O Lord: prosper my handy work. Ps. cx, 17.

IN CONVERSATION.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep thou the door of my lips. Ps. clxi, 3.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be always acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer. Ps. xix, 14.

WHEN EVIL ENTREATED.

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Luke xxiii, 34.

Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Acts vii, 60.

ON ANY LOSS.

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away : blessed be the name of the Lord. Job i, 21.

ON TEMPTATION.

How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Gen. xxxix, 9.

Lord, cleanse thou me from my secret faults: keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Ps, xix, 12, 13.

IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee. Ps. cxliii, 8.

14.

Lord, I am oppressed: undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii,

FOR A FRIEND.

The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day. 2 Tim. i, 18.

BEFORE PRAYER.

Lord, teach us to pray. Luke xi, 1.

Quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. Ps. lxxx, 18.

BEFORE READING THE SCRIPTURES.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Ps. cxix, 18.

GOING TO CHURCH.

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Ps. lxxxiv, 1, 2.

We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool. Ps. cxxxii, 7.

ENTERING GOD'S HOUSE.

This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Gen. xxviii, 17.

ON HEARING THE SCRIPTURES.

Sanctify us through thy truth: thy word is truth. John xvii, 17.

AFTER WORSHIP.

The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his

heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 2 Chron. xxx, 18, 19.

OCCASIONAL EJACULATIONS.

O Lord, be gracious unto us, we have waited for thee. Isa. xxxiii, 2.

Father, glorify thy name. John xii, 28.

Lord, save us, we perish. Matt. viii, 25.

Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. Mark X, 47.

v,

Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Luke

12.

Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix, 24. Lord, help me. Matt. xv, 25.

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

INDEX.

Page

examples of

Abraham's example in family worship

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Adam, Rev. Thos. his Private Thoughts, quoted,
Address on constant prayer, to Christian ministers, Pa-
rents, those in prosperity or afflicted, the young,
those in middle life, and the aged

Adoration to be a part of prayer

Example of

Affliction, prayer advantageous in
Alms should be joined with prayers
Analysis of prayer, from Bishop Wilkins
Anselm, Bishop, quoted

Answers to prayer, section on

Approach to public worship, directions for

Assistance of the Holy Spirit in prayer, (see Holy Ghost)

146

224, 229

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237 to 241

68

94

15

107

67

208

99

101, 102

duty when prayers answered, or not,

106

136

28

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Being, we have to worship

his character as a father

his majesty, his grace, and mercy
Benevolent Society, form of prayer for
Beveridge's Private Thoughts recommended

Blessing, example of, in prayer

Boerhaave, his daily practice

Bonnel, the life of, quoted

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183

139

56

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Calm at Sea, figure to illustrate the need of divine aid
Cecil's Remains, quotation from, on family worship
Church of England, Liturgy praised by Dissenters
its testimony to the need of the
Spirit's assistance

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Church, or place set apart for public worship,observations on 135
Cobbett on Prayer, quoted

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Confessions of sin, observations on, (see Forms of Prayer)

original corruption
actual transgression

aggravation of sins

example of

Conformity to the world to be avoided

Conversation among Christians, observations on

Denial of prayer, reasons for

Devotional feelings merely, may be without real devotion

Directions to assist in attaining the spirit of prayer

Distractions in prayer, observations on

their nature

229

69

69

70

72

94

205

168

106

197

201

187

188

190

192

196

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8

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great evil in them

hints to avoid them

lessons inculcated through them

Duty of prayer, proved by its being natural and reasonable
the command and threatenings of God
it is an act of homage due to God
God's relation to us shews it a duty
the practice of holy persons

indispensable for the obtaining of grace

examples of persons using it

Enlargement of the kingdom of Christ, or a spirit of prayer for 178

divine power necessary to accomplish it

the promises relative to it call for prayer

180

180

directions and prophecies for that purpose 181

the many examples

a blessing has ever attended it

it gives God all the glory.

united prayers specially efficacions
forms of prayer for

Evening prayer, observations on

forms of private

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Examples of prayer, our Lord's

Eye of God, to be remembered as seeing our hearts in prayer 59

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