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 ... .... Adam, Rev. Thos. his Private Thoughts, quoted, Adoration to be a part of prayer Example of Affliction, prayer advantageous in Answers to prayer, section on Approach to public worship, directions for Assistance of the Holy Spirit in prayer, (see Holy Ghost) 146 224, 229 ...... 237 to 241 68 94 15 107 67 208 99 101, 102 duty when prayers answered, or not, 106 136 28 Being, we have to worship his character as a father his majesty, his grace, and mercy Blessing, example of, in prayer Boerhaave, his daily practice Bonnel, the life of, quoted ... 183 139 56 Calm at Sea, figure to illustrate the need of divine aid Page Church, or place set apart for public worship,observations on 135 ... Confessions of sin, observations on, (see Forms of Prayer) original corruption 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 7 8 great evil in them hints to avoid them lessons inculcated through them Duty of prayer, proved by its being natural and reasonable 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 Evening prayer, observations on forms of private .... 183 Examples of prayer, our Lord's Eye of God, to be remembered as seeing our hearts in prayer 59 |