Thine is the Power, that is, thou art omnipotent or able to do all things; and therefore thou art most able to grant what we humbly pray for:

Thine is the Glory, that is, to thee we give honour, praise, and adoration in these and all our devotions: and if thou, O God, wilt answer our petitions, and grant what we request, to thee shall be returned the praise and glory for all ages. This doxology therefore is not barely a conclusion of the whole, but also a ground or reason of every part, and a foundation for every portion in particular.

Amen.

By Amen (or so be it) we declare our firm belief that God can grant what we pray for, and our earnest hope and fervent desire that he will do it for the sake of him, in whom all the promises are yea and Amen, even the Lord Jesus.

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PIOUS EJACULATIONS.

For Pardon of Sins.

I WILL arise and go to my Father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Have mercy upon nie, O God, after thy great goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine

offences.

O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

For I acknowledge my faults; and my sin is ever before me. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

For Graces and Advancement in a Christian Life. LORD, teach me to number my days, that I may ap ply my heart unto wisdom.

Hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good. Grant that all carnal affections may die in me, and that all things belonging to the spirit may live and grow in me. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

O God of peace, sanctify me wholly, that my whole spirit, soul and body, may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For the Light of God's Countenance or Mercy.

OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.

O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint.

Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thy face from me? Ŏ hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure.

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is amiss, O Lord, who may abide it?

Show thy servant the light of thy countenance.

Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon me; and save me for thy mercies sake.

Comfort the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul, from this time forth for everAmen.

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For Deliverance in Time of Trouble.

I AM brought into so much trouble and misery, that I go mourning all the day long.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am in trouble, and mine eyes are consumed for very heaviness; yea my soul and my body.

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; Lord, be thou my helper.

Deliver me from the hands of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Forsake me not, O Lord, my God; but haste thee to help me, O Lord God of my salvation.

Acts of Adoration and Thanksgiving.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me praise his holy name.

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high: great things, O Lord, are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee?

Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength; so will we sing and praise thy power.

Blessing and honour, glory and power, thanksgiving and praise, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever.

To the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.

Amen.

PRAYERS TO BE USED BY SICK PERSONS *

A Prayer in Sickness.

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O GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; behold me thy poor servant, upon whom thou hast been pleased to lay thine afflicting hand sanctify, I beseech thee, this thy fatherly correction to me; and grant that I may receive it with all the patience and submission becoming a child of God, neither murmuring nor repining under any dispensations of thy providence; but looking on all my afflictions as the means to wean me from the world, to bring me nearer to thyself, and to purge away all that dross and defilement which my soul has contracted in this sinful world. O merciful Father, let not my sins provoke thee to turn away thy face from me, while I seek unto thee in this time of my trouble; but, for the merits and intercession of thy beloved Son, pardon all my sins, and say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Give me strength, resolution, and patience to bear all my pains, weaknesses, and infirmities; strengthen my faith, enlarge my hopes, increase my charity, and perfect my repentance, that I may be delivered from the fear of death. Make thou my bed in my sickness, and lay not more upon me than thou wilt enable me to bear; give a blessing to the means that shall be used for my recovery; and if it be thy good pleasure, restore me to my former health, that I lead the rest of my may life in thy fear and to thy glory. But if thou hast determined that this sickness shall be unto death; grant, O merciful Father, that the more the outer man decayeth, so much the more I may find the inner man strengthened and renewed by thy holy spirit; and give me grace so to take this thy visitation, that after this painful life is ended, I may dwell with thee in life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our saviour. Amen.

* The reader who would understand how to support himself under, und im prove such Sickness, as the Lord shall please to visit him with, is referred to Sunday vii, Sect. vi, and Sunday xvii.

A Prayer on sending for the Physician. ALMIGHTY God, forasmuch as thou hast ordained the physician for the benefit of those who languish under any bodily distemper, I have resolved to try his skill, in order to the same; yet my chief hope is in thee. O be thou my help; for, without thee, vain is the help of man and all his skill. Therefore, I beseech thee, direct thy servant to what may be proper for me, and let thy blessing accompany his prescriptions, and give success thereto. For though the most efficacious methods of cure are nothing of themselves, yet if thou speakest the word, thy servant shall be healed; it is thou that art the great physician, who alone can effectually remove all my maladies; and all other helps are but instruments in thy hands, that work according to thy good pleasure: therefore be thou with me, to bless and prosper them, to thine own glory, and to the welfare of me thine unworthy servant, who here most humbly sues to thee for pity, through Jesus Christ our Lord and saviour. Amen.

A Prayer to be used on taking Physic.

GIVE thy blessing, O Lord, to the means now used for my recovery; for without thee all our endeavours are but vain; and, if it be thy blessed will, make them so effectual for that end, that I may live to promote thy glory, and to make a better preparation for the coming of thy son Jesus Christ, our Lord and saviour. Amen.

A Prayer to be used on want of Sleep.

ALMIGHTY God, I seek sleep, to ease my pains, and to recruit my spirits, but I find it not; consider my weariness, which calls aloud for rest, and my weakness, which greatly needs refreshment; and let my wearied eyes at length lay hold thereof. O grant, that while thou keepest me awake, I may be able to commune with my own heart, and search out my spirit; and let the consideration of thy tender mercies be my comfort, till thy goodness sees fit to give sleep to my eyes and refreshment to my sorrows, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord and saviour. Amen.