aus dedica de and thy Another Morning Prayer for a Family. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom we live, and move, and have our being, and whose mercy is over all thy works; we thy needy creatures, in a thankful sense of thy good providence over us, do render thee our humblest praises for thy preservation of us from the beginning of our lives to this time. Blessed be thy holy name for the continual protection of thy hand, by which we have been defended amidst the changes and miseries of this mortal life, and delivered from innumerable dangers, and particularly from any evil accident of the night past. To thy watch of any kindly befal a family, instead of this say, [That notwithstanding our fears and dangers, we are brought in safety Own saly ady life. But, Lord ruption aptations • When disturbances ful providence we wholly owe it, that no disturbance hath come nigh us, or our dwelling; but that we have enjoyed quiet and refreshing sleep, and are brought in safety to the beginning of this day. For these and all other thy mercies, our souls do bless and magnify thy glorious name, humbly beseeching thee to accept this our morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Saviour. to the beginning of this day.] And since it is of thy mercy, O gracious Father, that another day is adding to our lives; sober and temperate, and diligent, in the several states and conditions which thy providence hath appointed for us. Grant us patience under any affliction thou shalt see fit to lay upon us, and minds always contented with our present condition. Grant us grace to be just and upright in all our dealings, 'quiet and peaceable, full of compassion towards the needy and afflicted, and ever ready to do good to all men, according to the abilities and opportunities which thou shalt give us; that so walking faithfully before thee all our days, and being found watching whenever our appointed time shall come, we may, from a life of righteousness, be translated to life and bliss eternal. Another B gracion eyes th ised me confess And we humbly beg thy blessing this day upon our honest designs and undertakings. Direct us in all our ways, and prosper the work of our hands. Let thy good providence watch over us, and preserve us in our going out and coming in. Defend us from all dangers and adversities, and be thou graciously pleased to take us, and all things belonging to us, into thy Fatherly care and protection. These things, O Lord, and whatever else thou seest needful and convenient both for our souls and bodies, we humbly beg of thee for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ; in whose most holy name and re thee i wonda wo nuow unto thee for ourselves and all Another Evening Prayer for a Family. Most gracious and merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised mercy and forgiveness to all them who confess and forsake their sins; we come before thee in a humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold transgressions of thy righteous laws, in thought, word, and deed: we have done those things which thou hast forbidden, and left undone the things which thou hast commanded; so that when we look back upon our past lives, and remember that thou art privy to our most secret sins, we are afraid of thy judgments, and ashamed to lift up our eyes unto thee. But, O gracious Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech thee, in thy Son Jesus Christ; for the merits of his sufferings, be thou merciful to us in the pardon of our sins; make us deeply sensible of the great evil and danger of them, and work in us a hearty contrition: and grant that the remembrance of them may be more grievous and afflicting to us, than of any other evil whatsoever; that we worthily lamenting our transgressions, and being brought to a hearty repentance and amendment of life, may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to woosiva humble and penitent sinners, for the |