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MAN XP CT 
 
 O F 
 
 PRAYERS 
 
 For the USE of the 
 
 SCHOLARS 
 
 O F 
 
 JVinchefler College, 
 
 And all Other 
 
 "Devout Christians. 
 
 To which are added, 
 
 Three HYMNS: For Morning, 
 Evenings and Midnight. 
 
 By Dr. T h o. Ken, late Lord Bifhop 
 of Bath and Wells. 
 
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 Clje Ctomtp^eigfjtfj €&mon. 
 
 ■ To which is perfixed, 
 
 A faithful Account of his Lordfhip's Life, 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for S. Eirt, in Ave-Mary-Lane ; J. Hodges, 
 againfl: St. Magnus's Church, London- Bridge ; and 
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 THE 
 
 LIFE 
 
 O F 
 
 Dr. Thomas Ken, 
 
 Late Lord Bishop of 
 
 BATH and WELLS. 
 
 ^^^^ HIS excellent Prelate was 
 ^j^j^ the youngeft Son of Thomas 
 
 Eg$pr Ken, of FurnivaTs Inn, a 
 
 ^5 Gentleman defccnded of an 
 antient and worthy Family ; <W w^j 
 born July 1637, 0* Berkhamftead, in 
 the County of Hertford. He was very 
 youngs when he was fent to Winchefler 
 School \ where he made fo great an Im- 
 provement in Learnings that he was 
 much fooner than ufual eletted to New- 
 College, Oxon. At which Place \ in the 
 A 3 24/J& 
 
iv The Life of Dr. Ken*, 
 
 24th Tear of his Age, he took his Degree 
 cf Batchelor of Arts, viz. May 3. 1661. 
 and Jan. 21. 1664. he commenced Mafter 
 of Arts. 'Twas the Tear 1678. before 
 he took his Degree of Batchelor of Divi- 
 nity : and the Tear following commenced 
 DocJor. 
 
 In the Tear 1666. he was chofen Fel- 
 low of Winchefter College ; and as that 
 Foundation was principally intended to 
 promote a retired and fiudious Life, it 
 was very fuitable to his Inclinations ; 
 and he became fo famous for the Purity of 
 his Manners, and the Scundnefs of his 
 Dcolxine, as well as for the indefatigable 
 Pains, wherewith he purfued his private 
 Studies, and publick Preaching, that by 
 the latter he brought over many Sectaries, 
 particularly Anabaptifts, to the Church 
 #/ England. 
 
 His great Merit foon recommended 
 him to Dr. Morley, Bifloop of Win- 
 chefter, who made him his Domefiick 
 Chaplain \ and on the Vacancy of the Par- 
 fonage of Woodhay in Hampshire, pre- 
 fented him to it : About which Time he 
 publifhed the following excellent Manual 
 of Prayers for the Ufe of the Winchefter 
 Scholars, which has been mojl defervedly 
 
 admired 
 
late Bifhop of Bath and Wells, v 
 
 admired for the noble and pious Strains, 
 for which this excellent Divine was 
 fo particularly celebrated. And in the 
 Tear 1669. his Lordjhip, cf his own 
 Motion, made him a Prebendary of the 
 Church of Winton ; in which Poft, his 
 great Parts and Piety recommended him 
 to King Charles II. who made Choice of 
 him to attend the Lord Dartmouth to 
 the Demolition of Tangier •, and on his 
 Return, he was cenftituted his Majefty* s 
 Chaplain by the particular Direction of 
 the King himfelf. 
 
 Some time after, he was made Chap- 
 lain to the Princefs of Orange, then re- 
 fiding in Holland ; in whofe Favour he 
 food very high, on account of his pru- 
 dent Conduil, and ftricl Piety : And on 
 his Return to England, his Majefty King 
 Charles II. of bis own Acccrd, without 
 the lnterpofition cf any one, nominated 
 him to the Bifhoprick 0/Bath and Wells, 
 vacant by the 'Tranjlatioh of Dr. Mew 
 to the See of Winton ; his Majefty being 
 pleafed to fay on this Occajion, "That 
 Dr. Ken fhould iucceed to the See of 
 Bath and Wells by virtue of his own 
 peculiar Appointment. An4 accordingly 
 the King himfelf gave Direction for a 
 A 4 Conge 
 
vi The Life of Dr. Ken, 
 
 Conge cT Elire to pafs the Seals ; and 
 he was confecrated Bifhop of that Diocefe 
 on St. Paul's Day, Anno 1684. And 
 
 this was the more remarkable, as he had 
 faffed feme Slights on Mrs. Gwin, one 
 of the King's Miftreffes, but juft before ; 
 having refufed her Admittance into his 
 Houfe at Winton, where fhe was ap- 
 pointed to lodge during the King's Abode 
 in thofe Parts, the Dodtor frankly de- 
 claring, That a Woman of ill Repute 
 ought not to be endured in the Houfe 
 of a Clergyman, and efpecially one 
 who had the Honour to be the King's 
 Chaplain. 
 
 /* the laft Hours cf the King's Life, 
 he was a clofe and cenftant Attendant 
 on his Majefty, to infpire him with Sen- 
 timents of Piety and Penitence ; and 
 prevailed with the King to order a cer- 
 tain Dutchefs, who had been his Mi- 
 ftrefs, to be removed from his Royal 
 Prefence ; and fo effeffually reprefented 
 the Injury his Majefty had done to his 
 Queen, that the King fent for her, and 
 ajked her Pardon, a little before*: he 
 expired. 
 
 He was one of the firft Projectors of 
 Charity-Schools^ which he fet on Foot^ 
 
 m 
 
 f 
 
late Bifhop of Bath and Wells. Vii 
 in order to cure the miferable Ignorance 
 of the Common People ; and wrote an 
 Expofition of the Church Catechifm, cal- 
 culated for this very End -, and he ufed 
 to fay on this Occafion, That he would 
 try if he could not lay a Foundation to 
 make the next Generation better. 
 
 He went frequently to fome great Pa- 
 riflo, where he would preach twice, and- 
 confirm and catechize : And on Sundays, 
 when he dined at Home, he ufed to have 
 twelve poor Men or Women dine with 
 hi?n in his Hall, to whom he gave com- 
 fortable InflruSlion for their Souls, at 
 the fame time that he was feeding their 
 Bodies ; and what was left at Dinner \ 
 he divided among them, that their Fa- 
 milies at Home might partake of the Be- 
 nefits they received. And as a farther 
 Jnflance of the Extenfivenefs of his Cha- 
 rity, having 4000 1. fallen to him as 
 Bifhop of Bath and Wells, arifing from 
 a Fine, he gave the greateft Part of it 
 towards the Support of the diflreffed 
 French Prcteflants, at that time expelled 
 their Country for their Religion. 
 
 Altho 9 he was firmly attached to the 
 
 Inter eft of the Prince on the Throne, which 
 
 be thought his Duty, as he had fjsorn 
 
 A 5 Alle- 
 
viii The Life of Dr. Ken, 
 
 Allegiance to him ; yet compafficnating 
 the miferable State of the Prifoners for 
 the Duke of Monmouth'j Rebellion, in 
 his Diocefe of Wells, he daily relieved 
 fome Hundreds of them, and likewife 
 prayed with them, in Prifon : And fo 
 great was the Fame of his Integrity and 
 Piety, that the King never fufpefted him 
 for thofe Affs of Charity to his Enemies : 
 And being once accufed by the Papijls, 
 who had at that time a prevailing In- 
 ter eft in Court, of fome free ExpreJ/ions 
 in a Sermon, by him preached in the 
 Royal Chanel, when the King was abfent y 
 and clofetted by his Majefiy upon it ; he 
 with the Freedom and Plainnefs of a truly 
 primitive B<fhop, told the King, That if 
 his Majefty had not negledted his 
 own Duty of being prefent, his Ene- 
 mies had not had that Opportunity of 
 accufing him. 
 
 Though, as has been J aid, his Loyalty 
 to his Prince was never queftioned •, yet 
 he thought he owed fo much to his Coun- 
 try, as to make one of the f even Bifhops, 
 who made fo noble a Stand for the Li- 
 berty of the People, againfl the difpenf- 
 ing Power which the King had juft af- 
 fumed, and was fent to the Tower m 
 
 that 
 
late Bifhop of Bath and Wills, ix 
 
 that Occafion \ which is a Piece of Hi- 
 ftory too well known to need mentioning 
 here. After he had thus facrificed the 
 Favour in which he food with the King, 
 to the Duty he owed to his Religion and 
 his Country, he fuffered himfelf to be 
 deprived of all his Preferments, and his 
 Bifjoprick, which were his whole For- 
 tune and Efiate, rather than offend his 
 Confcience, having fome unhappy Scru- 
 ples about taking the Oaths to King 
 William, which he thought incompatible 
 with thofe he had taken to King James : 
 And by this means he was in a manner 
 reduced to receive thofe charitable Affift- 
 ances, which he had fo liberally dif- 
 penfed to others, that when his Goods 
 and Effects were fold on his Depriva- 
 tion, the Whole, excepting his Books, 
 produced but 700 1. for which Sum the 
 Lord Vif count Weymouth allowed him 
 20 1. per Quarter, and charged it on his 
 own Eftate. 
 
 But notwithflanding he was fo unhap- 
 py as not to be able to comply with the 
 Oaths prefcribed by the Government^. 
 after the Revolutioa ; yet,, during the* 
 whole "Time of his Retirement, to the End 
 if his Life y he was never fufpetted. of 
 A 6 any 
 
x The Life of Dr. Ken, 
 
 any ill Defign to difturb the Peace of the 
 Government : And Her late mofi excel- 
 lent Majejly Queen Anne was fo well 
 fatisfied with the Peaceablenefs of his 
 Behaviour^ and his Chrijiian Subrniffwn 
 to the Powers in Being, that fhe graci- 
 ■eujly conferred on him annually, to the 
 Time of his Death, a -particular Bounty \ 
 and would fay, That his Acceptance 
 and Thanks, which he always dutifully 
 returned her, overpaid the Benefit. 
 
 The unaccountable Lengths that many 
 cf the Nonjuring Clergy have run, fince 
 this good Bijhop's Death, even of Un- 
 chrifiianing the Members of the EJla- 
 llifhed Church, by denying the Efficacy 
 cf the Sacraments of Baptifm and the 
 hordes Supper, if difpenfed by any ether 
 Hands than there own ; and of fever al 
 ether f range Tenets, which the very 
 Papifts themfelves difavcw ; would have 
 received no Countenance from this Ortho- 
 dox Prelate, whofe Jleady Principles ren- 
 dered him equally proof againji Popery 
 trnd Superftiticn on one hand, and En- 
 thufiafm and Fanaticifm on the other. 
 And this excellent Choice was not owing 
 to the Prevalence of Cujlom and Educa- 
 tion only, nor to his great Extent of 
 
 Readings 
 
late Bifhop of Bath and Wells, xi 
 
 Reading, and the abfolute Maftery he 
 had in all manner of Polemical Studies -, 
 but to Experience, and a perfect (and y 
 if I may fo fay, perfonal) Knowledge 
 of the Evil he efchewed, and the Good 
 he embraced : For Anno 1675. the Tear 
 of Jubilee, being only Mafter of Arts y 
 he travelled over all Italy ; and ufed to 
 fay, He thanked God for the Oppor- 
 tunity of that Journey -, fince it had 
 confirmed him more than ever, in the 
 Opinion he always had of the Purity 
 of the Church of England, and the 
 fuperftitious Fopperies of Popery. 
 
 And as an Infkance of what we have 
 cfferted, with regard to the late Practices 
 of the Nonjurors ; as alfo of the Uni- 
 formity of his Principles, and his great 
 Candor and Moderation \ he could not, 
 after his Deprivation, agree with thofe 
 of the Nonjurors, who were for conti- 
 nuing a Separation, and, of Ccnfequcnce, 
 for perpetuating a Schifm, by private Con- 
 iterations among themfelves : Whereby 
 he demonflrated, that his declining the 
 Oaths was rather his Misfortune than 
 his Fault \ ard intirely owing to that 
 Scrupuloufnefs of Conference, which, on 
 every fignal Occajion in his Life, had 
 
 pre- 
 
xii The Life of Dr. K e k, 
 
 preferred to him an irreproachable and 
 unblemifhed Integrity and Reputation: 
 And from hfttce we may obferve, as I 
 hinted before, to what a Length the fu- 
 rious Paffwns, and blind Zeal, of fome vio- 
 lent Spirits, who have Jtnce prefided in 
 the Separation, have hurried them : As 
 far beyond the Defign and Imaginations 
 of the jirft 'Nonjurors (who had the 
 flritleft Regard to Honour and Virtue in 
 their Behaviour ; and would no more 
 offend their Neighbour's Confcience, than 
 wound their own}, as they exceeded the 
 Bounds of Reafon, and of common Dif- 
 cretion and Chriftianiiy. 
 
 But to proceed : As a farther Inftance, 
 as well of the Scrupuloufnefs of this ex- 
 cellent Prelate's Confcience, as of his 
 Moderation and Charity to Gentlemen 
 differing in Opinion from his own, he 
 anfwered as follows to- a worthy * Pre- 
 late, who warmly preffed him to comply 
 with the prefcribed Oaths : I queftion 
 not, faid he, but that you, and feveral 
 others, have taken the Oaths with as 
 good a Confcience as myfelf fhall re- 
 
 * D*. Hooper, his old Friend, late Bifhop of Bath and 
 Wells, whole Acceptance of that See was principally owing 
 to the Perfuafion-s of Dr. Ken, after his own Deprivation. 
 
 fufc 
 
late Biflaop of Bath and Wells, xiii 
 
 fufe them; and fometimes you have 
 almoft perfuaded me to comply, by 
 the Arguments you have ufed : But I 
 beg you to urge them no farther ; for 
 fhould I be perfuaded to comply, and 
 after fee Reaibn to repent, you would 
 make me the moft miferable Man in 
 the World. 
 
 A little before his laft Illnefs, believ- 
 ing his Diffolution approaching, he made 
 his Will, in which the pious Prelate 
 gives this Account of his Religion : As 
 for my Religion, fays he, I die in the 
 Holy Catholick and Apoftolick Faith, 
 profefled by the whole Church before 
 the Difunion of Eafi and Weft ; more 
 particularly, I die in the Communion 
 of the Church of England, as it (lands 
 diftinguifhed from all Papal and Puritan 
 Innovations, and as it adheres to the 
 Doctrines of the Crofs. 
 
 Being now arrived to the j?d Tear of 
 his Age, the pious Prelate began to ripen 
 apace for Glory : He was fcized with 
 an Ulcer in his Kidmys -, which making 
 him void bloody Urine, he went to Briftol 
 in the Beginning of the Tear 1710, to 
 ufe the Hot Well. There he tarried 
 till November following, . when he went 
 
 U 
 
xiv The Life of Dr. Ken, 
 
 to a Friend's Houfe at Lewefton near 
 Sherburn in Dorfetfhire, where he was 
 feized with a dead Palfy on one Side, 
 and with the Drcpfy : But however ', be- 
 lieving himfelf capable of a Journey to 
 Bath, in hopes of Benefit by the Waters 
 there, in March following he called at 
 Long-Leate in his Way thither. "This 
 was his laft Stage \ for his Difiemper 
 increafing upon him, after taking to his 
 Bed a Week, he departed this Life on 
 Monday March 19, 1710-11, 
 
 In his Blnefs he was intirely refigned 
 and patient ; and as he had travelled 
 many Tears with his Shroud in his Port- 
 manteau (for he ufed to fay, That 
 might be wanted as foon as any other 
 of his Habiliments), fo he put it on him- 
 felf, as foon as he came to Long-Leate; 
 cf which he took Notice a little before 
 his Death, to prevent his Body being 
 flript. He was buried the 2 lft of March 
 at Froom-Selwood, the near eft Parijb 
 within his own Diocefe, to the Place 
 where he died, according to his own Di- 
 rection, in the Church-yard, under the 
 Eaft Window of the Chancel, juft at 
 Sun-rifing, without any Manner of 
 Pomp or Ceremony, excepting that of 
 
 the 
 
late Biftiop of Bath and Wells, xr 
 
 the Order for Burial in the Liturgy of 
 the Church of England. 
 
 This excellent Prelate had an extra- 
 ordinary Tafte for Divine Poetry and 
 Mufick, and was very happy in divers 
 Compofitions of the former ; with a Spe- 
 cimen of which he has prefented the 
 Reader ', at the latter End of this TraEiy 
 in the three excellent Hymns for the three 
 great Divijions of the natural Day, viz. 
 Morning, Evening, and Midnight. 
 As for his Works in general, they will be 
 a lafling Monument of his Worth ; among 
 which, the enfuing little TraSl, written for 
 the Ufe of a Foundation very dear to 
 him, is far from being the meaneft. We 
 fhall not attempt to fet forth its particular 
 Beauties, fince they are . obvious to every 
 Reader : And indeed its practical Plain- 
 nefs, and noble Simpicity, have intitled it 
 to the worthy Reception it has met with 
 from all Ages and Degrees \ though it 
 muft be acknowledged, it was more par- 
 ticularly calculated for the Benefit and Ca- 
 pacities of Youth. 
 
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 *- fix Parts, compofed of Meditations 
 and Prayers for every Day in the Week. 
 Pr. 2s. N.B. The firft Part is fold {ingle, 
 Pr._6d. or 405. per hundred. 
 
 2. The Chriftian Scholar, in Rules and 
 Directions for Children and Youth Tent to 
 Engiijh Schools. By W. Kennett, D.D. late 
 Lord Eifeop of Peterborough. Pr. 3^. or 
 20 j. per hundred. 
 
 3. The Excellent Daughter ; a Difcourfe 
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 4. The Pious Country Parifhioner ; being 
 Directions how a Chriftian may manage 
 every Day, through the whole Courfe of his 
 Life, with Safety and Succefs. Pr. is. 6d+ 
 or 15 s. per dozen. 
 
 5. A Guide to the Devout Chriftian, in 
 Three Parts. By John Tnett 9 D.D. Chap- 
 lain in Ordinary to His Majefty. Pr. 2 s. 6d. 
 
 6. Sacramental Devotions, and fui table 
 Meditations : And many other eminent 
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 THE 
 
A 
 
 MANUAL 
 
 O F 
 
 PRAYERS, 
 
 For the Ufe of the Scholars of 
 
 JVinchefter College. 
 
 An EXHORTATION to Toung 
 Ph ilothe us. 
 
 F you have any Regard, good 
 Philotheits^ to your own eter- 
 nal Happinefs, it ought to 
 be your chiefeft Care to ferve 
 and glorify God. 'Tis for this End, 
 God both made and redeemed you : And 
 two excellent Rules he hath given you 
 in Holy Scripture ^ by the confcientious 
 
 Obfer- 
 
1 8 A Manual of Prayers 
 
 Obfervation of which you will be able, 
 thro' his Grace, to dedicate your tender 
 Years to his Glory. 
 
 The one teaches you what you are 
 to do : Remember now thy Creator in the 
 Days of thy Youth^ Eccl. xii. i. 
 
 The other teaches you what you are 
 to avoid : Fly youthful Lufis^ that is, 
 all thofe Sins which are ufually incident 
 to young Perfons, 2 Tim. ii. 22. 
 
 You cannot imagine the unfpeakable 
 Advantages a pious Youth gains by the 
 Practice of thefe two Rules •, and how 
 many ghoftly Dangers that Soul efcapes, 
 which is leafoned betimes with the Fear 
 of God, before he is fullied with ill 
 Company, before he hath contracted 
 vicious Habits, which will coft him 
 infinite Pains to unlearn ; before his 
 AfFe&ions are too far engaged in the 
 World, to be eafily recalled ; and be- 
 fore the Devil hath got too ftrong a 
 Hold in him, to be fuddenly difpof- 
 fefled. 
 
 O Philotheus! do but afk any one 
 old Penitent, What Fruit, what Satif- 
 fadtien he hath purchafed to himfelf, 
 by all thofe Pleafures of Sin, which 
 flattered him in his Youth, and of which 
 
 he 
 
for Winchefter Scholars. 19 
 
 he is now afhamed ! Will he not fadly 
 tell you, he has found them all to be 
 but Vanity, and Vexation of Spirit ? 
 How will he befool himfelf for the many 
 good Opportunities he hath loft •, and 
 wifh a thoufand Times, that he were to 
 live overlvis mif-fpentDays again ! And 
 how bitterly will he, with David, be- 
 wail the Sins of his Youth! Pf. xxv. 7. 
 
 Learn then, good Philotheus, by 
 the dear-bought Experience of others, 
 to accuftom yourfelf to bear (Thrift's 
 Yoke from your Youth ; and his Yoke 
 will fit eafy on your Neck ; for your 
 Duty will grow natural to you by be- 
 ginning betimes. 
 
 Do but confider how welcome a 
 young Convert is to God : It was to 
 young Samuel, that God revealed him- 
 felf, and that at fuch a Time too, when 
 the Word of God was precious, and very 
 rare ; to fliew how much God honoured 
 a young Prophet, 1 Sam. iii. 1. And 
 you know, that St. John, the youngeft 
 of all the Difciples, is the only Perfon 
 of all the Twelve, who was permitted 
 to lean on our Saviour's Bofom at the 
 laft Supper, as deareft to him in Affec- 
 tion, and who is emphatically called 
 
 the 
 
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 the Difciple whom Jtfus loved, John 
 xiii. 23. And this is fuitable to that 
 gracious Promife, which God hath 
 made to encourage all young Perfons 
 to ferve him •, I love them that love me y 
 and thofe that feek me early Jhall find me \ 
 Prov. viii. 17. 
 
 O Philotheus, let this heavenly Pro- 
 mife excite in you a great Zeal to feek 
 God, and feek him early : For if you 
 do feek, you are fure to find him •, you 
 are fure, when you have found him, 
 he Ihall love you ; and you fhall reap all 
 the happy Effe6ts of God's infinite 
 Love, and of an early Piety. 
 
 An early Piety ! than which nothing 
 will make you a greater Comfort to all 
 your Friends, or a greater Blefilng to 
 the very College where you are bred ! 
 Nothing will make you more univer- 
 fally efteemed, and beloved by all 
 Men, or more fuccefsful in your Stu- 
 dies ! And befides that Peace of Con- 
 fcience, and the Pleafare of Well-do- 
 ing, you will at prefent feel, think, if 
 you can, how inconceivable a Joy it 
 will be to you, when in your elder 
 Years you can refleft on your well- 
 fpent Time, and the Innocence of your 
 
 Youth ! 
 
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 Youth ! how great a Confolation it will 
 be to you on your Death-bed, how 
 eafy it will render your Accounts at the 
 great Day of Judgment ! and how 
 much a whole Life, fpent in God's 
 Service, will increafe your Glory in 
 Heaven ! 
 
 God, of his great Mercy, Philotheus y 
 make thefe and the like Confiderations 
 effectual to create holy Refolutions in 
 you \ and give you Grace to make 
 good Ufe of thefe following Dire&ions, 
 which are defigned to teach you to 
 fear the Lord from your Youth, and 
 are fuited to your particular Age and 
 Condition, in hopes they may the more 
 affeft you. God grant they may ! Amen* 
 i Kings xviii. J2. 
 
 Directions in General. 
 
 AS foon as ever you awake in the 
 Morning, good Philotheus^ 
 ftrive, as much as you can, 
 to keep all worldly Thoughts out of 
 your Mind, till you have prefented 
 the Firft-fruits of the Day to God, 
 
 which 
 
22 A Manual of Prayers 
 
 which will be an excellent Preparative 
 to make you fpend the reft of it the 
 better : And therefore be fure to fing 
 the Morning and Evening Hymn in 
 your Chamber devoutly, remembring 
 that the Pfalmift, upon happy Expe- 
 rience, aflures you, That it is a good 
 Thing to tell of the Loving-kindnefs of 
 the Lord early in the Morning, and of 
 his Truth in the Night-feafon, PfaL 
 xcii. i, 2. 
 
 When you are ready, look on your 
 Soul as ftill undrefs'd, till you have faid 
 your Prayers. 
 
 Remember that God, under the 
 Law, ordained a Lamb to be offered 
 up to him every Morning and Evening. 
 A Lamb ! which is a fit Emblem of 
 Youth and Innocence. Think then 
 that you are to refemble this Lamb, 
 and be fure every Day to offer up your- 
 felf a Morning and Evening Sacrifice 
 to God, Exod. xxix. 38, 39. 
 
 If you are a Commoner, you may 
 fay your Prayers in your own Cham- 
 ber •, but if you are a Child, or a Cho- 
 rifter, then, to avoid the Interruptions 
 of the common Chambers, go into the 
 Chapel, between firft and fecond Peal 
 
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 in the Morning Prayers ; and fay your 
 Evening Prayers, when you gotoQrcum. 
 Now, that every one may have his 
 Duty proportioned to his Capacity, the 
 beft w r ay is to diftinguifh two Degrees 
 of young Chriilians in this College -, 
 namely, thofe that are of an Age ca- 
 pable of receiving the Holy Sacrament, 
 and thofe that are not ; and in one of 
 thefe two Degrees you are to rank 
 yourfelf. 
 
 T)ire5lions for the Toungejl. 
 
 IF you are very young, good Philo- 
 theas^ that God's Commands may 
 not feem grievous to you at your 
 firft Setting out, I fhall advife you to 
 no more than your infant Devotion 
 will bear ; and that is, to take care to 
 learn your Catcchifm without Book, 
 and to learn to underftand it ; for 'tis 
 impoflible you can ever perform your 
 Duty, unlefs you firft know what it is \ 
 'tis impoflible you can ever go to Hea- 
 ven, unlefs you learn the Way thither : 
 And that you may beg God's daily 
 
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 Bleffing, and his Grace to aflift you, 
 learn thefe two Ihort Prayers by Heart, 
 and fay them every Day. 
 
 Morning Prayer. 
 
 Q Lory be to thee, O Lord God, for 
 all the Bleffings I daily receive from 
 thee, and for thy particular Preferva- 
 tion and Refrefhment of me this Night 
 paft. 
 
 O Lord, have Mercy upon me, and 
 forgive whatfoever thou haft feen amifs 
 in me this Night ; and for the Time to 
 come, give me Grace to fly all youth- 
 ful Lulls, and to remember thee, my 
 Creator, in the Days of my Youth. 
 
 Shower down thy Graces and Blef- 
 fings on me, and on all my Relations 
 {on my Father and Mother^ on my Bre- 
 thren and Sifters) on all my Friends, on 
 all my Governors in this Place, and on 
 all my Fellow Scholars , and give thy 
 Angels Charge over us, to proted us 
 all from Sin and Danger. 
 
 Lord, blefs me in my Learning this 
 Day, that I may every Day grow more 
 fit for thy Service : O pardon my Fail- 
 ings \ and do more for me, than I can 
 
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 afk or think, for the Merits of Jefus, 
 my Saviour, in whofe holy Words I 
 fum up all my Wants. Our Father^ 
 which art in Heaven^ &c. 
 
 Evening Prayer. 
 
 G 
 
 Lory be to Thee, O Lord God, for 
 all the Blefilngs I daily receive from 
 Thee, and for thy particular Preferva- 
 tion of me this Day. 
 
 O Lord, have Mercy upon me, 
 and forgive whatsoever Thou hail feen 
 amifs in me this Day pad ^ and for 
 the Time to come give me Grace to 
 fly all youthful Lufts, and to remember 
 thee, my Creator, in the Days of my 
 Youth. 
 
 Lord, teceive me and all my Rela- 
 tions, and all that belong to this Col- 
 lege, into thy gracious Proteftion this 
 Night ; and fend me fuch feafonable 
 Reft, that I may rife the next Morning 
 more fit for thy Service. 
 
 Lord, hear my Prayers, and pardon 
 my Failings, for the Merit of my 
 Blefled Saviour, in whofe holy Words 
 I fum up all my Wants. Our Father^ 
 which art in Heaven^ &c. 
 
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 This, good Philotheus, is the loweft 
 Degree of Duty; and it fhould be 
 your daily Endeavour to improve in 
 your Devotion, as well as in your 
 Learning : And the more effedhially 
 to move you to fo happy an Impro- 
 vement, I advife you on Sundays and 
 Holidays attentively to read over the 
 following Meditation, andtopropofe to 
 yourfelf the Holy Child Jefus for your 
 Example. 
 
 A Meditation on the Holy Child Jefus. 
 
 /"J Lory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, 
 Glory be to thee, who, when 
 thou wert twelve Years old, didft go up 
 to Jerufalem with thy Parents, after the 
 Cuftom of the Feaft, to eat the Paffo- 
 ver, and to worfhip thy Heavenly Fa- 
 ther, Luke ii. 41, 42. 
 
 O bleffed Saviour, give me Grace, 
 like thee, to make Religion my firft 
 and chiefeft Care, and devoutly to ob- 
 ferve all folemn Times, and all holy 
 Rites, which relate to thy Worfhip. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, 
 Glory be to thee, who, when thy Pa- 
 rents returned home, didft flay be- 
 * hind 
 
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 hind in Jerufalem^ and after three 
 Days waft found of them in the Tem- 
 ple, fitting in the Midft of the Do&ors, 
 both hearing them, and afking them 
 Queftions. 
 
 O bleffed Saviour, who in thy very 
 Childhood didft triumph over all the 
 vain Delights of Youth, and wouldft 
 chufe no place but the Temple to 
 refide in, mortify in me all inor- 
 dinate Love of fenfual Pleafure, 
 which may pervert me from my Du- 
 ty ; raife in me an awful Reverence 
 of thy Houfe, and early Devotion in 
 my Prayers, and a Delight in thy 
 Praifes. 
 
 O bleffed Jefu, who didft chufe 
 before all others, the Company of the 
 Doftors, and didft both hear them, and 
 afk them Queftions, give me Grace to 
 abhor all lewd Company, and all filthy 
 Communication •, give me Grace to 
 love wife, and fober, and profitable, 
 and religious Converfation, and to be 
 diligent and inquifitive after Learning, 
 and whatfoever is good. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, 
 Glory be to thee, who, when thy Fa- 
 ther and Mother had fought thee 
 
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 farrowing, didft reply to them, How 
 is it that ye fought me? JViJi ye not 
 that I mufi be about my Father's Bu- 
 finefs ? 
 
 O blefled Jefu, who from thine 
 Infancy didft make it thy whole Em- 
 ployment to do thy Father's Will, 
 kindle in me a forward Zeal for thy 
 Giory, that I may confecrate my Youth 
 to thy Service, and make it the great 
 Bufinefs of my Life, to know and 
 fear, to ]ove and obey my Heavenly 
 Father. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, 
 Glory be to thee, who did at laffc return 
 home with thy Parents, and wert fub- 
 jedt to them. 
 
 O bleifed Jefu, give me Grace to ho- 
 nour my Parents and Governors, and 
 readily to obey all their lawful Com- 
 mands. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, 
 Glory be to thee, who in thofe tender 
 Years wert blefled with fuch Heavenly 
 Wifdom, that all that heard thee were 
 aftoniihed at thy Underftanding and 
 Anfwers, who didft: daily increafe in 
 this Heavenly Wifdom, and in Favour 
 with God and Man. 
 
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 O Lord Jefus, blefs me with all Abi- 
 lities of Mind and Body, that may 
 make me daily increafe in my Learn- 
 ing ; but above all, blefs me with Wif- 
 dom from above, and give me thy Ho- 
 ly Spirit to afiift and enlighten me, that 
 as I grow in Age, I may daily grow 
 in Grace, and in the Knowledge of 
 thee, and in Favour with God and Man, 
 and every Day more and more confor- 
 mable to thy unfinning and divine Ex- 
 ample. Amen* Lord Jefus, Amen. 
 
 Directions for thofe that are more grown 
 in Tears. 
 
 WHEN you have attained to 
 more Knowledge and Profici- 
 ency in Grace, and are of an 
 Age capable of receiving the Holy Sa- 
 crament, God then expefts more from 
 you ; and 'tis high Time for you, good 
 PbilotheuS) to lengthen your Prayers, 
 and to begin to add fome Ejaculations 
 over and above ; fuch as thefe are, 
 which follow. 
 
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 Ejaculations at Waking, or Rifing. 
 
 J^ Wake, O my Soul, and fing 
 Praifes to God. 
 
 Glory be to Thee, O God, for watch- 
 ing over mp this Night. 
 
 Lord, raife me up, at the laft Day, 
 to Life everlafting. 
 
 Morning Prayer. 
 
 JT Arly in the Morning will I cry 
 unto thee ; Lord, hear my 
 Prayer. 
 
 Glory be to Thee, Lord God Al- 
 mighty, Glory be to Thee, for re- 
 newing thy Mercies to me every 
 Morning; Glory be to Thee, for re- 
 frefhing me this Night with Sleep, and 
 for preferviag me from the Perils of 
 Darknefs. 
 
 O do away, as the Night, fo my 
 Tranfgreflions; fcatter my Sins as the 
 Morning Cloud. 
 
 Lord, forgive whatever Thou haft 
 feen amifs in me this Night, my— 
 (Here , // you are confcious to your f elf of 
 any Sin committed in the Night, confefs 
 
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 it.) O Father of Mercies, wafh me 
 throughly from my Wickednefs, and 
 cleanfe me from my Sin. 
 
 And let thy Holy Spirit fo prevent, 
 and accompany, and follow me this 
 Day, that I may believe in Thee, and 
 love Thee, and keep thy Command- 
 ments, and continue in thy Fear all the 
 Day long. 
 
 Lord, make me chafte and tempe- 
 rate, humble and advifeable, diligent 
 in my Studies, obedient to my Superi- 
 ors, and charitable to all Men. 
 
 Lord, deliver me from Sloth and 
 Idlenefs ; from youthful Lufts, and ill 
 Company ; from all Dangers bodily 
 and ghoftly \ and give me Grace to 
 remember Thee, my Creator, in the 
 Days of my Youth. 
 
 Blefs, and defend, and fave the 
 KING, and all the Royal Family, 
 and ail Orders of Men amongft us, Ec- 
 c leiiaftical or Civil : Lord, give them 
 all Grace in their feveral Stations, to 
 be inftrumental to thy Glory, and the 
 publick Good. 
 
 Together with them, I commend to 
 thy Divine Providence (my Father and 
 Mother, my Brttbren i .:. ijkr. aH my 
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 Friends and Relations, all my Superi- 
 ors in this Place, and all my Fellow- 
 Scholars : O Lord, vouchfafe us all 
 thofe Graces and Blefiings which Thou 
 knoweft to be moil fui table for us. 
 
 Unto Thee, O my God, do I dedi- 
 cate this Day, and my whole Life : O 
 do Thou fo blefs and profper me in my 
 Studies, that I may every Day grow 
 more fit for thy Service. 
 
 Hear me, O Lord, and pardon my 
 Failings, for the Merits of thy Son 
 Jefus, in whofe holy Words I fum up 
 all my Wants. Our Father? which art 
 in Heaven? &c. 
 
 Directions for reading the Holy 
 Scripture. 
 
 WHEN you have faid your 
 Morning Prayer, good Pbi- 
 lotheus, you may then go 
 chearfully to your Study, and rely 
 upon the Divine Goodnefs for a Blef- 
 fing. 
 
 But firft, if you have Time, I ad- 
 vife you to read, before fecond Peal, 
 fome fhort Pfalm> or Piece of a Chap- 
 ter 
 
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 ter out of the Gofpel, or.Hiftorical 
 Books, becaufe they are the moft eafy 
 to be underftood, remembring the Ex- 
 ample of young Timothy^ who v/as bred 
 up to know the Scripture from a Child, 
 2 Tim. iii. 15. 
 
 But if you want Time on ordinary 
 Days to read the Scripture, be lure to 
 read fomewhat of it on Sundays and 
 Holidays, and confider that you have 
 it daily read to you in the Hall before 
 Dinner and Supper, and at Night when 
 you are juft going to Bed, that you 
 may clofe the Day with holy Thoughts ; 
 and if you hearken diligently to it 
 when it is read, you do in efFecl read 
 it yourfelf. 
 
 Now to make your Reading the more 
 profitable to you, begin with one or 
 more of thefe Ejaculations. 
 
 Ejaculations before reading the Holy 
 Scripture. 
 
 "\^ Herewithal, Lord, fhall a young 
 Man cleanfe his Way ? Even 
 by ruling himfelf after thy Words, 
 PfaL cxix. 9. 
 
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 *Lord, open my Eyes, that I may 
 fee the wonderful Things of thy 
 Law. 
 
 O Heavenly Father! I humbly 
 beg thy Holy Spirit fo to help me 
 at this Time to read and underftand, 
 and to remember and pradlife thy 
 Word, that it may make me wife to 
 Salvation. 
 
 "When you are thus prepared, good 
 jPhilotheus, then begin to read, and 
 confider that it is God's moft holy 
 Word you read ; and that all the 
 while you are reading, God is fpeaking 
 to you ; and therefore read with At- 
 tention and Humility, and endeavour, 
 as much as you can, to fuit your 
 AfFedtions to the Subject you read. 
 
 For Inftance ; if you read any of 
 God's Commands, they fhould excite in 
 you a Zeal to keep them. 
 
 If you read any of God's Threaten- 
 ings againft Sinners, or his Judgments 
 on them, they fhould excite in you a 
 Fear to provoke him. 
 
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 When you read any of his gracious 
 Promifes, they fhould encourage and 
 quicken your Obedience. 
 
 When you read any of God's Mer- 
 cies, they fhould excite you to Thankf- 
 giving. 
 
 When you read any great Myftery 
 recorded in Holy Writ, you are to 
 proftrate your Reafon to divine Reve- 
 lation. 
 
 And to this purpofe, in the midft of 
 your Reading, fay, 
 
 Lord, give me <jrace to obey this 
 Command. Or, 
 
 Lord, deliver me from this Sin -, or, 
 this Judgment. Or, 
 
 Lord, I rely on this good Promife. 
 Or, 
 
 Glory be to Thee, O Lord, for this 
 Mercy. Or, 
 
 Lord, I believe and adore this My- 
 ftery. 
 
 Say any of thefe, according as beft 
 agrees with the Subjeft you read ; and 
 when you have read as much as conve- 
 niently you can, conclude with one of 
 thefe Ejaculations. 
 
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 Ejaculations after Reading. 
 
 g Leffed be Thou, O Lord ; O 
 teach me thy Statutes. Pfal. 
 cxix. 
 
 Lord, make thy Word a Lanthorn 
 unto my Feet, and a Light unto my 
 Paths. 
 
 Lord, make thy Word my Delight 
 and my Counlellor. 
 
 Directions for the Day-time. 
 
 OPHTLO THE US, you cannot 
 enough thank God for the Or- 
 der of the Place you live in ; 
 where there is fo much Care taken to 
 make you a good Chriftian, as well as 
 a good Scholar •, where you go fo fre- 
 quently to Prayers every Day in the 
 Chapel, and in the School ; and fing 
 Hymns and Pfalms to God fo fre- 
 quently in your Chamber, and in the 
 Chapel, and in the Hall ^ fo that you 
 are in a manner brought up in a Perpe- 
 tuity of Prayer, 
 
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 Be fure, Philotheus, that you are ac- 
 countable to God for all thefe Oppor- 
 tunities he gives you of ferving him ; 
 and think how many Bleffings for your- 
 felf, and for the College, you might 
 obtain, if you prayed to, and praifed 
 God rather out of a devout Affedtion, 
 than merely to comply with the Cuf- 
 tom of the Place. 
 
 Prayer, good Philotheus, is the very 
 Life of a Chriftian -> and therefore we 
 are lb frequently commanded to pray 
 without ceafing : Not that we can be 
 always on our Knees, but that we would 
 accuftom ourfelves to frequentThoughts 
 of God, that wherefoever we are, he 
 fees us. And when we think on God, 
 we ihould have always an Ejaculation 
 ready to offer up to him ; and by this 
 means we may pray, not only feven 
 times a Day with David, but all the 
 Day long, PfaL cxix. 
 
 In your reading Holy Scripture, 
 efpecially in the Pfalms, you may eafily 
 gather thefe fhort Sentences which 
 moft affedt you, for they are moll pro- 
 per for this Ufe •, and when you have 
 learn'd them without Book, fay one 
 
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 of them now-and-then, as they occur 
 to your Mind, or Occafion requires, or 
 as your Devotion prompts you. 
 
 But be not troubled, if being other- 
 wife lawfully employed, or if being 
 indifpos'd, you pafs a whole Day with- 
 out faying any •, for to omit them is no 
 Sin : Nor be you fcrupulous in what 
 Pofture you fay them ; for they being 
 Ihort Breathings of the Soul to God, 
 require not that Solemnity, as fet 
 Prayers do. 
 
 Now to give you fome Inftances of 
 Ejaculatory Prayer, take thefe fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 At going out. 
 
 O R D, blefs my Going-cut, and 
 my Coming-in, from this Time 
 forth for evermore, Pf cxxi. 8. 
 
 After a Sin committed 
 
 O R D, be merciful to me, mife- 
 
 rable Sinner ; and for the Merits 
 
 of my Saviour, lay not this Sin to my 
 
 Charge, 
 
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 After any Bleffing, or Deliverance. 
 
 Lory be to Thee, O Lord, for this 
 Bleffing, tfr, this Deliverance. 
 Praife the Lord, O my Soul •, and 
 all that is within me, praife his Holy 
 Name, Pfal ciii. 1. 
 
 At giving Alms. 
 
 C\ Lord, who didft not defpife the 
 Widow's Mite, accept of this Lit- 
 tle I now give to relieve one of thy 
 poor Members, Mark xii. 42. 
 
 After having done any Good. 
 
 jM* O T unto me, O Lord, not unto 
 me, but unto thy Name, be the 
 Praife, Pfal cxv. 1. 
 
 In Temptation. 
 
 ORD, fuccour me w r ith thy Grace, 
 that I may overcome this Temp- 
 tation. 
 
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 Directions for the Evening. 
 
 COnfider, good Philotheus, how 
 many that have gone to Bed 
 well over Night,have been found 
 dead the next Morning ; and therefore 
 it highly concerns you to take care to 
 make your Peace with God before you 
 go to fleep. 
 
 I advife you therefore towards Night, 
 or when you go Circum, to call yourfelf 
 to an Account how you have fpent 
 the Day. 
 
 Examine your Thoughts, and Dif- 
 courfes, and A&ions, and Recreations, 
 and Devotions, and fee what has been 
 s^amifs in any of them. 
 
 ^ Gonfider what Idlenefs or Unchaftity, 
 what Lying and Stubbornnefs, you have 
 been guilty of j or whether you have 
 had a Quarrel with any of your Fel- 
 lows ; and if you have, be fure to be. 
 Friends with him before you fay your 
 Prayers. 
 
 Again, confider what particular Blef- 
 fing, or Deliverance, God has vouch- 
 fafed you the Day paft, that you may 
 
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 give Thanks for it, and then fay as 
 follows. 
 
 Evening Prayer. 
 
 E T my Prayer, O Lord, be tet 
 forth in thy Sight as Incenfe, and 
 the lifting up my Hands be as an Even- 
 ing Sacrifice, Pfal. cxli. 2. 
 
 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God, I 
 miferable Sinner muft acknowledge that 
 I have offended Thee this Day, in 
 Thought, Word, and Deed ; particu- 
 larly by {Here mention any Sin 
 
 you have been guilty of) : But I fly into 
 the Arms of thy Fatherly Compafllon, 
 Lord, for thy Mercies fake, forgive 
 me : Cleanfe me from my Wickednefs, 
 and ftrengthen my Weaknefs, that I 
 may overcome all the Temptations 
 which daily furround me, and continue 
 conftant in my Obedience. 
 
 Accept of my humbleft Praife and 
 Thankfgiving, O Lord, for all the 
 Goodnels Thou haft this Day fhewed 
 me ; for all the Helps of preventing or 
 reftraining Grace Thou haft vouchsafed 
 me ; for whatever I have done this 
 Pay, which is in any meafure accepta- 
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 ble to Thee •, for whatever Progrefs 
 I have made in my Study -, for thy 
 Prefervation of me from all the Mi- 
 feries and Dangers wj^ich frail Morta- 
 tality is every Moment expofed to ; 
 particularly {Here name any particular 
 BleJJing or Deliverance God hath fent 
 jou.) 
 
 Praife the Lord, O my Soul, who 
 faveth thy Life from Definition, and 
 crowneth thee with Mercy and loving 
 Kindnefs. 
 
 O Heavenly Father, to thy Al- 
 mighty Protedtion I recommend my- 
 felf, and all my Relations, and all that 
 belong to this College. O Thou that 
 never flumbereft, nor fleepeft, watch 
 over us, to preferve us from Sin and 
 Danger. 
 
 Lord, let it be thy good Pleafure to 
 refrelh me this Night with fuch feafon- 
 ablk Reft, that I may rife the next 
 Monftsg more fit for thy Service. O 
 pardon ^my Failings, and hear my 
 Prayers, for the Sake of my Bleffed 
 Saviour, in whofe holy Words I fum up 
 all my Wants. Our Father, &c. 
 
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 Ejaculations at going to Bed. 
 
 Ord, as I now go to my Bed, I 
 muft one Day go to my Grave 5 O 
 make me wife to confider my latter 
 End. 
 
 I will lay me down in Peace, and 
 take my Reft 5 for it is Thou, Lord, 
 only makeft me dwell in Safety, 
 Pfal. iv. 8. 
 
 Directions for Midnight. 
 
 IF you chance to wake in the Night, 
 or can't fleep, beware, Philotheus^ 
 of idle and unclean Thoughts, 
 which will then be apt to crowd into 
 your Mind ; and therefore to arm your- 
 felf againft them, I advife you to learn 
 Pfaim cxxx. Cs? cxxxix by Heart ; or 
 treafure up fome Ejaculations in your 
 Mind, which will be excellent Matter 
 for your Thoughts to feed on.« For 
 Inftance, 
 
 Ejaculations for the Night. 
 HOU, Lord, haft granted thy lov- 
 ing Kindnefs in the Day-time •, and 
 in the Night- feafon will I fing of Thee, 
 
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 and make my Prayer to the God of my 
 Life, Pfal. xlii. 8. 
 
 O Lord, the holy Angels are now 
 before thy Throne in Heaven : They 
 never reft Day or Night from thy 
 Praifes ; and with them do I now 
 fing Hallelujah, Salvation, and Ho- 
 nour, and Glory, and Power, be unto 
 our God, for ever and ever. Amen^ 
 Amen. Rev. vii. 15. 
 
 Lord, I know Thou wilt one Day 
 call me to give an Account of my Stew- 
 ardfhip ; but when thou wilt come, I 
 know not, whether at Even, or at Mid- 
 night, or at Cock-crowing, or in Morn- 
 ing, Mark xiii. 35. 
 
 O do Thou give me Grace to watch, 
 and to pray always, that at thy Coming 
 thou mayft fay to me, Well done, good 
 and faithful Servant : , enter into the Joy 
 of thy Mafter. Amen, bleffed Lord, 
 Amen. 
 
 But have a care, Philotheus, you fix 
 not your Mind too much, neither flrive 
 to repeat too many devout Expreffions, 
 for fear of hindering your Sleep, and 
 of indifpofing yourfelf for the Duties 
 of the Day following, 
 
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 Directions for the Lord's Day. 
 
 A Good Chriftian, Philotheus^ that 
 takes care to fpend every Day 
 well, will take more than ordi- 
 nary Care to fan&ify the Lord's Day, 
 it being the proper Employment of that 
 Day, to attend God's Worfhip, and to 
 provide for our Souls ; and therefore 
 'tis fit you Ihould add fome Petitions to 
 your Morning and Evening Prayer, re- 
 lating to the folemn Duties of the Day, 
 fuch as thefe are which follow. 
 
 Before Church-time. 
 
 C\ My God, I humbly befeech thee 
 ^ m ^ to prepare my Soul to worfhip 
 Thee this Day acceptably, with Reve- 
 rence and godly Fear ; fill me with that 
 Fear which works by Love ; purify my 
 Fleart from all vain, and worldly, or 
 finful Thoughts 5 fix my Affeftions on 
 Things above, all the Day long ; and, 
 O Lord, give me Grace to receive 
 thy Word, which I fhall hear this 
 Day, into an honeft and good Heart, 
 and to bring forth Fruit with Patience, 
 Luke viii. 15, 
 
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 Hear me, O God, for the fake of Je~ 
 fus my Saviour. Amen^ Amen. 
 
 When you come into the Church, or 
 Chapel, not only on the Lord's Day, 
 but on any other Day, ufe this fhort 
 Preparatory Prayer at your firft kneeling 
 down. 
 
 In the Church, 
 
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 Lord, I humbly beg thy Holy 
 Spirit to help my Infirmities at this 
 Time, and to difpofe my Heart to De- 
 votion, that my Prayers and Praifes 
 may be acceptable in thy Sight, thro* 
 Jefus Chrift my Saviour. 
 
 After Church-time. 
 
 f~\ Lory be to Thee, O Lord God 
 Almighty, Glory be to Thee, 
 who haft permitted me to appear be- 
 fore Thee this Day, and to tread thy 
 Courts. 
 
 Lord, pardon all my Failings in 
 thy Service this Day paft, the Wander- 
 ings, and.Coldnefs, and Indevotion of 
 my Prayers ; for the Sake of my Bleffed 
 Saviour, have Mercy upon me. 
 
 Lord, 
 
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 Lord, make me a Doer of thy 
 Word, and not a Hearer only, left I 
 deceive my own Soul, Jam. i. 22. 
 
 When you are called to Repetition at 
 Night, remember, PhUotheus, to make 
 fome Amends for your negligent Hear- 
 ing at the Church ; and treafure up in 
 your Memory fome little Portion of 
 thofe Inftru&ions you have heard, to 
 direct your Pra&ice. 
 
 Directions for the Receiving the Holy 
 Eucharifl. 
 
 TH E Receiving of the BlelTed 
 Sacrament, good Philotheus, is 
 the mofl divine and folemn A<!:t 
 of cur Religion ; and it ought to be 
 the zealous Endeavour of every true 
 Chriftian, by God's Affiftance, to pre- 
 pare his Soul with the moft ferious, 
 and mofl devout Difpofitions he poiTi- 
 bly can, to approach the Holy Altar : 
 You are therefore to confider what you 
 are to do before Receiving, what in the 
 time of Receiving, and what after Re- 
 ceiving. 
 
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 Before Receiving, 
 
 H E Duties you are to perform be- 
 fore Receiving, are all compre- 
 hended in that one Rule which St. Paul 
 gives us, i Cor. xi. 28. Let a Man 
 examine himfelf and fo let him eat of 
 that Breads and drink of that Cup ; 
 which are in a manner commented on 
 by the Church, in the Exhortation be- 
 fore the Sacrament, which i advife you 
 to read over in your Common-Prayer 
 Book. 
 
 To put this Rule in Pradlice, 'tis 
 your bed way, Philotheus> at fome 
 convenient Time, to withdraw your- 
 felf into your Chamber, or into the 
 Chapel, and there to begin to commune 
 with your own Heart, and to call your 
 'Sins to Remembrance : But firft pray 
 heartily to God for his Grace to aiiiit 
 you. 
 
 A Prayer before Examination. 
 |LT Ear the Voice of my humble Pe- 
 tition, O Lord, now I cry unto 
 Thee, and lift up my Hands toward 
 thy Mercy-feat. 
 
 Behold, Lord, now I am about to 
 
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 fearch into my own Heart ; but, alas, 
 alas ! my Heart is deceitful, and defpe- 
 rately wicked •, how can I know it ? 
 Jer. xvii. 9. Thou therefore, that fearch* 
 eft the Heart, and trieft the Reins, 
 difcover to me all the Evil and Deceits 
 of my own Heart, that I may confefs 
 bewail, and forfake them, and obtain 
 Mercy. Lord, hear me, Lord, help 
 me, for the Merits of Jefus, my Savi- 
 our. Amen j Amen. 
 
 Rules to be obferved in Examination. 
 
 "JLT Aving prayed for God's Afliftance, 
 doubt not, Phiiotheus, but he will 
 vouchfafe it you \ and to guide you in 
 your Examination the better, obferve 
 theie following Directions : 
 
 When you examine yourfelf, either 
 by the following Catalogue, or by that 
 in the Whole Duty of Man^ or by an) 
 other, paufe a while on every Parti- 
 cular; and if you find yourfelf Not 
 guilty, then fay, Glory be to Thee, O 
 Lord, for preserving me from this Sin ; 
 and fo go on. 
 
 When your Confcience anfwers 
 
 Guilty, then it will be your beft way, 
 
 having faid, Lord, have Mercy upon 
 
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 me, and forgive me this Sin, to write 
 down that Sin in a Paper, that you may 
 have it ready to confefs to God, when 
 your Examination is done. 
 
 You are to confider, Philotheus^ that 
 there are feveral Degrees of young Pe- 
 nitents -, and fome are more, fome lefs 
 finful. For Inftance : 
 
 Some there are, who either through 
 want of conicientious Parents, or thro* 
 often ftifling good Motions, or through 
 Inconftancy, or Heedleflhefs, or Unad- 
 vifednefs, or vicious Company, or Ill- 
 nature, ot youthful Lulls, and the like, 
 have been from their Infancy very neg- 
 ligent of learning, or at leaft of prac- 
 ticing their Duty. 
 
 Again, fome there are amongft thefe, 
 whofe Sins are more heinous than or- 
 dinary, in regard they are accompanied 
 with feveral Aggravations •, for any Sin 
 is much aggravated, if it be commit- 
 ted knowingly, or deliberately, or 
 frequently ; and, more than that, if it 
 be committed obftinately, or prefump- 
 tuoufly, or on flight or no Temptations, 
 or againft Checks of Confcience, or a- 
 t gainft Reproofs, or Admonitions, or 
 iChaftifements, or Vows to the contra- 
 ry > 
 
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 ry ; but moft of all, if it be committed 
 fo long, and lb often, till it becomes 
 habitual, till the Sinner does take De- 
 light in it, or boafts of it, or makes a 
 Mock of it, or tempts others alfo to 
 commit it. All thefe, and the like 
 Circumftances, do very much heighten 
 the Guilt of any Sin. 
 
 You may eafily from hence guefs 
 what Progrefs you have made in Wick- 
 ednefs •, and if you find yourfelf in the 
 Number of any of thefe, by all means, 
 good Philotheus, refolve to repent im- 
 mediately, and to confefs your Sins 
 with all their Aggravations ; for be fure 
 of this, that every other Step you run 
 farther from Heaven, every other Hour 
 you continue longer in a finful Courfe, 
 makes your Sins the more hard to he 
 mattered, and your Repentance the 
 more difficult. 
 
 On the other Side, fome there are, 
 tho' I fear but few, who, having been 
 brought up in the Nurture and Admo- 
 nition of the Lord, have been by the 
 Goodnefs of God fecur'd from violent 
 Temptations, and enormous Sins ; who 
 have, like Jofiah, while they were yfct 
 young, fought the Lord, and have in a 
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 great meafure kept their Baptifmal Vow, 
 and preferved a Senfe of their Duty, 
 2 Chron. xxxiv. 3. 
 
 Such as thefe have fewer Sins to con- 
 fefs, and thofe Sins lefs aggravated ; 
 and therefore have greater Obligations 
 to magnify God's Mercy than others : 
 But if you are in this Number, have a 
 care of growing carelefs in your Exami- 
 nation, or of prefuming on your own 
 Innocence ; for if we fay, or think, we 
 have no Sin, we miferably deceive 
 ourfelves, 1 John L 
 
 O PhilotbeuS) the beft of Men, God 
 knows, have very much Evil in them 
 to deteft and bewail, and have infinite 
 Need of a Saviour •, and therefore let 
 him that ftandeth, take heed left he 
 fall, 1 Cor. x. 12. 
 
 Whatever you do then, be fure to 
 keep your Heart with all Diligence, 
 and pray for conftant Supplies of God's 
 Grace -, for perhaps the Devil defers his 
 tempting you till you are grown up, 
 and become your own Mailer, and 
 have not that Tendernefs of offending, 
 or that Awe of Parents, or Superiors, 
 which you now have. 
 
 Be not over-fcrupulous, Philotheus, 
 
 either 
 
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 either to make yourfelf guilty of more 
 Sins than really you are, or to reckon 
 up all your Infirmities, or daily Failings, 
 or Sins of Omiflion, which would render 
 your Examination endlefs and impofll- 
 ble •, but examine yourfelf chiefly about 
 your wilful Sins, or Sins of Commif- 
 iion \ and know, there be many Sins, 
 even of CommifTion, that you may 
 doubt whether you have committed, or 
 no ; many that you have quite forgot ; 
 but be not diiheartened at it ; for Holy 
 David hath taught you, that a general 
 Confeffion of fuch Sins is enough, 
 when he prays to God to cleanfe him 
 from his fecret Faults, Pfal. xix. 12. 
 
 That you may gain a true Senfe of 
 your Sins, by your Examination, la- 
 bour to imprint in your Mind awful 
 Apprehenfions of the Day of Judg- 
 ment, and of God the great Judge, in 
 whofe Prefence you now are ; and to 
 raife fuch Apprehenfions, dwell a while 
 in fuch Meditations as thefe. 
 
 Motives to Examination. 
 
 C\ My Soul, thou art now in the 
 
 Prefence of the great Judge of 
 Heaven and Earth, before whofe dread - 
 
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 ful Tribunal thou muft certainly appear 
 at the Day of Judgment, to give a 
 ftrid Account of all thy Aftions, of e- 
 very idle Word, and every evil Thought, 
 and thy own Confcience will then be 
 thy Accufer. 
 
 Think, O my Soul, think, if thou 
 eanft, what unimaginable Horrors will 
 feize an impenitent Sinner, when the 
 laft Trump calls him out of the Grave, 
 and the Devils begin to drag him to 
 God's Judgment-f^at ! What would 
 fuch a Wretch give to purchafe one 
 fuch Opportunity of Repentance, as 
 God now in great Mercy gives thee ? 
 If ever thou hoped to efcape thofe 
 Horrors, O my Soul, make thy Peace 
 with God ; judge thyfelf here, left 
 thou be condemned hereafter. 
 
 The Examination itfelf. 
 
 T Adjure thee, O my Soul, in the 
 Prefence of the great Judge, who 
 knows all the Secrets of thy Heart ; I 
 adjure thee, as thou wilt anfwer before 
 God's Judgment- feat at the laft Day, to 
 tell me •, 
 
 Does not thy daily Experience teach 
 thee, that thy whole Nature is corrupt, 
 
 prone 
 
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 prone to all that is evil, averfe to alt 
 that is good ? 
 
 How haft thou (pent thy Time 
 from thy Childhood to this very Mo- 
 ment ? 
 
 How haft thou kept the folemn Vow 
 of thy Baptifm ? 
 
 What good Duties haft thou omit- 
 ted ? 
 
 What Sins haft thou committed ? 
 
 In paiticular, what Sin art thou 
 guilty of, more immediately againfi 
 God ? 
 
 Art thou guilty of any Infidelity, or 
 Atheifm, and Diftruft in, or Preemp- 
 tion on, o:- Defpair of God's Mercy ? 
 
 Art thou guilty of any wilful Igno- 
 rance of God, or of any Idolatry, in 
 worfhiping any Creature ? Haft thou 
 loved any Thing more than God^ or 
 fear'd any one above h : m ? 
 
 Haft thou been guilty of Hypocrify 
 in God's Service, or of forfaking God, 
 and of reforting to the Devil, to 
 Witches or Wizards ? 
 
 Art thou guilty of repining or mur- 
 muring at God's Providence, or of 
 being impatient under his Afflictions, 
 or of being unthankful for his Mer- 
 
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 cies, or of being difobedient to his Com- 
 mands, or of being incorrigible under 
 his Judgments ? 
 
 When, and in what manner, haft 
 thou been guilty of dishonouring God ? 
 
 By blaiphemous or irreligious 
 Thoughts, or Difcourfes ? or by tamely 
 hearing others blafpheme ? 
 
 By taking God's moft holy Name in 
 vain ? or by cuftomary or falfe Swear- 
 in, or by the Breach of any lawful 
 Oath, or iblenin Vow ? 
 
 By any Sacrilege, or irreverent Be- 
 haviour in God's Houfe, or mif- pend- 
 ing the Lord's Day ? or any Negleft of, 
 or Inattention to God's Word, read or 
 preach'd ; or Unprofitableness under 
 the Means of Grace ? 
 
 Have I difhonoured God by Cold- 
 riefs, and Wanderings, and Indevotion, 
 or CarelefTnefs in my Prayers ? or by 
 my Wearinefs in his Service, or by my 
 total Negleft of it? or by unworthy 
 Communicating ? 
 
 By Impenitence, or putting off the 
 evil Day, or fuperficial and partial 
 Repentances, or frequent Relapfes, or 
 refitting the good Motions of God's 
 Spirit ? 
 
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 By abetting any Schifm, or Herefy, 
 or Profanenefs ? 
 
 O my Soul, what Sins art thou 
 guilty of more immediately agawjl 
 tbyfelft 
 
 Art thou guilty of Pride, either of 
 thy Cloaths, or of thy Eftate, or of 
 thy Credit, or of thy Parts, or of thy 
 own Holincfs ? or of boafting of thy 
 own good Deeds, or of commending 
 thyfelf, or of being greedy of Praife, 
 or of performing good Duties to gain 
 Applaufe, or of committing Sin to avoid 
 Reproach of Men ? 
 
 Haft thou been immoderately greedy 
 of Riches, or of fen iual Pleafures ? or 
 guilty of Peevifnnefs, or of too violent, 
 or too lading Fits of Anger, or ci 
 Inconftancy, or of Inccnnderation, or 
 of Difconteatednefs with thy Con- 
 dition ? 
 
 Hail thou been guilty of mif-fpend- 
 ing thy Time, or of Negligence in re- 
 filling Temptations, or of not improving 
 thofe Opportunities of Learning and 
 Piety, which God gives thee in this 
 Place •, or of abufmg thy natural Parts, 
 to Sin ? 
 
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 Haft thou been guilty of any Intem- 
 perance in Eating, or in Drinking, or 
 in Sleeping, or in Recreations, fpend- 
 Ing too much Time on them, or being 
 too greedy after them ? 
 
 Haft thou been guilty of Idlenefs, 
 or of downright Drunkennefs, or of 
 laughing at it in others ? 
 
 Haft thou been guilty of any Un- 
 cleannefs of the Eye, or of the Hand, 
 or of the Fancy, of any Lafciviouf- 
 nefs, or Luft, or Fornication, or A- 
 dultery ? or haft thou taken Delight in 
 lewd Company, or in vicious or un- 
 chafte Songs, or Stories, or Expref- 
 iions ? 
 
 O my Soul, what Sins art thou 
 guilty of more immediately againft thy 
 Neighbour ? 
 
 How, when, where, againft whom 
 haft thou been guilty of any Injury, 
 or . Injuftice, or Oppreflion, or Breach 
 of Truft, or Promife, or of any 
 Fraud, or Theft, or Flattery, or Diffi- 
 mulation, or Treachery, or Lying, or 
 of giving any unjuft Scandal ? 
 
 How, when, where, againft whom 
 haft thou been guilty of any ill Lan- 
 guage, or Detra&ion, or Slander, or 
 
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 Tale-bearing, or rafli Ccnfuring, or 
 Back-biting/ or of Contemning, or 
 Scoffing at thy Neighbour, either for 
 his Infirmities, or tor his being reli- 
 gious ? 
 
 How, when, where, againft whom 
 haft thou been guilty of any Conten- 
 tiouihefs, or Spite, or Revenge, or of 
 delighting cauflefly to grieve thy 
 Neighbour, or of Railing, or of actu- 
 ally hurting him, or of murdering 
 him in thy Mind, by ill Wifhes or 
 Curfes ? Haft: thou been guilty of bit- 
 ter Imprecations, or bearing falfe Wit- 
 nefs, or Covetoufhefs of any thing he 
 pofTeffes ? 
 
 Haft thou been guilty of Unthank- 
 fulnefs to thofe that have done thee 
 Good, or have reproved thee r or of 
 Uncharitablenefs to the Poor, or to 
 any Chriftian in Diftrefs ? or of any 
 Unnaturalnefs to any of thy Rela- 
 tions ? or of any Evil-fpeaking, or Dif- 
 refpedt, or Stubbornnefs againft any 
 of thy Governors, either Civil or Ec- 
 clefiaftical ? or, in particular, againft 
 thy Parents, or Superiors in this Place ? 
 or of any wilful Difobedience to the 
 
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 lawful Commands of all or either of 
 them ? 
 
 Haft thou tempted any other to 
 Sin, by Connivance, or Encourage- 
 ment, or Command, or Perfuafion, 
 and mightily increased thy own Guilt, 
 by furthering the Damnation of thy 
 Brother ? 
 
 In cafe, Philotheus, you do find this 
 Examination too difficult for you, or 
 are afraid you ihall not rightly perform 
 it, or meet with any Scruples or Trou- 
 bles of Confcience in the Practice o^ it, 
 I then advife you, as the Church does, 
 to go to one of your Superiors in this 
 Place, to be your fpiritual Guide ; and 
 be not afhamed to unburthen your Soul 
 freely to him, that, befides his ghoftly 
 Counfel, you may receive the Benefit 
 of Abfolution : For, though Confef- 
 fion of our Sins to God is only Matter 
 of Duty, and abfolutely neceffary, yet 
 Confefllon to our fpiritual Guide alfo 
 is, by many devout Souls, found to 
 be very advantageous to true Repen- 
 tance. 
 
 If upon your Examination,P£//0/£«/.^ , 
 you find you have any way wronged 
 
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 your Neighbour, refolve upon the firft 
 Opportunity to make him fome fuitable 
 Satisfaction, and to afk his Forgiveneis; 
 for you are firft to be reconciled to 
 your Brother, before you come to 
 the Altar to offer your Gift, Mattfo 
 v. 24. 
 
 If you are guilty of tempting any 
 other to Sin, atk God's Pardon for him 
 as well as yourfelf 5 and, if you have 
 any Opportunity to do it, exhort him 
 to Repentance. 
 
 But if any have wronged you, for- 
 give the Injury prefently 5 for you beg 
 Forgivenefs of God on this very Con- 
 dition, that you yourfelf forgive your 
 Brother. 
 
 This Examination of yourfelf, Phik- 
 theiiii I fuppofe will be Tafk enough 
 for you at one Time ; and therefore, 
 that you may not tire yourfelf, you may 
 conclude with this fhort Prayer. 
 
 A Prayer for Examination. 
 
 C\ LORD God, I have now, by 
 
 ^^^ thy Aftiftance, confider'd my own 
 evil Ways : O Thou, who only know- 
 eft the Heart, and who only canft 
 change it, create in me fuch a broken 
 
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 and contrite Heart, which thou haft 
 promifed not to defpifc, and lb deep a 
 Senfe of my own Sin and Mifery, that 
 my Repentance may bear fome Pro- 
 portion to my Guilt. O my God, par- 
 don all my Failings, and perfedl that 
 good Work Thou halt begun in me, 
 for the Merits of Jefus my Saviour, in 
 whofe holy Words I fum up all my 
 Wants. Oar Father, &c. 
 
 At the very next Opportunity of 
 retiring you can get, refolve, good 
 Philotheus, with the Prodigal, to return 
 to your Heavenly Father, and humbly 
 to beg Forgivenefs ; and having brought 
 your Catalogue of Sins with you, kneel 
 down, and with the loweft Proftration 
 of Soul and Body, make your Confef- 
 fion to God of your Sins, and of your 
 Aggravations. 
 
 A Form of Confejfion. 
 f~\ Thou great Judge of Heaven and 
 ^^^ Earth, before whofe glorious 
 Majefty even the good Angels, who 
 never finned, fall proftrate, and trem- 
 ble : 
 
 With what Debasement and Dread 
 ©usht I to appear before thy awful 
 
 Pre- 
 
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 Prefence, who am but Duft and Afhes, 
 and, which is infinitely worfe, a mifer- 
 able wretched Sinner ! 
 
 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Al- 
 mighty, Thou art of purer Eyes than 
 to behold Evil with the lead Appro- 
 bation : The Way of the Wicked, and 
 the Sacrifice of the Wicked, is an Abo- 
 mination to thee, Prov. xv. 8. 
 
 Woe is me then, O Lord, woe is 
 me ! for I have inclined unto Wicked- 
 nefs with my Heart ; but for the Sake 
 of thy well-beloved Son, call not out 
 my Prayer, nor turn thy Mercy from 
 me, PfaL Ixvi. 20. 
 
 Miferable Wretch that I am ! I have 
 gone aftray from the very Womb 5 I 
 was fhapen in Wickednefs, and in Sin 
 did my Mother conceive me : Who 
 can bring a clean Thing out of an un- 
 clean ? What is Man then, O God, 
 that he fliould be clean ; or he that is 
 born of a Woman, that he fhould be 
 righteous ? 
 
 Thou, Lord, putteft no Truft in 
 thy Saints, and the Heavens are not 
 clean in thy Sight, and the very An- 
 gels thou chargeil , with , Polly, Job 
 iv.' 18. 
 
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 How much more abominable, then, 
 and filthy am I, who daily drink Ini- 
 quity like Water ? 
 
 Lord, pity, and cleanfc, and for- 
 give, and fave me, for thy Mercies 
 fake. 
 
 I know, O God, that in my Flefh 
 dwelleth no good Thing ! for when I 
 would do Good, Evil is prefent with 
 me ; for I fee a Law in my Members 
 warring againft the Law of my Mind, 
 and bringing me into Captivity to the 
 Law of Sin, Rom. vii. 
 
 Lord, have Mercy upon me, and 
 deliver me from this Body of Death, 
 from this Tyranny of Sin. 
 
 Alas, alas ! my whole Nature is 
 corrupt, infinitely prone to all Evil, 
 and averfe to all that is Good -, my 
 Underftanding is full of Ignorance and 
 Error ; my Will is perverfe ; my Me- 
 mory tenacious of all Things that may 
 pollute me, and forgetful of my Duty > 
 my Pafiions are inordinate, my Senfes 
 the Inlets of all Impurity ; and I have 
 abufed all my Faculties : I am unclean, 
 unclean ! 
 
 Lord,, pky* and deanfe, and forgive, 
 and fave me, for thy Mercies fake. 
 
 O Lord 
 
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 Lord God, how have I through 
 my whole Life violated the folemn 
 Vow I made to Thee in my Baptifm, 
 by eagerly pursuing the Vanities of this 
 wicked World, by eafily yielding to 
 the Temptations of the Devil, by 
 greedily indulging my own carnal De- 
 fires and Lufts, by a fruitlefs and dead 
 Faith, and by Diibbedience to thy holy 
 Will and Commands ! 
 
 Father, I have finned againfi: Hea- 
 ven, and in thy Sight, and am no 
 more worthy to be called thy Son. 
 
 1 have finned, O Lord God, I have 
 finned againfi thee, by — 
 
 {Here confefs out of your Paper the 
 
 Sins which you have committed more 
 
 immediately againfi God, with their 
 
 Aggravations that accompany them : 
 
 For lnfiance. 
 
 Lord, I have committed this Sin, or 
 
 thefe Sins frequently, againfi Checks 
 
 of Confcience, &c. and then add) 
 
 Father, I have finned againfi: Hea- 
 ven, and in thy Sight, and am no 
 more worthy to be called thy Son : O 
 pity, and cleanfe, and forgive, and fave 
 me, for thy Mercies fake. 
 
 I have 
 
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 I have finned, O Lord God, I have 
 
 finned againft Thee, and againft my own 
 felf, by 
 
 {Here confefs the Sins you have commit- 
 ted more immediately againft y our f elf, 
 with their Aggravations, &c. and 
 fay as before.) 
 Father, I have finned againft Hea- 
 ven, &c. 
 
 I have finned, O Lord God, I have 
 finned againft Thee, and againft my 
 Neighbour, by — 
 
 {Here confefs the Sins you have commit- 
 ted more immediately againft your 
 Nighbour, with their Aggravations^ 
 &c. and add as before) 
 Father, I have finned againft Hea- 
 ven, &c. 
 
 O Lord God, my Wickednefs is 
 great, and my Iniquities are infinite •> 
 they are more in Number than the 
 Hairs of my Head -, and my Heart 
 would fail me, but that I well know 
 my Mercies are more numberlels than 
 thy Sins, PfaL xL 12. 
 
 Have Mercy upon me therefore, O 
 Lord, according to thy great Good- 
 neis j according . to the Multitude of 
 
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 thy Mercies do away my Offences, 
 Pfal.ll 1. 
 
 Who, alas ! can tell how oft he of- 
 fendeth ? O cleanfe Thou me from my 
 fecret Faults, from all my Sins of Ig- 
 norance, or Infirmity, or Omiffion, or 
 which I have not obferved, or which 
 I have forgot : Lord, lay none of them 
 to my Charge; Father, forgive me; 
 Lord Jefus, have Mercy upon me. 
 
 O remember not the Sins and Of- 
 fences of my Youth ; but receive me, O 
 Heavenly Father, into the Arms of thy 
 fatherly Companion, as Thou didft the 
 returning Prodigal ; and forgive me all 
 my Tranfgreflions, for the Merits of 
 Jefus, thy only well-beloved Son, and 
 my Saviour. Amen^ Amen. 
 
 When you have thus confefs'd your 
 Sins, good Philothens, endeavour to 
 be ftill more fenfible of them, and to 
 bewail them with a true penetential 
 Flatred, and Shame, and Sorrow for 
 them ; then make fteady Refolutions 
 of forfaking them, and cry earneftly 
 to God for Pardon and Grace \ for 
 you muft as well put on the New 
 
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 Man, as put off the Old, Eph.iv. 22. 
 Of all which Afts of Repentance I give 
 you the following Inftances, and advife 
 you to fay them over as devoutly as 
 poflibly you can. 
 
 Atts of Shame. 
 
 f\ Lord God, I am afhamed, and 
 blufti to lift up my Face to 
 Thee ; for my Iniquities are increafed 
 over my Head, and my Trefpaffes are 
 grown up unto the Heavens ! Ezra 
 ix. 6. 
 
 O my Soul, what Fruit have I reap- 
 ed from all the Pleafures of Sin which 
 flattered me, which are but Vanity, and 
 Vexation of Spirit ! 
 
 Lord, I am afhamed of my own 
 Folly, and Madnefs, and Dilingenuity, 
 when I call to mind how greedily I 
 have fucked in my own Pollution ^ 
 how treacheroufly I have betrayed my 
 own Soul to Temptations, and com- 
 bined with the very Devils to haften 
 and increafe my own Damnation \ how 
 obftinately I have fled from Thee, 
 when thy Mercy purfued me with Pro- 
 mifes of Pardon ; how unworthily I 
 have abufed thy Goodnefs, and For- 
 bearance, 
 
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 bearance, and Long-fuffering, which 
 ihould have led me to Repentance. 
 
 Surely, after I was turned, I repent- 
 ed \ and fince I have confidered my 
 Ways, I am afhamed ; yea, even con- 
 founded, becaufe I bear the Reproach of 
 my Youth, Jer. xxxi. 19. 
 
 ASts of Ahbcrrence. 
 
 Hate all evil Ways, O Lord ; but 
 
 thy Law will I love, Pfal. cxix. 
 
 O Lord God, nothing is more abo- 
 minable in thy Sight, or more diaboli- 
 cal, nothing more defaces thy divine 
 Image, of makes me more odious in 
 thy pureft Eyes, than Sin ; and there- 
 fore I hate and abhor it ! 
 
 O Lord God, I confefs I have no- 
 thing good in me, nothing that can 
 any way move Thee to companionate 
 fo loathfome a Sinner, by thy own 
 free, and undeferved, and infinite 
 Mercy, and the Merits of my Sa- 
 viour ! 
 
 O Lord God, I cannot but admire 
 the Riches of thy Goodnefs, who 
 haft Spared me fo long, and haft 
 given me this Opportunity of Re- 
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 pentance. O do Thou yet magnify 
 thy Mercy more in my Forgivenefs. O 
 cleanfe me from all that Filth my Soul 
 hath contradted, which now renders 
 me odious to my own felf, as well as to 
 Thee. 
 
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 Afts of Contrition. 
 
 Iferable Wretch that I am, that I 
 fhould begin fo early to offend 
 my Creator, and fin fo much in fo 
 fhort a Time ! 
 
 Lord, 1 fear I never yet thoroughly 
 confidered how evil and how bitter a 
 Thing it is to depart from Thee : O 
 make me every Day more and more 
 fenfible of the Error of my Ways, and 
 of my own infinite Yilenefs ! 
 
 Miferable Wretch that I am, that 
 ever I fhould commit thofe Sins, which 
 expofe me to all the Phials of thy 
 Wrath, to all the Curfes of thy Law, 
 to all thy Judgments temporal or fpiri- 
 tual in this Life, and to all the Horrors, 
 and Defpair, and Torments of the dam- 
 ned in the Life to come ! 
 
 Miferable Wretch that I am, that 
 ever I fhould tranfgrefs that Law of 
 thine, O God, which is fo juft, and 
 
 holy, 
 
 
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 holy, and good, and pcrfedl, and fo 
 condefccnding to my Infirmities ; and 
 in keeping of which there are fo great, 
 fo unconceivable Rewards ! 
 
 O, that with Mary Magdalen I could 
 weep much, and love much, having fo 
 much to be forgiven ! Luke vii. 38. 
 
 O gracious Lord, look on me, as 
 thou didfb on Peter ; and let thy com-' 
 paffionate Look fo pierce my Heart, 
 that I may weep bitterly for my Sins ; 
 Luke xxii. 61. 
 
 O Lord God, break this hard 
 Heart, for Thou only canft: do it, and 
 melt it into Tears of Contrition ! Mi- 
 ferable Wretch that I am, that I 
 fhould fin fo much, and yet grieve fo 
 little ! 
 
 Woe is me, miferable Wretch, woe 
 is me, that ever I fhould offend fo 
 indulgent, fo liberal, fo tender a Fa- 
 ther ! 
 
 Woe is me, that ever I fhould repay 
 the infinite Love, and the intolerable 
 Sufferings, of my Saviour for me, 
 with nothing but thofe Sins which oc- 
 cafioned thofe very Sufferings ! 
 
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 Woe is me, that ever I fhould 
 grieve the Holy Spirit, by reje&ing of 
 many of his good Motions, from 
 whom only I derive Grace and Confo- 
 lation ! 
 
 O Lord God, every flight worldly 
 Trouble is apt to draw back Plenty of 
 Tears from mine Eyes ; but when I 
 would weep for my Sins, which are the 
 greateft Calamities that can poffibly 
 befal me, either my Eyes are dry, or 
 my Tears too few, to bewail fo many 
 Provocations ! 
 
 O Bleffed Spirit, inftil true penitent 
 Sorrow into my Soul ; make my Head 
 Waters, and my Eyes Fountains of 
 Tears *, or do thou fupply the Want of 
 them with Sighs and Groans unuttera- 
 ble ! Rem. viii. 26. 
 
 But alas ! I know all the Tears I can 
 poffibly ihed, can never wafh away the 
 leaft of my Sins ; 'tis thy Blood only, 
 Lord, that can do it ! 
 
 O Bleffed Saviour, How can I ever 
 fufficiently lament the Guilt of my 
 Sins, which was lb great, that nothing 
 but thy own ineftimable Blood could 
 expiate ! 
 
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 Heavenly Father, in the Defect 
 of my own Tears, I offer thee the 
 Blood of thy own well-beloved Son •> 
 for his Sake have Mercy upon me. 
 Amen 7 Amen. 
 
 Refolution. 
 
 C\ Lord God, with Shame I confefs, 
 ^"^ that other Lords befides Thee 
 have hitherto had Dominion over me, 
 Jfa. xxvi. 
 
 1 have been in the Snare of the 
 Devil, and have been led captive by 
 him, and Sin hath reigned in my mor- 
 tal Body, and I have obeyed it in 
 the Lulls thereof-, but henceforth I 
 relblve to ferve none but Thee, and 
 from this very Moment I utterly for- 
 fake all my Sins, and turn to Thee, 
 2 Tim. ii. Rom. vi. 
 
 O my God, I do from my Heart 
 renew my baptifmal Vow, which, 
 alas ! I have hitherto fo often vio- 
 lated •, I do for ever renounce the 
 Devil, and all his Works, and all his 
 Temptations ; I do for ever renounce 
 all the Vanities of this wicked World, 
 Yihich may prevent me from thy Ser- 
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 vice, and all the finful Lulls of the 
 Flelh. 
 
 O my God, I do ftedfaftly believe 
 all the Articles of the Chriftian Faith, 
 and will keep thy holy Will and Com- 
 mandments, and walk in the fame all 
 the Days of my Life. 
 
 All this I am bound to do and be- 
 lieve, and by thy Help fo I will ; and I 
 heartily thank Thee, O heavenly Fa- 
 ther, who haft called me to this State 
 of Salvation, through Jefus Chrift my 
 Saviour ; and I humbly pray Thee for 
 his Sake to give me Grace, that I may 
 continue in the fame to my Life's End* 
 
 Oblation. 
 
 T? Leffed be thy Name, O Lord 
 God, who haft fet before me 
 
 Life and Death, and haft bid me chufe 
 
 Life- 
 Behold, Lord, I do with all my 
 
 Heart chufe Life. I chufe Thee, O my 
 
 God •, for Thou art my Life. 
 
 Save, Lord, and hear me, O King 
 
 of Heaven, and accept of my Sacrifice, 
 
 even the Sacrifice of my whole Heart, 
 
 which I now .give Thee, 
 
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 my God, I offer Thee my Senfes 
 and Paffions, and all my Faculties 5 I 
 offer Thee all my Delires, all my De- 
 figns, all my Studies, all my Endea- 
 vours, all the Remainder of my Life \ 
 all that I have, or am, I offer up all ia- 
 tirely to thy Service. 
 
 Lord, fanclify me wholly, that my 
 whole Spirit, Soul, and Body, may 
 become thy Temple. O do Thou dwell 
 in me, and be Thou my God, and I 
 will be thy Servant* Amen y Amen y 
 1 Cor. vi. 
 
 A&s of Charity. 
 
 C\ Lord God, I do from hence- 
 
 ^-^ forth refolve to love my Neigh- 
 bour as myfelf, and to love him not in 
 Word only, but in Deed and in Truth, 
 John i. 3. 
 
 1 do from my Heart forgive all Men 
 their Trefpaffes \> da Thou, Lord, for- 
 give them alfo. 
 
 Lord, blefs them that hate me, and 
 do good to them that have any way def- 
 pitefully ufed me : O repay them Good 
 for Evil. 
 
 O my God, blefs all thofe that I 
 have any way wronged •, have Mercy on 
 
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 all thcfe to whofe Sins I have been any 
 way accefiary, and give them all Grace 
 to forgive me. Amen^ Amen. 
 
 Petition of Pardon. 
 
 OThou Father of Mercies, and God 
 of all Confolation, be merciful to 
 me a miferable Sinner. 
 
 Lord, remember all thy gracious 
 Calls of Sinners to Repentance, all 
 thy Proteftations, that Thcu delight- 
 eft not in the Death of him that 
 dies, and that Thou would have all 
 to be faved, Ezek. xviii. 32. 1 5T7;//. 
 
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 Lord, remember all the exceeding 
 great and precious Promifes, which 
 Thou haft made to penitent Sinners. 
 
 Lord, remember that thy Mercy is 
 over all thy' Works, that in Mercy 
 Thou delighteft, and that all the holy 
 Angels, feeing Thee well pleafed in the 
 Exercife of that Mercy, rejoice at the 
 Converfion of a Sinner; that the great- 
 er my Sins are, the more will that Mer- 
 cy be magnified in my Forgivenefs, 
 Luke xv. 10. 
 
 Lord, remember that thou didft fo 
 love the World, as to give thy only 
 
 beloved 
 
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 beloved Son a Ranfom for it, John iii. 
 Rem. viiii. 
 
 O Heavenly Father, Thou that 
 fpareft not thy only Son, but deliver- 
 edft him for us, wilt thou not with him 
 alfo freely give us all Things ? and if 
 all Things, wilt thou not alfo give us 
 the Pardon of our Sins ? 
 
 O my God, I firmly believe Thou 
 wilt, on that Ranfom my Saviour 
 hath paid for me : and on all thy gra- 
 cious Promifes of Pardon, which for 
 his Sake thou haft made to me, I 
 wholly rely-, here only is the fure and 
 ftedfaft Anchor of my Soul, to which 
 my Faith and Hope fhall for ever 
 adhere. 
 
 All this, Lord, do I plead, to im- 
 plore thy Forgivenefs. 
 
 Behold, Lord, though my Failings 
 are many, yet to the utmoft of my 
 Power, I have confeffed, and bewailed, 
 and forfaken my Tranfgreffions. Be- 
 hold, Lord, I come at thy Call, and I 
 come weary and heavy laden with the 
 Burthen of my Sins : Be it unto me 
 according to thy Word. O Thou that 
 axt. faithful and juft, forgive me my 
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 Sins, and cleanfe me from all Unrigh- 
 teoufnefs. Lord, do thou in no wife 
 caft rne from Thee, but heal my Back- 
 Hidings, and love me freely ; eafe me 
 of my Burthen, that I may find Reft 
 in Thee -, and fay unto my Soul, Be of 
 good Cheer, thy Sins are forgiven 
 thee, Matth. xi. 29. 1 John i. 9. John 
 vi. 36. Hof xiv. 4. 
 
 O Heavenly Father, for thine own 
 infinite Mercies Sake, for thy Truth and 
 Promife Sake, for all the Merits and 
 Sufferings of the Son of thy Love, in 
 whom thou art always well pleafed, 
 pardon all my Sins and Failings, and 
 receive me into thy Favour. Amen y O 
 Lord God, Amen r Amen. 
 
 A Petition for Grace in general. 
 
 OLord God, I have fworn, and I 
 will perform it, that I will keep 
 thy righteous Judgments, Pfal. cxix* 
 
 But alas ! I am able of myfelf to 
 do nothing that is good, not fo much 
 as to think one good Thought ; and I 
 no fooner fhall rife from my Knees, 
 but I fear I fhall be tempted to thofe 
 very Sins I have now folemnly re- 
 nounced i 
 
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 Flounced-, and thofc Temptations will 
 certainly overcome me, unleis thou, 
 Lord, doft feafonably interpofe thy 
 Grace to with-hold me. 
 
 But I can do all Things thro' Thee 
 ftrengthcning me : Do thou then, O 
 bleffed Saviour, perfect thy Strength 
 in my Weakneis ; for in thee only is 
 my Truft, Phil. lit. 
 
 O my God, Thou haft promifed to 
 give thy Holy Spirit to thofe that afk 
 it, Luke xi. 3. Behold, Lord, I do hum- 
 bly, I do now earneftly afk thy Holy 
 Spirit of Thee : O fulfil thy gracious 
 Promife to me : O vouchfafe me that 
 Holy Spirit I pray for, to purify my 
 corrupt Nature, to ftrcngthen my 
 Weaknefs, to comfort me in Troubles, 
 to fupport me in Difcouragements, to 
 fuccour me in Temptations, and to 
 aflift me in all Parts of my Duty ; 
 that I may ever hereafter live in thy 
 Fear, and in conftant, fincerc, and 
 univerfal Obedience to all thy righteous 
 Laws. 
 
 Thou, O Searcher of Hearts, 
 
 knoweft the Sin (or Sins) I am moPc 
 
 inclined to {Here name it, or them ) -,. 
 
 and herein will lie my greateft Dan- 
 
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 ger of Back-fliding : But, O my God, 
 I beg a double Portion of thy invifi- 
 ble Aid againft it (or them) : Hold 
 Thou up my Goings in thy Paths, that 
 my Footfteps flip not. O work in me 
 that victorious Faith, by which I may 
 overcome the World, the Devil, and 
 my own corrupt Nature, i John v. 4. 
 
 True it is, O Lord God, that there 
 are many Sins, which upon Examina- 
 tion, I find, thro' thy Grace, I have 
 not yet committed *, and therefore not 
 unto me, Lord, but to thy Name be 
 the Glory. But alas ! there is in my 
 corrupt Nature fo great a Pronenefs to 
 Evil, fo great a Curiofity to try what 
 Sin is, that without thy reftraining 
 Grace, every Temptation, w r hen I 
 fhail have more Age and Liberty, and 
 Opportunity to enforce it, v/ill be apt 
 to draw me from my Obedience, and 
 to overthrow all my prefent Refolu- 
 tions. 
 
 But my Help ftandeth in Thee, O 
 great Creator, who haft made Heaven 
 and Earth ; and I commit my Soul 
 to thy Keeping. O Thou that art 
 Faithful, as well as Almighty, keep that 
 Mc which is committed to thy Truft'v 
 
 watch 
 
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 watch over me, that I may not be 
 beguiled by the Deceitfulnefs of Sin, 
 or betrayed by my own treacherous 
 Heart, or furprifed by my ghoftly 
 Enemies ; and give me Grace to watch 
 and to pray inceffantly myfelf, left [ 
 enter into Temptation. Hear, Lord, 
 from Heaven, and fuccour me, for the* 
 alone Merits of Jefas my Saviour. 
 Amen* Amen^ i Pet. iv. 19. 
 
 Petitions for particular Graces. 
 
 OThat my Ways, Lord, w'ere made- 
 fo direft, that I might keep thy 
 Statutes ! For then fhall I not be con- 
 founded, when I have Refpedt unto all. 
 thy Commandments, Pfalm cxix. 
 
 Vouchfafe me thy Holy Spirit there- 
 fore, O Lord God, to work in me 
 whatever is well-pleafing in thy Sight, 
 that, for the Time to come, I may 
 bring forth Fruits meet for Repent- 
 ance. 
 
 O let it be thy good Pleafure to 
 create in me a faving Knowledge of. 
 Thee, and of my Duty, juftifying 
 Faith, true fanclifying Grace, and a, 
 purifying Hope, an ardent Love, and 
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 a filial Fear of Thee, a conftant Deflre 
 of plcafing Thee, and a great Tender- 
 nefs of offending Thee. 
 
 Lord, create in me a penitent Heart, 
 a refigned Will, and mortified Af- 
 fections, an habitual Mindfulnefs of 
 thy Prefence, and a fteady Devotion 
 in my Prayers, fincere Intentions and 
 Zeal for thy Glory, Perfeverance in 
 all holy Purpofes, and Conftancy in 
 all Trials and Temptations. 
 
 Lord, create in me a reverential 
 Awe of thy Name, a Delight in thy 
 Service, a fecret Regard to this Day 
 and Houfe of Prayer, and a great 
 Attention to thy Word ; a daily Care 
 of my Time, and Diligence in my 
 Studies. 
 
 Lord, make me chafte and tempe- 
 rate, humble, and advifeable, and pa- 
 tient of Reproof; and create in me a 
 chearful and meek, a contented and 
 confiderate, a quiet and peaceful 
 Spirit. 
 
 Lord, blefs me with Health and 
 Competency of Living, with a good 
 Underftanding, a retentive Memory, 
 and a ready Apprehenfion ; and with 
 fuch a Meafure of temporal good 
 
 Things* 
 
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 Things, as Thou feed fit for me ; 
 and give me Grace to make a right 
 Uie of all thole Blefllngs I have al- 
 ready received. 
 
 Lord, purify my Thoughts, bridle 
 my Tongue, guide all my Actions, 
 guard all my Senfes, flop my Ears, 
 and turn away my Eyes from Sin and 
 Vanity. 
 
 Lord, give me Grace to be juft in 
 all my Dealings ; to do to all Men as 
 I would they fhould do to me ; to be 
 fubjeft to my Parents, and to all my 
 Superiors ; to the King as Supreme, 
 and to all Civil Magiilrates ; to the 
 Pallors of thy Church, and to all my 
 Governors in this Place : O grant 
 that I may render due Honour and 
 Obedience to them all in their ieveral 
 Stations. 
 
 Lord, make me willing to forgive 
 Injuries, and unwilling to offer any -, 
 make me grateful to my Benefactors, 
 friendly to my Equals, condefcending 
 to my Inferiors, companionate to the 
 Afflifted, charitable to the Poor, ac- 
 cording to my Ability, a Lover of 
 good Men, and kind to my Enemies ; 
 and give me Grace to keep always a 
 
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 Confcience void of Offence towards 
 Thee, and towards Men, and to con- 
 tinue in the Communion of the Church 
 without wavering. 
 
 O merciful God, keep thy Servant 
 from all wilful, deliberate, or pre- 
 fumptuous Sins, and let no Wickednefs 
 have Dominion over me. 
 
 From Stubbornefs and Pride, Idle- 
 nefs and Sloth, Intemperance and 
 youthful Lufts, Inconftancy and Ly- 
 ing, good Lord, deliver me. 
 
 From irreligious Principles, and 
 falfe Teachers, unruly Paffions, and 
 violent Temptations, from contrail- 
 ing vicious Habits, or taking Plea- 
 fare in Sin ♦, from Profanenefs and 
 ill Company, Envy and Malice, De- 
 traction and Uncharitablenefs, good 
 Lord, deliver me. 
 
 From the Errors and Vices of the 
 Age, and all remanent Affeftions tc* 
 Sin ; from the Sin (or Sins) my cor- 
 rupt Nature is mod inclined to (Here 
 name it, or them) ; from whatfoever 
 is offenfive to tliee, or deftruftive to 
 my own Soul, good Lord, deliver me;. 
 
 Hear me, O Heavenly Father, andi 
 conform my whole Life to the Ex- 
 ample. 
 
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 ample of my bleflcd Saviour, and that 
 for his Sake, in whofe holy Words I 
 fum up all my Wants : Our Father 
 
 which art in Heaven^ &c. 
 
 * 
 
 You are now, good Philotheus, by 
 God's Help, gone over the hardeil 
 Part of your Preparation for the 
 Holy Sacrament. The next Thing you 
 are to do, is to examine yourfelf, whe- 
 ther you do fufficiently underftand 
 what the Sacrament is ; then to afk 
 yourfelf with what Intentions you do 
 approach it, and to pray for God's 
 Grace to difpofe you for worthily re- 
 ceiving; and all thefe Particulars, to- 
 gether with all that you are to know 
 and believe concerning the blefled Sa- 
 crament, are contained in thefe fol- 
 lowing Meditations, which I advife 
 you to read over devoutly at feveral 
 Times, till you are in fome Meafure 
 affedted with them. 
 
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 Meditations on the Holy Euchariji. 
 On the Outward Elements. 
 
 T Adore thee, O blefled Jefus, my 
 Lord, and my God, when I con- 
 fider what that Sacrament is, to which 
 thou now inviteft me, and of whac 
 Parts it conlifts - of an outward and 
 vifible Sign, and of an inward and 
 fpiritual Grace ; for thou, Lord, who- 
 knoweft our Infirmities, and now little 
 able we are to conceive Things hea- 
 venly and fpiritual, in Pity to our 
 dark and feeble Apprehenfions, haft 
 ordained outward, and obvious, and 
 vifible Signs, to reprefent to our Minds 
 thy Grace, which is inward and invi- 
 fible : Thou haft ordained Bread and 
 Wine, which is our corporal Food, to 
 pifture out to our Faith the Food of 
 our Souls, 
 
 On the inward Part^ or Thing fignified. 
 
 F know, O my God, that I muft look 
 thro 5 the outward Elements, and fix 
 my Faith on that which they fignify,. 
 and which is the inward and invifible 
 Grace, even thy own bleffed Body 
 &nd Blood, which is verily and in- 
 deed! 
 
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 deed taken and received by the Faith- 
 till in the Lord's Supper. 
 
 But tell me, O thou whom my 
 Sou! loveft, how canft thou give us 
 thy Flefli to eat ? 
 
 Lord, thou haft told me, that thy 
 Words they are Spirit, and they are 
 Life, and are therefore not carnally to 
 be underftood : Lord, I believe, help 
 thou my Unbelief, John vi. 
 
 I believe thy Body and Blood to 
 be as really preient in the Holy Sacra- 
 rnent as thy divine Power can make 
 it, though the Manner of thy myfte- 
 rious Prefence I cannot comprehend. 
 
 Lord, I believe that the Bread that 
 we break, and the Cup that we drink, 
 are not bare Signs only, but the real 
 Communication of thy Body and thy 
 Blood, and Pledges to aflure me of it ; 
 and I verily believe, that if with due 
 Preparation I come to thy Altar, as 
 certainly as I receive the outward Signs, 
 fo certainly fhall I receive the Thing 
 fignified, even thy moft blefled Body 
 and Blood; to receive which inefti- 
 mable Bleffing, O merciful Lord, do 
 thou fit and prepare me, Amen^ Amen. 
 1 Cor. x. 
 
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 Who infiituted it. 
 
 T Adore thee, O bleffed Jefus, my 
 Lord, my God, when I confider 
 that this holy Sacrament was thy own 
 Inftitution $ for it was thou, Lord* 
 who in the Night thou wail betrayed* 
 didft take Bread, and after that the 
 Cup, and didft blefs them, and give 
 them to thy Difciples. O bleffed Sa- 
 viour, let thy Divinity, thus ftamped 
 on, it, ftrike into my Soul an holy 
 Awe and Reverence in approaching 
 it : O create in me heavenly Difpofi- 
 tions to celebrate fo heavenly an In- 
 ftitution. Amen> Amen. 
 
 For what End. 
 
 T Adore thee, O bleffed Jefus, my 
 Lord and my God, when I con- 
 fider for what End thou didft inftitute 
 thy holy Sacrament, implied in thy 
 own Command, Do this in Remem- 
 brance of me. 
 
 But what need this Command, O 
 gracious Lord ? Is it poffible for me 
 ever to forget thee my Saviour, who 
 haft done fo great Things for me ? 
 
 Alas* 
 
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 Alas, alas ! my own fad Experience 
 
 •tells me it is : Woe is me \ every 
 
 Temptation, every Vanity, is apt to 
 
 make me forget thee, though thy own 
 
 dying Words bid me remember thee. 
 
 But, O blefied Lord, for thy infi- 
 nite Mercies fake, pardon all my ftupid 
 Forgetfulnefs and Ingratitude hitherto, 
 2nd do thou now create in me fuch a 
 thankful and lively Remembrance of 
 thy dying for me, that may excite me 
 to give up myfelf intirely to thee, as 
 thou didft give up thyfelf on the Crofs 
 for me. Amen* Amen. 
 
 A Thank/giving for Chrift's Suffering. 
 
 /^\Thou, my crucified Saviour, Glory 
 ^^^ be to thee, for caufing my Suf- 
 ferings to be regifler'd in the Gofpel : 
 There I have read, and remember the 
 Works and Triumphs of thy Almighty 
 Love, for which I will always adore 
 and praife thee. 
 
 I remember, O gracious Lord, how 
 thou, who thoughteft it no Robbery 
 to be equal with God, waft made in 
 the Fafhion of frail Man, Phil. ii. of 
 the vileft and moft comptemptible of 
 Men; for thou tookefl on thee the 
 
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 Form of a very Servant : I remember 
 how many Reproaches, and Contra- 
 d ; 6tions, and Blafphemies, and Perfe- 
 ctions, thou didft endure from a* 
 wicked and perverfe Generation •, and 
 all this to fave us finful Men. 
 
 Lord JefuS) was ever Sorrow like unto 
 thy Sorrow ? Worthy art thou, O 
 Lamb, that was jlain, to receive 
 Power., and Riches, and Wifdom^ and 
 Strength, and Honour, and Glory 7 
 and Blejfmg, Rev. vii. 12. 
 
 I remember, O gracious Lord, how 
 thou didft endure a moft bitter Agony, 
 and didft fweat great Drops of Blood, 
 falling to the Ground ; how thou, 
 who art God above all, blefied foe 
 ever, waft treacheroufly betrayed and 
 apprehended, and bound as a Male- 
 faftor ; how thou waft fet at nought 
 by Herod, and his Men of War, and 
 forfaken of all thy Difciples, and de- 
 nied by Peter ; and all this to fave us 
 finful Men, Rom. ix. v. 
 
 O Lord Jefus, was ever, Sec. 
 
 I remember, how thou, O God of 
 Truth, waft accufed by falfe Wit- 
 
 nefles ; 
 
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 ncflfes ^ how thou, v/hom all the An- 
 gels adore, wail blind .- folded, and 
 buffetted, and mocked, a id fpit upon, 
 and ftri] ped nakedj and fcourged ; 
 and ail this thac we may be healed 
 by thy Stupes, and to fave us (infill 
 Men. 
 
 Lord Jefus^ was ever, &c. 
 
 I remember, Lord, how thou, that 
 art the great Judge of Heaven and 
 Earth, waft thyfelf dragged to the 
 Judgment-feat, and condemned ; how 
 thou, O King of Heaven, waft crowned 
 with Thorns, and oppreffed with the 
 Weight of thy own Crofs ^ and all this 
 to fave us finful Men. 
 
 O Lord Jefus, was ever, &c. 
 
 I remember, O blefled Saviour* 
 how thou, who art the Lord of Glory, 
 and the fole Author of Life, w r aft put 
 to a moft ignominious Death; how 
 thy Hands and thy Feet were nailed 
 to a Crofs ; how thou waft crucified 
 between two Thieves, and number'd 
 with the TranfgreiTors ; how thou 
 hadft a Potion given to thee to embitter 
 
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 thy very laft Gafp ; and all this to fave 
 us finful Men. 
 
 O Lord Jefus, was ever, &c. 
 
 I remember, O gracious Lord, how 
 when thou wert hanging on the very 
 Crofs, thou waft fcoffed at and reviled ; 
 how infinitely then thou wert afflidted 
 and bruifed for our TranfgrefTions, 
 when the Iniquities of us all were laid 
 on thy Shoulders ; how thou didft then 
 exprefs an Anguifh greater than all the 
 Tortures of thy Crucifixion, when thou 
 didft cry out, My God, my God, why 
 haft thou forfaken me ! and how thou 
 didft at the laft give up the Ghoft, and 
 die thyfelf, that we might live. 
 
 O Lord Jefus, was ever, &c. 
 
 I unfeignedly believe, O gracious 
 Lord, that thou didft fuffer all this 
 for finful Men, and in particular foi 
 me, when we were all thy utter Ene- 
 mies, and had nothing in us to mov( 
 thee to pity us, but our extreme Mi- 
 fery ; nothing to move thee to fave us, 
 but our great Unworthinefs, and thy 
 greater Mercy. 
 
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 O the Depth of the Riches of thy 
 Love, bleifeu Lord ! How unutterable 
 is thy Mercy, and thy Love pail find- 
 ing out ! 
 
 O all ye holy Angels, behold and 
 wonder ! Wretched Man hath finned 
 againft God, and God himfelf has 
 fuffered the Sinner's Punilhment. 
 
 Was there ever Sorrow like that which 
 
 my Lord and my God endured fcr 
 
 me ? 
 Was there am Love like to that Love 
 
 my Lord and my God hath /hewed 
 
 me ? 
 
 O ye bleeffd Hoft of Heaven, who 
 rejoice at the Converfion of one fingle 
 Sinner, adore and praife my crucified 
 Saviour, who died for the Sins of the 
 World ; adore and praife that un- 
 known Sorrow, that wonderful Love, 
 which you yourfelves muft needs ad- 
 mire. 
 
 O my gracious Lord, my Heart is 
 now full of the Senfe of thy Love ; 
 and what have I to return to thee but 
 Love again ? 'Tis all I have to offer 
 thee ; accept it, O merciful Lord, im- 
 perfect as it is. And do thou daily 
 
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 heighten my Senfe of thy Love to me, 
 that I may daily heighten my Love 
 to thee. 
 
 O thou infinite Lover of Souls, with 
 all my Heart I love, I praife, I adore 
 thy Love to me ; but, alas ! I can 
 never do it enough. 
 
 O do thou at laft, gracious Lord, 
 tranflate me to thy Kingdom of Glory, 
 that there I may love thee to the ut- 
 termoft Capacity of a Creature, and 
 praife thee to all Eternity. Amen^ 
 Lord Jefus, Amen y Amen. 
 
 What Benefit we receive by it. 
 
 ¥ Adore Thee, O blefled Jefu, my 
 Lord, and my God, when I con- 
 fider the Benefits, which through thy 
 Mercy we receive by thy Holy Sacra- 
 ment. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord, who 
 there makeft thy own Body and Blood 
 to become our fpiritual Food, to 
 ftrengthen and refrefh our Souls. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord, who by 
 this heavenly Food doft myftically 
 unite us to thyfelf ; for nothing be- 
 comes one with our Bodies, more than 
 the bodily Food we eat, which turns 
 
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 into our very Subftance •, and nothing 
 makes us become one with thee, more 
 than when thou vouchfafeft to become 
 the very Food of our Souls. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord, who by 
 this immortal Food doit nourifti our 
 Souls to live the Life of Grace here, 
 and doft raife us up to Life everlaft- 
 ing hereafter. Lord, do thou ever- 
 more give me this Bread. Amen y 
 Amen. John vi. 51. 
 
 Motives of Receiving. 
 
 OBlefled Saviour ! what more pow- 
 erful Motives can I have to per- 
 fuade me to communicate, than thy 
 Command, and the admirable Effe&s 
 of the Holy Sacrament ? 
 
 But, alas ! my corrupt Nature is 
 apt to fubje£t me to low and bafe In- 
 ducements to this Duty ; fuch as are* 
 Fear of my Superiors Difpleafure : If I 
 abftain > or Shame of not appearing 
 as devout as my Equals ; or the mere 
 Cuftom of the Place, or of the Seafon. 
 
 But, Lord, I do from my Heart: 
 renounce all thefe and the like carnal 
 Confiderations, and I come to thy 
 Altar, to renew my Baptifmal Cove- 
 
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 nant with thee, of which thy Sacra- 
 ment is a Seal. 
 
 I come to teftify my Senfe of thy 
 Love, O heavenly Father, in fo loving 
 the World, as to give up thy only Son 
 to die for me. 
 
 I come to teftify my Faith in thee, 
 and my Love towards thee, O bleffed 
 Saviour, and thankfully to comme- 
 morate thy wonderful Love in dying 
 for me. 
 
 I come, Lord, to teftify my Sted- 
 faftnefs in the Communion of thy 
 Church, and my Charity to all the 
 World. 
 
 I come to thy Table, O Lord, out 
 of the Senfe I have of the Want of 
 that fpiritual Food, to which thou 
 therp inviteffc me. 
 
 Alas ! alas ! I am foon apt to grow 
 weary of Well-doing ; a few Prayers, 
 very little Duty, is apt to tire me ; 
 every flight Temptation is apt to over- 
 come me ; and I know there is no 
 Food can ilrengthen my Soul but thy 
 Body % no Cordial can revive my 
 drooping Obedience, but thy Blood : 
 and 'tis thy moft bleifed Body and 
 Blood I hunger and thirft after : O 
 
 gracious 
 
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 gracious Lord, grant that I, and all 
 that communicate with me, may feci 
 its laving Efficacy. O feed, O refrefh, 
 O nouriih our Souls with it to Life 
 everlafting, and that for thy own in- 
 finite Mercy Sake, which moved thee 
 to offer up thy Body and Blood for us. 
 Amen^ Amen. 
 
 Prayer for Preparation. 
 
 BLeffed Lord Jefus ! I even trem- 
 ble, when I confider, that he that 
 eateth and drinketh unworthily, is 
 guilty of thy Body and Blood, and 
 eateth and drinketh Damnation to his 
 own Soul •, and this fevere Sentence 
 on unworthy Communicants makes 
 me afraid to come to thy Altar, 1 Cor. 
 xi. 29. 
 
 But when I confider, that thy Sen- 
 tence is as fevere againft thofe, who 
 being invited, refufe to come, (tor thou 
 haft laid, they fhall not tafte of thy 
 Supper j and unlefs we eat thy Flefn, 
 and drink thy Blood, we have no Life 
 in us) I am then afraid to keep away, 
 John vi. 
 
 But bleffed be thy Mercy, O Lord , 
 for in this Straight my Soul is in, thou 
 
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 art my Guide ; thou by giving me 
 this Opportunity of receiving, inviteft 
 me to thy Table j thou called me to 
 feek thy Face, and my Heart replies, 
 Thy Face, Lord, will I feek. 
 
 If thou, Lord, fhouldil be extreme 
 to mark what is done amifs, alas ! 
 alas ! I am then unfit, not only to 
 communicate, but to fay even my daily 
 Prayers. 
 
 I know, Lord, that if I fhould ftay 
 till I am worthy to come, I fhould 
 then never come - ? and therefore, tho' 
 I am unworthy of fo unfpeakable a 
 Mercy, yet I come to beg thy Grace 
 to make me worthy, or at leaft fuch 
 as thou wilt accept. 
 
 O bleffed Jefus, do thou fo open 
 my Eye of Faith, to difcern thy Body 
 and BloocJ in the Holy Sacrament ; do 
 thou fo dilpofe my Soul at this Time 
 to communicate, that I may feel all 
 the happy Effefts of thy own divine 
 Inftitution ; that my Soul may re- 
 ceive fuch lafting Imprefnons of thy 
 Goodnefs, and be fo ravifhed with 
 the Love of thee, and with the in- 
 comparable Delights of thy Service, 
 £nd with fuch an early Foretafte of 
 
 Heaven, 
 
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 Heaven, that all the Pleafures of Sin, 
 which in my growing Years may 
 tempt me, may appear to me taftelds 
 and unwelcome. 
 
 O Heavenly Father, c loathe me 
 with the Wedding Garment, even the 
 Graces of my bleffed Saviour •, for 
 then am I fure to be a welcome Gueft 
 to thy Table, when I fhall come thi- 
 ther in the Likenefs of thy own well- 
 beloved Son, in whom thou art always 
 well pleafed. 
 
 O Heavenly Father, fill me with a 
 lively Faith, profound Humility, filial 
 Obedience, inflamed Affeftions, and 
 univerfal Charity : O raife in my Soul 
 all thofe heavenly Tranfpofts of Zeal 
 and Devotion, of Love and Defire, 
 of Joy and Delight, of Praife and 
 Thankfgiving, which become the Re- 
 membrance of a crucified Saviour, 
 which become one redeemed by the 
 Blood of God, and that for his fake 
 only that redeemed me -, in whofe 
 holy Words I fum up all the Graces 
 and Blefiings I (land in need of: Our 
 Father, which art in Herien, &c. 
 
 This Prayer, Philctbeus, is proper 
 
 for you to add to your Morning 
 
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 Prayer, the Day en which you arc to 
 
 receive, 
 
 Direfiions in "Time of Receiving. 
 
 IN Time of receiving, good Phi- 
 ktheus, labour all yoy can to keep 
 your Heart affected with the pub- 
 lick Prayers, and to fill up all the va- 
 cant Minutes with holy- Ejaculations, 
 fuch as thefe which follow : 
 
 At going to the Altar. 
 
 IN the Multitude of thy Mercies, 
 O Lord God, do I now approach 
 thy Altar : O pardon my Sins, and 
 receive me gracioufiy. Amen^ Amen. 
 
 At the Offertory. 
 
 ELefTed be thou, O Lord God •, 
 for all Things come of Thee, 
 and of thy own do I now give thee, 
 i Chron. xxix. 14. 
 
 O let this Alms be an Odour of a 
 fweet Smell, a Sacrifice acceptable and 
 well-pleafing to thee, Phil. iv. 18. 
 
 At 
 
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 At Confecration. 
 
 OBIefled Jefu, in the Bread bro- 
 ken, I call to Mind thy Body- 
 torn with Whips, and Thorns, and 
 Nails ; and in the Wine poured out, 
 I call to Mind thy precious Blood, 
 Ihed for my Sins. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lamb of God, 
 that didft offer thyfelf a Sacrifice to 
 take away the Sins of the whole World : 
 Lord, have Mercy on me, and take 
 away mine alfo. 
 
 IFhilft others are Communicating. 
 
 OMy God, whom have I in Hea- 
 ven but thee ? And there is none 
 on Earth I defire in Companion of 
 thee, PfaL lxxiii. 25. 
 
 As the Hart panteth after the Water- 
 Brooks, fo panteth my Soul after thee, 
 OGod, PfaLxlii: 1. 
 
 My Soul is athirft for thee, O God, 
 my God. 
 
 Bleffed Saviour, I am thine, I am 
 wholly thine •, for thou haft bought 
 me with a Price, with the ineftimable 
 Price of thy own Blood, 1 Cor. vi. 
 
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 Lord, fuffer not the Price of thy 
 own Elood to periih, and I will al- 
 ways glorify thee in my Body, and in 
 my Spirit, which are thine. 
 
 If there be many Communicants, 
 and thou haft much vacant Time, 
 Philotheus, and doft want devout Mat- 
 ter to employ thy Thoughts till all 
 have communicated, thou mayft theji 
 repeat the ^hank/giving for Cbriff's 
 Suffering, p. 89. either in Whole, or 
 in Part, as thou feeft it needful. 
 
 When the Prieft comet b towards ysu. 
 Lord God, I now defire to re- 
 new my Covenant with thee, and 
 to feal it in this Sacrament. 
 
 Lord, put thy Laws into my Mind, 
 and write them in my Heart : And for 
 the Paffion of thy Son, which I now 
 commemorate, be merciful to my Un- 
 righteoufnefs^ my Sins and my Ini- 
 quities remember no more ; and be 
 thou my God, and I will be thy Ser- 
 vant. Amen, Amen. Heb. viii. 10. 
 
 O my Soul, tafte now, and fee how 
 gracious the Lord is, Pfal. xxxiv. 8. 
 
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 After Receiving the Bread. 
 
 GLory be to thee, O Lord, who 
 feedeft me with the Bread of 
 Life. 
 
 O Lord God, who didft fanftify us 
 by the Offering of the Body of Jefus 
 once for all, fandtify me, even me, O 
 Heavenly Father, Heb. x. 10. 
 
 After Receiving the Cup. 
 
 GLory be to thee, O Lord Jefus 
 who permitteil me to drink of 
 the Fountain of Life freely. 
 
 My Beloved is mine, and I am his. 
 
 BlelTed Saviour, thou haft loved us, 
 and wafhed us from cur Sins in thy 
 own Blood ; and therefore to thee be 
 Glory and Dominion, for ever and 
 ever. Amen^ Amen, Rev. i. 6. 
 
 Glory be thee, O Jefus, my Lord 
 and my God, for thus feeding my Soul 
 with thy rnoft bleffed Body and Blood : 
 O let thy heavenly Food transfufe 
 new Life, and new Vigour into my 
 
 ul, and into the Souls of all that 
 
 communicate with me, that we may all 
 
 grow more humble and contrite for 
 
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 our Sins, that we may all love thee, 
 and ferve thee, and delight in thee, 
 and praife thee more frequently, more 
 inceffantly, than ever we have done 
 heretofore. Amen^ Amen. 
 
 After the Congregation is difmifled, 
 PbilotbeuS) if you cannot get Privacy 
 in your own Chamber, I advife you 
 at the firft Opportunity to go into the 
 Chapel, and there to give God Thanks 
 for that great Bleffing, of which he 
 has now made you a Partaker. 
 
 A Thank/giving after Receiving. 
 
 OHow plentiful is thy Goodnefs, 
 my Lord, and my God, which 
 thou haft laid up for thofe that fear 
 thee, which thou haft laid up for thofe 
 that put their Truft in thy Mercy I 
 Pfal. xxxi. 19. 
 
 Was it not Love infinite enough, 
 deareft Lord, to give thyfelf for me 
 on the Crofs ? "Was not that Sacrifice 
 of thyfelf fufficient to expiate the Sins 
 of the whole World ? What, Lord, 
 could thou then do more for me ? 
 
 All the mighty Hoft of Heaven 
 ftocd amazed to fee the Biood of God 
 
 fhed; 
 
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 fhed, to fee their King of Glory, (to 
 whom from the firft Moment of their 
 Being they had fung their Hallelujahs) 
 nailed to a Crofs •, and all this to fave 
 Sinners. 
 
 Sure, Lord, none of all thofe blef- 
 fed Spirits, with all the glorious Illu- 
 minations they had, could ever have 
 imagined how thou couldft give thy- 
 felf more to us than thou haft done. 
 
 And yet for all this, thou haft 
 wrought new Miracles of Love for us •> 
 and, as if it had not been Love e- 
 nough to have given thyfelf for us 
 on the Crofs, thou haft found out a 
 Way to give thyfelf to us in the Holy 
 Sacrament - 9 to unite thyfelf to us with 
 the moft intimate Union that 'tis pof- 
 iible to conceive •, to become the very 
 Food, the Life, - the Strength, the 
 Support of my Soul •, to become one 
 with me •, to become the very Soul 
 of my Soul. 
 
 O Lord God, this is fo inconceiv- 
 able a Blefling, that is, fo divine an 
 Union, that the very Angels, who fo 
 much defire to look into the great 
 Myfter/ of our Redemption,, who 
 learn thy manifold Wifdom from thy 
 
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 Church, and frequent the Places of thy 
 publick Worfhip, do erowd about our 
 Altar, and with awful Admiration 
 contemplate the Holy Sacrament, 
 i Pet. i. 12. Eph. iii. io. i Cor. x. 
 
 What Thanks then, gracious Lord, 
 can I return to thee for thofe Won*. 
 ders of Love thou haft {hewed to me, 
 wretched Sinner •, which the very An- 
 gels, who never finned, fo much ad- 
 mire ? 
 
 O deareft Lord, raife thou my D^ 
 votion to the higheft Pitch it can pof- 
 fibly reach, to praife thee ; inlarge 
 my Soul to its utmoft Extent, to love 
 thee. 
 
 How can I ever more offend fuch 
 Riches of Mercy as are in thee, O 
 crucified Saviour ! And yet, whilft I 
 carry this Body of Sin about me, I 
 fear I fliall : But, Lord, I do from my 
 Heart renounce and abhor all Things 
 that difpleafe thee ; I refolve, to the 
 utmoft of my Power, to refift all 
 Temptations, and to become as totally 
 thine, as my frail Nature will permit 
 me. 
 
 O gracious Lord, who haft fo in- 
 finitely loved us, and given us ever- 
 
 lafting 
 
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 lading Confolation, and good Hope 
 through Grace, comfort my Heart, 
 and for ever eitablifli it in every good 
 Word and Work. 
 
 Blefling, and Honour, and Glory, 
 and Power, be unto him that fiteth 
 on the Throne, and unto the Lamb, 
 for ever. 
 
 Rejoice in the Lord Jefus, O my 
 Soul j for of him cometh my Sal- 
 vation. 
 
 I will love thee, O Lord, my King, 
 and I will praife thy Name for ever 
 and ever. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord God, for 
 giving me this bleffed Opportunity of 
 coming to thy Altar. O grant I may 
 never more pollute my Soul, which 
 thou haft now made thy Temple to 
 refide in, who art the God of Purity. 
 
 Praife the Lord, O my Soul ; while 
 I live, will I praife the Lord : As long 
 as I have any Being, I will fing Praifes 
 unto thee, O bleffed Saviour, my King 
 and my God. 
 
 O gracious Lord, pardon all my 
 Failings, accept all my Prayers and 
 Praifes, and fupply all my Wants, 
 
 which 
 
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 which I fum up in thy own bleffed 
 Words : Our Father *, &c. 
 
 Remember, good Philctheus, that 
 when you have receiv'd the Holy Sa- 
 crament, your greateft Work is then 
 but beginning, which is, to obferve 
 all the Promifes you have made to 
 God of future Obedience •, and "there- 
 fore 'tis good for you to read over 
 now and then, and to renew your 
 Refolutions, and to examine yourfelf 
 how you have kept them, that you 
 may preferve in your Soul a ferious 
 Senfe of your Duty, and a confcien- 
 tious Care to perform it. 
 
 Form of general Thank/giving. 
 
 WOrthy art thou, O Lord of 
 Heaven and Earth, to receive 
 Glory, and Honour, and Power ; for 
 thou haft created all Things, and for 
 thy Pleafure they are, and were created,, 
 Rev. iv. 11. 
 
 Thou haft made Heaven, the Hea- 
 ven of Heavens, with all their Hoft, 
 the Earth, and all Things that are 
 therein : Thou prefer veil them all-, 
 
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 and the Hoft of Heaven praifeth thee, 
 Nehevi. ix. 6. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord God 
 Almighty, for creating Man after 
 thine own Image, and making lb great 
 Variety of Creatures to minifter to his 
 Ufe. 
 
 Glory be to thee, who giveft us 
 Life, and Breath, and all Things ; 
 who giveft us fruitful Seafons, and 
 filleft oui* Hearts with Food and Glad- 
 nefs, Aols xiv. ^7. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord God, for 
 all thy many Blefiings and Deliver- 
 ances \ for all thy Forbearance and 
 Lons-fufferinff to this finful Nation : 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord, who haft 
 made me alfo fhare in thofe publick 
 Mercies, and for that Light of the 
 Gofpel thou vouchfafeft us, of which 
 the greateft Part of the World is totally 
 
 ignorant, 
 
 Glcry be to thee, O Heavenly Fa- 
 ther, for my Being and Prefervation, 
 Strength and Health, Underftanding; 
 and Memory, Friends and Benefac- 
 tors, and for all my Abilities of Mind 
 and Body. 
 
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 Glory be to thee, O Heavenly Fa- 
 ther, for my competent Livelihood, 
 for my Education in this College, for 
 all my known or unknown Deliver- 
 ances, and for the Guard thy holy 
 Angels keep over me. 
 
 But, above all, Glory be to thee, 
 for giving thy only Son to die for my 
 Sins, and for all the fpiritual Bleffings 
 he has purchased for me •, for my Bap- 
 tifm, and all the Opportunities thou 
 giveft me for fcrving thee, cr of re- 
 ceiving the Holy Eucharift ; for what- 
 ever Sin I have efcaped, for whatever 
 Good I have done, or thought ; for 
 all my Helps of Grace, and Hopes of 
 Heaven, Glory be to thee. 
 
 Praife the Lord, O my Soul, and 
 all that is within me, praife his Holy 
 Name. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, 
 for thy inexprefTible Love to loft Man : 
 Glory be to thee, O Lord, for con- 
 defcending to take our frail Nature en 
 thee : Glory be to thee, for all thy 
 heavenly Do£trine to inftrucl us^ thy 
 great Miracles to convince us, and thy 
 unblameable Example to guide us. 
 
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 Glory be to thee, O blefled Jefus, 
 for thy Agony and bloody Sweat, for 
 all the Torments and Anguilh of thy 
 bitter Paffion. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O blefled Jefus, 
 for thy glorious Refurre&ion, and 
 Afcenfion into Heaven, and Intercef- 
 fion for us at the Right-hand of thy 
 Father. 
 
 O gracious Lord, thou that haft 
 done fo much for me, how can I ever 
 fufficiently praife and love thee ? 
 
 Praife the Lbrd Jefus, O my Soul, 
 and all that is within me, praife his 
 holy Name. 
 
 Glory be to thee, O blefled Spirit, 
 Glory be to thee, for all the miracu- 
 lous Gifts and Graces thou didft be- 
 ftow on the Apoftles, to fit them to 
 convert the World, and for infpiring 
 the facred Penmen of Holy Scrip- 
 ture. 
 
 Glory be to thee, for inftilling holy 
 Thoughts into my Soul, for all the 
 Ghodly Strength, and Support, and 
 Comfort, and Illumination, we receive 
 from thee ; for all thy preventing, 
 and reflraining, and fan&ifying Grace, 
 Glory be to fhee. 
 
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 BlefTed Spirit, let me never more by 
 my Sins grieve thee, who art the Au- 
 thor of Life and Joy to me. 
 
 Praife the Lord, O my Soul, and 
 all that is within me, praife his holy 
 
 Nam,; 
 
 Here, Philotbeus, if you recite this 
 Thankfgiving on anyFeftival or Saint's 
 Day, you may add, 
 
 Particularly, O Lord, I am bound 
 to praife thee for the great Bleffing we 
 this Day commemorate (Here mention 
 it •, for Inflance, the 'Nativity of our 
 Bicjfed Saviour, or the like). 
 
 Or, for the Saint, whofe Memory 
 we this Day celebrate (Here you may 
 name him, ayid add) \ 
 
 Praife the Lord therefore, O my 
 Soul, and all that is within me. 
 
 Bleffing, and Honour, and Thankf- 
 giving, and Praifes more than I can 
 utter, more than I can conceive, be 
 unto thee, O moft adorable Trinity, 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, by all 
 Angels, all Men, all Creatures, for 
 ever and ever. Amen, Amen. 
 
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 A Form of general Intercejfion. 
 
 HOIy, Holy, Holy, Lord God 
 Almighty, I, miferable Sinner, 
 humbly acknowledge that I am alto- 
 gether unworthy to pray for myfelf ; 
 but fince thou haft commanded us to 
 make Prayers and Interceffions for all 
 n, in Obedience to thy Command, 
 and in Confidence of thy unlimited 
 Goodnefs, I commend to thy Mercy 
 and divine Providence the Wants and 
 Neceflities of all Mankind. 
 
 Lord, let it be thy good Pleafure 
 to reftore to thy Church Catholick pri- 
 mitive Peace and Purity, and to pre- 
 ferve it againft the Gates of Hell. 
 
 Particularly, O Lord God, I im- 
 plore thy Mercy for this finful Nation •, 
 for the Iniquity of the Land is exceed- 
 ing great. 
 
 Alas ! alas ! we are unthankful for thy 
 Bleffino;s, incorrigible under thy Tuds;- 
 ments, and unprofitable under all the 
 Means of Grace •, and what can we 
 expeft from thee, but to drink deep 
 of the Cup of thy Wrath ? 
 
 And, Wretch that I am ! my Sins 
 have increafed the Heap of the pub- 
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 lick Impieties, and made their Cry the 
 louder to Heaven for Vengeance. 
 
 But, O Lord God* in the midft of 
 Judgment remember Mercy : Turn 
 thou us, Lord, and fo fhall we be 
 turned : O be favourable to thy Peo- 
 ple, and give us all Grace to turn to 
 thee, in Failing, Weeping, and Mourn- 
 ing, to put a Period to our Provoca- 
 tions, and do thou put a Period to cur 
 Punilhments. 
 
 O Lord God, cut of the Multitude 
 of thy Mercies, give us Grace to fear 
 thee, ajid to keep thy Commandments 
 always, that it may be well with us, 
 and thou mayft rejoice over us, to do 
 ws Good. Amen, Amen. 
 
 O let it be thy good Pleafure to 
 blefs us all, from the higheft to the 
 loweft, in our feveral Stations : 
 
 To defend the Church of England 
 from all the Affaults of Schifm, or 
 Herefy, or Sacrilege $ and to blefs all 
 Bifhops, Priefts, and Deacons, with 
 Apoftolical Graces, exemplary Lives, 
 and found Doftrine. 
 
 O let it be thy good Pleafure to 
 fave and defend our Sovereign Lord 
 the King from all his Enemies % grant 
 
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 him a long and happy Reign over us ; 
 and endue him with all thole Gitt:; 
 and Graces, which may make him a 
 Terror to evil Works, and a great 
 Promoter of thy Glory. 
 
 Blefs him and all his Royal Relations 
 with a great Meafure of all temporal 
 good Things, and with eternal Glory 
 in the World to come. 
 
 Lord, let it be thy good Pleafure to 
 grant to the Privy-Council, Wifdom 
 from above -, to all Magiftrates, Inte- 
 grity and Zeal for Religion \ to the 
 ! Gentry and Commonalty, pious and 
 juft, peaceable and loyal Hearts ; to 
 .our Armies and Navy, Proteftion 
 and Vidtory 5 to the whole Nation, 
 healthful, and fruitful, and peaceful 
 Times. 
 
 Lord, let it be thy good Pleafure 
 to grant to all Jews, Turks, Infidels, 
 Atheifts, and Hereticks, Converfion -, 
 to all Malefactors, and wicked Men, 
 timely Repentance ; to all holy Per- 
 fons, Increafe of Grace and Perfe- 
 verance 5 to all that I have tempted 
 any way to Sin, or with whom I have 
 been a Companion in Evil, Contrition 
 and Pardon. 
 
 Lord, 
 
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 Lord, let it be thy good Pleafure to 
 blefs all thofe I have any way wronged, 
 and to forgive thofe that have wronged 
 me •, to comfort the Difconfolate •, to 
 give Health to the Sick, Eafe to thofe 
 that are in Pain, Patience to the Af- 
 flidted, Food to the Hungary, Cloaths 
 to the Naked, Liberty to the Captive, 
 and a fafe Delivery to Women with 
 Child. ' 
 
 Lord, be thou a Guide to the Tra- 
 veller, Safety to thofe that are at Sea, 
 a Refuge to the Oppreffed ; be thou a 
 Father to the Fatherlefs, take Care of 
 the Widows, pity and relieve all poor 
 Prifoners for Debt, and have Mercy 
 on all Idiots and mad Perfons. 
 
 Lord, let it be thy good Pleafure 
 to blefs my Parents, my Brothers 
 and Sifters, and all my Relations ; all 
 my Friends, all my Governors in this 
 College, aii my Fellow-fcholars, all 
 who have commended themfelves to 
 my Prayers, particularly (Here ycu 
 may name them y if you fee Occqfiori). 
 Lord, thou belt knoweft all our Con- 
 ditions, all our Defires, all oirr Wants : 
 O do thou therefore fuit thy Grace 
 
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 and Bleffings to our feveral NecefRties 
 of Body and Soul. 
 
 Hear, O merciful Father, my Sup- 
 plications, and that for the Sake of 
 thy Son Jefus, who died for us all ; 
 in whole holy Words I film up all my 
 own, and the Wants of all I pray for. 
 Our Father^ &c. 
 
 If you are a Child of the College, 
 good Philcthcus, I advife you now- 
 and-then to fay that ufual Collect, 
 wherein you give Thanks for the 
 Founder, and pray for the College \ 
 both which you have great Reafon to 
 do in private, as well as in publick, 
 when you confider, that God has made 
 the Founder an Inftrument of doing 
 you much Good, in advantaging your 
 Education ; and the Bleffings you pray 
 for on the College, you have yourfelf 
 a Part in. 
 
 A Thank/giving for the Founder. 
 
 I Give thee humble and hearty 
 Thanks, O moll merciful Father, 
 for our Founder, William of JVickham, 
 and all other our Benefadtors, by 
 v/hofe Benefits wc are in this College 
 
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 brought up to Godlinefs and good 
 Learning ; and I befeech thee to give 
 us Grace fo to ufe thefe thy Bleffings 
 to the Glory of thy Name, that we 
 may become profitable Members in 
 the Church and Commonwealth, and 
 may be at laft Partakers of the im- 
 mortal Glory of the Refurredtion, 
 through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen y 
 Amen, 
 
 Directions to ufe the foregoing Prayers. 
 
 HAVE a great Care, good Phi- 
 lotheus, that you make not any 
 of the Rules here given you a Pre- 
 tence to negleft the Orders and Duties 
 of the Place you live in, or of the 
 School ; for that were Idlenefs rather 
 than Devotion. 
 
 When you fix on a Day to examine 
 your Soul, or to confefs your Sins in, 
 believe me, Philothens^ nothing will 
 more enforce your Prayers and Re- 
 pentance, than if they are accom- 
 pany'd with Failing and Alms, as you 
 may fee in the Example of Cornelius + 
 
 whofe 
 
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 whofe Prayers, and Fading, and Alms, 
 all join'd together, were fo acceptable 
 to God, as made him fend, firft, an 
 Angel from Heaven, and after the 
 Angel, an Apoftle, and after the A- 
 poftle, the Holy Ghoft, to confirm and 
 enlighten him, Afts x. 
 
 But take Notice, Pbilotheus, that 
 all the Failing I advife you to, is only 
 to fome Fafting-day, or fome one 
 Friday > or Saturday, when your Com- 
 mons are lefs than on other Days, 
 to content yourfelf with your bare Al- 
 lowance, and withal to lay afide fome 
 fmall Matter, according to your Stock, 
 for the Poor. 
 
 But beware you do not do your Duty 
 only to be feen or approved of by 
 others •, for this were Hypocrify : And 
 take Heed your Performance do not 
 puff you up with a vain Conceit of 
 your Holinefs, and that you are bet-' 
 ter than your Fellows -, for this were 
 abominable Pride : And, alas ! when 
 you have done the belt you can, you 
 fall infinitely fhort of your Duty, and 
 'tis God's mere Mercy, not any the 
 leaft Worth in you, makes your Service 
 any Way acceptable to him. 
 
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 When you have once thoroughly 
 examined yourfelf, good Philotheus^ 
 and made a particular Confeflion of 
 the Sins of your whole Life, and 
 begged Pardon, there is not the fame 
 abiblute Neceffity of fuch laborious 
 Examination, at your next Commu- 
 nicating, efpecially if you examine 
 yourfelf carefully every Night, and 
 daily repent of the Evil of the Day 
 paft, and are not confeious to your- 
 felf of any great and notorious Sins 
 lince your laft Confeflion •, for if you 
 are not, the Examination and Con- 
 feflion only of what paft fmce your 
 laft Communicating, together with a 
 general Confeflion of your former Sins, 
 and a folemn Renewing of your for- 
 mer A6ts cf Repentance, may ferve 
 the Turn, 
 
 But if your Confcience accufes you 
 e>f any culpable Negle£t in your laft 
 Examination, or of any great Relapfes, 
 or of any wilful Violations of your 
 laft Vows and Refolutions, in thofe 
 and the like Cafes, it is the fureft 
 Way to begin all your Repentance 
 again. 
 
 Remember, 
 
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 Remember, Pbilotheus, that' tho* 
 'tis God that works in you to will and 
 to do of his good Pleafure, yet God 
 alfo commands you to work out your 
 own Salvation yourfelf •, and therefore 
 you are to labour for thofe Bleffings, 
 and to pra&ice thofe Graces, you pray 
 for : So that you are to read your Duty 
 in your Prayers. 
 
 If you find any particular Sin you 
 are guilty of, or any particular Grace 
 which you want, or any particular 
 BlefTing which you are to give Thanks 
 for, which is not here mentioned, 'tis 
 eafy for you to add it to your Prayers, 
 as Occafion requires. In like manner, 
 if you meet with any Paffage in any 
 Prayer, which does not either fo di- 
 redtly, or fo fully, exprefs the Senfe of 
 your Soul, as you could wifh, leave it 
 out. 
 
 If Opportunity, Leifure, and De- 
 votion, all together, do at any Time v 
 when you go Home, or at Times of 
 Liberty, incline you to make fome 
 prefent Addition to your daily Pray- 
 ers ; or like Daniel and 
 Holy David, not only at J?J; jj jj* 
 Morning and at Evening, 
 
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 but at Noon-day, to pray to God, 
 thou mayft then ufe the Prayer for 
 Particular Graces, Page 81. or thofe 
 Afts of RefolutioU' and Oblation, Pages 
 73, 74, or on Sundays and Holidays, 
 the Form of General Tbankjgiving ; or 
 on Fafting-days, the Form of General 
 Intercejfton ; as may beft fuit with the 
 Seafon, and with your own Affec- 
 tions. 
 
 T)ireRions concerning Infirmities. 
 
 IF, after all the Care and Pains 
 you can take, and your Petitions 
 alfo for God's Grace, you find, in 
 the Performance of thy Duty in your 
 daily Pjayers, Examinations, receiv- 
 ing the Holy Eucharift, or the like, 
 great Coldnefs and Wandrings, and 
 Incompofednefs and Wearinefs of Spi- 
 rit, and that your Heart is little af- 
 fe£ted with it, and that you fall very 
 much fhort of the Rules here laid 
 down, and therefore are ready to 
 conclude, that all you have done is in 
 vain* and difpleafing to God \ be not 
 
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 difheartened at this, Philothcus, 'tis 
 a good Sign to be fa much grieved for 
 your Failings in your Duty ; 'tis an 
 Argument of a filial Tendernefs, and 
 Defire to ferve God better •, that your 
 Spirit is willing, though your Fleih is 
 weak ; and if you ftil! continue your 
 Endeavours and Prayers, patiently 
 relying on God's infinite Goodnefs, 
 and on his gracious Promife of hear- 
 ing you, he will affuredly hear you in 
 his good Time. 
 
 Know, good PhihtheuS) that this is 
 the Cafe of Thoufands as well as of 
 yourfeif : The very belt of Chriftians 
 fign under the Perverfenefs and Im- 
 potence of their corrupt Nature •, and 
 even thejuft Man falls (tvzn Times a 
 Day, through Sins of Ignorance, or 
 Infirmity, or fudden Surreption, or 
 Inadvertency, or the like ^ though it 
 is true, he rifeth again by an habitual 
 Repentance ; and therefore be not dif- 
 couraged, but daily beg Pardon for 
 your daily Failings. 
 
 To eafe you in fuch Indifpofitions, 
 or when you are alfo ftreighten'd in 
 Time, or diverted by any unavoid- 
 able Avocations, I advife you to 
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 ihorten your Prayers, and, for the 
 longer Morning and Evening Prayer, 
 fay the fhorter : And as for the other 
 Parts of Devotion, throughout this 
 whole Manual, they are cut into fo 
 many Breaks and Divifions on pur- 
 pofe, that you may lengthen or fhor- 
 ten your Prayers, as may beft com- 
 ply with your Occafions and Infir- 
 mities ; only let me warn you feri- 
 oufly, that under Colour of indulging 
 your Infirmities, you do not indulge 
 your Sloth. 
 
 Be not then affli&ed, good Philo- 
 thettS) if you cannot come up exadly 
 to the Rules here given you : Believe 
 me, it was never imagined you would; 
 it was only hoped, that you would en- 
 deavour it : And know, that it is a 
 great Error of many devout Souls to 
 think all they do fignifies nothing, 
 ■becaufe they fall fhort of the Rules 
 laid down in their Books of Devo- 
 tion ; little confidering that 'tis Sin- 
 cerity God requires of us, and not 
 Perfection ; for if there be a willing 
 Mind in us, it is accepted according 
 to that which a Man hath, and not 
 according to that a Man hath not, 
 
 2 Cor. 
 
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 2 Cor. viii. 12. So that your Infir- 
 mities ought to humble, but not dif- 
 courage you. 
 
 For Inftance, Suppofe you jfhould 
 not be able, after all your Endea- 
 vours and Prayers, to fhed any, or 
 but few Tears for your Sins, be not 
 too much call down at it ; for to be 
 troubled for want of Tears, is one 
 Sign of godly Sorrow ; and 'tis cer- 
 tain, though Tears are a very defirable, 
 
 : they are not always Signs of true 
 Repentance ; for Hypocrites may fhed 
 them, and there may be true godly 
 Sorrow without them ; and perhaps 
 God will at laft give them to you, 
 when his Wifdom fees your Heart in a 
 fit Temper for them. 
 
 Whenfoever then you are troubled 
 with an afflicted Senfe of your Infir- 
 mities, and for your many Failings, I 
 advife you to fay this Prayer follow- 
 ing,, and to reft fatisfied, that he 
 that died for you, will both hear, and 
 accept, and fuccqur you. 
 
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 A Prayer againjl Failh 
 
 Thou companionate Saviour of 
 
 finful Men, look down from 
 
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 Heaven, and have Mercy upon me, 
 wretched Sinner : O fave me, O help 
 me ; for without thee I can do nothing 
 as I ought. 
 
 Miferable Man that I am ! my very 
 Prayers and Repentance are accom- 
 panied with fo many Failings, that I 
 am fometimes afraid, that thou, Lord, 
 wilt not hear fuch Prayers, nor regard 
 fuch Repentance. 
 
 But, O bleffed Saviour, my Lord, 
 and my God, 'tis thy Promife, not to 
 difcourage the leaft Meafure of Grace. 
 Thou wilt not quench the fmoaking 
 Flax, or break the bruifed Reed, 
 Matt. xii. 20. 
 
 'Tis thy Pra&ice, Lord, to comply 
 w T ith the Weaknefs of thy Servants : 
 Thou art the good Shepherd, who 
 carriefl the tender Lambs in thy very 
 Bofom, and gently leadeft thofe that 
 be with young, If a. xl. n. 
 
 Nay, Lord, 'tis the very Nature fo 
 to do ; for thou thyfelf haft felt hu- 
 man Infirmities, and canft not but 
 commiferate thofe that figh under them, 
 Heh. ii. 15. iv. 17, 18. 
 
 Why art thou then fo heavy, O 
 my Soul, and why art thou fo dif- 
 
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 quieted within me ! O put thy Truffc 
 in thy Saviour, who is the Help of 
 my Countenance, and my God, PfaL 
 xliii. 5. 
 
 O gracious Lord, do thou pity me, 
 and accept my weak and imperfeft Per- 
 formances, and fupply, by thy bound- 
 lefs Mercy, all the Defedh in my Duty ; 
 and if it be thy Pleafure I fhould ferve 
 thee better, O Lord God, increafe 
 thy Succours of Grace, and I fhall 
 then increafe my Obedience. 
 
 O thou Lover of Souls, for the Sake 
 of that infinite Compafiion of thine, 
 which moved thee to die for me, hear 
 me, and help me. Amen* Lord Jefus, 
 Amen* Amen. 
 
 Directions in Time of Sicknefs. 
 
 FAR be it from you, good Phi- 
 lotheus, to counterfeit yourfelf 
 fick at any Time, to avoid the 
 School, or the like, left God fend you 
 Sicknefs indeed, to punifh your Idle- 
 nefs and Diffimulation. 
 
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 But if it pleafe God to vifit yon 
 with a real Difeafe, let it be your firft 
 Care to make your Peace with Hea- 
 ven •, for God, by taking you off 
 from your ufual Studies, does give 
 you a Call to Repentance *, and the 
 Examination of yourfelf in the Be- 
 ginning of your Sicknefs is as feafon- 
 able and neceflary as before your 
 Communicating : Befides, if your Sick- 
 nefs proves dangerous, you will then, 
 I doubt not, defire to communicate ; 
 {o that to fit you both for the Holy 
 Sacrament, and for Heaven, Exami- 
 nation and Repentance ought to be firft 
 In your Thoughts. 
 
 Beware, Pbilotheus, of deferring 
 this Duty, becaufe you are young, 
 and think you may have Time enough 
 to repent hereafter ; for you fee, that 
 Perfons younger than yourfelf die, 
 and you are not fure to outlive this 
 Diftemper •, and if you fhould put it 
 oft, till your Sicknefs grows more on 
 you, it may perhaps take away your 
 Senfes ; or if it does not, be fure it 
 will much more indifpofe you to Prayer 
 and Recollection > 
 
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 In the Beginning then of your Sick- 
 nefs begin your Repentance ; and fay 
 over this following Prayer, and not 
 only fay, but praftife it : 
 
 Prayer in the Beginning of Sicknefs. 
 
 O Heavenly Father, who in thy 
 Wifdom knowefl what is belt 
 for me, Glory be to thee. 
 
 Lord, if it feem good in thy Sight* 
 divert this Diflemper from me, which 
 I now feel feizins on me, that I may 
 employ my Health to thy Glory, and 
 praife thy Name. 
 
 But if thou art pleafed it fhould 
 grow on me, I willingly fubmit to thy 
 afflicting Hand 5 for thou art wont to 
 chaftiie thofe whom thou doft love ; 
 and I am fure, thou will lay no more 
 on me, than thou wilt enable me to 
 bear, 1 Cor. x. 13. 
 
 I know, O my God, thou iendeft 
 this Sicknefs on me for my Good,. 
 even to humble and reform me ; O 
 grant it may work that faving Effect 
 in me. 
 
 Lord, create in me a true peni- 
 tent Sorrow for all my Sins paft, a 
 ftedfaft Faith in thee, and fincere Re- 
 
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 folutions of Amendment for the Time 
 to come. 
 
 Deliver me from all Frowarclnefs 
 and Impatience, and give me an in- 
 tire Refignation to thy Divine Will : 
 
 fuffer not the Difeafe to take away 
 my Senfes, and do thou continually 
 fupply my Thoughts with holy Eja- 
 culations. Lord, blefs all Means that 
 are ufed for my Recovery, and re- 
 ftore me to my Health in thy good 
 Time; but if otherwife thou haft 
 appointed for me, thy blefled Will 
 be done. O wean my AfFedtions 
 from all Things below, and fill me 
 with ardent Defires after Heaven : 
 Lord, fit me for thyfelf, and then call 
 me to thofe Joys unfpeakable and full 
 of Glory, when thou pleafeft, and 
 that for the Sake of thy only Son Je- 
 fus, my Saviour, in whofe holy Words 
 
 1 fum up all my Wants : Our Father* 
 which, &c. 
 
 Ejaculations in Time of Sicknefs. 
 
 FAther, if it be poflible, remove 
 this Cup from me; neverthelefs 
 not my Will, but thine be done, 
 Matt. xxvi. 39. 
 
 Trouble 
 
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 Trouble and Heavinefs have taken 
 hold on me •, but my fure Truft is in 
 thee, O Lord. 
 
 Forfake me not, O my God, when 
 my Strength faileth me ; hade thee to 
 help me, O Lord God of my Salva- 
 tion, Pfal. xxxviii. 21, 22. 
 
 Lord teach me fo to number my 
 Days, that I may apply my Heart to 
 Wifdom, Pfal. xc. 12. 
 
 Deal thou with me, O Lord, ac- 
 cording to thy Name \ for fweet is t*hy 
 Mercy, 
 
 Lord, what is my Hope ? Truly 
 my Hope is even in thee. 
 
 O my Soul, tarry thou the Lord's 
 Leifure : Be ftrong, and he fhall com- 
 fort thy Heart, and put thou thy 
 Truft in the Lord. 
 
 Into thy Hands I recommend my 
 Spirit ; for thou haft redeemed me, O 
 Lord, thou God of Truth ! 
 
 In my Father's Houfe are many 
 Manfions ; and thou, Lord Jefus, art 
 gone before to prepare the Place for 
 us, that where thou art, we may be 
 alfo, John xiv. 2. 
 
 Lord, be merciful to me a miferable 
 Sinner. 
 
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 Lord God, we mull all at the 
 laft Day appear before thy Judgment 
 Seat: O cleanfe me from my Sins, 
 that I may be found blamelefs at the 
 Coming of the Lord Jefus. 
 
 As the Day goeth away, and the 
 Shadows of the Evening are ftretched 
 out, fo pafieth away my Life, even 
 like a Vapour, that appeareth for a 
 little Time, and vaniflieth away, James 
 iv. 14. 
 
 Eye hath not feen, nor Ear heard, 
 nor the Heart of Man conceived, the 
 good Things which God hath laid up 
 for thofe that love him. Lord, .do 
 thou therefore inflame my Soul with 
 thy Love, 1 Cor. ii. 9. 
 
 1 know, Lord, that thy Judgments 
 are right, and thou of very Faithful- 
 nefs hath caufed me to be troubled,, 
 Pfalm cxix. 75.. 
 
 O Heaven. 1 y Father, my Hope is 
 wholly in thy Mercy, and in the Me- 
 rits and Sufferings of my Saviour : O,. 
 for his Sake, forgive and fave.. 
 
 To thefe, and the like Ejaculations r 
 Pbilotbeus, which thou may ft gather 
 thyfelf, thow mayft now-and-then^ 
 
 either 
 
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 either read a P/2*/w yourfelf, or have 
 one read to you, as particularly Pfalm 
 xxiii, or xxv, or xxvii, or K, or any 
 other that does belt fuit with thy 
 Condition. 
 
 I need give you no further Direc- 
 tions for the Time of Sicknefs, be- 
 caufe I prefume, Philotheus, that when 
 you feel your Sicknefs prevailing on 
 you, you will then fend for a fpiri- 
 tual Guide, who will give you more 
 particular Advice, and minifter to all 
 the Necefiities of your Soul ; and 
 therefore I fhall only add this Form of 
 •Thankfgiving : 
 
 A thankfgiving after Recovery,. 
 
 GLory be to thee, O Heavenly 
 Father, for the Sicknefs thou 
 haft in Mercy fent me. 
 
 Lord, the Stripes thou didft lay on 
 me, were the Stripes of Love ! Glory 
 be to thee ! 
 
 Before I was troubled, I went wrong ; 
 but now I will keep thy Word, Pfalm 
 cxix. 67. 
 
 It is good for me, that I have been 
 in Trouble, that I might learn thy 
 Statutes. 
 
 Glory 
 
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 Glory be to thee, O Lord, Glory- 
 be to thee, for delivering me from 
 the Terrors of Death, and reftoring 
 me to my Health again •, Glory be to 
 thee. 
 
 I called upon the Lord in my Trou- 
 ble, and the Lord heard me at large, 
 PfaL cxviii. 5. 
 
 I fhall not die, but live, and declare 
 the Works of the Lord. 
 
 Praife the Lord therefore, O my 
 Soul : As long as I have my Life, 
 which at firft God gave me, and which 
 he has now reftored to me, I will fing 
 Praife unto my God. 
 
 O Lord God, who haft in thy tender 
 Mercy prolonged my Days in this 
 -World, give me Grace to fpend that 
 Life thou haft now lengthened, in thy 
 Service : O give me Grace to perform 
 all my Refolutions of new Obedience, 
 and fo to live in the filial Fear of thee, 
 all the Remainder of my Time, that 
 I may at laft die at Peace with myfelf, 
 at Peace with the whole World, and 
 at Peace with thee ; and that for the 
 Sake of thy weil-beloved Son, and my 
 Saviour, in whofe holy Words I fum 
 up all my Wants : Our Father \ &c. 
 
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 To this you may, if you think fit, 
 Pfalm ciii. 
 
 To conclude, my good Philotheus^ if 
 you have reaped any Good from thefe 
 Prayers and Inftruftions, be fure to 
 give God hearty Thanks for it, and 
 let this encourage you to make the 
 more frequent Ufe of them -, and God 
 of his infinite Mercy blefs them every 
 Day more and more to your Growth 
 in Grace, and to his own Glory* 
 Amen. 
 
 THREE 
 
[ i3<n 
 
 THREE 
 
 HYMN S, 
 
 By the Author of the 
 
 MANUAL of Prayers 
 
 For the Ufe of the 
 SCHOLARS of Winchefter-College. 
 
 A Morning HYMN. 
 
 Wake? my Soul, and with the Sun 
 Thy daily Stage of Duty run ; 
 Shake off dull Sloth, and joyful rife. 
 To pay thy Morning Sacrifice. 
 
 Thy precious Time, miff pent, redeem ; 
 Each prefent Day, thy laji ejieem > 
 .Improve thy Talent with due Care, 
 For the great Day thyfelf prepare-. 
 
 In 
 
A Morning H Y M N. itf t 
 
 In Converfation be fincere, 
 Keep Conference ^ as the Noon-tide, char } 
 Think how ail-feeing God thy Ways, 
 And all thy fecret Thoughts, furveys. 
 
 By Influence of the Light divine ', 
 Let thy otun Light to others fhinc ; 
 Reflecl all Heavns propitious Rays, 
 In ardent Love, and ch ear fid Praife. 
 
 Wake, and lift up thy f elf, my Hearty 
 And with the Angels hear thy Part ; 
 Who all Night Long unwearfdftng, 
 High Praife to the eternal King. 
 
 Awake, awake, ye heavenly Choir : 
 May your Devotion ?ne infpire, 
 That I, like you, my Age may fpend, 
 Like you, may on my God attend 1 
 
 May I, like you, in God delight, 
 Have all Day long, my God in Sight ; 
 Perform, like you, my Maker s Will -> 
 
 may I never more do III ! 
 
 Had I your Wings, to Heav'n Fdfiy ; 
 But Godfhall that Defecl fupply, 
 And my Soul, wing d with warm Defre, 
 Shall all Day long to Heav'n afpire. 
 
 AJ! Pray to thee, who fafe haft kept, 
 And hajl rcfrefod me, whil/l I flepi ; 
 Grant, Lord, when I from Death f jail zvake y 
 
 1 may of endlefs Light partake, 
 
 I would 
 
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 / would not wake, nor rife again : 
 E'vn Heav'n itfelf I would difdain, 
 Wert not thou there to be enjoy' 'd, 
 And I in Hymns to be employed. 
 
 Heaven is, dear Lord, where e'er thou art : 
 O never then from me depart ; 
 For to my Soul 'tis Hell to be 
 But for one Moment moid of thee* 
 
 Lord, I my Vows to thee renew, 
 .Difperfe my Si?is, as Morning Dew ; 
 Guard my firjl Springs of Thought and Willy 
 And with thy f elf my Spirit fill. 
 
 Direcl, contrsul, fuggejl, this Day, 
 All I defign, or do, or fay, 
 That all my Pow'rs, with all their Mighty 
 In thy fole Glory may unite. 
 
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 Praife God, from whom all Bleffings flow 9 
 Praife him, all Creatures here below ; 
 Praife him above, ye beav'nly Hojl, 
 Praife Father, Son, and Holy Ghofl. 
 
 An Evening HYMN. 
 
 r /JL L Praife to thee, my God this Nighty 
 •*-* For all the Bleffings of the Light : 
 
 Keep me, O keep me, King of Kings, 
 Beneath thy own Almighty Wings, 
 
 Forgive 
 
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 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, 
 The III that I this Day have done ; 
 That with the Wurld, my/elf, and thee, 
 I, e*re Ifeep, at Peace may be. 
 
 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
 The Grave as little as my Bed ; 
 To die, that this vile Body ?nay 
 Rife glorious at the awful Day. 
 
 O may my Soul on thee repofe, 
 And may fweet Sleep mine Eye -lids clofe j 
 Sleep, that may me more vigrous make, 
 To few e my God, when I awake. 
 
 When in the Night I fleeplefs lie, 
 My Soul with heavyily Thoughts fupply, 
 Let no ill Dreams dijlurb my Rejt, 
 No Powers of Darknefs me mole ft. 
 
 Dull Sleep ! of Senfe me to deprive ! 
 I am but half my Ti?ne alive \ 
 Thy fait hf id Lovers, Lord, are grieved, 
 To lie fo long of thee bereavd* 
 
 But tho* Sleep o'er my Frailty reigns, 
 Let it not hold me long in Chains ; 
 And now-and-then let loofe my Hearty 
 Till it an Hallelujah dart. 
 
 The f after Sleep the Senfes binds, 
 The more unfetter d are our Minds ; 
 O may my Soul, from Matter free^ 
 Thy Lruelinefs unclouded fee f C 
 
i 4 o A Midnight H Y M N. 
 
 O when Jhall Z, in endlefs Day, 
 For ever chafe dark Sleep away^ 
 And Hymns , with the J up em al Choir ^ 
 JnceJJhnt Jingy and never tire ? 
 
 O may my Guardian^ while IJJeepy 
 Clofe to my Bed his Vigils keep \ 
 Mis Love Angelical inftil % 
 Stop all the Avenues of III ! 
 
 May he celeflial jfoy rehearfe, 
 And Thought to Thought with me converfe \ 
 Or j in myftead, all the Night long^ 
 Sing to my God a grateful Song ! 
 
 Praife God^from whom all BleJJings flow y 
 Praife him, all Creatures here below > 
 Praife him ahove % ye heavenly Hofl^ 
 Praife Father^ Son, and Holy Ghofi. 
 
 A Midnight HYMN. 
 
 7i flY GOD) now I from Sleep awake y 
 J.VJL Tbefole Pofjejfion of me take; 
 From Midnight Terrors me fecure, 
 And guard my Heart from Thoughts impure* 
 
 Blefs'd Angels^ while we f lent lie 7 
 Ydu Hallelujahs fing on high ; 
 You joyful Hymn the Ever-blejl, 
 Before fki Throng and never rejl* 
 
 I with 
 
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 I with your Choir Celeftial join. 
 In offering up a Hymn divine ; 
 With you in HerrSn I hope to dwell. 
 And bid the Night and World far eweL 
 
 My Soul, when I /hake of this Duf 3 
 Lord, in thy Arms I will entrujl \ 
 O make me thy peculiar Care, 
 So?ne Manfion for my Soul prepare. 
 
 Give me a Place at thy Saints Feet y 
 Or fomefalVn Angel's vacant Seat y 
 Fll Jlrive to ftng as loud as they 
 Who ft above in brighter Day. 
 
 O may I always ready f and, 
 With my Lamp burning in my Hand ! 
 May I in Sight of Heaven rejoice, 
 Whene'er I hear the Bridegroom' s Voice f 
 
 All Praife to thee, in Light array d, 
 IVho light thy Dwelling-place hafl made : 
 A boundlefs Ocean of bright Beams 
 From thy All-glorious God-head fir 'earns \ 
 
 The Sun in its Meridian Height \ 
 Is very Darknefs in thy Sight : 
 My Soul O lighten, and inflame, 
 With Thought and Love of jhy Great Name* 
 
 Blefsd Jefu, Thou, on Heav'n intent^ 
 Whole Nights hafl in Devotion f pent, 
 Bui I, frail Creature, foon am tird f 
 And all nty Zeal is foon expird. 
 
 My 
 
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 My Soul) how canfl thou weary grow % 
 Of antedating Blifs below, 
 In facred Hymns, and heavenly Love y 
 Which will eternal be above. 
 
 Shine on me. Lord, new Life impart , 
 Frejh Ardors kindle in my Heart ; 
 One Ray of thy All-quick' ning Light 
 Difpels the Sloth and Clouds of Night. 
 
 Lord, lefl the "Tempter me furprife y 
 Watch over thine own Sacrifice ; 
 All loofe, all idle Thought, cajl out, 
 And make my weary Dreams devout. 
 
 Praife God, from whom all Blejfmgs floWj 
 Praife him, all Creatures here below $ 
 Praife him above, ye heavenly Hofl, 
 Praife Father , Son, and Holy Ghojh 
 
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