come to mine end, I may be the more fit for that pure and perfect bliss, which Thou hast prepared for those that devoutly worship and serve Thee, in the glories of Thy kingdom.

Assist me, I humbly pray Thee, in the great duties I have this day to perform: fill me with awful and affecting thoughts of Thy greatness, Thy holiness, Thy wisdom, power, and goodness; and with such a lively sense of mine own vileness and wretchedness; of my manifold necessities, and absolute dependence upon Thee, as may make me humble, lowly, fervent, and earnest at the throne of Thy grace; that so my prayers and praises may come before Thee as the incense, and the lifting up of my hands be a morning sacrifice acceptable in Thy sight, through the mediation of our Great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Hymn for the Lord's Day.

CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth".

Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over

1 Cor. v. 7, 8.

Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin; but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord".

Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive'..

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, Who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.

For to this end, Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living".

Who is gone into Heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him'.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

e Rom. vi. 9-11. Col. iii. 1-4.

f 1 Cor. xv. 20-22. h Rom. xiv. 9. 11 Pet. iii. 22.

Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the First, and the Last

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I am He That liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death'.

And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God upon their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, Which art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned ".

Salvation to our God, Which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb".

General Thanksgiving.

BLESSED and glorious Lord God! the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things! my Saviour, and Deliverer, and continual Benefactor; I acknowledge and adore Thine infinite excellencies and perfections! and let all creatures in Heaven and earth say, Amen.

Blessed and hallowed be Thy holy name for

*Rev. i. 10, 11.

Rev. xi. 15-17.

1 Ibid. 18.

"Rev. vii. 10.

all Thy mercies over all Thy works; and particularly for Thy wonderful goodness and loving kindness to the children of men; for creating us after Thine own image, and appointing so great variety of creatures to minister to our use; for blessing us with fruitful seasons, and filling our hearts with food and gladness, and giving us so richly all things to enjoy.

More especially I render thanks to Thee, most gracious God, for all Thy blessings to my friends, relations, and benefactors; and for the innumerable favours Thou hast conferred upon me, Thy most unworthy creature for my being and preservation; my strength and health; my understanding and memory; and all mine abilities of mind and body for Thy watchful care and providence over me ever since I was born; and for Thine unwearied patience and long suffering towards me day after day for defending me from all the perils and dangers of the night past; and for bringing me in health and safety to the beginning of this day.

But above all, with angels and arch-angels, with all the company of heaven, and with Thy holy church throughout the earth, I laud and magnify Thy holy Name for that most glorious manifestation of Thine incomprehensible goodness and mercy, the redemption of the world by the eternal Son of Thy love, Christ Jesus,

for making a new covenant with mankind in Him; and for sending Him in the fulness of time to publish it by His doctrine, and to ratify it with His blood; for the astonishing powers of Thy Holy Spirit to confirm it by miracles; and for the graces of that Spirit, exemplified in the lives and deaths of martyrs, and saints innumerable; for Thy gracious promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail against Thy Church; and for the comfortable pledges Thou hast given us of the performance of that promise, by preserving it in all ages against the malice of persecutors, and the artifices of heretics.

More particularly, I bless and praise Thy holy Name for Thy many distinguishing favours vouchsafed to us of this church and nation: for delivering us from those gross errors and superstitions that had once corrupted our most holy faith: for restoring to us the truth and simplicity of the Gospel: and for preserving to us the free and undisturbed profession of Thy true religion, and the invaluable blessing of a just and legal government.

Lord, give us and all Christian people grace seriously to consider, heartily to be thankful for, conscientiously to improve, and to walk worthy of those inestimable advantages we enjoy; that we who call ourselves Christians, may