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A Prayer for a Family for Satur∣day Evening.
HOly Lord God, and our Hea∣venly Father in Jesus Christ, we thine unworthy creatures now here before thee, ca••not but acknow∣ledge and confess, even from the bot∣tom of our hearts against our selves, our own unworthiness, that we are grievous sinners, conceaved in sin and born in iniquity, whereof we have brought forth most vile fruits in our lives, to the great dishonour of thy name, the utter dismaying of our own consciences, and the evil example of our brethren, by which we have de∣served likewise thy wrath and heavy indignation to be poured upon us, both in this life and that which is to come. But yet, O Lord, we know that the merits of thy d••ar Son do far exceed our sins, though the mul∣titude