Jacobs ladder, or, The devout souls ascention to Heaven, in prayers, thanksgivings, and praises in four parts ... : with graces and thanksgivings : illustrated with sculptures / by Jo. Hall.

Family-Devotions.

A Prayer for a Family for Sunday Morning.

LOrd teach us to Pray, that we may call upon thy Name: Prepare our hearts to seek, and open thou thy ears Mercifully to hear us. O Eternal and Everliv∣ing Lord God, Creator and con∣tinual Preserver of all things, both in Heaven and in Earth, by whose gracious Providence, as we were at the first wonderfully and fearful∣ly Made; so we are no less preser∣ved and kept unto this present: We the Workmanship of thy own hands, desire to humble both Soul and Body before thee. And now, O Lord, we being here in thy Pre∣sence,

cannot but acknowledg and confess against our selves, our own unworthiness to come before thee to call upon thee, or to perform even the least Duty that shall con∣cern thy Worship and Glory. Our hearts alas, are no better then the sink of sin, and a mass of all Polluti∣on, and uncleanness. Wheresore O dear God, most meek and Merciful Father, we poor Wretches, heartily beseech thee, to be Gracious unto us, for Jesus Christ thy Sons sake, for his Death sake, for thy Promise, Truth, and Mercies sake, have Mer∣cy upon us; Pardon us and For∣give us all our Sins, Iniquities, and Trespasses, whatsoever we have committed against thee, in thought, Word, or Deed, Ever, or at any time hitherto, by any meanes. Dear Father have mercy upon us, though we be poor, yet our Christ is Rich, though we be sinners, he is Righte∣ous; though we be impure, yet he is Pure and Holy; for his sake

therefore, O Lord, have mercy upon us, and Write thy Law in our Hearts; engrave it in our Minds, we heartily beseech thee. And let us this Morning of thy Holy Day, wholly turn unto thee, with all our Hearts, Minds, Thoughts, Deeds, and Meditations, that we may joyn in Praises to thy holy Name, for thy preservation of us the night past, and refreshing us with sweet sleep; and let us de∣clare thy loving kindness in the Morning, on thy Holy and Blessed Sabbath-Day; for it is thy Will and Commandement that we should Sanctifie this thy Day unto thy Ser∣vice, and in Praise unto thee, and offer up unto thee a morning Sacri∣fice of Praises, and Thanksgiving, and to hear what thy Spirit, by the preaching of thy Word, shall speak unto us thy Servants: O let not our sins stand as a cloud to stop our Prayers from Ascending up unto thee, or to keep back thy

Grace from Descending, by thy Word, into our hearts, that we may cease from the works of sin, as well as from the works of our ordinary calling; and that we may feel in our hearts the beginning of that Eternal Sabbath, which brings unspeakable Joy and Glory, and fil∣ling us with the Spirit of Prayer, make us diligent and ready in the performance of thy will. And take us, O Lord, into thy custody and governance for ever, both our Souls and Bodies, yea our Lives, and all that ever we have, so that our Lives may please thee, and our Deaths may praise thee, through Je∣sus Christ our Lord: for whose sake we heartily Pray thee to grant these things thus asked, and all other things necessary for soul and body, and that not only to us, but to all others also, for whom thou woul∣dest we should pray. Grant unto us all true & hearty Repentance, that we may turn from our evil ways, that

thou mayest turn from us the evils that we have so highly deserved.

And with us, O Lord, bless thy whole Church, especially that part of it in these Kingdomes; Be Gra∣cious to thy servant and our Sove∣raign Lord King Charles, Bless him in his Government, and in his Roy∣al Relations, our Gracious Queen Katherine, James Duke of York, and all the Royal Family, bless the No∣bility, Clergy, Magistracy, Gentry, and the whole People of this Land: be merciful to all our Kindsfolks, and Families, Neighbours; and to all such as are any other way Related to us; and we beseech thee to grant us all thy Blessings, and thy holy Spirit to sanctifie us, and to keep us this day and for Evermore from all Evil, to thy E∣ternal Glory, and our everlasting comfort, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and only Saviour: in whose Blessed Name and Words, we fur∣ther Pray, Our Father, &c.

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