I.

O Almighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the God of mercy and comfort, with reverence and fear, with humble confidence and strong de∣sires, I approach to the throne of Grace, begging of thee mercy and protection, pardon and Salvation. O my God, I am a sinner, but sorrowful and repenting: Thou art justly offended at me, but yet thou art my Lord and my Father, mer∣ciful and gracious. Be pleased to blot all my sins out of thy remembrance, and heal my Soul that I may never any more sin against thee. Lord, open my eyes, that I may see my own infirmities, and watch against them; and my own follies, that I may amend them; and be pleased to give me perfect understanding in the way of godliness, that I may walk in it all the days of my pilgrimage. Give me a spirit diligent in the works of my cal∣ling, chearful and zealous in Religion, fervent and frequent in my prayers, cha∣ritable and useful in my Conversation. Page  111 Give me a healthful and a chast body, a pure and a holy Soul, a sanctified and an humble spirit; and let my body and Soul and spirit be preserved unblameable to the coming of the Lord Jesus.

II.

BLessed by thy Name, O God, and blessed be thy Mercies, who hast pre∣served me this night from sin and sorrow, from sad chances and a violent death, from the malice of the Devil and the evil effects of my own corrupted nature and infirmity. The out-goings of the Morning and Evening shall praise thee, and thy Servants shall rejoyce in giving thee praise for the operation of thy hands. Let thy providence and care watch over me this day and all my whole life, that I may never sin against thee by idleness or folly, by evil company or private sins, by word or deed, by thought or desire; and let the imployment of my day leave no sorrow or the remembrance of an evil conscience at night; but let it be holy and profitable, blessed and always inn∣ocent; that when the days of my short abode are done, and the shadow is de∣parted, I may die in thy fear and favour, Page  112 and rest in a holy hope, and at last re∣turn to the joys of a blessed Resurrecti∣on, through Jesus Christ: in whose name, and in whose words in behalf of my self, and all my friends, and all thy Servants, I humbly and heartily pray, Our Father, &c.

A Prayer for the Evening.

ETernal God, Almighty Father of Men and Angels, by whose care and providence I am preserved and blessed, comforted and assisted, I humbly beg of thee to pardon the sins and follies of this day, the weaknesses of my servi∣ces and the strength of my passions, the rashness of my words and the vanity and evil of my actions. O just and dear God, how long shall I confess my sins, and pray against them, and yet fall un∣der them? O let it be so no more, let me never return to the follies of which I am ashamed, which bring sorrow and death, and thy displeasure worse than death. Give me a command over my evil inclinations, and a perfect hatred of sin, and a love to thee above all the desires of this world. Be pleased to Page  113 bless and preserve me this night from all sin, and all violence of Chance, and the malice of the spirits of darkness: Watch over me in my sleep, and whe∣ther I sleep or wake, let me be thy servant. Be thou first and last in all my thoughts, and the guide and continual assistance of all my actions. Pre∣serve my body, pardon the sin of my Soul, and sanctifie my spirit. Let me always live holily, and justly, and soberly; and when I die, receive my Soul into thine hands. O holy and ever blessed Jesus, that I may lie in thy bo∣som, and long for thy coming, and hear thy blessed Sentence at Doomsday, and behold thy face, and live in thy King∣dom, singing praises to God for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, &c.