Let us pray.
O God, whose delights are to be with the children of men, when thy grace can prevail with us to quit all other Converse, and retire to Thee alone! Grant, we humbly be∣seech Thee, that thy Providence's withdrawing every night all the world from our senses, may efficaciously prompt us to clear our heads and harts of all its distractions; and thy holy Spi∣rit, finding our minds happily vacant, may fill them with acts of love and reverence and ado∣ration of Thee, as our only God and all things; through our Lord—
Vouchsafe, &c. as page 54.