The compendious schoolmaster teaching the English-tongue after a more easie & demonstrable method than hath been hitherto published or taught ... / by a lover of learning and a hearty well-wisher to his beloved country.

The Scho-lars E-ven-ing Pray-er.

MOst Glo-ri-ous and most Gra-ci-ous LORD God, who art the Fa-ther of Mer-cies, and the God of all Con-so-la-ti-on, the Au-thor of my be-ing and well-being, I beseech Thee for Je-sus Christs sake, ac-cept my E-ven-ing Sa-cri-fice of Praise and Thanks-gi-ving, for thy great Good-ness to me this Day, in pre-ser-ving me from the dan-gers of it, for rai-sing me up Friends, for sup-ply-ing my Wants, and pros-pe-ring my En-dea-vours. Par-don my Sins, O LORD, which ren-der me un-wor-thy the con-ti-nu-ance of thy Fa-vours, sub-due my Cor-rup-ti-ons, sanc-ti-fie my af-fec-ti-ons, and en-a-ble me to e-ve-ry good Word and Work. Af-fect my Heart with the L••ve of Thee, that I may ne-ver for-get the great things thou hast done for my Soul, that thy Pa-ti-ence, For-bear-ance and Lo-ving Kind-ness to-wards me, may lead me to Re-pen-tance, O-be-di-ence and Thank-ful-ness- Keep me from the Sin of Ʋn-cha-ri-ta-ble-ness, that my Soul may ne-ver be Im-bit-ter-ed with Ma-lice, nor my Hands de-fi-led with Blood, give me the Wis-dom from a-bove, which is first Pure and then Peace-a-ble, gen-tle and ea-sie to be in-treat-ed, full of good fruit with-out par-ti-a-li-ty and with-out Hy-po-cri-sie; A∣dorn my Soul with that Ex-cel-lent Orn-a-ment of a meek and a qui-et Spi-rit, which is in thy sight of great price, that I may ne-ver be o-ver-come of E-vil, but may o-ver-come o-thers E-vil with my Good. Look down in Mer-cy up-on all Jews, Turks and In-fi-dels, bring them to the know-ledge and ac-know-ledg-ment of the Truth, as it is in Je-sus, that they may be a wil-ling Peo-ple in the day of Thy Pow-er. Re-move all im-pe-di-ments out of the way, that hin-der the com-ing of thy King-dom. Bl••ss all the Plan-ta-ti-ons of the Gos-pel be-yond the Seas, and per-pe-tu-ate the pros-pe-rous pro-gress of it in these Na-ti-ons. Bless the Kings Most Ex-cel-lent Ma-je-sty, the Queen and Roy-al Fa-mi-ly, the Coun-cil, the No-bles, the Judges, the Ma-gi-strates, the Mi-nis-ters, the Gen-try and Com-mons; his Ma-jes-ties N••-vies and Ar-mies, all Sorts and De-grees of Peo-ple. Par-don our Pro-vo-ca-ti-ons,

u-nite our Di-strac-ti-ons, com-pose our un-hap-py dif-fer-ences, and made up our un-Chris-ti-an breach-es that Glo-ry may dwell in our Land. Bless the Roy-al City, let Truth and Loy-al-ty, Peace and Plen-ty be with-in her Walls, and Pi-e-ty and Pros-pe-ri-ty with-in her Pa-la-ces; That nei-ther the de-stroy-ing Sword, the dread-ful Pes-ti-lence, nor the de-vour-ing Flames, may ne-ver a-gain Tri-umph o-ver her Dwel-lings. Bless the Go-ver-nors and Go-vern-ment of it, that Of-fend-ers may be pun-ish-ed, Wick-ed-ness ban-ish-ed, Rude-ness re-strain-ed, Drunk-en-ness de-tect-ed, Swear-ing and Blas-phe-my se-vere-ly cen-su-red, Want-on-ness chas-ti-zed, Per-ju-ry stig-ma-tiz'd, Fac-ti-on curb-ed, Schism and He-re-sie re-bu-ked, Pride hum-bled, Hy-po-cri-sie un-mask-ed, the Na-ked clo-thed, the Hun-gry re-fresh-ed, the Fee-ble streng-then-ed, the Nee-dy re-lie-ved, the af-flic-ted com-for-ted, the Lan-guish-ing Soul sup-por-ted, the Hum-ble ex-alt-ed, the Vir-tu-ous re-ward-ed, Gods pure Word and Wor-ship main-tain-ed, his faith-ful Mi-ni-sters en-cou-rag-ed, Su-per-sti-ti-on and Pro-fane-ness dis-coun-te-nan-ced, and all the E-ne-mies of the Truth sup-pres-sed, the King-dom of Grace ad-van-ced, and the King-dom of Glo-ry has-ten-ed, and so come Lord Je-sus, come quick-ly. Bless my Dear Pa-rents, and en-a-ble thine un-wor-thy Ser-vant in some mea-sure to re-quite them for their Pa-ter-nal kind-nes-ses to me, and their ten-der care o-ver me, bless all my Re-la-ti-ons, Faith-ful Friends and good Neigh-bours. Let the bles-sings of both Worlds be their por-ti-on, for-give mine E-ne-mies, and suf-fer it not to be in the pow-er of their Hand to do me hurt, but in-cline their Hearts to do me good. Let my ways so please Thee, that mine E-ne-mies may be at Peace with me. Take me in-to thy Tu-i-ti-on this Night, suf-fer no E-vil to come nigh my Per-son or Ha-bi-ta-ti-on, light-on mine Eyes that I sleep not the sleep of Death, but raise me up in the Morn-ing, a-bund-ant-ly re-fresh-ed with thy Mer-cy, in-a-bled with chear-ful-ness to do Thee Ser-vice. And Grant that I may Live in thy Fear, and Die in Thy Fa-vour, and rest in thy Peace, and Rise in thy Pow-er, and Reign with Thee in Thy Glo-ry. And all for the sake of the Son of Thy Love, Je-sus Christ the Righ-te-ous, for whom I for e-ver de-sire to Bless Thee, and in whose most Bles-sed Name and Words, I fur-ther call up-on Thee, say-ing, Our Father, &c.

The Grace of our LORD Je-sus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Fel-low-ship of the Ho-ly Ghost be with us all e-ver-more. Amen.