An help to prayer: for the catechised youth of the Church of England: Very useful for parents and masters to teach their children and servants how to pray. Imprimatur, Martii, 22. 1677/8 Guil. Sill.

Then say the Lord's Prayer.

OUr Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And Forgive us our Trespasses, as we For∣give them that trespass against us; And Lead us not into Temptation, But Deliver us from Evil; For Thine is the Kindgdom, and the Power, and the Glory for ever and ever. Amen.

And add this Paraphrase upon it.

O Lord God, our Heavenly Father, the Giver of All Goodness!

Send thy Grace, I beseech thee, unto me and All people, That we may Worship Thee, Serve Thee, and Obey Thee, as we ought to do: even as Saints and Angels do in Heaven.

And I pray unto Thee, O God, That Thou wouldst

send us All things, that be needful, both for our Souls and Bodies; for this Life and a Better.

And that Thou wouldst be Merciful unto us, and forgive us our Sins upon our True Repentance; As Thou hast Commanded us, and by Thy Grace we are Disposed to Forgive those that Trespass a∣gainst us.

And that it will please Thee to save and defend us in all dangers, Ghostly and Bodily, That we be not hurt by the Assaults of the one or other.

And that Thou wouldst keep us from all Sin and Wickedness; [which is the greatest evil] and from that evil one, our Ghostly Enemy, [the Devil] and from Everlasting Death; the most dreadful of penal evils, which is the due wages of Sin.

And all this, O Heav'nly King and Father; as Thou art able to do by Thy Power, so, I trust, Thou wilt do for us of Thy Mercy and Goodness, which is Thy chiefest Glory, through our Lord Jesus Christ: and therefore, to testifie both my earnest Desire and Hope, I say, Amen. So be it. So by the Grace of God it shall be.