Christian devotion, or, The Pious souls daily supplication containing prayers and praises for all occasions, and for every day of the week : for [brace] sick-persons, women in travail, seamen in dangers, the sacrament, &c. [brace] with thanksgivings on the same occasions : illustrated with sundry sculptures, with prayers fitted for those occasions : together with Bible-examples of Gods punishments inflicted on great sinners, with graces before and after meat.

A Prayer for Christmas-day.

ALmighty, Ever Blessed Lord, the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; for ever blessed be thy Holy Name for Jesus Christ, the Son of thy Love, whom as at this time thou hast sent out of thy Bosom according to thy faithful promise made unto thy faithful ser∣vants of old, that he should take up∣on him our Nature, and be born af∣ter a most wonderful manner, of a pure Virgin; at whose Birth the An∣gels rejoyce, and the Wise Men gui∣ded by a Star offer him presents. O blessed Lord, shall we rejoyce and partake of that great benefit, by being delivered from the hands of all our enemies, to serve thee without fear, in righteousness and holiness all the days of our lives! let Christ that was born to redeem us be formed in us; let our joy be the joy of the new∣born; let the life of Christ-be our ex∣ample,

his mean entertainment our contemplation, and his wonderful preservation our consolation: As he grew in wisdom to admiration, O grant that we may be wise to salva∣tion; make us thy Children by grace, and then translate us for his sake who hath redeemed us from wrath to come, Amen.