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lead me to imitate what I praise and celebrate so much in thee; and teach me to be ready to do good to all; to pity the follies and miseries of mankind; and, as far as I am able, to promote the happiness of all around me, that, by such a return to all the instances of thygoodness and mercy, I may shew myself truly sensible of them, and sincerely thankful for them.

Visit, with thy special grace and favour, the whole Christian world; all who are called by the name of Christ, and profess his holy religion. Interpose, I beseech thee, and put an effectual stop to every great and unchristian evil. Confound the devices of all such as. uphold, or encourage, any degree of superstition, for base and secular ends. Give a powerful check to all sorts and all degrees of persecution and oppression, so destructive to thy holy religion, which mistaken or wicked men pretend to promote by such impious methods. Put a stop to all spiritual tyranny, and to allusurpations over the consciences of men; and dissipate those clouds of ignorance, which dispose people to a base and ignominious slavery to the dictates of men, rather than to a rational

inquiry into thy holy will. And above all,

exert thy almighty arm in vindication of the cause of virtue; leading all professed Christians to such a sense of the importance of it, as that they may study to adorn their lives with a behaviour suitable to their holy profession; and recommend it to the experience and approbation of the unbelieving world, by the integrity and unblamableness of their conversation.

Particularly grant that all Christians, who have departed from the gross corruptions of Popery, may depart entirely from the spirit of it; that, as they profess to make the scripture the rule of faith, so they may without reserve leave it as such to all their neighbours; that, as they have nobly contended for their own religious liberty and Christian rights, so they may not lose the glory of this, by contradicting it in their behaviour towards others. By their exemplary deportment, and their steady adherence to the principles of righteousness, peace, and mutual forbearance, may they manifest to all the world the sincerity of their reformation; and reap the fruit of it, by studying to excel in all that is praise-worthy.

Nor ought I to forget, O great Governor of the universe, the civil estate of the kingdoms of the earth.. Put an end, O Lord, at length to the disorders and confusions occasioned by the weak and ambitious lords of this world; and shew thyself indeed, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.. Permit no longer the happiness of human society to be, in any part of thy creation, ruined and laid waste by the inferior government of men, which was instituted solely for the support and comfort of it. Bring public disgrace and confusion upon all tyrants and oppressors, and honour, with particular marks of thy favour, all Princes who sincerely study to answer the ends of their institution; that so, the triumphs of insatiable ambition may at length cease from the earth, and the blessings of good government be felt throughout the world..

Let the praises and thanksgivings, which my heart hath now set up, as the homage due to thy perfections and goodness, be acceptable to thee. And reject not the intercessions I have made for the temporal and eternal happiness of all my fellow creatures..

And now, O God! take me, I once more entreat thee, under thy powerful and wise protection during the hours of darkness and silence; and permit me, after a night of undisturbed repose, to see the light of another day in health and peace; and the praise shall be thine for ever. Amen.

SATURDAY MORNING.

ADORABLE GOD! I come to thee with a firm belief of thy being and providence, the profoundest veneration for thy matchless excellencies, the fullest conviction of my absolute dependence on thee for life, and breath, and all things, and a most grateful sense of thy stupendous condescension and mercy in encouraging me to call upon thee as a kind father, ever disposed to give good things to thy children, who ask thee for them. I desire now and at all times to worship thee, who art a spirit, in spirit and in truth; and I rejoice in the thought, that thou art the rewarder of all those who diligently seek thee.

Innumerable are the benefits, for which I am bound to praise and magnify thy great and glorious name. All I am, all I have, all I hope for, I owe entirely to thee. Thou alone art the author and preserver of my being, with its various capacities and powers: thou alone appointest my lot. Thou hast made the earth, on which I dwell, by thy power; established the world by thy wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by thy discretion; and all that the surrounding creation, animate and inanimate, administers in any way, to my support, comfort, entertainment, or instruction, is thy gift alone. Without a teacher, counsellor, or helper, thou didst at first contrive, produce, and arrange all the parts of nature, and settle all its laws; and without a peer, rival, or opponent, thou reignest throughout the universe, and dost all thy pleasure. It was thou also, who spakest in time past to the fathers by the prophets, and who in these last days hast spoken to mankind at large by thy son. Whatever has been supernaturally communicated to any portion of the human race for their instruction, reformation, edification in righteousness, and final salvation, proceeded from thee, the father of lights, from whom

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