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HIS Office ispart of a Book ex
tituled [Kvei&en iuảça, or a Dif
courſe in Six Dialogues on the Name,
Notion and Obſervation ofthe Lord’s
Day; with an account offeveral Ca
nons, Decrees and Laws, Foreign
and Engliſh, for the keeping it Holy.
The Way of Worſhip in the Church
of England vindicated, &c. by Tho
Morer, Reĉtor of St. Anns Alderſgate,
London.] But the Book in the whole be
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ing too bulky for every Reader's hand,

and this Part of it judged to be very ne
ceffary for every i afe, who has Pie-,
# to endeavour tof: the Lord's
ay well; I have thought it expedient,
by the earnest Advice of fome Friends, to
Print the Office by it felf, that fo it may
be more ready to affist Devotion. It is, as
you fee in the Title, appropriated to the
Lord's-Day : But as all Days in the
Week have their interest in the Divine
Worſhip, fo many of the Prayers and
jacalations may be every Day uſed withi.
benefit, tho' the full Office concerns chief
ly that Day more eſpecially dedicated to the
Honour and Service of God; and which,
if well ffent, has a great Influence over
the whole Week. - ||

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 An Office for the Lord's
Day.
At Waiing, fay,
Ighten mine Eyes, O Lord, that I
eep not in Death. O biefd savi
our, who haft taught me that the
Dead ſhall hear thy Voice, let me
| no longer lie in the Grave of floth,
but raife me as thou didſt thy Servant Laza
rus : Unbind my Hands and Feet; Set me in
fome good way, that I may glorifie thee, b
, ferving thee this day with a pure Mind an
humble Heart. Lord, as thou haft awaked
my Body from ſleep, fo by thy Grace awaken
* my Soul from Sin; and make me fo to walk
* before tfiee this Day, and all the reſt of my
Life, that when the laſt Trumpet ſhall awake
me out of my Grave, I may riſe to the Life
Immortal, through Jeſus Chriſt. Amen.
, At Rifing.
INGhoſt.
the Name of the Father, Son, and Hoły
I laid me down and flept, and now I rife
again, the Lord fuftaining me.. Bleſſed be
his Náme, for ever and ever. Amen.
A 3 When
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^) Lord, by thy Mercy I am rifen out of
-’ my, Bed, where I might have ſlept in
Death, but that thou preſervedft me. Make
it i beſeech Thee, a Refurrećtion to Grace in
this Life, and to Glory in the Life to come,
through Jeſus Chriſt, who Merited both for
tis. Amen.

At putting on Apparel.
Cih me, O Lord, with the Ornaments of
* thy Heavenly Grace, and cover me witħ
Chriſt.
e of Righteouſneſs, through Jeſus.
* ~

| O my God, as I came into the World a

Weak, Naked, and Wretched Creature, ſo
‘I continue ſtill, if deſtitute of thy Grace.
Reach out therefore unto me the unfpotted.
Robe of thy Son's Righteouſneſs , and fo
Cloth me with all the Ğraces of thy Holy
Spirit, that Thy Image may be daily renew'd,
and Thy Name honoured by me for evermore.
Amen. 1" : ' ' i ,,i: , . . . . .
At Waſhing. ,
O My dear $ viour, who haft openedia
Fountain for Sin and for Uncleanneſs :
Waſh me with thoſe fàving Waters,
that being purified from the ſtains of Sin, an
the guilt of my Natural Corruption, I ma
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with the more confidence draw near to thy
Throne of Grace, and bow my felf beforethy -
Mercy-Seat. - -

O waſh me throughly from my Wickedneſs,

and cleanſe me from my Sin : Make me a clearr
Heart, and renew a right Spirit within me,
a Spirit of cleaving ſtedfaſtly unto thee,
through Jeſus Chriſt. Amen.
: In the Cloſet, fay,
OM Graci God, whoſe Eyes have
-’ been open over me when mime were ſhut,
and under the ſhadow of whoſe Wings I have
aft this Night in ſafety , I do with all posti
humbly acknowledge it, as
thy great Mercy that thou haft not taken a
wảy my Soul this Night, as in Juſtice thou:
might'ſt have done, but háſt given me reſpite,
and afforded me one Day moreto callupon thy
Name. ' ’. -

O Lord, make me afhamed ofmy former un

thankfulneſs, and wound my Heart with the
confideration of my own dullneſs, wħom fo.
many favours have not wrought to more obe
dience : Give me Grace to conſecrate this Day,
and the rest of my Life, unto thy servicead
to redeemthetime at leaft which I cannot recal.:
And O thou, who turneſt the ſhadow of
Death into the Light of the Morning, inable:
me powerfully to caſt off all the Works of .
Darkneſs, and to keep my Soul ſpotleis and,
unblameable. *

A4 and :
 8 An Office for the Lord’s-Day.
And as thou haft brought me to the comforts ,
of this Day : So go along with me I beſeech
thee, through all the parts and minutes of my i
Iife, that in all my ways being guided by
thy Counſel ħere, I may hereafter be receive
întothy Glory, even for the Merits of my
deareſt Saviour Jeſus Chriſt.
This Day by the Reſurrećtion of thy Son
my Redeemer, was made holy to us : Give
me thy Grace, that I may keep it holy to thee,
through Jeſus Chriſt. And O gracious Jeſu,
fince on this Day more eſpecially, I am to
humble my felf at thy Feet, and to beg Mer
cy for my Soul, whichought to be dearer to
me than a thouſand Worlds. Be pleaſed not
to ſuffer any Worldly Cares to divert or hin
der me, Rootout this Bed of Thorns, and
Sow holy Thoughts inſtead of them: Let me
not be like Martha troubled about many
things, but fix me on the one thing needful,
that fo having choſen the better part, it may
never be taken from me. Counſel me, Go
vern me, lead me in the way I ſhould go, or
elſe I ſhall wander from thee into Infinite
| Errors! *

O poſſeſs then all my bodily Senſes, that

my finful affeếtions may find no place. Leave
me no more to my own weakneſs, whereof.
my frequent falls have given me many and fad
Experiments.
eftrain thoſe inclinations to which myNa
ture is chiefly prone, that their violence may
never have power over me to make me ſwerve
from thy Holy Will. L
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Let mot the corruption of theſe evil times
prevail upon me, but keep me from the Flat
tering and Lying Lips, the Prophane and
Blaſpheming Tongue; ftop my Ears, and ſhut
up my Heartagainſt them. -

Strike fuch an awful reverence into my

Soul, that I may watch over all my aćtions,
and avoid whatever may be dange
rous to my lelf, pernicious to others, or any
way difpleaſing unto thee, tħat fo liying in
thy Fear, I may die in thy Favour, reſt in thy
Peace, and reign with thee in thy Glory,
World without end.

: |- O Almighty and most Bleffed God, Lord of

Heaven and Earth, who makeſt the out
goings both of Morning and Evening; By
whoſe alone bounty it is, that I have this Day
added to my Life, and by whoſe good Hand.
upon me thy Creature, I am awaked out of my
laft Nights fleep, and being riſen, preſent my
felf before thee : I humbly bow to thee my
Knees, and therewith my Heart and Soul,
and defire with all that is within me, to a
dore thy Bleſſed Majeſty. -

But moſt unworthy, and of my felfmoſt in

| fufficient, am I to perform unto thee any
Worſhip or Service, What is Duft and Aſhes
(and ſuch am I if I were innecent)to take
me to ſpeak unto the Lord? But, Q God, I
m a guilty Wretch, one whom it becometh:
to stand afar off, and Shame covering my
· A 5, Face,
to, 4/2 UIJIce Jor the Loras-Lay.
Face, to cry unclean, uncleam. My Soul is
naturally over-run with Lufts, as with an
Univerſal Leprofie: There is no found part
"in me. My Life is as corrupt as my Heart..
My Childhood and Youth have not only been
Vanity, but Sin. I have done nothing elfe
therein, but fulfill'd the defires of my Fleſh.
and Mind.. My Corruptions have only grown
with me: Aid my Sins fince become ſo much
tlie more Sinful, by how much the more know
ledge I have had of thy Will, and Strengthi
and Engagements to have performedit. -

To this very Day, as indeed I ever have

done, daily breakthy holy Laws in Thought, ,
Word and A&tions, by chufing what thou :
forbidden , and neglećting what thou haft
commanded. In all my ways I moſt mifera- .
bly Tranſgreſs. My very ſleep it felf, O: |
|

ł órd, is not innocent. Nor is it thus only

in the common, and more ordinary Aćtions :
of my Life... Thoſe few good Deeds, which I
do, have many, not only Infirmities, but Sins.
A i ed to repent of my |
very Righteoufneſs. : . .
ö Father of Mercies, thou art ſtill,
kind to the umthankful and the evil. I ac
knowledge my felf to have abundantly Expe--
" thine.
· For hotwițbitanding ay daily pr9vocationss
againſt thee, theu ftill heapeſt Mercy, and
Loving. Kindneſs upon me. All my contempts.
and deſpiſing of thỹ Spiritual favours have not
yet madę thee them, but in the :
kishes of thy Goodneſs,,and.
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: thou still continueſt to me, the offers of Grace
| and Life in thy. Son. . . . . . . -_- ----
: , Andall mỹábuſes of thy Temporal Blestings
4 thou haft not puniſhed with an utter depri
| vation of them, butart ftill pleaſed to åfford
3 me a liberal portion of them. My Sins
yeſterday thou haft not repaid, as juftly
‘thou mighteſt, by ſweeping me away with a
fwift deſtrućtion, and faking my Soul this
Night from me, but haft fpared and preſerv'd
me according to the greatneſs of thy Mercy.
- What reward ſhall I give unto thee, Q
Lord, for all theſe thy benefits? What, O
my God, am I able to offer thee? Yet let me
faỹ, Bleſſed be thy holy Name for ever. Let
Heaven and Earth i thee for all thy un
fpeakable Mercies. And be thọu pleaſed to
accept of that Praiſe, which thy poor Ser
vant hereby returns thee (as well as he can
for them all; and particularly for this laiề
Nights refreſhings, together with the comfor
table reſtoring him to the enjoyment of Day)
grant me thy ipeciál Grace, that I may fperid
my time to thy Glory, and may be all this Day
long in thy Fear. Keep me that I fall into no
Sin, nor run into any danger. And accept,
thou this my Morning Service, together with
me, who here devote my ſelf to thée, through
whoſe Name -
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Prais, tsby him taught, when I prayt
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Then calling the Family together, read the Lita
', which is in it ſelf a compleat piece of
Devotion, inferting the Collett for the Day
with the other two for Peace and Grace, which,
being over, return to the Clofet, and h -
ing fome time in Reading and AMeditation,
conclude with this Prayer. - -

O I ord, from whom the Preparations of the

Heart are : The hour now draws near,
which being holy unto thee, I am to ſpend in
thymore ſolenn Worſhip. Îettfe effuſions of
thy Grage, both upon me and all
gation of thy People be very plentiful. Let:
my Heart be # and none either vain or
Worldly Thoughts lodge within me. Quicken.
me with thy holy Spirit,that I may draw near
unto thee with a true Heart, and be fervent
in Spirit in thy Service 3, and with a good and
| honeſt Heart receiving thy Word, may un--
| derstand and keep it, and bring forth fruit.
with patience, audunto perfection. Remem
ber thy Servants who are to diſpence thy My--
| ſteries unto thy f';
: and eſpecially him.
upon whoſe teaching. I am to wait. Pardon
his Frailties, open his Mouth, guide his Mind.
| and Tongue, that he may deliver thy Truths.
in the Demonſtrations of thy Spirit: And let:
thy Work ſo proſper in his hand, that both he
Himſelf and we his Hearers bebuilt up in:
our most holy Faith to the perfecting of thy.
Church, and the Eternal Glory of thy Name:
thereby, throughour Lord and Saviour Chriſt,
Ieſus,, É77,, · , Going:
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Going to Church uſe this ſhort Ejaculation.
LORP I love the Habitation of thy Houſe,
and the Place where thine Honour Dwel
Îeth -

Entring the Door, fay,

HOV dreadful is this Place? This is none
other than the Houſe of God, and this is
the Gate of Heaven

Getting to the Pew, kneel and fay,

O Lord I Multitude
am come into thine Houſe, even
of thy Mercies, and in
on the
tħy Fear will I Worſhip thee , O Élei me
that I may , And grant that my attendance
here may be for thy Honour, and my own
Salvation, through Jeſus Chriſt. Amen.
Before the Service begins, while the Congrega
tion is getting together, either employ your
felf in Keading fome Portion of the Bible,
or in thefa Prayers.
O Lord God, I am come hither to Worſhip,
* to Pray to thee, Stir up my Memory,
to remember that thou art preſent : Fix.mý
intentions upon thee, upon thee alone: A
waken my underſtanding, to conſider what I
amabout, and who I am to ſpeak to , But a
bove allińflame my affections, that my : 5
r4 An Office for the Lord's-Day. -

being fet on Fire with thy Love, my Prayers

may participate of that fervency, and be ac
cepted of thee for his fake, whó came to fend
this Fire on the Earth, even Jeſus Chriſt my
Saviour. - : 1 i ' , .

O gracious_Father, what Thanks, what

Praife can I offer to thee for raifing me to this
Honour, of entring into thy Préſence as a
Son, and converfing with thee om the Earth,
with the fame freedom, as the Angels do in
Heaven? O grant me thy Grace, ſo to make
advantage of this Divine Privilege, that my
Şins may never make me forfeit it, but rather
by a devout and humble uſe ofit,acquire to my
felf daily new degrees of thy Favour,till thou
haft brought me, thy unworthy Son, to that
incorruptible Inheritance, which can have nei--
ther increaſe nor end..
I confeſs, O Lord, it is an exceſs of bold--
neſs in me, thatI, fo poor a Worm, fo vile, fo
contemptible a Creature, ſhould preſume to:
fpeak to thee : Yet be not angry with me for
this; For it is not becauſe I value, my felf
moréthan Abraham did, (for if he were Duft
and Aſhes,what am I?) But becauſe I darę not
undervalue thy Mercý, that I make my hum
ble approaches to thee : Behold I am nothing.
in my own Eyes, O let me be fomething in
thine: And difdain me not when I ſpeak unto,
thee, for Christ his fake.., : , . -
Bút O moſt Great God, what ſhall I ſay in
thy Preſence, when I Pray to thee i What
Title ſhall I call thee? Or how ſhall I ſuffi
ciently adore thee? If I ſtile theca. |udges,
adore:
 An Uffice for the Lord's-Lay. 15
I adore thy Juſtice: If a Maſter, I know
my Obedience: If I call thee my Saviour, I
acknowledge thy Mercy : Whatſoever Name
I uſe, I find cauſe enough of reverence. And
fince therefore now I appear before thee, to,
pay the Tribute of Adoration, by a thouſand
'itles due to thee, let thy Truth direct me,
and thy Spirit guide me, that I may fo adore
thee in Spirit and in Truth, as thou requireſt:
And that all the inward faculties of my Soul
may be fo many Fiery Tongues to fet forth
thy Praiſe for evermore..
Most Mighty God, who haft not only per
mitted, but invited us needy and, miferable
Creatures, to preſent our Petitiems to thee:
Oh! Let me fet a true value on this moſt ineſti
mable Privilege. I come untò thee, O Lord,
as a Worm to my Sovereign Maker , I come
as an heinous Offender, to a juſt and fevere
Judge : Let I pray thee my Addreſſes in thy
Houſe be with reverence, fome way, anſwe
rable to thine awful Majeſty , Give me an
Hearty defire topray, and ſuch a pure inten
tion and fixedneſs of mind upon thee, that I
may no more incur the guilt of drawing migh
unto thee, with my Lips when my Heart is
far from thee. But may ſo ask that I may re
ceive, ſo ſeek that I may find, ſo knock that
it may be fo from
O
ise here, I may be tranſlated to
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the praiſing thee eternally in thy Glory here

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after, through Jeſus Chriſtour Lord.
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16 An Office for the Lora's-Lay.
O Lord, who though thou dwelleſt not in
Temples made with hands, yet haft promifed
to meet and bleſs thy People, where-ever thou
haft recorded thy Name; be pleaſed to be
graciouſly preſent to me thy Servant, and to
the Congregation, which fhall here affemble
themſelves this Day for thy Worſhip. Par
don every one, whọ hath not prepared
himſelf according to the Preparation of the
Sanctuary. Quicken us all forthy Name fake.
Teach us to do thy Will, and build us up in
st holy Faith, through Jeſus Chriſtour
TCI, -

I am come,O Lord, into thy Preſence upon

a Work, which no one hath more need to do
than my felf. To conſider my ways, and re
pent of my Sins and turn to thee. But I have
an ħard Heart, not apt to relent; and dry
Eyes, ſuch at Iéaft, which feldom ſhed Tears
for my Sins ; O that thou would'st bow thy
Heavens and come down, andmelt my Soul in
fueh Godly forrow which might work repen:
not to be repented of Open my Eyes and
help me te fee into my Heart.Bring my Sins te
remembrance, and fet them in order before
me, that an holy ſhame and confuſion may co
ver my Face for them, and beholding my con
trition, may’ft it, and both pardon me
and afst me hereafter y thy Grace, that I
may live more Godlily, Righteouſly and So-
berly, in this prelent World, and attain unto
Blefedneſs, with thy felf, in the World to
come, through the Merits of Chrift Jeſus,
my LordandSaviour.
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An Office for the Lord's-Day. 17

O my dear and bleffed Saviour, who with
fo much Zeal didft drive out thoſe who turned
thy Houſe of Praver into a Den of Thieves,
clear at this time the Temple of my Soul,from
vain and finful Thoughts, caft out all wande
ring Imaginations, leave nothing behind, that
may either diſturb or diſtraết me in the per
formance of this my Duty, that my Prayers
may aſcend as the Incenſe , And thy Grace,
and Mercy may deſcend as dew to the faving
my Soul, and to the Glory of tħy Name.
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Service being begun, leave of your private De

votion, and join with the Congregation , and
as foon as the Minister Names the Leffons, or
Epiſtles, and Goſpels, turn immediately to
the places, and fay, as always at home, when
ever you apply your felf to the Holy Scrip
fltrêJa -

Ofen thou mine Eyes, O Lord, that I may

fee the wondrous things of thy Law.
O Lord, give me a right
and am Heart to what I ſhall now r
i
in this thy ħoły Book.
The Sermon being ended, if not prevented by
the Preacher, fay, ,
)
) GRänt. I beſeech tħee, Almighty God, that
the words which we have heard at this
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, time with our outward Ears, may through
|
thy Grace be fografted inwardly in all our :
- Hearts,
18 An Office for the Lord’s, Day.
Hearts, that they may bring forth in us the
fruit of goodliving, to the Honour and Praiſe
of thy Name, through Jeſus Chriſt our Lord.
Amen.
If it be a Sacrament-day, before you come to
Church, to your other Devotions as before,
add this Prayer. -

O Father of Mercies, who from the begin

ning haft been in Chriſt, reconciling the
World to thy felf, and to infure as well as
this Reconciliation, haft called the
Faithful to the Communion of the Body and
Blood of thy Son, that true Paſſover who
tafted Death for every Man, With what ho
Iy Hands, and pure and heavenly Heart
ought I tó receive this Food of Life whic
comes down from Heaven? Yet, Lord, how
vile and polluted am I ? My very Prepara
tions need Repentance, and my ’r Sor
row. And befides the inſufficiency of my
Repentance, which I beſeech thee, in the
Blood of jestis to pardon, I have other miſe
rable Defèćts and Diftempers, which, Lord,
if thou wilt not remove, I am like to bring
with me to thy Table, , An exceeding dull .
Heart I carry very far of being unbroken of
my Sins, unaffećted too, with that Zeal of
Love, ánd Thankfulneſs towards thee, of
Charity and Good Will towards Mankind,
which I ought to bring thither with me. That
Truſt and Dependance which I exercife on
thy Mercy in Chriſt, I have reaſon to fear
may be too preſumpthous. But, Lord, thou
- - knoweft
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knoweſt I have endeavoured to mourn over
and repent of my Sims: I have vowed to have
reſpect to all thy Commands, and not to re-
gard any Iniquity in my Heart. Theſe my
Vows of Holy Life, I have ready to Seal at
thy Table. O tħat thou by the Bloed and Spi
rit of thy Son, would’ſt ſeal me to the Day of
Redemption, pardoning all my paſt Sins, and
by the power of thy Gracé preſerving me
from future back-ſlidings. Make this
Bleſſed Sacrament a Feaſt of fat things unto.
my Soul. Vouchſafe me thereby larger com
munications of Grace and Comfort, than
ever yet I received. And to that end at pre
fent thoroughly waſh me from the guilt of all
my Sins in the Blood of my Saviour 3 from
the guilt of all I know, and have confeſt , and
from the guilt of all my ſecret and unknown
· Tranſgrestions. t'; , . . .. . . . .
O if there iniquity of
mime, which is like to hinder good things
from me, reveal and diſcover that to thy Ser
vant, that by ferious Repentance thereof, he
may obtain the waſhing of it away, and may
draw near with a true Heart ſprinkled froman ;
evil Conſcience. And Lord, let thy Spirit go .
along with me, impowering me from above,
a trioje stant when i hali receive thể,
Bread of Life, and drink of that Cup of the
New Teſtament in my Saviour's Blood, let my
, Heart fo relent for all my Sims, be ſo inflamed i
with fervour of Holy Reſolutions of Faith, i
Love, Gratitude and moſt Chriſtian Charity,
that. Í may in nothing behave my felf unwor
thily :
2o An Office for the Lord's-Day.
thily: Hear, O Lord, and remember thy Ser
vant for good, through that Blood which he
to be ſprinkled and ſatisfied with.
Me72.

In the Church immediately after Sermon, while

the YNon-Communicants are going out of the
Church, kneel in your Pew, and fay,
ALighty Lord, who haft of thine infinite
** Mecies vouchſafd to ordain the sacra
ment for a perpetual Memory of that Bleſſed
Sacrifice whichomce thou mad’ſt for us on the
Croſs; Grant me with fuch diligent remem
brance, and fuch due reverence to participate
of that holy and wonderful Myſtery, that I
may be made worthy by thy Grace to obtain
the Vertue and Fruits of the fame, with
all the Benefits of thy precious Death and
Paffion, even the Remifiion of all my Sins,
and the fulneſs of all thy Graces, which I beg
for thy only Merits, who art my only Savi
our, God from everlaſting, and World with
out end. Amen.

O Lord, our Father, Almight

and Everlạfting God, regard, we beſeec
thee, the Devotions of thy humble Servants,
who are juſt going to thine Altar, to celebrate
the Memorial whichthy Son our Saviour hath
commanded to be made in remembrance of his
moſt Bleſſed Paffion and Sacrifice; that by the
Merits and Power thereof, theré to be now
repreſented before thy Divine Majeſty,we
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'An Office for the Lord's-Day. 21

all thy whole Church may be made_Partakers
of all other the Benefits of his moſt precious
Death and Paffion, together with his mighty
Reſurrećtion from the Earth, and glorious
Aſcenſion into Heaven , who liveth and reign
eth with thee and the Holy Spirit, ever one
God, World without end. Amen.
The hurry being over, and the may made clear
you are to hasten to the rail, before the Talie:
and kneeling down, fay,
O Most Bleſſed Saviour, who in the Bowels
of thy Mercy towards Mankind, didſt
not only offer thy felf a Sacrifice for the Sins
of the whole World, but didſt institute this
Heavenly and Holy Sacrament, as the means
to convey the Benefits of thy pręgious Death
to all fuch as with Humility and Repentance
come unto thee, I beſeech thee to accept this
my humble Addreſ, who here preſent my felf
a woful Sinner, I confeſs, but fuch a one, who
a III for my Sins, and penitent
for my Offences. -

Direct me therefore, O my God, in this

reat Aćtion, with fach a reveren and awe
l Fear, that all the Faculties ofmy Soul may
be attentive rightly to apprehend, and joy
fully to receive this wonderful Myſtery of thy
Body and Blood. v

- O my Lord, I am not worthy that thou

fhouldeſt come under my Roof, let thy Holy
Spirit therefore before thy coming, prepare
and dreſs up a Lodging for thee in my Soul,
cleanſing
22 A. Office for the Lord's-Day.
cleanſiing it from the Stains of Sin, and fuf
fering nothing to abide in it that may keep
thee out; fo that being wholly poffeſt by thee,
all Sinful Thoughts and Unclean Suggeſtions
may not only preſently vaniſh, but never fin
entrance more. -

Grant this, O my Jeſu ; and ſo this Day,

receive me into thy Favour, that I may with
joy receive thee into my Soul, and being once
united with thee, thy Gracé may never de
part from me ; that fo thou may'ſt live in me,
and I in thee for ever. Amen.
At the Offertory, while the Minister reads the
Sentences, and the Church-Wardens gather
the Alms for the Poor, fay,
Lord, whoſe is the Earth, and thefallneſs
thereof, I am willing to offer unto thee,
out of what by thy Gift and Bleffing I have, .
fome fmall Teſtimony of my Thankfulneſs,
and Duty to be beſtowed upon thoſe wanting
cnes, whom thy Providence has made the ob
jećts of our Charity , Be thou pleaſed through
the Blood of my Šaviour, to accept it, and
pardon all my vain expences " : -

*** ' . .

4: attually Offering, filently, or to. , your

4y, * *!
felf,

B Jeſu, who didst accept the poor

Widows two Mites , Begraciouſly pleaſed
ť71,
p. this from
.
thy unworthy Servant.
*

At
 an Uffice for the Lord's-Day. 23 |
|
At the Confecration of the Elements you are to
obſerve with great Attention every Paffage or
Ceremony, as having all of 'em their Signifi
cation and Ofe. -

And therefore when you fee the Minister

breaking the Bread, this action calls to your re
membrance the hard uſage Christ’s Body had up
on the Crofs, being rent and torn with Nails in
his Hands ánd. Feet. When you fee the Wine
poured out, this brings into your mind theſpil
ling of his Blood; and then you confider withal,
that your Sins did contribute to both. So that
in time, and by a little experience or accustoming
your felf Holy Ordinance, you will at
length find, that the fight of thefe things will
work in you a great førrow for thoſe Sins which
caufed your Saviours Sufferings repreſented by
'em ; and that forrow will be apt to beget an hä
ired' ofSin and a firm refolution against it for the
future; And will withall engage you to Thank
fulnefs and Love, and perfivade you to exprefs
this Love by an univerſal Obedience to the Com
mands of God. : , - -- , .
i fou ăre to obferve the People too, with what
Zeal and Earnestneſs they Take and Eat the
Bread, then Take and drink the Wine, which
Zeal and earnestnefs of Theirs fignify their par
ticular laying hold on Christ by holy Confidence
and Faith, Their Flying to and Apprehending
Him as the only Means of their Salvation, and
the Reaſon of the Pardon of their Sins tender'd
- to 'em in this Bleſſed Sacrament, which always
«must end in an holy Meditation, Th
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Then you fay,

O I amb ofGod that takeſt away the Sins of
the World, grant me thv Peace.
O Lamb ofGod that takeſt away the Sins
ofthe World, have Mercv upon me.
Grant me, gracious Lord, fo to eat the fleſh
of hy dearš and dring his Blood, that my
Sinful Body may be made clean by his Body,
and my Soul Amen.
ous Blood. waſhed, through his moſt preci • .

O Lord God, how I receive the Body and

Blood of my most Fleſſed Saviour Jeſus Christ,
the price of my Redemption, is the very won
der of my Soul; yet I Řrmlý believe upon the
words of my Saviour, that at this time they
are graciouſly tendered to me; I am fure it is
fo, though I diſpute not the manner : Lord
make mea worthy receiver and partaker ofall
the benefits of this Bleſſed Sacrament. Amen.
Thou haft faid, C my Jeſus, that he that
eateth thy fleſh and drinketh thy Blood, hath
Eternal Life. -,

Behold the Servant of the Lord, be it unto

me according to thy word.
At eating the Breza ſay,
Y thy crucified Body, O Jeſus, deliver me
from this Body of Death. . . .
ken
 An Ufface Jor tne Lora s-lvay. 25

Then fay, *

I Bleſs thee, O Father for my Saviour and

Lord, the Holy Jeſus. I adore thee O
Lord Chriſt, with thy Eternal Spirit. I ac
knowledge and believe thy Body to have been
Crucified, and broken by thy Father's Wrath
for me 3 Îbeſeech thee, that through the fame
this Body of mine may be fealed to an Holy
and Eternal Life , and withal I devote my felf
to thee, by folemn vow, which by eating here .
at thy Table, I feal with all my Soul and
ftrength to ferve thee all my Days. Let thy
Grace, O Lord, be ſufficient for me. -

At receivingthe Cup, fay,

Y thy Agony and Bloody Sweat, good
4-2 Iorddeliver me;, O Let this Blood purge
my-Conſcience from dead Works, to ferve thee
the living God. : -

Then fubjoin,
I thee, O Almighty Father, O Crucifi
ed Saviour, O Saņćtifying Spirit, that my.
Söul is thus refreſhed. I acknowledge and be
lieve thy Blood, O hóly Jeſus, to have been
ſhed for my Sins ; let it reſt on me for Remiſ
fion of them, and therein let all my Sins be
waſhed away, and I ſprinkled from all evil
Conſcience. Being now made clean, oh that
I may Sin no more ! ' -

- B Moſt
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Most Bleſſed Redeemer, I do truly believe

that thy Body was Črucified, and thy Blood
was ſhed out of thy Body, as verily as I have
received this Bread, and this Wine fet apart
from the Bread. And that for the Remiffion of
my Sins as well as any others: And I do be
lieve alſo, that with this Bread and Wine I
have really and received thy preci-
ous Body and Blood, whereby my Sins are
fully waſhed away, and my Soul purified and
refreſhed. , This, O Lord, I believe, help
thou my unbelief! Amen, >

Iord, I have received the Sacrament ofthe

Body and Blood of my dear Saviour. His
Mercy hath given it me, and my Faith recei
ved it into my Soul. I humbly befeech thee
fpeak Mercy and Peace unto my Conſcience,
and inrich me with all thy Graces which come
from that precious Body and Blood, even till I
be poſſeſſed of Eternal Life in Christ. Amen.
Thengiving way for others to come to the Rail,
you retire to your Pew, and kneeling, fay,

-
AInigh God, the Fountain of all good
neſs, from whom every good and perfećt
gift cometh, and to whom all Glory, and Ho
nour ſhould be returned, I do defire moſthear
tily to thank thee, for that thou haft vouch
fafed to feed me, with the Spiritual Food of
the moſt precious Body and Blood of thy Son,
our Saviour Jeſus Chriſt , and doft affüre mé .
thereby of thy favour and goodneſs towards
Ime»
*-an. Uueve Jor-ene Lora 5-leay. 27
me, and that I am a very Member incorporate
in the Myſtical Body ofthy Son, which is the
Bleſſed Company of all Faithful People ; and
am alſo an Heir through hopeofthine Everlaſt
ing Kingdom, by the Merits ofthe moſt pre
cious Death and Paffion ofthy dear Son. Oh
the heighth and depth of that unſpeakable
Mercy of thine, who art pleaſed to admit me
a sinful wretch to have in part in thoſe in
eſtimable benefits, which I have ſo often de
fpiſed and trampled under_Foot. I am not
worthy, O Lord, of that Daily Bread which
fuſtains the Bodý, but thou haft made me
partaker of that living Bread, which came
down from Heaven, which mouriſheth the
Soul, and of which whoſoever eateth, ſhall
i for ever: ö grant that my Soul may reliſh
this Divine Food with Spiritual Raviſhment
and Love, great as the flame of Cherubims ;
and grant, that what thou haft given me for
the Remiifion of my Sins, may not by any
fault become the increaſe of'em, that this holy
Communion prove not to me the cauſe of Judg
ment and Condemnation, but may ſupport and
preſerve me in every , rejoyce and
uiet me in every trouble, enlighten and
rengthen mein every good Word and Work;
comfortanddefend me in the hour ofmy death,
againſt all oppoſitions of the Spirits of Dark
nefs, and further me in the attainment ofever
laſting Salvation,through Jeſus Chriſt. Amen.
. O Lord,the only Spring and Fountain of all
good, who hait this Day revived and quick
ened my poor Soul, bi 2.
ng thy Self unto
IMRE
23 An Uffice for the Lora s-lvay.
ŋe after a wonderful way in this Bleſſed Sa
crament: I praife and glorifie thy Holy Name
for this thine infinite Mercy , befeeching thee
to Crown what I have begun by a continual
fupply of thy Heavenly Grace, that I may
never forget whom, or what I have received ,
but being purified by thy Blood, and ſtreng
thened by thy Body againſt all future Tempta
tions, I may conſtantly run through all the
parts of an Holy Life to the poffeilion of thy
ġlorious Kingdom,world without end. Amen.
Worthy is the Lamb that was ſlain, to re
ceive Power, and Riches, and Wiſdom, and
Strength, and Honour, and Glory, and Blef
fing: Therefore Blesting and Honour, and
Glory and Power, be to him that fittéth on
the Throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and e
ver. Amen. . . . . , ' :.

The remainder of your time, whilst the Mini- ,

ster is giving the Sacrament to the rest of the
Company, you may ſpend in faying the 1o3 ·
Pſalm, and read ng lume other parts of Scrip
ture, or Book of Devotions, with Direcfi
ons to an Holy Life, mhich you, may carry
in your l'ocket. And at list the Ëleffing being
given, Jay, . . .. . . , -
() I ord, pardon the wanderings and cold
* neſs of my Affećtions and Heart in this
thy Service; and deal with me not according
to my Prayers and Deſerts, but according to
Il y Needs and thine ownrich Mercies in Chriſt
je fus, in whoſe bleſſed Name and Words I
- conclude
 An Office for the Lord's-Day. 29
conclude theſe my imperfećt Devotions and
Prayers, ſaying,
Our Father, &c.
For thine is, &c. Amen.
Being returned home, retire for a while into your
Cloft, and meditating fome time on inha:
you h ve heard, received and done in the
Church, kneel and fay, -

I Bleſs thee, O Lord, my God, for the

Comforts of thy Houſe, from whence I
now came , for thy awakening me to my Du
ty, for any ſoftings of my Heart, and fenfe
of thy Love or hopes ofenjoying thee hereaf
ter : Not unto me, O Lord, not unto me,
who am a vain hard-hearted, Înfii wretci !
my felf, but to thy Holy Náme be the Praife.
Now increafe, I beſeech thee, this thy good
neſs to me, and confirm me in thy Grace ever
more: Let me grow in the knowledge, fear
and love of thee , and any imprestions thereof,
which I have this day receiv'd, ſuffer me not
to loſe , but inable me to bring forth Fruit un
to Perfećtion, to the Glory of thy Name
through Jeſus Chriſt, my bleffed Lord and
Mediator. Amen. -

My Soul and all within me, bleffeth thee,

O Lord my God, for that Bread of Life, and
Cup of Salvation, from which I now come.

| What am I, that tħou ſhouldeſt feed me from

B 3. , Heaven
3o An Office for the Lord’s-Day.
Heaven , and affume me into fo intimate an
Union with thine Eternal Son ? I, who have
trangreſſed all thy Laws, abuſed thy Mer
ties, flighted thy Judgments, I who have ré
fuſed thy Calls, refifted thy Spirit , broken
all my former Covenants with thee: What
am I, that thou ſhouldeft thus re-admit me in
to fo high a favour? It is, O Lord, becauſe
rhv Mercy is above all thy Works, and the
riches of thy Grace moſt inexhauſtible, that
Mercy and Grace I adore, I admire ; Oh,
that I may eternally magnifie it! Nothing iS
there, Lord, in me, but what may provoke
tĦy Wrath and hinder my Happineſs. How
groſs were my unpreparedneffes for thy Ta
ble ? How many the wanderings, and how
great the dulmeffes of my Heart, even under
ny neareſt approaches to thee there! Theſe
mảy juſtly cauſe thee to hide thy Face from
ne: And I cannot but bleſs thee, that thou
haft not more eſtranged thy felf, and inſtead
of hopes of thy favour, fent me home with a
enfe of thy Wrath: Bút, Lord, though I am
got worthy of thoſe Joys and Comforts of
hat hidden Manna, which thy choice and
holier Servants taſte, yet vouchſafe me this
Benefit by the Communion of the Body and
Blood of thy Son, that I may receive fuch
Grace and perpetual influences of thy Spirit,
is may enable me to perform unto thee all my
Vows , ſo that I never, by revolting into any
known Sin, unhallow this Soul and Body of
nine, which the Body and Blood of thy Son
iath this Day Sanctified , but denying " ;
lineſs
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An Office for the Lord’s-Day. - 31

lineſs and worldly Lufts, may łive foberly,
righteouſly, and godlily in this preſent World,
and in that to come, obtain a blefſed Reſur
rećtion, and fome (though any mean) ſhare
of am Inheritance with thy Saints in Light,
through
Amen.
the Merits of my Crucified Saviour.

Then you go to Dinner, and crave a Bleffing on .

what you eat : And according as the Compan
is, you may have your Table Talk on the
ječi of the Sermon, or what the matter of the
AMeal may occaſion tending to the Glory of the
Creator, your divine Benefattor and Feeder.
Grace ended, you either purſue your Diſcourſe as
the company invites you to it, or elſe you com
poſe your felf, that the Meal being pretty
well Digested, you may be the more capable
to diſcharge your Duty at the Evening Ser
"Z/4 C6,

The Bell Summoning you to Church, you go and

fay as in the Morning all the Prayers and
Ejaculations which are proper for that time.
After. Evening Service, returning home, you
withdraw into the Clofet for fome time to re
collect what has been told you from the Pulpit,
and to give God thanks as before at Noon.
Then calling the Family together, according to the
Advice,and after the Examples of the Fathers
ofthe Church, you make 'em repeat what they
can of the Sermon, ever and anon, helping
their Memories and taking care to apply it, as
they are able and as you find occaſion.
B 4 Theſe
 32 in of Lord's-D9. *

Ties Devotions being over, you are to

- proceed tò praćtice, and your piety be
ing hitherto ſhown to God,you muſt remember
another Duty of near Kin to it, which is Cha
srity to your Neighbour, and this you do two
ways, either by Vistting the Sick, or by relie
sving the Poor. And if the fame Party ſhould
happen (as it often falls out) to be both Sick
and in neceſijty, then you are to confider that
fuch a ones Condition calls to you aloud for
daithle Compaſiion and Care. If viſited only
with Sicknefs, then it is expedientand feaſon
able to repreſent to him the gracious Deſign of
God in this Afiličtion, which proba
bly may be for a Trial of his Patience and Re
fignation to what Providence fends, and to
vyork him to a perfuaſion, that whatever is
done, is for the beſt; and that God being in
finitély miſe and good, has contrived and or
order'd it ſo, as a very proper means to bene
fit and fave his Soul. -

If he be a Man, whom you have obſerved to

be remifi in his Ďut, and regardleſs of God
and his future welfare (in caſe his Condition
will bear it) you are to put ſuch a one in mind
of his former neglećts , admoniſh him to im- :
plore the Divine Pardon for the time past; and
to put on holy Reſolutions of taking up, and
being better for the time to come. You tell
him withal, that in all likelihood, this was
the cauſe of ħis illneſs, which God intended by
way of Summons and Alarm, that the danger
might reduce and ingage him to take refuge
;: llt
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Æ, Öste för ih. TraFs-Dij. 53

in that, which he had hitherto laid afide, Re
pentance and Religion. * . - -

If he be one who is found ſenſible of all this

already, then you are to imitate God's Ex
ample, not to quench the fmoaking Flax, nor
break the bruifed Reed. Here you muſt deal
gently with him, commend and confirm him
in his thoughts , perſwade him that God's end
in this Sickneſs is anſwered , wiſh him to per
fevere in the Notion he has got of the Divine
Mercy, and conjure him when reſtored to his
former health and ſtrength to make good thoſe
Vows of a New Life, which theñ he has, or
ought tohave made,lest a morfe thing/hould come
upon him. - -

Sometimes the Senſe of God's afflićting hand

is drove too far, the Kod is turned into a Scor
pion, and the Subtile Tempter diſcovering an
Inclination in the Patient, to be forry for his
Miſcarriages and Sins, he tranſports a Pious
, thought, and makes it degenerate into black
Deſpair. So that, what at firſt fet out for
Mercy, is immediátely forced back with the
fad News of an unalterable State; that his
Cafe will admit no pity; that his heart is
hardened to impenitency; that he is already
fentenced, and 'tis in vain to expećt Pardon.
Here it is enough to find the Perſon fo induſtri
ous and curious to diffećt the Sins he is char
geable with, and that the evil Spiritis foaćtive
to abetand ástift him in this melancholy work ,
it is your part therefore not to aggravate, nor
accuſe, but ifyou allow the least Šim to be dead
ly without repentance, fo you are to tell him
B 5. the
 34 An Office for the Lord’s-Day.
the greatest is pardonable. Bid him remem
ber, that he has an infinite Redeemer, whom
he đif races by thinking him unable to inter
eede with his Father effectually for him. The
fhedding of his Blood was price enough to
ranfom Ten thouſand Worlds, for theſe have
limits, but his Merits are boundlefs. Set be
fore him David's Adultery and Murder, Jo-.
mah's Difobedience, and Peter's Fall. He can
not charge himſelf with sins of this complexi
on , but if he could, thoſe Men, thoſe Sinners
are faved, and he has the very fame Saviour.
Thereupom preſs him to anchor there , and
though his condemns him, yet he muft
mot forget that God is greater than his heart,
and wilIimbrace the penitentSinner. Exhort
him to fix his Eye on fefus Christ , and if he
doth not perceive the Lord preſently coming
to him, it is becauſe he muſt call tie more,,
cry the louder with the blindMan in theGoſpel:
Thou Son of David have mercy on me. ell.
him for his Comfort that his Rėmorfe is one
part of Repentance, but he muſt 'not ſtay
there, and distruft the Almighty Goodneſs,,
whoſe Grace hath brought him thus far in his
way, and who expects ſhould pray, That he
who has begun this Work in him would go,
further bring it in due time to a happy
Goncluſion. -

But if the Party has a greater ſenſe of his,

outward Pain, tham of the Sin which firſt cau
fed it, and preferrs the eaſe of his Body, be:
| fore the Peace of his Soul, and fo repines and
| TRUIJTAWIS af. iis preſentČondition, then it is.
highly,
 -arm vijeve J vr i rze Lvr w s-1-ny- 5 J
highly neceſſàry to let him know,that what he
now undergoes is far fhort of the Torments of
the Damned , and for that reaſon, he ought
not only to ſubmit with Patience, but to be
very thấpkful, that God fo graciouſly fends
to put him in mind, and as it is to be
2. hoped, to prevent the latter. It is not to be
denied, but the Pangs and Tortures of a Fit
of Sickneſs are very unwelcome to Fleſh and
Blood, fore Evils and heavy Burdens to thoſe
who are compelled to carry them. But would
it not be a lamentable Inſtance of God's Fa
vour, to let a Man be hurried to the other
World, without the leaft Notice, without
the ſhorteſt Opportunity to make his Peace
with Heaven ? Theſe Agonies in Sickneſs are
the Meffengers of God to give him warning ,
and can he complain of a warning intended
chiefly to keep him out of Hell?
Thus, and to this Effect, you are to dif
courſe with your fick Brethren, according as
you diſcover the Temper of their Mind, and
the State oftheir Body. And before you take
your leave, you earneſtly defire them all to
conſult their Minister, who is an Officer of God,
and who by virtue ofthat office iiibémuch
more able to apply to their feveral Sorts an
effećtual Cure. -

If your Neighbour be poor, and ſuch as you.

can go to, lay before him the Uncertainty of
Humane Affairs, and the common Evènts of
Providence, which makes a Man a Prince to
||
day, and to morrow a Beggar. Nothing, you
tell him,þefalls usbut by Divine Appointment;
• r and
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36 An Ufficē för The Lord's-Day.
and therefore our wifeſt way is to relie on his.
Condu&t, and be perfwaded, that though our
preſent Circumſtances be very ſtreight, yet
God has fomething better in ſtore for thófe,
who humbly and patiently wait for it, How
ever this is Matter of Comfort, that God has
two Places to make his People ha py in 3 and
the Poor who have it not in this World, have a.
furer claim to the other, if they do not lay a
block in the way, and render themſelves in
capable of what he intends them hereafter.
Bleſſed are the Poor, faith the Goſpel. Nor
do their wants now contradićt that ſaying,
Becauſe their Names are already entered in the
Book of Life, and 'tis but a little while, and
they ſhall go to enjoy what this Doctrine inti
tles them to. But then they muſt not be parti
al : They muſt remember the intire Qualifica
tion, Bleffed are the Poor in Spirit. There may
Fe fride in Kags, and Humility in Purple..
And to be poor and proud is a contradićtion
too monftrous to be reconciled For
tho' God may be inclined to pity the Man, yet
his Folty hindersit , and while his Neceffties
plead very powerfully in his behalf, his into
Îerable Haightineſs diſobliges and fòrces God.
tolet him continue in his low Condition. So
that it ought to be the way of thoſe under
Poverty to reduce their Spirit to their preſent
Fortune, and be as humble in Soul, as they
feem to be in Estate and Body; and then, be
fides the many other Methods of Relief, this.
Frame of Mind will render their Cafe much.
more ſupportable. Thus,, or after this man
ner»,
 An Office for the Lord's-Day. 37
ner, vou apply Vour ſelf to thoſe whoſe Lofti
neỂ } above the Senſe of
their Wants, and who will ſuffer rather than
fpeak out their Necestities, tho loud in all
enough reſpećts, but from their own Mouths.
But if their Refervedneſs and Silence pro
ceed from another Principle ;. and that
through Baſhfulnefs and Afodesty they conceal
what they undergo: Here it is better to em
ploy your Eye to diſcover what may be fer
viceable to’em, and then take fome
ty to convey it for their reliefwithout fòrcinga
bluſh from em And fo you're to do in the
Inſtance before; otherwife, perhaps, the Par
ty had rather loſe the Charity, than under
Rand from whence it comes, and to whom he
is beholden for it. In both which Cafes you
ought to follow the Directions of the Goſpel,
to make your Charity a Secret , That f öoà
whºſeth in ſecret may reward you openly. -

Where Poverty is clamorous (as it too often

Happens) and that you find the neceſitos
Man , either murmuring at Providence 3. Orº
cenſufing thệ umconcern and neglect of his
richer Neighbours, Firſt, you check him f
his Impiety towards God, and then for his
Qwn Cacharitableneſs to Man, which in Ju
ftice calls for the fameuſage from otherPeople..
Aņd (fay you) the reaſon eradventure,
why your Neighbours are not fo kind as you.
expećt, may be, becauſe they find you do
deſervé it, as being too rough à furly to
ward them. And as for God's dealing with
you after this manner, it ought to be remem
bred,
38 An Office for the Lord's-Day.
bred, thathe could have made your Condition
morfe, and can yet make it much more miſe
rable. Ifhe has been pleaſed touſe you nobet
ter, it is becauſe your Notion of him will not
bearit ; and of this you give too plain a de
monſtration, in that you accuſe his Goodneſs
and Wiſdom for not complying immediately
with your expectations, ånd indulging your
humour. ' It concerns ýou to be contented
with your Station, and that is a fure way to
mend it ; for if you ſhow your ſelf fatisfied
with whatever God doth, it will not be long
but he will provide for you better. . Admit you
wereunder the Widow's Cafe at Sarepta, when
fhe had only a handful of Meal to dreſs and
eat, and then expečted to die, becauſe of the
Famine; do you not read that the handful of
AMeal did not waste, nor the Cruiſe of Gil fail,
until the day that the Lord fent Rain upon the
Earth We have the ſame God, and
he has many miraculous ways to increaſe the
Loaves, and feed thoſe who depend on him.
But then they muſt depend upon him, acquieſce
in his Methods, believe him willing and able
to relieve them, only the time is not yet come
with reſpect to their Good and his Glory.
There are other poor, whoſe mind you may
have no Opportunity to fettle with Diſcourſes
of this Nature, yet theſe you take care to eafe
with your Purfe, and let your hand ſpeak fea
fonable Comfort to them. But then by poor,
we mean fuch needy Perſons, as you your
felf find out, rather than fuch as find out you.
Thoſe whom Sickneſs, multitude of Children,
QI.
 An Office for the Lord’s-Day. 39
or ſome Croffes of Providence, make all their
Industry, Care and Labour not fufficient to
feed them; Thoſe who if able, are
ling to take pains, but either have not ivri
:
or the Pay is too little to ſupport them, Tij?
ought to be encouraged, and God fometimes
makes uſe of our Mediation to give them a
Bleſfing in what they do, But as for them
who make Begginga Trade, and ſpendas much
time in publiſhing their Wants, as might ferve
to relieve therh if they would employ thoſe
hands in Work, which they ſtretch out to re
ceive an Alms with,theſe Mens Neceffities you
may fufpe&t, at leaft think your ſelf not much
obliged to take notice of them,ſince their Hun
ger is their Fault and not their Affliction. The
Čharity ofthe Law is great; and therefore you
ih look on an itinerant and common Beggar, with
the fame Eye as you fee a difobedient Subječi,
whom you muft not countenancein an ill way,
fuch as Idleneß is, and which too oftenfollows,
Lying, Stealing, and Murder. So that tho’
you well know you are commanded to give, yet
you are not to { blindly and raſhly , your
are to uſe your Underſtanding to direct you in
your Charity , and tho’as the Steward of God,
you take your felfobliged to diſpoſe of what
you are intruſted with, as God directs; yet
you confider and weigh weli what thoſe }
rections are, examine who are the proper Ob
jęćts, and when you are to give, andina word.
fo contrive it that it be real Charity ; left
|ih
otherwiſe, what might be well intended, ' -
Gomes a means either to introduce or con
 4õTA, OF FIZ, Lord's-D5.
ill habits, and thereby prove a Curfe inſtead of
a Bleffing. .
And there is one Instance more of Charity,
which you are never to omit, and that is, óń
all Opportunities to remember all fuch Peo
plein your Prayers and therein commend them
to the Goodneſs of God, beſeeching him that
he would be pleaſed to comfort and relieve them in
all their Neceffities, give them Patience under
their Sufferings, and an happy iffue out of all their
Afflictions. - - -

This dome; or when theſe Works of the

Day do not occur, you may refreſh your felf
either by giving or receiving of a Viſit from
| your Friend or Neighbour, which is another
i kind of Charity, and whereby we continue
that Kindneſs and Love which God has made a
Đebt between us, provided our Converſations
be innocent, and becoming the day : * Or
you may take a Walk into the Fields, where
ou not only inſpirit and comfort the Body,
beholding the glorious Light of Heaven,
the paffing Clouds, the verdant Earth, and fmi
ling Face of all things, you cannot bitt be tran
fported into new Raptures of Devotion , and be
ing affected very much with the admiration of
the Creator, you will be induced to long for the '
time, when you/hall dwell with him, and behold
him face to face without theſe interpoſitions, A
t.

A * Such a Walk the Rabbins admít - Vid. Lyr. ex judæis ad

A H, I,
 An Office for the Lord's-Day. 41
At your return home you betake your ſelf to
your Cloſet, and there ſpend ſome convenient
time in Meditation and Reading; but before
you enter on that Work, you fay,
O Most Great and Gracious God, whoſe
infinite Mercy it is, that I have this mi
nute of my Life left me, I here appear in thy
Prefence, lamenting fadly that fo much ofmy
time is álready loft either in doingill, or doing
. : or in doing that which hath been
unprofitable and vain : O grant that I ma
redeem the hỏurs that are paſt, and diſpoſe
of thoſe that are to come in ferving
thee hereafter with a devout Heart, and ear
neſt and pastionate Affećtions; draw me off
more and more from the Pleaſures and Vani
ties of this Life, that I may the better fettle
my wavering and divided soil upon thee alone.
And fince at this time I have here retired my
felf, that I might the more freely commune
with my own Heart, and meditate on thine
Holy Word, let thy Bleſſed Spirit astift me,
that I may not only barely remember what
read, but it into the praćtice of an
Holy Life, to the Comfort of my Soul, and the
Glory ofthy Name, thro Jeſus Christ. Amen.
After a light and fugal Supper, you call the Fa
mily to the Common Evening Service, confist
, -
ing of the Confestion, fo much of the Abfolu
tionas is fit for you to ſay, the Lord's Prayer,
|4 ö i the day, the other two fol
lowing it for the Evening-Prayer, that #
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42 An Office for the Lord's-Day.
the Litany, We humbly, &c. one or more
taken the Offertory, one or more
of the occaſional Prayers, that for all Con
itions of Men, with the other after it, the
general Thankſgiving, any particular one, as
occaſion requires, St. Chryſoſtom's and the
Bleffng. -

Then yougoto your cloſet, andfay,

O God my everlaſting Keeper, bleſſed be
thy Name for ever-more, for thou ma
deft me when I was nothing, thou redeemedft
me when I was worſe than mothing: Thou haft
fo multiplied thy Mercies on me through all the
Minutes of my Life, that the Sun has never
fet roſe or fet upon me without new Bleffings :
om thee. And as thou haft done ſo much for
me already, for which I pour out my very Soul
in Thankfulneſs;fo in the fame degree ofloweſt
Humility, I humbly beſeech thee to continue
thy Care of me this Night, and fo to ſhadow
me under the Wings of thy Protećtion, that
neither viſible nor inviſibleEnemies,neither Sin
11Or Illa to hurt me. That
fo when the joyful Light of the Day ſhall re
turn again, I may rife in Safety with an un
fpotted Soul and a Body fitted to be the Tem
ple of the Holy Ghost : Even fo Lord Jeſus.
Amen.

O hearts,
Moſt Holy Father, the Searcher ofall
who feeſt my down-lying as well
as up-rifing, Darkneſs and Light being
E
 An Office for the Lord's-Dy. 43
alike to thee, Let that Eye of thine which ne
ver flumbereth nor ſleepeth, which hath been
upon me this Day, watch over me this
ight : Let nothing diſturb, or make me a
fraid Letnome of thesins ofthe Daylie down
with me, nor ever appear against me. Vouch
ſafe my Body due and let
Soul have her Songs in the Night , keep bot
from all the Works of Darkneſs, and let
me be ever with thee, O Father, both here
and hereafter, thro' thy Son my
fus Chrift, in whoſe Name and Words I fur
&ther pray,
: Our Father, &c.
: - Amen,
g -

At undreſſing, you confider the time coming when

your Body must return naked to the Dust.
& Which is a Reflexion confirms you more inyour
Refolutions of being humble and penitent
| Ent'ring Bed, you fay,
In the Name of efus Chrift, who
was crucified and laid in the Grave for me, I
lay me down to reſt, He bleſs me and keep me !
: He fave me, and ráife me up again, andbring
: me at laſt to Life Eternal. Amen.
#
| Lying down, you fay
Have Mercy o me, ford, nós, and at the
hour ofdeath. Amen.
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