violence of spirit. O forgive whatsoever Thou knowest to have been amiss in us,-Thou, O GOD, who seest our hearts, and piercest into our most secret thoughts.

And, in order that we may obtain forgiveness of the sins both of this day and of our lives past, we now plead that name of JESUS CHRIST, Thy Son, in which we have been taught by Thy Gospel to place all our confidence and hope. O FATHER ALMIGHTY, pardon us, for His sake. We confess our guilt; we desire to be truly sorry for our sins. Accept, therefore, this our repentance, since we trust not in ourselves, but only in JESUS CHRIST Our LORD and our GOD. May His death on the cross atone for our offences :--may His intercession with Thee prevail on our behalf. May we be of the number of those, who, renouncing their own righteousness, are saved by His grace. May we believe unfeignedly in His name. May we be justified by this faith and may we go to rest, night after night, having peace with Thee through Him, our Redeemer.

We pray, also, that we may lie down in charity with all mankind. May we bear no malice nor hatred to any one in our hearts; but may we commit ourselves to rest with thoughts of kindness, and forbearance, and meekness, and good-will to all.

And we pray, also, that while we are commending ourselves to Thy grace and mercy, we may resolve, by Thy help, henceforth to cease from every sin, and to devote ourselves to Thy service. And to this end, may Thy Spirit continually strengthen and assist us. Do Thou, in the ensuing sabbath, put within us good desires, and holy thoughts; and defend us from all

kind of evil; and enable us to worship Thee, acceptably, in the services of Thy house. Help us, day by day, to amend our ways. May we grow in grace, and learn more and more how we may walk so as to please Thee; and thus may we be prepared for the hour of death, and for the day of judgment.

O LORD, take us now into Thy holy keeping. Let Thy blessing be this night upon us, and upon all belonging to us.

We ask this in the name of JESUS CHRIST, Our only Saviour. Amen.

Our Father, &c.

The grace of our Lord, &c.

THE END

FAMILY COMMENTARY

UPON THE

SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

PREFACE.

IN the Preface to a volume of "Family Prayers," by the late Mr. HENRY THORNTON, which was printed last year, (1834,) it was stated, in substance, that portions of a "Family Commentary," by the same wise and good man, which, though never, indeed, intended for publication, were yet complete and fit for it, might, at no distant period, be expected to issue from the press. The present Commentary, upon the Sermon on the Mount, is one of those portions. The favourable reception of the "Family Prayers" deepens the Editor's regret, that, when, at length, after the lapse of many years from the Author's death, the publication had been undertaken, any cause should have occurred to deprive the world, even for a day, of the benefit of the present Work.

Those who have become familiar with the "Prayers," will recognise in this Volume the work of the same piety; and will require no other notice of the Author, than that they already owe to him-the manual, abovementioned, of domestic worship. Without presuming to anticipate the judgment of others, the Editor, in committing this work to the blessing of GOD, and looking to that blessing, only, for