I live,fweet Jefus, for thy fake I defire to die; both living and dying I will ever profefs that thou art Good, and that thy Mercy endures for ever.

3. That I could now give thee, O Lord, all that Praife, Glory,and Honour, with which the Angels and Bleffed Spirits glorifie thee in Heaven! But because I am unable to do this, accept at least, this my Defire and good Will. Deliver me, O God, from every Thing that is contrary to thy Will, and be pleafed fo to difpofe of my Soul as may be for thy Glory and Honour: I furrender my felf into thy Hands, and entirely refolve to submit to that State of Life thou fhalt pleafe to appoint me, and if it be more for thy Honour that I fuffer,I chearfully accept it; not my Will but thine be done. Let nothing be now my Comfort but thou, Lord Jefu, and nothing afflict me but my Sins, and whatever elfe is dif pleafing to thy Divine Majefty. O bleffed Je fus, Life Eternal, by whom I live, and without whom I die, grant that I may now be united to thee, and in the Embraces of thy Holy Love and Divine Will, I may reft for ever. When fhall I fee thee, O fweet Saviour! when fhall I appear before thy Face! when shall I fee thee in the Land of the Living! Till then, I figh, and bewail my Banifhment, defiring to be diffolved, and to be with Christ.

If thefe Ejaculations are not fufficient, until the Poft Communion begins, you may enlarge them by reading more or lefs of thefe following Places in Scripture, viz.

For Grace to love God's Law, Pfal. 19. 119.

For

For a Holy Life, Pfal. 85.

For Salvation and Eternal Joys, Pfal. 16. 24. For Affurance of God's Care and Protection, Pfal.37. For the Comfort of God's Holy Spirit, Pfal. 34. For the Grace of Humility, Pfal. 131.

For Devotion in Religion, Pfal. 27.

Thanksgiving for God's Mercies, Pfal. 103. 136. 138.

For Pardon of Sins, Pfal. 85. 106. 116.
For Redemption by Christ, Pfal. 98. 118.
An A& of Thankfulness and Resolution before the
Poft Communion begins.

PRaife the Lord, O my Soul, and all that is with

in me blefs his Holy Name, for now I find the Mercy, the Peace, the Comfort and the Grace which flows from this Fountain of Spiritual Communion with Chrift, Let all the World know what he hath done for my Soul; he hath refcued me, and many of these my poor Brethren, from the nethermoft Hell: Wherefore I will love thee, O Holy Jefu, more than I can exprefs, and live and die in that moft Holy Religion which thou haft revealed to me. O let me never pollute that Body, or defile that Soul, which the Saviour of the World delights to dwell in! O let no Oaths or Lyings, Back Bitings andSlanderings, prophane those Lips, no Obfcenity or Intemperance pollute that Mouth thro' which thefe Holy Symbols have fo lately paffed: For which fresh Instance of thy Mercy and Goodness, I will praife thy Holy Name, befeeching thee to keep me in this Temper and Refolution of Mind, until Death is fwallowed up in Victory, for thy Son, Fe-i fus Chrift's fake. Amen.

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A Prayer against evil and perplexing Thoughts. Go not far from me, O Lord my God, make bafte to help me; for corrupt Imaginations are perpetually rifing in my Breast, and innumerable Fears and Sorrows clofe me on every fide. Be pleased, O Gracious Lord, in this Perplexity,to refresh my Soul with fome fpeedy Comfort, Scatter and difperfe all these dark and finful Thoughts which haunt my Soul, by shedding abroad the Light of thy Grace into my Heart; for in the Extremity of this my Grief, this is my only Hope and Comfort, that I can take Sanctuary in thy Goodnefs, repofe my Confidence, and caft all my Care and Burthen on thee, who never faileft them that call upon thee; give me Patience under thefe Adverfities, and a happy Iffue out of all these Afflictions, both of Body and Mind. Turn thee unto me and have Mercy upon me, for I'am defolate and in Mifery, the Sorrows of my Heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of all my Troubles Look upon my Adverfity and Mifery, and forgive me all my Sin! O keep my Soul and deliver me; Let me not be confounded, for I have put my Truft in thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. See Pfal. 6. 102. 34. 42. 43.

Upon Christmas Day, and Seven Days after, you may add this to your other Devotions,

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Defire, O Lord, to blefs and praise thine infinite Goodnefs which took Compaffion upon Mankind in his greatest Mifery, and haft provided fo admirable aRemedy,

by fending thine only begotten Son to recover

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our corrupt and degenerate Nature, and by the Purity of his Doctrine, and the Example of his Life, and the Sacrifice of his Death, to purchase eternal Happiness for us. Grant, O Lord, that through the Afliftance of thy Grace and Heavenly Benediction, I may daily comply with thofe great things which thou haft done and defigned for my Salvation. Poffefs my Soul with Purity and Piety, and all other Christian Graces and Vertues, that living fo berly, righteously and godly in this prefent World, I may hereafter dwell with thee, O Father of Mercies, and God of all Comfort, in those Manfions of Blifs and Glory which thou hast prepared for them that love thee. Amen. See Pfal. 19. 89. 45.

Eafter-Day, and Seven Days after.

BLeffed Jefus, who haft triumphed over the Power of Darkness, and conquered Hell and the Grave, and who, by thy glorious Refurrection, haft made known the Power of thy Divinity, and proved thy felf the true Meffias, keep me ftedfaft in this Faith; and grant that all the Actions of my Life may te ftifie the Reality and Sincerity of my Belief, by a fuitable Converfation, that I may rife from the Death of Sin unto the Life of Righteoufnefs, that as I am buried with thee by Baptifm, I may hence-forward mortifie all my corrupt Lufts and Affections, and daily proceed in all Vertue and Godliness of Living," that departing this Life in thy Faith and Fear, I may have my perfect Confummation and Blifs both in Body and Soul, in thy eternal"

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and everlasting Kingdom, through the fame thy Son our Saviour Fefus Chrift. Amen. See Pfal. 2. 57. 11.

Whitfunday, and Seven Days after.

Lord my God, who by thy Son our Saviour Jefus Christ haft promifed the Affiftance of thy Holy Spirit to all that ask it of thee; I beseech thee always to direct my Ways and Actions, the Thoughts and Intentions of my Heart, by the Light of thy Holy Spirit. Let him be unto me a Spirit of Sanctification, to purifie my corrupt Nature; a Spirit of Counfel in all my Difficulties; of Direction in all my Doubts, Fears and Scruples; of Courage in all my Dangers; of Conftancy and Confolation to me under all my Perfecutions and Sufferings, especially in time of Sickness, and at the Hour of Death; that being governed and guided by his Divine Influence and Direction, I may pafs through all the Changes and Chances of this mortal Life, till he bring me to everlasting Life, there to reign with thee, O bleffed Jefu, World without End. Amen. See Pfal. 34, 42, 43, 51.

Trinity Sunday..

Glory be to thee, O God the Father, for creating me after thine own Image, capable of loving thee, and enjoying thee eternally; for recovering me from a State of Sin and Mifery, when I had loft and undone my felf. ---Glory be to thee. O God the Son, for un-1 dertaking the wonderful Work of Man's Re-i demption, for rescuing me from the Slavery!

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