set before me may be content to do and suffer cheerfully whatever in thy Wisdom thou shalt think fit to charge me with Come Lord make a Reformation in this poor blind distressed miserable Soul my Faith is weak my Hope is weak my Love is weak my Charity is weak One word of thy mouth would put vigour and life into me The same Word that made the Sun shine out in the first Creation would make my Graces bright and that Sentence Let there be Light spoken to my Soul would change the dark Chaos into a Globe of light O make goodness habitual in my Soul O that it might be an everlasting inhabitant in me O that my Soul might become its proper Seat its Palace its Tabernacle from which it might never depart Ah! how inconstant is my Zeal Hot I am to day and cold to morrow Sometime I seem to lay force on the everlasting Kingdom a little while after I fall in love again with the world O destroy this weed of inconstancy in my Garden All this comes from the weakness of my Vertues Hence it is that I am not the same every where And I that am bold in one place to stand up for thy glory am a Coward in another Where is thy mighty Arm O Lord Where are thy Bowels Fill my languishing Soul with strength from above and with wisdom from above that I may encrease and abound more and more in love Perfect what thou hast begun in me Let Meekness and Humility and all the graces of the Holy Ghost become natural to me O that they were incorporated with my temper O that they were so riveted into my Soul that I might not be able to act contrary to them O that I might find as great a reluctancy when I am tempted to neglect them as formerly I found when thy Spirit commanded me to performe them O how sweet a frame do these Graces put the Soul into O that I could say that thus it is with me Sweet Jesu be not tired with taking pains with this miserable Soul Thou hast been prodigiously kind to me O be not weary of being farther gracious favourable O let me find by blessed experience that I grow in Grace and that thy Commandments are no longer grievous to me that every thing in thy service becomes more easie and that what formerly was a burden to me is now pure pleasure and delight to my Soul O my God gild my Soul once more with thy radiant Beams and establish my heart unblamable in Holiness at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen A Prayer relating to Exercise 15. viz. Every night before we go to bed to call our selves to an account for the Actions of the day O God who searchest the Heart and the Reins How deceitful is my Heart How many are the ways that lead to destruction How innumerable are the Wiles of the Devil yet by thy light they may all be discovered and their danger perceived and their ill intent laid open How small an Atome doth the bright light of the Sun make visible Therefore that light which thou vouchsafest to an humble mind must be supposed far more effectual to manifest all the Stratagems of the powers of darkness O my God make me willing to see the designs of my Spiritual Enemies against me that I may resist them oppose and overcome them My Heart is a Field where many Tares are mix'd with the wholesome Wheat If I search not how shall those Tares be rooted up If I examine not what can I expect but that like the Field of the slothful and like the Vineyard of the man void of Understanding it will be all grown over with Thorns and Nettles will cover the face thereof Shall I say a little sleep a little more slumber till my Poverty come on like an armed man O my God let my greatest care be that thou and my Soul be friends But how shall I know thou art my Friend except I examine my Soul and see what tokens of thy love I find there O let me not be afraid to know my Thoughts my Words my Actions my Inclinations If I know they are evil I may reform them If I find they are good I may rejoyce in them O teach me the art of searching my heart Let me not continue a stranger to my self Let it be a pleasure to me to take notice how I thrive in Grace Let me know my danger O keep me from wandring in the dark Let me see how I go astray that I may get into the right way again Convince me of the easiness and pleasantness of this task O let me not think it a burthen to my Soul I have dwelt too long in the Suburbs of Religion O perswade me to enter into the City which hath foundations Let the reward that is before me be a strong motive to me to put on the whole Armour of God O how sweet will it be to me to see thy assistances the incomes of thy Grace the influences of thy Spirit my progress in goodness the abatement of my sins the decay of my corruptions and my nearer approach to Heaven If I examine my heart all this will be made manifest to me for thou wilt teach me the way of life and in thy light I shall see light through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer relating to Exercise extraordinary 1. viz. To enter into solemn Vows and Promises O Blessed Jesu to whom I have so often promised Faithfulness and Allegiance and Obedience How justly mayest thou look upon me betwixt pity and anger as thou didst upon Peter when he had most shamefully denied thee And O that thy looks might have the same effect upon me that they had upon thy Apostle and I might weep bitterly For how light have I made of my most solemn Promises How have I sought to impose upon thee O my God! How have I evaded the obligations my resolutions have laid upon me and sometimes downright broke those Promises Ah treacherous creature that I am how can I expect thou shouldest perform thy Promises made to me when I am so careless of observing and performing of mine to thee Thou art of infinite patience therefore I am not yet destroyed Hence forward when I promise thee let thy Majesty Greatness Justice and Holiness prevail with me to break with thee no more O let me not think because thou art silent and doest not presently punish my perfidiousness that thou art altogether such a one as my self O instruct me that I may entertain greater thoughts of thee If I enter into a Vow at any time assist me powerfully with thy Spirit that I may act according to the word that is gone out of my Lips As I make thee my Judge and Witness in my Vows so let me remember that my Witness is omniscient and my Judge hath Magazines of Vengeance at command Let me undergo any inconvenience rather than be false to my Engagements O keep
day without summoning my thoughts to survey the nobler Rest whereof this present is but an Emblem I have gone this day with the multitude to the house of God but what is this to the company I shall ere long meet in Heaven if I imitate them in their severities here Happy Society where is no Chaff among the Corn no Tares among the Wheat no Thistles among the Roses Where all are Children of God all are Kings all are Saints all are full of grace and glory all are wise all courteous all affable all adorn'd with celestial qualities If I take such pleasure in the conversation of a wise discreet and prudent man here what delight shall I take in the company of the wisest holiest and most accomplished Souls that want nothing that have all things that abound in Knowledge in Prudence in Wisdom and in Sanctity How do I admire men of great parts and abilities here in what admiration then will my Soul be when it shall converse with persons deckt with the light of Gods Glory who know all things without reading understand the greatest Mysteries without studying comprehend the abstrusest things without labour who forget nothing whose Memory never decays whose Parts never faile who know without errour apprehend without doubting understand with assurance and perceive with the greatest evidence imaginable who can unfold all Riddles resolve all difficulties answer to all Questions and think and speak nothing but truth whose Mindes know no darkness whose Understandings are free from Clouds whose Knowledge is eternal How can they but be happy when the place where they for ever live is so How can they but know the deep things of God when God is the Glass in which they behold all Mysteries O my God make me in love with that place where I shall love thee perfectly where my Soul shall be eternally united to thee where it cannot but love thee cannot but embrace thee and cannot but be ravished with thee forever If they which running in a Race strive for the mastery are temperate in all things shall not I be so If they mortifie themselves to gain a corruptible Crown shall not I do so much to gain an incorruptible What pains do ungodly sinners take to get to Hell and shall not I be at some cost and charge to get to Heaven O Lord let it never be said of me that I valued thy Heaven less than other men do the Devils Kingdom Thou offerest me the honour to reign with thee for ever and in order thereunto requirest nothing of me but to reign over my self on this side Heaven Thou bid'st me rule my Lusts and shall I give them vent Thou bid'st me curb my vain Desires and shall I cherish them in my Bosom Thou bid'st me triumph over my Flesh and shall I set it on the Throne Thou bid'st me subdue my worldly inclinations and shall I give them entertainment How great are the Glories thou intendest me and shall I deprive my self of them out of love to Slavery and Bondage O give me courage to command my self O let me not be afraid of displeasing my self My dearest Lord teach me so to rule my outward and inward man that I may rule at last with my blessed Redeemer for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for Munday-Morning relating to the Meditation prescribed Exercise 3. for Munday GReat All-seeing and Almighty Judge of the World before whom all Mankind must e'erlong appear Righteous art thou in all thy ways and holy in all thy works If the righteous shall scarcely be saved where shall I a poor sinner appear I that have so long so frequently neglected my Duty delayed my Repentance undervalued thy Mercies despised thy Patience and abused the riches of thy Grace and Favour O Lord how watchful should I be over my self if the terrours of the Great day of account stood before me in lively Characters O dreadful day when I a poor wretch must stand before thy Tribunal and see my self surrounded with vast Legions of Angels all expecting to hear what my Sentence will be This day I talk of This day I have frequently in my mouth but O that my Soul were frighted more with the mention and consideration of it I should not then lead so easie so soft a life I should then spend more time in Weeping and Praying I should then be afraid of defiling my Soul with the least spot of sin Lord Jesu Great Saviour of the world look upon me and let me feel thy power in my Soul even such power to represent this day to my mind in all its terrours and circumstances that I may make haste to enter into thy rest The Judge is at the door let me bring presents to him that ought to be feared and since no gift is so pleasing to thee as a heart entirely devoted to thy service O perswade me O help me O assist me to mind the one thing necessary and to chuse the better part which may never be taken away from me for thy Name sake for thy Mercies sake for thy Merits sake Amen A Prayer for Munday in the Evening OThou Omniscient Omnipotent and Omnipresent Being who hast appointed a day wherein thou wilt judge the Secrets of mens Hearts and all their Words and Actions and Desires by thy Gospel I believe this day will come a day when pure hearts will be esteemed more than eloquent Speeches and a good Conscience will to farther than Purses of Gold Thou Lord givest me frequent warnings of the approaches of this day My Conscience puts me in mind of it The Sicknesses and Calamities thou sendest upon me tell me of it My heart misgives me that I am not safe that my Soul is in danger and that my eternal interest is not yet secured O my God who art not tired with the Prayers of thy Servants nor displeased with the importunities of thy Children I earnestly beg it is the desire of my Soul to be enliven'd and awaken'd into a sense of this day that to day while I hear thy Voice I may not harden my Heart I have delay'd my serious care of a future happiness too long too long indeed O that mine Eyes were Fountains of tears to weep for this neglect I am sensible I must not trifle any longer I must not defer a concern of that importance to another day O my God let me admire thy patience that I have liv'd unto this hour and accept of my Sacrifice of the remainder of my days which I humbly consecrate to Faith and Love in Christ Jesus O let this future Judgement swim before mine eyes when I speak when I think when I follow my lawful Calling when I am in company when I am alone when I walk when I sit when I stand and let me ever fear that Judge who hath power to destroy both Soul and Body into Hell that both my Soul and Body may be preserved from damnation through Jesus Christ our Lord.
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer relating to Exercise 5. viz. To bridle our Tongues O God by whom I am fearfully and wonderfully made who hast beset me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me such knowledge is too wonderful for me it is high I cannot attain unto it How have I abused that Tongue thou hast given me to shew forth thy praise How long have I employed it about things which do not profit I am ashamed of it O teach me to blush O let me see how I have perverted thy gifts and misimproved my Talents O let me value thy Mercies better and give me thy Grace to remember that I am not mine own Assure me that I am bought with a Price to shew forth the glory of him that died for me And can I shew forth thy glory if my tongue be not cautious of offending thee Can it look like glorifying thee if that Member which of all the Organs of this mortal Frame is most fitted for thy glory fails in its duty The volubility quickness nimbleness readiness thou hast planted here were all intended to trumpet forth thy glorious Attributes O my God! I will not hide thy Righteousness within my Heart I will declare thy Faithfulness and thy Salvation I will not conceal thy loving Kindness and thy Truth from the great Congregation Let me speak of thee with reverence and godly fear Give me discretion to know how and when and what to speak Lord give me Motives and Arguments to speak as I ought to do Let my Speech be always with Grace seasoned with Salt that I may know how to answer every man Let no corrupt Communication proceed out of my Mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister Grace unto the hearers Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and keep the door of my Lips Let me keep my Mouth as it were with a Bridle and teach me to punish my self for my great neglect with gracious and savoury discourses Let me delight to speak of thee and make me afraid of every idle word Lord rule my Tongue and let even that member be dedicated to thy service In all my Speeches and Answers let me study Veracity Sobriety and Modesty Open thou my Lips O Lord and let my Tongue be filled with thy praise all the day long and in the night season let me not be silent Fill me with a profound sense of the great day of Account when my Words will be examined as well as my Actions Season my Tongue with conscientiousness and let me not be rash with my Lips Let my Heart smite me when I am going to speak things which are not after thy Law Let thy Statutes be my Songs in the house of my pilgrimage and let the Law of thy mouth be better unto me than thousands of Gold and Silver Amen A Prayer relating to Exercise 6. viz. To watch against little Sins O Thou who art of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity with the least approbation How have I been deceived how have I been imposed upon by the World and my treacherous Heart How securely have I wallowed in lesser sins and made a mock of them I see Lord what circumspection is necessary in a Christian-life I repent of making so light of things which have been offensive and contrary to thy Holiness Fool that I was to imagine that any thing can be trivial and light which thou hast forbid Can any Order or Precept proceed from thee but what is the product of eternal deliberation Can any thing be needless which thou set'st thy Hand Seal to What low thoughts must I have of thy Wisdom What mean conceptions of thy Omniscience if I harbour such Imaginations Dull blockish creature that I am when every Law thou makest and every Work thou doest and every Providence that comes to pass is done according to the eternal counsel of thy Will built upon the strongest Pillars of Reason and is an effect of the brightest clearest and most unbyassed Understanding how can any thing be little and inconsiderable that thou do'st command But alas These are but the pretences of my Lusts they are loth to be deprived of their pleasures and therefore suggest such feeble Arguments A little sin what nonsence is there in that word Why shouldest thou prohibit it why shouldest thou warn entreat and beseech me not to do it but that thou who knowest all things knowest it to be prejudicial to my Soul It 's a sign I esteem I prize thee not Did I truly look upon thee as the loveliest Being and my onely and greatest Benefactor I should be afraid of a disorderly thought O let me never judge of sin any more by the sickly fancies of carnal men but by the holiness of thy Nature And as thou my God who hast called me art holy so let me be holy in all manner of Conversation O let me not dally with sin any more nor make sport with it because the world calls it little but let it be sufficient to me that thou my God dislikest it and make me entirely conformable to thy Will Give me O thou giver of every good thing just apprehensions of my duty Increase my love to thy Name and my hatred of sin will encrease O that I were more ravished with thy beauty how odious would every thing be to me that is injurious to thy Glory O the infinite obligations I have to love thee and yet how cold is my Heart and because it is cold I startle at nothing but the greater sins O let me remember that I am a Christian and have vowed my self to thy service and let me serve thee in keeping even of the least of thy Commandments Discover to me the equity and reasonableness of every Precept that I may plead no excuses no impediments but break through all obstacles to express my love O let me esteem all thy Precepts concerning all things to be right and let me hate every false way Nothing can be lovely that thou forbiddest Nothing can be sound that thou accusest of rottenness Nothing can be safe that thou warnest me against I have found the ways of sin false indeed false as Hell When I have thought to step into the bed of pleasure I have rush'd into a Gulph of misery When I have hoped to fill my self with content and satisfaction I have run into Briars and Thorns and filled my Heart with heaviness and I find I have been flattered into ruine O let me dread the very appearance of evil and be thou my everlasting sweetness my everlasting delight my everlasting comfort through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer relating to Exercise 7. viz. To keep a strict guard over our Eyes O Thou whose Eyes are like flames of fire and whose Feet like Brass glowing in a Furnace who art brighter than the Sun clearer than the Stars whose eyes run to and fro through the world to shew thy self
me from henceforth even for ever and though I sow in Tears yet let me reap in Joy Be thou my Fortress and Deliverer and in the great danger watch over me for good and not for evil and enable me to tell my Friends what the Lord hath done for my Soul through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Thanksgiving after safe deliverance O God! How am I bound to praise thy great and glorious Name who hast not forsaken me when my Soul was in trouble Out of the depth have I cried unto thee and thou hast heard my voice and my supplication For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayst be found O Lord my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me Thou hast brought up my Soul from the Grave thou hast kept me alive that I should not go down to the Pit Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing thou hast put off my Sack-cloth and girded me with gladness to the end that my glory may sing praises to thee and not be silent O Lord my God I will give thanks unto thee and delight my self in the Lord for ever thorough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for one that intends a Single Life O Most gracious God who givest power to the weak and strength to the feeble thou knowest my purposes and seest my desires and art acquainted with my design of being married to none but thee O blessed Bridegroom of my Soul give me chast desires power to resist Temptations strength to subdue the motions of the Flesh. Dwell in me by thy Spirit Teach me to love thee passionately Let no other object engross my Affections Give me a spiritual Appetite Keep me unspotted in this sinful world Be thou my All my Riches my Pleasure my Delight my Crown my Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for one that is entring into a Married state O God who hast made Marriage an honourable thing and promised to bless those that marry in the Lord In thy name I am entring into another state of life Be merciful unto me O Lord rejoyce the Soul of thy Servant for unto thee O Lord do I lift up my Soul Direct me in all my actions Counsel me in what I am to do Encline my heart to fear thy Name Enrich her that is to be my Yoak-fellow with the choicest of thy favours Give us both hearts to rely and depend upon thee Let 's look up to thee in all our concerns Make our mutual love sincere and constant and let 's encourage one another to godliness Make us helpful one to another and in our lawful endeavours and enterprizes let 's see thy bountiful hand Make us both pleas'd with what thou shalt think fit to send upon us and contented in all conditions and with united force let 's press toward the mark of eternal glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer before a Journey O Thou who wast a Pillar of Cloud to thy People of old in the day and a Pillar of Fire by night watch over me in this Journey day and night Be thou my Guide my Star my Light my Director and bring me safe to the place I intend for Preserve me from all evil Protect me from all dangers let thine Angel be my Guardian and under the shadow of thy Wings let my refuge be that I may observe thy Statutes and keep thy Laws through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Thanksgiving after a safe return BLessed God whose works are honourable and glorious and who hast made thy wonderful works to be remembred give me leave to admire and to praise thy Providence which hath covered me with its Feathers and been my Shield and Buckler which hath kept me from the terrour by night and from the destruction that wasteth at noon day I cheerfully offer here unto thee the Sacrifice of righteousness and as I see the loving kindness of the Lord so enable me for the future to live in a thankful remembrance of thy goodness and let this and all thy other gracious Providences prevail with me to walk before thee with a perfect and upright heart through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for one that is going to Sea O Thou who stillest the raging of the Sea so that the Waves thereof are still Thy Way is in the Sea and thy Path in the great Waters and thy Footsteps are not known O God! I am like to see thy Works and Wonders in the deep Be with me I beseech thee in my going out and in my coming in Spread thy wings over me and let me find by blessed experience that they who trust in thee shall never be confounded Prosper my Voyage and give success to my endeavours Let not the Deep swallow me up neither let the Flouds drown me Shine upon me day and night and with thy love cherish my fainting Spirits Let no evil examples have dominion over me Let thy fear be upon my Soul at all times and let nothing tempt me to depart from my integrity Let my Soul learn by thy Providences to keep close to thy Word and let that be my Comfort in all my Afflictions through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Thanksgiving when one is returned safely O God thou art the God that doest Wonders thou hast declared thy strength among the People Thou hast with thine arm redeem'd thy People the Sons of Jacob and Joseph I will praise thee for thy goodness and for thy wonderful Works to the Children of men I will exalt thee in the Congregation of the People and praise thee in the Assembly of the Elders I cried unto the Lord in my trouble and thou broughtest me out of my distresses Thou hath delivered me from the great Waters and my Life hath been precious in thy sight Recreate my Soul with the thoughts of thy mercy and while I am sailing through the boisterous Sea of this World let thy Word be a Lanthorn to my Feet and a Light to my Paths through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A short Prayer before Divine Service or Sermon O God I am come into the house where thy Honour dwelleth Overaw me with a sense of thy Presence that I may pray with understanding and like a person concern'd about the blessings I shall pray for Fix my Thoughts and Affections on thy sweet self and teach me to make intercessions with groans which cannot be uttered Let thy Word be sweet to me and give me a tractable Spirit that may cheerfully and willingly submit to the Yoak of the Lord Jesus Assist me in all my Duties and Devotions and let thy good Spirit direct and order them to thy Glory Make my Soul a gainer by these spiritual Exercises and let all the Congregation feel the power of thy influences that with one heart and one voice we may glorifie God in the day of Visitation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer after Divine Service
and Sermon O Thou who livest for ever and ever I have pray'd I have heard thy Word I have joyn'd with thy People in their Supplications and Prayers If thou Lord shouldest mark Iniquities who shall stand Pardon I beseech thee the iniquities of my holy things and what imperfections thou hast seen in my Devotions cover them with the unspotted righteousness of Christ Jesus and cleanse them with his Bloud Cast me not away from thy presence neither take thy holy Spirit from me Accept of my imperfect Services and make me more circumspect in all my ways Let thy Word be written in my heart and let neither the cares nor riches nor pleasures of the world steal it away O give me thy Grace to walk according to this rule through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Morning-Prayer for a Family O God great and glorious the Day is thine and the Night is thine thou hast made Summer and Winter thou hast made the out-goings of the Morning and Evening to rejoyce How great is thy loving kindness therefore the Children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy Wings We praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. Thou art the great preserver of men Thou hast protected us the night past and through thy mercy we have escaped innumerable dangers thou hast been our refuge our hiding place our fortress and our deliverer One Generation shall praise thy Works unto another and declare thy mighty acts We see thy goodness again in the land of the living Thou hast spread thy Wings over us thou hast covered us with thy Feathers Thou knowest our frame and remembrest we are dust Thou knowest how unable we are to keep our selves and therefore hast taken care of us and unto this moment thy favours and loving kindnesses rest upon our Souls and Bodies O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and declare his wonderful works to the Children of men We cannot but remember how like a Father thou hast pitied us all our days We have always found thy help in the time of trouble How precious are thy thoughts which are to us ward they cannot be reckon'd up in order unto thee If we would declare and speak of them they are more than can be numbred What Sacrifices of thanksgiving are we bound to offer unto thee for thy love to our Souls in Christ Jesus for the assistances of thy Holy Spirit for thy Word and Ordinances and for all the encouragements we have to lay hold on eternal life O make us sensible of thy goodness Let us see how sweet and how gracious thou art and let this sight work in us a perfect hatred of sin and a fervent love to the ways of holiness Discover to us the errours of our ways Reveal to us our secret corruptions Let not only greater but even all lesser sins become odious and loathsom to our Souls Establish us with thy grace uphold us with thy free Spirit Leave us not to our selves rule us by thy power direct us by thy wisdom Enable us to do thy will Encourage us to cleanse our selves from all filthiness both of flesh and spirit and whatever things are praise-worthy let 's not onely think of them but practise them Give us earnest desires to imitate the best of mankind Let 's delight greatly in thy Commandments Lord open the eyes of our Understandings that we may look more earnestly upon the spiritual riches thou hast vouchsafed unto us and may be enamour'd with them and despise the vanities of the world and set our affections upon the things which are above and may at last obtain the end of our Faith even the salvation of our Souls Be with us this following day Make us watchful over our senses Work in us a detestation of all filthy discourses and of all the ill we see in the world Teach us how to live in thy fear and whatever sin we are tempted to let 's tremble at it and say how can we commit this wickedness and sin against our God! Let thy holy Angels keep us in all our ways Order our steps according to thy Word Direct and guide our thoughts and words and actions Bless all our lawful endeavours Cross and disappoint us in that which is offensive to thy holiness Prosper that which is expedient for us Give us courage and wisdom discretion and resolution in our behaviour toward God and men and let 's use the world as if we used it not Keep our thoughts fixed upon a better life that whenever thou shalt call us away from hence we may be ready and willing to obey thy Summons through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Here the Prayers for the King Royal Family Church c. may be added An Evening Prayer for a Family MOst holy and ever-glorious God! how excellent is thy Name in all the World Thou art to be seen in all thy works and we have seen thee the day past in thy various Mercies and gracious Providences for which we do here render our most humble and hearty thanks O God! who is like unto thee For though thou dwellest on high yet thou humblest thy self to behold the ways of the Children of men What are we that thou shouldest take notice of us or what is our frame that thou shouldest have such respect unto us We see thy condescention and admire it We see thy loving kindnesses and praise thy Name Thy Mercy reacheth unto the Heavens thy Faithfulness unto the Clouds Thou givest unto us all that our Hearts and Faith and Reason can desire What a glorious gift is the Son of thy bosom what rich Presents are thy Promises how industrious is thy Providence to engage our hearts to love thee yet how backward are we to this duty How loath to raise our Souls above the world How unwilling to take thee for our greatest treasure We say and speak glorious things of thee now and then but we feel them not O touch our hearts and warm them with the fire of the Sanctuary and let 's know no other thing than to love thee with all our hearts and with all our Souls Be thou the pleasing object of our Souls and let 's be displeased with nothing but what displeases thee Teach us to neglect our own will that we may the better comply with thine and let 's walk by this golden Rule to speak little to think little and to do much Thou hast done great things for us denied thy self in thy glory majesty and splendor to do us good let 's therefore scruple nothing that thou commandest and give us strength to do what thou commandest and then command what thou pleasest Enable us to act and speak and live as in thy presence where-ever we are and whatever we are doing and let 's so live in the world as not to be of the world Let no condition thou shalt call us out unto be uneasie or unpleasant to us and whenever thou shalt think