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An appendix to the discourse upon the doctrine of our baptismal covenant being a method of family-religion / by Thomas Bray ...
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Bray, Thomas, 1658-1730.
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Wing B4288; ESTC R34276
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IN an humble and thankful Sense O Lord of Heaven and Earth of our entire dependence on Thee and of the Duty we owe Thee and the many Promises and Vows wherein we stand engaged to Thee we fall down before Thee this Evening and with all Reverence worship thy Divine Majesty Giving Thee the Glory that is due to thy Name and acknowledging thy multiplied Mercies to us particularly those of this Day to the Conclusion of which thou hast now safely brought us with new Resolutions in our Hearts to continue forever in thy Faith and Fear and Love and Obedience It is but just and reasonable and we feel likewise by daily Experience that it is our Happiness to keep thy Commandments and to maintain chearful Thoughts of Thee and an hearty Friendship with Thee by complying in all things with thy Holy Will O pardon our Folly most Gracious God in forsaking at any time that Perfect Rule to follow our own unruly Desires Pardon us we beseech Thee for we know not how to pardon our selves such Ingratitude to Thee and Cruelty to our selves It is the Grief of our Hearts that we have in the least offended Thee and our most earnest unfeigned Desires to to be preserved hereafter in an exact Conformity to the Rule in every thing Yea we wou'd delight to do thy Will O God and take such a Pleasure in all the Acts of Righteousness Mercy Meekness and Gentleness to our Neighbours and in praising and acknowledging Thee the God of all Grace and in living in an humble sense of thy Bounty and our own Vndeservings and in a temperate and thankful Vse of all thy Blessings that we may have the continual Feast of a good Conscience and the constant Comfort and Satisfaction of having Thee always for our Friend and our Gracious Father in Christ Jesus O thou who art the Inspirer of such holy Counsels Desires and Purposes keep them for ever in our Hearts encourage strengthen and increase them that after the Refreshment of a quiet Sleep this Night we may feel them lively and powerful in the Morning and with renew'd Joy we may still devote our selves to thy faithful Service O that our Friends and all thy People in every Place may partake of the same Mercies we desire for our selves And however we are severed one from another in this World grant us an happy Meeting at the Day of our Lord In whose Words we pray Thee to hear us Our Father c. AN Office for YOUTH Texts of Scripture proper for a Mornning Meditation Eph. 5.14 AWake thou that sleepest and arise from the Dead and Christ shall give thee Light Rom. 13. Ver. 11. Knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed Ver. 12. The Night is far spent the Day is at hand let us therefore cast off the Works of Darkness and let us put on the Armour of Light Ver. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the Day and put on the Lord Jesus Christ Matth. 5.16 Let your Light so shine before Men that they may see your good Works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven Eccles 2.13 Wisdom excelleth Folly as far as Light excelleth Darkness I. Psal 3.5 I laid me down and slept I awaked for the Lord sustained me II. Psal 90.14 O satisfy me early with thy Mercy that I may rejoice and be glad all my Days III. Psal 59.16 17. I will sing of thy Power yea I will sing aloud of thy Mercy in the Morning for thou hast been my Defence and Refuge in the day of my Trouble IV. Ver. 17. Unto thee O my Strength will I sing for God is my Defence and the God of my Mercy V. Psal 71.5 Thou art my Hope O Lord God thou art my Trust from my Youth VI. Ver. 6. By thee have I been holden up from the Womb thou art he that took me out of my Mothers Bowels my Praises shall be continually of thee VII Psâ—l 148.12 Young Men and Maidens Old Men and Children VIII Ver. 13. Let them praise the Name of the Lord for his Name alone is excellent his Glory is above the Earth and Heaven IX Psal 113.1 Praise ye the Lord praise him O ye Servants of the Lord. X. Ver. 2. Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore XI Ver. 3. From the rising up of the Sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's Name is to be praised XII Psal 119.124 Deal with thy Servant according to thy Mercies O teach me thy Statutes XIII Ver. 125. I am thy Servant give me Understanding that I may know thy Testimonies XIV Psal 143.8 Cause me to learn thy loving kindness for in thee do I trust cause me to know the way wherein I should walk for I lift up my Soul unto thee A Morning Prayer O God the Father of Heaven I render unto Thee all possible Praise and Thanksgiving who hast preserved me safe from the Danger of the Night past I do humbly beseech thee that thou wouldst take me under the Protection of thy Good Providence this Day and for evermore And as thou hast dispell'd the Darkness of the Night and fill'd the World with the Light of the Sun and hast awaken'd me from Sleep so do thou vouchsafe O Lord to expel the Darkness of Ignorance from my Mind enlightning it with the Beams of thy most Holy Spirit and with the Knowledge of thy beloved Son Jesus Christ our Saviour that true Light which lighteth every Man that cometh into the World that so declining from the Works of Darkness and directing my Steps according to the Truth of thy most Holy Word I may always walk as in open day Soberly Righteously and Godly subduing all Youthful Lusts and avoiding all Evil Company and at length may arrive to the Habitations of Light under the Conduct of the same thy Son to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit one God of most Adorable Majesty be all Honour and Glory both now and evermore Amen Scripture Texts for Evening Meditation John 11.9 ARE there not twelve Hours in the Day If any Man walk in the Day he stumbleth not because he seeth Light of of this World Ver. 10. But if a Man walk in the Night he stumbleth because there is no Light in him John 3.19 And this is the Condemnation that Light is come into the World and Men love Darkness rather than Light because their Deeds were Evil. John 1.9 Now Jesus Christ is that true Light which lighteth every Man that cometh into the World John 12.35 Let us therefore walk whilst we have Light lest Darkness come upon us for he that walketh in Darkness knoweth not whither he goeth 1 John 2.9 He that saith he is in the Light and hateth his Brother is in Darkness even until now Ver. 10. He that loveth his Brother abideth in the Light and there is no occasion of stumbling in him Psa