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A29251 An appendix to the discourse upon the doctrine of our baptismal covenant being a method of family-religion / by Thomas Bray ... Bray, Thomas, 1658-1730. 1699 (1699) Wing B4288; ESTC R34276 17,835 51

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and Holy Ghost we beseech thee that thou would'st keep us stedfast in this Faith and that we may ever continue to Believe in God the Father who hath made us and all the World in God the Son who hath Redeem'd us and all Mankind and in God the Holy Ghost who hath Sanctified us and all the Elect People of God And enable us as to Believe in thee so to Obey thy holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same all the Days of our Life Particularly enable us to Love thee with all our Heart with all our Mind with all our Soul and with all our Strength to Worship thee to give thee Thanks to put our whole Trust in thee to Call upon thee to Honour thy holy Name and thy Word and to Serve thee truly all the Days of our Life Enable us also Conscientiously to discharge our Duties towards our Neighbour to love him as our selves and to do unto all Men as we would they should do unto us To Love Honour and Succour our Relations to Honour and Obey the King and all that are put in Authority under Him to Submit our selves to all our Governors Teachers Spiritual Pastors and Masters To order our selves Lowly and Reverently to all our Betters to hurt no Body by Word or Deed to be true and just in all our Dealings to bear no Malice nor Hatred in our Hearts to keep our Hands from Picking and Stealing and our Tongues from Evil-speaking Lying and Slandering to keep our Bodies in Temperance Soberness and Chastity not to covet nor desire other Mens Goods but to learn and labour truly to get our own Living and to do our Duty in that state of Life unto which it shall please our God at any time to dispose of us We know O God that we are not able to do these Things of our selves nor to walk in thy Commandments and to serve thee without thy special Grace And therefore we desire of thee O Lord God our heavenly Father who art the Giver of all Goodness to send thy Grace unto us and to all People that we may Worship thee Serve thee and Obey thee as we ought to do And we pray unto thee that thou wilt send us all Things that be needful both for our Souls and Bodies and that thou wilt be merciful unto us and forgive us our Sins und that it will please thee to save and defend us in all Dangers Ghostly and Bodily and that thou wilt keep us from all Sin and Wickedness and from our Ghostly Enemy and from everlasting Death And this we trust thou wilt do of thy Mercy and Goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Neither pray we for our selves alone but for all States and Conditions of Men amongst us And O merciful God who hath made all Men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor would the Death of a Sinner but rather that he should be Converted and Live have Mercy upon all Jews Turks Infidels and Hereticks and take from them all Ignorance and Hardness of Heart and Contempt of thy Word and Commandments And so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy Flock that they may be saved amongst the Remnant of the true Israelites and he made one Fold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our Lord. More especially we beseech thee to receive our Supplications and Prayers which we offer before thee for all Estates of Men in thy Holy Church that every Member of the same in his Vocation and Ministry may Truly and Godly serve thee Amongst whom principally we beseech thee to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governors and especially thy Servant William our King that under Him we may be godly and quietly Governed And grant unto his whole Council and to all that are put in Authority under Him that they may truly and indifferently minister Justice to the Punishment of Wickedness and Vice and the Maintenance of thy true Religion and Vertue And we most humbly beseech thee of thy Goodness O Lord to comfort and succour them who in this transitory Life are in Trouble Sorrow Need Sickness or any other Adversity More especially we beseech thee Graciously to behold us of this F●mily And as thou hast safely brought us to the beginning of this Day This to be added in the Morning so defend us in the same by thy mighty Power and grant that this Day we fall into no Sin neither run into any kind of Dangers but that all our Doings may be order'd by thy Governance to do always that is righteous in thy thy Sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. And enlighten our Darkness we beseech thee O Lord This to close up Evening Prayer and by thy great Mercy defend us from all Perils and Dangers of this Night for the Love of thy only Son Jesus Christ our Lord. In whose most blessed Name and Words we conclude our imperfect Prayers saying Our Father c. A Morning Prayer for a Family O Blessed God be thou acknowledged Praised and Loved by us and all the Child●en of Men on whom thou pourest continually thy Benefits They are great and many we know not the Summ nor understand the Value of ' em The Angels themselves admired thy Love to us in Christ Jesus and are become Ministring Spirits to them who are Heirs of Salvation We enjoy the continual Fruits of thy watchful Providence by which we have been kept in Peace and Safety the last Night and are raised this Morning in Health and Strength both in Body and Mind beholding all things belonging to us just as we left 'em with thee when we went to sleep Accept we most humbly beseech thee of this poor Tribute of Praise and Thanks together with the hearty Oblation of our Souls and Bodies which we here dedicate again to thy Service Vouchsafe us the continual Assistance of the Grace of thy Holy Spirit to enable us to make good those Vows that are upon us of Obediently keeping thy Holy Will and Commandments and walking in the same all the days of our Life Pardon O Lord all our Breaches of this Sacred Covenant Deal not with us according to our Sins neither reward us after our Iniquities but in the multitude of thy Tender Mercies pity our Errors and Wandrings and he●p us against our Infirmities Give us leave this Day to put our selves into thy powerful Protection and to depend on thee for thy merciful Guidance and Assistance that we may be more faithful to Thee in the discharge of our Duties and never swerve from the Rules of Sobriety and Righteousness Charity and Goodness So shall we return with joyful Hearts to praise thee in the Evening and teach those who shall come after us to continue thy Praises in the next Generation Amen For thy Mercies sake in Christ Jesus in whose words we present the earnest desires of our Souls and Hearts both for our selves and our Brethren saying Our Father c. An Evening Prayer for a Family