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A25834 Secret and family prayers with brief helps for the more devout receiving of the Lords-Supper And better observation of the Lords-day, as also to further the needfull duties of catechizing, visiting the sick, and personal instruction. Fitted for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Cartmel in Lancashire. Armstrong, John, 1634 or 5-1698. 1677 (1677) Wing A3708A; ESTC R214879 44,221 112

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and Godliness and be preserved in Body and Soul to everlasting Life through Jesus Christ in whose name and words I further continue to pray unto thee Our Father c. An Expedient to further Peoples often and orderly receiving the Holy Communion in the Parish of Cartmel IN the Order for the Administration of the Holy Communion we have among others this Rule both pious and reasonable viz. That every Parishioner that is all above sixteen years old shall communicate or receive the Sacrament at least three times in the Year of which Easter is to be one for the better observation whereof let it be remembred 1. That by Gods assistance if no great inconvenience hinder it there will be a Sacrament at the Church upon the first Lords Days of December April August especially for the Inhabitants of Stavely Division or the West of Broughton and part of Allithwait that is the Inhabitants of Stavely Farigge Hasslerigge Field-End Over-Carke Wood-Broughton Ainsome and part of the Church-Town to Headless-Cross or of any other place in that part of the Parish And that the Sunday before each of these three Sacrament-Days there will be a Sermon at Stavely Chappel in the After noon 2. That there will likewise be a Sacrament upon the first Lords Days of January May September especially for the Inhabitants of Cartmelfell or the East of Broughton Division that is to say the Inhabitants of Cartmel-fell Ayside the Greaves Barbar-Green Field-Broughton Hampsfield and the Grange or of any other place in that part of the Parish And that the Sunday before each of these three Sacrament Days there will be a Sermon at Cartmelfell-Chappel in the After noon 3. That there will be a Sacrament on the three first Lords-Days of February June October especially for the Inhabitants of Allithwait Division that is to say the Inhabitants of Birkby Allithwait Templand Kentsbank Kirket End Lindal and both the Newtons or of any other place in that part of the Parish And that the Sunday before each of these three Sacrament Days there will be a Sermon at Lindal-Chappel in the After-noon 4. That there will be a Sacrament on the first Lords Days of November March July especially for the Inhabitants of Holker or Walton Division that is to say the Inhabitants of Browedge Backbarrow Speel-bank Origge Beckside Burnses Walton Part of the Church-Town Holker Carke Flookborough or any other place in that Division And that the Sunday before each of these three Sacrament Days there will be a Sermon at Flookborough-Chappel in the After-noon Concerning Catechising That we may believe and live as we ought to do and that the Lords Table may be furnished with more knowing and worthy Communicants Parents Family-governours and Teachers of publick or private Schools are intreated as the Laws of God and the Constitutions of the Church require to be carefull to instruct those under their Tuition and Charge and particularly in the Church Catechism that they may be able to give an account of the same when thereunto called The Church Catechism Question WHat is your Name Answer N. or M. Quest Who gave you this Name Ans My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism wherein I was made a Member of Christ the Child of God and an Inheritour of the Kingdom of Heaven Quest What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you Ans They did promise and vow three things in my name First that I should renounce the devil and all his works the pomps and vanity of this wicked World and all the sinfull lusts of the Flesh Secondly that I should believe all the articles of the Christian Faith And thirdly that I should keep Gods holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Quest Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promised for thee Ans Yes verily and by Gods help so I will And I heartily thank our heavenly Father that he hath called me to this State of Salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour And I pray unto God to give me his Grace that I may continue in the same unto my lives end Cat. Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief Ans I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his onely Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell the third day he rose again from the Dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the Holy Ghost the Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the Forgiveness of sins the Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting Amen Quest What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief Ans First I learn to believe in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Son who hath redeemed me and all Mankind Thirdly in God the Holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect People of God Quest You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep Gods Commandments Tell me now how many there be Ans Ten. Quest Which be they Ans The same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage I. Thou shalt have none other gods but Me. II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath or in the Water under the Earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of Work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy Days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt do no murder VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt
of our Purposes of better Obedience with inward Fervency and Devotion in some such manner as may be pleasing unto Thee honourable unto Christ and comfortable to our selves Let us so shew forth the precious Death of our dearest Redeemer that in remembring the same we may be unfeignedly thankfull and sincerely praise Thee the blessed Trinity in Unity unto whom be ascribed and given all Honour and Obedience now and for ever Amen Another Prayer which may be used in secret some time before the Sacrament O Eternal and blessed God I prostrate my self with humble Reverence before Thee the Searcher of hearts not to excuse but aggravate my faults for I confess I have not given Thee that Honour Worship and Service which I owe to my Almighty Creator Nor laid to heart as I ought thine infinite Love in Christ my Redeemer Nor duly followed the godly Motions of thy Holy Spirit which thou hast sent to renew and sanctifie my Affections and draw me to thine Obedience I have not lived up to the Faith which I profess but behaved my self too often as if I neither dreaded the threatned Punishments nor duly valued the promised glorious rewards of my Lord Christ who will judge the World in Righteousness and render to every one according to their Works O Lord I have done so much Evil and so little Good been so eager in the pursuit of the things of this World and so cold and unconcerned many times about those of Eternity so unmindfull of my promises unthankfull for thy Benefits and unfruitfull in the Knowledge of Christ that it is a wonder of thy Patience and Goodness that I am still alive and not cut down like a barren Tree that cumbers the ground that I am not lamenting these follies in weeping and gnashing of teeth which I now mention with so little sorrow and bitterness of Spirit For ever adored be thy forbearing Mercy which hath so long spared me an unprofitable servant who have so many ways in thought word and deed offended thy Divine Majesty Oh continue I beseech thee to be gracious unto me and for Jesus his sake give me a truly penitent and believing Heart and by the vertue of that Sacrifice of himself which he offered once for the sins of the World let all my sins be done away and remembred no more And for this and all other thy great Mercies I resolve to offer unto Thee by Christ the Sacrifice of continual Praise and Thanksgiving and I present my body a living Sacrifice holy acceptable unto Thee which is my reasonable Service And I dedicate my self absolutely to thy Obedience Oh therefore give me Grace ever to fear Thee and to walk humbly with Thee and to preserve a tender sense of my Duty towards Thee O Lord I purpose by thy Assistance that hereafter I will never willingly depart from thy Precepts oh do thou strengthen me to perform what I have purposed that I may never be so unreasonable as to return to those sins which are the burden of my Heart and grieve thy Holy Spirit which rent the Flesh and shed the Blood of the Lord Jesus and which I have so often and so solemnly protested against And now that I am going to thy Holy Table to commemorate the Sacrifice of my Saviour to remember his love in Dying for me to give thee further testimonies of my love to Thee and receive new tokens of thy Love to me O Lord vouchsafe to make thy self powerfully present to my Mind Represent thy self and thy Son Jesus so lively to my thoughts in all Wisdom Power Goodness Holiness and Truth that I may never forget Thee any more but more seriously reverence thee and love thee and rejoyce in thee and trust thee and obey thee all the days of my life Imprint the very image of thy Son upon me that I may carry him ever in my Heart and have his life and death continually before mine Eyes and in all things conform my self to his Will and fashion my self after his Holy Example Come Lord Jesus and possess thy self of my whole Man Purifie me from all remaining filthiness either of the Flesh or Spirit Bring in all thy Heavenly Graces along with thee into my Soul And be my perpetual Defence by giving me a fuller communication of thy Holy Spirit and more mighty aides to do my duty towards Thee and towards all Men. And for that end compose my unsetled thoughts before I approach to receive the holy Mysteries that I may attend Thee with a full and clear conception of their meaning with an actual Belief of thy whole Gospel with most sensible love to thee and desire to be more like thee with thy high Praises in my mouth and joy unspeakable in my heart May I presume most gracious Father to ask such tasts and relishes of thy wondrous Love in Christ Jesus that I may never be able to delight in any thing so much as in the remembrance of it But mine eyes may be ever towards the Lord and I may hunger and thirst perpetually after thy Righteousness 'till I am rendred meet to be translated to that High and Holy place where I shall see Thee not as now in mysterious Representations but openly and as it were Face to Face Amen Lord Jesus who art able to save to the uttermost all them that come to God by Thee In thy most blessed name and words I continue my humble Prayers Our Father c. I would intreat those who have never yet received or but seldom to read at their leasure and with good Deliberation the Doctrine of the Sacrament in the Church Catechism as also the whole Order of the Administration thereof set down in the Book of Common Prayer by which together with what is contained in the two foregoing Prayers may be learnt in good measure what is needfull both in our Preparing for and Partaking of that Holy Ordinance And yet to further your more profitable and comfortable Receivimg you may use these following Helps Some brief helps to Meditation in Receiving the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper FIrst When the Sermon is ended and thou art adressing thy self to the Banquet of the Lords Supper meditate how lovingly thou art invited to be a guest at this Holy Table Hoe every one that thirsteth come ye to the Waters Come buy Wine and Milk without money and without price Eat ye that which is Good and let your Soul delight it self in Fatness Take Eat this is my Body which is broken for you Drink ye all of this for this is my Blood which was shed for the Remission of Sins Secondly As Abraham when he went up to the Mount to sacrifice Isaac his Son left his servants beneath in the Valley So when thou comest to the spiritual commemorative Sacrifice of the Lords-Supper lay aside all earthly thoughts and cogitations that thou mayest wholly contemplate of Christ and offer up thy Soul to him who Sacrificed both his Soul and Body for
for a witness of his Truth he gave up himself a Sacrifice for our sins in suffering death on the Cross and being buried he rose again the third day and afterward ascended into Heaven where he is Lord of all in Glory with the Father John 3. 16 17. 1 John 2. 2. John 4. 42. Rom. 9. 5. John 10. 30. 17. 11. Heb. 2. 3 4. 4. 15. ● 14. 6. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Luke 1. 27 31 35. Mat. 1. 18 20 23. Heb. 4. 15. 7. 26. Acts 2. 22. 7. 36. 1 Tim. 2. 6. Mat. 27. 31 35 60. Tit. 2. 14. Heb. 9. 26. 1 Cor. 15. 3 4 5 6 7 12. Acts 1 9 11. Eph. 4. 8 9 10 11. Acts 10. 36. 2. 36. Rom. 14. 9. Mat. 28. 18. Eph. 1. 20 21 22. Quest 5. How and on what terms is Salvation offered in the Gospel Our Lord Jesus Christ hath ordained in his Testament that all they that receive him by a true effectual Faith and that by Repentance forsake the devil and all his works the pomps and vanities of the world and the sinfull lusts of the flesh and heartily turn from them unto God shall freely receive the pardon of their sins and become the Sons of God and Heirs of everlasting Life And that if they sincerely love and obey him unto death they shall be glorified And that they that will not do all this shall be damned And this he hath commanded his Ministers to preach to all the World 1. Cor. 9. 14. Heb. 9. 15. Col. 2. 6. John 1. 12. Mark 16. 15 16. Gal. 5. 6. Jam. 2. 24. Acts 26. 18. Luke 24. 47. Acts 5. 31. 11. 18. 20. 21. 3. 19. 2. 28. 8. 22. 26. 20. Luke 13. 3. Mark 4. 12. Isa 55. 7. 1. 16. Ezek. 18. 21 to 32. 33. 11. to 20. Mat. 19. 27 29. 10. 37. Luke 14. 26 27 33. Tit. 3. 5 7. Heb. 3. 14. Col. 1. 23. John 15. 1. to 12. 8. 31. Rom. 11. 22. Heb. 10. 26 38. Rev. 3. 12. 2 Thes 2. 12. Mark 16. 15 16. Mat. 28. 19 20 21. Quest 6. How did Christ reveal and prove his Doctrine The Holy Ghost was sent by the Father and the Son to inspire and guide the Prophets and Apostles and Evangelists that they might truly and fully reveal the Doctrine of Christ and deliver it in Scripture to the Church as the rule of our Faith and Life And by multitudes of evident uncontrolled Miracles to be the great Witness of Christ and of the Truth of his Holy Word Joh. 14. 26. 15. 26. 1 Pet. 1. 10 11 12. 2 Pet. 1. 21. 2 Tim. 3. 16. Joh. 16. 13. Eph. 3. 3 5. 2. 20. 4. 11 12 13. Mat. 28. 20. 1 Tim. 6. 14. Isa 8. 20. Rev. 22. 18 19. Heb. 3. 2 3. 2. 3 4. Acts 2. 22 19. 11. to 19. Gal. 3. 1 2 3 4 5. John 14. 12. 3. 2. 10. 25 37 38. 1 Cor. 14. Quest 7. How are men brought to partake of Christ and Life The same Holy Spirit doth by the Word enlighten mens Understandings and soften and open their Hearts and turn them from the power of Satan unto God by Faith in Christ that being joyned to Christ the Head and into one Church which is his Body and freely justified and made the Children of God they may be a peculiar People unto him zealous of good Works serving God in Holiness and Righteousness and living in special love and Communion of the Saints and in hope of Christs coming and of everlasting Life Acts 26. 18. Joh. 6. 44. Rom. 8. 9 10 11. Acts 16. 14. Ezek. 36. 26. Acts 15. 9. 1 Cor. 6. 11 19. Col. 1. 18. 2. 19. Eph. 5. 30 31 32. 3. 17. 1 Cor. 12. 13 27. Rom. 3 24. Gal. 4. 6. Joh. 1. 12. Gal. 3. 26. Tit. 2. 14. 1 Pet. 2. 9. Rom. 8. 1. to 14. Gal. 5. 17 24. 1 Joh. 2. 15. Gal. 6. 14. 1 Joh. 3. 8. Luke 1. 74 75. 1 Pet. 1. 22. Joh. 12. 34 35. Eph. 2. 19. Heb. 10. 25. 1 Cor. 1. 7. 2 Pet. 3. 11 12. Tit. 1. 2. 3. 7. Quest 8. What shall be the end of the Righteous and of the Wicked The Lord Jesus Christ will come again at the end of this World and will raise the Bodies of all Men from the dead and judge all men according to their works And the Righteous shall go into everlasting Life and the rest into everlasting Punishment Acts 1. 11. 1 Cor. 15. 1 Thes 4. 16 17 18. Joh. 5. 22 27. 2 Cor. 5. 10. Rom. 2. 6 7. Mat. 25. 2 Thes 1. 8 9 10. 2. 12. 2 Tim. 4. 8 18. Luke 10. 11. Joh. 17. 24. 12. 26. Mat. 13. 40. to 43. Quest 9. What are the publick means which Christ hath appointed to Salvation Christ hath appointed that fit Men shall be ordained Bishops and Pastors in his Church to disciple the uncalled and baptize all that are Disciples in the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost and to congregate his Disciples and to oversee and guide the several Congregations and each Member thereof Particularly to teach them the Word of God to pray and praise God with them and for them to administer the Lords Supper in remembrance of him and to bless them in the Name of the Lord Especially on the Lords-Day which he hath appointed for Holy Communion in such works Also to rebuke with authority the scandalous and unruly and to reject those that are obstinately impenitent and unreformed It is therefore the Peoples duty to joyn with such Churches in the foresaid worship of God and to know hear submit to and obey these their Guides that are over them in the Lord and to avoid Discord and Division and to live in Unity Love and Peace Mat. 28. 19 20. Mark 16. 15. Rom. 10. 7 8 14 15. 1 Tim. 3. 1 2. 2 Tim. 2. 2. Acts 14. 23. Acts 2. 42. 20. 7 28. Eph. 4. 11 12 14. Ezek. 3. 17 18 21. Mal. 2. 7. 1 Cor. 12. 17 28 29. Col. 1. 28. Acts 26. 18. Jam. 5. 14. Neh. 11. 17. 9. 5. 8. 4 5 6 8. 1 Cor. 10. 16. 9. 13 14. 11. 24. Num. 6. 23 24. Deut. 10. 8. 1 Chr. 23. 13. Heb. 7. 7 8 9 10. 1 Cor. 9. 1 Cor. 4. 1. 1 Tim. 4 13 14 15. Rev. 1. 10. Acts 20. 7. 1 Cor. 16. 2. Mark 1● 2 9. Joh. 20 1 19. Tit. 2. 15. 1 9 11. 1 Tim. 5. 1 19 20. 3. 5. Tit. 3. 10. 1 Cor. 5. 4 5 11 13. Acts 2. 42. Heb. 13. 7 17 24. 1 Thes 5. 17. 1 Cor. 16. 16. Luke 12. 42. 10. 16. 1 Cor. 1. 10. 3. 3. Rom. 16. 17. Eph. 4. 2 15 16. Col. 2. 2. 2 Cor. 13. 11. Quest 10. What are the secret Holy Duties which every one must use The secret Duties of Holiness are frequent and serious Meditation of God and his
Word and Works of our own sin and danger of our Redemption of our Duty of our Death Judgement and the endless Joy or Torment after it The diligent examination of our own hearts and watching over our thoughts affections words and actions The mortifying of our sins especially unbelief error hardness of Heart pride worldliness sensuality and hypocrisie The exercise of all Graces watching against temptations and resolute resisting them And secret Prayer unto God Psal 104. 34. 119. 97 99. 1. 2. 63. 6. 77. 12. 143. 5. 119. 59. Hag. 1. 5. Deut. 32. 29. Psal 50. 22. 2 Cor. 13. 5. Psal 4. 4. Prov. 4. 23. Mat. 5. 28. 12. 34 15. 18 19. Psal 119. 113. 39. 1. Mar. 13. 33. Luke 21. 8 34. 1 Cor. 10. 12. Col. 3. 5. Heb. 3. 12 13 14. Mat. 24. 4. Luke 12. 15. Rom. 13. 13 14. Mat. 6. 6 16. 1 Cor. 3. 18. Jer. 17. 9. 1 Pet. 2. 1. 2 Tim. 1. 6. 4. 7. Acts 24. 16 Mat. 26. 41. 1 Cor. 16. 13. Eph. 6. 11. to 19. 1 Thes 5. 17. Acts 10. 9. Luke 6. 12. Quest 11. What private duties of Holiness must be performed with others The private duties of Holiness to be performed with others are these Parents and Masters must teach their children and servants the Word and fear of God and pray with them and for them and hinder them from sin Children and Servants must willingly learn and obey Husbands and Wives must be loving faithfull and helpfull to each other especially in the best things which concern their eternal Welfare We must seek advice in the matters of Salvation especially of our Teachers we must friendly prudently and faithfully admonish and exhort one another using gracious and edifying Conference and a winning Conversation Eph. 6. 4. Deut. 6. 7. 11. 18. Josh 24. 15. Psal 101. 2 3. Acts 10. 30. Gen. 18. 19. Prov. 22. 6 15. 25. 13. 1 Sam. 2. 23 29. Col. 3. Eph. 6. 1 5 6 7 8. Deut. 21. 18 20. Mal. 2. 7. Jer. 6. 16. 50. 5. 1 Cor. 14. 35. Acts 2. 37. 16. 30. Rom. 15. 14. Heb. 3. 13. Eph. 4. 29. 1 Pet. 3. 1 2. Jam. 3. 13. Acts 12. 5 12. Col. 1. 3. 4. 3. 1 Thess 3. 10. Quest 12. What are the necessary duties of Righteousness and Mercy towards Men The necessary duties of Righteousness and Mercy towards Men are such as these Superiours must rule for God and the Common-good with justice and mercy Inferiours must willingly obey them in the Lord. We must deal truly and be diligent in our Places and Callings We must love our Neighbours as our selves and do as we would be done by behaving our selves to all Men in meekness harmlesness sobriety and truth not wronging any in their Bodies Chastity Estates or Names no not in desire but forbearing and forgiving one another loving our very Enemies and doing good to all according to our Power Deut. 1. 17. 2 Chr. 19. 6 7. Deut. 17. 18 19. Josh 1. 8. Isa 56. 1. Zach. 7. 9. Rom. 13. 1 2 3. 1 Pet. 2. 13. Eph. 6. 1 5. 1 Cor. 7. 20 21. Col. 3. 20 22 23 24. Mat. 19. 19. 22. 39. 7. 12. Eph. 4. 2. Phil. 2. 3 15. Mat. 10. 16. Eph. 4. 25. Tit. 2. 12. Col. 3. 25. 1 Cor. 6. 7 8. Mat. 5. 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 39 44 45. Eph. 4. 28. Exod. 20. 16. Psal 15. 3. Col. 3. 13. Eph. 4. 2. Mat. 5. 44. Gal. 6. 10. Heb. 13. 16. Mat. 25. Phil. 2. 4 20 21. 2 Cor. 8. 11 12. Concerning the Sick FIrst When thou findest thy self visited with sickness thou art presently to remember that it is God who with rebukes doth chasten Man for sin and therefore let thy first care be to find out what it is that provokes him to smite thee and to that purpose examine diligently thine own heart and ways and confess thy sins humbly and penitently unto God begging most earnestly his Mercy and Pardon in Christ Jesus and putting on sincere and zealous Resolutions of forsaking every evil way for the rest of that time which God shall spare thee Secondly That your own Heart deceive you not in this so weighty a business which is for Eternity it will be your Wisdom before your Disease prevail too much upon you to send for some godly Divine your own Minister especially under whose care you live and who may be best acquainted with your Condition using his help to settle your Conscience aright and to make your Peace with God And to that end open your heart so freely unto him that he may be able to judge whether your Repentance be such as may give you Confidence to appear before Gods dreadfull Tribunal and if it be not that he may help you what he can towards the making of it so Thirdly Let it be remembred that there is also a Private Communion of the Sick which People generally are so far from seeking after that though we often and earnestly desire them they are but few comparatively who as S. James enjoyns Ch. 5. 14. Call or send for the Elders of the Church or Ministers of Religion to pray with or over them and to perform such other Duties belonging to the Visitation of the Sick as may fit them if they recover for a more holy Life or if they die for a more happy Death Lastly Take notice that I have not here set down any Prayers for the Sick as is usually done in such Books of Devotion because I would have Neighbours oftner to acquaint me with their sickness in order to my Visiting of them And then as occasion shall require I shall be ready to help them to such Prayers and Meditations as may be sutable to their Condition which they may make use of in my absence Grace before Meat O God be mercifull unto us and bless us and injoying of these thy Gifts give them strength to nourish us and us Grace to serve and please Thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen After Meat Gods holy Name be blessed and praised for these and all other his Benefits vouchsafed unto us he save his Church our King Queen and these Realms comfort the afflicted and send us Peace in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A short Grace before Meat O God bless these thy good Creatures unto our use and us unto thy service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen After Meat We praise thee O God for these and all other thy Mercies bestowed upon us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this Enable us O God with thankfull hearts to live in the strength of these thy Mercies to thy Praise and Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Children or Servants may be taught to say the larger or at least the shorter of these Graces when Parents or Family-Guides please not to do it themselves It is a duty of daily Practice to own and praise God as being the Authour and Giver of all our outward Enjoyments and to crave his Blessing upon them It is very unseemly for Christians to go to their Meals like brute creatures we are taught better by the Holy Scriptures S. Mat. 14. 19. S. John 6. 9 10 11. Acts 27. 35. 1 Tim. 4. 3 4 5. FINIS S. Mat. 6. 33. Ph. 2. 12. S. Luke 24. 47. 2 Cor. 6. 8. Acts 20. 30. 1 Cor. 11. 19. 2 Pet. 3. 16. Eph. 4. 12 14. Heb. 13. 9. Heb. 10. 23. Conf. l. 1 c. 4. If in the Morning If in the Evening Here thou mayst confess to God those sins thou art most guilty of * Here beg strength against those sins thou are especially in danger of * Here praise God for special Blessings concerning thy self or others * Leaving out the three last Lines and saying Particularly for the Mercies of the Day past it will also be a Prayer for the Evening * Here thou mayst pray for special Mercies for thy self or others See the Lords Prayer and Blessing page 23. Canon 13. of those 103. Vide late Act for the Lords-Day * Here reckon up those particular sins which thou art conscious of Psal 103. * Here make thy special Requests for thy self and others * Page 62 63.