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Give us grace, as we have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so to walk in him,a that our conversation may be in every thing as becomes his gospel.b

O that we may now bear about with us continually the dying of our Lord Jesus,c so as that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal bodies, that to us to live may be Christ.d

Thy vows are upon us, O God,e O that we may be daily performing our vows.g

13. Upon occasion of the baptism of a child.

To thee, O God, whose all souls are, the souls of the parents, and the souls of the children,h we present this child a living sacrifice, which we desire may be holy and acceptable, and that it may be given up and dedicated to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.k

It is conceived in sin, but there is a fountain opened;/ O wash the soul of this child in that fountain,m now it is by thine appointment washed with pure water.n

It is one of the children of the covenant,o one of the children that is born unto thee, it is thy servant, born in thy house ;p O make good thy ancient covenant,q that thou wilt be a God to believers, and to their seed ;r for this blessing of Abraham comes upon the Gentiles,s and the promise is still to us, and to our children.t

Thou hast encouraged us to bring little children to thee; for thou hast said, that of such is the kingdom of God. Blessed Jesus, take up this child in the arms of thy power and grace, put thy hands upon it, and bless it ; let it be a vessel of honour sanctified, and meet for the master's use,w and owned as one of thine in that day when thou makest up thy jewels.x

O pour thy spirit upon our seed, thy blessing upon our offspring, that they may spring up as willows by the water-courses, and may come to subscribe with their

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own hands unto the Lord, and to sirname themselves by the name of Israel.a

14. Upon occasion of a funeral.

Lord give it to us to find it good for us to go to the house of mourning,b that we may be minded thereby of the end of all men, and may lay it to our heart, and may be so wise as to consider our latter end ;c for we must also be gathered to our people, as our neighbours and brethren are gathered ;d and though whither those that are dead in Christ are gone, we cannot follow them now,e yet grant that we may follow them afterwards, every one in his own order.g

We know that thou wilt bring us to death, and to the house appointed for all living,h but let us not see death, till by faith we have seen the Lord Christ, and then let us depart in peace, according to thy word,i. And when the earthly house of this tabernacle shall be dissolved, let us have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.k

And give us to know that our Redeemer liveth, and that though after our skins, worms destroy these bodies, yet in our flesh we shall see God, whom we shall see for ourselves, and our eyes shall behold, and not another./

15. Upon occasion of marriage.

Give to those that marry, to marry in the Lord;m and let the Lord Jesus by his grace come to the marriage, and turn the water into wine.n

Make them helps meet for each other, and instrumental to prove one another's salvation ;o and give them to live in holy love,p that they may dwell in God, and God in them.q

Let the wife be as a fruitful vine by the side of the house,r and the husband dwell with the wife as a man of knowledge,s and let them dwell together as joint heirs of the grace of life, that their prayers be not hindered,

a Isa. 4. 3. 44.5.

d Numb. 27. 13. h Job 30. 23. / Job 19. 25, 25. • Gen. 2,18. Psalm 128, 3,

b Eccl. 7.2.
e John 13. 36.
i Luke 2, 26, 29.
m 1 Cor. 7. 39.

1 Cor. 7. 16.
$ 1 Pet. 3.7.

c Deut. 32. 29. g1 Cor. 15.23. k2 Cor. 5. 1. n John 2 1. g1 John 4, 16,

and make us all meet for that world, where they neither marry nor are given in marriage.a

16. Upon occasion of the ordaining of ministers.

Let the things of God be committed to faithful men, who may be able also to teach others :b and make them such burning and shining lights,c as that it may appear that it was Christ Jesus who put them into the ministry;d and let not hands be suddenly laid on any.e

Give to those who are ordained, to take heed to the ministry which they have received of the Lord, that they fulfil it,g and to make full proof of it, by watching in all things.h

Let those who in Christ's name are to preach repentance and remission of sins, be endued with power from on high ;i give them another spirit, and make them good ministers of Jesus Christ,k nourished up in the works of faith and good doctrine./

17. Upon occasion of the want of rain.

Thou hast withholden the rain from us, and caused it to rain upon one city, and not upon another, yet have we not returned unto thee.m

But thou hast said, when heaven is shut up, that there is no rain, because we have sinned against thee; if we confess thy name, and turn from our sins, thou wilt hear from heaven, and forgive our sin, and give rain upon our land.n

We ask thee the former and latter rain, and depend upon thee for it ;o for there are not any of the vanities of the heathen that can give rain, nor can the heavens give showers; but we wait on thee, for thou hast made all these things.p

18. Upon occasion of excessive rain.

Let the rain thou sendest be in mercy to our land and not for correction,g not a sweeping rain, which leaveth no food.r

Thou hast sworn that the waters of Noah shall no

a Luke 20, 35.
d2 Tim. 1. 13.
h 2 Tim. 4. 5.
1 Tim. 4. 6.
o Zech. 10, 1.
r Prov. 23, 8.

b 2 Tim. 2, 2.

e 2 Tim. 5. 22.
i Luke 24, 47, 40.
m Amos 4.7.
ʼn Jer. 14, 22,

c John 5; 35.
g Col. 4. 17.
A 1 Sam. 10. 9.
n 1 Kings 8. 35.
g Job 37, 13.

more return to cover the earth;a let fair weather therefore come out of the north, for with thee is terrible majesty.b

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19. Upon occasion of infectious diseases.

Take sickness away from the midst of us,c and deliver us from the noisome pestilence.d

Appoint the destroying angel to put up his sword into his sheath, and to stay his hand,e 20. Upon occasion of fire.

Thou callest to contend by fire,g we bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled :h

O Lord God, cease we beseech thee, and let the fire be quenched, as that kindled in Israel was at the prayer of Moses.k

21. Upon occasion of great storms.

Lord, thou hast the wind in thy hands, and bringest them out of thy treasures,m even stormy winds fulfil thy word.n O preserve us and our hahitations, that we be not buried in the ruins of them as Job's children

were.o

22. Upon occasion of the cares, and burdens, and afflic tions of particular persons: as

1. When we pray with, or for those that are troubled in mind, and melancholy, and under doubts and fears about their spiritual state.

Lord, enable those that fear thee, and obey the voice of thy servant, but walk in darkness, and have no light, to trust in the name of the Lord, and to stay themselves upon their God :p And at evening time let it be light.q

O strengthen the weak hands, confirm the feeble knees, say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:r Answer them with good words, and comfortable words,s saying unto them, Be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you: Be of good cheer, it is I: Be not afraid, I am your salvation. And make them to hear the voice of joy and gladness,w that broken bones may rejoice,x

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Let those who now remember God and are the rod, whose spirits are overwhelmed, and whose soud,b and to be comforted,a be enabled to trust in thy merc that at length they may rejoice in thy salvation; thot of thou slay them, yet to trust in thee.c

Though deep calls unto deep, and all thy waves and thy billows go over them, yet do thou command thy loving-kindness for them in the day-time and in the night let thy song be with them, and their prayer to the God of their life, though their souls are cast down and disquieted within them, give them to hope in God, that they shall yet praise him, and let them find him the health of their countenance and their God.d

O renew a right spirit within them, cast them not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from them, but restore unto them the joy of thy salvation, and uphold them with thy free Spirit,e that their tongues may sing aloud of thy righteousness, and show forth thy salvation.g

O bring them up out of this horrible pit, and this miry clay, and set their feet upon a rock, establishing their goings, and put a new song in their mouth, even praises to our God,h O comfort them again now after the time that thou hast afflicted them.i

Though for a small moment thou hast forsaken them, and hid thy face from them, yet gather them, and have mercy on them with everlasting kindness.k

Glet thy spirit witness with their spirits, that they are the children of God ; and by the blood of Christ let them be purged from an evil conscience.m

Lord, rebuke the tempter, even the accuser of the brethren, the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke him, and let poor tempted troubled souls be as brands plucked out of the burning.

2. Those that are under convictions of sin and begin to be concerned about their souls and their salvation, and to inquire after Christ.

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