A Prayer for a fick Child.

O FATHER of Mercies, and God of all Comfort, our only Help in Time of Need; we fly unto thee for Succour in behalf of this Child here lying under thy Hand in great Weakness of Body.

Look graciously upon it, O Lord; cafe it, we beseech thee, of its Pains, and pity it in its Extremity.

We know, O Lord, that if thou wilt thou canst raise it up; and grant it a longer Continuance amongst us.

O raise it up again (if it may pleafe thee) to grow in Years and Stature, in Wisdom, and thy Fear, and thereby to comfort its Parents, and to glorify thee.

We believe, O God, that thou knoweft best what is fit for it and us, and that thou wilt do what is beft for both; And therefore we humbly refign its Life to thee, befeeching thee to have Mercy on us.

But whether it live or die, let it be thine; and either preferve it to be thy true and faithful Servant here on Earth, or take it to the Bleffedness of thy Children in the Kingdom of Heaven, through the Merits of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen.

A Thankf

A Thanksgiving after Recovery.

O MOST Mighty God and merciful Father, I thy unworthy Servant whom thou haft raised up from a dangerous Sickness, do now present myself before thee, acknowledging it to be owing to thy Goodn fs alone, that I am now alive, and have once more an Opportunity of offering up my Prayers and Praises at the Throne of Grace. Thou, O Lord, haft chaftened me and corrected me, but haft not given me over unto Death: Bleffed therefore be that Divine Wisdom, which faw this late Affliction feasonable. Bleffed be that tender Compaffion, which in the midft of Wrath remembered Mercy; which made all my Bed in my Sickness, paffed by my Impatience and many Infirmities, and inclined a willing Ear unto my Supplications, when I cried unto thee in the Time of my Dittrefs: Blessed be the poweful Influences of that Grace, which difpofed my Heart to Confideration and Repentance. But above all blessed for ever be that Power and Goodness, which by fparing me, when I had deferved to be cut off, has now given me an Opportunity of rectifying the Er

rors of my past Life, and reforming whatfoever is amifs in me.

O Lord, let not this Goodness of thine, nor my own serious Purposes of better Obedience, ever flip out of my Mind; but preserve me in a conftant tender Senfe of the great Obligations I lie under, of ferving thee faithfully all my Days; make me every Day more and more zealous in promoting thy Glory, and the good of my Brethren: in ftudying to please thee better than ever I have yet done; and in devoting the Remainder of that Life, which thou haft given me, to the Service of thee, my gracious Benefactor.

I humbly offer and prefent unto thee my Soul and Body, which thou haft fo mercifully preferved, befeeching thee to take them into thy Cuftody. O let not the Return of my Health be accompanied with a Return to my former Sins and Follies; but let the Experience I have had, how little any Thing will profit in the Time of Trouble, befides a good Confcience, fo effectually convince me of the Neceffity of a good Life; fo powerfully perfuade me to the Practice of Religion; that I my make it the great Study and Endeavour, the conftant Bufinefs and Em

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ployment of my whole Life; to love, adore, and ferve thee, and in all Things to become fuch as thou wouldst have me to be,

But, O Lord, forafmuch as without thee I am not able to please thee, mercifully grant unto me fuch a Measure of thy Grace, as may enable me to amend whatever has been amifs in the Temper and Difpofition of my Mind, or in any of the Actions of my Life. Oh! let me never more be led away by the deceitful Promises of the World, the Flesh or the Devil; but grant, O my God, that my Hopes and Affections may be unalterably fixed upon the eternal and unchangeable Happiness, which thou haft prepared for them that love thee. Let the Thoughts and Expectations of Death and Judgment be fo conftantly, fo powerfully present to my Soul, as effectually to work upon my Mind, and to bring forth in me the Fruits of a holy and religious Life. Let the Pains and Troubles I have lately felt, infpire me with a tender Pity and Compaffion for the Miferies and Calamities of others, and make me ready upon all Occafions to contribute what I can, to the Wants and Neceffities of my. Brethren : And

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And Oh! let thofe Talents which thou haft afresh committed to my Truft, be fo faithfully improved for thy Glory, the Good of others, and the Benefit of my own Soul, that whenever thou fhalt call me to give an Account of my Stewardfhip, I may not be condemned, as an unprofitable Servant, but may be found fuch an one, as thou shalt then pronounce faithful, and bid to enter into the Joy of my Lord.

Grant this, O merciful Father, through the Merits, and for the Sake of thy dear Son Jefus Chrift our Lord! to whom with thee, and the ever-bleffed Spirit, be ascribed, as is moft due, by me and every Creature, all Honour, Glory, Power, Dominion, Thanksgiving, and Praise, throughout all Ages. Amen.

A Prayer for a Man that has loft his Wife, or for any other Perfon that has loft a Relation or Friend.

O MOST mighty God, the Sovereign Lord of Heaven and Earth; thou art -Righteous in all thy Ways, and Holy in all thy Works, and doft every Thing with infinite Wisdom, Goodnefs, and Love. I acknowledge