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RICHARD TAYLOR AND CO. SHOE-lane,

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MORNING and Evening Prayers for every
Day in the Week

Four shorter Prayers, for Morning and Even

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Prayers on Particular Subjects.

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MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS,

FOR THE USE OF INDIVIDUALS.

A PRAYER FOR THE LORD'S DAY MORning.

ALMIGHTY and eternal God! Thou art the High and Holy One, who dwellest in that light, unto which no mortal can approach; but thou art our ever gracious and compassionate Father in Heaven, tenderly concerned for the happiness of all thy creatures: may I, thy rational creature, ever esteem it my highest honour and most distinguished privilege, that I am capable of contemplating the perfections of thy nature.

Conscious of my weakness, I bow before thee, the Father of my spirit, and the author of every good and perfect gift, humbly and earnestly imploring thy gracious aids to animate me to the exercise of every devout, be

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nevolent, and virtuous disposition; to fortify my good resolutions; and to enable me to rise superior to every temptation and difficulty in the christian course.

Look down with compassion, O Father of mercies, on thy frail and dependent creature, surrounded with wants, which I cannot of myself supply; beset with dangers and snares, which I cannot foresee, or prevent; and liable every moment of my life to be seduced by temptations into the paths of error and folly. Never leave me to myself; never forsake me, O God of my salvation; conduct me, with innocence, safety, and honour, through the various stages of mortal life; and, when Thou hast answered all the ends of thy Providence by me, here on earth, may I finish my course with joy, and have an abundant entrance administered to me into thine everlasting kingdom.

Enable me, O God of wisdom, to make a wise and faithful improvement of the seasons and means of religious edification. May I this day worship Thee, the one infinite and eternal Spirit, in spirit and truth. May my

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