FRIDAY MORNING.

O THOU God of the families of Israel, and the hope of all the ends of the earth, behold with compassion thy weak and sinful creatures, waiting for thy blessing at the throne of grace.

We do not present our supplications for our righteousness, for we are before Thee in the midst of trespasses and sins, and cannot stand in thy sight because of them. But we bow the knee before Thee, in the name of him whom thou thyself hast made the Lord our righteousness; and through him we pray thee to show us thy mercy, and to grant us thy salvation. Pass by our innumerable transgressions, as though thou hadst not seen them. Remember us with the favour which thou bearest unto thy people, and visit us with thy salvation, that we may see the good of thy chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.

May we now go forth to the discharge of our several duties, with thy love shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. Enable us to feel its constraining influence in all our ways, and to show forth thy praises, who callest us out of darkness into marvellous light. Teach us faithfully to improve our various talents, and continually to occupy with them till thou come. Preserve us from

being led away with the error of the wicked. Keep us that we fall not from our steadfastness,

nor make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience.

Dispose us, day by day, to give all diligence to add to our faith virtue, and knowledge, and temperance, and brotherly kindness, and charity. Grant that these, and all other heavenly dispositions, may be in us, and abound, that so we may not be unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Bless us in that state of life in which thy good providence hath placed us. We are troubled, O Lord, about many things, and disquiet ourselves in vain. Give us faith to cast all our care upon thee, who carest for us; believing that thou, who hast not spared thy only Son, but hast delivered him up for us all, wilt, with him, also freely give us all things. Prepare us for the various changes of this mortal life; and lead us, in every visitation, to see thy hand, and submit to thy will. us, in whatever state we are, there with to be content. May we know how to be abased, and how to abound; every where, and in all things, do thou instruct us both to be full, and to be hungry; both to abound, and to suffer need; and in all the ways of thy good providence to laud and magnify thy holy name.

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Have pity, O God of mercy, on the whole world. Extend thy compassions on every side. Bring nigh unto thee, by the blood of the cross, those who are now afar off. Preserve those who

are rich in this world's goods, that they trust not in uncertain riches, but in thee, the living God. Grant that the poor of this world may be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which thou hast promised to them that love thee. Save and defend all the faithful in Christ Jesus. Comfort the afflicted; succour the tempted; strengthen the weak; instruct the ignorant; and reclaim the wandering. Lastly, we beseech thee to give unto our dear friends, and to all others for whom we wish more especially to pray, that godliness which is profitable unto all things: having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

These mercies, for them, for us, and for all mankind, we humbly beg in the name, and through the mediation, of Jesus Christ, our most blessed Lord and Saviour.

FRIDAY EVENING.

O THOU Shepherd of Israel, who neither slumberest nor sleepest, mercifully regard us who are now assembled together to commit ourselves to thy care and keeping through this night.

We acknowledge ourselves unworthy of thy protection. Like sheep we have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way; and thou mightest justly leave us to eat of the fruit thereof, and to be filled with our own devices.

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But we flee unto thee, thou good Shepherd, who hast given thy life for the sheep. Surely thou hast borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Thou wast wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities; and the Lord hath laid thee the iniquity of us all. For thine own sake, therefore, we beseech thee to have mercy Unto thee we look up for guidance, preservation, and strength. Lead us in the paths of righteousness for thy truth's sake. Keep us in the way in which we should go; and guide us with thine eye. Let thy loving-kindness and mercy follow us all the days of our life. When we pass through the valley of the shadow of death, be thou still with us. Let thy rod and staff comfort and support us. And graciously receive us at last into thy heavenly fold; there, with thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, to give thee thanks for ever.

Guide and protect all thy dispersed sheep, in the midst of this naughty world. Mercifully guard them from those who lie in wait to deceive: and particularly from that roaring lion, which goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Gather the lambs in thy arms, and carry them in thy bosom. And grant, that, as one fold under one shepherd, they may learn of thee, who art meek and lowly in heart, to dwell together in peace and love.

O thou who didst come to seek and to save that which was lost, look with an eye of pity upon those who are are still as sheep going astray; es

pecially on the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Bring them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites. Impart wisdom and faithfulness unto those who are appointed to watch over thy fold. Let there be none among them who are hirelings, and care not for the sheep. Raise up pastors according to thy heart, who shall seek that which is lost, and bring again that which is driven away, and bind up that which is broken, and strengthen that which is weak. May they take heed to themselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made them overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he purchased with his blood; that when thou, the Chief Shepherd, shalt appear, they may receive, at thy hands, a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

We bless thee, O Lord, for the peace and protection which thou affordest us in this favoured land, and the means of grace which we so abundantly enjoy. Truly thou makest us to lie down in green pastures, and leadest us beside the still waters. Let not our wanderings provoke thee to withdraw thy mercies from us, or to exclude us from the rest that remaineth for thy people. We ask for every blessing through thy merits, O blessed Jesus, thou gracious Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, who art, with the Holy Spirit, one God world without end. Amen.