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People.

Thy vifitation preferveth our fpirits; and thou, LORD, makest us to dwell in fafety.

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Minister.

O thou moft high GOD, Poffeffor of heaven and earth, the Judge of all, and the univerfal Governor, King; thy government is righteous; thy providence perfect; and all thy commandments are holy, juft, and good: the obedience of all reafonable creatures is due to thee alone, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the bleffed and only Potentate.

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People.

We bow ourselves before thee, thy willing fubjects; thy commandments are true, and righteous altogether.

Minifter.

O GOD, thou art our Creator, and com. and righteous Governor; we rejoice in the being we have received from thee; we yield a willing

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fubmiffion to all the orders of thy government; and we addrefs thee as our Father, who haft made us to bear thine image, and to partake of the bleffings of thy family.

People.

We are thy children; therefore do we pray unto thee. Minifter.

We rejoice in thy fatherly care, which thou haft manifefted to us, ever fince we came into the world. People.

We put our confidence in thee, whofe counfel is our guide; and whofe favour is our highest happiness.

Minifter.

Now unto thee, the king eter- and to him nal, immortal, and invisible, the

we afcribe our united

only wife, living, and true GOD, Praises. we afcribe our chearful and united. praises. Amen.

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Here the firft Leffon is to be read out of the HOLY SCRIPTURES; after which the Service is to proceed with the following THANKSGIVING, the congregation rifing up.

Minifter.

E merciful Father, we render

VER gracious and most

unto thee our fincere thanks for the manifold mercies we are continually receiving from thy hands; and we defire to recollect them with sentiments of religious gratitude; and with hearty purposes to act agreeably to them.

O GOD, thou art the Giver of all good; thou delightest in the happiness of thy creatures, and art daily imparting the riches of thy bounty. We thank thee, efpecially, for all the inftances of thy goodness to ourselves. Thou art the Former of our bodies, and the Father of our fpirits. Thou

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haft exercised a wife and gracious Preferva care over us, ever fince we came tion, and Blefings into the world: by thee are all of Life: our wants supplied; from thee all our enjoyments proceed; and thou crowneft our days with thy goodness. We blefs thee, who giveft us food convenient for us, and appointeft refreshment for our wearied powers. To thy kind and merciful providence we owe the raiment with which we are cloathed; our comfortable habitations; and all the fruits of our industry and labour.

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Mind and

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We thank thee for reafon and understanding; and for all the treasures of knowledge thou haft er of the opened to our view; that thou Means of haft formed us for the practice of ment; virtue, and true religion; and given us many opportunities for the improvement of our minds, and the attainment of our highest happiness.

We thank thee, that we are

for facial, placed in a social state; are endued with focial affections; and enjoy fuch a variety of pleasures, from the esteem and friendship of our brethren.

Pleafures of Wisdom

pect of a

happier State.

To thy goodness we ascribe all &Virtue; the enjoyments we receive from and Prof the practice of virtue, and the just exercife of our powers; the variety of trials thou haft appointed for the improvement and perfection of our natures here; and the profpect thou giveft us of a more perfect and happy ftate hereafter. "O give thanks unto the LORD, "for he is good, and his mercies ❝endure for ever."

For the various

Difpenfa tions of Provi dence,

People.

We give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, and his mercies endure for ever.

Minifter.

We bless thee, thou wife and gracious Difpofer of all things, for the various difpenfations of

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