I may never by my folly turn thy bounty into sin nor thy grace into wantonness. Give me the spirit

of temperance and sobriety, that I may always use the gifts of thy providence in conformity with the designs of thy grace, making them instrumental to thy glory and my comfort, and not to the unlawful indulgence of the lusts of the flesh. Suffer them not to minister to sickness nor sin, but to health and holiness. Let not my body be oppressed with surfeiting and drunkenness, nor my soul debased by sensuality and vice. Enable me by thy grace to bring the flesh into subjection to the spirit, that neither my table may be a snare unto me nor my food a temptation or disease, but grant that I may watch over my appetites with so much caution and prudence, as to indulge them with moderation and thankfulness, and that in the sense of thy mercies and the strength of thy refreshments, thy temporal blessings may only be an occasion of promoting my everlasting salvation; through the merits and satisfaction of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

A penitential Litany.

FATHER of mercies and God of all conso

lation, who hast sent thy Son to redeem us from the bondage of iniquity, and to save us from thy wrath and everlasting damnation; have mercy upon thy rebellious and perishing children.

O blessed Saviour, who in compassion to our weakness didst take our nature upon thee and give thyself a sacrifice for our sins; have mercy upon me, once miserable and lost, but now a sorrowful and returning sinner.

O Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son, who didst come into the world to sanctify and teach, to illuminate and guide it; have mercy upon me in my blindness and folly, and lead me into the way of holiness and truth.

O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, three persons and one God; have mercy upon me a miserable sinner.

Pardon O God, the vanities of my childhood and the sins of my youth, my proneness to evil and my backwardness to good, my early corruption and my slow return to a sense of my guilt and my duty.

If thou Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it ?

O God of mercy, pardon my want of restraint over my appetites and passions, my unwillingness to learn my duty and my aversion to practice it, my wickedness in admitting so readily and cherishing so fondly the first insinuations of sin, my delight in vain thoughts, my pleasure in evil remembrances, and my glorying in my shame.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

O God of mercy, pardon my foolish imaginations and my voluptuous desires, my wicked devices and my evil deeds, my secret delight in what thou hast forbidden, and my weariness and disgust in what thou hast wisely and mercifully enjoined. Turn thy face from my sins O Lord, and put out all my misdeeds.

O God of mercy, pardon the unnumbered omissions of my duty, my neglect in searching the scriptures and the infrequency of my prayers, my listless manner of attending to them when statedly performed, and my secret rejoicing when forced to omit them, the wandering of my mind, and the coldness of my heart in the public services of thy sanctuary, my deadness of faith and dulness of spirit in the reading and preaching of thy holy word. Put me not to rebuke O Lord, neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure.

O God of mercy, pardon all the sins of my proud and prejudiced understanding, my wilful ignorance of the way of salvation and sinful neglect of the means of grace, the weakness and imperfection of my faith and the inconsistency and wavering of my unstable life, my distrust of thy power and goodness and my vain reliance on superstitious fancies and wandering dreams, my confidence and presumption in the time of ease and security, and my fear and trembling in the season of temptation and trial.

O Lord, in thee alone may I put my trust: let me never be confounded.

O God of mercy, pardon the unruliness of my affections and the irregularity and disorder of my sinful life, my fretfulness and impatience under the most trifling provocations, the hastiness of my temper and the fierceness of my wrath towards my offending brother, my strange forgetfulness of my offences towards thee, and stupid indifference to thy displeasure.

O take away from me my iniquities, and dispose me to forgive even as I am graciously forgiven.

O God of mercy, pardon my impatience and discontent, under the trials of my lot, my secret murmurs and open rebellions against the dispensations of thy providence, my provocations of thee to anger by rushing into dangers where I was not called, and hardening my face against thy righteous judgments, my contempt of thy mercies in turning thy grace into lasciviousness, despising thy long-suffering and goodness, and trusting boldly where thou hast given us no ground of comfort or hope.

O cleanse thou me from my secret faults, and keep thy servant from presumptuous sins.

O God of mercy, pardon the innumerable sins of my tongue, my vain conversation and common profaneness, my bold and presumptuous appeals to thee to witness the truth of what I believed to

be false or knew not to be true, my irreverent use of thy sacred and venerable name, my provoking others to anger and leading them to follow my horrible example, my crafty and ensnaring talk to entice my neighbour to sin, my secret whispers or open detraction to undermine his character and bring reproach upon his name.

Father I have sinned before thee and against men, and am no more worthy to be called thy

son.

O God of mercy, pardon all my rebellion against thee, and against thy representatives my lawful superiors who have the command over me, my want of respect for their station, my disobedience of their commands, my murmurs and repinings against their authority, my neglect of their persons and desires, my publication of their faults, my rejoicing in their infirmities, and whatsoever is irreverent or perverse, unjust or uncharitable towards my betters.

Lord teach me obedience and submission, not only for wrath, but for conscience sake.

O God of mercy, pardon all my cruel thoughts, my provoking words and injurious actions; cleanse my hands from violence and my heart from bloodguiltiness; forgive my breach of promise to men and of my holy vows to thee my God.

Hide thy face O Lord, from my sins and blot out all my transgressions. Correct me but with judg