A Thanksgiving after Communion.

MOST merciful and gracious God, who hast sent thy only begotten Son into the world to destroy the works of the devil, to redeem us from all iniquity, and to deliver us from the bitter pains of eternal death; I humbly beseech thee, to sanctify and bless to me the memorials of the body and blood of thy dear Son, which I have this day received, and to make me a fit habitation for his holy presence both now and for evermore.

O Blessed Saviour, I adore the secrets of thy wisdom and the depths of thy mercy, in the awful mystery of my salvation. Grant that in the remembrance of thine unspeakable love I may show forth my thankfulness, by conforming myself to thy likeness in all things, in the imitation of thy actions, in the fellowship of thy sufferings, in the communion of thy graces, and the participation of thy glories; that beginning here to praise thy name for thy mercies, I may magnify and adore thee hereafter for ever and ever.

O Lamb of God, holy and spotless, who for our sakes wert pleased to endure shame and sorrow, to be brought before the tribunal of thy creatures whom thou shalt judge at the last day, to be maliciously accused, treacherously betrayed, unjustly condemned, suffering the severest torments which malice could devise or cruelty inflict; enable me

to see the baseness and enormity of sin, in the sacrifice which thou didst make for its full and perfect atonement. May I abhor and detest my sins which were the cause of thy sufferings, and hereafter earnestly endeavour to shun and forsake them. Lord, what am I, that thou shouldest be wounded for my transgressions, and that with thy stripes I should be healed? I am unworthy of the least of thy mercies, and yet thou hast shown unto me the greatest which man can conceive or God can bestow.

Complete then thy loving kindness, and carry me safely through all the temptations and trials of this dangerous world. O holy and blessed Jesus, who didst look upon us with compassion lying in our sin and misery, and in the darkness of the shadow of death; who didst bear our griefs and carry our sorrows, that we might be partakers of thy felicity; let thine eyes pity me, thy hands support me, thy holy feet tread down all the difficulties in my way to heaven. Let me be instructed with thy wisdom, moved by thy affections, directed by thy will, and clothed with thy righteousness, that in the great day of account I may be found meet to partake of the inheritance of thy saints in light; to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK.

A Prayer to be said when first taken Ill.

MERCIFUL God and Heavenly Father, who givest us life, and health, and all things, and recallest them according to thy good pleasure; grant that I may behold thy hand in every thing that befalleth me. In all the afflictive dispensations of thy providence, may I strive to improve them to thy glory and my own salvation. And now that sickness has taken hold of me I fly to thy goodness for comfort, and to thy almighty power for succour and relief. O regard not my unworthiness, nor refuse to hear me when I call upon thee. Give me grace to take the illness under which I am labouring as thy heavenly visitation, that I may both hearken to the rod and to him that has appointed it. May I bear thy chastisement with patience and submission, and as it is a scourge for my sins, let it also be a cure for them. May I no more return to vanity and folly, nor indulge in any thing which tends to thy dishonour and my own destruction. And if in thy wisdom, thou shouldest not see fit to restore me to health but my sickness should be unto death; O let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! And grant that I may leave

the world with a stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus, with an unfeigned repentance for all the errors of my life past, with a holy indifference to all temporal things, and a cheerful resignation of my soul into thy hands, as into the hands of my merciful Creator, through the merits and mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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Another.

GRACIOUS and merciful God, who in thy justice didst send sorrow and tears, sickness and death into the world as a punishment for man's transgression, and hast concluded all under sin, not to destroy us, but that thou mightest have mercy upon all, making thy justice to minister to mercy and the light afflictions of this life to an eternal weight of glory; as thou hast visited me for my sins with sickness and trouble, so make these trials the happy occasion of my growth in grace in this life and the increase of my glory in the world to come. And as thou hast thus called me to a fellowship with thy dear Son who was made perfect through suffering, grant that I may be brought nearer to him and thyself in holiness, purity, and love. Sanctify to me all the changing circumstances of my sickness, relieve my pains, and support me in dejection and distress. Enable me to behave myself with humility and sorrow, with submissiveness and patience, as a child un

der the discipline of a father, that if I shall be restored to health of body and vigour of mind, I may return to the world with fresh strength for the race which is set before me and finish my course with joy; or if I pass from hence through the gate of death, I may be mercifully received into the bosom of my Lord, to reign with him in glory and bliss for ever and ever. Grant this O Heavenly Father, for the sake of our Advocate and Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen.

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A Prayer for Patience.

IGHTEOUS art thou O Lord, in all the pains and sorrows which thou hast brought upon me for the punishment of my sins, and the trial of my patience. I receive my sickness with humility as thy fatherly chastisement. Correct me O Lord, but not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Let me judged for my sins here, that I may have nothing but mercy without judgment from thine hands hereafter. I lament and bewail my transgressions in bitterness of soul. Accept, I beseech thee, my unfeigned repentance, blot out, all my misdeeds, and refresh me with the grace and comfort of thy Holy Spirit. But O Lord I beseech thee, not only to give me pardon for my offences, but strength and patience in my sufferings and trials. Support me in the weakness of my body, guard me in the temptations which as