For Prefumption takes away the Fear of God; and Depfair the Love of him for his Goodness fake.

Deliver us from all Impenitence, and from Hardness of Heart.

For Impenitence excludes all Sorrow for Sins paft; and Ha: duefs of Heart makes us continue, and go on in our Course of Sinning.

Deliver us from impugning a known Truth; or from envying thofe who em

brace it.

Deliver us from refifting lawful Authority; for therein we refift thee our God.

'Deliver us from Relapfes, and counterfeit Repentances; for though we cannot deceive thee, yet therein we deceive, and ruin our felves.

Deliver us from all Schifmatical Rending the Peace of the Church; and thereby deftroying our felves.

Thus by removing thefe Obstructions of thy bleed Approach, we may humbly hope our Souls will be ready for thy Impreflions.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the Beginning, &c.

PSALM CXVI.

HY Impreflions, O Lord, who art Goodness it felf, will make us good, and able to retain them.

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They will make us good, in communicating those Gifts thou giveft us, unto others.

It is thy holy Spirit, O Lord, that giveth thy Priests Eloquence, and Utterance in Preaching.

It is thy Spirit that engenders a burning Zeal in them for thy Glory; and makes it more and more ardent.

It is thy Spirit that gives them a fiery Tongue to publish thy holy Gospel; and chearfully profefs the Truth in the Face of all the World.

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And, as our Saviour faith, It is not you that speak; but the Spirit of Speaketh in you.

By Thee, O Holy Spirit, and thy Divine Inftruction, the holy Men of God spake as they were moved.

Thou wert the mighty Worker in the Conception, and Nativity of our blessed Saviour.

Thou art the Worker of our Sanctification; and makeft us new Men in Jesus Chrilt.

This holy Spirit made a poor Shepherd a Princely Prophet; and a fimple Fisher-man a chief Apostle.

He made a perfecuting Saul a faithful Paul; a chofen Veffel to preach the Dotrine of Salvation to the Gentiles.

As his Perfon is great, divine, and for ever to be ador'd; fo are his Works great, and his Goodness tranfcendent, and ever to be loved.

Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the Beginning, &c.

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PSALM CXVII.

S Man is known by his Voice; fo the Holy Ghoft hath Particularities by which he may be known.

He mollifies hard Hearts (if they refift him not;) and awakes them out of the dead Sleep of Sin.

He puts a holy Fire and Zeal into the Hearts of those who were cold and frozen. He gives Strength to the Weak, and enables them to contemn the World, and Worldly Things.

He mortifies the diforder'd Appetite, and more diforder'd Paffions; and makes both to become moderate, and regular.

He illuminates the Understanding, he fanctifies the Memory; and makes it reentive of thofe good Things we have been taught by him.

He not only enflames our Affections with a holy Ardour; but fweetly draws them off from all other things unto himfelf.

He makes the Hearts of the Rash to underftand Knowledge, and to become pru dent.

This bleffed Spirit breeds an Alteration where-ever it enters; it gives other Actions, and other Tongues, and gives other Hearts, and makes a new Man.

And as our bodily Motions fhews we have a Soul in our Body; fo our holy Life fhews we have this holy Spirit in our Soul.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the Beginning, &c.

Antiphon.

The Spirit of the Lord hath made me, and the Almighty hath given me Life.

HYMN XXXVI.

A Hymn in the Language of our Church. Ome, Holy Ghoft, our Souls infpire, And lighten with Cœleftial Fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art;

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Who doft thy Seven-fold Gitts impart.

Thy bleffed Unction from above,
Is Comfort, Life, and Fire of Love.
Enable with perpetual Light,
The Dulnefs of our blinded Sight.

Anoint, and chear our foiled Face
With the abundance of thy Grace.
Keep far our Foes, give Peace at Home;
Where thou art Guide, no Ill can come.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And thee of both to be but One
That through the Ages all along,
This may be our endless Song:
Praise to thy eternal Merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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The Leffon. Wifd. 1. 5.

OR the holy Spirit of Difcipline will flee Deceit,and remove from Thoughts that are without Understanding.

For Wisdom is a loving Spirit; and will not acquit a Blafphemer of his Words; for God is Witnefs of his Reins, and a true Beholder of his Heart, and a Hearer of his Tongue.

For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the World; and that which containeth all Things has knowledge of his Voice.

Therefore he that fpeaketh unrighteous Things cannot be hid; neither shall Vengeance, when it punifheth, pass by him.

Antiphon.

How great is the Mercy of God, that only one Sin excludes it, even that against the Holy Ghost! how unspeakable abominable is that Sin, that excludes that Mercy.

V. It is the fame Wonder, and Mercy that the Holy Ghost is fent from the Court of Heaven to fanctifie us,

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