before our Eyes: Our Houses are full of Mourning, and our Hearts of bitter Lamentation: And tho' thy Temples are not shut up, yet several of thy Ministers are shut out of thy Temples! Dearest Lord! These things are due to our Sins; Thou art Juft and Righteous in thy Dealings, but we are finful and wicked: For we have finned against the great Means of thy Grace, and the Mercies of thy Goodness for many Years vouchsafed to us, and to our Fathers before us: Notwithstanding which, we are full of Hypocrify, full of Prophanefs, full of Lewdness, and most abominably Wicked: And I, even I, have contributed by a great Measure of my Sins, to fill up thofe Woes. But O God! That art merciful, as thou art juft, (that delightest not fo much to appear just as merciful) pardon those Sins of ours that cause these Woes, and pardon thofe Sins of mine which concur to that Caufe! And with the Pardon of our Sins, grant us a release of our Punishments: Let all Feuds and Animofities ceafe, and true Piety and

Peace

Peace flourish again amongst us! Thou that out of Evil canft work Good, and out of Confufion didft fet up the Order of the World, be pleas'd out of those Evils and Confufions that are upon us, to bring forth a blessed Establishment for us! O thou King of Kings, and Judge of the World, plead the Caufe of thy Servants to the Faces of all those who feek to distress and destroy us! And do thou from Heaven own us in our Extremity, and deliver us! O thou that powerfully canft, mercifully do this for us: To the Honour of thy great Name, and to the Comfort and Happiness, both in Body and Soul, of us and ours, and all that truly fear and love thee, and true Religion in and for thee! Even for thy tender Mercies fake, hear us; and for the precious Blood and Paffion of our deareft JESUS, help us! Even for his fake, in whose Merits and Mediation alone ftands all our Hope and Help, thy dear Son, our only Saviour, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer

A Prayer for the Prefervation of the Church.

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Lord, the Church is thy Body, and thou art her Head; he is thy Spouse, and thou art her Husband; O fave thine own Body, preserve thine own Spouse! Protect her from all Enemies, Men and Devils! Keep her from all Ills, Errors and Dangers! Thou didst purchase thy felf a Church at the Price of thy Blood, O let no Hand feize and fpoil fo dear a Purchase !

MOR E particularly, O Lord, hear my Prayers for that Part thereof in this Nation: The Petition of a poor unworthy Child for a dear diftreffed Mother! Many, O Lord, are the Enemies that wou'd deftroy it, and few are the Friends that it has to defend it; ftrong are the Arms that are ready to pull it down, and weak are the Hands that are willing to uphold it: But, O powerful God, do not thou desert it! Uphold it with thy mighty Arm! Maintain the Religion established amongst us; and thy holy

Truth

Truth and Worship in that Religion ! Maintain a Clergy that may be able by Learning and a holy Life, to defend thy Truth and Worship; and the Means that may continue fuch a Clergy: Let not Error and Herefy corrupt it, Ignorance blind it, Superftition infect it,Prophanefs over-grow it, Schifm tear it, Sacrilege devour it, Atheism lay it waste, Perfecution make it defolate. Lord, make us as happy as we were, and more thankful, and lefs finful, that we may be fo happy! Let Errors vanish, Sects cease, Fury leave us, and the Spirit of Truth and Love again poffefs us! Let Confufions end, and all Irreverences in thy Service be banish'd from us, and holy Order and Decency be more regarded amongst us. Let Divifions be cemented, and Names of Reproach buried in Oblivion, and the Voice of True Peace and Joy be heard again in our Land. Lord, let us have that Religion which may make us happy in Heaven, and that true Peace which may give Time and Leave to enjoy that Religion! And to that end, let

Power

Power be establish'd upon Righteoufnefs, and employ'd for the Preservation of thy Church and People; and then maintain that Power and them! O thou by whom Kings reign, who haft promifed to make them Nurfing Fathers, to thy Church, grant us these Bleffings, to the Glory of thy Name, the Quiet of our Lives, and the Saving of our Souls! Even for thy dear Son our Saviour's fake. Amen.

A Prayer for Mercy to the Nation.

LORD, we are a Nation not to be beloved, a Nation ready to be ruined for our Iniquities, and for our Sins thou may'st justly destroy us, both Prince and People! But fpare us, good Lord, fpare us for thy Mercy fake! Let the Blood of Jefus expiate all our Guilts, and the Spirit of Jefus amend our Misdoings! O thou who wouldft not have one Sinner die, fuffer not Millions of poor Souls to perifh! Be reconciled to us in a Mediator's Blood, and

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