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opportunity to

pray

fcretly

before

Family

Prayer,

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freely

without

Book

from

the feeling

of

their

own

wants,

it

they

are

able

:

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not; they may

nie

the

fame

Prayer

which

is

for

Famia

lies

fo

far

as

their

wants

and cafes

are the fame.

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Morning

Prayer

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for

a

Family.

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Almighty,

All

-

Peeing

and

molt

gracious

God,

VI

who haft created

us

and

all

things for

thy

Glo-

ry;

We

finful

Worms

encouraged by

thy

own

Corn..

mand and

Promife,

and

the Mediation

of

Jefus

Chrift

our Redeemer, dohumbly

call

down

our

felves before

thee, to acknowledge

thy Mercies, to

confefs

our

Sins,

beg

thy

Grace,

and

to

ruder

thee

our

Praife

and,

Service.

We

thank thee

that

thou

haft made

us

reafonable

Creatures,

to

know, and love, and

ferve

our

Creator,

and

capable

of

everlating

happinefs in

thy

Glory

:

We

thank thee

that

we

who

were

born

in 'Sin, and

were

thy Enemiesin

our flefhiy flare, were

not

forfaken by

thee

in

our

Sins,

nor

left

with

the Devils

to

helplefs

defperation;

but have a

Sufficient

Saviour

given

us

by

thy Love,

who bath

redeemed

us

by

his

Blood,

and

gi-

ven

a

free pardon and

title

to

Life, in

his Covenant

of

Grace,

to

all

that

heartily

accept him

as

their

Lord

and

Saviour

:

We

thank thee for

his

holy Gofpel, for

his

holy Example,

for

his

holy Spirit,

given

to

his

Apoftles, Minifters

and

all

true

Believers

:

We

thank

thee

for

our

Birth,

onr Education,

our Friends, our

Health, our

Peace

and

Liberty,

and

all

our Comforts

of

this

Life

:

We

thank thee for

our

publick

Teaching

and

our private helps, the

comfort of thy

holy

Wor-

fhips

and

all

the

mans

of

our

Salvation

:

But efpeci-

ally