82 DEATH Or GEORGE T. works of blessing to the world, that he may receive daily and perpetual praises. And as the Spirit of God eminently designed Solomon in this Psalm, as a'type of 'Christ, so let us pray that our sovereign may imitate our blessed Jesus in all divine virtues, and in the sacred qualifications ofa ruler i that his throne may be surrounded With 'wisdom and established in justice '" In his majesty let him ride prosperously withtruth, meekness and righté- ousnessaderidinglüm ;" Ps. Xlv. I. May every princely virtue and grace dwell in'Lïs heart and shine through all his actions. May his authority and his royal example join together to work won- ders'of ref'orination among the higher and the lower ranks of 'Mankind : And may probity of manner be always a necessary step of access to theking's favour. O may he he wise as an angel of God, to discern between pod and evil, between his sincere friends and fawning flat- terers ! Grant, O Lord, that he may daily increase in saga- City' and happy penetration to discover the true interest of the land, and be ever steady and resolute in the pursuit of it. Let him see his own interest inseparably' connected with the interest of his people, and pursue them together with glori, otts success. May the protestant powers abroad acknowledge him hi their common father, and their superior friend'; and may even the distant posterity Of 'our nation join witLthe generations to come in foreign lands in paying honour to his memory, as the chief ,support of religion and liberty in this lower world. , And since God bath blessed us witlt.a queen consort, let her also have a large share in our best wishes and our pious 'address to heaven. Long may she live a transcendent bles- sing to the nation and the world ; and fulfil with honour all the promising' prospects that her sublime character and virtue in a less exalted station hive given us. Let the prophecy of Isaiah be `eminently fulfilled in our day, that a "king is become' ournursing father and a queen our nursingmother ;" xlix. 23. The various branches of the royal family demand a share also in our prayers ; that plentiful influence from heaven may descend on themall, and that theymay be trained up under such parents, for all thehigh stations to which providcucemay design them' in future tunes ; that'blessings derived from the most serene family ofBrunswick may he diffused through the nations of the earth ; and especially that the heirs of thecrown descended from this illustrious` house may siton the throne ofGreat Britain in"a long and perpetual succession, may gloriously maintain religion and virtuein the land, sud promote the blessed Itedeenner from as'e to a e, till time shall be no More. /iirién.
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