PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN. 3411 Grace after Meat for several Children together. We render thanks to thee, O Lord, for the food and re- freshment which thou hast now given us. Helpus to lay out our time and strength in doing thywill ; and let our prayers and our services be presented to thee with acceptance, by the hands of Jesus Christ thy Son and our Mediator. Amen. I proceed next to the patterns of prayer, composed for young persons of fourteen or fifteen years of age, supposing them to be more capable of adding, omitting, or altering what they see fit, to suit their own case and occasions, and of forming other prayers for themselves according to these examples. Morning Prayerfor youngPersons. Invocation. O Lord God most. High and most Holy, the Creator, the Governor and the Judgeof all mankind. Adoration. I adore thy majesty, and worship theewith humble reverence : Thou art infinitely wise, powerful and gracious, far beyond our highest thoughts, and above all our praises. Thou hast made the day-light for the businesses of life, and hast raised me from the bedof sleep to see another morning with comfort. Confession. I acknowledge before thee, I amutterly un- worthy to come into thy holy presence : My original is from the dust, and my iniquities have rendered me viler than the beasts that perish. I am by nature unholy and unclean; and though my years are but few, yet my sins are many : my daily ac- tual transgressions witness against me, and deserve destruc- tion from the hand of thy justice, so that I can make no pre- tence to merit before thy throne : But there is forgiveness with thee, that sinners may be encouraged to return to thee with hope and love. Petitions for one's self. I. Let thy mercy, O Lord, blót out all my offences, for the sake of the sufferings of thy beloved Son, and let a sinful creature find favour in thy sight, upon the account of his complete obedience, and his bloody death. 2. Pityme, Oheavenly Father, under mynatural blindness and igno- rance. Instruct me by thy word and thy good Spirit, that I may know more of myself, and toy own wants and weaknesses, and that I may know thee better in the discoveries of thy grace. Teach me the precepts of thy law, that I may learn what is my duty, and let me grow daily into a humble acquantance with Christ Jesus, who is the righteousness and the strength, and the life of his people. 3. Work in my heart sincere repentance for all my past offences, and let my faith, in Jesus, be such as thou wilt approve, such as may drawmyheart near to God in holy love, and produce the good fruits of obedience in the whole course of my life. I would commit myself into his hands, as
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