362 raAYERS FOR CHILFREN. thou layest on me, and comfort my heart with thyword., Re- move the list, roper and heal nie, O Lord, that I may do thee further service. Yet in every sickness, I would be prepared for dying : Though I have been but a little while in this world, thy gracecan fit me and make me willing to go out of it. Whether 1 live or die, let me be thine for ever. Amen. XXXIV. On his recovery from Sickness. How shall I render thee sufficient thanks and praises, O Lord my God, for thy new mercies ? Thou hast eased my pain, thou hast healed my disease, thou hast restored me to some mea- sureof strength : Since life is given me anew, let menot return to my old sins, lest I provoke thee to punish me more severely. Since thou hast not cut me off by death, but hast given longer time for repentance, let me not trifle that time away in childish follies, but live to the honour of that God who has spared me, for the sake of my blessed' Saviour. Amen. XXXV. For a Child who has lost Father or Mother, or both. Thou, O Lord, hast been in all ages, the father of the fatherless, and thy compassions are more tender than the love of a mother ; to thee, therefore, I come daily, and desire to put myself under thy heavenlycare, since I have lost one [both] of my earthlyparents. Thy mercy cando more for me, than parents can ever do for their most beloved offspring. Let me not be ex- posed to the wants, the mischiefs and the dangers, that many children have been exposed to, for want of friends to bring them up. Do thou, O Lord, train me up in thy fear and love. Let Jesus Christ, my blessed Saviour, take charge of me, and carry me safely through this world, till I am brought to the house of my heavenly Father, where I shall honour and praise hitn for ever. Amen.. XXXVI. Thanks for a religious Education. How great is the blessing Thou hast bestowed on me, O Lord God of mercy, that I should be brought forth into this world, in a christian nation, and not among wild heathens, where theword of God is not known ! How shall I praise thee enough, that I was born in a protestant country, and not among ignorant andcruel papists, where the people are not suffered to read the bible in their own language ! How can I sufficiently admire thy goodness, that I have enjoyed the blessing of religi- ous parents [or friends] who have trained me up in the know- ledgeof the only true Godand his Son Jesus Christ ; and from my youngest years, have taught me the ways of truth and holi- ness, which lead to heaven. What shall I render to the Lord for thesepeculiar favours. I praise thee with my lips and with my heart, that I have not been . suffered to wander in tie streets, among the children
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