sault my soul, deal out my sorrows with tenderness, and turn them all to my good and comfort in the end. And since I rest upon thee as my rock and my stay, let me not sink under thy visitation into dejection and sadness, nor imagine my distress greater than I can bear. Let thy strength be made perfect in my weakness. Let no rebellious thoughts nor unholy murmurings arise within me, but give me a submissive and resigned, a patient and humble spirit whilst I live, and be my blessed portion when I die, through the merits and mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Another. MOST blessed and glorious Saviour, who didst suffer with meekness and patience those stripes with which we were healed, and who hast made the way of the cross to be the way of heaven, enable me I beseech thee, to bear the affliction which thou hast laid on me with a calm and willing mind. I know that thou art as gracious when thou smitest us for trial and amendment, as when thou relievest us in compassion to our infirmities. But though my spirit is willing my flesh is weak. O Lord Jesus, I am unable of myself to stand under the cross. But thou who didst feel the burthen of it, who didst sink under it for a moment but afterwards triumph over it for ever, making it a perpetual sign of our deliverance from sin and death; fortify my spirit under the weight of my sufferings. Refresh me by thy grace when I am ready to faint and lift me up when I fall. Sanctify my sickness to me, support me in my weariness, calm me in my fears, and comfort me in my sorrows. Let me never in my rashness charge thee foolishly, nor offend thee by my impatience. Let me neither secretly murmur against thy dispensations, nor weaken the hands and hearts of those who charitably minister to my needs. Make thou all my bed in my sickness, and deliver me not into the will of my enemies, but let me pass through this vale of misery and tears with a meek and quiet spirit and a grateful sense of thy mercies and merits O blessed Lord, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever livest and reignest one God, world without end. Amen. A Prayer for Repentance and Pardon. ALMIGHTY God and most merciful Father, who delightest not in the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, give unto me thy unworthy servant a deep contrition for all my offences, and strength to forsake them, grace to fear thee and grace to love thee, power to serve thee and time and inclination to finish the work thou hast given me to do; that being washed in the blood of thy Son, sanctified by thy Spirit, and saved by thy mercy, I may here rejoice in hope, and hereafter sing eternal praises to the honour of thy name, through my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Another. MOST glorious and blessed Saviour, who alone hast power to forgive sin, to rescue us from its dominion, and to deliver us from the wrath of God, be gracious to me a miserable of fender who confess thy justice in my sufferings and implore thy mercy in the pardon and forgiveness of all my transgressions. Remember not the follies of my childhood, nor the vanities of my youth, (the remissness and guilt of my riper years, nor my hardness of heart and contempt of thy word even in the infirmities of age.) Remember not the sins of my tongue, nor the outbreaks of my wrath, the unlawfulness of my desires, nor the wickedness of my deeds. Contend no longer with a miserable wretch, who acknowledges his guilt, and earnestly begs for the remission of his sins. Thou hast glorified thyself in all generations of the world, by giving pardon to the penitent and ease to the afflicted, comfort to the comfortless, and refreshment to the weary. Behold O Lord, the sorrows of thy servant, and do away mine | offences. By thy manifold mercies and thine in finite merits, by thine agony and bloody sweat, by thy strong crying and tears, by thy bitter cross and passion, by thy mighty resurrection, thy glorious ascension, and thy effectual intercession and mediation, hear me O Lord, and have mercy upon me. And however thou shalt see fit to deal with me here, vouchsafe at last unto my body a part in the resurrection of the just, and unto my soul the estate of joy, happiness, and immortality with all thy blessed saints in thy heavenly kingdom, through thine own prevailing merits O Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God world without end. Amen. For a Blessing on the Means, which may be used for Recovery.7 FATHER of mercies and God of all consoof of lation, our only help in time of need, I humbly beseech thee, to look upon me thy unworthy servant with mercy and favour; here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body. Lay no more upon me than thou wilt enable me to bear. Consider my weakness and proportion my trials to my strength, that I may endure them with patience and resignation to thy blessed will. Hear my complaints and remove the cause of them, as shall seem to thee most expedient for me. Give thy blessing to the means which may be used for my recovery. And since thou alone canst effectually remove my maladies, and skill, medicine, and attention are only instruments in thy hands that work according to thy good pleasure, speak the word O Lord, and thy servant shall be healed. But if thou shouldest not see fit to hearken unto my prayer, fit me for whatever in thy wise providence thou shalt order for me. Give me ease and comfort in my sufferings, or firmness and strength when my heart and my flesh are ready to fail. Guide me with thy counsel, and after that receive me with glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Another. MOST blessed and glorious Saviour, the great Physician of our souls, the sun of righteousness arising with healing in thy wings, who when thou didst appear among men went about doing good, and healing all manner of disease, and to whom now that thou hast ascended on high all power is given both in heaven and earth; look graciously upon thy servant, here lying in great weakness and suffering under thy chastening hand. O let the design of thy visitation be accomplished in the sanctification of my soul. And if it seem good unto thee O Lord, be pleased also to bless the ministry of thy servant my physician, in the means which he may use for the health of my body. Direct his judgment in the treatment of the disease, give efficacy to the medicines which he may prescribe, and so dispose all |