time in repenting of the same, and faithfully pleading the merits of a crucified. Saviour. "Examine yourselves whether

ye be in the faith---prove your own "selves" by those rules of the Gospel which teach that a faith only that worketh by love---that is productive of those fruits of the Spirit whence it proceedeth---is the faith which will justify us in the sight of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.--Meditate, frequently, on those awful. themes---Death and Judgment---Heaven and Hell---Time and Eternity---in the words of the Evangelical Prophet, which you, who perhaps daily see the sad effects of neglecting them, ought surely to lay to heart---and to profit by the endearing admonition contained in them--"Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, "call ye upon him while he is near: Let "the wicked forsake his ways, and the

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unrighteous man his thoughts; and let "him return unto Jehovah and He will "have mercy upon him---and to our God, "for he will abundantly pardon."

OCCASIONAL PRAYERS

FOR

THE SICK.

A COLLECT THAT MAY BE USED WITH ANY OF THE PRAYERS FOR THE SICK.

Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that we may obtain our petitions, make us to ask such things as shall please thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

A PRAYER FOR A PERSON IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS SICKNESS.

(From Bishop Taylor.)

O Almighty God, merciful and gracious, who in thy justice didst send sorrow and tears, sickness and death,

into the world, as a punishment for man's sins, and hast comprehended all under sin, and this sad covenant of sufferings, not to destroy us, but that thou mightest have mercy upon all, making thy justice to minister to mercy, short afflictions to an eternal weight of glory; as thou hast been pleased to turn the sins of this thy servant into sickness, so turn, we beseech thee, his sickness to the advantage of holiness and religion, of mercy and pardon, of faith and hope, of grace and glory. Thou hast now called him to suffer. Lord relieve his sorrow, and support his spirit, direct his thoughts, and sanctify his sickness, that the punishment of his sin may be to him a school of virtue. Make him behave as a son under discipline, humbly and obediently, evenly and patiently, that he may be brought by this means nearer to thee: that if he shall recover his former health, he may return to the world with greater strength of spirit, to run a new race of stricter holiness, and more severe religion; or if

he shall pass hence through the gates of death, he may rejoice in the hope of being admitted into that heavenly society, in which all thy saints and servants shall be comprehended to eternal ages. Grant this for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord. Amen.

A PRAYER FOR A

BLESSING ON THE

MEANS USED FOR A SICK PERSON'S

RECOVERY.

(From Mr. Kettlewell.)

O Gracious Lord, by whose word man lives, and not by any human means alone; direct, we pray thee, the counsels of those who prescribe to this thy servant, and prosper the medicines which are used to procure him ease and strength: but let not his confidence in them lessen any thing of his dependance on thee, but make him sensible that every good gift is from thee, and that it is thou that givest us help in time of need. To

whom, therefore, but to thee should we flee in the day of our visitation? Since it is thy blessing only that maketh the means we use effectual; and however vain the use of them is without thee, if thou biddest them, the things or accidents which we do not think of, or regard, shall recover us. O, therefore, as their part who administer to him is the care, so let thine, O GOD, be the blessing, and his the comfort and as he regards them as thy instruments, so let him own thee for the Author of his mercies, and to thee give thanks, and pay his vows and services: through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

A PRAYER FOR A SICK PERSON WHEN

THERE APPEARS SOME HOPE

OF RECOVERY.

(From Bishop Patrick.).

We thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast heard our