O let thy Goodness (whereof I have had fo great a Share, and plentiful Experience) lead me to Repentance not to be repented of, that I may be a fit Guest at thy Son's Table. "Have Mercy "upon me, O Lord, and according to the Mul

titude of thy tender Mercies, blot out all my "Tranfgreffions for thy Mercy's fake in Chrift "Jefus, the Son of thy Love, whom thou haft "fet forth to be the Propitiation for our Sins." Grant this, O merciful Father, for the fake of my bleffed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.. See Pfalm vi. xxv. xxxii. xxxviii.

A Prayer before Self-Examination.

Lord, thou that art the Searcher of all: our Hearts, and a Difcerner of the very Thoughts, and in whofe Sight all Things are naked and open, be pleafed to impart a Ray of thy heayenly Light, to difcover all the Sins and Infirmities of my paft Life, and whatsoever elfe hou knoweft wherein I have done amifs, that enceforward no fecretSin may lie undifcovered And corrupted in my Soul; that by examining, ny Life and Converfation by thy Law, theRule nd Measure of my Duty,I may understand the rue State and Condition of my Soul,and from juft Senfe and Sight of all my Tranfgreffions, hrough the Affiftance of thy Grace and heaenly Benediction, I may be enabled to reform ny Life, and to turn my Feet unto thy Teftinonies; fo faithfully to fearch and examine my

Confcience, that I may come holy and.

clean.

clean to the heavenly Feast, and be received as a worthy Partaker of that holy Table which thou haft called me to. Grant this for thy

Mercy's fake in Chrift Jefus. Amen.

See Pfalm cxxxix.

Brief Heads of Self-Examination upon each Commandment.

Hough I have not atheistically denied the Being of a God, or wickedly renounced him by Apoftafy, yet have I not loved, defired and delighted in other Things more than in God? Or, have I not feared Men; and dreaded the Displeasure of the World, more than of God? Or, have I not trufted in Men, and relied upon the World, more than upon God? Have I not defpaired of God's Mercy? Or, by prefuming too much upon it, encouraged myself in Sin? Have I not been unthankful; for Mercies received? Or, have I not afcribed the Glory and Honour of what I now enjoy to myself, more than to God? (Say) God be merciful to me a Sinner, and lay not this (or thefe) Sins to my Charge. [Repeat the fame at the End of every Commandment.]

II..

Though I have not worshipped God by Images, yet have I not entertained grofs and falfe Conceptions of him? Or, have I not

!fully omitted coming to Church, or to the public Prayers, when I had no juft Occafion to hinder me? Or, have I not rudely, irreverently or wantonly behaved myfélf during the Time of divine Service? Or, have. I not wilfully refused to come to the Lord's Supper, when I have been called to it? Or, have I not rafhly and unadvifedly received theSacrament without due Preparation? Or, have I not broken my Vows and Refolutions which I then made?

III.

If I have not openly blafphemed the Name of God, yet have I not lightly or irreverently fpoken of him? Or, have I not profanely jefted upon, or abused his holy Places or Perfons, or any thing else dedicated to his Service? Or, have I not taken God's Name in vain, by common Swearing and Curfing? Or, have I not taken false and unlawful Oaths? Or, have I not broken my own Vows and Refolutions, jespecially my Baptifmal?

IV:

Have I not neglected the Worship of God on his Sabbaths? Have I not spent Part thereof in vain Sports, idle Difcourfes, Vifits, and many other unneceflary Affairs? Or, have I not fuffered others to profane the Sabbath, when it was in my Power to reftrain them from fo doing?

V.

Have I not been ftubborn, irreverent and indutiful towards my Parents, rejecting their Counfels,

Counfels, defpifing their Government, and coveting their Eftate before their Death? Or, have I contributed toward their Neceffities when they were in Want, and I had it in my Power to help them? Or, have I not been difloyal to my Prince, ftubborn and unfaithful to my Mafter, refractory and unthankful to my Minifter, peevish and unkind to my Friend and Companion?

VI.

If I have not actually taken away the Life of any Perfon, yet have I not made my Neighbour's Life grievous by Oppreffion, Rage, and Violence against him? Or, have I not by Fighting or Quarrelling wounded his Perfon? Or, have I not tempted him, by any other Vice or Intemperance, to destroy his Health, and fo fhorten his Days? Or, have I not by falfe or contumelious Speeches wounded his good Name and Reputation? Or, have I not, by my own Luxury and Intemperance in Eating and Drinking, been acceflary to my own Death?

VII.

If I have escaped the groffer Acts of Adultery and Fornication, yet have I not conceived Luft in my Heart, and neglected the Means to preferve my own and others Chastity? Or, have I not by Gluttony and Drunkenness, or by any impure Thoughts or Words, defiled my Soul? Or, have I not accustomed myself to filthy Talking, Jefting, and immodeft Garbs, and unchafte Behaviour in common Converfati

VIII..

If I have not been guilty of common and public Stealing, yet have I been true and just in all my Dealings? Or, have I not contracted Debts, when I was confcious to myfelf, that I was not able to pay, or make Reftitution? Or, have I not wafted my own or others Eftates by riotous Living? Or, have I not by Violence and Oppreffion exacted of my Inferiors, or by unlawful Ufury taken Advantage of their Neceflities?

IX.

If I have not before the Magiftrate fworn falfly against any Man, yet have I not accuftomed myself to Lying and Slandering? Or, Thave I not accufed my Neighbour unjustly Or, have I not concealed the Truth of another, when Juftice and Charity obliged me to give Evidence of it? Or, have I not unjuftly fought to uphold my own Credit, or to blaft any other Perfon's?

X.

Have I not fecretly complained against the Providence of God, as if others had too much, i and I too little? Or, have I not by unlawful Means endeavoured to deprive others of their Goods and Property? Or, have I laboured truly and faithfully to get my own Living, and been content with that State of Life unto which it hath pleafed God to call me ?