PART II.

OFFICES OF DEVOTION

FOR

PARTICULAR OCCASIONS, viz.

1. Office of Private Devotion for the Lord's Day,

p. 167-216

2. Office of Penitence and Humiliation to be used on

particular occasions

3. Office for the Holy Communion

OFFICE

.p. 217-288

p. 289-351

OF

PRIVATE DEVOTION FOR THE LORD'S DAY,

IN TWO SECTIONS, viz.

Sect. 1. On the OBSERVANCE of the LORD'S DAY, with a
preparative-Sect. 2. PRIVATE DEVOTIONS for the MORN-
ING, AFTERNOON, and EVENING of the LORD's Day.

SECT. I. On the Observance of the LORD'S DAY, with a
preparative, &c.

PRELIMINARY instructions concerning the observance of
the Lord's Day, taken out of the Scriptures ......p. 167

God's appointment of one day in seven to be kept holy
in memory of the creation, with the Christian grounds
for observing the first day of the week as the Sabbath, in-
stead of the seventh, viz.

1st, that God instituted a weekly Sabbath, &c.
..p. 167

2ndly, that on the first day Christ finished the work of our Redemp-

tion, &c. thenceforth called the Lord's Day

.p. 169

Passages of Scripture relative to the devout observance

of the Sabbath, consisting of denunciation of judgments on

its profanation, and promise of blessings on its conscien-

tious observance

....

.p. 171

with a preparative to the publick observance of the

Lord's Day, from considerations wholly taken out of Scrip-
ture, viz.

1. Religious observance of a Sabbath, &c......

..p. 172

2. from the indispensable duty of constant attendance on the pub-

lick worship of God in His own house

..p. 173

3. from God's peculiar presence in such places as are duly ap-

pointed and set apart for religious worship and His promise that the

prayers which are put up to Him there shall always meet with a more

gracious and ready acceptance, and be rewarded with larger commu-

nications of His grace and bounty

.p. 175

4. from the vanity of thinking that frequenting the publick ordi-

nances of Religion will atone for viciousness or immorality of life;

inasmuch as all the prayers of the wicked are an abomination to the

Lord; and those made by them in His house, being only a more

solemn mockery, will bring down a curse rather than a blessing, p. 177

5. from the particular qualifications requisite to render our publick

devotions acceptable, viz. a gravity and decency of behaviour suitable

to the sacredness of the place, and an attentive, religious, and devoted

frame of mind, as becomes the tremendous Presence we are in, and

the important business we are about

..p. 178

Prayer for a devout observance of the Lord's Day, p. 180

SECT. 2. PRIVATE DEVOTIONS for the LORD'S DAY.
For the Morning.-Prayer consisting of preparatory acts

of adoration, and devout supplications for the pardon of our

sins and the assistance of God's Holy Spirit......p. 182

Hymn for the Lord's Day, p. 184, general Thanksgiving,

P. 185

General Intercession, p. 188, the Lord's Prayer, Heb.

xiii. 20, 21.

Psalm and Prayer to be used just before we go to Church,

.....

p. 189

p. 190

Psalm and Prayer to be used just after we are returned

from Morning Service..

p. 192

For the Afternoon.-Passages of Scripture declaring

the respective acts and operations of each Person in the

Ever-blessed TRINITY towards the accomplishment of

man's redemption

p. 194

1. God the FATHER gave His Only-begotten Son to die for our

sins; and having raised Him from the dead, He exalted Him to be

a Prince and a Saviour; and to be Head over all things to the

Church

.p. 194

2. God the SON came down from Heaven, and took our nature

upon Him, and suffered death upon the Cross for our redemption :

and being set down on the right hand of the Father, He ever lives to

make intercession for us

.p. 196

3. God the HOLY GHOST bestowed miraculous gifts on the Apos-

tles, to fit them to convert the world to Christianity; and He still

continues to confer such gifts and graces on all Christian believers, as

are necessary to guide them into the knowledge, and to dispose and

enable to the practice of those duties which God hath made the con-

dition of eternal salvation.....

.p. 198

Thanksgiving and Prayer to the Holy Trinity...p. 199

For the Evening.-Questions proper to put to ourselves

in our retirement for devotion, on the evening of the Lord's

Day ....
...p. 202

Psalm and Prayer for the evening of the Lord's day,

p. 204-205

The Lord's Prayer.

A little before Bed-time.-Passages of Scripture, forming

meditations on the glories and felicities of heaven ..p. 210

Devout aspirations after the heavenly state.

......

P. 218

OFFICE

OF

PENITENCE AND HUMILIATION,

ON DAYS OF RETIREMENT FOR THE MORE

SOLEMN EXERCISE OF REPENTANCE,

-

IN EIGHT SECTIONS.

Sect. 1. FASTING-Sect. 2. EXAMINATION-Sect. 3. CON-

FESSION Sect. 4. RESOLUTIONS-Sect. 5. PRAYER-

Sect. 6. THANKSGIVINGS-Sect. 7. INTERCESSIONS-

Sect. 8. CONCLUSION.

Sect. 1. Precepts and directions for religious fasting,

taken from Holy Scripture, with prayer for God's assistance

and acceptance of our humiliation

p. 218

Sect. 2. The humble penitent's examination of himself.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture

Prayer before examination

....

...

p. 221

p. 222

P. 223

Examination by questions concerning our obedience to

Heads of examination

God's Commandments..

Prayer after examination

⚫p. 245

'p. 248

Sect. 3. The penitent's confession of his sins to God.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture, p. 249, and confession

of sin and humble supplication for pardon and grace, p. 251

Penitential Psalm, collected out of the book of Psalms,

p. 257

Sect. 4. The penitent's godly resolutions of future obedience.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture

Prayer before the resolutions

p. 262

Solemn resolutions to live answerably to the engage-

ments of our Christian profession

Prayer after the resolutions.

.p. 263

p. 266

Sect. 5. The penitent's devout prayers to God for grace to

live answerably to his Christian profession.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture

•p. 267

Petitions for the graces and virtues of the Christian life,

p. 269, (with a prayer especially for the use of the Clergy

....

p. 271

Sect. 6. The penitent's thankful acknowledgment of God's

mercies.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture.

p. 273

Thanksgiving for God's mercies, spiritual and temporal;

with prayers for grace to make a right use and improvement

of them.

p. 274

Sect. 7. The penitent's charitable intercessions for the peace

and prosperity of Church and State.

...

p. 278

Preparatory sentences of Scripture..

Prayer for Christ's Catholic Church, p. 279; for the

Church of England

p. 280

Confession and prayer in behalf of all the people of this

kingdom..

• p. 280

Prayer for peace and unity, in Church and State...p. 281

Sect. 8. The penitent's concluding devotions.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture

....

...

p. 284

Prayer for God's acceptance of this day's devotions, and

for grace to put in practice our good resolutions, and finally

to attain everlasting life

•p. 287