PRAYERS

FOR

SCHOOL S.

A Morning Prayer for the Ufe of the Maf ters or Miftrees, and Scholars.

Raifed be the Lord, from the rifing up of the Sun to the going down of the fame. Thou art our God, and we will Praife Thee: Thou art our God, and we will Thank Thee.

Thou haft made us after thine own Image; Thou daily preferveft and provideft for us: Thou haft redeemed us by the precious Blood of thy dear Son Thou haft given us thy holy Word for our Direction, and promised thy holy Spirit for our Affiftance: Thou haft raifed up to us Friends and Benefactors, who have taken Care of our Education and Inftruction; thou haft brought us together again this Morning, to teach and to learn that which may be profitable to us.

For thefe and all thy Favours Spiritual and Temporal, our Souls do blefs and magnify thy holy Name, humbly befeeching Thee to accept this our Morning Sacrifice of Praise and Thankf

Thanksgiving, through Jefus Christ our Lord. And do Thou, O Lord, who haft fafely brought us to the Beginning of this Day, defend us in the fame by thy mighty Power, and grant that this Day we fall into no Sin, neither run into any Kind of Danger; but that all our Doings may be ordered by thy Governance, to do always that which is righteous in thy Sight, through Jefus Christ our Lord.

Particularly we beg thy Bleffing upon our prefent Undertaking. Prevent us, O Lord, in all our, Doings, with thy moft gracious Favour, and further us with thy continual Help, that in thefe and all our Works, begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy Mercy obtain everlasting Life, through Jefus Christ our Lord.

We humbly acknowledge, O Lord, the great Imperfection and Disorder both of our Minds, and of our Lives; that we are unable to help ourselves, and unworthy of thy Affiftance: But we beseech Thee, through the Merits of our bleffed Redeemer, to pardon our Offences, to enlighten our Understandings, to ftrengthen our Memories, to fanctify our Hearts, and to guide our Lives. Help us, we pray Thee, to learn and to practise those Things which are Good, that we may become ferious Chriftians, and useful in the fi. I 2 World;

World; to the Glory of thy great Name, the Satisfaction of those who have fo kindly provided for our Souls and Bodies, and our own prefent and future Well-being.

Blefs and defend, we befeech Thee, from all their Enemies, our most gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, Their Royal Highneffes GEORGE Prince of Wales, the Princess Dowager of Wales, the Duke, the Princeffes, and all the Royal Family.

thy Bleffings be allo beltowed upon all thofe in Authority under His Majesty in Church and State; as alfo upon all our Friends and Benefactors; particularly Thofe zubo are Concerned in the Care of this School. Profper Thou the Works of their Hands: O Lord, profper Thou their Handy-work,

Thefe Prayers, both for them and our. felves, we humbly offer up in the Name of thy Son Jefus Chrift, our Redeemer, conclud ing in his moft perfect Form of Words. Our Father, &c.

An Evening Prayer for the Mafters of Miftreffes, and Scholars.

Accept, we befeech Thee, O Lord, our

Evening Sacrifice of Praife and Thanks giving for all thy Goodnefs and Loving-kind

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nefs to us; particularly for the Bleffings of this Day, for thy gracious Protection and Prefervation, for the Opportunities we have enjoyed for the Inftruction and Improvement of our Minds, for all the Comforts of this Life, and the Hope of Life everlasting, through Jefus Chrift our Redeemer.

We humbly acknowledge, O Lord, that we are altogether unworthy of the leaft of all thy Favours; that we continually fall short of our Duty, and have too often tranfgreffed thy holy Laws.

Forgive, moft merciful Father, we humbly pray thee, all the Errors and Tranfgreffions which Thou haft beheld in us the Day past, and help us to express our unfeigned Sorrow for what has been amifs, by our Care to mend it.

What we know not, do Thou teach us; infru&t us in all the Particulars of our Duty, both towards Thee, and towards Men; and give us Grace always to do thofe Things which are good and well-pleafing in thy Sight, thro' Jefus Chrift our Lord.

Whatsoever good Inftructions have been here given us this Day, grant that they may be carefully remembered, and duly followed; and whatsoever good Defires Thou haft put into any of our Hearts, grant that by the Affiftance of thy Grace they may be brought to good Effect, that thy Name may have the I 3 Honour,

Honour, and we, with thofe who are affiftant to us in this Work of our Inftruction, may have Comfort at the Day of Account, thro' our Lord and Saviour Jefus Christ.

Lighten our Darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and by thy great Mercy defend us from all Perils and Dangers of this Night; continue to us the Bleffings which we enjoy, and help us to teflify our Thankfulness for them, by a due Ufe and Improvement of them.

Blefs and defend, we beseech Thee, from all their Enemies, our most gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, Their Royal Highneffes GEORGE Prince of Wales, the Princefs Dowager of Wales, the Duke, the Princeffes, and all the Royal Family.

Blefs also all thofe in Authority in Church and State, together with all our Friends and Benefactors, particularly Those who are concerned in the Care of this School, for whom we are bound in especial manner to pray. Bless this and all other Schools for Religious and truly Christian Education. And direct and profper all pious Endeavours for the Propaga tion of thy Gofpel, and promoting Christian Knowledge in the World.

These Prayers and Praises we humbly offer up to thy divine Majesty, through the Mediation of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord; in whofe holy Name and Words we fum up all our Defires.

Our Father, &c.