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sprung from a wrong conception of this important doctrine which is necessary to salvation, and is the corner stone on which is founded the answer to this great question, What must. I do to be saved? Therefore leaving all human opinion behind, let us have recourse to the sacred Records of Truth, for information; and learn, from the gracious mouth of our Saviour, what is the true nature of Faith, who, when he commissioned his Apostles, said unto them, Go ye into all the World, and preach the Gospel to every Creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved;-but he that believeth not, shall be damned. Here all is clear and perfectly intelligible. The single act of the mind concerning Faith, as is here described by our Saviour, is that of believing, and the object of Faith, is that history of our Redemption delivered by the inspired Preachers of the Gospel, and now recorded in their writings. So plain and simple is the account of Faith, given us by the Author and Finisher of it." Therefore on this plan, we shall lay before the Reader, the NATURE, ORIGIN, OPERATION and CONNEXION of FAITH with GOOD WORKS, hoping thereby to do service to our pure religion, and good to mankind, in this appeal to their understandings, from the authority of the Scriptures, the WORD of God.

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The Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, "took bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake IT, and said, Take, eat; this is my body which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me." After the same manner he took the cup when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink IT, in remembrance of me: for, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death until he come. 1 COR. xi. 23. 24, 25, 26.

On MONDAY Morning when first you awake, say,

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RISE, thou that sleepest; arise, my dull drowsy Soul, and Christ will give the

To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my eyes, my hands, my heart from my Bed, where my body hath taken its nightly repose, towards thy Heaven, where my Soul hopes to have her eternal rest.

My voice shalt thou hear betimes in the morning; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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N the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified for our sins, and rose again for our justification, I arise from this place of bodily rest to fulfil thy will, O my God; preserve, me, therefore, for the merits of his Cross and Passion, bless, govern, and keep me this day, and for ever, Amen.

I laid me down and slept, and rose again, for the Lord hath sustained me. Amen,

When you are ready, look on your soul as still undressed, till you have said your prayers.

Blessed Lord! who hast invited and com

manded us to pray unto thee, let thy Spirit help my infirmities; and do thou so dispose my mind, and influence my heart in my preparation for a worthy receiving of thy holy Sacrament, that my prayers and praises may be acceptable in thy sight, through the mediation and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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Almighty Lord God, mortify and kill all vice in me and so strengthen me with thy grace, that by the influence of my life, and the constancy of my faith, I may always glorify thy great and holy name. Grant me the true circumcision of the Spirit; that

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that my heart and all my members being mortified from all wordly and carnal lust, I may in all things obey thy blessed will. Enable me

to love my enemies, to do good to them that hate me, and pray for them that despitefully use me, and persecute me, in obedience to the command, and in imitation of the example of my great LORD and master, Christ Jesus.Amen.

Here may be added (if time will permit) the Morning Prayer, which is the first of the occasional Prayers at the end of this book. OUR father which art in Heaven, &c.

So far may be used every day in the

Morning before the Meditation,

The Meditation for Monday Morning,

Upon our Saviour's invitation to the communion of his body and blood.

My little Children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. But if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John ii. 1.

NOME now, O my soul, and let us re tire from the pursuits of this vain deceitful world; and let us well consider the gracious and condescending invitations wherewith A 4

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our blessed Lord and only Saviour hath called us, in his holy Gospel, to be partakers of his Holy Table. Why then this wavering, or coldness, O my soul! give ear to Eternal Truth, who will remove all thy doubts and fears by the following Invitation:

-COME unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. The bread, that I give, is my flesh; which I will give for the life of the world. Take, eat, this is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. The words, which I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Mat. xi. 28. John vi. 51. 1 Cor. xi. 24. John vi. 56. 63.

Il. Rise then, my soul, and take thy swiftest wings, and fly to this great mystery. There we shall see the Prince of Peace sacrifice himself to reconcile us with the Father:-there shall we see, O stupendous mercy!-the Son of God with Heavenly food entertaining the sons of men. Can we, O dear Redeemer ! believe the wonders of this mystery, and not be ravished with the admiration of thy great goodness? Can we acknowledge thy perfect veracity, and not believe this wonder of thy love?-let us not then refuse to believe our God,

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