deprive such Person so persisting, or lawfully convicted of such eftsoon affirming; and upon such sentence of Deprivation pronounced, he shall be indeed deprived.”

If the Archdeacon shall not proceed according to this · Act,—or that of the 9th of William III. " for the more effectual suppressing of Blasphemy and Profaneness”I shall think our ecclesiatical Constitution in extreme danger, and shall look for some horrible prodigy; such as an Act of Parliament to erect into Parish Churches the Gravel-Pit Meeting-House at Hackney, or the Socinian Conventicle in Essex-Street.

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SIR,

MAGAZINE.

FTER thanking you for the kind attention with which you was pleased to insert my last communication of the extracts from the Daily Office of Archbishop LAUD; I beg leave to transmit to you the following continuation of them, in the arrangement he has made for each day in the week, and which he has divided in the manner of antient offices, beginning in regular order with

SUNDAY.

The first hour, i. e. from sunrise to 9 in the morning.

O Lord, by thy mercy I am risen out of my grave, where I might have slept in death, but that thou preservedst me. Make it, I beseech thee, a resurrection to grace in this life, and to glory in the life to come, through Jesus Christ, who merited both for us. Amen.

This day, by the resurrection of thy Son, our blessed Saviour, was made holy to us: Give me that grace that I may keep it holy to thee, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Here

Here follows Psalm 45, v. 5, 4, with the the Collects for the 2d Sunday after the Epiphany; 1st Sunday in Advent; 2d Sunday in ditto; and 4th Sunday in ditto: after which

The 3d hour, or 9 in the morning.

Lord, let thine angels tarry round about me, and deliver me, that I may taste and see how gracious thou my Lord art, and how blessed is the man that trusteth in thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Psalm

34, 7, 8.

Then, after quoting Psalm 48, 9. Ps. 63, 3. Ps. 84, 1, with the collects for the 1st, 3d, and 4th Sundays after the Epiphany, he proceeds thus:

Sixth hour, i. e. noon.

O Lord, the sun is at height for this day upon me, but lift up the light of thy countenance, and I shall be whole. Make all darkness, and spiritual shadows, short upon me, and shorter in me, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Against Presumption.

Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret sins: keep me also, O Lord, from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me: and keep me innocent from the greatest offence, I humbly beseech thee. Amen. Psalm 19, 12, 13. Also Psalm 84, 4, are here added.

O (most) holy, adorable, and long-suffering TRINITY! for thou art (indeed) long suffering, who bearest so long with those that divide thee*. O holy Trinity, who hast long since vouchsafed me (the honour) to be thy worshipper and proclaimer unfeigned. O holy Trinity, whom every man must one day acknowledge either by illumination or by punishment, I pray thee make and accept even THOSE also to be thy adorers who now blaspheme thee, that not one even of the least of these may perish. And this, though on condition that I lose some part of thy favourt; for I dare not say what the Apostle does.

*All such as deny the divinity of either Father, Son, or Holy Ghost. This passage sufficiently shews the charity of the Archbishop, that ardent love for his Brethren which his divine Master enjoined; and his zealous imitation of that apostle who would have saved others at the hazard of himself.

Grant

Grant this by and for the merits of Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.

Here follow the collects for Easter Day, the 1st Sunday after Easter (which the Archbishop entitles against malice,) and the 2d Sunday after ditto..

Ninth hour, i. e. afternoon.

Lord give me that grace, that I may hold me still by thee, and abide patiently upon thee. That I may not grieve myself at the man whose way doth prosper, nor against him that doth after evil counsels. That I may leave off from wrath, and let go displeasures, lest I fret myself, and be moved to do evil. Amen. Psalm 37, 7, 8.,

Paulinius Epist. 9. Princip.

The Lord grant, that here in me, and for me, he may be a consuming fire: and (O) that my heart may be kindled with this fire, that it may be an eternal light to me, lest my soul burn in it unto everlasting punishment, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Here add Psalm 52, 8.

For myself.

O Lord, I beseech thee make me remember, how much more than other men, I have need to call upon thee*. My charge is great and my strength little; O give me grace to come often before thee, and to ask that help which THOU art readier to give, than I to ask, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Ps. 9, 13. Aug. 14, 1629.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me, O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death. Amen..

For all Graces.

O Lord, encrease in me faith and devotion; replenish my heart with all goodness, and by thy great mercy keep me in the same. Give me godly zeal in prayer, true humility in prosperity, perfect patience in adversity, and continual joy in the Holy Ghost: even for Jesus Christ his sake, my only Lord and Saviour. Amen.Here the collects for Whitsunday, and Trinity Sunday, are added by the Archbishop.

* How much cause has every person to apply this, from the recol lection of their own particular circumstances, sins, mercies, &c, &c.

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At Evening. Dan. 9, 19.

O my God, incline thine ear and hear, open thine eyes and see. O Lord, forgive: O Lord, consider and do it, for thine own sake, O my God, and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Then follow Psalm 49, 16, 17, (applied as a prayer for patience,) Psalm 119, 82. The Collect for Sexagesima Sunday (against adversity) and the Collect for Quinquagesima Sunday, (for charity.)

The Compline, a Prayer before Bed-time.

O Lord, fill me with grace, that I may fulfil all the service which I owe thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.` Amen.

Then Amos 7, 2, 5, applied as a prayer: concluded with an Amen.

Prov. 3, 24. For Sleep.

Lord when I am asleep, let me not be made afraid: but let my sleep be sweet, that I may be enabled to serve thee. Amen.

Then the Collect for the 4th Sunday in Lent, (for relief.)

At bed-time, and in the Night if thou wakest. Ps. 13, 3. Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death. Amen.

Then Psalm 17, 3, and Ps. 119, 164, applied as Prayers, with the Collect for the 5th Sunday after Easter, (for good thoughts.)

Entrance into the CHURCH. The very appropriate quotations of Psalm 9, 7, and Ps. 28, 2, with Ps. 61, 4. Ps. 100, 3, 4, and Ps. 26, 8,

For the HOLY SACRAMENT.-Preparations.

Forgive me (O Lord) whatsoever I have transgressed against thee, from (the time of) my infancy, even to this very moment, (whether) against knowledge, or through ignorance, at home or abroad, sleeping or waking, in thoughts, words, or deeds, (whether occasioned) through the fiery darts of (our ghostly) enemy, or by the unclean desires of my (own) heart, have mercy upon me, and grant me pardon, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, and most merciful Father, give me I beseech thee that grace that I may duly examine the inmost part of my heart, and my most secret thoughts, how

I stand

I stand before thee. Lord, I confess all my sins, and my unworthiness to present myself at thine altar. But thou canst forgive sin, and give repentance: do both, gracious Father, and then behold I am clean to come unto thee. Lord, make me a worthy receiver of that for which I come, CHRIST, and remission of sin in Christ, and that for his own mercy sake, and thine. Amen.

O Lord, into a clean, charitable, and thankful heart, give me grace to receive the blessed body and blood of thy Son, my most blessed Saviour, that it may more perfectly cleanse me from all dregs of sin: that being made clean, it may nourish me in FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, and OBEDIENCE, with all other fruits of spiritual life and growth in thee: that in all the future course of my life, I may shew myself such an engrafted member into the body of thy Son, that I may never be drawn to do any thing that may dishonour his name, Grant this, O Lord, I beseech thee, even for his merit and mercy sake. Amen.

O LORD GOD, hear my Prayers. I come to thee in a steadfast faith; yet for the clearness of my faith, O Lord enlighten it; for the strength of my faith, Lord, increase it. And behold I quarrel not with the words of thy Son my Saviour's blessed institution. I know his words are no gross unnatural conceit, but they are spirit, and life, and supernatural. WHILE THE WORLD DISPUTES, I believe*.

*This sentence evinces so much piety and ready acquiescence to the divine will in its venerable author, as must at once shew his truly christian and resigned spirit: and the advantages of it, are sufficiently obvious. It naturally suggests to the recollection, that spirited and unanswerable reply which Q. Elizabeth gave to the captious and ensnaring Romanists, when they sought to "entangle her in her talk," respecting the real presence in the Lord's Supper, in opposition to the self-contradictory doctrine of Transubstantiation,- -when she answered extempore

CHRIST was the word that spake it,
He took the bread and brake it,
And what that word did make it,
THAT-I believe and take it.

The absurdity of Transubstantiation in the opinion of the Romanists themselves, sufficiently appears from their Church having anathematised it is a damnable heresy when it was first broached; and a writer was employed to PROVE it so, by the EMPEROR CHARLES the Bald. (See a scarce and valuable little work, entitled The book of Bertram, or Ratramnus, Priest and Monk of Corbet, concerning the Body and Blood of the Lord. Lat. and Eng. 1686.) Yet they now enforce the belief of Transubstantiation, as essentially necessary to Salvation. So that they Vol. XI. Churchm. Mag. for Nov. 1806.

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