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the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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LMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open; all defires known, and from whom no fecrets are hid; cleanfe the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The general Thanksgiving.

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LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving

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kindness to us and to all men;
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faid, when any who defire now to offer
prayed for, defire up their praifes and
to return praise. thanksgivings for thy
late mercies vouchsafed unto them.)
We bless thee for our creation,
prefervation, and all the bleffings
of this life; but above all, for
thine ineftimable love in the re-
demption of the world by our
Lord Jefus Chrift; for the means
of grace, and for the hope of
glory. And we beseech thee,
give us that due fenfe of all thy
mercies, that our hearts may be
unfeignedly thankful; and that
we may fhew forth thy praise, not
only with our lips, but in our
lives; by giving up ourselves to
thy service, and by walking be-
fore thee in holiness and righte-

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ousness all our days, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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A concluding Prayer.

LMIGHTY God, who haft
given us grace at this time

with one accord to make our com-
mon fupplications unto thee; and
haft promised by thy beloved Son,
that when two or three are gather-
ed together in his name, thou wilt
grant their requests; fulfil now,
O Lord, the defires and petitions
of thy fervants, as may be most
expedient for them; granting us
in this world the knowledge of
thy truth; and, in the world to
come, life everlasting. Amen.

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2 Cor. xiii. 14.

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HE of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.

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