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THANKSGIVINGS.

TA General Thanksgiving.

upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the

ALMIGHTY God, Father of great comfort of us thy unworthy

servants, and to of holy Name; through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

all mercies, we un­worthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving­kindness to us, and to all men; * This to be[* particularly to said when any those who desire that have been now to offer up their prayed for de- praises and thanks­sire to return givings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy

praise.

mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in ho­liness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glo­ry, world without end. Amen.

For fair Weather. LORD God,

humbled us by thy late plague of immoderate rain and waters, and in thy mercy hast re­lieved and comforted our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of weather; We praise and glorify thy holy Name for this thy mercy, and will always declare thy loving­kindness from generation to gene­ration; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Plenty.

O MOST merciful Father, who

of thy gracious goodness hast

heard the devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and scarcity into cheapness and

plenty; We give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving- kindness unto us, that our land may yield us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and our comfort; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Rain.

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GOD our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious provi­dence dost cause the former and OALMIGHTY God, who art

the latter rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man; We give thee humble thanks that it hath pleas­ed thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last a joyful rain

a strong tower of defence un­to thy servants against the face of their enemies; We yield thee praise and thanksgiving for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed: We acknowledge

For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies.