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Rh thy name. We praise thee that thou hast commanded as to make on this day public of our guilt, and of thy hatred of sin; of our  and the riches of thy forbearance  us; of our weakness, depravity, and need of  perpetual grace to help us. We praise thee commanding us to make public intercession for  sorts and conditions of men, in order that  hearts might be the more enlarged towards  and our hands the more ready to minister to  necessities. We praise thee for this opportunity hearing thy holy scripture, which is profitable our reproof, for our correction, for our  in righteousness.

We bless thee, that we have our habitation in the land of liberty, under the bright beams  thy glorious gospel: that we can worship thee  to our conscience, no one making us  that we are not required to pay adoration to  who by nature are not gods, nor compelled to  down at the altar of idols. We praise thee we are in health and strength to use the sacred  of going with the multitude that  thy holy-day, into the house where thou hast  thy name, and promised to meet and  us. How amiable are thy dwellings, O Lord hosts! one day employed in them is better than thousand engrossed by the business of the world.

We praise thee also for passing by all the and insults which we have offered unto  by abusing and profaning this holy day, by our  presumption in compassing thee about  deceit and lies. O how often have we rushed the courts of thy house without meditation, without prayer, without any desire to worship thee  an holy worship! how often have we