Certain devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemn occasions. PublishedCertaine devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemne occasions. Published

10. We have abused all thy blessed Ordinances, those heavenly conduits of all spiritual blessings, grace, and comfort: By our unpreparedness before, irreverence in the use of them, fruitlessness, and want of practise afterward.

10. We have abused all thy blessed Ordinances, those heavenly conduits of all spirituall blessings, grace, and comfort: By our unpreparednesse before, irreverence in the use of them, fruitlesnesse, and want of practise afterward.

11. We have wretchedly abused our own bodies, and souls, by abandoning them to the service of Satan, and making all our members instruments of unrighteousness to sin. Fearfully ⟨p. 225⟩were they infected with Original sin at first, but we have made them much more sinful by our actual transgressions ever since; we have added a great deal of folly in respect of the mystery of CHRIST: every way LORD thou knowest we are become exceeding sinful.

11. We have wretchedly abused our owne bodies, and soules, by abandoning them to the service of Satan, and making all our members instruments of unrighteousnesse to sin. Fearefully ⟨p. 225⟩were they infected with Originall sin at first, but we have made them much more sinfull by our actuall transgressions ever since; we have added a great deale of folly in respect of the mystery of CHRIST: every way LORD thou knowest we are become exceeding sinfull.

We humbly entreat thee in the name of the LORD JESUS to enlighten our minds, and open our eyes, to see the length, and breadth, the height, and depth, of this our sinful misery, for