A collection of family prayers : with various occasional forms, from the devotional writings of sundry authors

Samuel Palmer

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• Langue: English
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A
COLLECTION
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FAMILY PEAYERS,
WITH
OCCASIONAL FORMS,VARIOUS
FROM THE
DEVOTIONAL WRITINGS
OP
SUNDRY AUTHORS
SELECTED AND REVISED
By SAMUEL PALMER,
AND PRINTED IN LONDON.
^'0W ABRIDGED AND RECOMMENDED FOR THE USE Of
FAMILIES, BY A COMMITTEE OF THE
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION of MINISTERS
IN THE
OPCOUNTY HAMPSHIRE. l^1^8^%.^J^
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
PRINTED BY THOMAS DICKMAN.
P
.r1811.TH.i . .PREFACE.
Prayer is an indispensible du-THAT Family
of religion, are pointsty and an important means
granted.allowed and here taken for Ifgenerally
should fall into the hands of anythis collection
they are re-who need to be convinced of either,
whichferred to the many excellent discourses,
have been published on the subject.
Among the excuses urged for the omission of
this duty, one of the most frequent is the want
of ability or ofconfidence to pray in the presence
others. Where this is the case, the most natural
"and proper advice is, Make use of Forms."
The expedience ofso doing, shall not attemptwe
to prove. It is adaiitted by the best Divines,
several of whom have forms for thepublished
use of families.
We are flir from discouraging the use of ex-
temporary prayer. It has many advantages pe-»
culiar to itself. Awd some common Christians
possess such a talent for it, that substitutionthe
of any pregomposed form would rather injurerPvEFACE.4
the family devotion. There are, how-than assist
people, who are destitute ofever, some serious
it moderatethis gift, or possess in a degree.
These had better use forms, than omit the duty.
there of families,And probably are few heads but
find assistance in perusal ofwho may much the
well-com.posed forms. Those contained in the
thisfollowing collection are esteemed to be of
description are therefore recommended to; and
the publick
BY THE EDITORS.