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mercy and my poor soul. Lay not to my charge, O merciful God, the sins which I have this day committed; and not only pardon them, but give me grace from henceforward entirely to leave and forsake them, and to amend my life according to thy holy word.

Make me always mindful, that thou art every where present, and privy to my most secret thoughts; that Imay never dare to do any thing but what is pleasing in thy sight. Possess me, O Lord, with a lively sense of the frailty of my life, the certainty of a judgment to come, the unspeakable glories of heaven, and the most dreadful torments of hell, that I may in good earnest set about the great work of my salvation, and never be so foolish as to prefer the pleasures of sin, which are but for a season, before that everlasting fulness of joy, which is in thy presence for evermore; but that duly considering the vast disproportion there is betwixt this life and my eternal state, I may live as becomes the Gospel of Christ, working out my salvation with the greatest care and circumspection, that when the great and terrible day of the Lord shall come, I may be admitted to the inheritance of the saints in light, through the merits, and for the sake of

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Make me always mindful of my own frailty, of the shortness and uncertainty of this life, and of the eternity of the next. Make me careful so to live, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die. O let not sickness or death ever surprise me unawares, or find me in a state unprovided; but grant that I may finish the great work of my salvation before the night comes, when no man can work; that so having laid up a good foundation of hope and comfort against the day of trouble and sickness, I may, whenever thou shalt be pleased to call me hence, cheerfully resign up my soul into thy hand; and oh! do thou vouchsafe to receive it to thy mercy, through the merits, and for the sake of thy dear Son, Jesus Christ the Righteous.

Be with me, O Lord, this day; let thy blessings accompany all my honest labours and endeavours; and grant that I may take nothing in hot is agreeable to thy blessed will.

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