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LMIGHTY GOD, Creator and Governor of the world, who sendest sickness and restorest health, enable me to consider, with a just sense of Thy mercy, the deliverance which Thou hast lately granted me, and assist by Thy blessing, as is best for me, the means which I shall use for the cure of the disease with which I am now afflicted. Increase my patience, teach me submission to Thy will, and so rule my thoughts and direct my actions, that I may be finally received to everlasting happiness, through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. Amen.

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ON THE STUDY OF RELIGION.

LMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, without whose help labour is useless, without whose light search is vain, invigorate my studies, and direct my inquiries, that I may, by due diligence and right discernment, establish myself and others in Thy Holy Faith. Take not, O LORD, Thy HOLY SPIRIT from me; let not

evil thoughts have dominion in my mind. Let me not linger in ignorance, but enlighten and support me, for the sake of JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.

LORD GOD, in whose hand are the wills and affections of men, kindle in my mind holy desires, and repress sinful and corrupt imaginations; enable me to love Thy Commandments, and to desire Thy promises; let me, by Thy protection and influence, so pass through things temporal, as finally not to lose the things eternal; and among the hopes and fears, the pleasures and sorrows, the dangers and deliverances, and all the changes of this life, let my heart be surely fixed, by the help of Thy HOLY SPIRIT, on the everlasting fruition of Thy presence, where true joys are to be found. Grant, O LORD, these petitions. Forgive, O merciful LORD, whatever I have done contrary to Thy laws. Give me such a sense of my wickedness as may produce true contrition and effectual repentance, so that when I shall be called into another state, I may be re

ceived among the sinners to whom sorrow and reformation have obtained pardon, for JESUS CHRIST's sake. Amen.

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LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, whose clemency I now presume to implore, after a long life of carelessness and wickedness, have mercy upon me. I have committed many trespasses; I have neglected many duties. I have done what Thou hast forbidden, and left undone what Thou hast commanded. Forgive, merciful LORD, my sins, negligences, and ignorances, and enable me, by Thy HOLY SPIRIT, to amend my life according to Thy Holy Word, for JESUS CHRIST's sake. Amen.

MERCIFUL GOD, full of compassion, long-suffering, and of great pity, who sparest when we deserve punishment, and in Thy wrath thinkest upon mercy; make me earnestly to repent, and heartily to be sorry for all my misdoings; make the re

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membrance so burdensome and painful, that I may flee to Thee with a troubled spirit and a contrite heart; and, O merciful LORD, visit, comfort, and relieve me; cast me not out from Thy presence, and take not Thy HOLY SPIRIT from me, but excite in me true repentance; give me in this world knowledge of Thy truth, and confidence in Thy mercy, and in the world to come life everlasting, for the sake of our LORD and SAVIOUR, Thy Son JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

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EJACULATION

Imploring diligence.

GOD, make me to remember that the night cometh when no man can

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