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able Ętat affections afflictions ALMIGHTY Amen apply to Thee assistance of thy assured beseech Thee body cere charity cheerfulness children of men comfort and support Composed in Summer confidence in Thee convinced death desire distresses duty endeavours eternal evermore evil faith follies foolish forgive give gracious grant gratitude happiness HEAVENLY FATHER hope hopes and fears humbly humility implore thy infi infirmities JESUS CHRIST know that Thou let me learn lives love of Thee love Thee Mammon meekness merciful Father mind miserable name of JESUS ness ourselves pain passion perfect piety and virtue pleasure praise PRAYERS AND RELIGIOUS purify RELIGIOUS MEDITATIONS resign sake sense of thy servant sincere sins sion sorrow souls teach tender mercies tenderness Thou art Thou seest Thou wilt thy blessings thy creatures thy dispensations thy grace thy Holy Spirit thy mercy thy service thy word tion true truth unto Thee vanity whole heart
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Page 69 - ... the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before tbee in holiness and righteousness all our days...
Page 62 - God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy ; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal.
Page 63 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 72 - To our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks for all thy mercies ; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body, for our health, friends, food and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy...
Page 24 - Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments...
Page 71 - MOST merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to all those who confess and forsake their sins ; we come before Thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold transgressions of Thy righteous laws...
Page 71 - But, O gracious Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech Thee, in mercy, and forgive us all our transgressions.
Page 59 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 22 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I, saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 72 - Make us ever mindful of the time when we shall lie down in the dust ; and grant us grace always to live in such a state, that we may never be afraid to die : So that living and dying we may be thine, through the merits and satisfaction of thy Son Christ Jesus, in whose name we offer up these our imperfect prayers.