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10. O thou great Phyfician of Souls, cure me of all my finful Diftempers, and fix me in an even and conftant Holinefs.

11. Imprint on my Mind this important Truth; that the Pleafures of Sin are fhort and momentary, but the Pain and Torment eternal; and, that the best that can follow is a bitter Repentance.

12. O Almighty Lord God, mortify and kill all Vices in me; and fo ftrengthen me with thy Grace, that by the Innocence of my Life, and the Conftancy of my Faith, I may glorify thy great and holy Name.

13. Grant me the true Circumcifion of the Spirit, that my Heart and all my Members being mortified from all worldly and carnal Lufts, I may in all Things obey thy bleffed Will.

14. Grant that I being regenerate and made thy Child by Adoption and Grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, till I come to the Meafure of the Stature of the Fulness of Chrift, unto a perfect Man.

15. Enable me to love my Enemies, and to do good to thofe that hate me, and pray for them that defpitefully ufe me, and perfecute me, in Obedience to the Command,

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and in Imitation of the Example of my great Lord and Master Christ Jefus.

Occafional Ejaculations for our Advancement and Improvement in a Chriftian Life.

1. SET a Watch O Lord, before my Mouth, and keep the Door of my Lips.

2. O let not mine Heart be inclined to any evil Thing; let me not be occupied in ungodly Works.

3. O hold thou up my Goings in thy Paths, that my Footsteps flip not.

4 Caufe me to know the Way wherein I fhould walk, for I lift up my Soul unto thee.

5. Make thou thy Servant to delight in that which is good.

6. Grant that all carnal Affections may die in me, and that all Things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in me.

7. Deliver me, O Lord, from the Occafions of Sin, and the Importunities of fuch as delight in Folly. Deliver me from the Snare of enticing Company, and the dangerous Infection of ill Example.

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8. Grant, O God, that like as I have received of thy holy Prophets, of Jefus Christ and his Apoftles, how I ought to walk to pleafe thee, fo I may abound more and more.

9. Make me to understand the Way of thy Commandments, and fo fhall I talk of thy wondrous Works.

10. O that my Ways were made fo direct, that I may keep thy Statutes.

11. O that my Mouth be filled with thy Praife, that I may fing of thy Glory and Honour all the Day long.

12. O let me have understanding in the Way of Godliness.

13. Try me, O God, and feek the Ground of my Heart; prove me, and examine my Thoughts; look if there be any Way of Wickedness in me, and lead me in the Way everlafting.

14. Grant, O God, according to the Riches of thy Glory, that I may be firengthened by the Might of thy Spirit in the inner Man, that Christ may dwell in my Heart by Faith.

15. Grant, that I being rooted and grounded in Love, may be able to comprehend with all Saints, what is the Length, and Breath and Depth of the Love of

Chrift, which paffeth all human Knowledge; and that I may be filled with all the Fulnefs of God.

16. Give me Understanding, and I fhall keep thy Law.

17. O that my Soul could love thee without Limits, as thou art in thyself infinitely amiable.

18. Lead me forth in thy Truth, and learn me; for thou art the God of my Salvation.

19. O deal with thy Servant according to thy loving Mercy, and teach me thy Statutes.

20. O God of Peace fanctify me wholly, that my whole Spirit, Soul and Body, may be preserved blameless unto the Coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

21. Create in me a clean Heart, O God, and renew a right Spirit within me.

Ejaculations in Time of Temptation and Affliction.

1. HELP me, O Lord my God, O fave me according to thy Mercy.

2. Be not thou far from me, O Lord, thou art my Succour, hafte thee to help nie.

3. O keep my Soul and deliver me, let me not be ashamed, for I put my Truft in thee. Let Integrity and Uprightness preferve me, for I wait on thee.

4. Grant that I may have Power and Strength to have Victory, and to triumph against the Devil, the World, and the Flesh. 5. Let my Complaint come before thee, O Lord, give me Underftanding according to thy Word.

6. O hide not thou thy Face from me, nor caft thy Servant away in Displeasure. 7. Comfort the Soul of thy Servant, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my Scul. S. Hide not thy Face from me, in the Time of my Trouble; incline thine Ear unto me when I call, O hear me, and that right foon.

9. O deliver me from the wrongful Dealings of Men; and fo fhail I keep thy Commandments.

General Interceffions for all Mankind.

1 O MERCIFUL God, cause all them that fleep in Sin to awake, cause them to arife from the Dead, that Chrift may give them Life.

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