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48

2.

et)e

Poo? ano

zotti

ids

joys with

Chrift

which

thou haft

promifed

us , be

the

readieft

and fweeteft

thoughts

of

our

minds

;

and

a

daily Cordial

at

our

hearts,

to

rejoyce them under

all

the

Croffes

and

Vexations

of

this

World,

and

the

pains

of

our

Flefh

,

and the

fore

-fight

of

Death

,

and to corn-

fort

us

at

a

dying

hour.

O

caufe us

all

the

days

of

our

lives

,

to comfort our

[elves

and

one

another with thefe

wot?ds

, That

we

Mall

for

ever be

with

our

glorified

Lord

,

more than with

tile poffeIlion

or

hopes

of

Life

,

or

Health , or

Wealth

,

or

any

thing which Earth

af-

fordeth.

'

Teach

us

to

redeem

our

fhort

and precious

time

,

and

to

cart

away no

part

of

it on

vanity

But

to

lay

up

our Treafure

in Heaven

,

and

firft to

feek

thy

Kingdom

and its

Righteoufnefs,

and

to

give

all

dili-

gence to

make

our Calling

and

Election

fure

and

to

work out

our

Salvation

with

fear

and

trembling, re-

membring that

we

muff

be

adjudged according to

our

Works.

Teach

us

to

woríhip

thee fpiritually

and

ac-

ceptably

through

Chrift

:

To

reverence thy Name

,

and

Word,

and

Ordinance,

and

to

fantifie

thy Holy Day

:

To

honour our

Superiours

, and behave

our

felves

aright

to

our

Equals

and

Inferiors

:

To wrong

none

in

their

Bodies

,

Chaftity

, Elates

,

or

Names

;

But

to

do

as

we

would

be

done

by

:

To

love

our Neighbours

as

our

felves

:

To

love

and

forgive

our Enemies

,

and

thole that

do

us

wrong.

Caufe

us

to

hate

and

over-

come our

felfifhnefs

pride,

fenfuality ,

worldlinefs,

hypocrite

, and

all

our fleíhly lulls, which

fight againít

the Spirit

,

and

are

odious

in

thy fight.

Help

us

to

govern our thoughts

,

affelions

,

fenfes

, appetites

,

words

and

aftions

,

by

thy

Word

and

Spirit

:

to labour

faithfully

in

our Callings

to

flit

from

idlenefs

;

and

yet

to

be

contented with

our daily bread. Prepare

us

for

all Sufferings,

with

faith,

hope

and patience. Caufe

tUs