neighbourhood,

promise on my part,
their own desire,

their lack of leisure,

sympathy for their extreme misery ;
any good work,

any noble action,

any scandal received from me,
having none to pray for them.

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MEDITATIONS.

WHAT

I.

On Christian Duty.

HAT shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

Keep the commandments.

What shall we do?

Repent and be baptized every one of you.

What must I do to be saved?

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

What shall we do then?

(To the multitude.) He who hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none. He that hath meat, let him do likewise. (To the publicans.) Exact no more than is appointed you.

(To soldiers.) Do violence to no man; neither accuse any falsely; be content with your wages.

ATHER Unoriginate, Only-begotten Son,

FATHER Life-giving Spirit,

merciful, pitiful, long-suffering,
full of pity, full of kind yearnings,
Who lovest the just and hast mercy on
the sinful,

Who passest by sins and grantest petitions,
God of penitents,

Saviour of sinners,

I have sinned before Thee, O Lord,
and thus and thus have I done.

Alas, alas! woe, woe.

How was I enticed by my own lust!
How did I hate instruction!

Nor did I feel fear nor awe

at Thy incomprehensible glory,

Thy awful presence,

Thy fearful power,

Thy exact justice,

Thy winning goodness.

I will call if there be any that will answer me; to which of the saints shall I turn?

O wretched man that I am,

who shall deliver me from the body of this death? How fearful is Thy judgment, O Lord? when the thrones are set

and Angels stand around,
and men are brought in,
and the books are opened,
the works enquired into,

the thoughts examined,

and the hidden things of darkness.
What judgment shall be upon me?
who shall quench my flame?
who shall lighten my darkness,
unless Thou hast mercy upon me?

Lord, as Thou art loving,
give me tears,

give me floods, give me them to-day.

For then will be the incorruptible Judge,
the terrible judgment-seat,

the answer without excuses,