EJACULATIONS.

TAKE from me all evil imaginations, all impurity of thought,— all inclinations to luft,-all envy, pride, and hypocrify,-all falfehood, deceit, and an irregular life,—all covetousness, vain-glory, and floth, -all malice, anger, and wrath,all remembrance of injuries,-every thing that is contrary to thy will, Ó moft holy God!

May I never hear with pleasure, nor ever repeat fuch things as may dishonour God, or injure my neighbour or my own character.

O give me light to fee, an heart to close with, and power to do thy will, O God.

Love of God, &c.

BLESS me, O God, with the love of Thee, and of my neighbour. Give me peace of confcience, the command

of

my affections; and for the rest, Thy will be done!

O King of Peace, give us thy peace, keep us in love and charity! Make thyfelf, O God, the abfolute master of my heart!

They that be whole need not a Phyfician. It belongs to Thee, O Sovereign Phyfician, to make us fenfible of our maladies, and to make us go to Thee for help. O fay unto my foul this word of falvation, Bebold, thou art made whole.

Without me ye can do nothing.Miferable indeed is he who pretends to walk without Thee. O give me light to fee, an heart to clofe with, and a power to do thy will. From thy Spirit I hope to receive these graces.

If any man ferve me, let him follow me; and him will my Father honour. Let me never flatter myself that I ferve Thee, my Saviour, unless I follow thy example at the expense of

every thing I love or fear befides. O keep my heart fixed upon that honour which God has prepared for thofe that follow Thee.

O Divine Spirit, render me worthy of thy prefence and confolation. Fill my heart with an holy dread of thy judgments.

Give me a true fenfe and knowledge of the danger and the evil of fin; and may I, with a prudent moderation only, be concerned for temporal things.

Jefus Chrift is always in his temple, and near you, (if your foul be fit for him to dwell in) to Him apply

on all occafions:

As your Mafter, for grace to ftudy, to love, and to follow his inftructions. He requires nothing but what he first practifed himself: As your Lord, that you may love and ferve him faithfully, and fulfil all his commands:

As your Pattern, that you may

follow his example, and imitate his virtues :

As your Saviour, that he may be your refuge and confidence, your ftrength and fupport, your peace and confolation, your Saviour now and at the hour of death:

As your King, that he may give laws to your foul, and that you may furrender yourself to his commands; and never rebel, or refift his authority:

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As your Shepherd. Keep me in thy flock by thy almighty grace. am one of the loft fheep which Thou cameft to feek. Take me under thy care, and restore me to thy fold. Increase thy flock for the honour of thy name.

Wilful Sin.

LET me rather chufe to die, than to fin against my conscience.

Penitent.

I AM afhamed to come before Thee, but I must come or perish. I know that Thou art angry with me for my fins, but I know too that Thou pitiest me, or why do I yet live? Make me full of forrow for my fin, and full of hopes of thy mercy and pardon. Look Look upon the infirmities of thy fervant, and confider his weakness. Senfible of my own fad condition, weak and miserable, finful and ignorant, liable to eternal death, I proftrate myself before Thee, imploring thy help and pardon.

Gracious God, never abandon me to the oppofition I fhall at any time make to thy grace.

Bleffed be God, that he has fo often prevented me, and not left me to the defires of my own heart. Put a stop to the torrent of wickednefs and profanenefs, which carries all before it.