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To thee, therefore, O my God! do I direct my supplications; beseeching thee, O gracious God, who hast a tender love for all thy creatures, and more especially for thy faithful servants, who repose all their hope and confidence in thy mercy, to have pity upon me, and to deal with me not according to my sins, but after thine own great mercy. Pardon, O Lord, all my past sins; restore me to peace and favour with thee; consider my weakness, and let not my troubles be more heavy or lasting than what thou seest profitable and necessary for the good of my soul.

Make me truly and deeply sensible of my condition, that I may see the rod, and who hath appointed it; that I may be truly sensible of the evil of sin, as well as feel the smart of punishment. Humble me under thy corrections; awaken me thereby to a more conscientious and zealous performance of my duty, to a sense of my spiritual wants, to a hatred of ovour thing that ia dianlegging in L

and so sanctify my present affliction, that by the help of thy good Spirit, it may bring forth in me all the graces and virtues of a Christian life, and accomplish the end for which it was sent.

Let the experience of thy love and favour towards me, throughout the whole course of my life past, teach me to resign myself entirely to thee; to choose thee for my only support and comfort; to rely steadfastly on all thy promises; and to wait with patience till thou shalt see fit to deliver me.

Direct and enable me to use all proper and honest means for freeing myself from my present troubles; but however grievous they may prove, O let me not dare to do any fraud or injustice, or to cast off my dependence on thee, by calling in the assistance of any of the powers of darkness for my relief.

And if, for reasons best known to thine infinite wisdom, thou shalt think fit to continue this affliction to me, thy blessed will be done : enable me patiently to bear, and contentedly to submit to the dispensations of thy good providence, how contrary soever to flesh and blood.

Suppress in me all murmuring and repining thoughts; remove from me all inclinations and aversions, but such as agree with those of

as are well pleasing in thy sight. Thou
knowest the surest way of making me happy;
thou art infinite in wisdom, loving-kindness,
and mercy, therefore let thy blessed will, in
every thing, be my choice and satisfaction:
I humbly submit to thy fatherly discipline;
for thou correctest in mercy and for my
profit. If therefore thou takest not away
thy rod, yet take away thine anger.
Let me
see a fatherly affection in all thy chastise-
ments; and raise in my soul an ardent love
and desire after thee, which may fill me with
an inward satisfaction, with peace of con-
science; and joy in the Holy Ghost. Sup-
port and comfort me under all my troubles;
direct and counsel me in all difficulties; carry
me through all trials and temptations, and,
in thy good time, take thy afflicting hand
from me; and grant that these light afflic-
tions, which (in comparison) are but for a
moment, may work for me an exceeding and
eternal weight of glory. Hear me, O Lord,
for thy mercy's sake, and for the sake of thy
Son Jesus, our only Mediator and Advocate.
Amen.

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A Prayer for a Person troubled in Mind. O BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; look down, I humbly beseech thee, with pity and compassion upon a miserable creature under great sorrow and dejection of mind.

I confess, O Lord, my sins have deserved much more grievous punishments than I feel; and shouldst thou be extreme to mark what I have done amiss, I should not be able to abide it. I will therefore betake myself to the throne of thy grace, and plead before thee thy gracious promises, and the wonderful expressions of thy love and mercy.

I will come unto thee for succour, for thou hast graciously invited all those that travail and are heavy laden. O pardon my iniquities, that have provoked thy wrath, and deliver me from the sorrows and miseries which I feel and fear.

Have mercy upon me, O God, for thou art my great Creator, and Almighty Preserver. O receive me, and relieve me, and revive me. Take pity upon my sorrowful soul, and destroy not thou the work of thine own hands. Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure, but

sensible that thou hast still the bowels of a most tender father.

I sue unto thee for mercy, in the name of my Saviour, the blessed Jesus, the great Mediator between God and man; regard that all-sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, which he made for all mankind: let it procure for me pardon and acceptance, who desire unfeignedly to turn to thee: let the power of it prevail against all the powers of darkness: let the wisdom of it make me wise unto salvation: let the peace of it reconcile me to thee, and bring to me peace of conscience, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

II. Especially, Omy God, preserve me from all mistrust and despondency of thy mercy, and all the sad effects of it. ("Let no temptations so far prevail with me as to put an end to my days, but let me consider that I am thy creature, and that thou

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only hast a right to dispose
of my life, and that it is my duty to submit to
the greatest troubles, when thou seest fit to lay
them upon me.")

Give me a right understanding of myself and my condition; of thy threats and promises; that I may never cast away my confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee; but make me to see and know that it is in great