plished in me, and concerning me, and by me, in time and in eternity.

O LORD my GOD, Thou art to me whatfoever is good and gracious. And who am I, that I should dare fpeak unto Thee? I am Thy poor mean fervant, more poor and contemptible than I can or dare express. Yet do Thou remember me, O LORD, because I am nothing, I have nothing, and can do nothing. Remember Thy mercies, and fill my heart with Thy grace. Thou willeft not that Thy works fhould be void or in vain. Teach me, O LORD, to do Thy Will: teach me to live worthily and humbly in Thy fight; let Thy Will be mine, and let my will ever follow Thine, and agree perfectly with it. For Thou art the true place of my heart; Thou, its only joy; in Thee will I reft for ever. (From the Imitation of Christ.)

THE CROSS OF CHRIST.

A Prayer in Trials and Perfecutions. O LORD JESUS CHRIST, our only help in all trials and tribulations, Who haft not merely opened heaven to Thy people by the Cross, but Who haft planted the path of every one of them with fuch abundant croffes, that they may be continually reminded to look at their crucified LORD and live, and to turn away from that world in which there is no trace of Him; grant that I,

beholding Thee, may be transformed into Thine image, and may one day wake up in Thy perfect likeness. Help me never to forget that I am the foldier of a Captain made perfect through fuffering, the member of a Mystical Body, whose Head was crowned with thorns, and Who expired upon the Crofs.

And whither, O LORD, can I go to learn how I am to become Thy true difciple, and to follow Thee in the mystery of fuffering, but to Thy Crofs that Crofs whereon Thou fufferedst in the eyes of all men, not only to pay the ransom of all, but to leave us an example, in enduring Thy heavy Cross, how we should each bear our light (Port Royal Memoirs.)

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Strengthen me then, O LORD, in my measure to walk in Thy path, fo that the old man may be `crucified within me, and that I may learn in all things to do Thy Will.

Hear and answer these my prayers, O bleffed JESUS, Who with the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST liveft and reigneft ever one Gon, world without end. Amen.

CHRIST OUR SACRIFICE AND EXAMPLE.

Almighty God, Who haft given Thine only SON to be unto us both a Sacrifice for fin and alfo an Ensample of godly life; give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that His in

estimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourfelves to follow the blessed steps of His most holy life; through the fame JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.

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FOR HUMILITY.

Almighty GOD, Who refifteft the proud and givest grace to the humble, mercifully grant that may follow the example of the great Humility of Thy bleffed Son, Who did humble Himself to take upon Him our flesh, and to fuffer death upon the cross; convince me that I am lefs than the leaft of all Thy mercies; that, as I am vile in myself, so I may know that I am vile, and may therefore esteem every one better than myself; through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.

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FOR CONTINUAL ADVANCEMENT IN GRACE.

Grant me, even me, my dearest LORD, Who art the hope and delight of my heart, to know Thee, and love Thee, and rejoice in Thee. And if I cannot do this perfectly in this life, let me at least advance to higher degrees every day, till I can come to do this in perfection. Let the knowledge of Thee increase in me here, that it may be full hereafter. Let the Love of Thee grow every day, more and more here, that it may be perfect hereafter; that my joy may be great in itself, and full in Thee. I know, O Lord, that Thou art a GOD of truth; O make good Thy gracious promises to me, that my joy may

be full. And till it be fo, let my mind meditate, my tongue speak, my heart defire and love, my foul hunger, my flesh thirst after it, and my whole nature gasp and pant most earnestly, till I actually enter into the joy of my LORD, there to remain for ever and ever. (St. Auguftine.)

A Prayer to the Holy Spirit.

O HOLY SPIRIT, Love of GOD, Who proceedeft from the Almighty FATHER and His most blessed SON, infufe Thy grace most plentifully into my heart. Come Thou and dwell in that foul that longs to be Thy holy temple. Heal the lurking diftempers of my heart; pierce me through with the dart of Thy love, and kindle in me fuch a holy fire, that it may flame out in a bright and devout zeal, and burn up all the drofs of fenfual affections, and poffefs and purify my whole fpirit, and foul, and body. (St. Augustine.)

And Oh that it might pleafe Thee to descend in Thy might upon the world and reprove it "of fin, of righteoufnefs, and of judgment to come," that many may be recovered out of the fnare of the devil, and be led to look for falvation to the Crofs of JESUS, and find Thee as the ever-abiding Comforter of their fouls. And may it also please Thee to take of the things of CHRIST and fhew

them unto Thy people, that the Universal Church may be quickened to a high and holy life, and at last be presented unto the FATHER as the pure and fpotless Bride of His well-beloved SoN in the eternal glories of heaven.

Grant this, O bleffed SPIRIT, for the fake of JESUS CHRIST, our only LORD and SAVIOUR. Amen.

FOR THE INCREASE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

O Eternal GOD, the great FATHER of fpirits, the great lover of fouls, Who didst send Thy HOLY SPIRIT Upon Thy Church in the day of Pentecoft, and haft promised that He shall abide with Thy Church for ever; let Thy HOLY SPIRIT lead us into all truth, defend us from all fin, enrich us with His gifts, refresh us with His comforts, rule in our hearts for ever, conduct us with His truth, and lead us in the way everlasting; that we, living by Thy SPIRIT, and walking in Him, may by Him be fealed up to the day of our redemption. O let Thy SPIRIT witness to our fpirits that we are the children of God, and make us to be fo for ever; through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the fame SPIRIT, One GOD, world without end. Amen. (Bp. Fer. Taylor.)

These two prayers may be used especially at Whitsuntide.