Charity, or the love of God and our neighbor. It is but the first effay of charity to give alms. Whoever shows mercy to men, will certainly receive mercy from God.

1 John. iii. 15. Whosoever bateth his brother, is a murderer.

A man has already killed him in his heart, whofe life is grievous to him, and at whofe death he would rejoice.

14. He, that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.

Can we believe that God faith this, and delay one moment to be reconciled?

It is not enough to love our brethren; we must love them upon a principle of faith, in the name, for the fake, and as members of Jefus Christ.

Luke vi. 37. Forgive, and it shall be forgiven you.

Give me, O my God, a heart full of Christian meeknefs and charity, that I may willingly forget the evil, I have received, and be always difpofed to do good to others.

We love our neighbor after a Christian manner, when we love him for God's fake; and for God's fake do him, good.

THE LITANY

O God the Father of Heaven; have mercy upon me, keep, and defend me.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon me, fave, and deliver me.

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O God the Holy Ghoft; have mercy upon me, ftrengthen and comfort me.

Remember not, O Lord, my offences, nor the offences of my forefathers; nor take Thou vengeance of our lins. Spare us, good Lord, fpare thy people, whom Thou haft redeemed with thy moft precious blood, and be not angry with us forever.

From thy wrath and heavy indignation; from the guilt and burden of my fins; from the dreadful fentence of the laft judgment; Good Lord, deliver me.

From the fting and terrors of confcience; from impatience, diftruft, and despair; from extremity of ficknefs and pain, which may withdrew my mind from God;

Good Lord, deliver me.

From the bitter pangs of eternal death; from the gates of hell; from the powers of darkness; and from the illufions of Satan ; Good Lord, deliver me.

By thy manifold and great mercies; by thy manifold and great merits; by thine agony and bloody fweat; by thy bitter cross and paffion; by thy mighty refurrection; by thy glorious afcenfion, and most acceptable interceffion; and by the graces of the Holy Ghoft;

Good Lord, deliver me.

For the glory of thy name; for thy loving mercy and truth's fake;

Good Lord, deliver me.

In my last and greatest need; in the hour of death; and in the day of judgment;

Good Lord, deliver me.

As Thou haft delivered all thy Saints and fervants which called upon Thee in their extrem

ity.

Good Lord, deliver me; and receive my foul for thy mercy's fake.

Be merciful unto me, and forgive me all my fins, which by the malice of the devil, or by my own frailty, I have at any time of my life committed against Thee.

Lay not to my charge, what in the luft of the eye, the pride of life or vanity, I have committed against Thee.

Lay not to my charge, what by an angry fpirit, by vain and idle words, by foolish jesting, I have committed against Thee.

Make me partaker of all thy mercies and promifes in Chrift Jefus.

Vouchfafe my foul a place of reft in the paradife of God with all thy bleffed Saints; and my body a part in the bleffed refurrection.

O Lord God, Lamb of God, that takest away the fins of the world;

Have mercy upon me.

Thou, that takeft away the fins of the world; Grant me thy peace.

Thou that fitteft at the right hand of God; Have mercy upon me.

Have mercy upon me, and receive my prayer, which Thou haft taught me ;

Our Father who art in heaven &c.

O Lord, deal not with me after my fins nor reward me after my iniquities.

O God, merciful Father, that defpifeth not the fighing of a contrite heart, nor the defires of fuch,as beforrowful; mercifully affift my prayers, which I make before Thee; at thofe times ef-. pecially, when I am preparing for death and eternity. O Lord, gracioufly hear me, that thofe evils, thofe illufions, and affaults, which my great enemy worketh against me, may be: brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness difperfed; that thy fervant, being delivered from all temptations, may give thanks to Thee with thy Holy Church to all eternity.. Amen.

Let us endeavor by timely repentance to prevent the reproaches, which otherwife our confciences will caft upon us at the hour of death

The Support of a Penitent at the Hour
of Death.

John iii. 16. God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that, whosoever be-lieveth in him, fhould not perish, but have everlafting life.

1 John ii. 1. We have an Advocate with the Father, Jefus Christ the righteous; who came into the world to fave finners; who died for us, when we were his enemies, that he might. offer us unto God.

Our Judge himself hath affured us, that all fins fhall be forgiven unto the fons of men.

EJACULATIONS.

TAKE from me all evil imaginations, all impurity of thought, all inclinations to luft,,

all envy, pride, and hypocrify; all falsehood, deceit, and irregularity of life; all covetoufness, vain glory, and floth; all malice, anger, and wrath; all remembrance of injuries, every thing contrary to thy will, O moft Holy God.

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

Love of God, &c.

Bless me O God, with the love of Thee, and of my neighbor. Give me peace of confcience, the command of my affections; and for the reft, Thy will be done.

Ó King of peace, give us thy peace, keep us in love and charity.

Make thyself, O God, abfolute master of my heart.

They, that be whole, need not a phyfician. It belongs to Thee, O Sovereign Physician, to 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, Behold, 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, a heart to embrace, and a power to do thy will. From thy Spirit I hope to receive these graces.

John xii. 26. If any man ferve me, let him. follow me; and him will my Father honor.

Let me never flatter myself, that I ferve Thee, my Saviour, unless I follow thy example at the