example, that our Bleffed Lord left us, and that I may daily endeavor to follow him. Amen. Night. May the Saviour and Guardian of my foul take me under his protection this night and evermore. Cor. vii. 35. Attend upon the Lord without distraction. O holy Spirit of grace, help my infirmities, that I may fix my thoughts upon my duty; and that I may ferve Thee with all my heart and mind. That I may never give way to wandering thoughts, but watch against them continually. Look upon me, O Lord, and pity me; make me, and let me be thine by the choice of my will. Make me ferious and thoughtful at all times, that I may not fail of being fo when I attend upon God. Let not my heart, O God, be inclined to any evil thing. Keep me, O God, from every thing, that may displease Thee. O make me wife unto falvation. Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ, who ftrengtheneth me. O that I may never forfeit this power by prefumption, or by want of faith. John xx. 28. Thomas faid, my Lord, and my God. Thou art indeed, O Jefus, my Lord, for thou haft redeemed me by thy precious blood; Thou art my God, for I am dedicated to Thee, and fanctified by thy Spirit. Acts ii. 44. And all, that believed were together, and had all all things common. May God grant that, as we are all members of the fame body, have one and the fame Father, the fame Saviour, the fame Spirit, and hope to meet in the fame paradife; that we may live in unity and godly love, and be charitable according to our ability. The good Lord grant that in the day of Christ I may rejoice, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain. |