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ous they may prove, O let me not dare to do any Fraud or Injuftice, or to caft off my Dependence on thee, by calling in the Affiftance of any of the Powers of Dark nefs for my Relief.

And if, for Reafons beft known to thine infinite Wisdom, thou fhalt think fit to continue this Affliction to me, thy blessed Will be done; enable me patiently to bear, and contentedly to fubmit to the Difpenfations. of thy good Providence, how contrary foever to Flesh and Blood.

Supprefs in me all murmuring and repining Thoughts: Remove from me all Inclinations and Averfions, but fuch as agree with those of the bleffed Jefus: Regulate my Affections and Defires, and confine them to fuch Objects only, as are well pleafing in thy Sight. Thou knoweft the

fureft Way of making me happy': Thou art infinite in Wisdom, Loving-Kindness, and Mercy, therefore let thy bleffed Will, in every Thing, be my Choice and Satisfaction: I humbly fubmit to thy Fatherly Difcipline; for thou correcteft in Mercy, and for my Profit. If therefore thou takest not away thy Rod, yet take away thine: Anger. Let me fee a Fatherly Affection. in all thy Chaftifements; and raife in my Soul

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Soul an ardent Love and Defire after thee, which may fill me with an inward Satisfaction, with Peace of Confcience, and Joy in the Holy Ghoft. Support and comfort me under all my Troubles; direct and counfel 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 Afflictions, which (in Comparifon,) 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 Jefus, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

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A Prayer for a Perfon troubled in Mind.

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Bleffed Lord, the Father of Mercies and the God of all Comfort: look down, I humbly befeech thee, with Pity and Compaffion upon a miferable Creature, under great Sorrow and Dejection of Mind.

I confefs, O Lord, my Sins have deferved much more grievous Punishments than I feel; and shouldeft thou be extreme to mark what I have done amifs, I fhould not be able to abide it. I will therefore betake

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myfelf 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 haft gracioufly invited all thofe that travel and are heavy laden. O pardon my Iniquities, that have provoked thy Wrath, and deliver me from the Sorrows and Miferies which I feel and fear.

Have Mercy upon me, O God, for thou art my great Creator, and Almighty Preferver. O receive me, and relieve me and revive me. Take pity upon my forrowful Soul; and deftroy not thou the Works of thine own Hands. Shut not up thy tender Mercies in Difpleasure, but make me hear of Joy and Gladness, and to be fenfible, that thou haft ftill the Bowels of a moft tender Father.

I fue unto thee for Mercy in the Name of my Saviour, the blessed Jefus, 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 defire unfeignedly to turn to thee: Let the Power of it prevail against all the Powers of Darkness: Let the Wif

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dom of it make me wife unto Salvation : Let the Peace of it reconcile me to thee, and bring to me Peace of Confcience, and Joy in the Holy Ghost.

II. Efpecially, O my God, preferve me from all Diftruft and Defpondency of thy This may be Mercy, and all the fad Effects added, when a of it." Let no Temptations Rerfon is under Temptations to "fo far prevail with me as to Self-Murder. 6 66 put an End to my Days, but "let me confider that I am thy Creature, "and that thou only haft à Right to dif "pofe of my Life, and that it is my Duty to fubmit to the greatest Troubles "when thou feeft fit to lay them upon “' me.”)

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Give me a right Understanding of felf and my Condition; of thy Threats and Promifes; that I may never caft away my Confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee; but make me to fee and know that it is in great Mercy thou haft now laid thy Hand upon me: O let me truly humble myfelf under thine afflicting Hand, and let me rather feel thy Terrors than not feel my Sins, which must inevitably have plunged me in endless Mifery, if thy wonderful Mercy had not awakened my Confcience, and given me a Sight of my Sins;

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and therefore, however fevere this Affliction may at prefent feem to me, thy bleffed Will be done: Bring me furely to thyself, by what Methods thou pleafeft; and teach thy Servant to be content.

III. And, O Lord, if in thine infinitè Wisdom thou fhalt fee fit not to grant a speedy Answer to my Prayers, yet let me not thereby be utterly caft down, as one without Hope; but make me to wait with Patience, for thy good appointed Time, when thou wilt clear up my Doubts, and fcatter my Fears, and remove my Sorrows, and make me know affuredly, that it is good for me that I have been afflicted. In the mean Time, O Lord, ftand by me in all my Trials and Temptations; let not the Enemy of my Salvation prevail against me, but do thou comfort and affift me; and give me the Shield of Faith, whereby

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may be able to quench all the fiery Darts of the Devil; that trufting in thee, and in thy Promises, I may at laft be more than a Conqueror; looking unto Jefus, the great Captain of my Salvation, who was himfelf made perfect by Sufferings, and is now at the right Hand of God, making conti-nual Interceffion for us.

IV. Have Mercy upon me, O bleffed

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