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To this End, O Lord, make me ferioufly to confider the great Folly and Danger of Sin; that all its Pleasures are fhort and momentary, but its Punishment endless and intolerable; that no Satisfactions can compare with the Joys of a good Confcience, nor any Trouble like that of a wounded Spirit: Convince me powerfully, O my God, how terrible a Thing it is to fall under thy Displeasure; that what I am now tempted to is hateful in thy Sight, a direct Contradiction to thy Will, a Breach of my Baptismal Engagements; and how pleasant foever it may now appear, yet that there will come a Time, when this and all other the Allurements of this World will appear vain and contemptible; a Time when all Workers of Iniquity fhall perish; when they shall call upon the Mountains and Rocks to fall on them, and to hide them from the Face of him that fitteth on the Throne, and from the Wrath of the Lamb; and when a Crown of Righteousness fhall be given to them, who have fought the good Fight, and kept the Faith.

O let me be fo fully perfuaded of the

Truth of thefe Things, that I may turn away my Ears from the deceitful Tempter, and refolve to have no Fellowship with the unfruitful Works of Darknefs; let me refift the first Motions of Sin in my Mind, and fly from the Company and Converfation of those that would feduce me to Evil, and betake myself to thofe Means which Reafon and Religion, and the Dictates of thy Holy Spirit, fhall inftruct me are proper to fubdue the Temptations I am now under: And, Oh! let the mighty Power of thy Grace animate my Courage, and strengthen my Faith, that nothing may ftop me in my Chriftian Warfare; but that fighting manfully under Chrift's Banner, against the World, the Flesh and the Devil, I may at last triumph with him in his heavenly Kingdom, where there shall be no more Conflict with Sin, but I fhall love and praise thee throughout all Ages. Amen.

A Prayer for a Perfon under Doubts of the Lawfulness of any Action.

LORD God, thou art Light, and in thee is no Darkness at all; thou art the Inftructor of the Ignorant, the Light of those that are in Darkness and Error, and

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the Fountain of all Wifdom, and Knowledge, and Truth! I defire above all Things to please thee, and to do thy Will; and it is a Trouble and Grief to me to confider that I have so often acted contrary to it; O that I may never do so again, that I may never more turn afide to the dark Paths of Sin and Folly! O give me a wife and understanding Spirit, that I may know my Duty, and a Heart fully bent and deter mined to practise it.

More particularly, O Lord, I addrefs myself to thee at this Time to enlighten my Understanding, and inform my unfet tled Judgment, how to determine fafely in the Matter, which at prefent I know not how to act in. Show thou me the Way that I fhould walk in, and leave me not to the Weakness of my own Reafoning, which without thy enlightening Grace will lead me into the Ways of Error and Confufion.

Give me, O Lord, I befeech thee, fuch an honeft and upright Heart, that nothing in the World may be ever able to feduce. me from my Integrity. Let not the Example of a Multitude perfuade me to do Evil, nor the moft powerful Allurements of Riches, Honour, or any other worldly Advantage, turn me afide from thy CommandT 2

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ments; but convince me more and more, how little it will profit me to gain the whole World, and lofe my own Soul; that being poffeffed with an awful Fear of thy Dif pleasure, I may never dare to do any Thing but what thou approveft, and of which I may be able to give a comfortable Account at the great Day of the Lord Jesus.

Direct me, O my God, to thofe Means which will inform my Understanding, and fatisfy my Doubts; and if it should be my Misfortune, after all my Enquiries, to fall into any unwilling Error and Mistake, O Lord, lay it not to my Charge, nor let it ever provoke thy Anger againft me.

But, O Lord, if it is thy good Pleasure, that I fhould still remain under Doubts, give me Grace, I beseech thee, to fubmit to thy Will, and to wait with Patience, till thou seeft fit to inftruct me better; and whatever Advantages as to this World, I may lose by it, yet let me ftill retain my Innocence, and have the Comfort and Support of a good Confcience. Suffer me not to be fo regardless of my eternal Interest, as for the Sake of any temporal Advantage, to forfeit thy Favour, which is better than all the Enjoyments of this World.

O Lord, I leave myself in thy Hands;

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and I most humbly befeech thee to carry me through this and all other Difficulties, and bring me to that bleffed Place of Reft and Peace, where I fhall be out of all Temptation, and Danger of offending thee, and where I fhall love and praife thee throughout all Ages.

Grant this, O merciful Father, for the Sake, and through the Merits of my dear Redeemer Jefus Chrift. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Deliverance from any Trouble or Affliction either in Body or Mind.

My God, infinite in Goodness: I thy unworthy Servant, who have so deeply tafted of thy Fatherly Love, defire with a grateful Heart to fpeak of thy Bounty and Loving kindness towards me. I adore, and bless, and praife thy Holy Name, for all thy Mercies both fpiritual and temporal, from Time to Time beftowed upon me; particularly, O Lord, I admire thy Goodnefs for delivering me from This is to be al [thofe bodily Afflictions, Trou- tered according to bles of Mind, or State of Po- the particular Ĉafe. verty, &c.] wherewith I have lately been exercised. Thou, O Lord, haft perfected T 3

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