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judged and condemned by thee, and that no unclean Perfon fhall enter into thy Kingdom, and that for the Sake of thefe Things, the Wrath of God cometh upo the Children of Difobedience.

And that I may obtain the Grace of Chastity, make me, O God, careful and diligent in the Ufe of thofe Means that are neceffary to this End. I know, Lord, that Purity is thy Gift; but I know likewife, that thou wilt not beftow it on fuch as be flothful and negligent, and will not ufe the Means which thou haft appointed for the Attainment of it. Let me be dili gent and industrious in the Place and Station wherein thy Providence has fet me, confidering that Idlenefs is the Occafion of Impurity. Teach me to keep a strict Guard over my Senfes, to refrain from all evil and corrupt Communication; and grant that my Speech may be fuch, as may

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in my Attire, moderate in my Diet, temperate in the Ufe of all Things, prudent in the Choice of my Company, difpofed to practise the neceffary Duties of Mortification and Self-denial, watchful over my

own Heart, ftifling and fuppreffing the firft Motions to Impurity.

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Let me abstain from feeing all fuch Sights, and refrain from reading all fuch Books, as are apt to excite in me any Loofenefs or Levity of Spirit ; and let me be conftant and diligent in reading and meditating on the Holy Scriptures, which are apt to cleanse the Heart, and to excite pious Affections in my Soul.

Make me mindful of the Dignity and Holinefs of my Profeffion, and to remember that if any one defile the Temple of God, him will God destroy.

Give me à just Esteem and Value for the honourable Estate of Marriage, which thou haft ordained as a Remedy against Fornication; and grant that (when I enter into it) I may never abuse it, by allowing myself fuch Liberties as are inconfiftent with the Purity of the Chriftian Religion. Grant that Soul and Body may my preserved pure and undefiled, that glorifying thee in my Body, and in my Spirit now, I may hereafter be glorified by thee.

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Give me a firm Faith in thy Power for the fubduing all Impurity, and whatever is contrary to thy bleffed Will, in my Soul. Let no Difcouragements keep me from pre

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fenting frequent and fervent Petitions to thee for this excellent and neceffary Gift in the Name of our great Mediator Jefus Christ, to whom with thee, and the Holy Ghost, be all Honour and Glory, Thankf giving and Praise, now and for ever. Amen.

A Prayer for Submiffion to the Will of God, and for Contentment.

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Almighty and All-wife God, the O Creator, Difpofer, and Governor of all Things; from thee I have my Being, and of thy Fulness I have all that I poffefs and enjoy. O God, grant that I may always adore and reverence thee as the fupreme Object of my Love, my Fear, my Hope, and my Truft; and that I may render thee all those religious and devout Affections, which are due to thee my Maker and Sovereign Lord.

II. Whatever thou pleasest, that dost thou in Heaven and in Earth; from thee cometh every good and perfect Gift, neither is there any Evil that cometh, that thou haft not appointed; thou makest poor, and makeft rich; thou bringeft low, and lifteft up; grant, therefore, I may reverence and

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acknowledge thy Providence in every Thing that befals me, and from thence adore thy Goodness, and acknowledge thy Justice, and pay all humble Submiffion to thy Sovereign Will and Pleasure, out of a firm Perfuafion of thy infinite Wisdom and Goodness.

III. O God who in thy Wisdom haft ordained the feveral Orders and Degrees, the feveral different States and Conditions of Men in this World; grant me full Contentment of Mind in that State thou haft been pleased to place me, and Humility to acquiefce in thy Difpofal of me, and Grace carefully and faithfully to discharge those Duties it requires of me. Grant me Patience under all Loffes and Difappointments, and remove all Repining and Envy far from me.

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IV. O God, I am thy Creature; my entire Dependence is on thee; grant that therefore my Faith, my Hope and my Truft may always be in thee, and that my Hope and my Truft may not be in vain; and grant I may always fear and obey thee, for then thou haft promifed thou wilt never leave me nor forfake mẹ. I will therefore take no anxious Thought for my Life, what I fhall eat, or what I fhall drink, or wherewithal I shall be cloathed, (as a Gen

tile that knows thee not) feeing thou knowest I have need of all thefe Things, and that if I feek thy Righteousness, all these Things fhall be added unto me, out of thy great Bounty and Fulnefs. Nor will I be difmayed at any Calamity thou in thy wife Providence fhalt order for me, feeing all Things fhall work together for Good to them that love and fear thee.

V. Take from me all Sorrow, that the Love of worldly Things may at any Time raise in me, from my unfuccefsful Hopes and Designs in this World, or from any Evils or Calamities of this Life. Let me not hereafter with for Profperity, for Health, or Life; but with the Profpect of fpending them in thee, with thee, and for thy Glory. I pray not that thou wouldest give me either Profperity or Adversity, Health or Sicknefs, Life or Death; but that thon wouldeft difpofe my Profperity and my Adverfity, my Health, my Sicknefs, my Life, and my Death, for thy Glory, and for my own eternal Welfare. Thou alone knoweft what is moft expedient for me; thou art my Sovereign Mafter and Lord, guide and govern me at thy Pleasure; give me, or take from me, as feemeft beft to thy Providence, and in all Things con

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