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Private Devotions

PART I.

worthy

bear reproaches and wrongs, and to be ready not only to forgive, but to return good for evil.

Assist me, O Lord, more especially in the faithful and conscientious discharge of the duties of that station in which thou hast

placed me * make me
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a kind and affectionate hus- This is to be varied or
band, a careful and loving omitted, as it suits every
father, a prudent and dis- one's condition.
creet master.] And grant

that I may employ all the abilities and oppor-
tunities which thou shalt give me, for thy
glory and the good of those committed to
my care.

Confirm me, O God, in all my holy desires and resolutions; and O do thou keep it for ever in the purpose and resolution of my heart, to love, and serve, and obey thee, through Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and only Saviour; in whose words I commend the wants and necessities of all mankind, together with my own.

Our Father, &c.

A Prayer for Wednesday Evening.

unworthy servant beg leave to present my prayers before thy Divine Majesty.

O Lord! I confess, that, notwithstanding all thy gracious dealings and dispensations towards me, I have neither loved thee, served thee, nor obeyed thee, as I ought to have done.

The cares and concerns of this life are too apt to busy and employ my thoughts, and make me cold and remiss in the great and important work of my salvation.

O my God, I lament and bewail the corruption of my nature, and my manifold sins and transgressions. Where shall I fly for succour but unto thee, who art a God of infinite love and pity? O pity my weaknesses, and forgive and wash away all my sins, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb, Christ Jesus, that neither those which I have this day committed, nor any other the follies of my life past, may be ever had in remembrance before thee.

O reserve not my sins to be punished in the day of thy fierce wrath and displeasure: but bury them all in the depth of thy everlasting mercy, that they may never rise up to my consusion here, nor my condemnation hereafter. Look upon me, O Lord, as a reconciled Father in Christ Jesus; speak peace unto my conscience, and say unto my soul, I am the God of thy salvation.