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O Blessed Jesu! the Lord of Life, Prince of Glory, and Captain of our Salvation! the perplexing trouble of my destracting thoughts, do by their sly insinua∣tions and secret importunities disturb the quiet of my mind, and make my holy duties become a weariness to my Soul: They cool the heat, they damp the Vigor, and dead the Comfort of all my Devotions: Yea, even when I beseech
God to forgive my sins, I then sin whilst I am praying for forgiveness; whether it be in the Church or the Closet, so Frequently and so Violently do these vain thoughts with∣draw my heart from thy service, that I cannot have con∣fidence, thou hearest my Suit, because I know by Experience my own deafness; and therefore, sure, needs must thou, O God, be far off from my Prayers, whilst my heart is so far out of thy presence, and hurried away with a Crowd of vain Imaginations.
2. But Lord, keep my Faith fixt upon thy Mediation, let me behold thy Incense when I offer my Sacrifice, and though distractions have withdrawn me from my self, yet let not distrust drive me from my Jesus. O give me an encrease of Saving Knowledge, which will prove a sure means of Sanctifying my thoughts; Mortifie in me all vile Affections and Inordinate Passions, and suppress all evil thoughts and vain Imaginations, and by thy Special Grace, Excite and Cherish in me Holy and Spe∣ritual Affections: Thou who hast vanquisht Satan and all the powers of Darkness; O give Victory to me, and all languishing Souls in our Spiritual Conflicts; guide us with thy Counsels, sustain us with thy Grace, refresh us with thy Comforts, preserve us in thy Love, and crown us with thy Glory. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah!