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THe Lord is my strength and my praise. There is none ho∣ly as the Lord; neither is there any rock like our God. The Lord killeth and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the bed and to the grave, and bringeth up. He keepeth the feet of his saints, and exalteth the horn of his anointed. Hallelujah. My heart rejoyceth in his salvation 1 Sam c. 2. Thou art my hope in the land of the
living: thou art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that dwell in broad sea: yea, thou, O God, art my hope and joy to all eter∣nity. Amen. Psal. 141.4. The Pro∣vidence of the Father almighty guide me, the Wisdom of his eternal Son enlighten me, and the Power of his holy Spirit quicken me. Amen.
What now shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits, ••or my Birth, my Education, my Baptism, Catechism and Confirmation? What for the blessed Eucharist, for the Ser∣mons and the Prayers of this Church? What for Sundry Deliverances and special Blessings through so many years of living? Yea, what shall I render unto thee holy JESUS, for thy expiatory Blood, for thy grand Example? for the Mission of the Holy Ghost with various and un∣expressible Grace? and for the re∣serve of everlasting Blessedness, O Lord, what shall I render unto thee?
Take, O take again, most merciful Lord, these Gifts, together this Soul and Body and their abilities, which I now kneeling humbly and faith∣fully offer to thy everadored Divi∣nity. O despise not, but take again the works of thy own hands, and re∣ceive all into the bosom of perpetual happiness. Amen. Hallelujah.
Or, Is not this to be my last day, and then Eternity? O prepare me for thy self holy JESUS. I know not the day nor the hour of thy Judg∣ment. Matth. 24.30. Or receive to thee in peace, or visit this dearly purchased soul, this piece of Immor∣tality drenc••t in thy Blood. Yea come quickly Lord Jesus. Amen.
I will magnifie thee, O God my King, and praise thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I give thanks to thee, and bless thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and marve∣lous worthy to be praised. There is no end of his Greatness, no end of his
Mercy. Hallelujah. Psal. 145.1, 23. &c.
Grant me, I humbly beseech thee, Almighty and most merci••ul Father, a quiet Mind and a ••ound Body, a good Report, and a liberal Conversa∣tion, in all Piety, Prudence, Chari∣ty, Honesty and Chastity, and at last (if I may not be a Mart••r for thy Truth) grant me a mild Death and happy Immortality, for Christ Jesus his sake, the Source of all Blessings, as well visible and secular, as invisible, in∣conceivable, and everlasting. Amen.
Christ is ascended up on high, hath led captivity captive, and gi∣ven gifts unto men, that God might dwell amongst us. Set up thy self, O JESUS, above all the heavens, and thy Glory above the earth. I now worship thee with all humility and affection, as thy Apostles did, when thou departedst from mount Olivet to the Joy of superc••lestial Glory.
The fowls of the air are thine, O
bountiful Creatour, and the fishes of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the sea, and thou feedest them, and multipliest them. Wherefore I will seek the kingdom of God before food and rayment. For our heavenly Father knoweth that we have need of these things. Matth. 6.25.