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The Prayer.
THou, O Lord, art gracious even in the execu∣tion of thy judgements and displeasure a∣gainst sinners, and thou sendest chastisement and correction to us when we goe wrong, that thou mayest chide us into obedience, and the blessings of eternity: let not idlenesse and sensuality make us remisse in our duty, nor our own vanity and the sense of thy favour make us proud, nor the want of holy discipline make us impudent and refra∣ctory, but let thy mercies and thy judgements learne us thy statutes, and make them dearer to us than thousands of gold and silver, that while we make thy statutes to be our treasure, our heart may be fixed on them in a continuall meditation, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.