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A Prayer for the blessings of God providence and preservation in this life, and for glory hereafter.
PReserve me, O God: for in thee have I put my trust.
2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord: Thou art my God, my goods are nothing un∣to thee.
3 All my delight is upon the Saints that are
in the earth: and vpon such as excell in vertue.
4 But they that run after another god: shall have great trouble.
5 Their drink offerings of bloud will I not offer: neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6 The Lord himselfe is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou shalt maintain my lot.
7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8 I will thank the Lord for giving me war∣ning: my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9 I have set God alwayes before me: for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory reioyced: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11 For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell: neither shalt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption.
12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life, in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy: and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.
O God, who art the portion of our inheri∣tance, our God, and our preserver, pre∣serve
and maintaine all those good things which thou hast wrought in us, and for us, and that we may never fall, give us thy grace, that we may set thee alwayes before us, rejoycing in thee, and delighting in the Saints that are upon the earth, that when our flesh shall see corruption, our Soules may not be left in hell, but may walke in the paths of life, and in the day of restitution of all things, both bodies and Soules may have a goodly heritage, even the lot of thy right hand where there is pleasure for evermore, and where we may see the face, and the glory of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen.