Mid-night thoughts, writ, as some think, by a London-Whigg, or, a Westminster-Tory, others think by a Quaker, or, a Jesuit: but call him what they please, they may find him a true penitent of the church of Christ.

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Title: Mid-night thoughts, writ, as some think, by a London-Whigg, or, a Westminster-Tory, others think by a Quaker, or, a Jesuit: but call him what they please, they may find him a true penitent of the church of Christ.
Author: Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695.
Publication: London :: printed for Benj. clark, bookseller, in George-Yard in Lombard-street,; 1682.
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Subject terms: Jesus Christ -- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.; Meditations -- Early works to 1800.; Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "Mid-night thoughts, writ, as some think, by a London-Whigg, or, a Westminster-Tory, others think by a Quaker, or, a Jesuit: but call him what they please, they may find him a true penitent of the church of Christ." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47386.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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XLVII.

[A Prayer.]

LOrd Jesus, I beseech thee forgive my transgressions, and now send down thy Holy Spirit to cleanse my heart from all impuri••ies, and then dwell there, to guide my Meditations, and Prayers aright, with such servent Zeal, as will encrease my Faith, my Love, and trust in thee my God; that I may know no

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joy on Earth, like my approaches to thy Throne; and from thence impower me so to practise these great Lessons I have writ, as to live with holy courage, ever ready to die, and fit to appear at thy Tribunal, on the great day of Judgment, with such reconciled Sinners as by thy infinite mercy are become the Sons of God. Lord, I beseech thee let my heart be now so filled with Divine transporting thoughts of Thee, and thy Salvation, as to leave no place for Satan there; that my enlightned Soul may be ever on the wing, hasting towards that Eternal Bliss, which Thou h••st purchased for me at so high a rate! And though my Zeal (sup∣ported by thy Grace) do now encrease, let me never think my self near enough to Heaven, till I am there. For now I find that no repulses will make Satan quit the Field, nor my Rebellious Sences to obey, that I may gain a perfect Victory, beyond the reach of a surprize; nor can I alone maintain this Christian Warfare, without Thy strong supplies from Heaven; for which I daily pray, and by which I shall at last subdue the World, and my own heart, with all the Powers of Hell, and Death together:

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Then from the Grave, in Triumph rise with thee, my God, and thy departed Saints, to my Eternal Rest, in thy Cele∣stial Glory.