The labouring persons remembrancer, or, A practical discource of the labour of the body with suitable devotions.
Lee, Francis, 1661-1719.
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For Contentment.

O Lord most high, the Maker both of the Rich and the Poor; look down graciously, I beseech thee, upon me thy poor Servant; and of thy great mercy drive out of me all Murmuring, Ambition, Covetousness and Envy: That I duly ac∣knowledging thy Sovereign Power over me, and thy Wisdom and Justice in the disposal of this World according to divers Ranks and Degrees, may sincerely submit my self to the State, wherein thou hast been pleas'd to place me below many others, and utterly resign my self up to thy Providence and Guidance. And if, good Lord, I have at any time murmur'd or repin'd at my Condition, or coveted and envied that of those above me, of thy great Goodness pardon me, and make me so much the more watchful for the time to come, thro' Iesus Christ. Amen.