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O Eternal and most Glorious God, who sittest in heaven ruling over all things from the beginning; thou dwellest on high, and yet humblest thy self to behold the things that are in heaven and earth; thou hast searched me, O Lord, and known me; thou understandest my thoughts afar off, and art acquainted with all my ways; for there is not a word in my tongue but thou O Lord
knowest it altogether: Be pleased to impart unto thy servant a ray of thy heavenly light, a beam of the Sun of righteousnesse; open mine eyes that I may see the wondrous things of thy Law, that I may walk in them all my days: Set all my sins before my face, that I may speedily and earnestly and perfectly re∣pent and forsake them all: Give me a sight of my infirmities, that I may watch against them; discover to me all my evil and weak principles, that I may reform them; and whatsoever is wanting in me towards the un∣derstanding of any thing whereby I may please thee and perfect my duty, I beg of thee to reveal that also unto me, that my duty may not be undiscerned, and my faith may not be reproved, and my affections may not be per∣verse, and hardned in their foolish pursu∣ance, and a secret sin may not lye undiscove∣red and corrupting my soul.
GIve me an ingenuous and a severe spi∣rit, that whatever judgment of chari∣ty I make concerning others, I may give a right judgment concerning my own state and actions, condemning the criminal, censuring the suspicious, suspecting what seems allowa∣ble, and watchful even over the best, that I may in the spirit of repentance and mortifi∣cation
correct all my irregularities, and re∣form my errours, and improve the good things which thou hast given me; that en∣deavouring to approve my actions to my con∣science, and my conscience to thy law, I may not be a reprobate, but approved by thee in the great day of examination of all the world, and be reckoned amongst thy Elect, thy se∣cret ones, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.