A Prayer for the Morning
O Eternal God, whose Pro∣vidence has protected m• the night past, & brought me t• the beginning of this day; de∣fend me, O Lord, in the same by thy Almighty power, an• grant that this day I fall into n• Sin, neither run into any kin• of danger, but that all m• doings may be ordered by th• Governance, to do alway• that which is righteous in th• sight, through Jesus Christ.
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I praise thy Name, th•• thou hast still continued to 〈◊〉 the opportunity of servin• thee, and advancing my hop• of a blessed Eternity; preser•••• me this day from all violence and snares of my Enemies, vi¦sible and invisible; keep me from all pride, self-love, and vain-glory; all obstinacy and Page 3 disobedience; all fraudulen∣cy and dissimulation, and let the graces of thy holy Spirit take an absolute possession of my Soul, and all its faculties, that I may finally tread down Satan under my Feet; all this I beg for thy Son Jesus Christ his sake,