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vice of the Lamb, the Company of Angels and Saints, fhall minifter eternal Matter of Praife and Joy; and our Happiness will exceed all we can conceive, all we can hope for. And now, O Death, where

I Cor. XV. 55,

is thy Sting? O Grave, where is thy Victory? Thanks be to God, who hath given us the Victory, thro' our Lord Jefus Chrift. Therefore (my Soul) be thou ftedfaft, unmovable, always abounding in the Work of the Lord, forafmuch as I am affured, that my, Labour shall not be in vain in the Lord.

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EJACULATIONS.

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Hile I am at home in the Body, I am ab- 2 Cor.v. 6. Sent from the Lord; for I walk by Faith not by Sight; Therefore I am confident, and willing rather to be abfent from the Body, and to be prefent with the Lord.

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Lord, Whom have I in Heaven, but thee? and Pf. lxxiii. there is none upon Earth that I defire in comparison 25. of thee.

My Flesh and my Heart faileth, but God is ftill my Strength, and my Life,and my Portion for ever. Fearfulness and Trembling are come upon me, and an horrible Dread bath overwhelmed me.

For the Enemy of Sculs cryeth out aloud, and the urgodly One cometh on fo faft; he is minded to do me fome Mifchief, fo maliciously is he fet against

me.

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But I am thine, O fave me; I am bought with a Price, O Jefus, even with thy most precious Blood. I am one of thy Sheep, rebuke this ravening Wolf, for thou art greater than be; and none is able to pluck me out of thy Hand. Thou that takeft away the Sins of the World, Commu have mercy upon me. Thou that takest away vice. the Sins of the World receive my Prayer; Thou

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that Sitteft at the right hand of God, have Mercy upon me.

Thou, Lord, art full of Compassion and Mercy, Long-fuffering, and of great Goodness; O deal not with me after my Sins, nor reward me according to my Iniquities.

Thou knoweft wherefore we be made,and remembreft that we are but Duft. Look graciously therefore upon my Weakness; Pity the Interruptions and Imperfections of my Prayers; Pardon what I cannot now do with a steady and compofed Zeal,and accept the Sincerity of my Heart.

Thou knoweft,Lord, the Secrets of my Soul, shut not thy merciful Ears to my Prayers, but Spare me Lord, most holy, O God, most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, Suffer me not at my last Hour for any Pains of Death to fall from thee.

Faithful is he that hath faid,I will never leave thee nor forfake thee; Lord,grant me the Knowledge and fenfible Experience of this most gracious Pfalm lvii. Promife. Stand by me and fave me from the Reproof of him that would eat me up. Deliver my Soul from the roaring Lyon, who goeth about continually, Seeking whom he may devour.

I Pet. iv.

1 Pet. v. 8.

Mal. iii.

Lord, I commit my Soul unto thee, as into the hands of a faithful Creator, and most merciful Redeemer. Spare it, O God, and let it be thine in the Day when thou makeft up thy Jewels. In the Hour Litany of Death, and in the Day of Judgment, good Lord deliver me.

PRAYER.

Almighty Lord, Father of Mercies, and God of all Com fort, I flee unto thee for Succour in this my great Ex tremity; Most humbly befeeching thee,to fupport and streng

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then me in the last Conflict of my Life. Deliver me from the Snares and Terrors of the Wicked One, fuftain my Agonies with the peaceful Comforts of a quiet and good Confcience, and of perfect Reconciliation with thee, my God. Lord, as thou bringeft me nearer to thy felf, fo let my Love, and my Defires of thee be stronger. And Othat it may pleafe thee in thy abundant Mercy, to afford me fome sweet foretast of future Bliss, that I may triumph even in Death it felf! But if in this I know not what I ask; yet at least fuffer not my Faith to be fhaken,nor thy Loving-kindness to fail; and however thou dealeft with this Corruptible Body, let my Soul, I implore thee, be precious in thy fight, wash it in the Blood of the immaculate Lamb of God, that all its Pollutions being purged and done away, it may be prefented pure and without Spot before thee,and be received into thy everlasting Kingdom, thro' the Merits and Mediation of Jefus Chrift, thy only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Short EJACULATIONS for the Laft Extremities.

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Believe, Bleffed Jefus,that thoufhalt come to be TeDeum. my Judge; Itherefore pray thee help thy Servant,

whom thou haft redeemed with thy precious Blood.

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O make me now to be numbred withthy Saints

in Glory everlasting.

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The Snares of Death compass me round about,and Pfal. cxvi. its Pains get bold upon me; Hafte thee, O God, to deliver me, make hafte, O Lord, to help me.

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Thy Kingdom come, O God, Thy Will be done

in Earth as it is in Heaven.

Lord Jefus, receive my Spirit.

Come, Lord Jefus, come quickly.

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