Some Difficulties I know there are: But thou, Ọ Lord, wilt ftrengthen my Faith, and not suffer me to faint, under the Terrors and Struggles of my laft Tryals. Give me Grace, I pray thee, to confider, that this is the Method, by which thy own Son was made perfect; that it is no more, nay, it is much less, than he fuffered voluntarily, and for my fake; that, by fuffering Death he hath overcome it, and rendered the Conflict more eafy to them that come after. Grant me to rejoice, at least to fupport my felf, with the nearer Prospect of an Eternal Reft and Reward. V. And do thou, O my Soul, labour continually to ftrengthen thy own Frailties and Fears, with holy Meditations, with the repeated Exercises of Faith, and Repentance, of Truft, and Love, and Heavenly-mindednefs. Bid adieu to this vain World, and shake Hands with it chearfully. As for all that is uneafy here, thank God for a Deliverance from it; and for all, whom thou haft reafon to love and be concerned for, remember, that thou leaveft them under the Conduct of the fame good Providence, of which thy self haft had fo large Experience. Confider that God is All Relations, and more than All, to thofe that want them; and, if they continue to feek and ferve him diligently, he will never forfake them, but be their God, and their Guide, unto Death. Bid all my Friends weep, not for Me, but for themfelves, who are still in a State of Danger and Temptation, of Vanity and Mifery; from which they that die in the Lord are for ever freed. Tell them, that we shall fee one another again fhortly. And as I am going now to those dear and good Souls, who have got the start of the in this Journey; fo They, and I, and all God's Children, fhall have a glorious, a joyful Meeting, at the Refurrection of the Juft. We fhall all go together into a Place, whence Tears and Mourning are for ever banish'd; where the Vifion of God, the Ser vice of the Lamb, the Company of Angels and Saints, fhall minifter Eternal Matter of Praise and Joy; and our Happiness will exceed all we can conceive, all we can hope for. And now, O Death, where is thy Sting? O Grave, where is thy Victory? 1 Cor.xv.55. Thanks be to God, who hath given us the Victory, thro' our Lord Jefus Chrift. Therefore (my Soul) be thou ftedfaft, unmoveable, always abounding in the Work of the Lord, forafmuch as I am affure dthat my Labour shall not be in vain in the Lord. W EJACULATION S. Hile I am at home in the Body, I am 2 Cor. v.6. abfent 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. 7. 8. Lord, whom have I in Heaven, but thee? Pfal. Ixxiii. and there is none upon Earth that I defire in comparison of thee. my Por My Flefb and my Heart faileth, but God is ftill my Strength, and my Life, and tion for ever. Fearfulness and Trembling are come upon me, and an borrible Dread bath overwhelmed me. For the Enemy of Souls crieth out aloud, and the ungodly One cometh on fo faft; he is minded to do me fome Mifchief, fo maliciously is he fet against me. But I am thine, O fave me; I am bought with a Price, O Jefus, even with thy moft 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. 25. 26. lv. Thou that takeft away the Sins of the World, Communion bave Mercy upon me. Thou that takeft away Service. the Sins of the World receive my Prayer; Thou that Pfal. ciii. 8. 10. 14. Burial Ser vice. Heb. xiii. Pfal. Ivii. 1 Pet. iv. 1 Pet. v. 8. Mal. iii. Litany. that fitteft at the right Hand of God, bave Mercy upon me. Thou, Lord, art full of Compaffion and Mercy, Long-fuffering, and of great Goodnefs; O deal not with me after my Sins, nor reward me according to my Iniquities. Thou knoweft whereof we be made, and remembereft 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 boly, O God moft mighty, O boly and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, fuffer me not at my laft Hour for any Pains of Death to fall from thee. Faithful is be that hath faid, I will never leave thee nor forfake thee: Lord, grant me the Knowledge and fenfible Experience of this moft gracious 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. 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 of Death, and in the Day of Judgment, good Lord deliver me. PRAYER. Almighty Lord, Father of Mercies, and God of all great great Extremity; Moft bumbly befeeching thee, to fupport and strengthen 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, So let my Love, and my Defires of thee be stronger. And O that it may pleafe thee in thy abundant Mercy, to afford me fome fweet Foretafte of future Blifs, that I may triumph even in Death it felf: But if in this I know not what I ask; yet at least suffer not my Faith to be shaken, 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 everlafting Kingdom, thro' the Merits and Mediation of Jefus Chrift, thy only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. Short EJACULATIONS for the laft Extremities. I Beeve, Belled Fefus, that thou sbalt Te Deum. come to be my fudge; I therefore pray thee help thy Servant whom thou haft redeemed with thy precious Blood. O make me now to be numbered with thy Saints in Glory everlasting. 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