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II. Blessed Jesus, I adore with all humility' thine infinite condescension in being made man, in quiting the mansions of glory, to take upon thee the form of a servant, and in submitting to the lowest condition of human life, in order to relieve our misery, and to guide us in the way to everlasting life; grant that I may cheerfully submit to the meanest offices for the good and benefit of my fellow-christians, and that I 'may be content and resigned under all the most afflicting circumstances of life which the wise providence of God shall think fit to lay upon me.

Blessed be thy goodness, O my Saviour, in suffering thyself to be circumcised, and in being obedient to the law for man, whereby, in order to fulfil the will of God, thou didst take upon thee the form of a servant. Grant me the true circumcision of the Spirit; that my heart and all my members being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, I may in all things obey thy blessed will, and, after thy example, be ready to sacrifice my reputation rather than neglect my duty..

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A Prayer on any Saint's Day.

O LORD God, precious in thy sight is the death of thy saints and martyrs, because they have had the great happiness to give thee the utmost testimony of their unfeigned love and affection. Precious to themselves, O Lord, is the death of thy saints; because, as they have been partakers of Christ's sufferings, so when his glory shall appear, they shall be made glad with exceeding joy. Let their death be always precious, O Lord, in thy sight; because their example has convinced me of the possibility of serving thee under the greatest difficulties, "and animates my endeavours with the prospect of their happy success.

I bless and praise thy holy name, for all the apostles, saints, and martyrs, departed this life in thy faith and fear. I congratulate their victories over the world, who overcame themselves, and led in triumph their own passions. 1 commemorate with all thankfulness their heroic piety, who served the Lord in hunger and thirst, in prison and chains, on racks and in torture, and who undoubtedly encountered death, armed with the greatest terror. Let that mighty grace, O Lord, which enabled them to conquer all opposition, support and animate thy servant, who is surrounded with the same temptations, and exposed to the same

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