remember not my sin; deliver me from going down to the pit, for thou hast found a ransom. O Son of David, have mercy on me; Lord Jesus, do thou help me; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table: Have patience with me, and what shall thy servant say? That I will pay thee all? O no! I most truly and sorrowfully do confess, that I have nothing at all to pay; forgive me, therefore, this whole debt, I beseech thee. Forget me not, O Lord, for ever; how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart; heart; how long shall mine enemies triumph over me? Consider and here me, O Lord my God, lighten my eyes, that I sleep not in death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it; but my trust is in thy A PRAYER for GRACE to keep the COMMANDMENTS. REMOVE from me, O my God, all irreligion and profaneness, superstition and hypocrisy, enthusiasm and unworthy conceits of thee: Image worship and idolatry: Perjury and vanity, curses and bitter imprecations: Neglect of public worship, irreve rence in thy house, abuse of the times set apart for thy service: Pride and disobedience, faction and schism, unnatural coldness to relations, and inordinate love of myself: Fierceness and contention, malice and cruelty, anger and revenge: Unlawful lust, uncleanness in deed, word, or thought: Idle Idlenesss and extravagance, dishonesty and fraud: False testimony and lying, reviling and slandering, censuring and causeless suspicion : All corrupt and impure imaginations, all ungoverned and unbecoming desires: And, of thy goodness, give me grace constantly to serve and please thee, in reverence and godly fear, in worthy apprehensions of, and a rational obedience to thee: In bodily adoration, and spiritual worship, confined to thee alone: In an awful regard to oaths, in strict truth, and cautious conversation, in blessings, intercessions, and good wishes: In diligent attendance at religious Assemblies, in devotion and decency, and exemplary zeal, through every part of thy service; in conscientious improvement of the times set apart for religious exercises: In dutiful demeanour and submission to superiors; in peace and unity, with regard to Church and State; in tender affection to kindred and allies: In gentleness and meekness, in patience and forgiveness, in general good will, and an engaging conversation : In chastity and sobriety, in modest behaviour, and unreproachable discourse, and in a moderate use of pleasures, even those that are innocent and lawful: In frugality and industry, in just and |