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 therefore all love and praise be to thee, O Lord

O God. I extol thy name; and tho' I'm sinful creature. I will not cease to give the thanks to the utmost of my strength: I will declare thy justice and mercy, and whilst I live, will declare thy name.

As for man, he is but dust, and vanishes: his life is but a span, and full of misery. Oh heavenly Father, let me not forget mine own frailty; let me consider what I am, and remember what I shall be; then shall I not forget to leave myself, and long after thee. My sins O Lord are before thy face; I can turn no way but they pursue me: I entreat thee to pardon then. Consider my necessity most mighty God, and deliver me for thy Son's sake. Although my offences are more in number than the hairs of my head, yet, Lord shew mercy, and forgive them. I know, though my sins were as scarlet, yet thou can't make them white as snow: therefore. O Lord, to thee be glory for evermore,

Truly. Lord, I see no cause why I should long to abide in this life. If I was arrived to such perfection as the apostle Paul was, I should desire earnestly (as he did) to be with Christ. O God beseerh thee, to give me such things as are for thy glory, and the good of them who love thee and walk uprightly. O my God, I pray thee, mortify the corruptions of my heart, cleanse thou me from secret faults, and send thy good Spirit to write thy law upon my heart.

Thy ways, O Lord, are the ways of righteousness,