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 ��Prayers and Meditations.

��fluency. I went to church ; came in at the Psalms ; could not hear the reader in the lessons, but attended the prayers with tranquillity.

To read the New Testament once a year, in Greek.

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Receiving the Sacrament

I profess my Faith in Jesus. I declare my resolution to obey him.

I implore in the highest act of worship, Grace to keep these resolutions.

I hope to rise to a new life this day.

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Prayer on the study of Religion.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, without whose help labour is useless, without whose light search is vain, invigorate my studies and direct my enquiries, that I may, by due diligence and right discernment establish myself and others in thy holy Faith. Take not, O Lord, thy Holy Spirit from me, let not evil thoughts have dominion in my mind. Let me not linger in ignorance, but enlighten and support me, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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O Lord God, in whose hand are the wills and affections of men, kindle in my mind holy desires, and repress sinful and corrupt imaginations ; enable me to love thy commandments, and to desire thy promises ; let me, by thy protection and influence, so pass through things temporal, as finally not to lose the things eternal ; and among the hopes and fears, the pleasures and sorrows, the dangers and deliverances, and all the changes of this life, let my heart be surely fixed, by the help of thy Holy Spirit, on the everlasting fruition of thy presence, where true joys are to be found. Grant, O Lord, these petitions. Forgive, O merciful Lord, whatever I have done contrary to thy laws. Give me such a sense of my wickedness as may produce true contrition and effectual repentance, so that when

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