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76 Holy Spirit, but in life and in death have mercy on me for Jesus Christs sake. Amen.

acts of forgiveness.

p. m. In the pew I read my prayer and commended my friends, and those that θ this year. At the Altar I was generally attentive, some thoughts of vanity came into my mind while others were communicating, but I found when I considered them, that they did not tend to irreverence of God. At the altar I renewed my resolutions. When I received, some tender images struck me. I was so mollified by the concluding address to our Saviour that I could not utter it. The Communicants were mostly women. At intervals I read collects, and recollected, as I could, my prayer. Since my return I have said it. 2 p.m.

These resolutions I have not practised nor recollected. O God grant me to begin now for Jesus Christ's Sake. Amen.

God who hast ordained that whatever is to be desired, should be sought by labour, and who, by thy Blessing, bringest honest