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 to that  celestial  banquet  Thou hast prepared  for  the  blessed in heaven. O God,  grant  me the  grace  so  eagerly  to  long after this  eternal  banquet, that the  desire  of  hereafter enjoying it  may  make  me despise  all  the  goods  and pleasures of  this  life,  and labor incessantly  to  prepare myself, till  I  am  happily  admitted amongst  Thy  guests. There is  one  resolution  which I here  make  in  Thy  presence, viz.: to  renounce  all  whatsoever my  irregular  and  corrupt affections  incline  me  to; for they  often  press  me  to forsake  the  way  of  Thy  com-