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 Comforter of  all  sad,  desolate,  and distressed souls;  behold  Thy  poor servant, humbly  prostrate  at  the foot of  Thy  holy  cross,  bewailing his misery,  imploring  Thy  mercy, and beseeching  Thee  to  take  pity and compassion  upon  him  in  this his present  and  pressing  affliction, (infirmity, poverty,  temptation, trouble,  or  whatsoever  other  spiritual or  corporal  necessity).

Hear my  prayers,  O  assured refuge of  all  afflicted  wretches! Behold my  tears,  consider  my  sorrows, and  remedy  my  distresses; for, finding  myself  encompassed with very  grievous  calamities,  by reason  of  my  great  crimes,  I  know not whither  to  fly  for  succor,  or  to whom  I  may  make  my  moan,  but to Thee,  my  meek  and  merciful Saviour, with  a  full  hope  and  confidence that  Thou,  O  my  loving Redeemer, wilt  vouchsafe  to  lend the ears  of  Thy  ordinary  pity  and