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 terrors and flatteries of the world, and the dangers of our passions and concupiscences. And, what ever trials thou art pleased to send upon us, let thy supporting grace ever assist us, that, In thy favor and mercy, we may be faithful till death, and thus merit to receive the crown of life.

O sovereign Good, the Fountain of grace, deliver us from all evils; from our sins, and the punishments we deserve for them; from wars, plagues, famines, and such like visitations, which we have too much reason to apprehend hanging over our heads in consequence of our impenitence; from heresy and schism, and all blindness of soul to which self-conceit and pride expose us — in fine, from obduracy of heart, from final impenitence, and everlasting damnation. From all these evils, for thy own sake, O Lord, deliver us, through Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen.

GOOD and gracious Jesus, who, being most high in the glory of thy Father, and of one essence with him, didst vouchsafe of thy infinite love to be made man, to be born in a stable, to be laid in a manger, to be circumcised, and to fly into Egypt; afterwards to be baptized, to be tempted, to fast, to watch, to teach the ignorant, and to heal the diseased; in thy whole life to suffer continual afflictions and persecutions, and at length voluntarily to suffer death upon the cross; and all this for me and such wretched creatures as myself.

2. O good and gracious Jesus, who, having eaten the paschal lamb with thy dearly-beloved disciples,