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 thy spirit! Dost thou  indeed teach us  to  pray,  as  though the measure  of  thy  favour  and indulgence depended  on  our conduct and  feeling  to  our neighbour? Oh, new  and wonderful form  of  words, that is  at  once  a prayer  and a pledge of  thy  goodness! Behold, thou  wilt  be  to  us such  as  we  are  to  our  neighbour! Shall I then  be  slow to forgive  my  neighbour, that I may  find  thee  slow  to forgive  myself? No, rather will I be  slow  to  anger,  and the sun  shall  not  go  down upon my  wrath. Far be it  from  me  to  be  implacable to  my  neighbour,  eager for revenge,  and  tenacious  of injuries,  lest  thou  shouldst remember my  former  iniquities, and  chastise  me  in  thy wrath. Why should  I not cheerfully forgive  my  neighbour a penny,  that  thou mayest forgive  me  an  infinite number of  pounds!

And lead  us  not  into  temptation, For what  else  but  temptation is  the  life  of  man  upon earth? Yet suffer  me  not  to be  tempted  above  that  I am able. For without  thee  I can  do  nothing,  but  in  thee  I can  do  all  things,  if  thy  grace support me. Grant me,  by mortification  and  avoidance of occasions,  to  prevent  the temptations of  the  flesh. Let me be  strong  in  faith  to  resist the  roaring  lion  that goes about  seeking  whom  he may  devour. Let me  despise the  judgment  of  the world, and  not  prefer  the things of  a moment  to  those of eternity. Make every temptation conduce  to  my instruction,  none  to  my  ruin.

For behold,  while  we  thus strive to  attain  the  height  of virtue,  we  are  here  on  all sides perplexed  by  many  evils, though in  all  of  them  we are  governed  by  thy  divine providence. This is  attested by thy prophet,  where  he says: There  is  no  evil  in  the city which  the  Lord  hath  not done; the evil,  that  is,  of punishment,  such  as  war, famine, disease,  want,  &amp;c. What we  earnestly  entreat  of thee  is,  that  these  may  not tend to  the  evil  of  sin; for that, of  all  evils,  would  be the  greatest;  but  otherwise they will  not  be  evils  at  all, if they  do  not  separate  us from  thee  our  highest  good. It is  the  part  of  thy  power, goodness, and  wisdom,  O Lord,  so  to  dispose  those evils, that  they  all  work  together for  good  to  them  that love thee. For so  great  is