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 * From a sudden,  unforeseen,  and  evil  death,
 * By the  pain  and  anguish  of  thy  Circumcision,  ||Luke  ii.
 * By the  pains  of  death  which  surrounded  thee in  the  garden,  when  thy  Passion  was  at hand,  || Luke  xxii.
 * By the  earnestness  of  thy  love,  with  which  thou  didst  carry  our  sorrows,  and,  with  thy  bruises,  heal  our  infirmities,  || Isa.  liii ||
 * By the  anguish  of  thy  heart  upon  the  Cross,  when  thou  criedst  out  that  thy  Father  had  forsaken  thee,  || Matt,  xxvii.
 * By that  sword  of  sorrow  which  pierced  the  heart  of  thy  most  dear  Mother  at  thy Passion, || Luke  ii.
 * We sinners,  Beseech  thee,  hear  us.
 * That we  may  esteem  ourselves  strangers  and sojourners  upon  the  earth,  || Ps.  xxxviii.
 * That having  here  no  permanent  city,  we  may the  more  fervently  seek  one  to  come, || Heb.  xiii.
 * That, amid  so  many  storms  and  perils  of  life, we  may  hasten  to  enter  into  the  rest which  we  hope  for  in  heaven,  ||Heb.  iv.
 * That our  momentary  and  light  tribulation may  work  for  us  an  eternal  weight  of  glory,  || 2 Cor. iv ||
 * That we  may  not  reject  the  discipline  of  the  Lord,  nor  be  wearied  whilst  we  are rebuked  by  him,  || Heb.  iv
 * That we  may  accept  all  that  is  laid  upon  us, and  have  patience  in  sorrow,  ||  Ecclus.  ii.
 * That in  all  our  diseases  and  afflictions  we  may  speak  no  foolish  thing  against  the  Lord,||  Job  i.
 * That as  we  have  received  good  things  at  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  so  too  we  may  cheerfully  bear  the  evil,  ||Job  ii.
 * That, according  to  the  multitude  of  sorrows in  my  heart  and  in  my  body,  thy  comforts may  give  joy  to  my  soul, || Ps.  xciii.
 * That, as  the  sufferings  of  Christ  abound  in us,  so  also  by  Christ  our  comfort  may abound, || 2 Cor.  i.
 * That we  may  always  bear  about  in  our  body the  dying  of  Jesus  Christ, || Ibid.  iv.
 * That looking  on  Jesus,  the  Author  and  Finisher of Faith, who having joy proposed to him, underwent the Cross by patience, we may run to the fight proposed to us, || Heb. xii.
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 * That our  momentary  and  light  tribulation may  work  for  us  an  eternal  weight  of  glory,  || 2 Cor. iv ||
 * That we  may  not  reject  the  discipline  of  the  Lord,  nor  be  wearied  whilst  we  are rebuked  by  him,  || Heb.  iv
 * That we  may  accept  all  that  is  laid  upon  us, and  have  patience  in  sorrow,  ||  Ecclus.  ii.
 * That in  all  our  diseases  and  afflictions  we  may  speak  no  foolish  thing  against  the  Lord,||  Job  i.
 * That as  we  have  received  good  things  at  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  so  too  we  may  cheerfully  bear  the  evil,  ||Job  ii.
 * That, according  to  the  multitude  of  sorrows in  my  heart  and  in  my  body,  thy  comforts may  give  joy  to  my  soul, || Ps.  xciii.
 * That, as  the  sufferings  of  Christ  abound  in us,  so  also  by  Christ  our  comfort  may abound, || 2 Cor.  i.
 * That we  may  always  bear  about  in  our  body the  dying  of  Jesus  Christ, || Ibid.  iv.
 * That looking  on  Jesus,  the  Author  and  Finisher of Faith, who having joy proposed to him, underwent the Cross by patience, we may run to the fight proposed to us, || Heb. xii.
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 * That, according  to  the  multitude  of  sorrows in  my  heart  and  in  my  body,  thy  comforts may  give  joy  to  my  soul, || Ps.  xciii.
 * That, as  the  sufferings  of  Christ  abound  in us,  so  also  by  Christ  our  comfort  may abound, || 2 Cor.  i.
 * That we  may  always  bear  about  in  our  body the  dying  of  Jesus  Christ, || Ibid.  iv.
 * That looking  on  Jesus,  the  Author  and  Finisher of Faith, who having joy proposed to him, underwent the Cross by patience, we may run to the fight proposed to us, || Heb. xii.
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 * That looking  on  Jesus,  the  Author  and  Finisher of Faith, who having joy proposed to him, underwent the Cross by patience, we may run to the fight proposed to us, || Heb. xii.
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