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 my  reins  and  my  heart, and see if  there  is  in  me  the  way  of iniquity, and  lead  me  in  the eternal way.

From evils  of  every  kind. As the  Church  prays  in  the Mass: Deliver  us, O Lord, we beseech  thee,  from  all  evils, past, present,  and  to  come; that is,  temporal  and  eternal, both of  soul  and  body.

Secondly, from  the  evil  one; that is,  the  malignant  spirit; that he  may  have  no  power  of exercising  his  envy  and  malice upon us.

Not only  those  things  which influence the  soul  are  here reckoned as  evils; but  those also which so  affect  the  body, the fortune,  and  the  character, that  evil  and  injury  may be feared  from  them  also  to the  soul. Though I should walk in  the  midst  of  the  shadow of  death,  I will  fear  no evils, for  thou  art  with  me. Enlighten mine  eyes,  that  I may  never sleep  in  death,  lest at any  time  my  enemy  say,  I have  prevailed  against  him.

This should  be  pronounced with fervent  desire. For the Lord hath  heard  the  desire  of the  poor. Likewise with  great confidence, as  asking  those things which  he  has  enjoined us to  pray  for. As St.  John says: This is  our  confidence which we  have  towards  God, that, whatsoever  we  shall  ask according to  his  will,  he  heareth  us,  and  we  know  that  we have  the  petitions  which  we request  of  him.

Observe, devout  reader,  that  this  and  the  following  Litanies which are  chiefly  gathered  from  Holy  Scripture,  embrace the  names,  titles, attributes, and  divine  praises, applied to  the  divine  nature, as  well  as  to  each  separate person. More of  the  same  kind  might  have  been  collected, but that  the  limits  of  this  little  book  did  not  allow  it. This, too, is  to  be  said,  that  if  any  one,  more  captious  than pious, thinks  that  these  epithets  should  appear  in  the  vocative rather  than  in  the  nominative  case, he  may  supply or understand  at  such  places  the  words,  “Thou  who  art. Let him,  however,  remember,  that  the  Church  also  prays thus; as,  for  instance,  Agnus  Dei,  &amp;c.,  miserere  nobis: “Lamb of  God,  &amp;c.,  have  mercy  upon  us.”  And  again,