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 our  strength. O never suffer  us  to  forsake  thee, and we  know  thou  wilt  never  forsake  us. Let not the devil  circumvent  us  by  his  frauds  and  deceits; nor ever  glory  that  he  has  prevailed  over  us: arm  us both  against  the  terrors  and  flatteries  of  the  world, and all  the  dangers  of  our  passions  and  concupiscences. And whatever  trials  thou  art  pleased  to send  us,  let  thy  supporting  grace  ever  carry  us through  them,  with  advantage  to  our  souls. That by thy  favour  and  mercy,  we  may  be  faithful  unto death, and  so  receive  the  crown  of  life.

O Sovereign Goodness,  the  fountain  of  all  our good, deliver  us  from  all  our  evils: from  our  sins and the  punishments  we  deserve  for  them;  from wars, plagues,  famine  and  such  like  scourges,  which thy justice  and  our  impenitence  give  us  too  much reason to  apprehend  are  hanging  over  our  heads: from heresy  and  schism,  and  all  that  blindness  of soul  which  self-conceit  and  pride  expose  us  to: in fine,  from  a hardened  heart,  from  final  impenitence, and everlasting  damnation. From all  these  evils,  for thy own  goodness’  sake,  O Lord,  deliver  us.

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