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 Fain would I learn to lay aſide Malice, and ſtubborneſs and pride, Envy and ev'ry evil thought; Nor be my breaſt with anger hot: Each other paſſion, wild and rude, I long to feel by grace ſubdu'd.

When thus my heart is well prepar'd, My tongue I eaſily ſhall guard From ev'ry oath, and curſe profane, Nor take God's rev'rend name in vain: No ſacred thing ſhall I deride, Nor scoff, nor mail nor brawl, nor chide: My ſoul will ev'ry lie deteſt, And ev'ry baſe indecent jeſt.

This humble watchful ſoul of mine Shall with abhorrence then decline The drunkard's cup, the glutton's feaſt, That ſink the man down to the beaſt: Th' injurious blow, the wanton eye, The loss of hours that quickly fly, And that which lead to ev'ry crime, The vain miſpence of ſacred time; What brings diſhonour on God's law, Or what on man would miſchief draw.

ORD when my wretched ſoul ſurveys The various follies of my ways