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in my soul;

and all this to Thy glory and praise, now and ever, and through endless ages. Amen.

Our FATHER, &c.

PSALM CII. 1, 2, 4, 12.

Domine, exaudi.

Hear my prayer, O LORD: and let my crying come unto Thee.

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Hide not Thy face from me in the time of my trouble incline Thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon. My heart is smitten down and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread. But Thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever: and Thy remembrance throughout all gene

rations.

Glory be to the FATHER, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.

TUESDAYS BETWEEN SEPTUAGESIMA AND LENT.

AN ACT OF GOOD RESOLVE.

"I have sworn, and am stedfastly purposed to keep Thy righteous judgments."-Ps. cxix. 106.

O most mighty GOD, I know, by the light of Thy grace, how greatly I am bound to do good works, and to follow after virtue; to

disincline from evil, and to flee sin; therefore now, wholly distrusting self, and wholly trusting to and leaning on Thy holy grace, I purpose, and with the whole power of my free will, with most entire and deliberate consent, I resolve, never more to commit sin; or to attempt to do, say, or think anything that is contrary to Thy good pleasure; but to flee as a serpent all occasions of sin, and whatever is displeasing to Thee.

And if at any time it happen-O may it never be!-that I should do or leave undone anything contrary to Thy Will, I now protest beforehand, that whatever it may be, it shall not be with my own will and mind, but from some malicious suggestion and sudden impulse, contrary to this my firm resolve. But since I can do nothing good of myself, do Thou, O LORD, grant that I may abide stedfast in this purpose; and that allowing nothing evil to creep over me, I may by the aid of Thy grace be fully master of all the desires and motions of my heart.

I further resolve, for the future, to keep fully and completely all Thy Divine precepts, and the promises and vows which I made to Thee in Baptism, or at any other time; I will endeavour also, as far as I may, by the help of Thy grace, to imitate Thy most holy Life, and to attain the habit

of all those virtues which are most pleasing to Thee: in all things to perform Thy most righteous Will, and in all things to hold down my own, which is bent to evil; subjecting it to my superiors and others, out of love to Thee; and endeavouring to walk in the way of perfection, by the help of all those means, which Thou, my Master, hast in Thy holy Gospel pointed out both by word and example.

Help me, therefore, O LORD; for without Thy special aid I am unable to follow out or to fulfil these my good resolves; give unto me a lively faith, and a strong and stedfast mind; that as Thou, of Thine own Nature, canst not sin, so too I, by Thy grace, may be incapable of it.

Finally, I beseech Thee, that Thou wouldest deign by Thy judgment to accept and to approve of this declaration of my will; that all things may be done to Thy honour and glory, to the salvation of my soul, the good of my neighbour, and agreeably to Thy most holy will, and to this end I give up myself to GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, and GOD the HOLY GHOST. Amen. Our FATHER, &c..

PSALM CXVIII. 14, 18, 28.

The LORD is my Strength and my Song: and is become my Salvation.

The LORD hath chastened and corrected me but He hath not given me over unto death.

Open me the gates of righteousness: that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the LORD.

Thou art my GOD, and I will thank Thee Thou art my GOD, and I will praise Thee.

Glory be to the FATHER, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.

WEDNESDAYS BETWEEN SEPTUAGESIMA AND LENT.

AN EXERCISE OF TRUST.

"In Thee, O LORD, have I trusted let me never be confounded.'

Behold, O GOD our Defender, and be Thou my stay and my refuge; for I believe in Thee, O LORD, and I hope in Thee, and with my whole heart I desire to love Thee. O my GOD, be not Thou far from me; my GOD, look upon me and help me. Lo! I, the purchase of Thy Blood, am standing in a slippery place, and surrounded on all sides

with snares and pits for my soul. Oh! draw me forth with the cords of Thy love!

O give me wings like a dove, that I may flee unto Thee; and that, by Thy grace, I may follow Thee, my Shepherd, and cleave unto Thee with my whole heart.

This Thy servant is left unto Thee, O JESU! O FATHER of mercies, without Whom I can do nothing, I beseech Thee be Thou a Guardian and Helper to me, and leave me not comfortless; for Thou art my GOD, my only Hope, my Protector, the Horn also of my salvation and my refuge. Amen.

A PRAYER TO JESUS.

O LORD, I have destroyed myself, but in Thee is my help. To Thee, O most Bounteous LORD JESUS CHRIST, Who art the Fountain of Love, to Thee do I turn. By the power of Thy Godhead, whereby, one GOD with the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST, Thou didst make all things out of nothing, I confess that I was created; and by Thine Incarnation, which in Thine own proper Person, yet with the co-operation of the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST, Thou didst take upon Thee, I know that I have been re-made and renewed: wherefore I pray Thy most sweet Mercy;

By Thy holy Incarnation, Nativity, and Circumcision, have mercy upon my soul;

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