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Prayer Lecture 5
Prayer
Grant, Almighty God, that inasmuch as we are so dull and , that though often admonished, we yet consider not our sins, yea, though chastised by thy hand, we yet return not immediately to a right mind, — O grant, that we may hereafter profit more under thy rod, and not he refractory and untractable; but as soon as thou raises thy hand, may each of us mourn, know our own evils, and then, with one consent, surrender ourselves to be ruled by thee; and may we, in the meantime, patiently and calmly endure thy chastisements, and never murmur against thee, but ever aspire to the attainment of true , until, having at length put off all the vices and corruptions of our flesh, we attain to the fulness of , and to that true and blessed glory which has been prepared for us in heaven by Jesus Christ. Amen.