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Prayer Lecture 58
PRAYER
Grant, Almighty God, that since thou art graciously pleased to exhort us to , and withholdest thine hand, yea, and allowest us the opportunity to , — O grant, that we may not obstinately provoke against ourselves thy extreme vengeance, but render ourselves obedient to thee, so that thou mayest not only hear others praying for us, but that our own prayers may also obtain pardon from thee, espedally through the of Christ, thine only — begotten Son, who has once for all thee to us, and whose perpetual is to continue to us to thee, until we shall appear at length before thee with all our spots and filth wholly washed away, and be made partakers of that glory which has been obtained for us by Christ our Lord. — Amen.