V. And do thou, O my Soul, labour continually to

ftrengthen thy ownFrailties andFears,with holy Medi- tations, with the repeated Exercifes of Faith, and Re- pentance, of Truft, and Love, and Heavenly-minded- nefs. Bid adieu to this vain World, and ihake hands with it cheerfully. As for all that isuneafy here, thank God for a Deliverance from it ^ And for all whom thou haft reafon to love and be concerned for, remember, that thou leaveft them under the Condud of the fame good Providence, of which thy felf haft had fo large Expe- rience. Confider, that God is All Relations,and more than All, to thofe that want them ; and, if they continue to feek andferve him diligently, he will never forfake them, but be their God, and their Guide unto Death. Bid all my Friends weep, not for Me, but for them- felves^who are ftill in aState of Danger and Temptati- on,of Vanity andMlfery ; from which they that die in the Lord are forever freed. Tell them, that we fhall fee one another again (hortly. And a§ I am going now to thofe dear and good Souls, who have got the ftaift of me in this Journey ; fo They, and I, and all Go^'s Children, fhall have a glorious, a joyful Meeting, at the Refurre ther into a Place, whence Tears and Mourning are for ever banifti'd ; wher^ the YiriQaof God, the Se^r
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vice of the Lamb, the Company of Angels and Saints, ftiall minifter eternal Matter of Praife and Joy ; and our Happincfs will exceed all we can conceive, all we can hope for. And now, O Death, where , cor.xv.ss. is thy Sting ? O Grave, where is thy Vi^ory ? Thanks be to God, who hath given us the Vidory, thro' our Lord Jefus Chrift. Therefore (my SoulJ be thou ftedfaft, unmovable, always abounding in the Work of the Lord, forafmuch as I am alTured, that my Labour fiiall not be in vain in the Lord.
E J A C U L A T i O N S.
WHik I am at home in the Body, I am ah- a Cor.v.^, [ent from the Lord ^ for I walk hy faith not by Sight ; therefore I am confident y and wit- 7. ling rather to.be abfent from the Body, and to be *• frefent with the Lord,
Lord, Whom have I in Heaven, hut thee ? and Pf. Ixxiii. there is none upon Earth that I dejire in comparifon '^' of thee.
My Fleflj and my Heart faileth, hut God isfiiU 26, my Strength, and my Life,and my Portion for ever.
Fear f nine fs and Trembling are come upon me, I v. 5. and an horrible Dread. hath overwhelmed me.
For the Enemy of Souls cryeth out alcud,and the ungodly One comet h onfofifi -, he is minded to do me fome Mifchief, fo malicioujly is he fet againH me. But I am thine, O fave me ,* I am bought with a Trice, O Jefus, even with thy moH pre* cious Blood, 1 am one of thy Sheep, rebuke this ra- vening Wolf, for thou art greater than he ; and none is able to pluck me out of thy Hand,
Thou that takefi away the Sins of the World, ^ ^^^ have Mercy upon me. Thou that takeff away ^ion Ser- the Sins of the World receive my Prayer ^ Ihen vice.
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that Sittefi at the right handof God^'ha've Mer^ cy upon me, Pfal. ciii. 8. 7hoH^ Lord, art full of Compajjlon andMer^
^ °' cjy Longfujfering^and of great Goodnefs ; O deal
not with me after my SinSy nor reward me ac" cording to my Iniquities. ^4' Tloou know eft wherefore we he madeyandre"
memhreft that we are hut Duft, Look graciouflj therefore upon my Weaknefs ^ Tity the Interrupt!^ ons and Imperfections of my Vrayers ^ Tar don what I ca7jnot now do with a fieady and com^ pofed Zeaty and accept the Sincerity of my Heart, Burial Ser- Thonknoweft^LordytheSecretsofmySouljhut
Vice. ^Q^ ^i^y fYierciful Ears to my Frayersybut fpare me
Lord moft holy y O God mofi mighty, O ho^ ly and merciful Saviour , thou moft worthy Judge eternal y fuffer me not at my la ft Hour for any Tains of Death to fall from thee* Bch. xiii. Faithful is he that hathfaidy I will never
leave thee nor forfake thee • Lord^grant me the Knowledge and fenfihle Experience of this pfal. Ivli. moft grr!c:msTromife,Standhy me and fave me 1 Pet, IV. from the B.eproof of him that would eat me up. Deliver my Soul from the roaringLyonywho goeth about continually y fee king whom he may devour* I Pet.v, 8. Lordy I commit my Soul unto thee j as into the
hands of a faithful Creator y and mof merciful Mai iii. Redeemer, Spare ity O God^andlet it be thine in
the Day jvhen thon makefl up thy Jewels, In Litany. ^^^ ^^^^ ^y ^^ ,.^;^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ 2:)^j of Judg-
ment y good Lord i! diver me.
Prayer.
O Almighty Lordy Father of Mercies yand God of all Com- fort y I flee unto thee for Succour in this my great Ex* tremity j Moft humbly befeeching thee^to fupport and ftreng-
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then me in the lafl Conflici of my Life. Deliver me from the Snares andTerr or s of the Wicked One, fuHain my Ago^ nies with the peaceful Comforts of a cjuiet and good Conjci^ ence, and of ferfe^l Reco7jciliation 7vith thee, my God, Lord, as thou hinge fi- me nearer to thy f elf fo let my Love, and my Dejtres cfthee be ftronger. And O that it may pleaje thee in thy abundant Mercy y to afford me fome fweet foreta/ie of future Blifsy that I may triumph even in Death it [elf] But if in this I know not what I ask ,' yet at leaf!: fuffer not my Faith to be jhaken, nor thy Loving- kindnefs to fail ; and^ however thou dealejl with this Corruptible Body, let my Soul, I implore thee, be precious in thy fight. TVaflj it in the Blood of the immaculate Lamb of God, that all its Pollutions being purged and done away, it may be prefented pure and with- out /pot before thee, and be received into thy everlafiing King-- dom, thro' the Merits and Mediation of Jefm Chrifi, thy only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.
Short E J A C U L A T I O N S for the Laft Extremities.
I Believe, Blejfed Jefus, that thou fljalt come to be TeDeum. my Judge *, I therefore pray thee help thy Servant whom thou hafl redeemed with thy precious Blood,
O make me no7V to be numbred with thy Saints in Glory everlajiing.
The Snares of Death compafs me round about ^and Pf- cxvi. its Fains get hold upon me ; Hafie thee, O God, to ^^' deliver me, make hafie, O Lord, to help me.
Thy Kingdom come, O God, Thy WiU be done in Earth as it is in Heaven.
Lord Jefus, receive my Spirit.
Come, Lord Jefus, come (juickly,
Thefe laft may be ufed by the Friends and Standers-by , with the necefTary Alteration of the Perfon , after the lick Party is difabled from the ufc of t hem.
F I N I S,
BOOKS fPtibliped hy the Dr. George Stanhope, De^w 0/ Canterbu- ry, and Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1. A Paraphrafe and Comment upon the Eplftles and Gofpels *^ appointed to be ufed in the Church of tngland^ on all
Sundaj's and Holy-Days throughout the Year. Defignedto excite Devotion, and promote the Knowledge and Pradice of fmcerc Piety and Virtue. In Three Volumes.
2. The Truth and Excellency of the Chriflian Religion afTert- ed. In Sixteen Sermons preach'd at St. PauFs Cathedral, in th^ Years 1 70 1, 1702. at the Lecture founded by the Honourable Ro!;en Boyle, Efq;
3. Several Sermons on fpecial Occafions.
'^. Epi^etMS Morals, with Simplicius's Comment in EjtgUfl).
5. Parfins's Chrlftian Direftory ; Being a Treatife of Holy Re- folution. Put into Modern Englijb,
6. Of Wifdom : Three Books. Written originally In French^ by the Sieur de Charron. With an Account of the Author. Made Englijh from the beft Edition, Corre^ed and Enlarged by the Author a little before his Death.
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The Principles of the Chrifllan Religion Explained ; In jJ Brief Commentary on the Church Catechijm. By Dr. fVake, Lord Bifhop of Lincoln.
The Rcafonablenefs and Certainty of the Chrifllan Rellgiorii By Robert 'Jenkins^ Late Fellow of St. 7o/;n's College in Camhidge} in Two Volumes, Uvo.

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