• 1 Tim. i. 15.

P Matt. v. 6.

4 John vi. 35. 48.

come into the world to save sinners?

Hast Thou not said, Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled?? Behold me waiting at the gate of Thy mercy, to be fed with the bread of life. Reject me not; send me not Mark viii. 3. away fasting, lest I faint by the way". O my God! I plead His Name alone, in whom all fulness dwells. Heb. vii. 25. Saviour! intercede for met! O let my prayer be set before Thee as incense; let the lifting up of my hands be unto Thee an acceptable sacrifice", O Lord! my Strength and my Redeemer'! Amen, Amen.

$ Col. i. 19.

" Psal. cxli. 2.

Rev. viii. 3, 4.

▾ Psal. xix. 14.

PRAYER

FOR ONE IN AFFLICTION.

O THOU! who afflictest not willingly, nor grievest

the children of mena: Thou who pitiest us, even as a Lam. iii. 33. a father pitieth his children, suffer me to approach Psal. ciii. 13. Thee in the Name of Jesus Christ, our compassion

ate High Priest, who is touched with the feeling

of our infirmities, and who ever liveth to make © Heb. iv. 15. intercession for us.

O God! Thine hand is very heavy upon me; Thine arrows stick fast in me. Mine iniquities are gone over my head as an heavy burden; they are too heavy for me. I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly I go mourning all the day long. Lord, all my desire is before Thee, and my groaning is not hid from Thee'. I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sink. Help me to bear Thine indignation, for I have sinned against Thee'; help

& Ch. vii. 25.

m 1 Pet. v. 6.

me to humble myself under Thy mighty hand", and to mourn with a godly sorrow for all the offences I have committed against Thee, my merciful God and Father. Surely in mercy Thou hast now lifted Mich. vi. 9. up Thy rod against me"; Thou hast hedged up my way with thorns, that I should not depart from • Hosea ii. 6. Thee. I know, O Lord, that Thou wilt not contend for ever; Thou wilt not be always wrath, lest the Spirit should fail before Thee, and the souls which Thou hast made".

p Isa, lvii. 16.

q Ver. 19.

r Psal. xxxv.

3.

$ Psal. 1. 15.

* Lam. iii. 40.

" Rev. iii. 19.

✓ 1 Thess. iv. 13.

O God of Love! speak peace to my troubled breast. Say unto my soul, I am Thy salvation". In this my day of trouble I call upon Thee; O help me, and deliver me, that I may glorify Thee. May I search and try my ways; may I be zealous and repent"; and do Thou, for Christ's sake, forgive me all my sins.

Help me to bear my trials with resignation, and let me not sorrow as those who have no hope. O w 2 Cor. xii. 9. let me feel Thy grace sufficient for me", and looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our Faith,

may I be enabled to run with patience the race that

× Heb. xii. 1, is set before me, and have reason to all eternity to

2.

y Psal. cxix.

say, 'It was good for me to be afflicted".

Send to me, I pray Thee, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, and reveal to me more of Thy loving kindness, and tender mercy. Give me the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of Christ Jesus. May the eyes of my understanding be enlightened, that I may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding

19.

greatness of His power to usward who believe". Ob Eph. i. 17— grant me, according to the riches of Thy glory, to

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be strengthened with might by Thy Spirit in the inner man. May Christ dwell in my heart by faith, Ch. iii. 10, and may the remembrance of that Rest, which remaineth for the people of God, sweeten the & Heb. iv. 9. troubles of this mortal life.

Father! in submission to Thy blessed will, I

beseech thee, to mitigate my sufferings. O if it be

possible, let this cup pass from me, and restore me e Matt. xxvi.

39.

to peace and comfort: but Thou alone knowest what

is good for me; therefore, from my heart enable me

to say,
cast my care upon Thee, who carest for me.

'not my will, but Thine, be done'; and to Luke xxii.

O Lord! I beseech Thee to sanctify these afflictions, not only to my good, but also to the good of

42.

8 1 Pet. v. 7.

Job v.

6,7.

Prov. xxvii.

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all connected with me, that seeing this world to be one of trouble and sorrow, and that we know not what a day may bring forth', we may, from this day, earnestly seek to know and follow the things * Lukexix. 42. that belong unto our peace; so that when these our earthly tabernacles are dissolved, we may have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens'. Hear me, and receive these my supplications, O God, I beseech Thee, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

1 2 Cor. v. 1.