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from all the malice of Satan, and from all perils both 

 of soul and body. Pardon all our unthankfulness, 

 make us daily more and more thankful for all thy 

 mercies and benefits daily poured down upon us. 

 Let these our humble prayers ascend to the throne of 

 grace, and be granted not only for these mercies, but 

 for whatsoever else thy wisdom knows needful for 

 us ; and for all those that are in need, misery, and 

 distress, whom, Lord, thou hast afflicted either in 

 soul or body ; grant them patience and perseverance 

 in the end, and to the end: And that, O Lord, not 

 for any merits of ours, but only for the merits of thy 

 Son, and our alone Saviour Christ Jesus ; to whom 

 with thee and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all glory, 

 &c. Amen. 



THE STUDENT S PRAYER. 



To God the Father, God the Word, God the 

 Spirit, we pour forth most humble and hearty sup 

 plications ; that he remembering the calamities of 

 mankind, and the pilgrimage of this our life, in 

 which we wear out days few and evil, would please 

 to open to us new refreshments out of the fountains 

 of his goodness, for the alleviating of our miseries. 

 This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human 

 things may not prejudice such as are divine ; neither 

 that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and 

 the kindling of a greater natural light, any thing of 



