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8. Hast thou despised, or scoffed and derided him for his infirmities?

9. Hast thou dissembled, or dealt doubly with him?

10. Hast thou been desirous to seem and to be reputed, greater or better than thou art?

Guilty or not guilty of transgressing the Tenth Commandment, in all, or any of these instances?

1. HAST thou at any time inordinately lusted after what belongs to others?

2. Hast thou entertained secret covetings in thy thoughts, with any delight or complacency in them?

3. Hast thou harboured a thought or desire to hurt, or any way prejudice thy neighbour?

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep His Laws.

COLLECTS

FOR PARTICULAR GRACES.

For Faith.

ALMIGHTY God, whom without Faith it is impossible to please; grant me, I beseech Thee, so perfectly to believe in Thy Son Jesus Christ, that my Faith in Thy sight may never be reproved; and being called to the knowledge of Thy grace, and Faith in Thee, and admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion, I may eschew those things which are contrary to my profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Bope.

BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; grant that I may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy Holy Word, I may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed Hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus

Christ; and that I may therefore purify myself, even as He is pure, that when He shall appear again with power and great glory, I may be made like unto Him in His eternal and glorious Kingdom, where with Thee, O Father, and Thee, O Holy Ghost, He liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

For the Love of God.

O GOD, who hast prepared for them that love Thee, such good things as pass man's understanding, pour into my heart such Love towards Thee, that I loving Thee above all things, may obtain Thy promises which exceed all that I can desire, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Charity.

O LORD, who hast taught us, that all our doings without Charity are nothing worth; send Thy Holy Ghost, and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of Charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth, is counted dead before Thee. Grant this for Thy only Son, Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

for Chastity.

O HOLY Jesus, who wert conceived in the womb of a Virgin, I beseech Thee grant Thy servant grace to withstand all temptations of the flesh, and with a pure and clean heart to follow Thee the only God, even for Thine own mercies and merits' sake. Amen.

for Contrition.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that Thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are Penitent : create and make in me a new and contrite heart, that I worthily lamenting my sins, and acknowledging my wretchedness, may obtain of Thee the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Devotion.

Most great God, who hast not only permitted but invited us needy and miserable creatures to present our petitions to Thee: O let me set a true value on this most invaluable privilege. I come unto Thee, O Lord, as a worm to my Sovereign Maker, I come as an heinous offender to a just and

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severe Judge; let, I pray Thee, mine addresses to Thine house be with a Reverence some way answerable to Thine awful Majesty; give me an hearty desire to pray, and such a pure intention and fixedness of mind upon Thee, that I may no more incur the guilt of drawing near to Thee, with my lips, when my heart is far from Thee: but may so ask, that I may receive; seek, that I may find; knock, that it may be opened unto me; that so, from praying to Thee here, I may be translated to the praising Thee eternally in Thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Fear of God.

MOST great God, who only art high, and to be feared, O put Thy Fear into my heart, that I may not sin against Thee; let me never so misplace my Fear as to be afraid of man, whose breath is in his nostrils: but fill me, O Lord, with the Spirit of Thy holy Fear, which is the beginning of wisdom, and let it preserve me in a perpetual conformity to Thy Will in all things, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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