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'pollutions; and with the mixture of one drop of his most precious blood mould us again into vessels of honour. Of thee only, O merciful Father, I beg and hope for pardon: upon thee only do I call, and depend for assistance; that I may hereafter constantly serve thee with a true and faithful obedience, and inseparably adhere to thee with a pure and perfect love for ever.

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A Prayer for the Dead

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O GOD, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, give to the souls of thy servants departed, full remission of all their offences, that through the help of pious supplications, they may obtain the pardon of which they have been always desirous: who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

V. Give them, O Lord, eternal rest. R. And let perpetual light shine unto them.

V. May they rest in peace. R. Amen, The Hymn, Te lucis ante terminum 15 BEFORE the closing of the day, Creator, we thee humbly pray, That for thy wonted mercy's sake, Thou us into protection take.

May nothing in our minds excite Vain dreams and phantoms of the night: Keep off our enemy, that so

Our bodies no uncleanness know. you

To Jesus, from a Virgin sprung,
Be glory given, and praises sung;
The like to God the Father be,
And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.
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SAVE us, O Lord, waking, and keep us sleeping, that we may watch with Christ, and rest in peace. Amen.

Preserve us as the apple of thine eye, and protect us under the shadow of thy wings. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night without sin.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.

May thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, as we have put our trust in thee.

O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my supplication. come unto thee,

The Prayer.

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VISIT, we beseech thee, O Lord, this habitation, and repel from it all snares of the enemy. Let thy holy an gels dwell therein to preserve us in peace, and may thy blessing be upon us for ever, thro' Christ our Lord. Amen.

To the B. Virgin Mary.

O GLORIOUS Virgin Mary, I commit my soul and body to thy blessed trust this night and for ever, but more especially at the hour of my death. I recommend to thy merciful charity all my hopes, my consolation, my distress,

and misery, my life and the end thereof; that through thy most holy intercess sion, all my works may be directed ac cording to the will of thy blessed Son! Amen.

A Prayer to your Guardian Angel

O ANGEL of God, to whose holy care I am committed by the supreme clemency, illuminate, defend, and pro tect me this night from all sin and danger. Amen.

The Blessing.

GOD the Father bless me: Jesus Christ defend and keep me: the virtue of the Holy Ghost enlighten and sanctify me this night and for ever. Amen.

Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Lord Jesus receive my soul. When you go to Bed, say,

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ crucified, I lay me down to rest: bless me, O Lord, defend and govern me, and after this short and miserable pilgri mage bring me to everlasting happiness. Amen.

A Prayer at settling to Sleep.

O LORD Jesus Christ, whose unwearied eye neither slumbers nor sleeps, but continually watches in defence of thy servants, take me and mine, I beseech thee, into thy protection, and grant, that whilst my body is asleep, my soul may

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be awake to thee, and that I may hereafter behold thee in that blessed and hea venly, country, where thou, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, art eternally governor, and all the angels, with the blessed saints, are citizens for ever. Amen.

SN..B. When you are in bed, and cannot sleep, employ your thoughts in some spiritual exercise, or in saying the beads, or some other prayers; or in meditating on some passage of our Saviour's life and passion; particularly how he spent that night wherein he was taken in the garden. Or else you may think on those uneasy beds which the souls have in hell or purgatory,

If you chance to awaken in the dead of the night, forthwith imagine yourself to be present among the choirs of saints and angels, and with sudden acclamation cry out with them in the words of the hymn, which they incessantly sing; saying:

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth, heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.

Or, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Live, Jesus, live, and let it be, My life to die for love of thee,

Necessary Rules for a Christian.

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OFTEN examine your thoughts, words, and actions, especially after much business, conversation, &c. that you may discern and amend your faults.

Hold your peace in such things as relate not to you, and where your speech is not for the honour of God, and good of your neighbour.

Often call to mind your life past, and what our Saviour suffered for you in every moment of his life.

Live as if you had nothing, and yet possessed all things; and remember that meat, drink, and clothes, are the riches of a Christian.

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Offer yourself entirely to God, and tho' you have nothing to return for his favours but yourself, you will be comforted when you consider, that he gives all, who gives himself. The apostles quitted their poor boats and nets, and received for them a most ample reward. The poor widow gave only two mites, and her offering was preferred before those of the richest.

He easily parts with all things, who considers that he must die, and be separated from them.

Use no extravagant or unusual gestures in open assemblies, but on all oc

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