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A49921 The labouring persons remembrancer, or, A practical discource of the labour of the body with suitable devotions. Lee, Francis, 1661-1719. 1690 (1690) Wing L841; ESTC R37963 21,877 54

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World and as nearly united to God as either He hereby designs and invites me to be or as I have need of For as much as I am assur'd that He cannot deny me any Assistance of his Holy Spirit which I beg through the Merits of his only begotten Son my Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen II. Next after this Protestation made and Resolution declar'd as in the presence of God and of the whole Court of Heaven that it may become Effectual in thy Life thou art to keep every Branch of it in thy Mind and to secure the same in thine Heart by fervent and faithful Prayer For this purpose after I have directed thee how to form in thy Spirit a General Abhorrence of Sin and to express thy Acknowledgments to God for his wonderful Goodness I will teach thee on all occasions according as thy needs shall direct to call down the Divine Assistance to enable thee in the performance of every part But before all things it 's necessary that thou beg it of thy Heavenly Father that there may be imprinted on thee a just Detestation and Abhorrence of all manner of Sin the fruitful Mother of thy Misery To which end say ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ grant I beseech thee that I may have that due sense as well of Thine infinite Purity and Happiness as of mine own Deformity and Misery that I may abhor my self in dust and ashes before Thee and while I eat my Bread in the Sweat of my brow may never forget to detest and fly that Monster which has laid this Yoak on my shoulders that I may confess to Thee my strange Vileness and Folly and feeling thus in part the bitter Effect of Sin may not only detest and confess but be also ever ready to satisfy any Condition that will release me from its accursed slavery for the Love and thro' the Merits of Him who submitted himself to bear so large a share that mine might be no more even thy most glorious and most adorable Son my only Redeemer and Mediator Iesus Christ. Then in the deepest Humility of thy Soul address thy self to the most Merciful God in the following or like Form of Thanksgiving ALmighty God Father of all Mercies I thine unworthy servant do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for thy great goodness and loving kindness towards me in that thou didst not only send Thy only begotten Son to deliver me from the Bondage of Sin and Death and so restore me to the Influences of thy Favour which are Light and Ioy everlasting by suffering together with me what I had brought upon my self but didst also make the Burthen for me so easy and the Chastisement so light as I can wish it in Prudence neither easier nor lighter But especially I bless thee O heavenly Father for that thou wert pleas'd even to turn this remaining Effect of Sin thro' the Efficacious Mediation of this same dearly beloved Son into a most powerful Remedy against it that it may be to me if I please the proper Instrument of my Happiness thro' the same Iesus Christ to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all Honour and Glory world without end Amen Now in nothing more fitly canst thou shew thy Abhorrence of Sin or Thankfulness than by carefully watching thy Soul and on all occasions as thou either find'st thy self inwardly mov'd to some particular Exercise or assaulted by any Temtation strengthening thy self by Supplication to thy Heavenly Father for such Graces as thou standest most in need of who when thou askest Bread will not refuse it thee or give thee a Stone in its stead Wherefore Ask and it shall be given Seek and thou shalt find PRAYERS For Resolution MOST gracious God who of thine infinite Goodness wast pleas'd both to make my Burthen so light and even to condescend to accept this if born according to Thine Appointment as a Qualification for that Heavenly Rest and those boundless Joys which Thou hast prepared for such as love and seek thee I humbly beseech Thee so to assist me with Thy Grace that I may be able in such wise to bear and undergo the same with entire conformity to thy most blessed Will and all thy righteous Designs herein that I fail not after having felt the weight of Sin for a while of being remov'd thither where Death and Sin have no power that so I may enjoy the pleasures of Thy presence for evermore thro' the alone Merits of thy well-beloved Son Iesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen For Obedience O Almighty God to whom all things both in heaven and Earth ow entire Obedience grant I beseech thee that I constantly considering how Thou hast appointed Labour for Man may thereby at all times be put in mind of the great evil of Disobedience to thy righteous Law and learn to submit my self sincerely to its Guidance and study to obey all thy Commands thro' Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Humility MOst Glorious aud Eternal God who resistest the proud and art pleas'd to dwell with the humble Spirit and who hast for this end appointed Bodily Labour for me that my proud Heart may be tam'd and humbled by it so as to be fit to receive the light and gladsom Influence of Thy Countenance do thou powerfully convince me of mine own wretchedness and folly that I may no longer nourish or covet any high opinion of my self but above all things seek that most excellent grace of Humility which is the Fountain of all Blessing Grant this O Lord for his sake who humbled himself not only to the meanest of Services but even to the Death of the Cross Iesus Christ. Amen For Industry MOst Wise and Righteous God who hast ordain'd that Man should be born to Labour never let me I pray thee resist that design of Thine but so hedge me in all the time of my Pilgrimage and press me forward that I may never give my self up to Easiness and Idleness of life but ma● so employ my time as not to fall under the sentence of the Slothful and the Unprofitable Servant Hear O Lord and assist me for the sake of Iesus Christ. For Temperance BLessed God who art graciously pleas'd to give me this daily Warning to withdraw my Mind from the pleasures of the Body assist me I beseech thee with thy Holy Spirit that I may ever listen to His merciful Counsels and make such use of the weight that surrounds me that the Flesh being thereby subdued to the Spirit I may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true Holiness to the honour and glory of thy holy Name thro' Iesus Christ. For Charity GRacious Lord who hast in thy Wisdom ordained Labour whereby to succour the needs of our frail Nature grant that I may by Diligence and Industry ever study to be useful not to my self alone but likewise to others and to attain that most excellent Gift of Charity the very Root and