unto thy Testimonies and not unto Covetousness O knit my heart to thee which is somwhat tam'd I hope under the weight and punishment of its Sin that I may ever fear thy Name and walk in thy Truth O give me good Lord the Comfort of thy Help and establish me with thy free Spirit for the sake of Iesus my Redeemer IV. It is most agreable that more particularly every Morning and Night there be an appointed and set Recommending of our Labour and Rest to God's gracious Guidance and Protection This may be in the manner following IN THE MORNING THe Blessing of God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and of his Holy Spirit be with me this day and evermore Keep Protect and Prosper me in my Calling to his Glory Amen I thank thee O Merciful Father for thy Protection the Night past and all other Benefits Spiritual and Bodily I now recommend my self both Soul and Body and whatever thou hast appointed me to do for the Maintenance of either in my Emploiment and Labour Be thou the Beginning the Middle and the End of all my Undertakings And be pleas'd so to sanctify I beseech thee the Necessities of my corrupt Nature to thy Service that every thing may turn to the honour of thy Name and I fail not finally of obtaining thy Benefits To this end let thy Holy Spirit guide me in the beginning and thoro-out that I may by the Help of this thy outward Establishment continually recal my Mind into inward Acts of pure and undefiled Religion quietly do my own Business bear my Burden with joy and labour in my particular State and Emploiment as I ought and as becomes thy most obedient Servant be just in all my Dealings harmless in my Conversation meek and patient under cross events be perfectly contented with what I have well pleas'd with the prosperity of other Men and heartily desirous of the good of all the World that every one in their several Stations may truly and godlily serve thee thro' our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. AT NIGHT After Examination of the foregoing Day ALL Glory be to thee most merciful Father for that thou hast stood by me and preserv'd me this day in my Emploiment from all the Evils and Mischiefs which might have befall'n me I give thee most humble and hearty Thanks as for all thy Blessings so especially if I have in any measure serv'd Thee this Day in my Calling I am heartily sorry for whatever I have therein offended thee my good Lord I humbly fly to Thee for Succour and Forgiveness and I fully and stedfastly purpose by the Assistance of thy Grace to take such care for to Morrow and the future if thou wilt allow me any longer time who have made no better use of this that I never fall into the same snare more or if I am so unhappy presently to recover my self in which firm Resolution and entire Resignation I commit my Soul Spirit and Body this Night and ever to thy most wise Disposal Defend me from all works and dangers of Darkness possess me sleeping and waking let thy good Angel stay with me that in thy power and strength I may rest safely and my wearied Limbs being refresh'd with moderate Repose may be inabled to perform the Duties of the Day following as I wish and as I ought thro' the Love and Merits of Iesus my Saviour Amen V. Lastly I advise thee to bear in thy Mind some few short Sentences which will be a sure Comfort and Support to thee whatever falls out if thou canst apply them to thy heart And for this purpose Hear what comfortable Words the Holy Psalmist saith to the Poor that truly turn to the Lord. The Lions do lack and suffer hunger but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good Psal. xxxiv 10 O cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee Psal. liv 23 Hear also what our Saviour Christ saith Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you Mat. vi 33 Thus dear Christian Friend I have sought to serve thee to the Glory of God and to thine own everlasting Good that so after a little pain and trouble in this Life underwent for the sake of God with respect to all his righteous Ends and in imitation of thy Saviour thou may'st at length enter into the Rest from thy Labours thy Works following thee to give thee admittance into the company of those Blessed and Noble Spirits who are gone before in the same way many or most of whom were the very scorn and off-scouring of the World and are rais'd to a Crown which fadeth not but stands fast for ever from quite as mean if not meaner a condition than thine which Iesus the Righteous Judge will not fail to give to thee if thou seek but in good earnest according to the said Methods to prepare thy self Only be of good courage and faint not Thank God for every good thing and thy self for every evil one If by this thou hast reap'd any Benefit give all the thanks to God and forget not him I pray thee in thy Prayers who is the Instrument of conveying this charitable Assistance to thee and who will abundantly rejoice if it can but in any wise promote those Ends for which it is design'd FINIS ADVERTISEMENT THo' this Discourse might properly have gone along with Another of like Nature it was thought fit to be Publish'd Separately for the Sake of those for whose Use it is Compos'd Which the Reader is desir'd to consider if he meet with in it some few Expressions that relate to this Other being A Practical Discourse of the Labour of the Mind grounded in like manner with This on Gen. iii. 19 But which descends to the Particular kinds of that Labour which would not only have swell'd This to an excessive bulk but also not have been agreeable to the Design which was barely to hint some Reflexions on the Constitution of this Labour in General in the World
frustrated of his End in his darling and most belov'd Creature to see his Love despis'd his Labour spoil'd and his Image defac'd to see his Benefits slighted and abused all Obligations trampled on and the most necessary sacred and lovely Law in the World broken by his ungrateful Child Consider all this and tell me if thou canst what is there that could move him in the least to mitigate a Punishment which was not only enhanced by so many provocations but was by his rebellious Creature violently pull'd on himself Could it be any thing beside Infinite Mercy Was there any thing to move him but his own essential infinite Goodness which after such liberal Effects of it had been so basely undervalued It has been said by some Persons very piously That it were better that the whole World should be annihilated than a Sin commited For say they the World may be created again with ease and all that is in it be repair'd with the Breath of his Word But a Sin once committed can never be undone but will appear in its place throughout all Eternity If Sin therefore be so great an Evil so strange a Monster something that I know not how to name so infinitely opposite to the Divine Purity and if it cost more to hinder its Effect than to create a World as nothing is more certain than it doth consider I pray good Christian whether thou hast not the highest reason to be thankful in that the Burthen imposed on thee is no heavier which had it not been lightn'd would most infallibly have press'd thee down into the bottomless-pit Well I hope thou art sufficiently sensible of this But this is not all For § Thirdly Since God has been so good as not only to moderate the Punishment of sin to Man but even to condescend to accept it when dutifully underwent as a capacity for the greatest Enjoyments it is not enough for thee to be Thankful unless also thou endeavour to undergo it in such a manner as shall be most serviceable and best answer such his gracious Dispensation When ever therefore thou findest thy self wearied and opprest with Labour this ought to put thee in mind that thou art not to take up thy Habitation here but to look for one where Care and Labour never enter and where thou mayest safely say to thy Soul Here take thy Rest. Let every Uneasiness in Labour teach thee to wean off thy Affections from the Body hinder the Distractions of thy Soul and bring her nearer to her God Then will this light Punishment which endureth but for a moment work for thee a more weighty and lasting Crown of Glory Then will this Ordinary but truly wholsom Penance having daily more and more estranged thee from the love of the Flesh and taught thee by inward Retirements in the midst of thy Business to converse in thy Spirit with Him who is always no less present to it than thou art to thy self thereby prepare for thee a far more exceeding weight of Joy which he cannot fail to give to as many as make a right use of their Labours considering them as the Consequences and Chastisements of their sinful Deformity And by this means is the Evil of Sin converted into its Remedy the remaining Venom of the Serpent into a very good Antidote or Treacle and a Punishment suffer'd for Crimes into an Act of Religion Which is the other and more lovely Face under which it comes now to be consider'd IN the Second place it ought with all diligence to be remember'd That Labour ought not so much to be look'd on as a Penalty for our Transgression but much rather as an Act of Religious Worship and the former only in order to this latter For Labour is indeed with respect to Man one of the first and most essential Worships of God of all I mean not purely Spiritual when it is perform'd according to God's Design and Institution It doth not appear that He ever enjoyned or instituted any other external Worship Rite or Ceremony than this for above two thousand years in the World Now every outward Worship or Religious Rite being for no other end than to recollect the Soul into Inward Acts of Adoration Love and Obedience and to call her back to God even by those very means which of themselves would be apt to withdraw and distract her from Him It cannot be otherwise but that those external parts of Worship or Religious Rites which are instituted by God himself as long as they continue so must have something in them proper to recal the Soul of Man into such inward Acts wherein the Spirit the Soul and the Life of all Religion consists after a wiser and more excellent manner than any other which either are or can be establish'd by any meaner Authority or lesser Wisdom And this they do several ways First by Consideration that they are of immediate Divine Appointment Secondly By the Mortification of the Body Thirdly By that Instruction that is contain'd or vail'd under them And fourthly By the Divine Blessing which never fails to concur with and to be convey'd by them as often as they are rightly us'd All this I think is plain as Antiently in Circumcision and Sacrifices so at present in Baptism and the Lords Supper § But what can be more evident dear Christian than that bodily Labour doth in its right use most nobly recal thy Soul to God by all these ways For how O Man canst thou forget whilst thou workest with thy hands the Word of thy God That in the Sweat of thy face shalt thou eat Bread Or how canst thou forbear being in this manner constantly admonish'd of the Evil and Misery of Disobedience to fear and obey thy God as thou oughtest Tell me how canst thou being thus engag'd to this Bodyly Exercise forget to mortify and tame thy proud Flesh that thy Soul may be more at liberty to admit the inward workings of the Holy Spirit upon her Or art thou in the next place so blind as not to see the Instruction contain'd under this Primitive Establishment of thy good God Canst thou be content thus to toil and sweat for a little Bodily Nourishment that by this thou mayest sustain a few years at the best a toilsom and a miserable Life and art thou not content to to take as much pains to feed thy self with that Food which infinitely more surpasses the richest dishes and Cates of Palaces than they do thy brown Bread to gain thereby as soon as the Work is done which cannot last long for all Eternity a most delightful and happy Life Canst thou do all this my Friend to provide thy self or thy Family with a little perishing Food and do so very little to get either for thy self or them that Heavenly Manna which is incorruptible and which deserves a thousand nay a million of times more than all that thou canst ever do Let this I pray be seriously consider'd that so the Instruction may
not be lost which is contain'd under this Outward Institution nor the Designs of God in it frustrated and made void So by this means thou shalt be able to perform a most essential and most acceptable piece of Service to the Author of thy Being and thy Happiness Nor is there the least glimpse of Reason for thee to doubt in the last place as if he would ever fail to send his Blessing along with it as often as it is thus perform'd according to his Institution For which purpose it will be fit to keep in thy mind those wise and righteous Designs of His for the bringing thee back to Himself by an Establishment so unpleasant in it self These Designs thou wilt find to be such as these viz. § I. First Bodily Labour was instituted by the most wise and just God and commanded Man to the end to bring forth in him a constant Obedience and Submission to his Commands Since therefore whoever thou art that God has commanded thee to work do thou learn hereby continually and on every occasion chearfully to submit thy self to the Orders of his Divine Majesty and resolutely obey all his Precepts as being assured that this was the main End for which he was pleas'd to impose so seemingly an hard Command § II. Secondly Bodily Labour was instituted for Man in his faln Estate by the same most wise and just God that his proud and haughty Heart might be humbled by mean and vile things Nothing can fit the Soul for the Receiving lightsom and comfortable Influxes of God beside Humility as nothing more widely withdraws her from him and tumbles her into Darkness and Grief then Pride that loathsom Monster which first threw Man out of Paradise and now continues to barr the way back Art thou not happy O Christian that thou art farther than a great many others remov'd from the Temtations and Attaques of this foul Fiend◠if thou art wise thou wilt think so and thank God I hope at least thou art wiser than to wish after that which in all likelihood would be a Serpent in thy Bosom would secretly sting thee to death and then cast thee into such a state as I am perswaded thou canst not think on without shaking Nothing indeed naturally more conduces to the beating down and Conquering the proud Heart of Man than Affliction and Labour nothing can be found out a more sensible sign of his Meanness and Necessitous condition than this And let me tell thee my dear Christian that if this has its proper effect on thee thou art a great deal more Happy than if thou worest a Crown and didst enjoy all earthly Happiness For if the Great Persons of the World do undergo less trouble and pains than thee which too I very much doubt I am sure their Pleasures and Enjoyments are far more dangerous than thy most painful Labours By them they have only so much the more to resist and conquer than thou hast What thinkest thou canst thou envy them this No sure Say rather in thy self I thank thee O Heavenly Father that thou hast plac'd me in this State in which its necessary for me by the sweat of my Brow to gain my Bread and that I am not expos'd to those great Dangers and Temtations with those above me which would most likely have overpower'd me and lifted me up against thee my kind Benefactor since I am so little able at this distance from them to repress and conquer this proud Heart of mine Do thou O my Father break it do what thou wilt so it be broken and humbled and fit to receive Thee my Love my Light and my Ioy. O let me ever chearfully submit to thy Dispensation and never call that hard which Thou thinkest best for calling me to Thee § III. Thirdly As soon as the Heart of Man was turn'd away from God by Pride there presently crept into it a slothful Disposition strongly inclining it to the love of Ease and sensible Pleasure Now it being no less necessary to mortify this than the former God who is wise and good and just in all his Institutions ordain'd Labor for Man that by the mortification of his Sloath Ease and Pleasure he might be brought to have a due value for what he had lost and to labour after that Rest and Delight that are only capable to satisfie a Creature of Original so noble and of Desires so boundless The Mischiefs that Sloath and Ease bring both to Soul and Body are so very Many and so very Great as but to hint at them would take up a large Discourse of which I doubt not but thy own Experience may afford plenty of miserable Instances enough As if it were indeed true in the most literal sense That the Working and Industrious Person is exposed only to one but the Lazy and the Sloathful to all the Devils in Hell Nor are those which proceed from the Pleasures of the Body either fewer or less considerable Thou may'st be certain of this that thou hast not made the least step to true Happiness unless thou art fully convinced that thou art not otherwise capable to relish those noble and exalted Pleasures of the Spirit which thy good Father invites thee to partake of than according to the measure that thou art withdrawn from those mean and ignoble ones of the Flesh. Tell me therefore O my Friend hast thou not reason to thank this kind Father of thine that he hath put thee in a State in which thou hast so much less to do toward the subduing and bringing under the Body to the Spirit than many others of his Children Let me tell thee thou art insensible if thou dost not bless him I hope thou dost with all thy Heart But if which God forbid thou dost hanker after the Onions and Garlick of Egypt then I would have thee e'en fairly set down and never expect to enter the Promis'd Land flowing with Milk and Hony Well but I will hope better things as that thou wilt endeavor with all thy might to destroy this silly hankering and so fit thy self for an Admission to those pure Delights that are prepared for refined Souls § IV. Fourthly As Man who in his Original State was but a little lower than the Angels and stood not in need of any thing having all his desires abundantly satisfied as long as they stood in the first place directed toward God became through sin a poor and needy Creature This God in his Wisdom and Goodness thought fit to appoint a Rule whereby to releive the Poverty and succor the needs of this miserable Creature and thereby bring him back to Himself Thou oughtest therefore to remember O Man that in Conformity to this Rule thou art obliged not only to exercise an Act of Charity toward thy Own self by seeking to preserve thy Life for the sake and love of God and out of a sense of his righteous Law but also for the same love of God to work for
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 maâ— 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
Bond of Peace and of all vertuous Acts. Grant this O Heavenly Father for thine only Son Iesus Christ's sake Amen For Patience LEt thy merciful Ears O Lord be open to my Petitions and thy Grace ever ready to support me that I duly considering how poor and naked and miserable Sin has made me may learn stedfastly to shun all unrighteousness and patiently to undergo as much of its evil as thou in thy Wisdom hast appointed for me that following the Example of thy Son my only Saviour I may also with him be made partaker of his Resurrection thro' the same Iesus Christ. Amen For Meekness BLess me O my God with such a meek and humble Spirit as I may never be unman'd by any Passion or trouble may neither be exalted by the Praise nor depress'd by the Contemt and scorn nor hurried into any unseemly behaviour by the Injuries or Affronts of the World but may comply with every Event in my Emploiment and submit my self wholly to thy righteous Judgment being never angry at any thing but my own Sins and and grieving for the Sins of others which I humbly beseech thee not to lay to their charge for the sake of Iesus Christ my most blessed Lord and Saviour Amen For Contentment O Lord most high the Maker both of the Rich and the Poor look down graciously I beseech thee upon me thy poor Servant and of thy great mercy drive out of me all Murmuring Ambition Covetousness and Envy That I duly acknowledging thy Sovereign Power over me and thy Wisdom and Justice in the disposal of this World according to divers Ranks and Degrees may sincerely submit my self to the State wherein thou hast been pleas'd to place me below many others and utterly resign my self up to thy Providence and Guidance And if good Lord I have at any time murmur'd or repin'd at my Condition or coveted and envied that of those above me of thy great Goodness pardon me and make me so much the more watchful for the time to come thro' Iesus Christ. Amen For Devotion GIve me gracious Lord such a Contemt of every thing below that I may never in the least set my Heart on Riches or Honour but always labour to lay up my treasure in Heaven and seek for that Crown which thou art ready to give to as many as earnestly strive for it And to this end I humbly beseech thee to enliven this drossy and earthly Heart that it may never be so detain'd by the things beneath but that it may freely mount towards Thee constantly fly to thy Throne for succour and assistance that I may not be found more diligent to provide Food and Raiment for this Body than to feed and clothe my Soul with thy Grace which I fully trust thou wilt give me if I shrink not from taking a little pains for this so noble a Pearl thro' the Merits of Iesus Christ thy Son my only Advocate and Redeemer Amen III. That thou may'st the better preserve a constant sense of God in thy daily Emploiment and of that continual Worship and Homage which thou art oblig'd to pay him thereby I advise thee dear Christian to accustom thy self to lift up thy Soul to God which may be done without any hindrance at all to Business by some Verses out of the Psalms in which thou findest the greatest Relish or by some such short Prayers and Divine Breathings which I have here gather'd for thy use on several Occasions God grant they may raise and keep in thy Heart such pious Dispositions GODLY BREATHINGS I. When the Soul feels it self opprest with Bodily Labour or Calamity I Come unto thee weary and heavy laden Blessed Iesu do thou refresh me with thy Mercies O give me thy Rest. Help me O God my Saviour and for the glory of thy Name deliver me Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am weak O Lord heal me for I am sore vexed Shall the needy alway be forgotten O Lord or the expectation of the poor perish for evermore Arise O Lord God and lift up thine hand forget not the poor Thou Dear Iesu art the helper of the afflicted and the friendless And unto thee therefore doth the poor commit himself Thou hearest the desire of the poor thou preparest his heart and thine ear hearkens thereto II. When the Soul feels an inward Rest and Satisfaction for Blessings receiv'd THou hast not despis'd O Lord nor abhorr'd the low estate of the poor neither hast thou hid thy face from me but when I call'd unto thee didst hear me from thy holy Hill Thou Lord regardest the lowliness of thy Servant wherefore my Soul shall magnify thee for ever My help cometh from the Lord who made both Heaven and Earth who puts down the Mighty from their Seat and exalts the Humble and Meek My praise shall be of thee O my God in the great Congregation my Vows will I perform for this thy mighty condescension in the sight of them that fear thee III. At the Beginning of any Business or Work THe Lord Iesus Christ be with my Spirit Soul and Body Lord prosper thou the Works of my hands O prosper thou my Handy-work In the Name of God Amen Let this and every thing O Lord be to thy glory IV. At going forth ORder my steps O Lord in thy Word and let not any Iniquity have dominion over me this day Give thine Angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways but especially from all Deceit Envy and Impatience Blessed Iesu hold thou up my Goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not V. On all Occasions LOrd I am nothing I have nothing and desire nothing but Thee Lord have mercy upon me Christ have mercy upon me Lord have mercy upon me As for me I am poor and needy but the Lord careth for me Thou art my Helper and Redeemer make no long tarrying O my Lord. VI. At Meals HOw Blessed are they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways For thou shalt eat the Labour of thine hands O well is it with thee and happy shalt thou be O tast and see how good the Lord is filling my heart with food and gladness VII At the sight of a Rich Miser MAn walks in a vain shadow and disquiets himself in vain he heaps up Riches and can't tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in Thee sweet Iesus O grant that I may lay up Treasures for my self in Heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt nor thieves break through and steal O let me never labour to treasure up Wrath against the day of Wrath or to bid my Soul Here take its Rest. So teach me good Lord to number my days that I may apply my heart unto Wisdom Amen VIII For Grace LOrd lift up the Light of thy countenance upon me for I am a poor and needy creature not able to do any thing good without Thee Lord incline my heart