I renounce, Lord, "all fleshly lusts, which war against thee', and against my own soul;" all sloth, and idleness, and intemperance; all lasciviousness; all “filthiness of flesh and spirit "", which render us unclean in thy sight.

O Lord God, I utterly renounce all things that may any way displease thee; from them all let it be thy good pleasure to deliver me.

I know, Lord, that sin is the utmost abomination to thy purity3, the most audacious outrage to thy adorable majesty, the perfect contradiction to thy deity, and therefore I utterly renounce and abhor it.

I know, Lord, that sin exposes us to all the phials of thy wrath, and to vengeance eternal; I know it sets the sinner at the extremest distance, and opposition, and defiance to thee, and therefore I utterly renounce and abhor it.

I know, Lord, I cannot love thee, but I must hate evil; and therefore I renounce and detest it. "Turn thou me 5, O Lord God, and so shall I be turned."

Turn, O Lord, the whole stream of my affections, from sensual love to the love of thee.

O my God, let thy heavenly love be the constant bias of my soul! O may it be the natural spring and weight of my heart, that it may always move towards thee!

Thy love, O my God, shall hereafter be the sole rule and guide of my life; I will love thee, and love

whatever thou lovest, and hate whatever thou hatest; I will believe all the articles of the Christian Faith, and I will keep thy holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

All this, O my God, I own myself bound to believe and do, and though of myself I am impotent to all good', yet by thy help I will perform it 2; and I heartily thank thee, O heavenly father, who, out of mere compassion to my soul, hast called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Glory be to thee, O Lord, who hast indulged me this opportunity of repentance; glory be to thee, who hast wrought in me this will, to renew my baptismal vow.

O my God, I humbly, I earnestly pray unto thee to give me continual supplies of thy grace, that I may continue in thy love unto my life's end, that, being "faithful to death," I may receive "the crown

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O Lord God, "I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments."

My heart is empty and disengaged, and longs for thee; my heart is entirely devoted to thee: enter, O my God; possess it with thy gracious presence, and fill it with thy love.

Lord, for thy tender mercies sake, restore me to thy favour; to all the graces and privileges of my baptism, of which I have been spoiled by my sins.

Lord, make me a living member of thy Church, the mystical body of thy Son'.

O my God, unite me inseparably to Christ my head, and from thence let his gracious influences be ever streaming into my soul 3.

"Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son:" but I return with the prodigal', O let thy paternal bowels yearn on me, and graciously receive me.

Lord, send thy spirit of adoption into my heart 5, to instil true filial affections, that I may again be owned by thee for thy child, and call thee Father, and share in the blessings of thy children, and at last become an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.

O heavenly Father, accept my imperfect repentance, compassionate my infirmities, forgive my wickedness, purify my uncleanness, strengthen my weakness, fix my unstableness, and let thy love ever rule in my heart, through the merits and sufferings, and love of the Son of thy love, in whom thou art always infinitely pleased'. Amen.

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This office may be used in times of devout retirement, or on the Lord's Day, or in affliction, or sickness especially before the Holy Eucharist.

The Motives of Love.

Q. Rehearse the articles of your Belief.

A. I. "I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

II. "And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. III. "Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary.

IV. "Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried: he descended into hell.

V. "The third day he rose again from the dead. VI. "He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.

VII. "From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

VIII. "I believe in the Holy Ghost.

IX. "The Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints.

X. "The forgiveness of sins.

XI. "The resurrection of the body.

XII. "And the life everlasting. Amen."

Q. "What dost thou chiefly learn in these articles of thy belief?"

A. "First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world.

"Secondly, In God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind.

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Thirdly, In God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God."

Q. What is the method of the Creed?

A. The Creed teaches me to believe in God, and to believe his Church.

Q. How in God?

A. It teaches me to believe in God, with respect to his unity, and then to the Trinity of persons in that unity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Q. How does it teach you to believe the Church?

A. It teaches me to believe the Church with regard to its two different states, either militant below, or triumphant above.

Q. How are the articles of the Creed motives of love?

A. Every article includes a blessing as well as a mystery, and is as proper to excite our love, as to engage our faith.

Q. Give me such a paraphrase on the Creed that throughout the whole, your faith may work by love'. A. I shall do it to the best of my power, in such instructive and pathetical aspirations, as follow:

I BELIEVE.

Faith working by Love.

My Lord and my God, with a full, free, and firm assent, I believe all the articles of my Creed, because thou hast revealed them; I know thou art infallible truth and canst not 2; thou art infinite love 3, and will not deceive me: glory be to thee.

With all my heart, O my God, do I love and praise thee, who art so infinitely amiable in thyself, and so full of love to us, that all I can know, or believe of thee, excites me to love thee.

Lord, daily increase my faith; make it active and

1 Gal. v. 6.

2 Deut. xxxii. 4.; Heb. vi. 18.

3 Psalm xxv. 8.