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heathen, she findeth no rest, all her persecutors overtook her; between straits are her sons. For these things I weep, and mine eye runneth down with water, because her children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed1. The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets, the virgins and the young men are fallen by the swordo. How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire; her religious men, I say, some of them become apostate, and her priests. Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of some amongst her priests, Thy wrath, O Lord, hath been kindled against Thy people, and Thou hast abhorred Thine own inheritance; and lo! they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us; consider and behold our reproachs. Truly our inheritance is turned to strangers : very many have given the hand to the Egyptians; servants have ruled over us, there was none that appeared to deliver us out of their hand. Turn Thou us unto Thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Let Thine anger be turned away from us, because Thy children are forsaken, and such as be zealous for Thine honour are few amongst the nations. Hear, O Lord, our prayers and our supplications, that all the earth may know that Thou art the Lord our God, and that Thy Name hath been called upon Israel, and upon met. Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of Thine Anointed! And oh, that this day, O Application to the Com- Anointed Jesu, when I desire to receive Thee with more fervour munion. and love than ever in all my life, O that all may understand that there is no nation so great", who hath God so nigh unto them as Thou, our God, art to us, not only in our prayers, but in these [here name some particularly] and all our infirmities, Who comest so often, to have respect unto, to heal, to defend me. If Thou, God, be for us, and with us, who shall be against us? Said he, My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God? These things I too have thought upon and have poured out my heart by myself, for that I so often eat of Thee, the Bread of Life, and yet live not to Thee alone; so often drink the cup of salvation, and am sickly still.

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Oh would that, would that in my life Thy bounty towards us might appear by our works, and that Thou wert unto us a pillar of a cloud through the day of vanity, and a pillar of fire through the night of this world! Amen.

RULES FOR AIDING THE CHURCH IN HER DISTRESSES.

FIRSTLY, to prescribe to oneself, and offer up with that especial object some stated prayers, in behalf of the Church, and for Kings, and all those who are in a situation to advance greatly, or greatly hinder the public good. Thus when some one commended the king of Spain to him, St. Ignatius said, that he prayed unto the Lord for him three times a day with tears.

Secondly, for religious societies and institutions, because their prosperity is of the greatest importance to the Church.

Thirdly, to pray for countries and kingdoms infected with heresies, as also their guardian Angels do in Heaven, as appears from the Prophet Daniel.

Fourthly, to contribute to the utmost of our power to schools and seminaries, for the instruction and advancement in life of young persons, and for other such works of piety, either in the way of money, or by lending our own time and pains to these ends.

Fifthly, to maintain diligently the privileges of the Church, for which martyrs full of courage have even confronted death, as Thomas of Canterbury.

Sixthly, always to speak with reverence of our ecclesiastical superiors, and to shew them marks of respect; a duty so approved of by St. Francis, that he said he would salute a priest who should come in his way before even an Angel, if both met him at once.

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"Turn Thee again, Thou God of hosts, and visit this vine." Psalm lxxx. 14. "Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of Thine Anointed." Psalm lxxxiv. 9.

"Remember us, O Lord, according to the favour that Thou bearest unto Thy people: O visit us with Thy salvation, that we may give thanks with Thine inheritance." Psalm cvi. 4, 5.

“Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy Name." Psalm cvi. 45.

Exod. xiii. 22.

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WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT; FOR THERE IS NO WORK, NOR DEVICE, NOR KNOWLEDGE, NOR WISDOM, IN THE GRAVE, WHITHER THOU GOEST.

Consider the impenitent souls that are departed from the body (A); how earnestly do they wish for one hour that hath been lost; as the Rich man in the place of torment, how do they seem to entreat their friends that remain, that they lose not their time of probation, as they have done. His good Angel (B) whispereth even now to the Worldly man (C) of such that must be the thoughts of the dead, while he can contemplate them with unconcern. But the good man (D) ever seems to hear their judgment of things temporal; and hastens, before the night cometh, to do all things which he shall then wish to have done; seizing, while the time still lasteth, the Cup of Salvation (E): among the tombs of the dead (F) learning to know the value of the world; and remembering all those works of charity (G) which the Judge will bring forth on that day. How will the whisperings of his good Angel (H) return to the remembrance of the worldly man with tenfold power, when released from the body, and when such thoughts can profit him not! How will he then earnestly desire for one hour (I)! What will then be thy judgment of thy works, when the fire shall try each man's work, of what sort it is (K), whether wood, hay, and stubble, or gold and precious stone? How do the Angels, who see the two worlds, judge of these things, turning unto God, the only support of themselves and us (L)! Weigh well thy works, that thy judgment of them may be now, as it will be when the door is shut.

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