Wesley Corpus

As all the good that is done on earth thou doest it thyself, let me ever return to thee all the glory. Let me, as a pure crystal, transmit all the light thou pourest upon me; but never claim as my own what is thy sole property. O thou who wert despised and rejected of men, when I am slighted by my friends, disdained by my superiors, overborne or ridiculed by my equals, or contemptuously treated by my inferiors, let me cry out with thy holy martyr,” “It is now that I begin to be a disciple of Christ.” Then let me thankfully accept, and faithfully use, the happy occasion of improving in thy meek and lowly spirit. If for thy sake “men cast out my name as evil,” let me “rejoice and be exceeding glad.” If for my own infirmities, yet let me acknowledge thy goodness, in giving me this medicine to heal my pride and vanity, and beg thy mercy for those physicians of my soul by whose hands it is administered to me. * Tornati.” “Make me to remember thee on my bed, and think upon thee when I am waking.” Thou hast preserved me from all the dangers of the day past; thou hast been my support from my youth up until now; “under the shadow of thy wings” let me pass this night in comfort and peace. O thou Creator and Preserver of all mankind, have mercy upon all conditions of men; purge thy holy catholic Church from all heresy, schism, and superstition. Bless our Sovereign in his person, in his actions, in his relations, and in his people. May it please thee “to endue his Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understand ing;” the Magistrates, with equity, courage, and prudence; the Gentry, with industry and temperance; and all the Commons of this land, with increase of grace, and a holy, humble, thankful spirit. O pour upon our whole Church, and especially upon the Clergy thereof, the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant to our Universities peace and piety; and to all that labour under affliction, constant patience and timely deliverance. Bless all my kindred, especially my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all my friends and benefactors ( ).