Wesley Corpus

Let them remember how short their time is, and be careful to improve every moment of it. O thou who hast kept them from their youth up until now, forsake them not now they are grayheaded, but perfect them in every good word and work, and be thou their guide unto death. Bless my brethren and sisters, whom thou hast graciously taught the gospel of thy Christ; give them further degrees of illumi nation, that they may serve thee with a perfect heart and willing mind. Bless my friends and benefactors, and all who have commended themselves to my prayers ( ). Lord, thou best knowest all our conditions, all our desires, all our wants. O do thou suit thy grace and blessings to our several necessities. Hear, O merciful Father, my supplications, for the sake of thy Son Jesus; and bring us, with all those who have pleased thee from the beginning of the world, into the glories of thy Son’s kingdom: To whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all praise for ever and ever ! “Our Father,” &c. Questions relating to Mortification :-See before the Prayers for Wednesday Evening. O GoD the Father, who canst not be thought to have made me only to destroy me, have mercy upon me. O God the Son, who, knowing thy Father’s will, didst come into the world to save me, have mercy upon me. O God the Holy Ghost, who to the same end hast so often since breathed holy thoughts into me, have mercy upon me. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, whom in three Persons I adore as one God, have mercy upon me. Lord, carest thou not that I perish? thou that wouldest have all men to be saved? thou that wouldest have none to perish? And wilt thou now show thine anger against a worm, a leaf 7 against a vapour that vanisheth before thee? O remember how short my time is, and deliver not my soul into the power of hell. For, alas, what profit is there in my blood? Or, who shall give thee thanks in that pit? No; let me live in thy sight: Let me live, O my God, and my soul shall praise thee. Forget me as I have been disobedient, provoking thee to anger; and regard me as I am distressed, crying out to thee for help.