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O Lord, teach me to remember with a serious & lowly Spirit that I am come even into Thy presence, & let there be no thoughtlessness, no levity, no hardness of heart, no self conceit within me now that i kneel down to pray. Fill my whole soul with a holy reverence of thy presence, & restrain me in Every natural inclination which is contrary to Thy Will, that I may not be such a fool or such a wretch as to come before Thee only to mock Thee by my careless words, Lord while I kneel before Thee, at least during that short season, make me in thought, in word, in Spirit, Thine. How awful that even when I seek Thee, I pray as one that prayeth not, praise Thee as one that praiseth not -
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