So shall I, with joy and gratitude, look on thee as my deliverer from all the evils I have escaped; and as my benefactor, for all the good I have ever received, or can hope for.
I shall see that thou thyself art my only good, and that all other things are but means ordained by thee to make me fix my mind on thee, to make me love thee more and more, and by loving thee to be eternally happy.
0 beloved of my soul, take up all my thoughts here, that nay eyes, abstaining from all vain and hurtful sights, may become worthy to behold thee face to face in thy glory for ever.
Have mercy on all sinners, etc. (page 386.)
Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc.
FIFTEENTH PETITION.
JESUS, give me grace to order my life with reference to my eternal welfare .
(To be repeated nine times.)
Jesus, give me grace to order my life with reference to my eternal welfare, heartily intending, and wisely designing all the operations of my body and soul, for obtaining the reward of thy infinite bliss, and eternal felicity.
For what else is this world but a school to train up souls, and fit them for the other; and how are they fitted but by an eager desire of enjoying God, their only end?
Break my froward spirit, O Jesus, make it humble and obedient. Grant me grace to depart hence with a contempt of this world, and a heart filled with joy at my going to thee.
Let the memory of thy passion make me cheerfully
