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May the Fountain of all goodness preserve your precious life, and continue your Royal Highness long to us, a bright example and a signal blessing to this and future ages! May he hear and grant the daily petitions of his church, endue you with his Holy Spirit, enrich you with his heavenly grace, prosper you with all happiness, and bring you to his everlasting kingdom! These, Madam, I beg leave, with all humility and most profound respect, to assure your Royal Highness, are the sincere, earnest, and constant prayers of,

May it please your Royal Highness,

Your Royal Highness's

Most obedient, and

Most devoted Servant,

GEO. STANHOPE.

April 12, 1701.

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II. An act of self-accusation, and imploring the Divine

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III. The sinner's lamentation for his prayers not being heard
IV. An act of fear.....

V. An address to the Father in the Son's name....
VI. The Son's sufferings represented to the Father.....
VII. An acknowledgment that sinful man was the cause of
Christ's sufferings....

VIII. The soul's application of Christ's death and sufferings

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XII. A confession of God's omnipotence and majesty... 32 XIII. Of the incarnation of the Divine Word.

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XIV. An act of trust in, and thanksgiving for, Christ and

his sufferings....

XV. Of God the Father's love to mankind..

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XVI. Of the two natures in Christ....

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XVII. Of the thanks due to God for the redemption of

the world...

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XVIII. A devout prayer to Christ....

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XIX. The souls of the righteous are the house of God.•

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XX. The pious soul's longing for heaven....

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XXI. The miseries of the present life.....

XXII. The happiness of that life prepared for them that

love God.....

XXIII. The happiness of holy souls at their departure out

of this world..........

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XXIV. A prayer for succour in trouble and danger..... 58 XXV. The pious soul's desire of heaven..

XXVI. An act of praise....

XXVII. How God may be seen, and possessed of man..
XXVIII.

XXIX. Of the plurality of persons in the unity of the

Divine essence ・・・・・

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XXX. A prayer to the ever-blessed Trinity.

XXXI. God the true life.....

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XXXII. The praises of angels and men.......

XXXIII. A prayer for zeal in the service and praise of God 80
XXXIV. An act of devotion and love of God....

XXXV. A devout prayer to Christ. • • • • .
XXXVI. Another prayer to the same purpose..
XXXVII. A prayer in time of affliction....
XXXVIII. A devout prayer for pardon of sins.
XXXIX. A useful prayer.............

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XL. Devout reflections upon the sufferings of Christ.... 114

St. Augustine of the Love of God; or, his Second Book of Meditations. Book II.

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I. Love, the way that leadeth to life.....

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II. Upon what accounts, and in what manner, we ought

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VII. The mercy of being called to the true faith....... 137

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VIII. Of the communications of Divine grace

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IX. The mercy of instruction and illumination....
X. God's tender care and constant presence with us..... 144
XI. The benefit of our bodily senses, and the preservation
of our lives.....

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XII. God's long-suffering and mercy which preserved us
from, and forgave us after, the commission of sin 151

XIII. The power of mastering temptations.....
XIV. The benefit of a holy hope...........

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XV. The many instances of God's bounty, notwithstanding
our sins, and the thanks due to him upon this

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III. The misery of unregenerate man

IV. An act of praise for God's manifold mercies in man's

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VII. A prayer for the Divine grace and protection...... 192
VIII. A prayer against evil desires.....

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IX. Of God's seeing all the actions and intentions of men 196
X. The impotence of human nature to resist temptations,
without the assistance of Divine grace... ... 199
XI. The manifold goodness of God, and what improve-

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ment we should make of it.....

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XII. The consideration of the Divine goodness, our hope

and comfort in sufferings....

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XIII. The methods of God's grace in our sanctification

and salvation......

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XIV. We are not to conceive God to be a sensible object 233
XV. A confession of our vileness and God's excellences.. 242
XVI. The soul's earnest longings after future happiness. 246
XVII. A concluding prayer to the holy Trinity......... 251

Chap.

St. Augustine's Manual. Book IV.

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I. The excellences of the Divine essence.
II. The inexpressible perfection of the Divine knowledge.. 256
III. The thirst of the soul after God......

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IV. The misery of them who do not seek and love God.. 259
V. Prayer for grace to love God above all things......
VI. The happiness of souls delivered from their earthly

prisons.

VII. Of the comforts afforded good men under their pre-

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X. Of loving God, and the advantages of doing SO.....

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XI. The good effects of meditating on Christ's death and

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XIV. The exquisite goodness of God.....
XV. The happiness of the saints hereafter...

St. Anselm's Meditations concerning the Redemption of
Mankind. Book V. Page 297.

St. Anselm of the Misery of Man, in the Person of a sorrowful
Sinner deploring his own condition. Book VI. Page 312.

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