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From a sudden, unforeseen, and evil death,
By the pain and anguish of thy Circumcision,	Luke ii.
By the pains of death which surrounded thee in the garden, when thy Passion was at hand,	Luke xxii.
By the earnestness of thy love, with which thou didst carry our sorrows, and, with thy bruises, heal our infirmities,	Isa. liii	Deliver us, O Lord.
By the anguish of thy heart upon the Cross, when thou criedst out that thy Father had forsaken thee,	Matt, xxvii.
By that sword of sorrow which pierced the heart of thy most dear Mother at thy Passion,	Luke ii.
We sinners, Beseech thee, hear us.
That we may esteem ourselves strangers and sojourners upon the earth,	Ps. xxxviii.
That having here no permanent city, we may the more fervently seek one to come,	Heb. xiii.
That, amid so many storms and perils of life, we may hasten to enter into the rest which we hope for in heaven,	Heb. iv.
That our momentary and light tribulation may work for us an eternal weight of glory,	2 Cor. iv	We beseech thee, hear us.
That we may not reject the discipline of the Lord, nor be wearied whilst we are rebuked by him,	Heb. iv
That we may accept all that is laid upon us, and have patience in sorrow,	Ecclus. ii.
That in all our diseases and afflictions we may speak no foolish thing against the Lord,	Job i.
That as we have received good things at the hand of the Lord, so too we may cheerfully bear the evil,	Job ii.
That, according to the multitude of sorrows in my heart and in my body, thy comforts may give joy to my soul,	Ps. xciii.
That, as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so also by Christ our comfort may abound,	2 Cor. i.
That we may always bear about in our body the dying of Jesus Christ,	Ibid. iv.
That looking on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of Faith, who having joy proposed to him, underwent the Cross by patience, we may run to the fight proposed to us,	Heb. xii.