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That Christ may be magnified in our body, whether it be by life or by death, | Phil. i. | |
That Christ having suffered for us in the flesh, we may also be armed with the same thought, | 1 Pet. iv. | |
That we may by no means spend idly this acceptable time, and this day of salvation, | 2 Cor. vi. | |
That we may recount to thee all our years in the bitterness of our soul, | Isa. xxxviii. | |
That being uncertain of the coming of death and of our Judge, we may take order for our house in time, | Ibid. | |
That being delivered from the hands of our enemies, we may serve thee without fear, in holiness and justice all our days, | Luke i. | |
That we may desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, | Phil. i. | |
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to turn and smooth all our couch in our sickness, | Ps. xl. | We beseech thee, hear us. |
That all bodily sickness and ills may work together to good to them that love God, | Rom. viii. | |
That being cured by thy grace of our diseases, we may sin no more, lest some worst thing happen to us, | John v. | |
That by putting on the armour of God, we may be able to resist in the evil day, and extinguish the fiery darts of the most wicked one, | Eph. vi. | |
That as in Adam we all die, so in thee we may all be made alive, | 1 Cor. xv. | |
That whether we live, we may live to the Lord, or whether we die, we may die to the Lord, | Rom. xiv. | |
That neither life nor death, nor any other creature, may be able to separate us from Christ, | Rom. viii. | |
That to us to live may be Christ, and to die gain, | Phil. i. | |
That though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I may fear no evils, for thou art with me, | Ps, xxii. |