sure hope, ardent charity, unshaken fortitude, deep humility, invincible patience, with all other virtues that are needful to me for the rest of my life, and at the moment of my death. And therefore, from this time forward, for that time, I say:
Mary, Mother of grace. Mother of mercy,
Defend us, thou, from the enemy,
And receive us at the hour of death!
All ye Saints of God, intercede for me, that I may he worthy to die in the grace of Christ!
IX.
I protest that, if, by the permission of God, in my lifetime or at my death, my malignant enemy assail me with any temptation whatsoever, it is my will not to consent to it, tacitly or expressly, by sign, or word, or deed; therefore now, for then, I revoke, cancel, and abhor all thoughts whatsoever that the devil may suggest to me; for it is my will to adhere only to God my Creator, and to be faithful to him to the end; henceforth finally and entirely renouncing Satan, with all his works and suggestions.
X.
Lastly, I commend myself to God my Creator, who made it out of nothing; to Christ my Saviour, who redeemed it by his own Blood and Death; to the Holy Ghost, who sanctified it for himself in Baptism. Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my Spirit. O God, be merciful to me a sinner!
In like manner, I protest that, when in my agony my tongue can speak no more, in soul at least I would desire to be united to my God; and I offer to him now, for then, my agony, my pains, my sweats and sufferings, to be united to the Agony, the Bloody Sweat, the pains and sufferings of my most dear Saviour, Jesus Christ, for the remission of my sins, and for his eternal glory: and with all my heart I implore all the Angels who stand before him to defend me with their faithful protection at that moment of my death.
CHAPTER XII.
Exercise or Protestation
FOR A SICK AND DYING PERSON.
Which may be read with advantage in the presence of the
