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24. Hear my prayer, O Lord; let not my soul faint under Thy
discipline, nor let me faint in confessing unto Thee Thy mercies,
whereby Thou hast saved me from all my most mischievous ways, that
Thou mightest become sweet to me beyond all the seductions which I
used to follow; and that I may love Thee entirely, and grasp Thy
hand with my whole heart, and that Thou mayest deliver me from every
temptation, even unto the end. For lo, O Lord, my King and my
God, for Thy service be whatever useful thing I learnt as a
boy for Thy service what I speak, and write, and count. For
when I learned vain things, Thou didst grant me Thy discipline; and
my sin in taking delight in those vanities, Thou hast forgiven me. I
learned, indeed, in them many useful words; but these may be learned
in things not vain, and that is the safe way for youths to walk in.
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