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O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.
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Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over mine heart, that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and it pass not by my sins,
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lest mine ignorances increase, and my sins abound to my destruction, and I fall before mine adversaries, and mine enemy rejoice over me, whose hope is far from Thy mercy?
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O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from Thy servants always a haughty mind
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Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and Thou shalt hold him up that is desirous always to serve Thee.
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Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me, and give not me Thy servant over into an impudent mind.
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Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken by his lips.
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The sinner shall be left in his foolishness; both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.
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Accustom not thy mouth to swearing, neither become used to the naming of the Holy One.
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For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark, so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless.
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A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his house. If he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him; and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offense; and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.