From moral weakness of spirit; from timidity; from hesitation; from fear of men and dread of responsibility, strengthen us with the courage to speak the truth in love and self-control; and alike from the weakness of hasty violence and weakness of moral cowardice.
save us and help us. We humbly beseech Thee, O Lord.
From weakness of judgment; from the indecision that make no choice; from the irresolution that carries no choice into act; and from losing opportunities to serve Thee,
save us and help us, we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord.
The Southwell Litany for the Personal Life (Cincinnati: Forward Movement Publications)
Issac Pennington wrote:
What if the wicked nature, which is as a sea casting out mire and dirt, rage against Thee? There is a river, a sweet, still, flowing river, the streams whereof will make glad thy heart. And learn but in quietness and stillness to retire to the Lord, and wait upon Him, in whom thou shalt feel peace and joy, in the midst of thy trouble from the cruel and vexatious spirit of this world.
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