Will beg, and that he never begged before;
Man's plea to God is, that he did obtain
A former suit, and therefore sues again.
How good a God we serve, that, when we sue,
Makes his old gifts examples of his new.
—Francis Quarles.
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TALHAIRN'S PRAYER
Grant me, O God, thy merciful protection;
And, in protection, give me strength, I pray;