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|That Christ may be magnified in our body, whether it be by life or by death, || Phil. i. |- |That Christ having suffered for us in the flesh, we may also be armed with the same thought, || 1 Pet. iv. |- |That we may by no means spend idly this acceptable time, and this day of salvation, || 2 Cor. vi. |- |That we may recount to thee all our years in the bitterness of our soul, || Isa. xxxviii. |- |That being uncertain of the coming of death and of our Judge, we may take order for our house in time, || Ibid. |- |That being delivered from the hands of our enemies, we may serve thee without fear, in holiness and justice all our days, || Luke i. |- |That we may desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, || Phil. i. |- |That thou wouldst vouchsafe to turn and smooth all our couch in our sickness,|| Ps. xl. ||We beseech thee, hear us. |- |That all bodily sickness and ills may work together to good to them that love God, || Rom. viii. |- |That being cured by thy grace of our diseases, we may sin no more, lest some worst thing happen to us, || John v. |- |That bi As oa! on the armour of God, we may be able to resist in the evil day, and extinguish the fiery darts of the most wicked one, || Eph. vi. |- |That as in Adam we all die, so in thee we may all be made alive, || 1 Cor. xv. |- |That whether we live, we may live to the Lord, or whether we die, we may die to the Lord, || Rom. xiv. |- |That neither life nor death, nor any other creature, may be able to separate us from Christ, || Rom. viii. |- |That to us to live may be Christ, and to die gain,|| Phil. i. |- |That though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I may fear no evils, for thou art with me, || Ps, xxii. |}