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Dr. Samuel Johnson's Prayer
Almighty God, merciful Father, whose providence is over all thy works, look down with pity upon the diseases of my body, and the perturbations of my mind. Give blessings, O Lord, to the means which I shall use for my relief, and to restore ease to my body and quiet my thoughts.
Let not my remaining life be made useless by infirmities, neither let health, if thou shalt grant it, be employed by me in disobedience to they laws; but give me such a sense of my pains, as may humble me before thee; and such remembrance of thy mercy as may produce honest industry, and holy confidence. And, O Lord, whether Thou ordainest my days to be passed in ease or anguish, take not from me thy Holy Spirit; but grant that I may attain everlasting life, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.