Ad te
confugi.--Ps. xvii. 1; cxlii.
11.
Nostras deprecationes ne despicias Ne despexeris deprecationem
in necessitatibus. meam.--Ps. liv. 1.
Sed a periculis cunctis libera nos. Libera, Domine, animam servi
tui ab omnibus periculis
inferni. Hiem. ccvi.
Libera nos a malo. Orat. Dom.
A periculo mortis libera nos,
Domine.--Hiem. cciv.
Tu nos ab hoste protege. Eripe me de inimicis meis,
Domine.--Ps. cxlii. 11.
Et hora mortis SUSPICE. _Suscipe_, Domine, servum
tuum.--Hiem. ccvi. {342}
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But another hymn in the office of the Virgin, addressed in part to the
blessed Saviour himself, and partly to the Virgin Mary, is still more
revolting to all my feelings with regard to religious worship. The
Redeemer is only asked to remember his mortal birth; no blessing is here
supplicated for at his hands; his protection is not sought; no
deliverance of our souls at the hour of death is implored from Him;
these blessings, and these heavenly benefits, and these divine mercies,
are sought for exclusively at the hands of the Virgin alone.
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