Just a reminder that this text is taken from Of familar Intercourse with God in Prayer by Louis de Ponte - London Burns Oates & Washbourne 1932.
Page 84 Section 1 - How the memory of the Presence of God helps us to avoid sin and to conquer temptation
Eternal God, take away, I beseech thee, the dense veil my sins have placed between me and thee, hiding thy face. For I know that if I look upon thee as I ought, all that I accuse myself of, thou wilt wipe out; neither shall I ever again return to my former sins or offend thy most pure eyes, which see and detest them.
Page 88 Section 2 - That this great realisation of the presence of God is a great help to attaining true and solid virtue
Eternal King, conduct me, like Jacob, through right ways [Wisdom x,10], show me the Kingdom which is within us [Cf. St Luke xvii,21], and Thyself, the King of Glory. Show me how thou dost protect those who keep their eyes fixed on thee; give me eyes with which to look into thy kingdom and obtain for me that justice, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost [Romans xiv, 17] in which it consists. May I realise thy presence more and more, and make progress in virtue until I obtain its eternal reward. Amen.
