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I will prayse thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and will glorifie thy Name for euermore. For great is thy mercy towards me.
O Blessed LORD and euer-liuing GOD, whose mercy is ouer all thy workes, and of whose fulnesse wee haue all recei∣ued, and Grace for grace: I poore SAMARITANE that haue beene holpen, healed and honoured by thy holy
Hand, doe poure foorth my heart vnto thee, that I may neither vngratefully remember thy benifits, nor vngraciously forget thy se∣uere iudgements, who both in the one and the other, hast beene beyond all mea∣sure so gracious vnto mee. I thanke thee, O Lord, for all the externall & internall graces bestowed vpon mee, the Spirituall and corpor∣all, the Caelestiall and ter∣restriall blessings which I haue receiued.
And in earthly matters, ô Lord, I acknowledge my selfe deeply bounden vnto thee, for my Being, brea∣thing,
life, and motion. That thou hast made mee of a more noble nature then the rest of the Crea∣tures, creating mee after thine owne Image, endu∣ing mee with reason, furni∣shing me with excellent fa∣culties of the minde, and perfect sense.
And I giue thee thankes, O LORD, that thou hast giuen mee a BODIE so sound and so free from great infirmities, and hast set mee in a calling so fit for my condition, and gi∣uen mee such a competent estate. That thou hast pre∣serued mee from so many
harmes in such dangerous accidents: as in sicknes, thunder, lightning, plague, pestilence, fire, and wa∣ter: and from the as∣saults of theeues and rob∣bers, by Sea and Land, attempted or intended a∣gainst my bodie, house, or goods; and deliuered mee out of so many troubles and vexations as I haue fallen into.
O Lord, how am I bound vnto thee, that thou hast lent me such kinde friends; and that I liue in such ho∣nest reputation among my neighbours: that I haue such libertie of seemly re∣creation,
such quietnesse of life, such opportunitie of well-doing, and thine An∣gels by thine appointment to protect & safe-gard mee in all my wayes.
These things (O Lord) I enioy, though vnworthy, by thy goodnesse: whereas there be many that haue not found the like fauour at thy hands, Blessed be thy Name therefore. And yet ô Lord, thou hast been much more gracious vnto me: thy Spirituall fauours and thy Caelestial blessings exceed all these. There∣fore as I am bound, so, much more I blesse thee,
that thou didst elect me be∣fore all worlds to glorie: that thou didst worke my redemption by the blood of Christ Iesus in his bitter Passion: that I was borne in the light of the Gospel, to know thee, and through Sanctification in thee, haue had the grace to take vpon mee the profession of the Truth, to abandon all Su∣perstition and Heresie, to doe good vnto any, and to doe any thing that may doe good, either publike or priuate, & in some mea∣sure to keepe my selfe vn∣spotted of the world.
Oh, what shall I giue
vnto my Lord, that hath done so great and mightie things for mee? O Lord, I giue thee thanks that thou hast giuen mee such an ho∣nourable Calling and vo∣cation of Christianitie, that thou hast incorporated me a member of the Church, giuing me such a gracious portion of Faith, hope, loue, zeale, patience, peace and ioy, the beginnings of Regeneration.
What am I (O Lord) that thou hast granted mee such things? to receiue such profite by the preach∣ing of thy Word, and the Priuiledge of thy blessed
Sacraments; to bee washed with thy blood, to sit at thy Table, and to feed on thee the euerlasting Bread?
These I thanke thee for, and for these also; euen for my part which I haue in the Communion of Saints; for the benefit which I haue of their Prayers in the Church militant, the ayde of their counsels, with the pleasure and comfort of their godly examples, for the bettering of my life: that thou hast giuen me a care to vse a good Consci∣ence in dealings in this world, and an earnest desire to continue so still: yea, ra∣ther
to grow better.
And in fine, I cannot forget (O Lord,) thy mercy of longanimitie and pati∣ence towards mee: That thou hast granted mee so long and so large a time of Repentance, and hast vouchsafed mee therein, to haue thy Sonne IESVS Christ, for my Mediatour, by whose intercession my Prayers haue accesse▪ vnto thee, and receiue their hap∣py answeres.
I prayse thee, I glorifie thee, I worship thee, I mag∣nifie thy blessed Name, O Lord, by whose goodnesse I want nothing fitte for a
Christian; nor any thing that may fit mee for Hea∣uen: where, I thanke thee, for making so glorious a prouision, and such a gra∣cious preparation for my Soule, and whither I be∣seech thee to bring me, O my GOD, in thy due time, and in the meane time to continue thy goodnesse vn∣to mee, for Iesus Christ sake, my onely Sa∣uiour and Re∣deemer. A∣men.
Psal. 86. 12. 13