¶ The .iiii. chapter how by prayer we may opteyn to deuocyon.
Page [unnumbered]THou good lorde arte all goodnes / I am nat worthy to speke to the thy excellence is suche I am thy moost poore seruaūt & moost abiecte wor¦me moost poore & cōtemptyble of all other for I am very noughte / nothynge hauynge ne nothynge of valoure / thou alone good lorde arte god ryghtwyse and holy thou arte almyghty / thou geuest all thyng thou fulfyllest all thynges / leuynge all onely the syn¦full voyde of grace / haue mynde good Lorde of thy merytes & fulfyll my hert with thy grace for thy wor¦kynge is neuer voyde / Howe may I lyue withoute great anguysshe & perplyxyte in this wretchyd lyfe but if thy grace & mercy cōforte me / wherefore I be¦seche ye that thou turne nat thy gracious face of hel∣pe from me / tary nat thy vysytaciō from me wt draw nat thy swete consolaciō fro me / that nat my soule be aryfyed & be made as drye erthe withoute the moy∣stoure of grace / good lorde teche me to knowe & ful∣fyll thy wyll teche me to lyue humbly and worthely in thy pleasure for thou arte all wysdom ī the which thou knewe me before the worlde was and before I was brought into this lyfe by naturall byrthe.
