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TAke pittie••o Lord, take pittie, o mer∣cifull Sauiour of me a most miserable sinner, doing thinges worthie of blame, and worthilie suffering for the same, being by thee dailie afflicted, for that conti∣nuallie
I am founde to haue offended. If I ponder the euill which I daylie commit▪ that which I endure is nothing in compa∣rison of it, that which I haue donne being much more greiuous then mine affliction. Thou art iust, o Lord, and right is thy iudgment••, all thy iudgement•• are iuste and true; Thou o Lord our God ar•• iust and full of goodnes, neither is there in thee anie wickednes•• because when we offende, thou dost not vniustlie and cruel∣lie afflict vs, who when we were not, hast powerfullie made vs; and when for our sinne we were guiltie of damnation, thou hast by thy wonderfull mercie and good∣nesse, set vs in state of saluation. I knowe (o Lord God and am assured, that our life is not gouerned by the vnaduised in∣fluence and concurrence of secondarie causes, but is wholie disposed and orde∣red by thy almightie prouidence. Thou therfore takest care of all thinges, but especiallie of such as serue thee, who putt theire whole confidence in thy onelie mercie. Wherefore I humblie pray and beseeche thee, that thou wilt not deale with me according to mine iniquities, by which I haue deserued thine anger, but according to thy manifold mercies, which surmounte the sinnes of the whole world together▪ Thou o Lord, who dost punishe
me outwardlie, giue me alwaies an inuin∣cible patience inwardlie, to the end I may neuer cease to praise thee. Take pittie of me, o Lord, take pittie of me, and helpe me, like as thou knowest to be expedient for me both in soul•• and bodie, thou (I say) who knowest all thinges, and art able to doe all thinges whatsoeuer who liueth and raigneth, for euer and euer, Amen.