The practice of Christian graces, or, The whole duty of man laid down in a plaine and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters, one whereof being read every Lords Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year : with Private devotions for several occasions...

A CONFESSION.

O Righteous Lord, who hatest iniquity, I thy sinful creature cast my self at thy feet, acknowledging that I most justly deserve to be utterly abhorred and forsaken by thee, for I have drunk iniquity like water, gone on in a continued course of sin and rebellion a∣gainst thee, daily committing those things thou forbiddest, and leaving undone those things

thou commandest, mine heart which should be an habitation for thy Spirit, is become a cage of unclean birds, of foul and disordered affections, and out of this abundance of the heart my mouth speaketh, my hands act, so that in thought, word and deed I continually trans∣gress against thee. [Here mention the greatest of thy sins] Nay, O Lord, I have despised that goodness of thine, which should lead me to Repentance, hardning my heart against all those means thou hast used for my amendment. And now, O Lord, what can I expect from thee but judgment and fiery indignation, that is indeed the due reward of my sins. But, O Lord, there is mercy with thee, that thou mayest be feared, O fit me for that mercy, by giving me a deep and hearty Repentance, and then according to thy goodness let thy anger and thy wrath be turned away from me, look upon me in thy Son, my blessed Saviour, and for the merit of his sufferings, pardon all my sins; And, Lord, I beseech thee, by the power of thy grace so to renew, and purify my heart, that I may become a new creature, utterly forsaking every evil way, and living in constant, sincere, universal obedience to thee all the rest of my dayes, that behaving my self as a good and faithful servant, I may by thy mercy at last be received into the joy of my Lord; grant this for Jesus Christ his sake.