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O MOST Holy Lord God, who are of purer eyes then to behold iniquity, now shall I abominable wretch dare to appear be∣fore thee, who am nothing but pollution; I am defiled in my very nature, having a back∣wardness to all good, and a readiness to all evil; but I have defiled my self yet much worse by my own actual sins and wicked customes; I
have transgrest my duty to thee, my neigh∣bour, and my self, and that both in thought, in word, in deed, by doing those things which thou hast expresly forbidden, and by neglect∣ing to do those things thou hast commanded me. And this not onely through ignorance, and frailty, but knowingly, and wilfully, a∣gainst the motions of thy Spirit, and the checks of my own conscience to the contrary. And to make all these out of measure sinful, I have gone on in a daily course of repeating these provocations against thee, notwithstand∣ing all thy calls to, and my own purposes and ••owes of amendmeut; yea, this very day I have not ceased to add new sins to all my for∣mer guilts. [Here name the Particulars] And now, O Lord, what shall I say, or how shall I open my mouth, seeing I have done these things, I know that the wages of these sins is death; but O thou who willest not the death of a sinner, have mercy upon me; work in me, I beseech thee, a sincere contrition, and a perfect hatred of my sins, and let me not daily confess, and yet as daily renew them, but grant, O Lord, that from this instant I may give a bill of divorce to all my most beloved ••lusts, and then be thou pleased to marry me to thy self, in truth, in righteousness and ho∣liness, And for all my past sins, O Lord, re∣ceive a reconciliation; accept of that ransom thy blessed Son hath paid for me, and for his sake whom thou hast set forth as a propitia∣tion, pardon all my offences, and receive me
to thy favour. And when thou hast thus spo∣ken peace to my soul, Lord keep me that I turn not any more to folly, but so establish me with thy grace, that no temptation of the world, the Divel or my own flesh may ever draw me to offend thee, that being made free from sin, and becoming a servant unto God, I may have my fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.