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1. O God my God look upon me, why hast thou for••aken me, and art so ••ar from my health, and from the words of my complaint?
2. How long wilt thou forget me O Lord, for ever; how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
3. O God I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season also I take no rest.
4. And thou continuest holy, O thou Worship of Israel.
5. Call to remembrance, O Lord, th•• tender mercy, and thy loving kindne•••• which have been ever of old.
6. Shew thy servant the light of th•• countenance: and save me for thy merc•••• sake.
7. Thou hast been my succor, leave m•• not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
8. My time is in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies.
9. O keep my soul and deliver me: le•• me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in thee.
10. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, thou art my God, my goods are no∣thing unto thee.
11. The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, I have set God always before me, for he is on the right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
12. Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiced: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
13. For why, thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer me to see corruption.
14. Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for ever more.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.
O spare me a little, and suffer me to re∣cover my strength, O Lord, before I go from hence, and be no more seen.
Now O my soul, look upon Christ Je∣sus the Righteous, thy Advocate and Re∣deemer, who is ready to receive thee; therefore be glad in him, and give thanks, rejoycing in the visitation of the Lord, by which he hath prepared thee for the heavenly Jerusalem, and everlasting bliss! 〈◊〉〈◊〉 acknowledge, O Lord I have deserved to die, and the desire I have to live, is for the amendment of my life, and in some better measure to set forth thy glory; therefore good Father, if it be thy plea∣sure, restore me to health again; and grant me long life. But if thou hast in thy eter∣nal decree appointed this sickness to be a preparation to my immediate dissolution, and by it to call me out of this transitory life; I resign, commit, and willingly com∣mend my spirit into thy hands and holy pleasure; beseeching thee to bless me from the second death, the everlasting destructi∣on both of body and soul. Let my soul throughly consider of the account I have to make to thee my God, and how few mi∣nutes soever it hath to remain in my body,
let the power of thy Spirit recompence the shortness of time, and perfect my account before I pass away. Be pleased O Lord in the reconciliation of thy Son for my sins. Let the infiniteness of my offences rely upon the infiniteness of thy mercy by his sufferings: breath inward comfort to my heart, and confidence in thy grati∣ous promises; that though my body be going the way of all flesh, yet my soul may go the way of all Saints. Lord hear me and help me, stand by me and save me, and if it be thy determination to lay my body in the grave, to receive my soul into thy Kingdom, to rest in joy and peace for evermore, through Jesus Christ.