My entrance by Prayer.

MOst high and mighty Lord God, that didst create Man after thine own i∣mage; but he fell from thee, and by his fall made himself despicable and most vile in thy eyes. O Lord we are in his loyns, and Page  2 are corrupted in him, so that our origi∣nal corruptions are enough to sink us in∣to Hell, without any actual transgressi∣ons. But ever blessed be thy Name thou didst not leave us in this condition, but didst provide a Saviour the Lord Je∣sus Christ, to randsom us from the thral∣dom of sin and death, that whosoever beleeves in him should not perrish, but have everlasting life. Strengthen me O Lord the greatest of sinners, that I may by sure evidences from thy good spiri• working in me a lively faith, receive some crums of mercy from thy Table. Take away O Lord the hardness of my heart▪ the blindness of my understanding, the deadness of my affections: Create in me O God a new heart, and renew a right spirit within me: Make me to hear joy and gladness: Rebuke the Tempter that hath been too strong for me; and while I live here, let me live to thy glory; and before I depart hence receive that bles∣sed and comfortable sentence from thee, Thy sins are forgiven thee, And this I begg of thee for the sake of Jesus Christ my alone Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.