The PRAYER.
O Jesu! My All, my Sun, my Light, and the Glory of my Soul! Who hast taken upon thee the Form of a Servant, that I might be taken into the Number of the Kings and Princes of the other World! I have too long entertain'd my self with the Pleasures and Vanities of the World, and the uncertain Shadows and Images of Car∣nal Satisfactions. I see, I see, there is that in thee, which counter-balances and out-weighs all that the World can call rich, and excellent, and beautiful: They that enjoy thee, walk in Light, and the Darkness trouble them not. O take my Soul, and reform it; Take my Will, and rectifie it; Take my Understanding, and eradiate it with thy Beams; Take my Af∣fections, and inflame them. O let me not take Shadows any longer for Realities: Take me into thy School, and teach me; Teach me, how I may be thy Disciple; Teach me, how I may be satisfied with thee alone; Teach me, how I shall take thee for my Head, my Governor, and the Regent of my Soul. Take care of this poor miserable Sinner; Take thou the Government of my Heart: It is thine, thou hast bought, thou hast redeemed it, thou hast paid the Ransom. Take me Captive by thy Love: Free me from the Prison of my Corruptions, that I may be fit to be taken into the Number of such as have washed their Robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb, and stand for ever before the Throne of God, and serve him Night and Day in his Temple. Amen.