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HOly Lord God, we must confess thou hast found out the iniqui∣ty of thy servants, and hast discove∣red our nakedness and pollution in a vengeance suited and answerable to our grievous crying sin: our pride, oppression, and fulness of bread, had made us like unto Sodom, and thou hast afflicted us like Gomorrha, we
would not be reclaimed by thy ex∣emplary punishments upon others or our selves, and therefore thou hast made us a terror and an astonishment to all that are round about us; yet O Lord we must needs acknowledge that thou art just in all that is come upon us, for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly; yet con∣sider, O Lord, we are thy people, though a rebellious and unthan••ful people; suffer us therefore to im∣plore thy pitty, and the sounding of thy bowels, and for thy names sake, and mercies sake, incline thine ear to us and save us: and above all, we be∣seech thee leave us not to our selves, but by what method soever it shall please thee to reduce us, though to this cup of trembling, thou shalt add more and more grievous afflictions by any the severest course, subdue us unto thy self, and make us see the things be∣longing to our peace before they be hid from our eyes that being duly humbled under thy mighty hand, we
may be capable of being relieved and exalted in thy due time.
And now we bless and magnify thy name, O Lord▪ for that wonderful mercy thou hast vouchsafed us in the midst of thy just and dreadful judg∣ments. It is of thy goodness that we are not consumed, that when we had pro••oked thee to give us all up to ut∣ter ruin and desolation, and thy hand was stretched out to execute thy whole displeasure upon us, yet thou hast preserved a remnant, and pluck'd us, as a brand out of the fire, that we should not utterly peri••h in our sins; add we beseeeh thee one mercy more to all that thou hast hitherto so un∣succesfully cast away upon us, and by thy convincing Spirit awaken our sleepy Consciences, soften and melt our hard hearts that being humbled by thy chastisements, we may by thy goodness be led to repentance, and sin no more lest a worse thing come un∣to us; therefore let us faithfully im∣prove this respite and relief with all
its precious advantages and opportu∣nities to a thankful, humble and pro∣fitable walking before thee, that so thy name may be glorified, the Gos∣pel credited, and our Souls saved in the day of the Lord. Grant this O Father for Jesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.