Jacobs ladder, or, The devout souls ascention to Heaven, in prayers, thanksgivings, and praises in four parts ... : with graces and thanksgivings : illustrated with sculptures / by Jo. Hall.

A Prayer to be used by all Christians.

O Almighty everlasting God, and most gracious and dear loving Father, I beseech thee for Jesus Christ his sake, thy most dear and only Son, to have mercy, pitty, and compassi∣on upon a most vile, wretched, and miserable sinner, whose innumerable off••nces both old and new are grie∣vous and great, by which I have just∣ly deserved thy grievous wrath and everlasting damnation. But now good Lord, I do only appeal to thy great mercy which far surmounteth all thy works, and thou hast promised in thy holy Word, yea, and sworn as truly as thou livest, that thou desirest not the death of a sinner, but rathe•• that he should repent and live. O graci∣ous Lord, I do confess that I am a great and grievous Sinner; yet, O Lord let me not perish, nor suffer that everlasting death of my Soul,

which I have so deeply deserved, but make me a vessel of thy great mercy, that I may live and praise thy name amongst thy chosen Children for ever. O let not my great sins separate me from the sight of thy holy Majesty, but let thy great power and mercy be magnified in me as it was in Da∣vid, and Peter, and Mary Magdalen, and the Thief upon the cross. O Lord I put my whole trust and confi∣dence in thee, who hast taken away the sins of the World, who camest not to condemn the World, but to save it, that none which truly believe in thee should perish, but should have everlasting life, who camest no•• to call the righteous but sinners to re∣pentance: O gracious God, give me true, hearty, earnest, and unseig∣ned repentance, that I may from the very bottom of my heart continually lament my manifold sins and wicked∣nesses, and so assist me with thy grace that I may never trespass against thy divine Majesty any more, but that I

may gladly serve thee in true holi∣ness and righteousness all the days of my life. Guide me O Lord by thy holy Spirit in all my ways, works, words, and thoughts▪ that I may glo∣ri••y thy holy name, which livest and reignest for ever through Jesus Christ my blessed Lord and Saviour in whose name and words I further pray Our Father, &c.