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FAithful Creator, and preserver of all men, look down I beseech thee upon thy poor servant, who is punisht and afflicted in body with the smart of my pain and sickness; and who is also troubled with the fear of thy heavy displeasu••e for my many sins and iniquities, wherewith I have provoked thy holy Majesty in the time of my health, I confess that of
very faithfulness and goodness to me, thou hast laid this scourge upon me to the end that by the stripes of my fle••h my spirit might be healed and saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. I valued not the benefit of health as I should have done, and therefore thou hast made me sensible of it, by the want of it; in my prosperity I re∣membred not the afflictions of my brethren, and therefore thou hast af∣flicted me like unto them, I was in a kind of spiritual lethargy, till thou didst awake me with the str••••ke of thy hand; and because I know that it is good for me to be thus discipli∣ned by thee, I humble my self under thy mighty hand, & kiss this thy rod, which I trust through thy grace shall make my Soul appear fair & beautiful in thine eyes. Comfort O Lord, my fainting spirit, and strengthen my fee∣ble knees, and support my weak hands and revive my deaded heart, and so powerfully assist me with the spirit of strength, that I may with confidence
call upon thee, with patience endure this trial, with hope expect thy good pleasure, with wisdom make use of this thy Visitation and with thank∣fulness ever praise thy goodness and mercy for my safe recovery, if it may fland with thy will; whereunto I submit and wholly resign now and for ever, through Jesus Christ my blessed Lord and Saviour, in whose most ho∣ly words I further pray,
Our Father,