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The complaint of a Regenerate man vnto God the Father, shewing the sor∣rowfulnes of his ha••t.
O Lord God, heauenly Father, tho•• that art not only our God, but the God of all the world: we thy creatures, the worke ••f thy hands, make our humble prayers and sup∣plications b••fore thy excellent maiesty. ••esee∣ching thee (O Lord) not to consider vs as we a••e of our selues, ea••th, ashes, and whatsoeuer is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 but as we are in Christ Iesus our Lord, thy sanctified people, whom thou hast chosen before all worlds, to witnes thy ••ame in earth: And to whom t••ou hast made manifest thy Sonne ou•• Sauiour with an vncouered face to our great comfort. ••et alas, we vnworthy wretches finde in our selues such heapes of sinnes, and such lumpes, and loades of im∣pieties: that were we not stayed in thy pro∣myses, wee should perish with mistrust in thy mercies. For we know that thou art a iust God and doest visite the offences of thy childrē with rods, and their sinnes with whips: Yet thy mer∣cy doth neuer faile vs. Yea although we sinne, yet are we thine.
We haue (O Lord) tasted greatly of thy mercies. Many yea••es we haue been fed with heauenly meate. Long time we haue enioyed the benefite of thy gospel (a blessi•••• of blessinges)