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O Lord, my good and gracious God, the Creator of Heauen and earth, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, which hast made me of nothing to thine owne likenes, and redeemed me with thine owne bloud: whom I a wretched sinner am vn∣worthy to name, to call
vpon, or once to thinke in my heart: Here I pro∣strate and submit my selfe before thy diuine Maie∣stie, and acknowledge my grieuous sinnes, which I haue committed against thee, in thought, word, and deede: humbly cra∣uing pardon thereof at thy fatherly hands. And I doe also for mine owne part, most willingly for∣giue all men that haue of∣fended mee, euen as I looke to bee forgiuen of thee my louing and mer∣cifull God, whose wrath & iust iudgement I haue too often and that deseruedly
prouoked against me. But neuerthelesse, howsoeuer I haue liued hitherto in my fraile flesh, and in this body of sinne: yet I trust that thou, of thy graci∣ous goodnesse, wilt grant me a happy end: for I vt∣terly renounce the world, and the vanities thereof, which all my life time hi∣therto, I haue too much coueted and delighted in; onely I am now carefull for my soule, that it may be saued: and my earnest desire is, that I may dwell with the Lord in the land of the liuing, which I trust to obtaine by the bloud
of the innocent Lambe of God Iesus Christ, and so to be partaker of the hea∣uenly ioyes, and Commu∣nion of Saints in the tri∣umphant Church of God. In the meane time, vvhi∣lest I remain in this earth∣ly Tabernacle, I beseech thee (O Lord) to increase my faith, comfort my sil∣ly soule, lighten my vn∣derstanding, strengthen my feeble body, and grant me patience in my paine, that my faith neuer faile. And I willingly surrender my body and soule to thy carefull disposition, and as willingly leaue my goods
to the world where I had them: Rendring to thee most hearty thanks for the vse I haue had of them hi∣therto, and for all other thy greater benefits, and spirituall blessings; as my Election, Creation, Salua∣tion, Sanctification, Pre∣seruation, and hope of Glo∣rification in thy heauenly habitation. O Lord, thy holy Name bee praised therefore, and thy blessed will be fulfilled in me eue∣ry way; whether it bee by life, or by death; let it be to thy glory, and then I haue my hearts desire: for I am in thy hands, as the
Clay is in the Potters; therefore doe with me as best pleaseth thee. Make me (O Lord) a fit sacrifice for thy selfe, by punishing my fleshly body, and par∣doning my sinfull soule. Grant mee perfect re∣membrance of the houre of my death & last gaspe, that I may thankefully take this thy fatherly visitation, and willingly beare my crosse, after thy deare Son Iesus Christ my Sauiour. O Lord, prepare me for the good houre which thou hast appointed for the de∣liuerie of my soule out of this wretched world:
settle my thoughts, and fixe my faith on the life to come, that I neuer shrinke from thee and thy sauing health, what paine or tor∣ment soeuer thou inflictest vpon mee here on earth: yet (deare Father) let hea∣uen be my reward in the end. Finally, so dispose of me, good Lord, as may be most meete for thy glory, and mine own saluation in Christ Iesus my mercifull Redeemer and Sauiour: to whom with thee and the holy Ghost, be all honour, power, and praise, world without end.