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O Almighty God and my most mercifull father, in wonder∣full mercy (I acknowledge) it hath pleased thee to purge me vnworthy wretch by the bloody passion of thy sonne from all my sinnes, to haue adopted me thy child, and g••uen me the earnest of my saluation, touching my heart with an infallible feeling of thy mercies, and setled confi∣dence in thy promises: in the ioy∣full commemoration of which thy vnspeakeable blessings, my
soule is now thirstingly entred in∣to thine house, to take the whole∣some cup of saluation, and to call vpon thy holy name, giue me now therefore, O Lord, a wise and vn∣derstanding heart, that I may cō∣ceiue rightly of thy sacred myste∣ries, discerne them secretly, & re∣ceiue them effectually, to the per∣fect consummation and finishing of that happy building which thy worthy goodnes ha••h begun in me, yea vntill I become to the mea∣sure of the age and fulnesse of my Lo••d and Sauiour Iesus Christ, vnto whom, with thee, O father, and the Holy Ghost, be all power and do••inion for euer, Amen.
〈2 pages missing〉〈2 pages missing〉of my health in this life. (O sweete Lord) I take no care, so that thy good pleasure be therein fulfilled, for if thou wilt I liue and recouer of this my bodely in∣firmitie, I haue iust cause to be thankefull vnto thee therefore: and if thy wisdome hath now de∣termined to finish in me these daies of sinne, I haue double cause to poure forth the teares of a melting heart for ioy, not be∣cause I would leaue these daies of paine and sorrow (which my sinne ten thousand times double deserueth) but that I would cease to displease so deare a Lord, and louing a father, and that be∣ing transported into that hea∣uenly
life of thy immortall chil∣dren, I may praise and serue thee in that sweet societie of Angels, where the burthen of this flesh shall find no place to encumber me for euer. Thither therefore, O Father, if thy wisdome haue so determined, speedily conduct me: in the meane time make, that this my bodily affliction may conduce to thy glory on earth, and my sal∣uation in heauen, by the conduct of thy holy spirit, through Iesus Christ my onely aduocate and mediatour, Amen.