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MY God, Creatour and Sauiour of the world, was not I made thy image to serue and glorifie none other but thy selfe? How falles it out (deare Father) that I haue beene more contemp∣tible against all thy Lawes, * 1.1 Sta∣tutes and Blessings, * 1.2 then a sauage beast? I cannot beleeue it procee∣ded from originall sinne, in that thy sacred selfe suffered for sinne; nor from my conception, * 1.3 for that thou desirest my preseruation;
but altogether by Sathans assaul∣ting, the worlds prouoking, na∣tures betraying, and my owne stiffenecked transgression. What reason then can my selfe or mor∣tall man conceiue, that thou wilt saue me, when I neuer truely ser∣ued, nor honoured thee? Art not thou a iust Iudge, * 1.4 as thou hast beene a mercifull Sauiour? To plead weaknesse auailes not, wil∣fulnesse I dare not, nor wanting thy assistance I cannot. Where∣fore then doest thou giue mee longer sustentation, when thou knowest I haue deserued damna∣tion? * 1.5 Is it for that thou wilt ex∣ceed in thy mercies to increase my miseries? Or else are not my sinnes fully compleat for thy determined
sufferings? Why, thou knowest Sathan offended thee but once, I haue euer, they both obey and feare thee, I haue neuer. What madnesse then would it be in mee to presume that thou wilt breake the whole course of thy iustice for my sake? knowing in mine owne conscience I haue lost the benefit of thy redemption by my wilfull presumption: otherwise I might bee confident through vn∣fained repentance to haue assu∣rance of saluation by thy death and passion: which now grieues the intralles of my soule, in that I was such a cursed reprobate to crucifie thee who sufferedst on the Crosse to saue me: * 1.6 so that accor∣ding to humane iudgement my
talent is eternall torment. How∣soeuer I bequeath the disposure of my deiected soule to thee, * 1.7 which shedst thy innocent bloud on the behalfe of me. But why should I being so base a creature reason with thee that art my maker, knowing the clay ought not con∣test with the potter. For it is in thy power and not in mine, to make mee a vessell of honour or dishonour. Therefore in obedi∣ence to thy vnsearchable Deity, I will surcease all disputations, and endeuour to preuent worldly per∣turbations; that I may haue so much hope to be thy creature, as my beleefe assures mee thou art my Creatour.
Sap. 5.
Ioh. 3.5.
Ezek. 33.
Ier. 25.
Fxod. 9.16. Act. 4.27.
Mar. 10.••7.
Rom. 9.15.