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1 O Lord my God, rebuke me not I beseech thee, in thy fierce indignation against my sinnes, either in this life, or at the day of Iudgement, neither chasten or correct mee in thy hot displea∣sure, by condemning mee to eter∣nall death.
2 Haue mercy and compassi∣on vpon me, according to thy ac∣customed goodnesse O Lord, for I am weake and fraile by nature, strengthen me therefore by thy Grace, O Lord, and heale me, by
curing the infirmities of my soule, for they are multiplied so greatly vpon me, that my bones, and all my inward parts are vexed, and disquieted, with the remem∣brance of them.
3 My sinfull Soule, conside∣ring my manifold offences, and trembling at the thought of thy iust anger against them, is also (like as is my flesh) sore troubled, and almost at the point of despe∣ration: but thou O Lord, that desirest not the death of a sinner, how long will it be, ere thou looke vpon me, and bring mee out of this misery.
4 Returne from the rigour of thy Iustice O Lord, to the sweet∣nesse of thy mercie, and deliuer my soule, from the bondage of sinne: O Lord saue mee, from the assaults of the Deuill, not for any merits of mine, but for thy mercies sake, in Christ Iesus my Sauiour.
5 For in death there is no re∣membrance
of thee, to praise and glorifie thy Name: and who, surely none there is, that shall giue thee thankes, or celebrate thy goodnesse, in the Graue of Hell, where nothing is to be heard, but weeping, gnashing of teeth, and blasphemies.
6 I am weary and faint, with my groaning and sighing, for my transgressions, euery night, when I should take my rest, I wash my bed, weeping for them, and I wa∣ter my couch, the place of my rest, with my teares of vnfeined repen∣tance.
7 Mine eye of reason and vn∣derstanding, is consumed and groweth weake, because of the griefe I take, fearing thy Iudge∣ments: yet it waxeth Old, and I continue in sinne, because of the vnited forces of all mine enemies, the World, the Flesh, and the Deuill.
8 Depart therefore farre from me all ye mine enemies, which
are, and haue beene the workers and causers of mine iniquitie, by your tentations, and euill exam∣ples: for henceforth, I will haue no more to doe with you; for my conscience assureth mee, that the Lord, of his infinite good∣nesse, hath heard, and pittied the voyce of my weeping: and there∣fore I should be vnthankefull to him, to returne to those sinnes, which he, in his mercy, hath for∣giuen.
9 The Lord, I cannot repeat it too often, hath gratiously heard my earnest supplication, for the pardon of my sinnes, and he The Lord, plentifull in pittie, hath not only now, but will also hereafter, receiue my prayer, whensoeuer I call faithfully vpon him.
10 Let all mine enemies there∣fore, who haue sought my de∣struction, be ashamed at my con∣uersion, and bee sore vexed and troubled at the consideration of Gods Iudgements. Let them no
longer delay, but repent and re∣turne to the Lord, and bee asha∣med, that they haue so long de∣ferred their conuersion, and sud∣denly, without any longer delay, make their peace with him, by vnfeined repentance.
Glory be to the Father, &c.