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Renounce all my own power and li∣berty of disposing of my self and my actions; yeilding up this power to the sacred Virgin, and dismissing my self entirely into her hands, in homage to her greatness, in honour of that perfect demission which she made of her self, to her Son Jesus.
I give to her that power, which God gives me over my self, to be hers, and no
longer my own; to be in her power and tuition, and no more in my own; In ho∣nour of the power, which Gods Son gave her over himself, and of the humble dependency and subjection he was pleas'd to yeild unto her, delivering up himself to her custody, direction, and tutelage, during the whol time of this Infancy and child-hood; I bequeath to her my Being and my Living, during the whol remainder of my Pilgrimage upon Earth, with all the conditions, circumstances, and appurtenances which accompany the same: I yeild up all to her greatness, [as much as I can] and dedicate all to her honour and glory, for the fulfilling of all her wills and powers over me; In this ardour of spirit, and to this intention, I humbly address my self to you, O sacred Virgin! and I make here unto you, an entire, absolute, and irrevocable Oblation of all that I am [by Gods mercy] in the Being, and in the order of Nature, and Grace, of all that thereon depends, and of all the a∣ctions I shall ever perform; For my will is, that whatsoever is mine, be absolutely yours, and that the power and the grace which is bestow'd on me, be employ'd in referring my self wholy, with all that is in me to your honour.
And I here make choyce of you, O holy Virgin! and I will henceforth look upon you as the only object whereunto [next after your Son, and under your Son] I shall make the reference of my soul and of my life, both interiour and exteriour, and generally of all that any way belongs unto me.