A soveraigne salve to cure vvounded spirits, or, The ready way and meanes to give spirituall ease and comfort to distressed consciences collected out of the Word of God and the writings and experiments of the most approved soule-physitians, both of this and former ages, which either for learning or experience, or both, have excelled in this healing part of divinity and fitted to the capacity and use of the meanest of Gods afflicted ones.

For mercy and pardon of sinne.

O God be mercifull unto me a Sinne••redge•• Lord heale my soule, for I ha••redge•• sinned against thee.

Have mercy upon me, O God, accordi••redge•• to thy great goodnesse; and according ••redge•• the multitude of thy mercies, doe aw••redge•• mine offences.

For thy Names sake, O Lord, be me••redge••¦cifull unto my sinne, for it is great.

Oh remember not the sinnes, and offe••redge••¦ces of my youth, but according to thy me••redge••¦cie thinke thou upon me for thy goodnes••redge•• sake.

O thou Lambe of God that takest awa••redge•• the sinnes of the world, have mercy upo••redge•• me.

Lord, enter not into judgement with m••redge•• thy Servant, neither be extreme to mark••redge•• what I have done amisse.

Cast my sinnes, good Lord, behind th••redge•• backe.

Lord remove them as farre from th••redge•• presence, as the East is from the West: Blo••redge•• them out of the Booke of thy remem¦brance; lay them not to my charge; was••redge•• them away with the bloud of Jesus Christ ••redge•• that they may never be more seene.

Lord let not my sinnes rise up in judge∣••redge••nt

against me, either to terrifie my con∣••ledge••nce any more here, or to condemne my ••ledge••e hereafter.