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A09930 In the name of Almightie God 1595 (1595) STC 20190; ESTC S112948 4,726 1

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against me as I would gladlie obtaine pardon and forgiuenes of all my sinnes at thy merciful hands Lastly that it would please thee of thy great goodnesse and mercie to turne away mine eies from beholding vanitie my tongue from speaking foolishlie or vnaduisedlie my heart from imagining mischiefe my feete from running to doe that which is euill yea so guide and gouerne good Lord euery part and member both of my bodie and of my minde that as thou hast created both so I may in both set foorth thy glorie and praise in the middest of a froward and crooked generation And because O Lord I know nothing of my selfe for my ignorant hart is full of darkenesse I most humbly beséech thee first to aide me by thy grace that I be not puffed vp in the heyght of mine owne imagination to flatter my selfe that I know much when as indéed I know verie little or nothing at all Next so direct me that I may without wearisomnes vse all the holie meanes that thou hast sanctified in thy blessed word for my grouth and continuance in stedfast faith in spirituall knowledge and sinceare obedience that my darkenes may be turned into light and my ignorance into knowledge that I may dailie learne in euery respect trulie to humble and throw downe my selfe before the presence of thy maiestie in regard of whom not onelie I but all the creatures in the world are but vile dust and ashes I haue not O Lord anie good thing in my selfe for I am not sufficient of my selfe as of my selfe to thinke a good thought much lesse so do anie good thing which is acceptable in thy godlie sight Giue me grace good Lord not to burie this knowledge but continuallie to remember it that it may stand me in stead of a strong and necessarie weapon to beat downe and ouerthrow the height and pride which abideth in this my flesh yea Lord I further confesse that so vile is the filthines of mine owne nature that these good things which I daylie and hourelie receiue at thy mercifull hands of thy goodnes onelie without any merit or desert of mine at all I do manie times most wickedly prophane and abuse but I pray thee giue me grace more heedelie and carefullie to looke to my walking in this and other respects thou heretofore I haue doone that these good and gratious gifts which thou in loue doost continuallie powre forth vpon me may not be testimonies of iudgement against me but assured pledges of thy loue towards me certeine seales of fruitfull obedience in me towards thy maiestie Graunt me grace O deare father to consider of thy vnspeakable blessings and innumerable benefits bestowed vpon me thou hast neuer béene wearie in keeping defending and prouiding for me from the very time of my conception vntill this present howre thou hast bestowed vpon me large gifts which I neuer either laboured for or thought of yea such a huge heape of benefits haue I receiued from thy mercifull hands as all the dayes and times of my life are not sufficient inough to thinke vpon them much lesse to be thankfull vnto thee for them in such sort and dutie as I ought besides infinite bodelie blessings as health wealth libertie and many other such like Thou hast freelie bestowed vpon me inward and spirituall graces for of thine owne mercie thou hast chosen me to life euerlasting before the foundations of the world were laid and for a sure pledge of the same in my conscience thou hast redeemed me by the bloud of thy deare sonne hast made mine election sure by an effectuall calling in that of thine owne good will then hast begotten me vnto thy selfe by the word of truth thou hast taken me out of the power of sathan and translated me into the kingdome of thy deare sonne in light and made me a partaker of his misticall bodie with the saints that I may inioy his presence for euer Touching which and all other graces of thine so plentifullie powred foorth vpon me I say with thy seruant Iames that I am not worthie of the least of all these thy mercies yea so much the more vnworthy am I of them or any of them because that though thou in the riches of thy goodnes neuer ceasest to heape vp continuallie new benefits and blessings vppon me I am notwithstanding a most vile wretch and miserable sinner haue little or no care at all in offending thy maiestie in mine old sinnes yea many times in multiplying new iniquities against thee but circumcise my heart good Lord I pray thee and turne the affections thereof to newnes of life and holines of conuersation that that hart which now is so hard and stonie that it will not be peirced with the considerations and remembrances of thy manifold graces may by the mightie working of thy blessed spirit be softened and inlarged that I may deeplie consider of thy mercies and that my mouth which is greatlie stopped vp through sinne and iniquitie may of thy gratious goodnes be now at the length opened and I both secretlie and openlie speake forth thy praises Lord keepe me farre from murmuring grudging or repining at any of thy gratious and louing corrections whether it be that thou withdraw from mee any of these temporall blessings and benefits which most fauourablie thou hast bestowed vpon mee or otherwise shall chastise me for the punishment of my sinne for the triall of my faith for the manifestation of thy power and goodnes or for anie other cause best knowne vnto thy heauenlie wisdom Thou knowest O Lord what is better for me then I my self and therfore good cause haue I in all willingnes to subiect my selfe vnder thy mightie hand that at the length I may be trulie exalted Graunt me grace therefore O deare father in all time of afflictions pacience to possesse my soule and to refer all calamities to the right end that is that by them I might be brought to be more neere vnto thee and so learne to keepe thy commandements and according to thy promise made in thy holie word so I humblie beseech thee in the middest make a way out for me to escape as may be most for thine owne glorie and mine eternall comfort at the last through Iesus Christ thy sonne my Lord and onlie Sauiour in whose name and for whose sake I humblie craue at thy mercifull hands these and all other things necessarie for me concluding with that prayer that he himselfe hath made saying O our Father c.