heart have mercie upon me and grant me pardon through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God and most merciful Father give me I beseech thee that grace that I may duely examine the inmost of my heart and my most secret thoughts how I stand before thee Lord I confess all my sins and my unworthiness to present my self at thine Altar But thou canst forgive sin and give repentance do both gracious Father and then behold I am clean to come unto thee Lord make me a worthie Receiver of that for which I come Christ and remission of sin in Christ And that for his own mercie sake and thine Amen O Lord into a clean charitable and thankful heart give me Grace to receive the blessed Bodie and Bloud of thy Son my most blessed Saviour that it may more perfectly cleanse me from all dregs of sin that being made clean it may nourish me in Faith Hope Charitie and Obedience with all other fruits of spiritual life and growth in thee that in all the future course of my life I may shew my self such an ingrafted member into the Bodie of thy Son that I may never be drawn to do any thing that may dishonour his Name Grant this O Lord I beseech thee even for his merit and mercie sake Amen O Lord God hear my Prayers I come to thee in a stedfast Faith yet for the clearness of my Faith Lord enlighten it for the strength of my Faith Lord increase it And behold I quarrel not the words of thy Son my Saviour's blessed Institution I know his words are no gross unnatural conceit but they are spirit and life and supernatural While the World disputes I believe He hath promised me if I come worthily that I shall receive his most precious Bodie and Bloud with all the benefits of his Passion If I can receive it and retain it Lord make me able make me worthie I know I can no more die eternally than that Bodie and Bloud can die and be shed again My Saviour is willing in this tender of them both unto me Lord so wash and cleanse my Soul that I may now and at all times else come prepared by heartie Prayers and Devotion and be made worthie by thy Grace of this infinite Blessing the Pledge and Earnest of Eternal Life in the merits of the same Jesus Christ who gave his Bodie and Bloud for me Amen Almightie God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that I may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O God the Father of Heaven who hast delivered thy onely begotten Son to death for us O God the Son Redeemer of the World who by thy precious Bloud hast cleansed us from our sins O God the Holy Ghost the Comforter who by thy Grace dost visit and establish the hearts of thy Saints O most holy high eternal happie ever blessed Trinitie O good Father holy Son loving Spirit by whose operation we receive our Being by whose love we obtain Grace and in contemplation of whom we hope for Glorie whose Majestie is unspeakable whose Power is incomparable whose Goodness is inestimable O thou that art the Lord both of Quick and Dead I adore thee I call upon thee and with the utmost affection of my heart I bless thee now and for evermore Amen * O Lord Jesu grant us while we live Mercie and Grace guide us thy Servants by thy perpetual Light grant to thy Church Truth and Peace grant me a most wretched sinner Repentance and Forgiveness Amen * O Lord I pray thee correct those that are in errour convert the unbeliever increase the Faith of thy Church root out of it all Heresies discover and confound her secret designing Enemies and break in pieces those that are openly fierce violent and impenitent through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O merciful Father let my Benefactors obtain eternal Rewards in Heaven for the benefits which they have bestowed upon me on Earth I pray thee also that thou wouldest vouchsafe to bring me together with those whom I have prayed for or whom I am bound to pray for and together with all the People of God into thy Kingdom that there we may appear in Righteousness and be fully satisfied with thy Glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord consider my Complaint for I am brought very low O Lord how long wilt thou be angrie with thy servant that prayeth O Lord give me Grace and Repentance and thou canst not be angrie with my Prayer O Lord I am thine save me and deliver me not into the will of mine enemies especially my ghostly Enemies O Lord I am thy servant thy unprofitable wastful servant yet thy servant O Lord set my accounts right before thee and pardon all my mis-spendings and misreckonings O Lord I am thy son thy most unkind prodigal run-away son yet thy son O Lord though I have not retained the love and dutie of a son yet do not thou cast off I humbly beg it the kindness and compassion of a Father O Lord in thy Grace I return to thee and though I have eaten draugh with all the unclean Swine in the World in my hungrie absence from thee yet now Lord upon my humble return to thee give me I beseech thee the Bread of Life the Bodie and Bloud of my Saviour into my soul that I may be satisfied in thee and never more run away from thee even for Jesus Christ his sake that gave himself for me Amen * O merciful God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the death of a sinner but rather that he should be converted and live have mercie upon all Jews Turks Infidels and Hereticks and take from them all ignorance hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy flock that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one Fold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit one God World without end Amen * As I must one day appear and answer at thy dreadful Tribunal where there shall be no respect of persons so at this time ere the day of Judgment overtakes me I prostrate my self before thy holy Altar and being burdened by my own Conscience I lay open my evil thoughts and ungodly deeds before thee and thy glorious Angels I beseech thee O Lord regard my lowliness and forgive me all my sins which are more in number than the hairs of my head For what evil have I not design'd in my heart but many and most abominable things have I committed in very deed For I am guiltie O Lord of Envie Gluttonie c. All my Senses and all my Members have I polluted But
sins of the world have mercie upon me in this heavie Charge Amen At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel O Lord merciful and gracious this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion and make them perfect both in their present and future dutie that while thou givest them ease to honour thee they may with the greater alacritie go on in thy Service And now O Lord I have by thy mercie and goodness put to my hand to lay the first Stone in this Building 't is a Corner-stone make it I beseech thee a happie Foundation a durable Building Let it rise up and be made and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all Ages that thy People may here be taught to believe in Jesus Christ the true Corner-stone upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever Grant this for the merit of the same Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all Power Majestie and Dominion this day and for ever Amen Vpon Admission into the Church GOd who of his mercie hath given you grace to give your self to his Church preserve and keep you in his Truth free both from Superstition and Prophaneness The Lord bless and keep you The Lord make his face shine upon you and be merciful unto you The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace in Conscience and constancie in Truth And by the power of Ministration committed to me by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I re-admit you into the Fellowship of his Church in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen For the Duke of Buckingham GRacious Father I humbly beseech thee bless the Duke of Buckingham with all spiritual and temporal blessings but especially spiritual Make and continue him faithful to his Prince serviceable to his Countrie devout in thy Truth and Church a most happie Husband and a blessed Father filled with the constant love and honour of his Prince that all thy blessings may flow upon himself and his Posteritie after him Continue him a true-hearted friend to me thy poor servant whom thou hast honoured in his eyes Make my heart religious and dutiful to thee and in and under thee true and secret and stout and provident in all things which he shall be pleased to commit unto me Even so Lord and make him continually to serve thee that thou mayest bless him through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O most merciful God and gracious Father the Prince hath put himself to a great Adventure I humbly beseech thee make a clear way before him Give thine Angels charge over him be with him thy self in mercie power and protection in every step of his Journey in every moment of his time in every Consultation and Address for action till thou bring him back with safetie honour and contentment to do thee service in this place Bless his most trustie and faithful servant the Lord Duke of Buckingham that he may be diligent in service provident in business wise and happio in counsels for the honour of thy Name the good of thy Church the preservation of the Prince the contentment of the King the satisfaction of the State Preserve him I humbly beseech thee from all envie that attends him and bless him that his eyes may see the Prince safely delivered to the King and State and after it live long in happiness to do them and thee service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and merciful Father thou art the Lord of Hosts all victorie over our Enemies all safetie against them is from thee I humbly beseech thee go out with our Armies and bless them Bless my dear Lord the Duke that is gone Admiral with them that wisdom may attend all his Counsels and courage and success all his Enterprizes that by his and their means thou wilt be pleased to bring safetie to this Kingdom strength and comfort to Religion victorie and reputation to our Countrie And that he may return with our Navie committed to him and with safetie honour and love both of Prince and People Grant this for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O merciful God thy Judgments are often secret always just At this time they were temporally heavie upon the poor Duke of Buckingham upon me upon all that had the honour to be near him Lord thou hast I doubt not given him rest and light and blessedness in thee Give also I beseech thee comfort to his Ladie Bless his Children uphold his Friends forget not his Servants Lay open the bottom of all that irreligious and graceless Plot that spilt his bloud Bless and preserve the King from danger and from securitie in these dangerous times And for my self O Lord though the sorrows of my heart are inlarged in that thou gavest this most honourable Friend into my bosom and hast taken him again from me yet blessed be thy Name O Lord that hast given me patience I shall now see him no more till we meet at the Resurrection O make that joyful to us and all thy faithful servants even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Anniversaries O Eternal God and merciful Father with whom do rest the souls of them that die in thy faith and favour have mercie upon me and grant that my life may be a preparation to die and my death an entrance to life with thee As upon this day it pleased thee to take my dear Father to thy mercie when I was yet young O Lord he was thy servant thy meek humble faithful servant and I assure my self he is in rest and light and blessedness Lord while I am here behind in my pilgrimage shower down thy grace upon me Thou hast been more than a Father to me thou hast not suffered me to want a Father no not when thou hadst taken him from me O be pleased to be a Father still and by thy grace to keep me within the bounds of a Sons obedience Thou hast given me temporal blessings beyond desert or hope O be graciously pleased to heap spiritual blessings on me that I may grow in faith obedience and thankfulness to thee that I may make it my joy to perform dutie to thee And after my painful life ended bring me I beseech thee to thy joys to thy glorie to thy self that I and my Parents with all thy Saints and Servants departed this life may meet in a blessed glorious resurrection ever to sing praises and honour to thee in and through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Have regard unto thy servant O my God and be merciful to me according to the bowels of thy mercie Behold I am become a reproach to thy Name by serving my own ambition and the sins of other men And though the
the Merits and by the Grace of the same Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the Members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may serve thee and thou bless them through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gracious Soveraign treasure up in him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that he may live long and be full of honourable success all his days in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any near Reference the place where I was born c. every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom-Friends Dr. c. all those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy Servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me service even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the afflicted Members of the Body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my Estate as theirs is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorn of the World Amen * O Lord Jesus give me to do what thou commandest and command what thou wilt Prepare my Soul against thy coming and come when thou wilt Give me if it please thee a most serene Patience but at least as much as is sufficient for me and come how thou wilt O thou that art the Saviour of all that hope in thee And moreover I beseech thee O Lord Jesus interpose thy Death Cross Passion Merit and Bloud between thy Judgment and my Soul now and ever and especially in the hour of my death Which Death I earnestly beg may never be sudden may it never come and find me unprepared and when it comes never let it rage so but that I may retain Faith Hope and Charity a sound Memory and Understanding even to the last gasp And be thou my Defender O God Grant mercy and pardon to my sins to thy Church Peace and Concord to me the chief of Sinners Grace in this life and Glory in the life to come So even so come O Lord Jesus and have mercy upon me Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes onely give me I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. The daily Examination of Conscience * O My Soul 1. Hast thou given God thanks for the Benefits which thou hast received 2. Hast thou prayed for the assistance of Gods Grace that thou may'st know thy sins and cast them out 3. Hast thou call'd thy self to an account for the sins thou hast committed this present day by thought word and deed in every hour since thou hast been awake 4. Hast thou begg'd pardon for thy offences and hast thou purpos'd through Gods Grace to amend them Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever World without end Amen A daily Prayer O Lord forgive me all my sins that are past O Lord strengthen me against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c O Lord fill my heart with thankfulness and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude O Lord let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the days of my life O Lord give me a faithful a patient a penitent a persevering heart in thy service that so I may with comfort daily nay hourly expect when my Change shall come So Amen Lord Jesus Amen For the King O Lord grant the King a long life that his years may endure as many ages Furnish him with wise and safe Counsels and give him a heart of courage and constancy to pursue them O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness for him that they may preserve him so will I always sing Praises unto thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear the King in the day of his trouble that thy Name O God of Jacob may defend him Send him help from thy Sanctuary and strength out of Sion Grant him his hearts desire and fulfil all his mind Set his heart firm upon thee and upon other things but as they are in and from thee that we his Servants under thee may see with joy that thou helpest thine Anointed and that thou wilt hear him from thy holy Heaven even with the wholsome strength of thy right hand And O Lord close not mine eyes till I see thy favour shine out upon him even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For the Church O Lord we humbly beseech thee to keep thy Church and Houshold continually in thy true Religion that they which do lean onely upon hope of thy heavenly Grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power And that I may humbly and faithfully serve thee in this thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Gracious Father I humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholick Church fill it with all Truth in all truth with all Peace Where it is corrupt purge it where it is in error direct it where it is superstitious rectifie it
our souls more especially but even from our bodies also through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans understanding pour into my heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ENcline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the apple of thine eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I cry unto thee let my Prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening-Sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him Amen O Lord of all power and might who art the author and giver of all good things graft in my heart the love of thy Name increase in me true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great mercie keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me know my end and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span long and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanitie For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord I give and offer up unto thee my self and all that is mine my actions and words my repose and silence onely do thou preserve and guide me and direct my hand mind tongue to things that are honest and acceptable to thee and withdraw me from any thing from which it were better to abstain by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen TUESDAY LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornful but that my delight may be in thy Law O Lord and my exercise in it day and night Amen * O Sun of Righteousness Father and Original cause of all things when we are influenc'd from above by thee we receive new life when we are cherisht by thy blessed beams we grow up in Grace when we are inflamed by thy love we are made perfect when we are forsaken of thee we perish O thrice-happie are they upon whom thou arisest with the dew of mercie O Lord Jesus bless me with thy light and scatter the clouds of my ignorance and the thick darkness of my sins that I may not go astray from the way of thy Commandments but follow thee unto Light eternal through thee thy self my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance I humbly beseech thee preserve my foot from taking even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord give me I beseech thee the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me Shew me thy ways O God and teach me thy paths Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or my riper age but according to thy mercie think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almightie God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my bodie and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversitie which may happen to my bodie and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen HEarken unto my voice O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercie upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Amen At evening morning and at noon-day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against me Amen Let thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the Prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my Petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee have mercie upon me My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God But let them have no cause to say it any more even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen ALmightie God which shewest to all men that are in errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of Righteousness grant I beseech thee unto me and all them that are admitted into the Fellowship of Christs Religion that we may eschew those things which are contrarie to our Profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord my Saviour in whose power it is to remit sins I beseech thee say unto me Loose thee from thy chains come out of the bonds of thy sins and when thou sayest it loose those cords of my errours wherewith I am entangled and bound for though I am the most wicked of all men and to be abhorred by reason of my continuance in sins yet when thou commandest I shall be free from them
Anointed of the Spirit That he was conceived and born to cleanse us from the filthiness of our Conception and Birth That he suffered what we ought to have suffered most unspeakable torments that we might escape them That he was crucified dead and buried that we may not be afraid to undergo the same things for his sake That he descended to that dismal place whither we must have gone that he might wholly excuse us from it That he rose again ascended and sitteth in that place where we had no portion that even we also might inherit it That he shall come to judge the World that he may take us up into his glorie I believe that he is come By his Conception and Birth the Purifier of our Nature By his Suffering on the Cross Death and Burial the Redeemer of our Bodies By his Descent a triumphant Conqueror over Hell and Death By his Resurrection the first Fruits of them that sleep By his Ascension our Forerunner gone to prepare a place for us By his Session at the right hand of God the Intercessor or our Advocate By his second coming to Judgment the Finisher of our Faith Thus Instead of the I behold Destroyer Jesus a Saviour Tormenter A Mediator Accuser An Advocate Slanderer An Intercessor Enslaver A Redeemer Sting of the Serpent Christ the Anointed But I believe also the Quickning and Sanctifying Power of the Holy Ghost A Power that works Inwardly and invisibly openly and outwardly effectually as the Wind that bloweth where it listeth By Reproof by Compunction of the heart by Doctrine by Admonition as an Advocate as the Comforter as a Witness by Diffusion of Charitie by Illumination of Knowledge I believe also The mystical Bodie of this Holy Spirit consisting of those that are called out of the whole world unto belief of the Truth and Holiness of life The mutual fellowship of the members of that Bodie The remission of sins in this present time and the hope of a future Resurrection and of our translation to the life eternal * O Lord give me Faith not such Faith as would make the Law of none effect But such Faith as Works by Love Is powerful in working Overcomes the World And besides a most holy Faith That I may love thee as a Father and fear thee as the Almightie That I may commit my soul unto thee in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator That Christ may be formed in me and that I may be conformed unto his Image That I may give him thanks for those things which he has suffered for me that I may suffer together with him that I may suffer for him whatsoever he shall see good That for his Cross Death and Burial I may revenge crucifie kill burie my sins which caused all these That for his descent into Hell I may descend thither whilst I live here by frequent meditations upon it That I may be made conformable to his Resurrection by my rising again to newness of life And to his Ascension by meditating upon and seeking after those things that are above That I may be also mindful of his Session at Gods right hand whensoever I want any gift of heavenly consolation and as often as I am cold in my Devotions And that I may never forget his second coming at the day of Judgment O that I may alwaies think I hear the noise of the last Trumpet sounding and that I may pray without ceasing till I am placed at the right hand Amen Preparatory Meditations for Death O Lord quicken and comfort my soul for I have sinned against thee Lord I call to mind all the years of my life past in the bitterness of my soul for my sin My misdeeds have prevailed against me O be thou merciful unto my sin O for thy Names sake be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen Namely and especially O Lord be merciful unto me c. Herein O Lord be merciful unto thy servant O Lord lay not these nor the rest unto my charge O let the depth of my sin call up the depth of thy mercies of thy grace Lord let it come that where my sin hath abounded grace may superabound Lord I believe help thou my unbelief O Lord though thou kill me yet will I put my trust in thee Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet will I fear no evil For I hope verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living O let this Cup pass from me nevertheless if it may not pass from me but that I must drink of it thy will be done Thou art the Lord do what seemeth good in thine own eyes For I will take it as the Cup of Salvation and give thanks to thy Name O Lord. O Lord grant that all the daies of my appointed time upon earth I may wait when my changing shall come O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave and keep me secret until thy wrath be past and appoint me a time in which thou wilt remember me Say unto my soul O say it now I am thy Salvation Command my spirit whenever thou wilt command it to be received up to thee in peace O bid me come unto thee say unto me This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Lord thus and now let thy servant depart in peace that mine eyes may see thy Salvation O Lord thou blessed Trinitie three Persons and one God have mercie upon me I commend my self into thy hands as to a faithful Creator Lord receive thine own Creature not made by any strange God but by thee the onely living and true God Despise not O Lord the work of thine own hands I am created to thine own Image and likeness O suffer not thine own Image to be defaced but renew it again in righteousness and true holiness I commend my self into thy hands as to a most gracious Redeemer for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord I am the price of thy Bloud of thy most precious Bloud O suffer not so great so unvaluable a price to perish O Lord thou camest down from Heaven to redeem that which was lost suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed I commend my self into thy hands as to my most blessed Comforter O Lord I am wearie and heavie laden and I come to thee to be refreshed by thee Behold O Lord I have been the Temple of thy holy Spirit I have I confess strangely polluted it yet destroy me not but dedicate me anew and sanctifie me to thy self yet once again O Lord I wear thy Name 't is thy Name that is called upon me For thy Names sake therefore be merciful unto me O spare Lord if not me yet thine own Name in me And do not so remember my sin O Lord do not as that in remembring it thou forget thine own Name I have desired to fear thy Name to love and to honour thy Name