O Powerfull and Eternall God! to whom nothing is so great that it may resist; or so small, that it is contemned; look upon My misery with thine eye of Mercy, & let thy in­finite power vouch-safe to limit out some proportion of deliverance unto Me, as to thee shall seeme most con­venient; let not injurie, O Lord, tri­umph over Me; and let My faults by thy hand be corrected; and make not My unjust Enemies be Ministers of thy Justice: But yet My God, if in thy wisedome, this be the aptest cha­stisement for My unexcusable trans­gressions; if this ingratfull bondage the fittest for My over-high desires; if the pride of My (not enough hum­bled) heart be thus to be broken, O Lord, I yield unto Thy will, and [Page]cheerfully imbrace what sorrow Thou wilt have Me suffer: Onely thus much let Me crave of Thee (let My craving O Lord, be accepted of since it even proceeds from Thee) that by Thy goodnesse which is Thy selfe, Thou wilt suffer some beame of Thy Majesty so to shine in My minde, that I, who in My greatest af­flictions acknowledge it My Noblest Title to be thy Creature, may still depend confidently on Thee. Let Calamity be the exercise, but not the overthrow of My vertue. O let not their prevailing power be to my de­struction. And if it be Thy will that they more and more vex Me with punishment, yet, O Lord, never let their wickednesse have such a hand, but that I may still carry a pure mind and stedfast resolution ever to serve Thee, without feare or presumption, yet with that humble confidence which may best please Thee; so that [Page]at the last I may come to Thy eter­nall Kindome, through the Merits of thy Son our alone Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen.

ALmighty and most mercifull Father, looke down upon Me Thy unworthy servant, who here prostrare My selfe at the Foot-stool of Thy Throne of Grace, but looke upon Me, O Father, through the Me­ditation and in the Merits of Jesus Christ, in whom thou art onely well pleased; for of my selfe I am not wor­thy to stand before Thee, or to speak with my uncleane lips to Thee most holy and eternall God; for as in sin I was conceived and borne, so likewise I have broken all thy Command­ments by My sinfull motions, unclean thoughts, evill words, and wicked works; omiting many duties I ought, todo, & committing many vices which [Page]thou hast forbiden under pain of thy heavy displeasure: as for My sins, O Lord, they are innumerable; where­fore I stand here liable to all the mi­series in this life, and everlasting tor­ments in that to come, if Thou shoul­dest deale with Me according to My deserts. I confesse O Lord, that it is thy mercy (which endureth for ever) and Thy compassion (which never fails) which is the cause that I have not been long ago consumed: but with Thee there is mercy and plenteous Redemption; in the multitude ther­fore of Thy mercies, and by the me­rits of Jesus Christ, I intreat Thy di­vine Majestie, that thou wouldst not enter into judgement with Thy ser­vant, nor be extreame to mark what is done amisse, but be thou mercifull unto Me, and wash away all My sins with that precious bloud that My Saviour shed for Me. And I beseech Thee, O Lord, not only to wash a­way [Page]all My sins, but also to purge My heart by thy holy Spirit, from the drosse of My naturall corruption; and as thou dost adde daies to My life, so good Lord, I beseech thee, to adde repentance to my dayes, that when I have past this mortall life, I may be partaker of thy everlasting Kingdome, through the Merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALmighty and most mercifull Father, as it is only Thy good­nesse that admits of our imperfect Prayers, and the knowledge that Thy mercies are infinite, which can give us any hope of thy accepting or granting them; so it is our bounden and necessary duty to confesse our sinnes freely unto Thee; and of all men living, I have most need, most [Page]reason so to do, no man having bin so much obliged by Thee, no man more grievously offending Thee: that de­gree of knowledge which thou hast given Me, adding likewise to the guilt of My transgressions. For was it through ignorance, that I suffered innocent bloud to be shed by a false pretended way of justice? or that I permitted a wrong way of Thy wor­ship, to be set up in Scotland? And injured the Bishops in England? O no; but with shame and griefe I con­fesse, that I therein followed the per­swasions of worldly wisedome, for­saking the dictates of a right infor­med Conscience. Wherefore, O Lord, I have no excuse to make, no hope left, but in the multitude of thy mer­cies; for I know My repentance is weake, and My prayers faulty: Grant therefore mercifull Father, so to strengthen My repentance, and a­mend My prayers, that Thou mayest [Page]cleare the way for Thine owne mer­cies, to which O let thy Justice at last give place, putting a speedy end to My deserved afflictions. In the mean time give Me patience to endure Constancy against temptations, and a discerning Spirit, to choose what is best for Thy Church and people, which Thou hast committed to My Charge. Grant this, O most merci­full Father, for Thy Son Jesus Christs sake our only Saviour. Amen.

O Most mercifull Father, though My sins are so many and grie­vous, that I may rather expect the effects of Thy anger, than so great a deliverance, as to free Me from My present great dangers; yet ô Lord, since Thy mercies are over all thy works, and thou never failest to re­lieve all those who with humble and unfained repentance come to Thee [Page]for succour, it were to multiply, not diminish My transgressions, to dispair of thy heavenly favour: wherefore I humbly desire Thy Divine Majesty, that Thou wilt not onely pardon all My sins, but also free me out of the hands, and protect Me from the ma­lice of My cruell Enemies. But if thy wrath against My hanious offences will not otherwaies be satisfied, then by suffering Me to fall under my pre­sent afflictions, Thy will be done, yet with humble importunity, I do, and shall ever leave to implore the assist­ance of thy heavenly Spirit, that My cause, as I am Thy Vicegerent may not suffer through my weaknesse, want of courage. O Lord so streng­then and enlighten all the faculties of My minde, that with clearness I may shew forth thy Truth, and manfully endure this bloudy Tryall, that so My sufferings here may not only glorifie Thee, but likewise be a furtherance [Page]to My salvation hereafter. Grant this, ô mercifull Father, for his sake who suffered for Me, even Jesus Christ the Righteous. Amen.