Give heed, o Lord god & behold, because thou art holy, Look how mine enemy assaulteth me saying, God hath forsaken him, I will persecute him and catch him, because there is no man that will deliver him. But thou lord how long? Turn again & deliver my soul, save me for thy mercies sake. Have mercy upon thy son, whom thou hast brought forth with no small sorrow and pain: & be not so attentive unto mine evilness, that thou forget thine own goodness: what father is there but he will deliver his son? yea & what fathers is there that will not correct his ⟨p. 123⟩son and chasten him? but with the rod of pity. Therefore, O father and Lord, although I be a sinner yet can I not choose but be thy son, because thou hast made me, and made me again when I was marred with sin. Repair & amend me now, o Lord, but first of all, I being mended & chastised with thy scourge, deliver me to thy Son. Can a mother forget the child she bare of her womb and surely, although she sometimes be forgetful: yet thou (O father, hast promised not to forget us. Behold I cry and thou dost not hear me▪ I am vexed with sorrow and thou comfortest me not. ⟨image 126⟩What shall I say? or what shall I do, most wretched caitiff that I am? I being desolate of so great comfort, am cast out from the sight of thine eyes. Woe be unto me: from how great goodness, into how great a mischief am I fallen? whether purposed I to go, and whether am I come? Where am I? and where am I not? whom did I study to attain▪ unto? and what evils have I obtained? I sought for good things, and behold I have found trouble & care. Behold now I am in the state of death, and Jesus is not with me. And surely it were better for me to have nothing at ⟨p. 124⟩all, yea no being at all: than to be without Jesus. It is better not to live then to live without life. And thou O Lord Jesus, where be thine old mercies? wilt thou be angry towards me for ever? Be pacified I beseech thee, and have mercy upon me, and turn not thy face away from me, which to the intent thou mightest redeem me, didst not turn a way thy face from them that rebuked thee and spitted upon thee. I confess and acknowledge that I have sinned and my conscience deserveth damnation and the penance that I am able to do is not sufficient to make amends ⟨image 127⟩for mine iniquities. But sure & certain I am that thy mercy exceedeth all offences that a man can do.
Geue heed, o Lord god & behold, because thou art hooly, Looke how mine enemie assaulteth me saying, God hath forsaken him, I will persecute him and catche him, because there is no mā that will deliuer him. But thou lord how long? Turne again & delyuer my soule, saue me for thy mercies sake. Haue mercy vpon thy sōne, whō thou hast brought forth with no small sorow and paine: & be not so ententife vnto mine euilnes, that thou forget thine owne goodnes: what father is there but he will deliuer his sonne? yea & what fathers is there that will not correcte his ⟨p. 123⟩sonne and chasten him? but with the rod of pity. Therefore, O father and Lorde, although I be a sinner yet can I not chuse but be thy son, because thou hast made me, and made me again when I was mard with sinne. Repaire & amend me now, o Lord, but first of all, I being mended & chastised with thy scourge, deliuer me to thy sonne. Can a mother forget the child she bare of her wōb and sureli, although she sōtimes be forgetful: yet thou (O father, hast promised not to forget vs. Behold I cry and thou dost not heare me▪ I am vexed with sorow and thou confortest me not. ⟨image 126⟩What shall I say? or what shall I doo, most wretched caitife that I am? I beīg desolate of so great comforte, am cast out from the sight of thine eyes. Wo be vnto me: from how great goodnes, into how great a mischefe am I fallen? whether purposed I to go, and whether am I comen? Where am I? and where am I not? whom did I study to attein▪ vnto? and what euils haue I obteyned? I sought for good thīgs, and beholde I haue found trouble & care. Behold now I am in the state of deathe, and Iesus is not with me. And surely it were better for me to haue nothing at ⟨p. 124⟩all, yea no beyng at all: thē to be without Iesu. It is better not to liue then to liue without life. And thou O Lorde Iesu, where be thine olde mercies? wilt thou be angry towardes me for euer? Be pacified I beseche thee, and haue mercy vpon me, and turne not thy face away frō me, which to thintēt thou mightest redeme me, didst not turne a way thy face from thē that rebuked thee and spitted vpon thee. I confes and acknowledge that I haue sinned and my conscience deserueth damnacion and the penaunce that I am able to doo is not sufficient to make amēds ⟨image 127⟩for mine iniquities. But sure & certain I am that thy mercy exceadeth all offences that a man can doo.
