THE best God and thy most loving father having pity on the (o Brother) calleth the from this most wretched & miserable life, willing to remove the unto him, and to carry the into y• perpetual joys of the heavenly life. Therefore yield, give over & commend to him wholly thy self, & all that ever thou hast, & what so ever his will is let thy will be the same, and say, let thy will be done o father God,1 and not mine: cry unto Christ with the these fastened to the cross, remember me, o Lord,2 when thou comest into thy Kingdom: erye with the ⟨image 15⟩Publican,3 Lord be merciful to m• wretched sinner cry instantly with that earnest woman the Canaanite,4 o son of David have mercy on me. If thou criest thus, Christ will hear thee, doubt not, he will have mercy on thee, he will forgive the thy since, yea thou shalt be with him in paradise: therefore lay hand on this Christ, cleave to him with tooth and nail, commit thy soul unto him: cry with this christ crucified unto God the common father,5 o Lord my trust is in thee, let me never be put to confusion, but rid me, and deliver me through thy righteousness: Bow down thine ear unto me, make haste to deliver me. Be thou my God and strong hold (whereunto I may alway flee) that thou mayst help me, for thou art my strength and refuge: thou art my defender: Into thy hands I commend my spirit: cry ⟨image 15⟩also with David:6 o Lord thou art my strength, my sure hold, my refuge and my deliverer. O my God thou art my helper, my defender, and the horn of my health and my protection. Unto the o Lord, lift I up my soul: o my God my trust is in thee, let me not be driven to shame: direct me in thy truth, thou art the God my saviour, Remember, o Lord thy tender mercies, and thy pitiful compassions, which thou hast ever used: Remember not the trespasses of my yonghe: According to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness sake: for thy names sake (o lord) forgive my sin, for it is much: look on me, and have pity on me, deliver me from my necessities: forgive me all my offences keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to confusion for my hole trust is in thee. If on this manner thou wilt call for the help of God with ⟨image 16⟩and hole hart, god will surely helpe• the in time convenient, and he will say unto the that, which is in the Psalm. Forasmuch as he hath put his trust in me,7 I will deliver him:
THE best God and thy most louing father hauyng pytie on the (o Brother) calleth the from thys most wretched & miserable lyfe, wyllyng to remoue the vnto him, and to cary the into y• perpetual ioyes of the heauēly life. Therfore yelde, gyue ouer & cōmende to hym wholly thy selfe, & all that euer thou hast, & what so euer hys wyl is lette thy wyll be thesame, and saye, lette thy wyl be done o father God,1 and not myne: cry vnto Christ with the thefe fastened to the crosse, remē ber me, o Lorde,2 when thou comeste into thy Kyngdome: erye wyth the ⟨image 15⟩Publican,3 Lorde be mercifull to m• wretched synner cry instanstly with that earneste woman the Cananite,4 o sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me. Yf thou cryest thus, Chryste wyll heare the, doubte not, he wyll haue mercy on the, he wyll forgyue the thy synnes, yea thou shalte be wyth hym in paradyse: therfore lay hande on thys Christe, cleue to him wyth tothe and nayle, commyt thy soule vnto him: cry wyth this christ crucifyde vnto God the comon father,5 o Lorde my truste is in the, let me neuer be putte to confusion, but rydde me, and delyuer me thorowe thy ryghteousnes: Bowe downe thyne eare vnto me, make haste to delyuer me. Be thou my God and stronge holde (wherunto I may alwaye fle) that thou mayst helpe me, for thou arte my strenght and refuge: thou art my defender: Into thy handes I cōmende my spirite: crye ⟨image 15⟩also wyth Dauid:6 o Lorde thou art my strenghte, my sure holde, my refuge and my delyuerer. O my God thou art my helper, my defēder, and the horne of my health and my protection. Unto the o Lord, lyfte I vp my soule: o my God my truste is in the, let me not be dryuen to shame: dyrecte me in thy truth, thou art the God my sauionre, Remēber, o Lord thy tender mercies, and thy pyteful compassions, whiche thou hast euer vsed: Remember not the trespasses of my yonghe: Accordynge to thy mercye remember me for thy goodnes sake: for thy names sake (o lord) forgyue my synne, for it is muche: loke on me, and haue pytye on me, deliuer me from my necessities: forgyue me all my offenses kepe my soule, and delyuer me: Lette me not be put to cōfusion for my hole trust is in the. Yf on thys maner thou wylte call for the helpe of God with
- 1Mat. x
- 2Luce. •
- 3nc. xviii
- 4•ath. xv
- 5all. lxi.al. lxi.
- 6Psal. vxii
- 7•sal. xc,
