O Lord God governor of the whole world, immortal, invisible, ⟨image 27⟩and only wise, for whose glory all things are. It hath pleased thee, according to the decree of thy unsearchable counsel, that man, formed after thy image, & falling through mistrust and curiosity, should, by faith, be restored to the excellency of his nature; & as he sought knowledge above thy commandment, and so strayed from thee, and wandered out of thy kingdom, so he should be reunited, and reduced into the ⟨image 27⟩path of salvation, by believing thy only word in the promised Messiah, bending the power of his soul, to the knowledge of thee, in embracing the preaching of the cross, which the world would account folly. But because we all are borne blind, & corrupt in our understanding and will, it therefore followeth, that all the imaginations and thoughts of our hearts are at all times nothing but evil, our knowledge ⟨image 28⟩but vanity, our learning but ignorance, our judgment but error, our virtue but pride, our wisdom but folly, the vivacity of our spirit but the instrument of ruin, our delight but filthiness, our faith but incredulity; our hope but fancy, our charity but coldness, to be brief, our piety but hypocrisy or superstition; and our righteousness but covetousness or ambition. So (O Lord) we of our selves are not capable, so much ⟨image 28⟩as of any good thought, until thou that knowest how to draw light out of darkness doest return to recreate us, and by thy spirit to shine in the firmament of our souls, to the end to frame us to every faithful disposition, and obedience, and so to make us believe in the gospel of thy grace, and in the mysteries of our salvation. I do therefore beseech thee (my God) according to the efficacy of thy virtue, to change in ⟨image 29⟩me all that I have of my self, even my rocky and stony heart, and to make it pliable, and flexible, unto the voice of my Redeemer, who is come according to thy promise, to the end, that with a full and lively faith I may cleave to his eternal truth, for to comprehend, according to the measure of the gift of thy grace, the sum and perfection of all spiritual wisdom, which is taught us in the articles of the true faith and ⟨image 29⟩sound principles of religion.
O Lord God gouernour of the whol world, immortall, invisible, ⟨image 27⟩and onely wise, for whose glory al things are. It hath pleased thee, according to the decree of thy vnserchable counsel, that man, formed after thy image, & falling through mistrust and curiositie, should, by faith, be restored to the excellency of his nature; & as he sought knowledge aboue thy commaundement, and so strayed from thee, and wandred out of thy kingdome, so he should be revnited, and reduced into the ⟨image 27⟩path of saluation, by beleeuing thy onely word in the promised Messias, bending the power of his soule, to the knowledge of thee, in embracing the preaching of the crosse, which the world would accompt folly. But because we al are borne blind, & corrupt in our vnderstanding and wil, it therfore followeth, that all the imaginations and thoughts of our hearts are at all times nothing but euill, our knowledge ⟨image 28⟩but vanitie, our learning but ignorance, our iudgment but errour, our virtue but pride, our wisedome but folly, the viuacitie of our spirit but the instrument of ruine, our delight but filthinesse, our faith but incredulitie; our hope but fancie, our charitie but coldnes, to be briefe, our pietie but hipocrisie or superstition; and our righteousnesse but couetousnesse or ambition. So (O Lorde) we of our selues are not capable, somuch ⟨image 28⟩as of any good thought, vntill thou that knowest how to drawe light out of darkenesse doest returne to recreate'vs, and by thy spirit to shine in the firmament of our soules, to the end to frame vs to euery faithfull disposition, and obedience, and so to make vs beleeue in the gospell of thy grace, and in the mysteries of our saluation. I doe therefore beseech thee (my God) according to the'fficacy of thy vertue, to change in ⟨image 29⟩me all that I haue of my selfe, euen my rockie and stony heart, and to make it pliable, and flexible, vnto the voice of my Redeemer, who is come according to thy promise, to the end, that with a ful and liuely faith I may cleaue to his eternall truth, for to comprehend, according to the measure of the gift of thy grace, the summe and perfection of al spirituall wisedome, which is taught vs in the articles of the true faith and ⟨image 29⟩sound principles of religion.
