Certain devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemn occasions. PublishedCertaine devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemne occasions. Published

Stay thy wrath most gracious Father, we humbly entreat thee in this heavy judgement that is growing upon us by this unseasonable weather. Thou hast richly loaden and crowned the earth with abundance of thy goodness and bounty. Add this mercy we pray thee, to give a convenient season ⟨p. 169⟩season to gather it in comfortably. We confess and acknowledge before thee, we far rather deserve that thou shouldst rain down fire and brimstone upon our heads for our many horrible sins, that great one the contempt of thy Word, which makes us worse then Sodomites, then that thou shouldest answer us in this our desire. But we beseech thee in mercy make us first sensible of thy just displeasure, to be humbled to the heart root, to part from all our evil ⟨p. 170⟩ways, and to seek thy face and favour extraordinarily, and then return unto us in thy wonted compassion and love.

STay thy wrath most gratious Father, wee humbly intreate thee in this heavie judgement that is growing upon us by this unseasonable weather. Thou hast richly loaden and crowned the earth with abundance of thy goodnesse and bounty. Add this mercy we pray thee, to give a convenient season ⟨p. 169⟩season to gather it in comfortably. We confesse and acknowledge before thee, we farre rather deserve that thou shouldst raine downe fire and brimstone upon our heads for our many horrible sinnes, that great one the contempt of thy Word, which makes us worse then Sodomites, then that thou shouldest answer us in this our desire. But wee beseech thee in mercy make us first sensible of thy just displeasure, to be humbled to the heart root, to part from all our evill