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Certain devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemn occasions. PublishedCertaine devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemne occasions. Published
Certain devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemn occasions. Published by E. B. by M. Bolton's own copyCertaine devout prayers of Mr. Bolton upon solemne occasions. Published by E. B. by M. Boltons owne coppy
London: printed by George Miller, 1638
A Prayer when any draws near unto death.A Prayer when any drawes neere unto death.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
O Merciful LORD GOD, upon the knees of our souls, and from the ground and bottom of our hearts we humbly beseech thee, that wherein soever ⟨p. 177⟩Satan hath any ways blinded him, or his own heart deceived him, or how far soever the image of CHRIST hath been defaced and decayed in him. All his omissions of good duties, all his defects and wants in faith, repentance, prayer, obedience, &c. or whatsoever, I say we most humbly beseech thee to forgive and pardon them all for the passions sake of thine only Sonne. Whatsoever at any time since he had his being, he hath either thought, or said, or done ⟨p. 178⟩amiss, do it away dear LORD, as though it had never been, and drown it for ever in the bottomless sea of thine own mercy. Thou hast promised by thy Prophet Isa. 44. 22. that thou wilt put away the transgressions of thy people like a cloud, and their sins as a mist. Now we pray thee let the inflamed heat of thy everlasting love shed through the bloody wounds of thy Son, and shining through the Sun of righteousness upon his soul, disperse and dissolve into ⟨p. 179⟩nothing all his iniquities, transgressions and sins. Thou hast promised by thy Prophet Micah 7. 19. That thou wilt cast them all into the bottom of the Sea. Now blessed LORD GOD, we pray thee, as that mighty host of Pharaoh sunk into the red Sea like a stone, so that neither Son of man, nor Sun of Heaven ever saw their faces any more; so let all his sins be swallowed up for ever in the red sea of CHRIST JESUS his blood, that they never show their faces again ⟨p. 180⟩to his shame, discomfort or confusion.
O Mercifull LORD GOD, upon the knees of our soules, and from the ground and bottome of our hearts we humbly beseech thee, that wherein soever ⟨p. 177⟩Satan hath any waies blinded him, or his own heart deceived him, or how farre soever the image of CHRIST hath beene defaced and decayed in him. All his omissions of good duties, all his defects and wants in faith, repentance, prayer, obedience, &c. or whatsoever, I say wee most humbly beseech thee to forgive and pardon them all for the passions sake of thine onely Sonne. Whatsoever at any time since hee had his being, he hath either thought, or said, or done