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

Now good LORD our GOD help us, and for the blood of CHRIST give unto ⟨p. 201⟩every one of us before thee this day, true, and saving repentance, unfeigned godly sorrow for them all. Let them all now come into our minds, and be represented to the eye of our conscience, as so many fiery Scorpions, out of which, except we take as it were the stings, by turning from them, while it is called to day; they will sting hereafter with everlasting horror. Let us look upon them, as upon so many foul fiends, (sin made the glorious Angels damned ⟨p. 202⟩spirits) how foul then do they make us, who are sons and daughters of Adam: Let us behold them as so many foul and bloody instruments of CHRIST his death, and cruel cut-throats to our own souls, &c.

Now good LORD our GOD helpe us, and for the blood of CHRIST give unto ⟨p. 201⟩every one of us before thee this day, true, and saving repentance, unfained godly sorrow for them all. Let them all now come into our mindes, and be represented to the eye of our conscience, as so many fiery Scorpions, out of which, except we take as it were the stings, by turning from them, while it is called to day; they will sting hereafter with everlasting horrour. Let us looke upon them, as upon so many foule feinds, (sin made the glorious Angels damned ⟨p. 202⟩spirits) how foule then doe they make us, who are sons and daughters of Adam: Let us behold them as so many foule and bloody instruments of CHRIST his death, and cruell cut-throats to our owne soules, &c.

Let us cast our eye also upon thy pure eye, and infinite indignation against sin: by considering how in thy fierce wrath thou threwest down so many glorious Creatures from Heaven. How thou cast Adam and Eve for eating the forbidden fruit out of