A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties

My memory is become a storehouse of iniquity, with which it is so fully fraughted, that there is no room for good instructions and the rich treasures of thy saving Truth. My will is so corrupted, that it standeth in flat opposition to thine holy will, approving and choosing that which thou dislikest and condemnest, and refusing and abhorring that which thou likest and commandest. My heart is wholly turned from thee, and cleaveth to world and earthly vanities, and is full of infidelity, security and impenitency, hardened in sin, and unflexible to all good. Mine affections are wholly corrupted and disordered, loving, fearing and trusting in the creature more then in the Creator; and all the members and parts of my body are sluggish and slothful unto all duties of thy service, but the apt and ready instruments of my sinful soul for the acting of all manner of wickedness. From which cursed fountain of original corruption, have plentifully flowed those poisonous streams of actual transgressions, whereby I have violated & broken thy whole Law in thought, word and deed. For in stead of doing thy Law, I have wholly transgressed it; in stead of observing the duties commanded, I have committed the vices forbidden; in stead of continuing in obedience, I have continually disobeyed it, from my tender infancy to this present day. A great part of my time I have lien stark dead in trespasses and sins, not being able to think a good thought, or entertain a good desire, because both my mind and will were enslaved unto Satan in the chains of sin. And all this while my ears were deaf, mine eyes blinded, and my heart without understanding, so as I could neither hear, see, nor discern the things which concerned thy glory and mine own salvation, but utterly neglected thy many and gracious calls inviting me to thy service.

My memory is become a storehouse of iniquity, with which it is so fully fraughted, that there is no roome for good instructions and the rich treasures of thy sauing Truth. My will is so corrupted, that it standeth in flat opposition to thine holy will, approuing and chusing that which thou dislikest and condemnest, and refusing and abhorring that which thou likest and commandest. My heart is wholy turned from thee, and cleaueth to world and earthly vanities, and is full of infidelity, security and impenitency, hardned in sinne, and vnflexible to all good. Mine affections are wholy corrupted and disordred, louing, fearing and trusting in the creature more then in the Creator; and all the members and parts of my body are sluggish and slothfull vnto all duties of thy seruice, but the apt and ready instruments of my sinfull soule for the acting of all manner of wickednesse. From which cursed fountaine of originall corruption, haue plentifully flowed those poisonous streams of actuall transgressions, whereby I haue violated & broken thy whole Law in thought, word and deede. For in stead of doing thy Law, I haue wholy transgressed it; in stead of obseruing the duties commanded, I haue committed the vices forbidden; in stead of continuing in obedience, I haue continually disobeyed it, from my tender infancy to this present day. A great part of my time I haue lien starke dead in trespasses and sinnes, not being able to thinke a good thought, or entertayne a good desire, because both my minde and will were enslaued vnto Satan in the chaynes of sin. And all this while my eares were deafe, mine eyes blinded, and my heart without vnderstanding, so as I could neyther heare, see, nor discerne the things which concerned thy glory and mine owne saluation, but vtterly neglected thy many and gracious calls inuiting me to thy seruice.