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

whereof it is, that residing in us in great vigour and strength, they disable us in doing the good we would, and make us to do the evil we would not, oftentimes wholly hinder us from the duties of thy service, and oftentimes so disturb and distract us in them, that we perform them with much weakness & weariness, with great dullness and deadness of heart and spirit; and whilst we are delighted in thy Law in the inner man, this Law of our members rebelling against the law of our minds, leadeth us captive to the law of sin. O wretched men that we are, who shall deliver us from the body of this death! Gracious God, we beseech thee, give us more and more a lively sense and feeling of these our wants and imperfections, frailties and corruption, that we may wholly deny and disclaim our selves and our own righteousness in the work of our justification and salvation, to the end that we may entirely rest upon thine infinite mercies and the all-sufficient merits and perfect obedience of Jesus Christ. For whose sake we most humbly beseech thee to pardon graciously all our wants and weaknesses, covering our imperfections with his most perfect righteousness, & washing away all our sinful corruptions in his most precious blood. Yea, Lord, forgive and forget for his sake not only our errors and infirmities, but also those manifold and grievous sins, which we have committed against thee in the whole course of our lives, whether in the days of our ignorance, or since we attained the knowledge of thy truth: wash them all away in the blood of Christ, and heal our souls with that sovereign salve of sin, which is as sufficient to cure deep and deadly wounds, as small sores and slight scratches. Yea, Lord, not only remit and forgive us all our sins, but let us also have comfort and peace in our consciences in the assurance of our pardon, through the infallible testimony of thy holy Spirit; and thereby sanctify us throughout, that we may devote and consecrate both our souls and bodies wholly to thy worship and service. Mortify our corrupt flesh with the lusts thereof, and let them have no longer dominion in us.

whereof it is, that residing in vs in great vigour and strength, they disable vs in doing the good wee would, and make vs to doe the euill we would not, oftentimes wholy hinder vs from the duties of thy seruice, and oftentimes so disturbe and distract vs in them, that we performe them with much weakenes & wearinesse, with great dulnesse and deadnesse of heart and spirit; and whilest wee are delighted in thy Law in the inner man, this Law of our members rebelling against the law of our mindes, leadeth vs captiue to the law of sinne. O wretched men that we are, who shall deliuer vs from the body of this death! Gracious God, we beseech thee, giue vs more and more a liuely sense and feeling of these our wants and imperfections, frailties and corruption, that we may wholy deny and disclaime our selues and our owne righteousnesse in the worke of our iustification and saluation, to the end that we may intirely rest vpon thine infinite mercies and the all-sufficient merits and perfect obedience of Iesus Christ. For whose sake we most humbly beseech thee to pardon graciously all our wants and weakenesses, couering our imperfections with his most perfect righteousnes, & washing away all our sinfull corruptions in his most precious blood. Yea, Lord, forgiue and forget for his sake not only our errours and infirmities, but also those manifold and grieuous sinnes, which we haue committed against thee in the whole course of our liues, whether in the dayes of our ignorance, or since wee attained the knowledge of thy truth: wash them all away in the blood of Christ, and heale our soules with that soueraigne salue of sinne, which is as sufficient to cure deepe and deadly wounds, as small sores and slight scratches. Yea, Lord, not onely remit and forgiue vs all our sinnes, but let vs also haue comfort and peace in our consciences in the assurance of our pardon, through the infallible testimony of thy holy Spirit; and thereby sanctifie vs thorowout, that wee may deuote and consecrate both our soules and bodies wholy to thy worship and seruice. Mortifie our corrupt flesh with the lusts thereof, and let them haue no longer dominion in vs.