Most merciful Father, Though our Sin doth find us out, 1and we are justly afflicted for our Transgressions, yet are we not consumed in thy wrath, but thou punishest us less than our Iniquities do deserve, though thou causest Grief, yet wilt thou have compassion according to the multitude of thy mercies, 2for thou dost not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men; Thou revivest the spirit of the humble, and the heart of 3the Contrite ones, for thou wilt not contend for ever, neither wilt thou be always wroth, for the spirit would fail before thee, and the soul which thou hast made. Look down in tender mercy on the affliction of this thy Servant; O Lord rebuke him not in thy 4wrath, neither chasten him in thy hot displeasure. All his desire is before thee, and his groaning is not hid from thee; Have mercy upon him O Lord for he is weak. O Lord heal him, whose 5boves and soul is vexed. In death there is no remembrance of thee, In the grave who shall give thee thanks. Remember that ⟨p. 75⟩6we are but flesh, a Wind that passeth away and cometh not 7again, wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Remember not the Iniquities of his youth, or his transgressions: look upon his Affliction, and his pain, and forgive all his sins. Though the sorrows of death do compass him about, yet if it be for thy glory and his good recover him, and let him live and praise thy name. Rebuke his sickness, direct unto such means as thou wilt bless. In the time of his trouble we call upon thee, do thou deliver him, and let him glorify thee, however show him the sin that doth offend thee, let him search and try his ways, and confess and turn from his Iniquity, and let it be good for him that he was afflicted. Let this be the fruit of it to 8purge and take away his sin, That being chastened of the Lord, he may not be condemned with the world. And though chastisement for the present seemeth not to be joyous, but grievous, yet afterwards let it yield the peaceable fruit of Righteousness to this thy Servant, that is exercised therein. In the mean time O Lord be thou his Portion who art good to the Soul that seeketh thee, and waiteth for thee. Let him patiently and silently bear thy yoke, let him hope and quietly wait for thy salvation:
MOst merciful Father, Though our Sin doth finde us out, 1and wée are justly afflicted for our Transgressions, yet are wée not consumed in thy wrath, but thou punishest us less than our Iniquities do deserve, though thou causest Grief, yet wilt thou have compassion according to the multitude of thy mercies, 2for thou dost not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men; Thou revivest the spirit of the humble, and the heart of 3the Contrite ones, for thou wilt not contend for ever, neither wilt thou bee alwaies wroth, for the spirit would fail before thée, and the soul which thou hast made. Look down in tender mercy on the affliction of this thy Servant; O Lord rebuke him not in thy 4wrath, neither chasten him in thy hot displeasure. All his desire is before thée, and his groaning is not hid from thée; Have mercy upon him O Lord for hée is weak. O Lord heal him, whose 5boues and soul is vered. In death there is no remembrance of thée, In the grave who shall give thée thanks. Remember that ⟨p. 75⟩6wée are but flesh, a Wind that passeth away and cometh not 7again, wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Remember not the Iniquities of his youth, or his transgressions: look upon his Afffiction, and his pain, and forgive all his sins. Though the sorrows of death do compass him about, yet if it bée for thy glory and his good recover him, and let him live and praise thy name. Rebuke his sickness, direct unto such means as thou wilt bless. In the time of his trouble wée call upon thée, do thou deliver him, and let him glorifie thée, however shew him the sin that doth offend thée, let him search and try his waies, and confess and turn from his Inquity, and let it bée good for him that hée was afflicted. Let this bée the fruit of it to 8purge and take away his sin, That being chastened of the Lord, hée may not bée condemned with the world. And though chastisement for the present séemeth not to bée joyous, but grievous, yet afterwards let it yéeld the peaceable fruit of Righteousness to this thy Servant, that is exercised therein. In the mean time O Lord bée thou his Portion who art good to the Soul that séeketh thée, and waiteth for thée. Let him patiently and silently bear thy yoak, let him hope and quietly wait for thy salvation:
- 1Num. 32. 23. Luk. 23. 41. Lam. 3. 22. Ezra. 9. 13.
- 2Lam. 3. 32. 33.
- 3Isa. 57. 15, 16, 17. Psal. 25. 18.
- 4& 6. 1. & 38. 9.
- 5&. 6. 2, 3, 5.
- 6& 78. 39.
- 7Joh. 23. 25. Psal. 25. 7, 18. & 116. 3. Isa. 38. 16, 19. Psal. 119. 175. Luke 4. 39. Isa. 38. 21. Psa. 50. 15. Job. 10. 2. Psal. 139. 23. Lam. 3. 40. Psa. 119. 71. 67.
- 8Isa. 27. 9. 1 Cor. 11. 32. Heb. 12. 11.
