O Merciful Father, who art the Lord of health, and of sickness, of life, and of death; who killest, 1and makest alive; who bringest down to the grave, and raisest up again: I come unto thee as to the only Physician, who canst cure my Soul from sin, and my Body from sickness. I desire neither life nor death, but refer my self to thy most holy Will. For,2 tho' we must needs die, and being dead, our lives are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again: yet hath thy gracious Providence (whilst li•• remaineth) appointed means which thou wilt have thy Children to use; and (by the lawful use thereof) to expect thy blessing upon thine own means, to the curing of their sickness, and restitution of their health. A•d now, O Lord, in this my necessity, I have according to thine Ordinance, se•t for thy Servant (the Physician) who hath prepared for me this Physic, which I receive as means sent from thy fatherly hand: I beseech thee therefore, that as by thy blessing on a l••p of dry Figs, 3thou didst heal Hezekiah's sore, that he recovered; and by seven times washing in the ⟨p. 376⟩river of Jordan didst cleanse Naaman the Syrian of his Leprosy,4 and didst restore the Man that was blind from his birth, by anointing his Eyes with Clay and Spittle, 5and sending him to wash in the Pool of Siloam; and by touching the hand of Peter's Wife's Mother, 6didst cure her of her Fever; and didst restore the Woman that touched the hem of thy Garment, 7from her bloody Issue: So it would please thee of thine infinite goodness and mercy, to sanctify this Physic to my use, and to give such a blessing unto it, that it may (if it be thy Will and Pleasure) remove this my sickness and •ain, and restore me to health and strength again. But if the number of those days which thou hast appointed for me,8 to live in this Vale of misery, be at an end; and that thou hast sent this sickness, as thy Messenger, to call me out of this mortal life, then, Lord, let thy blessed will be done; for I submit my will to thy most holy Pleasure. Only I beseech thee, increase my faith and patience, and let thy grace and mercy be never wanting unto me; but in the midst of all extremities, assist me with thy Holy Spirit, that I may willingly and cheerfully resign up my Soul (the price of thine own Blood) into thy most gracious hands and custody.)
O Merciful Father, who art the Lord of health, and of sickness, of life, and of death; who killest, 1and makest alive; who bringest down to the grave, and raisest up again: I come unto thee as to the only Physician, who canst cure my Soul from sin, and my Body from sickness. I desire neither life nor death, but refer my self to thy most holy Will. For,2 tho' we must needs die, and being dead, our lives are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gather'd up again: yet hath thy gracious Providence (whilst li•• remaineth) appointed means which thou wilt have thy Children to use; and (by the lawful use thereof) to expect thy blessing upon thine own means, to the curing of their sickness, and restitution of their health. A•d now, O Lord, in this my necessity, I have according to thine Ordinance, se•t for thy Servant (the Physician) who hath prepared for me this Physick, which I receive as means sent from thy fatherly hand: I beseech thee therefore, that as by thy blessing on a l••p of dry Figs, 3thou didst heal Hezekiah's sore, that he recovered; and by seven times washing in the ⟨p. 376⟩river of Jordan didst cleanse Naaman the Syrian of his Leprosie,4 and didst restore the Man that was blind from his birth, by anointing his Eyes with Clay and Spittle, 5and sending him to wash in the Pool of Siloam; and by touching the hand of Peter's Wife's Mother, 6didst cure her of her Fever; and didst restore the Woman that touched the hem of thy Garment, 7from her bloody Issue: So it would please thee of thine infinite goodness and mercy, to sanctifie this Physick to my use, and to give such a blessing unto it, that it may (if it be thy Will and Pleasure) remove this my sickness and •ain, and restore me to health and strength again. But if the number of those days which thou hast appointed for me,
- 11 Sam. 2. 6.
- 22 Sam. 14. 14
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- 4• King. 5. 14.
- 5•h. 9. 6, 7.
- 6Ma•. 8. 15.
- 7Matth. 9. •0, &c.
- 8Job 14. 5.
