The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

4 From the mercy of God. Lord, thou art gracious and merciful; ready to relieve. It's true, I am a sinner, but thou art a Saviour. I am sinful: but thou art merciful. I am impious; but thou art gracious. ⟨p. 118⟩I have done that,¹ for which thou mightest damn me: but thou hast not lost that, by which thou mayest save me. True, I am not worthy of a smile from Heaven. I have deserved to be sent from darkness here, to everlasting darkness hereafter: from this partial, to total and universal darkness. But Lord, proportion not thy dealings to me, according to my deservings from thee. Let not the strong God take a pattern from my weakness, good God, do not ever remember my evil, least thou forget thine own goodness, thine own mercy.² But, thou, who art found of them, who seek thee not; Oh! Be mercifully found of a soul, who seeketh thee.

4 From the mercy of God. Lord, thou art gracious and merciful; ready to relieve. It's true, I am a sinner, but thou art a Saviour. I am sinful: but thou art mercifull. I am impious; but thou art gracious. ⟨p. 118⟩I have done that,¹ for which thou mightest damn mee: but thou hast not lost that, by which thou mayest save mee. True, I am not worthy of a smile from Heaven. I have deserved to bee sent from darkness here, to everlasting darkness hereafter: from this partial, to total and universal darkness. But Lord, proportion not thy dealings to mee, according to my deservings from thee. Let not the strong God take a pattern from my weakness, good God, do not ever remember my evil, least thou forget thine own goodness, thine own mercy.² But, thou, who art found of them, who seek thee not; Oh! Be mercifully found of a soul, who seeketh thee.

1. 1