Eternal God, all mighty and most merciful, we thy unworthy servants prostrate before the throne of grace, do yield our selves body and soul unto thee, for all thy benefits, which thou from our birth hast heaped upon us, as though we had always done thy will, although we occupied about vain things, never marked, never loved, never served, never thanked thee so heartily for them, as we esteem a mortal friend for the least courtesy. Therefore we come with shame and sorrow to confess our sins, not small but grievous, not few but infinite, not past but present, not secret but presumptuous against thy express word and will, against our own conscience, knowledge and liking if any had done them but our selves. O Lord if thou shouldst require but the least of them at our hands, Satan would challenge ⟨image 92⟩us for his, and we should never see thy face again, nor the heavens, nor the earth, nor all the goodness which thou hast prepared for man: what shall we do then but appeal unto thy mercy, and humbly desire thy fatherly goodness to extend that compassion towards us, which thy beloved son our loving Saviour hath purchased so mightily, so mercifully, so graciously, & so dearly for us. We believe and know, that one drop of his blood is sufficient to heal our infirmities, pardon our iniquities, and supply our necessities, & without thy grace our strength, our guide, our life, we are able to do nothing but sin, as woeful experience too long hath taught us, and the example of those which are void thereof, whose life is nothing else but the service of the world, the flesh & the devil: therefore good Father, as thou in especial favour hast appointed us to serve thee like as thou hast ordained all other creatures to serve us: so may it please thee to send down thine heavenly spirit into this earthly mansion, to illuminate our minds, mollify our hearts, cleanse our affections, subdue our reason, regenerate our wills, purify our natures with thy spirit: so shall not thy benefits, nor thy chastisements nor thy word return void, but accomplish that, for the which ⟨image 93⟩they were sent, until we be renewed into the image of thy son.
ETernall God, all mightie and most mercifull, we thy vnworthie seruants prostrate before the throne of grace, do yeeld our selues bodie and soule vnto thee, for all thy benefits, which thou from our birth hast heaped vpon vs, as though we had alwayes done thy will, although we occupied about vaine things, neuer marked, neuer loued, neuer serued, neuer thanked thee so heartily for them, as we esteeme a mortall friend for the least curtesie. Therefore we come with shame and sorow to confesse our sinnes, not small but grieuous, not few but infinite, not past but present, not secret but presumptuous against thy expresse word and will, against our owne conscience, knowledge and liking if any had done them but our selues. O Lord if thou shouldst require but the least of thē at our hands, Sathan would chalenge ⟨image 92⟩vs for his, and we should neuer see thy face againe, nor the heauens, nor the earth, nor all the goodnesse which thou hast prepared for man: what shall we do then but appeale vnto thy mercie, and humbly desire thy fatherly goodnesse to extend that compassion towards vs, which thy beloued sonne our louing Sauiour hath purchased so mightily, so mercifully, so graciously, & so dearely for vs. We beleeue and know, that one drop of his bloud is sufficient to heale our infirmities, pardon our iniquities, and supplie our necessities, & without thy grace our strēgth, our guide, our life, we are able to do nothing but sinne, as woful experience too long hath taught vs, and the example of those which are voyd thereof, whose life is nothing else but the seruice of the world, the flesh & the deuill: therefore good Father, as thou in especiall fauor hast appointed vs to serue thee like as thou hast ordained all other creatures to serue vs: so may it please thee to send down thine heauenly spirit into this earthly mansion, to illuminate our minds, mollifie our hearts, cleanse our affections, subdue our reason, regenerate our willes, purifie our natures with thy spirit: so shall not thy benefits, nor thy chastisements nor thy word returne void, but accōplish that, for the which ⟨image 93⟩they were sent, vntill we be renued into the image of thy sonne.
