zeal, sought thee, the King of heaven and earth, and thy eternal kingdom, in which alone is true peace, and rest, and joy. Vouchsafe, I implore thee, of thy most tender mercy, to accept the most acceptable labours of thy most holy Son, by which he has made me and all men joint-heirs with himself in thy kingdom, for all the negligences and failings of which I have been miserably guilty, while I sought and minded so negligently the things that are above, but so ardently the things that are upon, the earth.
3. Thy will be done.
O most merciful Father! forgive me, I beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, for not having always, as I ought to have done, preferred to my own thy divine and supreme will; for having so often again usurped by sin the power over my own will, which I had surrendered to thee once for all; and for not having readily, reverently, and cheerfully embraced the determination of thy most gracious will respecting me.
Vouchsafe, I implore thee, O eternal Father, to accept thy most dear Son’s most ready resignation of heart, and that most perfect obedience whereby he became obedient to thee even to the death of the cross, in atonement for all my disobedience and transgression of thy commandments.
4. Our daily bread.
O most bountiful Father! who openest thy beneficent hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature, and thus feedest even me, however unworthy, from my youth, by so largely providing so many blessings for my body as well as my soul; from the very bottom of my heart I pray thee to forgive me for having so ungratefully received thy gifts and benefits for the nourishment of both soul and body, and for having so often abused them, to thy hurt and my own damnation, while I either set my heart too much upon them, or enjoyed them to excess, or gave thee not due thanks for them.
Vouchsafe, O my Father, I implore thee, by the love of thy only-begotten Son, to accept his fasts, hunger, thirst, and wonderful abstinence, with all the thanksgivings which he was accustomed to offer up before taking food, in atonement for all the carelessness and ingratitude that I have ever been guilty of in receiving thy benefits and gifts.
5. And forgive us.
O Father of immeasurable goodness! if thou wilt mark our sins and iniquities, who
