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with strength from above, that I may patiently suffer all the pains, uneasiness, and difficulties of my illness. Grant that I may cheerfully submit to them as just punishments of my manifold offences, and duly offer them in union with the sufferings and death of my blessed Redeemer on the cross, through whose merits I look for mercy, and hope to obtain eternal life> Have pity on me, O most loving Father! Clothe me with thy grace, and receive me into the arms of thy mercy. "Create a clean heart in me, O God! and renew a right spirit within my bowels." ( Psalm 1. 12.) Cast out from thence whatever profanes or defiles thy temple. Eradicate from my heart whatever is displeasing to thee, and lay in me the foundation of a new life. I am heartily sorry for having ever offended thy infinite goodness, either in thought, word, deed, or omission. I most humbly implore the pardon of all my sins, I now firmly purpose never to offend thee more, but to avoid everything that may be to me an occasion of sin. I resolve to make restitution and satisfaction for the injuries I have committed; for the love of thee I sincerely forgive all those who have in the least injured me: I beseech thee to pardon them, and to grant them the same blessings I desire for my own soul. With the utmost humility, I also heartily beg pardon of all those to whom I have given any offence, whether by bad example, words, deeds, or any other way, deliberately or indeliberately. Thou knowest, O Lord, my frailty, being nothing but dust and ashes; preserve me from all temptations, and be thou my defence against all the assaults of the evil spirit, that in this sickness I may no ways offend thee; and if it is to be my last, I beg of thee so to direct me by thy grace, that I may not neglect the necessary means of salvation, nor be