And now, O Lord, we come unto thee for ourselves, who are here at this time upon our sinful knees before thee, Lord, open our eyes, that we may seriously consider of that last and solemn hour of our departure: Lord, sanctify our hearts, that while we are encompassed with sinful flesh, we may lament our often failings, and infirmities, and every day be more and more desirous to go home to thee, who art the God of spirits.

Lord give us grace, that we may walk soberly, and righteously, and holily, as becometh thy children; that at the resurrection of the just, our souls and bodies may enjoy the blessed consummatson of their endless happiness. Lord, hear our prayers, and let our cries come unto thee, for thy name's sake, for thy promise sake, for thy blessed Son's sake.AMEN.

THE

DYING CONFESSION

OF A MINISTER OF GOD'S WORD, LALE OF WESTTHOROCK, IN ESSEX.

THE Lord hath laid a gracious and

a gentle visitation on me; I do acknowledge (with a thankful heart) that this weakness of body, this languishing of nature, these painful days and nights are from him: for misery cometh not out of the dust, neither doth affliction spring out of the earth, Job 5. 6. Ah (my friends) little do men think how much the great disturbances of sickness, how much the pains and infirmities of a decaying body, distract, these blessed thoughts, those sweet and happy meditations, which the troubled soul desires; the spirit is willing, but the

He that booketh into his He past, that ranckuth Le soul, and calleth to mind the sinful fallings of his youth, will fad it very hard and difficul to make his calling and election sure: I have earnestly desired to leave no corner of my soul unsearched, and I find myself to be a very great and wretched sinner, I have committed grievous sins, very grievous sins, such sins as are not fit to be named before God's saints; I have examined my soul by each particular commandment, and I find myself guilty of the breach of all, and that in an high manner, especially considering