all those who at any time have offended or injured me; and I humbly entreat all those whom I have unhappily offended to vouchsafe to pardon me in turn.
PRAYER.
O MY God, behold, I receive this sickness with which thou art pleased to visit me, as coming from thy hand. It is thy will it should be thus with me, and therefore I submit. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. May this sickness be to the honor of thy holy name, and for the good of my soul. For this end I offer myself with an entire submission to all thy appointments, to suffer whatever thou pleasest, as long as thou pleasest, and in what manner thou pleasest; for I am thy creature, O Lord, who have most ungratefully offended thee; and since my sins have a long time cried to heaven for justice, why shall I now complain if I feel thy hand upon me? No, my God; thou art just in all thy ways; I have truly deserved this punishment, and therefore I have no reason to complain of thee, but only of my own wickedness.
Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy fury nor chastise me in thy wrath, but have regard to my weakness. Thou knowest how frail I am; that I am nothing but dust and ashes. Deal not with me according to my sins, neither punish me according to my iniquities, but according to the multitude of thy most tender mercies have compassion on me. O, let thy justice be tempered with mercy, and let thy heavenly grace come to my assistance, to support me in this my illness. Confirm my soul with strength from above, that I may bear with true Christian patience all the uneasiness, pains, disquiets, and difficulties of my sickness, and that I may cheerfully accept them as the just punishments of my offences. Preserve me from all temptations, and be thou my defence against
