For this end, I here offer myself with an entire submission to all Thine appointments, to suffer whatever 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 aloud to heaven for justice, why should I now complain if I feel Thy hand upon me?
But 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, therefore, 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. Oh, let Thy justice be tempered with mercy, and let Thy heavenly grace come to my assistance, to support me under this my illness. Confirm my soul
