until they gained a most glorious victory. Amen.
THE CONCLUSION
Of an agreement of love with God.
Lastly, my most tender Lord, because I know thee to be my only good, my greatest happiness and bliss, I ought by no means to suffer myself to be separated from thee; but rather it should ever be my constant endeavour to continue most closely united to thee. Therefore I desire, and will exert myself, that no moment may pass that I do not confirm what I have here set down and determined. And that I may be able to do this, I now desire with all possible reverence and humility, to enter into an agreement with thy divine majesty, and to bind myself by a lasting treaty; that as I. shall never cease to breathe as long as I live, so I may never cease to believe in thee, to love thee, to praise thee, to give thee thanks, to offer and resign myself to thee, to hope and rejoice in thee, and to detest the world as a
plague; to have a zeal for
thy honour and the salvation
of souls, to fear thee, to humble myself, to do penance, to
form holy designs, to love my
neighbour, to cultivate chastity, poverty, and obedience,
and to ask of thee what I have
asked above. Also to know
thee, to adore thee, and praise
thee as a God infinite, immeasurable, immutable, eternal,
almighty, wise, good, holy,
bountiful, provident, merciful, just, and our last end.
And to show that this is now
fully my purpose, I declare,
with the greatest humility,
in the presence of thy divine
majesty and the whole court
of heaven, that I desire, with
my whole heart, and with all
the virtue, purity of intent,
and ability that I can, to observe all those things that I
have mentioned above. And
this as often as I breathe,
and as often as I turn my
thoughts to any act of this
kind that is acceptable and
pleasing to thee. Accept this
resolution, O Lord, now, for
that, and for all time. And
may this desire of my soul be
ratified and confirmed by thy
most gracious will for ever
and ever. Amen.
