_For thou, O God, infinitely Good, and Great, art with me, whose presence is better then life, and whose service is perfect freedom._ _Own me for thy Servant, and I shall never have cause to complain for want of that liberty which becomes a Man, a Christian, and a King._ _Blesse me still with Reason, as a Man; with Religion, as a Christian; and with constancie in Justice, as a King._ _Though thou sufferest me to be stript of all outward ornaments, yet preserve me ever in those enjoyments wherein I may enjoy thy self; and which cannot be taken from me against my will._ _Let no fire of affliction boile over my passion to any impatience or sordid fears._ _There be many that say of me, There is no help for me: do thou lift up the light of thy Countenance upon me, and I shall want neither Safetie, Libertie, nor Majestie._ _Give me that measure of patience and constancie which my condition now requires._ _My strength is scattered, my expectation from Men defeated, my Person restrained: O be not thou far from me, lest my enemies prevail too much against me._ _I am become a wonder, and a scorn to many: O be thou my helper and defender._ _Shew some token upon me for good, that they that hate me may be ashamed, because thou Lord, hast holpen and comforted me; for establish me with thy free Spirit, that I may do and suffer thy will, as thou wouldst have me._ _Be mercifull to me, O Lord, for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, and in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, untill these calamities be over-past._ _Arise to deliver me, make no long tarrying, O my God. Though thou killest me, yet will I trust in thy mercy, and my Saviours merit._ _I know that my Redeemer liveth; though thou leadest me through the vail and shadow of death, yet shall I fear none ill._ * * * * * 24. _Upon their denying His Majestie the Attendance of His Chaplains._ When providence was pleased to deprive Me of all other civil comforts and secular attendants, I thought the absence of them all might best be supplied by the attendance of some of my Chaplains, whom for their Function I reverence, and for their Fidelitie I have cause to love. By their Learning, Pietie, and Praiers, I hoped to be either better enabled to sustain the want of all other enjoyments, or better fitted for the recovery and use of them in Gods good time; so reaping by their pious help a spiritual harvest of grace amidst the thorns, and after the plowings of temporal crosses. The truth is, I never needed or desired more the service and assistance of men judiciously pious, and soberly devout. The solitude they have confined me unto, adds the wildernesse to my temptations: For the company they obtrude upon me, is more sad then any solitude can be.