_Let not the evils, which I and my Kingdoms have suffered seem little unto thee, though thou hast not punished us according to our sins._ _Turn thee (O Lord) unto me; have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted._ _The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my troubles._ _Hast thou forgotten to be gracious, and shut up thy loving kindness in displeasure?_ _O remember thy compassions of old, and thy loving kindesses, which have been for many generations._ _I had utterly fainted, if I had not believed to see thy goodnesse in the land of the living._ _Let not the sins of our prosperitie deprive us of the benefit of thy afflictions._ _Let this fiery triall consume the drosse which in long peace and plentie we had contracted._ _Though thou continuest miseries, yet withdraw not thy grace; what is wanting of prosperitie, make up in patience and repentance._ _And if thy anger be not to be yet turned away, but thy hand of Justice must be stretched out still: Let it, I beseech thee, be against me, and my Fathers house; as for these sheep, what have they done?_ _Let my sufferings satiate the malice of mine, and thy Churches enemies._ _But let their crueltie never exceed the measure of my charitie._ _Banish from me all thoughts of Revenge, that I may not lose the reward, nor thou the glorie of my patience._ _As thou givest me an heart to forgive them, so I beseech thee, do thou forgive what they have done against thee and me._ _And now, O Lord, as thou hast given me an heart to pray unto thee; so hear and accept this Vow which I make before thee._ _If thou wilt in mercie remember Me, and my Kingdoms; In continuing the light of thy Gospel, and settling thy true Religion among us:_ _In restoring to us the benefits of the Laws, and the due execution of Justice:_ _In suppressing the many schismes in Church, and Factions in State:_ _If thou wilt restore me and mine to the Ancient rights and glory of my Predecessors:_ _If thou wilt turn the hearts of my people to thy self in Pietie, to me in Loyaltie, and to one another in Charitie:_ _If thou wilt quench the flames, and withdraw the fewell of these Civill Wars:_ _If thou wilt bless us with the freedom of Publike Counsels, and deliver the Honour of Parliaments from the insolency of the vulgar:_ _If thou wilt keep me from the great offence of enacting any thing against my Conscience: and especially for consenting to sacrilegious rapines, and spoilings of thy Church:_ _If thou wilt restore me to a capacity to glorifie thee in doing good, both to the Church and State:_ _Then shall my soul praise thee, and Magnifie thy name before my people._ _Then shall thy glorie be dearer to me then my Crown; and the advancement of true Religion both in puritie and power be my chiefest care._ _Then will I rule my People with justice, and my Kingdoms with equity:_