WHat shall I render unto the Lord for all his mercies from time to time bestowed upon me , I will confess my sins as did holy David , and I will weep for them as did the Prophet Jeremy , and I will Fast as did the Prophet Joel , and I will Repent as did the Ninevites , and I will wait with Patience as did Holy Job , till the appointed time which the Lord hath set for my Change .

IT is the Lord himself whose Word never failed , and whose compassion have no end ; It is he that by his wonderful Providence , even when we were at the Pits brink , brought to light that most horrid Plot that the bloody-minded Papists had brought upon this Kingdom this last Year ; for the which I bless and praise his Holy Name , Amen .

LOrd preserve my gracious King Charles , with all the loyal and religious hearts that stand up to defend the Gospel of Jesus Christ ; and Lord I beseech thee to bring to light all such Plots as ever shall be plotted or imagined against them or this Nation ; and that the Gospel may by my Royal Soveraign be maintained unto his lifes end , Amen .

LAy to thy helping hand , O Lord , and strengthen my weak Condition , and pour the Oyl of thy grace into my wounded Conscience , that I may ever walk in the light of thy Gospel , so that at last I may receive comfort for my poor soul , Amen .

I Am , O Lord , Created by thy goodness after thy own Image , I beseech thee destroy not the work of thy own hands , but shew mercy unto me , and grant me thy gracious Pardon for all my sins , for Christ his Sake , my alone Saviour and Redeemer , Amen .

ADmit me , O most merciful Father , to thy gracious favour , for many are the dangers of this life , and I have none to defend me but thee ; Heaven is thine , and the Earth is thine : keep me on Earth as one of thine , and good Lord in thy good time bring me to Heaven to rest with thee , for Christ his sake , Amen .

MOst gracious God , I have grievously sinned ; what shall I do , O thou preserver of Men ? O Lord I confess nothing can be hid from thy presence ; therefore I renounsing all merit in my self , do beg thy Gracious Pardon through the merits of Jesus Christ , by whom I was Redeemed , and it is he that hath made satisfaction for my sins .

FOrget me not , O Lord , now I am Gray-headed , but Increase that little Grain of my weak and feeble Faith , and Direct it to the true Object , that is , the merits of Jesus Christ , and make me strong therein , that when I shall leave this Body to the Grave , I may be partaker of a joyful resurrection , in , and by the merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer .

ARm me , O Lord , I beseech thee , with the Spiritual Shield of Faith against all temptations , and Establish my hope , and good Lord keep me from Despair , so shall I be able to resist the power of Sathan , and shall be comforted in thy mercies , through Jesus Christ .

REmember thy promise , O Lord , which thou hast made unto Mankind , that if he will repent him of his sins from the bottom of his heart , as did the Prophet Ezekiel , thou wilt have mercy , therefore O Lord I beseech thee again and again to have mercy on me , who with bended knees and unfeigned tears do beg thy gracious Pardon for Christ his sake , Amen .

THough I have delighted in my sins , which are more in number than the hairs upon my head , or the Sands on the Sea-shore , Lord I beseech thee let thy Holy Spirit prepare me to a true and hearty sorrow for them , and with thy most precious Blood wash away all my sinful spots ; And this I beg for Christ his sake , my onely Saviour and Redeemer .

HEar and accept of these my weak and humble petitions , O Lord , and for thy mercy sake bow down thine ear and hear me that is become a Worm , and no Man , and I beseech thee not to disdain these my requests , but except me into thy favour , Amen .

IEsus thou the onely beloved Son of God , and Saviour of the whole World , who art the life of the Living , and the death of Death , and therefore both in Life and Death advantage ; which sitteth at the Right Hand of God , making Intercession for all sorrowful and penitent sinners , to whom with the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , be all Honour and Glory , now and for evermore , Amen .

NOw will I draw my Name to a conclusion , and once more give thanks unto the Lord for all his abundant mercies in such a wonderful manner from time to time bestowed upon me , which am by reason of my wicked life , unworthy the least of all his mercies ; but it is his goodness that I had not been cut off by Death many years agone .

GReat and Wonderful hath thy mercies been shew'd toward me , and thy Compassions have no end , O Lord we have heard with our Ears , and our Fathers hath declared unto us , how thou didst of thy Wonderful Power , long since , overthrow that Invincible Armado , which was intended against our most Gracious Queen ELIZABETH , in the Year 1588. And likewise for the Delivery of our Dread Soveraign King JAMES , and the States of Parliament , from that most Horrid Plot and Bloody Massacre that the Papist had almost brought to pass the Gun-powder-Treason , in the Year , 1605. And now Lord , for us the Father to the Children ; and the Old to the Young , shall Report how thou of thy great Mercy , and a most wonderful Providence of thine , diddest also Preserve my most Soveraign and Gracious Lord King CHARLES from that Secret and close-Contrived Plot that the Bloody-minded Papist had almost brought to pass against King and Nation in the last Year 1678. For which thy mercies , O Lord , we Bless and Magnifie thy Great and Holy Name , beseeching thee to continue still thy Helping Hand to this Kingdom , and that we may the Remainder of our time , Live in thy Fear , Dye in thy Favour ; Rest in thy Peace , Rise in thy Power , Remain in thy Glory for ever and ever , Amen .

The place of my Birth was at St. Johns , in the parts of Marshland , in the County of Norfolk , upon the One and Twentieth Day of June , in the Year of our Lord , 1621.