Bayly - Houston-Packer Collection BV4647.P5 B395 1632

636. The Presátce of Pieria. to thofe that fhall come and vi_ ft me: that I may thankefully receiue, and willingly imbrue all good counfels and confola- Lions from them And that they may likewife fee in mee Ifuch good examples of Pati- ence , and heare from nee fuch godly lefTons of Comfort, as may be arguments of my Chri- {Tian Faith and profeflion and iuflru &ions unto them , how i to behaue themfelces , when it frail pleafe thee to vifxt them with the like affliction , or ficknefl.. I know , O Lord, I haue deferued to dye ;and I de- fire not longer to flue, then to a- mend my wicked life , and in form better meafure to fet forth thy glory.. Therefore , O Fa- ther,ifit be thy bleffed will re- fare meet() health again , and grant mee a forger life, But is thou bail , according io thine eternall Decree , appointed by i this fickneffe to call for mee our

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