Do with me according to thy good pleasure, and disdain me not for my sinful life; better and more clearly known to none than to thee alone.
6. Grant me, O Lord, to know that which ought to be known, to love that which ought to be loved;
To praise that which pleaseth thee most, to esteem that which is precious unto thee, to despise that which is contemptible in thy sight.
Suffer me not to judge according to the sight of the outward eyes, nor to give sentence according to the hearing of the ears of ignorant men.
But to discern invisible and spiritual things with a true judgment, and, above all things, ever to search after thy good will and pleasure.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
That a man ought to esteem himself not worthy of any comfort.
Christian.LORD, I am not worthy of any comfort nor of any spiritual visitation.
And therefore thou dealest justly with me; when thou leavest me poor and desolate.