OLord, IamThyservant; IamThyservant, andthesonofThyhandmaid: ; yea, letallmybonessay, OLord, whoislikeuntoThee? Letthemsay, andanswerThoume, andsayuntomysoul, , andwhatamI? Whatevilhavenotbeeneithermydeeds, orifnotmydeeds, mywords, orifnotmywords, mywill? ButThou, OLord, aregoodandmerciful, andThyrighthandhadrespectuntothedepthofmydeath, , tonillwhatIwilled, , andoutofwhatlowanddeeprecesswasmyfree-willcalledforthinamoment, wherebytosubmitmynecktoThyeasyyoke, andmyshouldersuntoThylightburden, OChristJesus, myHelperandmyRedeemer? Howsweetdiditatoncebecometome, towantthesweetnessesofthosetoys! andwhatIfearedtobepartedfrom, , , andforthementeredstinThyself, sweeterthanallpleasure, thoughnottofleshandblood; brighterthanalllight, butmorehiddenthanalldepths, higherthanallhonour, , andwelteringinfilth, , mybrightness, andmyriches, andmyhealth, theLordmyGod.
AndIresolvedinThysight, nottumultuouslytotear, butgentlytowithdraw, theserviceofmytonguefromthemartsoflip-labour: thattheyoung, nostudentsinThylaw, norinThypeace, butinlyingdotagesandlaw-skirmishes, , itnowwantedbutveryfewdaysuntotheVacationoftheVintage, andIresolvedtoendurethem, theninaregularwaytotakemyleave, andhavingbeenpurchasedbyThee, ; buttomen, otherthanourownfriends, : althoughtous, nowascendingfromthevalleyoftears, andsingingthatsongofdegrees, Thouhadstgivensharparrows, anddestroyingcoalsagainstthesubtletongue, whichasthoughadvisingforus, wouldthwart, andwouldoutoflovedevourus, asitdothitsmeat.
