Lancelot Andrewes · 54 of 61

A Depreciation

A DEPRECATION

LORD, Thou knowest, and canst, and wiliest the good, of my soul. Miserable man am I; I neither know, nor can, nor, as I ought, will it. Thou, O Lord, I beseech Thee, in Thine ineffable affection, so order concerning me, and so dispose, as Thou knowest to be most pleasing to Thee, and most good for me, [Thine is] goodness, grace; love, kindness; benignity, gentleness, consideration; forbearance, long‑sufferings; much pity, great pity; mercies, multitude of mercies, yearnings of mercies; kind yearnings, deep yearnings; in passing over, in overlooking, in disregarding; many seasons, many years; [punishing] unwillingly, not willingly; not to the full, not correspondently, in wrath remembering mercy, repenting of the evil, compensating doubly, ready to pardon, to be reconciled, to be appeased.