Weakness

O Spirit of God,

Help my infirmities;

When I am pressed doesn with a load of sorrow,

Perplexed and knowing not what to do,

Slandered and persecuted,

Made to feel the weight of the cross,

Help me, I pray thee.

If thou seest in me

Any wrong thing encouraged;

Any evil desire cherished,

Any delight that is not thy delight,

Any habit that grieves thee,

Any nest of sin in my heart,

Then grant me the kiss of they forgiveness,

And teach my feet to walk the way of they commandments.

Deliver me from carking care,

And make me a happy, holy person;

Help me to walk the separated life with firm and brave step,

And to wrestle successfully aganist weakness;

Teach me to laud, adore, and magnify thee,

With the music of heaven,

And make me a perfume of praiseful gratitude to thee.

I do not crouch a they feet as a slave before a tyrant,

But exult before thee as a son with a father.

Give me power to live as they child in all my actions,

And to exercise sonship by conquering self.

Perserve me from the intoxication that comes of prosperitiy;

Sober me when I am glad with a joy that comes not from thee.

Lead me safely on to the eternal kingdon,

Not asking whether the road be rough or smooth.

I request only to see the face of him I love,

To be content with bread to eat,

With raiment to put on,

If I can be brought to they house in peace.

~Taken from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions. (Editor-Arthur Bennett)