Look down in mercy, O God, I beseech Thee, upon me a miserable,
lost, and undone sinner. Number not my transgressions nor let my
iniquities rise up in judgment against me. Wash me and I shall be
clean; purge me and I shall be free from offence. Though my sins be
as scarlet, they shall be whiter than snow if Thou pleasest but to
receive me amongst those whom Thou hast redeemed, that I may sing
praises to the Most High and extol Thy Holy Name in the courts of
Heaven for ever and ever more. Amen.
He suffered on the 27th of March, 1728, being then about
eight-and-twenty years of age.