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A00762	A Godlie treatisse declaryng the benefites, fruites, and great commodities of prayer and also the true vse therof. Written in Latin, fourtie yeres past, by an Englyshe man, of great vertue [and] learnyng. And lately translated into Englyshe. 1560.; Tractatus de orando Deum. English	Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535.; Montagu, Anthony Browne, Viscount, ca. 1528-1592.	1560 (1560)	STC 10888; ESTC S114263	34,037	100

contrary But what go I in hande to seeme to expresse the perticularities of that which he so lyuely so perfectly so playnely and so religiously sheweth and declareth yea rather the spirite of God vsyng his pen to publishe his holy wyll to instructe vs. Only this I haue to saye that seeyng the same in written hande as it were neglected as a thyng of small price beyng in deede such a worke as the lyke I beleue hath not often ben written in that matter I coulde not satisfie my selfe to see suche a pearle hydden and such a iewell throwen and cast awaye to obliuion consideryng first the benefite that maye and I trust shall grow to the attentiue reeders therof and secondly remembryng howe much more neede there is of so holye an instruction and heauenly inuitation to prayer and deuotion at this tyme than when the same was written Synce whiche tyme hath passed almoste one age of mans lyfe and in this whyle decaye styll as before of pitie and vertue and want of the feare of God and euyll lyfe wonderfullye increased as in the which the euyll neighbour of mankynde hath stollen vppon hym and fyndyng hym negligent hath sowen cockle and muche euyll seede in the fielde of our soules and hath in maner pulled vp the rootes of good workes and the holsome and plentifull fruites of repentaunce fayth hope charitie almes and true trust in God For who in maner sheweth in lyuyng to feare God Who is afrayde to offende hym Who refrayneth to blaspheme his holy name Who hath conscience to deceaue yea or to oppresse his neighbour Who is ashamed to lye and forsweare hym selfe Who hath compassion to relieue the poore which this plague of God and want of his grace hath increased out of number Who taketh any payne to please God Who seketh to subdue his fleshe to the spirite sensualitie to reason reason to fayth and fayth to the seruice of GOD Yea who layeth not the brydell of libertie at length freelye and without staye to folowe synne and to multiplie the wrath of GOD Who ●aunteth prayer Yea who shunneth and contemneth it not Who preferreth the house of prayer before a dysyng house Yea fynde we not mo in thone than in th'other Subiectes rebell agaynst theyr Prince and God his annoynted chyldren disobey theyr parentes contemne them and laugh them to scorne seruauntes litle esteeme theyr maisters labourers seeke and greedyly folow ydlenesse artificers vntrueth and too extreme falsehood in theyr workes All sortes of men lust after theyr ease excesse and vnrulye libertie no man seketh to mortifie hym selfe to ouercome his owne frowarde wyll And the cause of all this is this wonderfull decaye of prayer by the vse wherof we myght at the last delyght in the familiaritie with God and godlye thynges berauyshed with the loue therof and so consequentlye growe to the mislykyng and hate of synne whiche is onlye wrought by the loue of vertue whiche is only obteyned by true and effectuall prayer which dryueth away the hauntyng of those enormities aforesayde whiche prouoke the wrath of God vppon the worlde And who can thynke that God wyll longe suffer this alienation of our selues from hym Yea this contempte of hym this blasphemie agaynst his holye wyll and name Who ought not hourely to loke for his visitation and heauy hande of iustice Who may not ryghtly saye to the world nowe lyke as Ionas the Prophet sayde vnto the Niniuites Ad huc quadraginta dies mundus subuertetur There be yet fourtie dayes the worlde shalbe destroyed Whiche saying me thinketh is fully taught to any that shal reade this work who sheweth the fault the cause of the wrath of God and the meane to remedie the same and with the Prophete calleth to repentaunce lyuely fayth feruent charitie effectuall prayer to appease his indignation hate of our selues and loue of God only dispysyng the worlde and longyng to be with hym Reade therfore this booke reade it with iugement with deliberation with a deepe consideration thereof and with a desire and purpose to be refourmed make thy hart meete and prepare it to receaue fruite of this godly instruction let thy hart iudge of that thine eye seeth and thy soule reioyce in that thy tongue pronounceth Reade it in deede and not superficially ouerloke it And than surely I can not thynke that he that so doth can be defrauded of the fruite of his labour or not obteyne his desired ende therof Whiche I hartylye wyshe to happen to euery reader hereof whereby God maye be feared loued glorified and esteemed by them they thereby rauished and inflamed with the ryght vnspeakable loue of hym sweetenesse of his holy spirite admiration of his omnipotencie truste of mercye and ioyfull expectation of his euerlastynge kyngdome whiche he hath prepared for all those that walke in his wayes obserue his lawes be stedfast in faith thirst after ryghteousnes thynke long to be with hym and by true and faythfull prayer seeke to be directed in the pylgrimage of this wyldernesse by the continuall guydyng of his holye spirite To whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Treatise vpon these vvordes of our Sauiour Christe Oportet Semper Orare FOrasmuche as this saying of our Sauiour Christ Oportet semper orare A man muste alwayes pray written in the Gospell of Saint Luke appertaineth generally vnto all Christian men who seeth not howe profitable and necessary it is for euery man diligently and effectually to apply hym selfe to prayer And so expedient and beneficiall a thing in no wise to be neglected for vayne and hurtfull delectations and pleasures Wherefore to the ende that our prayer may waxe sweete and pleasaunt vnto vs fyrst of all it shalbe very commodious and profitable to haue redye at hande and in our remembraunce certayne reasons with the whiche as moste apt and conuenient motions as ofte as we perceyue our selues to waxe colde in deuotion and be as it were oppressed with a slouthfull vnaptnes to serue God we may styrre vp our myndes and whet our hartes to praier Moreouer it shall merueylously profite and exceadyngly further vs not to be ignoraunt of the singuler fruites and commodities that very many haue obteyned by prayer For by the knowledge thereof we shall the more easyly inuite and prepare our selues to pray And finally it shalbe very nedefull for vs thorowely to vnderstand the very true maner whiche is specially required in euery man to be obserued in the tyme of his prayer Forasmuch as in euery worke of any difficultie that man taketh in hand the right way of doyng thereof beyng once knowen doth very muche further the due execution and perfect finishing of the same I haue therefore intended by the helpe of God to intreate 〈◊〉 ●ader of these three thinges That is to say of the necessitie of prayer of the fruite of prayer and of the true vse and maner of prayer But forasmuch as the wordes of our Sauiour beforesayde do cast some