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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18688	The Ordenarye for all faythfull Chrystiãs to leade a vertuous and Godly lyfe here in this vale of miserie / translated out of Doutche into Inglysh by Anthony Scoloker. A Right goodly rule howe all faithfull Christians shall occupie and exercise them selves in their daily prayers	Scoloker, Anthony, fl. 1548.	1548 (1548)	STC 5199.7; ESTC S3070	33,919	114

of our selues / we of our selues are not able to thinke a good thought It is thou onlie that dost worke in vs both the will ād the dede We are but earth and naturally the children of wrath We of our selues are but vaine / yea / lighter then vanitie it self / We cā do nothing without the. There is not one of vs whole / we are all vncleane / and al our rightuousnes is but as a fylthy cloth We haue no more power to do good of our self / thē a blacke Mor●ā or mā of Inde hath powr to chaūge his skin / or the Leopard hir spottes Now acordīg to this euil ād corrupte in●●ination of our nature so haue we liued I thought / word / and dede Denie ix We haue synned / we haue offēded / we haue gon● backe from thy lawe / and haue not harkened vnto thy word we haue no● loued the O lorde our god with all our herte with all our soule / with all our strength and with all our power We haue bene fore trāsgressours of thy cōmaundemēts We haue nor put our whole trust and confydence only in the. We haue in our troubles ād nede / not sought for helpe onely in the. We haue not called onely vpon thy name / but with false confidēce / with vain supersticion / and vnlaufull othes haue we blasphemed thy name We haue praid ād made intercessyō vnto stockes and stones / and made thy creatures our aduocates ande mediators contrarye to thy word We haue reposed our trust and affiance in our owne dedes and in suche workes as haue bene deuised by mens fantasyes besydes thy scripture We haue wandered on vaine pylgr●mages / offering vp money / candels ande tapers to ymages and relikes with suche like supersticion We haue bene slothfull in our busynes We haue not bene feruent ād diligent in doing of our dutye Specially on such dayes as be appointed for the preaching of thy worde / we haue not plied our selues wholly to lerne it / nor occupied our tyme in praier ād geuīg thankes vnto the. And as touchīg the loue that we ought to haue vnto al mē and womē for thy sake we haue not beē earnest in at al times We haue not loued our neyghbours as our selues / we haue not done / as we would be done vnto / we haue bene vngētle / vnpacient / vncurteous froward / āgry ād displeased We haue reioysed in our neyghbours hurt and bene sory of his welfare We haue dene ledde with false doctrine ād errours frō the way of thy truth / We haue sinned with our fathers / we haue done amisse / we haue dealt wykedly Psal xvj Therfore our most deare father which arte in heauen / for as muche as we haue blasphemed the / ād not sought alway the glory of thy name / graunt now that from henseforth thy name maye be sanctified ande hallowed in vs / Graunte nowe that thy kingdome maye come / and that in steade of sinne ād errour / thou one To praye Grace a fore meate Rom. xiii● I knowe saieth the Apostle and am full certyfied in the lorde Iesu / that ther is nothinge vncleane of it self fe / but vnto him that iudgeth it to be vncleane / to him it is vncleane But if thy brother be greued ouer thy meate / thē walkest thou not now after charite Destroye not with thy meate / him for whome Christ dyed O oure father which art in etc. Grace a fore meate Let not oure treasure therfore be euell spokē of Rom. xliij For the kingdom of God is not meate and drinke / but righteousnesse and peace / and ioye in the holy Goost O oure Father which are in etc. Grace a fore meate Meate doth not further vs vnto God i. Cor. vij If we eate / we shal not therfore be the better / If we eate not we shall not therfore be the worse But take hede that this youre libertie be not an occasyon of fallinge to the weake Grace a fore meate Meate hath God created to be receaued with thākes of them which beleue ād knowe the trueth ij Tim. iiij For euery creature of God is good / ande nothinge to be refused that is receaued with thankesgeuing / for it is sanctifyed by the worde of God and prayer O oure Father which art in heauen etc. Receaue youre meate without grudgīge / Take hede ye neuer abuse the same / Geue thankes to God for euery thinge / And all waye prayse his holy name Who so doth not / is sore to blame / No euell ensample se that ye gyue / Thus doth Goddes worde teache yow to lyue Cori. iij. Whatsoeuer ye do in worde or dede / do all in the name of oure Lord Iesu Christ / giuinge thankes vnto God / the Father by hym Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the O lord God almyghtie moost deare Father of heauen for geuinge vs oure foode in due season / for openinge thy mercifull hande / ande for fyllynge vs with thy plētefull blessinge And we beseche the for thy sonnes sake Iesu Christ / not onely to preserue vs alwaye from abusynge of the same / but also to lende vs thy grace / that we may euer be thankefull vnto the therfore Amen Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the O lord God almightie moost deare father of heauen for certifyeng vs by thy blessed word / that all kindes of meates are cleane And we besech the lende vs thy grace / that we may alwaye thankefully receaue the same / not onely without supersticion or scrupulosité of conscience / but also without greuinge or offendinge our brethren / And so to walke in the waye of godly loue and charite / that with oure meate we neuer destroye him / for whome thy Sonne Iesus Christ dyed as well as for vs. Grace after meate Thākes be vnto the O God almightie moost deare father of heauen for openynge vnto vs thy blessed worde / whiche is oure treasure / oure pearle / yee and oure riches / more precious then eyther golde or precious stone And we beseche the / though corporall meate and drinke be no parte of thy kyngdome / yet ordre thou vs so in receauinge the same / that we neuer geue occasyon of slaundringe thy worde / or offendinge the weake Amen Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the O lorde God almightie moost deare father of heauē for layenge vp oure saluacion onely in thy selfe / ād not in anie kinde of meate And we beseche the / gide vs so in the vse therof / that we may followe such thinges as make for peace / and wherby we may edifie one an other And neuer to geue vnto the weake anye occasion of fallinge from thy worde Amen Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the O lorde God almightie moost deare Father of heauen for ordeininge thy creatures to be meate / foode and sustenaunce vnto oure bodies / ād hast sanctified thē by thy blessed word / etc We beseche the / make vs so to increace in stedfastnesse of thy faith / in perfecte knowledge of thy trueth / and in continuance of feruent praier vnto the that to vs also they may be sancryfyed and holy / and that we may euer both thāckfully receaue them / and vertuously vse thē / to the good ensample of other amen Eccl. 50. d. Blessed is he that exerciseth him selfe in these thinges And who so taketh soch to hart shal be wyse If he do these thinges / he shal be strong in all For the light of the lorde leadeth him Iohn 13. b. Yf ye knowe these thinges / blessed are ye if ye do them Luke 12. e. Iacob 4. b The seruaunt that knoweth his Lordes wyll ande doth it not / shal be beaten with manie stripes 1. Iohn 2. c But he that fulfylleth the worde of God / abideth for euer Iohn 20. d These thinges are written to the intēt that we shuld beleue / that Iesus christ is the sonne of God / and that we thorowe hym / might haue life euerlasting Which the chefest goodnes voutchsafe to geue vnto all them that shall eyther heare / see or rede this present lytle booke AMEN Finis