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A17444	An A.B.C. or holy alphabet conteyning some plaine lessons gathered out of the word, to the number of the letters in the English alphabet, to enter young beginners in the schoole of Christ.	E. C., fl. 1626.; Cancellar, James, attributed name.	1626 (1626)	STC 4264.5; ESTC S114411	39,537	142

through Christ Iesus our blessed Lord and alone Sauiour In whose holy Name wee continue to call on thee and recommend our selues vnto thee in that perfect prayer which himselfe did teach vs saying Our Father which art in heauen c. A Grace or blessing before Meate GOod Lord forgiue vs all our sinnes that make vs vnworthy of any of thy blessings and remooue from vs all thy Iudgements which are vpon vs or due vnto vs for the same blesse and sanctifie vs euer for thy seruice and thy good creatures at this present for our vse giue them strength to nourish vs and giue vs grace for them and all thy mercies to bee thankefull to thee and to receiue them as tokens of thy loue towards vs through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A Thankesgiuing or Grace after meate O Lord wee giue thee humble thankes for all thy blessings bestowed vpon vs both for our soules and bodies in regard of this life present that to come and in particular for refreshing vs at this present with thy good creatures We beseech thee continue thy fauour vnto vs and keepe vs euer in thy feare Blesse thy whole Church this Land the King Queene and all the Royall Family our friends and all that are deare vnto vs. Grant thy Gospell a free and a fruitfull passage comfort all thine aflicted seruants and guide vs in the right way to euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for a Family in the Euening O Lord God gracious and mercifull by whose watchfull prouidence wee thy poore and vnworthy seruants haue been this day preserued and with thy rich and vndeserued fauours many wayes comforted and blessed wee returne to render vnto thine holy Maiestie all humble and hearty thanks for these and all thy benefits and blessings out of the euer-flowing fountaine of thy loue towards vs in Iesus Christ aboundantly powred downe vpon vs. O Lord we doe confesse wee be not worthy of the least fauour nay hauing beene sinners from the wombe we deserue wrath and daily goe on to prouoke the eyes of thy Maiestie to displeasure by our manifold sinnes and sinfull corruption still vnto this day remaining in vs and oft-times euery day breaking out vpon vs to thy dishonour We acknowledge O good Lord our ignorance and much want of desire endeauour after the sauing knowledge of thy blessed will reuealed to vs in thy holy word and wee haue iust cause to bewaile the prophanenesse and stubborne pride and disobedience of our hearts which make vs daily to rebell against thy most righteous lawes both by leauing vndone the duties which thou enioynest and aduenturing vpon those euill courses which thou forbiddest yea O Lord our vile hypocrisie in our best seruices our wretched vnthankfulnesse for thy cōtinuall blessings our murmuring impatience vnder thy fatherly chastisements and tryals our contempt and abuse of thy sacred Gospell our blaspheming of thy glorious and fearefull name and prophaning of thy blessed Sabbaths our selfe-love and high-mindednes our worldlinesse and wicked couetousnesse our wantonnesse voluptuousnesse and other vncleane and sinfull lusts our wrathfulnesse and maliciousnesse our vnmercifulnesse and impenitencie and hard-heartednes and earthly mindednes and a whole world of wickednesse notwithstanding all the meanes of grace vouchsafed still abounding in vs How doe they testifie against vs to our face and in thy sight that wee are most wretched and miserable sinners deseruing in thy iustice shouldst thou enter into iudgement with vs tenne thousand deaths and euen damnation in hell for euer Howbeit since we perceiue euen hereby that it is of thine owne free goodnesse and gracious mercy that we are not consumed because thy compassions faile not but are towards thine renewed euery morning and doe continue with them to the euening We are emboldned to looke vp to thee and in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ in whom alone thou art well pleased to beseech thee for his sake to forgiue vs all our sinnes to wash vs cleane in his bloud and to assure our conscience by the witnesse of thine holy Spirit of the full discharge and pardon of them all Mercifull Father wee most humbly pray thee for his sake to put them all euery one of them great and small out of thy sight and withall by thy blessed Spirit purge them more and more out of our hearts O Lord giue vs grace euery day more and more our selues to see them and the vilenesse of them and how base and filthy they make vs in thy sight and giue vs hearts to bee vnfainedly sorrie that wee haue by them offended thee our so gracious God and grieued thine holy Spirit whereby wee are sealed to the day of redemption Worke in vs an hatred and detestation of all sinnes whatsoeuer giue vs grace for the time to come to striue and labour against them those especially whervnto we are by age education complexion company or any other occasion most enclined as against the deadliest enemies of our soules Yea O Lord God graunt that for this purpose wee may carefully shunne all occasion of euill such as are idlenesse ill company prophanenesse wantonnesse and the like and may more conscionably entertaine and vse all good meanes of grace such as are the hearing reading and meditating in thy holy Word the often calling vpon thy holy name the keeping of thy holy Sabaths the receiuing of thy blessed Sacraments the ioyning our selues in familiarity and fellowship with thy faithfull children and the like that by thy blessing hereupon wee may encrease and grow together with our yeares and age in faith patience and humility in meekenesse temperance and sobriety in loue vnto thee and to thy truth and to other for thy sake in a contempt of this wretched world which will shortly leaue vs and a longing after the ioyes to bereuealed in thy Kingdome and all good fruites of thy sanctifying Spirit which may fa●ther our reckoning and seale vp our saluation vnto the day of Christ Meane while wee continue our prayers most mercifull God for thy whole Church and all the rest of thy chosen children who are our fellow heires of future glory whersoeuer they be scattered especially all those who being in misery whether in their soules or bodies doe want thy more speciall comfort O Lord instruct them that yet are ignorant conuert those that are prophane raise vp the fallen strengthen them that stand and keepe vs that we neuer fall but that our end may bee better then our beginning and our workes better and more at the last then at the first Be gracious and good vnto all Christian Churches that professe thy Truth restore peace if it be thy blessed will in thy good time to them which are troubled and continue peace and the light of thy Gospell for euer vnto this wherein wee liue Blesse herein wee beseech thee our Gracious King and giue him an heart to feare thee and seeke thy glory to knowe thee and serue thee with a

when hee speaketh a lye hee speaketh of his owne for he is a lyer and the Father thereof And what Christian would be willingly accounted the childe of such a Father 4. Ecclus 31.30 From DRVNKENNES and Pot-good fellowship which encreaseth so euery where the rage of fooles That Prou. 23.29 c. To whom is woe to whom is sorrow to whom is strife to whom is murmuring to whom are wounds without cause to whom is rednesse of the eyes euen to them that tarie long at the wine c. And so see on forward to the Chapters end a sha pe inu●ctiue against Drunkennesse displaying the wretchednesse thereof to make people that haue any grace in them to abhorre it And before Vers 19 20 21 O thou my Sonne heare and be wise and guideth ne heart in the way Keepe not company with drunkards and gluttons for the drunkard and glutton shall come to pouerty and drowsinesse shall cloathe such with ragges Loe beggerie the fairest end of such good fellowship then what thrifty person beleeuing this would not tremble at it Finally Isai 5.11 12 Woe to them that rise vp early in the morning to follow strong drinke and continue vntill night till the wine enflame them c. And Verse 22. Woe vnto them that are mighty to drinke and to them that are strong to poure in strong drinke And where God proclaimeth a woe who dare or can promise peace 5 From WHOREDOME fornication 1 Cor. 6.18 and vncleannesse that peculiar sinne against ones owne body 1. Cor. 6.9 10. Know ye not that the vnrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdome of God be not deceiued neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor wantons nor buggerers nor theeues nor couetous nor drunkards nor raylers nor extortioners shal inherit the Kingdome of God And therefore Vers 18. Flie fornication c. For see the reasons vrged there against throughout the Chapter And yet againe Hebr. 13.4 Marriage is honorable amongst all and the bed vndefiled but Whooremongers and Adulteres God will iudge And where and how but by excluding them namely out of heauen and giuing them their portion without Redemption in the Lake which burneth with fire and Brimstone which is the second Death as in the places fore alledged against Lying Reuel 22.15 21.8 6 From COVETOVSNES as other Testimonies so that set Treatise of the Apostle 1 Tim. 6.9.10.11 For those that will be rich fall into tentations and snares 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Who make it their resolution to be rich c. And that Caueat of our Sauiour with the annexed confirmation Luke 12.15 Take heede and beware of Couetousnesse c. And so against carking CAREFVLNES that full Sermon of our Sauiour Math. 6.25 c. to the end Take no thought c. Where is shewed how Needlesse Bootelesse Faithlesse and Fruitlesse such care is Finally against quickly taking OFFENCE at others euill words that Item Eccles 7.21.22 Take no heede vnto all words that are spoken least thou heare thy seruant curse thee For Oftentimes also thine owne heart knoweth that thou thy selfe likewise hast cursed others And generally what restraint we find from these may vpon farther search be likewise found in the same WORD from all other Sinnes whatsoeuer P. THe Meanes of entertaining this Word into our hearts so to preserue from sinne and to make vs happy is two fold viz. Reading and Hearing as REVEL 1.3 Blessed is he that readeth and they that heare the words of Prophecie and keepe the things that are written therein Touching the first of which meanes to wit Reading wherein by the Eye sauing knowledge shineth into the Soule Deut. 17.18.19 enioyned euen vnto Kings amidst all their most waightie affaires of State we may receiue these directions 1 That wee are to esteeme it a great blessing of God to bee able to read the Word and thereupon labour to attaine it our selues and to procure it as a speciall portion to those that belong vnto vs. 2 Hauing this ablilitie Let vs follow the counsell of that good Father Chrysostom * In Coloss Homil. 9. In getting into our hands this Booke of God and carefully making vse thereof with reioycing in this libertie which our Forefathers wanted according to the wholesome Praescript of our Sauiour Ioh. 5.39 Search the Scriptures c. And the much honoured practise of those Noble Beraeans Acts 17.11 3 In this exercise of Reading it will bee good to beginne betimes and so to traine vp Children in this thriuing Trade 2 Tim 1.5 that with Timothy so well educated by his Mother and Grandmother they may from their Childhood Knowe the Scriptures which are able to make wise vnto Saluation through Faith which is in Iesus Christ 2 Tim. 3.15 4 To stirre vp People to this duty the better Young beginners may be aduised seriously to read ouer once and againe the 9. first Chapters of the Booke of Prouerbs and euery day after one Part of the 119. Psalme containing in summe a most excellent Meditation of the quickning power and profit of the Word which Dauid out of the sweet experience hee had himselfe doth therefore seeke to commend to others 5 Besides this and the looking into the Scriptures vpon all occasions for speciall purposes it will be found profitable for Christians to hold a constant course of Reading forward in both Old and New Testament so as their callings and occasions shall permit redeeming there to with the noble Eunuche Act 8.28 who euen when he was trauelling neglected not Reading all good opportunities and when at any time they be cast behinde by necessarie occasions recouering their losses by redoubled diligence 6 In this course of priuate Reading let people come with due reuerence desire and hope of profit and looking vp to God for a blessing wisely referring what they read to the right ends with serious Meditations and Prayers fitted to the things read applying all for such particular vse as the Scriptures may affoord and their estate require and still in their reading taking notice or some Note also if they bee able for remembrance of any thing wherein is occasion of doubt till they meet with an opportunity of inquiring resolution And so much for the rules of priuate Reading Q. FOr Hearing the other outward meanes of receiuing the Word especially in the Publicke Ministry Rom. 10.17 the chiefe ordinary instrument of working Faith Gal. 3.2 the Scripture it selfe giueth sufficient direction as IAMES 1. 21 Wherefore laying apart all filthinesse and superfluity of naughtinesse receiue with meekenesse the Word to be ingraffed in you which is able to saue your soules 22 And bee yee doers of the Word and not hearers onely deceiuing your owne selues Agreeing wherewith is that exhortation also in 1 Peter 2.1.2 Wherefore laying aside c. As new borne Babes desire c. With many pregnant Testimonies such as that Commendations giuen the Beraeans Acts 17.11 These were also more Noble men