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A17892	The alphabet of prayers very fruitefull to be exercised and vsed of euerye Christian man. Newly collected and set forth, in the yeare of our Lorde, 1564. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.	Cancellar, James,	1565 (1565)	STC 4558; ESTC S109602	28,466	96

thys is certayne that all they which truste in thee shall not bee confounded Breake not therefore good Lorde the couenant that thou hast made wyth thy Seruaunt and chaunge not that which hath yssued out of thy mouth Cause that thy holye Aungell may direct and guide me that my soule may truste in thee for thou arte the fountayne of Lyfe and my recreation in aduersytie Deliuer mee from the snares of the hunters and from the perilles of my persecuters and make a shaddowe ▪ for mee vnder thy shoulders and I shall be harmelesse Euyl men are risen vp agaynste me yet thy truth shall be my shield buckler and therefore if my enimies come agaynste me I will not flye nor turne my backe For who is he that hath trusted in thee and is confounded or who hathe called vpon thee and thou haste despised him Go not from me O Lord for like as the Hart when he is chased coueteth to the riuers of water euen so my soule desireth to be with thee Howe great pleasures hast thou O Lorde prepared for me in heauen that I shuld delight in no earthly thing but in thee I will therefore acknowledge that I haue all my strength of thee for thou art my hope my protection my God and my Sauiour Keepe mee O Lorde for in thee my health and glorye doth consist thou arte my comfort my strength and helper in whome I doe trust Let all them O Lorde reioyce and be glad which seeke thee and let them whiche loue to haue Saluation of thee say Magnified be the Lorde for euer Glory be to the father c. The Versycle O Lorde heare my Prayer The Aunswere And let my cry come vnto thee The Prayer O Most gratious moste wise guide my Sauyour Christe which doest leade all them that truely and vnfaynedly truste in thee the righte way to immortall blessednesse Graunt mee that like as I am weake and feable so I maye take and repute my selfe that I presume not as of my selfe to see my selfe but so farre to see that I maye alwayes trusting in thee haue thee before my eyes to follow thee being my guid to be ready at thy call moste obediently to accompt my selfe wholly vnto thee that thou which only knowest the way mayst leade me in the same waye to thy heauenly ioyes where thou raygnest God euerlastingly Amen ¶ The fourth Psalme of Mercy To be said before the receyuing of the Communion ¶ O Mercifull Iesu HAue mercy vpon me accordinge to thy great mercye and according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away all mine offences O Sweete Iesu I Haue sinned agaynst thee and done euill in thy sight that thou mayst be iustified in thy saying and mayst ouercome when thou art iudged O Christ the Sonne of God LOoke on mee with y e eyes of thy mercy the vnknowne things of thy wisedome haste thou reuealed vnto mee if thou therefore sprinckle me with ysope I shall be cleansed if thou wash mee I shall be whiter than Snowe O my Sauiour MAke thou a pure hearte in mee and looke no more on my synnes but after thy mercy and great goodnesse put out of thy sight all mine offences O my Redemer NO man can helpe mee but thou cast me not therefore from thy presence ▪ and thy holy Spirite take not from me O my Maker OUt of the bowels of thy mercy giue me comfort and thy helpe so shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked that they may conuert vnto thee O King of Kings PUt from mee Bloudgyltynesse thou that arte the hope of my health and my tong shall speake of thy ryghteousnesse O Iesu QUenche the desire of Synne in mee and open my lippes that my mouth may set forthe the worthy prayse of thy name O maruellous Creator REmember thou desyrest not the Sacryfice of Calues nor delightest in whole burnt Offrings yet haste thou pleasure in a lowly Spirite and a contrite and humble heart doest thou not despise O Holy of Holiest SEnde downe thy fauourable beneuolence vpon Sion thy holye habitation and builde vp the walles and pyllers thereof then shall the acceptable sacrifice of righteousnesse be layde vpon thine altare O Holy Father PRaise be to thee and to the Sonne and holye ghost as it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe worlde without ende Amen The versicle O Lord Iesu haue mercye The Aunswere Which came downe suffred for mee The Collect. O Sorde Iesus Christ Sonne of the liuing God set thy holye Passion Crosse and death betweene thy iudgement and my soule both nowe at the houre of death And moreouer vouchsafe to graunt vnto y e liuing mercye and grace that after thys lyfe they may haue rest quietnesse in thee And to thy whole Church graunt peace and concorde that all the members thereof may liue ioy in thee for euer which liuest and raignest with the Father and holy Ghost worlde without ende Amen The Prayer O Lorde Iesus Christ the onely stay and defence of my mortall state my onely hope my onely saluation my victorye my glorye and my triumphe who in the fleshe which thou haddest for my onely cause taken vppon thee didst suffer thy selfe to be tempted of Sathan and who onely and alone diddest vtterly ouercome and vanquish sinne death the worlde the Diuel and all the kingdome of Hell And whatsoeuer thou haste so ouercome for my behouse it is thou y t haste ouercomed it alone Giue me therefore I besech thee O Lion most victorious of y e tribe of Iuda strength against the deceitfull waiting of the most subtil Serpent which dailye seketh to deuour my soule Thou beyng a Lambe as whyte as Snowe the vanquisher of Sathans tyranny gyue vnto mee thy lyttle one the strength and vertue of thy Spirite that being of my selfe weake and feable but in thee strong and valiaunt I may withstande and ouercome all assaultes of temptation so that my ghostly Enimie the Diuel may not glory ouer me but being a cōquerour thorow thee ▪ I may giue thankes to thy mercy which neuer leaueste him destitute that putteth his truste in thee who liuest and raignest God for euer without ende Amen When thou shalt receyue the Communion say thus O Lord and Sauiour Iesu Christ who in thy laste Supper wyth thine Apostles didst giue vnto them in a Sacrament thine owne body and Bloud to be the foode of their soules Graunte mee I beseech thee euer stedfastly to beleeue and kindelye to acknowledge thy Infinite and Almighty power and thine incomprehensible loue towarde mee and that I may alwayes worthily receyue the same blessed Sacrament and memoriall of thy death according to thy holye ordinaunce that it may worke in mee increase of all Godlinesse in vnity of spirite with thee oure head and by thee and thy spirite with al the company of them y t be truely thine which be thy spirituall and mysticall bodye and my spirituall and Christen brethren Heare mee

The Alphabet of Prayers very fruitefull to be exercised and vsed of euerye Christian Man Newly collected and set forth in the yeare of our Lorde 1564. ¶ Seene and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions Luke 11. Euery one that asketh receiueth and he that seketh findeth IMPRINTED AT LONdon by Henry Denham dwelling in Paternoster Rowe at the Signe of the Starre The Glory of the Honorable is to feare God Ecclesi 9. HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE It is good for euery estate These fewe lynes to imitate R Remember thy calling O Obey thy Prince B Beware of Ambition A Aduenge not thy cause R Regarde thine estate T Take coūcell of the wise D Deserue no euill reporte V Vse Iustice. D Defende the right L Let wisedome rule thee E Embrace Honour Y Yelde to Truthe To the Right high and Honorable and my Singuler and very good Lorde Lorde Robert Dudley Earle of Lecester Baron of Denbigh and Knight of the moste Noble order of the Garter THE chiefe and Principall thing most Noble Earle appertaining to euery Honorable Personage which thing it is good to see that your Honor doth well consider is to walke in the Garden of Humilitie and the highe or directe waye to the same is to passe by the gate of Vertue whose foundation is ancred and linked to the feare and loue of God for as by the one is couered the multitude of sinnes so by the other is obtayned blessednesse wisedome and knowledge Dauid that noble king and prophet after that hee had long trauailed and had passed thorowe the gate of vertue entred the faire and pleasaunt garden of humilitie And hys walking and continuaunce therein so much pleased God that God saide of him by the mouth of his Prophet I will set vp thy seede after thee which shall proceede out of thy body Which sentence most worthy Earle although not spoke of your Noble parentage in your honor may be approued which I doubt not your honor considereth Knowing therefore moste honorable the great loue and effection which your honor euer hath and doth beare to Vertue and good Letters I was thereby moued the more boldly after I had gathered togither this small handfull of floures named the Alphabete of Prayers to dedicate the same to your Honor as the fruites of my labours nothing doubting but that it shall moste acceptablye come into your fauourable and sure protection And for so much as Prayer is the key that openeth to Vertue I thought good moste honorable to set forth to the open shew of the world and to thencrease of Vertue thys little Volume or Treatise most humblye beseeching your Honor to accept it as my good wil crauing your pardon if any thing haue escaped mee for want of Learning And I according to my bounden dutie shall call daily with my most humble and hearty Prayers to Almighty God to finishe that he hath begon in you with prosperous preseruation of your health long to liue in Honor loye and Felicitie Amen Iames Canceller wisheth continuall health To the Reader IT is written gentle Reader that in the beginning in the dayes of Seth the sonne of Adam the people first began to inuocate and call on the name of God which is to saye by deuout Prayer they did require and aske all things of him praysed him trusted in him and gaue to him the honour and worship that belonged vnto him And this maner of praying was vsed among the Fathers from Noe vnto the comming of Christe And they did frequent vse the same as a special meane and way to craue of God his mercy hys grace and his assistance By Prayer also they did set forthe the glory of God appeased hys wrathe and displeasure and rendred hym thanckes for his benefites receyued Christe oure Sauioure after his comming taught it also as a moste necessary and cōfortable doctrine wherby we might craue of hys heauenly Father not onely all thyngs necessary and needefull for vs as appereth in hys Prayer taught to hys Disciples but also forgiuenesse of sinnes to the attainement of eternall Lyfe And therefore maye we well saye that as the vse thereof is worthye prayse so is the want therof to be lamented For where as Prayer is not frequented there God is not called vppon for hys grace and assistance neyther is he thancked for hys gracious benefites the free gyfte of hys mercy is not desired neyther is the horrible punishement of hys iustice feared Right well therefore may we in this our age wherein sinne so much aboundeth and the ordinarye vse and time and place of Prayer so muche neglected lament the lack of the vse thereof in all degrees wyth the loose lyfe of men whiche is so frayle so weake so peruerse of nature and so prone to euill that almoste none in manner sheweth in liuing to feare God Who is afrayde to offende hym or who refrayneth to blaspheme hys holye name who seeketh to subdue the fleshe to the Spirit yea rather who seeketh not to lay the brydle of liberty at length freely and without staye to followe sinne the cause whereof is as I haue sayd the want of true and vnfayned calling on God in deuout Prayer For by it is wrought in vs the hate of sinne and by it is driuen from vs all other occasions that might prouoke the wrath of God vpon vs. And therefore it may be called oure speedy messanger or trusty Embassadour which doth obtain for vs a gratyous audience before the Maiestie of God presenting to him the fruites of our contrite hearts But who may not now trowest thou Gentle Reader rightlye saye to the world as Ionas sayd to the Niniuetes There is yet forty dayes and the world shall be destroyed The Niniuetes as sone as the Prophet had proclaimed distruction to come on them for their sinne they immediatly at the first crying of him with trembling and feare turned to God beleued him feared his iustice confessed their sinnes and with penitent hearts craued hys mercye But thou O Englande whome it hath pleased God to call not by the mouth of one man as he did the Niniuets but he hath called thee by dyuers other and sundrye meanes as first by giuing thee a moste vertuous gracious Queene who for hir worshipping of God and setting forth hys name and glorye maye be compared wyth Iosiah king of Iuda for hir vertues pollicie wysedome with Iudeth for the cares toward hir peopte with humble Hester He hath not as I saye called thee by thys hys good gifte of so mercifull and gracious a Queene but also hath called thee by the Preachers of hys Worde by death and famine otherwise by fyre frō Heauen by motion of warre and lastly by mortallitie of Pestilence yet nothing O Englande doest thou regarde hys calling wherefore to thee it may be said the more he seeketh thee the more thou shunnest him the more