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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68991	The hauen of hope containing godlie praiers and meditations for diuers purposes. Gathered by R.A.	Allin, Ralph.	1585 (1585)	STC 376.3; ESTC S115873	28,164	222

themselues iudgement And writing to the Hebrues he saith Obey them that haue the ouersight of you and submit your selues for they watch for your soules as they that must giue accounts that they may do it with ioy and not with greefe for that is vnprofitable for you Heer I see oh Lord how streight commandement we haue to obey those that are magistrates ouer vs of the which magistrats that are appointed to the ouersight of the people vnder thy diuine maiestie the prince is the chiefe good father therefore I beseech thee giue me grace that I may not swerue from this commandement but that I may at all times and in al places next vnder thee my heauenlie father giue due honor and obedience vnto my prince as vnto one whom thou hast appointed ruler in thy steed that there may be no signe of disobedience seen in me And Lord I beseech thee to blesse and preserue thy seruant our most gratious Queene gouernesse that she may long liue to the setting foorth of thy glorie the aduancement of vertue and abolishment of vice that thy name may be glorified and thy people edified to the glorie of thy name and the health of their soules Lord I pray thee prosper all hir good and godlie proceedings as thou diddest prosper thy faithful seruant Iosua whē he went in armes against Ierico And Lord I beseech thee defend hir as thou didst thy seruant Ezekiah from the cruell railings of Rabsecah the seruant of Senacherib who railing both against him and thy holie name was by thy mightie hand vtterly destroied and slaine in one night and Senacherib him selfe slaine of his owne sons as he worshipped his idol Nesroth euen so good father I beseech thee let it happen to the enimies of thy seruant Elizabeth let O LORD rise against hir one way and flie before hir seuen waies Blesse good father I besech thee all that she taketh in hand that it may be seene in all lands that thy name is called vpon by hir and that shee doth spend hir daies in the setting foorth of thy glorie And Lord I beseech thee giue vnto hir the wisedome of Salomon that as the Queene of Saba did come from the east to heare the wisedome of Salomon so all nations may come to heare the wisedome of this thy seruant and to see hir prudent gouernment wonder at the same and let all hir enimies confesse with greefe of hart that thy hand is with hir hand and against them that are against hir vntill they be consumed from off the face of the earth And furthermore good father I beseech thee if it be thy good will and pleasure ad vnto hir yeers as thou diddest to the yeers of Ezekiah that when the end of hir daies are come they may be lengthened as were the dais of that good king Ezekiah vnto the glorie of thy name and the helth of hir soule And further good Lord I pray that all traitors that go about to hurt thine annointed may be consumed frō of the face of the earth them and their seed for euermore These things good father I beseech thee grant and all other necessaries which thou knowest to be needfull for vs for thy deere sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ his sake to whome with thee and the holie Ghost be all honor and glorie world without end Amen A praier for a housholder ALmightie GOD which art the maker and gouernor of all things and createst rulers as it pleaseth thy maiestie which also hast made me thy seruant the maister and gouernor of a houshold or familie I beseech thee good father giue me grace that I may shew vnto my familie such example of life as both they may be edified and thy holie name glorified both in them and me And Lord I pray thee giue me grace that I may be gentle vnto my seruants and not bitter remembering alwaies as the holie Apostle Saint Paul saith that I my selfe haue also a maister in heauen And good father I pray thee let me haue a care to see that all necessarie things belonging to my familie may be prouided that nothing may be lacking that is pertaining to a Christian familie for as the scripture saith He that is without care of his houshold or familie is woorse than an infidell oh what a reproch is this for a Christian man to be accounted an infidell for not hauing care of his houshold Good father I beseech thee for Iesus Christ his sake that I may haue such a care as thou hast commanded in thy holie word that this great reproch and infamie may not be laid vnto my charge nor imputed vnto mee And furthermore good father I pray thee that I may be louing and friendly vnto my neighbors and alwaies willing to helpe and further them with their busines and labors and neuer mindfull to hinder them but that in all my doings and proceedings I may shew my selfe louing vnto them and dutifull and obedient vnto thee to the honor and praise of thy name and the profit of my brethren through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another praier for faith ALmightie and most mercifull Father which grantest the request and petition of as many as call vpon thee faithfully and without faith whosoeuer asketh is sure not to obtaine for as the Apostle witnesseth Without faith it is vnpossible to please God And in another place Whatsoeuer is not of faith is sin Therefore good father I beseech thee for thy deere son Iesus Christ his sake grant vnto mee this great and excellent gift of faith which is the gift that thou bestowest vpon all thy seruants And seeing that without this it is vnpossible to plese thee and without pleasing thee it is vnpossible to obtaine euerlasting life for these causes most deere father I come vnto thee beseeching thee in the bowels of thy deere sonne our Sauiour his sake to ingraffe into me a true and liuely faith in this my Sauiour that whatsoeuer I aske in his name faithfully may be obtained effectually to the releefe of my necessitie and to the setting forth and spreading abroad of thy glorie and praise thorough Iesus Christ our only Sauiour and redeemer Amen A praier for a laboring man to be said when he is about to begin his labor ETernall GOD and most louing father which hatest nothing that thou hast made neither despisest any thing that thou hast created which also commandest al men to labor and take paines in this world therby to sustaine our bodies with necessarie thinges therto belonging for this cause deere father I beseech thee to blesse and prosper all my labors that hence forward I take in hand And as thou O Lord hast commaunded vnto man in the time that he had transgressed saieng In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eate thy meate vntill the time that thou returne to earth againe for dust thou art and vnto dust shalt thou returne euen so good father I besech thee to blesse and prosper whatsoeuer

THE HAVEN OF HOPE Containing godlie Praiers and meditations for diuers purposes Gathered by R. A. Mark 13 35. Watch and pray for ye knowe not when the time is Imprinted at London for Yarath Iames. 1585 To the Worshipfull and my very good Maister M. IOHN DARCIE Esquier grace mercie and peace from God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ be multiplied CAlling vnto my remembrāce worshipfull Sir the streight accoūt that our Sauior Christ shal take of his seruants on whom he hath bestowed his talents and seing the reward that the good and profitable seruant shall haue for wel bestowing imploieng the same And also setting before mine eies the punishment prepared for the wicked and vnprofitable seruant I waieng the reward of the one and the punishment of the other thoght it to be very necessary my bounden dutie according to the talent which almightie GOD in mercie hath bestowed vpon me to write this little booke two especial causes moouing me thereunto the first principall cause is to discharge my dutie towards almightie GOD of whom I haue receiued and do receiue euery good gift whatsoeuer it be as neere as he will giue mee grace for as the Scripture saith Euerie good gift and euerie perfect gift commeth from aboue the Lord make vs thankfull for them for when we haue done whatsoeuer we can of our selues which is nothing yea when we thinke that we haue done the best seruice that can be done yet must we vnderstand and knowe that we are but vnprofitable seruants and haue not done so much as is our dutie to do This is the first and principall cause that mooued me to the writing of this little Treatise Then when I had finished this small peece of worke being vndetermined whom I might make my patrone at length it came into my mind to present the same vnto your worships view as to one of whome among men I haue receiued the greatest benefits Therfore the second cause that moued me to the writing of this little volume was somwhat to gratifie your worships goodwil which hath at all times been so great towards me But peraduenture your worship may thinke it a great presumption in me to present such a rude peece of worke to you but I craue pardon for my boldnes and I trust that your Worship will accept it according to my good meaning and I hope in the almightie Lord that although it be not furnished with Ciceronical eloquence you shall find in it such matter as shall tend both to the glorie of GOD and the health of your soule and that is my greatest desire Thus being loth to vse superfluitie of words I end desiring almightie God to prosper your Worship in all your affaires that you may so walke before him in this vale of miserie that when this our sinful course is ended you and we may all reigne togither with him in that place which he in mercie hath prepared for all his elect children to the which place bring vs the Father the Sonne and the holie Ghost Amen Your Worships most humble to command Raphe ALLIN To the godlie and Christian Reader R. A. wisheth the direction of Gods holie spirit THOV hast heer good Christian Reader the first fruits of a barren field which although it be not replenished with pleasant herbs delightfull to the fleshly fancie of thy mind yet if thou put away from thee the delights of this world and put on Christ Iesus I do not doubt but by the assistance of Gods holie spirit they shall be pleasant to thy spirituall appetite And heerin I desire thee not to be rash in condemning without consideration but rather if thou see a fault by any means to be escaped I earnestly desire thee to correct it that if heerafter occasion do serue me to set foorth the like againe seeing thy good will towards me I may be emboldened the more to perseuere in the like enterprise And bicause that praier if it come from a hart and mind that is stirred vnto godlines is a thing most pretious in the sight of almightie God I thought it good therefore to write this small Manuell of praiers intituled The HAVEN of HOPE which although the volume be but small yet if thou wel peruse and marke the same I trust in the Lord Iesus Christ that thou shalt find such matter in it as if thou pray by faith shall no doubt bring consolation both to thy soule and bodie And if I do find or can any way learne that this little Treatise doth bring any comfort vnto thy soule I do meane as God shall make me able in time to augment the same Thus being very loth to trouble thee with manie words and little matter I leaue thee to the defence of almightie God vnto whom I pray that it will please him to guide thee with his holie spirit that thereby thou maist do whatsoeuer shall be pleasant in his sight to his honor and the health of thine owne soule through our onlie Sauiour Iesus Christ to whom with the Father and the holie Ghost be all honor praise glorie dominion and thanks giuing now and euermore So be it Thine in the Lord R. A. An introduction to praier BEFORE thou beginnest to pray good christian Reader there are three things of thee principally to be noted which are these that followe 1 The first is to bewaile thy sins and to be hartily sorie for them promising never to commit the like againe For at what time soeuer a sinner doth repent him of his sinne from the bottom of his hart I will put all his wickednes out of my remembrance saith the Lord. 2 The second is this that thou must be persuaded in thy faith and conscience that the Lord doth heare regard whatsoeuer thou dost pray for or else thy praiers are made altogither in vaine For whatsoeuer proceedeth not of faith is sinne 3 And the third and last is this that thou must go with an vpright a cleere cōscience before the Lord thy God not bearing malice or enuie to any thy brethren or sisters in the Lord for as Saint Iohn saith How canst thou loue the Lord thy God whom thou hast not seen when thou hatest thy brother whom thou seest daily Thus good Reader if thou dost diligently mark and consider these three points and followe them there is no doubt but that the Lord thy GOD will heare what soeuer thou praiest and also grant thee thy request For how canst thou pray to the Lord to direct thee with his holie spirit when thou dost not bewaile and lament for thy offences which bee past And how dost thou thinke to obtaine thy request at the Lords hand when thou dost not pray by faith and with a cleere conscience And how canst thou pray with a cleere conscience when thou bearest malice and enuie to thy brethren or sisters which are all members of one misticall bodie with thee Iesus Christ being the head Thus breefly haue I