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A16579	A godlye medytacyon composed by the faithfull ... I.B. latlye burnte in Smytfelde ...	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. Excitationes in animi Deum. aut; Pownall, Robert, 1520-1571. Most fruitful prayer for the dispersed church of Christ. aut	1559 (1559)	STC 3483; ESTC S109638	19,168	75

euer towardes those that ernestly repente but in the stede of vengance doest showe mercye We mooste penitently beseche the to remoue this thy great indignation bente towardes vs and gyue not ouer our lande our Cytyes Townes and Castels our goodes pocessions ryches our wyfes chyldren and our own lywes into the subiectiō of strangers But rather O Lorde expell them our land subuerte there coūselles dissipate their deuyces and delyuere vs from theire tyranny as thou delyuerest Samaria frō that cruell Benadab Ierusalem from that blasphemus Senacherib and Betulia from that proude Holifernus Gyue vs O Lord such princes rulers suche maiestrates gouernours as wil auaūce thy glory erecte vp thy gospell supprese Idolatrye banish all papistrye execute iustice equite Water agayn O lord thy vyne of england with the moysture of thi holy-word leste it vtterly peryshe wither away Byld vp agayn the decayed walles of thy rewyned Ierusalē thy congregation in this land lest the vngodly do attribute oure confusion not vnto our sinnes as the truthe is but vnto our profession in religion Remember O Lord that we ar a persell of thy portion thy flocke the inheritors of thy kingdom the shepe of thy pasture and the mēbers of thy son our sauiour Iesus Christ deale with vs therfore according to the multitude of thy mercies that al nations kindredes toūges may selebrate thy prayses in the restoringe of thy rewyned church to perfection agayn for it is thy worke O lord not mās from the do we with paciēce attende the same not frō the fleshly arme of mā therfore to the only is don all dominion power and thākes geuing now in our dayes and euermore Amen i. Timoth. ii Praye in euery place lyfting vp pure hādes OH mighty kinge and moste high almighty god the father of our lorde Iesus christe whiche mercifully doest gouerne al thinges which thou hast made loke downe vpon the faithful seade of Abraham the children of thy chosen Iacob Thy chosen people I doe meane consecrate vnto the by the anoyncting of thi holy spirite And apointed to thi kingdōe by the eternal porpose free merci and greace but yet as straungers wandring in this vile vale of misery brought forth daily by the worldly tyrantes like sheape to the slaughter O father of al fleashe who by thi diuine prouidēce chaūgest times and ceasons and most wonderfully disposest kingdoms thou hast destroyed Pharo with all his horse and Chariottes puffid vp with pride agayenst thy people leadinge forth saffelye by the handes of thy mercie thy belouede Israell thorow the highe waues of the raging waters Thou oh god the lord of all hostes and armis didest first dryue awaye from the gates of thy people the blasphemous Senacherib slaing of his armye foure score and fiue thousand by thy angil in one night And after bi his owne sonnes befor his own Idoles didest kil the same blasphemous Idolater showyng openly to all heathē thy prouidēt pwre towardes thi dispised letel ones Thou didest traūce forme and chaūg proud Nabuchodonosar the enimy of thi people into A brute beast to eate grasse and hay to the horable terrour of all worldly tirantes And as thou arte the father of mercies and god of all consolacion so of thy wonderful mercie didest thou preserue thos thi thre seruauntes in Babilō which with bolde corage gaue theyr bodies to the fire because thei wolde not worship any deade Idole and when they were cast into the burning fornace thou didest geue them chearful hartes to reioyse and singe psalmes and sauedest vnhurt the very heares of their heades turning the flame frō thē to deuoure their enemies Thou oh lorde god by the might of thy right arme which gouerneth all broughtest Daniell thi prophet saue into light and life forthe of the darcke denne of the deuouring lions where by false accusations he was shout vnder the erth of those raging beastes to be deuoured but thou turnedst ther cruelty vpon his accusares repainge the wickede vpon their own pates Yea lord which passeth al wonders is far aboue mans powre to perceiue therin thy workinge thou didest cause the huge and greate dragon of the seas the horrible Leuiathan and Behemoth the main whalefish to swalow vp and deuoure thy seruaūt Ionas to kepe him iii. dayes and iii. nightes in the dongeon of his bealy the darke hellicke graue to a liuinge man Thou didest cause that grete monster to carie him to the place that thou haddest apointed and ther to cast him vp saue and able to do thy massage Now also O heauenly father beholdor of all thinges to whome only belongeth vengeaunce thou seest considrest how thy holy name by the wicked wordlinges and blasphemous Idoloters is dishonorid thy sacrate woorde refused forsaken and dispised thy holye sprite prouokede and offended thy chosene temple polluted and deffilede Tarie not tooe longe therfore but show thy powre spedelye vpon thy chosen household which is so greuously vexed so cruelly handled by thy open enemyes Auenge thy owne glorye and shorten these euell dayes for thy electes sake Let thy kingdom come of all thy desyred though oure liuinges hath offended thy maiesty as we doe cōfesse vnfaynedly O Lorde that we haue all sinned our kings princes prestes prophetes and people All we together wyth our parētes fathers mothers haue most greuously infinitely passing all mesure and number with our harde flintishe hartes our dissolute and careles lyfe withoute all shame and repentaunce for syn offendid transgressid trespassid synned and cōmitted most horrible wickednes so that we haue worthely deserued the vttermoste of thy plages and terrible vengeaunce Yet for thy owne glorye O mercifull Lord suffer not the enemye of thy sonne Chryste the romyshe Antichrist thus wretchedlye to delude and draw frō the our poore brethern for whome thy sonne once died that by his crueltie after so cleare light thei shold be made captiues to domme Idoles and deuelysh Inuentions of popyshe ceremonies therunto pertayning Suffer hym not to seduce the symple sort with his fonde opinion that his false gods blind mumbling fayned religion or his folishe supersticion doth geue hym suche conquestes suche victories suche triumphe and so high hand ouer vs. We knowe moste certaynely O Lord that it is not ther arme and powre but our synnes and offences that hath deliuered vs to their fury And hath caused the to turne away frō vs. But turne agayne O Lorde let vs fall into thy handes otherways seing thy iustice must ponish vs let vs fall into thy handes as Dauid dyd chewse by darth famin or pestilence or what waye thou likest least these vayne Idolaters doe reioyse at the miserable destruction of those men whome they make proselites and frome thy doctrine Apostates But oh lorde thy holye will be fulfilled this is thy righteous Iudgment to ponish vs wyth the tyrannical yoke of blindnes because we haue cast away from vs the sweate yoke of the

your bed and to dispose your selfe to slepe so be not a fraide to dye but rather prepare your selfe to yt thinke that nowe you are nerer your ende by one days iorney then you wer in the morning ¶ When you feele slepe to be cōmynge praye O Lorde Iesus Christe my watchman and keper take me to thy care graunte that my body slepynge my mynde maye watche in the and be made mery by sum sight of that celestiall heauenlye life whearin thou arte the kyng prynce together with the father the holy ghoste Thy Angelles holye soules be moste hapie citesens O purify my soul kepe cleane my body that in both I may please the slepinge and wakinge for euer Amen ¶ A mooste frutfull Prayer for the dispersed Church of Christ very necessary to be vsed of the godly in these dayes of affliction compiled by R. P. O Moste omnipotent magnificēt and glorious god and father of al consolation we here assembled do not presume to present and prostrate our selfes before thy mercy seate in the respect of our owne worthines and rightousnes whych is all together poluted and defyled but in the merites rightousnes and worthines of thy onlye sonne Iesus Christe whome thou hast gyuen vnto vs as a moste pure and precious garment to couer oure polution and fylthynes wyth all to th end we myghte appere holye and Iustified in thy sighte throughe hym Wherefore in the obedience of thy commandementes and in the confidence of thy promyses contayned in thy holy worde that thow shalte accepte and graunte oure prayers presented vnto the in the fauoure of thy only sonne our sauiour Iesu Christe Eyther for oure selfes or for the necessitie of thy saynctes and congregation We here congregated together do wyth one mouth and mynde most humblye beseche the not onlye to pardon and forgyue vs all oure synnes necligences Ignorances and iniquites whych we frō time to time incessantlye do commytte agaynste thy diuine maiestye in worde dede and thought such is the infirmitie of oure corrupted nature But also that it wolde please thee O benyng father to be fauorable and mercyfull vnto thy poore afflicted churche congregation dispersed throughe out the whole worlde whiche in these dayes of iniquitie are oppressed in iuried dispiced persecuted afflicted for the testimonye of thy worde and for the obediēce of thy lawes And namely O Lorde and father we humbly beseche the to extende thy mercye and fauourable countynance vpon all those that are imprisoned or condemned for the cause of thy Gospell whome thou hast chosen forthe and made worthi to glorify thy name That eyther it maye please the to gyue them suche constancye as thou hast gyuen to thy sainctes matters in tyme paste willinglye to shede theyr bloud for the testimonie of thy worde Or els mightlye deliuer them from the tyranny of theyr enimies as thou delyuerest the condemned Daniell from the Lions and the persecuted Peter oute prison to thexeaultation of thy glory and the reioysing of thy churche Further more moste beneficiall father we humbly beseche the to stretch forthe the myghty arme into the protection and defence of all those that are exiled for the testimonye of thy veryte that bycause they wolde not bende theyr backes and incline they re neckes vnder the youcke of Anthechrist and be poluted wyth the execrable Idolatries and blasphemus superstitions of the vngodly That it would please the not onlye to fede them in strange cōtreys but also to prepare a resting place for thē as thou haste done from tyme to tyme for thyne electe in all age is whereas they maye vnyte them selfes together in the syncere mynistration of thy holye worde and Sacramentes to theyr synguler edificatiō And in deu time restore them home agayne into their lād to celebrate thy prayses promote thy gospell edefye thy desolate congregation Consequently O lord thou that hast sayd that thou wilt not breke the brused reide nor quenche the smokynge flaxe Be mercyfull we beseche thee vnto all those that through feare and wecknes haue denied the by dissimulation and ypocresie That it may please the to strenghten theyr wecke knees thou that art the strenght of thē that standethe and lyfte vp theyr feible handes that theire lytell smoke maye increase into a great flame and their brused reid into a myghtye oke able to abyde al the bolstringe blastes stormye tempestes of aduersyte to th end that the vngodly do no longer triūphe ouer they re faight which as they thincke they haue vtterly quenched subdewed Stirre vp thy strenght in them O lorde and behold them with that merciful eye where with thou beheldes Peter that they risynge by repentaunce maye become the constant confessors of thy worde and the sanctified members of thy churche To the end that when as by thy prouidence thou purposeste to lay thy crosse vpon them they do no more seke vnlawful meanes to auoyde the same but most willingly to be contented with patience to take it vp follow the in what sort so euer it shall please the to laye the same vpō their shoulders Eyther by death imprisonment or exile And that it wil please thee not to tempte thē aboute their powers but gyue them grace vtterlye to dispayer of theyr owne strenght and wholye to depende vpon thy mercye On the other syde O lord god thou ryghtouse Iudge Lette not the vngodlye the enimies of thy truth continually triumphe ouer vs as they do at this daye Let not thyne heritage become a reproche comon lawghing stocke vnto the impudente and wycked Papistes who by all possyble meanes seke the vtter distruction of thy lytell stocke in shedynge the bloude of thy saynctes for the testimonye of thy worde sekynge by moste deuelysh and damnable practices to subuert thy truth Cōfound them O God and all theyr wicked counselles in the same pyt they haue digged for other let them be taken that it maye be vniuersally knowen that there is no counsel nor force that can preuayle agaynst the lorde our god Breke O lord the hornes of those blouddy bulles of basan Pull down those high moūtaynes that eleuate them selfes agaynst thee And rote vp the rotten race of the vngodly to th ēde that they being consumed in the fyre of thyne indignation thyne exyled Churche may in there own land find place of habitation O Lorde delyuer oure lande whiche thou haste geuen vs for a porciō to poscesse in this lyfe from the inuasion and subdewynge of strangers Truthe it is we cannot denye but that our synnes hathe iustlye deserued this greate plage now emynent and approchynge euē to be gyuē ouer into the hands and subiection of that proud and beastly nation that neither know the nor fere the and to serue them in a bodyly captyuyte that haue refused to serue the in a spirituall libertye Yet lorde for as much as we are assuredlye perswaded by thy holye worde that thyne anger dothe not laste for