and feeling faith for we feel it oftentimes in vs very weake and troubled with many doubtes Increase it in vs O Lord that wee may through thy holy spirit bee assured that the punishment of our sinne is fully in thy Sonne discharged Make vs O Lord our God to feele the same in our soules and consciences that Iâ—sus Christ is ours and all that hee hath done that we are ingrafted into his body and made one with him and therefore fellow-heires with him of euerlasting life Let vs not onely haue these words in our mouths good Lord but through thy holy Spirit let vs feele the comfort of them in our hearts fully sealed setled in vs that we feeling our selues inwardly before thy Iudgement seate discharged and our consciences towards thee appeased may bee swallowed vp with an vnfained loue towards thy heauenly Maiesty and towards our Bretheren for thy sake Make sinne to die in vs daily more and more that wee may hate detest and vtterly abhorre all sinne and wickednesse in all men but especially in our selues that wee mâ—y strongly through thy holy Spirit sette our selues in open defiance against all sin and wickednesse that wee please not our selues in our sins but straightly examining sin by the iust rule of thy holy Lawes wee may vtterly from the bottome of our hearts condemne euen the least sinne in our selues hauing our whole ioy comfort and consolation vpon those things which bee agreeable to thy blessed will alwaies being afraide to doe any thing contrary to the same that wee may euen from the bottome of our hearts examine and try our thoughts before thy presence that they bee vpright vnfained not hypocritical in outward shew only appearance but that euen all the corners of our hearts being opned and disclosed before thee we may euen as though it were openly before the face of the whole world bring them in shew knowing that a double heart is destitute in thine eyes and that wee may walke alwayes as before thine eyes not onely before the eyes of man being more carefull to walk circumspectly in this respect that we haue thee to be a viewer of our doings a thousand fold more then the eyes of man That thus wee may walke as becommeth thy Children not onely in outward shew but also in sincerity of hart abhorring euen the least sinne in our selues striuing resisting and fighting against sinne not nourishing the same in our breast but earnestly embracing and studiously seeking after those things which bee pleasant in thine eyes that neyther the feare of man nor losse of goods life landes possessions or friends draw vs away from thee to doe anie least thing contrary vnto thy will and pleasure neither the fauour and friendship of man nor yet the flattering enticements of this World nor the vaine promotions of the same do mooue vs â—ny whit from the true and endlesse ioy delight pleasure which we ought to haue in those things which be agreeable to thy will and the constant performance of the same but that alwayes to the end of our life wee may continue in thy pathes growing and increasing from faith to faith from strength to strength till at length we shall come to thine euerlasting rest Amen ¶ A Prayer for the prosperous estate of the whole Church O Lord our God and heauenly Father forasmuch as by thy holy word we are commanded in our Prayers not onely to be mindefull of our selues but also of all other thy children yea euen of our enemies wee commend vnto thy diuine Maiestie all thy whole true and Catholicke Church and euery member thereof that as it hath pleased thy goodnesse by the bright beames of thy holy word to shine ouer the whole world whereby thou hast expelled driuen away caused to vanish the darke and misty cloudes of ignorance and superstition so thou wouldest vouchsafe by thy holy Spirit to touch the hearts of men that they may ioyfully imbrace that thine so high a Treasure sent amongst vs that through our vnthankefulnesse wee prouoke not thy Maiesty in anger to take it from vs. Crush bruise and destroy with the breth of thy mouth the mightie power of that man of sin which so proudly exalteth himselfe aboue al that is called God Let not thy simple flocke deere Father in whose consciences he so long time hath yet doth sit as God bee any longer poisoned with his sweet inticing poisons but so lighten their harts that they may perceiue his iuglings embrace the sweet and comfortable doctrine of life euerlasting reuealed in thy glorious Gospell And forasmuch as it hath pleased thee in mercy aboue all Nations of the earth to powâ—e down the sweet showers of thy heauenly graces vpon this our English Nation aboundantly in more plentifull wise watering the same with the giftes of thy holy Spirite in promoting thy Gospell and ouerthrowing Idolatrie we beseech thee continue thy fauour towards the same and vttery roote out all Remnants Reliques and Monâ—ments of Idolatrie that thy glorious name may be throughly exalted in sincere pure and holy worship And as thou hast in mercie from amongst vs in this thy Church vtterly banished all false venomous and poisonfull doctrine wherewith the soules of thy Children heretofore haue beene wounded â—o death and in place thereof hast placed the true and comfortable doctrine of life euerlasting wherewith the soules of thy children may be fedde and norished to euerlasting ioy so in like mercie and fauour we beseech thee deare Father establish in the same thy Church a true perfect and sincere regiment therof according to the prescript rule of thy blessed Word all fantasies of mans brains and dreames of humane policie vtterly abolished that thy glorious Maiesty onely may be exalted in the light of thy glorious Gospel and that thy Church may flourish increase being through thy protection aided supported maintained and defended we beseech thee â—â—thy holy Spirit guide and rule euery part and member thereof especially thy seruant Iames our King whome thy gracious fauor and mercifull prouidence hath appointed a cheefe member of the same vnder whose winges next vnto thy protection it hath a cheefe succour and support Grant vnto him O Lord a pure and perfect zeale aboue all things to promote thy glorie first cheeflie in labouring and endeuoring of himselfe earnestlie in wiping away and purging out of the Church all blots and deformities to reduce the same to a pure sincere forme of worshippe agreeing to thy blessed word vtterly to remooue all stumbling blockes which stay and hinder the course of thy Gospell Giue in like manner O Lord GOD the spitit of wisedome discretion gouerment that with equitie and iustice he may see this whole Realme which thou hast committed to his charge peaceably quietly gouerned that hee may studiouslie labour that as well through the whole Realme vertue be exalted vice abandoned as especially in his owne house and Court that all wicked
to study to liue according to thy blessed will during our whole life Wee doe not onely pray for our selues but also for all thy whole Church especially such as bee persecuted for thy word grant vnto them that whether it be by death or life they may glorifie thy Name to their liues end Be mercifull to this Church of England Scotland Ireland we beseech thee good Lord preserue euery part and menber of the same especially thy seruant Iames our King grant him all such giftes as bee needfull for so high a calling to the aduancement of thy glorie and benefit of this Common wealth to the establishing of a perfect gouerment of thy Church according to the prescript rule of thy blessed word to the rooting out of all superstition and reliques of Antichrist to the gouerning of his subiects in all peace and tranquilitie Defend him O Lord from all conspiracies treasons rebellions and so worke in the hearts of all his subiects that knowing his authoritie doth come from thy heauenly Maiesty they may with obedient hearts humbly obey them in thee and for thee Preserue the whole Councell and the Magistrates of the Realme that being lightened through thy holy Spirit they may defend the truth suppresse wickednesse and maintaine equitie Behold all the Pastours and Preachers of thy word blesse their labours increase the number of them place ouer euery Church a painefull watchman remoue all idle lubbers and confound the power of Antichrist and turne the hearts of the people that they may be obedient to thy truth Blesse the two famous Vniuersities Cambridge and Oxford all the students of the same with all Schooles of Learening Behold all those that bee afflicted with any kind of crosse that they may profit by thy correction in newnesse of life Lastly for our selues here gathered wee humbly O Lord craue at thy handes that it would please thee to make vs thankefull vnto thy Maiestie for all thy louing kindnesse shewed vnto vs euen from our infancie especially that thou hast this present night deliuered vs from all dangers both of body and soule whereinto many haue fallen as wee in the like manner should haue done if we had not beene staied with thy mercifull hand that thou hast aâ—so granted vnto vs so sweete comfortable rest and hast now presently brought vs to the beginning of this day For these things good Lord wee yeeld thee most hearty thankes beseeching thee to make vs more more daily thankfull vnto thy Maiestie for them and pardon our vnthankfulnesse And as thou hast safely preserued vs vnto this present houre from all the dangers of this life so we beseech thee continue thy fauour towardes vs this day and the whole course of our life Defend vs O Lord that we now entring into the affaires of this day bee not drawne away with the vaine allurements of this world to sinne and wickednesse that wee walke not in the shadow of death that wee be not intangled in the snares of sinne that wee stumble not at the blockes of iniquitie that we finally fall not into the pit of death and destruction but beeing shadowed vnder thy wings we may cheerefully constantlie goe on forward to the end of our course Grant vnto vs O Lord our God that this good time which thou grantest vnto vs in this life be not idlely or vainly of vs consumed but that euery one of vs may be diligently exercised in his calling this day and all our life long being assured that thou wilt once call vs to yeeld an account of our Stewardship Indue vs we beseech thee with those gifts and graces which bee needfull for vs in our calling that with a pure heart sincere conscience wee may vse them to the benefit of our bretheren and discharge of our owne conscience before thy Maiestie We beseech thee O Lord that in all our consultations words and workes this day and the whole course of our life we may alwayes haue thee presnet before our eyes knowing that thou seest euen the very deepe thoughts of our hearts which alwaies may bee as a bridle to pull vs backe that wee neither do nor yet consent to any sinne or wickednesse but that alwaies wee may bee so exercised in the affaires of this life that wee looke still to the end of our course when it shall please thee to bring vs through the pilgrimage of this life to our euerlasting rest with thy deere Sonne Iesus Christ our Sauiour In whose Name for these mercies and whatsoeuer thou knowest to bee needfull for vs for thy whole Church wee pray vnto thee as hee himselfe hath taught vs in his holy word saying Our Father c. The Lord blesse vs saue vs the Lord make his face shine vppon vs and bee mercifull vnto vs the Lord turne his fauorable countenance towards vs grant vs his peace The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ the loue of God the Father and the most comfortable fâ—llowshippe of the holy Ghost bee with vs preserue vs this day and euermore Amen Euening Prayer for priuate Houses and Families O Gracious God and louing Father according to thy Commandement we do heere present our selues againe before thy Maiestie humbly prostrating our sinfull selues before the Throne of thy mercy acknowledging and confessing from the bottome of our hearts that wee are miserable sinners daylie breaking thy Commaundements both in thoght word and deede wherein we iustly deserue euerlasting damnation and to bee vtterly throwne from thy presence Yet O Lord wee see thy goodnesse againe towardes vs who not sâ—ffering vs thus to perish in our sinnes hast set thine owne deere Sonne Iesus Christ to take vppon him whatsoeuer is due â—o reconcile and make vs at one with thee againe In him theâ—efore good Lord and through him doe wee come vnto thee beseeching thee for his sake that wee feeling the greeuousnesse of our sins and groaning vnder the burthen of them may feele the release and ease of them in that we be through thy holie Spirit assured and stedfastly beleeue that Christ Iesus our Lord hath borne the burden of them euen for vs. Graunt O Lord that wee being assured heereof in our Consciences may thorough thy most holy and blessed Spirit be renewed in the inner man to hate detest and vtterly abhorre all sinne and that wee may studie to liue according to thy blessed will during our whole life And now O Lord God we pray not onely for our selues but likewise for all thy whole Church especiallie for such as be persecuted for the testimony of a good conscience Grant vnto them O Lord that whether it be by death or life they may glorifie thy Name to their liues end Blesse these Churches good Father wherein wee liue and therein our gracious Soueraigne and thy seruant Iames King of Great-Britaine France and Ireland Keepe him O Lord from all Conspiracies Treasons and Rebellions Preserue the Noble and hopefull Prince Charles the
of my duetie to my selfe and mine that so in our fayling each other wherein happily we might be more confounded as making this the main of our Religion rather to be honoured of each other in mutuall helpe then to honor thee our God in seeking help from thee alone wee might knowe the true cause why thou didst fail vs in the publike euen because we sought our selues and not thy Glory Oh the infinite riches of the wisedome of God! How wisely didst thou abase thy Seruant at home where hee sought to aduance himselfe in priuat by profiting others who neither sought thine honour abroad nor how to benefit himselfe by the publike Ordinances And yet how mercifully diddest thou heerein deale with him by calling him to account and charging him as an vnprofitable seruant for his vnworthy walking before thee in the publike while he was casting vp his peniworthes at home and expiated the approbation and recompence of a profitable seruant Euen thus O Lord my God fared it with me at home the best that I reaped was accordingly as I had sowne As I sowed to the flesh abroad so of the flesh I reaped corruption and confusion at home and while I endeuoured to heale the wound and mend my selfe by imparting of my bâ—d peniworths to others it was more encreased by their drowsinesse and deceitfull chaffering with me yeelding me no better then the chaffe and refuse of bodily and formall attendance for all my Lip-labour and cold deuotions bestowed vppon them And this is all that I can truly account with thee O thou Searcher of my secret parts for all the goodnesse I haue receiued from thee this day euen to account my selfe vnworthy of the least of thy mercies not able to answere thee one for a thousand if thou sholdst enter into iudgment with me But herein yet haue I boldnesse before thee comfort from thee that in this I do vnfeignedly iudge my selfe that thou mayest not condemne mee that in the iudging of my self I desire to giue thee the onely glorie of all thy mercies vouchsafed vnto me this day in acknowledging my selfe vnworthy of the least of them that so still I may bee found of thee in Iesus Christ not hauing mine owne righteousnes and so in his Peace may find peace and comfort with thee O pardon therfore I humbly pray thee the manifolde wanderings of thy poore seruant from thee this day euen while he hath bin with thee and discharge him of those fearefull reckonings which he hath had with his owne soule because he hath reckoned without thee not measured himselfe by his acceptance with thee but rather by what he hath slightly performed vnto thee Accept me therfore in the righteousnesse of my Sauiour and couer all mine imperfections with the perfect holinesse of my Redeemer that in him I may appeare all faire before thee And speake vnto my poore soule by the testimonie of thy good Spirit sealing vp vnto me the forgiuenesse of my best endeauours that so the conscience of my manifold wanderings and backeslidings from thee in my vain worldly thoghts carnall walking and behauiour farre vnbeseeming either this day or thy presence may not confound me in thy presence while I sue out my discharge from thee O giue me to mourne vnfainedly for greeuing thy Spirit so often this day and dishonoring thy great name wherein I haue sought to honour thee and make mee to abhorre my selfe before thee in a iust detestation of my best endeuouâ—s as to bee iustified thereby that so I may be acquitted by thy free mercy in Iesus Christ and in him may finde peace comfort in thee both that my faylings are not imputed vnto me and that my poore endeuours being the worke of thine owne Spirit may bee accepted of thee Let this comfort me O my God that I haue desired to walk before thee this day in the trueth of my heart and let this still humble me before thee that I haue not answered my desires heerein that so I may haue comfort in thy free acceptance aboue all that I could do or desire And so in this comfort grant mee to repose my selfe whollie in thy free Grace both to refresh me in the night season that I may not sleep in death and so to raise me vp again to a wise redeeming of the time of my ciuill Calling therein to lay vp a good foundation for better preparation against the next Sabbath and so to be prepared to my eternall Sabbath with thee for euer in thy glorious kingdom Heare mee O Lord in these my supplications pardon the weaknesse of my sinful prayers accept my person in the Sonne of thy loue and answere me aboue all that I can aske or thinke euen for the onely merit of thy deere Son my onely Sauiour Iesus Christ in whom thou art wel pleased Amen A Prayer to be said before the hearing or reading of the holy Scripture O Heauenly Father whatsoeuer I am whatsoeuer I haue whatsoeuer I know it is only by thy grace for by nature I am the child of wrath and I am not borne anew of flesh and bloud neither of the seed of man or of the will of man Flesh bloud cannot reueale the mystries of thy heauenly kingdome vnto me but by thy blessed will I am that I am and by the same know I that I know Therefore O Father doe I commit into thy hands onely my saluation If my knowledge be small yet I doubt nothing but that I am the child of thy euerlasting kingdome and therfore by thy mighty power I shall grow when it shall bee thy good will and pleasure to a more full and riper knowledge as of a more perfect age wherein my faith shall bee fully able to comprehend and perceiue the breadth depth heighth and largnesse of thy great mercies and gracious promises But seeing O Father this power of full knowledge and perfect reuelation passeth all power naturall and remaineth onely in thy power and light of thy Spirit O Lord doe thou whatsoeuer it shall please thee to open vnto me and all the rest of thine elect seruants and children depending vpon thee so much of the light of thy countenance as may bee most for thy glory and our comfort yea and at such time as shall seeme good to thy wisedome and fatherly mercy In the meane while thus resting wholy vppon thee neithet can I despaire neither will I be too much carefull although I cannot attayne to the knowledge of many of thy workes neither to the vnderstanding of many places of thy Scriptures But I will confesse vnto thee the weaknesse of my faith waiting alwaies for the further reuealing of thy glorious light to bee vttered vnto me thy poore seruant when thou shalt thinke of thy Fatherly beneuolence goodnesse meete and conuenient I knowing most assuredly that thou wilt pittie my weake imbecilitie and childish infancie and cause the same to serue for thy glory and my great commoditie
will herein Who am I that Blessed Lord that I should not reioyce that it hath seemed good vnto thee to make mee among other of thy seruants and to set mee as it were my proper taske vpon which to giue my faithfull attendance Grant mee therefore I pray thee not to repine heereat as at some vneasy burthen put vpon me but that I may contentedly and comfortably vnder goe it euen like that glorious creature the Sunne who hauing his Tabernacle set him in the heauens reioyceth like a mighty man to runne his race And seeing thou hast not placed me O Lord in this calling for mine owne pâ—â—uate good alone but also foâ— a more publike and common benefit giue mee such an honest sincere and charitable heart that I may determine with my sâ—lfe neuer to seeke no not yet willingly to receiue that gaine which cometh by the wronging or losse of others Let me euer haue in mind that golden rule whatsoeuer I would that men should do vnto mee of doing euen so vnto them Let it neuer slippe out of my mind that the wages of vnrighteousnesse is put into a broken bagge And that as the good man shall giue inheritance to his Childrens Children so the riches of vanity shall diminish and that thou wilt draw euen out of the belly of the oppressor the suâ—stance which hee hath deuoured or if it do continue with him it shall bee for his great hurt his owne ease shall slay him and his prosperity shall be his destruction Grant mee therefore I humbly pray thee rather to choose a little with thy blessing then great reuenues with thy curse vengeance accompanying the same And if it shall be thy good pleasure to blesse my basket and my store to encrease my portion by my honest industry O keepe mee I humbly pray thâ—e that I may not set my heart vppon it let not my riches bee my strong Citie or as an high wall in my Imagination so I may bee more and more afraid of my selfe lest the cares of this world and the deceitfulnes of riches should choake in mee the seeds of grace and steale away my mind from better things and therefore make it my care good Father to follow my calling with that holy wisedome as that I may not so farre ensnare my selfe into the busines of it that I should abridge and scant my selfe of conuenient opportunities for heauenly and Spirituall employments And as I shall feele thy hand to bee opened vnto mee so open my heart and hand towards others knowing that he that scattereth shall bee more encreased so he that spareth more then is right shall surely come to pouerty euer make mee to consider thy all-seeing presence that all things are naked and open before thee and that thou wilt surely bring forth to iudgment euery seceret thing That so I knowing thee to bee a witnesse to all my courses my care may be to walke as in thy presence and to approue my selfe vnto thee by an euen and vpright behauiour so walking still in my ciuill calling as that I may beginne and sanctifie the same by my spirituall so carrying my selfe therein as still to looke higher to the things aboue still to looke low to what may befall mee preparing for want in my greatest aboundance and abounding with content in my greatest wants humbling my selfe in my disappointment herein for my negligence in better things and comforting my selfe in my spirituall thrift that all shall worke for the best vsing diligence in what is set before mee and leauing the issue to thy wise prouidence not indenting with thee for what measure thou shalt bestow but still labouring to attaine to the greatest measure of grace that it may be sufficient for me in all occasions so grant mee to commit my selfe in well-doing into the hands of thee my faithfull Creator and so trie my thriuing in these outward things by my thriuing in grace and holinesse in the feare of thee our God and so hastening in all these things which can giue mee no sound comfort nor true contentment to the life of glorie wherein I shall bee fully satisfied with thy fulnesse who art all in all God blessed for euer and euer and with Iesus Christ thy Sonne our blessed Sauiour to whome with thee and God the holy Spirit bee all praise glorie and honor for euer Amen A Prayer before the taking of a Iourney ALmighty and most holy Father who hast promised to be with thy Seruant whither soeuer I goe and to atteâ—d mee with â—â—oâ—â—o ministring Spirits thine holy Angels to pitch their Tents round about mee and beare mee in their hands Vnspeâ—keable as thy goodnesse heerein O Lord vnto me whâ—â—â—â— by nature a childe of wrath and a meer slaue of Satan should be assured of so â—igh an hand of heauenly protection Make good I pray thee now at this time this thy mercy women being my necessâ—ry businesse to nauell from mine owne place Many are the perils which both by nature and desert I am subiect no man is able to number them or â—y his owne strength or policy to auoid them Compasse thou mee with thy fauour as with a shield Goe before me as thou didst of old before thy people in the wildernesse it is onely thou that canst make mee goe and come in safely Some put their â—rust in outward helpe but cause thou mee to remember thy Name and to make thy trueth to bee my shield and buckler A horse is a vaine helpe and shall not deliuer any by his great strength neither is the mighty man saued by his power it is better to trust in the Lord then to haue confidence in Princes If thou O Lord bee my sight my saluation whom shall I feare If thou bee the strength of my life of whom shall I bee afraid Let this I pray thee be the Anchor of my soule both sure and stedfast suffer no power of Satan to remoue my faith from this foundation Howbeit gracious Father if it shall be thy pleasure in this my iourney to bring some crosse vpon mee either by making me a prey to spoylers or by some other hazard I beseech thee prepare mee to it giue me patience and comfort in it and an holy assurance that no outward inconuenience can separate mee from thy loue in Iesus Christ Make mee alwaies mindfull of this that thy fauour must not be measured by these outward accidents and cause mee euer to hold fast this Rule that all things shall worke together for the best vnto thy seruants And as in my trauailes I am desirous of thy fauour so teach mee good Father I humbly pray thee to make conscience of thy Feare That as I expect and craue protection from thee so I may apply my selfe to yeild obedience vnto thee Wherfore when I am iournying on earth grant mee to mind my departure from the world and my iourney to Heauen when I am alone grant that I may possesse my heart with
soule in mercy preserued and thy whole Church edified now for euer Amen A Prayer for patience in tribulation and that God may bee glorified thereby GRacious and mercifull Father who hast from time to time in all ages exercised euen thy most deere children with greeuous afflictions and sharpe corrections to draw their minds from too much loue of earthly pleasures to delight in heauenly ioyes and spirituall comforts of the soule graunt I beseech thee that I euen from my heart may acknowledge this affliction which doth nowe greeuously pierce my soule to bee thy Fatherly correction and scourge of thy meere mercy and loue layd vppon mee to put mee in minde of my dutie towards thee least else with too much quietnesse I should haue beene drawne through the flattering pleasures of this vaine world from the remembrance and delight of my spirituall ioy in heauenly things to haue had my sinfull delight in this vaine world and so should haue runne headlong to euerlasting damnation with the wicked world But that thou O Father hast called me back by this thy Fatherly rod whereby thou mindest to let me see that of my selfe I haue no strength vnto goodnesse but that it was thou who by thy aboundant mercy hadst before time replenished my heart with ioy that I tooke great pleasure and comfort in reading and hearing thy holy word and receiuing other benefits which spirituall comfort and quietnesse of mind because I did not fully acknowledge to bee thy good gift in mee thou hast now taken from mee for a time that I may effectually perceiue and learne by the lacke of it that it was thy worke in me and when thou restorest the same againe I may more aboundantly glorifie thee in thy manifold mercies But while it shall be thy good will pleasure O Lord to exercise mee with this thy louing correction giue me grace that I may patientiy abide whatsoeuer it shall please thee to lay vpon me for my amendment strengthen mee O Lord that I doe not faint vnder the burthen of affliction but being vpholden by the strength of thy holy Spirit in mee I may neuer cease calling vppon thy name with full perswasion that thou wilt at thy time appointed send mee full assurance to my singular comfort and thy eternall glory And when it shall please thee O Lord fully to deliuer mee I beseech thee so worke in my heart that I may acknowledge the same to come from thee and to be thy onely worke that I may be thankfull for thy so great mercies in all the daies of my life and I neuer forget thy louing and Fatherly dealings towards mee but so to the end of my life I may liue in thy feare and loue that thy holy name in my life may be glorified and after death I may bee receiued to that full ioy which thou hast prepared for thine elect children through our onely Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen A Prayer for mortification and holinesse BLessed Lord God and most mercifull Father I doe acknowledge vnto thee that I am vnworthy to appeare before thy high Maiestie to offer vp vnto thee a sacrifice of prayer being full of sinne and corruption naturally glad of euill and vnprofitable to good Yea being so miserable yet I see not my miserie I feele it not I bewaile it not as I ought to doe but multiply mine iniquities prouoking thy iust iudgement against me My zeale is cold my loue feeble my exercises of Religion faint and few and I take no way but that which leadeth from euill to worse and finally would lead me from sinne to the reward of sin All this is true deere Father yet my heart is not moued with feare all this is true yet I doe not sorrow for it but walke with ioy where I must if I continue reape affliction therefore be mercifull vnto mee and blesse me be mercifull vnto me in Christ Iesus wash away all mine iniquities be mercifull vnto me and create in me a new heart and prepare it to prayer and to thy holy seruice for thou alone O Lord art my hope and the mighty God of my saluation Thou hast giuen mee a desire to serue thee O teach me that I may doe it and the good worke which thou hast begun make it perfect in me that I may no more loue wickednes follow vanity but that my good desires in thee may be increased and all of them accomplished so shall I praise thee and magnifie thee for euer For ther is no honor but thy honor no glory but thy glory O Lord it is vaine to trust in Princes but truely to trust in the Lord bringeth plentifull saluation From age to age it hath appeared that thou O Lord God art mercifull and that in thy Courts there is nothing but truth and holinesse This world is full of vanitie full of pride full of rebellion and the flesh also The world hath many baites of destruction and the flesh doth delight in them they are sworne together to betray vs to Sathan yea wee betray our selues therefore deere Father by the crosse of Christ mortifie in vs the deeds of the flesh and crucifie in vs the deeds of the flâ—sh and crucifie both vs to the world and the world to vs that our soules may liue In our generall calling make vs obedient to serue thâ—e in holinesse and in righteousnesse all the daies of our life in our particular callings also make vs faithfull that we may neither put away a good conscience nor make ship-wracke of faith I beleeue O Lord helpe my vnbeleefe in the day of peace and prosperitie make vs sober in the day of trouble and aduersitie make vs looke vppe and cheerefuly to waite and trust in thee for our deliuerance that our enemies mouthes may bee stopped by our godly conuersation and their hearts pricked with zeale to turne vnto thee Neither do I pray O Lord for my selfe alone but for the whole body into the which I am grafted by Christ Iesus that is for thy Church O God for thine inheritance that rhou wouldest encrease it from one end of the world to another that all Nations may worship before thy foot-stoole Especially O Lord I pray for them that professe thy Gospell as for this our Nation that thou wouldest be mercifull vnto it turning our hearts to thee for our gracious Soueraign the King and for all our Councell that thou wouldest poure thy graces vpon them to discharge of their dutie and our peace for all the holy Teachers in the Church that thou wouldest blesse them and their labours for the peace and full beautie of this Church for the peace and wealth of the Common-weale Wee pray thee also for to blesse all the meanes to bring this to passe Also we pray thee for our Parents for all others to whom wee owe speciall loue or seruice but principally wee beseech thee to shew thy compassion vpon all that are in persecution for thy Gospel O Lord