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A03903 Davids sling against great Goliah conteining diuers notable treatises, the [n]ames whereof follow next after the epistle to the reader / by E.H. Hutchins, Edward, 1558?-1629.; Hake, Edward, fl. 1560-1604. 1593 (1593) STC 14012; ESTC S4711 77,891 358

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desperation noe I wil not For the sunne of mercie can disperse the thick myst and great cloude of mine iniquitie the parching beame of thy sunne O Lord is not onlie able to calme but also to drie vp the angrie floud of sinne and so to dash the ship of Satan that diuelish pirat against the sands So that no storme of the Diuel shal ouerturne mee no raging blaste of sinne shall dismaie me no thundercracke of biting conscience shal sinke the little barke of my weake faith which is grounded vpon a rocke and ouercommeth the world Indeed if I were left to my selfe then were there noe waie but sinkinge and shipwracke but thanks be to thee O gratious god for it thou hast not left me to my self to wade in the Gulfe of desperation but thou hast spred foorth the beames of thy mercie and by the heate of thy charitie dryed the gulfe and kept mee from danger to thee therefore bee al glorie Amen The 4. Morning praier THe glorious facc of the sunne which sheweth it selfe casteth his beames ouer the whole world I take it for an argument and earnest penie of thy good wil towarde thy children in the number of whome I account my selfe though cheefe of sinners and not worthie to lose the latchet of thy sonnes sh●●e For if we enioye suche a benefite in this strange countrie togither with thine enimies then what ioyous sightes what store of thy goodnes shall wee reape in our natural countrie the blissefull land of Canaan where we shal not behold this worldly sunne and eie of the world but thee euen thee good Lord face to face the sunne of glorye and onelie starre of maiestie Such ioyes O Lord shal we haue in the beholding of thee as neyther eie hath seene nor eare hath heard nor hart euer conceiued Such ioys I say as passe the reach not onelie of man but also of Aungels and archaungels to esteeme of Blessed are the doore keepers of this house of ioye where thou O Lorde the sunne of righteousnes doost most clearely spread foorth the beames of thy diuine maiestie Ah! how long shal I liue in prison how long shall I iournie in this bodie of sinne before I see thee Lord let thy kingdome come Come Lord Iesus come I beseech thee Amen The 1. Euening praier O Lorde it is of mercie without merite that I am a branch of the vyne Iesus that I am thy house and temple of the holie Ghost It is of iustice that thou haste appointed thine house to be a place of praier and of dutie therefore that we should pray vnto thee For thus O Lord I thank thee that thou hast made mee thy childe to lodge thee and I acknowledge that of dutie I am bounde to serue thee But giue me O Lorde the grace of thy spirite to conduct mee in the waie of thy wil clense or create a new hart within me that I may be a fit lodging for thee and yeelde vp the sauourie sacrifice vnto thee which thou requirest of euerye Christian I meane the sacrifice of prayer the sacrifice of the heart which sauoureth sweetelie vnto thee And at this time in hope of the assistance of thy spirit 〈…〉 thee that as thou 〈…〉 cie couered me this day vnder thy winges of safetie so thou wilt defend and keepe me this night from storming Sathan who is woont not onlie by day but also and that especially by nighte to vndermine man when his senses are fettered in bandes of rest But I doo hope good Lorde that as I am then most vnable to withstande the buffets of Satan so thou wilte be most readie to succour me partlye bicause thereby thou shalte vnlocke the rich chest of thine infinite mercie and partlye because thou louest euerye thinge which thy handes haue made I will laye me downe therefore in hope of thy protection to whom be al glorie Amen The 2. Eueuing praier O Moste mightie and wise God powr into me aboundantlie the oile of thy grace vnfetter my stammering toong that I may vtter and vnrippe the strings of my blind want hart that I may sufficrentlie conceiue the infinitenes of thy fauour vnto me But what shoulde I saie of thine infinite goodnesse which thou haste shewed vppon mee where shall I beginne or where shall I ende to discourse of thy mercie I was nothing and what did mooue thee to make ●●e a manne endued with reason and whie not a tree a frog a beast I am brought to a nonplus O Lorde what shall I saie I did disgrace thy goodnes and doo deface by my dailie sinnes the image of innocencie so that I was not onely borne wrapped in damnable estate but also daily incur the danger of dam nation and yet doost thou vnderprop mee in the promised seede in that blessed seede of Abraham euen thine own and one only beloued sonne Iesus Christ by whom thou hast redeemed mee My bodie and soule were maruelously eclipsed for want of grace and are dailie filthied in the puddle of iniquitie the reward whereof was death But what mooued thee I being a cast a way euen thine vtter enimie to wash and bathe me in the streame of thy sonnes pretious bloud I cannot tell good Lorde it was thy mercy to thee therefore bee the glorie both now and euer Amen The 3. Euening praier O Good GOD the sun is gon downe the web of this day is spun almost and night is at hand After day suc cedeth night after light darknes after faire weather a 〈…〉 die firmament and frowning element There is a myst 〈…〉 locked in this good God for thereby thou doest lesson vs of our mortalitie Our birth and life is like the daie our Death is like the night as the day perisheth so dooth our life vannishe with the vapour and as night succeedeth the daie so death followeth life the tearme and period of these our daies ô sweet Iesus of thy mercie beat this lesson into my head and roote it firmelie into my heart and take away the vaile from my minde that I may not onelie know and acknowledge but hourelye remember that I am mortall For it would bee a bridle to restraine and keepe me from raunging licentiouslie and a spurre to incite mee to liue holilie all the continuance of this my pilgrimage Thy spirit hath spoken it saiyng Remember thine end and thou shalt neuer perish Giue mee therefore thy grace that I may remember faithfully the night of this my bodye when I shall sleepe in the bosome of the earth til y e trumpet shall sound cal me to iudgement Help mee Lorde before this night Lord saue me or else I perishe Amen The 4. Euening praier O Louing Lorde of labouring and laden heartes looke downe with the e●e of thy pittie see the altar of the crosse where thy sonne thine onelie 〈…〉 is slaughtered 〈…〉 ther of heauen his 〈…〉 bored his head crowned with thornes his thirst quenched with vineger his side wounded and streaming bloud attend