Bicause thou Lord hast Sion built thou wilt be seene therein In glorie and great maiestie with mercie for our sin 33 Wherefore most louing father deere regard our humble sute And not dispise the plaints we make nor doo our sinnes impute 34 As thou beheldst the sacrifice that Abel gaue to thee And as the praier ludith made so cast thine eie on mee 35 With those same eies vouchsafe to looke vpon vs when we praie Whereby the fame of mercie thine may wirtten befor aie 36 For those that after vs shall come by faith that borne shall be To render thanks due laud and praise vnto thy Maiestie 37 This mercie sure annexed is to nature thine diuine When all was lost through deadlie sin yet didst thou make vs thine 38 Thou Lord aloft from heauenlie throne didst view all things alowe And wouldst vouchsafe vpon the earth thy gratious eyne to throwe 39 To see and heare the plaints we make that â—ettered be in thrall And sent'st thy deere beloued sonne from sinne to loose vs all 40 And he thereby put downe the diuel of death that victor was And death in vict'rie was consum'd this hath he brought to pas 41 For why his sting of deadlie sinne thou Lord hast pluckt away To make vs thinke of goodnesse thine wherein reioise we may 42 And thâ—t in Sion we may shew the glorie of thy name And likewise in Ierusalem with praise to doo the same 43 That is when we togither meete in faith with one accord As well the kings as subiects poore to serue and praise the Lord. 44 Thou art ô Lord in substance one and yet in persons three To whom all powers in heauen earth obeisance giue to thee 45 Thou sendest downe thy dews of grace vpon vs for to light That we therwith good works may shew to eu'rie bodies sight 46 I answere may by no meanes else good works be wrought by me But by the vertue and the grace that dooth proceed from thee 47 Thorough thy might thy laws we kepe not of our selues we knowe But by the measure of thy grace thou didst on vs bestowe 48 And yet ô Lord I faine would know how short my daies shall be And eke how long mine enimies shall triumph ouer me 49 Which is thy Church desires to know how long she shall abide Beset with cruell enimies about on euerie side 50 To whom thou hast an answere made by Christ thy blessed sonne That still thy power with hir shall bee vntill the world be donne 51 And we hir children thee desire to bring vs to the end Of this short time that we with thee may to the heauens ascend 52 And til that time good Lord vouchsafe thou wilt continue still Thy grace and fauour towards vs according to thy will 53 And not to leaue me anie time in middle of my daies But by thine aid bring all my time to end vnto thy praise 54 That after these my temporall daies I may behold and see Thine euerlasting daies and yeeres which cannot numbred bee 55 For all times heere doo swiftlie passe as time that is vnsure But yet time of Eternitie for euer shall endure 56 For why ô Lord Eternitie is verie substance thine Which substance who so seekes to know no reason can define The third part WIthout beginning Lord thou wast and yet beginning gaue To heauen and earth and all therein which that creation haue 2 Thy hands them wrought which is thy power thy word them made also And at the last They perish shall and motion theirs forgo 3 Their substance stil they all shal kepe yet all shall changed bee For heuen and earth shall new be made of glorie great to thee 4 Likewise the bodies of all men shall perish with the rest And in another sort shall rise to thee as seemeth best 5 But thou Lord trulie shalt endure in thy high glorie great In maiestie omnipotent sitting on mercie seat 6 When all shall wax and weare awaie as garments old to see And as a vesture new put on we all shall changed bee 7 As garments to the bodie are to couer them withall So be the bodies of the soule their vestures and their pall 8 But thou art euen the selfe same one which euer doost abide That is to saie omnipotent and so is none beside 9 Inuisible thou art likewise immortall eke withall And as thy yeeres shall neuer faile so euer bide they shall 10 So shall the soules of thine elect immortallie remaine In ioie and great felicitie not knowing anie paine 11 The soules of those that wicked are immortall be also But they contraire shall endure continuall paine and wo. 12 And Lord The sonnes of seruants thine togither they shall dwell Likewise their seed shall in thy sight still prosper and doo well 13 Thy seruants Lord the prophets were Apostles thine also From whom by faith we haue receiu'd as we beleeue and know 14 And now vouchsafe most mightie God to send vs of thy grace That in this life our faith by works may shine in euerie place 15 That they to all may signifie how we thy seruants bee And that both soule and bodie may remaine and rest with thee De profundis Psal. 130. O God thou art the guide of those thâ—t blinded bee and vnto 〈◊〉 that are opprest a succour sweet we see 2 A comfort to the weake as ease to those in paine A life vnto the dead in graue that sleeping yet remaine 3 O Lord this makes me bold though wicked I be found And ouerwhelmed deepe in sinne and therein being dround 4 To call and crie to thee from depth of miserie Where none but thou can raise me vp and safe deliuer me 5 I can but mourne and weepe fetch sighs lament and crie As dooth the woman great with child whose hower draweth nie 6 She no time can take rest till she deliuered bee Nor I till that my conscience feele to be forgiuen of thee 7 It is not distance long that keepes my praiers backe Thou Lord doost heare before we call and giuest what we lacke 8 Ionas was in the sea and in the fish three daies And from the deepe he cald on thee and streight thou didst him raise 9 Out from the deepe likewise of sinne and wickednesse To thee I call Lord heare my voice and free me from distresse 10 And let thine eares sweet Lord to heare attentiue bee The voice and praier of my plaint that now I make to thee 11 And since that Christ thy sonne hath suffered for vs all From endlesse death to which by sinne we bounden were and thrall 12 Let not my sinnes then Lord to me be stop or staie Whereby by plaint should not be heard nor voice when I shall praie 13 But rather wipe awaie my sinnes for euermore The burden of the which I feele
mee according to verie iustice I haue deserued euerlasting death Therefore I appeale to thy high throne of mercie trusting to obteine Gods fauour not for my merits but for thy merits ô Iesu who hast giuen thy selfe an acceptable sacrifice to thy father to appease his wrath and to bring all sinners truelie repenting and amending their euill life into his fauour againe Accept mee ô Lord among the number of them that shall bee saued Forgiue mee my sinnes giue me grace to lead a godlie and innocent life grant me thy heauenlie wisedome inspire my hart with â—aith hope and charitie giue me grace to be humble in prosperitie patient in aduersitie obedient to my rulers faithfull vnto them that trusâ—â—â—â—â— dealing truelie with all men to liue chastlie in wedlocke to abhorre adulterie fornication and all vncleannes to doo good after my power vnto all men to hurt no man that thy name may be glorified in mee during this present life and that I afterward may obteine euerlasting life through thy mercie and the merits of thy passion Amen FINIS 1583 Imprinted at London by Henrie Denham dwelling in Pater noster Rowe at the signe of the Starre Cum Priuilegio Verse 1. Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me neque in ira tua corripias me Verse 2. Miserere mei domine quoniaÌ„ infirmas sum sana me domine quoniam coâ—urbata sunt omnia ossa mea Verse 3. Et anima mea conturbata est valdè sed tu domine vsquequo Verse 4. CoÌ„uerterâ— domine â—â—ipe animam meaÌ„ saluum me fac propter misericordiam tuaÌ„ Verse 5. Quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi Verse 6. Laboraui in gemitu meo lauabo per singulas noctes lectum meum lachrymis meis stratuÌ„ meum rigabe Verse 7. Turbatus est à furore oculus meus inueteraui inter omnes inimicoâ— meos Verse 8. Discâ—dite à me omnes qui oper amini iniquitatem quoniam audiuit dominus vocem fletus â—ei Verse 9. Exaudiuit deminus deprecationem meaÌ„ dominus orationem meam suscepit Vers. 10. ErubescaÌ„t coÌ„turâ—entur vehemeneâ—â— omnes inimici mei conuertantur erubescant valdè velociter Sing this as before Verse 1. Beati quorum remissae sunt iniquit ates quorum tecta sunt peccata Verse 2. Beatus vir â—ui noÌ„ imputauit dominus peccatum nec est in spiritu eius dolus Verse 3. Quoniam â—acui inueâ— erauerunt â—ssa 〈◊〉 clamando 〈◊〉 die Verse 4. Quoniam die ac 〈◊〉 grauata est super me manus iua conuersus suâ—â— in aeruÌ„na mea dum conâ—igiâ—ur spina Verse 7. Tues refugâ—â—m meuÌ„ a tribulatione quâ— circâ—ndedit me Exaltatio mea erue me à circundani tibus me Verse 8. IntellectuÌ„ tibi dabo instruaÌ„te in via hac qua gradieris Firmabo super te oculos meos Verse 9. Nolite sieri sicut equu◠〈◊〉 quibus non est intellectus In chamo fraeno maxillas eorum coÌ„stringes qui noÌ„ approximabunt ad te Verse 10. Mâ—lta flagella peâ—â—atoris SperaÌ„tem autem in domino misericordia circundabit Vers. 11. Laetamini in domino exultate iusti Et gloriaemini omnes recti corde Verse 1. Dominene in furore tuo arguaâ— me neque in ir a tuâ— corripias 〈◊〉 Verse 2. Quoniam sagittae tuae infixae sunt mihi â—t confirmasti super me manum tuaÌ„ Verse 3. Non est saâ—â—tas in carne mea A faciâ— irae tuae Non est pax ossibus meis a facie peccatorum meorum Verse 4. Quoniam iniquitates 〈◊〉 supergressae sunt capâ—â—e meâ—â— sieut onus graue grauatae sunt super me Verse 5. Putruerâ—t corruptâ—esunt cicatrices meae à facie insipâ—entiae meae Miser factus sum Verse 6. Et curuatus sum vsâ—que in â—inem totae die contriostatus ingrediebars Verse 7. Quon am lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus Non est sanitas in carne â—iea Verse 8. Affâ—ictus sum â—nâ—niliatus sum nimis Rugreham a gemitu cordis mei Verse 9. Domine coraÌ„ te est omne desiiuÌ„erâ—â— meuÌ„ gemitus meus à te non est abâ—conditus Verse 10. Cor meum conturâ—atum est dereliquit me virtus mea lumen oculorum meorum ipsum non est 〈◊〉 Verse 11. Amici â—ei proximi mei aduersum me ap appropinquab â—nt steteâ—unt Verse 12. Et qui iux ta me eraÌ„t de longè steterunt vim faciebaÌ„t qui quaerebant animam meam Et qui inquirebant mala mihi loquutâ— sunt vanitates dolos toto die meditabantur Verse 13. Et ego tâ—quaÌ„ surdus non audiebam sicut mutus non aperâ—ens os suuÌ„ Verse 14. Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens non habens in ore suo redargutiones Verse 15. Quoniam in te domine speraui iuexaudses me domine deus meus Verse 16. Quia dixi ne quanâ—o super gaudeant mihi inimici meiâ— dum comouentur pedes mei super me magna loquuti sunt Verse 17. Quoniâ—m ego in flagolla paratus sum dolor meus in conspectu meo semper Verse 18. Quoniam iniquitateÌ„ meam annunciabo cogitabo pro peccato meo Verse 19. Inimici autem mei viuunt confirmati sunt super me multiplicati sunt qui odeâ—unt me iniquè Verse 20. Qui retribuunt malaâ— pro bonis detrahebaÌ„t mihi quoniam sequebar bonitatem Verse 21. Ne derelinquas me domine deus meus ne discesseriâ— Ã me Verse 22. Intende in adiutoriuÌ„ meum domine deuâ— sâ—lut is 〈◊〉 Verse â— Miserere mei deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam secunduÌ„ multitudinem miserationum tuarum de le iniquitatem meam Verse 2. Ampliùs laua me ab iniquitate mea à peccato meo munda me Verse 3. Quoniam iniquitateÌ„ meam ego cognesâ—o peccatuÌ„ meum contra me esâ— semper Verse 4. Tibisoli peccaui malum corà te feci Vt iustisiceris in sermonibus â—uis vincaâ— cuÌ„ iudiâ—aris Verse 5. Ecce â—nim in iniquitatthus coÌ„ceptus sum in peccatis conâ—epâ—t me 〈◊〉 mea Verse 6. Eteniâ— veritatem dilexisti Incerta occulta 〈…〉 manifestasti mihi Verse 7. Asperges me donune Hyssope 〈◊〉 lauabis me supra niuâ—m dâ—albaâ—or Verse 8. Auditui meo dabis gaudium laetitiaÌ„ Eâ— exultabunt oâ—â—a quae confâ—egisti Verse 9. Auertc faciem tuâ—m à peccatis meis omnes iniquitates meas dele Verse 10. Cor mundum creâ— in me deus Eâ—t spirituÌ„ rectum Innouâ— in visceribus meiâ— Vers. 11. Ne proiâ—cias me à facie tua spirituÌ„ sanctâ—n tuuÌ„ ne auferas à me Vers. 12. Redde mihi LaetitiaÌ„ salutaris tui spiritu principalâ— confirma mâ— Verse 13. Docebo iniquos vias â—uas â—npij ad â—e conuertentur Vers. 4. Libera me de sanguinibus deus
Seuen Sobs of a Sorrowfull Soule for Sinne. Comprehending those seuen Psalmes of the Princelie Prophet DAVID commonlie called Poenitentiall framed into a forme of familiar praiers and reduced into meeter by WILLIAM HVNNIS one of the Gentlemen of hir Maiesties honourable Chapell and maister to the children of the same Wherevnto are also annexed his Handfull of Honisuckles the Poore Widowes Mite a Dialog betweene Christ and a sinner diuers godlie and pithie ditties with a Christian confessâ—oâ— of and to the Trinitie newlie printed and augmented 1583. To the right Honourable and vertuous Ladie Francis Countesse of Sussex and one of the Ladies of hir Maiesties most Honourable priuie chamber W. Hunnis wisheth increase of vertue and honour with long life prosperous helth godlie feare firme faith and assured hope in the Almightie THe proofe of your Ladiships vertue hath emboldened me to set forth this litle worke vnder your honourable defeâ—se And although a fault by me is committed in making you patronesse of so slender a peece without your knowledge yet hoping vpon your honourable curtesie which rather respecteth the mind of the giuer than the worthinesse of the gift poizing the giuers desire to please and zeale to profit more than the quality of the offense I doo assure my selfe to be remitted of the trespasse which maketh me thinke my trauell not onelie sweet but also verierichlie recompensed Your Ladiships to command William Hunnis The Authour to his Booke PAsse forth my Booke into the hands and view of sundrie men Humble thy selfe declare thy name who thee thus clad and when And blush not at the frumps of some ne feare at others frowne More rich thou art in thred-bare cote than some in silken gowne And giue them all to vnderstand from whence thou first didst spring How thou wast fostred in the breast and bosome of a king And so perhaps some worthie wight will shape thee rich araie And set thee foorth as thou deseru'st with costlie iewels gaie Behaue thy selfe in such good fort if possiblie maie bee That eu'rie one may thee embrace and wish well vnto mee Vale. The booke to his Readers GOod friends with fauor me peruse halfe naked though I bee Or not attird so gallantlie as you desire to see Yet this from me your selues assure such substance here to find As shall bring hope vnto the hart and comfort to the mind Oft vnder short and simple weed such vertue may be found As vnder pall of purple hew that traileth on the ground I being good am not the woorse though clothing mine be bad He that bestowd the same on me aid giue the best he had In whose behalfe I humblie praie and for my selfe also You would vouch safe to mend those faults that in my cote ye knowe Vale. AWAY FRO ME YE WICKED FOR I WIL KEPE THE COMMANDEMENTS OF MY GOD. Psal 119 verse iiâ— Psalme 150 verse 3 and 6. ¶ Praise him in the sound of the trumpet praise him vpon the lute and harpe Let euerie thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Seuen Sobs of a Sorrowfull Soule for Sinne. Domine ne in furore Psal. 6. The first part 1. O Lord when I my self behold how wicked I haue bin And view the paths and waies I went wandring from sin to fin 2. Againe to thinke vpon thy power thy iudgement and thy might And how that nothing can be hid or close kept from thy sight 3 Euen then alas I shake and quake and tremble where I stand For feare thou shouldst reuenged be by power of wrathfull hand 4 The weight of sinne is verie great for this to mind I call That one proud thought made Angels thine from heauen to slide and fall 5 ADAM likewise and EVE his wife for breaking thy precept From Paradise expelled were and death thereby hath crept 6 Vpon them both and on their seed for euer to remaine But that by faith in Christ thy sonne we hope to liue againe 7 The earth not able was to beare but quicke did swallow in Corah Dathan and Abiron by reason of their sin 8 Also because king DAVID did his people number all Thou Lord therfore in three daies space such grieuous plague letst fall 9 That seuentie thousand meÌ„ forthwith thereof dyde presentlie Such was thy worke such was thy wrath thy mightie power to trie 10 Alas my sins surmounteth theirs mine cannot numbred bee And from thy wrath most mightie God I known not where to flee 11 If into heauen I might ascend where Angels thine remaine O Lord thy wrath would thrust me forth downe to the earth againe 12 And in the earth here is no place of refuge to be found Nor in the deepe and water course that passeth vnder ground 13 Vouchsafe therefore I thee beseech on me some mercie take And turne thy wrath from me awaie for Iesus Christes sake 14 Lord in thy wrath reproue me not ne chast me in thine ire But with thy mercie shadowe me I humblie thee desire 15 I know it is my grieuous sinnes that doo thy wrath prouoke But yet ô Lord in rigour thine forbeare thy heauie stroke 16 And rather with thy mercie sweete behold my heauie plight How weake and feeble I appeare before thy blessed sight 17 For nature mine corrupted is and wounded with the dart Of lust and soule concupiscence throughout in eu'rie part 18 I am in sinne conceiu'd and borne the child of wrath and death Hauing but here a little time to liue and drawe my breath 19 I feele my selfe still apt and prone to wickednesse and vice And drowned thus in sinne I lie and haue no power to rise 20 It is thy mercie ô sweet Christ that must my health restore For all my bones are troubled much and vexed verie sore 21 I am not able to withstand temptations such as bee Wherfore good Lord vouchsafe to heale my great infirmitie 22 Good Christ as thou to Peter didst reach forth thy hand to me When he vpon the water went there drowned like to be 23 And as the Leaper clensed was bv touching with thy hand And Peters mother raised vp from feuer whole to stand 24 So let that hand of mercie thine make cleane the leprosie Of lothsome lust vpon me growne through mine iniquitie 25 Then shal there strength in me appere through grace my chiefe reliefe Thy death ô Christ the medicine is that helpeth all my griefe 26 My soule is troubled verie sore by reason of my sin But Lord how long shall I abide thus sorrowfull therein 27 I doubt not Lord but thou which hast my stonie hart made soft With willing mind thy grace to craue from time to time so oft 28 Wilt not now stay but forth proceed my perfect health to make Although a while thou doost deferre yet is it for my sake 29 For Lord thou knowst our nature such if we great things obtaine And in the getting of the same doo feele no griefe or paine 30 We little doo esteeme
thereof but hardlie brought to passe A thousand times we doo esteeme much more than th' other was 31 So Lord if thou shouldst at the first grant my petition The greatnes of offenses mine I should not thinke vpon 32 Wherefore my hope still bids me cry with faithfull hart in brest As did the faithfull Cananite whose daughter was possest 33 At least if I still knocke and call vpon thy holie name At length thou wilt heare my request and grant to me the same 34 As did the man three loaues of bread vnto his neighbour lend whose knocking long forst him to rise and shew himselfe a frend 35 Lord by the mouth of thy deare son this promise didst thou make That if we knocke thou open wilt the doore euen for his sake 36 Wherfore we crie we knock we call and neuer cease will wee Till thou doo turne to vs ô Lord that we may turne to thee The second part TVrne from thy wrath ô Lord of hosts and set my hart at large Oh saue me for thy mercies sake and all my sinnes discharge 2 Not for the merits I haue done ne for the works I wrought But for thy endlesse mercie sake and bloud which hath vs bought 3 The debt is great that I am in not able for to paie And how to recompense the same none other can I saie 4 But goodnesse thine must me acquit or else alas must I To prison where no ransome may set me at libertie 5 For why in death ô God of life no man remembreth thee And in the hell who giues thee thankes was none yet knowne to bee 6 The grieuous plagues and torments there so smarting be and strong That no man can haue mind on thee or thee confesse among 7 No time is there or space ne place repentance for to find But burning paines and torments sharpe to all be there assignd 8 Remembring this while I am here and doo this life possesse To thee ô Lord in humble wise I doo my faults confesse 9 And with a spirit all sorrowfull I doo my sinnes lament And sorie am euen from my soule I did such waies frequent 10 And am with groning wearie made through tast of manie feares The night I spend my bed to wash my couch to wet with teares 11 Not weeping to the sight of men as doth the hypocrite But in my chamber secretlie where I my sinnes recite 12 Not onelie with the teares of eies but teares fet from alow That is from bottome of my hart repentance great to show 13 And as my bodie I haue made a seruant vnto sin So will I now by power of grace delight no more therein 14 But will the same on thee bestow ô Lord and freelie giue To serue thee Lord in righteousnesse the daies I haue to liue 15 For in this bed of flesh and bloud and couch of sensuall life The soules of all from Adams fall haue laine in wo and strife 16 And this doth make our countenance or mind to changed bee For inward griefe of this our couch of sensualitie 17 For when we seeke therein to rest and thinke some ease to find It after turneth to our griefe and anguish great of mind 18 It is a serpent faire in face appearing to the show But in his taile a sting lies hid of endlesse paine and wo. 19 Mine eie ô Lord is troubled sore with extreme rage and paine And I among mine enimies doo weake and old remaine 20 The wicked feend mine enimie still seeketh to deuise Some matter of occasion to laie before mine eies 21 The world also doth drawe me foorth to follow hir delight My flesh to sensualitie runnes on with maine and might 22 The companie of wicked sort entise me day by day Thus I with them and they with me alas still run astray 23 These enimies I neuer can be able to subdue It must be thou ô IESV sweete most mightie and most true 24 Thou Lord which hast destroied deth the diuell likewise supprest Must giue me powre to ouercome whereby to liue in rest 25 Then vnderneath thy death crosse I shall my sinnes displaie And stronglie fight against my foes and boldlie to them saie 26 Awaie from me that workers be of wickednesse and sin For why the Lord hath hard my voice and seene my teares therein 27 You damned spirits and liuers lewd the members of the feend Awaie from me for now your power is brought vnto an end 28 Your prince maister of this world that hath me turnd and tost Is now cast out and all his power his might and strength is lost 29 Although you haue me long time held in prison and in thrall Yet are ye now cleane ouercome by Christ most strong of all 30 I that in darknesse erst was led doo now behold the light The Lord my praier sure hath heard my suie is in his sight 31 To thee ô Lord for grace I praid and thou heardst my request And sentst abundant dewes thereof vnto my quiet rest 32 I praid likewise that all my sinnes might cleane remitted bee And thou hast granted my desire and safe deliu'red me 33 Wherefore let all mine enimies confounded be with shame And that right soone and suddenlie ô Lord I craue the same 34 I know that all mine enimies shall vexed be right sore And that thou wilt put them to flight from henceforth euermore 35 For what long time they haue possest they lost in little space Through operation of thy power and working of thy grace 36 With wrong they kept which y◠sweet Christ by bloud hast derelie bought And thou a mightie Champion hast turnd their power to nought 37 Lord I therefore thy seruant poore most earnestlie doo praie To guide my feete and steps aright in thy most holie waie 38 And that the feend mine enimie who seekes me to deuoure May neuer ouer my poore soule haue anie strength or powre 39 But as by grace I am restord to fauor thine againe So with that grace desend me Lord from euerlasting paine Amen Beati quorum Psal. 32. The first part O God I knowe by grace through faith the sinner is made iust Though we offend yet iustifide by grace through faith we trust 2 Which grace faith are thy good gifts which thou hast giuen vs free And thorough them the works we doo are made right good to bee 3 I therefore Lord my faults confesse by helpe of heauenlie grace And vtterlie my sinnes forsake and doo them all deface 4 Beseeching thee me to admit with those that blessed bee And to forgiue the trespasses which I haue done to thee 5 For blessed is the man in deed whose wickednesse and sin Is cleane forgiuen and couered as they had neuer bin 6 I will not hide my sinnes from thee nor seeke them to excuse But with my hart will them confesse and doo my selfe accuse 7 For Lord who goes about to hide his
owne iniquitie Thou shalt the same make manifest that all the world may see 8 Thou wilt him strip and naked make to his perpetuall blame When he to iudgement shall arise and liue in endlesse shame 9 And therefore blessed is the man to whom thou Lord shalt say I not impute thy sinnes to thee nor to thy charge them lay 10 He in whose spirit no fraud is found shall blessed be also And looke what thing he takes in hand shall prosper well and growe 11 If I for sinne should faine my selfe all sorowfull to bee And were not so then should be found both fraud and guile in mee 12 Or if I should account my selfe a man that liueth iust Hauing my conscience stuft with sinne so full as may be thrust 13 There should appeare great fraud in me for deepe dissembling so For why in me no goodnesse dwelles as of my selfe I knowe 14 If euer anie good were there it surelie must be thine But as for sinnes I manie haue and they by right are mine 15 For while ô Lord I helde my peace confessing not my crime My bones did waste through dailie plaints I made from time to time 16 My soule doth feeble wax and faint because I helde my peace But now I haue my sinnes confest I feele hir strength increase 17 I kept that backe I should haue told or else excuse the same And that I should haue closely kept did publish to my blame 18 I hid the sinnes that I had done and they remained still And boasted forth the good I did contrarie to thy will 19 Thus were the works that I had wrought quite lost with their reward And I among that sort remaine whom thou dost not regard 20 For day and night thy heauie hand vpon me thou hast laid And in my trouble was I turnd when I was sore afraid 21 My tribulation scourged me my moisture was made â—rie My verie back-bone striken was that I began to crie 22 My conscience likewise striken was with pricke of great remorce â—4 Although amid this water-floud of surging waues of sin We tossed be among the rocks yet are not drown'd therein 15 For thou ô Lord art my refuge from trobles all that bee And though temptations of the world about haue compast me 16 I not regard intisements theirs nor threats that they shall make For why my faith assureth me that thou my part wilt take 17 Thou Lord art onelie my defense my ioie is all in thee Thou shalt me compasse round about and safe deliuer mee 18 The tabernacle of my soule is round about me set With enimies such as doo seeke my hinderance and my let 19 But yet ô Lord thy prouidence shall me deliuer still And from all dangers me defend after thy holie will 20 Thou wilt informe and shew to me the way that I should go This life is but a pilgrimage I passe in to and fro 21 Of this way Lord thou art the end and marke whereat I shoot Grant that I may this voyage passe and foes of mine confute 22 And in the running of my course my faith so strong may bee That I may haue one of those games of immortalitie 23 Thus shall thine eie of strong defense on me be fixed sure And I with ioie shall able be this trauell to endure 24 For Lord if yâ— shouldst turne thy face or cast thine eie aside I should not able be to runne nor labor this abide 25 But should be as the horse and mule that vnderstanding want Such of thy grace faith and good works both barren be and skant 26 They are too proud and scornful eke thy lawes to hold and keepe The lusts and pleasures of the flesh so lulleth them asleepe 27 But yet the mouths of such wilde beasts thou Lord with bit and brake Shalt snaffle them with chaine and curb that doo thee so forsake 28 For great and manie are the plagues of those that sinners bee By meanes whereof a number Lord are turned vnto thee 29 And thou ô Lord that didst them plague for their correction Wilt also giue them comfort great and consolation 30 And he that trusteth in the Lord he shall be compast in With mercie and remission of all his former sin 31 Be glad therefore ye righteous and in the Lord reioice For he by grace hath made you iust through his most louing choice 32 Which were before stifnecked proud now gentle meeke and mild Not by your merits but by grace as father to his child 33 All you that be vpright of hart in God reioise also And to his will submit your will in anguish paine and wo. 34 And as S. Paule th'apostle was made glad in his distresse So Lord in all extremitie grant me the like successe Amen Domine ne in furore Psal. 38. The first part 1. Within my soule ô Lord doe maine troubles spring Sometime by feare of punishment that temprall things may bring 2. Which happen may to me while I this life abide For mine offenses done to thee which cannot passe vnspide 3 Sometime ô Lord by feare of sicknesse and disease Which here we suffer for his guilt that first did thee displease 4 Sometime againe by feare of death that follow must Which in a time vnlooked for shall all consume to dust 5 And last by feare ô Lord of euerlasting paine Which I by sinne haue well deseru'd therein for to remaine 6 But yet ô blessed Lord when thou shalt angrie be In furie thine correct me not nor powre thy wrath on me 7 And though thy bowe be bent with arrowe set therein And readie thou my soule to wound for my committed sin 8 Yet let thy mercie mooue with ruth on me I craue Bicause thou knowest I can not giue the thing that I not haue 9 For thou must first me giue ere I can giue to thee For of my selfe and from my selfe comes but iniquitie 10 Thine arrowes I confesse so deepe haue pearst my hart That medicine none ne other craft can seuer them apart 11 For if by craft I might these wounds make whole againe And so escape eternall death and euerlasting paine 12 My feare should be the lesse my ioie a great deale more But thou ô Lord the Leach must be for sicknesse mine and sore 13 Thy hands thou hast enforst so heauie vpon me As death with dart I know right well cannot auoided be 14 O death Vnto the man that substance hath at will How sharpe and bitter is thy dart when thou comst him to kill 15 Lord in my flesh I feele no health there is at all For when I thinke most sure to stand I readiest am to fall 16 But blessed are those men which neuer did offend In sinfull lustes but haue themselues kept cleane vnto the end 17 For in their soules they find great quietnesse and rest And euerie thing they take in hand dooth
And wanting hope we see into despaire he fell And hang'd himselfe vpon a tree among the rauens to dwell 21 Hope is the gift ô Lord that from thy grace proceeds loue And grace brings faith and faith brings from whom spring fruitfull deeds 22 And for because that I did alwaies hope in thee Thou wilt me heare ô Lord my God and safe deliuer me 23 My hope is firmely fixt and cannot be remoou'd Bicause thy grace assureth me my faith is not disproou'd 24 This haue I said ô Lord least arie time at all Mine enimies should ouer me triumph to see me fall 25 For whiles my feete did slide against me much they spake That is to say whiles my desires the way to sinne did take 26 And were from thee remoou'd to follow lothsome lust Then did mine enimies reioise to see me in the dust 27 But Lord I me submit vnto thy discipline And meekelie take correction thine for old offenses mine 28 And haue my selfe prepard vnto the whip of paine Whereby my griefe and dolor may still in my sight remaine 29 And Lord thou knowest of old there is no good in me Not one man good vpon the earth not one seekes after thee 30 Among thy chosen sort vnfaithfulnesse was found Likewise among thy Angels bright were thousands cast to ground 31 Then how much more alas of wretches such as I That dwell in houses made of clay must sinne continuallie 32 I will confesse to thee all mine vngodlinesse And for my sinnes will take more thought than well I can expresse 33 And yet â— Lord thy grace must worke this good in mee By which I stedfastlie beleeue I chosen am of thee 34 For now by grace I mind my sinfull life t' amend And vnto vertue will applie my life vnto the end 35 I see the follies past wherein I tooke delight To be both vile wicked and nought and odious in thy sight 36 And though my foes doo liue and ouer me made strong And they which hated me are great and doo me troble wrong 37 No maruell it 's ô Lord for why they mightie bee And are except thy grace assist too strong alwaies for mee 38 They haue long time deuis'd deceitfull craftie ginnes And by the same haue ouerthrowne the strongest in their sinnes 39 If anie time I flee repentance for to find Then one of these malicious spirits assaileth streight my mind 40 And with deuises new and frauds that be vnknowne He craftilie doth me subdue and so makes me his owne 41 Thus Lord when I am bent thy goodnesse to pursue Mine enimies doo me detract and breed my bale anew 42 The wicked feend alas doth manie times me grieue The world also dooth follow me the daies I haue to liue 43 The flesh dooth me prouoke with lust both lewd and nought Thus by these three mine enimies I am in thraldome brought 44 Yet Lord forsake me not ne let thy grace depart Least that mine enimies vnawares doo thorough pearse my hart 45 And though sometime ô Lord thy presence thou withdrawe Whereby the feend may entrance make and bring me more in awe 46 Yet Lord thy grace restore to me poore wretch againe That I thereby may him resist to make his trauell vaine 47 Giue heede therefore my God which art my helpe and health Whose mercie and whose goodnes shewd is to my soule chiefe wealth 48 Giue temporall health ô Lord as vnto thee seemes best And to my soule thy sauing health in heauen with thee may rest Amen Miserere mei Psal. 51. The first part 1. O thou that mad'st the world of nought whom God thy creatures call Which formedst man like to thy selfe yet suffredst him to fall 2. Thou God which by thy heauenlie word didâ—â— fleshe of virgin take And so becam'st both God man for sinfull fleshes sake 3 O thou that sawest when man by sinne to hell was ouerthrowne Didst meekelie suffer death on crosse to haue thy mercie knowne 4 Thou God which didst the Patriarks and fathers old diuine From time to time preserue and keepe by mercie great of thine 5 O thou that Noah keptst from floud and Abram daie by daie As he along through Aegypt past didst guide him in the waie 6 Thou God that Lot froÌ„ Sodoms plague didst safelie keepe also And Daniel from the lions iawes thy mercie great to show 7 O thou good God that didst diuide the sea like hils to stand That children thine might thorough pas from cruell Pharoes hand 8 So that when Pharao and his host thy children did subdue Thou ouerthrewst them in the sea to proue thy saiengs true 9 O thou that Ionas in the fish three daies didst keepe from paine Which was a figure of thy death and rising vp againe 10 I say thou God which didst preserue amidst the fierie flame The three yoong men which sang therin the glorie of thy name 11 Thou God haue mercie on my soule thy goodnesse me restore And for thy mercies infinite thinke on my sinne no more 12 O Lord the number of my sinnes is more than can be told Wherefore I humblie doo desire thy mercies manifold 13 For small offense thy mercie small may soone small faults suffice But I alas for manie faults for greater mercie cries 14 And though the number of my sins surpasse the salt sea sand And that the filth of them deserue the wrath of thy iust hand 15 Yet doo thy mercies farre surmount the sinnes of all in all Thou wilt with mercie vs relieue for mercie when we call 16 Right well I knowe man hath not power so much for to transgresse As thou with mercie maist forgiue through thine almightinesse 17 I doo confesse my faults be more than thousands else beside More noisome and more odious more fowler to be tride 18 Than euer was the lothsome swine or menstruall cloth beeraid To thinke thereon my wofull soule alas is yet afraid 19 Wherfore good Lord doo notbehold how wicked I haue bin But wash me from my wickednesse and clense me from my sin 20 The IsraeÌ„lites being defil'd durst not approch thee nie Till they their garments and themselues had washed decentlie 21 The Priests also eke clensed were ere they thy face would see Else had they perisht in their sinne such Lord was thy decree 22 Alas how much more need I then to craue while I am heere To wash my foule and spotted soule that it may cleane appeere 23 Polluted cloths with filth distaind doo manic washings craue Ere that the Launder can obteine the thing that he would haue 24 My soule likewise alas dooth need thy manie dewes of grace Ere it be cleane for cankred sinne so deepe hath taken place 25 The Leprosie that Naman had could not be done away Till he seuen times in lordan floud had washt him day by day 26 How manie waters need I then for to be washed in Ere I be purged faire and
Iesu Christ in all things now assist me with thy grace And make me strong with heuenly strength while life I haue and space Iesu let not mine enimie the feend ne yet the flesh Preuaile though still they me assaile from daie to daie afresh But Iesu strengthen thou my spirit it may the victor be And for thy tender mercie sake haue mercie now on me Amen O Iesu who shall giue me wings of perfect peace and loue That I therewith from hence may flee and rest with thee aboue O Iesu when shall I ascend and feele how sweet thou art And leaue the earth and loue thee best with all my soule and hart Sweet Iesu when thy pleasure is the time is knowne to thee Both now and then ô Iesu deare haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu king of glorie great the comfort of vs all Wee wander heere in wildernesse and euerie day doo fall Sweet Iesu come and visit mee my heauie soule make glad Which now through sinne in prison lies all heauie sicke and sad Good Iesu with thy presence set my soule at libertie And for thy bitter passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu oft it greeueth mee and troubleth sore my mind That I so weake and fraile am found to wander with the blind O Iesu deare thou lasting light whose brightnesse doth excell The clearnes of thy beams send downe within my heart to dwell O Iesu quicken thou my soule that it may cleaue to thee And for thy painefull passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu grant I may resigne my selfe vnto thy will And that I may my selfe forsake and cleaue vnto thee still O Iesu grant that I may haue of ioie and inward peace And of the paines I haue deseru'd Good Iesu me release Sweet Iesu giue me inward ioie my soule to feed on thee And for thy tender mercies sake haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu sweet I knowe I am but vanitie and sin Vnconstant as the wind that blowes and euer so haue bin Whereof then Iesu may I brag or what haue I to say Shall I of men seeke to bee prais'd or yet extold for ay No Iesu sweet the true praise is for to be prais'd of thee Wherfore good Iesu weigh my case and mercie haue on mee Amen O Iesu thou my glorie art in thee will I reioice And not good Iesu in my selfe nor yet in that mans voice That worldlie honour may mee giue to set mee vp on hie To rule among the sonnes of men and sit in dignitie These are but shadowes to compare to glorie that 's with thee Sweet Iesu for thy glorie sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu heere in earth we liue and soone deceiued are With vaine delights the world doth yeeld wherein we runne too farre But yet sweet Iesu if I could behold my selfe right well I should good Iesu plainelie see and thereby trulie tell The troubles that are falne on mee were for offending thee For which offense I pardon craue haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu Christ vnder whose power is both the sea and land Arise and helpe me to defend by power of thy strong hand From such as lurke and lie in wait and seeke to doo me wrong Sweet Iesu see how weake I am and how that they be strong Iesu make hast and come with speed my trust is all in thee And therefore Iesu helpe me now and mercie haue on mee Amen O Iesu comfort mine exile asswage my dole and greefe With thee to bee is my desire mine onelie cheefe releefe Iesu the pleasures of this world they may not long indure And he that puts his trust therein shall find them all vnsure Sweet Iesu grant that I may haue mine onelie ioie in thee And for thy bloudie passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu Christ that hast mee made and with thy bloud mee bought Suffer mee not to be condemn'd whom thou hast made of nought O Iesu mild in time of need thy mercie doo bestowe And in thy iustice iudge mee not nor doo thy rigor showe O Iesu in extremitie I doo appeale to thee Wherefore sith that I trust in thee haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet for heauenlie things I often seeke to find But then affections of the world doo backeward plucke my mind Againe I seeke for to subdue th' affections that doo rise But to my spirit they will not be subiect in anie wise Thus Iesu meeke thou seest I striue and all to bee with thee Wherefore good Iesu make mee strong and mercie haue on mee Amen O Iesu many times I praie and call vpon thy name When that my heart is farre away alas I more to blame And that good Iesu coms to mind that custome often brought Whereby the praiers that I make be vaine and turne to nought Sweet Iesu pardon and forgiue when I so praie to thee And for thy endlesse mercie sake haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu be not long away nor in thy wrath depart But mortifie that flesh desires and lighten thou my hart Send foorth the burning flames of loue cleane to consume for ay The cloudie fansies of my mind which trouble me alway Good Iesu gather all the powers of my poore soule to thee And make me to refuse the world and mercie haue on me Amen O Iesu mild thine eare bow downe and ponder my desire Deale not with me as I deserue to punish in thine ire But me defend ô Iesu meeke through mercie great of thine From dangers such as may befall this sinfull soule of mine O Iesu hide not now thy face from him that calles on thee But Iesu for thy bitter death haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet with mercie now reforme that is amisse And with the strength of thy great grace send light where darknesse is Good Iesu from my secret faults doo make me cleane and bright And from presumptuous sins ô Lord defend me through thy might Good Iesu cast my youthfull sinnes behind thy backe to bee And for thy tender mercie sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu shut not vp my soule with those that run astraie But let the shadow of thy wings my soule protect alwaie Good Iesu turne thee vnto me and cleanse me from my sin Sweet Iesu Christ doo not behold how wicked I haue bin But thinke vpon thy mercies great though I vnworthie bee And for thy painâ—full passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet giue me an hart that is contrite and pure A bodie chast that humble is and constant to endure A mind that is with heauenlie ioies replete through thy great grace A soule likewise to magnifie thy praise in eu'rie place O Iesu for thy mercie sake let these proceed from thee And then no doubt I shall be sure thou mercie hast on mee Amen Certaine blessings promised by God vnto all those that doo loue and feare him Deut
O Lord my God I humblie aske of thee Make haste sweet Christ and safe deliuer mee Although by sinne deseru'd I haue right well Such paine as this yea more than toong can tell Yet ah my God turne not awaie thy face Nor me forsake in this so sharpe a case This wombe and fruit that springeth in the same Hast thou create to glorie of thy name Opprest with paine ô Lord when I shall bee Make lesse the same so much as pleaseth thee And grant good God thy creature may proceed Safelie on liue with mercie at my need In Christes name I will my trauell show Now holie Ghost come comfort me in wo. Come father deare and let thy power descend O Iesu Christ thy mercies great extend Ah God! behold my dolour and my smart Sweet holie Ghost my comforter thou art Take part with me and heare my wofull crie Exaudi me miserere mei Amen A meditation to be deliuered from Sinne. O Lord my God I humblie beseech thee And Iesus Christ thine equall in Deitie With holie Ghost of like power in maiestie And three in one and likewise one in three Which is to saie one blessed Trinitie Grant that the power of thy Diuinitie May in this life alwaies deliuer me From fornication and adulterie From wicked sort of vncleane companie From sudden death and cursed blasphemie From vaineglorie and hypocrisie From malice hatred and crueltie From the detestable and great enormitie Of sedition and priure conspiracie From all false doctrine and heresie From pride in hart and vanitie From pestilence famine and bloudthirstie From iust desert of slander and infamie From filtie sinne and vile iniquitie And when as I vpon thy name shall crie Heare my request and grant me thy mercie Amen A praier for the Queenes most excellent Maiestie O King of heauen of earth of sea and all things else beside Vnder whose power and in whose hands the harts of Kings abide Vouchsafe to guid our gratious Queene Elizabeth aright That she in peace with helth may reigne and gouerne through thy might And when thy godlie will shall be to end hir liuing daies Hir soule may then with angels thine sound forth thine endles praise Amen A thankesgiuing before meate FOR foâ—â— such as we find Let vs giue thanks therefore And not forget the poore to feed with some part of our store Let all our talke be such whereby no grudge may growe Ourselues well easd God best pleasd Christ grant it may be so God long preserue in peace and helth Our gratious Queene Elizabeth Amen A thankesgiuing after meate THou God be praised for the food we haue receiu'd from thee And giue vs grace a life to lead More thankfull for to bee Lord long preserue in peace and helth Our gratious Queene Elizabeth Amen FINIS The poore Widowes Mite Gathered by VVilliam Hunnis one of the Gentlemen of hir Highnesse Chapell and Maister to the Children of the same Who knocks with hope and craues in faith shall haue their iust request By loue who seeks the way shall find to port of quiet rest Newlie printed by Henrie Denham 1583. To the Queenes Maiesties Highnesse E Except your Highnes well allow this gift of humble mind L Lacke shall my hope the gladsome fruit it sought thereby to find I If gift with giuers loiall hart your Maiestie will trie Z Zeale more than gift shall triumph then before your Princelie eie A A Persian prince in gratious part tooke water of the well B Bicause he sawe the giuers zeale the giuers gift excell E Euen so my zeale renowmed Queene equiualent is with his Th. Though I offense commit to giue so slender gift as this R Remembring yet your Princelie woont of clemencie withall E Example such hath boldned me vpon my knee to fall G Great gifts of gold and gems of price poore Hunnis would present I If he them had in stead whereof hee praies this may content N New yeere and manie God you send in health with peace to raigne A And after when your spirit departs with Christ it may remaine Your Highnes loiall subiect and humble obedient seruant W. H. The Authour W WHo seekes with works alone to win the life that shall remaine I Is farre deceiu'd for i ft be so then Christ hath dide in vaine LL Let our good woorks our faith declare by faith we are made free I It coms from God that goodnesse is no good at all in mee A As man himselfe vnable is in thought to please the Lord M Much lesse to woorke or doo the deed that might his health accord H Here I professe one God to serue from secret search of hart V Vnto his sacred word to cleaue and neuer to depart N No time my Prince nor Magistrate by will for to offend N Ne wish I woorse vnto my fo than to my verie frend I In Christ by faith by no meanes else my righteousnesse dooth flowe S Such was his loue such is my faith and euer shall be so The Poore widowes Mite The first Meditation Ah helples wretch what shall I doo or which way shall I ronne The earth bewrais heuen records the sins that I haue donne The gates of hell wide open stand for to receiue me in And fearefull feends all readie be to torment me for sin Alas where shall I succour find the earth dooth me denie And to the sacred heauens aboue I dare not lift mine eie If heauen and earth shall witnesse be against my soule for sin Vntimelie birth alas for me much better then had bin And now despaire approcheth fast with bloodie murdering knife And willeth me to end my greefes by shortning of my life Shall I despaire Thou God forbid for mercie more is thine Than if the sinnes of all the world were linked now with mine Despise not then most louing Lord the image of thy face Which thou hast wrought and dearelie bought with goodnesse of thy grace And since thy bloudie price is paid and bitter paines all past Receiue my plaints accept my spirit and mercie grant at last So shall my soule reioice reioice and still for mercie crie Peccaui Peccaâ•Œui Miserere mei The .2 Meditation THou God that rulst rainst in light that flesh cannot attaine Thou God that knowst the thoughts of men are altogither vaine Thou God whom neither toong of man nor angell can expresse Thou God it is that I doo seeke thou pitie my distresse Thy seat ô God is euerie-where thy power all powers extend Thy wisdome cannot measur'd be for that it hath no end Thou art the power and wisdome too and sole felicitie But I a lumpe of sinfull flesh nurse of iniquitie Thou art by nature mercifull and Mercie is thy name And I by nature miserable the thrall of sin and shame Then let thy nature ô good God now worke his force in me And clense the nature of my sinne and heale my miserie One depth good Lord and other craues my depth of sinfull
them and not for you Awake I saie awake awake SINNER And yet ô Lord the little whelps would licke the crums that fall Thy chosen sort are verie few but manie doost thou call CHRIST I call to you that will not heare I stretch mine armes at large For to imbrace such as doo come and all your sinnes discharge Wherefore if you refuse to come I will you then forsake And to my feast will strangers call and them my children make Awake therefore and rise from sleepe awake I saie awake awake SINNER Not so good Lord thy mercie far aboue our sinnes abound CHRIST And yet I will a iusticer in iustice mine be found SINNER Thy promise is to pardon sinne and therein art thou iust CHRIST Your sinnes repent and praie therefore in vaine is else your trust SINNER O Lord thy grace must this performe or else it cannot be CHRIST My grace you haue the same applie and blessed shall you be SINNER Through this sweet grace thy mercie Lord we humblie doo require CHRIST By mercie mine I you forgiue and grant this your desire AMEN An humble sute of a repentant sinner for mercie Giue eare ô Lord to heare my heauie carefull cries And let my wofull plaints ascend aboue the starrie skies And now receiue the soule that puts his trust in thee And mercie grant to purge my sinnes mercie good Lord mercie My soule desires to drinke from fountaine of thy grace To slake this thirst ô God vouchsafe and turne not of thy face But bow thy bending eare with mercie when I crie And pardon grant for sinfull life mercie good Lord mercie Behold at length ô Lord my sore repentant mind Which knocks with faith hopes therby thy mercies great to find Thy promise thus hath past from which I will not flie Who dooth repent trusting in thee shall taste of thy mercie Mercie good Lord mercie mercie ¶ Another to the same effect Behold ô God the wretched state my sillie soule is in How sore opprest and ouerchargde with foule and filthie sinne Behold likewise the prison foule I meane my baned brest Where wickednes and sinne abounds and breeds my soules vnrest Behold ô God how oft my soule dooth lift hir selfe to thee As one in dungion darke and deepe desiring light to see Behold also how faine it would doo that might please thy will But cruell sinne with his affects doo drawe me backward still Behold I doo not that I would as lawe of thine requires But I doo that I would not doo contrarie my desires Such is the working of the feend such be his wilie waies With â—ust to set my hart on fire whereby my health decaies Such pleasant baites laies he abroad with pois'ned hookes of sin And traines my senses all thereto and drownes my soule therein But mercie is with thee my God for such as mercie craue Among the which I humblie aske some mercie for to haue For light offense thy mercie small may soone appease thine ire But mine offenses manifold thy mercies great desire And since by mercie I must win thy fauour and thy grace From my misdeeds and sinfull life with mercie turne thy face ¶ Another to the same purpose My soule ô God doth now confesse a wicked life long led in sinne And how the same to thee is knowne ere that my lips to speake begin Such is the fruit such is the tree with mercie Lord deliuer mee Shall I ô Lord for this despaire of hope of helpe and health at last Or shall I thinke thou seek'st reuenge vpon my sinfull life that 's past No no my faith dooth witnes mee Thy bloud from sin hath set me free AMEN A Lamentation touching the follies and vanities of our youth ¶ Alack when I looke back vpon my youth that 's past And deepelie ponder youths offense youths reward at last With sighes and sobs I saie ô God I not denie my youth with follie hath deseru'd with follie for to die But yet if euer sinfull man might merâ•Œcie mooue to ruth Good Lord with mercie doo forgiue the follies of my youth In youth I rangde the fields where vices all did grow In youth I wanted grace such vice to ouerthrow In youth what I thought sweet most bitter now I find Thus hath the follies of my youth with follie kept me blind Yet as the Eagle cast's hir bill whereby hir age renut'h So Lord with mercie doo forgiue the follies of my youth Amen A psalme of reioising for the woonderfull loue of Christ ratified by his meritorious death and passion for our spirituall redemption LEt vs be glad and clap our hands with ioie our soules to fill For Christ hath paid the price of sinne with mercie and good will By his good will he flesh became for sinfull fleshes sake By his good will disdained not most shamefull death to take By his good will his blood was spilt his bodie all to rent By his good will to saue vs all he therewith was content By his good will death hath no power our sinfull soules to kill For Christ hath paid the price of sinne with mercie and good will Since Christ so dearelie loued vs let vs from sinne refraine For Christ desireth nothing els in lieu of all his paine And that we should each other loue as he vs loou'd before So shall his loue abide in vs and dwell for euermore Let then our loue so dwell in him our wicked lusts to kill For Christ hath paid the price of sin with mercie and good will AMEN A praier for the good estate of Queene ELIZABETH THou God that guidst both heuen and earth on whom we all depend Preserue our Queene in perfect health and hir from harme defend Conserue hir life in peace to reigne augment hir ioies withall Increase hir friends maintaine hir cause and heare vs when we call So shall all we that faithfull be reioise and praise thy name O God ô Christ ô holie Ghost giue eare and grant the same AMEN A Christian confession of and to the Trinitie O Thou almightie omnipotent and euerlasting God the father of heauen I doo beleeue confesse and acknowledge thee to be the God of all power and might yea the almightie power it selfe and to be of nothing going before neither made created nor begotten but to be a thing before all things giuing beginning vnto euerie thing thy selfe being without beginning and without ending O Thou sonne of God which art the word of the father and second person in Trinitie I doo likewise beleeue confesse and acknowledge thee to be of the father without beginning before all worlds neither made nor created but begotten and art equall with the father in power might glorie maiestie and deitie and to be as thy father is the fountaine and well-spring of all wisedome grace and mercie O Thou God the holie Ghost and third person in Trinitie which art with the father and the sonne the giuer of all comfort vertue and goodnesse I doo also
of all things whose strength is euerie where and whose power is infinite which as thou euer art omnipotent and in all thy works most gratious and ouer maruellous so vnto vs thy poore seruants grant we humblie beseech thee that ELIZABETH our gratious QVEENE and next vnder thee here on earth our gouernour may long liue and lead a healthfull quiet and peaceable life And if ô Lord at anie time the wicked through malice shall conspire and gather themselues togither against thee and hir thine annointed wee hartilie beseech thee either with speed to conuert and turne their harts or ouerthrowe their force and bring their deuises to naught And although ô Lord that we through our manifold sinnes and wickednesse doo not deserue to haue so good and so excellent a Iewell to rule reigne ouer vs yet good Lord we hartilie praie thy diuine maiestie to behold the great and vnspeakable miseries which the losse of so pretious a Pearle may bring vpon vs and our posteritie and to auert the same This ô Lord we doo humblie craue of thee that wee may long time enioie hir or else that we who faithfullie doo loue hir may with hir be dissolued according to thy good will and gratious pleasure Amen A praier to be said of euerie true Christian before the receiuing of the holie Communion O Most sweet louer of al mankind Lord Sauior Iesu I humblie beseech thee for thy bitter passion sake to remoue from me pride enuie and detraction yea wrath malice and impatiencie and all other sicknesses diseases of the soule And plant good Lord in my hart and mind true meekenesse charitie patience chastitie temperance and modestie with all such other vertues medicines and preseruatiues vnto the soule And mortisie in me good Lord all vncleane motions carnall desires and inordinate affections and reuiue in me the loue of vertues and the perpetuall exercises thereof so that in this time and all times I may woorthilie receiue this holie and blessed sacrament vnto thine honour and glorie and my soules endlesse ioie and comfort O Lord I knowe and doo confesse here before thy diuine maiestie that I am vnwoorthie and verie much vnwoorthie most vnwoorthie through my manifold sinnes and wickednes to licke the crums that fall from thy table but notwithstanding I knowe as well againe and so doo I in hart and mind stedfastlie beleeue and the same doo acknowledge in mouth and word that thou my Lord God art omnipotent and almightie and so maiest by thy power infinite if it so please thy maiestie to make me woorthie and acceptable to sit at thy table and there to taste and feed of the most pure and heauenlie viands for thou alone ô Lord maiest and canst iustifie a sinner and of a vile foule and filthie wretch make a cleane white and pleasant person Therefore gratious Lord I beseech thy woorthie maiestie for thy almightie power which I firmelie and stedfastlie beleeue and for thine infinite and endlesse wisedome which I boldlie confesse and for thine excellent goodnesse and truth wherein I fullie hope and trust and for all this togither as one frame me and make me woorthie and acceptable vnto thy godlie presence and grant me forgiuenesse of all my sinnes and the feruent flame of thy loue that I may now at this time receiue this holie sacrament with puritie of hart and cleanesse of conscience with spirituall gladnesse and heauenlie ioie O most mercifull Sauiour Iesu I humblie beseech thee for this holie mysterie of thy blessed bodie and bloud wherewith we vnwoorthie wretches be continuallie fed and dailie washed clensed sanctified and made holie and so partakers of thy most high diuinitie grant me Lord and giue me the pretious garment of innocencie with such furniture of other ornaments thervnto according as best may please thy gratious goodnes wherewith I may as in my wedding vesture in a good and cleane conscience approch vnto thy presence so that this celestiall heauenlie sacrament receiued may be vnto me health and saluation of soule and bodie vnto life euerlasting Amen A praier to be said of euerie true Christian after the receiuing of the holie Communion IN most humble most lowlie and most hartie maner with most due reuerence I thank thee good Lord most holie father and euerlasting God that by the bountie of thy mercifull grace wouldest vouchsafe thus to refresh and feed my soule through faith with the benefits of the death and passion of thy sonne our Lord God and Sauior Iesu Christ. And I beseech thine infinite goodnesse that this the sacrament of thy deth and passion which I most vnwoorthie wretch haue now receiued come neuer hereafter in iudgement condemnation vnto me for mine euilles merits and deseruings but rather good Lord it may come vnto the profit and comfort of my bodie and vnto the saluation of my soule vnto the life euerlasting Amen A godlie praier to be said before the preaching of the word NEither is hee that planteth neither he that watereth anie thing at al but thou ô Lord that giuest the increase Increase we beseech thee the seed of thy word and cause it to fructisie an hundred fold Open our eies that we may see the woonderfull things conteined in thy lawe Incline our harts to thy testimonies and not vnto vanities Euermore bee on our right hand and perfect the worke that thou hast begun among vs. Beare our most gratious ELIZABETH in thine owne bosome and set thine eies alwaies vpon hir for good let the spirit of knowledge and holines remaine in hir ministers blesse hir Councellers with wisedome and discretion hir Nobles with fortitude and courage hir Iudges with iustice and mercie hir Magistrates with diligence and faithfulnes hir People with feare and perfect obedience that we may all with one mind and one mouth saie with the prophet He that is mightie hath doon for vs great things and holie is his name Amen A praier necessarie to bee said at all times O Bountifull IESV ô sweet sauior ô Christ the Sonne of GOD haue pitie vpon mee mercifullie heare mee and despise not my praiers Thou hast created me of nothing thou hast redeemed me from the bondage of sin death and hell neither with gold nor siluer but with thy most pretious bodie once offered vpon the crosse and thine owne bloud shed once for all for my ransome therfore cast mee not awaie whome thou by thy great wisedome hast made despise me not whom thou hast redeemed with such a pretious treasure nor let my wickednesse destroie that which thy goodnesse hath builded Now whilest I liue ô Iesu haue mercie on mee for if I die out of thy fauour it will be too late afterward to call for thy mercie Whilest I haue time to repent looke vpon me with thy mercifull eies as thou didst vouchsafe to looke vpon Peter thine Apostle that I may bewaile my sinfull life obteine thy fauour and die therin I reknowledge that if thou shouldest deale with