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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07431	Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lordes Supper. / Written by T.W..	Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.; T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1610 (1610)	STC 4314; ESTC S91274	43,382	204

and full forgiuenesse of all my sinnes by the assured testimonie of thy blessed spirit bearing record vnto my spirit that I am thy Child by vnfeigned pardoning forgiuing of others which any maner of way haue offended against mee Make the death resurrectiō of thy Sonne so effectuall in mee that I may not onely feele and finde in the same the forgiuenesse of my sinnes and the hope of eternall saluation but that I may be instructed thereby all the dayes of my life more and more to die vnto sinne and daily more and more to liue vnto righteousnes of life holie conuersation And for as much as through thy goodnesse I haue purposed this day to communicate in the vse of thy Word and Sacramentes I beseech thee good Father to prepare my heart and to open the eares of my vnderstanding that I may not onely reuerently and profitably hearken to thy voyce speaking vnto mee out of thy word labouring all the dayes of my life to conforme my selfe in practise to the obedience thereof but also that I may fruitfully bee partaker of the fruites and effectes of the death and passion of thy deare Sonne which it pleased thee in this Sacrament to offer vnto me To this end and purpose I beseech thee to graunt that I be not carried away in the contemplation and consideration of the earthly and corruptible thinges obiected therein to my senses but that my Fayth may be set vp and raised to the beholding and assured feeling of those Graces which it pleaseth thee by the same to offer vnto mee Giue me grace good Lord to bring with me a steadfast Fayth in the trueth of thy promises that by it as by an eye I may behold by the same as by a hand I may apprehend Iesus Christ thy Sonne sitting at thy right hand to be my onely and continuall iustifier sanctifier and redeemer Graunt me grace also to bring with me as an earnest hatred of all my former euilles whatsoeuer so a syncere loue of all righteousnesse and wel-doing that I by the power of thy spirite crucifying the Old man with the lustes and concupiscences therof specially such as beare the greatest sway in mee may be strengthened in the new man dayly to thinke speake doe those things which may be acceptable and well pleasing in thy godly presence And I beseech thee further to giue me grace to bring with me sound and syncere loue towardes all yea euen towardes mine enimies that I may not onely forget and forgiue all the iniuries and wronges that they haue deuised sayd or done against mee but also pray earnestly vnto thy Maiestie for them and purchase and procure their welfare and good by all the meanes I can Graunt O deare Father that I being purged from the filth of sinne may be made a fitte receptacle and dwelling place for thee and thy Sonne to come and dwell in so that spending my dayes in reuerence of thy Maiestie in the benefiting of my breathren and procuring mine own good I may finish my course in thy fayth and so be made partaker of eternall glorie through Iesus Christ thy Sonne my Lord and onely Sauiour So be it A prayer to be priuately vsed after the publike exercises of the Church as the preaching of the word the administration of the Lordes Supper shall be ended I Doe vnfaignedly confesse good Father that the graces are very great yea most excellent which thou hast vouchsafed this day to bestowe vppon mee wretched sinner that I am by the vse and partaking of thy holy Word and Sacramentes and namely for that it hath pleased thee thereby to increase my knowledge to confirme my Fayth to assure me that Iesus Christ thy deare Sonne hath not onely died for me but also giuen him selfe to be my spirituall nourishment to eternall life and saluation with innumerable such other benefites and blessinges For these and whatsoeuer other mercies which thy Maiestie hath freely bestowed vpon me I doe yeelde thee the humblest thankes and heartiest prayse that possibly I can beseeching thee to accept mee and this my Sacrifice of prayse thanksgiuing according to the measure that thou mercifully hast bestowed vpon me And because I feele my selfe thorough the cursed corruptiō of mine owne nature woonderfully inclined to the forgetfulnesse of thy goodnesse I beseech thee to graue these thinges in my heart with a claw of Adamant and to imprint them there that by the sight thereof and meditation therein I may bee prouoked daily more and more to magnifie the multitude of thy mercies which doest not onely bestow vpon me these great and wonderfull graces but euen then when by the meanes of my sinnes I had deserued eternall condemnation hast gratiously giuen mee the same And I pray thee further to giue me grace good Lord to expresse this my thankfulnesse towardes thee not in wordes onely but also in the deedes of a holy conuersation that I daily increasing and growing in a sound Fayth which worketh by loue and bringeth foorth all good workes may order and direct my whole life to the aduauncement of thy glorie the edification of my breathren and mine owne eternall comfort at the last through Iesus Christ thy Sonne my Lord and onely Sauiour Amen FINIS

I meane not onely a generall beliefe of all the Canonicall books of the old and new Testament or a grounded knowledge alone of the poyntes and principles of Christian religion but an assured perswasion that whatsoeuer the Lord hath reuealed in his Word as hee hath done the same for others so he hath done it particularly for mee So that this Fayth is necessarie to him that shall communicate both because that otherwise hee being on the earth cannot take hold of Christ in heauen for faith is it by which he may apply vnto himselfe particularly Christ Iesus and all his merites to the assured feeling of the free pardone and full forgiuenesse of all his sinnes of the one side and the imputation of Christes righteousnesse on the other side and also that thereby he may be assured that that which hee doeth either in the administration or participation of that holy action is acceptable before God for without Fayth it is impossible to please him Which properties indeed or effectes rather if a man onely haue them shall make his Fayth to differ from all the vaine imaginations of Diuels and wicked men whatsoeuer By Repentance I vnderstand a syncere hatred of all our former sinnes and iniquities whatsoeuer and a sound loue of all righteousnesse and well doing proceeding from the right reuerence and louing feare of the maiestie of God in our heartes which holy affection doth euery day by little and little worke in vs the forsaking of our selues and the subduing of the sinfull lustes and affections of our owne flesh to the end that wee may wholly resigne our selues to be guided and gouerned by the spirit of God in the syncere seruice worship of his Maiestie So that hee which feeleth himselfe truely and vnfeignedly sorrowfull for his former iniquities not onely loathing his sinnes but euen himselfe for his sinnes sake and caryeth with him this holy purpose neuer through Gods assistaunce to commit the same or any such like may not onely be assured of his vnfeined repentaunce and so by consequent of the forgiuenesse of his sinnes but also with boldnesse yet not withstanding with reuerence in respect of God and with humblenesse of minde in respect of himselfe draw neere to the partaking of these holy mysteries By Loue which is the thing that concerneth men I doe not onely vnderstand the vnfeigned pardoning and forgiuing of others that haue any maner of way trespassed against vs which is a sure seale and earnest pennie as it were that our sinnes are forgiuen vs before God but also sound reconciliation after offences committed one of vs towardes another which is a certaine pledge that our prayers and all other good thinges that come from vs are in Christes obedience accepted before God yea I meane further by Loue which is an inward affection of the heart the sincere and outwarde testifying of the same by wordes deeds countenaunces and other meanes as the Lord shall giue occasion and our abilitie will serue to expresse the same and that not to our friendes onely or to our enimies also which is somewhat more but generally to all men though to some in greater measure as to the Household of fayth our Wiues Children and Parentes c. and to some in lesse measure as to those that be yet without and be somwhat further off by nature and kindred Meditation which is the second thing and is to be vsed specially in the time of the celebration of the Lords Supper consisteth chiefely in these poyntes In regarding the outward elements and the rites vsed in the same as the breaking of the Bread c. by which is set foorth vnto our soules the crucifying of Christs body the shedding of his bloud c. and all for our transgressions And then because wee must not stay below but must by Fayth rise vp to Heauen as it were we are deeply to consider what great graces the Lord offereth vnto vs in that holy and spirituall Banquet which in my minde may be brought into these few pointes 1 God setteth before the eyes of our Faith in that holy action first Christes death and passion togeather with the benefites and effectes which wee reape thereby and namely the remission and forgiuenesse of our sinnes 2 Secondly the full and spirituall nourishment that thorow Christ wee haue both in the outward and inwarde man euen to the hope of eternall life 3 Thirdly the mysticall vnion that is betwixt Christ and his Church hee dwelling in our heartes by faith and we thereby being made members of his bodie of his flesh and of his bones 4 Fourthly and lastly the holy vnitie and agreement that is ought to be continued amongst all the members of his Church whatsoeuer or wheresoeuer they be The third and last thing which I call Action and is to be performed after the receiuing of the Lords Supper consisteth 1 First in earnest Prayer vnto God not onely for the liuely feeling of these graces exhibited but also for the fructifying of the word of God and his Sacraments in our heartes and that not for the time present alone but euen for the whole rase and course of our life Secondly in humble thankes-giuing for the vnestimable riches and treasures of grace and of goodnesse which it pleaseth him in his Church and namely by the vse of his Worde and Sacramentes not onely to offer but also to bestow vpon his people the particulars whereof are before recited And hereunto wee may be prouoked by consideration of this that the Lord freely and of his owne goodnesse giueth vs those merites not onely when we had not deserued the least of them but euen then when euerie one of vs had deserued eternall death and condemnation to be powred foorth vpon vs and ours 3 And lastly in care and conscience of a holy conuersation that seeing Christ dwelleth in our heartes by fayth and we haue our spirituall life and beeing from him that therefore wee should so liue as wee may not onely glorifie him in this life but that when the dayes of our wearisome pilgrimage shall be ended we may be glorified with him in eternall blessednesse which thing the Lord graunt vs euen for his crucified Christes sake to whom with the Father and the holy Ghost three persons and one eternall God be giuen all honour prayse power and glorie both of vs and of all people euen now and at all times for euer and euer So be it A Prayer to be said before a man repaire to the partaking of the Lords Supper O Eternall GOD and most mercifull Father I thy poore vnworthy seruant doe must humbly beseech thee in Iesus Christ thy deare Sonnes name and for his sake gratiously in his death and obedience to pardone and forgiue mee all my sinnes what so euer which at any time or by any manner of meane I haue committed against thy Maiestie or any other Seale vp in my heart O Lord this great benefite of the free pardon