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The Ordenarye for all faythfull Chrystiãs to leade a vertuous and Godly lyfe here in this vale of miserie / translated out of Doutche into Inglysh by Anthony Scoloker. A Right goodly rule howe all faithfull Christians shall occupie and exercise them selves in their daily prayers
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Scoloker, Anthony, fl. 1548.
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no abyding or dwelling place We are come from the / and we must returne agayne vnto the. But amoÌ„gest or betwene all the trappes / assaultes / pittes and snares which the deuell hath laide oute and spred abrode / for vs / blinded in sinne / vouchsafe thou / o lorde Iesu Christ / to leade vs with thy righthande / for thou art a true / trustie / and sure frende Open our eyes / to thinteÌ„t that we misse not the way which thou thy selfe art but leade vs / through aÌ„d by thy selfe vnto the father / to the inteÌ„t that al we may be made one with the and him / euen lyke as thou arte one with him O moost mercifull lorde / lyke as thou doest sende thy holy Anngels to be defenders of as manye as serue ande please the with a symple / innocent ande pure harte / by the which / they be ledde / lyke yong children are ledde of them which are elder and stronger than they And like as thou diddest vouchsafe to sende thyne Aâ—ngell Raphaell / to be a guide vnto the sonne of that reuerent man Toby / vouchesafe euen so / o lorde / to send vs the same Aâ—ngell / although we are not so worthy / as the same Toby was / that he maye encourage and leade vs through that way / whych is not pleasaunt vnto vs / but vnto the. So be it Whan a man commeth home or at his iourneys ende Thankesgiuing and prayer I Thanke the / o heauenly father / for thy great grace and mercy / whiche thou haste shewed vnto me / in going forth aÌ„d in returning or comming againe through thy holy blessyng / whiche thou geuest vnto all them that kepe thy holy worde and do therafter Graunt us / o gracious God / here / where we haue no abiding or dwelling place / a pure aÌ„d quiet conscieÌ„ce / through thy sonne Iesus christ who is our onely rest So be it For Kinges Princes and Rulers Prayer O Lorde of lordes Iesus Christe / thou art an exempel and glasse or myrrour of them which gouuerne and beare rule of Realmes / countreis aÌ„d cities / whome they ought to followe / for thou art the best and the wysest / and therfore canst thou not erre / nor do ony other thinge but wel Vouchsafe with the light of thy clerenes and wyth the fyre of thy loue / to kindle the hartes of al soch / as thou / through thy Godlye prouidence / hast instituted aÌ„d ordeined to be rulers ouer the people / to the intent that they through the as through or by a foregoing light / maye see / and perceaue what is best to be done / and fulfill the same / and that they / taking thy alwayes for a sure marke of their eye / do not that thinge whiche onelye semeth good in their syght / but that which maye be to thy honour / to our proffyt ande to their health aÌ„d saluacion / to thintent also / that they maye iustly and duelye minister and execute thir offyce / geuen vnto them of the / so that we with them aÌ„d they with vs may leade a peaceable / vertuous ande quiet lyfe So be it For all teachers and Preachers of the moost holie worde of God Prayer O mercyfull priest / chefe Bisshoppe ande true good hearde Iesus Christe vouchsafe / through thy holie spirite / to strengthen all preachers and teachers which thou hast called ande sent to be labourers in thy holy haruest / for to breake and distribute the breade of thy holy worde to thintent that they may boldely aÌ„d earnestly set their soules in the defeÌ„ce of thy holy word / aÌ„d for their shepe / agaiÌ„st all the threatniÌ„gs and false entreprises of the raueniÌ„g wolues aÌ„d false prophetes / which go about to seduce aÌ„d bring vs oute of the right waye / for their bellies sake / through their false doctryne To the intent that they may so teache aÌ„d declare vs thy holy lawes and Gospell / that we maye be taught and edified / and that also thy Godly honour may daily more ande more be magnifyed therby Amen For all them which lye in the extreme panges of death / or otherwyse O Pytyfull Phisitian ande healer both of soule and body / Christ Iesu Vouchsafe to cast thyne eyes vppon thy poore synnefull creature N. who lieth here captiue aÌ„d bounde with sicknes / turning his weakenes to thy glorie aÌ„d to his health And vouchsafe / good lorde / to send him pacient sufferaunce / that he maye stedfastly contynue to the ende / and that he maye with a true ande parfet fayth / fyght manfully against all temptations of the deuell when he maye no longer continue So be it For all womeÌ„ bound with the Lordes bandes Prayer GOd â—â—â—harted Lord Iesu christ Lyke as thou diddest comforte aÌ„d delyuer thy dysciples and all electe and chosen holie men and women in all their nede / martirdome aÌ„d paines which they suffred of the tyrauÌ„tes wrongfully / and diddest also cure ande heale them of theyr woundes / paines and smarte / thorowe hope of the crowne of euerlastinge lyfe Euen so vouchsafe thou which arte a helper of all them that call on the in all trouble aÌ„d nede to deliuer this pore weake vessell / whiche is here bounde with a frute after thyne owne symilitude and lykenes notwithstanding that she hath deserued in transgressyng of thy holy commaundement / to bring forth her children in paine and woo that she maye be made a glad and ioyful mother / through the newe creature with good spede / that the childe maye haue name and Christendome / and that the mother may be purifyed to thy honour and to hyr health So be it Prayer O Good father aÌ„d geuer of all goodnes / God almightie / we poore sely wormes of the earth labour aÌ„d take paines / digge and delue / til aÌ„d plowe / plante and sowe / and can do no more But thou onelye mayest ande wylt geue the encrease in due time Therfore most best / yea / onelye good father aÌ„d God / vouchesafe through thy deuyne prouidence to preserue ande kepe all the frutes of the earth / aÌ„d suffer the same to growe and encrease to a parfect grouth / although we are not worthy of it but for thy names sake / to thintent we may vse them to our necessyte and sustinaunce / with thankesgeuing / and alwayes to thy glorye So be it A generall confessyon Rom. iii. Gene. vi and .iii. v. O Lorde God almightie / father of mercy and God of all coÌ„force / we thy pore creatures resort vnto the knoledging and confessyng our selues before thy glorious maiestie / that we all are greuous synners ande can of our selues do nothinge but synne For all our ymaginacions / intents aÌ„d thoughtes are enclined and desposed vnto euyll from oure youth vp O see xiii ii Cor. ii Philii ii Gene. iii. Ephes ij Ps l. lxij Iohn xv Eâ—a lxiiiâ— Iere. xiij Oure dampnacioÌ„ commeth
leaue father ande mother / ande cleaue to hys wife And they two shal be one flesh / now are they not tweyne but one flesh Let no man therfore putt a sonder whyche God hath coupled together i. Cor. vij To avoide whoredome / let every man have his owne wife / and let every womaÌ„ have her owne husband / let the man geue vnto the wyfe due benevolence / lykewyse also the wife vnto the maÌ„ The wife hath not power ouer her owne bodye / but the husbande / and lykewise the man hath not power ouer hys owne body but the wife Tob. vj. d and vij a Ioel. ij â— Wythdrawe not your selues one from an other / excepte it be with the consent of bothe / for a tyme / that ye maye geue your selues vnto fastinge and prayer / and then come to gether againe / least sathan tempte you for your incontinencie Hebr. xiij a Let wedlocke be had in price in all poiÌ„tes / ande leet the chamber be vndefyled For whorekepers and aduouterers God wyll iudge The Lorde fauoureth man ande wife that agre well together Eccl. xxâ— and xi d Eccl. xxâ—â— â— Happie is the man that hath a vertuous wyfe / for the nombre of his yeares shal be double A woman shall not separate her selfe from her husbande / but if she separate her selfe / that she remayne vnmaried / or be reconsyled to her husbande i Cor. 7. d A woman that is in subiection to the man / is bounde vnto the lawe whise the man lyueth / but if the man die / then is she lowsed from the lawe that coÌ„cerneth the man Rom. dij â— Math. v. d If she be with an other man / while her maÌ„ liueth / she shal be called a wedlokbreaker But if the man be dead / then is she free froÌ„ the lawe / so that she is no wedlocke breaker / if she be with an other maÌ„ Of the state of Vyrgyns i. Cor. vij a I saye to them that are vnmaried / and to widdowes saieth S. Paule It is good for them that they abydâ— also as I do i. Tim. v. b But if they can not abstaine / let them mary / for it is beter to mary / theÌ„ to burne i. Cor vij c As concerning virgins / I haue no coÌ„maundement of the lorde / neuertheles I saye my good meaninge / as I haue obteined mercy of the lord to be faithfull I suppose it is good for the present necessite / for it is good for a maÌ„ so to be Arte thou bouÌ„de vnto a wyfe seke not to be lowsed Arte thou lowsed froÌ„ a wife / seke not a wife If a damsel make a vowe vnto the lord / while she is in her fathers house / and vnmaried / aÌ„d her vowe or baÌ„de that she maketh ouer her soule / coÌ„meth to her fathers eares / ande he holde his peace therto / then all her vowes ande bandes that she hath bounde hir selfe with all ouer her soule / shall stande in effect Numâ— xâ—â— Of the state of Wyddowes 2. â—imo 5. 〈◊〉 ij â— Cor. j. She that is a ryght widdowe / and desolate / putteth her trust in God / and continueth in prayer and supplication night and daie But she that liueth in pleasures / is dead / euen yet alyue Gala. vâ— b A wyddowe must be without blame But if ther be any that prouideth not for his owne / and speciallie for them of his houshold / the same hath denyed the faith / ande is worse then an infydell i. Petr. ij i. Tim. v. b Let no widdowe be chosen vnder thre score yere olde / ande soche one as was the wyfe of one man / and well reported of in good workes / if she haue brought vp children well / if she haue bene harbarrowes / if she haue wasshed the saintes fete / if she haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersyte / if she were continually geuen to all maner of good workes i. Petr. iiij But the yoÌ„ger wyddowes refuse For whan they haue begonne to waxe wantonne against Christ / they wyll mary / hauinge their dampnation / because they haue broken the fyrst faith Besydes this they are ydell / and learne to ronne aboute from house to house Not onely are they ydell / but also tryflynge and busybodyes / speakinge thinges which are not comly The vowe of a widdowe / ande of her that is deuorced / all that she bindeth her selfe withall ouer her soule / shall stande in effecte vppon her Num. â—â—â— Exhortacion to the Ryche of this worlde If riches encrease / sett not your harte vppon them Psal lxj b Eccl. xiiij a It becommeth not a couetous man aÌ„d a nigarde / to be riche / ande what shulde a niggarde do with golde he that with all his carefulnes heapeth to gether vnrightuously / gathereth for other folkes / aÌ„d an other man shall make good chere with his goodes He that is wicked vnto him selfe howe shulde he be good vnto other men Howe can seche one haue any pleasure of his goodes There is nothing worse / theÌ„ when one disfauoureth him selfe and this is a rewarde of his wickednes If he do any good / he doth it not knowing therof / and against his wyll / and at the last / he declareth his vngraciousnes Prouer. 17 Eeccl iij a A nigard hath a wicked eye / he turneth a waye his face / and despiseth his owne soule A couetous mans eye hath neuer ynough in the porcion of wickednes / vntill the tyme that he wyther away / aÌ„d haue lost his own soule eccl xiiij b eccle iiii a Tobi. iiii b Luk. 16. b A wicked eye spareth bread / and ther is scarcenes vppon his table My sonne do good to thy selfe of that thou hast / ande geue the lord his due offeriÌ„ges Do good vnto thy frende before thou dye / aÌ„d according to thy abilite reache oute thyne hande / and geue vnto the poore A rich man ought to submitte him self / and not to reioyse in his goodes Iob. i. â— Charge them whiche are riche in this worlde / that they be not proude / nor truste in the vncerteine riches / but in the liuiÌ„g God which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye theÌ„ That they do good that they be riche in good workes / that they giue and distribute with a good will / gatheringe vp treasure for them selues / a good foundacioÌ„ / against the time to come / that they may laye hande on eternall lyfe i Timo. vâ— Math. 6. c Gyue almes of thy goodes / and turne neuer thy face froÌ„ the poore for almes deliuereth froÌ„ death / aÌ„d suffreth not the soule to come in darkenes Tobi. iiii b A great coÌ„forte is almes before the hye God / vnto all them that do it Genes iij Let neuer pride haue rule in thy minde nor in thy worde for in pride begaÌ„ne all destruccioÌ„