beleeue confesse and acknowledge thee to be of the father and of the sonne neither made nor created nor begotten but from God the father and from God the sonne proceeding equall with the father and the sonne without beginning of time and without end in like power might glorie maiestie and deitie as is the father and the sonne all three in one and one in three one verie GOD euerlasting not three Gods euerlasting of one essence or being euer perdurable or during without measure not changeable almightie one substance and in one nature simple I Doo beleeue confesse and acknowledge ech one of your persons to be equall to the other in all maner of perfection and ech one person to be omnipotent or almightie and to be one beginning of all things and that togither you made created all creatures visibles inuisibles spirituals and corporals and that by almightie vertue from the beginning of time you three togither did create and that of nothing the creature angelike and the worldlie nature and then you made man common to the first two natures for man is of bodie corporall and of soule spirituall ALso I doo beleeue confesse and acknowledge that thou the father art one other and thou the sonne art one other and thou the holie Ghost art one other For thou ô father maiest not be the sonne nor the holie Ghost nor thou ô sonne maiest not be the father nor the holie Ghost nor thou ô holie Ghost maiest not be the father nor the sonne but to you three persons is one being and one nature common the which is the beginning of all things and out of this beginning there is no beginning ANd I beleeue confesse and acknowledge that thou ô father art no greater nor of greater power than is the sonne nor than is the holie Ghost For the vnitie of your diuine being is equall or alike togither for such as thou art ô father such art thou ô sonne and such art thou ô holie Ghost And thus thou holie and blessed Trinitie art one God the first beginning without beginning fountaine of all mercie grace goodnesse and vertue which by thy knowledge dooest knowe all things present and to be hereafter ANd further I doo confesse acknowledge and stedfastlie beleeue that thou ô sonne of God art without beginning coëternall with GOD the father and with God the holie Ghost And by the whole consent of you three in one and one in three and by the ouershadowing of the holie Ghost thou ô holie and most blessed sonne of God didst enter into the wombe of the most vnspotted amongst women the blessed virgine Marie in whom was no blemish of sinne after the salutation of the angell Gabriel when she had by the working of the holie Ghost answered these words of meeknesse Behold and see I am the handmaid of the Lord be it vnto me according to thy word THus thou blessed sonne of God diddest not forsake or leaue thy Godhead but didst take flesh or manhead of the blessed virgine vnto thy Godhead being still perfect God with the father in Godhead and perfect man also In which manhead thou wert lesse than the father but yet equall with the father touching thy deitie or Godhead as after thy most blessed natiuitie thou didst prooue in thy humanitie to bee perfect God FOR without anie teacher or schoolemaister thou hadst all perfect knowledge of sciences learning Thou changedst water into wine Thou gauest sight to the man borne blind Thou openlie saidst to the Iewes and Pharisies I which speake to you am the beginning Thou feddest manie thousands of people with a few loaues of bread and with a few fishes The wind and sea obeied at thy commandement Thou raisedst Lazarus from death vnto life which was foure daies dead and stinking in his graue In this ô God and in manie more excellent miracles thou didst shew thy selfe to be perfect God ANd also thou didst shew thy selfe to be perfect man for thou didst eate drinke and sleepe and so tookest increase of nature as man dooth Thou weptst thou fastedst thou sufferedst all the miseries of man sin onelie excepted IT also well pleased thee to fulfill to performe and to accomplish all the words and saiengs of the holie patriarchs and prophets which they had vttered and spoken of thee long time before thou tookest our humane nature vpon thee And so to fulfill the prophesies thou sufferedst that thine humane nature should be betraied and taken by the kissing of thine vnkind disciple Iudas THou also suffredst cruell persecutions of the Iewes after maine punishments they blasphemed thee and cried vpon Pilate to haue thee crucified and so vnder Ponce Pilate thou didst suffer to be crucified and vpon the crosse didst die touching thy humanitie and after wast thou taken downe buried and by the power and might of thy deitie descendedst into hell according to the scripture ANd I beleeue notwithstanding that thy sepulchre was made fast and sealed also watched and kept by certeine soldiers therevnto appointed that the third daie by thy Godhead or diuine power thou didst arise in thy humanitie And fortie daies after thou didst ascend into heauen in the sight of men of Galile and in faith vnto vs that be where thou doost remaine perfect GOD and perfect man sitting on the right hand of the father from whence thou shalt come and iudge both the liuing and the dead By the dead I vnderstand the bodie which is mortall and by the liuing I vnderstand the soule which is spirituall and immortall ANd also I acknowledge confesse and stedfastlie beleeue that I shall among all thy reasonable creatures arise from death to life and with them shall stand and behold thy diuine maiestie face to face thou sitting in the throne of thine eternall iudgement And thine elect and those whom thou hast shewed mercie vpon shall be seuered from the wicked reprobates as lambes from woolues the saued sort vpon thy right hand and the other vpon thy left where we shall all receiue our last and finall iudgement The which iudgment ô Lord I doo most humblie beseech thee may be vnto me not after my sinnes and wickednesse but according vnto thy great and vnspeakable mercies Grant this ô thou most holie and blessed father of heauen which art with the sonne and with the holie Ghost the worlds creator and haue mercie vpon me haue mercie vpon me Grant this ô thou most holie and blessed Iesu the onelie sonne of God the worlds Sauiour and redeemer and haue mercie vpon me haue mercie vpon me Grant this ô thou most blessed and holie Ghost which art togither with the father the sonne the worlds comforter and haue mercie vpon me haue mercie vpon me Grant this ô thou most holie most blessed most glorious and euerlasting Trinitie and haue mercie vpon me haue mercie vpon me haue mercie vpon me Amen A praier for the Queenes most excellent Maiestie O Almightie and mercifull GOD creator gouernour
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
haue and space 5 And lay not to my charge good Lord the sinnes that I haue donne But them forget and me forgiue for Christes sake thy sonne 6 And cause thy mercie to be heard of me before the prime For I in thee haue put my trust alone from time to time 7 Most blessed Lord grant that I may thy mercie sweet obtaine And that right soone thou me release from my deserued paine 8 With great repentance doo I call my hope assureth mee Thou wilt forgiue me all my sinnes bicause I trust in thee 9 I knowe that thou art nigh to all that call vpon thy name And wilt direct their steps aright that craue of thee the same 10 Wherefore good Lord shew me the waie I ought for to walke in For I my soule haue lifted vp to thee with all my sin 11 Lord manie times indeed thou hast directed me the waie And I haue purpos'd in my selfe no more to go astraie 12 Yea when I haue repentant bin and vowed in my hart Thy lawe for to obserue and keepe and neuer to depart 13 The diuell my deadlie enimie contriu'd the matter so But his deceit ere I was ware gaue me the ouerthrow 14 And Lord without assistance thine he vanquish will ere long All the kingdomes vpon the earth he is become so strong 15 Deliuer me from all my foes for vnto thee I flie And giue me strength my God to doo thy will effectuallie 16 For of my selfe no power I haue to doo the good I should Ne for to wish or thinke the good that verie faine I would 17 Thy mercie onelie Lord it is by which I must preuaile For man without thy helpe and aid of purpose needs must faile 18 Thou hast with reason and with will indued me I knowe But will of force without thy grace must reason ouerthrowe 19 Wherfore Lord let thy holie spirit conduct me in the waie Vnto the land of righteousnesse I thee beseech and praie 20 Where thine elect and chosen sort thy brightnesse shall behold With such heauenlie felicitie as cannot here be told 21 Not that I haue deserued Lord for to possesse the same But for thine endlesse mercies sake and for thy holiename 22 Thou wilt not Lord the death of him that dailie dooth offend But that he rather doo conuert and so his life amend 23 This is thy will this is thy mind though I a sinner bee If by repentance I doo turne then wilt thou turne to me 24 And then shall I receiued be and be reuiu'd againe And through thy equitie be freed of euerlasting paine 25 For whereas I by sinne am dead spirituallie to saie I shall be thinke me of the same and for thy mercie praie 26 My bodie now by nature weake shall then in strength arise And shall in glorie shine more bright than dooth the sunne in skies 27 Where now the same â Lord is giuen to lust and lewd delight Shall then arise all spirituall and yeeld to reasons might 28 No grosenesse then but that it may pearse through the thickest stone And as for things corruptible it shall haue mind of none 29 Immortall it shall euer be impassible withall Betweene the bodie and the soule shall then no strife befall 30 Thus Lord Thou shalt bring foorth my soule from troubles all that bee And shalt mine enimies destroie through mercie shewd to mee 31 Thou shalt them vtterlie confound that doo my soule molest For I by grace thy seruant am and in thy mercie rest 32 Good Christ which gau'st thy life for me and suffredst on the tree Preserue my bodie and my soule and mercie haue on mee Amen FINIS A Handfull of Honisuckles Gathered by VVilliam Hunnis one of the Gentlemen of hir Highnesse Chapell and Maister to the Children of the same Prepard with faith confirmd with hope and furnished with loue Approch and praie so thou beelowe shalt please the Lord aboue Newlie printed by Henrie Denham 1583. Prou. 15 verse 29. The Lord is absent verie far from such as be vniust But â—â—â—coth heare the righteous praie Bicause in him they trust Certaine short and pithy Praiers vnto Iesu Christ our Sauiour The day shall come saith Christ and that shall manie see Who calles vpon my name shall surelie saued bee O IESV meeke ô IESV sweet ô IESV sauiour mine most gratious IESV to my call thy gratious eares incline I know good IESV ere I speake thou know'st what I would haue Iesu thy grace I know it is that bids me mercie craue O Iesu deare whose pretious bloud was shed on crosse of tree Sweet Iesu for thy passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet grant that thy grace alwaies so worke in mee I may desire the thing to doo most pleasing vnto thee O Iesu meeke thy will be mine my will be thine also And that my will may follow thine in pleasure paine and wo. O Iesu what is good for mee is ay best knowne to thee Therefore according to thy will haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu deare doo thou with mee euen as thy will shall please Sweet Iesu put me where thou wilt to suffer paine or ease Iesu behold I am but thine where I be good or ill Yeâ— by thy grace I readie am thy pleasure to fulfill Iesu I am thy workemanship most blessed maist thou bee Sweet Iesu for thy mercie sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu meeke grant that I may repose my trust in thee For thou sweet Iesu art the peace and true tranquillitie Thou Iesu art the verie peace and quietnesse of mind The onelie rest vnto the soule that shall thy fauour find Wherfore sweet Iesu doo vouchsafe my soule this peace may see And for thy painefull passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu if thou doo withdrawe thy comfort for a time Let not despaire take hold on mee for anie sinfull crime But giue me patience to abide thy pleasure and thy will For sure thy iudgements all are right though I be wicked still But yet a promise hast thou made to all that trust in thee According to which promise Lord haue mercie now on me Amen O Iesu deare giue me that grace I gladlie suffer may What euer so thy pleasure be vpon me for to lay O Iesu meeke what thanks ought I to giue vnto thy name Which for my sinnes to set me free hast suffered death and shame O Iesu sweet my wickednesse I doo confesse to thee Wherefore as thou hast promised haue mercie now on me Amen O Iesu sweet a little thing sometime doeth vex me sore And makes me slowe to giue thee thanks ah wo is me therefore Iesu againe sometime I thinke still stronglie for to stand But when a little trouble coms I streight fall vnder hand Thus I susee a small thing makes temptation great to be My weakenesse Iesu doo behold and mercie haue on me Amen O
the same in mee So worke thy will that in my life thy name may hallowed bee Thy kingdome come THy kingdome euerlasting is in truth and equitie In fauour loue and righteousnesse to all in miserie Bow downe thy heauens ô mightie king whereby thy grace may fall That this thy kingdome might descend into the harts of all So shall our sinnes be driuen away our flesh made tame also And we found righteous in thy sight a perfect life to showe Vouchsafe to grant ô heauenlie king this blessed worke may bee Thy kingdome still to dwell in vs and we to dwell in thee Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen THy will is good our will is nought thy will be therefore donne Such was thy will that Iesus Christ thy deare and onelie sonne Should teach thy will to sinfull flesh our wicked lusts to kill And he thy will vpon the crosse the same did there fulfill O heauenlie father let thy will in earth fulfilled bee Among vs men as with thy Saints in heauenlie Hierarchie And grant thy will so worke in vs that we thy will confesse In word in life in faith in loue and perfect holinesse Giue vs this daie our dailie bread THy word thy truth Christ thy son is bread that we should haue Vouchsafe our soules may feed thereon most humblie we doo craue For man dooth not by bread alone passe foorth his vitall daies But by ech word thy mouth proceeds vnto thy endlesse praise Sink in our harts thy sweet sonnes death and such impression make As we thereby may cheerefull be to suffer for his sake Such crosse as pleaseth thee to laie vpon our backes to beare With shield of faith to bide the brunt against all worldlie feare And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. WE knowe forgiuenes is at hand when we for mercie call If we ech other doo forgiue thou wilt forgiue vs all Such promise hast thou made ô God from which thou wilt not swerue And yet it lie not in our power the same for to deserue So weake is man so feeble too not able once to mind The thought that 's good or do the deed that might thy mercie find This will thy grace must worke in vs our brethren to forgiue Which grant ô God that we therewith in rest with thee may liue And lead vs not into temptation ANd though temptations needfull be thy seruants strength to trie And that our sinnes and wickednesse by faith awaie doo fsie Yet Lord thy grace the same doth worke whereby we stiflie stand Against the world the flesh the diuell winning the vpper hand Thus of our selues alas too weake temptations aie too strong Thy grace it is must vs defend else are we throwne along Grant when by sin through want of grace great falles we doo sustaine That then thy grace might visit vs and reare vs vp againe But deliuer vs from euill FRom euill that we by sin deserue most mightie God defend And rid vs free from filthie fall of miserable end Withhold thy seuere punishment and let thine eie of grace Take vew vpon th' afflicted sort and helpe our wretched caâ—e From surging Seas of worldlie waues wherewith we be opprest Discharge and set our soules on shore in port of quiet rest So shall we then our praiers make with conscience safe and sound And by thy grace shall able be our en'mie to confound Amen The Christian faith ONe God in persons three and three in Godhead one I doo beleeue my sauing health dooth rest in him alone The first the Father high Creator of vs all The second is his onelie Sonne the Word whom scriptures call The third the holie Ghost of both who dooth remaine In mightie power and Deitie coequall with the twaine The word of loue to vs flesh void of sin became Of virgins wombe by power diuine most pure he tooke the same And then for sinfull flesh his flesh was sacrifis'd By bitter sharpe and shamefull death as cruell Iewes deuis'd His flesh with whips was rent his head becrown'd with thorne His bodie naild on crosse of tree his hart with speare was torne Thus all his bloud he shed to death his life made thrall To pacifie his fathers wrath procur'd by Adams fall He died and was buried descended downe to hell From death to life he rose againe he loued vs so well When fortie daies were come to heauen ascended hee In sight from men of Galilie in faith to vs that bee From whence I doo beleeue he shall againe descend To iudge all flesh and of the world to make a finall end The dead from graue shall rise the quicke shall changed bee And eu'rie eie shall face to face behold his Maiestie By grace who hath done well with him in heauen shall raigne By sinne who hath done wickedlie in euerlasting paine FINIS COMFORTABLE Dialogs betweene CHRIST and a SINNER touching the soules health Humble sutes of a sinner for mercie in miserie A Lamentation touching the follies and vanities of our youth A Psalme of reioising for our spirituall redemption A Christian confession to the blessed Trinitie Praiers for the good estate of the Queenes Highnesse c. Gathered by W. Hunnis one of the Gentlemen of hir Highnesse Chapell and maister to the children of the same 1583. A Dialog betweene Christ and a Sinner CHRIST Arise from sin thou wicked man before the trump dooth sound Least thou among the guiltie sort a damned soule be found My sheepe why doost thou persecute my lambs why dost thou kill My selfe why dost thou cruâ•Œciâ•Œfie and guiltles blood thus spill Arise I saie arise arise SINNER What fearefull thundering voice is this that soundeth in mine eare Which bids me rise and brings my soule and all hir powers in feare CHRIST It is the voice of him thy iudge that shall thy iudger bee Which bids thee rise while sunne dooth shine that thou thy selfe maist see For after sunne be set in shade and darksome clouds appeere Too late is then for to aâ•Œrise if thou arise not heere Arise I saie arise arise SINNER O Lord by grace I now behold wherein I did offend CHRIST What made thee thus against my saints such crueltie extend SINNER It was my fault through ignorance by which I might not chuse CHRIST And yet I saie thine ignorance shall not thy baults excuse SINNER By grace I am reâ•Œpenâ•Œtant made Wil t thou not mercie haue CHRIST If thou by grace reâ•Œpenâ•Œtant bee yet must thou mercie craue SINNER O Lord blot out my fylâ•Œthie deeds and clense mee from my sinne CHRIST Aryse and walke thou art made cleane as thou beleeu'st therein Another dialog betweene Christ and a Sinner to be soong as the former CHRIST AWake from sleepe and watch awhile prepare your selues to praie For I mine angell will send foorth to sound the iudgement daie That mine elect and chosen sort might find my saieng true How that the time I shorten will for
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