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
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
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
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
too greeuous be and sore 14 If thou Lord be extreame to marke what sinnes be donne Alas no flesh shall saued bee that is vnder the sonne 15 O Lord if that the iust shall no time able bee To enter into iudgement thine to plead his case with thee 16 What shall become of me that dailie doo offend And of my sinne and wickednesse alas doo knowe none end 17 Most vile and wretched man and caitife wo forlorne What shall I doo but flee to thee with hart beerent and torne 18 For mercie is with thee increasing more and more Wherwith thou didst vouchsafe to come mankind for to restore 19 Wherein was satisfied thy iustice and also Thy mercie found that which it sought as we by grace doo knowe 20 How feruent was this loue to which thou didst vs bind First by the lawe of nature writ in euerie hart or mind 21 And then by lawe which was in Tables written deepe That euerie one according lie the same should hold and keepe 22 Which was that one of vs should with the other beare And thereby to fulfill thy will with pitie loue and feare 23 I knowing this am glad contented eke withall For to remit such iniuries as vnto me may fall 24 For why good Lord I know thou doost forgiue to mee Much more offenses euerie daie committed vnto thee 25 And when it shall thee please to scourge me for my sin I gladlie shall the same receiue knowing what I haue bin 26 And that thy chastisement proceeds of verie loue Which all shall turne to me such welth as no man can remoue 27 Hoping after this life my soule shall then obtaine Which hope abides still in thy word an euerlasting gaine 28 Such hope my soule hath had by grace thou gau'st to me And by the same I firmelie trust my soule shall saued be 29 The husbandman through hope his ground dooth plough and sow The same in hope dooth reape thresh that gaine thereby might grow 30 Euen so will I abide in hope of glorie thine Not onelie in my yough ô Lord or anie pointed time 31 But still from morning watch vntill the night of death Which is from youth vnto mine age when life shall passe with breath 32 Who so shall cast awaie this hope ere death proceed Shall loose the time he watcht before and want thy helpe at need 33 This hope in promise thine my soule hath safelie laid Within the bosome of hir breast for euer to be staid 34 And verie meet it is that Israëll also Which is all faithfull Christians this hope should feele and knowe 35 For blessed is the man that in the Lord dooth trust And who in man affiance puts he surelie is accurst 36 For mercie is with God and grace abundant store With which Israël is redeem'd from sinne for euermore Amen Domine exaudi Psal. 143. The first part O Lord long time I wandred haue and gone from thee astraie And lost the portion y◠me gau'st in wastfull sinners waie 2 With grace thou didst replenish me therewith to follow thee But Iust and liking of the flesh hath driuen the same from mee 3 So that vnworthie farre I am for to be cald thy sonne My wickednesse so soule appeeres and faults that I haue donne 4 Yet with the wastfull child o ◠Lord I doo my selfe accuse And am with shame surpriz'd caught I did my selfe abuse 5 Wherfore Lord ponder my desire and heare me when I praie And for thy truth and righteousnes attend to that I saie 6 Thou hast with gifts indued me of bodie and of mind And I the same abused haue and shew'd my selfe vnkind 7 Thy iustice still dooth threaten me with euerlasting paine Thy mercie yet dooth promise me to be restord againe 8 Enter not into iudgement then with me I humblie praie For in thy sight no man is iust as of himselfe to saie 9 We all by sinne our selues haue made more lothsome than the swine And fowler to be looked on were not for mercie thine 10 Which shall vs make like to the wooll in colour faire and white When all our sinnes thou shalt forget and cleane put from thy sight 11 But yet the diuell mine enimie my soule pursueth still And hath brought lowe my life in earth a seruant to his will 12 And with his net me compast round where vaine delights doo dwell Where lust vncleane and wickednesse to bide dooth me compell 13 He hath me set in darknesse such as men that no life haue Or as those people being dead or couered in the graue 14 Now Lord My spirit so vexed is my hart is greeu'd also My conscience likewise witnesse beares of anguish mine and wo. 15 My wisdome Lord confused is by reason of my sin Repentance great my hart dooth rent to thinke what I haue bin 16 I call to mind the daies of old and works that thou hast wrought The maruellous deeds thy hands haue done I muse on in my thought 17 As in the time of Moses lawe where mercie was not showne And he that did the same transgresse by death was ouerthrowne 18 Yet in this hard and seuere time thy mercie foorth was sent By prophets thine with promise made to all that did repent 19 If thou in time of crueltie couldst then such mercie showe Much more ô Lord in time of grace on me thy mercie throwe 20 I haue spred foorth my hands to thee my soule for helpe doth crie As from the earth that moisture wants where water none dooth lie 21 That is my life I changed haue from vaine delights that bee And haue my soule spred foorth at large that thou hir filth mightst see 22 For as the earth that moisture wants must barren be by kind So if my soule be void of grace no good is there to find 23 But yet through moisture of that grace from thee that dooth proceed Vouchsafe I may thy mercie haue and that ô Lord with speed 24 Heare me ô Lord and that right soone for why my spirit is weake And feeble made much like a man that wanteth power to speake 25 The feare is such that I possesse I readie am to fall The strength wherewith my bodie liues is gone awaie with all 26 This feare of endlesse punishment which I deserued haue Had well nie brought me in despaire or I possesse the graue The second part GOod Lord turne not thy face awaie least I be like to those That doo descend into the pit where nought but horror growes 2 Thou wilt not Lord the death of him that hath offended thee But rather that he should returne and saued so to bee 3 Thou art the true and onelie God the Sauiour of mankind Without thee there is nothing else that we shall mercie find 4 Then turne to me thy countenance of amiable grace And let thy mercie shadow me while life I
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
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