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A68991 The hauen of hope containing godlie praiers and meditations for diuers purposes. Gathered by R.A. Allin, Ralph. 1585 (1585) STC 376.3; ESTC S115873 28,164 222

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ascribed all honor power praise dominion and thanks giuing both now and for euer Amen A praier for the obtaining of true loue both to God and to our neighbour O Most sweete Sauiour which art the life of al them that beleeue in thee the hope of all them that trust in thee the comforter of all them that come to thee for succour the helper and assister of all them which loue thy cōmandements put into my hart oh most mercifull Sauiour the true loue which thou hast cōmanded Oh Lord I confesse that I haue been a louer of my selfe more than thee exalting and lifting vp my selfe with pride ambition and selfe-loue contrarie to thy commandement I haue good Lord loued my selfe more than my neighbor I haue soght for my selfe worldlie promotion by al means possible and haue sought by all means to thrust downe into the mire my poore neighbor all which was cleane contrarie to the loue which thou hast appointed whereby I haue deserued thy curse vnto euerlasting condemnation But most mercifull Sauiour I appeale to thy high throne of mercie beseeching thee from the bottom of my hart to forgiue me al the sins of my youth and al that hitherto I haue cōmitted both ignorantly and wilfully And furthermore oh Lord I pray thee to giue thy grace from aboue that I may abandon all selfe-loue as a thing which thou most despisest And also let me not do as the worldlie rich yoong man did which would know the means whereby he might be saued who as soone as hee vnderstood that he must sel all that he had and distribute it to the releefe of his poore neighbors which stood in great necessitie he went away very heauie bicause he was maruelous rich But giue me grace good Lord so to loue my neighbor that I may do as Zacheus did who said Behold Lord the halfe of my goodes I giue vnto the poore if I haue done any man wrong I will restore it foure fold againe Heer was thy grace O Lord heer was not selfe loue but heere was brotherly loue the loue which thou hast appointed to be in euerie Christian that seeketh for saluation in thee put this loue into my hart oh Lord that I may loue thee with all my hart and my neighbor as my selfe put from me good Lord all rancor and malice all debate and strife O Lord thou hast in thy holie Gospel commanded all men not onlie to loue their friends by whome they reape profit but also to loue euen their enimies by whom they haue receiued losse and damage how far this loue is from me thou oh Lord canst tell Thou commandest me to loue and I hate thou commandest me to be fauorable and I am enuious in fine thou commandest me to bee charitable vnto all men and I am filled with rancor malice strife debate and contention with innumerable other vices which thou oh Lord hast commanded the contrarie What is the cause that I should behaue my selfe so contrarie to thy commandements Truly mine owne blockish negligence which hath so sore blinded my mortall eies that I am not able to looke into the mysteries of thy holie word which should be my guide and leader vnto the knowledge of thy heauenlie wil. What is the reward of al this wickednes which I haue and do daily commit Thy holie Apostle Paule doth make mention in these words saieng The reward of sin is death but what death the death of the bodie yea truly and that which is woorst euen the death and condemnation of the soule Sithen oh Lord that thou of thy great mercy hast giuen me the grace to see and know what is sin and what is the reward thereof I beseech thee oh most merciful Sauiour giue mee also the grace to flie from sin and cleaue vnto godlines least that I knowing and will not knowe be accounted among those which sinne against knowledge which is a sinne against the holie Ghost and therefore as some thinke irremissible Oh Lord I beseech thee forgiue me all that is past and guide me to turne vnto thee renew also good Lord a right spirit in me that I may liue in thy law which thou hast appointed me grant this oh sweete Sauiour for thy death and passion sake Amen A praier to be said in any kinde of tribulation desiring God to giue patience vnto the afflicted that they may endure whatsoeuer his fatherly wisedome will lay vpon them IT is an vnpossible thing for any mortall eie O most mercifull father to see into the depth of thy wisedome and how thou goest about to call home thy children being gone astray Thou first dost touch them with thy fatherlie correction as being loth to make them despaire and as the prophet Dauid saith Like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto all that feare him Thy correction good father is only fauorably to chastise thy children being erred from the truth to cal them hom by a little and a little vnto the knowledge of thee againe and then they being once reclaimed thou doest withdrawe thy rod from them I beseech thee oh heauenlie father giue me patience patiently to suffer whatsoeuer thy fatherly goodnes wil lay vpon me and diligently to wait the time when it shall please thee to ease me of my trouble that with the prophet Dauid I may say Oh giue thanks vnto the LORD for hee is gratious and his mercie endureth for euer Let them giue thanks whome the LORD hath redeemed and deliuered out of the hand of their enimie and gathered them out of the lands from the east from the west from the north and from the south They went astray in the wildernes and found no citie to dwell in so they cried vnto to the Lord in their trouble and he deliuered them out of their distresse He led them foorth by the right way that they might go to the citie where they dwelt O that men would therefore feare the Lord and declare the woonders that he doth for the children of men For he satisfieth the emptie soule and filleth the hungrie with goodnes such as sit in darknes and in the shadowe of death being fast bound in miserie and iron Heer O most merciful father dost thou shew thy gratious goodnesse vnto me thou releeuest euerie soule that calleth to thee faithfully in distresse O good Lord I beseech thee giue me grace to call vpon thee by faith for as the scripture saith Whatsoeuer is not of faith is sin and he that asketh not faithfully can not obtaine Grant this O most mercifull father and whatsoeuer else thou knowest to be needfull for me for thy deere sons sake Iesus Christ our onlie mediator and aduocate to whom with thee and the holie Ghost be all honor power praise and glorie both now and euermore Amen A praier to be vsed when the lust of the flesh doth rage wherin the gift of continencie is begged ALmightie and most mercifull father I beseech thee
which thou by thy prophets apostles hast promised to them that are of a contrite hart thou hast promised to exalt the humble to heal the meek to be nigh vnto such as be of a contrite hart to deliuer them out of all their troubles and to dwel with them that be of a contrite spirit Thou O Lord hast made these promises and thou wilt most surely performe whatsoeuer thou hast promised Now oh my sweet Sauiour I beseech thee giue me grace to sticke fast vnto these sweet promises that I may through the grace of thy holie spirit pull downe this proud flesh of mine which is were it not thy great mercy ready to hale my soule into destruction I may well say vnto my flesh Why art thou so proud O thou earth and ashes of that which wil not endure but is altogither wicked and abhominable in the sight of the Lord. Therefore O my most mercifull Sauiour I pray thee for thy pretious deth and passion sake to strengthen me with the grace of thy holy spirit that it may haue victorie of this bodie of sin the lusts and desires of the same that I may so liue heer on earth that when it shall please thee to call me from this vale of miserie I may dwell with thee in thy habitation of rest prepared for all thy faithfull ones Amen Another praier for the morning O Eternall God and most mercifull father I a most weak and feeble creature in all goodnes godlines whatsoeuer most hartily thank thy maiestie for that it hath pleased thee of thy great mercie and goodnes to preserue me this night from the crueltie and tyrannie of the diuel and his angels and to take me vnto thine owne protection and defence And also of thy meere mercie not suffering mee to sleepe in death but didst waken me in due time to giue thanks and praise vnto thy maiestie for thy most mercifull protection and defence I beseech thee O most mercifull father giue me grace that whatsoeuer I take in hand this day may haue good successe and whatsoeuer I do it may all be to the honor and praise of thy name the profit of my neighbor and the health of mine owne soule thorough Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another praier for the euening MOst mercifull and euerliuing GOD which art father of the fatherles and husband of the widow which also this day past hast kept me safely vnder the wings of thy mercie and hast not suffered me so to fall but that with thy hand thou hast lifted me vp againe and also hast kept me this day from the power of darknes and defended me with thy armor of light I beseech thee O most mercifull father that like as thou hast this day kept me vnder the couering of thy wings from the subtile assaults and priuie sleights of that capitall enimie of mine sathan euen so I beseech thee to keepe and defend me this night from his cruell tyrannie which in euerie place laieth baits and traps to catch mens soules so to bring them into vtter darknes there shall be weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth frō whose subtilitie deliuer vs the Father the Sonne and the holie Ghost three in person and one in essence Amen Another praier when the light appeereth O My sweet Sauiour Iesus Christ which art the light of the world and the light of all them that beleeue in thee I besech thee oh my sweet Sauiour giue me thy grace from aboue that I may put away the works of darknes and put on the armor of light now in these perilous and dangerous daies And like as thou hast appointed the light of the day to lighten earthly men about their earthly affaires so also hast thou appointed thy holie word to lighten their minds which labor and seeke to attaine to the knowledge of thy heauenlie will In which lightsom exercise I beseech thee for thy great mercies sake giue me an earnest desire to attaine vnto the full knowledge thereof and that whatsoeuer I do it may be pleasing vnto thee to whom with the Father and the holie Ghost be all honor power praise dominion and thanks giuing both now and for euer Amen Another praier to be deliuered from Antichrist the Pope of Rome and all his detestable enormities O My sweet Sauiour which leadest all those into the path of righteousnes which by faithfull and earnest praier come vnto thee for the same I besech thee for thy death and passion sake giue me grace to trust in thy sweet promises and to exercise my selfe in the studie of thy holie word and to cast away and vtterly to eschew and abhor the dirtie traditions the diuelish dreams the vaine reliks ceremonies of that man of sin the Pope of Rome and al his Balaamiticall shauelings which are vtter enimies to thy crosse killing thy innocent lambs conuerting the simple on s frō thee my sweet Sauior as much as in them lieth vnto their antichristian power teaching them to come from thy mercifull promises vnto that man of sin for monie to haue their sins forgiuen them wheras my sweet Sauiour none is able to forgiue sins but onlie thou much lesse oh Lord he that is so great a sinner robbing thee of thy glorie by taking vpon him so presumptuously without feare of thy name to forgiue his brother his trespasses when the holie scripture is cleane contrarie for Dauid saith in the psalms that No man can deliuer his brother from death neither make agreement vnto God for him for it cost more to redeeme their soules so that that must be let alone for euer Heer he may see if he be not wilfull blind how wickedly he taketh vpon him to do that which only belongeth vnto thee my sweet Sauiour But let him repent in time least hee bring vpon himselfe swift damnation His doctrine oh Lord is cleane contrarie to thy most pure and sincere word which is the word of truth teaching those that will learne of him his priests of Baal to looke for their saluation by the works of the law only and not by faith in thee my sweet Sauiour which art the only way of truth the path of life the giuer of euerlasting life vnto al those that come vnto thee by saith and not to challenge thy place of rest by any of our merits or deseruings which are most abhominable in thy sight for we are able to deserue nothing but death endles damnation in the fire which neuer shall be quenched oh what a terror is this to the conscience of many which know themselues to be great and greuous offenders and yet as this detestable doctrine of antichrist teacheth them must obtaine saluation by their owne merits or deseruings Oh what a hell haue they in their conscience and except they flie speedily from that diuelish doctrine and looke vpon thy most mercifull and sweet promises and with a stedfast faith assuredly beleeue the same doubtles they must needs fall into the