Capacity which are calleed the mightes of the Soule invvard The gifts of Nature as beauty comly shape strength agility and svviftnes My v. wits corporal limms and menbers as hands feete mouth nose eyes and eares vvhich be the mightes of the Bodye outvvard And vvith these also the gifts of fortune as meate drinke and cloth vvorldly riches and al other things necessary for Body Soule vvhich many a good creature that hath serued thee better then I haue wante Al honour and praise be to thee for al these thy louing kindnes that thou o Lord hast shewd to me and I not withstanding haue bene so vnkind to the in mispending these thy giftes litle concidering thy aboundant goodnes I humbly aske mercy o Lor for thes my trespasses and loueingly I thāke thee for thy greate Grace and goodnes Praises to God for his gracious visitation Inspiration and Preseruation AL honour and Prayse be to thee o Lord for thy manifolde mercies in hauing so often visyted my harte vvith thy Graces spiritual motions and good Inspirations And also hast kepte defended and deliuered me this day night and al the daies and times of my life vnto this howre from many perils and dangers of body and soule As from fire and vvater lightning thunder and tempeste from slanders shames and rebukes of this vvorld and many other mischiefes into vvhich for my sinnes I might iustly haue fallen thou o Lord hauinge suffred many a vvorthier person then I both in strength beauty cunning sodainly to be punished for their defaultes But merciful Lord me thou hast spared and forborne hast suffred me in al my great and greuos trespasses vvhich I haue don against thee more then they paciently abiding alway for my conuersion and amēdment vvhen rightfully thou might haue slaine me and damned me also perpetuallye Others Lord thou hast punished by great troubles many vvaies as by imprisonment hunger thirst could and heate blindnes and madnes by bakbiting and open infamy and me vnkinde vvretch thou caledst by friendly chastisings as by bodily sicknes by death of frendes or losse of vvorldly goods And somtime thou admonished me calling me againe vvith ful benigne and tender loue by exāple of others that haue ben drowned slaine or dead sodainly in my company and I spared and saued vvhich if I had then finished my life as they did I had ben vnready to thee dyed in my sinne Thus then hast thou saued me both soule and body from many perils and dangers diuersly for the which I geue thee most harty and louing thankes For the multitude of al these thy mercies forgeue me I beseeche thee o Lord my great offences and remember not my sinnes and Iniquities but of thy goodnes pardone me geue me grace cōtinuallye to yelde acceptable thankes vnto thee for al thy B. Benefites Laude Praise for our Sanctification Vocation to the Vnitie of the Catholike Churche ABoue al these thy mercies hast thou o Lorde of thy especial grace and goodnes knit me to thee by calling me to the knowledge of thy selfe and making me a member of thy Church catholike wheras many thousand Iewes Turkes Infidels that haue bene borne since I was haue died in their iniquities and many hundred thousand also since the beginning of the world vntil this time more worthy and noble then I if it had plesed thee o Lord thou mightest haue made me one of them and so to haue liued and died as they did But of thy especial mercy and tender loue hast thou chosen me among so many thousāds to be one of thy darlings borne now in the time of grace among Christian people and vnder the Keyes suffrages of holy Church for the which al honour be to thee for euermore Amen Thankes and praise to our Sauiour Iesus for the Benefices of Redemption Glorification and fruition O Blessed Iesus I Laude and honoure thee vvhich for my sake vvas borne of the B. Virgin and suffred here for the space of xxxiij yeres hunger thirst cold and heate and after al dispite and painfull death And by that thy death and bitter Passion thou bought vs out of the thraldome of the fiende the third daye thy Soule and body being knit again together by thy glorious Resurrection And in thy Ascention hast thou abled be to be a Prince or Princes in the high Blisse of Heauen not ten or xx yeares as earthly Princes liue here in this life But euer to liue vvorld vvithout end in al Ioye Blisse endles Felicitye Great is the revvarde o Lord thou hast prepared for me if I leue my sinne continue in thy seruice to my liues end That is three dovvries in my soule and fiue in my bodye The three of my soule be these perfect loue and Charity in thy Diuine Maiestie Clere Inspection of thy B. Godhead And true knitting and perpetual vnion to thee vvithout dissolution or departing from thee And the bodie shal be indued vvith v. special giftes As brightnes svviftnes subtilnes able to pearse euery thing as the Sunne pearseth the Glasse impassibilitie neuer to suffer paine of hunger or thirst could or heate sorovv ne sicknes trouble or heauines and Imortality euer to liue in Ioy and al felicitie and neuer die Al vvhich vvhen I concider perceiue and that thou o Lord might haue made me a stone stub or anie other deade creature and haste not so done But of thy especial great mercye hast aduanced me so worthilye hauing made and abled me to be an heyre and to Inherite the high blisse of heauen in the companies of Angels and al Sainctes there with them thee to praise thee to loue and in thee to Ioye world without end I cannot but with sorowful harte lament my great Ingratitude towards thee O merciful Lord for thy great mercye forgeue me al my sinnes I beseech thee according to the multitude of thy compassions take pitie vppon me And geue me grace daile to goe forward in thy holy seruice Faith Feare and Lone and in the same to continue to my liues end A Praier for mercy and forgeuenes of sinnes and for Grace to geue God thankes for his Benefites HAue mercy on me o God and of thy especial Grace graūt me that I may with al my wits bodily ghostly thanke thee entirly for al thy benefits calling to my helpe our Blessed Ladie with al the number of Electe to Praye and beseche thee Lord of thy great goodnes to graunt the same and to haue mercie on me and forgeue me my sinnes That we together may thanke praise laud thee nowe and euerlasting Amen O Lord for the gifts of Fortune we Laude and praise thee saying Laudamus te And for the giftes of Nature wee Blesse thee saying Benedicimus te For thy giftes of Grace we Adore and worship thee saying Adoramus te And for thy merciful keeping guiding and gouerning vs in this life we glorify thee sayinge Glorificamus te And for thy great mercy and metit of our last reward Gratias agimus tibi propter Magnam gloriam tuam Amen Praise to God for his long suffrance and calling and receauing sinners to his Mercy O Lord God almighty I Laud glorifie thee for al thy mercies which thou hast alwaies shewed to sinners paciently abiding for them mercifully Calling them benignely Receiuing them aboundantly geuing grace to them and to such familiarity admitting them as though they had neuer sinned O merciful Lord and pacient God what shal I say to thee for al these thy benefits What lauds and thankings shal I yeld to thee For if al my sinnes were auoided from me yet were I not worthy for the least of them to geue condigne thankes vnto thee but as a wretched sinner may with al my harte I Laude thee I Thanke thee I Honoure and worshippe thee And al Laude and Prayse be euer geuen vnto thee worlde without ende Amen The Conclusion O Holy Trinitie in Vnitie Vnitie in Trinite three in one and one in Three merciful and pitiful in al thy workes gracious in thy giftes and God of al bounty vouchsafe to heare benignely me thy wretched and sinful seruant and with me al the Sainctes of thy Heauenlye Courte beseeching thee of mercye and forgeunes for my great ingratitude towards thee This Praise and thankes geuing o Lord which I presume to offer and yelde vnto thy Diuine Maistie Be it through the merits of our Sauiour Iesus Christ the prayers and of al thy Elect accepted and alowed in the Eares of thy mercy and pitie Raise me vp o Lord and mercifully releeue me Graunt pardon of al my sinnes paste forgeue my gilte present defend me from al to come Amen Pater Aue. Credo Te deum
Catholikes quicke dead vvith the vniuersal Church that thy blessinge may be vpon vs and remaine vvith vs now for euer-more Amen The omnipotente blessed Trinitie the Father Sonne holy Ghost blesse keepe vs graunte vnto vs a quiete nighte and perfecte ende Amen A confession of Faithe deuout praier to the holy Trinitie daylie to be vsed O Blessed Trinitie Father Sonne and holy Ghost three Persons one God I Beleeue with my hart and Confesse with my mouth al that the holy Catholike Church beleeueth and houldeth of thee and asmuch as a good Catholike and Christian man ought to feele beleeue of thee And I here protest before thy diuiue Maiesty that I wil with thy gracions assistance continue al my life in this Faith and dye in the same And I acknowledge thee my God and Father maker of al the world and I thy poore creature subiecte and seruant make to thee fealtie homage both of my bodie and soule which I houlde of thee nobly as of my soueraigne Lord God with al the goods natural spiritual temporal that I haue that euer I had that I intende to haue of thee here in this world or in the world to come and with al my hart I thanke thee And in signe of recognisance knowledge thereof I paye vnto thee this litle tribute morning and euening That is I adore worshipe thee with my hart mouth in Faith Hope and Charitie with this litle Oraison or Praier which al only appertaineth to thy B. Maiestie Signiorie and Diuinitie hūbly I require thee of three things The first is mercy and forgenues of as manny euils sinnes offences as I haue done in time paste against thy blessed wil. The second that it vvil please thee to geue me graee that I may serue thee accomplishe thy Commandements not to runne or fal into deadly sinne The thirde is that at my death and great neede thou wilt succour me and geue me grace that I may haue remembrance of thy Blessed Passion and true contrition for my sinnes that I may liue and dye in the Faith and Vnitie of holye Churche and finally come to thy glory eternal With al saincts Amen An other Deuote prayer or Protestation O Lord God Almightie which seest and knowest al things in whom is al profound wisdome and Sapience I wretched sinner being now in good health perfect memory for which as I am in dutie bounde I thanke thee most hartelye doe heare this daye in disspite of al my ghostly enemies make protestation that if ether by enticeing frailtie tēptation or deceit of the deuil or other aduersities comming by sorow paine sicknes feeblenes of body or by other occations whatsoeuer it be I decline or falle in perille of my Soule or preiudice of my healthe or in error of the holye Faithe Catholike in which I was regenerate in the holy Fonte of Baptisme I do vtterly disclame in it renounce it withe meeke acknowledging my faulte doe in moste humble manner craue pardon for it In token whereof I doe now sincerly professe to liue dye in the Faith of thy louing Spouse our holy mother the Catholike Church And in witnes of this Confession and protestation I offer to thee the Creede in which al veritie truth is contained And to thee I commend my Soule Bodye my Faith my Lyfe and Death Amen I Bleeue in God c. A Prayer or Salutation to our Lady HAile Mary the hand-mayde of the holy Trinitie most humble Haile Mary chosen to be the most high daughter of God Haile Mary spouse of the holy Ghost best beloued Haile Mary the Mother of our Lord IESVS Christ most noble Haile Mary the sister of Angels most sweete Haile Mary promise of Prophets most desireable Haile Mary Queene daughter of Patriarkes most glorious Haile Mary mistresse of Euangelists most faithful Haile Mary teacher of the Apostles most wise Haile Mary the comforter of Martirs most valiant Haile Mary holines fountaine fulnes of Confessors moste benigne Haile Mary honour Crowne of chastity of Virgins most pure Haile Mary the cōso latrice of quicke dead most readie Be thou with me in al tribulatiō anguish of thy motherly pitie in the houre of my deth receiue my soule offer it to thy sweete Sonne Iesus I beseech thee with all those that haue comitted them selues to my praiers Amen A Blessing to be vsed before you goe forth The Imperial Maiestie of God blesse me The Regall Diuinitie protecte me The Euerlastinge Deytie keepe me The Glorious Vnitie comforte me The Incōprehensible Trinitie defend me The Inestimable Goodnes direct me The Power of the Father Gouerne me The Wisedome of the Sonne quicken me The Vertue of the Holy Ghost Illuminate me and be vvith me Amen Alpha Omega God Man Let this Blessing be vnto me all health safetie of body soule against all my enemies visible inuisible now for euer Amen A most vertuous praier for all Estates O Moste benigne Father O Father most vvorthy to be praied vnto I most miserable vvretch doe offer vnto thee for al my sinns which I confesse are many and vile and for the sinns of the whole vvorld the bitter Passion death of thy only Sonne our Lord and Sauioure Iesus Christ I offer his labours his fastings his vvearines his vvatchings his prayers his teares his humilitie his bountifulnes his pacience and his Charitie I offer his vexations troubles of minde his anguishes his contumelies his paines his vvhippings and his vvoundes I offer al the drops of his most precious blood I offer the merites of thy most svveete mother and Virgin S. Mary and of al thy holy Saincts O Most blessed Iesus my Redeemer I geue thee humble thanks for thy innumerable benefits which thou hast granted and geuen vnto me being most vnworthy doest daily bestow vpon me For thy most sacred Incarnation chast Natiuitie thy holy Life conuersation thy most bitter Passion the effusion of thy most blessed blood and for thy death which was most Ignominious Make me I beseech thee pertaker of al thy merits and graunt that through the diligent immitation folowing of thy vertues I may be found a liuely branche in thee who arte the true Vine O Holy Ghost my comforter I commend to thee my Soule and Body the be ginning and ende of my life graunt me a good entrance beginning Geue me grace to doe true Penance that I maye be hartely sory for my sinnes and from them by vertue of thy holy name I maye be perfectlye purifyed before I deparre hence from this mortal bodye I that am corupte and blinde in my affections and desires in my owne iudgment am easily ouercome easily I do erre and am easily seduced and illuded wherfore to thee O Lord I whollye commit and offer my selfe Defende kepe me thy vnworthy seruant from al
and mittigation of thy Iustice towardes vs nowe in the howre of our Death at our Iudgement perticuler genarall Grant this Lord Iesus Amen Deuoute Praiers Blessings to be vsed at the beginning of Praier for obtaining Grace assistance of the Holy Ghoste IN the name of God Amen In the name of the Father of the Sonne of the Holye Ghoste Amen By the signe of the holye Crosse and vertue of oure Lordes Passion from our enemies visible inuisible deliuer vs o Lorde our God The Grace of the Holy Ghost lighten our hartes and Sensces and be vvith vs. Amen Come Holy Ghoste fill the hartes or all faithful people kindle in them the fyre of thy deuine Loue. O God be our helper in vvhose Name by vvhose vvorde all things are done Who hath made heauen and earth O Lord in thy Name shal I lift vp my handes and harte that my Prayers may ascend be acceptale vnto thee as an Euening Sacrifice In thy Name o Lorde shal I receiue helthe helpe in thy Name by thy Power shal I be made safe And in thy Vertue thou shall Iudge me The triumphant Crosse victorious Passion of our Lord and the glorious Name IESVS honored in heauen and earth be our defence safety sheeld protection he blesse kepe vs novv euer Amen IESVS vvho is the vvisdome of the Father geue vs health of Body Soule Amen God Almighty blesse directe me be vvith me nowe euer in my beginning proceeding ending Amen GOd be in my head in my being God be in my mind vnderstanding God be in my eyes in my Seeing God be in my Eares in my hearing God be in my mouth in my speaking God be in my harte in my thinking God keepe me from al euel in my vvorking touching smelling al my other sences God be at my ending and my departing Blesse me o God the Father vvho hath made me and Created me Blesse me o God the Sonne vvho Suffered for me and Redeemed me Blesse me o God the Holye Ghoste who in Baptisme hath Sanctified me since hath called defended norished me O Holye Trinitie of thy Incomprehensible goodnes lighten my harte sences my minde vnderstanding my soule bodie vvith the light of thy grace be vvith me now euer Amē The Manner to offer your selfe Prayers to God first last O My moste swete Lord Iesus Christ in the Vnitie and Vnion of loue that thou did praise pray to thy Father take great paine laboure for vs sinners duringe thy life-time here on earth I offer vnto thee this Prayer and Prayse this Laude and labour and my selfe bodye soule vvith all the partes powers actions therof To doe all to the honoure glorie of thy holie name the weale of the true Catholike Church the furtherance and increase of Vertue helping of souls to euerlasting blisse O moste deare Lorde Iesus Christe In the Vnitie Vnion of Loue that moued thee to be Incarnate become Man and dye for vs sinners I offer vnto thee this prayse this praier this vvorke labour my selfe bodie and soule to doe thy vvil in all thinges now and alwayes Amen O Good Lord Iesus Christ I offer vn to thy Father for the Remission of my sinnes and all others the paines bitter Passion and Death that thou did suffer for me and all Mankinde Forget good Lord and cleerly remit the sinnes offences of vs our parents and be not reuēged on our demerits but spare forgeue vs thy people penitentes vvith thy Bloode precious from sinne from tormentes boughte Redeemed And euer let mercy temper thy vvrath against vs our follye As our hope is in thee our trust affiance Amē to this say vve with hart true cōsciēce Graunt these my praiers most B. Lord Iesus To vvhom be al praise glory now euer blessed Certaine necessarie praiers to be daily vsed morning euening with others And first A thankesgeuing to God at your vprisinge I Geue thee thankes laude and praise o most holie blessed Trinitie one omnipotent and eternal Maiestie who haste this night preserued defended visited me thy vnworthie seruant N. and hast caused me thus to come to the beginning of this daie and for all thy other benefites which of thy onlie goodnes thou haste bestowed on me O Father most merciful I besech thee of mercie and forgeuenes how soeuer I haue this night offended thy diuine Maieste and graunte me grace so to spend this day in thy holie seruice faith feare and loue that vvith all humilitie charitie diserction deuotion obedeence I may be able to doe all my deedes and seruices due as they may be best pleasinge and most acceptable vnto thee In all my thoughtes vvordes and workes and graunt me by thy grace alvvayes to liue according to thy holie vvill And all the dayes and time of my life I commend vnto thee my soule bodie my faith my life and my death to be preserued protected and directed by thee novve and for euer Amen An other thenkesgening to be vsed euery night with a Confession also of our sinnes OMnipotent Father most worthy of all adoration who bearest a louing and fatherly care tovvards vs thy vnvvorthy children I render vnto thee most harty thanks for keping preseruing me this day past and for other thy great giftes benefits spiritual corporal bestowed on me vnkind vvretch deseruing rather to haue bene sharply punished for my greeuous sinne and ingratitude and also for my deliuery from diuers sundry perils bodely ghostlye into the vvhich many haue fallen I Confesse vnto thee o most louing father with sorowful hart that this day I haue offended thy diuine Maiesty in wicked thoughtes wordes workes and especially in this maner place and time here let him examine his cōscience and be sorovvful for his sinnes committed o moste louing peetiful father I hūbly beseech thee by the immaculate life and painful Passion of thy deare Sonne our Lorde Iesus Christ of mercie and forgeuenes hovvsoeuer I haue offended this day ether of frailtie ignorance or malice against thee my neighbore or my selfe Amen Blessed Father and God of al mercy I humblie beseech thee to geue me the grace of true contrition penance that I maye vvith a sorovvful hart bevvaile my sinnes committed and with firme purpose forsake and detest them from hence forvvard vvalke in newnes of life agreable to thy vvill my vocation Create in me o Lord a clane harte geue me chastitie of bodie soule Graunt that thy holy Angell maye keepe vs and this house in peace that so vve maye passe the night vvithout sinne to thine honoure oure saluation Amen I commend vnto thee O Lord my bodie soule friends enemies sicke vvhole all
euil teach and illuminate my minde gouerne me both within and without strengthen my weake spirite against inordinate pusillanimitie and superfluous scruples of Conscience and humble it that it fal not into presumption Geue me right Faith vnmoueable Hope sincere perfect Charity that I may sweet lie delight in thee I may loue thee hartelie and euery vvhere I may fulfill thy holy vvill and pleasure O Holy blessed Trinitie God omnipotet I comment vnto thee al my bussines both spiritual and corporal I cōmend vnto thee my benefactours my neyghbours my friends my familiars al for whom I ought to pray al those which haue desired or doe desire my prayers I cōmend vnto thee the whole Catholike Church renew in it I beseeche thee purity of life graunt that ech one may corect him selfe norish kepe amog them that are members of the same Church mutual charitie and continually to loue thee Such as doe erre call backe into the way of Saluation extinguish al heresies conuert those to the knowledge of thy Faith which as yet doe not know thee Comfort and lift vp al that are trubled in mind and conscience such as are opressed with temptations and calamities All Hayle o holy Virgin Marye the white Lillie of the B Trinitie of whom the king of Heauen Iesus Christ the brightnes of his Fathers glory wolde be borne and with they sweet milke be fedde and norished O blessed mother assist my weaknes in al temptations and necessities in al peril of sinne and in the howre of my death that thou helping and protecting me I may be safe in our Lord. O Blessed Spirits Angellical pray for me and espicially thou holy Angel the keper of my soule and body haue thou faithful care ouer me O al ye holy Sainctes of God which haue passed ouer the troubles and vexations of his exile and haue atained most happily to come to the porte of the celestial countrie I most humbly cal you vnto my protections helpe with your metites and praiers both now in the howre of my death Amen A Praier to be vsed at the begining of worke O Most glorious and indeuided Trinitie the Father Sonne and holie Ghost vvho art the onlie and euer lasting goodnes vvithout vvhom nothing may be parfecte I besech thee by thy almighty povver confirme streng then my memory by thy vvisdome lighten mine vnderstanding and by thy goodnes reforme and make perfect my vvill that this vvorke vvhich I now goe about may begin ende to thine honor glory to the help and confort of my neighbour and saluation of my soule the vvhich vvorke my selfe also body soule I humbly offer to thee Conuert me to thee o heauēly Artificer driue away the olde man with al his vicious inclinations and make me anew Create in me o Lord a cleane harte an vpright intention in this all other my vvorkes that both in me and them thy holy name may be glorified and thy B. vvil fulfilled An other to be vsed at the ende of worke TO thee o God be al praise which hast permitted me to acōplish this vvorke Graūt O Lord it may be to thee acceptable to me healthfull and to others profitable Not vnto vs o Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy holy name geue golrye Amen A Deuoute Meditation to procure Contrition and kindle the fyre of Douotion and feruore in Prayer VVritten by the Reuerent and Deuout Richard Roule Eremite at Hampoole VVHen thou preparest thy selfe to Praier desirest to haue therein Deuotion Seeke some connenient place free from noise and trouble that thou maiest haue ther some time of quiet vvithout disturbāce sit or kneele as thou thinkest moste conuenient Then be thou Emproure Kinge or Prince Lorde or Ladye or any other persone of vvhat state soeuer Consider vvell there is a God that hathe made thee of nothing to his ovvne Image and likenes and hath bestovved on thee my righte vvittes and Sences my limes all other features of bodye with manye greate giftes grace spiritual corporal As memory vnderstanding wil also strengthe bewtye comlye shape with worldly ease pleasures that diuers others vvant vvhich liue in great distresse and much anguishe of bodie minde All vvhich thou maiest daily see and behoulde before thee Thinke also hovv frayle and sinfull thou arte and vvithout the keeping of that good Lorde thou sholdest fall into al kind of sinne and iniquity through thine ovvne vvretchednes and frailtye And further thou maiest thinke as of thy selfe there is no more sinfull a creature then thou art and if thou haue any grace of good lyfe in liuing more vprightly then some others Consider it commeth of God not of thy selfe by him that grace is freely geuen thee Call also to mind how longe God hath suffered thee in thy sinns and how often he might haue punished thee with perpetual payne vvhere-as by offending him thou deseruedst it yet of his great mercie and goodnes hath he spared thee for the amendment of thy lyfe that thou myghtest aske mercye and loueinglie hath he abiden thee vntil thou vvoldst come vnto him leaue thy sinne and returne vnto good life For lothe he vvere to forsake or lose that by death he bought ful deere vvith bittter paynes and the price of his most precious Blood Also thou mayest yet further considder that because he vvold not lose thee he became Man and vvas borne of a Virgin he liued here in pouertie anguishe and tribulation al his life and after that death he vvold suffer to saue thee by his mercye and bye thee againe that vvas loste by sinne and folie In this manner or the like thou mayest consider of his great goodnes and benefites And for obtayning of more grace and deuotion in thy Prayers and to get thee compunction Behoulde here vvith the ghostlie Eye of thy Soule Christs pitious paynful Passion FIrste Imagin in thy harte that thou seest thy Lord taken of his enemies vvith many reproofs dispites brought before a Iudge falsly there accused of manie vvicked men and answered right nought but meekly sufred their wicked and reprochful wordes They were desirous to haue him deade but first to suffer paynes Behould then that good Lord chiuering quaking al his bodie naked boūd to a piller and aboute him standing wicked men voyde of al reason sore scourging his moste blessed bodie vvith out anie pitye See now how they sease not from theire furious strokes though they see him stande in his owne blood From the toppe of his head to the sole of his foote hole skin they leue none his fleshe they rese to the bone for werines of them slues they leue him almoste for dead Looke then aside vpon his blessed Mother see vvhat sorowe she maketh for her deere Sonne haue compassion of her paine vvhich lyeth there in a swoone Turne then again to thy Lord and see hovv rudelie they vnbynde him
thee these few vvordes for the helpe of thy Soule whome God of his endles mercie gouerne to his good pleasure and thy saluation Amen Verie Deuout and Godlye Prayers on the Passion of Christ Gre. Mag. O Lord Iesus Christ I adore worship thee hanging on the Crosse bearing on thy head a Crown of Thorne I pray thee that thy holie Crosse and death be my defence and sheeld and I beseche thee deliuer me from the Angel smiting Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. O Lord Iesus Christ I adore and worship thee vvounded vpon the Crosse and there drinking Gaul and Eisel I require thee that thy vvoundes may euer be comfort to my Soule and remission of my sinnes Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. O Lord Iesus Christ I honour thee for those moste bitter paines vvhich on the Crosse thou didst suffer forme specially in that howre vvhen thy most holye Soule departed from thy blessed bodie I beseche thee haue mercie on my Soule vvhen it shal departe out of my bodye and bring it to euerlasting blisse and Ioye in Heauen Amen Pater Aue O Lord Iesus Christ I adore worship thee layde in the Sepulcher anoynted vvith Mirre and Inscence I beseche thee that thy deathe may be my lyfe and lighte Euerlasting Amen Pater Aue. O Lord Iesus Christ I adore worship thee descending into Hel and from thence deliuering those that vvere Captiue I beseche thee that thou suffer not me thither to descend Amen P. Aue. O Lord Iesus Christ I adore worship thee Rising from death Ascending into Heauen and sitting at the right hand of thy Father I beseche thee that thither I may folovv thee and that I may deserue to be presented before thee Amen P. A. O Lord Iesus Christ the good Shepheard cōserue and keepe the Iuste Iustifie the Sinner haue pitie vpon al faithful People be merciful to me a greeuous Sinner Amen Pater Aue. Credo I Beseche thee o Lord Iesus Christ that thy Deathe be my Lyfe and strength vvith the vvhich I may be Armed protected and directed Thy Woundes be vnto me continual foode vvherwith I may be refreshed and delighted The Shedding of thy moste precious blood be the washing away of all my sinns Thy passion and Resurrection be vnto me Eternal Life and Glory In these thinges be all my delihgt and desire my refection and reioycing my health and strength my Ioye and studdies and the whole desire of my hart minde and body now and euer Amen Reasons inducing vs to be gratful vnto God for his Benefites HOw much vve are bound continually to laude and praise God cheifly for his goodnes in him selfe and also to be thankful to him for his B. Benefites we may learne of the holy Prophet Dauid which in that respect said the praise of God vvas in his mouth For vve ought vvithout cessing as S. Bernard saith to geue thanks vnto him vvhich neuer ceasseth to bestow his benefites vpon vs. And how dangerous it is to be ingratful it apeareth vvel in one of the holy Fathers saying that there is nothing vvhich so much prouoketh the indignation of God against vs as ingratitude Therfore seing vve vvere created to serue God Let vs begin to learne here in Earth as S. Bernard coūsaileth vs praises vve shal yeld to him in heauen A Moste Godly and Deuoute prayse and Thankes-geuing to God for his blessed Benefites Spiritual and Corporal Of al true Christians daily to be vsed O Moste holy B. glorious and Indeuided Trinitie the Father the Sonne and Holye Gstost Three Persons and one Almightie God my Lord and God my maker and redeemer my norisher my defender my sweetnes my mercy my refuge my strength my victorye my Sauiour my Ioy and glory Eternal I Laude thee I glorifie thee I honor and worship thee O Blessed Trinitie for that thou art in thy selfe for thou art the highest God from whom floweth al goodnes Thou art gracious Eternity thou art eternall Felicitie thou art the depth of all Wisdome and Sapience Thou art only God and ther is none without thee I Laude and honor thee o B. Trinitie that mightilye haste made of nothing Heauen and Earth Sunne and Moone and al other creaturs and for that thou conseruest and gouernest al things in this Worlde All worship Laude glory and thanks be euer geuen to thee for al thy works and of al thy creaturs now and euer Amen Also I Laude thanke and praise thee for that it pleased thee to make the ix glorious Orders of Angels to laud honor thee eternally and some of them to asist vs faithfully in this exile and vale of misary with houable necessary councels and helpings and also to declare thine Ineffable goodnes And thou madest al these thinges for man But man thou madest with thy proper hands to thin owne glorious Image and liknes Thou formed in him Vnderstanding and adorned enabled him with free wil. I Laude and glorify thee for that great gifte in that thou set him in Paradise flowing with delights that he might haue high things in fruition inferior things in gouernment and to possest al things to thine honour and to worship Laude and praise thee euerlastingly Yet thou made not thes noble creaturs Angel and man for any necessity thou had to thē for truly al things were sufficient in thee to thine eternal glory But of the feruor of charity thou wast moued to create them that such noble creatures should be pertakers of thine inexpressable Ioye and glorye Thankes geuing to God for our Creation and other benefites spiritual and corporal ANd furthermore I Laude honour and worship thee O Lord for that it hath pleased thee among al thy B. workes to make me a reasonnable man For gracious Lord thou mightest if it had pleased thee haue made me a clod of earth a stone a mine of metal or any such dead creature Or else good Lord thou mightest haue made me an hearbe a plante or a tree bringing forth blossons and fruit which hath life vegetiue to fructify Or yet a more worthy creature then any of these as a beast bird or fishe hauing sence feeling and local mouing But thou o Lord hast made me none of al these creatures but to my vse health and helpe hast thou made them al to be my subiectes and I to be their Soueraigne And to me whom thou hast made a creature reasonable thou hast geuen power Wisdome Reason Vnderstāding and free will and hast formed me with al my right līms and featur of body and thou o Lord hast bestowed on me the perfection of al the forsaid creatures hauing geuen me being with stons and metales life with Trees and hearbes Sence feling moueing with beastes and Vnderstanding with Angels Hauing also indued me with many other good giftes spirituall and Corporall As the giftes of grace giftes of nature and the gifts of Fortune The giftes of Grace as Memory Vnderstanding and wil Minde Reason Imagination and