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[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies for the sauegard, health, and comforte of all degrees, and estates / newlie made by Thomas Becon].
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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to fauour but also to folow thy godly doctryne not only to professe but also to practise thy blessed coÌmaÌdemente that whatsoeuer wee outwardly heare and inwardely beleue we mai shew forth the same in our conuersatioÌ liuing vnto the honour of thi holy name the coÌfort of our christen brethren the health of our soules Amen A prayer to be said before the receiuinge of the holy Communion THy loue toward vs O most Gentell Sauyoure is so greate and vume asurable that it raÌne by no meanes bee expressed by mouthe nor sufficyentlye conceyued in herte For our loue withoute any desertes on ourbehalfe euen frely and willingli at thy heaueÌly fathers coÌmaundemeÌt thou caÌmest down froÌ the glorious seate of thy deuine maiestie âsaâe vii ãâã i. Luke i. Iohn i. ãâ¦ã âx Math. ii.i. tokest veri flesh becaÌâest perfect man of the substauÌce of that pure and vndefiled virgin Mari thorow the operacion of the holy gost taughtest the wil of thy heauenly father confirming the same with woÌderfull miracles vnto the great comfort of many which theÌ liued vnto the perfect establishment of our fayth whych lyue at thys preseÌt After thou hadst trauayled in thys worlde certayne yeres the tyme to fore appointed froÌ euerlasting of thi heaueÌly father drawing nie ⪠that thou shuldest geue thy self an oblacyoÌ and sweete smellyng sacrifice to god the father for the sins of the whole worlde Ephe v. euen so many as repent beleue and ameÌd willing that so noble worthy benefit of our redempcion shuld not be forgotteÌ nor fal out of remeÌbrauÌce Galath vi which is the alone authore of our saluacion the onli comfort of weake conscyences WheÌ thou haddest âateÌ the Pascal laÌbe wyth thy disciples according to the appointemeÌt of the law thou tokest bread into thy hand gauest thancks to thy heauenly father Mat. xxvi Mat. xiiii brakest it delyuerest it to thy disciples saying Take ye eat ye this is mi body which is betraied for you Do this in the remembraunce of me Luke xxii i. Cor. xi Because the singuler inestimable benefyte of our redempcyon brought to passe by the one onlye oblacion of thy blessed bodye brokeÌ on the aulter of the crosse Hebru ix.x. shuld not be forgotten thou brakest the breade in the syght of thy discyples and gauest it vnto theÌ commaundynge them to eat it in the remeÌbrance of the breakyng of thi bodi which theÌ was betraied by thy traiterous disciple Iudas that soÌne of perdicyon Iohn xvii the day folowynge was vnfaynedly broken on the crosse for our rauÌsome delyueraunce saluacion Here didst thou appoint the breakiÌg of the breade amoÌg the faithfull gathered to gether for yâ purpose a worthy and blessed memorial of thi bodi breaking And because the breakinge of thy bodye shuld be the better remeÌbred thou dyddest ennoble the breade wyth the name of thy body Note when notwithstaÌdiÌg it was only the figure sign token and memorial of thy holy body In like manner when supper was done thou tokest the cup into thy hands gauest thaÌks to thy heueÌly father and delyuerest it to thy Discyples sayinge drinck of this al ye For this is mi bloud of the new testameÌt couenaunt or bargaine which shal be shed for many into the remission of sinnes ⪠Thys do as ofteÌ as ye driÌcke it in the remeÌbrauÌce of me As by the breakyng of thy blessed body our raunsome is perfectlye paied so bi the sheding of thy precious bloud are al our synnes euen vnto the vttermoste washed away â Iohn i. Therfore as by the breaking of the breade thou wouldest the breakyng of thy body the benefites gotten bi it to be remâÌbred among the faythful so to the end that the sheddyng of thy bloud the merytes therof should not be forgotteÌ thou gauest theÌ the cup of wine to drink commaundyng them that so oft as they or any of the faythful gathered together for that purpose do drink of the cup thei shuld remeÌber thi death and the sheding of thy precious blud as thy holy Apostle sayeth i. Cor. xi as oft as ye shal eat this bread drinck of the cup ⪠ye shal shew the lorâs deathe tyll he come â And asthou dyddest ennoble the bread with the name of thy body ⪠being but the figure of thy body because the breking of thi body shuld the better be remeÌbred so likewise here doest thou garnish and nobly set forth the wine naminge it thy bloude when notwythstandynge it only representeth and preacheth vnto vs the sheding of thi bloud because it shuld be the more depely graueÌ the better retained in our mindes O most mercifull redemer gentel sauioure we are come together at this preseÌt to celebrate the memoryall of thy blessed and gloryous passyon and to eat and drinke this breade and wine in the remeÌbraunce of thy blessed body breaking and thy precious bloud sheddyng moost humbly and froÌ the very hert beseching the to gyue vs grace worthelye to eate thys breade and drinke of thys cuppe least by the vnworthy receiuing of them â Cori. xi we be gylty of thy bodye and bloud ⪠and so eate and drink our own dampnacion And that we may come the more worthely vnto thys thy table graunte we mooste entyrely pray the that we may so earnestly be at defiaunce wyth al synnes and so inwardly be ashamed that we at any tyme haue so greuously offeÌded thi deuine maiesty by attemptynge anye thing that is not agreable to thy good pleasure that from heÌsforth we may not only lothe detest and abhor whatsoeuer is displeasaunt vnto the but also embrace and lay hand on that whiche is good and acceptable in thy sight Math. v. Roma xii Forgeue vs al our siÌnes giue vs grace euen with our whole hert to loue al men yea our very enemies and not onli to forgiue al suche as haue offeÌded vs but also to be ready at all times to do for them what soeuer good or plesure we be able And that we maye be the more welcoâe vnto the be found mete and worthy gests to sitte at this thy table to eate of these thi blessâd gifts that our soule may be wel comforted norished fedde and made mery by the worthy receiuing of them clothe vs we pray the Math. xxââ wyth that weddyng garment eueÌ true liuely faith wherwith our herts are purified wherwith we are maryed vnto the made one flesh one bloud with the Actâs âvi Osee. ii wherwyth also we are iustified and counted righteous in thy sight and grauÌt that thorowe the same faith we ernestly set the eies of oure minde on these thy moste swete and louing promyses Ephe v. Rom. iii. v My bodye shall be broken for you Mat. xxvi Maâ iiâii Luke xxii â Cori. ââ My bloude shal be shedde for you And wythoute anye
doubtyng loke for remissioÌ of all our synnes at thy heauenly fathers hande accordynge to thy mooste gentle promyses yea and that not for our good dedes and merites Titu iii which in this behalf are none but for the worthynes of thy blessed passion for the dignity of thy precious bloude and for that only and alone sacrifice of thy holye body For that O Lord is the salue the healeth our souls That is the medecine that comforteth our weake and troubled conscieÌces Iohn vi That is the liuinge breade whosoeuer eateth of the bread shal neuer honger but lyue for euer That is the Iewel of ioy that maketh our sorowfull hertes mery That is the mighty bulwark the stronge defeÌce the sure fortres the preserueth and kepeth vs harmlesse against SataÌ synne death hel desperacion and al the infernal power To come to the table to be preseÌt at the supper â to here and se what is there don yea to receiue the holy mistiries of thy body bloud ther setforth vnto vs profiteth vs nothyng at all ⪠if we faithfully beleue not that thy bodi was brokeÌ thy bloud shed for our sinnes and that by the alone oblacion therof done once for al our syns are forgeuen vs Hebru vii ⪠ix.x. thy heuenly father is recoÌciled vnto vs his wrath stored vp thorow sin against vs is pacified quietnes of conscieÌce and euerlasting lyfe is geuen vs but rather turneth vnto our daÌpnacion because we eat of thys breade and drinck of this cuppe vnworthely and shal with that Hipocrite whyche presumed to come vnto the mariage not hauing the wedding garmeÌt be bouÌd haÌd and fote âath xxii and caste into vtter darcknes wher weping and gnashiÌg of teeth shal be Therfor we most huÌbly besech the to geue vs grace according to thy holy Apostles councel diligently to proue try examin our selfes whether such repentance such faith such loue i. Cori. âi suche disposition toward al godlines be fouÌd in vs or not as thou dost require in them whych come worthely with frute vnto thy table And forasmuch as it is thy gift to repeÌt hertely to beleue truly to loue vnfaynedly to be disposed earnestly to eÌbrace true godlynes and to go forward in the same from vertueto vertue vnto the end graunt we most entirely pray the Math. iii. we may so repent that the frutes of repentaÌce may be fouÌd in vs so beleue that we may knoledge yâ our alone sauiour so loue that al oure affeccion may be set on the alone and so embrace true godlynes that our hâle lyfe may be a cleare Myrrour of vertue goodnesse So shall we thorowe thi merci be fouÌd worthi gests of this thy table Phil lp ii receiue these holy misteries vnto the saluacyon of our soules yea so shal we be wel assured of the remission and forgeuenes of all our synnes by the breaking of thy blessed body and the sheding of thi precious bloud our consciences shal be quiet our hertes shal be filled wyth all true and spirituall ioye wee shall tryumph ouer Satan sinne death hell and desperacyon we shal be partakers of all the fruites and merytes of thy blessed passyon and bee made one boâye wyth the and fellowe heyres of euerlastynge glorye O Lord God lette it so come to passe for the honour of thy name Amen A thankesgeuinge after the receiuynge of the Communion IE thanck the O heaueÌly father for the blessed passion and gloryous death of thy derelye beloued sonne our Lorde and sauiour Iesu Christ Ephe. ii âolloss ii by whoÌ by whose holy wouÌdes we faythfully beleue and are assuredly perswaded that thy wrathe is not onlye pacified toward vs but that thou also art now becoÌe oure moost mercyful father and haste frelye forgeuen vs all oure synnes restored vs to thy heueÌly grace and made vs sonnes heiers of thyne eternall glorye And because we shuld not dout of thi fatherly goodnes toward vs set forthe in the deathe of thi sonne the same thy sonne Christ Iesu our Lorde hathe leafte vnto vs not onlye his holy word Maâ xâvi Mat. xiiii Luke xxii â Cor. xi but also a blessed memoryal of hys death and passyon set forth in the holy breade and holy wine whych we at this preseÌt haue receiued both for a remembrauÌce of the brekyng of hys blessed body and the shedding of his most precious bloud and also for the quietnes of oure conscience and for the assurance of the remission of our syns thorow fayth We besech the O heaueÌli father that we be neuer vnmyndeful of this thy exceadinge greate kindenes nor vnthanckful for thy manyfold vnspekeable mercys declared vnto vs in the gloryous death of thy welbeloued soÌne but so worcke yâ in vs thorowe thy holy spirite that we maybe made worthye members of that bodye whereof thy soÌne and oure sauyoure Christe Iesu is the heade Eph. i. iiii Colloss i. and that we may so faythfullye beleue in the and so feruentlye loue one another alwaye liuinge in thy feare and in the obedieÌce of thy holy law and blessed wyl that we being fruteful in al godly and chrystân workes may traine our life accordig to thy good pleasure in this transitory world and after this fraile and shorte lyfe obtaine that true and immortall lyfe wher thou with thy derely beloued soÌne our lord and sauiour Iesu Christ and the holy gost that most sweete coÌfortour liuest and reignest one true God in all honor glory worldes without ende Amen ¶ A shorte prayer to bee sayed at the receiuynge of the mysterye of Chrystes body in the holy Communion O Heauenly and blessed father I render vnto thee mooste heartie thanckes for al thy benefytes whiche thou hast shewed vnto me most wretâhed synner but speciallye for that moost swete smelling sacrifyce whyche thy onely begotten soÌne offred vnto the on that aulter of the crosse Ephe. v. by giuiÌg his most pure vndefyled body vnto the death for the redempcion of maÌkind Philip. ii ⪠in remembrauÌce wherof according to thy welbeloued soÌns ordinaÌce I nowe receyue this holy breade moost entirely beseching that I may both be partaker of the merites of thi dere soÌnes bodi brekiÌg and also lead a lyfe worthy of so greate a benefite vnto the glory of thy name Amen A prayer to be sayed at the receiuynge of the misteryes of Christes bloude in the holy Communion O Blessed mercifull father thy loue towarde me sinneful creature is so exceadyng greate and vnspeakable Roma v. that I can not but geue vnto the moost humble thanckes Ephe ⪠ii namely for the shedding of the moost precious bloud of thy deare sonne Iesu Christe by the vertue where of thy wrath styrred vp againste me wretched synner is pacyfyed my raunsoÌe is payed the law is fulfylled my enemyes are ouercome and put to flyghte In remembraunce of this so noble a victorye and