euermore doest heare the cries of all that feare thy holy name And comfort'st them with thy mercies that trust in thee and begge the same Their soules thou doest from death defend and chear'st their hearts in time of neede To me therefore thy comforts send and giue thy helpe with louing speede Thy seruants cannot hold their tongue though oft they muse and cannot see Why their afflictions last so long and they for mercy cry to thee Till at the length the fire of zeale doth kindle then it out must breake Tongue cannot hold but must reueale their groanes griefes needs must speake To shew their hope which like to fire none can suppresse when they beleeue 'T will pierce the clouds to thee aspire yet thou doest seeme no helpe to giue At last thy goodnesse doth appeare and thou embracest him with ioy Time of deliuerance draweth neere and thou Lord freedst vs from annoy Good God how commeth this to passe that I so long haue sought to thee And thou still seem'dst to hide thy face and keep'st thy graces still from me How long haue I vnto thee pray'd and thou seem'st not to giue me eare This makes mine heart and thoughts afrai'd ready to faint with deepe despaire I ready was for to surcease the suit which I so long haue sought Made vnto thee for to appease thy wrath by Christ that hath me bought O Lord my God thy promises and louing kindnesse onely feede And comfort'st me in heauinesse with neuer dying hope in neede I know expected time will come when thou for getting all my sinne Wilt see my sorrowes all and some and free the bondage I am in Thou art my God thy helpe is at hand thou art a Father thou know'st when To giue the State doest vnderstand of richest Kings and poorest men The things most fit thou do'st be stowe and helpest when all helpe is missing Those could not creepe thou mak'st to goe and powrest downe on them thy blessing Therefore O God all sufficient repleate with merey full of loue I doe not presse to know the intent but pray thee doe what mercy moue To say come now or then doe this for the time where when what and how What thou doest ayme my marke may misse me to thy prouidence I bowe Yet be not ouer long away for thou doest know my feeblenesse Thou seest my troubles day by day bow'd downe to extreame wretchednesse Without hope of recouerie I fall alas what shall I doe There is no trust but trust in thee for helpe and ayde and succour to I know by proofe that thou art bent to heare poore sinfull wretched men When they are truly penitent and when they pray deliuer'st then From troubles strife and all debate from sicknesse death and deadly paine From enuie malice sinne and hate the contrite heart thou'lt not disdaine But who is righteous in thy sight or in thy Judgements cleane are seene Angels before thee are not bright much lesse we wretches righteous beene But all are sinners all transgresse our elder Fathers were impure All haue offended more or lesse yet was thy promise firme and sure And did obtaine mercy and grace reliefe hope strength saluation They sawe the brightnesse of thy face thou gauest them consolation Our Fathers Lord were comforted strengthened relieu'd and blest Onely by grace and iustified as righteous men in Iesus Christ. Impute not sinne vnto my charge not for my merit and desert But for thy Sonne my soule enlarge and giue to me a spotlesse heart Thou Lord full of compassion and in thy mercies infinite Beare with my imperfections and let me in thy lawes delight Couer my sinnes as righteous take me and righteous shall I euer be That righteous am not righteous make me in Christ O Lord consider me O Lord what can it profit thee me to for sake or leaue in thrall As though thou didst disualue me my daily cries and offerings all My troubles yet continue still I seeke thee and am yet denied Of earthly blessings doe thy will thy name be alwayes glorified Wretch that I am what end shall be I still complaine I sigh and crie I crie and call yet hear'st not me I still will seeke thee till I die Thou mayest be found be as thou wilt into thy hands I me commend Thou full of mercy I of guilt in faith and hope doe still attend A Prayer for the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper OMost louing Sauiour how great and wonderfull is thy loue to thy Church that before thou didst leaue this world in thy humanity didst not onely send vp loud cries and teares vnto thy Father for them which did and which after thy departure should beleeue in thee but didst also ordaine a perpetuall commemoration of thy death and passion through the institution of the Sacramentall signes of Bread and Wine at the last Supper of the Passeouer in the same night thou wast betrayed charging in thy Apostles thy whole Church vnto the worlds end to doe it in remembrance of thee assuring vs that as often as wee did eate that bread and drinke that wine according to thy appointment that thereby wee should shew thy death vntill thou didst come and so keepe a perpetuall remembrance of thee not onely in our hearts but in our eyes as if wee sawe thee crucified vpon the Crosse. O Lord examining my selfe of my faith my repentance and loue I finde that my faith is weake my repentance slacke and dull and my loue colde or but luke-warme so that of my selfe O most mercifull Lord I durst not presume to come vnto thy table but O Lord for this I iudge my selfe that I may not be iudged of thee the worst and vnworthiest of all those that come vnto thy table For vnto this present through the multitude of my sinnes with which I am laden I haue like Iudas done nothing but betrayed thee and pricke thy head and pierced thy side more cruelly then the thorns or speare wherewith thou wast crowned and pearced and so in as much as in mee lieth I am guilty of the blood shedding and death of my Lord. But most heauenly Father as the Israelites stung with the fiery Serpents looked vnto the Serpent Moses set vp so O Lord smarting in soule with the anguish of my sinnes by which I am continually guiltie of thy death and so againe like Iudas worthy of eternall death much more violently to be inflicted after the taking of the sop Yet doe I looke vnto thy Crosse on which thou sufferest for me humbly beseeching thee for that obedience by which thou hast satisfied Gods wrath and iustice to doe away my sinnes as Dauids after his adultery and murther that I may become a worthy partaker of the body blood of my Lord and the Sacramentall Bread and Wine after which I haue so earnestly thirsted may not like the Israelites Quailes sticking in their teeth become neither my bodily nor spirituall death nor like the vnworthy Corinthians for
thy most excellent loue which moued thee to shew mercy where none was deserued to promise and giue life where death had gotten victory to receiue vs into thy grace when wee could doe not hing but rebell against thy maiestie O Lord the blinde dulnesse of our corrupt nature will not suffer vs sufficiently to weigh these thy most ample benefits Yet neuerthelesse at the commandement of Iesus Christ our Lord wee present our selues to this his Table which hee hath left to be vsed in remembrance of his death vntill his comming againe to declare and witnesse before the world that by him alone we haue receiued liberty and life â—hat by him alone thou doest acknowledge vs to be thy children and heires that by him alone we haue entrance to the Throne of thy grace that by him alone wee are possessed in our spirituall Kingdome to eate and drinke at his Table with whom wee haue our conuersation presently in heauen and by whom our bodies shall be raised vp agâ—ine from the dust and shall be placed with him in that endlesse ioy which thou O Father of mercy hast prepared for thine Elect before the foundation of the world was layd And these most inestimable benefits wee acknowledge and confesse to haue receiued of thy free mercy and grace by thine onely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ for thâ— which we therefore thy congregation mooued by thy holy Spirit render vnto thee all thanks praise and glory for euer What tongue or what heart can worthily giue thee thankes O Lord Iesu for thine vnspeakeâ— able loue towards vs who to thâ—â— intent to redeeme mankinde forlâ—rne didst vouchsafe to become man and to take all the miseries of our estates vpon thee insomuch that in the end thou being a pure and vnspotted Lambe wast contented to bee made a sacrifice for vs vpon the Altar of the Crosse and to abide the punishment due for our sinnes that thou mightest reconcile vs to thy Father yea and both in life and death thou didst spend giue and bestow thy selfe wholy vpon vs and for vs. And thy gracious goodnesse was not so contented but also lest we might at any time perchance forget so great a benefit or at least our trust in thee might at any time quaile euen now raigning in heauen thou refreshest our soules from time to time with the foode of thy body and chearest them vp with the holy Cup of thy blood Wherefore I beseech thee let thy spirit cleanse my heart that I may not come vnworthily to that heauenly feast and to the table whereat euen the very Angels doe tremble but that by thy shedding thy selfe into my bâ—wels I may growe manly in thee and become the liuelier by spirituall encreasements so as I may continue vnto the end in the blessed fellowship of thy mysticall body whom it is thy will to haue all one with thee in such wise as thou art all one with the Father by the knitting of the holy Ghost to whom be praise and thanks for euermore Amen I yeeld thee hearty thankes O Lord Iesus Christ for thine vnutterable loue in vouchsafing to redeeme mankinde by thine own death And I beseech thee suffer not thy most holy blood to haue beene shed in vaine for mee but that I growing vp in thee by continuall encrease of heauenly strength may become a fit member of thy mysticall body which is the Church and neuer swarne from that most holy couenant which thou madest with thy chosen Disciples in thy last Supper by distributing the bread vnto them and by reaching them the Cup and by them to all those that by a liuely faith apprehend the merits of thy most pretious death and passion My Lord Iesus Christ what am I that thou shouldest vouchsafe to come vnder my roofe Can a sinfull man deserue such grace O Lord my God I am certainly altogether vnworthy Am I better then all my Fathers were thou wouldest not shew thy selfe to Moses one twinkling of an eye and how happeneth it that thou humblest thy selfe so much as to come to a man that is both a Publican and a sinner And thou vouchsafest not onely to eate with him but also to giue thy selfe to be eaten of him Haile O bread of life which cammest downe from heauen and which giuest life to as many as receiue thee worthily Surely whosoeuer receiueth thee wâ—rthily although his soule be seuered from his body by temporall death yet shal he not die for euer because that the separation is not a death but a passing from death to life by reason whereof hee that eateth thee worthyly beginneth to liue with thee for euer when he dieth in this world thou art the bread of the Angels the very sight of thee doth solace and glorifie the Angels thou art the food of the soule the glory of heauen the solace of all Angels Saints O most holy food by the eating whereof by a liuely faith is set free from all euill is filled with all goodnesse and is vndoubtedly made immortall O sacred foode of our pilgrimage by the strength whereof wee passe out of this naughty world to the glorious company in heauen Goe on therfore O beleeuing and faithfull soule be merry and reioyce in God thy Sauiour take thy fill of this feast wherein the body of thy Sauiour is set before thee to feede on man fell from God by eating the fruit of the forbidden tree but by this foode hee is redeemed againe to endlesse glory These â—achrymae following containe godly and deâ—out Prayers for constancâ—e in affâ—ictions and to beare malicious slanders patiâ—â—tly O Lord how doe my woes encrease how many are my miseries My troubles rise and neuer cease men iudge thou wilt not heare my cries They say thou wilt me quite forsake that there 's no helpe for me in thee But Lord they are but such that make their censure with a carnall eye And doe not spiritually discerne thy secret purpose and intents Correcting them whom thou wouldst learne to know thy Law and Commandements Chastising them whom thou do'st loue and scourging them oft with thy rod That thou their hearts and mindes may'st moue to feare and serue thee mighty God The wicked outward meanes preferre and worldly helpes at neede they muster And not to God themselues referre nor comfort take from heauenly lustre Who workes by meanes his sacred will and without meanes brings to effect And against meanes can saue or kill for those him serue his true Elect Therefore let not their malice moue nor yet their taunts diâ—may my minde I will hold fast by God aboue whose promise iust and true I finde I striue thy statutes Lord to keepe what thou command'st I will performe Direct me right to thee I creepe O Lord doe thou my life reforme Defend me Lord from their despight that watch to catch me in their snare And to entrap me day and night with nets and ginnes ere I beware And scoffe me basely with reproach with shamefull
grace of thy lippes Oh I see it not I finde it not fleshly eyes conceiue not so great a mysterie open thou the eyes of my minde bring thy diuine light neerer vnto me and bring mee powerfully and more seriously to behold thee in this thine agony and passion I see it is Iesus the Son of God the vnspotted Lambe without sinne without fault without offence which tooke my wickednesse vpon him to the intent that I being set free from sinne might bee brought againe into Gods fauour rise againe from my fall returne home againe from banishment and attaine the end for which I was created that which I deserued he suffered and that which I could neuer attaine vnto â—e giueth O my Redeemer deliuerer and Sauiour draw me to thee that being alwaies mindfull of thy death trusting alwayes in thy goodnes and being alwayes thankfull for thy vnspeakeable benefits I may bee made partaker of so great reward and not bee seperated from thee through mine owne vnthankfulnesse Oh let not thy most humble inuestment of humanity bee in vaine in respect of me nor thy vnspeakeable and by thee alone endured torments be in-effectuall but valuable and all-sufficient for the eternall saluation of my soule and body whom thou hast redeemed and sanctified with that thy most glorious and inestimable blood shed at the time of Passion vpon the Crosse. 2. Oh I behold thee crucified for my soule Oh that thou wouldest also crucifie mee with thee that I might vtterly die in all carnall affections and so liue to thee or rather my sweet Sauiour thou in me then should I rest perfectly assured as by faith in thee and thy promises I doe to liue in thee and to arise by thee and with thee to life euerlasting thy flesh is crucified O Christ crucifie thou the power of sinne that raigneth in mee graunt I may put off the old man and vtterly abollish the whole body of sinne and be freed from all wickednesse vnbeliefe hardnesse of heart and dominion of all manner sinne and Sathan Let thy yoke become sweet and thy burthen lightsome to mee through thy most grieuous Passion 3. O most high mighty singular obedience where-through thou diddest submit thy selfe to innumerable torments yea euen to a most grieuous most bitter and most reproachfull death because thy heauenly Father for the Redemption of mankinde had decreed it so O splendour and brightnesse of thy Fathers glory O Sun of righteousnesse alwayes shining full of grace and glory shew vs where thou feedest in the heat of the day and where thou shrowdest thy Sheepe from the colde and thy little Lambes from the stormes of thy Fathers burning wrath and fearefull indignation Oh that wee might bee transformed into that liuely and sensible Image of thy Passion that wee might alwayes dwell in thee and thou in our hearts by faith rooted and grounded in charity so as wee might with all thy holy ones comprehend the length bredth height â—eepnes of thine agony bitter passion 4. I see a wonderfull kinde of loue thy highnesse boweth down the head that wee might be certainely assured that thou wilt graciously heare vs and helpe vs thou offerest the kisse of reconciliation and attonement yea and that of thine owne accord being the party grieued and wronged vnto vs that haue done the wrong Thou reachest out thine armes to embrace vs thou stretchest out thy bored hands to giue vs all things abundantly without holding any thing back thy side is open to thine heart to receiue vs in thither if wee will enter in at the open dore thy feete are fast nailed to the intent that wee may know thou wilt neuer depart from vs if wee depart not from thee O Father and Lord of ours thou seest the hardnesse of our heart and much rather the dulnesse of it It is not enough for vs to bee allured and called so gently so sweetly and so louingly but thou must bee faigne euen to draw vs pull vs and violently hale vs vnto thee create new and obedient hearts in vs for this wee haue is more vngentle then the cursed Iewes and more hard then the stones that cloue in compassion of thine innocent and yet most cruell Passion 5. O Lord Iesus Christ the euerlasting sweetnesse and triumph of them that loue thee exceeding all ioy and all longing thou sauer and louer of repentant sinners which doest acknowledge thy delight to be among the children of men and therefore in the end of times becammest man for mans sake Remember all the sorrowes which thou didst endure euen from the instant of thy conception in thy humane nature and from thy cradle to thy crosse Remember the bitter sorrow which thou didst suffer and endure when thou saydest My soule is heauy euen vnto death And at the institution of the commemoration of thy death when thou didst wash thy Disciples feete comforting them sweetly toldest them of thy Passion that was at hand Remember the sorrow anguish and griefe which thou didst suffer throughout thy whole tender body before thy suffering vpon the Crosse at such time as after thrice praying thou didst sweat water like to blood was betrayed by one of thine owne Disciples apprehended by thine owne chosen people accused by false witnesses condemned wrongfully by three Iudges in thy chosen Citie at the time of the Passeouer in the flourishing youth of thy body and being vtterly guiltlesse was deliuered to the cruell Iewes bespetted stript out of thine owne garment cloathed with another bodies apparell buffeted blinde-folded and smitten with sinfull fists bound scourged and crowned with thornes 6. O most sweet Iesus I beseech thee make mee mindfull of these thy paines and sufferings which thou hast endured for my sinnes that I might bee discharged and set free from them and my reconciliation and peace bee made with thy Father through thy chastisement by whose sorrowfull stripes wee are healed make mee to abhor all such hatefull sinne and cursed disobedience which could not be put away without thy so grieuous punishments Make me to be heartily sorrie for my sinfulnesse and to eschue mine offences which draw thee to the suffering of so great torments make mee mindfull of thy great loue to me and to all mankinde and let the infinitenesse thereof kindle an vnfaigned loue in me towards thee and my neighbour Let this thy vnmeasurable goodnesse breede in me a willing minde and desire to abide all things patiently for thy sake and for the truth of thy Gospell And let it ingender in mee a despising of all worldly and earthly things and an earnestly longing and endeauour to attaine to the heauenly inheritance for the purchasing whereof vnto me and for the bringing of mee thereunto thou hast indured these al other thy most bitter and intollerable torments at the time of thine agony and passion Wherefore I beseech thee grant me true repentance amendment of life perseuerance in all goodnesse a stedfast faith and a happy death
all the dayes of thy youth And how many of Gods good creatures hast thou prophaned in thy belly on thy backe on thy neck to pranke thy Iezabels face thinking nothing good enough and fine enough to pamper thy earthly carcasse And doest thou thinke that God will now in thine olde age accept thy blinde seruice Thy repentance comes too late God will not regard thy sacrifice but as thou regardest not him when hee called in thy youth so now he will not regard thee in thine olde age though thou make many cries vnto him yea there is no sacrifice can cleanse thee from thy sinnes thou hast cast Gods law behinde thy backe and committed the sinne against the holy Ghost so that it is in vaine for thee to hope for mercy thou canst not be forgiuen though with Esau thou shâ—d neuer so many teares Thou art a reprobate by Gods decree and what knowest thou but that thou art in hell already so that do what thou wilt thou canst not be saued And therefore drowne or hang thy selfe or cut thy throat O Coward kill thy selfe and so shalt thou rid thy selfe out of this present paine O heauenly Father look down vpon this my wounded spirit and O Lord driue away Sathan that he preuaile not in these temptations against my soule O Lord so strong and violent are his temptations that I know not how to resist them but by the strength of thy holy Spirit which I beseech thee O Lord may powerfully and comfortably ayde assist me now and for euermore Lord for thy Christ his sake in whom I onely trust to obtaine thy mercy doe away my sinnes and speake peace vnto my soule against this lying serpent that thou art and wilt be my saluation O Lord. create in me a cleane heart and renue in me a right spirit that I may learne to feare thee according to thy word deale bountifully with me thy seruant that I may escape these temptations and in spight of Sathan liue to keepe thy word let not such contempt reproach come vpon me but saue mee out of the iawes of hell and from the power of Sathan for thy names sake and for thy mercy sake and for thy Sonne his sake O Lord I beseech thee And though my soule through these temptations cleaue vnto the dust yet quicken thou mee according to thy word and though the sorrowes of death hereby compasse mee in on euery side and the terrours of hell haue now caught hold on mee yet O Lord I beseech thee to deliuer my soule And though Sathan hath compassed me with the multitude of his temptations yet in thy Name O Lord I am confident that I shall ouercome them And though thou hast suffered Sathan for a time to buffet me yet I beseech thee as thy Sonne Iesus my Sauiour hath taught mee in this last petition of his holy Prayer let me be neither further led nor come into temptation but as in the wildernesse after Sathans three-fold temptation of thee thou by faith in the Word of thy Father didst resist him that in the end hee left thee so that thy Angels ministred comfort to thee so most sweet Sauiour help me so by the same skill of thy holy Word that I may resist Sathan and after the battell be comforted and confirmed in obedience by the most sweet comfort of thy holy spirit O Lord my Sauiour how did he tempt thee to make away thy selfe but could not preuaile So O Lord strengthen mee by the same power of thy Godhead and a true liuely faith by which I am ingrafted into thee that I may neuer by Sathans power be forced against nor with my will to commit the wickednesses wherewith hee tempteth mee O Lord hee could not enter into the Heard of Swine vntill thou gauest him leaue wherefore by thy vnlimitted power curbe and restraine him that hee enter not into mee much lesse worke his will of mee as he did of them He faine would haue killed thy seruant Iob as hee had done his children seruants and cattell but thou wouldst not giue him leaue So O Lord he hath striuen to doe with me but thou hast kept mee and resisted and rebuked him in my behalfe he striueth like a roaring Lyon to make mee his prey and beateth hard to enter into my heart which thou hast swept and garnished to be a receptacle for thy selfe wherefore O Lord let that stronger man euen thy holy Spirit keepe sure my soule vnto thee that I be not ouercome with his furious assaults and temptations to let goe my hope in thy mercies thou delightest not in the death of a sinner but rather to shew mercy that hee may be saued Lord for thy mercy sake saue mee and helpe mee for thy Sonnes sake keepe mee from the rage and fury of this my great oppressour O God he would fame play the lying spirit vnto my soule that he might plunge me in thy great displeasure but O Iesus I beseech thee saue mee and driue Sathan away from me that hee neuer come at mee more O God he continually striueth with mee for my soule as hee did with thine Angell for the body of Moses but as then thou didst defend it and thine Angell and in the end rebuked Sathan So O Lord defend me rebuke Sathan that he preuaile not against me neither in health in sicknesse nor yet at the point of death but send thine Elect Angel of the couenant Christ Iesus my annointed Sauiour and his innumerable heauenly Souldiers here to keepe me and at my end to conduct my soule to that place of rest where this champion of hell shall not once dare to defie it or cast forth any wicked accusation against mee and that for the merits of thy dearest Son and sprinkling of his bloud vnder which I expect my safety and saluation both heere in the Church militant and for euer in thy Church triumphant therefore to thee most holy Trinity and Lord God of Sabbaths be giuen by me and all thine both present and eternall praise Amen LACHRIM 4. Wherein the distressed prayeth GOD to keepe him from despaire howsoeuer men goe about to ruine him or his estate not regarding so God in his mercie and protection be with him who or how many rise vp against him IN thee O Lord I put my trust and yet there are which daily say There is no helpe for me vniust but Lord thy word cannot decay Thou art my God how can they then proue that thou wilt none helpe me send I am brought low in sight of men there 's none will helpe or comfort bend My basket and my store is spent they say it was by thee accurst Thou didst at take that hâ—dst it sent but they take all things at the worst At me they gape at me they wonder as at a monster seldome seene On all their workes and words I ponder what I now am what I haue beene I faint at nought thou know'st my smart th' art my
my carelesse and negligent receiuing by the suddaine hand of sicknesse be struck vnto death but as the faithfull Iewes in their constant and conscionable celebration of their feast of Passeouer by them kept a perpetuall remembrance of their Egyptian deliuerrnce from Pharaohs bondage were exceedingly edified confirmed in the promises of thy loue that thou wouldest be their God and they should be thy people which they sawe fulfilled in their Fathers and still continued vnto themselues through the hope of the Messiah by whom they expected their greatest safety and deliuerance Graunt vnto mee O heauenly Father that as the Minister of thy Word and Sacraments setteth a part the Bread and Wine so I may remember the eternall loue by which in the beginning thou diddest set a part thy Sonne through faith in him to be my saluation promising that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life And as I see the Wine powred out and the Bread broken so I may remember thy patient enduring the breaking of thy body and shedding of thy blood whereby thou hast payed the price and satisfied the punishment that was due vnto me and as the Bread Wine doe presently comfort and refresh my body so most sweet Sauiour let me feele my soule so comforted and edified this day and so often as I shall thinke of thee and thy mercies hereby promised and assured yea graunt that being made one with thee by spirituall vnion I may liue in thee and thou in me in the encrease of a godly life to the honour of thee my Sauiour To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be giuen by me and all thine both present and eternall praise Amen Amen Another godly Meditation before the receiuing of the holy Communion O Almighty God and mercifull Father I am a secret sinner and my heart is a bottomlesse pit of all corruptions wilfully and foolishly ignorantly and obstinately haue I sinned against thee vnto whose eye all the secrets of my soule lye open but now I come vnto thee as the sick man vnto the Physitian as an vncleane man vnto the Well of mercy and grace offered in the pretious blood-shedding of Iesus Christ and represented to my soule in this blessed Sacrament Haue mercy vpon mee O Lord haue mercy vpon mee and forgiue mee all the euills that I am guilty of Giue mee grace that I may discerne the Lords body and so receiue it in this Sacrament with such chastity of body humblenesse of minde thankfulnesse of soule hearty contrition dread and reuerence as is meete for such a mysterie O Lord Iesus it is truly said of thee that thou didst receiue sinners and eate with them and I verily beleeue that thou art the same still full of goodnesse and mercy wherefore I beseech thee leaue me not to my selfe reiect me not from thy Table come into my heart and purge me from all filthinesse of the flesh and of the spirit Enter into my soule seale and sanctifie me both within and without Inflame me with loue and charity towards all men to forgiue and forget to doe good to pray for them that I may follow the steps of my blessed Sauiour Open the eyes of my vnderstanding and helpe mee to examine my selfe concerning my knowledge faith and repentance Send mee the hunger and thirst after this righteousnesse satisfie me with this heauenly foode make mee verily partaker of all the benefits of his Passion Oh deare Lord Iesus since thou hast suffered so many things for my sake and hast commanded mee not to dispaire nor distrust thy goodnesse graunt me grace to eate of this bread and to drinke of this Cup worthily that I may continually remaine in thy grace and fauour O Lord God the Father giue mee the full consolation of this mysterie and commemoration that my faith may be encreased my hope confirmed my charity enflamed my weake conscience comforted all dangers repelled and my soule assured of her saluation in the blood of Christ let no profanenesse enter into my heart so long as I am about this holy action but giue mee grace to receiue with purity of heart and cleanenesse of soule with loue dread and stedfast faith haue mercy vpon me good Lord that by vnworthy receiuing I be not guilty of his pretious body and blood who came downe from heauen liued with men and swamme through a red sea of blood in his agony and passion to bee my Redeemer Haue mercy vpon the whole Church and to this purpose haue mercy vpon this place and this companie that they may serue and please thee in this holy seruice and all other actions of their life O Lord be not angry with mee a barren and dry tree a creature with a face of brasse and heart of flint I haue not so many teares as are sufficient to wash thy feete with Mary Magdalen but thou hast shed as much of thine owne blood as surficeth to wash away all the sinnes of mee and all the world then be not angry with mee O Lord but let thy grace supply my wants let thy mercy pardon my sinnes let thy holy spirit prepare my soule thy merits enrich my pouerty and thy most pretious blood wash away all the spots of my life that I may worthily receiue this heauenly Sacrament so that I may bee strengthened thereby throughly filled with the heauenly foode of thy body and blood for the mortification of the old man the confirmation of my faith and the finall saluation of my soule O Lord heare my prayers graunt my requests I beseech thee Amen Godly Meditations vpon the loue and mercy of God in bestowing together with his Sonne these holy Mysteries vpon vs the commemoration whereof may moue vs to an awefull reuerence in the participation of the same O Father of mercy and God of all consolation seeing all creatures doe confesse thee to bee their Gouernour and Lord it becommeth vs the workmanship of thine owne hands to reuerence and magnifie thy godly Maiestie First for that thou hast created vs to thine owne image and similitude but chiefely because thou â—ast deliuered vs from that euerlasting death and damnation into which Sathan drew mankinde by the meanes of sinne from the â—ondage whereof neither man nor Angell was able to make vs free But thou O Lord rich in mercy and infinite in goodnesse hast prouided our redemption to stand in thine onely and welbeleued Sonne whom of very loue thou didst giue to bee made man perfect in all things freely exempted and excepted from sinne that in his body he might receiue the punishment of our transgression by his death to make satisfaction to thy Iustice and by his resurrection to destroy him that was the Author of death and so bring againe life vnto the world from which the whole off-spring of Adam was most iustly exiled O Lord we acknowledge that no creature was able to comprehend the length and breadth the deepenesse and height of that