6. thou being vnpure and in the middest of vnpure people darest stande before the Lord of hostes Know that the holy Angels exhort vs to praier and stand with vs with ioy praying for vs. If thersore we become negligent and entertaine coÌ„trary cogitations we greatly prouoke them because they striue so much for vs and we for our selues refuse to pray to god but rather neglecting their ministery and their Lord forsaking god keepe company with vncleane deuils If thou desirest to pray transport thy self from earthly thinges to heaueÌ„ haue thy conuersatioÌ„ there not onely in wordes but in angelical action and more heauenly knowledg S. Athanasius in lib. de virginitate WHen day appeareth thou shalt recite this psalme Benedicite omnia opera c. And say the Hymne Gloria in excelsis Al you workes of our Lord blesse Canticle of the 3. ChildreÌ„ Dan. 3. in the burniÌ„g fournace you our Lord praise him and extoll him for euer Blesse our Lord ye Angels of our Lord ye heauens blesse our Lord. Al waters that be aboue the heauens blesse ye our Lord blesse our Lord al ye powers of our Lord. Sunne moone blesse ye our Lord starres of heauen blesse ye our Lord. Shoure and dew blesse ye our Lord euery spirit of God blesse ye our Lord. Fyre and heate blesse ye our Lord could sommer blesse ye our Lord. Dewes and hoare frost blesse ye our Lord frost cold blesse ye our Lord. Ice and snow blesse ye our Lord nightes daies blesse ye our Lord. Light and darknesse blesse ye our Lord lightninges and cloudes blesse ye our Lord. Let the earth blesse our Lord let it praise extol him for euer Mountaines and litle hilles blesse ye our Lord al thinges that spring in the earth blesse ye our Lord. Blesse our Lord ye fountaines seas riuers blesse ye our Lord. Whales and al that moue in the vvaters blesse ye our Lord blesse our lord al ye foules of the aire Al beasts and cattel blesse ye our Lord soÌ„nes of mâ—n blesse ye our lord Let Israâ—l blesse our Lord let it praise and extol him for euer Preistes of our Lord blesse ye our Lord seruants of our Lord blesse ye our Lord. Spirits and soules of the iust blesse ye our Lord holy and humble men of heart blesse ye our Lord. Ananias Azarias Mizael blesse ye our Lord praise and extol him for euer Because he haith deliuered vs from hel and saued vs from the hand of death preserued vs from the midle of the burning flame pulled vs forth from the middest of the fyre Confesse to our Lord because he is good because his mercy is for euer Al you that be Religious blesse our Lord god of gods praise and confesse vnto him because his mercy is for euer A Meditation vpon the same out of S. Zeno Bishop of Verona sermoutb in Dan. He was martyred vnder Galienus about the yeare 260. O Wonderful burning o verily ser 2. a spectacle worthy of god They which heare it do feare they which kindled it do burne they which were throwne into the fyre goe forth of the fournace sanctified saif by our Lord Iesus Christ Somtimes after a great punishmeÌ„t there followeth a greater glory especially in diuine thinges in which happy men with earnest deuotion rather preserue their Religion then life Vnderstand o Christian with a beleeuing ser 5. heart a thing meruelous renowmed by al example of vertues Three Hebrew children greater theÌ„ the constancy of old men stronger then the force of yong men equal to themselues defended with the mistery of the Trinity firme in one faith of the vnity in equality glorious by the victory of suffering These a barbarous King commaunded to be burned because they contemned to worship his statua who when they were cast into the fournace of burning fire the greedy fire deuoutly receaueth them the fawning flames refresh them couered with dew A meruelous thing shadow is within burning is withoâ—t within an Himne is song without lamenting is heard O great power of god the burners are burned in the burning and they that were set on fire are suruiuors in the burning triumphing go forth of the fournace our Lord Iesus Christ ser 6. performing it Reioice o Christian constantly feare god if thou wilt not feare the fire of the deuil Behold the children are not hurt with the compassing flames with the roaring fournace They confounde the barbarous king are reuâ—nged of their burners they see god death doth passe into life feare into glory who would not desire so to burne Awake o Christian and casting 8. away al sluggishnesse of secular sleepe opening the eares of thy heart learne vertue of children The Canticle of Zachary father of S. Iohn Baptist Luc. 1. ANd Zachary his father was replenished with the holy ghost and he prophesied saying Blessed be our Lord God of Israel because he haith visited and wrought the redemption of his people And haith erected the horne of saluation to vs in the house of Dauid his seruant As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that are from the beginning Saluation from our enemies from the hand of al that hate vs. To worke mercy with our fathers and to remember his holy Testament The oath which he sware to Abraham Gen. 22. our Father that he would geue to vs. That without feare being deliuered from the hand of our enemies we may serue him In holinesse and Iustice before him al our daies And thou child shalt be called the prophet Malach. 3. of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of our Lord to prepare his waies To geue knowledg of saluation to his people vnto remission of their sinnes Through the bowels of the mercy of Zachar. 3. Malach. 4. our god in which the Orient from on high haith visited vs. To illuminate them that sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death to direct our feete into the way of peace Glory be to the Father c. A Praier of praise and thanks-geuing to God for his Benefites out of S. Clement Coustitut SS Apost lib. 7. cap. 38. WE geue thankes to thee o Lord omnipotent for al thy benefites because thou hast not taken thy mercies pittie away from vs but in euery generation and generation doest saue deliuer succour defend For thou hast succoured in the daies of Enos and Enoch in the daies of Moyses and Iesu in the daies of the Iudges in the daies of Samuel and Helias and the Prophets in the daies of Dauid and the Kinges in the daies of Hester and Mardocheus in the daies of Iudith in the daies of Iudas Machabeus and his brethren and in our daies thou hast releeued vs by thy great high Preist Iesus Christ thy SoÌ„ne For he haith both saued vs from the sword and by norishing deliuered vs from famine and freed vs from sicknes defended vs from a wicked
A NEW MANVAL OF OLD CHRIstian Catholick Meditations praiers faithfully collected translated without any word altered or added except in tytles of Chapters citations of places some few merginal annotations for the most part taken forth of holy Scriptures or the holy Fathers within the first four huÌ„dred yeares of Christ And not any one in probable opinion after the first sixe hundred yeares nor forth of any Authour but such as are by al english Christians accompted Sainctes and to be in heauen that none professing Christ can except against them or any of them Is 35. 8. This shal be vnto you the direct way so that fooles can not erre by it 1617. TO ALL ENGLISHE Christians of all degrees My dearest beloued AS you professe your selues in Religion to be Christians so I am most assured none of you wil be so prophane and impious as willingly to be deemed people without Religion or to haue the most odious and impious name of irreligion or atheisme ascribed vnto you Al that be Doctors Preachers Rabines in Religion among you do teach that euery christian at least must vndoubtedly hold all pointes of faith which they call fundamental substantial namely those articles Creede which the Apostles of Christ deliuered vnto Christians Then the first principal of them which are I beleue in God the Father almighty maker of heauen earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord are principally to be embraced Denyal of the first denieth god affirming prouing such denyers atheists Doubting or denyal of the second condemneth al beleefe in Christ and the some of christianity and taketh away al articles of christian Religion substantial or not substantial if any such can be in a true Religion which I may not now dispute but onely demonstrate this If there be a God almighâ—y maker of heauen earth both you and I and all thinges els are his worke and creatures we haue receaued our essence being al of him In al thinges we depende of him he of none but independant and we owe and must pay and render vnto him al diuinâ— worshippe praiers supplications â—oueraigne dutie and Adoration If Iesus Christ be his Sonne our Lord came to redeeme the world he tauhgt true Religion vnto it And that Religion could not dyâ— with him whose death was death to death but foundatioÌ„ and life of religiâ—n and life redemption to vs and al to thâ— end that shal be saâ—ed The scriptures say He shal reigne for euer and of his Kingdome there sbal be Luc. 1. 28 Dan 7. 14 17. noe ende Al people Tribes tongues shal serue him His Father haith geuen him Mich. 4. 7 Dan. 3. 100. Dan. 4. 31. Ps 2. 7. the nations his Inheritance his possession the eudes of the earth The law of the Gospel teacheth and al good Christians doe and must beleueâ— that the law of Moyses was but teÌ„porary a pedagoge to Christ and in him euacuated and ended That Christ was the Messias taught an euerlasting Law no other to succeede it the world shoulde neuer want a true Religion the eternal King and Bryde-grome must haue subiects a Spouse for euer The Iewes and Thalmud acknowledg that the Law of the Messias was to succeede that of Moyses when it had reigned two thousand yeares and this of the Messias to endure for euer Mahumet that monster such a preteÌ„ded reformer as in these dayes haue prouâ—d many freely confesseth the truth longe continuance of the Religion of Iesus Christ and was vnborne when it had ruled aboue sixe hundred yeares Your english protestant Doctors and ruleâ—s in Religion are farre deuided froÌ„ the Romane Church yet they freely and generally graunt It was pure and immaculate sixe hundred yeares neare that seducers time For my purpose your good and contentment at this time I aske noe more but this to which al but atheists haue geuen allowance That we are bound to pray and the doctrine praiers vsed in the primatiue Church within the first sixe hundred yeares are holy to be vsed and frequented except you will not allow his warrant that said It behoueth alwaies to pray and not to be weary 1. Thes â— Pray without intermission or any of you shaâ— be so desperate to equal or preferr your selues in pride to Lucifer to think therâ— is any time thought word oâ— dâ—ede wherein you neede not the helpe of God or are not dependant of him Therfore to make alsecure in these vnfortunate dayes of dissention in Religion and take all euasion away froÌ„ all euen those that seeke to excuse excuses in sinne I haue collected this manual of psal 104 old Catholick deuotions such to be breefe as the title thereof enformeth you And such as by the best testimony of God him self his holy Primatiue Church and best learned Saincts thereof together with your owne conscience and al preseÌ„t consent neither wil nor can deceaue you Yet I haue not in this Treatise but slenderly in respect handled any controdersies of this time but propose vnto deuotion Meditations and Praiers dayly necessarily to be vsed of al priuate and vnlearned persons which may pretend daunger to besâ—duced in so great variety of doctrines The contentes wil appeare either in a particuler Table or if that be omitted in the titles of the Chapters and spiritual Exercises If any desire better to enforme their vnderstanding of the cheifest questions in Religion handled in these dayes by this Religious maner methode of disputing by the praiers them selues of the primatiue Church Sainctes thereof although they may câ—â—iâ—ctâ—râ— by â—he great wordes brags of many desiring to be called learned that none of the Romane Church wherof â—amâ—â—â—eâ—st vnworthy â—an performe it for that religion or châ—ife points therof I remit them to my late booke dedicated to our present Queene and her Ladies of that order in disputing and subiect where they shal find the doctrine of the external sacrifising Preisthood external Sacrifice Transubstantiation real presence of Christes blessed body bloud there Inuocation and patronage of the blessed Virgin Mary al holy Angels and Sainctes both in general and particular Purgatory Praier for the dead inuincibly I confidently affirme it wil mantaine it and demonstratly proued by the prayers them selues of the primatiue Church holy Fathers within the first fiue hundred yeares of Christ The serious consideration of these two workes I commend to your equal Iudgments and best deuotions to geue sentence how you haue bene led or nusled vsed or abused in this so vrgent and important businesse And I make euen the vnlearned and enemies to be Iudges in this cause whether the mouth of â—hose that speak vniust things be stopped or noe that at least we of one ps 62. nation kingdom and kinred with one faith and minde may singe that holy songe with the heauenly Angels Glory in the highest to God
vnited Praier is the seale of Virginity fidelity of matrimonie a sheild to trauailers a keepeâ— of the sleeping trust of the waking Praier is a conuersation and conference with God a contemplation of thinges not seene a sure confidence of thinges desired an estate of the same honoure with Angels a going forward and increase of good thinges an ouerthrowe of thinges that be euil an amendement of sinners â—he fruit of thinges present are representation of thinges to come Praier made the whale an house vnto Ionas Reduced Ezechias from the Ionas 3. 4. Reg. 20 Dan. 1. dores of death to life for the 3. children it changed the flaming fyre into a cooling wynde erected a Trophee of victory for the Israelites against the Amalacites Exo. 17. 4. Re. 29. and in one night slew with aÌ„ inuisible sworde one hundred foure scoare and fiue thousand of the Assirians And we may finde examples not to be numbred of such thinges as are already chanced by which it is manifest that among those thinges which in this life be embraced and esteemed pretious nothing is to be preferred before praier When where and how to pray out of S. Chrisostome homil contra Pseudoprophetas HEare the Apostle crying Pray ye without intermission that is â— Thes 5. at al time both night and day and euery hour both when thou art about thy worke in thy Iournay kepest thy flock tillest thy ground sleepest Expect not our Lordes day or festiual day or disterence of places For the name of God is not confined with place for in his hand are al the endes of the ps 94. earth Therefore Dauid the Prophet praying euery day and night expected not differeÌ„ce of places but weping said admonishing his soule O my soule blesse god in al place of his domination Therefore ps 10â— expect not day or hour but pray euen when thou art at home and in thy iournay when thou lyest downe and when thou rysest and in euery place pray vigilantly diligently not requesting riches not honour or glory not prosperity nor any thing els of this world transitory or vnprofitable for al these thinges are corruptible ende in corruption whether thou namest the greitest riches or preeminent humane glory or any thing els of such thinges as be on earth with which meÌ„ vse to be puffed vp But pray for thy saluation alone pray for the necessities of thy neboures and pray with humility with teares with contrition and knock coÌ„tinually or rather without ceasing and daily for euery one that asketh receaueth Math. 7. and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shal be opened Perfection and attention in praier out of S. Ephrem ser de viâ—ginitate FOllow the steps of the holy Fathers which haue bâ—ne eminent in virginal chastity and chast and religious life in praiers and fastings Loue the exercise of diuine thinges desire Praier the familiar conference with God For euery holy and pure praier conuerseth familiarly with God The praier of them that perfectly desire God with gladnes and much tâ—ust continually pearceth heauâ—n it self In it the Angels and Arch-angels râ—ioycâ— and present it before the Throne of the holy high Lord of al. For then the greatest ioy shyneth vnto them if at any time they offer before our holy Lord the praiers of iust men that loue God Therefore study in life vertues to be a follower of tâ—e holy Fathers Walke in the pathes of their way and life kepe the vertue of coÌ„tinency as they did execute it in mind execute it in spirit execute it in body execute it in habit also in meate and speach behoulding cogitation and laughter that in all thinges thou maist proue a perfect chaÌ„pion Looke to thy self lest at any time in praier thy minde wander hither and thither but when thou standest praying to god order thy self before him with feare trembling Cut out of thy heart al thoughts cares of earthly thinges be wholly in time of praier as an heauenly Angel so stâ—iue that thy praier may be holy and pure vnspotted and irreprehensible that when the heauenly gates shal see it ascend vp ward reioycing they may of their owne accorde presently be opened that the Angels and Archangels seeing it may al reioycing meete it and offer it before the holy and high throne of our immaculate lord Theâ—fore be thou alwaies in praier ioyned to God as the Cherubim Seraphim Cause god alwaies to rest in thy soule that thou maist there be found ful of coÌ„fidence in that terrible dredful hour when Christ our Lord shal come to render vnto euery one according to his Ro. 2. Apoe 22. work To whom be glory and power world without end Amen An other out of the same S. Ephrem â—er Asc de vita Rel. paren 50. AS if a man standing before a King and talking with him being called by his felow seruant should leaue the honourable glorious speach of the King and turne him self to talk with his seruant euen so a Religious man in the time of his singing that draweth his minde from god and turneth him self to fables and toyes with others Therefore let vs consider before whom we are placed For as the Angels with great feare trembling do stand before the Creatour singing himnes vnto him euen so ought we in the time of praier and singing to appeare before god with a pure heart and with reuerence and feare lest we be thought to stand before him and intende to praiers onely in body but in minde in the meane time to be occupied with earthly businesse For euen as a ship boate that is carried vp downe with waues of the sea euen so a Monk whose minde is distracted with businesse and cares of the world An other out of the same S. Ephrem de orand Deum TAke heede thou ceacest not to pray as often as thou canst kneele downe when thou can not call vpon God in thy minde both at euening morning and none-time If thou put praier before thy worke rising forth of thy bed shalt take the beginning of thy motions from praier sinne wil not enter into thy soule Praier is a conference with God equal honour with the Angels promotion of the good auersion from the wicked and amendement of sinners There is no possession in mannes life more precious then praier Neuer suffer your selues to be seperated froÌ„ this neuer depart from this but as our Lord saith let vs pray that our labour be not in vaine Mat. 6. The deuotion and attention to be vsed in praier out of S. Ciprian de orat dom WHen we are at praier we oâ—ght to attende and geue our selues with all our heart to praiers Let al carnal and worldly cogitation depart Let not the minde then think vpon any thing but that alone which it praieth Therefore the Preist before praier when he haith said the Preface prepareth the mindes
thy commaundementes Ps 118. that I may be vnited to him which did not abhorte to be inuested with my flesh Wilt thou not attend o holy Father vnto the head of thy yong dearest beloued SoÌ„n hanging down his bewtiful necke resolued into most precious death Behold o most meeke Creatour the humanity of thy beloued Sonne and take mercy vpon the infirmity of thy weake creature His naked breast is white his bloudy side is redde his stretched intrales do drye his comly eyes do faint his kingly mouth is pale his longe armes be stiffe his marmour thyghes doe hange the water of his blessed bloud doth beweâ—e his pearced feete Behold o glorious Genitour the torne meÌ„bers of thy most grateful child and with bounty remember what my substance is Vew the paine of God a man and release the misery of man created Behold the punishment of the Redemer and forgeue the offence of him that is redemed This is he o my Lord whom thou hast striken Is 53. for the sinnes of thy people although he be thy welbeloued in whom thou hast wel Math. 3. pleased thy self This is that Innocent in whom deceipt was not founde and yet he was deputed among the wicked Is 53. A Praier out of S. Ciprian in his Tom. 3. praier before his Martyrdome O Lord holy Father holy God holy and holy my god For who is greater then thou art I render thankes praise to thee God of Abraham God of Isaac and God of Iacob God of our Fathers God of the Apostles and God of the Prophets and God of Martyrs who wast before the disposing of the world God of the liuing to come to iudge the quick and the dead which art the true God who sittest vpon the Cherubim Seraphim the seate of thine honour and behouldest the depthes which seest al thinges before they be brought forth who hast power to kil and restoare againe and Dan. 3. might to make the withered to florish Thou Lord ruler of al thinges deliuer me from this world and heare me praying Wo vnto my sinnes when thou shalt rise vp to crush the earth together vnder what clifter of the rockes shal I hyde my self from before thy power To what mountaine shal I say fal vpon Math. 25. me and vnto what hil couer me from before the feare of our Lord when thou shalt arise to bruse the earth I pray thee o Lord help me Iudge me not according to my doinge for I haue obeyed nothing in thy commaundementes Hear me praying as thou hardest Ionas from the bely of the whale Ion. 2. et 3. so heare me and cast me forth from death to life Blotte out al my sinnes and heare me praying as thou didest heare the three children in the fournace Dan. 3. of fire Ananias Azarias Mizael sent thine Angel with a showre of dew and Nabuchodonosor ruler of the kingdome was confounded Heare me praying as thou didest heare Daniel Dan. 14. from the Lyons denne and sent Abacuc the Prophet and he brought him diner Heare me praying as thou didest heare Tobias and Sara while they Tob. 3. prayed in the entry of their house then the Angel Raphael offered for them their prayers And so heare thou my prayers and admitte my petitions to thy holy Court and presently send thy holy Angel which may blot out al my sinnes as thou didest driue the vncleane spirit from Sara the daughter of Raguel and illighten my heart as thou diâ—â—st illuminate the eyes of Tobias Heare me praying as thou didest heare Susanna Dan. 13. amonge the handes of the Elders so deliuer me froÌ„ this world because thou art the louer of a pure conscienâ—e I besech thee o Father of Maiesty who in the end of times hast taken mercy on vs sending vnto vs Iesus Christ thy Sonne our Lord God Sauiour borne of the Virgin Mary by the holy Luc. 1. Ghost And I besech thee sonne of the liuing God which hast wrought so many miracles I besech thee o sonne of the liuing God for al my sinnes coÌ„mitted Thou thy self hast made a Testament for vs. Aske and you shal Math. 7. receaue knock and it shal be opened vnto you Whatsoeuer you shal aske my Father in my name I aske it of my Father that you may receaue it I aske that I may receaue I seeke that I may finde I knocke that it may be opened vnto me I aske in thy name that thou maist aske of thy Father and it may be geuen to me I am ready for thy name to shede a sacrifice of bloud and vndergoe what torment soeuer Thou art o Lord my helper and defender defend me from mine aduersary Thy Angel of light protect me because thâ—u hast said that what beleuing yâ—u shal aske bâ— praier shal be geuen vnâ—â— you Euery man is a lyer Thou art true as thou hast promised thou hast power o Lord to geue me al thy heauenly sacrament that I may be worthy to see the face of thy Sainctes Let the spirit worke in me Thy wil be done in me because I haue freely promised al the daies of my life my selfe vnto thee which sufferedst vnder Pontius Pilate a good confession who crucified did descende and didest treade vnder foote the stinge of death Death is subdued the enemy the deuil is vanquished Thou didest arise againe appeared to thine Apostles Thou sittest at the right hande of the Father which art to come to iudge the quick and the dead Thou shalt rule deliuer me from the hand of him that seeketh my soule By thy name deliuer me froÌ„ the aduersary power that thou maist geue help to bind mine enemy because thou art a potent approuer and aduocate of the praiers and petitions of our soules Day and night make intercession for my sinnes present my praier to thy Father And thou o Lord holy Father vouchsaife to haue tespect vpon my praiers as thou didest respect the guiftes of Abel Vouchsaife to deliuer me from the euerlasting fyre and punishment and from al torment which thou hast prepared for the impious by the good blessed Iesus Christ our Sauiour by whom to thee be praise honour power glory for euer Amen Other Meditations and Praiers for Euening neare Night IF I shal geue sleepe to mine eyes Ps 131. c. vntil I finde a place for our Lord. When it was Euening c. Ioseph taking Math. 27. the body wrapt it in a cleane Sâ—ndone and laid it in his owne new monument A Meditation out of S. Iohn Climacus grad 7. 28. AT time of thy prayer stande Grad 7. tremblng nor behaue thy self otherwise then one areigned before the Iudge that both by thine inwarde and outward behauiour thou maist procure to thy self the fauour of the iust Iudge To them that pray rightly praier is Grad 28. a Court and Iudgment and Tribunal of our Lord before the Tribunal seate that is to be hereafter
Meditat. cap. 33. GLory to the Father which created vs glory to the Sonne who redemed vs glory to the holy Ghost who haith sanctified vs glory to the highest indeuided Trinity whose workes are inseperable whose rule remaineth without ende Praise becometh thee Himne becometh thee al honour is due to thee blessing and brightnesse to thee thanks geuing to thee honour to thee power and strength to our God world without end Amen Meditations prayers before meate WHen thou shalt eate and Deut. 8. shalt be fâ—lâ—ed blesse thy Lord thy God c. â— They shal eate and praâ—â—e our Lord. Is 62. Math. 14. He blessed and brake and gaue the loues to his diâ—ciples Whether you eate or drinke c. 1. Cor. 10. do al thinges to the glory of God S. Chrisost hom 79. ad popul Antioch de orat ante med IT is needful for vs both comming vnto and going from table to geue thankes to god For a man prepared to this wil neuer fal into druÌ„kennes or insolency wil neuer be broken with surfet but hauing expectatioÌ„ of prayer imposed for a brâ—dle vpon his senses wil with due modesty take of al thinges set before him and fil his soule and body with much blessing For a table taking beginning from prayer wil neuer faile but more plentifully then a fouâ—taine wil bring vs al good thinges Therefore let vs not pretermit so great a profit for it is absurd that our SeruaÌ„ts should geue thankes vnto vs and goe away with blessing if they receaue from vs any part of those thinges that be set before vs and we which enioy so many good thinges not to render so much honour to god S. Athanasius l. de virginit siue meditat EAte thy bread geuing thankes to god in this maner Blessed be god who norisheth me from my youth who geueth foode to al flesh fil our heart with ioy and gladnesse that in al thinges hauing sufficient we may abound in euery good worke in Christ Iesus our Lord with whom to thee be glory honour rule to gether with the holy Ghost world without end Amen When thou shalt sit at table and begin to breake bread signing it three tymes geue thankes in these wordes We geue thankes to thee o Father for thy holy resurrectioÌ„ by Iesus Christ whom thou hast made knowne vnto vs that as this bread was somtyme dispersed in many cornes now gathered together is made but one so thou wilt vouchsaife to gather together thy church from the endes of the world into thy kingdome because thyne is power and glory world with out end Amen S. Clem. Rom. lib. 7. Constitut Apost cap. 48. et S. Chris in cap. 16. Mat. idem hab Precat Syr. apud Seuer Patriar Alex. de eisdem GLory be to the Father and to the SoÌ„ne to the holy Ghost O Lord god graunt this thy nurishment and fulnesse and plenty vpon this Table which thou hast prepared for thy seruantes and worshipers and multiply it in thy blessinges and goodnesse which doe not passe away nor faile because thou art good merciful ouer euery creature which thy holy handes haue framed o Father and Sonne and holy Ghost world without ende Amen Aurelius Prudent Cathomer in Himn ante cibum O Good Christ Crosse bearer maker of light omnipotent holy word begotten borne of the Virgin but before mighty in thy Father before the starres earth Sea were made I besech thee with a fauourable aspect bow downe thy sauing face with a chearful countenance and shyne vpon vs that vnder the honour of thy diuine power we may receaue this foode Praiers and Thankes after meat S. Athanas lib. de virginitate supra WHen thou shalt rise from table againe geuing thankes three times thou maist say Our gentle and merciful Lord haith geuen meate to those that feare him Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost And againe after the glorification ended finish thy praiers with these wordes God omnipoteut and our Lord Iesus Christ a name that is aboue al name we geue thankes vnto thee and praise thee because thou hast vouchsaifed to make vs partakers of thy good thinges thy earthly good thinges We aske thee and cal vpon thee o Lord that thou wilt geue vs heauenly meate graunt that we reuerene and feare thy venerable and precious name that we breake not thy commaundements Place thy name iustifications in our heartes sanctify our spirit and soule by thy beloued Sonne our Lord Iesus Christ with whom to thee be glory rule world without end Amen Precat Syriac apud Seuerum Patriarch Alexand. in precat GLory be to god for his goodnesse glory to god for his blessinges glory to god who haith fed vs glory to god that haith filled vs glory to our merciful god who haith taken mercy on vs al by the intercession of the Mother of god Mary and al Sainctes world witâ—out end Amen Prudentius supr himn post cibum NOw we haue fed our bodies and receaued foode which the weakenesse of our body requireth let vs geue praise to god the Father the Father that holdeth and ruleth the Cherubim his sacred seate and his Seraphim leaning vpon his highest Throne S. Chrisostom in cap. 16. Math. GLory to thee o Lord glory to thee o holy glory to thee o King because thou hast geuen vs meate in gladnesse fil vs with the holy Ghost that we may be found without shame in thy sight when thou shalt render to euery one according to their workes Amen A priayer before receauing the B. sacrament out of S. Hierome apud Eusebium Cremon de morte Hieron sic Trithem l. de scriptor Verep l. prec et alii O Holy Iesus thou whose magnificence Euseb Cremon scholler to S. Hierom l. de morte Hieronim Tom. 4. oper S. Hieronim Basil impress An. 1565. is so great that no creature can expresse it whom the heauens sea and al thinges which are contained in their circuite cannot receaue thou at thy pleasure ruling preseruing al thinges art contained vnder so smal a portion of bread not by peeces but wholly and perfectly inseparably O vnspeakable admiratioÌ„ o nouelty of al nouelties eyes behold whytnes taist perceaueth sauour smelling sent touching findeth subtilty but hearing presenteth to the heart that those accidentes are not in thee but exist alone without subiect for thou art not bread as seemeth to humane sence but whole Iesus Christ as thou sittest god and man at the right hand of the Father in heauen Haile bread of life who deceâ—dedst from heauen geuing life to those that worthely receaue thee surely hee that worthely receaueth thee although his soule be seperated from his body by temporal death he shal not die eternally For that seperation is not death but a passage from death to life O great vnsearchable mistery The accideÌ„tes of bread are broken by peeces and yet thou remanest whole perfect Christ in euery parcâ—l as thou wast before O noble banquet in which vnder the forme of bread wine whole Christ God and man is receaued and so whole in the forme of bread and eâ—ery parcel therof and in the forme of wine and euery drop thereof as in the forme of the whole bread and wine together For al perfect and whole Christ remaineth vnder the forme of bread euery least parcel thereof the same in the forme of wine and euery drop thereof Missa Rom. D. Petro Apost asscripta And vsed in the primatiue church O Lord Iesus Christ let not the receauing of thy body which I vnworthy presume to take come to me to Iudgment and condemnation but by thy piety let it profit me for defeÌ„ce of soul body receauing cure who liuest and reignest with God the Father in vnity of the holy Ghost God world without end Amen Laus Deo