God that I may retourne to thee and walke in all thy wayes for I haue wandred ouerlong in the waye of sinners Make a perpetuall league and couenant with me that thou wilt put thy feare into my heart y t I neuer swarue from thée againe No man may so hide himselfe from thee but that thou mayste see him who doest fulfill both heauen and earth Neuerthelesse I wyll speake vnto thee and wil not holde my peace so long as the breath is in my mouthe but styll shall call on thee for thy mercy Nothing is able to resist thy power thy mercy is aboue all thy workes and thou art gracious and merciful to them which diligently obserue and kepe thy lawes O Lorde my Prayers be euer vnto thee let thine anger be tourned froÌ„ me that I maye fynde fauour in thy sight O Lorde looke thou not vppon the hardnesse of my heart but like as thou hast many times shewed mercy so now be mercifull and forgiue that I haue offended thee O Lorde my God which tenderly louest mankinde and arte a most rightfull Iudge spare me I beseche thee and shew on me y e abundance of thy mercye Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the bigin c. The Versicle Turne not thine eyes from me O Lorde The Aunswere But teache me to doe that is pleasaunt in thy sight The Collect. O Mercifull God which by thy sonne Christ hast taught vs to call on thee in our necessitye giue me grace I beseche thee to acknowledge mine own infirmitie and weakenesse that I depending on thy merciful goodnesse may with a strong and stedfast fayth continuallye call on thee wyth a true repentant heart for thy grace mercie and pardon that after thys corruptible lyfe I maye beholde thee in thy euerlasting glorye where thou raignest God euerlasting Amen The Prayer O Lorde our God thou that broughtest thy people oute of the lande of Egipt with a mighty hande with tokens and wonders wyth thy great power and stretched out arme Before thee O Lorde my God haue I synned wyth my forefathers haue done wickedly behauing my selfe vngodly in all thy righteousnesse Turne thy wrathe from me O Lorde and heare my Prayers and Peticions for thine owne sake and bring me home againe which long haue bene astraye that they that hate thy name maye knowe that thou arte the Lorde my GOD and that I haue called on thy name O Lorde looke downe vpon me thy poore creature encline thine eare and heare mee for the dead y t be gone downe to their graues and whose soules are oute of their bodyes ascribe vnto thee O Lorde neyther prayse nor righteous making but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of hir sinnes which goeth on heauilye and weakely whose eyes begin to fayle yea suche a soule O Lorde ascribeth prayse and righteousnesse vnto thee I therefore O Heauenly Father require mercy in thy sight not for any goodnesse that is in me but for the merites of thy deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake to whome wyth thee and the holye Ghost be laude and prayse for euermore Amen ¶ The seauenth Psalme for the obtayning of Godly Wisedome PReserue me O God for in thée doe I trust let thy Wisedome rule and guide my thoughtes that they may alwayes prayse thee Put thy worde in my mouthe and fasten thy wysedome in my heart that other also may be conuerted vnto thee Plucke mee from mine heynous offences and heale my soule which hath offended O God that I maye be free from the gylt of my transgression Quicken me O Lorde as thou art wont to doe thy chosen and let thy hand direct my wayes that I may walke in thy statutes Quicken me that I maye liue and kepe thy wordes that my soule maye prayse thee and that thy iudgementes may helpe me Quicken me also wyth thy louing kindenesse and so shall I keepe the testimonies of thy mouth Remember me O Lorde for thy goodnesse sake and for the great loue that thou bearest towardes me Remember that thou haste made me of the earth and that I shall returne into the dust of Death Remoue me therefore good Lorde from the way of sinners strengthen me with the power of thy right hand Shew me the wayes O Lorde and sende forth the hote flames of thy loue to burne and consume the fantasies of my mynde Satisfye me with thy mercy that sone so shall I be glad and reioyce in thee all the dayes of my lyfe Shewe now good Lorde and declare thy goodnesse vnto me sende downe from Heauen the spirite of thy Wisedome and replenishe my heart wyth knowledge thereof Thou fulfillest the desires of them that feare thee and hearest the Prayers of them that call on thee wyth their whole heart Thou leadest straight in thy iudgements them that be mylde and tractable and teachest them that be meeke thy wordes and Testimonies Thou holdest vp all them which else should fall and all that are fallen thou lyftest vp agayne Up Lorde and helpe thy seruaunt thou art my hope and refuge thou arte my strong holde and castle for thy names sake leade and guide me Uerelye if thou shewe me thy goodnesse and manifolde mercies I shall florishe as the Oliue tree that bringeth forth fruite in due season Uerely my soule hath speciall respect vnto thee O Lord for that my health my strength and my glorye commeth from thee Which hast saued my lyfe from destruction and shewed me thy grace and mercye Which haste satisfied my desyre wyth good things and shalte once restore to me my youth againe Wherefore to thee most louing Lord and for these thy mercies I offer to thee the Sacrifice of laude and prayse Giuing thee thankes nowe and euermore world without ende Amen Lorde haue mercy vpon mee Christ haue mercy vpon mee Lorde haue mercy vpon mee OUr Father whiche arte in Heauen halowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll be done in earth as it is in Heauen Giue vs this daye our daylye breade And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgeue theÌ„ that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliuer vs froÌ„ euill For thine is the kingdome the power and the glory foreuer and euer Amen The Uersicle Destroye mee not O Lorde for my Sinnes The Aunswere Neyther reserue eternall punishement for them The Prayer MOst righteous God for thy great mercies sake hearken to these my humble Prayers which I make before thee consider mercifull Lorde the desire and thought of my heart Let my loude cryings come vnto thee and let my vnfayned Prayers entre into thine eares Heart mee O Lorde for I am destitute of thy helpe Take care for my soule saue me thy Seruaunt whych wholy must in thee Haue mercye O Lorde haue mercy vpon mee for I wyll neuer reaâ—â—â— crying to thee for thy help mercye In the daye time I will call on thee and in the night my crye shall not be hydde from
their malice confounde their deuises wherewith they lyft vp themselues against Christ Iesus thy Sonne our Lorde We be not able of our selues to stand against their assaultes except thy vndeserued grace and mighty arme defende and deliuer vs. Performe therefore thy promises made to Iacob thy Seruaunt and stop the mouthes of thy cursed Enimies Call to repētance thy seely sheepe and forgiue all those that wilfully obstinately rebell not against thy holye Worde Looke also we beseche thee vpon thy poore dispersed which for thy truth sake are compelled to wander frō place to place and ridde them oute of their daily greuances that we may all with one voice and vpright heart and pleasant countenance extolle and magnifie thy holy name Amen An other Psalme for the Church vnder the borowed speache or name of a Uineyarde HEare O thou Shepeherde of Israell thou that leadest Iacob lyke a flocke of sheepe howe long wylte thou be angrye ouer the Prayers of thy people In Egipt thou haddest a Uineyard which thou broughtest among the Heathen thou plantedst it there and it tooke roote so that the whole lande was couered withall Lo the hilles were couered with the shaddowe of it and so were the strong Cedre trees wyth the bowes therof Maruellous was the increase of it after it had taken roote and so was the name of it among all nations Neuerthelesse thou haste suffred the hedge thereof to be broken downe so that the wylde Bore oute of the wood hath rowted it vp and the beasts of the fielde haue deuoured y e Grapes therof O Lorde thou God of hostes let them perishe in thy wrathe that thus haue destroyed and layde waste this thy pleasant vine whose braunches spreade from see to see Preuent we beseeche the O Lorde the malicious enimies of this thy vine and so shall wee wyth voyce and heart laude and praise thy holy name Amen The Uersicle Turne thee O God looke downe from Heauen The Aunswere And beholde the Uineyarde whiche thy right hande hath planted The Prayer A Rise O Lorde looke on thy vineyarde that it be not deuoured of the wicked haters thereof Let thine enimies be scattered the righteous O Lorde make thou pleasant and mery let them blow abrode thy Magnificence let them sing prayses pleasant songes vnto thee let them most highly aduance thy Maiestye let thy glory grow let the Kingdome of Christ from Heauen among the chosen be enlarged be thou O Holy Father the Protector of them namely whom the world forsaketh and pursueth for Christes sake Howe drye O Lorde is the flock of thine heritage poure downe largely we praye thee therfore the showers of thy grace that the Churche thy Spouse may deale large spoiles of the conquered Sathan In thy house O Lorde let vs dwell in peace concorde giue vs all one heart one minde and one true interpretation of thy worde that al that beleue in thee by Christ our Lorde might lifte thee vp w t praises And giue to thy people cunning and power to withstande sinne and to obey thy worde in al things Graunt it so to be most mercifull Lorde for thy Sonne Iesus Christes sake Amen Here followeth certaine Prayers very profytable to be exercised ¶ A Prayer to God the Father for the obtayning of mercy for his Sonne Christes sake O Holy Father remember not the offences of my youth but thinke vpon thy great mercies and couenant made vnto mee in Christ Iesus thy Sonne my only Aduocate and Mediator He it is O holy Father whom thou diddest sende to be the obtainer of mercye for my sinnes Hee was made weake to make me strong Hee was wounded for mine offences He gaue his body to be beaten and his Cheekes to be stricken He turned not away hys face from them that scorned him spyt vpon him He gaue himself to death for them which were offenders Thorowe hys loue and mercye he hath redemed them that were loste and by his bloudsheading on the Crosse he hath pacifyed all things in Heauen and in Earth Behold holy Father therfore who it is that thus hath suffered and forgiue the sinne of him that is redeemed O Heauenly Father for thys thy Sonne Iesus Christes sake write in my heart loue to thy lawe and hate to all sinne y t I may be worthy thorow the merites of his death and passion to dwell wyth him and thee euerlastingly to whome with thee and the Holy ghost be all honor prayse and glory Amen ¶ A Prayer for the obtayning of a good Lyfe O Heauenly Father God Almightye maker of Heauen and Earth and all things contayned in them I beseche thee that thou wilt vouchsafe of thy goodnesse to directe sanctifye and keepe my heart and bodye my senses my doings my talke and cōmunication in thy holy lawes and in the workes of thy Commaundements and that thy holy Angell may be with mee to direct my feete into the way of peace truthe and health that I maye deserue to be whole safe and free in thee and by thee bothe here and in the worlde to come Thou y t art the Sauiour of the worlde and king of glory heare me saue mee which liuest and raignest God in perfect vnitie worlde wythout ende Amen A Prayer to the Father wherein we desire to doe those thyngs that may please him O Heauenly Father haue thou pitie and compassion vppon the weakenesse of me thy vnworthy Childe be thou prest and redy O holy Father to helpe me alwayes shewing thy mercye vppon mee and prosper thou me in whatsoeuer I Godly go aboute so that thou giuing me lyght I may see what things are to be accepted before thee and thou encoraging me I may haue an earnest desire to doe the same and thou being my guide I may come where to obtayne them for I hauing nothing but mistrust in my selfe doe yelde and commit my selfe full and wholye vnto thee alone which workest all things in all creatures to thy honor and glory Amen ¶ A Prayer to Christ the Sonne of God O Bountifull Iesu O sweete Sauiour O Christ the Sonne of God haue pitie vppon mee mercifullye heare me and despise not my Prayers Thou hast created me of nothing thou hast redemed me from the bondage of sinne death and Hel neither with gold nor syluer but wyth thy precious bloud which thou offeredst vpō the Crosse for all mankinde Caste me not awaye O Lorde whome thou by thy great wysedome hast made nor let y e wickednesse of my youth destroy y t which thy goodnesse hath builded Whilest I am here O Iesu haue thou mercy on mee and whilest I haue tyme giue me thy grace to repent Looke vpon mee O Lorde wyth thy mercifull eyes as thou diddest vouchsafe to looke vpon Peter thine Apostle that after his example I may bewayle my sinnefull lyfe that obtayning thy fauoure I may dye therein I acknowledge that of my selfe I haue deserued euerlasting death but yet I appeale to the highe throne
my Sauiour and my Christ for thy names sake Amen After the Communion fay thus O Lorde Iesu Christ which hast vouched safe Spirituallye to giue vnto mee in these holy mysteries thy bodye and bloud mortifye whatsoeuer is euil in mee and garnishe mee wyth thy merites and vertues that thou mayst delyte to abide and dwel in mee Renue my spirite my soule and my body with thy excellent grace that I may be made lyke vnto thy holy humanitie frame me after thine owne hearts desyre knit me vnto thee moste neerely that I maye be chaunged altogither into thee And graunt that I may doe nothing speake nothing nor desire nothing but that which maye be acceptable vnto thee which arte my God my Sauiour and Redemer to whome with the Father holy Ghost be all honor and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ The fift Psalme for the Remission of Sinnes ALmighty God Lorde of Lordes great and dreadfull is thy name which by thy Worde haste made Heauen and Earth and all things contayned in them All things be vnder thy dominion and rule both man and beast and all other liuing creatures and thou haste mercy on whome thou wylte and haste compassion on whome it pleaseth thee Against thee holye Father against thee haue I sinned done euill I haue bene an offender euen from my cradell and since I sucked my Mothers brests I haue not seased to do euill But what am I Lorde that I dare speake to thee I am thy poore creature and a worme most abiect Beholde Lorde I haue nought and of my selfe I am nought thou art onely good righteous and holye thou orderest all things thou giuest all things thou fulfillest all things with goodnesse Beholde I am thine O righteous Father and one of them whome thy onely deare Sonne hath redemed and of thee which arte iudge of all men I aske mercye Cast not away O Lorde a contrite and penitent heart humbly calling vpon thee but turne the eyes of thy mercy towardes me and forgiue me the sinnes of my youth Cast not thy dartes at me nor laye not thy heauy hande vpō me O Lord for I haue borne thine anger a longe while and of the Cuppe of thy displeasure haue I dronke very deepe Cast me not away from thy presence neither take thou thy holye spirite from mee but giue me the comforte of thy helpe and stablishe me in thy truthe Destroye mee not O mercifull Father bicause of mine iniquitie but be thou mercifull vnto mee for thy Sonne Iesus Christes sake Destroye me not vtterlye nor leaue me in my sinnes for thou art a God full of mercye and verye gratious to them which trust in thee Dailye sorrowe ouercommeth mee and sadnesse possesseth my heart I looke for a time of health but my griefe continueth still Enter not Lorde into iudgement wyth thy Seruaunt for if thou accuse me I shall neuer be quite and if thou marke my sinne and iniquitie no man shall deliuer me Excepte thou helpe me of thy goodnesse and mercye howe maye I which haue offended thee be raysed vp from my sinnes Euen of thee therefore O holy Father which arte the God of mercye I wretched sinner doe aske mercy and for the glorye of thy name be no longer angrye wyth mee For as thou arte God so arte thou gratious and mercifull and pacientlye sufferest sinners and wouldest that no man shoulde perishe but that all men should turne to penaunce For albeit y t no man is able to beare the punnishment which thou dost threaten against Sinners yet thy mercye which thou haste promised is great and vnsearcheable Forgiue for thy name sake O Lord Almightye all my sinnes and put oute of thy sight all mine offences Giue me a newe heart and take frō me al wicked desires that I may euermore knowe what thing is acceptable in thy sight Giue light O Lorde to mine eyes that I sleepe not in death and then my sinnes shall not preuayle against me Graunt me holye Father y t I may euer desire and wyll that which is most pleasaunt and acceptable in thy sight and that I haue no desire to will or not to wyll but as thou wilt Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the begin c. The Uersicle Cut Lorde my sacke of sorow in peeces The Aunswere And clothe me with gladnesse The Prayer ALmighty and most mercifull Father I wretched sinner moste humbly beseeche thee that thou of thy goodnesse wylte not remember the offences of my youthe but that according to the greatnesse of thy mercye thou wylt turne fro mee the payne that I haue iustlye deserued for synne and that by thy grace I maye while I am in thys vale of miserye euermore be renued in the spirite of my mynde that a pure lyfe maye alwayes appeare in me Amen ¶ The sixt Psalme wherein he desireth to be hearde of God HOw long O Lord shall my minde be troubled wyth paynefull sorrowes and heauye thoughtes howe long shall carefull cares torment my heart How long O God wylt thou reiect my prayers which dailye I poure out before thee wylt thou Lorde heare mee at no time or wilt thou now ceasse to shew mercy Haste thou O Lorde cast me awaye for euer or wylte thou neuer hereafter be pleased wyth mee Thy hande is not weakened but it maye helpe and thine rares be not stopped that they refuse to heare I beseche thee O righteous father for Iesus Christes sake that y e sighings and inwarde desires of my heart maye moue and encline thee to heare mee I haue ben an vntrue and frowarde childe to thee I haue not feared thee nor shewed due reuerence vnto thee but haue bene euer disobedient stubbourne against thee I am in prison and bound in fetters of sorrowe tyll thou with thy gratyous presence vouchsafe to visite me bring me againe to liberty and ioye Keepe thy mercy therefore for me alwayes O Lorde and the couenaunte which thou haste made with me let it be surely perfourmed Kepe me Lord frō sinne and I shall then dread neyther death nor Hell and as thou alwayes hast bene mercifull to penitent sinners so nowe good Lorde forgiue my sinnes Kepe my heart in thee and then shall I reioyce in thy mercy for that thou hast looked on me and hast regarded my soule in my great distresse Let me neuer hereafter goe awaye from thy wayes nor leaue me not now in the depenesse of my troubles Loe nowe be the dayes of health and grace nowe is the accepted time for in death who shall remēber thee O Lord or in Hell who shall prayse thee Lorde beholde therefore my weakenesse and fraylenesse best knowen vnto thee and looke downe from Heauen vppon the sorowe and heauinesse of me thy poore creature My lyfe is as it were in the middest of fierce Lions whose teeth are like vnto speares and the sharpenesse of them lyke vnto the sting of Scorpions Mollifie my hearte O Lorde
thys is certayne that all they which truste in thee shall not bee confounded Breake not therefore good Lorde the couenant that thou hast made wyth thy Seruaunt and chaunge not that which hath yssued out of thy mouth Cause that thy holye Aungell may direct and guide me that my soule may truste in thee for thou arte the fountayne of Lyfe and my recreation in aduersytie Deliuer mee from the snares of the hunters and from the perilles of my persecuters and make a shaddowe ▪ for mee vnder thy shoulders and I shall be harmelesse Euyl men are risen vp agaynste me yet thy truth shall be my shield buckler and therefore if my enimies come agaynste me I will not flye nor turne my backe For who is he that hath trusted in thee and is confounded or who hathe called vpon thee and thou haste despised him Go not from me O Lord for like as the Hart when he is chased coueteth to the riuers of water euen so my soule desireth to be with thee Howe great pleasures hast thou O Lorde prepared for me in heauen that I shuld delight in no earthly thing but in thee I will therefore acknowledge that I haue all my strength of thee for thou art my hope my protection my God and my Sauiour Keepe mee O Lorde for in thee my health and glorye doth consist thou arte my comfort my strength and helper in whome I doe trust Let all them O Lorde reioyce and be glad which seeke thee and let them whiche loue to haue Saluation of thee say Magnified be the Lorde for euer Glory be to the father c. The Versycle O Lorde heare my Prayer The Aunswere And let my cry come vnto thee The Prayer O Most gratious moste wise guide my Sauyour Christe which doest leade all them that truely and vnfaynedly truste in thee the righte way to immortall blessednesse Graunt mee that like as I am weake and feable so I maye take and repute my selfe that I presume not as of my selfe to see my selfe but so farre to see that I maye alwayes trusting in thee haue thee before my eyes to follow thee being my guid to be ready at thy call moste obediently to accompt my selfe wholly vnto thee that thou which only knowest the way mayst leade me in the same waye to thy heauenly ioyes where thou raygnest God euerlastingly Amen ¶ The fourth Psalme of Mercy To be said before the receyuing of the Communion ¶ O Mercifull Iesu HAue mercy vpon me accordinge to thy great mercye and according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away all mine offences O Sweete Iesu I Haue sinned agaynst thee and done euill in thy sight that thou mayst be iustified in thy saying and mayst ouercome when thou art iudged O Christ the Sonne of God LOoke on mee with y e eyes of thy mercy the vnknowne things of thy wisedome haste thou reuealed vnto mee if thou therefore sprinckle me with ysope I shall be cleansed if thou wash mee I shall be whiter than Snowe O my Sauiour MAke thou a pure hearte in mee and looke no more on my synnes but after thy mercy and great goodnesse put out of thy sight all mine offences O my Redemer NO man can helpe mee but thou cast me not therefore from thy presence ▪ and thy holy Spirite take not from me O my Maker OUt of the bowels of thy mercy giue me comfort and thy helpe so shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked that they may conuert vnto thee O King of Kings PUt from mee Bloudgyltynesse thou that arte the hope of my health and my tong shall speake of thy ryghteousnesse O Iesu QUenche the desire of Synne in mee and open my lippes that my mouth may set forthe the worthy prayse of thy name O maruellous Creator REmember thou desyrest not the Sacryfice of Calues nor delightest in whole burnt Offrings yet haste thou pleasure in a lowly Spirite and a contrite and humble heart doest thou not despise O Holy of Holiest SEnde downe thy fauourable beneuolence vpon Sion thy holye habitation and builde vp the walles and pyllers thereof then shall the acceptable sacrifice of righteousnesse be layde vpon thine altare O Holy Father PRaise be to thee and to the Sonne and holye ghost as it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe worlde without ende Amen The versicle O Lord Iesu haue mercye The Aunswere Which came downe suffred for mee The Collect. O Sorde Iesus Christ Sonne of the liuing God set thy holye Passion Crosse and death betweene thy iudgement and my soule both nowe at the houre of death And moreouer vouchsafe to graunt vnto y e liuing mercye and grace that after thys lyfe they may haue rest quietnesse in thee And to thy whole Church graunt peace and concorde that all the members thereof may liue ioy in thee for euer which liuest and raignest with the Father and holy Ghost worlde without ende Amen The Prayer O Lorde Iesus Christ the onely stay and defence of my mortall state my onely hope my onely saluation my victorye my glorye and my triumphe who in the fleshe which thou haddest for my onely cause taken vppon thee didst suffer thy selfe to be tempted of Sathan and who onely and alone diddest vtterly ouercome and vanquish sinne death the worlde the Diuel and all the kingdome of Hell And whatsoeuer thou haste so ouercome for my behouse it is thou y t haste ouercomed it alone Giue me therefore I besech thee O Lion most victorious of y e tribe of Iuda strength against the deceitfull waiting of the most subtil Serpent which dailye seketh to deuour my soule Thou beyng a Lambe as whyte as Snowe the vanquisher of Sathans tyranny gyue vnto mee thy lyttle one the strength and vertue of thy Spirite that being of my selfe weake and feable but in thee strong and valiaunt I may withstande and ouercome all assaultes of temptation so that my ghostly Enimie the Diuel may not glory ouer me but being a cōquerour thorow thee ▪ I may giue thankes to thy mercy which neuer leaueste him destitute that putteth his truste in thee who liuest and raignest God for euer without ende Amen When thou shalt receyue the Communion say thus O Lord and Sauiour Iesu Christ who in thy laste Supper wyth thine Apostles didst giue vnto them in a Sacrament thine owne body and Bloud to be the foode of their soules Graunte mee I beseech thee euer stedfastly to beleeue and kindelye to acknowledge thy Infinite and Almighty power and thine incomprehensible loue towarde mee and that I may alwayes worthily receyue the same blessed Sacrament and memoriall of thy death according to thy holye ordinaunce that it may worke in mee increase of all Godlinesse in vnity of spirite with thee oure head and by thee and thy spirite with al the company of them y t be truely thine which be thy spirituall and mysticall bodye and my spirituall and Christen brethren Heare mee
of thy mercye not doubting but that thou wylte haue mercy on mee Thou hast O Lorde Iesu giuen thy selfe an acceptable Sacrifice to thy Father to appease hys wrath and to bring al sinners truely repenting vnto hys fauour Accept mee therefore sweete Iesus truly repēting my sinnes ▪ among the number of them which shall be saued and that I may leade a Godly and innocent lyfe so that after thys lyfe I may attayne lyfe euerlasting thorow the merits of thy death Passion Amen ¶ A Prayer to Christ our Sauiour O My Sauiour Christ Iesu which diddest saye I will not the death of a synner but that he liue and conuerte Vouchsafe I beseeche thee to looke vppon me moste wretched synner with those mercifull eyes wyth which thou once diddest beholde and looke vpon Peter bytterly weeping in the court of Pilate wherewith also thou diddest looke vppon Mary Magdalene the penitente at the feast of Simon lykewyse vppon the Theefe hanging on the crosse and cause me thorowe thy greate goodnesse that I maye worthylye bewayle my synnes and weepe wyth Peter and with Mary to loue thee wyth a pure and perfecte loue and with the Theefe that I may beholde and see thee which wyth God the Father and the holy Ghost raygneste GOD worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ A Prayer to Christ our daily to be saide O Mercyfull Lorde Iesu I beseeche thee to bee mercifull vnto mee a wretched synner as for all my iniquitie and my negligences and all my immortifications I put them all into thy most precious woundes O Lorde putte awaye all my sinnes washe mee cleane wyth thy precious bloud sanctify me with thy bitter passion and death clense me perfectly restore againe vnto me the innocency which thou O Lord gauest me in baptisme that I may truly please thee I worship and lande and glorifye thee I prayse and giue thankes vnto thee my Lorde Iesu Christe for all thy mercies and benefits which y u dayly bestowest on me I thank thee O sonne of the liuing God which for y e exceding great charity that thou diddest beare toward me haste vouchsaued to be made man Thou wouldest for my sake be borne in a stable and as an Infante be wrapped in clothes to be swadled and layde in a manger to be fedde wyth the lyttle mylke of the Mayden and Virgin thy blessed Mother Thou diddest for my sake suffer needynesse and pouertie and many other agonies dyddest thou suffer O Lorde for my sake as to be apprehended and taken shamefully and to be bounde vnworthily and to be condemned vniustlye thus wyth innumerable sorrowes wast thou brought to y ◠shamefull death of the Crosse wherevpon for my sake thou diddest shead thy most precious bloud Graunt me therefore moste mercifull Christ alway to acknowledge thy great loue and kindenesse towarde me which hast suffred for mee that I may after thys lyfe liue wyth thee euerlastingly Amen ¶ A Prayer to the blessed Trinitie O Holy blessed and glorious Trinitie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost three persons and one God haue mercy vppon me Lorde omnipotent and euerlasting God without beginning or ending whom we doe confesse one in Trinitie and thre in vnitie I prayse thee I worship thee I glorifie thee and giue thankes vnto thee for thy mercifull goodnesse and clemencye whiche wouldest that I being in the darkenesse of all error and ignoraunce shoulde be made partaker of thy grace mercy I beseche thee also moste blessed and glorious Trinitie bring to passe the woorke of thy mercifull goodnesse begonne in mee and leade me in all pietie and Godlinesse and cause me alwayes to thinke speake and doe those things which shall be acceptable in thy syght y t after this lyfe I may haue the fruition of thy deitie which liuest and raignest God in perfect vnitie world w tout end ¶ A Prayer vpon the Peticions of the Lordes Prayer O Almighty and Eternall God whiche vouchsauest that we as it were thy heauenly children should euery one of vs call thee oure Heauenlye Father graunte that among vs by purenesse example of liuing thy most holy name may be sanctified that all other nacions beholding our vertuous deedes that thou workest in vs may be stirred to blesse and gloryfie thee Graunt O Lorde that the Kingdome of thy grace and mercy may raigne continually in our heartes so that we may be partakers of the Realme of thy glory and Maiestie Graunt that vnto the very death wee refuse not to followe thy Diuine will and that we according to the example of the Celestial Citizens agreeing together quietly vnited in spirite al controuersie in opinions layde aparte the lusts of the flesh being subdued and all flattering assaults of the worlde and the Diuel ouercome neuer wrastle against thy most holy wyll Graunt O Lord for our body needefull sustenaunce that we may the more freely serue thee Giue vs we besech thee O mercifull Father that Heauenlye bread the body of thy sonne Iesu Christ the very foode and health of our soules Giue vs the breade of thy Diuine preceptes that we may truely walke and liue in them Giue vs the breade of thy heauenly word which is the strong fortresse sure defence of our soules that we being well fed and fylled wyth thys foode maye worthyly come to the celestiall feast where as is no hunger Graunt O Lorde that we paciently beare and suffer our Enimies and suche as hurte vs and wyllingly forgiue the offences committed agaynste vs that so we may fynde thee O Lorde mylde and mercifull in forgiuing vs oure trespasses Graunt O Lorde that we be not vtterly led into temptation that thereby we should be loste but in all perilles of temptation and in the middste of the stormy tempestes of tribulations let vs thy children perceyue and feele thy Fatherly succoure readye to helpe vs least that we ouercome wyth the naughtye craftes and deceytes of the tempters shoulde be drawen into euerlasting destruction but when we be well assayd approued and pourged wyth the fyre of temptation then let vs finishe oure course and so well and valiantly fyght that wee maye for euermore lyue wyth thee in that heauenly Citie where and agaynst the which no manner of temptation can preuayle Finally graunt most mercifull Father that we thorow thy benigne goodnesse may be deliuered from all euilles present and to come bothe of body and soule and that at the last the yoke of the fowle fiende being shaken of wee may possesse the herytage of thy Heauenlye Kingdome which thy Sonne wyth hys precious bloud bought for vs thy Children and there for euer to haue fruition of Celestiall delectations accompanied wyth Angels and blessed Saincts thorowe the help benignity and grace of our Sauior Iesus Christ to whome and to thee our Father the holy Ghost be glory and honor now and euer Amen ¶ A comfortable Meditation of the reconcilation and atonement made by Christ to God the Father OAlmighty God