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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16925	Certaine briefe questions and answers, concerning chiefe poynts of Christian religion Gathered for the vse of the young people of the parish of S. Andrewes in Eastcheape: and may serue generally for all places. By N.A.	Allsopp, Nicholas.	1620 (1620)	STC 382.5; ESTC S116751	14,204	42

vsing of these good things which in thy prouidence thou hast ordayned for vs raise vp our affections to longe for thy foode which indureth to eternall life which Iesus hath promised to giue vs who is thy onely sonne and our onely sauiour Amen Another Grace after meate Wée magnifie thy name O Lord for all thy mercies for the comfortable refreshings which thou hast now vouchsafed vs pardon we beseech thée our great vnthankefullnes in the duties of obedience to thy blessed will saue all thy Church protect and blesse our gratious King and his Realmes the Quéene the Prince and all their royall progeny graunt passage to thy Gospell comfort to thy seruants and peace of conscience to vs all in Iesus Christ Amen Another Grace after meate As thou hast filled our bodyes O Lord with thy good creatures farre aboue our best deseruing so be pleased we pray thee to season our soules and to endue vs with all spirituall blessings in heauenly things that in all our life that yet remaynes we may be meanes of glory to thy Name of credit to thy Gospell and of much comfort to thy seruants preserue thy Church protect this whole State and the Chiefe-head thereof King Iames his Quéene his Heyre and whole posterity the Counsell the Nobles the Maiestrates the Ministers of thy word comfort the hearts of all thy seruants stablish vs all in thy truth and keepe vs for euer to thy selfe Amen Grace before meate Blessed be thou O Lord for these and for all thy gifts let thy mercy to our bodyes stirre vp thankefulnes in our soules and let our care to please thee in our liues bee a witnes of the feeling we haue of thy rich and abundant mercies towards vs be gracious to all thy people through the world forget not these Realmes nor thine annoynted our Soueraigne King the Queene the hopefull Prince and the Royall Progeny disapoynt the enemies of thy Gospell and make it to grow in despight of Sathan to the glory of thy Name and to the reioycing of the soules of all thy seruants for Iesus sake Amen Another Grace before meate Accept we pray thée most louing Father this our sacrifice of prayse which for these and all thy fauours we here offer vp vnto thy Maiesty looke vpon it in the worthynesse of thy Sonne and for his sake enable vs to a chéerefull seruing thee in singlenes of heart and in vprightnesse of conuersation all our dayes and looke mercyfully vpon the whole body of thine elect liuing vpon this earth wheresoeuer multiply thy mercyes vpon the seuerall Churches vnited vnder the gouernment of our gracious King powre out thy graces vpon him and his continue the truth of Religion to vs and our posterity enlarge the Kingdome of grace and hasten the Kingdome of glory and preserue vs by thy power thereunto through Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour Amen Grace after meate Wee returne vnto thee with the humbling of our hearts all possible thanks O gratious God for thy loue and bountie towards vs thy vnworthy seruants for electing vs for sending thy sonne to die for vs for calling vs to a liuely hope by thy precious Gospell for creating for preseruing for feeding vs at this present O stirre vs vp to giue our selues vnto thee and to consecrate our whole spirits soules and bodies to thy glory all our dayes O Lord saue thy Church our King c. A prayer before meate GRatious God and mercifull Father we pray thee for Iesus Christs sake to forgiue vs the sinnes of all our life past and present and together with the full forgiuenes thereof blesse these good creatures set before vs at this time that they may feede our bodies and blesse vs with grace so to receiue them before thee with reuerence that wee may be the better able to goe forward with our businesse in our calling to thy glory and our euerlasting comfort in our Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ A Thanksgiuing after meate WE thanke thee most mercifull Father for the good comfort and strength which thou hast giuen vs at this time by these thy good blessings of meat and drinke we pray thée in like manner comfort our poore soules with the euerlasting foode of thy word preached vnto vs that by the working of thy blessed spirit we may practise it in the whole course of our life to thy glory and our saluation in Iesus Christ our onely Lord and Sauiour Amen An other Prayer before meate MOst louing and mercifull Father who hast giuen vs our life and breath with all good blessings for our soules and bodies graunt thy good blessings to these meates and drinks now set before vs that from thee they may receiue strength to feede vs and giue vs such grace to receiue and vse them that wee may be the better able with comfort of heart to serue thee so in this life that we may haue the comfort of thy kingdome there to liue for euer by Iesus Christ our Sauiour An other Thanksgiuing after meat WE confesse our selues for euer bound vnto thee most mercifull Father for all good blessings and namely for these which now we haue so bountifully receiued to our great comfort mercifully pardon wee pray thee all our profanenes and vnthankefulnes past and present and strengthen vs for euer hereafter with greater grace to shew our selues more thankefull vnto thee and more carefull to serue thee in all true holines and righteousnes all the dayes of our life through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen An other Prayer before meate HOly Father we confesse our selues most vnworthy of our life or any other blessings which may do vs good in soule or body by reason of our sinnes which are both great and greeuous we pray thee therefore in Christ his death forgiue them all and in his obedience so receiue vs to fauour as that for his sake these good blessings may be blessed to our good vse to féede vs in our bodies and to further vs in all godlines towards heauen euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen An other Thanksgiuing WE confesse thy great goodnes towards vs most louing Father that notwithstanding all our sinnes thou hast fed vs at this time more plentifully then many thousands of our brethren who are more thankefull for any blessings receiued and a thousand times more carefull to serue thée then we be wee beseech thée call vs not to account for that which is past but strengthen vs with a rich portion of thy grace to bind our selues for euer heereafter to our better behauiour to serue thee with better thankefulnes and more carefull obedience all the daies of our life to thy glory and our euerlasting comfort in Iesus Christ our Lord. Good Lord blesse the Church preserue our Kinges maiesty defend this whole land comfort the comfortles giue good successe to thy Gospell against all the foes of thy truth forgiue vs our sinnes in Christ Iesus increase our faith graunt peace to this Church and common

wealth and to euery one of vs in our conscience we most humbly entreate thee good Lord. A Thankes giuing before dinner O Heauenly Father which art the fountaine and full treasure of all goodnes we beseech thee to shew thy mercies vpon vs thy Children and sanctifie these gifts which wee receiue of thy mercifull liberalitie graunting vs grace to vse them soberly and purely according to thy blessed will so that thereby we may acknowledge thee to bee the Authour and giuer of all good things and aboue all that wee may remember continually to seeke the spirituall foode of thy word wherewith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our Sauiour Christ who is the true bread of life which came downe from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shall liue for euer So be it Thankes after Dinner GLorie praise and honour be vnto thee most mercifull and omnipotent Father who of thine infinit goodnes hast created man to thine owne Image and similtude who also hast fed and dayly feedest of thy most bountifull hand all liuing creatures graunt vnto vs that as thou hast nourished these our mortall bodies with corporall foode so thou wouldest replenish our soules with the perfect knowledge of the liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christ to whom bee praise glory and honor for euer and euer Amen God saue the Church vniuersall GOD comfort them that be comfortlesse Lorde increase our faith O Lord for Christ thy sons sake be mercifull to all the Common wealthes where thy Gospell is truely preached and harbour graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and illuminate according to thy good pleasure all nations with the brightnesse of thy word So be it Thankesgiuing after Supper ETernall and euerlasting God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue which thou bearest to menkind hast appointed to his sustenance not only the fruites of the earth but also the Foules of the ayre and Beasts of the earth and Fishes of the Sea and hast commanded thy benefites to bee receiued as from thine hande with thankesgiuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thine Appostle that to the cleane all things are cleane as the creatures which bee sanctified by thy word and by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderately to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies being refreshed the soules may be more able to procéede in all good workes to the praise of thy holy name So be it Thankesgiuing after supper THe GOD of all power who hath called from death the great Pastor of the shéepe our Lord Iesus comfort and defend the flock which he hath redeemed by the bloud of the eternall Testament increase the number of true preachers represse the rage of obstinate tyrants mitigate and lighten the heartes of the ignorant relieue the paine of such as bée afflicted but especially of those that suffer for the testimonie of his trueth and finally confound Sathan by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen ¶ A prayer before the hearing or reading of the word or any other exercise thereof BLessed Lord God most mercifull and heauenly Father for as much as thou hast very straightly charged vs in thy holy word before all other things in this world most chiefely and carefully to séeke thy kingdome and the righteousnes thereof where onely is true happines which will last for euer Graunt vs grace that the care and loue of this world whereto our earthly minds are too much wedded being set aside we may hencefoorth most diligently study how to liue for euer in thy blessed kingdome And because we haue learned from thine owne wisdome that the sincere preaching of thy word is the playne path and beaten hye way which leadeth to the ioy of thy kingdome we beseech thée giue vs grace at all times and vpon all occasions withall reuerence and readinesse of heart to heare reade muse and study thereon that our soules may dayly grow rich and wealthy in the increase of true repentance faith holines of life meekenes patience loue and euery other sweet fruit of thy holy spirit which may prepare vs to bee alwayes ready when it shall please thee to call vs out of this life to liue most blessedly with thee for euer in thine euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ A Thankesgiuing after any exercise of the Word of God VVE thanke thee most mercifull Fafather for all good blessings whatsoeuer confessing our selues altogether vnworthy of any one of them from the first vnto the last and from the greatest vnto the smallest most chiefly we thanke thee for the great blessing and pretious iewell of thy holy Word and for the sweete comfort thou bringest to our consciences by the continuall hearing reading study excercise thereof we pray the encrease our zeale and loue therevnto euery day more and more that the power thereof may fo worke in euery one of our soules that we may dayly prosper and thriue in all the wayes of Godlines to thy glory and our euerlasting comfort in thy kingdome by Iesus Christ our Lord and Sauiour ¶ A prayer for the Euening BLesse Lord God most mercifull and heauenly Father all we thy seruants whome thou hast ioyned together in this houshold do altogether confesse thy maruellous great mercy which thou hast shewed to euery one of vs all the dayes of our life and by name this day which now is at an end Wee all thanke thee from the very ground and bottome of our heartes that thou hast preserued vs from all the dangers of our bodies and from euery iudgement of our soules We thanke thée that euery way thou hast dealt so kindly and mercifully with vs shewing thy selfe a most tender father as well in the blessings of this present life as also in the most excellent graces of a farre better life Thou hast prouided for vs according to our calling whatsoeuer thou in wisedome knowest needfull for our bodely maintenance As for our soules thy loue hath appeared most wonderfull because thou hast not suffered vs to runne headlong to hell in blindnes ignorance with many thousands whom thou hast in thy fearefull yet most iust iudgement appointed vnto condemnation but hast by the blessed preaching of thy word which thou hast brought among'st vs shewed vs the way how to escape euerlasting vengeance and to liue for euer in thy kingdome To this purpose thou hast prolonged euery one of our liues vnto this present houre and this day blessed vs with health strength of our bodies to walke in our calling so that we haue with good successe happely ended the busines of this day and therefore now this night we may betake our selues to comfortable rest whereby we may with better courage and strength returne againe to our busines the next day following For these and all other mercies whatsoeuer we most humbly thanke thée praying thée most humbly to forgiue and forget the sinnes of this day and of all our life past howsoeuer we