neuer at all otherwise enclined that then you woulde vouchsafe to take this booke in hand and turning to any title whatsoeuerâ— may serue your tourne to apply the prayer folowing vnto your present purpose But perchaunce you will say that there are alredy extantâ— diuers sundry bookes of prayers which haue bene set fourth by men of greater vnderstaÌ„ding riper iudgement then I and therfore it was a needeles and superfluous trauaile to wade any furthar in that matter Indede Madame I graunt that ther are many praier bokes published but yet I am of this opinion that if there were ten tymes as many yet there were not to many For the common prouerbe is Bâ—num quo â—â—oÌ„munius eo melius The more common a good thinge is the better it is And therefore will I hardly be perswaded that my laboure could anye way haue bene better employed then in suche causes as concerne the aduauncement of Gods glory and the propagation of vertue VVell such as it is I haue presumed to offer vnto your honoures iâ—dgement with assured hope that you will deeme of it as your noble nature hath ben alwaies enclined to iudge of them that attempt the like enterprises that you will accept it as a sure tokeÌ„ and testimonie of his loyall affection and readie dutie that would thinke himselfe happie to bee accoumpted but as the least in the number of those that woulde be allwayes at your Ladiships commaundement Thomas Achelley Morning Prayer O Almighty and moste mercifull Father who of thine vnspeakeable loue and pitie toward the disobediente and loste children of Adam when wee were caried awaye thorough sinne and ignoraunce to damnation folowing Sathan after the blind and vnbrideled lusts of the fleshe diddest reconcile vs to thee by grace and adopcion in Christ Iesus the righteous and immaculate Lambe by faith and sure confidence grounded on the merites of his death whereby we are redeemed from the eternall prison of death and damnation haue mercy vpon vs mosâ—e mercifull louing Father so quicken our dul and heauy mindes by the inspiration of thy holy spirite that we maye shake of this dead sleepe continualy watch in thee abandoning the worckes of darcknes and walking in the worckes of light whereby we may be worthy to walk in this holy vocation where vnto thou haste called vs and with thine elected sainctes to sing prayses vnto thee and at all seasons times to glorify thy holy name And among all other benefites which thou of thy free mercy doste dayly and hourely most aboundantly bestow vpon vs we yeeld thée mortall thankes for that thou haste vouchsaâ—ed to presâ—rue vs both this night and all the time and dayes of our life vnder the shadowe and protection of thy winges keeping our eyes waking in thée without any idle dreames or phantasies that might disturbe our mindes from the meditation of thy grace and haste safely brought me to the beginning of this daye from the drousy graue of my bed which manifestly resembleth in lying downe my death and in rysing vp a manifest tipe and figure of my resurrection Therfore sith thou of thy mercy haste raysed me vp from this earthly reast wherein my mortall body and corrupt nature hath ben partly recreated from the laboures trauayles which I dayly sustayne in this terestrial pilgrimage vouchâ—aâ—e also I beséech thee to direct me with thy holy spirite both this day and euer that all my doinges maye tend to thy glory and to the commoditie of my neighbouâ— And graunt most merciful Father that the residue of my whole life froÌ„ heÌ„ceforth may he gided happly vnder thy tuition whereby all maner of darkenes misbeliefe infidelitie carnall lustes and affections may be vtterly chased driuen out of my hart and that I may be iustified saued both body and soule through a right and perfect fayth in Christ Iesu and so walke in the light of thy most holy word coÌ„maundements all the dayes of this my fraile and transitory being Arme vs with thy grace most mercifull father and strengtheÌ„ vs by thine assistaunce to vanquishe the power of the sinfull flesh and Sathan that hauing victory in the end we may ioyfully triumphe in thy saluation that art the God of our strength and might Endue our blynde hartes with thy heauenly spirite that being strong in fayth although â—éeble in the flesh we may so rule the bridle of our course both now and euer from henceforth that we sleepe not in sinne as the vnbeleuers doo which haue no hope of resurrection in Christ Iesu but folowing the motion of their owne common sence are so linked and tyed to the ground that their grosse capacitie is not of force to loke vp and to be holde the brightnes of thy diuinitie which art God from the beginning for euerlasting world without ende To whome with the sonne the holy Ghost be al honor and glory for euer euer Amen A Prayer for Euening O Almighty and moste mercifull Father maker of heauen and earth with all that is therein whose works are insercheable whose mercy is inâ—â—nite whose power is aboue the Cloudes of heauen we beséech thee of thy accustomed fatherly piety and pittie that thou wilte vouchsafe to be our watche man this night and euer to gard vs from all our enemies both bodily or ghostly that endeuour to disturb the externall rest of our body or to assalt the infernall Closet of our Conscience with any sinful suggestions or deuilish deuises of Sathan our mortall foe and deadly aduersary We acknolege and confesse moste mercifull Father that of our selues we are not worthy to lifte vp our eyes towarde heauen much lesse to presume in presenting oureselues before thy deuine maiestie with confidence that thou wilte heare our prayers or incline to our petitions if we call to remembraunce the vnworthines of our own merites and desertes for we are nothing else but a lumpe of sinne conceaued and borne in iniquity folowing the right path of our naturall imbecilitie and weakenes in Adam euer more prone and apt to folowe the filthy appetite of our own desire like vnbrideled Colts and reiecting the holsome discipline and instructions of thy most holy wil and commaundements Our own consciences accuse vs and our own sinz beare witnes against vs that we are nothing else but miserable wretches subiect to corrupcion clothed with iniquity and not of our selues able to thinck as muche as one good thought so that wée are not able to abide the extremitie of thy straighte iudgement knowing that by the worckes of the flesh we are condemned to deth yet quickned in the spirite and iustified by grace in Christ iesu Wee knowe most merciful Father that thou art a righteous Iudge such a one as visiteth the sinz of the Fathers vpon the Children to the thirde and fourth generation and doest not Iustify the synners and them that walk in the waye of iniquitie but punishest the falts of al such
that I may returne with as good and perfect helth both of bodie and soule as I take my iourney so will I prayse thée in the congregation of the righteous with a Psalme of thankes geuing to thy name for euer and euer Amen A prayer to be sayde when ye make a voyage by sea O Almightie Lorde and most mercifull Father maker of al thinges who by thine insearcheable wysedome dyddest create that mightie globe of the world the heauens earth sea and all things els therin conteyned vouchsafe I beseeche thée to be mine aide and defence in this daungerous viage whiche I haue presumed to take reposing mine only trust and confidence in thy mercie to be deliuered and preserued from all maner daungers and ieopardies that may happeÌ„ either vpon the sea or on the drye lande Thou knowest most mercifull Father that all those that trauayle by sea are subiect to the hazarde of diuers calamities eyther to be tossed at the pleasure of the winde and waues either to be dashed violently vpon the mayne rockes or to sticke in the quicke sandes or to be dispoyled both of lyfe and goodes by the tyrannie of Pyrates But yet what crosse or affliction so euer happen vnto me I muste acknowledge fréely that it is but a iust punishmeÌ„t for mine offences because from the firste house of my natiuitie I haue been more apt and prone to folowe the filthy appâ—tite of mine own desires then to exercise myself in the trâ—e way of thine vndefiled lawe Notwithstanding what crosse soeuer thou shalt thinke good to lay vpon me yea although I were deuoured of the waues and swallowed downe into the deapth of the Whales bellie yet wil I not dispaire of thy mercie for thou art the same God for euer thy right hand is not shortned neyther is the greatnesse of thy power diminyshedde WheÌ„â—onas lay thrée dayes and thrée nyghtes in the Whales bellie yet diddest thou at last deliuer him safe and sounde and sent him to preach thy name to the great citie of Niniue Thou art yet the same God thou wast at the time neither is thy power abridged at all Although I were neuer so shaken with wyndes turmoyled with tempestes tossed with the waues yea although I were vtterlye deuoured of the Whale yet art thou able to deliuer me from all these daungers yea from the very iawes of death To thée therfore do I make my supplicatioÌ„s to thée do I powre foorth my prayers for thou onely art the castle of my comfort my bulwarke my watchman my keeper my defender the sure rocke and hope of my saluation To â—hee only it belongeth to direct my course safelye into the haueÌ„ to protect and saue me froÌ„ the crueltie of the water to leade me forth to briÌ„g me in to be my onely stay defence whether I sléepe or wake liue or die sincke or swim vpon the waters as wel as vpoÌ„ the land briefly in all places in al times and seasons Thou knowest most merciful father that this trade is not of my deuising nor yet procéeding of any humaine inuention but thou of thy mere mercy didst reueale the mysterie therof to thy seruaunt Noe in commaundyng hym to frame an Arke that myght fléete vpon the floods wherin he and his familie onely were saued when all the worlde els for the greatnes of iniquitie perished altogether and were vtterly confounded in the waters Graunt therfore most mercyfull Father that this voyage whiche I haue presumed to take onely vppon a sure fayth affiaunce in thy mercy may turne me to no damage or misfortune but that I may be safely conducted both foorth and home agayne by thy merciful protection and assistance So wyl I yéelde thee immortal prayses for thy fatherly benefites and my tongue shal recorde the workes of thy glory for euer euer Yet Father not my wyll but thy wyll be fulfilled To thée with thy sonne Iesus Christ and the holy Ghoste thrée persons and one God be all honour and glory for euermore Amen A prayer for Munday mornyng I Render vnto thée immortall thankes most mercyfull Father for the swéete sléepe and comfortable rest that thou of thy mercy hast geuen me this night to recreate my wery limmes of the continuall labours and trauayles whiche I was borne to susteyne And for as muche as thou hast commaunded me by thy holye worde to redeeme the time and alwayes to be exercised in some good worke and neuer to spende the tyme in idlenesse I most humbly beseche thee that thou wylt vouchsafe to looke vpon me with the eyes of thy mercy and by the illumination and inspiration of thy heauenly spirite so to direct all my counsayles laboures and studies that beyng replenished with thy grace I may so spende this day according to thy most blessed wyl and ordinaunce that I may circumspectly shunne and eschewe all suche wayes as may prouoke or kyndle thy displeasure agaynst me or that in anye respect maye tende to my neyghboures daÌ„mage Geue me grace to remoue the vayle of vanitie out of my hart that I maye alwayes haue thy feare before myne eyes lyuing honestly and vprightly in my callyng aboundyng in all maner good workes proceding from a sounde and vncorrupt fayth that my conuersation maye be founde pure before thée without either spot or blemishe my liuing maye be temperate modest with mediocritie aâ—d not sauouring of anye incontinencie or immoderate superfluitie whereby all my doinges maye be acceptable before thy diuine maiestie to the prayse and glorye of thy moste blessed name Styrre vp my mind continually to haue thy promises and benefites in remembraunce that all my thoughtes and cogitations may be exercised in the consyderation of them and not fallyng backewarde to my wonted iniquitie as the dogge vseth to returne againe to his vomite or the sowe that hath bene cleane washed to wallowe agayne in the myre Geue me continuall quietnesse of minde without anye vexation or sting of conscience that I maye haue some taste and féeling of thy euerlasting ioyes that these dregges chaffe of the worlde maye séeme lothsome and fylthy vnto me in comparison of those heauenlye pleasures that are prepared for the elect since the foundation of the worlde To which ioyes we besech thée most mercyfull father to bryng vs for Iesus Christe his sake To whom c. A prayer for Munday euening ALmyghtie moste mercyful Father whiche at the creatour of all thynges diddest by thy heaueÌ„ly wisdome ordayne the daye for man to trauayle in and to exercise him selfe in the laboures parteyning to the trade of his vocation and the night for vs to reâ—â— from our dayly laboures and to refreshe our fraile bodyes with some sweete and naturall sleepe whereby we myght be the better enabled euery man to laboure in his calling and profession according to thy holy wil and commaundements Uouchsafe we beseeche thée moste merciful father that we thy poore pylgrimes that dayly trauayle in runnyng this our earthly
sectes and contrarieties in religion while the carnall professors of thy name in cloake of preteÌ„ded holines set forth mainteine such beggerly traditions as the appetite of theire grosse phantasie leadeth them vnto shaking of the sweete yoke of thine vndefiled law wresting the letter thereof to serue the dissolute motion of their carnall cogitations mainteining in stéede of thy pure sincere word the fleshly cerimonies of their own deuise and inuention whereby it commeth to passe that so great dissention raigneth now adayes in the world and that so many sectes schismes and heresies are daylye sette a broach in euery place to the vnspekeable perturbation of the course of thy word and vtter subuersion of diuers common wealthes whiche oughte chiefly to be mainteined by the vniform consente and iudgement touching the worde and by the perfecte band of Amity concerning temporall causes But now wheras men set aside the ryght rules and or dinaunces of thy blessed worde plantinge in steed thereof orders and tradicions of their own imaginations howe can it come to passe that christian peace and vnity of spirite should dwell among vs Therefore graunt O most mercifull Father that wee thy pore dispersed shepe which haue so long ben tossed and turmoyled with tempests of this tumultuous times may at the last by the direction of thine heauenly Spirite bee reduced into one foulde acknoweleging thee our moste louing shepehearde and mercifull Father thy sonne Iesus Christe our onely sauiour and Mediatour to thy diuine maiesty the holy ghost our comforter whyche by the mouth of thy sonne Iesus Christ thou didst promise to send vnto vs which spirite assureth our spirites that we are pertakers inheritours and fellow Citizens of that heauenly Ierusalem whiche thou promysedst to all them that vnfainedly walke in thy statutes and trust onely to be saued by the blood and passion of thine onely begotten sonne Iesus Christ our Messias the onely redâ—emer of all mankinde Remoue O moste mercifull Father from our eyes the darcke shadow and vayle of ignoraunce that abandoning al the dregges of erronious sectes heretical schismes we may be gathered all together into the vnitie of thy word and confesse that there is but one eternall God and one heauenly Father which thou arte and one Fayth one Baptisâ—e which we all professe that call vpoÌ„ thy name Graunt also most merciful father the we whose minds opinioÌ„s are noted most repugnant and contrary in fayth may he altogether covnited into one iugement opinion in religion which maye bee grounded onely vppon the foundations of thy Prophâ—tes and Apostles Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone And sith ther is but one fayth which directeth vs into the waye of saluation graunt we beséech thée that by the operation of thy holy spirite we may be brought to such an agréement and vniformity in Religion that we maye glorify thée our heauenly Father with one onely spirite and generall consente of conscience whereby wee maye be reduced from the captiuitie of eternall ignoraunce and be made al the shéepe of thee our most mercifull and bountifull shéepheard To whome with c A thankes geuing for restoring of the Gospell VVE render vnto thée most mercifull Father immortall thankes for that thou hast vochsafed to send thine onely begotten sonne Iesus Christ into the world to take our shape and nature vpoÌ„ him and to submit himselfe to the bitter passion of the Crosse to redéeme vs wretched sinners which before were thrales and bonde slaues to the horrible sormente of euerlasting damnation O what condigne thankes are we able to render vnto thée that in the least respect may be able to counter payse thy fatherly kindnes and loue which thou daily sheweâ—t vnto vs most myserable and wretched sinners Thou hast sent thy Christ our Sauioure to redeeme vs from the bondage of sinne death and damnation and that not with Gold nor Siluer but with his most preciâ—use bloode once offered vpon the Crosse to paye our generall raunsome The promises which thou diddest make to our ' forefathers in figures and shadows thou hast openly performed to vs in the open sight of the whole worlde in sending that Mâ—essias to take our sins vpon him to be scourged for our offâ—nces and to beare the burthen of our iniquities â–ª Againe thou hast manifested to vs the perfect pathwaye of saluation by the mouth of thine onely begotten son Iesus Christ and that not in figures nor shadowes but in expresse wordes saying Hoc fac viues do this and thou shalt liue which to our forefathers thou declaredst couertly and in the darke shadowes of secrete misteries and that not by thy sonne Iesus Christ but but by thy prophets which were men mortall as we be and were inferioure to thy sonne both in diuine power and also in dignity of person For how muche the seruaunt or bondman is inferiour to the heyre so much are the Prophets inferiour to thy sonne and heyre Christ Iesus whom our mortal eyes haue séene of late dayes personally here in the earth and reasoned with him face to face euen at his owne mouth haue learned what is the will of thée our moste louing Father and moste mercifull creatoure And moreouer because it was thy good pleasure to take awaye the presence of thy sonne from mankinde as concerning the fleshe we yeld thée moste harty thankes that thou wouldest vouchsafe to seÌ„d down thine heauenly spirite into the hartes of all thy sonnes Apostles which spirite informing their spirites of thy diuine will prouoked them by writing to reuele thy promises of saluation whereof thy sonne preached vnto the posterity of all ages for euermore wherâ—y both we that now liue and the remnaunte of all future yeres may lerne to direct their steppes as with a true line or rule into the waye of thy commaundementes And sith in recompence of all these thine vnspeakeable benefits thou requirest no other sacrafice but thankes giuing with contrition of harte therefore with vncessaunt prayers wee will magnify thy holy name recordiÌ„g thine innumerable benefites with Psalmes of thankes geuing in the midest of the congregation for euer not doubting but thou of thine infinite goodnes wilt accept the thanks which we yelde to thy dyuine Maiestie as procéeding from the very bottom of our vnfained hartes To thée most mercifull Father with thy son Iesus Christ and the holy ghoste be all honour and glory for euer Amen A Prayer for abolishing of Superstition O Eâ—ernall and moste mercifull Father who by thy diuine wisedome diddest lay the foundations of heauen and earth with the Sea and al that is therin haue mercy compassion of thy pore flock dispersed through the whole erth for the constant profession and testimony of thy heauenly worde and deliuer them at laste from the tirrany of Pharao the terrible persecutoure of thy poore members And because that in all Landes many departe into voluntary exile whose conscience cannot sustayne to sée thy true
race in hope to winne the crowne of euerlasting glorie by the merites of Christe Iesus may enioy continuall health of body soule this night euer and that we maye be preserued from al temptations of Sathan who is euer redy wheÌ„ we be idle to seduce vs froÌ„ thée our Sauiour into the broade way of euerlastyng death and damnaâ—ion And wheÌ„soeuer our bodies take their naturall rest yet our myndes maye be alwayes bent and fixed vpon thée the eyes of our vnderstanding may alwaies watch in thee that art our onely Lord and moste mercyfull defender Geue vs grace whensoeuer we lye downe euery nyght to examine our conscience and enter into accompte of those déedes whiche we haue done the daye before and all the rest of our lyfe tyme And if we finde that we haue done any good déed geue vs grace to ascribe the same to thée that art the only fountayne and author of al goodnesse and to acknowledge fréely our ownâ— imperfection howe that of our selues we are not able to thinke so muche as one good thought muche lesse to do any good or godly action that shoulde seeme to procéede of our owne forwardnesse or aptnesse thereunto for we are nothing els but sinne corruption and then howe shoulde an euyll trée bring foorth good fruite Agayne if we finde that we haue sinned agaynst thée eyther in thought word or deede as we do seuentie tymes seuen tymes euery day geue vs grace most merciful father to acknowledge if before thy diuine maiestie with the teares of earnest vnfaigned repentance to craue thy mercy with forgeuenes both of that and all other crimes and offences which we haue coÌ„mitted againste thée since the tyme of our byrth Or els if we finde that we haue by any meanes endaÌ„maged our neyghbour geue vs grace to recoÌ„cile our selues and to cleare our conscience before we lye downe wherby we may sléepe both swéetly soundly in Christ Iesus without any idle cogitatioÌ„s or phantasticall dreames that may disturbe our myndes from the meditatioÌ„ of thy word and yf we dreame at all let vs dreame of thée our mercyfull Father and such godly lessons and precepts that we haue séene sléeping to folow prosecute the same actually waking Through Iesus Christe our only memediatour and sauiour Amen A prayer for Tuesday morning I Render vnto thée moste mercyfull father immortall thankes for that thou of thy mere mercye and Fatherly bountie hast graunted this night past to be prosperous and healthfull vnto me without any perturbation eyther of body or soule And because thou hast promised by the mouth of thy holye prophetes that thou wylt heare my voyce whÌ„soeuer I call vppon thée by faith with humble supplications and repentance of my sinnes I beseche thée lykewise that thou wylt so prosper all myne actions and indeuours this present day that al thinges that I do say or thinke may redeunde to thy glorie to the commoditie of my neighbour to the dammage of no man whatsoeuer neyther in thought worde nor déede but that all my doinges maye be directed by thy gouernance to eschewe sinne to doe that is righteous in thy sight at all tymes in all places and in al respectes to haue a reuerent feare of thée before mine eies to walke circumspectly and so vprightly in my vocation to put of the person of Adam and to put on the newe man to order my conuersation agreable to thy wyll to serue thée in spirite and trueth with the sacrifice of thankes geuing and contritioÌ„ of hart to lay sure holde on the anker of fayth with an vndoubted and stedfast hope of resurrection to eternall life Illumâ—naâ—e myne eyes moste mercyfull Father with the beames of thy heauenly spirite that I walke not in darknesse as the children of vnbeliefe do which haue no hope to arise from the dead Geue me grace to abandon all worldly carefulnesse to tame myne owne lustes affections to do the thing that is right and diligently to walke in the light of thy coÌ„maundementes For thou onely art the true light thou knowest no going downe thou art God from euerlasting world without end Encrease most merciful father the gift of faith that I may truely beleue in thée in thy promises made vnto me and that neither by my negligeÌ„ce nor by my infirmitie of the fleshe nor by greatnes of temptation neither by the subtill craftes assaultes of the deuil I may be driuen from faith in the blood of my sauiour Christe Iesus Strengthen moste mercifull Father my féeble nature against all assaultes of the worlde the flesh and the deuil that I may alwaies haue a sure coÌ„fidence in thy onely mercie neuer to start away froÌ„ thy grace to seeke for helpe of man but continually to cleaue to the multitude of thy mercies who art able to exalt the humble and meeke to pull downe the mighty from the throne of their pompe and glorie Geue me grace to haue thee in minde whatsoeuer I doe to honor thee to feare thee to cal vpon thy name when I am in trouble and to repose my whole truste in the greatnesse of thy power and mercy with an assured hope to be preserued from all perils both bodily and ghostly and at the laste when I haue ended my race in this transitorie pylgrimage to obtaine the crowne of euerlasting ioye and felicitie in that celestiall Ierusalem whiche thou haste prepared for all them that feare thy name since the creation of the worlde throuh Iesus Christe our sauiour Amen A prayer for Tuesday euening O Almightie most mercifull father I acknowledge and coÌ„fesse that I am not worthy to lift vp mine eyes towarde heauen muchlesse to presume to preseÌ„t miselfe before thy diuine maiestie I being but earth and asshes a lumpe of sinne and iniquitie subiect to death corruption if I enter into examination of mine owne desertes for the infinite multitude of mine offeÌ„ces beare witnes against me that by mine owne workes I am vnder the dreadfull curse of the lawe and in extreme danger of euerlasting death and damnation for in sinne was I begotteÌ„ and in sinne hath my mother conceaued me I confesse that there is no goodnesse in me but ani apt forwarde inclination to eschewe the good and to folowe the euill to raunge after the lustes of mine owne desires to wander astraye out of the way of righteousnesse and thâ—ough my dayly disobedience to kindle thy wrath heauie displeasure against me and contiqually to heape sinne vpon sinne to runne a madding after the phantasies of mine owne minde and neuer to harken to the voyce of thy coÌ„maundements Yet this one comfort haue I that Iesus Christ by his pretious death and bloodsheddyng hath payde the raunsome of my iniquitie made a ful agrement and perfect attonement betwene God and man being a continuall intercessor for me and a moste louing mediator betwixt his father me to appease his furie and to receaue
as transgres thy holy lawes and commaundementes Notwithstanding most mercifull Father seing thou hast promised to here vs whensoeuer we repent vs of our sinz from the bottom of our harte and vnfainedly do call vpoÌ„ thy name for help we haue presumed to appeale to thy Throne of mercy humbly coÌ„fessing our manifold sinz and offences and crauing remission of our trespasses in the bowels of thy onely begotten sonne Iesus Christ our intercessor and sauioure Haue mercy therefore vpon vs O Lord and forgiue vs our offences instruct vs with thy holy spirite to enter into examinatioÌ„ of our owne selues by a stedfast fayth in Christ Iesu with worckes correspondent to the same we may earnestly and hartely repeÌ„t from the very bottome of oure hartes and euer hereafter to thirst after thy law and statutes euen as the harte desireth the brookes of water And last of all for as muche as it hath pleased thée of thy heauenly wysedome to prepare and ordeâ—â—e the night for man to rest and refresh himself after his dayly trauayles grant we beséech thée most mercifull Father that as our bodies do take a careles sléepe so contrarily our soules maye continâ—allye watche in thée expectting dilligently that happy time when our Lord Iesus shal appear for our deliuerance out of this mortall life into another more blisâ—ull and happy life the ioyes wherof noe mans capacitie is able to conceaue much les is the tongue able worthily to expresse the happines thereof To that life we beséech the to bring vs for Iesus christ his sake A Prayer for the increase of fayth O Almighty and moste mercifull Father the euerlasting fountayne and well spring of al grace and goodnesse whose mercy is incomprehensible and power infinite thou the eternall Iehouah in whose handes are all the corners of the earth the strength of the hilles is thine also whose omnipotent power fashoned the Sea and prepared the dry land haue mercy vpon vs miserable and wretched sinners and encline thy fatherly eare vnto the voyce of our prayers Increase most heauenly father in our mindes the sparckes of true fayth and Christianitie that being alwayes garded with the defence of thy holy worde we may haue power and force to renounce and resiste the terrible inuasions of our mortall enimy Sathan who continualy rangeth about like a roaring Lion séeking whome he may denoure And sith wee are chaunced in these perillous tymes wherein noughte but iniquitie raigneth and Antechrist aduaunceth himselfe in thy temple exalting himself aboue all that is called God infecting thy poore disposed â—â—ock with the poysoned drâ—gges of damnable heresy illuminate we beséech thée moste merciful father our blinded eyes with the true light of thy heauenly grace that being armed with the shield of thy diuine inspiration we may therby be the more emboldned to withstand the dayly and innumerable assalts of our ghostly enemie that continually laboureth by all meanes possible to wreste the worde of trueth and vnderstaÌ„ding out of our harts and to throwe vs headlong into the bottomlesse lake of euerlasting perdition and whereas withoute the inspiration of thy heauenlye grace we are not able so much as to thincke a good thought and much les able to resist the sinfull allurements of our corrupt flesh the world and the Deuill therefore we craue of thée most heauenly Father that thou wilte vouchsafe to make perfecte that good worcke which thou hast be gonne in vs not suffering those fewe sparckes of thy heauenly grace which thy spirite hath planted in our hartes to be extinguished or quenched by meanes of our weakenes and inconstancie but augmenting in our mindes the zeale of thy word we may be able to reÌ„der an accouÌ„pt at that dreadfull day of the hope and fayth which we haue in thée by the merites of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Messias and Sauiour whome thou hast vouchsafed to send into the earth héere to be incarnate of the pure virgine Mary and hauing receaued the image of our humanitie to offer him selfe as an acceptable sacrafice vpon the alter of the most bitter Crosse and by the â—ffusion of his moste precious bloud to pay the raunsome of our offences vnto thy diuine maiestie whereby he reconciled vs vnto thée our heauenly Father whereas otherwise we had beene subiect to the thraldome of euerlastinge damnation To thée with the same Iesus Christ thy sonne and the holy spirite covnited al three in Godhead and distinguished in person be all honor and glory for euer and euer Amen A Prayer for grace to perseuer in fayth O Eternal God and euerlasting Father the author and fountayne of all goodnesse the multitude of whose benedictioÌ„s and benefites farre passe and excéede the compasse of humayne reason and capacitie indue our frayle minds with the grace of thy heauenly spirite that mortifiing our owne desires and affections our onely ioy delite may be placed in the perpetuall consideration of thy heauenly promises and renouncing all care and regard of worldly businesse which commonly withdrawes our mindes from the contemplation of thine infinite mercies we may be wholie addictted to the seruice of thy diuine maiestie in spirite and true humulitie of minde reioycing together in Psalmes Hymnes and spirituall Songes comforting one another in thy promise of that day wherin thou hast promised to make vs felow â—eyres of thine heuenly inheritaunce with Abraham Isaack and Iacob in that celestiall mansion which thou haste ordeyned for thine elect since the beginning of the world And because by reason of oure naturall corruption which we haue successiuely receued since the fall of oure great Grandfather Adam we are all naturally bente and inclined to goe astray strengthen most mercifull Father our féeble spirites with inspiration of thy heuenly grace that being armed against al the assaults of the flesh the worlde the Deuill and Antichriste that Capitall enimy of thy worde we may haue oure consciensces cleare from all maner temtations and altogether vacante to the Meditation of the promises expressed in the Gospell of thy sonne Iesus Christe our sauioure Endue vs with the diuine influence of thy spirite that we maye neuer be caried away with the fleshe but by the operation of thy grace in our hartes we maye be able to mortify subdue our carnal afections and wordly desires whereby our zeale may be the more enflamed to insue the heauenly motions of thy holy spirite which directeth the mindes of them that feare thée in the perfect pathway of lighte and vnderstanding Graunte this most mercifull father for thy Sonne Christe hys sake to whom with thée the holy Ghost be al honor and glory from this time forth for euermore A prayer for vnity in Religion O Euerlasting and moste mercifull Father the fountayne of all grace and goodnes which art the God of peace loue vnitie and concorde and the iuste reuenger of disceÌ„tion debate and confusion thou séeste howe miserably thy holy congregation is rent torn and deuided into diuers
worde corrupted with the superstitious traditions of mortal men we beseech thée moste heauenly Father to inspire the dewe of thy spirite into the hartes of all Christian Kinges and Princes in whose handes consistes the reformatioÌ„ as wel of ecclesiastical as ciuil politike causes that by the motion of the same spirit they may be the more feruentlye enflamed with the zealâ— and loue of thy glory and be the more â—ircumspectly bent to plant the séedes of thy true Religion through all their dominions kindle moste mercifull Father in their harts a desire to deface all blinde cerimonies and supersticious idolatry which in any respect maye séeme preiudiciall or derogatory to thy glory let them break down their hill alters hew down their groues burne their Images with â—ire the no one monument of them be left vpon the earthe and that when they are sought for their place may not be founde so that the name memory of them may decay and perish with the asâ—hes of their consumed timber Let their moltion Images be consumed with fire and their grauen Shrines be brought to coÌ„fusion For thou art a mightâ—e God agelous God one that cannot suffer a mate or pere in thy Dominion Thou wilt be worshipped in truth and righteousnesse of hart and not with blockishe and sencelesse Images the work of mens hands which haue eares and heare not eyes and see not noses smell not mouthes and eate not handes and feele not feete and goe not but are caryed hither and thether vpon mens shoulders like sencelesse stockes as they are in no respect resembling any figure of diuinitie or God-head And bicause the vse of these phantastical Idols tendeth especially to the preiudice and prophanatioÌ„ of thine omnipotent diuine power who hast commauÌ„ded by expresse wordes in thy law that we should not make to our selues the likenesse of any thinge in heauen or earth or in the waters to bow vnto Graunt we besech thée thy grace to all princes and potentates that beare as wel the spiritual sword as the title of temporal gouernmeÌ„t that they may be moued with thyne heauenly motion to purge thy church froÌ„ all the dregs of superstition and Idolatrie wherby thy poore flock that is now dispersed through the whole worlde may be brought againe into one vniforme consent of Religion seruing thee in lowlines and purenesse of hart abâ—â—doning all the rabble of Romayne traditions and idolatrous ceremonies cleauing only to the rule of thy holy gospel reuealed by thy sonne Iesus Christe oure lord Sauiour To whom with the Father the holy Ghost thrée persons one God be all honour glory world without ende Amen A prayer for the preseruation of our noble Queene Elizabeth WE yelde vnto thée most mightie mercifull Father immortall thanckes for that it hathe pleased thée of thy méere mercie and fatherly bountye after the stormes of so many troublesome tymes to conduct vs into the comfortable port of traÌ„quilitie by the hand of thy most gracious seruaunt our déere soueraigne Lady Elizabeth When we were as shéepe wandring astray in the wildernes thou ordainedst hir Maiestie to be our Shepeheard to gather vs againe into thy shepefould When we had bene long lossed hither thether with the outrage and cruel fury of tiraÌ„nicall persecution like a poore weatherbeateÌ„ Bark that hath bene continually turmoyled tossed on the perillous surgâ—s of the outragious and swelling seas findinge no sure roade nor harber wherein to rest but continually in daunger eyther to sinck into the sanâ—s â–ª or to be ouerwhelmed with waues or violently to be dashed in peces against the mayne rockes Euen then I say when we dispayred vtterly of sauegarde standing still in feare of the hazard of euerlasting confusion thou committedst the helme to be guyded by hir graces wisedome who at laste conducted vs into the hauen of this longe desired peace and tranquilitie Therefore whereas thou hast placed hir in the regal throne to be our Dauid our Iosias our Samuel yea to be our Shéepeheard and ring-lâ—ader in the way of true holinesse and sincere Religion Inspire hir mynde with the manifold blessinges of thy grace that she may walke all the dayes of hir lyfe in the path of thy commaundementes happely discharge hir dutie in that stewardship and dispensation which thou hast coÌ„mitted to hir Maiesties hands Inflame hir minde more more with the loue of thy holy gospel the all hir déedes thoughtes practises may tend to the propagation planting of thy worde and true Christian religion in these hir Maiesties Dominions Eâ—cline the motioÌ„s of hir vertuous disposition aboue all thinges to seeke thine honor glory to sow the seedes of the Catholike fayth abundantly in all places to cut of the broode of superstition and Idolatry to constitute true Preachers of thy worde and establish euery wher thine holy gospel and true religion Preserue hir moste mercifull father as hitherto thou haste moste myraculously done from the deuilish deuises and practises of hir enimies that she may haue a longe and happy raigne among vs to the aâ—â—auncement of thy glory and ioy and comfort of all hir subiectes Let hir naturall disposition coÌ„tinâ—e to hir â—ocs terrible to hir subiectes amiâ—ble to hir offeÌ„ders merciful to the vertuous bountiful indifferent to al men and in all respectes partial in no point neither in causes ecclesiastical nor yet in matters concerninge politike gouernement Assist hir moâ—â— merciful Father with the might of thy heauenly Spirit to quayle the pryde of the triple headed Romish Ceâ—berus to banishe his beggarly ceremonies to abridge the termâ— of his raigne and finally to cut of and preuent the séedes that continually striue to spring vp from abhominable superstition and Idolatrie GrauÌ„t hir grace most merciful Father to runne the remnant of hir race in the right path of thy commauÌ„dements declining neither to the right hand nor to the left but so vsinge all times thy heauenly word as the rule and compasse to direct hir course Preserue hir grace most mercifull Father in continuall healthe of body and quietnesse of mynde that she may be alwayes able to rule the bridle of hir charge and to execute right and Iustice to all sorts and degrees to the aduauncemeÌ„t of thy glory and the vniuersall commoditie of hir â–ª Maiesties subiectes And finally graunt O most mercifull father that when it shall please thée to end the terme of hir dayes in this worlde thou wilt make hir partaker of those celestial ioyes which are prepared for them that feare thée since the foundation of the world Graunt this most mercifull father for thy déere sonne our lord Iesus Christ his sake To whom with thee the holy Ghost three persons and one God be all glory and honor world without end A Prayer for the Councell and Nobilitie ALmighty and most merciful Father whose power is infinit and workes incompreheÌ„sible vouchsafe to direct the hartes of the Nobilitie of this Realme
with the diuine motion of thine heauenly spirit that all their actions and endeuors may especially tende to the aduauncemeÌ„t of thy holy word and secondly to the common commoditie peace of the weale publik whereby our CouÌ„try may be frée from all seditious tumults and ciuil commotions that may cause the hinderauÌ„ce of thy holy gospell or the decay of the whole state of the coÌ„mon wealth Endue their mindes most merciful Father with true humilitie of hart that they may al be coÌ„tent with their present estate not attempting further then their degree or calling but alwaies to séeke thy honor and glory carefully to shew theyr natural dutie allegeance to their Prince obediently to bestowe their trauayle for the increase of publike peace vtilitie diligently Whereby thy name may be coÌ„tinually gloryfied thy commaundementes folowed and the state of the common wealth happely maynteyned Through Iesus Christ our sauiour Amen ¶ A prayer for the Spiritualtie ILluminate we beseche thee most mercifull Father the eyes of all them whom thou hast appointed to be the Shepeheards and leaders of thy children Israel that they may faithfully truely feede them with the heauenly Manna of thy sonne Iesus Christ his gospell reducing thy lost shepe in the wildernesse into thy shepe sold againe byndinge vp their former sores applying such holsome medicine and spirituall consolation vnto their diseases whereby they may be won reconciled vnto thee their true pasture from whome they haue so long wandred astray Geue grace mostâ— heaueÌ„ly Father to all those to whome thou hast distrybuted thy talent that by theyr vigilant studie and careful diligence they may some gaine fiue mâ—e to those fiue they receaued some thrée some two and euery man accordinge to the portion which thou hast lent them not hyding the same in the ground as the vnprofitable seruant dyd wherby no benefite â–ª redouÌ„ded to thée that didst leâ—d the same Plant most mercifull Father in their hartes a zeale to dyscharge the coÌ„maundemeÌ„ts without respect of loue or dignitie of person and that without all hypocrysie or pretended holinesse Geue them grace to prosecute the summe of their message without all maner of feare or dreade not doubtinge to speake before Princes and sharply to rebuke iniquities as they Prophet Nathan reproued Dauid Let them not be mapleasers or such as for affectioÌ„s sake winck at offences and reproue not the sinners of their sinnes wherby â—hey might be reclaymed from theyr wicked wayes to the embracinge of thy holy commaundements Let them not be suche as flatter or fawn vpon Princes for promotions sake gapinge for worldly dignitie not regarding the execution of the office wherevnto they are called Kindle O Lord in their hartes a continual care and desire to conuert sinners into the way of righteousnesse Launcing theyr incurable sores cutting away the buds and sproutes of sinne applying spirituall Phisicke to their maladies whereby they may be brought againe into the societie of the Congregation and from thenceforth learn to ensue the path of vertue â–ª and vnderstandinge euen as the vinecutter vseth to handle a deadâ—Uine to cut awai the superfluous sprroutz to water it to adde freshe earth vnto the roote wherby at last the olde sappe liquor may return into hir braunches againe Geue them grace O Lorde to Preach they true word only not intermedling the traditions or inuentions of men but the pure Gospell of thy sonne Iesus Christ which geueth lyght vnto the simple and is as sweete to the Soule as the hony combe is to the externall taste of the mouth Let theÌ„ cut of the course of all Romish superstition and abhominable Idolatrie of the whore of Babilon let them sowe the séedes of thyne infallible vertue and teache their â—locke to serue thée in trueth and humilitie with the sacrifice of thankes-geuing and coÌ„trition of hart Geue theÌ„ grace to expresse that doctrin in their liuing which they haue preached out of thy Booke that they may be an example to the flocke of verteous liuinge temperance humilitie and lowlinesse of mynde that their godly lyfe maye inflame vs to imitate the same with true zeale and sinceritie of hart Whereby at the last we may altogether arriue hahely at the celestiall Ierusalem and heauenly lande of promise from the tyrannicall slauery of this earthly Egipt wherein lyke paynefull Pilgrims we haue so long time wandred Wher with the elect we maye be made partakers of those euerlastinge ioyes which thy sonne Iesus Christe purchased for vs by the merites of his death passion To whom with thée the holy ghost be all honor and glory for euer and euer Amen A prayer for the Layetie GEue grace O heauenly Father to all the Commons of this Realme that their chiefest care and study may be bent to seeke thy honor and glory to walke all the dayes of their liues in the way of thy commauÌ„demeÌ„ts Next that to haue a reuerent care of the dutie and allegeauÌ„ce that they owe to their Prince and al the rest of hir maiestrates that are put in authoritie vnder hir that euery man may liue quietly in his vocation hauing continually the feare of thee our heauÌ„ly father before their eyes exercisinge honestly what lawfull trade so euer they professe to thy glory and the coÌ„moditie of the coÌ„mmon welth Geue them grace moste heauenly Father to knowe themselues to submitt themselues to their superiors to liue in perfect peace obedience to their elders without enuy strife or debate not stirrers vp of any ciuill dissentions or coÌ„motions nor presuming to presse or clyme hygher then their degrée but refraninge themselues from all maner crymes she winge their good will and obedieÌ„ce to their Prince and Maiestrates like seruantes to their maisters or children to their parentes That they may 〈◊〉 altogether in the yoke of perfect vnitie and concorde euery one to his power supplyinge hys neighboures necessitie and cherefully impartinge hys portion to him that wanteth Whereby wee shall haue a flowinge common welth with aboundaunce of peace in our cities without all maner of inconuenience or misorder Euery man studiously exercisinge his trade with thy feare beâ—ore our eyes And our dutie to our Prince and country faythfully performed Through Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen A prayer in generall for the whole body of the coÌ„mon wealth Looke downe we beséeche thée most mercifull Father with the eyes of thy mercy vpon thy poore congregation militant here in earth that being protected with the shielde of thy heauenly grace we may be aable to resist the terrible assalts inuasions of sathan with Anti Christ his chiefe minister which daily and hourely seke with stronge temptations to seduce vs from the most comfortable meditation of thy heauenly worde and promisses and to eclipse the eyes of our hartes wyth the obscure cloud of errour and ignorance whereby wee might be throwen into the bottoÌ„lesse lake of euerlastinge death and daÌ„nation And had it not bene for thy
diuine prouidence and protection most mercyfull Father the enemie had longe agâ—ne deuoured vs yea he had so wiped and blowen vs away the scarse any remembraunce of our beinge had remayned on the earth Wherefore sith it is thy good pleasure that the name of Israell should not be vtterly extinguished geue vs grace to 〈◊〉 our steppes in the path of thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„ts that all our deedes wordes thoughtes may tend to thy glory and the commoditiâ— of the common wealth Endue we be sech thee the mynde of our soueragine Quâ—ene Elizabeth that aboue al thinges she may seke thy honor and glory the maintainance of true religion the prosperous and quiet state of her subiectes Directe the myndes of her Maiesties Counsell and the rest of the nobilitie that they may alwayes liue in thy feare with â—rue obedience to the prince deuising suche lawes and statutes as may bee most auailable to the conseruation and publike commoditie of the common welth Inspire the mindes of such as thou hast called to be the ministers of thy word w the spirite of truth and vnderstanding that they may preach the pure doctrine of thy heauenly word reuokeing sinners into the way of repentaunce and amendement of life to embrace the sweete yoke of thy lawe whereby their soules may be saued from euerlastinge â—alnâ—atiâ—n Gâ—ue grace most heauenly Father to all the 〈◊〉 of thys Realme that aboue alâ— things they may laâ—our to followe thy commaundements to liue in due obedience to their Prince and Magiestrâ—tes and to be ruled by the holsome and spirituall counsell of their pâ—stours And 〈◊〉 thy grace in generall most mercyfull Father to the whole body of the Realme that altogether both the Prince Nobilitie Clargy and 〈◊〉 may chiefly 〈◊〉 to abuaÌ„ce thy Gospell and secondly the happy and prosporous â—ate of the coÌ„mon wealth Through Christ. c. A Prayer for patienâ—e in trouble ALmighty and most mâ—rcifull Father which art the onely stay and comfort of all them that are afflicted with the scourge of aduersitie bowe down thy mercifull eare vnto the voyce of my lamentation which am nothing else but a lumpe of sinne euery houre declyninge from thy coÌ„maundements into the reprobate way of iniquitie that I must néedes confesse that myne owne merites and deseruinges haue iustly procured this worthy plage wherin like a vyle and wretched 〈◊〉 I am entangled But thou O most mercyfull and louinge Father thou art alwaies ready to shewe mercy to the repentant sinner which hast promised to put all my offeÌ„ces and misdeedes out of thy remembraunce whensoeuer I repent from the bottome of my hart haue mercy vppoÌ„ my miseries and velease me of this aduersitie which hath worthely chaunced by reason of the innumerable multitude of my sinnes And if it be thy good will and pleasure to proue the more 〈◊〉 with temtations or any other kinde of afflection that thou shalt lay on me then vouchsafe most mercifull Father to arme mée wyth the spirite of 〈…〉 which it hath pleased thy diuine Maiestie to lay vpon me that I murmure not at thy workes neyther blaspheme thy name when I am in miserie but that I maye alwaies haue in mynde that thou art a mercifull iudge and a reuenger of iniquitie to whome onely it beelongeth to throwe downe to hell 〈◊〉 to rayse vp to heauen againâ—â— where with thy sonne Iesus Christ and the holy Ghost c. A prayer against temptation O Lord Iesus Christ the onely defence and pyller of our estate the hope confidence of all them that sleepe in the vaile of this wicked worlde which by the merites of thy most pretious death passion didst ouercome death and triumphest ouer the sting therof in thy heauenly kingedome geue strength vnto vs feeble and impotent sinners against the râ—aringe Lyon whiche continually wandreth aboute séekynge whom he may deuoure endeâ—ouringe alwayes wyth subtill awaitinges strong temtations to withdrawe our myndes from the faith which we haue in thee of euerlastinge lyfe into a reprobate sence to geue ourselues vp to the 〈◊〉 lustâ— and affections of the fleshe to vncleannes Idolatriy innumerable other like abhominatioÌ„s that are chiefe aduersaries and enemyes to the spirite of truthe and vnderstanding Thou therfore that art the iâ—â—aculate Lambe the vanquisher of sinne death and hell geue vnto vs thy little shéep the strength and vertue of thy spirit that being in our owne selues weake and feble and in thée strong and valiant we may be able to withstande and subdue all the assaults of the Deuill that our ghostly enemie may not triumph ouer vs but being coÌ„querors through thée wée maye geue thankes to thy mercy which neuer leaueth them destritute of sucâ—oure whose onely confidence and aâ—â—iance is reposed in the sure defence and sauegerde of thy mercy Thou knowest O Lord that we are but earth and ashes subiect to corrupsion mortalitie the flesh euer rebellinge against the spirite whereby we are alwaies more prone apt to runne the carles race of ignorance and iniquitie then to frame our steppes in the narowe and strayte path of vertue and vnderstanding Therfore illuminate we besech thée our blinde eyes with the light of thy heaueÌ„ly spirit that abhoring the workes of darkenes and preuaylinge against all temptations of the worlde the flesh and the Deuill we may be wholie bent to serue thy diuine Maiestie in truthe and vnderstanding sauinge alwayes an assured hope of a gloryous resurrectioÌ„ on thy right hand wher we may be pertakers of that ioyfull sentâ—nce of life whiche thou wilt pronounce to all them that shall inherite that heauenly kingdome with thée our onely redéemer and Sauiour To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost c. A prayer for the obtayning of wisdome O Almighty Lord most mercifull Father the fountayne and welspring of all heauenly gifts and graces geue me wisdom to knowe what thy will and pleasure is for I thy seruant and the sonne of thy haÌ„d mayde am a féeble person engendred and created of the frayle substaunce of the flesh enuironed round about wyth the darke shadowe â—ayle of ignoraunce that by meanes thereof the beames of my mynde are so obscurely eclipsed that I cannot once looke vp vpon the brightnes of thy diuine Maiestie nor excercyse my selfe at all in contemplation of the misteries of thy heaueÌ„ly word and promises whereby I might saue my soule from hell Inspire therfore most mercifull Father my dull and heauy mynde with the light of the true wisdome and not with worldly wit and policy onely which concerne humayne affayres but with the true vnderstaÌ„ding of thy sacred scripturs wherein thou hast made a faithfull promise of eternal saluation to all them that vnfaynedly beleue that Iesus Christ is the sonne of God and the onely redéemer of all mankinde Thou knowest O Lord that my dull capacitie is farre to grosse to attaine to the knowledge and vnderstandinge of thy iudgemeÌ„ts 〈◊〉 lawes â–ª for I am but meere
Answere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs praye O God mercifull Father that dispisest not the sighing of a contrite harte nor the desire of suche as be sorowfull mercifully assiste our prayers that we make béefore thée in all our troubles and aduarsities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft subtiltie of the Deuill or man worketh against vs bée brought to naught and by the prouidēce of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that we thy seruantes being hurt by no persecutiō may euermore giue thankes vnto thée in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our lord Amen O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy name sake O God we haue hard with our eares and our Fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou didst in their dayes and in the old tune before them O lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy thine honor Glory be to the father c. As it was in the be c. From our enemies defend vs O Christ. Graciously loke vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorows of our hartes Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of the people Fauorably wyth mercie heare our prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercie vpon vs. Both now and euer vonchsafe to heare vs O Christ. Graciously heare vs o christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The versicle O Lord let thy mercie be shewed vpon vs. The Answere As we do put our trust in thee Let vs pray VVE humbly beseche thee O father mercifully to loke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy names sake turne frō vs all those euils that wée most righteously haue deserued and graunte that in all our troubles we maye put our whole truste and confidence in thy mercy euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenes of liuinge to thy honour glory through our onely mediatour aduocate Iesus Christe our lord Amen A prayer for the Queenes maiesty O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie King of Kinges Lorde of Lordes the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne beholde all the dwellers vpon the earth most hartely we besech thee with thy fauour to beholde our moste gracious soucraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth and so replenysh her with the grace of thy holie spirite that she may alwaies incline to thy wil and walke in thy way Indue her plentifully with heauenly gifts graūt her in health welth longe to liue strengthen her that she maye vanquish and ouercome all her enemies And finally after this lyfe she may attaine euerlasting ioye and felicitie Through Iesus Christ our lord Amen A prayer for Pastors and Ministers of the Church ALmightie and euerlasting God whiche onely workest great meruayles sende downe vpon our Pastours and Ministers and all congregations committed to their charge the healthfull spirite of thy grace and that they may truly please thée Poure vpon them the continuall dwe of thy blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our aduocate and mediatour Iesus Christ. O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seeke thy kingdome and the righteousnes therof all thinges necessary to their bodily sustenaunce Send vs wee besech thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showers that we maye receiue the frutes of the earth to our comforte and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord Amē The blessing THe peace of God which passeth 〈◊〉 vnderstandinge kepe our hurtes and myndes in the knowledge loue of God of his Sonne Iesus Christ our lord And the blessing of God almight◠the father the sonne the holy Ghost be among vs remaine with vs alwaies Amē FINIS