thine eare and heare mee behold how desolate I am stretch out thy hand and helpe mee Lord I desire to come to thée and my weakenesse is such as without thy helpe I am not able to raise my selfe vnto thée Therefore Lord remember thy swéet promises tarrie not ouerlong strengthen me with thy holie Spirit heare my Praiers and wash me in thy righteousnes I cast not these peticions before thee hoping in mine owne Merites which are are none but trusting in thy great mercie and swéet promises Wherefore Lord heare me and forgiue me and I shall liue for euer L LEt Enmity passe which seeketh Death and Destruction and before thou prayest forgiue els thou heapest vengeance on thy selfe LOrd make thy waies knowen vnto me that I may walke so perfectlie that no kind of Sinne ouercome me Thou leadest straight in iudgement and giuest sight to the blind Thou art neare vnto them that call vpon thée with faithfull heart haue mercie vppon mee heare me and giue me a Heart to pray vnto thée Laye not against mee my sins past but for thine own sake forget them I vnderstand not all mine errours my sinnes haue taken hold on mee and of my selfe I am not able to return Send me therefore thy holy helpe to strengthen mine infirmitie Kéepe my mouth and lips and let the thought of my heart bee acceptable in thy sight Permitte not the woord of Truth to depart my breast suffer not Malice to dwell in my heart Deliuer me from false surmises and accusations of men rule mee after thine owne will and pleasure Remooue from me vanities and let not the foote of Pride take holde on mee so shall I be frée from the greatest sin Stay and kéepe me from euerie euill waye for in thée I trust it is thou onely that canst helpe Looke vnto mee with thy mercies and graunt me grace in thy sight Amen I IN equitie Loue and Truth gather all thy riches in the handes of the poore laye vppe thy Almes and these shall defend thee from euill fight for thee against thy enemies better then the strength of mightie men preserue thy fauour as the apple of an Eye and rise with thee in the day of Iudgement to paye thy reward on thy head IN hope of thy mercie and forgiuenesse most mightie and dreadfull God whose truth is vnspotted I am bold to come before thée My trust is good I shall be heard for that thou hast euer béene the true head of all Iustice and delightest in truth Denie thy selfe thou canst not for thou hast promised In what time soeuer a Sinner doth with a broken heart repent his wickednesse at that instant thou wilt cansell the recordes of thy remembraance and the fowlenesse of his fault shall remaine no blemish to his soule Heare mee now therefore oh Maker of Heauen and earth I acknowledge I haue sinned and done vnpleasant things in thy sight I confesse the misdéedes which rebell against my Soule with Saul saying I haue sinned I haue played the Foole and haue erred excéedingly And with like humble lowlie and faithfull heart as did King Dauid who vnfainedlie cried out his Sinne and became thy seruant So most Holie in hope of the same hire with contrite heart I sigh and say I haue broken thy Lawes and not walked in thy Commandements If I should now recite and number the Mountaines of my misdéedes which ouerwhelme my bodie and that are eager enemies to my pining Soule the day were too short Lord I néede not thy blisfull Seate is aboue the starry Firmament and thou sittest on high beholding what is done amisse in the Earth belowe My wickednes that I most secretlie haue cōmitted to th◠Celestiall eies haue béen manifest Forgiue me good Lord that my tongue may iustifie thy euerlasting Truth that others beholding in me thy manifold mercies may likewise with me be ashamed of their euill and séeke after thy mercie Woe am I that my heart hath béen so long vnacquainted with the Welspringes of thy Truth that my handes haue wrought vnrighteousnesse and heaped sinne vpon sinne Turne awaye from the sight thereof the fulnesse of thy furie Exchange the roughnesse of thy rage into méeke mildnesse before thou correct mee most louing Sauiour I am not able to abide thy heauie displeasure if thou chastice me with thy rodde of Iustice I perish I haue not one good déed to preferre mine offences beare number with the flowers and blossomes of the Spring my truth is no whitte and with vnrighteousnesse all is defiled Forgiue me oh Heauenly King forget thou that art the swéet spring of my soule Giue mee thy holy Spirite that it may be with mee and labour with me to attain thy blessed fauour for mine ignorance cannot desire that I ought neither can my féeble strength without thine ayde rayse mee vnto thy presence Thy Spirit will helpe my debility and make right intercession for all my necessities Thy Spirit will make mee praye with such humblenesse of heart and sorrowfull sighings as no tongue can tell That gift most precious will hold mee vp where flesh would fall and guide my féeble féete in the light of the Lord. The Spirit I say will purge me from all earthly affects and lift me vp to heauenly things Therefore conioyne mee oh God of all mercy to thy holye Spirit to teach mee to tread the steady steppes of thy worthy will So shall I lead my Life in the true Lawe of thy louing kindnesse and with a strong and stable mind perseuer in Prayer vnto the end Graunt mee therefore for thy Truth and Sonnes sake that I may enioye this swéet possession of thy holy Spirit which may alwayes lead my labours after thy lyking and kéepe my heart in thy feare Swéet Iesu make a couenant with mee that I neuer may become an enemie vnto thée any more nether be found vnwoorthy of thy rich mercy and bountifull benefites but that the remainder of my life imployed in thy Seruice may iustly mooue thee to forget the iniquity of my tender yeares Continue thou God of all comfort with increase by the assistance of thy grace what I haue begun So shall I liue to glorifie thy might and mercy for euer and euer Amen Z ZEale anger carefulnesse and sorow cause celeritie of old Age Iustice mercie equity and truth make glad the holy Ghost and to a merrie heart is giuen long life sweet tast ZAcharie spake from thée O Lord saying Like as I deuised to punish you what time your Fathers prouoked mee vnto wrath and spared not Euen so am I now minded to doe well vnto the house of Iuda and Hierusalem therefore feare it not Now the thinges you shall doe saith the Lord are these speake euery man the truth to his neighbour execute Iudgement truely and peaceable within your Portes none of you Imagine euill in his heart and loue no false oathes O Lord of my selfe I am so sinnefull and ignorant that I cannot speake nor thinke a good
Spirite to remaine with mée that I may become with that good king thy chosen seale and seruant And so gouern me alwaies that I may neuer deserue further then to taste of thy rod of fauourable correction but that all my labours and studies may euer bend to the performance of thy holy will and discharge of my duetie Amen A ARise and illuminate my mind most benigne Sauiour that I sléepe not at any time in death least mine enemies say they haue preuailed against me They which trouble me will be glad if I be cast downe but I haue fixed my hope in thy mercy Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for no liuing creature shall bee iustified in thy sight I will euer looke vpon the Lord for he shall bée on my right hand that I bée not moued for this my heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth yea moreouer my flesh shall rest in hope Amen B BE thou vnto me O lord in the day time a defender and in the night season a place of refuge that thou mayest saue me for thou art my strength and vnto thée I flie Lord God deliuer me frō the hand of sinners and from the Law-breaker the wicked doer for thou Lord art my patience thou art my hope euen from my youth in thee I am confirmed euen from my mothers wombe thou art my protector in thee shall be my song for euer and euer Amen E EVer my tongue shall bée telling of thy rich mercie and wondrous workes O Lord for thou hast caused me to passe through fire and water and hast lead mee into a fresh place thou hast giuen my Soule life and hast not suffered my féet to fall According to the multitude of my sorrowes thy comfortes haue made my soule merry My soule is like a Sparrow taken out of the fowlers snare Thou hast hitherto preserued mee that I may please thée O Lord in the light of the liuing Amen T THou art iust O Lord all thy commandements bée true and all thy wayes mercy truth and iudgement And now Lord bée mindful of mee take not reuengemēt of my sinnes remember not mine offences neither the offences of my Fathers becaus we haue not obeied thy precepts Giue mee an heart of vnderstanding set thy feare alwaies before mine eies that I may bee obedient in word deede and thought to all that is thy will Lord giue vnto me the power of thy holy Spirit to rule and gouerne my selfe in all good feare and knowledge of of thy word and that I may bee vnto all an example in all godlinesse and vertue to the prayse of thy holy name Amen H HEale me Lord and I shall be healed saue me and I shall bee saued My life cleaueth vnto the earth Quicken me according to thy word and according to thy mercie reléeue me and I will kéepe the testimonies of thy lippes Helpe me Lord so shall I be safe and I will from henceforth studie thy righteousnesse thy mercies are manie O Lord according to thy word restore my health Amen IOHN I. SI confiteamur Peccata nostra Deus fidelis est iustus vt remittat nobis Peccata nostra emundet nos ab omni iniquitate Si dixerimus quoniam non peccauimus Mendacem facimus eū Verbum eius non est in nobis IOSVE Fili mi da Gloriam Deo Israel confitere atque indica mihi quid feceris ne abscondas AVGVSTINVS COnfessio est salus animarum dissipatrix vitiorū restaurattix Virtutum expugnatrix Daemonum Quid plura Obstruitos Inferni Paradisi portas a perit Cassidorus super Psalm 77. OBeata Confessio quae aeternum tollit opprobrium Nam quicquid Rearū inuenerit Poenitentia perpetuis Seculis reddit absolutum An inward speech wherwith Christ doth comfort the Soule of the sinner desiring to liue better Gathered out of the works of sundry holy Writers I Loue them saith Christ that séeke mee and my delight is among the Children of men Sic dilexi mundum vt in mortem darem animam meam vt non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam quicunque in me crediderit I haue so loued the world that I gaue my selfe vnto death that who so euer beléeued in me should not perish but haue euerlasting life O thou Soule O Daughter I haue labored hungred thirsted I haue béene despised and suffered persecution for thy sake I am wounded for thine iniquitie I am wearied through thy wickednesse I am dead for thine offences and risen againe for thy iustification the loue which I beare to thee hath forced mée to doe suffer al these things and to make choice of thée for my Child Wherefore amend thou and returne to me wash thée in the bloud of my woūds and decke thée with vertues and merites of my life All these things I willinglie giue nay rather as a most louing Father offering these things I runne to embrace thee and receiue thée with imbracing and kissing assuring thée to loue mee againe returne daughter and be clean Praebe cor tuum mihi quia praeter hoc aliud abs te non desidero Be sorrie that thou hast sinned because thou hast offended me or at the least sorrow because thou canst not perceiue thy selfe pensiue for oft it commeth to passe that it better pleaseth me and is more profitable to mā to haue a will to be contrite and denout then to perceiue contrition or deuotion Because this contrarie desire of willing and vnwilling engendreth affliction of mind Therefore bee sorie and angrie with thy self yea iudge thy selfe worthie to be damned because thou hast sinned and art not sorrie as thou oughtest This contrition although it be not sensible yet it is such although thou suffer persecution as will bring thée to helth eternall for I know your miserie your weakenesse and necessitie so that in no wise a willing mind ought to dispaire whatsoeuer oldnesse or coldnesse of conscience he feel But thou wilt say I haue committed innumerable offences how shall I particularlie sorrow euerie one of them O my daughter needest thou comfort let onelie truth comfort thée if thou hast many sinnes haue also one generall Contrition in the which thou wilt include all euery offence so that there be no sinne which although it came vnto thy minde thou wouldest exempt from thy penitencie which thou wouldest not eschew and forsake For this generall contrition extendeth it selfe to all and euerie offence yea vnto those which thou hast forgotten and canst not remember neither doe I require that you should necessarilie haue for euerie offence seuerall contritions according to the number and manner of your sinnes for thus I haue spoken of Marie Magdalene I haue forgiuen her many offences for that shee loued much I said not because she loued oftentimes neither could this Magdalene in so sodaine a compunction be otherwise sorrie then for all together Thou likewise to bee sorrie for all that there bee no sinne
sinnes Answere Neyther reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrit hart nor the desire of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist our prayers that wee make before thée in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and gratiously heare vs that those euills which the craft and subtlety of the Deuill or man worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may bee dispersed that we thy seruantes being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thée in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliver vs for thy Names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our Fathers haue declarud vnto vs the noble workes that thou diddest in their dayes and in the olde time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliver vs for thine honour Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. From our enemies defend vs O Christ Gratiously looke vpon our afflictions Pittifully behold the sorrows of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sins of thy people Fauourably with mercy hear our Prayers O Sonne of David haue mercy vpon vs. Both now euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Gratiously heare vs O Christ gratiously heare vs O Lord Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy bee shewed vpon vs. Answere As we doe put our trust in thée Let vs Pray VVE humbly beséeth thee O father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs al those euils that we most righteously haue deserued graunt that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenes of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Kinges Maiestie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie King of Kings Lord of Lords the onely Ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne behold all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily wee beseech thee with thy fauour to behoid our most gratious Soueraigne Lord King Iames and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirite that hee may olway encline to thy will and walke in thy way indue him plentifully with heauenly gifts grant him in health wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may vanquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attaine euerlasting ioy felicity through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A Prayer for the Queene and Prince and other the King and Queenes Children ALmighty God which hast promised to be a father of all thine Elect and of their séede we humbly beséech thée to blesse our gratious Quéene Anne Prince Henrie and all the King and Quéenes Royall Progenie endue them with thy holy Spirite enrich them with thy heauenly Grace prosper them with all happines and bring them to thine euerlasting kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmighty euerlasting God which onely workest great maruailes send downe vpon our Bishoppes and Curates and all Congregations cōmitted to their charge the healthfull Spirite of thy Grace and that they may truely please thée powre vpon them the continual dew of thy blessing graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediator Iesus Christ Amen A Prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast giuen vs Grace at this time with one accorde to make our common Supplications vnto thée and doest promise that when two or thrée bée gathered together in thy Name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may be most expedient for them graunting vs in this worlde knowledge of thy truth and in the worlde to come life euerlasting Amen THe Grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the Loue of GOD and the Fellowshippe of the Holy Ghost be with vs al euermore Amen For Raine if the time require O God Heauenly Father which by thy Son Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that séeke thy Kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof all thinges necessarie to their bodily sustenance sēd vs we beseech thée in this our necessity such moderate raine and showres that wee may receiue the fruites of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen For faire weather O Lord god which for the sin of man didst once drown all the world except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercy diddest promise neuer to destroy it so againe we humbly beseech thee that although wee for our iniquities haue worthily deserued this plague of raine and waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such seasonable wether wherby wee may receiue the fruits of the earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our liues and for thy clemencie to giue thee prayse and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord Amē In the time of Dearth and Famine O God heauenly Father whose gift it is that the raine doth fall the earth is fruitfull beasts increase and fishes doe multiplie behold wee beseech thée the afflictions of thy people and grant that this scarsitie and dearth which wée doe now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse bee mereifully turned into cheapenesse and plenty for the loue of Iesus Christ our Lord to whome with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour c. Amen In the time of warre O Almighty God King of all Kinges and Gouernour of all things whose power no Creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth iustly to punish Sinners and to bee mercifull to them that truely repent saue and deliuer vs wée humbly beséech thée from the hands of our enemies abate theyr pride asswage their malice and confound their deuises that wée being armed with thy defence may bee preserued euermore from all perils to glorifie thee which art the onelie giuer of all victorie through the merites of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen In the time of any common plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King David diddest slay with the plague of pestilence threescore and tenne thousand and yet remembring thy mercy diddest saue the rest haue pitty vppon vs miserable Sinners that now are visited with greate sickenesse and mortality that like as thou diddest then cōmaund thine Angell to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and grieuous sicknesse through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen O God whose nature property is euer to haue mercy and to forgiue receiue our humble Petitions and though we be tyed and bound with the chaine of our sinnes yet let the pittifulnesse of thy great mercy loose vs through Iesus Christs sake our Mediatour and Aduocate Amen A Thankesgiuing for Raine O God our heauenly Father who