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priuate families O Lord our God and heauenly Father wee thy vnworthie children doe here come into thy most holy and heauenly presence to giue thée praise glory for al thy great mercies and manifold blessings towards vs especially for that thou hast preserued vs this night past from all the dangers and feares thereof hast giuen vs quiet rest to our bodies and brought vs now safely to the beginning of this day and doest now a fresh renew all thy mercies vpon vs as the Eagle reneweth her bill giuing vs all things aboundantly to enioy as food raiment health peace libertie and fréedome frō many miseries diseases casualties and calamities which wée are subiect vnto in this life euery minute of an houre and not only so but also for vouchsafing vnto vs many good things not onely for necessitie but euen for delight also But aboue all deare father we praise thy name for the blessings of a better life specially for thy most holy word and sacraments and all the good wée enioy thereby for the continuance of the Gospell amongst vs for the death of thy sonne all that happinesse which we haue thereby Also because thou hast chosen vs to life before we were and that of thy méere goodnesse vndeserued fauour towards vs and hast called vs in thine appointed time iustified by thy grace sanctified vs by thy spirit adopted vs to be thine owne children heires apparant to the great crowne O Lord open our eyes euery day more more to sée and consider of thy great and maruailous loue to vs in all these things that by the due consideration therof our harts may be drawne yet nearer vnto thée euen more to loue thée feare thée and obey thée that as thou art enlarged toward vs in mercie so we may be enlarged towards thée in thanksgiuing and as thou dost abound towards vs in goodnesse so we may abound towards thée in obedience and loue And sith deare father thou art neuer wearie of doing vs good not withstanding all our vnworthinesse naughtinesse therefore let the consideration of thy great mercy and fatherly kindnesse towardes vs euen as it were force our hearts compell vs to come into thy most glorious presence with new songs of thanksgiuing in our mouths Wée pray thée O most mercifull God to forgiue vs all our vnthankfulnesse vnkindnesse prophanes and great abusing of all thy mercies and specially our abuse and contempt of thy Gospell togither with all other the sins of our life which we confes are inumerable mo then can be reckoned vp both in omission of good things and commission of euill We most humbly intreate thée to set them al ouer to that reckoning which thy son Christ hath made vp for them vpon his crosse and neuer to lay any of them to our charge but fréely forget all and forgiue all Naile downe all our sinnes and iniquities to the Crosse of Christ burie them in his death bath them in his bloude hide them in his wounds let them neuer rise vp in iudgement against vs. Set vs frée of the miseries that are vpon vs for sin kéepe back the iudgements to come both of soule bodie goods good name Be reconciled vnto vs in thy deare sonne concerning all matters past not once remembring or repeating vnto vs our olde and abhominable iniquities but accept vs as righteous in him imputing his righteousnesse to vs and our sinnes to him Let his righteousnes satisfie thy iustice for all our vnrighteousnes his obedience for our disobedience his perfection for our imperfectiō Moreouer we humbly beséech thy good maiestie to giue vs the true sight and féeling of our manifold sinnes that we may not be blinded in them through delight or hardned in them through custome as the reprobates are but that we may be euen weary of them and much grieued for them labouring striuing by all possible meanes to get out of them Good Father touch our harts with true repentance for all sinne Let vs not take any delight or pleasure in any sinne but howsoeuer we fal through frailtie as we fall often yet let vs neuer fall finally let vs neuer lie downe in sinne nor continue in sinne but let vs get vpon our féete agayne and turne to thée with all our hearts and séeke thée whilst thou mayest be founde and whilst thou dost offer grace and mercie vnto vs. O Lord encrease in vs that true and liuely fayth whereby we may lay sure hold on thy sonne Christ and rest vpon his merites altogether Giue vs fayth assuredly to beléeue all the great and pretious promises made in the Gospell and strengthen vs from aboue to walke and abound in all the true and sound fruites of fayt● 〈◊〉 vs walke not after the flesh but after the spirite Let vs féele the power of thy sonnes death killing sinne in our mortall bodies and the power of his resurrection raysing vs vp to newnesse of life Let vs growe daylie in the sanctification of the spirite and the mortification of the flesh Let vs liue holily iustly and soberly in this present euill world shewing foorth the vertues of thée in all our particular actions that we may adorne our most holy prafession shine as lights in the midst of a crootied froward generation amongst whom we liue being gainefull to all by our liues conuersations offensiue to none To this end we pray thée fill vs with thy spirite and al spirituall graces as loue wisedome patience contentment méekenes humility temperancy chastity kindenes and affability stir vs vp to vse prayer watchfulnes reading meditation in thy lawe and al other good meanes whereby we may grow and abound in all heauenly vertues Blesse vs in the vse of the meanes from day to day make vs such as thou wouldest haue vs to bée and such as wée desire to bée working in vs both will and déede purpose and power For thou O Lorde art all in all thou wilt haue mercie vppon whom thou wilt haue mercy and whom thou wilt thou hardnest Haue mercie vppon vs therefore deare Father and neuer leaue vs to our selues nor to our owne wils lusts desires but assist vs with thy good spirite that wée may continue to the end in a righteous course that so at length we may be receiued into glory be pertakers of that immortall crowne which thou hast laid vp for all that loue thée and truely call vpon thée Further we intreat thée O heauenly father to giue vs all things necessary for this life as foode raimcut health peace liberty such fréedome from those many fold miseries which we lie open vnto euery day as thou séest méete Blesse vnto vs all the meanes which thou hast put into our hands for the sustenance of this fraile life Blesse our stock and store corne cattle trades occupations all the workes of our handes for thy blessing onely maketh rich and it bringeth no sorrows

sinnes dyed so déepely in crimson that time hath not yet worne out colour If thou thinke thou canst blesse thée from the euill to come make a couenant with thine eyes as Iob did yet let thy heart be griped Iob. 31. 1. and twinged in regarde they haue heretofore béene rowling and extrauagant eyes Thirdly haue respect to the description of sinne Sinne is the transgression of the Law Wherein obserue first what this lawe is which thou breakest Secondly who this God is whom thou offendest First then let it damp thée disquiet thy soule to consider that in euery loose thought by thée conceiued and in euery vnsauory word by thée vttered and in euery lewd déed by thée committed thou hast violated Gods law which law is farre more excellent than the beautifull frame of the whole worlde though in each part it be good and in all the parts together excéeding good For such is our purblindnesse that the great booke of Nature is not able of it selfe to direct vs to the true God as much resembling that Athenian Aulter wherein was written Vnto the vnknowne God but the lawe written Acts. 1. ● 23. pointeth as iust to God as the finger to the dyall and which commends it most of all Psal 19. 7. conuerteth the soule Go to now miserable wretched sinner canst thou by thy dissolute life cracke and disestéeme of this matchlesse Iewell and when when thou hast done wilt thou not enter into a sad and sober consideration opening the sluces of thine eyes and sending forth a swift current of teares Would not that fellon be hangd in chaines who hauing broken most notoriouslie the wholsome lawes of his Prince takes no thought at all but reuiles and playes at Tables all the while he is in prison with his héeles in yrons and his neck in suspence Yes verily Wel then take héed For if after thou hast lift vp thy horne most insolently and pusht downe the incompararable statutes of the Lord thou be not ashamed of thy selfe and confounded in thy selfe but doest feast when thou shouldst fast sing when thou shouldst sobbe laugh when thou shouldst wéepe thou art as néere in quality to the aforesaid théefe as can be well imagined and therfore likely to come to some heauie and fearefull end Secondly take knowledge who he is that enacted this law which thou hast transgressed so shamelesly It is no earthly Prince nor Potentate a creature finite ready to huffe out life at euery moment but it is Iehouah Esa 40. 12. that mighty God who spannes the heauen and measures the waters in his fist in respect of whom all nations are but as the drop of a bucket nay nothing nay lesse Nah. 1. 2. than nothing euen vanity The God of anger who hath his way in the whirlewinde and in the storme at whose sight the earth is burnt the mountaines quake the hils melt the deuils shudder O my déere brother how can thy hart be light sith thou hast offended so great a Maiesty Why doest thou not put sack-cloath about thy loynes and an halter Kings 1. 20. 31. about thy neck with the seruants of Benhadad and crye out Mercie good Lord good Lord graunt mercy for we haue heard that the King of Israell is a mercifull King If thou hadst committed but petit treason against an earthly Prince I perswade me it thou mightst be admitted to his presence thou wouldst stoope and looke forlornly with a palish chéeke and vnkeambd beard neglected apparell vsing these mutes as vocall spokesmen and intercessors for thy pardon and all because The feare of the King is like Prou. 20. 2 the roaring of a Lion And is thy hart so crusted and rough cast that thou wilt not throw thy selfe euen below the earth for displeasing that glorious and fearefull name The Lord thy God Shall a Grasse-hopper Deu. 28. 58 out-face the omnipotent Clay the Potter filth Puritie Darkenesse Light A wispe of stubble a consuming fire a sinner of sinners the holyest of all holyes Surely if these perswasions make no dint nor impression thy hart is harder than the Smiths Anuile yet hearken still I beséech thée to the nature of this God who chiefly ioyes in getting him honor by his boundles mercie If this make thée not bewéepe thy personall sinnes thou hast not so much as a sparkle of grace truly working in thée Wilt thou not be gréeued for offending thy God who loued thée before thou wast Ephe. 1. 4. borne yea before the first stone of the worlds foundation was laide who was thy hope when thou hungest vpon thy mothers brest who guarded thée with Angels as thou layest spralling in thy Cradle and hath euer since fed thée cloathed thée preserued thée Didst thou deserue the least of these blessings If thou say thou didst thou art a lyer and there is no truth in thée For I say vnto thée that he might haue made thée a Dog or a toade or a Serpent haue done thée no wrong at all Euen when thou wast a delightfull burden to thy mother taking thy pastime in her wembe and hauing no other mouth but thy nauell then euen then wast thou odious to God in thine owne nature because conceiued in sin Neither must thou thinke this to be rigor for thy selfe canst not abide a yong Woolfe for that he hath in him the spawne and cruelty and will destroy the flock when he comes to full growth Why wilt thou recompence the Lord euill for good and not rather pine away like the Hart that findeth no pasture for displeasing so indulgent louing a father whose kindnesse is stretched out still Behold this God hanging for thy sake vpon the crosse loe how he stretches out his arines to imbrace thée loe how he bowes downe his head to kisse thée loe how his hart is opened with a speare to loue thée to loue thée an vndutifull and gracelesse child vnworthy indéede to be called his childe And yet he giues not period 1. Cor. 12. 12. to his goodnesse but layes thée nearer his heart marrying thée vnto him and calling thée Christ by his owne name to manifest the wonderfull yet reall coniunction betwixt him and thée O the depth of the riches of the mercy of this God who hath hereto adioined another singuler benefit What is that He hath decréed that thou shouldest be borne not a Turke or a Jew but English then there not when Pharaoh of hell and Antichrist his vicegerent made all true Israelites weary of their liues with all manner of spirituall bondage which they laid vpon them most cruelly but when he set the Diadem on the head of that virgin Quéene who hath giuen vs already thrée and fortye yeares of Iubilee wherein we sit peaceably vnder our vines go ioyfully to the Church to heare the golden bell of Aaron ring sweetely in the Pulpit to feele the fragrant smell of his Pomegranats Be glad yée heauens at this