Lord is become glorious in power thy right hand Lorde hath al to dashed the enemies And in thy great glory thou hast ouerthrowen them that rose vp against thee thou sendest forth thy wrath which cōsumed them euen as stubble Who is like vnto thee O Lord amongst Goddes Who is like to thee so glorious in holines fearefull in prayses shewing wonders The Lorde shall raigne for euer euer Sing ye vnto the Lord for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his ryder hath he ouerthrown in the sea For sickenes Exodus 15. d. 26. IF thou wilt harken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God and wylt do that which is right in his sight and wilt gene eare vnto his commaundementes and keepe all his ordinaunces then will I put none of these diseases vpō thee which I haue brought vpon the Egiptians for I am the Lord that healeth thee 2. Chronicles 2. a. 5. 6. b. 11. 9. b. 8. Great is our God aboue all Goddes But who is able to builde hym an house when that heauen and heauen aboue all heauens is not hable to receiue hym what am I then that shoulde builde hym an house nay but euen to burne sacrifice before him shal this building be The Lorde setteth a wyse kyng ouer the people whome he loueth that they may longe endure and prosper Blessed be the Lord thy God which hast lust to thee to set thee king on his seat that thou mightest be king for the Lord thy God because thy God loueth Israell and hath delite to make them continue euer therefore made he thee king ouer them to do right and equitie Exodus 18. c. 18. d. 21. d. 23. Thou canst not alone sustaine the burthen of ruling a whole kingdome but heare my wordes and counsell and the Lord shal be with thee Moreouer thou shalt seeke out among all the people men of actiuitie and such as feare God true men hating coueteousnes place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes rulers of hundrethes rulers offifties and rulers of tennes And let them iudge the people at all seasons and euery great matter that commeth let thē bring vnto thee but let them iudge all small causes themselues and so shall it be easier for thy selfe they shall beare a burthen with thee If thou shall do this thing and God charge thee withall thou shalt be able to endure and yet the people shal come to theyrplace in peace 1. Reg. 12. b. 13. 14. 15. c. 20. d. 24. 25. Samuel said vnto the people Beholde the king whome ye haue chosen and whom ye haue desired loe the Lorde hath set a king ouer you If ye will feare the Lord and serue hym and heare hys voyce and not disobey the word of the Lord both ye and the king that raig neth ouer you shall follow the Lord your God If ye wyll not harken vnto the voyce of the Lord but disobey the Lordes mouth then shall the hand of the Lord be vppon you and on your fathers Yet depart not from following of the Lord but serue the Lorde wyth all your hartes Therefore feare ye the Lord and serue him in the truth and with all your hartes and cōsider how great thinges he hath done for you But if ye do wickedly then shall ye perishe both ye and yourking The wordes of Samuell to be truely spoken by all good rulers 1. Reg. 12. a. 3. 4. 5. BEholde here I am beare recorde of me before the Lorde and before hys annoynted whose Oxe haue I taken or whose Asse haue I takē who haue I done wrong to whom haue I hurt or of whose hand haue I receaued any bribe to blind myne cyes therewith and I wil restore it you They sayde Thou hast done vs no wrong nor hurt vs neyther hast thou taken ought of any mans hand He sayd vnto thē agayne The Lord is witnes agaynst you and his annomted is witnes this day that ye haue founde naught in my handes And they aunswered he is witnes 1. Reg. 13. b. 13. 14. Samuell sayde to Saule Thou art become a foole thou hast not kept the commaundement of the Lorde thy God which he commaunded thee For at this tyme woulde the Lord haue stablished thy king dome vppon Israell for euer But now thy kingddme shall not continue The Lord hath sought him a man after hys owne hart and the Lord hath commaunded to be captayne ouer his people because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commaunded thee 2. Reg. 14. b. 9. 11. c. 17. d. 20. The king and hys throne should be giltlesse and ought to remember the Lorde hys God and not to suffer much bloudshed The king is as an Angell of God in hearing of the good and bad therefore the Lorde God is with hym The king is wise according to the wisedome of an Angell of God to vnderstand all thinges thac are in earth 2. Paral. 9. b. 7. 8. Happy are the mē and people vnto whom God geueth a wise king God maketh one a king that he shoulde do according to right and equitie Esay 32. a. 12. A good and godly king shal gouerne after the rule of righteousnes and the princes shall rule according to the balance of equitie And that man shall be vnto men as a defence for the winde and as a refuge for the tempest like as a riuer of water in a thirsty place and the shadow of a great rocke in a dry land Ieremy 22. a. 1. c. b. 9. Thus sayth the Lorde Goe downe into the house of the king of Juda speake there these wordes and say Heare the word of the Lord thou king of Juda that sittest in the kingly seat of Dauid thou and thy seruaunts and thy people that goeth in out at these gates Thus the Lord commandeth keepe equitie and righteousnes deliuer the oppressed frō the power of the violent do not greue nor oppresse the straunger the fatherles nor the widow and shed no innocent bloud in this place And if ye keepe these thinges faithfully then shall there come in at the dore of thys house kinges to sit vpon Dauides seat they shal be caried in charetes and ride vppon horses both they and their seruaunts and their people But if ye will be obedient vnto these commaundemētes I sweare by my owne selfe saith the Lord this house shal be wast For thus hath the Lord spokē vpon the kinges of Juda thou Giliad art vnto me the head of Libanus shall I not make thee so wast as the Cities that no men dwell in I wyl prepare a destroyer with his wepōs for thee to hew down thy especial Cedar trees to cast them in the fire And all the people that goe by thys Citie shall speake one to an other wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto thys noble Citie Then shall it be aunswered because they haue broken the couenaunt of the Lorde theyr God and haue worshipped serued straunge Gods Psalme
stand vp and the rulers take counsell together against God and agaynst hys annointed He that dwelleth in heauen will laugh them to scorne the Lord will haue them in derision Then wyll he speake vnto them in hys wrath and he will astonish them with feare in hys sore displeasure Thou shalt brast them with a rod of yron and breake thē in peeces like a potters vessell Wherefore be you now well aduised O ye kynges be ye learned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue ye God in feare and reioyce ye wyth trembling Kisse ye the Sonne least that he be angry and so ye perishe from the way If hys wrath be neuer so little kindled blessed are all they that put theyr trust in hym Ieremy 13. b. 11. 2. Parallepo 3. ◠Saule Roboam Achab with all their posteritie Sellam Jehoakim 4. Reg. 13. c. 24. a. Ieremiae 22. c. 18. came vnto an euill end Dauid Salomon Jehosephat Ezechias Josias c. Godly kinges raigne prosperously haue victory ouer their enemies Lamentation of Ieremy 2. b. 9 The goodly Citie and temple of Jerusalem are destroyed vtterly the king and Princes are caryed away to the Gentiles they haue neyther lawe nor prophetes nor yet any vision from the Lord. The Senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the ground in silence they haue strawed ashes vpon their heades and girded themselues wyth sackecloth the maydens of Jerusalem hang downe their heades to the ground Iudicium 9. c. King Abimelech being wickedly chosē and wicked worketh hys owne destruction and destruction of those that did chuse hym Luke 19. c. Those Citizens that wyll not haue Christ to raigne ouer them are destroyed Luke 19. c. The king asketh an accompt of hys seruauntes §*§ ⧠A prayer taken out of the booke of Wisdome Cap. 9 O God of my fathees and Lorde of mercies thou that hast made all thinges with thy worde and diddest ordayne man through thy wisdome that he should haue dominiō ouer thy creatures whiche thou hast made and that he should order the world according to holines and righteousnes and that he shouid execute iudgement with a true harte geue me wisdome which is euer about thy seate and put me not out from among thy children for I thy seruaunt and handmaiden am a feable person of a short tyme and to weake for the vnderstandyng of thy iudgementes and lawes And though a man be neuer so perfect among the chyldren of men yet if thy wisdome be not with him he shall be of no value O sende her out therefore from thy holy heauens and from the throne of thy Maiestie that she may be with me and labour with me that I may know what is acceptable in thy sight for she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shall lead me soberly in my workes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable by Christ our Lorde to whome wyth thee and to the holyghost be all honour glory worlde without ende Amen ⸫ ⧠Vn bref formulaire d'Oraison ¶ La Preface O Seigneur bon Dieu Pere que ton nom soit benit à iamais Dispose mon coeur ouure mes leures me conduis par ton saint Esprit à vne vraye recognoissance de toutes mes fautes à fin que mō Oraison soit exaucée de toy au Nom de ton filz Iesus Christ. Ainsi soit-il ¶ La Confession des pechez SEigneur mon Dieu Pere eternel tout-puissant ie recognoy confesse deuant ta sainte haute Maiesté que ie n'ay cessé depuis ma naissance ne cesse tous lesiours estant conceuë née en iniquité corruption de transgresser tes commandemens Quoy faisant ie ne puis selon ton iuste iugement euiter ruine perdition Toutesfois ayāt desplaisir de t'auoir offensé condēnant moy mon peché puis qu'il t' a pleu de nous aymer lors mesme que nous estions tes ennemis en tesmoignage dequoy tu nous as donné ton filz vnique bien aymé pour mediateur aduocat entre toy nous nostre Seigneur Iesus Christ auec promesse d'obtenir en son Nom tout ce que nous te demanderons Vueille donc Dieu tresbenin pere misericordieux en son Nom en sa faueur me faire pardon mercy Et en repurgeant mon coeur de toute vanité souillure m'addresser cōduire par tō saint Esprit en toutes mes voyes à fin que ie chemine selon tes saints diuins commaundemēs tous les iours de ma vie à la gloire de ton Nō Par iceluy ton filz bien-aymé Ainsi soit-il ¶ L'oraison pour le Matin MOn DIEV mon Pere mon Sauueur comme maintenant tu enuoye ton Soleil sur la terre pour donner la lumiere corporelle à tes creatures vueille aussi illuminer mon coeur mon enten demēt par la lumiere celeste de tō saint Esprit à fin que ie ne pense ne dise ne face rien sinon pour te seruir complaire Que durant tout ce iour mon but principal soit de cheminer en ta crainte te seruir honorer attendant tout heur prosperité de ta seule benediction Que selon mon corps mon ame tu sois mon protecteur me fortifiant contre toutes les tentatiōs du diable de la chair me preseruant des entreprinses conspiratiōs de tous mes ennemis leurs complices adherēs Et d'autant bon Dieu que ce n'est rien de bien commencers◠on ne perseuere qu'il te plaise nō seulemēt pour ce iour me receuoir sous ta conduite protectiō mais pour tout le cours de mavie continuāt augmētant de iour en iour les dōs graces de ton saint Esprit en moy iusques à ce qu'estant vnie coniointe auec ton filz vnique mon Sauueur ie puisse iouir de ceste vie bien-heureuse laquelle tu as promise à tous tes eleuz Pariceluy ton filz nostre Seigneur Iesus-Christ Ainsi soit-il ¶ Action de Graces DIeu tout bon tout sage Pere celeste plein de misericorde clemēce reduisant en memoire les oeuures de tes mains ie ne puis sinon admirer ta grande sapience bonté infinie laquelle tu as declarée enuers toutes tes creatures singulierement au regard de moy comme de m'auoir donné estre mouuement vie mais aussi outre les benefices infinis que tu distribue cōmunément à tous hommes de la terre tu m'as fait tant de graces speciales qu'il m'est impossible de les reciter ne mesme les pouuoir comprēdre Il t' a pleu par la lumiere de ton Euāgile me deliurer des tenebres d'erreur
to reuerence magnifie thy godly maiestie First for that thou hast created vs to thine owne Image and similitude but chiefly because thou hast deliuered vs frō that euerlasting death and damnation into the which Sathan drew mankind by the meanes of sinne from the bondage wherof neyther man nor Angell was able to make vs free but thou O Lorde riche in mercy and infinite in goodnes hast prouided our redemption to stand in thine onely and welbeloued sonne whom of very loue thou didst geue to be made man like vnto vs in all thinges sinne excepted that in hys body he might receaue the punishment of our transgression by hys death to make satisfaction to thy iustice and by hys resurrection to destroy him that was author of death and so to bring againe life to the worlde from which the whole ofspring of Adam was most iustly exiled O Lord we acknowledge that no creature was able to comprehend the length and breadth the deepenes and height of that thy most excellent loue which moued thee to shewe mercy where none was deserued to promise and geue lyfe where death had gotten victory to receaue vs into thy grace when we could doe nothing but rebell against thy maiestie O Lord the blind dulnes of our corrupt nature will not suffer vs sufficiently to weigh these thy most ample benefites yet neuertheles at the commaundement of Jesus Christ our Lorde we present our selues to thys hys table which he hath left to be vsed in remembraunce of hys death vntill hys comming agayne to declare and witnes before the world that by hym alone we haue receaued libertie and life that by hym alone thou doest acknowledge vs to bee thy children and heyres that by hym alone we haue entrance to the throne of thy grace that by him alone we are possessed in our spirituall kingdome to eate and drinke at his table with whom we haue our conuersation presently in heauen and by whom our bodyes shall be raised vp agayne from the duste and shall bee placed with hym in that endles ioy which thou O father of mercy hast prepared for thine elect before the foundation of the world was layde And these most inestimable benefites we acknowledge and confesse to haue receaued of thy free mercy and grace by thine onely beloued sonne Jesus Christ For the which therfore we thy congregation moued by thy holy spirite render to thee all thankes praise and glory for euer and euer ¶ A thankesgeuing after the receauiug of the holy Communion TOst mercifull father we render vnto thee all prayse thankes honour glory for that it hath pleased thee of thy great mercies to graunt vs miserable sinners so excellent a gift and treasure as to receaue vs into the fellowship company of thy deare sonne Jesus Christ our Lord whom thou hast deliuered to death for vs hast geuen hym vnto vs as a necessary foode and nourishment vnto euerlasting lyfe And now we besech thee also O heauenly father to graunt vs thys request that thou neuer suffer vs to become so vnkind as to forget so worthy benefites but rather imprint and fasten them sure in our hartes that we may grow encrease dayly more and more in true fayth which continually is exercised in all maner of good workes and so much the rather O Lord confirme vs in these perillous dayes and rages of Sathan that we may constantly stand and continue in the confession of the same to the aduauncemēt of thy glory which art God ouer al things blessed for euer So be it ¶ A Prayer for wisedome to gouerne the Realme ALmightie God King of all Kinges Lorde of heauē earth by whose ordinaunce Princes haue gouernance of mortal mē wheras the wisest King Salomon plainly confesseth him self vnable to gouerne his kingdome without thy helpe assistance how much lesse shall I thy handmaide being by kinde a weake womā haue sufficient abilitie to rule these thy kingdomes of England and Ireland an innumerable warlike nation or how shall I possibly be able to beare the infinite weight of so great a burden vnlesse thou O most mercifull father as thou hast of thine own liberalitie without my deseruing and agaynst the expectation of many geuen me a kingdome and made me to reigne doe also in my reigning endue and helpe me with thy heauenly grace without which none euen the wisest among the childrē of men can once thinke a right thought Thou therefore O endlesse foūtaine of all wisedome send downe from thy holy heauen and frō the soueraigne throne of thy maiestie thy wisedome to be euer with me and alway to assist me to watch and labour with me in gouerning the common weale and that it may so teach and instruct me thy hādmaide that I may discerne betwene good euill and betwene right wronge that I may euer haue willingnes boldnes power to geue deserued punishment to the giltie louingly to defend the innocent liberally to cherish the painefull and profitable members of the common weale finally without regard of persons wtout accompt of worldly respectes take in hand execute and performe that which I shall know to please thee alone that when thou the rightfull iudge that shalt require many great thynges at their handes to whom many and great thinges are committed shalt call vs all to a straite reckening I be not condemned as giltie of euill gouernaunce but if I thy handmaide by naturall frailtie weaknes and want of cōsideration shall in any thing haue swarued from the right way it may please thee of thy great mercy most soueraigne king and most louing father for Jesus Christ thy sonnes sake to pardon me and graunt that after this earthly kingdome expired I may with thee enioy the heauenly and euerlasting kingdome through the same Jesus Christ thy sonne our Lorde and Mediator to whom with thee and with the holy ghost the only king of all worldes immortall inuisible onely wise God be all honour and glory for euer ⸫ Domine ne in furore PSALME VI. ¶ When Dauid by his sinnes had prouoked Gods wrath and now felte not onely his hand against him but also conceyued the horrors of death euerlasting he desireth forgeuenes bewailing that if God tooke him away in his indignation he should lacke occasion to prayse him as he was wont to do whiles he was among mē Then sodenly feeling Gods mercy he sharply rebuketh his enemies which reioyced in his affliction O Lorde rebuke me not in thine indignatiō neither chasten me in thy displeasure My soule is also sore troubled but Lord how long wilt thou punish me Turne thee O Lord and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remēbreth thee and who will geue thee thankes in the pit I am wery of my groning euery night wash I my bedde and water my couch with teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne away because of all mine
our owne strengthes and deseruinges but by thy louing and mercifull working we pray to be saued and restored thorough Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ⧠Deprofundis cla PSALME CXXX ¶ The people of God from their bottomles miseries do cry vnto God and are heard They confesse their sinnes and flee vnto Gods mercy OUt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O Lord Lord heare my voyce O let thine eares consider wel the voyce of my cōplaint If thou Lorde wilt be extreme marke what is done amisse oh Lord who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therfore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lorde my soule doth wait for him in his word is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the Lorde before the mornyng watch I say before the morning watch O Israell trust in the Lord for with the lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption And he shall redeme Israel from all his sinnes ¶ A prayer taken out of the same Psalme THou art oft wont O almighty God greuously to afflict thy faythfull people that thereby they may retourne to thee with feruent and perfect repentaunce whereof nowe in thy churche we haue experience in these most troublesome times For we that heretofore haue infinite wayes bene vnthankfull to thee haue daily broken thy law are oftentimes so vexed with the fiercenes of the diuell and his seruantes that we are constrained to cry to thee out of the most depe pitte of our miseries to pray thee that thou wilt not so seuerely punishe our sinnes If thou O God be determined to marke and punish our iniquities according to their deseruinges which of vs shall be so cleane and holy that he shall be able to stand before thy righteousnes But sith we knowe that thou art full of exceding mercy we do both morning euening loke vp for thy helpe Although therefore our offences be many yet it may please thee of thy most plentifull goodnes and mercy to succour vs that beyng deliuered from these instant perils and from the miseries that oppresse vs we may both beleue and report that with thee alone is true redemption through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen An other prayer taken out of the same psalme FOrasmuch as O almighty God we are continually tossed in the depe sea of temptations ▪ and are not able of our selues to withstand them we do for our great necessitie beseche thee mercifully to relieue vs. For if thou beyng iudge and examiner of all our doynges shalt narrowly marke all our offences against thee and rigorously punish them who shall be able to stand before thy throne Wherefore sithe there is with thee great and infinite clemency as our only trust is therin so we beseche thee that our iniquities may therby be redeemed With this onely confidence we are daily hourely nourished and do trust that thou wilt neuer forget the true Israell that is thy church Graunt therfore we pray thee that we may obtayne of thee pardon of our sinnes as the true and perfect fruite of this affiaunce thorough Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ⧠Domine exaudi PSALME CXLIII ¶ An earnest prayer for remission of sinnes acknowledging that the enemies did thus cruelly persecute hym by Gods iust iudgement He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirite that he maye spende the remnaunt of his life in the true feare and seruice of God HEare my praier O lord and consider my desire hearken vnto me for thy truth righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man liuyng be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smiten my life downe to the ground he hath layd me in the darkenes as the men that haue bene long dead Therfore is my spirit vexed within me and my hart with in me is desolate Yet doo I remember the tyme past I muse vppon all thy workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy handes I stretch forth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thirstie land Heare me O Lord and that soone for my spirite waxeth faint hide not thy face frō me least I be like vnto them that go downe into the pit O let me heare thy louyng kindnes betymes in the mornyng for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me O Lord from mine enemies for I flie vnto thee to hide me Teache me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my god let thy louyng spirite lead me forth into the land of righteousnes Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake bryng my soule vnto thee And of thy goodnes slea myne enemies and destroy all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt ¶ A prayer taken out of the 143. Psalme WE do earnestly desire O lord God that thou wilt encline to our common petitions and for thy truth and mercies sake heare the prayers that we poure out before thee And we deny not that the sinnes wherwith we haue greuously offēded thee do not so deserue But if thou wouldest deale with vs by extremitie of thy law iudgement and dryue vs to seuere trial forasmuch as no mortall man yea no creature be the same neuer so pure and holy were able to abide it we also without doubte must nedes be condemned and not able to stand before thy iudgemēt seat in thy presence It may therefore please thee with thine accustomed clemency and pity to behold how vehemently our ennemy pursueth our soules wherby we are so vexed and ouercome that our case semeth litle to differ from the estate of the dead so sore is our spirit accombred within vs and our harte astonied Yet do we wel remember of thy former and auncient mercy wherby thou art wont wondrously to succour thine elect whē theyr cases are most dispaired Wherefore now we doo not onely lift vp our handes but also with all our hartes we crye to thee that thou wilt deliuer thy church frō thyne enemies and so gouerne vs wyth thy good spirit that hereafter we may accordyng to thy wil good pleasure faithfully do those things that are vpright and holy beyng brought out of this distresse reuiued by thy strengthe and helpe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ An other out of the same Psalme SO great O Lorde is our wante of righteousnesse that all such as are well in structed with thy spirite do well know how vnable we are to stande before thy iudgement Therfore when we wey our deseruinges our spirite fayleth and our harte is amased But by and by we turne to thy mercy and do confesse that our vnrighteousnesse commeth not of our self but is thy worke Vpholden and encouraged with thee we flie to thy fauour in our perils of this lyfe For vnlesse thou doo helpe vs we
gates of death and yet reducing backe againe I besech thee that as thou hast with thy sharpe visitation and greuous sicknes already corrected me thy disobedient seruaunt so thou wilt also after thys thy fatherly correction mercifully relieue and restore me if it may so stand with thy gratious goodnes euen as thy beloued sonne our Sauiour Jesus Christ vppon earnest sute and prayer as in hys holy Gospell is mentioned relieued and restored vnto health the rulers sonne being in extreme sicknes and at the very poynt of death which my most humble sute I likewise entirely make vnto thee most mercifull father in the name of the same thy dearlybeloued sonne our Sauiour Jesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Ghost world without end Amen ¶ In time of sicknes O Most mightie most mercifull Sauior Jesu Christ the onely sonne of the liuing God who being here vpon the earth amongest mortall men by the healing of all diseases and pardoning of the sinnes of such as put theyr trust in thee diddest declare vnto the world that thou art that onely heauenly and perfect Physition as well of our soules as of our bodyes and when such as trusted in theyr owne righteousnes did lay it to thy charge as a fault that thou diddest keepe company with sinners thou diddest expressely testifie that not such as were in health but such as were sicke had nede of the Physitian Beholde O heauenly Physitian here in me a matter most worthy of thy diuine cure most meete to shew both thy power and mercy vppon Behold a person sore oppressed both with the sickenes of my soule and body Beholde me thy handmaiden vpon whom from my tender yeares vnto thys day thou hast heaped so great so many and almost infinite benefites of thy gratious goodnes whom being borne of a king and Queene thou hast not onely endued with giftes of grace meete for a kingdome but also hast deliuered me from many great daungers out of the handes of my enemies from the snares of death which they had set for my life hast exalted me vnto the dignitie of a Queene and placed me in the high estate of honour amongest mortall persons and that not through any my deseruyng but onely of thy free goodnes and mere liberalitie But now O Lord either lest too much worldly prosperitie should cary my minde astray and cause me to forget my selfe and my boūden dutie towardes thee or els for that I being by thee made a Queene ouer thy people haue neuer as I ought to doe from my hart acknowledged and confessed my self to be the subiecte and handmaiden of thy Maiestie neither behaued my selfe towardes thee accordingly as became thy bond maiden neither being thankfull towardes thee as my most gratious Sauiour nor obedient vnto thee as my most dreadfull Lord or els for other causes vnto thy diuine wisedome best knowen now I say eyther wholesomly to admonish or most iustly to punishe thy disobedient seruant and so gratiously to correcte and amend me thou hast stricken me with a greuous sicknes of my body and very daūgerous vnto my life and also troubled abashed my minde with terrours and anguishes of my soule and withall thou hast by my daunger sore flighted and amased thy people of England whose safetie quietnes next after thee seemeth to stay vppon me aboue all other worldly creatures and vpon my life and continuance amongest them Wherfore as well I as thy people cōmitted ▪ vnto me bowing the knees of our hartes before thy maiestie do hūbly besech thee most gratious Sauiour in thy iudgement to remember thy mercy and according to thy accustomed goodnes to deliuer me thy handmaiden from thys present perill of daungerous sicknes And first O heauenly Physitian I besech thee heale my soule pardoning my vnkindnes towardes thee forgeuing my forgetfulnes of thee and of my selfe vtterly blotting out and putting cleane away all other my sinnes committed agaynst thy Maiestie Heale my minde reforming and instructing me with thy heauenly grace that I may take thys sicknes which thou hast most iustly punished me withall contentedly and paciently as a bitter but wholesome medicine of all the diseases of my minde offered vnto me by thee as it were by the handes of the best Physician And withall heale my body also making it sound and pure frō all infirmities remnantes of sicknes that I may be throughly cured by the hauing of a whole minde in a whole body and that I hauing obteyned perfect health of both by thy only benefite not onely my self but also all thy people of England with me may both be taught by the perill past hereafter to geue due reuerence and obedience vnto thy maiestie and for the deliuerie from so great a daunger and benefite of perfect health may magnifie thy goodnes and mercy with perpetuall prayses and continuall thankesgeuing who with thy heauenly father and the holy Ghost are one immortall and most glorious God to whom belongeth all Empyre power and maiestie worlde without end Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayd after sicknes or any other kinde of crosse or affliction ALmightie most mercifull father I thy poore creature worke of thyne handes acknowledge and confesse vnto thee my manifolde sinnes and offences which I frō my youth vp vnto thys day haue cōmitted agaynst thee in thought word and deede am taught and moued by thy worde and grace to be hartely sory for the same beseching thee for Jesus Christ thy deare sonnes sake to haue mercy vpon me and to forgeue me all these myne offences according to thy great mercy and promise which hast sayd At what time so euer a sinner doth repent him of his sinne frō the bottome of hys hart I will put all hys wickednes out of my remembraunce Ezech. xviij O Lord I confesse that I was borne in sinne and conceaued in wickednes and am by nature a childe of wrath for in my fleshe dwelleth no good thyng and of my selfe I am not able to thinke a good thought much lesse to do that thou in thy lawe requirest of me which hast sayd Cursed is he that continueth not in all thinges that are written in the lawe to doe them Again thy law is spirituall but I am carnall sold vnder sinne Therfore O Lorde I come vnto thee for grace which hast sayd Aske ye shall haue seeke and ye shall finde knocke and it shall bee opened vnto you to preuent and draw my will vnto all goodnes for none can come vnto thee except he bee drawen and except we bee borne from aboue we can not see the kingdome of God Therfore O Lorde renue in me a right spirite that I may receaue strength and ablenes to do thy righteous will Assist me with thy grace that I may be strengthened with power in the inward man and be armed with thy holy armour which is the brestplate of righteousnes the shield of fayth the hope of
18. 48. God hath wonderfull oft deliuered hys kyng and he hath done mercifully vnto Dauid his annoynted and to hys seede for euermore Psalme 24. a. 1. 2. b. 7. The earth is Gods and all that therein is the world and they that dwell therein For he hath layde the foundations of it vppon the seas and he hath set it sure vppon the floudes Lift vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting dores and the king of glory shall enter in Who is the king of glory It is God both strong and mighty it is God mighty in battayle Lift vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lift vp you euerlasting doores and the king of glory shal enter in Who is the king of glory euen the God of hostes he is the king of glory Psalme 21. a. 1. c. The king ought to reioyce in thy strength O God and he ought to be exceeding glad of thy saluation Thou hast geuen hym his hartes desire and hast not denyed hym the request of hys lippes For thou hast preuented him with good blessinges and hast a crowne of pure golde vppon hys head He asked life of thee and thou gauest hym long dayes euen for euer and euer Hys honour is great through thy saluatiō thou hast layd glory and great worship vppon hym For thou hast placed him to be blessings for euer and hast made hym glad with the ioy of thy countenaunce Because the kyng trusteth in God and in the mercy of the most highest he shall not miscary Thyne hand will finde out all thyne enemyes thy right hand will finde out them that hate thee Thou wilt make like a burning fornace in tyme of thy fury God will destroy thē in hys wrath and fire shall consume them Thou wilt roote their fruite out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men For they intended mischife against thee and imagined a crafty deuice but they could not bring it to passe Therefore thou wilt put them to flight and direct thine arrowes against their faces Be thou exalted O God according to thyne owne might so we wyll sing with Psalmes we will prayse thy power Psalme 72. O God geue vnto the king thy iudgements and thy righteousnes vnto the kinges sonne Then he will iudge thy people according vnto iustice and thy afflicted according to equitie The mountaynes also hilles shall bring peace to the people by the meanes of righteousnes He will iudge the afflicted amongst the people he wil saue the children of the poore and subdue the oppressor They will feare thee as long as the sunne and moone shineth from one generation to an other He will come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wolle euen as the dropes that water the earth In hys dayes the righteous shal flourishe ▪ and there shall be aboundaunce of peace so long as the moone endureth Hys dominion also shall be from the one sea to the other and from the floud vnto the end of the earth They that dwell in the wildernes shall kneele before hym his enemyes shall licke the dust The king of Tharsis and of the Iles shall offer presentes the king of Sheba and Seba shall bring giftes All kinges will worship hym all nacions will do him seruice For he wil deliuer the poore when he cryeth and the afflicted and hym that hath no helper He wyll haue compassion vpon the poore and nedy and he wil preserue the soules of the poore He will deliuer their soules frō deceite and oppressiō and their bloud shall be in hys sight He wyll liue and he wyll geue to the poore of the golde of Sheba and he wyll pray alwayes for hym and dayly he wyll blesse hym A handfull of corne shall be sowed in the earth vpon the toppe of hilles and the fruit thereof shall make a noyse like Libanus and shall flourishe in the Citie lyke grasse vppon the earth Hys name shall endure for euer hys name shall be spread abroad to the world so long as the sunne shal shine all nations shall be blessed in hym and shall call him blessed Blessed be God the Lord the Lorde of Israell which onely doth wonderous things And blessed be the name of his maiesty for euer and all the earth shal be filled with his maiesty Amen Amen Psalme 80. a. 1. Heare O thou shepheard of Israell thou that leadest Joseph lyke a sheepe and thou that sittest vppon the Cherubins shewe thy gratious presence Romaynes 5. d. They shall raigue through Jesus Christ receauing aboundance of grace and gifte of righteousnes §*§ ⧠Sentences of threatening to euill kinges and examples of their euill successe 1. Reg. 15. 10. d. 16. 17. THe woorde of the Lorde came vnto Samuell saying It repenteth me that I haue made Saule king For he is turned from me and hath not performed my commaundementes And Samuell was euill apaid and cryed vnto the Lord all night And Samuell rose early to meete Saule in the mornyng and when he came vnto him he said Let me tell thee what the Lord hath sayd to me this night And he sayd vnto him say on Samuel said when thou wast little in thine owne syght wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israell and the Lord annointed thee king ouer Israell Ieremy 13. c. 18. 19. Tell the king the Queene humble your selues sitte you downe low for your dignitie shall be throwen downe and the crowne of your glory shall fall from your head The Cities towardes the south shal be shut vp and no man shal open them all Juda shall be caried away captiue so that none shal remayne Ieremy 21. d. 11. Unto the house of the kyng of Juda say thus Heare the worde of the Lorde O thou house of Dauid thus sayth the Lord Minister righteousnes and that soone deliuer the oppressed from violent power or euer my terrible wrath breake out like a fire and burne so that no man may quench it because of the wickednes of your imaginations Beholde sayth the Lorde I will come vpon thee that dwellest in the valleyes rockes and fieldes and say tush who wil make vs afraid or who wyll come into our houses For I will visite you sayth the Lord because of the wickednes of your inuētions and will kindle such a fire in your wood as shall consume all that is about you Prouerbes 28. a. 2. c. 15. 16. 21. For the wickedues of the land the Prince is oft chaunged but through a man of vnderstanding and wisdome a realme endureth long As a roaring Lion and an hungry beare so is an vngodly Prince ouer the poore people Where the Prince is without vnderstanding there is great oppression and wrong but if he hateth coueteousnes he shall long raigne To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good for that man wyll do wrong yea euen for a peece of bread Psalme 2. a. 2. 4. 5. 10. 11. 12. The kinges of the earth
suffer hym who hath a proude looke a great stomacke My eyes shal be vppon such in the land as haue a true meaning that they may sit with me he that leadeth a perfect life shall minister vnto me There shall no deceitfull person haue any seate in my house He that telleth lyes shal not tary long in my sight I wyll euery morning destroye all the vngodly in the land that I may roote out from the Citie of God all workers of wickednes Psalme 145. I wil magnify thee O God my king and I will blesse thy name for euer and euer I wil blesse thee euery day and I wyll prayse thy name for euer and euer Great is God and most worthy to be praysed and hys greatnes can not be searched out One generation shall prayse thy workes vnto an other and they shall declare thy mighty power I wil set forth in wordes the glorious maiesty of thy excellentnes and thy wondrous workes I wil also declare thy greatnes so that men shall speake of the force of thy terrible actes They shall vtter out of theyr mouth a memoriall of thyne aboundant kindnes and they shall sing of thy righteousnes God is gratious and merciful loth to be angry and great in louing kindnes God is good vnto euery man and his mercy is aboue al his workes All thy workes shall confesse it vnto thee O God and thy saintes shall blesse thee They shall shew the glory of thy kingdome and talke of thy power That they may make knowne to the children of men hys manifolde power and the glorious maiesty of hys kingdome Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages God vpholdeth all such as fall and lifteth vp all those that be bowyng downeward The eyes of all wayte vpon thee and thou geuest thē theyr meate in due seasō Thou openest thy hand and satisfiest the desire of euery thyng God is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all hys workes God is nigh vnto al them that call vppon hym vnto all such as call vpon hym in truth He wyll fulfill the desire of them that feare hym he wyll also heare theyr cry and he wyll saue them God preserueth all those that loue him but he wil bring to nothing such as be vngodly My mouth shall speake the prayse of God and all fleshe shall blesse hys holy name for euer and euer Luke 1. d. Christ shall raigne in the house of Jacob for euer and of his kingdome there shal be none ende §§ ⧠Promises admonitions and counsels to good kinges with examples of their good successe Deut. 7. d. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. THen thou shalte make hym kyng ouer thee whom the lord thy God shall chose Euen one from among thy brethren shalte thou make kyng ouer thee and thou mayst not set a straunger ouer thee which is not of thy brethren But he shall not multiply horses to himselfe nor bryng the people agayne to Egipt to increase the number of horses forasmuch as the Lorde hath sayde vnto you ye shall henceforth go no more agayne that way Also he ought not to multiply wyues to hymselfe least hys hart turne away neyther shal he gather hymselfe siluer and golde to much And when he is set vpō the seat ofhys kingdome he shall write hym out a copye of thys lawe in a booke before the Priestes the Leuites And it shall be wyth him and he ought to read therein al the dayes of his life that he may learne to feare the Lorde hys God and to keepe all the words of this lawe and these ordinaunces for to do them And that his hart arise not aboue his brethrē and that he turne not from the cōmaundement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong hys dayes in hys kingdome he and hys children in the midst of Israell The wordes of Iosua to the people Iosua 24. c. 14. d. 20. THe Lorde hath geuen vnto you a land flowing with milke hony Now therefore feare the Lorde and serue hym in perfectnes and truth and put away the Gods which your fathers serued on the otherside of the floud and in Egipt and serue ye the Lorde If ye forsake the Lord serue strange Goddes he wyll turne and do you euill and consume you after that he hath done you good And the people sayd vnto Josua Nay but we wyll serue the Lord. And Josua sayde vnto the people ye are witnesses against your selues that ye haue chosen you the Lord to serue hym And they sayd we are witnesses Then put away said he the straunge Gods which are among you and bow your hartes vnto the Lorde God of Israell The people sayd vnto Josua The Lord our God will we serue and his voyce will we obey And Israell serued the Lorde all the dayes of Josua and all the dayes of the elders that ouerliued Josua and which had knowen all the workes of the Lord that he had done for Israell ¶ Admonitions out of the word of God ¶ The wordes of the Lord to his seruaunt Iosua captayne of hys people Israell and by hym to all the godly Princes Kinges and Queenes c. Iosua 1. a. 5. b. 6. 7. 8. 9. THere shal not a man be able to withstand thee in all the dayes of thy life For as I was with Moses so will I be with thee and will not sayle thee nor forsake thee Be strong therefore and bolde for vnto thys people shalt thou deuide the land for inheritaunce which I swore vnto their fathers to geue thē Onely be thou strong and of a stout courage that thou mayest obserue and do according to all the law which Moses my seruaunt commaūded thee Turne from the same neyther to right hand nor to the left that thou mayest doe wisely in all that thou takest in hand Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but occupy thy mynde therein day and night that thou mayest obserue and doe according to all that is written therein For thē shalt thou make thy way prosperous and thē thou shalt do wisely Haue not I commaunded thee that thou shouldest be strong and hardy and not feare nor be faint harted For I the Lord thy God am with thee whether soeuer thou goest Exodus 15. a. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. b. 11. 15. c. 18. d. 21. I will sing vnto the Lorde for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and hym that rode vppon hym hath he ouerthrowen in the sea The Lord is my strength and prayse and he is become my saluation he is my God and I will glorify him my fathers God and I will exalt hym The Lord is a man of warre the Lord is his name Pharaos charetes and his host hath he cast into the sea his chosen captaynes also are drowned in the redde sea The deepe waters haue couered thē they sunke to the bottom as a stone Thy right hād