chapter may yet reade of the same chapter some of the sayde prayers and suche as they thincke conueniente for the aduancement of God his glory their profit and for the profit of others notwithstaÌ„ding in no wise may they omit their dayly prayers or those prayers which they ought to say in Masse time Also when any holy day falleth that you haue no saynte by name in your chapter of Saintes then must you take one of the prayers which be common to any Apostle Martyr Confessor or Virgin Further it is necessary for all deuoute Catholickes to knowe that the accustomed prayers vsed in the Church accordinge to the auncient and laudable maner of our forefathers and obserued by continuall practise of both the learned and vnlearned to the greate glorye of God and increase of deuotion religion and pietie of lyfe are not to be omitted for the desire that any may haue to any speciall prayers either in this or anye other pamphlet translated or collected by any priuate persons which is done to moue men to deuotion but not to withdrawe men from obedience or any receyued Catholicke custome or tradition And therefore I counsayle the Catholicke Reader that of deuotion hath accustomed him selfe to these prayers folowing not to omit theÌ„ in any case for they are not deuised by the wit and priuate deuotioÌ„ of maÌ„ but by the holy spirit of God the Author and delyuerer of all trueth which are the seuen canonicall houres in the Breuiarye or in the Primer commonly called our Ladyes mattins the seuen penitentiall psalmes with the lytanies the dyrige for the soules departed the houres of the holy Ghost the houres of the Crosse prayers of the passion the fiftiene graduall psalmes the beades which consisteth in a certayne number of pater nosters angelicall salutations with the Creede of the Apostles commonly is called the Rosarye of our Lady Thus hauinge gyuen thee an order gentle Reader to vnderstand this litle Manuall of prayers with my opinion touching the vse of the same I will conclude with earnest request and humble supplication vnto thee desiring thee to remeÌ„ber me in thy vndistracted deuotions saynge this prayer folowinge for me and others whose helpes I vsed in collecting this sayed worke out of many authors and translating many prayers out of latin and french into this our vulgar tonge O Omnipotent almightie and euerliuinge God haue mercye vpon thy seruaunt N. for the loue of thy sweete sonne our sauiour Iesu Christ the true lighte and lyfe of all that shall be saued O Iesu the seconde person in Trinitie equall God with the Father and the holy Ghoste conserue and keepe him in thy grace fauour and loue and suffer him not to be drawen from thee through any suttle perswasions of the enemy O holy Ghost proceedinge from the father and the sonne the comforter of the elect the inspirer of all good giftes the onely schole-maister and teacher of all truth graunte that through thy giftes he maye euermore dwell in thy trueth replenishe his harte with all charitable desires and heauenlye inspirations necessarye to his saluation graunt this O holye Trinitie for the bitter passion of our Sauiour by the merites and intercession of the gloriouse Virgin Marye and all Angels and saintes Amen S. Peter 1. cap. 4. Be wyse therefore and watche in prayers But before all thinges hauing mutual charytie continual amonge your selues c. PRAYER IS GOOD WITH FASTYNG AND ALMES TOB. 12 Aug. in Psal 42. This is the Iustice of man in this life Fasting Almes-deedes Prayer THE FYRSTE CHAPTER CONTLYNINGE QVOtidiane or dayly prayers accommodated prescribed to certayne houres or times bothe for the day and night A briefe exhortation to praye continually extracted and taken out of Saint Chrisostome In lib. De orando Deum IT is very meete and profitable that we occupy all the course of our life in prayer that thereby our harts may receaue coÌ„tinually the sweete dewe of gods grace of the which all persons haue no lesse neede than trees and herbs haue of the moysture of waters For as trees can not bringe furth fruite except the rootes be coÌ„forted with moysture in like maner it is impossible for vs to be replenished with beautifull fruites of pietie if our hartes be not refreshed by prayer for which cause we ought to forsake our bedds and preuent the sonne-rising in gods seruice The like we ought to do when we goe to meate at night when we muste of necessitye take our rest yea it behoueth at all houres to offer some one prayer to God to the ende both daye and nighte together might be spent in prayer especially in time of winter it is conuenient to imploye the most parte of the night in prayer and so to spende the time vppon our knees in diuine seruice Tell me I praye thee how canst thou beholde the sonne if thou doest not honour him firste that made thine eyes to see that moste beautifull light How can ye goe to the table to eate if you do not first honour him who geueth and furnisheth vs daily with such great benifites How canst thou truste to passe the darcke night and to auoyde such dreames thoughts as may come to thee if thou defend not thy selfe by prayer If thou be not countergarded by prayer thou shalt easely yelde thy selfe to wicked spirites which goeth coÌ„tinually about vs espying if they can perceaue any one vnarmed that soudainly they may deuoure him But if they see him furnished with prayer they retyre presentlye euen as wicked theeues when they see the sworde towardes them Hoolsome meditations and exerfice for the morninge 1 Fyrst presently in the morninge when thou art awake thou shalt pray to God that he woulde so lighten the eyes of thine hart with the holy lighte of his holy spirite that thou be not allured or entyced to consente to sinne so consequently seduced to death 2 Secondly after thou art risen blesse thee with the signe of the crosse saying the prayer that foloweth 3 Thirdly when thou art appareled goue not thy selfe presently to babling or ianglinge or to vaine thoughtes or fansies but lift vp thy harte vnto God in silence and prepare thy selfe to saye these prayers folowing 4 Fourthly after prayer thou shalt purpose firmelye and constantly in thy selfe not to committ willingly that day any thinge whereby God or thy neighbour might be offended 5 Fyftly it shall be very necessary besides these afore-sayed to call to minde thine affayres and with quicknes of spirit sett downe with thy selfe howe thou wilt speÌ„d the day to come A prayer in the mornyng vvhen ye avvake Dauid in Psal LIghten myne eyes O Lorde leste at any tyme I ouersleepe in sinne leste myne enemy doe saye I haue preuailed against him VVhen ye doo aryse F. Sonn 5. tract 11. Christ Inst for IN the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christe crucified I doo ryse he bless me 〈…〉 me â—eepe me saue me and bringe me vnto euerlasting lyfe
touchinge in thinking in slepinge in working all wayes in which I frayle man and most wretched sinner might sinne my defaulte my most greuous default Therefore I most humblye praye besech thy gentlenes which for my health descendedst from heauen whiche diddest holde vp Dauid that he shoulde not fall into sinne haue mercy on vs O Christe the which diddest forgeue Peter that did forsake thee Thou arte my creator my helper my maker my redemer my gouernour my Father my Lorde my GOD my king Thou arte my hope my truste my gouernour my helpe my strength my defence my redemption my lyse my health my resurrectioÌ„ Thou arte my stedfastnesse my refuge or succour my light and my helpe I moste humblie and hartely desier and praye thee helpe me defende me make me strong coÌ„forte me make me stedfast make me merye geue me lighte visite me reuiue me againe whiche am dead For I am thy makinge and thy worke oh Lorde despise me not I am thy seruaunt thy bondeman although euill although vnworthy and a sinner But what soeuer I am whether I be good or bad I am euer thine Therefore to whome shall I flie except I flie vnto the If thou caste me of who shall or will receiue me If thou despise me and turne thy face from me who shall looke vpon me and recognise and knowledge me although vnworthy coÌ„ming to thee although I be vile and vncleane For if I be vile and vncleane thou canste make me cleane If I be sick thou canst heale me If I be dead and buried thou canst reuiue me For thy mercy is muche more than myne iniquitie Thou canst forgeue me more than I can offend Therfore O Lord doe not consider nor haue respect to the number of my sinnes but accordinge to the greatnes of thy mercy forgeue me haue mercie on me most wretched sinner Saye vnto my soule I am thy healthe which sayedst I will not the death of a sinner but rather that he lyue and be conuerted turne to thee O Lorde bee not angry with me I praye thee moste meeke father for thy greate mercie I most humblie deseech thee that thou bring me to the blysse that neuer shall cease Amen THESE PRAYERS FOLOVVINGE are to be sayed at Masse Confiteor Deo omnipotenti c. Misereatur tui omnipotens Deus c. VVhen the Preist is at Confession O Lord God almightye longe suffering and much mercifull I haue sinned without mesure and still mine iniquities do dayly encrease I haue prouoked thine anger by coÌ„mitting euill wilfully in thy sight as it were determininge naughtinesse and multiplyinge offences I haue sinned O Lord I haue sinned and I acknowledge mine iniquitie But thou O God of thy greate goodnesse hast promised to the penitente remission of their sinnes I therefore now bow the knees of my â—arte beseeching mercy of thee O Lord and willingly detecting and detesting the sinfulnes of my conscience I say with the penitent Publicanne saye this thrise * Be mercifull O God vnto me a sinner * Do not destroy me together with my iniquities nor reserue my punishmeÌ„t to be perpetuall but saue me thy vnworthy seruaunte according to the multitude of thy mercies and I shall prayse thee all the dayes of my lyfe because all the powers of heauen prayse thee and to thee belongeth honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen VVhen the Preist goeth to the Alter after Confession TAke from vs all our iniquities O Lord that we may be worthy to enter into heaueÌ„ say this thrise * Haue mercy* on thy people o Christ whom thou haste redemed with thy preciouse blood Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ c. Lord c. Amen VVhen the Priest sayeth Gloria in excelsis Deo GLorie be to God on highe and in earthe peace to men of good will we prayse the o Lorde we worship thee we magntfie the we adore the we glorifie the we thaÌ„ke the for thy great glorye o Lorde God heaueÌ„ly king God the father almightie Lorde Iesu Christe the onely begotteÌ„ sonne and the holy ghost Lord God Lambe of God sonne of the father whiche takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercie vpon vs who takest awaye the sinnes of the worlde heare our prayers who sittest on the right hand of God the father haue mercy vpon vs because thou only arte holy thou onely arte Lorde thou only art moste highest Iesus Christ with the holy ghost in the glorie of God the father Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God I moste humbly beseche thee vouchsafe to looke vpon this congregation mercifuly accept the prayers of thy churche made vnto thee for vs all by the ministerie of this Priest therby for thy mercies sake geue vs remission of all our sinnes integretie of mynde healthe of bodie necessarie susteÌ„tatioÌ„ peace in our daies temperate ayre fruitefullnesse of the earthe vnitie of faithe rootinge out of all heresies destruction of all wicked councels encrease of true religioÌ„ earnest charitie sincere deuotion in prayer patieÌ„ce in troubles Ioye in hope and what soeuer is for our soules health nedefull and moste belonginge to thy glorie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen At the Epistle O God which hast fully accomplished in perfecte veritie that whiche the lawe dyd foretell and vnder a wounderfull SacrameÌ„t hast left vs the memorie of thy Passion Graunt vs we beseche thee so to worshipp the holy misteries of thy blessed body and bloode that we may alwaye feele the fruite of thy redemption in vs who liuest and raignest with God the father and the holy ghost in perfecte vnitie for euer Amen After the Epistle O Glorious Trinitie o venerable vnitie by the we are created to true eternitie by the are we redemed to true charitie defend saue deliuer protect clense all thy people O God almightie we adore thee O God the father we praise thee O God the soÌ„ne we thanke the o God the holie ghost to whome thre personnes and one God be all honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen O Lord deale not with vs according to our sinnes nether reward vs accordinge to our iniqui-quities Lorde remembre not our former offences but thy mercies spedely preueÌ„t vs because we haue greate neede thereof helpe vs O God our sauiour and for the glorie of thy name deliuer vs O lord and be mercyfull to vs for thy name sake After the Ghospell Credo in Deum Patrem c. GOod Lord graunt that we may all contine we in the true and sincere profession of the holy Catholicke fayth to the ende of our lyues and that we may therin fight a good battell exercisinge our selues in all holinesse and godlinesse to the end that after this lyfe we may receaue of thee O Lord a crowne of righteousnesse which thou haste layed vp for all thine electe Amen At the offertorie O lord holy father who through Iesus Christ thy onely sonne haste taught a newe oblation of a new
catholicke and christian faith and remayninge in it they maye worke their owne saluation so that they and we beinge of one minde and will in one foolde may heare and followe thee our shepparde through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A prayer that chilldren may be instructed in vertue and in the feare of God Ioan. Ferus in lib. precat O God graunt that not onely we our selues cleaue to thy holye worde and doctrine but also that we may instruct and bringe vp our children in thine honor in thy feare and discipline in vertue and obedience and that they may encrease and growe in comelynes fayth and piety that we may haue perfect ioy without any sorrowe and that we may laude and prayse thee all the dayes of our lyfe Amen A prayer for a friende and generallye for anye that is commended vnto our prayers O Moste sweete sauiour Iesus I moste humbly beseech thee to vouchsafe to illuminate with the lighte of thy grace the harte of N. thy seruaunte and my harte also and to comfort and replenishe our hartes with thy moste louing charitie to the ende that we may wholy seeke thine honour and blessed will and thee alone with all our hartes to serch and loue and wholy altogyther to leaue our selues and our owne wills and to resigne them wholy to thee so that alwaies and at all times we may lyue accordinge to thy holy pleasure in obseruing and sulfilling thy holy wil. Iesus for thy holy name and for thy bitter passiō saue vs from sinne and shame and endlesse damnation and bring vs to the blisse which neuer shall haue ending Amen A generall prayer for the lyuinge and the departed in the Catholicke fayth Ex lib. veterum orat groecorum O Sweete sauiour Iesu forgyue those that hate vs and handle vs oūtragiouslye render good to them that doe vs good graunt vnto our brethren those necessaries which they doe aske and lyfe euerlasting comforte the sicke directe saylers and keepe the passengers in their righte waye O Lord according to thy great mercy haue pitye vpon those that are recommēded vnto our vnworthy prayers remember our fathers and bretheren departed this lyfe bringe them to that place where they may beholde the light of thy countenaunce call to minde our brethren which are in captiuitie and delyuer them from their affliction Assiste all those that doe good and labour in rulinge of the Churche graunt them their iust requests and gyue them euerlastinge blisse be not vnmindful O lord of vs poore wretched sinners thy vnworthye seruaunts powre into our harts the lighte of thy knowlege and keepe vs in the path of thy commaundementes by the intercession of the moste holy sacred and blessed virgin Mary and of all the saintes of heauen for thou arte blessed for ouer and euer Amen The end of the ninth Chapter THE TENTH CHAPTER CONTEYNINGE HOLESOME prayers to the holy Trinitie A prayer or thankes geuynge vnto the holy Trinitie O Blessed Lorde Father Sonne and Holy Ghoste three personnes and one God my Lorde my God my maker my redemer my nourisher my defender my swetenes my mercie my refuge my strēgthe my victorie my ioye my glorie eternal I laude thee I glorifie thee I honor and worshippe thee O blessed Trinitie for that thou arte in thy selfe for thou arte the hiest good from whome floweth all goodnes thou arte gracious eternitie thou art eternall felicitie thou arte onely God and there is none without thee I laude and honour thee o blessed Trinitie that mightfully haste made of nought heauen and earth sonne and moone and althinges that be in them and for that it pleased thee to make the holye Angels to laude to prayse thee eternally and that they might assiste vs faithfully in this exile and bannishement with there good counsayles and helpings and to declare thy in effable goodnes thou madest all thinges for man and moreouer thou madest man with thy propre handes to thine owne ymage and similitude onely for thee and thou formedst in him vnderstanding adornedst him with free wil. I laude glorifie thee for that great gifte Thou didest set him in paradise flowing with delites that he might haue the thinges that are aboue to enioye and gouuerne the thinges inferioure to possesse all things and to worshippe thee for euermore And thou made not these noble creatures Angels men for any necessity thou hadest of them for truly all thinge was sufficient in thee to thine eternall ioye glorie but of the feruoure of thy charitys thou wast moued to create them that suche creatures shoulde bee partakers of thy ineffable ioye and glorie I laude and honour thee good Lorde for that it pleased thee among all thy blessed workes to make mee a reasonable man and hast gyuen mee wisedome reason vnderstanding and free libertie haste fourmed mee with all right lymmes and features of bodie and haste gyuen mee manye blessed giftes spirituall and temporall and also meate drincke clothe and all thinges necessarie whiche manie a good creature that hath serued the better than I haue done hathe wanted and for that thou hast visited my harte many times with many graces and spirituall motions deliuering mee oft from many perilles both of bodie and soule and from slaunders shames and rebuks of this worlde into the whiche for my sinnes I myght haue fallen and for that also thou hast suffered mee in all mine iniquitie and all myne horrible and abhominable sinnes pacientlye alwaye abydinge for my conuersion and amendemente whereas at innumerable times thou myghtest haue slayne mee and of righte haue putt mee to eternall paines and dampnation I laude and glorifie thee O Lorde God for all thy mercie whiche alwayes thou haste shewed to sinners pacientlie abyding for them mercyfully callinge them beninglye receyuinge them abundantlye geuing grace to them to such familiaritie admittinge them as though they had neuer sinned O mercyfull Lord and paciente God what shall I saye to thee for all these benefites VVhat laudes and thankes shall I yelde to thee VVhat and all my sinnes were cleane taken a waye from mee trulie yet were not I worthy for the leaste of thy benefites and mercies to gyue thee condigne lande But as a wretched sinner can with all my hart I laude thee I prayse thee I thanke thee I honoure and worshippe thee yea all honor laude prayse be gyuen to thee nowe and euermore Amen A prayer to God the father S. Cyprianus author esse scribitur O God father of our Lorde Iesus Christ thy sonne God of Patryarckes God of Prophetes God of Apostles God of Martyrs God of Virgins God of all beleeuers I beseech thee O father of maiesty which without limitation of tyme haste taken pitie vpon vs sendinge vnto vs Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lorde and sauiour borne of the virgin Marye by the operation of the holy ghost by the annunciation of the Angel Cabriel by whom thou haste delyuered vs from iminente and
crucified for me I goe into my bedde let him blesse me †gouerne me and defende me and bringe me into lyfe euerlastinge Amen A prayer to be sayed as thou seitleste thy selfe to sleepe L. Viues in precibus general O Iesu Christ our safegarde receaue me into thy protection and graunt that when my body is a sleepe my soule may watch to thee and that it may ioyfullye and gladlye beholde that blessed moste ioyfull and heauenly lyfe where thou art gouernour together with the Father and the holy Ghost and where the Angels with the blessed soules are citizens for euer and euer Amen An exhortation to watche taken out of holy Scripture The day of our Lorde shall come as a theefe in the night Thes 1. v. 5. VVatche ye therefore because ye knovve not the day nor the houre Math. 25. v. 13. And that vvhich I say to you I say to all vvatche Marc. 13. v. 37. The ende of the first Chapter Moste holesome meditations vvhich vve ought day and night to haue before our eyes and alvvayes to haue in remembraunce VVe onght continually to remēber these three things that is to saye Tyme Paste That vve haue vnprofitably spent That good vvhich vve haue left vndonne That euill vvhich vve haue committed Tyme Present Of the shortnes of mans lyfe Of the difficultie to be saued Of the small number that shall be saued Tyme To come Of death moste miserable Of the last Indgement most horrible Of the paynes of hell intollerable THE SECONDE CHAPTER CONTEYNINGE GOODly deuout prayers to be sayed before at after the holy Sacrifice of the Masse A prayer vvhen thou doest enter into the churche Ex hortulo animae OH take from me moste mercifull Lorde all mine iniquityes to the ende I may with a pure and contrite harte enter into the holy of holyes O Sauiour of the worlde which lyuest and reignest with the father and the holy ghost A prayer to styrre vp the minde to deuotion before Masse Io. Fab. ex Aug. 33. medit ALmightye and moste mercifull Father vnto thee all the heauenly companie of the celestiall citie all the blessed orders of saued spirites doe incessantly with due reuerēce sing continuall glory and euerlasting prayse Thee O Lord all saintes and soules of holy men doe laude and magnifie with moste worthie and condigne honour as to whome all prayse honour and glorie is most iustly due Nor there is any creature be he neuer so worthy that can sufficiently accordinge to thy worthynes geue vnto thee worthye and sufficiente prayse For thou arte that vnspeakeable vncomprehensible and euerlastinge goodnes Thou good Lorde hast made me thou haste through the merites of the bitter passion of thy moste blessed Sonne which he vouchesafed to suffer for man-kind restored me to the state of saluation To thee onely is due all laude and honour if anye good thinge be found in me Oh good Lord I miserable wretche a creature of thy makinge a poore woorme of the earth haue good will to laude and magnifie thee with all my minde whole intent but without thy speciall grace I finde my selfe fainte and wonderfull weake wherfore I come to thee my God my lyfe my strength my hope and onelye comforte to craue thy mercie and grace to geue mee power to praise thee Graunte of thy vnspeakeable mercy that I may worthelie prayse honour thee and that what I doe therin may be pleasing acceptable to thee Graunt me the light of thy grace that my mouth maye speake my harte studie thy glorie my tounge may be occupied only in the song of laude praise But because all praise in a sinners mouthe is vyle and I must of force confesse my selfe manifoldelie to haue offēded with my lippes clēse thou o good Lorde my harte from all filthe and sinne Sanctifie me moste mightie Sauioure bothe inwardlie and outwardlie and make mee worthy to magnifie thee receyue of thy infinite goodnes the sacrifice of my lippes and make it acceptable in thy sighte lett the sauour therof be plesaunte well smelling vnto thee Let thy holie swetenes possesse wholie my mind and feade my soule with the fulnes of inuisible thinges lett my soule good Lorde bee quite cutte from visible things all whollie geuen to the studie of inuisible thinges cleane seperat from earthlie things and wholie addicted to heauenlie meditations make my soule see the wonderfull sight of thy Maiestie O almightie God enspire thou my harte that I maye continuallie geue thankes vnto the and honour thee for euer Graunt mee the grace that in my pilgrimage and vale of miserie I may so praise thee that through thy mercie grace I may bee associat to their holie fellowshippe whiche see the euerlastinglie singe prayse to thee worlde without ende Amen A deuoute prayer necessary to be sayed euery Sunday Cornel. Donters in his contemplations of the Passion MY most louing God and Lord and my creatour I miserable sinner doe presente my selfe this day before thine eyes beseeching thee humblye that through thine infinite bountye thou wouldeste vouchsafe to geue me grace that I may keepe holy this Sunday according to thy commaundement and the precept of our mother the holy Church geuing me true contrition of all my sinnes that I haue committed against thy diuine Maiestie and against my neighbour by thoughts wordes and deedes and by omission of good workes which I ought to haue done And I most humblie beseech thee most sweete Iesus that thou wouldest not consider the multitude of my sinnes but remember thine infinit mercy and vouchsafe to graunte me grace to spende this weeke folowing without mortall sinne and for the honour of thy death and passion to geue to al sinners knowledge and grace to do penaunce in this worlde and generally to haue mercy of al those that our mother the holy Churche desireth this day to pray for that with her we all may be partakers of thy sorowfull passion Amen A prayer to be vsed before confession or before Masse if time serue OH maker of heauen and earth king of kinges and Lorde of Lords which of nothing diddest make to thine image and lykenes and diddest redeme me with thine owne precious bloude whom I a sinner am not worthye to name neither to call vpon neither with my harte to thinke vpon humbly I desire thee mekely pray thee that gently thou do beholde me thy wicked seruaunte and haue mercy on me which haddest mercye of the woman of Canane and Mary Magdalene which diddest forgeue the Publicane the thefe hanging on the crosse vnto thee I confesse most holy Father my sinnes whiche if I woulde I can not hide frō thee Haue mercy on me O Christ for I wretche haue sore offended thee in pryde in couetousnesse in gluttony in lechery in vaine-glory in hatred in enuy in adultery in thefte in lyinge backebitinge in sporting in dissolute and wanton laughing in Idle wordes in hearinge in tastinge in
present death I beseech thee O Lorde to succour and helpe me and iudge me not accordinge to my workes for I haue not bene obediente to thy commaundements but thou which louest repentance haue mercy vpon me which before thy face make confession of all my sinnes and as Dauid prayed O Lord for the loue of thy holy name wype awaye my sinnes so I beseech thy diuine Maiestie to blotte out all my offences Make me to abyde in thy holy Catholike Church with an vndefiled faith a pure hart firme deuotiō continuall loue and to perseuer in good workes deliuer me from the eternall fyre euerlasting payne from all torment which thou haste prepared for the wicked graunte this for our good and blessed Sauiours sake by whom to thee al laud honour power and glorye be for euer and euer Amen A prayer to God the Sonne called O bone Iesu O Bountifull Iesu O swete Iesu O Iesu the sonne of the pure Virgin Marie full of mercy and trueth O swete Iesu after thy great mercy haue pitie on me O bening Iesu I praye thee by the same precious bloude which for vs miserable finners thou wast contente to shed on the aulter of the crosse that thou wouldest vouchsafe to auoid clene all my wickednes and not to despise me hūbly asking pardō calling vpō thy most holy name Iesus This name Iesus is the name of health what is Iesus but a Sauiour O good Iesus that hast created me with thy precious bloude redemed me suffer me not to be dāned whom of nought thou hast created O good Iesu let not my wickednes destroye that which thy almightie goodnes hath made and formed in me O good Iesu reknowlege that which is thine in me wipe cleane away that which is not thine in me O good Iesu while time of mercy is haue mercy on me and cōfound me not in time of thy terrible iudgment O good Iesu if I wretched sinner for my moste grieuous offēces haue by thy verye iustice deserued eternall paine yet I appeale from thy verye righteousnes and stedfastlye trust in thine ineffable mercy so as a mylde father mercyfull Lorde oughte take pitie on me O good Iesu what profit is in my bloud since I muste discende into eternall corruption they that be dead shal not magnifie thee nor lykewyse all they that descende to hell O moste mercyfull Iesu haue mercy on me O most sweete Iesu deliuer me O moste meke Iesu be vnto me comfortable O Iesu accepte me a wretched sinner into the number of them that shal be saued O Iesu the health of all them that truste in thee haue mercy vpō me O Iesu the sweete forgyuenes of all my sinnes O Iesu the sonne of the pure Virgin Marie endue me with thy grace wisdome charitie chastitie and humilitie yea in all myne aduersities with stedfast pacience so that I maye perfectlye loue thee and in thee to be glorified and haue myne onely delight in thee worlde without ende Amen A prayer to the holy ghoste Io. Fab. cap. 9. mechta COme O holy spirite the moste sweete comforter of the sorrowfull and desolate the loue of the diuine puissance the holy communication of the almightie and omnipotent father and of his most blessed sonne descende with thy mightie power into the entralls of my harte lighten and bewtifie the darke closetts of my desolate harte with thy cleare brightnes and that which with continuall filth of my vnfruitfull lyfe is dryed vppe vifit thou and make fruitfull with the aboundant dewe of thy grace Touche and wounde my harte with the darte of thy loue inflame my dull and slouthfull harte lighten the inner partes of my soule withe the heate of thy holye fyre make me to drincke of the riuer of thy sweetnes that hereafter I may feele no taste in any worldly delyte which is venimous O holye spirite O excellente workman whomsoeuer thou doest inhabite thou buildest a lodginge for the father and the sonne come therfore O moste sweete comforter of my sorowfull soule defende me in all tribulation come O purifier of our sinnes and saluer of our deadly sores come O strength and fortitude of the weake and guide of the humble come meeke father of the fatherlesse and sweete Iudge of the widowes Come O soueraigne hope of the poore and comforter of the weake come O bright starre of faylers and sure porte of the shipp wracte come O singuler bewtie and ornament of the liuing and onelye saluation of the deade come moste holy spirite come and haue mercy vpon me make fitt and accomodate me to thee condescend benignely to me accordinge to the multitude of thy mercy that my littlenes may be agreeable to thy greatnes and my imbecillitye and weakenes to thy diuyne puissance through Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The ende of the tenth Chapter THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER CONTAYNINGE CHRIstian Catholicke prayers to Saintos citizens of the glorie of heauen A prayer vnto the holy virgin Mary Cuth Tunstall in lib. prec Luke 1. ALl hayle vndesiled Virgin Marye mother of the sonne of God elected and chosen aboue all other Virgins the whiche euen from the wombe of thy mother Anna a woman moste holy hast bene of the holy Ghost so fanctified illuminated and so greatly defended with the grace of God almightie that vnto the conception of oure Lord Iesus Christ thy sonne and whilest thou didest conceyue hym and vnto the tyme of his birthe whylest thou didest beare him and continuallye after his byrth thou continuedst and remaynedst a Virgin of all other that be borne moste chast most vncorrupte and of bodie and soule all thy lyfe moste immaculate and vnspotted For truely thou haste far passed all other Virgins how many soeuer haue bene hetherto syns the beginninge of the worlde or euer shal be to the later ende therof in a sincere conscience of an impolluted minde By these thy most excellent gyftes of heauenly grace infused into thee by God very singulerly O Virgin and mother Marie aboue all other women and Virgins wee praye thee which art vnto vs miferable mortal men a mercyfull patronesse that thou wilt voutchesafe to make intercession to God the Father omnipotente and to his sonne Iesus Christ begotē certenly as cōcerning his Diuinitie of the Father before all worlds borne of thee cōcerning his humanity to the holy Ghost proceding from the father and the sonne that our sinnes may be forgeuen vs and that wee throughe thy intercession maye meryte continuallye to reioyce with thee O holye Virgin and to prayse thee in the kindome of heauen without ende Amen A prayer to our Ladye the blessed virgin Mary and S. Iohn Euangelist S. Edmundus Arch. Cantuarienfis author scribitur O intemerata O Vndefiled for euer blessed singular and incōparable Virgin Marie mother of God his most pleasaunt Tēple the noble Shryne of the holy Ghost the Entree and Gate of the kyngdome of heauen by whome next after God all the
world lyueth Bowe downe thyne eares O mother of pitye and mercy vnto my poore prayers and be to me wretched sinner a pitiouse helper in all thinge O most Blessed Ihon Euangelist the farnyliar frend of Christ which of the same Iesu Christ our Lorde was a chosen Virgin amonge all others muche beloued and aboue all others instructed and learned in heauenly Secrettes and mysteries thou was made his Apostle and Euangelist moste excellent therefore I call vpon the and Marie the mother of the same Lorde Iesu Christ our Saniour that thou and shee would vouchsaf to help me O ye two heauēly Gemmes Marie and Ihon. O two diuine Lampes euer shyninge before God dryue away with your blessed bearnes the darke cloudes of my sinnes for ye are the two in whom the onely begotten sonne of God for the merit of pure virginitie confirmed the priuilege of his singuler loue while he was hanging on the crosse saying thus to the one of you VVoman beholde thy sonne and after to the other Beholde thy mother Therefore in this sweetenes of such sacred loue wherin ye were then conioyned by the mouth of our Lorde as Mother and Sonne to you two I moste wretched sinner commend this day my body and soule that in euery houre and momente inwardly and outwardly ye woulde vouchsafe to be my suer keepers and pitifull intercessors to God for me Aske I beseech you health of body and soule for me Helpe I praye you helpe with your gloriouse prayers that the holy Ghost the noble gyuer of graces woulde wouchsafe to visite adorne and inhabite my harte to purge me from all filthe of sinne to bewtifye me with all holy vertues and make me stand perfectly and perseuer in the loue of God and my neyghbour And after the course of this lyfe I may be ledde to the ioyes of the elect by the same holy Ghost who with the father and the sonne eternally lyueth and raigneth one God almightye worlde without ende Amen A prayer to all the holy Angelles Victor Vticensis libr. de persecutione Vandalica HEare vs O holy Angells of our God whose ayde neuer faileth for you are constituted in your seruice for them that shal be heires of euerlasting saluation watch and take heede and behold howe Sion the Citie of our God is become of litle estimation and as it were polluted with infection amongest her enemyes the enemy hathe abused and wastfully occupyed all her pleasaunt beautyfull ornamētes for he hathe seene infidelles and vnworthy persones assaile enter within the gates whoe our Lorde had commaunded should not enter into his Churche Saye vnto God our protector euen as those whiche haue a sure trust to obteyne that whiche you require that his Church is afflicted trauelled her wombe sore troubled with her outcries for she is set amongest infidels doth find no rest not any to comfort her She hathe soughte who woulde mourne with her but coulde finde none she hath sought who woulde gyue her comforte but no person was to be founde euen when shee dyd eate Gaule in her meate and in her thirst tooke vynager for her drincke folowinge the Passion of her spouse and Lorde who suffred for hyr to the end that shee might followe his steppes A prayer to S. Iohn Baptist Ludo. carthusianus li. de vita Christi O Moste blessed Iohn the forerunner of Christe the crier of the Iudg frend of the spouse voice of the diuine word which haste deserued to declare fortell the ioy and comfort of our redemption obtaine for me poore and miserable sinner of the same Lord Iesus by thy most holy prayers that my harte being clensed from vice and adorned with vertues I may according to thy hoolsome admonitiōs prepare the way of our Lord and make streyght his pathes in suche sort as in the laste and finall Iudgemēt when he shall clense the floore of his Church shall seperate the good corne from the chaffe I may deserue to be found amongest the wheate his elect with thē may be layde vpp in the barne of his heauenly mansion Amen A prayer to any of the Apostles O Lord God which amongest al and aboue al thy other saintes haste moste maruelouslye chosen thy moste blessed Apostles to be the firste pillers and foundation of thy Church and before all other haste firste sent them to preach thy Ghospel through the whole world confirminge and establishing their doctryne by maruelous workes wounders and miracles and thou more-ouer by the same Apostles haste sought allured and inuited vs Gentyles to the knowledge and prayse of thy holy name VVe humblye beseech thee O Lorde mercyfully to graunte that we beinge by thee founded vpon the rocke of the Apostolicke confession and in the vnion of the same fayth are chosen and called to obeye prayse thee perpetually be neuer seperated from thee through any errour or temptation make vs pertakers of the intercession of S. N. and of the twelue Apostles in the strength and fortification of a true fayth amendment of our lyfe and auoyding and eschueing of all euil through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A prayer to any of the holy Martyres Hora B. virgi secund vs ord D. Bene. O God which haste so strenghthned in thy fayth and loue thy blessed Martyr S. N. as no fleshlye delites no threatninges of tyrantes no sworde or torture of tormentors could withdraw him from the worshipping of thee graunte vnto vs miserable sinners by his worthy merites and intercessions helpe in tribulation comforte in persecution that we may manfully fighte against all the deceites of the deuill despise the worlde and all that is in it that we may feare no aduersitie but may obtaine that which by thy holye inspiration we doe desire through Christ our Lorde Amen A prayer to any Confessor Petrus Canisius li catho prec ALmightye and euerlasting God which art the wounderful light of thy beloued saintes and principally thou haste appoynted for vs blessed bishopps pastors doctors and confessors as burninge lightes in thy house and by their doctrine exhortations writinges and testimonies recallest and reducest sinners from euill to good VVe humbly beseech thee that thou wilte vndoe lose the bonds of our sinnes and although we be vnworthie yet make vs partakers of that intercessiō of blessed S.N. all thy holy confessors that we forsakinge our sinnes and walking in true fayth and charitie folowinge them in good workes may at laste enioy their companie in the eternal beatitude through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A prayer to any holy Virgin Idem in eodem lib. O God which amongest the other miracles of thy power and might doest gyue and graunte in a fraile sex to all virgins wydowes matrones the victorie of martyrdome and immaculate chastitiye mercyfully graunte that we which amongest thy other holye virgins and widowes do celebrate the memory of thy blessed sainte N. may by her example and intercession despise the allurements of the flesh
in the holy Ghost eternallye Amen A prayer for the soule of thy father Io. Damase in historia barl Iosa O Lorde God of insearcheable and ineffable bountye bringe my father to the place of rest and refreshing where the light of thy countenaunce dothe gloryouslye shine do not remembre his former offences but accordinge to thy great mercy blotte out cancell the obligations of his sinnes teare and rent them asunder for thou art worthy of all glorye for euer and euer Amen A prayer for the soule of thy mother B. Agustinus ca. vlti li. 9. confessionum O The God of my hart my life and my prayse I humbly desire thee to pardone the sinnes of my mother graciously heare me for his sake which is the medicyne of our woundes whiche did hange vpō the tree now sitting on thy righte hande maketh intercession for vs sinners I know that she hath delt charitably frō her hart hath forgyuen all her debtors release also vnto her all those sinnes what soeuer since her baptisme she hath fallen into Release them O Lorde release them I beseech thee and enter not into iudgemente with her let thy mercy exceede thy iudgement for thy wordes are true and thou haste promised mercy to the mercyfull For my mother when the day of her death approched did request and desire this that we wolde remember her soule at thy holye Aultar where she had serued thee wherby she did know and beleeue that the holy oblation of the body and precious bloode of our sauiour Iesus Christ was made wherby the obligation made against vs was cancelled whereby the enemie was vanquished counting our sinnes searchinge what he might obiecte against vs and finding nothinge in vs by the meanes of Iesus Christ in whom we haue victorye whoe shall render to Iesus Christe his innocent bloode who shall requite the pryce wherwith he hath bought vs that he might pull and draw vs from our enemye To the misterye of the which price thy seruaunt hath vnited and bounde her soule by the bonde of fayth let no man withdrawe her furth of thy protection let not the dragon nor lyon intrude him selfe neither by force nor deceipt neither as yet will thy hand-mayd answere that she is not in debte leste she be conuinced and possessed of that crafty accuser but she will answere that her debtes are released by him whom none cā repay that which he owinge nothinge hath payed for vs let her therefore rest in peace with her husband before whom and after whom she was neuer maried to any other whom she hath serued and broughte foorth fruite to thee with great patience to the ende she mighte gayne him to thee Inspire O my Lord God inspire thy seruauntes my brethren thy childrē my superiours whom with voyce harte penne I doe serue that who soeuer shall reade these they may remember at thy Aultar thy seruant Monica with Patricius her late husband by whose fleshe thou haste broughte me into this worlde by what meanes I knowe not how let them remember with deuoute zeale my parentes in this transitorye lyfe and my brethren vnder thee their Father in the lapp of their Catholicke Mother and my countrye-men in the eternall Ierusalem which thy people in their pilgrymage from their departure vntill their returne desire to attayne vnto that shee may attaine by the prayers of many those thinges which she requyred at my handes when she departed Amen A prayer for the soule of thy parentes O God which haste commanded vs to honour and reuerence our father and mother haue mercy I beseeche the on the soules of my father and mother and of all my other parentes forgyue them their offences and graunt that I may see them in the ioye of thy euerlasting blysse Amen A prayer for thy friend departed O God the gyuer of pardon and louer of mans saluatiō we beseeche thy clemency through the intercession of the glorious Virgin Marie and of all the holy Saints of heauen that thou wilt graunt that the brethē sisters friends departed in the vnitie of the Catholicke Church with all our benefactours maye come to the blysse of thy euerlastinge kyngdome throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A prayer for the lyuing the deade ALmighty and euerlasting God Lorde of the lyuinge and the dead thou shewest mercye to all those whome by faythe and good worcks thou knowest to be thine we humbly beseech the that those for whome we haue determined to pray whom ether this presēt world yet retayneth in fleshe or the worlde to come hath alredie receyued maye through the clemencye of thy bountye intercession of all thy blessed Saints obtayne full remission of their sinnes Amē A prayer for the departed to be sayd at masse B. Ambr. praecatio 1. praepa VVE humbly beseech thee O holy father for the soules of the faythfull departed this life that the holy Sacrifice of the masse may be to them eternall saluatiō perpetuall health ioy rest euerlasting O my Lorde God lett this wounderfull and excellent mysterye of pyetie and bountie be vnto them this day full perfect ioye graunt that they maye bee replenished with thee the lyuing true bread which descēdest from heauen and gyuest lyfe to the world and with that holy and blessed flesh of thee the immaculate Lambe which takest awaye the sinnes of the world and make them to drinke of that fontaine of thy pyetie whiche by force of the souldiars lance issued from the syde of our Lorde Iesus Christ crucified that so beinge cōforted they may reioyce in thy holy laude and glorie Amen The ende of the thyrtienth Chapter FINIS Aug. in Psal 42. This is the Iustice of man in this life Fasting Almes-deedes Prayer PRAYER IS GOOD WITH FASTING AND ALMES TOB. 12 Ibidem in serm 59. He that wyll haue his prayer to flye to heauen muste make it two wynges Almes-deedes Fasting and it shall spedelye ascende and bee harde A TABLE OF PRAYERS MEDITATIONS EXHORTAtions and aduertismentes contayned in this presente Manuall of prayers The first chapter contayning quotidiane or dayly praiers accomodated and prescribed to certayne houres times both for the day and night A Briefe exhortation to prayer contynuallye extracted and taken out of S. Chrisostome folio 1. A prayer in the morning when ye awake folio 3. VVhen ye doe aryse folio 3. A morning prayer when you are rysen folio 3. A morning prayer whereby to commende thy selfe vnto God folio 3. A prayer to be sayed goinge out of the house folio 4. A prayer desiringe God to order and directe vs. folio 4. A prayer to perseuer in goodnes folio 5. An exercyse to be dayly vsed in meditatinge the passion of our Lorde and Sauiour with an exhortation contayning fiftiene meditationes with a prayer belonginge to them or to euery one of them folio 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Certayne asperations ghostly sighinges and prayers to be daylye vsed folio
after his beleefe O Holy Trinitie I beseech thee keepe and preserue this pure religion of my fayth and graunte that it may euer be sounding in my conscience vntill my spirit departe O almightie and mercyfull Iesu I protest before thee and before all the courte of heauen that I haue a will and desire to finishe my lyfe in this fayth wherein of necessitie euery childe obediente to our Mother the holye Church ought to dye Further my sweete Sauiour I protest to beleeue wholly and vniuersally all that which is conteined in the Catholicke fayth and that which a true faithful christiaÌ„ ought to beleeue that if it happen by the assaults of the deuil or by violence of sicknes I come to thinke say or doe any thing contrary to this purpose I doe reuoke it at this present protest that I gyue no consent to any such thought word or worke I reioyce and render thankes to my louinge creator and redeemer through the maruelouse goodnes of his bounty by the which I hope vndoubtedlye to dye in the holye Catholicke fayth and so I recommende my soule and body into his moste holy handes nowe and at the houre of my death Amen Prayers in sicknesse Dionys Cart. in dial de part iudicio animarum O Swet Iesu I desire nether lyfe nor deathe but thy most holy will Thee O Lorde I loke for be it vnto mee according to thy pleasure Yf thou wil sweete Iesu that I dye receyue my soule And albeit I come to thee euen at the verye eueninge as one of the laste yet graunt that with thee and in thee I may receyue euerlasting rest Yf thou wilt sweete Iesu that I lyue longer on earthe I purpose to amende the rest of my lyfe and offer all into a burnt sacrifice vnto thee for thy honour and glorie accordinge to thy blessed will and for the perfoorminge of this I desire the assistance of thy holy grace Another prayer Nieron in Agone mortis auctore Eusebio O Mercyfull Iesu my vertue and power my comforte and ease my receyuer and my redemer in whome I haue hoped in whome I haue belyeued and whome I haue loued my swete delight my tower of strength my hope from my youthe the guide of my lyfe call mee and I will answer thee O creator of heauen and earthe stretche foorth the power of thy mercye vnto the worke of thy haÌ„ds which thou createdst of the slyme of the earth and tiedst together with bones and synowes Commaund O Lorde staye not for it is time that dust may returne into dust and my soule maye returne to thee his Sauiour who diddest sende it downe into this worlde Open vnto me the gates of lyfe for thou diddest hange vpon the Crosse for my sake and madest mee promise to receyue mee Come my sweete Lorde lett mee embrace thee lett mee not leese thee Bring mee into thy heauenlie palace Thou arte my receyuer my glorie mine aduauncer my habitation and my benedictioÌ„ Receyue me moste mercyfull Lorde accordinge to thee multitude of thy mercies For thou dyinge on the Crosse receyuedst the theefe returninge vnto thee Another prayer Ibid. I Am sycke my lyfe is weake in this poore state and therfore to thee O Lorde I runne as to my onely phisitioÌ„ Heale mee O Lord and I shal be healed And for that I haue mine affiance reposed in thee lett mee not be confounded But what am I O most mercifull God that speake so boldly to thee I am a sinner begotteÌ„ borne brought vp in sinne I am a rotten carkas a stinckinge vessell and meate for woormes VVhat victorie O Lord shall it be yf in conflict thou ouerthrow mee who am lesse than a litle strawe before the face of the wynde Forgyue O Lord forgyue all my sinnes and lyft vpp a poore man from this durty dounghill of earthe Certes good Lord this will I saye yf it please thee thou mayest not refuse him that hathe his recourse to thee For thou arte my Lord God flesh of my flesh bones of my bones For to this intent thou not leauing the right hand of thy father diddest assumpte my humaine nature and becamst God man remayning in one person the selfe same whiche thou wast from thee beginninge And why diddest thou woorke this so hard wounderfull misterie but that I should boldlye haue recourse to thee as vnto my brother thou wouldest mercifully so couer thy diuinitie that I should not be affraid of thy heauenlie power VVherfore arise O Lorde and helpe me arise and put mee not backe for euer Another prayer Ibid. LEtt my request entre into thy sight O Lord and let thy hande bee made to make me whole Beholde I am the man that cominge downe from Hiericho was taken and wounded of theeues and left half dead Doo thou receyue mee O mercyfull Samaritan I haue sinned excessiuelie in my lyfe and wrought muche iniquitie in thy syght From the sole of my foote euen to the toppe of my head there is no sounde health in mee Verely onlesse thou dying on the Crosse hadst assisted mee my soule had bene worthy to dwell in hell I am sweete Iesu a parte of that deare price for me thou diddest shed thy precious bloud cast me not away I am the sheepe that weÌ„t a stray seeke that sheepe O good shepheard put hym in thy folde that thou mayst be iustified in thy woorde For thou diddest make mee promise that at what soeuer houre a sinner did repeÌ„t him of his sinnes returne to thee he shoulde be saued I lament O Lord and moorne for my sinnes I acknowledg myne iniquities my wickednesse is in my sight I am not woorthy to be called thy sonne For I haue sinned against heauen before thee thou shalt make mee heare that whiche halbe great ioy gladnes vnto my â—eart Turne away thy face O Lord from my sinnes blotte out myne iniquities accordinge to thy great mercie Cast me not away out from thy sight Deale not with mee accordinge to my sinnes nor reward mee after the desert of myne iniquities But helpe me O Lorde my God and my Sauiour and for the glorye of thy holy name delyuer mee Deale mercifully as it femeth best to thy holy will that I maye dwell in thy howse all the dayes of my lyfe that I may prayse thee for euer more as they doe that dwell there worlde without ende Amen Prayers and suffrages to be sayd for one lyinge in death bedde LOrde haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Holy Marie praye for him All holy Angelles and Archangels praye for him Holy Abell praye for him All the companye of the iuste pray for him Holy Abraham praye for him Holy Iohn Baptiste praye for him All yee holye Patriarkes and prophetes praye for him Saint Peter praye for him Saint Paule praye for him Saint Andrewe praye for him Saint Iohn praye for him All yee holy Apostelles and Euangelistes praye for him All
the pleasures of the worlde and in true fayth to passe all perrils of soul and body and exercyse our selues daily more and more in thy seruice in such sorte that with them afterwards we may haue the fruition of ioye and solace eternall Amen A prayer to any of the holy Sayntes Ex tabella quadam Coloniae in templo S. Vrsul O Holy and blessed S. N. I humbly beseech thee that thou wilt haue me poore and wretched sinner in remembraunce before the face of my God and sauiour that by thy merites and intercessions I may be preserued from all daungers bodyly and ghostly that I may dayly more and more increase in vertue and good workes and at the houre of my death and departure out of this worlde vouchsafe to succour and defend me against the assaultes and deceites of mine ennemies and bring my soule deliuered and made free from all tribulatiō to the ioyes of the heauenly paradyse Amen Pray for vs O holy S. N. that we maye be made worthye of the promisses of Christ VVe humblye beseech thee O Lorde God father omnipotente to receiue the prayers of thy seruants that we worshipping the memorye of thy blessed S. N. by his merites and intercessions may be delyuered from al bodyly aduersities and that our hartes may be clensed from all euill and idle thoughtes through Iesus Christe our sauiour Amen A prayer to all the blyssed Saintes in heauen Ex herae B. M. ad vsum Sarum O All yee holy electe of God vnto whome almightie God hathe prepared his eternall kingedome from the beginninge I beseech you through the charitie by the which God dyd loue you that you doe sucker mee moste miserable sinner before death doe take mee awaye oute of this wretched world and reconcile mee vnto my creator before that hell deuoure mee O blessed Marie mother of God the mediatrix for sinners vnto Christ heare mee kepe mee saue mee O thou sweete Lady obtaine to mee righte faithe firme hope perfecte charitie true humylitie chastitie and sobrietie after the course of this lyfe the felow shippe of the euerlasting blyssednes Thou also holye Michaell with all the thousandes of Angells praye for mee that thou mayest take keepe mee from the power of my aduersaries helpe mee obtaine for mee the loue of God purenes of hart strength of faith and the pleasure of heauenlie glorie Also yee holy Patriarkes and Prophetes procure for mee of God pardon penaunce continencie and godlye perseuerance and also lyfe euerlastinge O yee blessed Apost'es of God vnlose mee from my sinnes defende mee from the paynes of hell and take mee from the power of darkenes bringe me vnto the euerlastinge kyngdome I beseche you also yee holy Martyrs of God that perfecte charitie syncere loue a pure minde a chaste lyfe and remission of my sinnes be gyuen of almightie God vnto mee O yee glorious Confessours of God praye for mee that through you the desire of heauenly thinges and reuerence of maners washinge away of my misdeedes bee of God graunted vnto mee Likewise I praye you all holy Virgines of God that you doe ayde mee to thintent I may haue a good minde and health of bodie and soule humilitie chastitie after the course of this my miserable lyfe fellowshipe of the perpetuall blessednes O all yee Saints of God I do pray and also do make humble supplication that you will woutchsafe to helpe mee and haue compassion vpon me most pytyfully and pray for mee instātly that through your intercession a pure conscience bee ingrafted within mee with compunction of harte for my sinnes and laudable endinge of my lyfe so that through your merites I maye bee able to come vnto the countrye of eternall blessednes almyghtie God graunte it Amen The end of the eleuenth Chapter THE TVVELFTH CHAPTER CONTEYNING ADVERtisments consolations with prayers and suffrages for the sicke An aduertisment for the sicke diligently to prepare him selfe to dye vvell Lud. Blosius cap. 1. posterioris li. Ench. paruulorum VVhoe soeuer doethe loue God dutifullye being at anye time ouertaken with sicknes whereby deathe is feared to be at hand let good heede be taken that with diligēce thou prepare thy selfe to end well discharge thy harte of the cares troubles of this world receiue deuoutly the Sacramentes of the Church to the ende thou maiest purchasse succour strēgth to passe through thy iourney and wholly recommende thy soule to God Remember the passion of our sweete Sauiour and redeemer embrace in thy hart his holsome crosse kisse his ruddy woundes and thrust thy selfe with all thy power into them that beinge hidden in them thou maiest be safe and happely escape from all the snares and entysmentes of the deuill humblye beseech our Sauiour Iesus Christ that he would wouchsafe to washe thee with his precious blood and that he woulde whollye abandonne all thy sinnes And for wante of meritoriouse good workes offer to God the father the merites of Iesus Christ offer him his moste holy and sacred conuersation death and passion offer him the merites of his moste sweete mother the wirgin Mary of all Saintes for so it shall come to passe that thou which art poore naked and miserable of thy selfe shalt appeare maruelously adorned with spirituall ornaments recommende thy selfe also to our blessed Ladye the glorious virgin and mother of God and to the other Cytizens of heauen and principally to that saint which thou haste accustomed most to pray vnto hoping and beleeuing certainly that they heare thy prayers and that if thou call vpon the blesse virgin with all thy hart and turne moste humbly and assuredly thy selfe to her she will without doubt make thy entraunce into the kingdome of heauen where otherwise it may be through the diuine iustice of God that thou canst not enter because of thine iniquitie for she is the mother of mercy and the Porte of of heauen Then folovveth this protestation or such lyke very profitable to be made by the sicke Lud. Blofius cap. 3. lib. sup I wicked sinner moste vnworthy redeemed with the preciouse bloode of our Lorde Iesus Christ doe confesse openlye that with an entyer and pure harte I forgyue all those that haue at any time euer offended me or done me iniurye in what maner soeuer desiring moste humblye all and euerye one that I haue offended iniuried grieued or any way angred whyther they be present or absent that they would vouchsafe also to forgyue me Here let the sicke call to minde his sinnes in particular and aske God forgynenes purposing firmely by God his grace neuer to commit sinne agayne and though his sinnes be neuer so many and the maner of his offences neuer so horrible and grieuouse yet he is to trust in the omnipotency of God whose mercyes are innumerable and to take hope and comfort in the passion of Christe our redeemer Sayeng I beleue in God the father almighty c. A prayer for the sicke person to saye