my hope is in him because he is my rock and my sauiour and I shall not be remoued In God is my welfare my glory the rock of my strength and my hope is in God. ¶ The lord Come lordings all daunce at my call ¶ The Knight Goe hence sir knight t is almost night We Lordes and Knightes of late Nyw lye in low estate Quicken me O Lord for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake rid my soule out of trouble For I O Lord am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayd I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of prayse and pay my vowes vnto theé in the sight of all the people Amen ¶ A Prayer for Gods goodnes and for continuance of the same I Yeald theé thanks and prayse O Lord my God for creating me after thine own Image and likenes For redeming me with thy precious bloud For admitting me into the number of thy children by adoption through the washing of holy baptisme and for feéding me with the sacrament of thy body and bloud Behold the Squire as in a glas For as thou art so he was ¶ The Esquire Esquire the braue It bootes not to craue ¶ The Gentleman Lusty or sad Thou must be 〈◊〉 Also I geue theé prayse and thanks for that thou of thine infinite gracious goodnes hast paciently wayted for my amendement euen from the time of mine ignorant childhoode vnto this houre notwithstanding that I ran losely into innumerable vices I glorifie theé and praise theé for thy often ridding of me from a number of troubles distresses calamities and miseries and for sauing me hetherto froÌ„ the often deserued euerlasting punishments and torments both of body and soule I prayse theé and glorifie theé for thy mercifull geuing of me health of body soundnes of limmes quyetnes of times and working of good things with many other vertues ¶ The Iudge Come on iudge With me to trudge ¶ The iustice Sir Iustice arise â–ª come to my assâ—se Iudge and Iustice sentence haue To ly as Captiues in the graue Dispose and order thou all my thoughts words and deédes according to thy will. Keépe me at all times and in all places wheresoeuer I goe whether it be in prosperitie or aduersitie And in the end bring me to the desired ioyes of the present beholding of theé Amen A generall thanksgeuing O God which excellest in all goodnes and wisdome O heauenly Father which art full of mercy and clemency when I cal to minde the works of thy hands I cannot but wonder at thy great wisdome and infinite goodnes which thou hast shewed towards No law no plea no drift From death can make a shift ¶ Sergeant at law Leaue the Lawes heare my cause ¶ The Attâ—rney 〈◊〉 lead as thou â—ust With me thou must all thy creatures especially towards me Not only in that thou hast geuen me being mouing and life but also in that besides thine other infinite benefites which thou hast distributed in general to all men in the world thou hast bestowed so many particular benefites vpon me as it is vnpossible for me to rehearce them yea or to conceiue theÌ„ Thou hast vouchsafed to deliuer me by the light of thy gospel from the darcknes of error and ignorance or rather to draw me out of the horrible dungeons of death and damnation wherto I was condemned in respect of the corruptnes of my nature and so conueyed me into the kingdome of thy welbeloued sonne who hath geuen him self for my sinnes according to thy good pleasure and euerlasting ordinance Also thou hast receaued me into thy Church among the number of thy childreÌ„ thou ¶ The Mayor Mayor I theé call to my guild Hall. ¶ The Shirife Shirif for execuâ—ion I haue a commission Mayors Shirifes do passe with speed And others them in place succeed hast elected and chosen me through thy wonderfull prouidence to be to the glory of thy mercy And thou hast inhonored me with the copartnership of the euerlasting inheritance of thy deér beloued sonne to beé of that royall priesthoode which shall offer the sacrifices of eternall prayse and thanksgeuing to thy holy name in thy heauenly temple now therfore according to dauids saying what shall I reÌ„der to the Lord for all his benefites towardes me I know that al my life ought to be consecrated to continuall thankes geuing to shew forth with his holy people and purchased possession the mighty workes of him that hath called vs out of darckenes to his wonderfull light The cup of deliueraÌ„ce ought not to depart out of my handes nor the new songs therof out of my mouth But Lord graunt me the grace wh c We peace did keep in princes name Now death doth charge vs with the same ¶ The Bailife Come Baylife no bayle with me shal preuayl ¶ The Constable Constable I arrest to my ward be prest thou didst shew heretofore to Dauid a maÌ„ according to thine own hart Who treating of the same matter and rehersing the recordes of thy goodnes sayd of a truth Lord I am thy seruant and the sonne of thy haÌ„dmaid thou hast broken my boÌ„ds a sunder I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of thankesgeuing call vpon thy name Euen so say I lord of my selfe and that by thy grace I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruant Thou hast broken my bonds and preserued me and set me in safety Unto theé O king of eternitie immortall and inuisible euen vnto theé O God who only art good and onely wise be honor and glory for euer through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord and only Sauiour So be it ¶ The Phisicion By thy wateâ— I do seé thou mâ—st away with me The 〈◊〉 Looke not so hie low thou must lie No arte or medicine can preuayl When death doth purpose â—o assayl ⧠Here beginneth the Letany and Suffrages O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy c. O God the Sonne Redeémer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer c. O God the holy Ghost proceéding froÌ„ the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinity threé persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious c. Remember not Lord our offences nor the Death winnes the field â—ll armâ—s must yeeld ¶ The Herauld Herald in thy â—hield beare grasse in greenfield Sergeant at Armes Sergeant see thou sâ—ay â—l glory must away offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sinnes Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whoÌ„ thou hast redeémed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all euil and mischief from sinne from the crafts and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord
best and finally desiring nothing but theé who with the father and the holy Ghost art the full and perfect felicity for all euer Amen ⧠A Prayer to the holy Ghost O Holy Spirit worthy of all worship which makest vp the almighty trinity which proceédest from the father and the sonne and art equall to either of them differing from them in only propriety of person which of thy â—nd Enoch walked with God and he was no more sene for God tooke him away c. Gen. â— There appeared a charet of fire and horses of fire to Elias went vp by a whirlwind c 2. Reg. 2 So after the Lord hâ—d spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and sate at the right hand of god And they went forth and preached â—c Mar. 16 goodnes forgeuest the sinnes of them that amend which with thy holy breth cleansest mennes mindes comforting them when they be in sorrow cheéring them vp with pure gladnes when they be in heauynes leading them into all truth when they be out of the way kindling in them the fire of charitye when they be a cold knitting them together with the glew of peace when they be at varyance and garnishing and inriching them with sundry giftes which by thy meanes profes the name of the Lord Iesu by whose working all things liue which liue in deéde whose delight is to dwell in the harts of the simple which thou hast vouchsafed to consecrate for temples to thy selfe I beseéch theé maintayne thy giftes in me increase the things dayly which thou hast vouchsafed vpon me that by thy gouernance the lustes of the flesh The birth of blessed Mary the virgine the mother of Christ c. There shall come a rod forth of the stocke of Iâ—ssâ— and a graffe c. Esay 11. There shall come a star of Iacob and a scepter shall rise of Israell c. Num. 24. may dye more and more in me and the desire of the heauenly life more quicken and increase Let me so passe through the misty desert of this world by thy light going before me as I may neither be defiled with Sathans vices nor be intangled with any errors disagreéing from thy truth which the true catholick church hath delyuered vs by the instinct of theé which liuest raignest euerlastingly with the Father and the Sonne Amen * A Prayer to God for his Spirite and grace to pray effectually ETernall and most mercyfull Father we know not our selues neither can easely vnderstand what or how we should pray as we ought But thou shalt goe vnto my fathers house and to my kinred and take a wifâ— c. Gen. 24. I will speak for her that she may be geuen theâ— to wife for to thee doth the right of her c. Tob. 6. Mary the mother of Iesu betrothed to Ioseph her husband before they came together was founde with childe by the holy ghost TheÌ„ Ioseph her husband being a iust men c Math. 1. Geue vs the Spirit ô Lord to help our infirmytyes which maketh requeste for vs vnto theé with sighes which cannot be expressed I lift vp mine eyes to theé that dwel lest in the heauens Stir vp my hart and mind ô Lord come into me ô spirite of God that I may come vnto theé with hart soule not with mouth and lips only Geue vs thy grace that we may call vpon theé as true worshippers in spirite and truth with the inward attention without hipocrisie and ambition Graunt that I aske nothing of theé but that which may agreé to thy holy will to thy prayse and glory and to the health of my soule â—nd in the â—i moâ—rt the Angell Gabrielâ— was sent froÌ„ God to a citie in Galile naâ—med Nazareth to a virgine affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid c. Luke 1. â—he â—aâ—de of the womâ—n shall â—read vpon the head of the serpent Gen. 3. The Angel sayd to him the Lord is with thee â—hou valyant man â—udges 6 Neither let my praiers ô Lord prescribe the time when and how they should be fulfilled But let me submit my selfe to thy holy will in all things with hope patience and humilitie of hart Thy will be done in earth ô Lord as it is in heauen I will wayt patiently ô Lord for theé that thou mayst incline vnto me and heare my prayer Behold euen as the eies of seruants looke vnto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a mayd vnto the hand of her maistresse so our eyes will wayt vpon theé ô Lord vntill thou haue mercy vpon vs. â—nd Moyses returned to Iethro his father in law and sayd to him I pray c. Exo. 4. My soule doth magnify the Lord and my sprite doth reioyce in God my sauiour Luke 1. Aâ—d Mary câ—ose and went with hast into the hilly contrey to a citie of Iuda 〈◊〉 entred into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth And it came to passe c. Luke 1. In his name through faith we come to the throne of thy grace receiuing the spirite of adoption we cry Abba Father StrengtheÌ„ vs O Lord least the vnworthynes of our life withdraw and intice vs from prayer Assist vs therfore O most mercifull father that we may pray euery where lifting vp pure hands without wrath or doubting with supplications prayers intercessions geuing of thanks for our selues and for all men Graunt this through Iesus Christ our Lord who is also at thy right hand and maketh request for vs To whom with theé and thy holy Spirit be all laud and glory Amen When the dayes were accomplished Mary brought forth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes and layd him in the manger because there was no roume c. Lu. 2. Put thy shoes of thy feete for the place wheron thou standest is holy ground Exod. 3. Aarons rod being put in the tabernacle did blossom and I will make cease c. Num. 17. * A Prayer for the whole Realm and the body of the Church with the members therof according to their estates degrees Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac when he was eight dayes old as God had coÌ„maunded him c. Gen. 2. Let euery maÌ„ child among you be circumcised That is ye shal circumcise the foreskin of your flesh c. Ge. 17 And when the viii dayes were accomplished that they should circumcise the childe his name was then called Iesus which was so named of the Angel before he was conceiâ—ed c. Luke 2. And forasmuch as thou hast commaunded vs to pray inespecially for kings and Princes and for all such as are set in authoritie that the company of mankind may liue peaceably and quietly vnder them in all godlines and honesty considering how burthensome crownes and scepters are how hard the wealding of them is and how difficult a matter it is to discharge them well whether it be in respect of themselues or of their
and the decree DestructioÌ„ was preached to the Niniuites if they repented not this was the condition and the decree Niniue repented and was not destroyed but saued was therfore Gods decree altered no For he decreed their destruction but vpoÌ„ this condition if they repented not Pray therfore if thou be godly that he would geue thee the grace to coÌ„tinue and if thou be sinful pray that he geue thee the grace to repent And thus very well our prayers haue strength to stay Gods wrath his decree remayning immutable because it is threatned but vpoÌ„ a condition if we repent not But whence hath prayer this strength of it self No. For we being iustified through faith haue peace toward God that is the fauor of God through our Lord Iesus Christ. Rom. 5. So that Christ is our mouth whereby we speake to the Father our eyes by which we see the Father our right hand by which we offer to the Father Which Christ except he be our aduocate neither we nor all the saints can haue any thing to doe with god For no maÌ„ coÌ„meth to the father but by him Ioh. 14. Why then are not our prayers alwayes heard hauing continually such a spokesman who hath all power both in heauen and earth Truely because either we aske amisse not according to Gods will and that which is not for vs to receaue or it pleaseth the Lord to defer our requestes for tryall of our faith and patience HereupoÌ„ it was that Dauid sayd Expectans expectaui Dominum With long wayting I waited for the lord and he inclined vnto me and heard my calling Psal. 40. Pray therfore continually with faith loue vnderstanding in the name of Iesus Christ pray for al men at al times in al places and for al things according to Gods wil. Though thou be a sinner though God foreknoweth the hart though his decree be immutable yet pray vnto him in Iesus Christ and he will refresh thee Of this I thought good to admonish thee Christian Reader because it is an easy thing to pray but to pray aright is a thing very difficult Here are prepared for thee zealous and godly prayers some translated out of Latin French some made by the best learned of our time Use theÌ„ as I haue taught thee that they may be to good vse Accuse not mine insufficiency in teaching but amend thine owne imperfection in praying praying that we talke not smoothly walk crookedly but that we may giue to God the father our maker obedience faith to Iesus Christ our redemer and mortification of the flesh to God the holy ghost our comfortor Fare wel in Christ Iesu. R. D. ⧠The Preface or preparation to prayer O Lord my good God and Father blessed be thy name for euer dispose my hart open my lips and guide me by thy holy spirite to a true acknowledgement of all my sinnes that my prayer may be heard of theé in the name of thy Sonne Iesus Christ So be it ¶ A prayer to be sayd at our first waking O God and father of our Lord Iesus Christ whom no man knoweth but by thy specyall gift graunt that vnto the rest of thine exceéding great benefites towards me this which is the greatest that can be bestowed vpon mankind There shall come a rod forth of the stocke of Iesse and a graffe c. Esay 11. There shall come a star of Iacob and a scepter shall rise of Israell c. Num. 24. The birth of blessed Mâ—ry the virgine the mother of Christ c. may be added also namely that as thou hast raysed vp my body from fast and sound sleépe so also thou wilt deliuer my mind from the sleépe of sin and from the darcknes of this world and after death restore the same body to life as well as thou hast called it agayne from sleépe For that which is death to vs is but sleépe vnto theé I pray and beseéch theé that through thy goodnes this body of mine may be a fellow and furtherer of all godlinesse to my soule in this life so as it may also be partner with it of the endles felicitie in the life to come through Iesus Christ thy sonne our lord For whose sake and by whom thou geuest vs all good and holsome thinges to our welfare Amen Another MUch better is the light of the soule and the insight of the Mary the mother of Iesu betrothed to Ioseph her husband before they came together was founde with childe by the holy ghost TheÌ„ Ioseph her husband being a iust man c Math. 1. But thou shalt goe vnto my fathers house and to my kinred and take a wife c. Gen. 24. I will speak for her that she may be geuen thee to wife for to thee doth the right of her c. Tob. 6. minde then the light or eyesight of the body The eyesight of the body euery silly beast hath but the sight of minde none hath but men Yea none haue it but wise men Thou therfore O Lord Iesu Christ which art the greatest of all lights the only true light the light from whence springeth the light of the day and the sonne Thou light which inlightenest euery man y commeth into the world Thou light whereon there commeth no night nor euentide but continuest euer bright and cleére as at midday Thou light wherewithout all things are deépe darcknesse and whereby all things were made lightsome Thou mind and wisdom of the heauenly Father inlighten my minde that being blind in all other things I may seé nothing but that which beloÌ„geth to theé and that I may thereby walke in thy wayes without fantasying or lyking The seede of the woman shall tread vpon the head of the serpent Gen 3. The Angel sayd to him the Lord is with thee thou valyant man Iudges 6 〈◊〉 in 〈…〉 the â—ngell Gabriel was sent fro God to a citie in Galile 〈◊〉 Nazareth 〈◊〉 virgine affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid c. Luke 1. of any other light els Lord I beseéch theé inlighten mine eyes that I may neuer slumber in darcknes least my ghostly enemy say at any time I haue preuayled against him Amen * A prayer at our vprising OUr first father Adam being tumbled down from most excellent and glorious highnes into the dungeon of shame and sinck of all sinne was releéued lifted vp again by thy hand O Sauyour Iesus christ And we likewise should lye wallowing in the same plight for euer if we were not raysed vp by theé Wherfore O most mercifull Redeémer of mankinde like as thou of thy goodnes hast raysed vp this heauy and burthensome body euen so vouchsafe to lift vp my minde to the knowledge and loue of thy highnes Amen And Mary arose and went with hast into the hilly contrey to a citie of Iuda and entred into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth And it came to passe c Luke 1. And Moyses returned
to Iethro his father in law and sayd to him I pray c. Exo. 4. My soule doth magnify the Lord and my sprite doth reioyce in God my sauiour Luke 1. I Thanke theé O Lord Iesu Christ that it hath pleased theé to geue me good rest this night past And I beseéch theé likewise to prosper me all this day following to the glory of thy name and to mine own soules health And thou which art the true daylight that neuer knoweth any euentide And the euerlasting dayson which quickneth cherisheth and cheéreth all thinges vouchsafe to shine into my minde that I may not stumble into any sinne but by thy guyding come to eternall life Amen Another I Thank theé O holy Lord father almighty and euerlasting God that thou hast vouchsafed to keépe me this night through thy great mercy And I beseéch theé of thine vnmeasurable clemency to geue me grace so to pas this day now comming in all lowlynesse Put thy shoes of thy feete for the place wheron thou standest is holy ground Exod. 3. Aarons rod being put in the tabernacle did blossom and I will make cease c. Num. 17. When the dayes were accomplished Mary brought 〈◊〉 her first â—e â—otten sonne and â—rapped him in swaâ—lâ—ng clothes and layd him in the manger because there was no roume 〈…〉 meéknes chastity charitie patience goodnes feare and warynesse as my seruise may please theé through him which shall come to iudge both the quick and the dead the world by fire keépe and preserue me from all euil from all stumbling and geuing of offence from all wilfull sinning and from all the crafts and assaultes of wicked feénds and enemies seéne or vnseéne through our Lord Iesus Christ thine onely begotten sonne To whom be prayse and glory with theé for euermore Amen * A Prayer at the putting on of our Clothes MOst gracious and merciful sauyour Iesus Christ thou knowest how we be borne clothed clogged with the greéuous and heauy burthen of the first man who fell away vnto fleshlynesse through disobedience And when the viii dayes were accomplished that they should circumcise the childe his name was then called Iesus which was so named of the Angel before he was conceiued c. Luke 2. Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac when he was eight dayes old as God had coÌ„maunded him c. Gen. 21 Let euery maÌ„ child among you be circumcised That is ye shal circumcise the fores skin of your flesh c. Ge. 17 Uouchsafe therefore I beseéch theé to strip me out of the old corrupt Adam which being soked in sin transformeth him self into all incumberances and diseases of the minde that may lead away from theé Rid me also quite and cleane of that his tempter the deceitfull Eue which turneth vs away from the obedience of thy Father Clothe me with thy self O my redeémer and sanctifyer clothe me with thy self which art the second man and hast yealded thy self obedient in all things to God thy father to rid away all lustes of the flesh and to destroy the kingdome thereof through righteousnes Be thou our clothing and apparrell to keép vs warme from the cold of this world For if thou be away by and by all things become noume weake and stark dead Wheras if thou be present they be liuely sound strong and lusty Abner said to Dauid make couenant with me and be hold mine hand shal be with thee c. 2. Sam. 3. The Queen of Saâ—a bring gifts to Ierusalem to Salomon with a very great trayâ—e c. 3. Reg· 10. â—here is the king of the Iewes that is 〈◊〉 for we haue 〈◊〉 his starre in the East and are â—ome to worship him When Herode the king heard this he was troubled all Ierusalem â–ª c. Math. 2. And therfore like as I wrap my body in these clothes so cloth thou me all ouer but specially my soule with thine own selfe Amen ⧠A Prayer to be sayd at our first going abroad I Must be fayn to go abroad among the snares which the deuill and his handseruant the world haue layd for me and I cary with me besides the stinges of mine own flesh Guyde me therfore O thou most sure guide be thou my leader thou God of my welfare Defend me O captayn from the traynes and stalles that are layd for me that whatsoeuer thinges I shall meéte with I may make no more accouÌ„t of them then they are worthy of but keép on my way with mine eyes so fast fixed and setled vpon theé alone as I may not deal with any thing further 〈◊〉 the dayes of Purification after the law of Moses â—â—re accomplished they brought Iesus to Ierusalem to preseÌ„t him to the lord as it is written in the law of the lord Luke 2. God sayd to Moses sanctify vnto me all the first borne that open al maner matrices among the childreÌ„ c. Exo. 13 Anna bare a sonne brought him into the house of the Lord in Siloh and the child was young c 1. Sam. 1. forth then it hath respect vnto theé Lord shew me thy wayes and lead me in thy pathes for thy Sonnes sake Amen * A Prayer to be sayd at our returning home O How excellent and ioyfull shall our returning home be into the euerlasting quyet and blessed house of heauen where there is no troble nor incumberance at al. All the mirth and gladnes of this world is but a shadow in comparysoÌ„ of the pleasures that are there Nothing O Lord is liker to thy holy nature then the minde that is setled in quietnesse Thou hast called vs into that quietnes and peace of thine froÌ„ out of the turmoiles of this world as it were from out of stormes into a hauen Which is such a peace as the world cannot geue and as passeth all capacitie of man. Behold thy brother Esau is coÌ„forted agaynst ther meaning to kill thee Gen. 27. Michaell spake vnto Dauid If thou saue not thy self this night to morrow c. 1. Sa. 19· â—rise and take the babe and his mother and flie into Egipt and be there till I bring thee word for Herode will seeke the babe to destroy him So he arose toke the babe his mother c Math. 2 Houses are builded for vs to repair into from the anoyance of the wether from the cruelty of beastes and from the waues and turmoiles of this troublous world Graunt now O most mercifull Father that through thy singular goodnes our bodies may so resort into theÌ„ from our outwarde doinges as our mindes may yeald them selues obedyent vnto theé without striuing that they may the better and more quyetly exalt them selues into that souerayne rest of thine aboue Graunt that nothing may disturb and disquyet them here beneath but that all things may be quyet and calme through that peace of thine The peace of Christ be to this house and to all that dwell therin Amen * A Prayer to be sayd
morrow Moreouer because this life hath not one houre certayne whensoeuer the eâ—entide therof commeth the long sleepe of the body groweth vpon me from which we shall not wake till the dead rise agayn at the sound He was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sunne and his clothes were as white as the light And beholde there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias c. Math. 17. Abraham said Lord if I haue now found fauor in thy sight c â–ª Gen. â—1 Nâ—buchadneser aÌ„swered Lo I seâ— foure men loose walking in the midst of the fire Dan. 3 of thine Angels Trumpet I beseech thee lighten thou then the eyes of my minde so as I may not sleepe in euerlasting death by the quenching of my faith but rest in thee to whom euen the dead are aliue Which lyuest and raignest with the Father and the holy Ghost one God world without end Amen ¶ A prayer to be sayd when we vnclothe our selues to bedward THis body which is become vnhaÌ„some and vnwealdy through sin shal be consumed by litle and litle and deliuered agayne to the earth from whence it was taken There shall the end be of this vanitie which we haue purchased to our selues by our owne folly Now therfore thou O most louing Father which hast set me together Dauid sayd to Nathan I haue sinned agaynst the lord c. 2. Sam. 12. Aaron looked vpon Myriam and behold she was leprous Num. 12. Iesus sayd Many sinnes are forgeuen her for she loued much To whom a little is forgeuen he doth loue a litle And he said vnto her Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee c. Luke 7 dissolue me in such wise as I may feéle my selfe to be dissolued and remeÌ„ber of whom I am ouercome and consider whether I must goe Take me not vnwares and vnprouyded to thy iudgement seat but like as we be willing to put of our clothes which we shall put on agayne when the night is past so let vs not be loth to put of this body which we shall receiue agayn after that the night of this world hath run out his full race Amen ⧠A Prayer to be sayd at our going into bed WHen the day is ended we geue our selues to rest in the night so when this life is ended we rest in deth Nothing resembleth our life more theÌ„ the day nor death more then sleépe nor the graue more then the bed Uouchsafe therfore O Lord our gouernour When Christ came nere Ierusalem he beheld the citie and wept for it saying O if thou hadst euen knowen at the lest in this thy day those thinges which belong vnto thy peace c. Luke 19. Who shall haue pity then vâ—on thee O Ierusalem or who c. Iere. 15. Their feasts are turned into lamentation their Alars c. 1. Michâ— 1. defender both to shield vs now lying vnable to help our selues from the craftines assaults of our cruell enemy also to call vs then vnto theé when we shal be yet more vnable at the finishing of the race of this life not for our own deserts but for thy own mercy sake that we may liue walk with theé for euer And now let vs so fall a sleép in theé as thou only those exceding great incredible good thinges may in such wise be preseÌ„t alway before vs by the insight of our minds as we may not be absent from theé no not euen in sleép that such dreames may both keép our beds and bodies pure vndefiled and also chere our harts with that blessed ioy of thine In trust wherof I wil fall on sleép and take my rest through our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen A Prayer when we be redy to sleep The women sang by course in their play and said c. 1. Sam. 2â— The children of the prophetes came to meete Helisha c. 4. Reg. 2. Christ riding to Ierusalem many spred their gâ—â—â—entes in â—he way other cut downe branches of the trees strawed them in the way And they that went before and they that folowed c Mark. â—â— â–ª TAke me into thy protection O Lord Iesu Christ our defender and graunt that while my body slepeth my soul may wake in thee and cheérefully and ioyfully behold the happy gladsome heauenly life wherein thou art soueraine with the Father and the holy Ghost and the Angels and holy soules of men are most blessed fellow Citizens for euer and euer Amen * A preparation or preface to Publick Prayer ALmighty God and heauenly Father I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare will I worshippe toward thy holy Temple I haue loued the habitation of thine house and willingly am I present in the congregation of thy Saints praysing and confessing thy holy name Iesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought saying vnto them it is written Myne house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a deâ— of theues Luke 10 Is this house become a den of theeues wherupon c. Jere. 7. Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people c. Esay 56 Come let vs fall and bow down before the Lord who hath made vs because he is the Lord our God and we the sheep of his pasture Exalt the Lord our God fall down before his footstoole for he is holy Lord I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable time euen in the multitude of thy mercies O God heare me in the truth of thy saluation I will offer to thee a sacrifice of praise and will call vpon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord euen now in the presence of all his people in the courts of the Lords house euen in the middest of thee O Ierusalem I will run in the way of thy commaundementes when thou shalt inlarge mine hart Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes Open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy lawe When Iosephes brethren saw him a farr of c. Gen. 3 Absolon rose vp early and stode hard by the c. 2. Sam. 15. Behold a woman a Cananite came out of the sea coastes â–ª and cried saying vnto him Haue mercy on me O Lord c. Math. 1â— Then will I take the cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord. Lord open thou my lips and my mouth shall shew forth thy prayse I will sing with the Spirite and in vnderstanding and say Amen * A short speech before the Lords Proyer O Heauenly Father O most merciful God I most wretched sinner am vnworthy to lift vp my hands and eyes vnto thee or to trouble thee with my prayers Neuerthelesse forasmuch as thou hast commaunded all men to pray promised that thou wilt heare vs And moreouer prescribed vs a forme of Prayer in expresse wordes by thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ being
dryuen by thy commaundement and trusting to thy promyses I pray They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleaâ—ened bread c. Math. 26 Iudas sayd Come let vs sell him to the Ismalites c. Gen. 37 So Ioseph was brought down into Egypt and Potipher c. Gen. 30 vnto thee in the name of my Lotd with all the godly vpon earth saying as he hath taught vs Our Father which art in heauen c. * A Prayer to God the Father The foolish virgines came also sayng Lord Lord c. Math. 25. The great Dragon that old serpent was cast out c. 〈◊〉 12. Iesus knowing all thinges that should come went forth and said vnto them â—home seeke ye They answered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I 〈◊〉 he Iudas also c. Iohn 18. And because we haue diuers hard incouÌ„ters to indure against the world the deuill his ministers and the flesh which we beare about vs we beseéch theé euen with sighes that thy kingdome may come That like as in heauen all thinges submit them selues to thy maiesty with trembling so also thy Spirite may raign in our harts making vs to acknowledge theé the king of all kinges then the which nothing can be either greater or better They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread c. Math. 26 Ioab tooke â—bâ—er aside peaceably and smote him vnder the ribbe that he dâ—â—d c. 2. Sam. â— Simon to redeme Ionathan sendeth mony and the children to Triphon c. 1. Macha 13. When 〈◊〉 the father of Chanaan saw the nakednes of his father he told his two brethren c Gen. 10 〈◊〉 is mocked of little children crying vnto him Come vp thou baldhead c. â— â—eg 2. 〈…〉 Christ 〈◊〉 his face â—nd buâ—feted him 〈◊〉 Prophecy â—â—to vs O Christ who is he that smote thee Peter sate without in the hall and a maid c Math. 26. The meat that geueth life in deéde is the knowledge of theé by thy holy Scriptures the grace of thy spirit whereby we grow vp in theé through dayly increase of vertue in the inner man vntill we be fully men growen according to the full measure of thine only begotten sonne Iesus christ By thy word thou begatest vs when we were nothing by the same hast thou be gotten vs agayn vnhappely borne of Adam and by the same doest thou feéde and cherish vs now agayn begotten For that is the heauenly bread that is the new wine wherwith all the blessed spirites are continually and happely fed which dwelling in thy house doe prayse theé for euer and euer 〈◊〉 let Barrabas lose vnto theÌ„â—nd scourged Iesus and deliuered him to be crucified Then the souldiours of the gouernour toke Iesus in to the common hall c. Math. 27. The plowers plowed vpon my backe and furrowes long did cast c. Psal. 131. Sathan smote Iob with sore voyles froÌ„ the sole of his foot c. Iob. 2. When thou â–ª art done all thy duety stere downe that thou mayst receue a crown c. Eccle. 22. 〈◊〉 sayd vnto Dauid who art thou that criest to the king c. 1 Sam. 26 And the souldiâ—rs plattâ—â—â—owne oâ— thorne â—pon his â—ead an 〈◊〉 in his 〈…〉 and bowed their knees before â—im and mocked â—im saying God 〈◊〉 c. Math. 2 â–ª * Another in Iesus Christ our Redeemer by S. August Pilate toke water and washed hys handes before the multitude saying I am innocent of the death of this iust man looke you to it Then answered all the people c. Math. 27. Iezabell sent a messenger vnto Helias saying The Gods do so to me c. 3. Reg. 19. Then the king commaunded and they brought Daniell and cast c. Dan. 6. I Call vpon thee O God I cal vpon thee because thou art nigh to all them that call vpon thee in truth Thou art the truth teach me I besech thee in thy mercy O holy truth teach me to call vpoÌ„ thee in truth For how I should so doe I know not Teach me therefore I most humbly beseech thee O most blessed truth For wisdome without thee is folishnes to know thee is perfect knowledge Instruct me with thy diuine wisdome teach me thy Lawes For I beleeue that he is most happy who is instructed by thee and taught thy law I haue a desire to call vpon thee which I pray thee that I may doe in verity What is it to call vpon truth in truth but to call vpon the Father in the Sonne Truly most holy Father thy word is the truth and the beginning of thy Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offring and layd it vpon Isaac his sonne c. Gene. 22. 〈…〉 was there gathering sticks â–ª and Eliah called her and said c. 〈…〉 And Iesus bare his crosse and came into a place named Golgotha where they cruciâ—â—ed him and 〈◊〉 other with him 〈…〉 side one and Iesus in the midst of them c. Iohn â—â— word is truth For this is the beginning of thy word that thy word was in the beginning In the beginning it selfe I worship thee O thou principall beginning in the very word of truth I cry to thee most perfect truth In the which O thou the very same truth teach and direct me For what is sweeter then to call vpon the Father in the name of his only begotten Then to moue the father to compassion by mention of his sonne Then to pacifie the king by name of his welbeloued child For by this meanes the offender is released from pryson the captiue set at liberty By this meanes they that haue receaued the sorrowfull sentence of death are wont to purchase not only pardon but vnhoped fauour if they pleade the loue of the welbeloued Sonne By this meanes seruants that And when they were come to the place which is called Caluarie there they crucified him and the euil doers one on the right hand and the other on the left c. Luke 23. Tubulraim wrought 〈◊〉 euery craft of brasse and iron c. Gen. 4. Esay the prophet was cut in the midst with a saw and fasted on a tree c. doe trespasse escape their masters punishment when his louing Sonne is their Intercessor Euen so O almighty Father I pray thee for the loue of thy omnipotent Sonne draw my soul out of pryson that it may confesse vnto thy name Deliuer me from the chaynes of sin I beseech thee by thy coeternall and only Sonne and most mercifully restore me to life by the mediation of thy most pretious sonne sitting at thy right hand For what other Intercessor I should appoint I know not but him who is the propitiation for our sinnes who sitteth at thy right
reioyce me the vnitie c. Ecclesâ—asticus 25. The 〈◊〉 of the proud is bloudshed Ecclesi 27. Loue nourisheth with ioy Herod murthereth infants Christian sousdior harnised Hell Temptation ouercome Put on the whole armore c. Ephe. 6. Stand â—ast in the faith c. 1. Cor. 16. Wisedome is better then gold Sardanapalus an imprudent king Geue vnto vs also which are subiects thankefull harts to thee faithfull to her in thee and charitable towards all men that all which liue vnder her gouernmeÌ„t Counsellers Ministers and euery other in their place and calling may be throughly sactified in holines to liue before thee VnderstaÌ„ding reacheth the heauen Ignorance is as a beast Vnderstanding is a welspring of life c. Prouerb 16 Be ye not like horse and Mule. which c. Psalme 32. ⧠A Prayer for the Ministers of Gods word LEt thy Priestes O Lord be clothed with righteousnes and let thy Saints reioyce Poure out thy spirite of wisdome and vnderstanding vpon the Ministers of thy word that they may know the misteries of thy holye will. Geue them the gift of vtterance that they may set forth the aboundant riches of thy gospel Write thy lawes in their hartes and thy testimonies in their bowels that they may leade thy people into all truth rule thy church with discretion Make them good work Goe to the 〈◊〉 O thou Slouggard c. Prouerb 6. The Slouthfull man hideth his hand in his c. Prouerb 26. Industry gathereth reward Sloth bringeth sleep men faithfull shepherds and wise builders that they may mende the broken walles of Ierusalem feéde the flockes of thy sheépe with the bread and water of life husband thy vineyard dresse it in due season repair thy holy sanctuary and bring in the vessels dedicated to the seruice of the lord And finally shine with such light of holy and pure conuersation before men as they may edefie no les by example of life then by instruction of teaching To the intent that meÌ„ beholding their modesty meéknes sufferance patience and other vertues wherwith thou hast indued them to the benefite of thy Church may be wonne to thy gospell euen by the holynes of their conuersation and be compelled to confesse to the glory of thy name that thou doubtlesse liuest raignest workest and dwellest in them Amen Memory is a treasure house Obliuion is as a graue Wherfore I put you in remembrance c 2. Tim. 1. I am counted amoâ—g them that goe down c. Psal. 88. * A Prayer to be sayd for all Magistrates THey that are in authoritie ouer vs are as the helme in a ship as the eye in the body and as the mind in the soule and therfore thou O Lord hast commaunded vs to further them with our seruis or succor and our prayers For great is the profit that we receiue by good princes and magistrates and great is the harme which they doe being otherwise Wherefore it is to be wished that they might be good godly vertuous and nobleminded Besides this great is the burthen which they beare in gouerning well forasmuch as they must make an account therof vnto theé whereas we in the meane while are freé from that danger Unto theé therfore O Lord Iesu Christ do we make our supplications Dauid executed right and iustice c 2. King. 2. Thy princes are rebellious and companions c. Esay 1. Iustice â—udgeth rightly Tyranny oppresseth â—ight for them euen vnto theé which art the perfect pattern for all Rulers to follow and imitate as who being most singularly good and wise canst neither erre nor doe any thing amisse Graunt we beseech thee that all those whoÌ„ thou hast ordayned as Shepheards of thy sheép to rule thy people vnder theé and specially that our most gracious soueraine Lady Elizabeth and her most honorable Counsell together with all her Nobilitie Clergie inferior Magistrates and vnder Officers may be so inlightened with the brightnes of thy light so guided by the direction of thy spirite and so inflamed with the loue of theé and of thy people committed to their charge as they may in all cases espy the truth minister right equitie iustice with mercy alwayes hauing their eyes vpon theé to follow and execute the things which thou hast Strength shewed in the arme Holofernes slayne by Iudith He girdeth me with strength c Psalme â—8 He sayd he would burne vp c. Iudith 6. commaunded and not which they theÌ„selues list so as they drawing all together by one line according to the pattern which thou hast set before theÌ„ may wel and throughly performe their charge to thy glory and we obediently yealding our selues to their godly commaundements may leade a holy and quyet life vnder them likewise to the glory of thy name Amen ⧠A Prayer of Children for their Parents LOrd God whose will it is that next thy self we should yeald most honor to our fathers and mothers forasmuch as among the dueties of naturall loue it is not the least to sue vnto thy goodnes for the welfare of our Parents I beseéch theé preserue my Father and Mother with all their household Dauid tooke a good courage to him c. 1. Reg. 2. I desire that you faynt not c. Ephe. 3. Courage is bould in Christ. Cowardice faynteth in tryall first in the loue of thy Religion and next in safety from all incumberance and greéfe both of body minde And vnto me graunt that they may not haue any trouble by my meanes And finally that I may inioy the fauor of them they the fauor of theé which art the soueraign father of all Amen ⧠A Prayer for charitie or loue towards our neighbours LOrd inlighten and instruct our mindes that we may esteéme euery thing as it is worth yet not make the lesse reckning of theé sith nothing can be made better then thou And secondly let vs make account of man then whom there is nothing more excelleÌ„t among the things of this world Make vs to loue him next theé either as likest our selues or as thy child and therfore our brother or as one ordayned Temperance watcheth and bridleth Intemperance ouercommeth the hart A wholesome sleepe commeth of c. Eccle. 31. For tables are so full of vomit c. Esay 28 to be a member of one selfe same Countrey with vs. And cause vs also euen here to resemble the heuenly kingdome through mutuall loue where all hatred is quite banished and all is full of loue and coÌ„sequently ful of ioy and gladnes AmeÌ„ Another SOften our harts O Lord that we may be moued no lesse at the necessities and greéfes of our neighboures then if they concerned our selues or the cases that touched vs nearest and let vs think them to befall euen to our dearest frends Let vs pitie them as our selues and in their common aduersitie let vs also communicate with theÌ„ by compassion that as we would haue pitied our selues for the like cause so we
Ioseph thy younger bretheren with the kisse of comfort pour into our harts thy holy spirite pluck vs vp from the earth earthly things open our eyes and lift them vp vnto theé open thy mouth and call vs vnto theé open our eares that we may heare theé so that whatsoeuer we doe speak or thinke it may be directed vnto theé alone our Redeémer Mediator Aduocate Amen Death wins the field All armes must yeald ¶ The Herauld Herald in thy shield beare grasse in green field Sergeant at Armes Sergeant see thou stay Al glory must away ⧠A Prayer at our going to a Sermon MAny and sundry wayes O lord doest thou vtter and shew forth thy light vnto vs in this great darcknes of oures But no way more effectually and plenteously then by thine Apostles and by them that haue succeéded in their charge Great and plentyfull is the haruest as thou thy selfe hast told vs but few are the haruestfolkes For the most part they be all ignorant and ouercast with the cloud of darcknes And as for true preachers that teach as they ought to doe the number of them is very small ¶ The TruÌ„petor Trumpet geue sound all must to the ground ¶ The Pursiuant Goe suÌ„mon by message to come without baggage All must needes die we need not tell Our message hath been sounded well And vnto this man also graunt the treasure of thy wisedome that he may poure it out vpon vs to our saluation And in vs open thou the windowes and dores of our harts that we may so receiue into vs the wholesome light of thy most holy word as that the good seéde which shall fall into vs be neither choked with bryars thornes and brambles nor burnt vp with drought nor deuâ—ured by the birds of the ayre but battle as in good ground bring forth plentifull fruit to the prayse honor of thy name Amen A Prayer for knowledge and vnderstanding HEare my prayers O Lord Iesu the euerlasting wisedome of the We drum that domes day now at hand Doth call all soldiâ—rs to deathes band ¶ The Dromme Drommer call together al soldyars to my baÌ„â—t ¶ The Fife Fife seé thou play to leade them the way Father which geuest vnto childhoode the commoditie of aptnes to learne I pray theé adde the furtherance of thy grace to the forwardnes of nature that I may the sooner and more perfectly learn knowledge and the liberall sciences Howbeit in such wise as they may serue to thy glory so as my minde being furthered by the help of them may attayn to the fuller knowing of theé which is the highest poynt of mans felicitie And also that according to the example of thy most holy childhoode I may dayly prosper more and more in age wisdome and fauor both before God and man to the glory of thy name which liuest and raignest c. Amen A Prayer to be sayd before receuing of the Communion O Father of mercy and God of al consolation seéing all creatures ¶ The Capitaine Captain march with me thy Captayne I must be ¶ The Souldior Soldyar haue a courage to thy long vyage Death only maketh Captaines quail â–ª And harty souldiers for to fayle do acknowledge and confesse theé to be their gouernour and Lord it becometh vs the workmanship of thine own hands to reuerence and magnifie thy godly maiestie First for that thou hast created vs to thine own Image and similitude but cheéfly because thou hast deliuered vs from that euerlasting death damnation into the which Sathan drew mankind by the meanes of sinne from the bondage wherof neither man nor angell was able to make vs freé But thou O Lord rich in mercy and infinite in goodnes hast prouyded our redemptioÌ„ to stand in thine only and wel beloued sonne whom of very loue thou didst geue to be made man like vnto vs in all things sinne excepted that in his body he might receaue the punishment of our transgression by his death to make satisfaction to thy iustice and by Vse gayne of Gold and liue in cost So as by death life be not lost ¶ The Marchant Neither craft nor trade Can me perswade ¶ The Citizen Of towne and citie I haue no pitie his resurrection to destroy him that was author of death and so to bring agayn life to the world 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 deépenes and height of that thy most excellent loue which moued theé to shew mercy where none was deserued to promise geue life where death had gotten victory to receaue vs into thy grace when we could doe nothing but rebell against thy maiesty O Lord the blind dulnes of our corrupt nature will not suffer vs sufficiently to weigh these thy most ample benefites Yet neuerthelesse at the commaundement of Iesus Christ our Lord we present our selues to this his table which he hath left to be vsed in remembrance of his death vntil his comming ¶ The Printers Leaue setting thy page spent is thine age Pressmen goe play printing must stay We Printers wrote with wisdomes peâ— She liues for â—ye we die as men again to declare and witnes before the world that by him alone we haue receaued liberty and life that by him alone thou doest acknowledge vs to be thy children and heires that by him alone we haue entraÌ„ce to the throne of thy grace that by him alone we are possessed in our spiritual kingdome to eate and drinke at his table with whoÌ„ we haue our conuersation presently in heauen and by whom our bodies shall be raysed vp agayn from the dust and shall be placed with him in that endles ioy which thou O Father of mercy hast prepared for thine elect before the foundation of the world was layd And these most inestimable benefits we acknowledge and confesse to haue receaued of thy freé mercy and grace by thine onely beloued sonne Iesus christ For the which therfore we thy congregation moued by thy holy spirite Death takes no bribe of wealth Death forceth not long health ¶ The Riche man Thy siiluer nor golde froÌ„ death can theé withhold ¶ The aged man By rigâ—t I must be bold with thee that liuest so old render to theé all thanks prayse and glory for euer and euer Amen Another WHat tongue or what hart can worthely geue theé thankes O Lord Iesu for thine vnspekable loue towards vs Who to the intent to redeéme mankind forlorn diddest vouchsafe to become man and to take all the miseries of our state vpon theé in so much that in the end thou being a pure and vnspotted lamb wast contented to be made a sacrifice for vs vpon the altar of the cros and to abide the punishment due for our sins that thou mightest reconcile vs to thy Father yea and both in life and death thou didst spend geue and bestow thy selfe wholy vpon vs and
for vs. ¶ The Artificer No compas or arte can cause me depart The Husbandman Labour no more For I haue store No one deuise no arte no toyle Could make vs geue to death the foil Wherfore I beseéch theé let thy spirite cleanse my hart that I may not come vnworthely to that heaueÌ„ly feast and to the table whereat euen the very Angels doe tremble But that by thy sheading of thy selfe into my bowels I may grow manly in theé and become the lustyer by spirituall increasements so as I may continue to the end in the blessed fellowship of thy misticall body whom it is thy will to haue all one with theé in such wise as thou art all one with the Father by the knitting of the holy Ghost To whom be prayse thanks for euermore Amen In song â–ª in daunce in pipes in play We lost our life now wrapt in clay ¶ 〈◊〉 Musicion Strike vp thy play Daunce with me away Another I yelde thee harty thanks O Lord Iesu Christ for thine vnutterable loue in vouchsafing to redeeme man kind by thine own death and I beseech thee suffer not thy most holy bloud to haue been shed in vaine for me that I growing vp in thee by coÌ„tynual increase of heauenly strength may beâ—ome a fit member of thy misticall body which is the church and neuer swarue from that most holy couenant which thou madest with thy chosen discyples in thy last supper by distributing the bread vnto them by reaching them the cup and by theÌ„ with all those that are graffed into thy company by faith in Baptisme Amen * Another ¶ The Shepeheard Leaue thy shep And with me crepe ¶ The Foole. Of foolish and fonde I breakâ— the bonde The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obey vnto thee MY Lord Iesu Christ who am I that thou shouldest vouchsafe to come vnder my roofe Can a sinfull man deserue such grace Certes Lord I am not worthy Am I better then all my Fathers were Thou wouldest not shew thy selfe to Moyses one twinckling of an eye and how hapneth that thou humblest thy selfe so much as to come down to a man that is a publican and sinner And thou vouchsafest not only to eate with him but also to geue thy self to be eaten of him Hayl O bred of life which camest down from heauen which giuest life to as many as receiue thee worthely Surely who so receiueth thee worthely although his soule be seuered from his body by temporall death yet shall he not dye for euer because that that separatioÌ„ is not a deth but a passing from death to life by reason wherof he that eateth thee worthely beginneth to liue with thee for euer when Time to liue time to dy God granÌ„t vs liue eternally ¶ The â—eggar Begging is done For I am come The Roge. Thinke I am best For I bring rest he dyeth in this world Thou art the bread of the angels the very sight of thee refresheth and gloryfieth the Angels Thou art foode for the soule and not for the body Thou nourishest the minde and not the maw He that eateth thee is turned into thee that by partaking of thee he may become God and yet art thou not changed into his substance as other bodily meates be But woe be to them that receaue thee vnworthely O most holy food by the eating whereof aright a man becommeth God is set free from all euil is filled with all goodnes and is vndoubtedly made immortall O sacred pittance of our pilgrimage wherby we passe out of this naughty world to the company of heauen Goe to therfore thou beleeuing soule be mery and make good cheare for thou shalt not dye Feede vpon these daintyes and stick not Take thy fill of this feaste ¶ Of Youth Young olde Come to my folde ¶ Of Infancy Feare not me though I grisly be Time to liue time to dy God granÌ„t vs liue eternally wherin the body of thy Sauyour is set before thee to feede on Man fell from God by eating the foode of the forbidden tree But by this foode he is releeued agayn to endles glory * A Thankesgeuing after the receauing of the holy Communyon MOst mercyfull Father we render vnto thee al praise thanks honor and glory for that it hath plesed theé of thy great mercies to graunt vs miserable sinners so excellent a gifte and treasure as to receaue vs into the fellowship and company of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ our Lord whom thou hast delyuered to death for vs and hast geuen him vnto vs as a necessary food and nourishment vnto euerlasting life And now we beseéch theé also O We that were of highest degree Lye dead here now as ye do see ¶ The Empresse Empresse thogh thou be Thou must away with me ¶ The Queene Queene also thou doost see As I am so shalt thou be heauenly father to graunt vs this request that thou neuer suffer vs to become so vnkind as to forget so worthy benefites but rather imprint and fasteÌ„ them sure in our hartes that we may grow and increase dayly more more in true fayth which continually is exercised in all manner of good workes so much the rather O Lord confirme vs in these perilous dayes and rages of SathaÌ„ that we may constantly staÌ„d and continue in the confession of the same to the aduauncement of thy glory which art God ouer all things blessed for euer So be it A prayer for Gods grace It is sorrowful to be sayd how great a wound our nature which is frayle and weak of it selfe hath receiued by sinne and how much ability strength ¶ The princes â–ª Princes of hye estate coÌ„teÌ„t you I am your mate ¶ The Duchesse Duches princes Death dayly conuinces We that sate in the highest seate Are layd here now for wormes meate it hath forgone It is not able to lift vp it selfe nor to stand nor to go without thy help and ayd Whatsoeuer y mind of man thinketh or deuiseth it is vtterly vneffectuall and to no purpose if it be not grounded vpon thy fauor Nothing is strong except it be vphild by thy goodnesse all things without that do fall by and by to the ground That is it which cleanseth and scoureth vs from our filthines that is it y strengtheneth our weaknes that is it that maketh vs cunning workmen in al vertues Graunt we besech theé O Lord that this grace of thine may alwayes accompany vs then the which ther can no greater gyft be deuised neither is there any thing which thou bestowest more readily and willingly therfore also more often Let the same so worke in vs as we acknowledging how much neéd we haue thereof may both applye Beauty honour and riches auayle no whit For death when he commeth spoyleth it ¶ The Countesse Countesse or what thou art I strike thee with my dart ¶ The Vicountesse Vicountes I do not spare For of them I
enioy the feare of thy loue Amen A Prayer for spirituall ioy LOrd Iesu the redeémer and comforter of mankind which hast by thy holy Spirite prepared far greater pleasures then the world knoweth of for such as refuse the false pleasures of this world for thy sake tempering the troubles of this life with inward and ¶ The Mayor Mayor I theé call â–ª to my guild Hall. ¶ The Shirife Shirif for execution I haue a commission Mayors Shirifes do passe with speed And others them in place succeed secret solaces and after a sort renuing from tyme to tyme a certayne forecast of the blessednes to come to the intent that being cheéred and refreshed we should come running to theé with gladder hartes I beseéch theé graunt that the anoynting of thy holy spirit may often driue from me all irksomnes of aduersities and cheére vp my minde with healthful gladnes euen as he anoynted theé with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes in respect of thy humayn nature when thou wast here vpon earth which liuest and raignest with the father and the same holy Spirite for euer and euer Amen A Prayer to be sayd in the time of sicknes MOst mercifull Redeémer thou art alwayes mercifull who art We peace did keep in Princes name Now death doth charge vs with the same ¶ The Baâ—â—ife Come Baylife no bayle with me shal preuayl ¶ The Constable Constable I arrest to my ward be prest alwayes the sauiour whether thou doest send health or sicknes wealth or aduersitie ioy or sorow For it is of great mercy when by outward afflictions as it were by bitter but yet wholesom medicines thou doest heale the inward diseases of the soule and by temporary troubles which doe last but for a short time doest prepare vs to eternal ioyes which indure for euer And thy selfe O gracious sauiour passing into thy glory through the gretest afflictioÌ„s of this world hast troden out to vs by thy steps that way to true perfect felicity in the which no humble and true seruant ought eyther to disdayne or to shrinke to follow after his Lord and master so going before him But for so much as without theé we can doe nothing that good is I beseéch theé to indue me with thy heauenlye grace that I may take vp willingly ¶ The Phisicion By thy water I do seé thou must away with me The Astronomer Looke not so hie low thou must lie No art or medecine can preuayle When death doth purpose to assayle obediently this crosse which thou hast appointed vnto me and follow after theé and that I may drinke of as it were this medicinable cup though bitter vnto the flesh which thou the heauenly phisition doest offer vnto me paciently without grudging or murmuring against theé And that I may with thy faithfull seruant Iob and with vnfayned lips and hart say The Lord hath geuen the Lord hath taken away as it hath pleased the Lord so is it come to passe blessed be the name of the Lord. For if I haue receaued gladly youth health riches honor and ioy at thy hands O Lord why should I refuse paciently to take age sicknes aduersity sorrow at thy hands also These things be in deéd very greuous vnto frayle nature and flesh but thou my Lord though most perfectly innocent Death wines the field all armes must yeald ¶ The Herauâ—d Herald in thy shield beare grasse in green field Sergeant at Armes Zergeant see thou stay al glory must away infinitely hast suffered more greéuous things for me who haue so oft deserued hel But yet thou knowest the frailty of our humane condition nature wherfore I besech theé as thou pourest sharp wine into our wounds to bite away the corruption of our sinnes so after the example of the mercifull Samaritane set forth in thy holy gospell to resemble thy selfe vnto the sharpe wine of thy correction the supplying oyle of thy merciful comfort whereby I may be able to suffer things which otherwise are intollerable vnto me And if it be thy pleasure to increase sorow vpon me increase also thy grace and gift of patience in me and turne these worldly and bodely afflictions to the profite of my soule by my acknowledging of thy iustice in punishyng me worthely and thy mercy in correcting me gratiously euen like as a Father ¶ The TruÌ„petor Trumpet geue sound all muâ—â— to the ground ¶ The â—ursiuant Goe suÌ„mon by message to come without â—agâ—age All must needes diâ— we need not tell Our message hath bin sounded wel hath pitie vpon his children when he beateth them and by my submitting of my own will vnto thy holy will and patiently taking of this thy proouing and trying of me whether I loue theé or no may offer that sacrifice of obedience which is acceptable vnto theé And when thy Fatherly pitie shall be contented with thy meéke chastising of me then I beseéch theé send calme after this tempest quietnes after this trouble and ioy after this sorrow that I may render thanks vnto theé for double causes both that thou hast first corrected and amended me an vnprofitable seruant and afterward hast taken away the bitternes of affliction with the softnes of thy comfort In the one hauing regard of necessitie in the other not forgetting my infirmitie and in both as in all things alwayes remembring thy mercy vnto the which We drum that domes day now at hand Doth call all soldyars to deathes band ¶ The Dromme Drommer call together al soldyars to my baÌ„nâ—r ¶ The Fifâ— â–ª Fife seé thou play to leade them the way I doe commende and betake my selfe both body and soule now and for euer Unto theé with the father and the holy Ghost one God of most excellent maiesty be all praise honor and thanksgeuing for euer and euer Amen Another LOrd Iesu the onely health of theÌ„ that liue the only life of them that dye I yeald and geue ouer my self wholy to thy most holy will whither it please thee that this silly soule shall abide any longer in the lodge of my body to serue the or that thou wilt haue it to depart out of this world For inasmuch as I am sure that the thing wich is committed to thy mercy cannot perish I will willingly put of this fraile and wretched flesh of mine verely in hope of the resurrection ¶ The Capitaine Captain march with me thy Captayne I must be ¶ The Souldior Soldyar haue a courage to thy â—ong vyage Death onely maketh Captaynes quaile And harty souldiers for to fayle which shall render it to mee in farre better plight I beseech thee strengthen my soule with thy grace agaynst all temptations and agaynst all Sathans assaults gard me with the shield of thy mercy whereby thou madest all thy martires inuincible in old tyme agaynst all horrible torments and cruell kinds of death I see there is no defence in my self all my trust is in thy vnspeakable goodnes I haue no desert
no persequutions may euermore geue thanks vnto theé in thy holy church through Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou didst in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise help vs and deliuer vs for thy honor ¶ The Shepeheard Leaue thy shepe And with me crepe ¶ The Foole. Of foolish and fond I aÌ„reake the bonde The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obay vnto me Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning c. FroÌ„ our enemies defend vs O Christ. Graciously look vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our harts Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our Prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy on vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ. Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ. O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray Time to liue time to dy God grant vs liue eternally ¶ The Beggar Begging is done For I am come The Roge. Thinke I am best For I bring rest WE humbly beseéch theé O father mercifully to looke vpon one infirmities for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs all those euils that we most righteouslye haue deserued And graunt that in all our troubles we may put our whol trust and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue theé in holynes and purenes of liuing to thy honor and glory through our only mediator and aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ⧠A Prayer for the Queenes Maiestie O Lord our heauenly father high and mighty king of kings Lord of Lords the only Ruler of Princes which doest from thy throane behold al the dwellers vpon the earth most hartely we beseech theé with thy fauour to 〈…〉 Young olde Come to my folde ¶ Of Infancy Feare not me though I grisly be No state no might yâ—ung nor old To resist death dare be hold behold our most graciâ—us us souerain Lady Queéne Elizabeth and so replenish her with the grace of thy holy Spirit that she may alway incline to thy will and walke in thy way Indue her plentifully with heauenly gifts Graunt her in health and wealth long to liue Strength her that she may vanquish and ouercome all her enemies And finally after this life she may attayne euerlasting ioy and felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ⧠In the time of any common plague or sicknes O Almightye God which in thy wrath in the time of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence threéscore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst saue the rest Haue pitie vpon vs miserable We that were of highest degree â–ª Lye dead here now as ye do see ¶ The Empresse Empresse thogh thou be Thou must away with me ¶ 〈◊〉 Queene Queene also thou doost see As I am so 〈◊〉 thou be sinners that now are visited with greate sicknes mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaund thine Angell to cease from punishing so it may please theé to withdraw from vs this plague and greéuous sicknes through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen * A Prayer of Chrisostome ALmighty God which hast geuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto theé and doest promise that wheÌ„ two or threé be gathered together in thy name thou wilt graunt their requestes Fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may be most expedient for them grauÌ„ting vs in this world knowledge of thy truth in the world to come life euerlasting Amen ¶ The princes Princes of hye estate coÌ„teÌ„t you I am your mate ¶ The Duchesse Duches princes Death dayly conuinces We that sate in the highest sâ—ate Are layd here now for wormes meate * A Prayer to be sayd at the visitation of the sick O Almighty and eternal God the God of al mercy many diuers are thy chastisements by which thou callest vs vnto theé thy sonne Christ. Especially it is thy wonted clemency to tame our flesh by sundry and sore diseases to awake and shake of our sleépe by dangerous infirmities to admonish vs of our former wicked life frayl of it selfe by greéuous anguishes and torments the messengers of death Also by this thy crosse thou puttest vs in minde of thy Sonne Christ his crosse of his bloudy sweate and passion of the great and last day of thy iudgement ioyfull to thine elect to the reprobate a iudgement day most horrible O Lord most horrible Beauty honour and riches auayle no whit For death when he commeth â–ª spoyleth it The Countesse Countesse or â—hat thou art I striâ—e thee with my dart ¶ The Vicountesse Vicountes I do not spare For of them I â—aue no care Forasmuch therfore O Lord God as we find this our poore brother weakened with sicknes imprisoned here in his bed sustayning the rigor of thy punishment sharpnes of thy rod whose conscience also the feéling of his sins and feare of death doth terrifie We wretched sinners yet thy creatures members of thy church being flesh and bloud of corruptible flesh as well as he most humbly and most hartely pray beseéch thy goodnes that thou wilt not shew thy rigorous iudgement vpon him as he hath deserued But rather cast thy eyes of mercy vpon him Looke on him as on one whom thou hast redeémed Geue him grace and constancy of courage that he may peaceably and patiently take this thy fatherly correction submitting himselfe with all his hart to thy good pleasure and will who hast visited him ¶ The Baronnesse Baronnesse braue and hie Prepare thy selfe to dye ¶ The Lady Ladies gay and fayre To you I doe repayre No state no might young nor old To resist death dare be â—old Assist him in this his present danger especially if his conscience discouered before his inward sight accuseth him of any inward and secret sinne O our God our good God God of al comfort and consolation set against the same his wounded conscience the greéuous torments and voluntary sacrifice of thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ who bare our infirmities and indured the payn which we had deserued being made sinne for vs wheÌ„ he suffred death for our sinnes and offences which he washed away with his bloud and rising agayn from the dead is made our iustice and present redemption Death by his might doth conuince Empresse Queene Dutchesse and Prince The Iudges wife Madame or iustice wife I am come to ende thy life The Lawyers wife Beware thy husbands gayn Reward thee not with pain The GentlewomaÌ„ Gentles braue fâ—â—e Daunce after my line Aldermans wife Thou art clothed in skarlet And yet art â—ut my varlet
Behold vs here that sometime were gay And now lie dead all wrapped in clay Riches nor treasure auayl nothing For death to earth all doth bring Merchantes wife Braue neuer so nice daunce after my deuice 〈…〉 wife â—ricke and trim â—ut of your hood â— am come to d◠〈◊〉 good * A Prayer in desire of the life to come IN the life to come we must not thinke to inioy any one benefite alone as we do here but al good things and all at once euen as many as are possible to be thought or not thought For we shall inioy theé O God who alone art all in all things And loue shal make vs one with theé and so we shall be as it were certayn Gods. O when shall we haue an end of this misery and a beginning of that ioy when shal I cease to liue among such as are euil spitefull cumbersome and enemilike and begin to liue with Christ who is Riche mans wife Though thou haue siluer and golde Yet art thou within my holde Young woman Fine prety in the wast Come with me in hast â—s death in this world hath the victory So by death we hope to enter Gods glory curteous good frendly and loueth me most deérely This body of mine is but a pryson to my soule Yea and that a most darck and lothsome one This world is but a banishmeÌ„t and this life but sorow wretchednes But where as thou art there is our home our freédome and our endles blisse Twitch our mindes from time to time to the remembraunce of so great happynesse Sheade into our harts the desire of so great good things and therfore cheéfly to be coueted Settle our mindes and geue them euen here some tast of thy ioyes wherby we may lothe and abhor these things wherinto we runne with such headinesse imbracing them fast betweéne our armes and laying hold on theÌ„ with both our hands that we may shun and hold scorne of these so harsh and bitter things couet nothing so much as the sweétnes of thy company O death how bitter is thy sting That poore and rich to earth doth bring ¶ The Mayde Fresh galant gay All must with me away ¶ The Damâ—sell Fine proper neate And all is but wormes meate whereunder al good thinges are contayned Amen * The feare of the Iudge and Iudgement day O Lord and God of Gods reuenger of wickednes I know that thy comming will be manifest I am certayn thou wilt not alwayes keépe silence when fire shall burne before thy face and a mighty tempest shall rage in thy sight when thou shalt cal the heauen from aboue and the earth from beneath to seuere thy people Behold in the presence of so many thousands of people mine iniquitie shall be discouered my sinnes shal be opened in the sight of so many Angels and not my misdeédes only but thoughts and words Before so many Iudges shall I stand helplesse as haue excelled me in good workes By so many euidences shall I ¶ Farmers 〈◊〉 Cease thy labour and paine For I am thy riches and gain Husbandmas wife â—oyle no more I say For heÌ„câ— I must away Time to liue â— time to dy God grant vs liue eternally be cast as haue geuen me example of good life With so many witnesses shal I be coÌ„uinced as haue admonished me with holesome counsell and by their vertuous deédes haue bene paterns for me to imitate O my Lord I haue not what to alleage I finde nothing what I should aunswere And being now in this greuous danger my coÌ„science vexeth me the secrets of my hart wound me couetousnes heÌ„meth me in pride accuseth enuy consumeth concupiscence enflameth exces corrupteth me rauine defameth me drunkennes dryeth me vp slaunder renteth me in peéces ambition supplanteth rapine sharpely rebuketh dissention cutteth a sunder anger disturbeth lightnes maketh me dissolute faintnes weakneth me hipocrisie deceueth flattery breaketh me fauour lifteth me vp but malice doth goare The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obay vnto me Countrrywoman Away with butter cheése For thy life thou must leese The Nurse Geue such no more For I am at the dore Behold O my deliuerer froÌ„ this wrath full generation behold with whom I haue liued euer since my birth day after whom I sought with whom I kept fayth and promise The life which I loued condemneth me which I commended disdaineth me These be my frends in whom I did repose my selfe the gouerners whom I obayed masters whoÌ„ I serued counsellers whom I did credite Citizens with whom I dwelled domistical fellowes with whom I was familiar Alas my king and my God that I haue so long soiorned among theÌ„ Woe is my light that I haue dwelled with the inhabitaÌ„ts of Cedar And seéing that holy Dauid sayd long how much more miserable wretch that I am may I say to long hath my soule dwelt among them O God my streÌ„gth no fleshe shall be iustified in thy sight My help is not in the children of men Thus death hath brought all things to nought Set thy mercy aside whom shalt thou finde iust when thou iudgest And except thou iustifie the sinner in thy mercy who shall be found pure whom thou mayest glorifie For I beleue O my sauing health that which I haue heard which of thy mercy to bryng me to repentance the sweét lippes of thy mouth hath spoken that no man can come to me except my father who sent me draw him For truly thou hast instructed me and most fauorably with thy instructioÌ„ hast reformed me I besech theé almighty father in thy beloued sonne with all the strength of my hart and minde I besech theé O welbeloued sonne of god I beseéch theé O most holy and most coÌ„fortable spirite of God so leade me that I may hasten to the sweéte smelling fauoure of thy precious balmes Amen Come ye blessed of my father inherite the kingdome prepared for you Matâ—â—5 Depart from me ye 〈…〉 euerlasting 〈…〉 is prepared for 〈◊〉 Math. 25. The conclusion O Lord Iesus Christ thou king of kings the great counsell and wisedome of the father O thou the greate Shephearde of thy Pasture O thou righteous Iudge of all Iudges preserue our Queen Elizabeth long to liue with thy pore Church of England in health and wealth to thy good pleasure and will. Blesse thou the wisedome and pollicy of her counsayle to the strengthening of the same thy Church the tranquilitie of our Queene and Country inspire the Ministers of thy blessed Gospell with thy holy spirite that they may be sauery salt to season and bright lights to the way of saluation Rayse vp faythfull distributers of right and iustice to the poore commons of this Realme diligent and carefull magistrates to execute the lawes aright as they will answere before thy tribunall seate at the day of iudgement Finally to euery of vs thy poore sheepe let thy mighty hand outstretched arme O Lord God father