seruaunts as may be most expedient for them graunting vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life enerlasting Amen ij Corinth xiij THe grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the loue of God and the fellowshippe of the holy ghost be with vs all euermore Amen Euening Prayer The Antheme REmember not O Lorde mine offences nor the offences of my forefathers neyther take thou vengeance of my sinnes spare me good Lord whome thou haste redemed wyth thy most precious bloud and be not angrye wyth me for euer ¶ The fyrst Psalme at Euening Prayer AGainst thee O Lorde against thee haue I sinned done wyckedly before thee and thou seest also that mine iniquitie is great Behold good Lorde I am solde vnder sinne and in my fleshe I fynde not that which is good Comforte therefore O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto thee doe I lift vp my heart and minde Do thou shew on me thy mercy O Lorde and graunt vnto me thy saluation Earely in the morning doe I cry vnto thee bicause of thy righteous iudgements and mercy For thou Lorde arte good and gracious and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee Giue lyghte vnto mine eyes O Lorde for I haue slept to long in death and my sinnes haue preuayled againste mee He that liueth O Lorde he that liueth shall prayse thee and shall make thy mercy knowen In thy Tabernacle O Lorde wyll I dwell for euer and my defence and couering shalt be vnder thy wings Glory be to the Father c. ¶ The seconde Psalme LOrde deliuer mee from among the wycked that I maye gyue thankes to thy holye name and make my boast of thy prayse Make all nations whome thou haste made to reioyce and worship thee that they may prayse and glorifie thy name Now teache thou me O Lorde that I may walke in thy truth and knit my heart vnto thee that I maye feare thy name O Lorde fourne thee vnto me and haue mercy vpon me giue thy strength vnto me and succour mee Praysed be thy name O Lorde my God for thou hast set thy glorye aboue all the Heauens Quicken my soule O God and all the powers thereof that it may cleaue fast and be ioyned to thee in ioyful gladnesse of Ghostly rauishings Regarde O Lorde the Prayer of thy seruant and hyde not thy face from me in the time of my trouble Shewe some good token vppon me that they that hate me may see it and be ashamed bycause thou Lorde hast holpen and comforted me Thou Lorde art good and gracious and of great mercy vnto all them which call vpon thee Vnto thee therefore O Lorde wyll I perfourme my vowes I wyll giue thee thanks both nowe and euermore worlde without ende Amen The Antheme SAue me good Lorde waking and keepe me sleeping that I may wake in Christ and rest in Peace The Versicle Blessed be the name of the Lorde The Aunswere From this time forth for euermore The Collect. O Lorde God I beseeche thee to lighten my darkenesse and deliuer me from all y e daungers of this night O mercifull Lorde thorowe thy Sonne Iesus Christ who liueth and raigneth with thee in vnitie of the holye Ghoste world without ende Amen The Antheme O Lorde graunt me thy lyght that I being deliuered from the darkenesse of sinne may come to the verye eeight which is Christ The Versicle Lord heare my Prayer The Aunswere And let my crye come vnto thee The Collect. LIghten my darkenesse I besech thee O Lorde and by thy great mercye defende me from all the perils and daungers of this night that after my sleepe I maye safely awake to the prayse and glorye of thy name thorowe Christe thy Sonne our Lorde Sauiour Amen The Prayer O Merciful God and Heauenly Father whether I sleepe or wake liue or die I am alwayes thine Wherfore I besech thee hartily that thou wylte vouchsafe to take charge and care of me not to suffer me to perish in the works of darknesse but to kindle y e light of thy countenaunce in my heart y e thy Godly knowledge may dailye increase in me thorowe a right pure faith and that I maye alwayes be founde to walke and lyue after thy wil and pleasure thorow Iesu Christ our Lorde Sauiour Amen A Prayer for the Queene O Heauenly Father God almighty whose Kingdome is euerlasting power infinite which of thy good nesse haste vouchsaued to restore vnto vs of the Englishe nation the lyght of thy holye Gospell by thy chosen seruant and Minister Elizabeth our moste gracious soueraigne Lady I beseech thee O good Lorde so to rule hir heart that she knowing thy will may alwayes incline to doe the same effectually And graunt that we hir Subiects duely considering hir Regall auctoritye and power which thou hast giuen hir maye truely and faythfully serue honoure and humbly obey hir in thee and for thee according as thou haste commaunded vs in thy blessed and holy Worde thorowe Iesus Christ oure Lorde to whom wyth thee and the Holy Ghost be all honor and glory for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Psalme and Prayer against the Enimies of the Catholike Church ARise O Lorde and stretch forth thine hande the Heathen are fallen into thine heritage thy holy Temple haue they defyled wherin thou haste put thy name and made of it and heape of stones Beholde the dead bodyes of thy seruants haue they giuen to the Foules of the ayre to be deuoured and the bones of thy Sainctes haue they consumed with fyre Cruellye haue they on euery syde shead like water the bloud of thy Faithfull and haue despised to bury them Deceytfullye haue they crept into thine habitation and wyth scorne and derision haue they O Lorde spoken against thee Euen in the middest of thy Temple haue they O Lorde blasphemed thy name and haue not ceassed to doe wickedly Forget not I beseche thee O Lord howe cruelly thys wycked people haue deuoured Iacob thy chosen and layde waste thy dwelling place Giue glorye therefore to thy name O God euerlasting and let the vengeaunce of thy seruants bloud which is shead be openly shewed vpon the wycked in our sight that we thy people and sheepe of thy pasture may ioyfully saye blessed be our God Iehoua for euer and euer Amen The Uersicle Lorde vtterly destroy thine enimye The Aunswere Which hath polluted thy Sanctuarye The Prayer DEliuer thou vs O Lorde frō these vngodly and stiffenecked persons for thou seest that in their heartes they ymagine mischiefe and haue pleasure to eate vp and deuour thy chosen Their tongues be more sharp than the sting of Adders and vnder their lyppes lurketh poyson But O mercifull Lord let vs not fal into their hands least they handle vs after their owne luste Looke downe from Heauen thy habitatiō we beseche thee on thy dispearsed sheepe and strengthen our weakenesse against their furious rages Abate their pride asswage
thys is certayne that all they which truste in thee shall not bee confounded Breake not therefore good Lorde the couenant that thou hast made wyth thy Seruaunt and chaunge not that which hath yssued out of thy mouth Cause that thy holye Aungell may direct and guide me that my soule may truste in thee for thou arte the fountayne of Lyfe and my recreation in aduersytie Deliuer mee from the snares of the hunters and from the perilles of my persecuters and make a shaddowe ▪ for mee vnder thy shoulders and I shall be harmelesse Euyl men are risen vp agaynste me yet thy truth shall be my shield buckler and therefore if my enimies come agaynste me I will not flye nor turne my backe For who is he that hath trusted in thee and is confounded or who hathe called vpon thee and thou haste despised him Go not from me O Lord for like as the Hart when he is chased coueteth to the riuers of water euen so my soule desireth to be with thee Howe great pleasures hast thou O Lorde prepared for me in heauen that I shuld delight in no earthly thing but in thee I will therefore acknowledge that I haue all my strength of thee for thou art my hope my protection my God and my Sauiour Keepe mee O Lorde for in thee my health and glorye doth consist thou arte my comfort my strength and helper in whome I doe trust Let all them O Lorde reioyce and be glad which seeke thee and let them whiche loue to haue Saluation of thee say Magnified be the Lorde for euer Glory be to the father c. The Versycle O Lorde heare my Prayer The Aunswere And let my cry come vnto thee The Prayer O Most gratious moste wise guide my Sauyour Christe which doest leade all them that truely and vnfaynedly truste in thee the righte way to immortall blessednesse Graunt mee that like as I am weake and feable so I maye take and repute my selfe that I presume not as of my selfe to see my selfe but so farre to see that I maye alwayes trusting in thee haue thee before my eyes to follow thee being my guid to be ready at thy call moste obediently to accompt my selfe wholly vnto thee that thou which only knowest the way mayst leade me in the same waye to thy heauenly ioyes where thou raygnest God euerlastingly Amen ¶ The fourth Psalme of Mercy To be said before the receyuing of the Communion ¶ O Mercifull Iesu HAue mercy vpon me accordinge to thy great mercye and according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away all mine offences O Sweete Iesu I Haue sinned agaynst thee and done euill in thy sight that thou mayst be iustified in thy saying and mayst ouercome when thou art iudged O Christ the Sonne of God LOoke on mee with y e eyes of thy mercy the vnknowne things of thy wisedome haste thou reuealed vnto mee if thou therefore sprinckle me with ysope I shall be cleansed if thou wash mee I shall be whiter than Snowe O my Sauiour MAke thou a pure hearte in mee and looke no more on my synnes but after thy mercy and great goodnesse put out of thy sight all mine offences O my Redemer NO man can helpe mee but thou cast me not therefore from thy presence ▪ and thy holy Spirite take not from me O my Maker OUt of the bowels of thy mercy giue me comfort and thy helpe so shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked that they may conuert vnto thee O King of Kings PUt from mee Bloudgyltynesse thou that arte the hope of my health and my tong shall speake of thy ryghteousnesse O Iesu QUenche the desire of Synne in mee and open my lippes that my mouth may set forthe the worthy prayse of thy name O maruellous Creator REmember thou desyrest not the Sacryfice of Calues nor delightest in whole burnt Offrings yet haste thou pleasure in a lowly Spirite and a contrite and humble heart doest thou not despise O Holy of Holiest SEnde downe thy fauourable beneuolence vpon Sion thy holye habitation and builde vp the walles and pyllers thereof then shall the acceptable sacrifice of righteousnesse be layde vpon thine altare O Holy Father PRaise be to thee and to the Sonne and holye ghost as it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe worlde without ende Amen The versicle O Lord Iesu haue mercye The Aunswere Which came downe suffred for mee The Collect. O Sorde Iesus Christ Sonne of the liuing God set thy holye Passion Crosse and death betweene thy iudgement and my soule both nowe at the houre of death And moreouer vouchsafe to graunt vnto y e liuing mercye and grace that after thys lyfe they may haue rest quietnesse in thee And to thy whole Church graunt peace and concorde that all the members thereof may liue ioy in thee for euer which liuest and raignest with the Father and holy Ghost worlde without ende Amen The Prayer O Lorde Iesus Christ the onely stay and defence of my mortall state my onely hope my onely saluation my victorye my glorye and my triumphe who in the fleshe which thou haddest for my onely cause taken vppon thee didst suffer thy selfe to be tempted of Sathan and who onely and alone diddest vtterly ouercome and vanquish sinne death the worlde the Diuel and all the kingdome of Hell And whatsoeuer thou haste so ouercome for my behouse it is thou y t haste ouercomed it alone Giue me therefore I besech thee O Lion most victorious of y e tribe of Iuda strength against the deceitfull waiting of the most subtil Serpent which dailye seketh to deuour my soule Thou beyng a Lambe as whyte as Snowe the vanquisher of Sathans tyranny gyue vnto mee thy lyttle one the strength and vertue of thy Spirite that being of my selfe weake and feable but in thee strong and valiaunt I may withstande and ouercome all assaultes of temptation so that my ghostly Enimie the Diuel may not glory ouer me but being a cōquerour thorow thee ▪ I may giue thankes to thy mercy which neuer leaueste him destitute that putteth his truste in thee who liuest and raignest God for euer without ende Amen When thou shalt receyue the Communion say thus O Lord and Sauiour Iesu Christ who in thy laste Supper wyth thine Apostles didst giue vnto them in a Sacrament thine owne body and Bloud to be the foode of their soules Graunte mee I beseech thee euer stedfastly to beleeue and kindelye to acknowledge thy Infinite and Almighty power and thine incomprehensible loue towarde mee and that I may alwayes worthily receyue the same blessed Sacrament and memoriall of thy death according to thy holye ordinaunce that it may worke in mee increase of all Godlinesse in vnity of spirite with thee oure head and by thee and thy spirite with al the company of them y t be truely thine which be thy spirituall and mysticall bodye and my spirituall and Christen brethren Heare mee
my Sauiour and my Christ for thy names sake Amen After the Communion fay thus O Lorde Iesu Christ which hast vouched safe Spirituallye to giue vnto mee in these holy mysteries thy bodye and bloud mortifye whatsoeuer is euil in mee and garnishe mee wyth thy merites and vertues that thou mayst delyte to abide and dwel in mee Renue my spirite my soule and my body with thy excellent grace that I may be made lyke vnto thy holy humanitie frame me after thine owne hearts desyre knit me vnto thee moste neerely that I maye be chaunged altogither into thee And graunt that I may doe nothing speake nothing nor desire nothing but that which maye be acceptable vnto thee which arte my God my Sauiour and Redemer to whome with the Father holy Ghost be all honor and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ The fift Psalme for the Remission of Sinnes ALmighty God Lorde of Lordes great and dreadfull is thy name which by thy Worde haste made Heauen and Earth and all things contayned in them All things be vnder thy dominion and rule both man and beast and all other liuing creatures and thou haste mercy on whome thou wylte and haste compassion on whome it pleaseth thee Against thee holye Father against thee haue I sinned done euill I haue bene an offender euen from my cradell and since I sucked my Mothers brests I haue not seased to do euill But what am I Lorde that I dare speake to thee I am thy poore creature and a worme most abiect Beholde Lorde I haue nought and of my selfe I am nought thou art onely good righteous and holye thou orderest all things thou giuest all things thou fulfillest all things with goodnesse Beholde I am thine O righteous Father and one of them whome thy onely deare Sonne hath redemed and of thee which arte iudge of all men I aske mercye Cast not away O Lorde a contrite and penitent heart humbly calling vpon thee but turne the eyes of thy mercy towardes me and forgiue me the sinnes of my youth Cast not thy dartes at me nor laye not thy heauy hande vpō me O Lord for I haue borne thine anger a longe while and of the Cuppe of thy displeasure haue I dronke very deepe Cast me not away from thy presence neither take thou thy holye spirite from mee but giue me the comforte of thy helpe and stablishe me in thy truthe Destroye mee not O mercifull Father bicause of mine iniquitie but be thou mercifull vnto mee for thy Sonne Iesus Christes sake Destroye me not vtterlye nor leaue me in my sinnes for thou art a God full of mercye and verye gratious to them which trust in thee Dailye sorrowe ouercommeth mee and sadnesse possesseth my heart I looke for a time of health but my griefe continueth still Enter not Lorde into iudgement wyth thy Seruaunt for if thou accuse me I shall neuer be quite and if thou marke my sinne and iniquitie no man shall deliuer me Excepte thou helpe me of thy goodnesse and mercye howe maye I which haue offended thee be raysed vp from my sinnes Euen of thee therefore O holy Father which arte the God of mercye I wretched sinner doe aske mercy and for the glorye of thy name be no longer angrye wyth mee For as thou arte God so arte thou gratious and mercifull and pacientlye sufferest sinners and wouldest that no man shoulde perishe but that all men should turne to penaunce For albeit y t no man is able to beare the punnishment which thou dost threaten against Sinners yet thy mercye which thou haste promised is great and vnsearcheable Forgiue for thy name sake O Lord Almightye all my sinnes and put oute of thy sight all mine offences Giue me a newe heart and take frō me al wicked desires that I may euermore knowe what thing is acceptable in thy sight Giue light O Lorde to mine eyes that I sleepe not in death and then my sinnes shall not preuayle against me Graunt me holye Father y t I may euer desire and wyll that which is most pleasaunt and acceptable in thy sight and that I haue no desire to will or not to wyll but as thou wilt Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the begin c. The Uersicle Cut Lorde my sacke of sorow in peeces The Aunswere And clothe me with gladnesse The Prayer ALmighty and most mercifull Father I wretched sinner moste humbly beseeche thee that thou of thy goodnesse wylte not remember the offences of my youthe but that according to the greatnesse of thy mercye thou wylt turne fro mee the payne that I haue iustlye deserued for synne and that by thy grace I maye while I am in thys vale of miserye euermore be renued in the spirite of my mynde that a pure lyfe maye alwayes appeare in me Amen ¶ The sixt Psalme wherein he desireth to be hearde of God HOw long O Lord shall my minde be troubled wyth paynefull sorrowes and heauye thoughtes howe long shall carefull cares torment my heart How long O God wylt thou reiect my prayers which dailye I poure out before thee wylt thou Lorde heare mee at no time or wilt thou now ceasse to shew mercy Haste thou O Lorde cast me awaye for euer or wylte thou neuer hereafter be pleased wyth mee Thy hande is not weakened but it maye helpe and thine rares be not stopped that they refuse to heare I beseche thee O righteous father for Iesus Christes sake that y e sighings and inwarde desires of my heart maye moue and encline thee to heare mee I haue ben an vntrue and frowarde childe to thee I haue not feared thee nor shewed due reuerence vnto thee but haue bene euer disobedient stubbourne against thee I am in prison and bound in fetters of sorrowe tyll thou with thy gratyous presence vouchsafe to visite me bring me againe to liberty and ioye Keepe thy mercy therefore for me alwayes O Lorde and the couenaunte which thou haste made with me let it be surely perfourmed Kepe me Lord frō sinne and I shall then dread neyther death nor Hell and as thou alwayes hast bene mercifull to penitent sinners so nowe good Lorde forgiue my sinnes Kepe my heart in thee and then shall I reioyce in thy mercy for that thou hast looked on me and hast regarded my soule in my great distresse Let me neuer hereafter goe awaye from thy wayes nor leaue me not now in the depenesse of my troubles Loe nowe be the dayes of health and grace nowe is the accepted time for in death who shall remēber thee O Lord or in Hell who shall prayse thee Lorde beholde therefore my weakenesse and fraylenesse best knowen vnto thee and looke downe from Heauen vppon the sorowe and heauinesse of me thy poore creature My lyfe is as it were in the middest of fierce Lions whose teeth are like vnto speares and the sharpenesse of them lyke vnto the sting of Scorpions Mollifie my hearte O Lorde
of thy mercye not doubting but that thou wylte haue mercy on mee Thou hast O Lorde Iesu giuen thy selfe an acceptable Sacrifice to thy Father to appease hys wrath and to bring al sinners truely repenting vnto hys fauour Accept mee therefore sweete Iesus truly repēting my sinnes ▪ among the number of them which shall be saued and that I may leade a Godly and innocent lyfe so that after thys lyfe I may attayne lyfe euerlasting thorow the merits of thy death Passion Amen ¶ A Prayer to Christ our Sauiour O My Sauiour Christ Iesu which diddest saye I will not the death of a synner but that he liue and conuerte Vouchsafe I beseeche thee to looke vppon me moste wretched synner with those mercifull eyes wyth which thou once diddest beholde and looke vpon Peter bytterly weeping in the court of Pilate wherewith also thou diddest looke vppon Mary Magdalene the penitente at the feast of Simon lykewyse vppon the Theefe hanging on the crosse and cause me thorowe thy greate goodnesse that I maye worthylye bewayle my synnes and weepe wyth Peter and with Mary to loue thee wyth a pure and perfecte loue and with the Theefe that I may beholde and see thee which wyth God the Father and the holy Ghost raygneste GOD worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ A Prayer to Christ our daily to be saide O Mercyfull Lorde Iesu I beseeche thee to bee mercifull vnto mee a wretched synner as for all my iniquitie and my negligences and all my immortifications I put them all into thy most precious woundes O Lorde putte awaye all my sinnes washe mee cleane wyth thy precious bloud sanctify me with thy bitter passion and death clense me perfectly restore againe vnto me the innocency which thou O Lord gauest me in baptisme that I may truly please thee I worship and lande and glorifye thee I prayse and giue thankes vnto thee my Lorde Iesu Christe for all thy mercies and benefits which y u dayly bestowest on me I thank thee O sonne of the liuing God which for y e exceding great charity that thou diddest beare toward me haste vouchsaued to be made man Thou wouldest for my sake be borne in a stable and as an Infante be wrapped in clothes to be swadled and layde in a manger to be fedde wyth the lyttle mylke of the Mayden and Virgin thy blessed Mother Thou diddest for my sake suffer needynesse and pouertie and many other agonies dyddest thou suffer O Lorde for my sake as to be apprehended and taken shamefully and to be bounde vnworthily and to be condemned vniustlye thus wyth innumerable sorrowes wast thou brought to y ◠shamefull death of the Crosse wherevpon for my sake thou diddest shead thy most precious bloud Graunt me therefore moste mercifull Christ alway to acknowledge thy great loue and kindenesse towarde me which hast suffred for mee that I may after thys lyfe liue wyth thee euerlastingly Amen ¶ A Prayer to the blessed Trinitie O Holy blessed and glorious Trinitie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost three persons and one God haue mercy vppon me Lorde omnipotent and euerlasting God without beginning or ending whom we doe confesse one in Trinitie and thre in vnitie I prayse thee I worship thee I glorifie thee and giue thankes vnto thee for thy mercifull goodnesse and clemencye whiche wouldest that I being in the darkenesse of all error and ignoraunce shoulde be made partaker of thy grace mercy I beseche thee also moste blessed and glorious Trinitie bring to passe the woorke of thy mercifull goodnesse begonne in mee and leade me in all pietie and Godlinesse and cause me alwayes to thinke speake and doe those things which shall be acceptable in thy syght y t after this lyfe I may haue the fruition of thy deitie which liuest and raignest God in perfect vnitie world w tout end ¶ A Prayer vpon the Peticions of the Lordes Prayer O Almighty and Eternall God whiche vouchsauest that we as it were thy heauenly children should euery one of vs call thee oure Heauenlye Father graunte that among vs by purenesse example of liuing thy most holy name may be sanctified that all other nacions beholding our vertuous deedes that thou workest in vs may be stirred to blesse and gloryfie thee Graunt O Lorde that the Kingdome of thy grace and mercy may raigne continually in our heartes so that we may be partakers of the Realme of thy glory and Maiestie Graunt that vnto the very death wee refuse not to followe thy Diuine will and that we according to the example of the Celestial Citizens agreeing together quietly vnited in spirite al controuersie in opinions layde aparte the lusts of the flesh being subdued and all flattering assaults of the worlde and the Diuel ouercome neuer wrastle against thy most holy wyll Graunt O Lord for our body needefull sustenaunce that we may the more freely serue thee Giue vs we besech thee O mercifull Father that Heauenlye bread the body of thy sonne Iesu Christ the very foode and health of our soules Giue vs the breade of thy Diuine preceptes that we may truely walke and liue in them Giue vs the breade of thy heauenly word which is the strong fortresse sure defence of our soules that we being well fed and fylled wyth thys foode maye worthyly come to the celestiall feast where as is no hunger Graunt O Lorde that we paciently beare and suffer our Enimies and suche as hurte vs and wyllingly forgiue the offences committed agaynste vs that so we may fynde thee O Lorde mylde and mercifull in forgiuing vs oure trespasses Graunt O Lorde that we be not vtterly led into temptation that thereby we should be loste but in all perilles of temptation and in the middste of the stormy tempestes of tribulations let vs thy children perceyue and feele thy Fatherly succoure readye to helpe vs least that we ouercome wyth the naughtye craftes and deceytes of the tempters shoulde be drawen into euerlasting destruction but when we be well assayd approued and pourged wyth the fyre of temptation then let vs finishe oure course and so well and valiantly fyght that wee maye for euermore lyue wyth thee in that heauenly Citie where and agaynst the which no manner of temptation can preuayle Finally graunt most mercifull Father that we thorow thy benigne goodnesse may be deliuered from all euilles present and to come bothe of body and soule and that at the last the yoke of the fowle fiende being shaken of wee may possesse the herytage of thy Heauenlye Kingdome which thy Sonne wyth hys precious bloud bought for vs thy Children and there for euer to haue fruition of Celestiall delectations accompanied wyth Angels and blessed Saincts thorowe the help benignity and grace of our Sauior Iesus Christ to whome and to thee our Father the holy Ghost be glory and honor now and euer Amen ¶ A comfortable Meditation of the reconcilation and atonement made by Christ to God the Father OAlmighty God
father of my lorde behold the most high and precious thing y t I can fynde the same haue I offered vnto thee the thing of moste estimation that I could fynde haue I humbly presented vnto thee which is thy deare sōne Christ I haue left nothing but in him I haue declared it to thy Diuine Maiestie There is nothing remayning that I may adde more bycause I haue committed betaken my whole hope vnto him I haue I say O holy Father sente vnto thee my aduocate and spokesman euen thy welbeloued sonne I haue sent thy glorious childe to be a mediator for me I haue sēt him as an intercessor by whome I trust to get pardon forgiuenesse of my synnes I haue sent O mercifull Father word vnto word that is God vnto God according to the saying of thine Apostle In the beginning was the word the worde was with God c. which worde I beleue was sent downe from thee for my mysdeedes and dyd take vpon him my humanitie nature in the which he thoughte not scorne to suffer buffettes bondes spittings and mockes Yea he toke vpon him to suffer the cruell paynes of the Crosse nayles and darte after diuers punishments gaue vp his moste holy spirite and was reckened among the deade Looke mercifull Father here vppon thy Sonne whome thou diddeste beget and bonde seruant whōe he redemed Behold here a Creator doe not refuse a Creature Receyue the shephearde welcomed with a gentle and louing countenaunce and mercyfully looke vppon the sheepe which he hath brought home to the ninety and nine Beholde O Lorde my King and my God which like a good shepherde rendreth to thee that which thou diddest committe to his charge I was able O holy father by my selfe to offend thee but I was not able of my self to appease and pacifie thee If thou therefore despyse me as it were right for mine iniquitie yet at the least wyse mercifullye looke vppon mee for the charitie of thy welbeloued Sonne Looke O Holye Father vppon the Sacrifice of fleshe and pardon the offences of fleshe and bycause fleshe hath stirred thee to anger let fleshe I beseeche thee moue thee to mercy that lyke as fleshe hath seduced and led mee to sinne so fleshe may gette and obtayne for me remission for sinne For certayne it is muche that mine iniquity hath deserued but yet much more it is that the goodnesse of my redeemer may euen of ryght require Mine vnrighteousnesse is great but yet holye Father hys righteousnesse is greater wherefore most noble Creator of lyght pardon mine offences for the miserable trauayles and paynes that thy beloued Sonne did sustayne Now I besech thee O mercifull Father let hys goodnesse be set against my wickednesse hys modestye and temperance agaynst my vngracious naughtinesse and hys meekenesse against my fierce crueltie Let hys humilitie recompence my pride hys patience mine impacience his gentlenesse mine vnkindenesse hys obedience my disobedience hys quietnesse mine vnquietnesse hys pleasaunt towardenesse my bytter frowardnesse his sweete facilitle and gentlenesse mine anger and fretting fumes To conclude O holy Father let his charitie make amendes for mine vnmercyfulnesse To whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory both nowe and euer worlde wythout ende Amen FINIS Imprinted at London by Henry Denham dwelling in Paternoster Rowe at the Signe of the Starre Anno. 1565. Septembris 3. Ecclesia 11. Ecclesia 1. Ecclesia 25. 2. Kings 7. Psalme 89. Genesis 4. Math. 6. 7. Iohn 16. 1. Kings 2. Luke 11 Iames. 1. Math. 15. Psalme 25.
The Alphabet of Prayers very fruitefull to be exercised and vsed of euerye Christian Man Newly collected and set forth in the yeare of our Lorde 1564. ¶ Seene and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions Luke 11. Euery one that asketh receiueth and he that seketh findeth IMPRINTED AT LONdon by Henry Denham dwelling in Paternoster Rowe at the Signe of the Starre The Glory of the Honorable is to feare God Ecclesi 9. HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE It is good for euery estate These fewe lynes to imitate R Remember thy calling O Obey thy Prince B Beware of Ambition A Aduenge not thy cause R Regarde thine estate T Take coūcell of the wise D Deserue no euill reporte V Vse Iustice. D Defende the right L Let wisedome rule thee E Embrace Honour Y Yelde to Truthe To the Right high and Honorable and my Singuler and very good Lorde Lorde Robert Dudley Earle of Lecester Baron of Denbigh and Knight of the moste Noble order of the Garter THE chiefe and Principall thing most Noble Earle appertaining to euery Honorable Personage which thing it is good to see that your Honor doth well consider is to walke in the Garden of Humilitie and the highe or directe waye to the same is to passe by the gate of Vertue whose foundation is ancred and linked to the feare and loue of God for as by the one is couered the multitude of sinnes so by the other is obtayned blessednesse wisedome and knowledge Dauid that noble king and prophet after that hee had long trauailed and had passed thorowe the gate of vertue entred the faire and pleasaunt garden of humilitie And hys walking and continuaunce therein so much pleased God that God saide of him by the mouth of his Prophet I will set vp thy seede after thee which shall proceede out of thy body Which sentence most worthy Earle although not spoke of your Noble parentage in your honor may be approued which I doubt not your honor considereth Knowing therefore moste honorable the great loue and effection which your honor euer hath and doth beare to Vertue and good Letters I was thereby moued the more boldly after I had gathered togither this small handfull of floures named the Alphabete of Prayers to dedicate the same to your Honor as the fruites of my labours nothing doubting but that it shall moste acceptablye come into your fauourable and sure protection And for so much as Prayer is the key that openeth to Vertue I thought good moste honorable to set forth to the open shew of the world and to thencrease of Vertue thys little Volume or Treatise most humblye beseeching your Honor to accept it as my good wil crauing your pardon if any thing haue escaped mee for want of Learning And I according to my bounden dutie shall call daily with my most humble and hearty Prayers to Almighty God to finishe that he hath begon in you with prosperous preseruation of your health long to liue in Honor loye and Felicitie Amen Iames Canceller wisheth continuall health To the Reader IT is written gentle Reader that in the beginning in the dayes of Seth the sonne of Adam the people first began to inuocate and call on the name of God which is to saye by deuout Prayer they did require and aske all things of him praysed him trusted in him and gaue to him the honour and worship that belonged vnto him And this maner of praying was vsed among the Fathers from Noe vnto the comming of Christe And they did frequent vse the same as a special meane and way to craue of God his mercy hys grace and his assistance By Prayer also they did set forthe the glory of God appeased hys wrathe and displeasure and rendred hym thanckes for his benefites receyued Christe oure Sauioure after his comming taught it also as a moste necessary and cōfortable doctrine wherby we might craue of hys heauenly Father not onely all thyngs necessary and needefull for vs as appereth in hys Prayer taught to hys Disciples but also forgiuenesse of sinnes to the attainement of eternall Lyfe And therefore maye we well saye that as the vse thereof is worthye prayse so is the want therof to be lamented For where as Prayer is not frequented there God is not called vppon for hys grace and assistance neyther is he thancked for hys gracious benefites the free gyfte of hys mercy is not desired neyther is the horrible punishement of hys iustice feared Right well therefore may we in this our age wherein sinne so much aboundeth and the ordinarye vse and time and place of Prayer so muche neglected lament the lack of the vse thereof in all degrees wyth the loose lyfe of men whiche is so frayle so weake so peruerse of nature and so prone to euill that almoste none in manner sheweth in liuing to feare God Who is afrayde to offende hym or who refrayneth to blaspheme hys holye name who seeketh to subdue the fleshe to the Spirit yea rather who seeketh not to lay the brydle of liberty at length freely and without staye to followe sinne the cause whereof is as I haue sayd the want of true and vnfayned calling on God in deuout Prayer For by it is wrought in vs the hate of sinne and by it is driuen from vs all other occasions that might prouoke the wrath of God vpon vs. And therefore it may be called oure speedy messanger or trusty Embassadour which doth obtain for vs a gratyous audience before the Maiestie of God presenting to him the fruites of our contrite hearts But who may not now trowest thou Gentle Reader rightlye saye to the world as Ionas sayd to the Niniuetes There is yet forty dayes and the world shall be destroyed The Niniuetes as sone as the Prophet had proclaimed distruction to come on them for their sinne they immediatly at the first crying of him with trembling and feare turned to God beleued him feared his iustice confessed their sinnes and with penitent hearts craued hys mercye But thou O Englande whome it hath pleased God to call not by the mouth of one man as he did the Niniuets but he hath called thee by dyuers other and sundrye meanes as first by giuing thee a moste vertuous gracious Queene who for hir worshipping of God and setting forth hys name and glorye maye be compared wyth Iosiah king of Iuda for hir vertues pollicie wysedome with Iudeth for the cares toward hir peopte with humble Hester He hath not as I saye called thee by thys hys good gifte of so mercifull and gracious a Queene but also hath called thee by the Preachers of hys Worde by death and famine otherwise by fyre frō Heauen by motion of warre and lastly by mortallitie of Pestilence yet nothing O Englande doest thou regarde hys calling wherefore to thee it may be said the more he seeketh thee the more thou shunnest him the more
please thee to giue ▪ vs true repentance to forgeue vs al our synnes negligences ignorances to endue vs with y e grace of thy holy spirite to amend our liues according to thy holy worde We beseeche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sōne of god we besech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God ▪ we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art in c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Versicle O Lorde deale not wyth vs after oure synnes The Aunswere Neither reward vs after oure iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull Father that despiseste not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorowefull mercifully assyst our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs graciously heare vs that those euills which the crafte and subtilty of the diuell or man worketh agaynst vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that we thy seruaunts being hurt by no persecutiōs may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church thorow Iesu Christ our Lord. O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy name sake O God we haue heard with oure eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thht thou didst in their dayes and in the olde time before them O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine honour Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shall be world without ende Amē From our enimies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifullye beholde the sorrowes of oure heartes Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauourablye wyth mercye heare oure Prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Lorde Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpō vs. The Aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs Praye WE humbly beseeche thee O Father mercifullye to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glorie of thy names sake tourne from vs all those euils that we most righteously haue deserued and graunt that in all our troubles we may put oure whole truste and confidence in thy mercye and euermore serue thee in holinesse purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory thorowe oure onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A Prayer for the Queene O Lorde Iesu Christ most high most mighty God euerlasting King of Kings Lorde of Lordes the onely ruler of Princes the very sonne of God on whose right hande sitting doest from thy throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth wyth most lowely heart I beseeche thee vouchsafe wyth fauourable regarde to beholde our moste gratious soueraigne Ladye Queene Elizabeth and so replenishe hir wyth the grace of thy holy spirite that she alwaye may encline to thy will and walke in thy way kepe hir farre of from ignoraunce thorowe thy gift let prudence knowledge alway abounde in hir royal heart so instruct hir O Lorde raygning vppon vs in earth that hir humaine Maiestie alwaye obey thy Diuine Maiestie in feare and dread Indue hir plentifully wyth Heauenly gyftes Graunt hir in health and wealth long to liue Heape glorye and honour vpon hir Glad hir with the ioy of thy countenaunce So strengthen hir that shee maye vanquishe and ouercome all hir enimies and be dreade and feared of them and finallye after thys lyfe I beseech thee good Lorde that shee may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicity where thou raignest God with the Father and the holy Ghost Amen A Prayer to be sayde in the time of extreme Sicknesse O Lorde Iesu which arte the onelye health of all men liuing and the euerlasting lyfe of thē which dye in thy fayth I wretched Sinner giue and submit my selfe wholly vnto thy blessed wyll And I being sure that the thing cannot perishe which is committed vnto the mercye willingly therefore beseeche thee moste mercifull Lorde Iesu Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule agaynst all temptations and that thou wylte couer and defende mee wyth the buckler of thy mercy against all the assaultes of the Diuell I see and acknowledge that there is in my selfe no hope of saluation but all my hope confidence trust is in thy mercye I haue no merits nor good works which I may alledge before thee of sinnes and euill workes alas O Lorde I see a great heape but yet thorowe thy mercy I trust to be in the number of them that shall be saued to whome thou wylt not impute their sinnes but take them to euerlasting lyfe Thou Lorde wast borne for my sake thou diddest suffer hunger and thirst for my sake thou diddest praye and fast for my sake finally thou diddest all good workes and deedes for my sake and gauest thy moste precious bodye to dye thy bloud to be shead on the crosse for my sake Now therefore moste mercifull Sauiour let all these good things profit mee which thou freely hast giuen me that hast giuen thy selfe for mee Let thy bloud washe and cleanse awaye the spottes fowlenesse of my sinnes let thy righteousnesse hide and couer mine vnrighteousnesse let the merits of thy passion and bloud be the satisfaction for my sinnes Giue me O Lorde thy grace that my fayth and saluation in thy bloud wauer not in me but euer to be firme and constant that the hope of thy mercy neuer decay in me that charitye waxe not colde in me finally that the weakenesse of my fleshe be not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt also mercifull father that when Death hath shut vp the eyes of my body yet that the eyes of my soule may still beholde and looke vpon thee that when death hath taken away the vse of my tong and speache yet that my heart may crye and saye vnto thee O Lorde into thy handes I giue and commit my Soule and wyth thy holye Martir Steuen beholding thee in my soule may say Lorde Iesu receiue my soule vnto thee which liuest and raignest God euerlasting with the Father and Holy Ghost Amen ¶ A Prayer of Chrisostome ALmighty God which haste giuen vs grace at this time wyth one accorde to make oure common supplications vnto thee and doeste promise that when two or three be gathered togyther in thy name thou wylte graunt their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desires and peticions of thy