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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11180	A right godly rule how all faithfull Christians ought to occupie and exercise themselues in their dayly prayers.		1602 (1602)	STC 21446.7; ESTC S105748	51,867	378

and from the bondage of Egypt King Dauid from the power of Saul and Goliah the Giant Daniel from the den of lions the thrée children from the fornace of flaming fire Peter from hands Euen so vouchsafe to deliuer me thy seruant from all troubles and anguishes in which presently I am yea deliuer mee from all my sinnes which haue pulled downe vpon mee all these myseries and frée me from the laying awaite and from the desires of all mine enemies vsible and inuisible And thou Lord Iesus Christ of thy singular goodnes diddest saue that which the olde serpent did hurt and destroy by suggestions and wicked councell vouchsafe mee such a notable measure of thy grace and defence that I may auoyde from the diuellish counsell which mine enemies haue done would doe against mee and frustrate and auoyde all their euill counsailes as thou diddest ouerthrowe the counsels of Achitophell which gaue counsell to Absolon against his father Dauid Amen A fruitfull meditation not to bee sayde with the mouth lightlie but to be cried with heart and minde oft and mightilie O Most excellent goodnes withdrawe not thou thy mercie from mee O most mightie maker despise not me which am the work that thine own hands haue made O most prudent redéemer suffer not to perish that which thou hast bought with so deare a price O most holy and heauenly host and guest both purifie saue dresse and keepe thy house and dwelling place the which thou hast sanctified and dedicated to thy selfe by thy word and spirit When shall I loue thee when shall I bee sorie and contrite for my sins when shall I turne to thee by grace when shall I remember thy benefits thy méeknes thy pouertie and thy painfull and bitter passion thy patience thy obedience thy loue and thy charitie when shall I sanctifie worship magnifie and loue thée If thou be most dreadful where is my dread O Iesus Christ If thou bee a most louing father where is my loue If thou be my Lord and redeemer where is my seruice If thou be mine host and dwel in my soule by thy grace and mercie where is my holines and cleannesse according to such an host Now therefore good Lord Iesus Christ drawe my hart after thée with the sound loue and féeling of thy sufferings moysten my mind with thy most precious bloud that whithersoeuer I turne me I may behold about me and féele within me the merites of thy death that thus beholding thée I may not with delight fixe my sight in any thing but only in thée which liuest and raignest God world without end Amen A godly and deuout prayer GRaunt mee mercifull Lorde God to desire feruently to search wisely to knowe truly to performe effectually all things that thou hast giuen mee in charge by thy holy word and giue mee grace to doe them simply and onely for the glorie and lawde of thy holy name good Lord direct and order the state and maner of my liuing And all things thou wouldest I should doe grant I beséech thée that I may know it will it and haue power to doe it and giue me grace to execute it as I should doe and as it is expedient for thy glorie and the comfort of my soule My way towards thee let it be faire right and well performed not fayling nor wauering betwixt prosperitie and aduersitie but guide me so good Lord that in prosperitie I may continually and vnfainedly giue thée thankes and may bee inabled by thée to hold patience in aduersitie in all estates so carrying my selfe that I bee not exalted in any pride when prosperitie aboundeth neither in the dayes of danger and distresse be depressed by any deiection or heauines of minde aboue that is meete Let mee inwardly ioy in nothing but in that that serueth and promoteth vnto thée neither suffer me to be sorie for any thing but that that leadeth and withdraweth from thée let me couet to please no man but in thée nor feare to displease any for thy sake but onely thée let all transitorie things be vile vnto me good Lord for thy sake and all things that belong to thee let them bee daintie and deare vnto mee and thou good Lord God most deare of all other Let mee bee wearie of that ioy that is without thee and al rest and quiet that is not in thee let it bee tedious and painfull vnto me grant me most to addresse and direct my hart to thée and when I doe amisse giue me grace to know and consider it yea worke in mee for it a godly sorrowe with a full purpose and intent of amendment of life Make me now sweet Lord Iesu méeke without any fayning glad and chéerfull without dissolutenes sorrie without excessiue heauines or distrust sad and sober without hypocrisie quiet and merry without lightnes trusting in thée without presumption readie alwayes to tell my neighbour his fault without neglect of mine owne and without dissimulation and feare as in regard of him labouring alwayes in charitie to edifie him in word and deede Make me obedient without contradiction patient without murmuring content with mine owne without couetousnesse Giue me most louing Father and God a waking and a diligent heart that no vaine or vncleane cogitation withwrawe it from thée giue me a noble heart that no vnworthie affection plucke it downewardes to earthly things giue me a firme and constant heart alwayes labouring to breake or ouercome euill giue mee a frée heart yea a heart of such libertie that no wicked thought or euill thing hold it at any time in bondage or slauerie Grant to me my sweet Lord God vnderstanding that I may know thée diligence that I may séeke thée wisdome that I may find thée conuersatiō that I may please thée long perseuerance that trustily I may abide for thée and sure hope that finally I may embrace thée Grant that I be not here so afflicted with paines and torments in the way of this life that I should any maner of way be drawen from thee but so Lord let mee haue the vse of thy benefits here by grace that also I may haue fruition of thy ioyes and rewards in thy heauenly kingdome euerlasting glorie thorow Iesus Christ Amen A godly prayer to desire the life to come THis my body is the verie darke and filthie prison of my soule this world is an exile and a banishment this life is care and miserie But where thou art O Lord there is the very countrey and kingdome of libertie and euerlasting blessednesse stirre our mindes therefore continually to remember so great felicitie powre into our hearts a desire of such precious things and of all things most to bee desired Giue quicknes vnto our minde and grant that euen in this life wee may haue a good taste of euerlasting ioyes whereby these things of the world may séeme filthie and be loathsome vnto vs. And howsoeuer we doe now too earnestly and too gréedily séeke for thē yea account

firie anger of thy threatning is aboue all measure heauie to sinners but the mercie of thy promise is great and vnsearchable for thou art the Lord God most high aboue all the earth long suffering and excéeding mercifull and sorie for the malice of men I haue prouoked thine anger and haue done euill before thee in committing abominations and multiplying of offences And now I bowe the knées of my heart requiring goodnes of thee O Lord I haue sinned Lord I haue sinned and knowe my wickednesse I desire thee by prayer O Lord forgiue mee O Lord forgiue me and destroy me not with mine iniquities neither doe thou alwayes remember my euils to punish them but saue me which am vnworthie after thy great mercie and I wil praise thee euerlastingly all the dayes of my life for all the power of heauen prayseth thée and vnto thée belongeth all glorie world without ende Amen A prayer of Ieremy Iere. 17. HEale me O Lord and I shall be whole saue thou me and I shall bee saued for thou art my praise Be not thou terrible vnto me O Lord for thou art he in whom I hope When I am in perill let my persecutors be confounded but not me Thou shalt bring vpon them the time of their plague and shalt destroy them right soone Amen A prayer of Ephraim or Israel in the Prophet Ieremie Ierem. 31. O Lord thou hast chastened me and thy chastening haue I receiued as an vntamed calfe conuert thou me and I shall be conuerted for thou art my Lord God for as soone as thou diddest turne me I repented my selfe and when I vnderstood I smote vpon my thigh I confessed and was ashamed because I suffered the reproach of my youth The prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirach in necessitie and for wisedome Eccles the last chap. I Thanke thee O Lorde and King and praise thée O God my Sauiour I will yéeld praises vnto thy name Thou hast deliuered my body from destruction for thou art my defender and helper from the snare of the false tongue and from them that are occupied in lyes Thou hast béene my helper from such as rose against me and hast deliuered me according to thy great mercie and thy holy names sake thou hast deliuered mee from the roaring of them that prepared themselues to deuoure me out of the hands of such as sought after my life from the multitude of them that trouble me and went about to set fire vpon me on euerie side so that I was not brent in the middest of the fire From the déepe of hell thou deliueredst mee from the vncleane tongue from lying words from the wicked iudge and from the vnrighteous tongue My soule shall praise the Lord vnto the death for my life drew neere vnto hel downeward they compassed mee round about on euery side and there was no man to helpe mee I looked about mee if there were any man that would succour mee and there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercie O Lord and vpon the acts that thou hast done of olde namely that thou deliuerest such as put their trust in thée and riddest them out of the handes of the false Paynimes Thus lifted I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for deliuerance from death I called vpon the Lord my Father that hée would not leaue mee without help in the day of my trouble and in the time of the proude I will praise thy name continually yéelding honour and thankes vnto it and so my prayer was heard Thou sauedst me from destruction and deliueredst me from the vnrighteous time Therefore will I acknowledge and praise thee and magnifie the name of the Lord. When I was but young ere euer I went astray I desired wisedome openly in prayer I came therefore before the temple and sought it very busily and I will séeke for it to my last houre Then will it flourish vnto me as a grape that is soone ripe My heart reioyced in it then went my feate the right way yea from my youth vp sought I after it I bowed downe mine eare a little and receiued it I found in myselfe much wisdome and prospered greatly in it Therefore will I giue the glorie vnto him that giueth me wisedome for I am aduised to doe thereafter I will be iealous to cleaue vnto that that is good so shal I not be confounded My soule hath wrestled with it I lifted vp my hands on high then was my soule lightened through wisedome that I acknowledged my foolishnes I ordered my soule after it I found her in cleanenesse I had my heart in it from the beginning and therefore shall not I be forsaken My hart longeth after it and therefore I got a good treasure Through it the Lord hath giuen mee a new tongue werewith I will praise him Oh come vnto me yee vnlearned and dwell in the house of discipline withdraw not your selues from it but commune on these things for your soules are very thirstie I opened my mouth and spake O come and buy wisdome without money and bowe downe your necke vnder her yoke and let your soule receiue discipline it is euen at hand and readie to be found Behold with your eyes how I haue had but little labour and yet haue much rest Oh receiue wisedome and you shall receiue plentie of siluer and golde in your possession let your minde reioyce in her mercie and be not ashamed of her praise worke your worke betimes and shee shall giue you your reward in due time A prayer to our Lord Iesus Christ MOst mercifull Lorde Iesus Christ which wast sent from the most highest tower of the father almightie into this world to relieue sinners to gather together them that were scattered abroade to redeeme them which were punished to loose them that were in prison to their countrie againe to heale them that were sore to comfort them that were wayling and sorrowful Vouchsafe I beseech thée of thy singular goodnes to comfort mee in the punishment that I am in And thou Lord Iesu Christ that diddest restore mankind in peace and concord to the high inheritance of Paradize whom thou boughtest with thy precious bloud and diddest make peace betwéene God men vouchsafe to assure euen thy singular mercie towards me cause me to féele reconciliation betwéene me and mine enemies and vouchsafe to shew thy glorie vpon mee and to quench the anger of them al and put away from me their hatred and cease the malice that they beare against mee and as thou diddest not onelie allaie Esau his malice against his brother Iacob but also diddest deliuer Iacob from the same so asswage the rage of my enemies and deliuer me with thine almightie power from them that owe mee malice and from their laying await and desires as thou diddest deliuer Abraham from the hands of the Chaldées and Ioseph from the hands of his brethren Lot from the citie of Sodome thy seruants Moses and Aaron from the power of Pharao