Lyons R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst the three Children out from the fiery fournace and from the hands of the cruell vnmercyfull Kyng R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Susanna frō the crime with which she was falsely charged R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Dauid from the handes of kinge Saul and Golias R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst S. Peter and Paule out of pryson R. Amen And as thou deliueredst that blessed Virgin and Martyr Tecla from her moste cruell torments so vouchesafe to deliuer the soule of this thy seruant and make him partaker of the euerlastinge ioyes in heauen with thee R. Amen Lett vs praye VVE commend vnto thee O Lord the soule of thy seruant beseeche thee sweete Lord lefu Christ Sauiour of the worlde that thou doe not refuse to place hym in the bosome of thy Patriarches for whom thou descēdedst mercifully into the earth Acknowledg O Lord thy creature created not of any straung gods but of thee alone the true and lyuinge God for there is no other God but thou O Lorde and there is none according to thy woorkes O Lord make his soule reioyse in thy sight and remembre not his olde iniquitie and drunckenesse whiche inordinate concupiscence and raginge lustes dyd rayse in hym Albeit he sinned yet he denied not the father the sonne and the holy Ghost but belyeued stedfastly in them and he had the zeale of God in his harte and adored the God that created all of nought R. Amen Lett vs praye REmembre not we beseech the O Lorde the sinnes and ignoraunces of his wylfull youth but according to thy great mercie bee myndefull of him in the glorye of thy eternall deytie Let the heauens bee opened vnto hym Lett thy Angels reioyse of hym O Lorde receyue thy seruant into thy kyngdome Lett holy Michaell the high messenger of God that hath deserued to bee the chiefe all the holye cōpany of Angels receiue him Let all the holy Angels of God come forth and meete him conducte him into the heauēlie Citie Hierusalē Lett blessed Peter the Apostle who had the keyes of the kyndom of God delyuered vnto hym receyue hym Lett the holy Apostle S. Paule who was woorthy to bee a chosen vessell receyue hym Lett S. Iohn the elect Apostle of God to whome the heauenly secret mysteries were reuealed receyue him Lett all the holy Apostles who receyued of Christ power to loose and bynd praye for hym Lett all holye Saincts who haue sustained tormentes for the name of Christ pray for him that after he is loosed out of the pryson of this mortall flesh he may be founde woorthy to come to the glorie of the heauenly kyngdome by the assistance of our Lord Iesus Christ who with the father and the holy Ghost lyueth and raigneth worlde without ende Amen Into thy handes O Lorde we cōmen his soule O Lorde God of truth thou haste redeemed hym Lett that sweete voyce of thyne O Lorde Iesu sounde in his eares This daye thou shalt bee vvith me in Paradise Amen The ende of the tvvelfth Chapter THE THYRTIENTH CHAPTER CONTAYNING DEVOVT praiers healthfull for the departed soules An exhortation by the vvhich vve are shevved and admonyshed to praye for soules departed in the Catholicque Church Clemens I. Ponti Max. Ca. 47. lib. 8. constit Apostol MY brethren lett vs praye for our brother that resteth in Iesu Christ to the ende that our good God which hath recieued his soule may forgyue him all his sinnes willingly or vnwillingly committed and that he obteining forgyuenes may be receyued into the kingdome of the blessed in the bosome of Abraham Isaac and Iacobe with all those that from the begining haue pleased God and haue done his will from whom all sorow griefe and payne is secluded Commendations of the soule that is lately departed Albertus Castella Sacer. Rom. part 1. O Lorde we commend the soule of thy seruant that being latelye departed this lyfe he may lyue in thee and according to thy mercye pardone him his sinnes which he hath committed throughe humayne frayeltie VVe commende O Lorde the soule of this thy seruante into the handes of the holy and moste gloriouse virgin Mary the mother of mercye and clemency Also into the handes of all the holy Archangels Angels and celestiall courte of heauen into the handes of the holy Patriarches and prophets into the handes of the blessed Apostles Euangelistes and disciples into the handes of the martyrs and confessors into the handes of the virgins widowes and all votaryes who-soeuer And finally we commend the soule of this thy seruaunt into the hands of all such thy blessed saynts and seruaunts as haue pleased thee from the first creatiō of the world that by their intercession and succour he may be deliuered from the prince of darknes and from all dreadfull torments graunt this O God almightye omnipotente and full of mercy through the bitter passion of thy sweet sonne our sauiour Iesu to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glorye for euer and euer Amen A prayer for the faythfull soule departed Precat Ecclesi in Missa O Eternall and almightye God to whom we neuer pray without hope of mercy Haue mercy of the soule of thy seruaunt N. and make him to bee vnyted to that companye of Saintes which is deceased from this life in the confession of thy name through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Another prayer Pontifical Rom. part 3. O God by whom all thinges lyueth and through whom our bodies diminisheth not in dyeng but are chaunged into better we moste humblye beseech thee to commaunde the soule of thy seruant to be receyued by the handes of thy holy Angels to bring him vnto the bosome of thy friend the Patriarch Abraham to ryse againe at the laste greate iudgement day pardonning him mercyfully all his sinnes which he hath committed throughe the false deceiptes and suggestion of the deuill through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Another prayer Clemens Aposto discip lib. 8. cap. 47. constit Apostol O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob which art God of the liuinge and not of the deade for as much as all soules of the righteouse lyueth with thee and are in thy handes they shall not be touched with any payne or torment Looke bountifully vpon this thy seruaunt which thou haste receyued into another lyfe pardone him that which he hath committed through the frayeltye of his will Appoynt him thy louing Angels to carye him into the bosomes of Patriarches Prophetes and Apostles and of all those that hath pleased thee from the begining of the worlde where is neither sorowe griefe nor horrour but an assemblye of Saintes whiche are reioysing in the countrye of the happye and iuste seeing the glory of thy Christ through whom be to thee glory honour seruice and adoration
thou vouchesafedst with thy precious bloud to wash awaye our sinnes I praye thee gracious Lorde that thou forgyue me all the sinnes that I haue done thought or said in pride in wrath in enuie in couetousnes in gloutonie in slouth in lecherie in vncleanes of body and of soule in mispendinge of my fiue wittes in breaking thy commaundementes in wastinge the tyme of my lyfe in vice in that I haue not folowed vertue nor done those ghostlye deedes that I myghte haue done O mercyfull Iesu with that precious bloud that thou diddest shed on the Roode for our saluation wash all the sinnes away that I haue done since my birth comfort and make me whole with the holy Sacrament which thou hast ordeined and left here on earth to be our medicine and life through whiche we should liue after thee and with thee thou in vs. For good Lord thou saydst at that holye worke when thou madest it gauest it to thy Disciples Iohan. 6. Panis quem ego dabo caro mea est pro mundi vita qui manducat me ipse viuit propter me ipse manet in me ego in eo O thou holy mightfull Prieste and Bishop that by thy diuine might madest the worthy Sacrament of thy precious Body in fourme of breade gyue me grace to receyue it this day with puritie of heart cleanes of soule with loue dread stedfast beleefe O benigne god I acknowlege confesse to thy high goodnes that I am not worthy to come vnto thy boorde to be fed with so royall meate as is thy blessed Body But gracious Lord I beleeue verily that thou maiest make me worthy who haste made all thinge of nought and of sinfull haste made righteous and holy O almighty God for this thy greate might I praye thee that thou make me worthy and able to receyue the precious Bodie deuoutly with all reuerence with perfect mekenes and holines with full contrition teares of deuotion with spirituall comfort gladnes of thy presence O blessed Bodie in fourme of bread come and entre into my mouth and hart that by thy diuine presence my soule bee fed yea and fastened to thee with perfect charitie O Lord fill me with grace strēgthen me that I may euer hereafter lyue after thy will and that I may lyue in thee and thou in me Iesu for thy great bountie saue me from all perils teache and comfort my soule in all doubtes and dreads clense me from all vices suffer nothing to abide in my hart but onely thy selfe whiche arte my soules lyfe leach O heauenly meate O ioye of Angels O soules strēgth O precious Bodie that gyueth endlesse helpe mercifull Lorde Iesus thus didst thy selfe saye Iohan. 6. Ego sum panis viuus qui de coelo descēdi si quis manducauerit ex hoc pane viuet in aeternum O thou Bread of life that diddest descēde from heauen who that eateth this bread shall lyue euerlastingly O blessed Iesu make me nowe at this time worthy to receyue this Sacrament that is thy precious Body that I maye liue euerlastingly with thee in thy prefence see thee face to face euer to ioye in thy goodnes in blisse euerlasting Amen A deuoute prayer to be sayed at the Eleuation of the moste blessed and Sacred Hoost Anselm cap. 2. in specu sermo euangel VVE adore and worship thee O Iesu Christ king of Israell light of the Gentils and prince of the kinges of the earth Lord of Sabaoth and moste stronge power and puissance of the omnipotente and almightie God we worshippe thee O precious pryce of our redemption O peaceable Hooste which by thy smellinge sweetnes onely diddest inclyne thy Father which reygneth in heauen to beholde our poore estate and diddest reconcyle him to vs his children O sauiour Iesus Christ we prayse the multitude of thy mercies we plentifully sounde out the memorie of thy sweetnes we offer vnto thee O sauiour Christ the sacrifice of laude and praise for the greatnes of thy bountye which thou haste shewed vnto vs sinners beinge a wicked seede and vngracious children of perdition A prayer to be sayed before the blessed Sacramente of the Aulter Io. Fab. ex cap. 2. soliloq B. August O Mnipotent and most mercifull God thou art truely good and in deede I am euill thou arte holy I am wretched thou art iuste I am vniuste thou arte the lighte I am blinde thou art the lyfe I am dead thou arte a conuenient medicine I am weake and sicklye thou arte ioy I am heuines thou art the soueraigne veritie I am the vniuersall vanitie and so is euery liuinge man VVhat shall I saye then my creator heare me my maker I am thy creature and the worke of thy handes but O Lorde I am nowe brought to nothing and I am dyeing dayly thy handes haue made and framed me euen those handes I saye which were nayled to the Crosse for my sake Most benigne redeemer dispise not the worke of thy handes but looke vpon the woundes of thine owne handes loe my Lorde God thou haste written me in thy hands reade the wrytinge and heale me beholde I thy creature doe sighe vnto thee thou arte my creator comfort me I cry vnto thee thou arte the lyfe quicken me and gyue me lyfe to thee I lift vp my voyce helpe me and restore me Spare me O God for my dayes are nothinge what is man that he can thus speake to God his creator pardonne me thy seruaunte which presumeth to speake to so great a Lorde neede hath no lawe griefe and sorowe compell me to speake the calamitie and miserye which I indure enforce me to crye out I am sicke therefore I call to the phisition I am blind therefore I hasten vnto the light I am deade therefore I sigh after lyfe To thee O Iesus of Nazareth I hasten thou arte the fountayne of lyfe O Iesu sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me haue mercy vpon me O fountayne of mercy thou haste hard me being sicke callinge vpon thee reach me thy hande O moste gentle Father bring me to thee that I may come to thee and in thy lighte may see that euerlasting light spare and pardonne me O Lorde I am the vnhappie man borne of a woman lyuinge but a shorte time and yet replenished with much misery I am earth and ashes and by and by in griefe and anguishe I muste dye and then I shall be but wormes meate VVhat other thing is my lyfe O my Lorde God then a shadowe which soudenly vanisheth awaye lyke as the flower which doth florishe and is greene by by doth wither euen so my frayle and deceiptfull lyfe passeth away and yet notwithstanding it is on euery side hedged in with the snares of death I knowe assuredly that I must dye but when or howe I can not tell I therefore beseeche thee O meeke and mercifull God to helpe me holde me vppe and staye me in thy power and strength appeare vnto
ye holy Disciples of our Lord praye for him All yee holie Innocentes praye for him Saint Stephen praye for him Saint Laurence praye for him All yee holy Martyrs pray for him Saint Siluester praye for him Saint Augustine praye for him All yee holy Bishoppes and Confessors praye for him Saint Benet praye for him Saint Francis praye for him All ye holy Monkes and Eremites praye for him Saint Mary Magdalen pray for him Saint Lucie praye for him All ye holye virgins and wydowes pray for him All ye holy Saintes of God make intercession for him Haue mercy spare him O Lord. Haue mercy heare him O Lord. Haue mercy and deliuer hym O Lorde From thy anger delyuer hym O Lorde From an euill deathe delyuer him O Lorde From the daunger of deathe deliuer him O Lorde From the paines of hell delyuer him O Lorde From all euil deliuer him O Lord. From the power of the deuill deliuer him O Lorde By thy Natiuitie deliuer him O Lorde By thy Crosse and Passion deliuer him O Lorde By thy death and buriall delyuer him O Lorde By thy glorious resurrection deliuer him O Lorde By thy wounderfull ascension deliuer him O Lorde By the grace of the holy ghost the comforter deliuer him O Lorde In the day of iudgemente deliuer him O Lorde VVe sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs. That thou wouldest spare him we beseeche thee to here vs. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. O thou Christian soule departe thou out of this world in the name of God the father almightie who hath created thee In the name of Christ Iesus the sonne of the liuing God who hath suffered for thee In the name of the holy ghost who was powred into thee In the name of the holy Angelles and Archangelles In the name of the Thrones and dominations In the name of the Powers and Potestates In the name of Cherubin and Seraphin In the name of the Patriarches and Prophetes In the name of the holy Apostelles and Euangelistes In the name of the holie Martyrs Confessours In the name of the holye Monkes and Eremites In the name of the holie Virgins and of all the Saintes of God Lett thy place be this daye in peace and thy habitation in holye Sion through Christ our Lorde Amen A prayer O Mercyfull God O benigne God O God who accordinge to the multitude of thy mercyes doest blott out the sinnes of suche as are penitent and with thy remission and pardon doest cleane purge the blame of offences paste mercifully looke vpon this thy seruant N. and for our prayers graunt him his request who with all his harte confessynge thy name doeth most earnestlye craue for pardon of all his sinnes Renew in him O moste mercyfull father what soeuer is corrupte through the frayeltie of the flesh or that whiche hath bene defyled by the crafte of the deuill and ioyne agayne vnto the vnitie of thy bodie the church the member whiche thou haste redeemed Haue mercye O Lorde vppon his sighes haue mercy vpon his teares and admitte agayne vnto the Sacrament of thy reconciliation hym who hath no hope but in thy mercie through Christ our Lorde Amen Another prayer DEarely beloued brother I cōmende thee vnto almyghtie God and to his protection I commit thee whose creature thou art to the ende thou hauing payed by the meanes of thy death the debte of all man-kinde mayest returne againe vnto thy maker who hath framed thee of a piece of claye Lett therfore the noble compainie of Angels meete thy soule departinge out of thy bodie Lett the whole Senate of the Apostles iudges of the worlde come vnto thee Lett the triumphant armye of the gloriousse Martyrs come against thee Lett the florishing companie of the shining Confessours cōpasse thee aboute Lett the whole quire of the singinge Virgines receyue thee with embracing settle thee faste in the bosome of the Patriarches which is the place of blessed reste and quietnes Let Christ Iesus appeare vnto thee with a milde and chereful countenāce and adiudge thee to bee emonge those who alwayes attend vpon hym Be thou ignorant of all that quaketh in darkenes that crashed in fire and houleth in tormentes Lett the moste cruell fiend Satan with all his souldiars gyue place vnto thee lett him tremble at thy comming thou being accompaigned with the holie Angells and lett him flye into the huge pitte of euerlastinge darkenes Lett God arise and lett his enemyes be dispersed and lett all that hate him flye awaye from his face Lett them vanish awaye as the smoke vadeth as the waxe melteth before the face of the fire so lett all sinners perish from the face of God and lett the iuste make merie and reioyse in the sight of God Therefore lett all the legions of hell be confounded and ashamed and lett not the ministres of Satan be so bolde as to stop thy iourney Christe deliuer thee from all torments who was crucified for thee Christ deliuer thee frō death who hath vouchsafed to dye for thee Christ the sonne of the liuing God place thee in the garden of his paradise whiche alwayes is pleasaunt flourishinge he that is the true shepeherd agnise thee emong his sheepe Lett him absolue thee from all thy sinnes and place thee at his right hande in the inheritaunce of his electe God graunt thou maiest see thy redeemer face to face and that thou maist be alwayes present at hande and with thy blessed eyes beholde the moste manifest trueth God graunt therfore that thou being placed emonge the compagnie of the blessed soules maiest enioye the swetenes of the countenaunce of the diuine maiestie for euer and euer Amen Receyue O Lorde thy seruant into the place of Saluation whiche he muste hope to haue of thy mercie R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruant from all daungers of hell and from all snares that maye entrappe him to paine and from all tribulation R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou haste deliured Enoch and Elias from the cōmon death of the world R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Noe from drowninge in the generall fludde R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Abraham out from Vr of the Chaldees R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Iob from his passions and paines R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Isaac from beinge offerd in Sacrifice and out from the handes of his father R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Loth from Sodom and from the flame of fier R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Moyses out from the handes of Pharao Kynge of the Egyptians R. Amen Deliuer O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt as thou deliueredst Daniel out from the denne of the