increase the number of them place ouer euerye Church a painfull watch man remooue all idle lubbers confound the power of Antichrist tourne the heartes of the people that they may be obedient to thy trueth Blesse the two Vniuersities Cambridge and Oxenforde and all the Studentes of the same with all Schooles of learning Beholde all those that bee afflicted with any kind of crosse that they may profit by thy correction in newnesse of life Lastly for our selues heere gathered together wee heartily craue at thy handes that it woulde please thee to make vs thankfull vnto thy maiestie for all thy louing kindnes shewed vnto vs euen from our infancy especially that thou haste this present night deliuered vs frō all dangers both of body and soule wherinto many haue fallen as we in like maner shoulde haue doone if wee had not beene stayed with thy merciful hand that thou hast also graunted vnto vs so sweet comfortable reste and haste now presently brought vs to the beginning of this daye For these thinges good Lord we yeelde vnto thee moste harty thanks besehcing thee to make vs more more daylye thankfull vnto thy maiestye for thē pardon oure vnthākfulnes And as thou hast safely preserued vs vnto this presenthowre frō all the daungers of this life so we beseech thee continue thy fauor towardes vs this day the whole course of our life Defend vs O lord that we now entring into the affayres of this daye bee not drawne away with the vayne alluremēts of this world to sinn and wickednes that we walk not in the shadowes of death that we be not intangled in the snares of sinne that wee stumble not at the blockes of iniqnity that we finallye fall not into the pit of death and destructiō but being shadowed vnderthy wings we may cheerfully and constantlye goe on forward to the end of our course Graunt vnto vs O Lorde our God that this good time which thou grantest vnto vs in this life bee not idly or vainly of vs consumed but that euerye one of vs maye bee diligentlye exercised in his calling this day and all our life long being assured that thou wilt once call vs to yeelde an account of our stewardship Indue vs we besech thee with those giftes and graces which bee needfull for vs in our calling that with a pure and sincere conscience we may vse them to the benefite of our brethren and discharge of our own consciences before thy maiesty We beseech thee O Lord that in all oure confultations words works this day and the whole course of oure life wee maye alwayes haue thee present before our eyes knowing that thou seest euen the very deepe thoughts of our harts which alwais maye bee as a brydle to pull vs backe that wee neither do nor yet consent vnto anye sinne or wickednes but that alwayes we may be so exercised in the affayres of this life that we loke still to the ende of our course when it shall please thee to bring vs through the pilgrimage of this life to our euerlasting reste with thy deare Sonne IESVS CHRIST oure Sauiour In whole name for these mercies and what soeuer thou knowest to be needefull for vs and for the whole Church we pray vnto thee as he him selfe hath taught vs in his holye worde saying Our father c. The Lorde blesse vs and saue vs the Lorde make his face to shyne vppon vs and be mercifull vnto vs the Lorde tourne his fauourable countenaunce towards vs grant vs his peace The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ the loue of God the Father the moste comfortable fellowshippe of the holye Ghoste be with vs preserue and keepe vs this day and euermore Amen A CONFESSION of sinnes with faith and repentance O Merciful and Heauenlye Father wee thy seruaunts do humbly prostrate our selues before thy maiestye acknowledging heere in thy sight our hainous offences committed against thy maiestye seeing and beholding thy heauye wrath againste them wee feele oure selues laden O Lorde our God with a huge companye of horrible sinnes wherof euen the verye leaste beeing but conceiued in thought is sufficient in iudgement to throw vs down to the euerlasting burning lake Our owne consciences O Lorde do beare witnes against vs of oure manyfolde transgressions of thy blessed law of our security sencelesse blindnes running head-long to destruction committing sinne after sinne although not notorious to the world yet horrible before thine eye The thoughtes of oure hartes rise vp in iudgement against vs the vanity of our talke before thy maiestye condemneth vs the wickednes of our deedes from thy sight reiecteth vs al our wicked thoghts words and deeds with the inward corruption of our nature do altogeather as it were a whole lump and loade of sinne lye heauie vppon vs and with their intollerable weight do euen presse vs down to hell Wee do daylye grone vnder the burthen of them inwardly lamenting our owne folly so greedily running into them In Heauen Earth or Hel wee see none able to sustaine the weight of them but euē the dearlye beloued Sonne Iesus Chrst who in mercy infinite and compassion endlesse hath sustained and ouer come that endlesse punnishement due vnto them in him therefore in him most meeifull father through him wee come to thee being fully assured according to thy promise that thou wilt accept and take that ful recompence which hee thy deere Sonne hath made for vs as a iust raunsome for all the sinnes of all those who with a true faith take houlde on him In him therefore we see thine anger towards vs appeased thy wrath satisfied and our debts payde Increase in vs good Lord we beseech thee this liuely and feeling faith for wee feele it oftentymes in vs verye weake troubled with many doubtes increase it in vs O Lorde that wee may through thy holy spirite bee assured that the punnishement of our sinnes is fully in thy sonne discharged Make vs O Lorde our God to feele this same in our soules and consciences that IESVS CHRIST is ours and all that hee hath done that we are graffed into his body and made one with him and therfore fellow heires with him of euerlasting life Let vs not onely haue these wordes in our mouthes good Lord but through thy holye spirite lette vs feele the comfort of them in our heartes fully sealed and setled in vs that we feling our selues inwardly before thy iudgment seat discharged and our consciences towardes thee appeased may bee swallowed vp with an vnfained loue towarde thy heauenly Maiestie and towardes thy brethren for thy sake Make sin to dye in vs dayly more more that we may hate detest vtterly abhor all sin and wickednesse in all men but especiallye in oure selues that wee maye strongly thorough thy holye spirite sette our selues in open warre defiance against all sinn and wickednesse that we please not ourselues in our sinnes but straitlye examining sin
death And finally we most humbly thanke thee for that it hath pleased thee to keepe vs this daye and all the dayes and times of our liues beseeching thee that thou wouldst receiue vs this night in to thy holye keeping that we may haue quiet rest not of bodies alone but of our soules also restinge from all those thinges that are contrarye to thy most holy wil atēding while thou raisest vs vp in the morning to do al those thinges that thou hast appointed vs. These thinges wee desire of thee all other things which thou knowest to bee more needfull for vs and thy whole Church better then we ourselues do know for Iesus Christes sake saiing the same praier that hee hym selfe hath taught vs. Our father c. A forme of euening prayer necessary to be vsed of all christians in their houses and families Psal 55. vers 16. I vvill call vnto GOD and the Lord vvill saue me Euening Morning and at noone will I pray make a noise and hee vvill he are my voice VVE mostehumblye beseeche thee O gratious God and heauenlye Father euen for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake to pardon and forgiue vs all our sinnes in thought worde and deede committed against thy holy lawes and commandementes to tourne away from vs gratiouslye all those plagues which we most iustlye haue deserued for them both in this lyfe and in the lyfe to come working in our harts euery day by the holye spirite more true and vnfayned sorrow for thē with greater care euer hereafter to know thy blessed wil reuealed in thy worde and to order all our opinions and doings according to the same so much the rather O Lorde because of thy manyfolde blessinges wherby thou dost dayly mooue vs herevnto for the which O heauenlye father make vs more hartely thankfull specially for our recreation at the firste after thine owne holinesse righteousnesse for our redemption by IESVS CHRIST when wee were vtterly loste for that knowledge of our Sauiour which by the preaching of thy blessed Gospell thorough thy holye Spirite thou haste wrought in oure heartes for true repentaunce for fayth hope and loue for watchfulnesse in oure dooinges and all other gyftes of thy grace pertayninge to oure saluation all which graces O Lord are verye weake in vs because of the greate wickednesse of oure heartes striuing against thy holy spirite so as in thy wrath thou mightest iustlye forsake vs vtterly yet O Lorde let it bee thy grations pleasure to increase them in oure heartes euerye daye euen so long as we lyue in this worlde as of thy goodnesse thou haste begun that thereby the assuraunce of oure saluation maye be more certaynelye sealed vppe vnto oure owne consciences that so wee maye also learne to bee more truelye thankfull vnto thy MAIESTIE for the benefites of this lyfe Namelye that thou hast hitherto euer since wee were borne giuen vs those thinges that were needfull for oure bodies as health foode apparrell and such like that thou hast kept vs from many daungers comfort vs in all our troubles and strengthen vs in all our weaknesse and giuing vs grace this daye to labour faithfully truelye in our callinges hauing brought vs safelye paste all the daungers thereof vnto this present howre O Lorde forgiue vs the sinnes of this daye and of oure whole life and speciallye our great vnthankfulnesse for these thy manifold blessings and in IESVS CHRIST thy deare sonne continue them towardes vs euer hereafter both in soules and bodies and speciallye this night receiue vs into thy blessed keeping preserue vs from all daungers from sin frō al vngodly dreames and fansies graunting vnto vs cōfortable rest so as wee maye bee the better strengthened to serue thee faithfully in our calling and giuing vs grace alwayes both sleeping and waking to bee readye when thou shalt call vs out of this miserable worlde Last of all because thou hast commanded vs to pray for others also wee beseech thee good Lorde be mercifull to all Nations specially to those Churches where thy Gospell is truely preached continue thy mercy towards this realme preserue oure Queene blesse her Counsell and all in aucthoritye with necessarye graces increase the number of faythfull Preachers strengthen the Godly lighten the ignoraunt conuert the wicked be merciful vnto al scholes and places of learning to all our friendes and kinsfolkes and others afflicted in bodye or in soule graunting to euerye one of them as to oure selues those necessarye graces whiche thou knoweste to bee needfull for euery one of vs in oure seuerall estates and callinges to the glorye of thy name and the better assurance of our saluation through CHRIST IESVS in whose name we aske of thy maiesty as hee hath taught vs. Our Father c. Euening prayer for priuate houses and families O Gratious God and louing Father according to thy cōmandement wee doe heere presente our selues before thy maiesty humbly prostrating our selues before the throne of mercy acknowledging and confessing frō the bottome of oure heartes that we be miserable sinners daylye breaking thy commandementes bothe in thought word deed wherein wee iustly deserue euerlasting damnation and to be vtterly thrown from thy presence yet O Lorde we see thy goodnes again towardes vs who not suffering vs thus to perish in our sinnes haste sent thine owne deare son Iesus Christ to take vppon him whatsoeuer is due to reconcile and make vs at owne with thee agayne In hym therefore good Lorde through him do wee come vnto the beseching the for his sake that wee feeling the greeuousnesse of our sinnes and groning vnder the burthen of them maye feele the release ease of them in that wee be through thy holy spirit assured and steadfastly beleeue that Christe hath born the burthen of them eaueu for vs. Graunte O Lorde that we beeing assured hereof in our consciences maye through thy holy Spirit bee renuee in the inner man to hate detest and abhorre sinne and to studie to liue accordinge to thy blessed will duringe our whole life Wee do not onelye pray for our selues but also for all thy whole Churche especiallye such as bee persecuted for thy worde graunt vnto them that whether it bee thy death or life they may glorify thy name to their liues end Be merciful to this Church of England Irelande wee beseeche thee good Lorde to preserue euery part and member of the same especially thy seruant ELIZABETH our queen graunt her all such gifts as bee needefull for so high a calling to the aduauncement of thy glory and benefite of this common wealth to the establishishing of a perfect gouerment of thy Church according to the prescript rule of thy blessed word to the rooting out of al superstition and reliques of Antichriste to the gouerning of her subiects in al peace and tranquility Defende her O Lorde from all conspiracies treasons and rebellions and so worke in the heartes of all her subiectes that knowing her authoritye
the ende and in the end so be it O Lord increase our fayth A PRAIER TO BE sayde of the childe before he study his lesson PSALME 119. Wherein shall the childe addresse his way In guiding him selfe according to thy Worde Open myne eyes I shall knowe the maruails of thy Lawe Giue me vnderstanding and I shall keepe thy Lawe yea I shall keepe it with mine whole heart LOrde which art the fountain of all wisdome and knowledge seeing it hath pleased thee to giue mee the meane to bee taught in my youth for to learne to guide me godly and honestly all the course of my life it maye also please thee to lighten myne vnderstandinge the which of it selfe is blind that it may comprehende and receiue that doctrine and learning which shall bee taught me it may please thee to strengthen my memory to keep it wel it maye please thee also to dispose my hart willingly to receiue it with such desire as appertayneth so that by my ingratitude the occasion which thou giuest me be not lost That I may thus do it maye please thee to powre vpon me thine holy spirit the spirite I say of al vnderstāding truth iudgement wisdom learning the which maye make mee able so to profite that the paines that shall be taken in teaching me be not in vaine And to what study soeuer I applye my selfe make me O lord to addres it vnto the right end that is to know thee in oure Lord Iesus Christ that I may haue full trust of saluation in thy grace and to serue thee vprightly according to thy pleasure so that whatso euer I learne it may be vnto me as an instrumēt to helpe me therevnto and seing thou dost promise to giue wisdom to the little and humble ones and to confound the proude in the vanity of their wits likewise to make thy selfe knowne to them that be of an vpright heart and also to blinde the vngodly and wicked I beseech thee to fashion me vnto true humility so that I may be taught first to be obedient vnto thee and next vnto my superiors that thou haste appoynted ouer me Further that it may please thee to dispose mine heart vnfaynedly to seek thee and to forsake all euill and filthye lusts of the flesh that in this sort I may nowe prepare my self to serue thee once in that estate which it shalplease thee to appoint for me whē I shall come to age A PRAIER TO BE sayde before a man begin his worke PSALME 25. The Lorde reuealeth his secretes vnto them that fear him and maketh them to knowe his alliance O Lorde God moste mercifull Father sauiour seeing it hath pleased thee to commaunde vs to trauaile that we may relieue our neede we beseech thee of thy grace so to blesse our labor that thy blessing may extende vnto vs without the which we are not able to continue that this great fauour may be a witnes vnto vs of thy boūtifulnes assistance so that thereby we may know the fatherlye care that thou hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lorde wee beseech thee that thou wouldest strengthen vs with thy holye spirit that we may faith fullye trauaile in our estate vocation without fraud or deceit and that we maye indeuour oure selues to followe thine holy ordināce rather thē to seek to satisfy our greedy affections or desire to gaine And if it please our labour giue vs a minde also to help thē that haue need according to that ability that thou of thy mercye shalt giue vs and knowing that all good thinges come of thee graunt that wee maye humble oure selues to our neighbours not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them which haue not receiued so liberal a portion as of thy mercye thou hast giuē vnto vs. And if it please thee to trye exercise vs by greter pouerty and need then our flesh would desire that thou wouldst yet O Lorde grant vs grace to know that thou wilt nourish vs continually through thy bountifull liberality that wee bee not so tempted that we fall not into distrust but that wee may patiently waite till thou fill vs not onely with corporall graces and benefites but cheefely with thine heauenly spirituall treasures to the intent that wee may alwayes haue more ample occasiō to giue thee thankes and so wholly to rest vppon thy mercyes Heare vs O Lorde of mercy through Iesus Christe thy sonne our Lorde Amen APR AIER FOR the Morning O Gratious God and louing Father according to thy cōmandement we do here present our selues before thy maiestye humblye prostrating our selues before the throne of mercy acknowledging and confessing from the bottome of our heartes that wee bee miserable sinners dayly breaking thy commandementes both in thought word and deede wherein we iustlye deserue euerlasting damnatiō to be vtterly throwne frō thy presence yet O lord we see thy goodnes againe towardes vs who not suffering vs thus to perish in our sins hast sent thine owne deare Son Iesus Christ to take vppon him whatsoeuer is due to reconcile and make vs at one with thee again in him therfore good Lorde and throgh him do we com vnto thee beseeching thee for his sake that we feeling the greeuosnes of our sins and groning vnder the burden of them may feele the release ease of them in that we be thorough thy holy spirit assured and stedfastly beleeue that Christ hath borne the burden of them euen for vs. Graunt O Lorde that wee being assured hereof in oure consciences may thorough thy holye spirite be renued in the inner man to hate detest and abhorre sinne and to study to liue according to thy blessed will during our whole life We do not only pray for our selues but also for all thy whol church especially such as bee persecuted for thi word graunt vnto them that whether it be by death or life they may glorifye thy name to theire liues end Bee mercifull to this Church of England and Irelande wee besech thee good lord and preserue euery part member of the same especially thy seruaunt ELIZABETH oure Queene graunt her all such giftes as be needeful for so high a calling to the aduancement of thy glory and benefite of this commō wealth to the establishing of a perfect gouernment of thy Church according to the prescript rule of thy blessed word to the rooting out of al superstition and reliques of Antichrist to the gouerning of her subiectes in all peace and traquillitie Defend her O lord from all conspiracies treasons rebellions and so woorke in the harts of all her subiects that knowing her authorise doth come frō thy heauenly maiestie they may with obediēt harts humbly obey her in thee for thee Preserue the whol counsell the. Magistrats of the realme that being lightened through thy holy spirite they maye defend thy truth suppresse wickednes maintain equity Beholde all the Pastors Preachers of the worde blesse their labours
by the iust rule of thy holy Lawes wee maye vtterly from the bottom of our hearts condemn euen the leaste sinne in our selues hauinge our whole ioy comfort and consolation vppon those thinges whiche bee agreeable to thy blessed will alwayes beeing afrayde to doe any thing contrarye to the same that we may euen from the bottom of our hearts examine and try our thoughtes before thy presence that they be vpright vnfayned not hipocriticall in outwarde shew onely and appearance but that euen all corners of our harts being opened and disclosed before thee we maye euen as though it were openly before the face of the whole worlde bring them in shewe knowing that a dubble hart is detestable in thin eyes and that we may walke alwaies as before thine eyes not only before the eyes of man beeing more careful to walke circumspectlye in this respect that wee haue thee to be a vewer of our doinges a thousande folde more then the eyes of man that thus we maye walke as becommeth thy children not onely in outwarde shew but also in sincerity of hart abhorring euen the least sinn in our selues stryuing resisting and fighting against sinne not delighting our selues in sinne nor norishing the same in our brest but earnest lye embracing and studiouslye seeking after those thinges which be pleasant in thine eyes that neither the feare of man nor losse of goods life landes possessions or friends draw vs away from thee to doe anye least thing contrarye to thy will and pleasure neither the fauoure or friendship of man nor yet the flattering entice mentes of this worlde nor the vaine promotions of the same doe moue vs any whit from the true and endles ioy delighte and pleasure which we ought to haue in those thinges which be agreeable to thy wil and the constaunt performance of the same but that alwayes to the end of our lyfe we may continue in thy pathes growing and increasing from faith to faith from strength to strength till at length we shall come to thy euerlasting rest A FORME OF MORning praier necessarye for this present time for godly christians to vse in their houses and families WE most humblye thank thee O heauenlye Father for the sweete quiet rest that we haue had this night for the louing and fauourable deliueraunce out of all dangers both of bodye and Soule which we iustly deserue to be throwne into for our manyfolde sinnes for that thou haste raysed vs vp this morning we pray thee to goe before vs and for as much as thou seest our sluggishnes and drowsines it woulde please thee good Lord to pull vs after thee and to shewe vs those wayes which thou hast appoynted vs to walk in And as thou renuest this morning so renue thy mercies and as thou causest the Sun comfortablye to shine to our bodilye eyes so vouchsafe wee praye thee to be Sunne vnto our bodyes and to our soules by the beames of thy holy Spirite and Starre of thy blessed Word shining into the middest of our harts to driue away all the night and darknes of all prophanenesse to chase awaye all want of true feare of thy good Maiesty and in place therof bring in loue towardes thy glory zeale of thy house loue also towardes our brethren especiallye those that thou aboue the rest cōmendest vnto vs that we may loue them with that loue wherewithall thou hast first loued vs which is pure vncorrupt vehement and euerlasting and therfore we praye thee to ridde our hartes of all naughtye and corrupt loue and whatsoeuer is vnmeete to bee in those vessels that are to serue such a mightye Prince as thou arte and in those houses wherein it pleaseth thy maiestye by thy holye Spirite to dwell and therefore on the other side good Lord chace away from vs all rancor and malice all pride enuiousnesse disdaynefulnesse vncharitablenesse vnnaturalnesse vnkindenesse and whatsoeuer is contrarye to that loue wherof thou hast giuen vs a liuelye example in our saniour Iesus christ vnto the which example grant good Lord that wee may alwayes haue oure eyes lifted vp and therein holden and caused thereby to profit vntill such time as we come to that perfection wherunto thou hast appointed we shall come Vouchsafe more ouer by the comming of the selfe same Spirit to scatter in vs all the night and darknesse of ignoraunce and forgetfulnesse and of all those things which pertaine to the clearer and fuller knowledge of thy truth Take from vs all negligence all want of iudgment and discretion deliuer vs from al those thinges which thou knowest to bee hinderaunces to vs either to walke in that great callinge of Christianitye whervnto thou hast called vs or in those seuerall and particular callinges wherin thou hast placed euery one of vs that we maye walke so good Lorde both in the one in the other that thy name maye be glorified in both We praye not onely for our selues O moste merciful Father but for all those that thou hast appointed to eternall life beseechinge thee to gather the number of those that are to bee gathered those that thou haste alreadye called thou wouldest alwayes keepe and to this end good Lorde rayse vp faithfull ministers both of thy church and common weale whose heartes thou wouldest fyll with all graces of thy holy spirit meete for their callinges meete also for these dangerous times roote out from among thy church al rauening and deuouring beasts which to fyll their own bellies distroy thy flok ease thy selfe of all hirelings idle shepherds which haue no care nor skil to feed thi flok with the holsom food of thy blessed worde nor to rule them with that equitye wherewithall thou wilte haue thy people to bee ruled those Pastoures that thou haste giuen it woulde please thee to increase the number of thē those that are falne a sleepe caried away with the corruptions of these times that thou wouldest awake letting them vnderstande the charge that thou haste mitted vnto them the trust that thou hast put them in and the accōpt that thou wilt take at their handes Be gratious O Lord vnto this land of ours and enter not into iudgemēt with the horrible sinnes of it namelye the contempt and light esteeming of thy holy word so many yeares offered vnto vs and wee beeing trusted withall so manye Nations better then we being passed by whiche woulde haue brought foorth the fruite therof more then weehaue done and we not onely haue brought foorth no good fruite but rotten and vnsauourye to prouoke thy Maiestye withall notwithstāding all these our sinnes it woulde please thee in that loue wherewithall thou hast first loued vs when we hated thee in that long patience wherein thou haste hitherto borne with vs and doest yet beare and tarriest for ourrepentance to grant vs heartie and earnestrepentaunce our heartes being effectually touched with thy holye Spirite strikinge theserockye hearts of ours that thei maye bee resolued into riuers of
as we are care ful for the nourishment of our bodies till it shal shall please thy maiesty to bring vs to the place where wee shall neuer hunger nor thirst more but liue eternally thorough Christe our Sauiour Amen A PRAYER BEFORE meate O Lord our God and heauenlye Father which haste prouided meate and drinke for the nourishment of our bodies giue vs grace to vse them reuerentlye as from thine handes with thankfull heartes And as we doe greatlye hunger and thirste for this foode of oure bodies so we beseech thee good Lorde that oure soules maye earnestlye hunger after the lyke food and nourishment that with earnest minds wee maye seeke to haue our soules fed and refreshed eternallye thorough our onely Lorde and sauiour Iesus christ So be it A THANKESGIVING after meate VVOnderful is thy prouidence O Lorde in preseruing all liuing creatures Grant vs grace we besech thee that with thankful harts we maye acknowledge thy bountifull goodnesse so liberally giuing vnto vs all things needful especially feedingvs so plētifully at this present with thy manyfold blessings wherof agreat many of our brethren are destitute as in like manner wee should be if thou didst not deale more liberalitye with vs graunt vs therefore gratious Lord that we maye bee thankfull for this thy goodnesse and to be mindful of them which haue not such aboundance to releeue them that beeing all members of one body we may at length raign with our head Christe to whom be al honour and glory worlde with out end Amen A GODLY PRAYER FOR the Morning And may be sung to the tune of the third Psalme O God which art my part lot my comfort my stay I haue decreed and promised thy law to keepe alvvay Mine earnest heart did humbly sue in presence of thy face As thou therefore hast promised Lord graunt me of thy grace My life I haue examined and tride my secrete heart VVhich to thy statutes caused me my feete straight to conuert I did not stay nor linger long as they that flouthfull are But hastily thy lawes to keepe I did my selffe prepare The cruell handes of wicked men haue made of me their pray Yet vvoulde I not thy lavve forget not from thee go astray Thy righteous iudgement shewde toward me so great is and so high That euen at midnight will I rise thy name to magnifie Companion am I to all them vvhich feare thee in their hart And neither vvill for loue not dread from thy commaundement start Thy mercyes lord most plenteously do all the world fulfill Oh teach me how I may obey thy statutes and thy vvill All laud and prayse be to the Lorde Oh that of might art most To God the father and the sonne and to the holy ghost As it in the beginning vvas for euer heretofore And is novv at this present time And shall be euermore A GODLY PRAYER FOR the Euening And may be sung to the tune of the third Psalme ACcording to thy promise Lord so hast thou with me dealt For of thy grace in sundry sorts haue I thy seruant felt Teach me to iudge alvvaies aright and giue me knovvledge sure For certainly beleeue I do that thy precepts are pure Yet thou didst touch me with thy rod I erred and vvent astray But I vvill keepe thy holy vvord and make it all my stay Thou art both good and gratious and giuest most liberally Thy ordinauces hovv to keepe therefore O Lord teach me The proud and vvicked men haue forgde against me many a lye Yet thy cōmandements still obserue vvith all my hart vvill I. Their hearts are svvoln vvith worldly vvealth as greace so are they fat But in thy lavv do I delight and nothing seek but that VVho so vvith reuerence doth thee seare to me let them retire And such as do they couenats knevv and them alone desire My heart vvithout all vvauering let on thy lavves be bent That no confusion come to me vvherein I should be shent All laud and prayse be to the Lorde Oh that of might art most To God the father and the sonne and to the holy ghost As it in the beginning vvas for euer heretofore And is novv at this present time And shall be euermore FINIS