PRAIERS OF HOLI FAthers Patryarches Prophetes Iudges Kynges and renowmed men and wemen of eyther testamente ¶ The praier of Moses to the Lorde for the synnes of the people Exod. 32. LORD why waxeth thy wrath hote against thi people which thou haste brought forthe of the lande of Egipt with a greate power and with a mightie hande wherfore should the Egiptyans speake and saie he worketh craftelye with theim euen to rydde theim oute of the worlde Tourne awaye thy fyerce wrathe and haue compassion ouer the wyckednesse of the people Amen ¶ An other prayer of Moses vnto the same Exodi 32. OH this people hath synned an heinouse sinne haue made theÌ„ golden goddes Either forgeue theim this offeÌ„ce or els wype me oute of this boke which thou hast wryteÌ„ AmÌ„ ¶ For the siÌ„ne of the people what time they murmured a prayer of Moses Nume 14. THe Lord is longe er he be angry and is full of mercy sufferyng synne and trespasse and leauing no manne innocente whiche visitest the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren euen vpon the third fourth generacion Be merciful I besech the therfore vnto the sinne of this thy people according vnto thy greate mercye according as thou hast forgeuen this people comming from Egipte euen vnto this place ¶ An other of Moses and AaroÌ„ for the people Nume 16. O Moste myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe one maÌ„ne hath synned wylte thou bee wroth with all the multitude ¶ For the stubbernes of the people the true preacher on this wyse as Moses dyd maie make his prayer vnto God Deute 9. O Lord God destroy not the people and thine inheritauÌ„ce whiche thou hast deliuered through thy greatnes and which thou hast brought out of the Egypte of this worlde RemeÌ„bre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob and loke not vnto the stubbernes of this people neither consyder yet theyr wickednes and greuous offence for it is thyne owne people thyne enheritaunce whiche thou hast chalenged for thine owne in thy great might in thy stretched out arme AmÌ„ ¶ The prayer of Salomon in the dedicacion of the temple of Hierusalem 3. Kyng 8. BLessed be the Lorde God of Israell which hath fulfilled with his hande that he spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father Lord God of Israel there is no God lyke that in heauen aboue or in the earth beneth that kepest appointment mercy with thy seruauntes that walke before thee with al their hertes which also hast kept couenaunte with thy serâ—aunt Dauyd my father that thou promisedest hym Now then O Lorde God of Israell let thy worde bee stable whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunte Dauid my father But in dede can God dwel on the earth Beholde neyther heauen nor heauen aboue all the heauens are able to conteyn thee howe muche lesse then this house that I haue buylte but looke to the prayer of thy seruaunte his supplicacion O Lorde my God geue an eare vnto the voice and praier which thy seruaunt praieth afore the this daie And wheÌ„ thy people shal haue synned agaynste the for there is no man that synneth not thou shalte bee angrye with theim yet yf they tourne agayn with all theyr heart and dooe repente in theyr hearte makyng theyr prayer vnto thee saiyng we haue sinned we haue dealte vniustely we haue dooen wyckedly and so retourne again vnto the with all theyr hert and all their soule make supplicacyon vnto the then thou shalte heare from Heauen euen from the firmament of thy seate theyr prayers and peticions and shalt bee mercyfull vnto the synnes of thy people whiche haue offended the and shalte shewe theim iustyce and mercie for they bee thy people and thine enherytaunce whiche thou broughtest out of Egypte from the fournesse of yern and lette thyne eyes bee opened to the prayer of thy seruaunt and vnto the praier of thy people Israel to herken vnto theim in all that they call vnto thee for Amen ¶ A prayer of Esdras for the synnes of the people 1. Esd 9. MI God I am ashamed and dare not lift vp mine eyes vnto the my God for our wyckednesse is growen ouer oure head and oure trespaces are waxen great vnto the Heauen euen from the tyme of our fathers yea and oureselues also haue greuouslye synned vnto this daie and because of oure wyckednesse haue we and both oure kynges and our preestes bee delyuered into the hande of the Kynges of the nacions into the sweard into captiuitie into spoile and into confusion of face as it is come to passe this daie But nowe is there a lytle and so dayne graciousnesse come frome the Lorde oure God so that some of vs are escaped that he maye geue vs a nayle in his holie place that oure God may lyghte oure eyes and geue vs a lytle lyfe in our bondage For we are bond menne and our God hathe not forsaken vs in oure bondage but hathe inclined mercy vnto vs in the syghte of the kynges of the Persyans that he shoulde geue vs lyfe and promote the house of oure God and to set vp the desolacion therof and to geue vs an hedge in Iuda and Ierusalem And nowe o oure God what shal we saye after this for we haue forsaken thy coÌ„maundementes whiche thou haste coÌ„maunded by thy seruauntes prophetes and sayde The lande wherunto ye goo to possesse it is an vncleane lande throughe the fylthynesse of the people of the landes in theyr abhominacions wherewith they haue made it full of vncleannes on euery syde Therfore shall ye not geue your doughters vnto theyr sonnes and theyr doughters shall ye not take vnto youre sonnes and seke not theyr peace welthe for euer that ye maye bee stronge and enioye the good in the lande and that ye and youre chyldren maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore And after all this that is come vpon vs because of our moste naughtie dedes and oure greate trespace thou oure God haste spared oure wickednesse haste geuen vs a delyueraunce as it is come to passe this daye to the intente we should not tourne backe and lette gooe thy coÌ„maundementes neither be ioined in matrimony with the people of these abhominacyons wilte thou then bee wroth at vs tyl we bee vtterlye consumed so that nothing remain and tyll there bee no delyueraunce O Lorde of Israel thou arte ryghteous for wee remayne yet escaped as it is this daie Beholde in thy presence are wee in oure trespace for hereupon is there no standyng before the. ¶ The praier of Nehemias for the sinnes of the people before the Lorde Nehem. 1. O Lorde God of Heauen thou greate and terrible God thou that kepest couenaunt and mercye with theim that loue thee and obserue thy coÌ„maundementes let thyne eares harken and thyne eyes bee open that thou mayest heare the prayer of thy seruaunte whiche I praye nowe before thee day and nyghte for the children of Israel thy
seruauntes and knowlage the synnes of the chyldren of Israel whiche we haue coÌ„mitted against the. And I and my fathers haue synned also we haue been corrupt vnto thee in that wee haue not kepte thy coÌ„maundementes statutes and lawes whiche thou coÌ„maundest thy seruaunte Moses And they are thy seruauntes and thy people whom thou hast deliuered through thy great power and mightye hande I beseche the Lorde let thyne eares bowe doune to the prayer of thy seruaunt and the prayer of thy seruauntes whose desyre is to feare thy name Amen ¶ A confessyon and solemne prayer of the Leuites and of the churche for synnes with a rehersall of the benefites of God 2. Esd 9. LOrde thou alone haste made Heauen and the Heauen of all heaueÌ„s with all theyr hoost the earth and all that is therupon the sea and all that is conteyned therin thou geuest lyfe vnto all and the hoost of Heauen bowe theimselues vnto the. Thou arte the Lorde God that haste chosen Abram broughtest hym oute of Vr in chaldea and calledst hym Abraham and foundest his heart faithfull before thee madest a couenaunte with hym to geue vnto hym and his sede the lande of the Cananites Hethytes Amorites Pheresites Iebusytes and Gergesites Thou haste made good thy wordes for thou arte ryghteous and haste consydered the myserye of oure fathers in Egypte and hearde theyr complaynte by the red sea and shewedst tokens and wonders vpon Pharao and on all his seruauntes on all the people of his lande For thou knowest that they were presumptuous and cruel against theim so madest thou the a name as it is this daye And the red sea didest thou deuide before theim so that they went thorowe the middes of the sea drye shodde As touching theyr persecuters thou threwest theim into the depe as a stone in the myghtye waters and leddest thy people on the daye tyme in a clowdye pyller on the nyght season in a pyller of fyre to shewe theim lyght in the waye that they wente Thou camest downe also vpon mounte Sinai and spakest vnto theim from heauen and gauest theim ryght iudgementes true lawes good coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and statutes declaredst vnto theim thy holye Sabboth and coÌ„maundedst theim preceptes ordynaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunte gauest theim bread from heaueÌ„ when they were huÌ„gry broughtest forth water for them out of the rocke when thei were thyrstie and promisedst theim that thei shuld gooe in and take possessyon of the land ouer whiche thou haddest lyfte vp thyne hande for to geue theim But they and oure fathers were proude hardnecked so that they folowed not thy coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and dyd not remâ—mbre the wonders that thou dyddest for theim but became obstinat and heddy insomuch that they tourned backe to theyr bondage in theyr disobedience But thou my God forgauest and walle gracious mercyfull pacient and of greate goodnes forsokest theim not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde this is thy god that brought the oute of the lande of Egypte and dyd great blasphemies yet forsokest thou theim not in the wyldernesse according to thy greate mercye And the cloudy piller departed not from theim on the daye tyme to leade theim the waye neyther the pyller of fyre in the nyght season to shewe theim lyghte in the waie that they went And thou gauest theim thy good spyryte to enfourme theim and with helpest not thy Manna from theyr mouthe gauest theim water when they were thursty Fourtie yeres longe madest thou prouision for theim in the wyldernesse so that they lacked nothynge theyr clothes wared not olde and theyr fete swelled not and thou gauest theim kyngdomes and nacyons and thou diuydest theim accordynge to theyr porcyons so that they possessed the lande of Sehon kyng of Esebon and the land of Og the kyng of Basan And theyr chyldren multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theim into the lande whereof thou haddest spoken vnto theyr fathers that they shoulde gooe into it and haue it in possessyon And the chyldrenne wente in and possessed the lande and thou subduedst before theim the inhabytauntes of the lande euen the Cananytes and gauest theim into theyr hande and theyr kynges and the people of the lande that they myght dooe with theim what they wold So they wanne theyr stronge cities and the fatte lande and tooke possessyon of houses that were full of all maner of gooddes weiles dygged oute vyneyardes oylegardens and many fructfull trees and they dyd eate and wer fylled and became fatte and lyued in welth thorough thy greate goodnesse neuerthelesse they were disobedyente and rebelled against thee and did cast thy lawe behynde theyr backes and slewe thy prophetes whiche exhorted theim so earnestlye that they shoulde conuerte vnto the and dyd great blasphemies therfore thou gauest theim ouer into the hande of theyr enemyes that vexed theim And in the tyme of their trouble they cried vnto thee and thou heardest theim from heaueÌ„ and through thy great mercy thou gauest theim sauyours whiche helped theim out of the hand of theyr enemies But when they came to rest they tourned backe agayde to doo euyll before the. Therfore leftest thou theim in the hande of theyr enemyes so that they had the dominion ouer theim So they conuerted and cryed vnto thee and thou herdest thâ—im from heauen and many tymes haste thou delyuered theim according to thy greate mercy testytiedst vnto theim that they should turne agayne vnto thy lawe Notwithstandyng thei were proude herkened not vnto thy coÌ„maundementes but synned in thy lawes which a man should doo and liue in theim and turned the shulder a waye and were styfnecked and woulde not heare And many yeres dyddest thou forbeare theim and testifiedst vnto theim through thy spyrite euen by the office of the Prophetes and yet woulde they not heare Therfore gauest thou theim into the hande of the nacyons in the landes But for thy great mercies sake thou hast not vtterly consumed theim neither forsakeÌ„ theim for thou art a gracyous and a merciful God Now our God thou greate God mightye and terrible thou that kepest couenaunte and mercye regarde not a litle all the trauaile that hath happened vnto vs and our kinges princes preestes prophetes fathers and all thy people sythens the tyme of the Kynges of Assur vnto this daye Thou art ryghteouse in all that thou haste brought vpon vs for thou haste dooen righte And we on our behalfe haue been vngodly our kinges princes preestes and fathers haue not doone after thy lawe nor regarded thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and thy earnest exhortacions wherewith thou hacte exhorted theim haue not serued thee in theyr kyngdome and in thy greate goodnes that thou gauest them and in the large and plenteous laÌ„de whiche thou gauest them thei haue not conuerted froÌ„ their wicked woorkes Beholde therfore are we in bondage this daie yea euen in the lande that thou gauest vnto our fathers to enioy the fructes
WE haue synned agaynst thee for we haue forsakeÌ„ our owne God and haue serued Baalim Lorde wee haue synned doo thou vnto vs what soeuer please thee and delyuer vs onlye at this tyme. Amen ¶ The prayer of Samson vnto God that he mighte reuenge hym agaynste the Hhilistines Iudic. 16. MI Lorde almighty thinke vpon me and strengthen me at this tyme oneâ—y O God that I may bee auenged of my enemyes and for the losse of my two eyes that I maye reuenge me ones Amen ¶ In warres againste Turkes and inuadours the prayer of kyng Asa 2. Paral. 14. LOrde it is all one with thee to helpe theim that haue no power with few or with many Helpe vs O Lord our God for wee trust to thee in thy name be come agaynst this multitude Thou art the Lorde our God let no man preuail agaynst thee AmeÌ„ ¶ An other of kyng Iosaphat 2. Paral. 22. LOrde God of oure fathers arte not thou God in heauen raygnest not thou on all the kyngdomes of the heathen And in thyne hande is power and myght that no man can stande before thee Art not thou oure God which dydest cast out that enhabitauntes of this lande before thy people Israel and gauest it to the sede of Abraham thy louer for euer and they dwelt therin haue buylt the a temple therin vnto thy name saied when euyl coÌ„meth vpon vs as the sweard of iudgement pestilence or honger then yf wee stand before this house and before thee for thy name is in this housâ— and shal cry vnto thee in our tribulacion thou shalt heare helpe See therfore howe proudely oure aduersaries nowe assaulte vs. O our God wylt thou not iudge theÌ„ for wee haue no might agaynst this company that coÌ„meth agaynst vs neyther wote wee what to doo but our eyes bee vnto thee ¶ The praier of Nehemias what time the heathen defyed hym Nehem. 4. HEare O thou oure God howe wee are despised tourne theyr shame vpon theyr owne head that thou mayst geue theim ouer vnto despisyng in the lande of captiuitie Couer not theyr wyckednesse put not their synne from thy presence for they haue laughed to scoÌ„rne the buylders ¶ If God send thee trouble either for a punishment of thy synnes or to proue thy pacience therwith Praye thus Tobia 3. O Lorde thou arte ryghteous and all thy iudgementes are trewe yea all thy wayes are mercy faythfulnes iudgement And nowe O Lorde bee myndfull of me and take no vengeaunce of my synnes neither remember my mysdedes neither the mysdedes of my elders for we haue not been obedyent vnto thy coÌ„maundementes therfore are wee spoiled brought into captiuitie into deathe into derision and shame vnto all nacions amonge whome thou haste scatered vs. And nowe O Lorde thy iudgementes are great for we haue not done according to thy coÌ„maundementes neither haue wee walked innocentlye before thee And now O Lorde deale with me accordyng to thy wyll and commaunde my spirite to bee receiued in peace for more expedyent were it for me to dye then to lyue ¶ The prayer of Manasses kyng of Iuda when he was in pryson for remission of synnes and for Goddes fauoure and delyueraunce 2. Paral. 36 O Lorde almyghtye God of oure fathers Abraham Isaac Iacob and of the ryghteouse sede of theim whiche haste made heauen earthe with all the ornamente therof whiche haste ordeyned the sea by the worde of thy coÌ„maundement whiche hast shut vp the depe and hast sealed it for thy fearfull and laudable name dread of all men and honorable before the face of thy vertue the fearce anger of thy thretenyng is importunate heuy to synners But the mercy of thy promesse is greate and vnsercheable for thou arte the Lord God moste hygh aboue all the earthe longe sufferyng and exceadyng mercyfull and repentaunt for the malice of menne Thou Lorde after thy goodnes hast promysed repentaunce of the remission of synnes and thou that art the God of the ryghteouse haste not put repentaunce to the ryghteous Abraham Isaac and Iacob vnto theim that haue not synned against thee but because I haue synned aboue the nombre of the sandes of the sea that myne iniquities are multiplied I am humblied with many bandes of yern And there is in me no breathynge I haue prouoked thine anger haue dooen euell before thee in coÌ„mittynge abhominacions multiplyeng offences nowe I bowe the knees of my heart requiring goodnes of the Lord. I haue synned Lorde I haue synned and know mine iniquitie I desyre thee by prayer O Lorde forgeue me destry me not with mine iniquities neither dooe thou alwayes remembre my euels to punyshe theim but saue me whiche am vnworthy after thy great mercy and I wyl prayse thee euerlastingly all the dayes of my lyfe for all the vertue of heauen prayseth thee and vnto thee belongeth glorie worlde withoute ende Amen ¶ The prayer of Iudith for the delyueraunce of her countrey from the tyrauÌ„t Iudith 9. O Lorde God of my father Simeon which gauest hym a sweard for a defence agaynste the enemyes that vsed violence wylfulnes and that rauyshed thy virgin and put her to dishonestye Thou that gauest their wiues into a pray theyr doughters into captiuitie and all theyr pray for a spoyl vnto thy seruauÌ„tes which bare a zele vnto thee helpe me a poore wydowe O Lord my God I beseche thee for thou hast dooen all thinges euen from the begynnyng And looke what thou hast taken in hande and deuised it euermore came to passe for all thy wayes are prepared thy iudgementes are dooen in thy euerlastyng foreknowlage O looke nowe vpon the armyes of the Assirians lyke as it was thy pleasure sometime to looke vpon the hoost of the Egiptians when they beyng weaponed persecuted thy seruauntes and put theyr truste in their charets horsemenne and in the multitude of theyr menne of warre But thou lokedst vpon their hoost castyng a thycke darckenesse before theim and when they came into the depe the waters ouerwhelmed theim Euen so Lorde let it goo with theise that trust in the power and multitude of theyr menne of warre in theyr charettes arowes and speares and knowe not that thou onely arte oure God which destroyest warres from the begynning and that thou arte the Lorde O lyfte vp thyne arme nowe lyke as euer froÌ„ the begynning in thy power bryng theyr power to noughte cause theyr myghte to fall in thy wrathe They make theyr boaste that they wyll defyle and vnhalowe thy Sanctuarie waste the tabernacle of thy name and caste downe the horne of thyne altare with theyr swearde Brynge to passe O Lorde that the pryde of the enemy may be cut doune with his owne swerd that he may bee taken with the snare of his eyes in me and that thou maist smyte hym with the lyppes of my loue O geue me a stedfaste mynde that I may despyse hym and his strengthe that I may
might melt a waie at thy precēs like as an hote fyre and that the malicious might boyle as the water dooth vpon the fyre wherby thy name might bee knowen emonges thyne enimies and that the Gentiles might tremble before thee That thou mightest come doune with thy wounderous straūg woorkes then should thilles melte at thy precens for sithēs the begynnyng of the worlde was none excepte thou O God that hearde or perceiued neither hath any iye sene what thou dooest for theim that put their truste in thee Thou helpest hym that dooeth right with cherefulnes and theim that thinke vpon thy waies But lo thou art angrie for wee offende and haue been euer in synne there is not one hole we are all as an vncleane thyng and all oure righteousnesses are as clothes stayned with the floures of a woman wee fall euerychone as the leafe for our synnes tary vs a waye as the wynde There is no māne that calleth vpon thy name that standeth vp to take holde by thee Therefore hydest thou thy face from vs and cōsumeste vs because of oure synnes But now O Lorde thou that are our father wee are the claie and thou art our potter and wee are all the worke of thyne hande Bee not to sore displeased O Lorde and kepe not our offences to long in thy remembraunce but consydre that wee all are thy people The citees of the sanctuarye lye waste Syon is a wyldernes and Hierusalem a deserte Oure holye house whiche is our beutie where our fathers praysed thee is brente vp yea all oure commodities and pleasures are wasted awaye wilte thou not bee entreated LORDE for all this Wylte thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore ¶ An other prayer of Hieremye Hieremie 7. HEale me O Lorde and I shall bee hole saue me and I shall bee saued for thou arte my prayse Bee not thou terreble vnto me O Lorde for thou art he in whō I hope when I am in parell lette my persecutors bee confounded but not me let theim bee afraied and not me Thou shalte bryng vpon theim the tyme of their plage and shall destroy theim right sore Amen ¶ An other prayer of Hieremie Hieremie 31. O LORDE thou hast chastised me thy chastenyng haue I receiued as an vntamed calf Conuerte thou me and I shall bee cōuerted for thou art my Lorde GOD for as sone as thou tournedst me I repented myself And when I vnderstode I smote vpon my thigh I confessed and was ashamed because I suffered reproche of my youthe ¶ A prayre of Hieremie vnder the person of Christe whiche euery Christen maie saie in tyme of aduersite Lamenta 5 THou hast hearde my voyce O Lorde and hast not turned awaie thyne eares frō my syngyng and criyng Thou hast approched vnto me when I called vpon thee and hast saied feare not Thou O Lord haste mainteyned the quarell of my soule and hast redemed my life O Lorde thou hast sene my blasphemers take thou my quarel vpō thee Thou hast well considered how thei goo aboute to dooe me harme and that all their coūsailes are against me Thou hast hearde their despitefull woordes O Lorde yea and all their imaginacions against me the lippes of myne enemies and other deuices that thei take agaynste me all the daie long Thou seest also their sittyng doune and their risyng vp thei make their songes of nothyng but of me Rewarde theim O Lorde accordyng to the woorkes of their handes Geue theim the thyng that their owne hearte is afraied of euen the curse Persecute theim O Lorde with thyne indignacion and rote theim out from vnder the heauen AMEN ¶ A prayer of Hieremie in the daie of trouble and in the destruccion of Hierusalem Lament 5. CAll to remembraunce O Lorde what wee haue suffered cōsider and see our confusion Oure enheritaunce is turned to the straungers and our houses to forenners wee are become carefull and fatherlesse and our mothers are as the widowes Our necke is vnder persecuciō wee are werie and haue no rest Oure fathers whiche now are gone haue synned and wee must bear their wyckednes Seruauntes haue the rule of vs and no māne deliuereth vs out of their handes The wiues are rauished in Syon and the maidens in the citees of Iuda The princes are hanged vp with the hande of enemies thei haue not spared the olde sage menne Thei haue committed abhominable lecherie with young menne and the bodies are hanged vp vpō trees The elders sit no more to determine right and equitie and the young mēne vse no more plaiyng of musyke The ioy of our heart is gone our merie quere is turned to mournyng The garlāde of our hedde is fallen alas that euer wee synned so sore Therefore oure hearte is full of heuinesse and oure iyes dymme because the hill Syon is destroyed so that now the foxes rūne vpon it But thou O LORDE that remainest for euer more and thy seate worlde without ende Wherefore wilte thou still for gette vs and forsake vs so long O Lorde turne thou vs vnto thee and so shall wee bee turned Renue our heartes as in olde tymes naye thou hast banished vs vtterly thou arte sore displeased with vs. ¶ The prayer of Susanna when she was in daunger to bee rauished of the twoo elders Daniell 13. SVsanna sighed and saied Alas I am in distresse on euery syde if I dooe this thyng it will bee my death and if I dooe it not I cannot eskape your handes well it is better for me to fall into youre handes withoute the deede dooyng then to synne in the sight of the Lorde ¶ An other prayer that she made whiche should haue been led to deathe Daniell 15 O Euerlastyng God thou sercher of secretes thou that knowest all thynges before thei come to passe thou woteste that thei haue borne false witnesse against me and beholde I must die where as I neuer did any suche thynges as these mēne haue maliciously inuēted against me ¶ The prayer of Ionas when he was as yet in the fisshes bely IN my trouble called I vnto the Lorde and he hearde me out of the belye of hell I cried and thou heardeste my voyce Thou hast caste me doune into the depe euen vnto the middes of the sea and the floude compassed me aboute yea all the waues and streames of water went ouer me I thoughte I had been a caste awaie out of thy sight but I will yet again looke towarde thy holy temple The waters compassed me euen to the very soule the depe laie aboute me and the surges couered my hedde I wente doune to the bottome of the hilles was barred in with earthe for euer but thou O Lord my God hast brought vp my life againe out of corrupcion When my soule fainted within me I thoughte vpon the Lorde and my prayer came vnto thee euen vnto thy holy temple Thei that holde of vain vanites will forsake his mercie But I will dooe sacrifice vnto thee with the voyce of
handes of all that hate vs. To fulfill the mercie promised to our fathers and to remembre his holye couenaunte And to performe the othe whiche he sware to oure father Abraham to geue vs that wee delyuered out of the handes of our enemies mighte serue hym without feare all the daies of our life in suche holynes and righteousnes as is accepte before hym And thou childe shalt bee called the prophete of the highest and thou shalte goo before the face of the Lorde to prepare his waies And to geue knowelage of saluacion vnto his people for the forgeuenes of synnes Throughe the tendre mercie of our God wherby the daye spryngeth from an highe hath visited vs. To geue light to theim that satte in darkenesse and in shadowe of death and to guyde oure fete into the waye of peace ¶ The prayses of the angelles at the birth of Christe Luke 2. GLORI vnto God on highe and peace on the earthe vnto menne reioysyng ¶ Gyuyng of thankes of Symeon Luke 1. LORDE now letteste thou thy seruaunt departe in peace acordyng to thy promise for myne iyes haue sene the sauiour sent from thee whiche thou hast prepared before the race of all people A lighte to lighten the Gentyles and the glorie of thy people Israell ¶ Thankes of Paull for his conuersion vnto Christe 1. Timothi 1. VNto GOD kyng euerlastyng immortall inuisible and wyse onely but honoure and prayse for euer and euer Amen ¶ A song of the triumphers ouer the beaste Apoca. 15. GReate and meruelouse are thy woorkes Lorde God almightie iust and true are thy waies kyng of sainctes Who shall not fear O Lorde and glorifie thy name For thou onely art holy and all Gentiles shall come and worshippe before thee for thy iudgemeÌ„tes are made manifest ¶ A blessyng of the people by kyng Salomon 3. Kynges 8. BLessed bee the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israell accordyng to all that he promised so that there is not one worde escaped of all the good promises whiche he promised by the hande of Moses his seruaunt And the Lorde oure God bee with vs as he was with our fathers and forsake vs not neyther leue vs but he may bowe our heartes vnto hym to walke in al his waies to kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and customes whiche he coÌ„maunded our fathers And these my woordes whiche I haue prayed before the Lorde bee nighe vnto the Lorde our God daie and nighte that he defende the quarell of his seruaunt and of his people Israell euermore that all nacions of the earth maie knowe that the Lorde he is God and none other but he and I praye God that youre heartes maie bee founde with the Lorde oure God to walke in his ordinaunces and to kepe his lawes as wee dooe this daie ¶ The blessyng and prayses of saincte Ambrose and Augustyne Te Deum laudamus WE prayse thee Oh Lorde wee knowelage thee to bee the Lorde All the earth mought worship thee whiche art the father euerlastyng To thee crieth forth all angelles the heauens and all the powers therin To thee thus crieth Cherubin and Seraphin continually holy art thou holy art thou holy art thou Thou art the Lorde God of hoostes Heauen and earthe are fulfilled with the glory of thy maiesti The glorious compaigne of the Apostles praise thee The goodly feloshippe of the propheies praise thee The fayre feloâ—shippe of Matters prayse thee The holy congregacion of the faithefull throughout all the world magnifie thee Thei knowlage thy honorable and verie onelye soonne The knowelage the holye ghoste to bee a conforter Thou arte the kyng of glorie O Christe Thou arte the euerlastyng soonne of the father Thou wheÌ„ thou shouldest take vpon thee oure nature to delyuer manne diddest not abhorre the virgins wombe wheÌ„ thou haddest ouer come the sharpenes of deathe thou openeddest the kyngdome of heauens to theim that beleued in thee Thou sittest on the righte hande of God in the glorie of the father Wee beleue thou shalt come to bee our iudge wherefore wee praye thee help thy seruauntes whoÌ„ thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud Make theÌ„ to bee noÌ„bred with thy saintes in ioy euerlasting O Lord saue thy people blesse thine heritage Gouerne and also lift theim vp into blesse euerlastyng wee praise thee euery daie and wee worshippe thy name euer worlde without ende O Lorde lette it bee thy pleasure to kepe vs this daie without synne O Lorde haue mercie vpon vs eueÌ„ as mee trust in thee In thee O lorde dooe I trust let me not bee confounded for euer Amen ⧠PRAIERS FOR SVCcours and reliefes of life for wysedome for humylitie and for other naturall giftes ¶ The request of Iacob for sustentacioÌ„ and reliefe of this present life Genesis 28. IF THE LORDE will bee with me and will kepe me in the waie that I shall walke in will geue me breade to eate and clothe to weare and that I maie returne again vnto my fathers house in sauerie theÌ„ shall the Lorde bee my God and this stone whiche I haue sette vp an ende shal bee godes house and of all that thou shalte geue me will I geue the tenth vnto thee ¶ Thus prayed Anna vnto the Lorde that she might obtein a childe 1. Kynges 1. LORDE of hoostes if thou wilt looke on the wretchednes of thyne handmaide and shalt remembre me and not forgette thyne handmaide and shall geue thyne haÌ„d maide a maÌ„ne childe I will geue him vnto the Lorde all the daies of his life ¶ The prayer of Salomon for wysedome well to gouerne his people daiely to bee prayed of all princes other rulers 3. Kynges 3. THou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father great mercy acording as he walked before thee in trouth in righteousnes and in playnesse of hearte with thee And thou haste kepte for hym this greate mercie that thou haste geuen hym a soonne to sit on his seate And now Lorde my God it is thou that haste made thy seruaunte kyng in the rouâ—e of Dauid my father and I am a young lad and wote not how to ordre myself And thy seruaunte is in the middest of thy people whiche thou hast chosen a people that are so many that thei cannot bee nombred for multitude geue therefore thy seruaunte an vnderstandyng hearte to iudge thy people to deserue betwne good and bad for who is able to iudge this thyne so greate a people ¶ A prayer of Salomon for a competency of life Prouerbes 30. TWo thynges I require of thee that thou wilt not denie me before I die Remoue froÌ„ me vnnitie and lies geue me nether pouertie nor riche onely graunt me a necessarye liuyng least if I bee to full I mought happely denie thee and saie what feloe is the Lorde or constrayned through pouertie I mought fall vnto stealyng forsweare the name of my God Amen ¶ A prayer for obteinyng of Wisedome Sapiense 9. GOD of my fathers and Lorde of mercies