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B11418 The complaint or dialogue, betvvixt the soule and the bodie of a damned man Each laying the fault vpon the other. Supposed to be written by S. Bernard from a nightly vision of his, and now published out of an ancient manuscript copie. By William Crashaw.; Noctis sub silentio tempore brumali. English and Latin. Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153, attributed name.; Fulbert, Saint, Bishop of Chartres, ca. 960-1028, attributed name.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626. Manuale Catholicorum. aut 1622 (1622) STC 1909.3; ESTC S105114 31,120 195

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me bless● me saue me preserue and keepe me for thy deare mercy sake Amen Or thus further with Dauid thou maist pray I Will lay mee downe and rest in peace in thy mercy for it is thou Lord onely that makest me dwell in safety Euening Prayer to be said either before or after thy going into bed O Eternall God and omnipotent Father which art the Lord of heauen and earth of Angels and men principalities and powers light and darknesse day and night in whose hands i● contained that ouerflow o● goodnesse that filleth al● the empty and indigent creatures in the world who ordainest times and seasons successions and descents old age and childhood a beginning and an ending a rest and labour a perpetuall motion and change ouer all things in the world the liuely witnesse whereof is this day which not many houres since broke out of darknesse and cleared the world with her light and the Sunne arose as a Bridegrome out of his Chamber and reioycing as a Gyant to runne his course whose beames are now steeped in darknesse the true resemblance of all earthly glory and transitorie pleasures and delights which haue their increase their height and sudden decrease againe being no continuance in any thing vnder the Sunne and by this motion and change the time is now come that thou hast appointed for rest which O Lord so giue vnto vs wee pray thee that thereby we may bee inabled to walke more carefully in those duties and callings thou hast appointed vs. And further we beseech thee that as the night darkneth and shadoweth al things that they are vnseene so for thy deare Christs sake thou wilt hide all our sinnes from thy sight that they neuer be brought to iudgement with vs euer so remembring vs that we neuer forget that fearfull and finall account that must bee rendered vnto thee at the day of thy appearing that as our bodies hauing the rest of sleepe this night so our mindes through thy mercy in Iesus Christ may inioy the rest of a quiet conscience for euer and to that end let thy mercy and prouidence so watch ouer vs that as our actions in the day so our thoughts nor our imaginations neither watching nor sleeping this night may be such as may displease thee but that all may tend to the good of our soules and bodies and the honour and glory of thy great name and that for Christ Iesus sake Amen In whose most blessed name we conclude this our imperfect Prayer in that absolute forme of Prayer that thy blessed Son hath taught vs to honour thee saying Our Father c. A godly Prayer to bee said at all times O Lord my God what may I render vnto thee as an acceptable sacrifice for all the benefits thou hast bestowed vpon mee for my Election Redemption Sanctification and Preseruation from my youth vnto this present day and houre that thou hast indued mee with health strength knowledge continency when so many more worthy then I in mine owne eyes are denied of these thy good fauours for all which I can giue no reason for but thy good pleasure and if thou shouldest take all backe againe I haue nothing to say but that thou art iust yet O Lord to these many I entreate thee adde this more that I may keepe a heart that may truly acknowledge them and a tongue that may thankfully praise thee for them all the dayes of my life and to that end I beseech thee protect mee from all euill that may hurt mee from all sinne that may offend thee be thou assistant to all my good in deuors purposes intentions and let thy good Spirit so rule my heart that all that I shall doe thinke or speake may be to thy glory and the good of all men giue me O Lord a charitable heart to relieue thee in thy members a compassionate heart to make other mens infirmities mine owne a beleeuing heart that thy promises are yea and Amen And so blinde me not O Lord with the carnall man that though I beleeue thou wilt one day raise my body from the bed of darknesse when thou shalt say to the sea Giue and to the earth Restore my sons and daughters when no creature shall bee able to keepe backe one bone that it hath receiued that I should despaire in thee for a crust of bread in temporall maintenance and endeuour Bee neere O Lord vnto all such as faithfully call vpon thy name comfort all such as be sicke or comfortlesse and by daily and hourely presidents of death and mortalitie before mine eyes teach mee to bee mindfull of mine owne end and to make my preparation by faith and repentance thereafter that whether I liue or die I may rest with thee in thy eternall glory through Iesus Christ my onely Sauiour and Redeemer Amen Agurs prayer for content O Lord giue mee neither ●●●erty nor riches feed me with food conuenient lest I be too full and deny thee and say who is the Lord or lest I be poore and steale and so take the name of my God in vaine and if I aske any thing which is euill deny my ignorance if I aske any thing which is good remember thy promise S. Augustines Prayer Miserere mei Domine indigna facientis digna patientis English BE mercifull vnto me O God doing vnworthily vnto thee and yet receiuing that from thee that more worthy then I are denied at thy hands O Lord continue this mercy and let not my ilnesse weary out thy goodnesse for thy tender patient mercies sake Amen A Thanksgiuing vnto God the Father LEt all true Christians say and acknowledge with one heart and mouth say also with them O my soule say in this mortall body without this mortall body Glory honour and praise bee vnto thee most mercifull God throughout all ages and generations of the world which hast not spared thine onelie Sonne but offered him vp a bleeding sacrifice for the sins of thy people giuen him to death euen to the death of the Crosse for most wretched mankinde to that end that through him we might bee saued and deliuered from destruction and brought into the liberty of euerlasting life grant vnto vs by thy Spirit that we may perfect and continue in this thy grace and fauour for euer and euer Amen Another short eiaculatory praier English and Latine ODeus omnium miserationum Pater te praecor vt abissus misericordiae tuae absorbeat abissum peccatorū meorum O Father of goodnesse and mercy I humbly intreat thee that the depth of thy mercy may swallow vp the depth of my sinnes Martin Luthers Prayer COnfirme in vs O God that which thou hast wrought and finish the worke thou hast begun in vs to the glory of thy name and the sauing of our soules at the dreadfull day of thy visitation for thy deare mercies sake Amen A few short remembrances or most materiall rules of good life for the practice of euery true Christian here