al suche as haue erred and gone astray comfortest the sowles of them that hunger and thyrst after ryghteousnesse and plenteously enrychest those with diuerse gyftes which aske them in Iesus Chrystes name purifie our hartes we besech thee inflame them with the fyre of thy loue arme vs against the crafty assaultes of subtyl sathan agaynst the vayne plcsures of the wicked world agaynst the sinfull lustes of fylthy fleshe the we beynge endued with grace from aboue by thy holy inspiration may walke forwardes in newenesse of lyfe in true holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Fyl our hartes with newe afctes and spirituall motions renewe vs both in body and sowle that we may dye vnto olde Adam lyue vnto righteousenes through a liuely faythe whiche worketh by Charitie whiche synguler gyfte of faythe graunt vnto vs that we truely beleuing in thee O eternal God the father the sonne and the holy ghost and fully perswaded of the truthe of thy holy word may be made thy sonnes and inheritours of the euerlastynge ioyes whiche as they are great and vnspeakeable so are there fewe that do inioy thē For straite is the way narrowe is the gate that leadeth therunto fewe there be that fynde it Notwithstandinge O god thou hast a lyttell flocke to whō it is thy pleasure to geue that ioyful kingdome whose names are wrytten in the boke of lyfe Make vs therfore of that nombre for Iesus Christes sake place vs amongest those thy shepe whiche shall stande on thy ryght hande to receiue that blessed inherytance and dwell with thee for euermore An other prayer REmēbre not O lorde god our olde iniquites but let thy mercy spedely preuent vs for we be very myserable help vs god our sauiour and for the glory of thy name deliuer vs be merciful forgeue our synnes Let not the wicked people saye where is their god we be thy people the shepe of thy passture we shal geue thākes vnto thee for euer frō age to age we shal set forth thy lawde and praise to thee be honour and glory world without ende Amen 2. Peter 3. The day of the Lord will come as a theefe in the night in the which day the heauens shall peryshe with terrible noise and the Elementes shall melt with heate and the earth with the worckes that are therin shal burne vp Seinge therfore that all these things shall perish what maner persons oughte ye to be in holy conuersacion and godlines loking for and hastening vnto the day of God ¶ The Letany and suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercye vppon vs myserable sinners O God the father c. O god the Son redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs myserable sinners O God the sonne redemer c. O God the holy ghoste procedinge from the father and the sonne haue mercye vpon vs myserable sinners O God the holy ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one god haue mercye vpon vs miserable sinners O holye blessed and glorious c. Remember not Lorde oure offences nor the offences of oure forefathers neyther take thou vengeaunce of oure synnes Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed wyth thy most precious bludde and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good lorde From all euyl and mischiefe from syn from the craftes assaultes of the deuil from thy wrathe and from euerlastynge dampnation Good lorde deliuer vs. From all blindnes of hart from pryde vayne glorye and hipocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and al vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From Fornication and al other deadly synne and from al the deceyptes of the world the fleshe and the deuyl Good Lorde deliuer vs. From lightnynge and tempeste from plague pestilence and famine from battel and murder and from sodain death Good Lorde deliuer vs. From al sedicion and priuie conspiracy from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of harte and contempte of thy worde and commaundement Good Lorde deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy natiuitie and circumsition by thy baptisme fasting and temptaciō Good Lorde deliuer By thyne agony and blouddy sweat by thy Crosse and Passion by thy precious death and burial by thy glorious resurrection and ascention and by the commyng of the holy ghost Good Lorde deliuer vs. In al time of our tribulation in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good Lorde deliuer vs. We synners do beseche thee to heare vs O Lorde God that it may please the to rule and gouerne thy holy churche vniuersally in the right waye We beseche thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshippinge of thee in ryghteousnes and bolines of life thy seruaunt Elizabeth our most gracyous Queene and gouernour We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please the to rule her hart in thy faythe feare and loue and that she may euermore haue affiaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glorye We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to be her defender and keper geuing her the victory ouer all her enemies We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to illuminate all Byshoppes Pastours and ministers of the church with trew knowledge and vnderstandyng of thy woorde and that both by theyr preachynge and lyuinge they maye set it foorth and shewe it accordynglye We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to endue the lordes of the counsell and all the nobilitye with grace wisedome and vnderstandynge We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to blesse kepe the Magistrates geuyng them grace to execute iustice and to mainteine truth We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to geue vs an harte to loue and dreade thee and dilygentlye to lyue after thy commaundementes We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to geue al thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy word and to receyue it with pure affection and to bryng forthe the fruites of the spiryte We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to brynge into the waye of truth all such as haue erred and are deceyued We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to strengthen suche as do stande and to comforte and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp thē that fal and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our fete We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please
chyldren in token of thy great wrathe against synne what shal we loke for who do no lesse deserue thy feareful scourge and of mercy it is that thou doeste thus lenge forbeare vs but liue as though there were no god at all to be reuenged vpon our sinnes It maketh vs to feare and cry inwardly in our sowles Come lord Iesu Apor 22. holy and trus in al thy doinges and shortē our dayes brynge this our pilgremage to an ende suffer vs not to heape synne vpon synne vnto the day of vengeaunce leste we be taught vp amongest the numbre of the wicked and reprobate whiche shall neuer see thy louyng countenaunce It maketh vs to crye to thee o lorde Let thy kingdome come ende this our synfull lyfe wherin we do nothing but rouoke thee to wrath Psal 6. Correcte vs not O lorde in thyne indignation neyther chasten vs in thine heauy displeasure thoughe to vs belongeth nothinge but shame and confusion though our offences haue deserued to be visyted with the rodde and our sinnes with scourges Psal 89. yet in mercy lorde and with fatherly correction chasten vs and thy louinge kindenes take not away from vs. To thee we flee for succour vnder the winges of thy mercy shall be our refuge vntill thou turne thy wrathfull countenaunce from vs. Psal 57. We knowe that thye mercy is aboue all thye workes and euen as great as thy selfe Eccle. 2. Therfore wil we say with holy Iob though thou kill vs yet wyll we put our trust in thee Thou cammest to comforte and plucke out of the dungeō of hel such wretches as wee are Luke 10. thou art the good Samaritane that cameste to heale our deadlye woundes thou art that good phisition that camest to cure our mortal infyrmities thou arte the good shepeherd that camest to seke vs wanderinge and loste sheepe Luke 15. and to bringe vs to thy folde againe and more then that thou art our brother Eph. 5. fleshe of our flesh and boane of our boanes whiche haste tasted of oure infirmities Esa 53. felte our temptations and borne the burden of our synnes Therfore at thy handes wee looke for mercy againste the daye of vengeaunce And thoughe thou punyshe vs yet our hope is and euer shall be that thy rodde shal no further touche vs then shall make to thy glory our commoditie the streng thenyng and increace of our faythe Let this thy preaching sundry wayes O lord be sufficient for our warning and graunte that we maye spedely and from the bottome of our hartes repent endeuour to do thy righteouse and blessed wyll reueled in thy word and frame our lyues accordinge to the same that we maye here liue in thye feare all the dayes of our lyfe and after this our sin ful course is ended may dwel with-thee in thy blessed kyngedome throughe the death and merites of Iesus Christe our onely redemer So be it When thy wrathe is kendeled O Lorde blessed are all they that put their trust in thee Psal 2. ¶ A prayer for fayre weather O God and mercifull father we acknowledge that we through our manifolde sinnes haue deserued to be sharpely rebuked and corrected of thee But if thou shuldest deale with vs after our synnes we are not hable to abyde thy wrath heuy hand Wherfore deale mercifully with vs O Lorde after the greatnes of thy goodnes and the multitude of thy mercies that we rather may reioyce and be thankeful vnto thee for the aboundance of thy great mercies and louing kindenes then be caste downe and discouraged by the heauy waight of thy hande In thy handes O lord are both heaven and earth So gouerne them therfore we besech thee for thy names sake that we maye haue seasonable weather to receaue the fruites of the earth Stay the immoderate plentie of rayne and vnseasonable weather and powre rather vpon vs the plentyfull dewe of thy spytite that we may daily grow to the perfection of christen menne Take awaye from vs our stony hartes geue vnto vs in the stede therof hartes of fleshe that we may cease at the length thus to prouoke thy wrathe to brynge vpon vs eyther this so great a plague as the losse of the fruites of the earthe eyther elles other plagues of thy iuste iudgement Graunte that we maye so repente vs of our former euils that hereafter the worthy fruites of true repentaunce may continually appere therin and soo to passe ouer and to ende this our mortall lyfe that at the last we may attaine vnto the blessed resurrection and lyfe euerlasting through Iesus Christ our lorde Amen ¶ A Prayer to be said before the receauing of the communion O Father of mercy and god of all consolation seinge all creatures doe knoweledge and confesse thee to be theyr gouernoure and lorde Apoc. 5. it becommeth vs the workmanship of thine owne handes at all times to reuerence and magnifie thy godly maiestie Fyrste Gent. 1. for that thou hast created vs to thine own ymage and similitude but chiefly because thou hast delyuered vs frō that euerlasting deathe and dampnation Ephe. 2. Gal. 1. Gene. 3. into the whiche Sathan drewe mankinde by the meanes of synne frō the bondage wherof neyther man nor Angell was hable to make vs free Act. 4. Hebre. 1. Apoc. 5. but thou o lorde ryche in mercye and infinite in goodnes haste prouyded our redemption to stande in thine onely and welbeloued sonne whome of verye loue thou diddeste geue to be made man lyke vnto vs in al thinges Iohn 3. Hebre. 8. Hebre. 4. 1. Pet. 2. Es 43.53 Mat 3.17 Iere. 31. Heb. 8. Rom. 5. Heb. 2. Iohn 6. Gene. 3. Rom. 5. Ephe. 3. synne excepted that in his body he mighte receyue the punishement of our transgressiō by his death to make satisfaction to thy iustice and by his resurrection to destroye him that was authour of deathe and so to bringe againe lyfe to the worlde frō which the whole ofspring of Adam was most iustely exiled O lord we acknowledge that no creture was able to comprehende the lēgth and breadth the depenes and heighte of that thy most excellent loue whiche moued thee to shew mercy where none was deserued Ephe. 2. Io. 6.17 Ephe. 2. Gene. 6. Rom. 3. Esai 64. Psal 5.12 Rom. 7. Mat. 10. 1. Cor. 2 Luke 11. Mar. 10. Math 26. Luke 22. 1. Cor. 11. to promise and geue life wher deathe had gotten victory to receiue vs into thy grace whē we could do nothing but rebell against thy maiestie O lorde the blinde dulnes of our corrupt nature wyll not suffer vs sufficiently to weigh these thy most ample benefites yet neuerthelesse at the commaundemente of Iesus Christ our lorde we presente our selues to this his table whiche he hath lefte to be vsed in remembraunce of his deathe vntyll his comminge againe to declare and witnesse before the worlde that by hym alone we haue receiued lybertie
DEare father to whome it is more easie to do all thinges then for me to thyncke anye one good thing Lo do thou but speake a worde and thy deadly sicke seruaunte my soule shall be made whole Helpe O Lord let thy strength suffise against my weakenesse and thy holy spirite againste my synfull fleshe and olde man Thou art true and faithfull O Father who hast promysed that I shall not bee tempted further then thou wile make me able to beare 1. Cor. 10. Geue therefore thy power vnto thy seruaunt that I may with a stronge fayth in thyne infallible truthe and promysed mercy vanquishe subdue what so ouer rebelleth against thy most blessed wills Do this O Father for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake our deare Lorde and gracious redemer Amen ¶ A Prayer to God the Father for the true knowledge of the mystery of our redēption in Christ O Almyghty God and father of our lorde Iesus Christ and by hym also our father the father of all mercy and god of all consolation haue mercye vppon vs and heare our prayers We most humbly beseche thee for thy deere sonne Iesus Chrystes sake his merites and cruel death whiche he suffered to delyuer vs from eternall deathe and the power of darkenes geue into our harts the spirite of truth to worke in vs a true liuely and stedfaste faithe that the cleare lyghte and brightenesse of thy gospell the glorye of Christ may shyne vnto vs and lyghten our myndes that we may learne vnderstande the wonderfull and vnspeakeable rychesse of the misteric of our redēption in Christ and by Chryst O father of glory geue vnto vs the spirite of wisedome brynge vs vnto the true knowledge of this thy beloued sonne Iesus Christe and the knowledge of thy selfe Open and lyghten the eyes of our mindes and vnderstandinge Ephe. 1. that we maye knowe what the hope is wherunto thou hast called vs and howe ryche the glory of thine inheritaunce is vppon thy sainctes and the excedinge greatnes of thy power towardes vs that by trewe fayth vnderstanding and knowledge of thine eternall wisedome whiche is Iesus Christe we may be in deede as wee are called true christians and vnfained professours of thye holy name to worshippe thee in spirite and truthe and to sette forthe the glory of thy grace geuen vnto vs in Christ Iesus our lord Amen O dere father write in our hartes loue to thy lawe hate to all synne thankefulnesse of heart and continual heate of thy holy spirite for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake To whom with thee and thy holy spirite be all honour maiestie glory thankes rule empire and dominion for euer more ¶ A prayer to be vsed of all sortes of men and at all times O Lord God for thy great mercies sake graūt vnto me these my petycions whych I shall make vnto the in Iesus Christes name and endue me with thy grace that I maye aske of thee in such sorte as thou requirest to the honour glory and prayse of thy holy name to the furtheraunce of thy worde the profitte of thy people and to my consolation and comforte throughe Iesus Christe our onely sauiour and readeuter So be it O Lord thou great and terryble god thou that kepest couenant merry with theym that loue thee and doe thy commaundementes let thyne eares be open that thou mayst heare the praiers of thy seruaunte which I make before thee at this time haue mercy vpon me thy pore creature worke of thine handes for I haue sinned done wickedly and haue offended thy maiesty greuously in that I haue gone backe departed from all thy preceptes and iudgementes haue not folowed thy seruaūtes the prophets the spake vnto me in thy name but haue from day to day prouoked thy iust wrath and indignation agaynst me O Lorde I knowledge and confesse my manifolde sinnes and wyckednesse the whiche I haue vnrighteousely committed against thee in thought worde dede fro my youth vp vntill this day for the which I am hartely sory and do vnfainedly repent purposing euermore through the assistaunce of thy grace to walke in a newe life Remember not lord the numbre of my misdedes I besech the but accordinge to thy great mercyes thinke vpon me Call to remembraunce for Christes sake thy louing kindnes and thy tender mercy the which hath euer bene of olde Hyde not thou thy face from me nor cast not of thy seruaunte in thy displeasure for I confesse my sinnes vnto thee and hide not mine vnrighteousnesse For thy mercies sake deliuer me from al my sinnes and make me not a scorne vnto the folyshe Tourne not away thy mercy frō me but let thy most louing kindnes truth alwaies preserue me Helpe me for thy names sake and deliuer me in thy strength Heare my prayer O lord and consider the wordes of my mouth for my misdedes preuayle agaynst me O be thou mercifull vnto my sinnes Let the sorowfull sighyng of thy prysoner come before thee and according to the power of thyne arme preserue those the be appoynted to dye for thy iust cause O Lord comforte the soule of thy seruant for vnto thee do I flee for succour Teache me to number my dayes that I may apply my hart vnto wisdome Satisfie me with thy mercy and that sone so shall I reioyce and be gladde in thee all the dayes of my lyfe Looke not extremely what is done amysse in me for I haue sinned againste heauen and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne yet lorde of thy great goodnes powre down some of the cromes that fall frō thy childrens table and make me as one of the least of them Rewarde me not accordyng to my deseruings for then I must nedes perishe for vnto me perteyneth nothinge but open shame confusion and damnation but with thee ther is mercy forgeuenes and saluacion O Lorde therefore doe I come vnto thee not hopyng in myne owne righteousnes but trusting onely in thy greate mercies and promises made vnto me in Chryst Iesu my lorde for whose sake I beseth thee to clense me from al my sinnes and do away all mine iniquities For thy tender mercy sake lay not my sinnes to my charge but forgeue that is paste and geue me grace to amende my lyfe to declyne from sinne and incline to vertue that I may walke in a perfect harte a cleue comience and single eye before thee this daye or nyght and euermore Remember not forde myne offences nor the offences of my forefathers neyther take thou beingeance of my sinnes spare me good Lorde spare me whome thou hast redemed with thy most precyous blonde and be not angrye with me for euer spare me good lord spare me Put me not frō thy presence oh thou god of al comfort but incline thine eare vnto my callyng Strengthen thy Seruaunte with the power of thy right hande and helpe the Sonne of thy handmayden Replenyshe my hart with grace wisedome