grace to do thy wyll all the dayes of my lyfe and to obteyne all these my peticions through Iesus Christ thy dere sonne my onely sauiour To whom be all honour and glory nowe and euer Amen Iohn Lydley ¶ A Godly Prayer for all Christen men O Almighty euer liuynge god thou God of all power before whose eyes all thinges lye naked and bare haue regarde vnto me moste miserable synner shews me the light of thy mercies let my praiers ascende vp before thy presence and be accepted in thy sight for Iesus Christes sake Geue thy holy spirite into my heart Oh Lord and lighten my vnderstanding that I maye dwell in the feare of thy name al the dayes of my life that I maye knowe thee the onely true god and Iesus Christ whom thou hast sente For I come vnto thee Oh Lorde thou louer of our soules not hoping in mine owne righteousenes but trusting onely vpon the multitude of thy great mercies whiche thou hast layde forthe before the eyes of all people offering saluation to the whole worlde and haste promysed that who so euer he be of the whole generation of man that wyll obey to thy grace Repent and tourne vnfaynedly from his synnes he shall haue free remission and forgeuenes through Iesus Christ our lord whiche is our onely aduocate and mediatour in whom our saluation lyeth of whom thou hast sayde This is my deere sonne in whom I am well pleased well pacifyed For this thy sonnes sake by whom I am bold to come vnto thee whiche appereth nowe inthy syght making continuall intercession for vs Haue mercy vpon me O thou mightye God and forgeue mee all my synnes which I haue vnrighteousely committed against thee in thoughte worde dede Oh let me feele thy mercies towardes mee for I do confesse my synnes vnto thee Oh lord and hide not mine vnrighteousenes I doo acknowledge mine offences and accuse my selfe before thee of all my misdeedes Helpe me O God my sauioure for the glorye of thy name O delyuer and forgeue me my synnes for thy riche mercies sake Remember not the offences of my youth O Lorde but thinke vppon thy great mercies and couenaunt made vnto me in Christ Iesus O most merciful father consider mine infirmities which are many and great and beare myne imperfection for thy sonne my Sauiour Iesus Christes sake which had good erperience of our infirmitie that he might be merciful vnto al them that are tempted consider how the ennemye hath gotten an open way into my fleshe wherein I confesse that there dwelleth nothynge but synne wretchednes and miserie Therefore I come vnto thee O Lord my God desiringe thee for Christes sake to renewe in mee a right spirite that I may receaue strength and hablenes to do thy wyll and to stande againste all the assaultes of the deuill that they maye haue no place in me but that the olde man which I bear about in my body may be crucified and dayly dye in me that the lustes of synne maye vtterly be destroyed that I maye euermore be renewed in the spyrite of my minde that the lyfe of Christ may alwayes appeare in me Good lord deliuer me from all kyndes of euyll as fornycation couetousenes malyciousnes enuy murder debate deceyte from whisperynge backbitinge contempt of the my neyghbour good lord deliuer me from euyll ielosie from doinge of wronge pride boasting from adultery vaine glory hipocrisie wantonnes ydolatry witchecrafte hatred variaunce zeale wrath strife seditiō sectes enuying drunkennes gluttony and other suche lyke Good lord for thy great mercies sake deliuer me and graunt me grace to haue thee alwaies before myne eyes that I may also haue a respect vnto thy iudgementes that whatsoeuer I say thincke or do may be agreable to thy holy word that I be not mynded as the vngodlye wycked men are Let me haue no pleasure in such thinges as please thē make me lowe in mine owne sighte O lorde that pryde selfe loue ouertake me not Let not the hand of the vngodly cast me downe but bowe my harte alwaies vnto thee that I may serue thee withoute feare all the daies of my lyfe in such holinesse and righteousenesse as is acceptable before thee Remoue frō me al vanities and lies take fro me the iustes of the bodye let not the desires of vnclennes take holde vppon me and geue me not ouer vnto an vnshamefast or obstynate minde but holde me alwayes vnder thy nurture and correction Of thy fatherly mercy leaue me not to my self but stand thou alwaies by me for I am to weake of myne owne power to do any thinge that is good but my ryghteousenesse strength lyeth onely in thee Therfore O lord I come vnto thee requirynge mercy in thy sight and the assistance of thy grace that I may be strengthened with power in the inwarde mā be armed with thy holy armour whiche is the brestplate of ryghteousenes the shylde of Fayth the hope of saluation for an helmet and the sworde of the spirite whiche is thy holy worde that I may stand parfecte in al that is thy wil and be founde worthy through Chryst to receyue a crowne of lyfe whiche thou hast promised to all them that loue thee in purenesse of mynde O Lord plant in me true obedience to thy holy lawe let not the cares of this world choke thi word in me Kepe me al so from all desceitefulnes of richesse and vncleane desyres that all vertues maye be planted in me Good Lorde geue me grace to walke before thee all the dayes of thys my Pilgrimage with good conscience and pure minde that when thou shalt appeare to rewarde euery man according to hys dedes I may reioyce and not be ashamed of the at thy comming Increase my faith O Lorde my sauyour in thee and in thy Christ Increase my loue O my Redemer to thee and to thy ryghteous people Increase a sure hope in me of my saluation O my Iustifier Increase strength in me to ouercome synne and to stande agaynste all euil temptaciōs that they haue no place in me Encrease in me true vnderstanding and pure iudgement in thy worde that I be not deceaued and caryed away in the errour of the wicked But graūte O lord that I may grow in thy grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ Let thy kingdome come vnto me whiche is righteousnes peace and ioye in thy holy ghost longe sufferyng gentlenes goodnes faithfulnes mekenes temperaunce strength pacience with all suche like vertues as ar prescribed vnto me in thy holy word that in prosperous thinges I may geue thee thankes and in aduersitie be pacient that I be not lifted vp with the one nor oppressed with the other Oh let al worldly things be vile vnto me for thee Let me not be mery with the ioy that is without thee and let me desire nothing beside thee Make me to lift vp my hart oftentimes to thee
be corrected refourmed at thy owne wil and pleasure Most mighty god and father through our lorde Iesus Chryste thy eternal sonne with thy holy spirite gouerne and kepe thy holye catholyke apostolike church euery mēber of the same as thou hast promised saying this is 24. Esai 56. 24. my couenaut with thē my spirite which is in thee and my word which I haue put in thy mouthe shal not depart frō the mouth of thy sede for euer lighten vs alwayes with thy gospell rule cōfirme our harts with thy spirite least the Ipocrisy superstition of papistes other heretikes or the erroures wicked life of Epicures Lybertynes cause vs to fal Gouerne therfore that studies of thy church defend the policies of those realmes cities which geue harborough to thy people 25. Sacha 12. 25. powre vppon vs the spirite of grace and prayer make vs diligente and happy in the workes of our vocation take into thy custody for euer our soules and bodies our liues and al that euer we haue Be gracious and fauourable O lord to all Iewes Turks Infidels heretikes and euen oure very enemies and according to thy good wil and purpose forgeue them their sinnes Conuert vnto thy truth all those whom thou haste apoynted in Iesus Chryste to saluation Be merciful also O lord to all our bretherne and sisterne that suffer anye kynde of persecutyon or affliction whether in mynde or in body especially such as suffer for thy name and gospell geue them pacience constancy and stedfaste hope till thou sende theym full and good deliueraunce of all their troubles Be gracious to al those whom thou hast coupled and linked to vs in loue frend shippe whose hartes thou hast moued to praye for vs to wysshe vs good to succoure and helpe vs in oure necessytyes graunt vs all thy blessing and holy spyrite to sanctify vs in the vnity of fayth and dwel in vs for euer Finally oh lord haue mercy vpon my wife children and famely which thou hast geuen me and encrease thy feare in our hartes that we maye truely loue thee and one of vs an other in thee so that we maye be pure both in soule and body and bryng them vp in vertue nurture and information of the lord Plant and sowe in my harte all vertues that be necessary and required in a christiā man namely wisdome discretion tēperance pacience strēgth and boldenes and geue me grace so to vse them and all other giftes whyche I haue receaued at thy mercifull hand as may be most to thy glory and praise to my consolatyon saluation and to the profyte of thy Churche 26. Esai 64. which peticions and requestes I do not make O Lorde trustinge in myne owne ryghteousnesse which I do acknowledge with thy prophet to 29. be stayned defiled no but onely in thy great mercye and promise O heare me lord forgeue me lorde consider me and tary not ouer long but for thy owne sake doe it and for thy sonne Iesus Chrystes sake in whome all thy promyses are yea and amen whych is our onely reademer sauiour and Iustifier to whom with thee o father and the holy ghost be al glory prayse now and for euer Amen Lord let it be so Robart Coles FINIS A morninge prayer WE humbly and hartely geue thākes to thee O merciful father in and by thy derely beloneb sonne Iesus Christ our only sauiour that to thy innumerable benefites hitherto powred vpon our soules and vpon oure bodies thou hast vouchedsafe to kepe vs al this night past from many euils spiritually and corporally and nowe of thy mercye doest offer and geue vs time to repente to amend our liues so that we might lyue hence forth not as we will but as thou wilte and as our bodies do drawe cōtinually nearer and nearer their end the graue I meane so our soules myght aproche to theyr ende that is heauen not hel For in one state we stande not styll but eyther we are nearer nearer the happy state of life or els the infortunat or vnhappy condicion of death eternall Therefore we besech the to be merciful vnto vs good father that is wee praye thee as of thy goodnes thou geueste vs time to repente to liue godly so of the same thy goodnes in christ we humbly besech and pray thee to geue vs thy gracious gift of true holy perfect and perperpetuall repentaunce that we maye more and more lamente our former sinfull life trusting vnfainedly in thy rych mercye throughe the merytes of Iesus Christ for the pardone of al onr sinnes and that we maye vnfainedly purpose effectually labour to amende our liues this day and so long as we haue to liue in al our doinges and wordes and euen in oure very thoughtes to the praise of thy holye name good example of our neyghboures and bretherne And for as much as thou knowest our weakenesse our ignoraunce great vntowardnesse to cary any geeat crosse or affliction we besech thee oure swete father so to temper and order all thynges towardes vs this day and for euer that we be neuer further proued and tempted then thou wilt so helpe vs in the same as may be most to thy glory and our saluation thorough Iesus Chryste our lorde Amen R. Coles ¶ An Euening praier MOste mercyful God and tender Father whiche besides thyne inestimable mercyes declared geuen vnto vs in the making of the world for our sakes in redemynge of vs by the deathe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christe in the callynge of vs to the knowledge of thy blessed worde in keping of vs hitherto in thy holy Catholike churche in the moste gracious gouerninge of vs and all thinges hitherto for our mooste weale hast also most fatherly cared for vs and kept vs this daye from all dangers bothe of soule and body geuing vs bealth foode apparell al other thinges necessary for the comforte succour of this poore miserable lif which many other do want for these and al other thy good giftes and gracious benefites which thou of thine owne goodnes onely fatherly prouydence for Christes sake hast hitherto powred vppon vs doest presently powre vpon vs and many other wee most humbly thanke thee prayse thy holy name beseching thee euen for the same thy Christ to pardon our vnthanckefulnes our neglectynge and abusing of those thy benefites and all our sinnes whiche this daye or any tyme heretofore we haue commytted againste thy holy commaundementes And as nowe we purpose to lay our bodyes to rest so graunte the garde of thy good Aungelles to keepe the same this night and for euer And where or when so euer our last slepe of death shal come graunte that it may be in thee good father so that our bodies may reste bothe temporally and eternally to thy glory and our ioye through Iesus Christ our Lorde So be it R.C. ¶ Certaine exercises to
warning for vs that we set not vp our selues against thy holy wil graunt free passage to thy holy word that it may worke effectually in vs the worcke of life blessed hope of our saluation to the eternal praise of thy maiestye throughe our mediatoure Christ Iesus to whom wyth the father and the holy ghost thre persons and one god be praise and thankesgeuing in all congregations world without ende So be it Ia. P. ¶ A prayer for the common peace and quietnes of our countrey necessary for this our tyme. MOst mercifull god which hast created man after thyne owne lykenesse to lyue thereafter in godly peace and concorde take away all strife and debate not onely in priuate causes betwyxte man and man but especially betwixt realme and realme cuntrey and cuÌ„trey douchsaf to pacify the troublous affections of worldly mens hartes who inflamed by that spirite of discorde labour to breake that godly knotte of peace and concorde which most besemeth thy elect seruauntes and desciples to performe Gide thou vs in the vnitie of thy spirite that we maye in thee be of one mynde aswell in matters touching the truth of religion as also outward ciuill that all maner groundes of discorde and war being taken away we may liue in holy peace quietnes to the aduauncement of thy glory and the settyng forth spreading abrode of thy gospell Geue good successe O Lorde to the trauayles and counsailes of our gouernoures directed to the safety quietnes of this realme Defend and aide the ministers and trauailers about the same Bryng to naught all the subtill deuises of Sathan of Antechrist and his meÌ„bers deuised againste the veritie of thy word ouerthrow their counsailes and bring their conspiracye to naught beate backe their proud boldnesse in aduancing lies and suppressing of the truth and so make an ende at last of their outragious tiranny that we thy seruauntes may quietly consent and rest in thy truth hauinge both the inwarde peace of minde and conscience also the outward concorde aswell amongest our selues as wyth all forren natyons and cuntreis graunt this O lord for Iesus Christes sake Amen ¶ A praier for the whole church of christ and for euery state and degree therof accordinge to the petitions of the Lordes prayer ⸫ ALmighty god our heauenly Father since thou hast promised graciouslye to heare vs and graunte our requestes whiche we shal make vnto the in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ thy welbeloued son Ihon. 16. And we also are taught by him and his apostelles to make our common prayer in his name promisyng that he wyl be amonge vs Math. 18. and make intercession for vs vnto thee for the obteinynge of all suche thinges as wee shall godly desyre here in earth And moreouer since thou hast commaunded vs to pray for such as thou hast appoynted rulers and gouernours ouer vs 1. Timo. 2. and also for all thynges nedefull for thy people we therfore coÌ„ceauinge boldnesse throughe thy holy worde and leaninge assuredly vnto thy most vndoubted promises do make our earnest suplication vnto thee our moste mercifull god bountifull father that for Iesus Christes sake our onely sauyour and mediatour it would please thee of thy infinite mercye freely to pardon our offences and in suche sorte to draw and lifte vppe our hartes and affections towardes thee that our requestes maye bothe procede of a feruent mynde and also be agreable vnto thy moste blessed wyll and pleasure We beseche thee therfore O heauenly father as towchinge all princes and rulers vnto whom thou hast commytted the administration of thy iustice and namely as towchinge the estate of oure moste gracious Queene that it woulde please thee to endue her and all her honourable Counsaile with thy plentiful grace and principal spirite and increase the same from time to time in her that â—e may with a pure faith acknowledge Iesus Christ thy onely sonne our lorde to be the kynge of all kynges 1. Timo. 6. Act. 17. Math. 28. and gouernour of al gouernours euen as thou hast geuen al power vnto hym bothe in heauen and in earthe and may vprightly and zelously seke and earnestly maynteine thy true glory minister iustice punishe synne and defende the ryght rulynge her subiectes whiche be thy creatures and the shepe of thy pasture euen as she is taughte and commaunded by thy worde We beseche thee also most deare father for al Pastours and ministers vnto whom thou hast coÌ„mitted the charge of mennes sowles and the ministery of thy holy gospel that it wold please thee so to guide theim with thy holy spirite that they may be founde faythfull zealous of thy glory directing alwais their whole studies vnto this ende that the poore shepe which be gone astray out of the stocke may be sought out brought againe vnto the lorde Iesus who is the chiefe shepeharde head of al Pastours wherby they may froÌ„ day to day 1. Pe 5. growe and increase in him vnto all righteousâ—nes and holines And on the other part that it wolde please thee to delyuer thye churche from the daunger of suche idols shepehardes â—â—che 11. wulues and hirelynges as seeke them selues and their bellyes and not the settinge forthe of thy glorye and the safegarde of thy flocke Moreouer we make our prayers vnto thee most mercyfull father for all men in general the as thou wilt be known to be the sauiour of all the world by the redemption purchased by thy onely sonne Iesus Christ euen so suche as haue ben bytherto holden captiue in darcknesse ignoraunce for lacke of the knowledge of thy gospell maye throughe the preaching therof and the cleare light of thy holy spirite be broughte into the righte way of saluatioÌ„ which is to knowledge that thou art only very god and that he whom thou haste sent is Iesus Christe Iu. 17. Likewise that they whom thou hast already indued with thy grace and whose hart thou hast lightened with the knowledge of thy word may continually encrease in godlinesse and be plenteousely enryched wyth spirytuall benefytes so that we may altogether worshippe thee both with hart and mouthe and render due honour and seruice vnto thee accordingly In like maner O lord of al true comforte we coÌ„mend vnto thee in our prayers all such persons as thou hast visited and chastised by thy crosse and tribulation all such people as thou hast punished with pestilence warre and famin and all other persons afflycted with pouerty imprisonment sickenesse banishmente or any like bodely aduersitie or hast otherwise troubled and afflycted in spirite that it will please thee to make them perceaue thy fatherly affection towardes theÌ„ that is that these crosses be nothinge ells but fatherly chastisinges for their amendment to the intent that they should vnfainedly turne vnto thee that they cleauinge vnto thee mays receaue ful comfort and be deliuered from all maner of euill Finally most deare father we
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
and vnderstanding Comforte my soule with thy swete promyses and let thy mercies couer my infirmities For the deathe and bloudshedynge of thy Christ O Lord consider myne infirmities which are many and helpe to heale myne imperfection delyuer me from al kyndes of euilles that I do not obey vnto them as from adultery fornication vncleannesse wantonnes ydolatry good lord deliuer mee Frō witch craft lyeng hatred varyaunce zeale wrath strife sedition good lorde delyuer mee From sectes enuiyng whyspering backebityng bringing vp of euyll tumours good lorde delyuer mee From murther drunkennes gluttony and from the spirite of euyl telosie good lorde deliuer me From enuiynge of other which loue thee thy people more then I or be beloued of thee or of thye people more than I am from swelling at other mennes giftes good lorde deliuer mee From surmisynge murmuringe lowring grudging mutteringe when wordes be not spokē to my mind good lorde for thy great mercies sake deliuer mee and geue me grace that I do at no tyme enuye any good man or womaunes loue but labour to increase it that their prosperstie in worde prayse of other may be my consolation and reioysynge O lord graunt me that I may be low in myne owne syght to submit my self to beare all occasions to wrestle wyth fleshe and bloudde and get the victory Graunt me this gyfte that I maye be swyft to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrathe that my hart do not go after any euyll and wicked imaginations Geue me grace to walke soo that I geue none euill occasions and to auoid all suspitious thinges wherby euyll occasions maye growe O Lorde assist mee with thye spirite that I may labour to mainteyne peace to increase loue and to further vertue Graunte O mercifull father that I may prosper in all vertue in long suffering gentlenes goodnes faithfulnes mekenes temperaunce strength and pacience with all suche like vertues as are cōmaunded in thy holy law for mee to walke in O lorde geue me ioye in thy holy spirite that I may reioyce in thy holy scriptures that al my whole pleasure felycitie and consolation may be in thy holy woorde night and daye in readinge thinking talkinge of the same to thy glory and my edifienge Assist thy seruaūt against this world with the vaine pompe pleasure beautie thereof that it maye be vnto me as vile dust slime fylthynes and asshes that I maye vse it as thoughe I vsed it not and that it may serue me and I not it that I may take my part therof vnto my necessitie with thankesgeuing that I do not vse thy creatures voluptuousely but that I may at al tymes liue righteously soberly and godly in this lyfe Geue me grace to walke with a good conscience bothe before thee and towardes all men in bying and sellinge and in all other my doinges to cast away allyinge craft and disceite that I be not a reader of thy holy worde and a talker onely but that it may appere also in my lyfe and conuersation O Lorde graunte vnto thy seruaunte the strengthe of thy holy spirite to subdue this bodye of synne with the whele lustes therof that it may be made obedient both in wyll minde membres to do thy will that it may be weake vile simple and of no reputation in it selfe by the way of fastinge prayer and meditation of thy lawe that I may be low harted humble minded gentle spryted and to all vertues obedient Geue me grace O lorde to brydle my mouth from al vayne and lyght communication and geue me an vnderstāding hearte with suche discretyon that neyther fylthynes nor folishe talkinge nor iestinge whiche are not comely procede out of my mouthe but rather geuing of thankes O Lord my sauiour increase my faith in thee and in thy Christe and make it stronge to beleue thy promyses O Lorde my redemer increase in me a loue to do thy wyll and to thy ryghteous people O Lorde my iustifyer increase in me a sure hope of my saluation withoute doubt or wauering in aduersitie with out pride or presumption in prosperytie so that in aduersitie I maye be pacient and geue thankes in prosperitie serue thee with reuerence and godly feare all the dayes of my lyfe Increase in me Lord al other vertues agreable to a godly lyfe for I come vnto thee my god as vnto the wel euerlasting fountaine of health and saluation O heauenly father graunt vnto mee al other wheresoeuer they be dispersed throughout the whole world which professe thy holy worde so to lyue that we may dye to sinne and leade a godly conuersatiō walking innocētly before thee Preserue and defende thy seruaunte from all false opinions that I be not deceyued and caryed awaye in errour of the wicked but that I maye growe in grace and knoweledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ O Lord geue me a reuerent and pure vnderstanding of thy holy word that I may therby auoyde al rashe iudgemente and peruerse interpretations O Lorde geue me wisedome knoweledge and vnderstandinge to perceyue those false lying flatteryng spirytes whiche doe deceyue the hartes of innecentes and begyle vnstable soules O Lorde make me to be content with thys woman which thou hast geuen me to be my wyfe that we maye godly lyue together accordynge to thy holy ordynaunce Geue her an hearte of vnderstanding and set thy feare alway before her eyes that she may be obedient in word dede and thought to all that is thy wil. O Lord geue vs the power of thy holy Spirite to rule gouerne and bryng vp these our children and familie in al god lye feare and knoweledge of thy holye worde and that we maye be vnto them an example in all godlynes and vertue to the prayse of thy holy name Saue my soule oh my God whether it be throughe prosperitie or aduersitie losse or gayne sickenes or health life or deathe Ayde strengthen succour and defend thy seruaunt in all aduersitye tribulation and temptaciō and suffer not him to be tempted aboue his strength Increase my ioye that I may reioyce in persecution embrace it to my cōsolacion comfort thinke my felfe happie and blessed when I am counted worthy to suffer rebuke for thy names sake Take from my hearte the care of all worldly thinges only set before my eies the ioye of the crosse of Christe that I maye take comforte therin and despyse the shame for the great rewarde that is laide vppe in heauen for all those that with pacience suffer in aduersitie continue in well doinge vnto the ende O Lorde neither lay thou presumption vnto thy seruauntes charge nor loke not vppon my vilenes whiche am but dust earth and ashes yet lorde I haue taken vpon me am bolde to come vnto thee throughe the merites of Chrystes death and bloud shedyng to lay my prayers before thee requiringe merry pardon and forgeuenesse of all my sinnes and also the assistance of thy