because he hath made me thee And speake thou aske thou him that he make me worthie of the participation of thy glory for I do not require thy holy societie and thy admirable beutifulnes by my merit but by his bloud with which I was redeemed I do not despaire to obtaine it onely let thy merites helpe me Let thy most pure prayers which by no meanes can be vneffectual with god assist my wickednesse I haue erred I confesse as â— lost sheepe and my inhabitation is porlonged and I am cast farr from the face of our lord into this blindnesse of exile where banished from the ioyes of paradise I daily be waile with my selfe vpon the miseries of my captiuity a doleful song and great lamentations when I remeÌ„ber thee o my mother Hierusalem while my feete do stand in thy courtes o holy and beutiful syon not yet able to looke openly into thy inward thinges but I hope to be earied bâ—eâ—â—â— vnto thee vpon the shoulders of my shepard thy builder that I may reioyee with thee in that vnspeakable ioy with which they reioyce that are with thee before god him selfe and our sauiour which haith dissolued enmities in his flesh Eph. 2. with his bloud pacified al thinges that are in heauen in earth For he is our peace who haith made both one who ioyning two contrary wales together in him haith promised to geue vnto vs by the like maner and the same measure the coÌ„tinuing felicity of his happines saing They shal be equal to the Angels of god in Math. 22. Luc. 20 heauen O Hierusalem the euerlasting house of god next to the loue of Christ be thou my ioy and consolation let the sweete memorie of thy blessed name be the relife of my sorrow wearinesse A prayer out of S. Victor Vticen l. 3. pers Vand. BE present vnto me o you Angels of my god who are neuer absent constituted in your ministery for them which shal receaue the inheritance of saluation Consider behould how Syon the Citie of our god is made vile become Thren v â— as it weare vnseemely defiled among her enemies The enemie haith laid his hand vpon al her desirable thinges because she haith seene the Gentiles to inuade and enter her courtes of which thou hadest commaunded that they should not enter into thy Church Her wayes do mourne because no man doâ—h come in the festiual day Al comlinesse and delight are gone from her countenance Her virgins yong people brought vp in Monasteries haue learned to tread sharp wayes and are gone into captiuity The holy stones are scattered abrode not onely in streetes but in filthy places Pray for her you Patriarches which now is persecuted on earth O holy Prophets pray knowing that she whom before you haue tuned with a prophetical praise is now afflicted O Apostles be you spokesmen for her whom to gather together you haue runne as most swift horses through the whole world our Lord ascending vpon you cheifly thou o blessed Peter why art thou silent for the sheepe and lambes with great werinesse solicitude committed vnto thee by our common Lord Thou holy Paule Doctor of the Gentiles who from Ierusalem to Illyricum hast preached the Gospel of god and al you holy Apostles lament together with vs. Let it be said to the striking Angel It sufficeth now hold thy hand We prostrate aske that you do not despise your wretched sinners by him that promoted you lowly fishers to the highest Apostolical dignity S. August l. meditat c. 40. O Holy immaculate virgin Mary mother of god and mother of our Lord Iesus Christ vouchsaif to make intercession for me with him whose temple thou didest deserue to be O holy Michael holy Gabriel holy Raphel o holy Queares of Angels Archangels Patriarckes Prophets Apostles Euangelistes Martyrs Confessors Preistes Leuites Monkes Virgins and al the iust I presume to besech you by him who haith chosen you of whose contemplation you reioyce that you wil vouchsafe to make supplication to God for me that am sinful that I may deserue to be deliuered forth of the iawes of the deuil from euerlasting death An other out of S. Iohn Chrisostom in miss vers a Leon. Tusc O Apostles Martyrs and Prophets Preists Confessors you the iust who haue wel finished your combate and kept your faith conseruing your confidence with our Sauiour pray for vs that our soules may be saued Amen An other of S. Ephrem de laud. Mart. O Most blessed Martyrs who willingly and readily haue vndergone tormentes for our Lord our Sauiour and for his loue therfore are familiarly conioyned with our Lord we besech you to vouchsaife to make intercession to our Lord for vs wretches and sinners defiled with the filth of negligence that the grace of Christ may come vpon vs that may illustrate our heartes with the beame of holy Charity that we may loue him with al our heart O most blessed men and most glorious Martyrs of God helpe me a wretch with your praiers that I may obtaine mercy in that hour when the hidden thinges of men shal be manifest Assist before the throne of Maiesty for me a wretch that by your praiers I may deserue to be saued and enioy eternal blessednesse with you Amen Aug. lib. Med. cap. 24. O Al you happy Sainctes of god which haue now passed ouer the sea of this mortality and deserued to come to the hauen of euer-during quietnesse security and peace you are secure and quiet and alwaies pleasant and reioycing I besech you by your Charity that you which are secure for your selues wil be careful for vs you are secure of your owne neuer fading glory be you careful of our manifould misery I aske you by him that haith chosen you who haith made you such of whose bewty you are now filled by whose immortality you are made immortal of whose most blessed vision you euer reioyce be you continually mindful of vs. Succour vs wretches who as yet in the sea of this life are tossed with stormes enuyroning vs rownd about You that are the most bewtiful gates which haue risen to a great height help vs a vile pauement lying farre vnderneath Geue vs your hand and lift vs that lye downe vpon our feete that recouering our infirmity we may be made strong in battaile Make intercession and pray constantly and continually for vs wretches and very negligent sinners that by your prayers we may be ioyned to your holy company for we are very fraile dwarfes of no strength creatures of the belly and bound-slaues of flesh in whom scarsly any foot-step of vertue appeareth and yet being placed vnder the confession of Christ we are carried vpon the wood of the crosse sayling â—uer this great and spaceous sea where be litle creatures with great where the most cruel dragon is alwaies ready to deuoure where daungerous places be Scylla and Charybdis others innumerable in which meÌ„ vnwary
ful recompence of true ioy is made Haile thou who art truly blessed Haile illuminated Haile magnificent Temple of diuine glory Haile consecrated Palace of our King Haile Bride-chamber wherein humanity was espoused to Christ Haile thou chosen of God before thou wert borne Haile gods reconciliation with men Haile treasure of incorruptible life Haile heauen the Tabernacle of the Sunne of glory Haile most ample feild of God whom none other place but thou alone is able to comprehend Haile holy virginal earth of which the new Adam by an vnspeakable framing was formed to restoare the old Adam to saluation Haile ful of grace our Lord is with thee He that said Let light be made Gen. 1. Let the firmament be made and afterwardes the other workes of his powerable creation Haile thou new Arke of glory in which the holy Ghost descending rested the Arke in which the sanctification of new glory which of his owne nature is holy meruelously inclosed him self in the virginal wombe as in a shop of nature to be incarnate Haile thou intellectual glasse of contemplatiue knowledg by which the Prophets renowmed spirits haue mistically shadowed the incredible comming downe of god vnto vs. Haile ornament of the Prophets and al Patriarkes and the most true praise of the vnsearchable oracles of god Blessed art thou among women And blessed is the fruit of thy wombe And certes thou art truly blessed for God blessed thee a Tabernacle to him self Among women blessed art thou who most freely didest embrace as it were in the saife promptuary of thy virginity that heauenly treasure in whom al other treasures of wisdome knowledg are laide vp Thou art truly blessed who alone aboue al other Mothers was worthy to be the Mother of thy maker Verily blessed art thou who alone without man didest conceaue in thy woÌ„be beare him who spreadeth the heauens and made the earth of thy virginity to be celestial Blessed art thou among women who alone hast obtained the blessing which god promised to the gentiles by Abraham Verily blessed art thou who art naâ—ed the Mother of the blessed childe Iesus Christ our Sauiour by whom the Nations do cry Blessed is he that commeth in the name of our Lord and blessed Math. 21. Psal 117. Psal 71. is the euerlasting name of his glory And the whole earth shal be filled with his Maiesty Among women blessed art thou whom al generations declare to be blessed Kinges do glorify whom Potentates adore in whose sight the richest of the people offer guiftes on whoÌ„ virgins following and going before doe attende into the Temple of the King Blessed art thou amonge women whoÌ„ Isay behoulding with his prophetical Is 8. eyes named the prophetesse and virgin Verily blessed art thou whom Ezechiel Ezechiel 43. Ezechiel 44. et 46. Daniel 2. proclamed to be the true rysing of the sunne A gaite closed opened by god alone and shut againe Thou alone art truly blessed whom Daniel that man of desyers did see to be a great mouÌ„taine And admirable Abacuc a shadowing mountaine Moreouer the mountaine of Psal 67. god a fertile mountaine Also a pleasant mountaine a mountaine in which it pleased god to dwel as thy ancestor the king endued with the spirit of god foretould Amonge women blessed art thou whom Zacharie that most heauenly Zachar. 4. man did behould as a Candlesticke adorned with seuen CaÌ„dlâ—s doubtles bright shyning with those seueÌ„ guiftes of the holy ghost Verily blessed art thou beutified with sence and vnderstanding the Gen. 2. paradise of the florishing wood of our saluation which hast within thee the husbandman him selfe of the Garden Eden I meane Christ our lord shadowed by figures in thee who by a certaine vnspeable power like vnto astreme issuing forth from thy wombe of life as it were with foure beginninges by his gospel haith wattered the face of the world Blessed art thou amonge women and blessed is the frute of thy wombe Blessed is that Io. 4. frute from which fountaines Do flow of water spriÌ„ging vp vnto life euerlasting That frute from which that liuely bread I meane our lordes body is brought forth and the cup of immortality the sauing potion is geuen vnto vs. A deuout meditation and praier concerning the second part of the Aue Maria out of S. Augustine s 2. Annun dom Tom. 10. O Blessed Marie who is able worthely to render vnto thee dutie of thankes and solemnity of praises who by thy singular assent hast succoured the world that was lost What laudes shal the frailty of mankind pay vnto thee who by thy negotiation hast fouÌ„d the meanes to recouer it again Therefore receiue such as they be very smal such as they be thankes vneqnal to thy merites And when thou hast receaued our prayers by praying excuse our faultes Admit our praiers within the Oratorie of thy audience and bring backe vnto vs a preseruatine of reconciliatioÌ„ Let that be excused which we entreate by thee Let vs obtaine that which we aske with a faithful mind Receiue that which we offer bestow a gaine vpon vs what we demaund excuse what we feare For thou art a singular hope of sinners by thee we hope for pardon of offences and in thee o most blessed woman is the expectation of our rewardes O Holy Mary succour those that be in misery assist the weake hearted comfort those that weepe pray for the people entreat for the cleargie make intercession for the deuout woman sexe let al perceaue thy helpe that celebrat thy name Be ready to assist the prayers of them that aske thee and yeld to al their desired effect Haâ—e a care dâ—aâ—y to pray for the people of god tâ—ou o blessâ—d who didest deseâ—ue to bâ—are the Redeemer of the world who lâ—uetâ— and reigneth for euer Amen An other deuout Meditation and praier concerning the sâ—me out of S. Athaâ—asius Paâ—riâ—rcke of Aleâ—aâ—dria seâ— de Sacâ—iss deipara THe holy ghost came vpon her Luc. 1. sanctified her as the spirit saith in the psalmes The most high ps 45. haith sanctified his Tabernacle and the power of the highest strengthning oueâ— shadowed her Luc. 1. He is a King that was borne of the Virgin the same our Lord and God Therefore also his Mother which brought him forth is properly truly thought to be our Queene and Lady and Mother of God and it wil be lawful for vs so agreably to speake while we haue respect vnto â—er and him that was borne of her her son that beareth flesh Wherefore as wheÌ„ we looke vnto him we cal him our King Lord and God so also when we cast our eyes to her we behould her to be our Queene Lady and Gods Mother and that by contemplation of our intellectual eye The Queene is present ps 44. on thy right hand compassed about with her guilded garment garnished And now truly o Daughter of Dauid and Abraham harken and incline thine eare
doubtful in faith make ship wrack Pray vnto our Lord o you most godly pray vnto him o al you armies of Sainctes and al you companies of blessed ones pray you that being helped by your praiers and merits with our ship saife and marchandise preserued we may deserue to come to the haueÌ„ of eternal saluation and rest and continual peace security neuer to haue end Missa Rom. antiq REuerencing the memory first of the euer glorious virgin Mary Mother of God and our Lord Iesus Christ and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter and Paul Andrew Iames Iohn Thomas Iames Philip Bartholomew Mathew Simon and Thadee Linus Cletus Clemens Xistus Cornelius Ciprian Laurence Chrisogone Iohn and Paul Cosmas Damianus al thy Sainctes by whose merits and praiers graunt o Lord that in al thinges we may be defended by the help of thy protection by the same Christ our Lord. Amen S. Ephrem serm in laud omniuÌ„ sanct Martyrum O Most holy Martyrs we besech you who for our Lord our Sauiour and his loue haue freely and readily sustained most cruel torments for which you are more familiarly ioyned vnto him that you would entreat our Lord for vs wretched sinners couered with the filth of negligence that he would powre his diuine grace vpon vs which may continually lighten illuminate our hearts with the beame of holy Charity by which we may be able to loue him with al our heart and with al our mind Idem supra O Most holy Martyrs of Christ I besech you stand before the Throne of the diuine Maiesty for me a vile wretched sinner that by your praiers I may deserue to obtaine saluation and enioy eternal felicity with you by the grace bounty and mercy of our Lord and Sauionr Iesus Christ to whom with the Father and holy Ghost be praise honour power and glory world without end Amen The auncient Lytanies vsed in the Romane Church especially in dedicating Churches confirmed by the primatiue Fathers and publick Lyturgies word by word registred in ord Rom. part 2. de Officus câ—p Lytanta in ord de aedificanda Ecclesia Ordo Rom. wherto this is ioyned and is cited and expounded by S. Albinus S. Amalarius Micrologus c. And may be vsed before Iournay or any businesse LOrd haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Sauiour of the world help vs. O holy Mary pray for vs. Sainct Peter pray for vs. Sainct Andrew pray for vs. Sainct Iames pray for vs. Sainct Iohn pray for vs. Sainct Thomas pray for vs. Sainct Iames pray for vs. Sainct Philip pray for vs. Sainct Bartholomew pray for vs. Sainct Matthew pray for vs. Sainct Simon pray for vs. Sainct Thadee pray for vs. Sainct Matthias pray for vs. Sainct Luke pray for vs. Sainct Marke pray for vs. O al holy Apostles Euangelists pray Sainct Stephen pray for vs. Sainct Chrispine pray for vs. Sainct â—hrispinian pray for vs. Sainct Linus pray for vs. Sainct Cletus pray for vs. Sainct Clement pray for vs. Sainct Sixtus pray for vs. Sainct Cornelius pray for vs. Sainct Ciprian pray for vs. Sainct Laurence pray for vs. Sainct Chrysogone pray for vs. Sainct Denise pray for vs. O al holy Martyrs pray for vs. Sainct Siluester pray for vs. Sainct Hilarius pray for vs. Sainct Martin pray for vs. Sainct Leo pray for vs. Sainct Ambrose pray for vs. 4 If this S. Gregory be S. Gregory 1. Pope not any of the former Sainctes of that name in al probability he was for his rare saÌ„ct tie added after and so if any other in that state be heare remembred this maner of Inuocation being vsed in the Church loÌ„g before his dayes as the english protestantes theÌ„ selues doe graunt Sainct Gregory pray for vs. Sainct German pray for vs. Sainct Remigius pray for vs. Sainct Ierome pray for vs. Sainct Benedict pray for vs. O al holy Confessors pray for vs. Sainct Felicitas pray for vs. Sainct Perpetua pray for vs. Sainct Agatha pray for vs. Sainct Lucia pray for vs. Sainct Agna pray for vs. Sainct Petronella pray for vs. Sainct Regina pray for vs. Sainct Christina pray for vs. Sainct Margaret pray for vs. Sainct Eutropia pray for vs. Sainct Brigide pray for vs. O al holy Virgins and Widowes pray for vs. O al Sainctes pray for vs. Be merciful vnto vs spare vs o Lord. From al euil o Lord deliuer vs. From the deceipts of the deuil o Lord deliuer vs. From thine anger o Lord deliuer vs. From al iniquity o Lord deliuer vs. From euerlasting death o Lord deliuer vs. By thy Natiuity o Lord deliuer vs. By thy Crosse o Lord deliuer vs. By thy Passion o Lord deliuer vs. By thy Death o Lord deliuer vs. By thy Resurrection o Lord deliuer vs. By thy Ascension o Lord deliuer vs. By the comming of the holy Ghost the Comforter o Lord deliuer vs In the day of Iudgment o Lord deliuer vs. We sinners besech thee heare vs. That thou wilt geue vs peace we besech thee heare vs. That thou wilt graunt vs seasonable wether we besech thee c. That thou wilt geue vs the frutes of the earth we besech That thou wilt graunt vs space of penance we besech That thou wilt geue vs remission of our sinnes we besech thee That thou wilt vouchsaife to infuse the grace of the holy Ghost into our hearts we besech That thou wilt vouchsaife to preserue our Lord Apostolick and al ecclesiastical order in holy Religion we besech That thou wilt vouchsaife to exalte thy Church we besech That thou wilt vouchsaife to consecrate this house made to the honour of thy name a Kingly palace to thee our God we besech That thou vouchsaife to be merciful to vs sinners we besech That thou wilt vouchsaife to bring vs to the promised reward of thy glory we besech That thou vouchsaife to heare vs we besech thee That thou vouchsaif to kepe vs we Sonne of god we besech Lambe of god that takest away the sinnes of the world spare vs o Lord. Lambe of god who takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Meditations and prayers when we ryse in the morning IN my bed I haue sought him whoÌ„ Cant. 3. my soule doth loue I wil ryse goe about the citie by Townes streetes I wil seeke him whoÌ„ my soule doth loue O Lord thou art my receauer my Ps 3. glory and raising vp my head with my voice I haue cryed to our lord and he haith hard me from his holy mouÌ„taine I haue slept and slumbered and haue risen because our lord haith receaued me O God my god I do awake to thee Ps 62. from the light my soule haith thirsted in thee O Lord haue mercy vpon vs for we Is 33. haue expected thee be thou our strength in the
the euerlasting sonne of the Father Thou about to deliuer man didest not abhorre the virgins wombe Thou hauing ouercome the sting of death hast opened for beleeuers the kingdome of heauen Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father Thou art beleeued to be the Iudge that shal come We therefore beseech thee succoure thy seruants whoÌ„ thou hast redeemed with thy pretious bloud Make vs with thy Sainctes to be rewarded with glory O Lord saue thy people and blesse thy inheritance And gouerne them and extoll them for euer Euery day we blesse thee And we praise thy name for euer and for euer and euer Vouchsaife o Lord this day to keepe vs without sinne Haue mercy vpon vs o Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Let thy mercy o lord be vpon vs euen as we haue hoped in thee In thee o Lord I haue hoped let me not be confounded for euer The Hymne of the Angels Luc 2. with the additioÌ„ by S. Hilarius ANd with the Angel there was a multitude of the heaueÌ„ly army praysing god and saying glory in the highest to god on earth peace to men of good wil. We praise thee we blesse thee we adore thee we glorifie thee we geue thakes vnto thee for thy great glory O Lotd god heauenly King God Father omnipotent O Lord onely begotteÌ„ sonne Iesus Christ O Lord god Lambe of god soÌ„ne of the Father who takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpoÌ„ vs. Who takest away the sinnes of the world receaue our prayer who sittest at the right haÌ„d of the Father haue mercy vpon vs. Because thou alone holy thou alone lord thou alone most highest o Iesus Christ with the holy Ghost in glory of god the Father Amen A prayer desiring pardon and grace by Christes passion out of S. Isaac l. de contemptu mundi c. 29. O Lord that didest weepe ouer Lazarus and poure forth the teares of thy coÌ„passioÌ„ on him receaue the teares of my bitternesse heale my passions with thy passions cure my wounde with thy woundes cleanse my bloud with thy bloud and mingle with my body the sweete odour of thy quickning body Let that gawle which was geueÌ„ to thee to drink by thy enemies make my soule sweete from the bitternesse which the enimy aduersary haith drunke vnto me Let thy body that was stretched forth vpon the wood of the Crosse lift vp to thâ—e my mind which by the deuils is drawne downeward Thy head which thou leanedst downe on the tormentes of the Crosse lift vp my head that is buffeted of my enemies Thy most holy handes crucified with nailes raise me vp to thee from confusioÌ„ of perditioÌ„ as thy most sacred mouth haith promised Thy face which receaued buffetinges and spittinges vpon it make cleane my face defiled with cursed iniquities Thy soule which thou gauest vp first being on the Crosse bring me to thee in thy glory I haue not a sorowful heart to seeke thee I haue not repentaÌ„ce nor compunctioÌ„ that bring againe childreÌ„ to their inheritance O Lord I haue not entreating teares my mynd is darkned with worldly thinges nor can looke vnto thee with greefe and my heart is withered for multitude of temptations and can not be warmed with teares of thy sweetnesse But o Iesus Christ the treasure of good thinges geue vnto me perfect repentance a sorowful heart That thereby I may hasten with my soule to seeke thee for without that which is al goodnesse I shal be an AlieÌ„ Therefore o Iesus Christ geue me thy grace The Father which from eternity without tyme begott thee renew in me the light of thy image I haue forsakeÌ„ thee do not thou forsake me I haue gone out from thee goe thou forth to seeke bring me into thy pastures number me among the sheepe chosen in thy sight and place me with them in the portion of the riches of thy sâ—crets whose habitacle is a clensed heart in it let be seene the brightnes of thy reuelations which are the consolation and refreshing of those which haue laboured for thee in tribulations and al kinde of afflictions of which graunt we may be worthie by the grace and holinesse of our Sauiour then and in the world to come Amen Augustine l. med cap. 11. With al our heart and mouth we confesse praise and blesse thee god the Father vnbegotten thee the onely begotten Sonne thee holy Ghost comforter holy and indiuided Trinity praise be to thee world without end Amen Other meditations and praysinges of god for the morning as opportuni tie is or for varietie Direction out of scripture IN the middest of the Church I wil Ps 21. see Ps 34. 83. 112. 116. c. praise thee You that feare our Lord praise him al you seede of Iacob glorify him Al Nations praise our Lord al ye people praise him because his mercy is confirmed vpon vs and the truth of our Lord remaineth for euer Reioyce and praise together you deserts Is 52. see c. 49. et Zach. 2. of Ierusalem because our Lord haith comforted his people redemed Ierusalem Our Lord haith prepared his holy arme in the eyes of al Nations and al the endes of the earth shal see the saluation of our god Daughter of Syon praise o Israel cry Sophon 3. out for ioy and reioice in al thy heart daughter of Ierusalem our Lord haith taken away IudgmeÌ„t haith ouerthrone thine enemies the King of Israel is lord in the midst of thee thou shalt not feare euil any longer At midnight Paule and Silas praying Act. 16. did praise god Direction out of S. Basile l. quaes diffuse explicat quaest 37. WE ought to preuent the morning and rise to praier lest the day find vs sleeping and in bed according to him that saith Mine eyes haue preuented the morning Ps 118. that I might meditate thy wordes of which thinges they must at no time be negligent whose purpose is to liue agreably to the glory of god and his Christ A Meditation before praier out of S. Nilus lib. de oratione PRaier is a communication of the minde with god Therefore in what state ought the minde to be that it may be stretched forth to his Lord. If Moyses when he endeuored Exod. 3. to come to the Bush which he saw was forbiden vntil he loosed the showes of his feete how must not he that wil see and conuerse with him which excedeth al sense and cogitation cast away froÌ„ him selfe al troubled knowledg Thou caÌ„st not pray purely if thou be entangled with earthly thinges and businesse and burdened with daily cares As he which is is bound can not runne so the mind that serueth passions can not behoulde the place of spiritual praier for it is drawne hither and thither with troubled cogitations and haith no fixed setled state If thou consider thy condition thou wilt rather weepe protesting thy self a wretch by the example of Isay because Is
of Preface at Masse the brethâ—en saying Sursum corda Let our heartes be vpward that when the people answeareth Habemus ad Dominum We haue them vnto our Lord they may be admonished to think oÌ„ nothing but our Lord. Let your breast be shut against the aduersary and open to god alone Let it not suffer the enemy of god to come into it in time of praier for he often times sodainly creepeth and entreth in and craftily decâ—iuing calleth our praiers from god that we may haue one thing in heart and an other in voice when not onely the sounde of the word but the minde and sense ought to pray with pure intention vnto our Lord. And what a sluggishnesse is it to be carried away with foolish prophane cogitations when thou entreatest our Lord as though there were any thinge which thou rather shouldest think on then that thou speakest with god How doâ—st thou desire to be heard of God when thou hearest not thy self Wilt thou haue god to remember thee when thou askest thou remembrest not tâ—y self This is not to beware of the enemy this is when thou praiest vnto god by negligence of praier to offende the maiestie of God Where and with whom we may pray out of S. ClEment Rom. IF because of misbeleuers we can not goe to the Church but the wicked occupy the place thou must flee from that place because it is prophaned by them For as the preists do sanctify holy thinges so the impious defile them If the true beleuers can not assemble together neither at home nor in the Church let euery one by them selues singe reade pray or two or three gathered together For Where there be two or three gathered together in Mat. 16. my name there am I in the middest of them Let not the godly pray neither at home with an heritike for what society is there â— Cor. 6 betwene light darknesse Times of praier out of S. Ierome ALthough the Apostle biddeth vs alwaies to pray and to those 1. Thes 5. that be holy sleepe it self is a Praier yet we ought to haue deuided houres of praying that if peraduenture we be detained with any work the time it self may admonish vs to do our dutie There is no man that is ignorant of the thirde hour sixt hour ninth hour morning also and euening Let vs not go to meate except we pray nor depart from the table before we geue thankes to our creatour We must rise twice or thrice in the night meditate such thinges as we can say by memory out of the Sctiptures When we go forth of our lodging let vs be armed with praier wheÌ„ we come forth of the streete let praier meete with vs before we sit downe Let not the body take rest before our soule be fed At euery action at euery going forward let our hand make the signe of the Crosse PRAYERS AND ME ditations in particular and first vpon our Lordes Praier The salutation of the Angel to our B. Lady the Creede of the Apostles With the Primatiue Catholick introduction to all praier before them AL whatsoeuer you do in word or work al tbinges in the name of Col. 3. our Lord Iesus Christ geuing thankes to god the Father by him God forbid that I should glory but in the Gal. 6. Crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ The Crosse is made on the forhead of Ieron in c. 9. Ezech. the Christians and signed by often framing it with our hand In the name of the Father and of the Missa Ethiop ascribeâ—â—â— S. Mathew Apostle Mozar in Miss S. Iacobi S. Ephrem de panopl. Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Humble thy self vnder the mighty hand of God that he may exalt thee in the kingdome of heauen which our Sauiour haith promised to the humble But in stead of a sheild defend thy self with the signe of the Crosse signing therwith al thy members thy heart Signe thy affections thy going in thy going forth in al times Thy sitting downe and rysing vp thy bed and whatsoeuer thinges thou passest by First signe them in the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost for that armour is most forcible no man can euer hurt thee if thou shalt be defended with it For if any man carry with him the signe of aÌ„ earthly King no man dareth to hurt him how much more can or ought we that beare such a signe of the heauenly Emperour feare any man Neuer omitt to be signed and thou shalt destroy the snares which the deuil haith laide for thee S. Ephrem ser de sanct â—râ— dom The Crosse triumpheth which all nations people Tribes and tongues adore in which let vs glory with blessed Paule saying God forbid I should Gal. 6. glory but in the Crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ by whom the world is crucified vnto me and I to the world Let vs paint and engraue on our gates forheades eyes mouth in al our partes this viuificant signe Let vs be adorned and armed with this inuincible armour of Christians For it is the vanqueresse of death hope of the world light of the endes of the whole earth Opener of Paradise profligatrix and destructresse of heresies the strength of the orthodoxal Faith a great and sauing custody perpetual glory of the right beleuers of the Church Therfore o christian omit not to beare about al daies and nightes houres and moments and in al places this armour doe nothing without it but whether thou sleepest or wakest or eatest or drinkest or trauailest or sailest or passest waters or dost any other thing euer signe arme al thy members with this sauing and quickning signe of the Crosse and thou shalt neuer be affraid of the day feare or the arrow flying in the day psal 90. or businesse walking in darknes froÌ„ ruine noone-time denil If thou shalt be assisted with this defence euil thinges shal not come vnto thee scourge shal not approch thy tabernacle For so soone as they see this signe presently al aduersary powers terrified depart and goe away This signe haith quashed the errour of Idoles this haith sanctifyed the whole world this haith driuen away darknesse and restoared light this haith gathered together the nations from the east and west and north and south and ioyned them together in Charity into one Charity into one Faith into one baptisme This signe is the impregnable bulwarke of true beleuers What mouth or what kinde of tongue shal be able worthily to praise this victorious armour of the great King Christ our God Of praier and espechally our Lordes praier out of holy Scripture WHen you pray you shal not Mat. 6. Luc. 11. be as hipocrites which loue to stand praying in Synagogues corners of streetes that they may be seene of men Amen I say vnto you they haue receaued their reward But when thou shalt
was crucified the suÌ„ne darkned and lightned againe for it behoueth creatures to compassionate with there creatour The veale was cutte water bloud flowed out of his side the earth quaked the rockes were rent the dead rysing do testify the faith of the last and common resurrection Al which thinges who is able worthily to praise But none was such as the miracle of my saluation a few droppes of bloud reforming al the world But o great and holy pasouer and expurgation of al the world O word of God and light and life and wisdome and power for I ioy at al thy names O Issue and cogitation seale of that great minde o word intelligible and man visible who bearest al thinges crowned with the word of power let vs suffer noe euil stay the tiranny which the body beareth against vs. Thou seest o Lord whom how it beareth downe except we be purged by thy suffrage or by thy self But if we shal worthily be dissolued from this desire and receaued in the celestial tabernacles peraduenture there also we shal acceptabâ—y sacrifice vnto thee on thy holy Altare o Father and worde and holy Ghost because al glory honour and power is to thee for euer Amen PRAIERS DAYLY To be vsed for the Euening The Meditation or Preparation to Praier out of S. Cesarius Bishop of Arles Hom. 31. LEt vs pray with sighing forceable crying or groaÌ„ing according to that prophetical saying I did roare for the groaning of my heart Ps 37. Let vs pray not with a sounding voice but with a conscience crying vnto our Lord. When we pray so much as we are able Let vs labour by the helpe of god that noe extrauagant cogitation creepe into vs lest peraduenture we may haue one thing in our heart and vtter an other with our mouth lest by chaunce while our tongue praieth vnto god our cogitation occupied with diuers thinges may goe away from the meaning of our praier so from thence procure sinne from whence it might haue had remedy For if before any mighty persoÌ„ thou wouldest pleade any necessary cause sodainly turning from him breaking of thy speach in the middest thou shouldest busy thy self with some scurrilities what iniury thinkest thou thou should doe vnto that person with whom thou didest speake or how shouldest thou procure his anger against thee If therfore speaking with a man we laboure with al intention of mind lest thinking on any other thing we may be thought to doe a wrong to him vnto whom we speake When we speake vnto god in praier and alledg the miseries of our sinnes before so great a Maiesty are we not ashamed do we not blush our senses being made captiues to runne about hither and thither and with many businesse to abstracte our vnhappy minde from behoulding the diuine Maiesty And therefore euery one before he kneleth downe in praier by the helpe of god let him put away al superfluous cogitations from the intention of his minde that our soule being inflamed with the feruour of the holy Ghost may consume al vice with the fyre of compunction or praier and disperse farre of al wauering and wandering cogitations that onely vâ—rtue and holy Meditations may alwaies finde place in our heartes Meditations praiers for Euening LEt euery one take a Lambe throughout their families or houses Exod. 12. And the whole multitude of Israel shal offer it in sacrifice at the Euening Let my praier be directed as incense Ps 140. in thy sight the lifting vp of my handes an euening sacrifice While it was euen he sate downe Math. 26. Marâ— 14. Luc. 22. with his twelue Disciples And whiles they were at supper Iesus tooke bread and blessed brake and he gaue to his Disciples and said Take ye eate This is my body And taking the Chalice he gaue thankes and gaue vnto them saying Drinke ye al of this for This is my bloud of the new TestameÌ„t which shal be shed for many vnto remission of sinnes When it was euening there came a Math. 27. certaine riche man of Arimathea named Ioseph who also himself was Disciple to Iesus He went to Pilaâ—e and asked the body of Iesus Then Pilate commaunded that the body should be deliuered Watch therefore for you know not Marc. 13â— when the Lord of the house may come whether late in the euening c. I haue cryed to god and our Lord Ps 54. wil saue me In the euening I wil declare shew he wil heare my voice A Meditation of S. Basile orat in S. Iulittam When the day is ended geue thaÌ„kes vnto him who haith geuen the same vnto vs to serue our daily laboures fyre to lighten night and for the rest of the necessities of life And let the night propose vnto vs other argumentes of praier When thou shalt looke vp vnto heauen and haue thine eyes fixed on the bewtie of the starres pray vnto the Lord of visible thinges and adore god the best workman of al creatures who made al thinges in wisdom when thou shalt see al nature of liuing creatures detained in sleepe Againe adore him that looseth vs though against our wil by sleepe from the continuance of laboures by a litle rest reduceth vs againe to the force of our strength S. Clem. Const Apost lib. 8. cap. 4. Make your praiers at the euening geuing thankes because our Lord haith geuen vs the night for a rest of our day laboures Daily come together in the morning l. 2. c. 63. euening singing praying in Churches in the euening saying the 140. psalme O Lord I haue cryed vnto thee Ps 140. heare me Harken vnto my voice when I shal crye vnto thee Let my praier be directed as incense in thy sight the lifting vp of my handes an euening sacrifice O Lord put a watch to my mouth and a doare of standing about to my lippes Decline not my heart into wordes of malice to excuse excuses in sinnes With men that worke iniquity and I wil not communicate with the chosen of them The iust shal correct me in mercie and rebuke me but the oyle of a sinner shal not annoint my head Because as yet also my praier in thinges of their delight their Iudges are swallowed vp ioyned to the rocke They shal heare my wordes because they were able as the thicknesse of the earth is broken out vpon the earth Our bones are scattered abroade neare to hel because to thee o Lord o Lord mine eyes in thee I haue trusted take not away my soule Keepe me from the snare which they haue laid for me and from the scandals of those that worke iniquity Sinners shal fal in his nette I am alone til I passe away Glory be to the Father c. Clem. Const Ap. l. 8. c. 41. RAise vp and saue vs o God by thy Christ lifting vp our selues let vs desire the mercies of our lord and his commiserations the