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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09491	An inuitation vnto prayer, and the practise of piety, directing the way to true happinesse Wherein is principally to be considered, these foure things. 1. What prayer vnto God is. 2. The necessity of it. 3. The profit we receiue by this holy exercise. 4. The maner and vse of it.	Perrott, James, Sir, 1571-1637.	1624 (1624)	STC 19774; ESTC S100356	25,890	144

disgraces IT is iust with thee O Lord and I haue iustly deserued that thou shouldest send me some wants and small disgraces after thou hast giuen me prosperitie plenty and sufficiencie when not vsing thy blessings well and neglecting the meanes thou hast affoorded for my maintainance I am faln from that I had which was sufficient to want some things for my necessary vse And yet my wants are not so great as my sinnes are or as they haue deserued Since then howsoeuer my estate or my estimation is in this world I do beseech thee graunt me patience to beare this or whatsoeuer crosse it pleaseth thee to lay vpon mee and to acknowledge that I my selfe am the cause of it And so when thou hast brought me home vnto thy self by the acknowledgement of my selfe and of my sinnes comfort me againe according to thy eternall wisedome that I bee neyther dismaide with aduersitie or puffed vp with prosperity but if it be thy good pleasure that pouerty shall still pursue mee prepare me with patience to beare this crosse though hard for flesh and blood yet once obtaining the victorie by thy sole strength ouer this inward enemy my infirmities sticking closest vnto me I may possesse my soul in peace and whatsoeuer becomes of my worldly estate the spiritual state of my soul may be safe I saued thorow thy abundant mercies Amen A Prayer in time of sicknesse MOst gracious Father we confesse and wee are driuen to confesse wee haue deserued plagues pestilence and other sicknesses whereto we are subiect of our selues aswell by the naturall infection of our bodies whereby one taketh contagion from another as by our spirituall pollutions whereby our sinnes being the inward festring sores doe ascend vnto the Tribunall in heauen calling and crying for vengeance on the earth on the sonnes of men the inhabitants and Rulers of the earth The effects of this good Lord we haue often and visibly seene though wee doe not well consider the cause Wee feele the stroke but do not see the hand that strikes neither do we well weigh what moues that hand to bee stretched out agaynst vs. Now the sicknesse thou hast sent vs makes vs to looke somewhat about vs and to feel that which our flesh can easily find paine anguish aches torments comming from the body to the mind But O Lord we are not so sensible of that which concernes the sicknesse of the soule Yet in this time of our visitation whilest paine and perill doth oppresse vs teach vs to take this as an information of our infirmities heale vs good Lord inwardly in the diseases of our soules and keepe vs from those corruptions of our naturall affections which draws vs vnto fond desires with false and foolish appetites the procurers of these our bodily diseases O Lord yet cleanse vs within from our sins and then we shal be cured from our corporall sicknes but if it be thy blessed will to continue this Contagion yet comfort and support vs during the time of sicknesse Make thou good Lord our beddes and bodies such as may make vs able to vndergo our sickenesse comfort vs with the inward consolation of thy holy Spirit when cold heat coniunction or succession of either comes then O Lord in the time of extremity whilest Na●u●e is distempred our bodi●s dis●ased our minds distracted betwixt feare of death danger of our estate care of our children friends kindr●d and family wee may y●t receyue a sweet repose from the influence of thy holy Spirit to rest content with thy good will and pleasure with a reference and relying on the same for resolution of life or of death So may wee by thy assistance say still and peaceably vnto thee in the sincerity of our owne soules We are heere now good Lord at thy disposing do with vs what thou wilt Only make vs able to bear our owne infirmities and thy visitations with faith help vs in the time of this wea●nesse and danger of this disease if thou giue life graunt amendment of life If thou appoint death grant vs preparation for our dissolution Repentance for our sinnes and a ioyfull assurance of thy mercies the bodie is weake the flesh trem●les the Spirit is troubled O thou the giuer of life and the disposer of death whē sense is dull or distracted infuse thy Spirit to temper it and to turne vs vnto thee dispose our harts so that whither life or death do come they may bee alike welcome vnto vs and we may entertaine either according to thy good wil and pleasure Arme vs against the feare of death if life be graunted graunt wee may leade a new life setting forth thy glory If death be designed let the period of this life bee finished in thy praises lift vp our hearts at the last gaspe And now at this instant plant in my heart faith to beleeue in thy sauing health feruencie to pray for it courage to endure the conflicts of sickenesse and of sinne and in the end a blessed death and a ioyfull resurrection thorow Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A prayer for knowledge THou O great and gracious God who art the light of our liues and the Conseruer of all sauing knowledge enlighten our vnderstanding with the true knowledge of thee of our selues and of the wayes wherein we should walke And although we can neuer in this world knowe thee as thou art being inuisible infinit in goodnesse and in greatnes yet giue vs such and so much knowledge of thee as our capacities can comprehend and thy will is to reueale Let vs attaine to so much knowledge as to see thy wonders in thy works and thy good pleasure reuealed in thy word if that which thou hast not reuealed of thy selfe let vs bee satisfied with what thou hast reuealed in thy word Of the first let our naturall inquisition of thy supernaturall power weaken or preiudice our faith And in that knowledge which thy word deliuereth let vs not be content with a weake and meane measure but couet to come vnto that knowledg which may strengthen our faith informe our consciences and reforme our liues In the knowledge of our selues teach vs to consider and know our owne weaknesse and wickednesse our frailtie and manifold infirmities our sinnes and transgressions against thy holy and heauenly Maiesty For the knowledge of our owne wayes grant vs warinesse and watchfulnes to see and finde out our faylings in the keeping of thy Commandements our feare plainly to professe thy truth thorow doubt of danger scoffe or losse the smal account we make of thy good things wee leaue vndone or do amis of the euill wee haue committed And when good Lord thou hast rightly instructed vs in the knowledg of thee by thy works and word of our selues in finding and confessing our sinnes and of our owne wayes by acknowledging them to be wandering by-paths then bring vs home vnto thee to pray vnto thee and praise thee in this life

for the Euening in the Family MOst gracious God we thanke thee for our safe deliuerance this day the rest of our life from all daungers That thou hast giuen vs food health rayment with other things necessarie for our sustenance and sustentation That thou hast not suffered vs to bee ouerwhelmed with cares crosses and calamities whereto wee are subiect whilst we lead this transitory life That thou hast granted vs liberty to trauel in those affaires to which our estates and necessities do call vs. These and many other blessings hast thou bestowed on vs this day and from day to day vntill this present time O Lord as thou hast powred downe thy mercies vppon vs in great measure so showre downe into our hearts those thy heauenly graces of thankefulnesse faithfulnesse fauour and praises that they may bee like vnto Dewe comming downe from Heauen which ascending vp thither againe and so returning thence with retribution of encrease may moisten our dry hard stony hearts and so bring forth fruits of Faith and Repentance which may grow vp to the setting forth of thy glory and the sauing of our owne poore sinnefull soules To this end good Lord settle our hearts this Euening before and when we go to bed as we cary with vs our corruptions still plucking vnto our fraile bodies flesh and blood so yet with the assistance and strength by which we must walke or else wee can neuer stand we may bee led to the consideration of our owne mortality miserable condition that we are now aliue and may die ere the next day that though we haue fedde plentifully this day yet it may be we shall eate no more that some of vs who heare and see one another now shall neuer heare or see one another hereafter For neyther of vs haue assurance to liue vntill the next day to deliuer what wee haue done this night Blessed God therfore we beseech thee euen at this instant time begin to infuse grace into vs to looke vpon our selues as corruptible and to looke into our soules as they are ful of corruption to make a true account at the least of this daies trespasses committed against thy holy heauenly Maiestie to mourne for it as much as we may before sleepe the fore-shewer of death doth seize vpon vs to pray vnto thee feruently to aske thee forgiuenes to giue thee thanks for thy mercies to lift vppe our hands and harts vnto thee and at the least to say Lord be mercifull vnto me a miserable sinner This repentance and this continuall practice of prayer of praises and of thankesgiuing grant vs good Lord and to all thy chosen children for thy Sonne our Sauiour Christ Iesus sake A priuate Prayer for one going to bed THis day good Lord is spent so doe our liues spend as our time doth decrease so do our sinnes encrease We seeke riches and know not who shall enioy them Wee couet children wealth and preferments and are not assured to possesse them And I that should know thus much doe not consider what I know nor weigh mine owne infirmities I haue good Lord this day acted my part with much frailty and many faylings I haue forgotten to call vppon thee my Soueraigne Lord this day and most of the dayes of my life my faith is weake my vnderstanding is dull in diuine things my memorie failes to retayne good things though they bee taught me my affections depriued and wandering after vaine worldly and wicked imaginations the which carry mee from the keeping of thy Commandements This O Lord I confesse and better I am not able to do without thy assistance yet keepe mee gracious God this night and from henceforth from further contagion of bodie and of soule let not my polutions in the works of darkenesse this night be added to my former transgressions but cleanse mee from that is past and keep me from the like sins from time to time change the Old man in me by repentance and renouation saue my soule and teach me to set forth thy praise both day and night Certaine Meditations and short eiaculations of Praiers to bee vsed in the night A Waking out of sleepe let vs begin with some short prayers in this or the like sort My God I am awaked againe awake mee out of sinne as thou hast done me out of sleepe Let my sleepe wherein I had not the vse of my senses teach mee not to driue out my daies in slumber security and impiety When I arise out of my bed raise me vp to newnesse of life repentaunce for my sinnes and amendment of what I haue done amisse When mine eyes shall close againe keepe mee in thy protection safegard by thy power Now Lord defend me this night and euer preserue me from danger sin and death Keepe me from concupiscence lust and vaine imaginations Knit my hart vnto thee Let my sleep be moderate and safe so that I may rise better prepared for thy seruice A Prayer for deliuerance from temptations OVR fraile Natures and our pronenesse to fall into all kind of sins forceth vs O Lord if we would doe as wee should to flye vnto thee for our safety and saluation and to call vpon thee who art our stay and our strength and who onely hast power to preserue vs beseeching thee that thou wilt be pleased either to put vs from those temptations which of our selues wee are not able to withstand Teach vs O Lord to wrestle with sinne and with Sathan by prayers reparations framed and fitted by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit and when these temptations are offered offer vnto vs thy ●elping hand to stand stedfast in faith with feare to offend thee Let vs then when these temptations come say vnto our selues Lord thou seest all and thou wilt punish vs Lord help and Lord deliuer vs and for my sinfull weake selfe saue mee from these violent assaults of Sathan I cannot defend my selfe he thou therfore my shield and buckler my corrupt nature is ready to yeelde the contagions of others the allurements of the world and wicked persons are ready to enthrall me yet if thou my mercifull God strengthen me I shall be able by thy assistance to stand If thou my Sauior stretch out thy shield and speare of defence I shall with Peter being almost sunke walke safe on the waters of strife Helpe therefore Lord for vaine is the helpe of man Put from vs Pride Presumption Luxury Lust Selfe-conceite Couetousnesse want of deuotion Malice Mischief Vnbeleefe hardnesse of heart such like sinnes which are the subiects subiects of our temptations or if any such assault vs or come neere vs let them not take such holde on vs to throw vs downe that we be not able to rise any more but in the comming or before the preuailing of our temptations support deliuer and saue vs. So shall we giue thee laud for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Prayer for patience in time of wants and

cause it to be done good Lord Amen A Prayer to bee prepared for death OVr liues good Lord we see are short and most vncertain our souls are full of sinne our selues are subiect to many dangers wee couet possessions and preferments but know not how long wee shall enioy them nor are wee assured who shall haue them when we leaue this life Most mercifull God teach vs so to meditate and so to measure this spanne and short space of fading life that finding how fraile it is wee may passe this our pilgrimage in a conscionable course not mispending time in vaine or vicious liuing waiting for the time of our dissolution awaking our spirits from sin and security wherein we haue laien as in a slumber drawing on to death Good God giue vs faith in the blood of thy Son repentance for our former euill wayes reconciliation by thy mercies and the mediation of our Redeemer Shut vp our exterior sences from those obiects of sinne which betraid our soules settle our interiour sences to repose freed by thy fauours from Passion Anger Ambition Concupiscence Couetousnesse Lust Vncharitablenesse Vnbeleefe and all other wickednesse which defile and destroy our soules so being purged from our polutions and being guarded and guided by thy good gouerning Spirite wee may make this life a meditation of death the time to come a cure of former trespasses and the conclusion of all to be thy glory the good of thy Church the maintenance of thy trueth finally the saluation of our soules through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A prayer to be vsed when death drawes neere O LORD this sinful and vncertaine life which I haue led being now drawne neere amend I bese●ch thee that hast hitherto prolonged life and now doest dispose death purge me from my sinnes past by the precious blood and powerfull death of thy Son our Sauiour Christ Iesus in his wounds and by his sufferings wash away our sins In this short season of my time almost all spent grant me hearty repentance for my transgressions a longing desire of a better life a change not onely from my corruptions but from all my former failings and as natural strength growes weaker so grant that spirituall Graces in mee may grow stronger Helpe Lord to quicken my sinfull sences to quiet my conscience with assurance of thy fauour and mercy Be with mee by thy all-assisting aide as in my life so at my death that neither sinne death nor hell may haue the conquest ouer mee but so strengthned saued commending my spirite and soule vnto thy safeguard thou that hast made it will vouchsafe to saue it for thy Sonne and for thy owne mercies sake I come Lord come thou vnto me I faint Lord strengthen me My life departs yet saue my sinfull soule Lord I come helpe me to come vnto thee Lift vp mine eyes my hands my heart Lord receiue and saue my soule Let this last sentence be often said as long as speech doth last and bee inwardly conceiued when words cannot bee vttered FINIS The Table A Prayer for deuotion in prayer 58 Morning prayer in a Family 61 A morning prayer to be vsed in priuate 66 A prayer for the Euening in the Family 68 A priuate prayer for one going to bed 73 Certaine Meditations and short eiaculations of prayers to bee vsed in the night 75 A praier for deliuerance from temptations 77 A prayer for patience in time of wants and d●sgraces 80 A prayer in time of sicknes 83 A prayer for knowledge 89 A prayer to bee kept from all vncleannesse of our lustes 92 A prayer before the hearing of the word preached 96 A prayer after the hearing of a Sermon 99 A prayer before the receyuing of the Lords Supper 103 A prayer after the receiuing of the holy Communion 106 A prayer in the time of vnseasonable weather 109 A prayer to be vsed vvhen dearth scarsity comes 112 A Prayer in time of plague and pestilence 115 A Prayer for increase and continuance of spirituall giftes and graces 119 A prayer to bee prepared for death 124 A prayer to bee saide when death drawes neere 127 FINIS