al suche as haue erred and gone astray comfortest the sowles of them that hunger and thyrst after ryghteousnesse and plenteously enrychest those with diuerse gyftes which aske them in Iesus Chrystes name purifie our hartes we besech thee inflame them with the fyre of thy loue arme vs against the crafty assaultes of subtyl sathan agaynst the vayne plcsures of the wicked world agaynst the sinfull lustes of fylthy fleshe the we beynge endued with grace from aboue by thy holy inspiration may walke forwardes in newenesse of lyfe in true holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Fyl our hartes with newe afctes and spirituall motions renewe vs both in body and sowle that we may dye vnto olde Adam lyue vnto righteousenes through a liuely faythe whiche worketh by Charitie whiche synguler gyfte of faythe graunt vnto vs that we truely beleuing in thee O eternal God the father the sonne and the holy ghost and fully perswaded of the truthe of thy holy word may be made thy sonnes and inheritours of the euerlastynge ioyes whiche as they are great and vnspeakeable so are there fewe that do inioy thē For straite is the way narrowe is the gate that leadeth therunto fewe there be that fynde it Notwithstandinge O god thou hast a lyttell flocke to whō it is thy pleasure to geue that ioyful kingdome whose names are wrytten in the boke of lyfe Make vs therfore of that nombre for Iesus Christes sake place vs amongest those thy shepe whiche shall stande on thy ryght hande to receiue that blessed inherytance and dwell with thee for euermore An other prayer REmēbre not O lorde god our olde iniquites but let thy mercy spedely preuent vs for we be very myserable help vs god our sauiour and for the glory of thy name deliuer vs be merciful forgeue our synnes Let not the wicked people saye where is their god we be thy people the shepe of thy passture we shal geue thākes vnto thee for euer frō age to age we shal set forth thy lawde and praise to thee be honour and glory world without ende Amen 2. Peter 3. The day of the Lord will come as a theefe in the night in the which day the heauens shall peryshe with terrible noise and the Elementes shall melt with heate and the earth with the worckes that are therin shal burne vp Seinge therfore that all these things shall perish what maner persons oughte ye to be in holy conuersacion and godlines loking for and hastening vnto the day of God ¶ The Letany and suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercye vppon vs myserable sinners O God the father c. O god the Son redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs myserable sinners O God the sonne redemer c. O God the holy ghoste procedinge from the father and the sonne haue mercye vpon vs myserable sinners O God the holy ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one god haue mercye vpon vs miserable sinners O holye blessed and glorious c. Remember not Lorde oure offences nor the offences of oure forefathers neyther take thou vengeaunce of oure synnes Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed wyth thy most precious bludde and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good lorde From all euyl and mischiefe from syn from the craftes assaultes of the deuil from thy wrathe and from euerlastynge dampnation Good lorde deliuer vs. From all blindnes of hart from pryde vayne glorye and hipocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and al vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From Fornication and al other deadly synne and from al the deceyptes of the world the fleshe and the deuyl Good Lorde deliuer vs. From lightnynge and tempeste from plague pestilence and famine from battel and murder and from sodain death Good Lorde deliuer vs. From al sedicion and priuie conspiracy from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of harte and contempte of thy worde and commaundement Good Lorde deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy natiuitie and circumsition by thy baptisme fasting and temptaciō Good Lorde deliuer By thyne agony and blouddy sweat by thy Crosse and Passion by thy precious death and burial by thy glorious resurrection and ascention and by the commyng of the holy ghost Good Lorde deliuer vs. In al time of our tribulation in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good Lorde deliuer vs. We synners do beseche thee to heare vs O Lorde God that it may please the to rule and gouerne thy holy churche vniuersally in the right waye We beseche thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshippinge of thee in ryghteousnes and bolines of life thy seruaunt Elizabeth our most gracyous Queene and gouernour We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please the to rule her hart in thy faythe feare and loue and that she may euermore haue affiaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glorye We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to be her defender and keper geuing her the victory ouer all her enemies We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to illuminate all Byshoppes Pastours and ministers of the church with trew knowledge and vnderstandyng of thy woorde and that both by theyr preachynge and lyuinge they maye set it foorth and shewe it accordynglye We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to endue the lordes of the counsell and all the nobilitye with grace wisedome and vnderstandynge We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to blesse kepe the Magistrates geuyng them grace to execute iustice and to mainteine truth We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to geue vs an harte to loue and dreade thee and dilygentlye to lyue after thy commaundementes We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to geue al thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy word and to receyue it with pure affection and to bryng forthe the fruites of the spiryte We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to brynge into the waye of truth all such as haue erred and are deceyued We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to strengthen suche as do stande and to comforte and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp thē that fal and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our fete We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please
thee to succoure helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labouryng of chyld al sicke persons and younge chyldren and to shewe thy pytie vpon all prysoners captiues We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to defend and prouyde for the fatherles chyldren and wydowes and all that be desolate and oppressed We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it maye please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to tourne their hartes We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioy them We besech thee to heare vs. c. That it may please thee to gyue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all oure synnes negligences and ignoraunces and to endue vs with the grace of thy holye spirite to amend our lyues accordyng to thy holy worde We besech thee to heare vs. c. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of god we besech c. O Lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the world Graunt vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art c. And leade vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euil Amen The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our sinnes Aunswere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs praye O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite hart nor the desire of such as be sorowfull mercifully assyste oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities when so euer they oppresse vs and graciousely heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtilty of the deuill or man worketh against vs be brought to naughte and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be disperied that we thy seruantes being hurt by no persecution maye euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy church thorough Iesus Christ our lorde Amen O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble works that thou didst in theyr dayes and in the olde time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy honour Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginnyng c. Frō our ennemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vppon our afflictions Pitifullye beholde the sorowes of oure harte Mercifullye forgeue the synnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vppon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ Versicle O Lorde let thy mercye be shewed vpon vs. Aunswere As we do put our trust in thee Let vs praye WE humblye beseche thee O father mercyfully to looke vpon oure infirmities and for the glorye of thy names sake turne from vs all those euyls that we most righteously haue deserued And graunte that in al our troubles we may put oure whole truste and confidence in thy mercye and euermore serue thee in holynes and purenes of liuinge to thy honoure and glory through our onelye mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer for the Queenes Maiestie O Lord our heauenly Father high mightye Kyng of Kynges Lorde of Lordes the onely Ruler of Prynces which doest frō thy throne behold al the dwellers vpō the earth most hartely we besech thee wyth thy fauour to beholde our mooste gracyous Souerayne Ladye Queene Elizabeth and so replenishe her with the grace of thy holye spyrite that she may alwaye inclyne to thy wyll and walke in thy way Indue her plentifully with heauenlye gyftes Graunte her in health and welth long to lyue strength her that shee maye vanquishe and ouercome all her enemyes And finally after thys lyfe she maye attaine euerlastinge ioy and felicitie Through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer for pastours and mynisters of the Church ALmyghty and euerlastinge God which onely woorkest great marvailes sende downe vppon oure Pastours and Mynisters and al congregacions committed to their charge the healthfull spiryte of thy grace and that they may truely please thee Powre vpon them the continuall due of thy blessing Graunte thys O Lorde for the honoure of oure aduocate and mediatoure Iesus Chryst ¶ For rayne yf the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promysed to all them that seke thy kyngdome the righteousnes therof all thynges necessary to theyr bodily sustenaunce Sende vs we beseche thee in this oure necessitye suche moderate raine and shewres that we may receaue the fruites of the earth to our comforte to thy honoure through Iesus Christe our Lord. Amen ¶ For faire weather O Lorde God which for the synne of man dyddeste once drowne all the worlde excepte viii persons and afterwarde of thy greate mercye diddest promise neuer to destroye it so agayne wee humblye beseche thee that although we for our iniquities haue worthely deserued this plague of rayne waters yet vppon oure true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche weather wherby we may receyue the fruictes of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punyshemente to amende oure liues and for thy clemency to geue thee prayse and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ In the time of dearth and famine O God heauenlye father whose gifte it is that the rayne dooethfal the earth is fruitful beastes encrease and fyshes do multyplye Beholde we besech thee the afflyctions of thy people and graunt that the scarcitie and derth which we do now most iustly suffer for oure iniquitie maye throughe thy goodnes be mercifullie tourned into cheapenes and plentye for the loue of Iesus Christ oure lord to whome wyth thee and the holye ghoste be prayse for euer Amen ¶ In the time of warre O Almightie GOD kinge of al Kynges and gouernoure of all thinges whose power no creature is able to resiste to whom it belongeth iustly to punysh synners and to be merciful vnto them that truelye repent Saue and deliuer vs we humbly besech thee from the handes of our enemies abate theyr pryde asswage their malyce and confounde theyr deuises that we beynge armed wyth thy defence maye be preserued euermore from all perylles to glorify thee which art the only giuer of al victory through the merytes of thy onely sonne Iesus Christ our lord Amen ¶ A praier of Chrisostome ALmyghty God which hast geuen vs grace at this time with one accorde to make oure common supplycations vnto thee and doest promyse that when two or thre be gathered together in thy name thou wilt graunt their requestes fulfyl now O lord the desires and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedient for them grauntinge vs in thys worlde knoweledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come life euerlastinge Amen FINIS
and if I chaunce to fall or slip make me to thincke on thee and be sory with a stedfast purpose of amendmente O Lorde I gene ouer my selfe into thy holy hande desiryng thee for Christes sake that I maye remayne vnder thy mighty protection and strong defence of thy power and that thy holy aungel may alway pitch his tent roūde about me and compasse me alwaies Good lorde geue me ioyfulnes of harte and peace of conscience continual gladnes and consolation in thy worde promises that I may euermore be thanckefull vnto thee and prayse thy name for euer O Lorde thinke vpon all thy people which are straied here and ther from the farthest part of the earthe which be entred into couenaunte with thee and are minded to walke after thy will graunt Oh lorde that we may grow together in loue throughe the knoweledge of thy worde to keepe the vnitie of the spirite through the bonde of peace to the vtter confounding of erroure and al false opinions and to kepe vs cleane from hipocrysy and superstycyon and to make vs stronge in persecution We besech thee fauourably to heare vs good Lorde and graunt our requestes Geue prayse to god I. H. ¶ A Prayer for the forgeuenes of our fynnes and auoydinge of the plague due and at hand for the same O Lorde most mighty and feareful God to all them that hate thee and followe theyr owne waies and seke not to doe thy holy wil we thy poore creatures which labour do desire to do thy wyl do se by thy righteous Iudgemēt of thy word thy fyerce wrath and terrible indignation readye to fall vpon thys realme of Englande for despising of thy Preachers and Messangers and for the vnthanckful receauing yea treading vnderfote of thy most holy word Vnworthy were we of such a iewell therfore worthely was it takē away from vs lesse worthy were wee to haue it restored to vs agayn but now least worthy of al ar we to injoy the benefite therof And now we se thy wrath is kyndled O Lorde who shall be able to quenche it For our partes we do confesse that we be worthy of al the plagues that thou haste deuised agaynste vs yet neuerthelesse we besech thee vnworthelye to be called thy chyldren looke not vpon oure desertes or worthynesse but vpon thy Chryst thy fauourable mercy which thou haddest in the olde tyme vpon thy chyldren of Israell if they repented and turned vnto thee O Lorde thou diddest preserue them kepe them from captiuitie of al other nations and dyddest euer prouide them a faythful gouernour or ruler And furthermore most merciful father although they were destroyed for their wickednes and left but a small people yet neuerthelesse when they tourned vnfaynedly to thee thou euer gauest thē the victory ouer all their enemies so that they might dwel as bretherne together peaceably in their own lande whiche thou gaueste them Thou art the same lorde and thy mercy endureth for euer And nowe O lorde we that seke to do thy wil being but a smal people do beseche the of thy great mercie for Iesus Christes sake our only Peace maker to tourne away thy great wrath and terrible indignatiō which we haue deserued in this realme of Englande shewe thy compassion vpon vs as thou dyddest vppon the children of Israell in the olde time though not for our sakes whiche haue soo wyckedly deserued thy wrath but for thy most mighty and gloryous names sake For if thou shuldest destroy vs and bringe vs vnto desolation as we haue deserued than shuld thy moste mighty name and thy holy worde be euyll spoken of through vs in al the worlde Therfore we beseche thee most mercifull father to chasten and correcte vs not as we haue deserued but accordynge to thy fauourable mercy not in thy furie but with thy fatherly pitis delyuer vs not ouer into the handes of our ennemies neyther take thy holye worde from vs O lorde thoughe of all other we do moste deserue it and haue moste vnreuerently and vnthanckefully abused the same And here we confesse vnto thee all oure iniquities the which are more in numbre thē the heares of our heades and they presse vs so downe that our hartes fayle vs and we dare scarsely presume vnto thee yet neuerthelesse through Christ which is our righteousnes hath pacified thy wrath we are bold to come vnto thee O lord being sory for our faultes euen frō our very hartes desyring thee for his death and passion sake to forgeue vs all our synnes that euer we haue committed either in thought worde or dede O lord we geue ouer oure selues into thy holy hands with al our hartes do desyre to doe what so euer thy good wyll is that wee shoulde doe besechinge thee to assist vs with the grace of thy holy spirit that we henseforth may liue accordyng to that thy most godly and blessed wyll and laboure and studye to serue thee in newenes of lyfe taking vppe thy crosse folowing thy steppes O lord Christe willingly cherefully al the days of our lyfe And furthermore O lord we beseche thee to geue vs grace to be alway thākefull both in hart in our conuersation lyuynge for al the great benefites that we haue receiued at thy hand so that we maye enioy thē to thy glory and our comforte euen as at this presente we render vnto thee moste humble thanckes fyrste for thy goodnes in the worke of our creation secōdly for that when we were fallen into euerlastinge destruction through our consentynge to the subtilte of the ennemie thou of thy great mercy through Iesus christe didst raise vs vp agayn thirdly that it hath pleased thee to suffer thy holy word the foode of our sowles to haue fre passage ones agayne amongest vs and hast geuen vs an harte and a wyl to seeke it to beleue it and to followe it in our liuing and conuersation Moreouer we render vnto thee moste harty thanckes O heauenly father for Elyzabeth oure gracious Queene and Gouernoure whom in muche mercye thou dyddest delyuer with thy myghtye arme from the handes of her ennemyes and from the lyons mouthe and we beseche thee so to worke in her harte that of a thankefulnes towards thee for this her great deliueraunce and thy syncculer blessing consideryng whose minister she is she may sincerly seke and zelously promote thy true honour and glorye buylde vppe thy house confounde thy sworne aduersaries and carefully trauell to brynge thy people committed to her charge remaynyng yet almost in al partes of this realme either in myserable blyndenes and darke ignoraunce or wylfully stubbernly kickynge against the pricke to the true knowledge of the and thy blessed word Make all that are in auctoritie vnder her vpryght faithfull in their callyng fauourers and furtherers of thy holy gospell followers practisers therof mainteyners and defenders of the Preachers and mynisters of the same and suche as in
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
persecutours then gauest thou some tranquilitie and rest after those ragyng stormes and cruell afflictions O Lord thou remainest one for euer we haue offended and are vnworthy of any deliueraunce but worthy art thou to be a true and constant god and worthy is thy deare sonne Christ Iesus that thou shouldest glorify his name and reueng the blasphemy spoken against the truth of his gospell which is by our aduersaries damned as a doctrine deceiuable false yea the bloude of thy sonne is troden vnder fete in that the bloud of his members is shedde for wytnessyngs of thy truth And therefore O lorde beholde not the vnworthines of vs that call for the redresse of these enormities neither let our imperfections stoppe thy mercies from vs but beholde the face of thyne annointed Christe Iesus and let the equitie of oure cause preuayle in thy presence Let the bloudde of thy sainctes which is shed be openly reuenged in the eyes of thy Churche that mortall men may know the vanity of their counsels and that thy children may haue a tast of thine eternal goodnesse And seing that from that man of sinne that Romayne Antechriste the chyefe aduersary of thy deare sonne do the all iniquitie springe and myschyefe procede let it please thy fatherly mercy more and more to reuele his deceit and tiranny to the worlde open the eies of princes and magistrates that clearely they may see how shamefullye they haue bene and are abused by his deceiuable wayes how by him they are compelled most cruelly to shede the bloud of thy sainctes and by violēce refuse thine eternall testament that they in depe consideration of their greuous offences maye vnfaynedly lament their horrible defectiō from Christ Iesus thy sonne from henceforth studieng to promote his glorye in the dominions committed to their charges that so yet once againe the glory of thy gospell may appears to the worlde And seing also that the chiefe strength of that odious beaste consisteth in defension of princes let it please thee O father whiche hast claymed to thy selfe to be called the God of peace to vnite and knyt in perfect loue the hartes of all those that looke for the life euerlastinge Let no craft of sathan moue them to warre one againste an other neither yet to mainteine by their force and strengthe that kingedome of darkenesse but rather that godly they may conspire illuminated by thy word to roote out from amongest them al supersticion with the maynteyners of the same These thy graces O lord we vnfainedly desyre to be powred forth vppon all realmes and nations that they may be firmly vnited and godly knitte together in the vnitie of thy worde that in their godly concorde thy name maye be glorified and thy dispersed flocke comforted and relieued The cōmon wealthes O lord where thy gospell is truely preached and harborowe graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and specially accordinge to our bounden duetie this out countrey of Englande we commend to thy protection and mercy Be thou vnto them a defence buckler be a watch man to their walles a perpetual saue garde to their cities that the crafty assaultes of their ennemies repulsed by thy power thy gospell maye haue free passage from one nation to an other let al preachers ministers of the same haue the giftes of thy holy spirite in suche aboundance as thy godly wisedome shal know to be expedient for the perfect instruction of that flocke whiche thou hast redemed with the preciouse bloud of thy onely and welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ Purge their hartes from al kind of superstition from ambicion vaine-glory by whiche sathan continually laboureth to stirre vp vngodly contēcion and let them so consente in the vnitie of thy truthe that neither the estimation whiche they haue of men neyther the vaine opinions whiche they haue conceyued by their writinges preuaile in them against the cleare vnderstandyng of thy blessed worde And nowe last O lorde we most hūbly beseche thee according to that praier of thy dere sonne our lord Iesus so to sanctifie and confirme vs in thy eternal veritie that neither the loue of life temporall neither yet the feare of tormentes and corporall death cause vs to denie the same when the confession of our faith shal be required of vs but so assist vs with the power of thye holy spyrite that not onely boldely we may confesse thee O father of mercies to be the true god alone and whō thou haste sent our lord Iesus to be the only sauiour of the world but also that constantly we may withstande all doctrine repugninge to thy eternall truthe reueiled to vs in thy most blessed worde Remoue from our hartes the blynde loue of our selues and so rule thou all the actions of our life that in vs thye godly name may be glorified thy churche edified and sathan finally confounded by the power meanes of our lorde Iesus Christe to whom with thee and the holy spirite be all glory and prayse before thy congregations nowe and euer So be it Arise O lord and let thine ennemies be ashamed let them flee from thy presence that hate thy godly name let the grones of thy prisoners enter in before thee and preserue by thy power suche as be appointed to death let not thyne enemies thus triumphe to the ende but let them vnderstande that against thee they fight preserue and defend the vine whiche thy righte hande hath planted let all nations see the glory of thine annoynted Hasten lord and tary not A praier against the obstinate enemies of the truth MOste righteous iudge god of all mercy and comforte whiche by thy secrete iudgmente and wisedome doest suffer the wicked to triumph and increase for a tyme for triall of the faith of thy welbeloued little flocke and the mortifyinge of theyr lustes but at length to the vtter confusion of the enemies ioyfull delineraunce of thy people loke doune we beseche thee on thy dispersed shepe out of thy holy habitation in heuen and strengthen our weakenes againste their furyous rages abate their pryde asswage their malyce confound their deuises wherwith they lifte vp them selues against christ Iesus thy sonne our Lord and Sauiour to deface his glory and set vp Antechrist We be not able of oure selues to thynke a good thought much lesse to stād against their assaultes excepte thy vndeserued grace and mighty arme defend and deliuer vs. Performe thy promises made to Iacob and stoppe the mouthes of the cursed Edomites call them to repentance whom thou hast apointed to saluation bringe home them that runne astraye lyghten the blind and teach the ignoraunt forgeue al those that wilfully obstinately rebell not against thy holy will let thy fearefull threatninges pearce our stony hartes make vs tremble at thy iudgementes Make the exaumples of theim whom thou haste ouerthrowne in their owne deuises as Cayn Cham Nimrod Esau Pharao Saule Achitophel Iudas such other to be a
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
beseche thee to graunt that we may knowledge truely without hipocrisie bowe miserable a state of perdition we are in by nature and how worthely we procure vnto our selues euerlastinge dampnation◠heapinge vp from time to time thy greuous punishmētes towards vs through oure wicked and synfull life to the ende that seing there remayneth no sparke of goodnes in our nature and that ther is nothing in vs as touching our first creation and that which we receaue of our parentes mete to inioye the heritage of gods kingedome we may wholy render by oure selues with all oure hartes and with an assured cōfidēce vnto thy deroly beloued son Iesu Christ our lord our only sauiour redemer to the ende that he dwelling in vs may mortefy our olde man that is to say our sinneful affectiōs and that we may be regenerated into a more godly lyfe wherby thy holy name as it is worthy of all honoure may be aduaunced and magnified through oute the world and in al places so that thou hauing the tuicion and gouernaunce ouer vs we may learne dayely more and more to humble and submyt our selues vnto thy maiestie in such sort that thou maist be counted king and gouernour ouer al guiding thy people with the scepter of thy word and by the vertue of thy holy spirite to the confusion of all thine enemies through the mighte of thy truth righteousnes so that by this meanes all power and heighte which withstandeth thy glory may be continually throwen downe and abolyshed vnto suche time as the full and perfecte face of thy kingdome shall apeare when thou shalt shewe thy selfe in iudgement whereby also we with the reste of thye creatures may render vnto thee perfecte and due obedience euen as thy holy aungells do apply them selues onely to the perfourming of thy commaundementes so that onely thy will may be fulfilled without any cōtradiction that euery man may bend him selfe to serue and please thee renouncing their owne wylles with all the affections and desires of the fleshe Graunte vs also good lorde that wee thus walking in the loue and dreade of thy holye name maye be nouryshed and susteyned through thy goodnesse that we may receue at thy handes all things expediente necessary for vs and so vse thy giftes peaceably and quietly to this ende that when wee see that thou haste care of vs wee maye the more affectuousely knowledge thee to be our father lokinge for all good giftes at thy hand and withdrawynge and pullinge back al our vaine confidence from creatures may set it wholly vpon thee and so rest onely in thy most bountiful mercy And for so moch as whiles we continue here in this transitory life we are so miserable so frayle and so much inclyned vnto synne that we fall continually and swarue from the right way of thy commaundementes we beseche the pardon vs our innumerable offences whereby we are in daunger of thy iudgemente condempnation and forgeue vs so freely that deathe and synne may hereafter haue no title against vs neither lay vnto our charge that wicked rote of sinne whiche dothe euermore remaine in vs but graunt that we may forget and forgeue the wronges whiche other do vnto vs in stede of seking vengeaunce may procure the wealthe of our ennemies And for as muche as of our selues wee are so weake that we ar not able to stād vpright one minute of an houre and again so belaid assaulted euermore with such a multitude of so daūgerous ennemies that the deuyl the world synne our own cōcupicēces do neuer leaue of to fyghte against vs Let it be thy good pleasure to strengthen vs with thy holy spirit to arme vs with thy grace that therby we may be able strongly to with stand al tēptations to endure constātly in this spiritual battaile against syn vntil such time as we shal obteine the ful victory so at length may triūphātly reioyse in thy kingdome with our captain gouernour Iesus christ our lord Amē Who can tel whether the lord wil turne againe and haue compassion vpon vs and leaue a blessinge behynde him Ioel. 2. ¶ A prayer mete for this present tyme that god woulde turne away his plagues hanging ouer vs for our sinnes OH lorde God strong and mighty great and fearfull whiche dwellest in the heauens and workest great wonders we thy myserable chyldren here vpō earth do most humbly beseche thee to be mercifull vnto vs to pardon our offences forgers vs all our sinnes O Lord enter not into iudgement with thy seruauntes for if thou do there shall no fleshe be saued in thy sight O Lord we confesse and acknowledge that it is our syns that hath caused thee to be moued vnto wrathe to shewe suche tokens of thy displeasure towardes vs in these our dayes fyrfte with fire from heauen whiche did betoken thy hotte burning indignation and wrathfull displeasure for synne whiche aboundeth at this day then with such horrible and monstruous shapes against nature as was neuer sene in our daies nor in no time before vs in this miserable countrey of oures whiche all do betoken to vs none other thinge but thye plagues to come vppon vs for our degenerate and monstrous lyfe and conuersation and our wonderfull and terryble destruction and desolation vnlesse we spedely repent and turne to thee because we haue ben so longe taught oute of thy most holy and sacred worde and yet no fruites of repentaunce or christyan life will appere Woe and alas to these our daies that neyther preachinge by worde most comfortable nor preaching by fyre most terrible nor preaching by monsters moste ougly horrible wil flyrre vp our stony hartes and awake vs from our sinnes We feare oh Lorde that the turkes with all the rest of the vnbeleuing will condempne vs in the last day whiche if they had ben so longe instructed by the comfortable preaching of thy word and sweete promises of thy gospell or seene the wonders whiche we haue seene no doubt their righteousenes woulde haue shined at this day to our greate shame and confusion Thou hast no lesse warned vs oh Lord of thy feareful displeasure heauie plagues at hande for our great wickednes then thou dyddest the Israelites of that horryble destructyon which came vpon them whō thou first in mercy diddest call to repentaunce by the preachinge of thy worde but when no warnynge wolde serue thou diddest send them monstrus and feareful signes and tokens to declare that thy visitation was not farre of But they like vnto vs at this daye dyd alwaies interprete these thinges after the imagination of their owne vaine hartes promysynge to them selues peace when destruction was ouer their heades Whiche thinges when we do call to minde for as muche as they are writtē for our learnynge exaumple and warnynge it maketh vs to tremble quake for feare of thy iust iudgementes For if thou hast thus dealt with thine owne dears chosen
to mortifie my erthly membres Ro. 8. Yea dere father sithe thy spirite which raised vp Christ frō death dwelleth within mee do thou who raisedst Christ frō death quickē my mortal body through thy spirite so dwellyng in me I beseche thee Iohn 14. Yea lorde Iesu according to thy promise because thou art now gone to thy father make me work this wōderful great worke the thou speakest of I meane make me Collo 3. being of my self but a lumpe of synne and a monster moste ougly as the vyces whereon the membres of my earthly body aboue declared to be compacte doo proue make me I saye yet throughe thy grace to hate abhorre flee and subdue all adultery whoredome vncleannes vnnaturall lustes euyl concupiscence vnordinate desyres wantonnes tendernes delicatenes idlenes drunkennes gluttony slouthfulnes distruste dispaire ignoraunce weakenes wilfulnes Idolatry superstition hypocrisie heresye errour sectes variaunce strife wrath enuie slaunders lyeng swearing cursyng vayne glory pride couetousenes thefte disceite flattery and what so euer elles lord feighteth or rebelleth against thy holy spirite And then lorde Father I will boast and make vaunte agaynste myne ennemie the deuyll that I haue doone greater workes then thy dere sonne Iesus dyd at what tyme he spake these wordes amōg the iewes because Iohn 14. albeit he vanquissehed Sathan yet in as muche as he hym selfe was vtterly without synne the victorie semed the wore easy But I to vanquishe sathan being my selfe altogether synful yea contrary to my most synfull nature to subdue synne the deuyll and myne owne fleshe it seemeth a more victorye and greater worke then the other For the whiche neuerthelesse I wyll with all submission acknowledge vnto thy diuyne maiestie taht the whole victory lord in deede is thine and thy holy spirit the begynner and fynisher bothe of the will and worke Nowe therfore Lorde Iesu strēthen me with thy grace myght that thou mayste by me a moste synfull wretch drawe al these my earthly membres and horrible vices before rehersed vnder my feete that I maye not onely mightely fyght againste them but also subdue them so that they may al turne to the best for me Rom. 8. Io. 12. as mete matter wheron I may exercise my fayth powre forth harty prayer and geue thee most hartye thanckes for victorie whereby I maye learne haue experience that thou haste in me drawen althinges vnto thee in so muche as thou thus lord of thy diuine power drawest bothe the deuill and the synne that dwelleth in mee to set forth thy honour and glory whiche thyng for thy mercies sake brynge to passe O God my creatoure preseruer and euerlastinge defēdour ¶ A Prayer of a christian man expressing his great anguishe heuines of minde that he had before time for his sinnes for that he felt not his hart cōforted in the ioy of gods great loue towardes him with the maner of his prayers groninges which he then made nowe powreth forth againe vnto god for his grace assistance in his new assaultes wherby the broken harted afflicted for their sinnes maye learne to stirre vp strengthen their faith and hope in like dangers and trouble of conscience 1. EVen in the myddes of the desperate assaultes of my soule the intollerable heuinesse of my minde hath heretofore Lorde cryed as shrill in thine eares as thoughe I had shryked and with lamentations cryed out saying Help helpe me my god my creatour my most prouident keper and euerlasting defender for beholde I peryshe 2 On this occasion Lorde that heauines of mynd did heretofore assault me I remembred that thou haddeste manye tymes set before myne eyes the wonderfull greatues of thy most tender loue towardes me by great multitude of thy benefites powred vpon me whiche benefytes euery of thy workes as they came before mine eyes gaue me iuste occasyon to be mindefull of 3 Wolde not thought I if I had in a maner any grace at all wolde not suthe loue brynge nowe into my harte a wonderfull delectation comforte ioye in god for the same 4 And againe coulde suche delyghte in goddes swete mercy and tender loue towardes me if I were not as euyll as a cast awaye that were none of goddes chyldren be without lothing of my syn and lust desire to do goddes holy wyl And these thinges thought I fye vpon the vnthankeful wretche are either not at all in me or elles in deede so coldelye and sclenderly that they beynge truelye waied and compared to righteousenes Esa 64. are more vile then a sylthye clothe starched in corrupte bloudde 5 Oh thought I I am aferd I haue deceyued my selfe for thy seruauntes at al times I trowe feele otherwise then I nowe do the fruites of thy spirite as Loue Ioye Peace and suche lyke But my loue alas towards thee what is it my ioye oh woe is my hart therefore is not once almost felte of me for my very soule within me as Dauid in his heuynes said refuseth comfort and fareth as though it dyd vtterly despaire Psal 77. And what peace can I feele then or certaintie of thy fauoure and loue Iustely may I powre out this dolorous lamentation of Sion the lorde hath forsaken me Esai 49. and my lorde hath forgotten mee 6 Euen in the middes I say of these my former desperate assaultes myne in tollerable heuines cryed to my god and from heauen he heard my gronynges therupon first prepared my hert to aske comfort of him then he heard my praier and gaue me plētefully my asking 7 Oh my soule consider wel that thou art neuer hable to declare the excedynge goodnes of god in this that he heard the very desires of thee being afflicted who is soo redy fauourablye to graunte the requestes of the afflicted that often tymes he taryeth not vntyll they do call but or euer they cal vpon him he fauourably heareth thē as the psalmist saith the desires of the afflicted thou heareste O lorde thou preparest theyr hartes thine care heareth fauourably Psal 10. 8 Oh lorde my god marueilous thinges are these whether I consyder this marueilous maner of thy hearing orels the marueilous nature and propertye of thy goodnes Marueilous no doubt is that thy hearinge wherby the very desires of the afflicted are hearde but muche more marueilous is this thye goodnesse which taryeth not vntyl the afflicted do desire thy help but prepareth first their hartes to desyre and then thou geuest them their desires 9 Yea Lorde worthye of all praise it can not otherwise be For how shouldst thou do otherwise then thy nature and propertie is art not thou very goodnes and mercy it self how canst thou then but pitie and helpe miserie 10 Art not thou both the creatour and also the conseruer of all thinges In so much as the lyons whelpes roaryng after their pray do seeke their foode at thy handes Psa 104. Psal 147. and the rauens byrdes lackyng meate
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
synglenesse of heart wyll seeke not them selues but the commoditie of thy people graunt that we maye all liue as faythefull subiectes in al godly due obedience firste to the Quene as supreme head and gouernour and then to al other according to their degree and callynge Fynally we beseche thee O lorde that we maye altogether bothe highe lowe walke in a lyfe and cōuersation worthy for our profession to thy glory the good exāple of other and the stopping of the mouthes of thy ennemies and oures for thy truthes sake that where as they slāder vs as euyll doers they maye see our good workes prayse the in thee day of visitation Amen ¶ A prayer necessary to be sayde at all tymes O Bountiful Iesu O swete Sauioure O Christe the Sonne of god haue pitie vpon me mercifully here me despyse not my prayers Thou haste created me of nothynge thou haste redemed me from the bondage of synne deathe and Hell neyther with Golde nor Siluer but with thy moste precious bodye once offered vpon the crosse and thyne owne blood shed once for al for my raunsome Therfore cast me not away whom thou by thy great wisdome hast made despise me not whome thou hast redemed with suche a precious treasure Nor lette my wickednes destroye that which thy goodnes hath builded Nowe whiles I liue O Iesu haue mercy on me for if I dye oute of thy fauour it wyll be to late afterwarde to call for thy mercy Whiles I haue time to repente looke vppon me with thy mercifull eies as thou dyddest vouchsafe to looke vpon Peter thyne Apostle that I maye bewayle my synfull life and obtaine thy fauour and die therin I acknowledge that if thou shuldest deale with me according to thy Iustice I haue deserued euerlastynge deathe Therfore I appeale to thy high throne of mercy trusting to obtaine thy fauour not for my merites but for thy merites O Iesu who hast geuen thy self an acceptable sacrifics to thy father to please his wrath and to bryng al sinners truelye repenting and amendinge their euil life vnto his fauour agayne Accept me O Lorde among the number of theym that shall be saued forgeue me my synnes geue me grace to leade a godly and innocent life graunte me thy heauenlys wisedome inspire my hart with Faith Hope and Charity geue me grace to be humble in prosperitie pacient in aduersitie obedient to my rulers faithful vnto theym that truste me dealing truclye with all men to lyue chastlye in wedlocke to abhorre adulterye fornication and all vncleanes to doo good after my power vnto al menne to hurte no man that thy name mays be glorified in me duringe this present lyfe that I afterwarde maye attayne euerlastinge lyfe through thy mercye and the merites of thy greuous Passion Amen ¶ A Prayer for true mortification and quietnes of the harte in God MOste blessed Lorde Iesu graunt me thy grace that it maye be alwaye wyth mee woorke in me and perseuere with me vnto the ende and that I maye euer desire and will that is most pleasaunt and moste acceptable to thee thy will be my will and my will alway to followe thy will be there alway in me one will and one desire with thee so that I maye haue noo power to wil or not to wil but euen as thou wilt or wilt not and graunt me that I may dye to all thinges that be in the world and for thee to loue be glad to be dyspised and to be as a man vnknowen to this worlde Graunt me also aboue al that can be desired that I may reste me in thee and fully in thee may pacify my hearte for thou lorde art the very true peace of harte and the perfect reste both of body and soule and without thee all thinges be greuous and vnquiet Wherfore let my hart finde peace and comfort in that peace that is in thee on highe one blessed and one endlesse goodnes reste therin for euermore So be it ¶ A prayer to be sayd before the hearing or readynge of goddes word ALmighty God and most mercifull father whose word is a lanterne to our fete and a lighte vnto oure steppes we most humblye besech thee to illuminate our mindes that we may vnderstand the mysteries conteyned in thy holy lawe and into the selfe same thing that we godly vnderstande we maye be vertuousely transeformed so that of no parte wee offende thy dyuine maiestye through our Sauiour Iesus Christ An prayer for remission of synnes WHen we loke backe and behold our sinfull life paste O Lorde what a dūgeon of errours vice and wickednes openeth it selfe vnto vs so that ther is no mā but he must nedes be ashamed of him self when he calleth to mind what he hath bene and tremble when he considereth the wickednes and sinfull course of his lyfe to come For who shall vndertake that the rest of our lyfe shal be any better then that is past howe can we then sufficiently magnifie and prayse thy great mercy which haste differred thy punishement so longe beholdynge therfore this our daungerous miserable state we come vnto thee O thou great mighty iudge in trēblyng feare hūbly besechig thee not to heape vpon vs thy deserued vēgeaunce but let thy tender kyndnesse and loue thou bearest to Iesus christ thy dere son our gracious lorde redemer couer our iniquities for whose sake though we deserue al extremitie thou doest pardon vs. If thou lord shalt straitly marke our iniquities O lord who shal be hable to abide it Psal 130. A prayer against our spiritual ennemies the deuyll the worlde and the fleshe O Lorde god the deuyl goeth about lyke a roaryng lyon sekyng whō he may deuoure the fleshe lusteth agaynste the spirits the worlde perswadeth vnto vanities that we maye forget thee our Lorde God and so for euer be dampned Thus are we miserablye on euery syde beset and besieged of cruell and vnrestfull ennemies and lyke at euery momēt to perish if we be not defended with thy godly power agaynste theyr tyranny We therfore poore wretched synners dispayring of our owne strength which in dede is none most hartely praye thee to endue vs with strength from aboue that we may be hable through thy helpe with stronge faith to resist Sathā with feruent prayer to mortifie the lustes of the fleshe with continual meditation of thy holy lawe to auoyd the foolyshe vanities and transitorye pleasures of this wicked worlde that through thy grace beinge set at lybertie from the power of these our mortall ennemies maye lyue and serue thee in holynesse and ryghteousnesse al the dayes of our lyfe worke this in vs O holy and blessed spirite together with the Father the sonne one true and euerliuing god ful of maiestie and power whiche with thy heauenlye inspirations quickeneste the myndes of them that afore were dead in sinne makest ioyful the hartes of the faythful penitent bringest into the waye of truthe