your bed and to dispose your selfe to slepe so be not a fraide to dye but rather prepare your selfe to yt thinke that nowe you are nerer your ende by one days iorney then you wer in the morning ¶ When you feele slepe to be cōmynge praye O Lorde Iesus Christe my watchman and keper take me to thy care graunte that my body slepynge my mynde maye watche in the and be made mery by sum sight of that celestiall heauenlye life whearin thou arte the kyng prynce together with the father the holy ghoste Thy Angelles holye soules be moste hapie citesens O purify my soul kepe cleane my body that in both I may please the slepinge and wakinge for euer Amen ¶ A mooste frutfull Prayer for the dispersed Church of Christ very necessary to be vsed of the godly in these dayes of affliction compiled by R. P. O Moste omnipotent magnificēt and glorious god and father of al consolation we here assembled do not presume to present and prostrate our selfes before thy mercy seate in the respect of our owne worthines and rightousnes whych is all together poluted and defyled but in the merites rightousnes and worthines of thy onlye sonne Iesus Christe whome thou hast gyuen vnto vs as a moste pure and precious garment to couer oure polution and fylthynes wyth all to th end we myghte appere holye and Iustified in thy sighte throughe hym Wherefore in the obedience of thy commandementes and in the confidence of thy promyses contayned in thy holy worde that thow shalte accepte and graunte oure prayers presented vnto the in the fauoure of thy only sonne our sauiour Iesu Christe Eyther for oure selfes or for the necessitie of thy saynctes and congregation We here congregated together do wyth one mouth and mynde most humblye beseche the not onlye to pardon and forgyue vs all oure synnes necligences Ignorances and iniquites whych we frō time to time incessantlye do commytte agaynste thy diuine maiestye in worde dede and thought such is the infirmitie of oure corrupted nature But also that it wolde please thee O benyng father to be fauorable and mercyfull vnto thy poore afflicted churche congregation dispersed throughe out the whole worlde whiche in these dayes of iniquitie are oppressed in iuried dispiced persecuted afflicted for the testimonye of thy worde and for the obediēce of thy lawes And namely O Lorde and father we humbly beseche the to extende thy mercye and fauourable countynance vpon all those that are imprisoned or condemned for the cause of thy Gospell whome thou hast chosen forthe and made worthi to glorify thy name That eyther it maye please the to gyue them suche constancye as thou hast gyuen to thy sainctes matters in tyme paste willinglye to shede theyr bloud for the testimonie of thy worde Or els mightlye deliuer them from the tyranny of theyr enimies as thou delyuerest the condemned Daniell from the Lions and the persecuted Peter oute prison to thexeaultation of thy glory and the reioysing of thy churche Further more moste beneficiall father we humbly beseche the to stretch forthe the myghty arme into the protection and defence of all those that are exiled for the testimonye of thy veryte that bycause they wolde not bende theyr backes and incline they re neckes vnder the youcke of Anthechrist and be poluted wyth the execrable Idolatries and blasphemus superstitions of the vngodly That it would please the not onlye to fede them in strange cōtreys but also to prepare a resting place for thē as thou haste done from tyme to tyme for thyne electe in all age is whereas they maye vnyte them selfes together in the syncere mynistration of thy holye worde and Sacramentes to theyr synguler edificatiō And in deu time restore them home agayne into their lād to celebrate thy prayses promote thy gospell edefye thy desolate congregation Consequently O lord thou that hast sayd that thou wilt not breke the brused reide nor quenche the smokynge flaxe Be mercyfull we beseche thee vnto all those that through feare and wecknes haue denied the by dissimulation and ypocresie That it may please the to strenghten theyr wecke knees thou that art the strenght of thē that standethe and lyfte vp theyr feible handes that theire lytell smoke maye increase into a great flame and their brused reid into a myghtye oke able to abyde al the bolstringe blastes stormye tempestes of aduersyte to th end that the vngodly do no longer triūphe ouer they re faight which as they thincke they haue vtterly quenched subdewed Stirre vp thy strenght in them O lorde and behold them with that merciful eye where with thou beheldes Peter that they risynge by repentaunce maye become the constant confessors of thy worde and the sanctified members of thy churche To the end that when as by thy prouidence thou purposeste to lay thy crosse vpon them they do no more seke vnlawful meanes to auoyde the same but most willingly to be contented with patience to take it vp follow the in what sort so euer it shall please the to laye the same vpō their shoulders Eyther by death imprisonment or exile And that it wil please thee not to tempte thē aboute their powers but gyue them grace vtterlye to dispayer of theyr owne strenght and wholye to depende vpon thy mercye On the other syde O lord god thou ryghtouse Iudge Lette not the vngodlye the enimies of thy truth continually triumphe ouer vs as they do at this daye Let not thyne heritage become a reproche comon lawghing stocke vnto the impudente and wycked Papistes who by all possyble meanes seke the vtter distruction of thy lytell stocke in shedynge the bloude of thy saynctes for the testimonye of thy worde sekynge by moste deuelysh and damnable practices to subuert thy truth Cōfound them O God and all theyr wicked counselles in the same pyt they haue digged for other let them be taken that it maye be vniuersally knowen that there is no counsel nor force that can preuayle agaynst the lorde our god Breke O lord the hornes of those blouddy bulles of basan Pull down those high moūtaynes that eleuate them selfes agaynst thee And rote vp the rotten race of the vngodly to th ēde that they being consumed in the fyre of thyne indignation thyne exyled Churche may in there own land find place of habitation O Lorde delyuer oure lande whiche thou haste geuen vs for a porciō to poscesse in this lyfe from the inuasion and subdewynge of strangers Truthe it is we cannot denye but that our synnes hathe iustlye deserued this greate plage now emynent and approchynge euē to be gyuē ouer into the hands and subiection of that proud and beastly nation that neither know the nor fere the and to serue them in a bodyly captyuyte that haue refused to serue the in a spirituall libertye Yet lorde for as much as we are assuredlye perswaded by thy holye worde that thyne anger dothe not laste for
⧠A Godlye Medytacyon composed by the faithfull and constant seruant of God I. B. 〈…〉 lastlye was burnte in 〈…〉 for the testimonie of Iesus Christe by the tyrannye of Antechriste in his fylâ—â—â— members ¶ Psalme lxxix O Lorde let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shedde be openlye showed vpon the vngodlye in oure sight O let the sorowful lighting of the prisoners come before thee â–ª and accordinge to the greatnes of thy power preserue thou those that are appoynted to dye O Almightye and euerlasting Lord god the deer father of our sauiour Iesus Christ which haste made heaueÌ„ earth the sea and al that therin is whiche art the onely ruler gouernor conseruor keper of all thinges together with thy deerly beloued sonne Christ Iesus our lord and with thy holy ghoste the coÌ„forter O holy Righteous and wyse O stroÌ„g terrible mighty and ferfull Lorde god iudge of all men and gouernour of al the whole world O exorable pacieÌ„t and most gracious father whose eyes ar vppoÌ„ the wayes of all men and are so cleane they cannot a byede impitye thou searchest the hartes and tryest the verye thaughtes and raynes of all men thou hatest sin and abhorrest iniquitie for syns sake thou haste greuously punisshed mankind thy most dere creature as thou haste declared by the penalty of death layed vpoÌ„ al the children of Adam by the castyng out of Adam his of spring forth of Paradice by the cursing of the earthe by the drowninge of the world by the burning vp of Sodom and gomor by the hardning the harte of Pharao so that no miracle could coÌ„uert him by the drowning of hym and his people with him in the red sea by the ouerthrowing of the Israhelytes in the wildernes so that of syx hundreth thousand all onely but two did enter into the land of promis by reiecting kinge Saule by the greate ponishmentes vppon thy seruauÌ„t dauid not withstanding his harty repeÌ„tance by greuously affâ—cting Salamon in him selfe and in his posteritie by the captiuitie of the ten tribes and by the thraldom of the Iewes wherein vntill this present daye they continue a notable spectacle of they wrath to the worlde agaynst and for sinne but of all spectacles of thy angre agaynst sin the greatest and moste notable is the death bloudy passion of thy deerly beloued son Ihesus Christ Greate is thine angre agaynst syn when in heauen and earth nothing could befouÌ„d which might appease thy wrath saue the bloudsheading of thyne onely moste deerly beloued son in whome was and is al thy delight great is the sore of sin that needed suche a salue myghty was the mallady that needed suche a medicine Yf in Christe in whome was no synne thy wrath was so ferce for our sinne that he was constreyned to crye my god my god why haste thou forsaken me howe greate and importable then is thyne angre agaynste vs whiche are nothinge but sinfull They that ar thy childreÌ„ through the contemplation of thyne angre against sinne set forthe most euidently in the death of Christ Do tremble ar affraide lamenting them selues vppon him and hartely cryeng for mercy Where as the wicked ar altogether careles contemptuous nothing lamenting their iniquities or crying to the hartely for mercy and pardoÌ„ amongst whome we ar rather to be placed then amongst thy children for that we ar so shamelesse for our syn and carelesse for thy wrathe which we may wel say to be most greuous against vs and euidently set forthe in the taking awaye of our good King and thy true religion in thexiel of thy seruauÌ„tes prysonmeÌ„t of thy people mysery of thy children and death of thy sainctes Also by the placinge ouer vs in Aucthoritie thy enemies by the successe thou geuest them in all they take in hande by the returninge agayne in to our countrey of Antechrist the pope All these as they do preache vnto all the worlde but specially vnto vs thy greuous wrath so do they set before our eyes our iniquities and sinnes which haue deserued the same for thou arte Iuste and holy in all thy workes thy iudgementes ar righteous altogether it is we it is we that haue sinned procured these plages we haue ben vnthankfull wretches and moste carnall gosspelers therfore to vs parteyneth shame and nothinge else is due but confusion For we haue don very wickedly we haue heaped sinne vpoÌ„ sinne so that the measure hath ouer flowed and Ascendâ—d vp to heauen and brought these plages which are but earnest for greater to ensue yet alas we are altogether caerlesse in maner what shall we doe What shall we say Who can geue vs penâ—eÌ„t hartes Who can open our lips that our mouthes might make acceptable coÌ„fession vnto thee Alas of our selues we cannot thinke any good muche lesse wishe it and leaste of all do it as for Angelles or anye other creatures they haue nothing but that which they haue receaued they ar made to minister vnto vs so that where it passeth the powre of the master she minister muste nedes want Alas then what shal we doe Thou arte holy we vnholye thou arte good and we nothynge but euill thou arte pure we all together impure thou arte light and we moste darke darkenes how then can ther be any conueniency or agremeÌ„t betwixt vs O what nowe may we doe Dispayre no for thou art god therfore good thou art mercyfull and therfore thou forgeuest sinnes with thee is mercye and propiciation and therefore thou arte worshipped when Adam had sinned thou gauest him mercy before he desyred it wilt thou denye vs mercye whiche nowe desyer the same Adam excused his faulte and accused that but we accuse our selues and excuse thee shall we be sent emptye awaye Noye founde fauor when thy fury a bouÌ„dyd and shal we seking grace be frustrate Abraham was pulled oute of ydolatrye when the worlde was drowned therin and art thou his god onelye Israell in captiuitie in Egipt was gratiouslye visited and deliuered and deer God the same good lord shall we alwaies be forgotten Howe often in the wildernes diddest thou defer and spar thy plages at the request of Moyses when the people them selues made no petition to thee And seynge we not onelye nowe make our petitioÌ„s vnto the throughe thy goodnesse but also haue a mediator for vs now far aboue Moyses euen Ihesus Christe should we I saye deere lorde departe ashamed So soone as Dauid said I haue sinned thou diddest forthe wyth answer to hym that he should not dye thou haddest taken away his sinnes And gracious god euen the selfe same god shal not we which now with Dauid gladlye confesse that we haue sinned shall we I saye not heare by thy good sprite that our synnes be pardoned O graunte that with Manasses we maye finde fauor and mercye remember that thou hast not spared thyne owne onely deresone Iesus Christ but geuen hym for vs all to dye for our sinnes to
ryse for our righteousnes to assend for our possessioÌ„ taking in heauen and to appere before thee for vs for euer a high prieste after the order of Melchisadech that throughe hym we might haue fre accesse to come to thy throane now rather of grace then of Iustice Remember that thou by him hast biddeÌ„ aske and promised that we should receaue saying aske and ye shal haue seke and ye shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you O thou Dere god and moste meke and mercifull father we hartely beseche the to be mercifull vnto vs for this thy Christis sake for his Deathes sake for thy promisse truethe and mercyes sake haue mercy vpon vs pardon forgeue vs al our Sinnes iniquites and trespacis what so euer we coÌ„mitted agaynst the in thought word or Dede euer or at any tyme hetherto by any means Der father haue mercy vpon vs thoughe we be pore yt our christ is Riche thoughe we be Sinners yet he is righteous though we be fools yet is he wise thoughe we be Inpure yet he is pure and holye for his sake therefore be mercyfull vnto vs Cal to mynde how thou haste promised that thou wilte powre out of thy cleane waters and washe vs from our fylth clence vs from our euilles forget not that thou hast promysed to take from vs our stony hartes Doest promis to geue vs sauft hartes newe hartes to put into the middes of vs right Sprites Remember thy couenate namely howe thou wilt be our god and we shall be thy people forgette not the partes of it that is to put owte of thy memory for euer all vnrighteousnes and to write in our myndes and hartes thy lawe and testymonyes RemeÌ„ber that thou doest streightly charg vs to haue none other godes but the saying that thou art the lord our gad O theÌ„ declare the same to vs all we hartelye nowe beseche the forgeue vs our sinnes forget our iniquitis clence vs froÌ„ our filthines washe vs froÌ„ our wickednes powre out thy holy sprite vpoÌ„ vs take froÌ„ vs our harde harts our stony harts our impeniteÌ„t harts oure distrustinge and doubtfull harts our carnal our secure our ydle our beastlye hartes our impure malicious arrogant enuious wrathfull impatient couetous hipocriticall and epicuriall hartes in place thereof geue vs newe hartes saft hartes faithful hartes mercifull hartes louing obedieÌ„t chaest pure holy righteous trewe simple lowly and patient hartes to feare thee to loue thee truste in thee for euer write thy lawe in our hartes graue it in our mindes we hertely beseche the geue vs that sprite of prayer make vs diligent happy in the workes of our vocation take in to thy custody and gouernaunce for euer our soules and bodyes oure lyues and all that euer we haue tempt vs neuer further theÌ„ thou wilt make vs able to beare what so euer thou knowest we haue nede of in soul or body deer god and gracious father vouchsafe to geue vs that same in thy good tyme and alwayes as thy children guide vs so that our life maye please the and our deathes prayse the through Iesus Christ our lorde for whose sake we hartely praye the to grauÌ„t these thinges thus asked al other things necessary for soule and bodye not only to vs but to all others also for whome thou woldest that we shoulde praye speciallye for they children that be in thraldom in exyel in prison misery heauines pouertye sycknes Be mercifull to al the whole realme of EnglaÌ„d graunte vs al trewe repentauÌ„ce mitigation of our myserye and yf it be thy good will thy holye worde and Religion amongst vs once agayne pardoÌ„ our enemies persecutors and slaunderers and yf it be thy pleasure turne their hartes be mercyful vnto our parentes Brethern and Sisters frendes kinsfolkes and famelis neighbours and suche as by any meanes thou haste coupled and lincked vs by loue or otherwyse and vnto vs pore sinners here gathered together in thy holy name graunt vs thy blessing and holy sprite to sanctify vs and dwel in vs as thy dere childreÌ„ to kepe vs this day and for euer from all euill to thy eternal glory and our euerlasting comfort and the profet of thy churche which mercyfullye maynteyne thereshe and comforte strengthning them that stonde so that they neuer fall liftinge vp them that be falne and kepe vs from fallynge from thy truthe throughe the merites of thy deerly beloued sonne Iesus Christ our onely sauiour which lyueth and Reigneth with the the holy ghost to whom be all praise and honor both nowe and for euer Amen ¶ When you awake out of your slepe pray thus OH moste dere father of our Sauioure Iesus Christe whome none doeth know but of thy gift graunt that to the manyfolde greate benefytes of thy goodnes geuen to me this whiche of all other is moste mâ—â— be added that like as thou haste awaked my body from slepe so thou woldest throughlye awake yea deliuer mi soule froÌ„ the slepe of sin and darknes of this world and that whiche now is awaked out of slepe thou wouldest after deathe restore to lyfe for that is but slepe to the whiche is death to vs Deere god I moste hartely beseche and humbly pray thy goodnes to make my body such a companioÌ„ or rather a minister of godlynes to my soule in this present lyfe that iÌ„ the life to cum it may parte take with the same euerlastinge happines by Iesus Christ our Lorde Awake thou that sleepest and arise frome the deed and Christ shal shewe light vnto thee Ephesians v. ¶ Occasions to meditate HEre call to minde the great myrth and blissednes of the euerlastynge resurrection Also remembre to muse vpoÌ„ that mooste cleare lyght and brighte morenynge and new clearenes of oure bodyes after the longe darkenes it hath ben in all then shal be full of ioye ⧠So soone as you beholde the daye lyght pray O Lorde thou greatest and moste trewe light whence this lyght of the day and sunne dothe sprynge O lyght whiche doest lyghten euery manne that commeth in to this worlde Oh lyght whiche knowest no nyght nor eueninge but art alwayes a midday most cleere fayre with out whom al is most darke darknes bi whoÌ„ albe most spleÌ„dent O thou wisdome of the eternall father of mercis lighten my mind that I maye onely se those thinges that please the and maye be blinded to all other thinges Graunte that I maye walke in thy wayes and that nothing els may be light and pleasaunt vnto me Lighten mine eies Oh lord that I slepe not in deathe leaste myne enemies saye I haue preuayled agaynst him ¶ Occasions to meditate MVse a little how much the light and eye of the minde and soule is better then of the bodye Also that we care more for the soule to se well then for the body Thinke that beastes haue bodely eies and therwith se but men haue eies of the minde and
the bakars the browers the butchers the cookes c. Se therfore that thou be not adroen bee but rather such a one as may help the hyeue yf god haue thus fed thy body which he leueth not but for thy soules sake how can it be theÌ„ but that he wil be much more ready to fede thy soul Therfore take a courrage to the and go to hym for grace accordinglye ¶ Cogytations for about the midday tyme. AS the body is now enuiroÌ„ned on al sides with light so See that thy mynde maye be As god geuethe the thus plentifully this corporall light so praye him that he wyl geue the the spiritual light thinke that as the son is now most cleere so shall our bodies be in the day of iudgement As now the son is cum to the highest and therfore wil be gyn to draw downwarde so is there nothinge in the worlde so parfect and glorious which when it is at the full wyll not decrease so wear awaye ¶ When you cum home agayne Praye THer is nothing O Lord more lyke to thy holy nature theÌ„ a quyet minde thou hast called vs oute of the troublesome disquietnes of the world into that thy quiet reste peace whiche the world cannot geue being suche a peace as passeth all mens vnderstaÌ„ding Howses ar ordeyned for vs that we mighte get vs in to them froÌ„ the iniury of wether from the crewelty of beastes froÌ„ dysquietnes of people from the toyls of the world O gratious father grauÌ„t that through thy great mercy my body maye enter into this howse from outward actioÌ„s but so that it may become buxom obedieÌ„t to the soule make no resistauÌ„ce there agaynst That in soule and body I may haue a godly quietnes peace to prayse the. Amen Peace be to this howse and to all that dwell in the same Thinke what a returne how merry a returne it wil be to come to our eternal moste quiet and moste happy home then wil be all grefe gon awaye what so euer heare is pleasauÌ„t ioyful the same is nothing but a very shadow in coÌ„parisoÌ„ c. ¶ At the son goyng downe pray O Howe vnhappye ar they O Lorde on whome thy sonne goeth downe geueth no light I mean thy grace which is always cleer as the midday darke night vnto them is the midday whiche departe from the in the is neuer night but always day light most cleer This corporal son hath his courses now vp now downe but thou deere lord if we doe loue the art alwais one O that this block and vaile of syn were takeÌ„ away froÌ„ me that thear might be always cleere day in my mind Thinke that as we ar not sory wheÌ„ the son goeth down by cause we knowe it wyll rise agayn eueÌ„ so let vs not sorow for death wher through the soule body doe paâ—â—e a sonder for they shall eftsones return cum together agayne So long as the son is vp wild beastes kepe their deÌ„nes Foxes their borows Owls their hoals c. but when the son is down then cum they abroade So wicked meÌ„ and hypocrites kepe their denns in the gospel but it beynge taken awaye then swarme they oute of their hoals lyke bees as this day doeth teach ¶ When the candles be light pray MOste thycke darke cloudes doe Couer our myndes except thy lyght O Lord do dyspell them Thy son O most wise worker is as it were a fyer brande to the worlde thy wysdome wherby light commeth bothe to soule and bodye is a fyer brand to the spirituall world After daye when the night commeth thou haste geuen for the remedy of darknes a caÌ„dle After syn for the remedy of ignorance thou hast geueÌ„ thy doctrine which thy dere son hathe brought vnto vs O thou whiche art the Author and master of all truethe make vs to se by both the lightes so that the dymnes of our mindes be dryiuen cleane awaye lyft vpoÌ„ vs thy myrthe in our hartes Thy worde is a lanterne to my feete a lyght vnto my pathes Thinke that the knowledge and wisdom that god hathe geuen vnto vs by the caÌ„dles of this night wherby we se those thinges in this night of our bodies whiche are expedient for vs maketh vs to wishe muche more for this doctrine of God and when we gette yt the more to esteme and diligeÌ„tly embrace it that as al would be horror without candeles so is thear nothinge but mere coÌ„fucion whear gods worde taketh not place ¶ When you make your self vnredy Praye THis our lyfe and weake knit body by reason of synne by a lytle and litle wil by dyssolued and so shal be restored to the earth whence it was taken then wil be an ende of this vanyty which by our folishnes we haue wroughte to our selues O moste meke father so do thou vnty vnlose and lose me for thou haste knyt me together that I maye perceaue my selffe to be made vnredy and dissolued and so maye remeÌ„ber both of whome I was made and also whyether I go least I be had vnprepared vnto thy trybunall and Iudgement seate Put of tholde man with his lustes concupiscens Be content with Iosephe to put of thy pryson Apparel that thou mayst put on newe Thinke that we doe willingly put of our garmentes which in the morninge we shall put on agayne and therfore in the after the night of the worlde we shall receaue on out bodies agayne let vs not vnwillingly put them of when god by deathe shall call ¶ WheÌ„ you enter in to your bed Praye THe daye nowe endyd men geue them selues to rest in the night and so this life fyneshed we shal rest in death Nothinge is more lyke this lyfe then euery daye nothing more lyke deathe then sleape nothing more lyke to our graeue then our bed O lord our keper defendor graunt the I nowe layeng me downe to reste beinge vnable to kepe my selfe may be preserued froÌ„ the craftes Assaultes of the wicked enemy graunt father that wheÌ„ I haue run the race of this liffe thowe woldest of thy mercy call me vnto the that I may alwais liue watch with the now good god giue me to take my rest in the bring to passe that thy gracious goodnes may be euen in sleape before mine eys that sleaping I be not absent froÌ„ the but may haue my dreams to drawe me vnto the so bothe soule bodye maye bee kept pure and holye for euer I wil lay me downe in peace take my rest Thinke that as this troblesum daye is now past night cuÌ„ so rest bed and plesaunt sleape which maketh most exelent princis most poore pesauÌ„tes a like eueÌ„ so after the tumultes troubles teÌ„ptationes tempestes of this life they that beleue in Christe haue prepared for theÌ„ an heauen and rest most pleasaunte and ioyfull As you ar not a fraied to enter in to
euer towardes those that ernestly repente but in the stede of vengance doest showe mercye We mooste penitently beseche the to remoue this thy great indignation bente towardes vs and gyue not ouer our lande our Cytyes Townes and Castels our goodes pocessions ryches our wyfes chyldren and our own lywes into the subiectiō of strangers But rather O Lorde expell them our land subuerte there coūselles dissipate their deuyces and delyuere vs from theire tyranny as thou delyuerest Samaria frō that cruell Benadab Ierusalem from that blasphemus Senacherib and Betulia from that proude Holifernus Gyue vs O Lord such princes rulers suche maiestrates gouernours as wil auaūce thy glory erecte vp thy gospell supprese Idolatrye banish all papistrye execute iustice equite Water agayn O lord thy vyne of england with the moysture of thi holy-word leste it vtterly peryshe wither away Byld vp agayn the decayed walles of thy rewyned Ierusalē thy congregation in this land lest the vngodly do attribute oure confusion not vnto our sinnes as the truthe is but vnto our profession in religion Remember O Lord that we ar a persell of thy portion thy flocke the inheritors of thy kingdom the shepe of thy pasture and the mēbers of thy son our sauiour Iesus Christ deale with vs therfore according to the multitude of thy mercies that al nations kindredes toūges may selebrate thy prayses in the restoringe of thy rewyned church to perfection agayn for it is thy worke O lord not mās from the do we with paciēce attende the same not frō the fleshly arme of mā therfore to the only is don all dominion power and thākes geuing now in our dayes and euermore Amen i. Timoth. ii Praye in euery place lyfting vp pure hādes OH mighty kinge and moste high almighty god the father of our lorde Iesus christe whiche mercifully doest gouerne al thinges which thou hast made loke downe vpon the faithful seade of Abraham the children of thy chosen Iacob Thy chosen people I doe meane consecrate vnto the by the anoyncting of thi holy spirite And apointed to thi kingdōe by the eternal porpose free merci and greace but yet as straungers wandring in this vile vale of misery brought forth daily by the worldly tyrantes like sheape to the slaughter O father of al fleashe who by thi diuine prouidēce chaūgest times and ceasons and most wonderfully disposest kingdoms thou hast destroyed Pharo with all his horse and Chariottes puffid vp with pride agayenst thy people leadinge forth saffelye by the handes of thy mercie thy belouede Israell thorow the highe waues of the raging waters Thou oh god the lord of all hostes and armis didest first dryue awaye from the gates of thy people the blasphemous Senacherib slaing of his armye foure score and fiue thousand by thy angil in one night And after bi his owne sonnes befor his own Idoles didest kil the same blasphemous Idolater showyng openly to all heathē thy prouidēt pwre towardes thi dispised letel ones Thou didest traūce forme and chaūg proud Nabuchodonosar the enimy of thi people into A brute beast to eate grasse and hay to the horable terrour of all worldly tirantes And as thou arte the father of mercies and god of all consolacion so of thy wonderful mercie didest thou preserue thos thi thre seruauntes in Babilō which with bolde corage gaue theyr bodies to the fire because thei wolde not worship any deade Idole and when they were cast into the burning fornace thou didest geue them chearful hartes to reioyse and singe psalmes and sauedest vnhurt the very heares of their heades turning the flame frō thē to deuoure their enemies Thou oh lorde god by the might of thy right arme which gouerneth all broughtest Daniell thi prophet saue into light and life forthe of the darcke denne of the deuouring lions where by false accusations he was shout vnder the erth of those raging beastes to be deuoured but thou turnedst ther cruelty vpon his accusares repainge the wickede vpon their own pates Yea lord which passeth al wonders is far aboue mans powre to perceiue therin thy workinge thou didest cause the huge and greate dragon of the seas the horrible Leuiathan and Behemoth the main whalefish to swalow vp and deuoure thy seruaūt Ionas to kepe him iii. dayes and iii. nightes in the dongeon of his bealy the darke hellicke graue to a liuinge man Thou didest cause that grete monster to carie him to the place that thou haddest apointed and ther to cast him vp saue and able to do thy massage Now also O heauenly father beholdor of all thinges to whome only belongeth vengeaunce thou seest considrest how thy holy name by the wicked wordlinges and blasphemous Idoloters is dishonorid thy sacrate woorde refused forsaken and dispised thy holye sprite prouokede and offended thy chosene temple polluted and deffilede Tarie not tooe longe therfore but show thy powre spedelye vpon thy chosen household which is so greuously vexed so cruelly handled by thy open enemyes Auenge thy owne glorye and shorten these euell dayes for thy electes sake Let thy kingdom come of all thy desyred though oure liuinges hath offended thy maiesty as we doe cōfesse vnfaynedly O Lorde that we haue all sinned our kings princes prestes prophetes and people All we together wyth our parētes fathers mothers haue most greuously infinitely passing all mesure and number with our harde flintishe hartes our dissolute and careles lyfe withoute all shame and repentaunce for syn offendid transgressid trespassid synned and cōmitted most horrible wickednes so that we haue worthely deserued the vttermoste of thy plages and terrible vengeaunce Yet for thy owne glorye O mercifull Lord suffer not the enemye of thy sonne Chryste the romyshe Antichrist thus wretchedlye to delude and draw frō the our poore brethern for whome thy sonne once died that by his crueltie after so cleare light thei shold be made captiues to domme Idoles and deuelysh Inuentions of popyshe ceremonies therunto pertayning Suffer hym not to seduce the symple sort with his fonde opinion that his false gods blind mumbling fayned religion or his folishe supersticion doth geue hym suche conquestes suche victories suche triumphe and so high hand ouer vs. We knowe moste certaynely O Lord that it is not ther arme and powre but our synnes and offences that hath deliuered vs to their fury And hath caused the to turne away frō vs. But turne agayne O Lorde let vs fall into thy handes otherways seing thy iustice must ponish vs let vs fall into thy handes as Dauid dyd chewse by darth famin or pestilence or what waye thou likest least these vayne Idolaters doe reioyse at the miserable destruction of those men whome they make proselites and frome thy doctrine Apostates But oh lorde thy holye will be fulfilled this is thy righteous Iudgment to ponish vs wyth the tyrannical yoke of blindnes because we haue cast away from vs the sweate yoke of the
holesom worde of thy son our sauiour Yet consider the horrible blasphemies of thyne and our enemies They name a cake ther god there Christ and altogether they know nothing of thy powre they say in ther hartes ther is no god whych eyther can or wyl deliuer vs wherfore O heauenly father the gouerner of all thinges the Auenger of the causes of the poore the fatherles the widow of the oppressâ—d loke downe from heauen with the face of thy fatherly mercies and forgeue vs al former offences and for thy sonne Christes sake haue mercye vpon vs whych by the force and crueltie of wicked and blasphemous Idolaters without causes aproued are haled pulled from our owne houses are slauÌ„dered slaine and murthered as rebelles and traytours like persons pernicious pestiferous sedicious pestilent and full of mortall poyson to al men contagious where we do medell no farther but against the helly powres of darkenes against the spirituall craftines in heauenlye thinges whyche wold deny the will of our god and the powre of oure Christ vnto vs we doe contend no farther but onely for our Christe crucified and the only saluation by his blessed passioÌ„ knowledging none other god none other Christ or sauiour but onely the the euerliuing lord and our most merciful father and thy deare sonne our sauiour who is in the same glory with the in the high heauens Therfore O Lord for thy glorious name sake for Iesus Christes sake by whome thou haste promysed to graunt al righteous requestes make the wicked Idolaters to wonder and stand amased at thy almightye powre vse thy wonted strength to the coÌ„fusion of thyne enemies and to the healpe deliueraunce of thy persecuted people all thy saintes doe besech the therfore the yonge infantes which haue somdeale tasted of thy sweete worde by whose mouthes thou hast promised to make perfect thy praises whose Aungels doth alwaye behold thy face who beside the losse of vs ther parentes Are in daunger to be compellid and dryuen wythout thy greate mercies to serue domme insensible Idols doe cry and call to thee ther pitefull mothers with lamentable teares lye prostrate before the throne of thy grace Thou father of the fatherles Iudge of the widdowes and auenger of all the oppressid let it apere O Lord omnipotent that thou doest heare iudge aueng ponish all wronges offered to all thy little ones that doe beleue in the Doe this O Lorde for thy names sake Arise vp O Lord and thy enemies shal be scatered confouÌ„ded So be yt O Lord most mercyfull at thy tyme apointed ¶ An other godly prayer to be sayde at al tymes HOnor and prayse be geuen to the o Lorde god almighty most dere father of heauen for all thy marsys and louinge kindnesse showyd vnto vs in that it hath pleysyd thy gracius goodnes frely and of thine own accord to electe and chose vs to saluacioÌ„ before the beginning of the world and euen lyke contenewall thankes be geueÌ„ to the for creatynge of vs after thyne owne ymage for redeminge vs with the precius bludde of thy dersonne when we ware vtterly lost for sanctefieng vs with thy holy sprit in the reuelacioÌ„ and knowlege of thy holy worde for helping and Suckering vs in all our needes and nescesites for sauinge vs frome all daungers of bodie and sowle for conforting vs so fatherly in al our tribulacioÌ„ and persecucions for sparing vs so long and geuinge vs so large a time of repentans thes benifites O most mercyfull father lyke as we knowlege to haue receuid theÌ„ of thy only goodnes euen so we beseche the that for thy dere sonne Iesus Christes sake to graunt vs alwayse thy holy sprit wherby we maye contenewally growe in thaÌ„kefulnes towardes the to be ledde into all truthe and confortyd in all oure aduersetes O lord strenthen oure faithe kindell it more in faruentnes and loue towardes the our neyghbors for thy sake Suffer vs not dereste father to receiue thy worde any more in vayne but graunt vs alwayse the assystans of thy grace and holye sprit that in hart word and deede we maye santefye and doe worshype to thy holy name Helpe to amplefye encresse thy kyngdome and what soeuer thou sendeste we maye be hartely well content wyth thy good pleasure and wyll lette vs not lacke the thynge Oh father wyth oute the whyche we cannot serue the but blesse thou so al the works of our handes that we maye haue sufficient and not to be chargeabell but rather helpfull vnto others be mercyfull O Lorde to our offences and seyng our det yt gret whych thou haste forgeuen vs in Iesus christ make vs to loue the and our neyghbors so muche the more Be thou oure father our captayne and defender in all teÌ„ptacions holde thou vs by thy mercyfull hande that we maye be deliuered from all inconueniences end our lyues in the santefyeng and honor of thy holye name thorough Iesu Christ our lorde and only sauiour Amen Let thy mighty hande and out strechyd arme O Lorde be styll oure defence thy mercy louinge kindnes in Iesu Christ thy dere sonne our saluacion thy trew and holye worde our instruction thy grace and holye sprite our comfort and coÌ„solacion vnto the end and in the end Amen ¶ O Lord increse our fayth Bradfords beades that he prayed on being in Prison for the testimoni of Iesus Christ leauiÌ„g them as necessary to be vsid of the faythfull ¶ Blesyd ar the dead that dye in the lord euen so saith the Spiret that they rest from theyr labores but they re workes folow them Apo. xiiii Imprinted at London in Saint Martins parishe in the vinetre vpon the three Crane warfe by wyllyam Coplande Anno. Do. M.D.LIX. the xv daye of Marche