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A01648	Gerards prayers; or, a daylie practice of pietie: divided into foure parts. 1 of Confession of sinnes. 2 of Thanksgiving, for benefits. 3 of Petitions for our selues 4 of Supplicatio[n]s for our neighbours. Written (originally) in the Latine tongue, by Iohn Gerard; Doctor in Divinitie, and Superintendent of Heldeburg. Translated and revised by Ralph Winterton, Fellow of Kinges Colledge in Cambridge. Wherevnto is added a morning and euening prayer, for a familie; Exercitum pietatis quotidianum quadripartitum. English	Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636.	1638 (1638)	STC 11781; ESTC S113839	40,224	118

a Comforter to the comfortlesse a Deliverer to the captiues and a Physician to the sicke Grant that the sicknesse of their bodies may make for the good of their soules Especiallie wee beseech thee to bee present with those that are at the poynt to die Fit them for their journey before their departure Arme them with faith and patience Seale vnto them by thy holie Spirit the pardon and forgiuenesse of all their sinnes And so let thy servants depart in peace and bee translated from death to lyfe to liue with thee for evermore Heare vs wee beseech thee praying for our brethren heare our brethren for vs and Iesus Christ our elder brother for vs all Wee know O Lord that thou hearest him alwayes Heare vs lykewyse wee beseech thee for his sake and accept our THANKSGIVING Wee render most heartie thankes vnto thee for our Saviours 4 Incarnation for his 5 Passion for our 3 Redemption by his most precious blood Wee thanke thee for ● forming vs in our mothers wombe for 1● washing vs in the laver of baptisme for 6 calling vs by thy word for 7 expecting our conversion for 8 converting vs vnto the fayth for 13 strengthening our fayth by the participation of Christs bodie and blood for 9 sealing vnto vs the pardon of our sinnes for 15 giving vs a promise of everlasting lyfe Wee thanke thee for all other thy blessings 11 corporall and spirituall internall and externall for our 10 continuance in that which is good for 14 deliverance from all evill Wee thanke thee for thy often deliverances of this Church and kingdome from forreyne invasions and homebred conspiracies ● Wee thanke thee for 2 preserving vs ever since wee were borne for defending vs this night past from all perills and dangers for the quiet rest wherewith thou hast refreshed our bodies for thy mercie renewed vnto vs this morning Let thy mercie bee continued vnto vs this day let thy Spirit direct vs in all our wayes that wee may walke before thee as children of the light doing those thinges that are pleasing in thy sight Let the dew of thy blesing descende vpon our labours for without thy blessing all our labour is but in vaine Prosper thou the workes of our handes vpon vs O prosper thou our handie worke Grant that wee may conscionablie in our callings so seeke after thinges temporall that finallie wee lose not the thinges which bee eternall Wee are vnworthie O Lord wee confesse to obtaine anie thing at thy hands eyther for our selues or anie others even for the sinfulnesse of these our prayers But thou hast promised to heare all those that call vpon thee in thy Sonnes name Make good therefore we beseech thee thy promise vnto vs now calling vpon thee in thy Sonnes name and praying as he hath taught vs in his holie Gospell Our Father which art in heaven c. An Evening prayer for a familie gathered here and there out of Gerards Meditations and Prayers MOst glorious LORD GOD whose dwelling is in the highest heavens and yet beholdest the lowlie and the humble vpon earth wee blush and are ashamed to lift vp our eyes vnto heaven because we haue sinned against thee which dwellest in the heavens But looke downe wee beseech thee from heaven thy dwelling place and beholde the humilitie of thy servants heere on earth which prostrate themselues at the foot-stooll of thy mercie confessing their owne guiltinesse and begging pardon for their sinnes Wee confesse Almightie Creatour that thou madest vs at the first after thyne owne image thou cloathedst vs with innocencie as with a garment thou seatedst vs in paradise a place of all delight and pleasure But wee haue defaced thine image wee haue cast off our first covering we haue thrust our selues out of that pleasant place Wee ran away from thee and were not obedient vnto thy voyce Wee were lost and condemned before wee came into this world Our first parents sinned agaynst thee and we sinned in them They were corrupted and wee are inheriters of their corruption They were the parents of disobedience and wee are by nature the children of wrath Sinfull and vnhappie children of sinfull and vnhappie parents Thou mightest in thy displeasure after their fall haue plunged them into the bott●mlesse pit and made them the fewell of hell and sent their posteritie after them And neyther they nor wee could justlie haue complained Righteous O Lord art thou in thy judgements And our miserie is from our selues But great was thy mercie vnto vs. Wee came into this world in a flood of vncleannesse wallowing in our mothers blood and thou didst set open a fountayne for vs to wash in Wee were washed in the laver of baptisme and wee haue returned with the swyne to our wallowing in the myre Wee came from a place of darknesse into this world we lived as children of darknesse wee sat in darknesse and in the shadow of death Thou gavest vs thy word to bee a lanthorne vnto our feete and a light vnto our paths that in thy light wee might see light that so walking in the way of trueth wee might attayne everlasting lyfe But wee haue loved darknesse more than light haue not beene obedient vnto thy word Wee came into this world crooked even from our mothers wombe and thou gavest vs thy law to be a glasse wherein we might see our deformitie and a rule whereby to square all our actions words thoughts But wee haue shut our eyes that wee might not see and wee haue refused to bee ruled by thy law The law of sinne in our flesh doeth daylie captivate vs. The roote of originall sinne which lyeth hidden in vs doth everie day put foorth new branches All the parts and faculties of our bodies and soules are so manie instruments of vnrighteousnesse to fight agaynst thy divyne Majestie Our hearts imagine wicked things our mouthes vtter them and our handes put them in practice Thy mercies everie day are renewed vnto vs and our sinnes are everie day multiplied agaynst thee In the day of health and prosperitie we forget thee and we never thinke vpon the day of sicknesse and adversitie Thy benefits heaped vpon vs doe not allure vs to obey thee Neyther doe thy judgements infflicted vpon others make vs afrayde to offend thee What couldest thou O Lord haue done more for vs or what could wee haue done more agaynst thee Thou didst send thy Sonne in the fulnesse of time to take our nature vpon him to fulfill thy law for vs and to bee crucified for our sinnes Wee haue not followed the example of his holie lyfe but haue everie day afresh crucified him by our sinnes And now O LORD if wee shall become our own judges we cannot but confesse that wee haue deserved everlasting torments in hell-fire But there is mercie with thee O Lord therefore will wee not despare Our sins are manie in number But thy mercies are without number The weyght of our sinnes is great But the weyght

daylie falls and slips HOlie God and just Iudge There is no man innocent in thy sight no man free from the spote of sinne And I am bereaved of that glorie which I should bring with mee to judgement I am stripped of that garment of innocencie with which I ought to appeare arrayed before thee Seaven tymes yea and oftener everie houre I fall seaventie tymes seaven tymes I sinne everie day The spirit indeede is sometymes readie but the flesh is alwayes weake The inward man flowrisheth and is strong but the outward man languisheth and is weake For I doe not the good that I would but the evill that I would not How often doe vaine wicked and impious cogitations aryse in my heart How often doe vaine vnprofitable and hurtfull wordes breake foorth How often doe perverse wicked and vngodlie actions pollute mee All my righteousnesse is as the cloath of a menstruous woman Therefore I dare not pleade for my righteousnesse before thee But I humblie prostrate my selfe before thy most just tripunall and out of the deeps doe I cry vnto thee Lord if thou shalt decree to impute sinne who shall abyde it If thou wilt enter into judgement who shall stand If thou wilt call me to appeare according to the severity of thy justice how shall I come before thee If thou wilt exact a strict account of my lyfe I shall not bee able to answere thee one for a thousand Therefore my mouth is stopt and I acknowledge before thee that I haue deserved eternall torments and withall I confesse with teares that thou mayest justlie cast mee into prison for ever Therefore for these daylie sinnes of my lyfe I offer vnto thee holie Father the most precious blood of thy Sonne which was poured foorth on the altar of the crosse which washeth me from all my sinnes My sinnes which leade mee captiue are manie in number and most powerfull But the ransome of thy Sonne is much more precious and of more efficacie Let that most perfect plenarie and holie pryce payed by Christ obtayne for mee remission of sinnes Amen PRAYER IV. Hee examineth our lyfe according to the rule of the first table of the Commandements HOlie God and just Iudge Thou gavest vnto vs thy Law in mount Sinay and thou wouldst haue it to be the rule of all our actions words and thoughts That whatsoever is not squared by it should in thy judgement bee accounted sinne As often as I looke vpon that most cleare glasse I perceaue mine owne filthinesse and tremble everie part of mee I ought to loue thee O my God aboue all thinges But how often doe I loue the world and forget the loue of thee I am bound to feare thee O my God aboue all things But how often doe I consent to sinne and let thy feare slip out of my memorie Thou requirest that I should trust in thee O my God aboue all things But how often in adversitie doeth my soule waver and anxiouslie and carefullie doubt of thy fatherlie goodnesse I am bound to obey thee O my God with all my heart But how often doeth my refractarie flesh resist the resolution of obedience and leade mee captiue into the prison of sinne My cogitations ought to bee holie my desires pure and holie But how often is the quyet state of my mynde troubled with vaine and impious cogitations I ought to call vpon thee O God with all my heart But how often doth my minde wander in prayer and doeth anxioustie doubt whether her prayers be heard or no! How often am I remisse in prayer aud demisse in conceaving confidence How often doeth my tongue pray and yet I doe not worship thee in spirit and in trueth How profound oblivion of thy benefits doeth seize vpon mee Thou doest dayly poure thy benefits vpon me in a loving manner and yet I doe not daylie returne vnto thee thanksgiving How cold is my meditation of thy immense and infinite gifts bestowed vpon mee What slender devotion is there for the most part in my heart I vse thy gifts and yet I doe not prayse thee who art the giver I sticke in the rivers come not to the fountaine Thy word is the word of spirit lyfe But I through sinne and corruption haue destroyed the worke of thy holie Spirit within mee The sparks of a good resolution often inkindled I as often extinguish and yet I doe not sue to thee for increase of thy gifts For these and all other my sinnes and defaults I offer vnto thee O my God the most pure and perfect obedience of thy Sonne who loved thee in the dayes of his incarnation most perfectlie with his whole heart cleaved vnto thee most firmlie with all his soule in whose deeds words and thoughts there was found no blot of sinne nor spot of the least offence That which I want by faith I draw from his fulnesse Therefore for this thy wel-beloved Sonnes sake haue mercie LORD vpon thy servant Amen PRAYER V. Hee considereth our lyfe according to the rule of the second table of the commandements HOlie God and just Iudge It is thy eternall and immutable will that I should honour with due respect my Parents and the Magistrates But how often doe I thinke too meanlie of their authoritie How often doe I in heart refuse to obey them How often doe I traduce their infirmities O how often doe I omit by serious prayers to further their safetie I often cherish anger conceaved agaynst them whereas I ought with patience to submit my selfe vnto them Thy sacred will requireth that I should doe good to my neyghbour in all things to my power But how often doeth it irke mee to doe him good How doeth it goe against my stomacke to forgiue him How often am I solicited by my flesh to anger hatred envy and brawling how often doth the fire of my angrie heart burne within mee although contentious wordes bee not heard without Thy holie will requireth that I should liue chastlie modestlie and temperately But how often hath the loue of drunkennesse lust made my soule captiue to sinne How often doe fires of lust flame within mee although my outward members be restrained Hee that looketh vpon a woman to lust after her hath alreadie committed adulterie with her in his heart sayeth the Text How often therefore in the sight of GOD doe wee commit adulterie The inordinate and immoderate vse of meat drinke and wedlocke often stealeth vpon vs and maketh vs appeare guiltie before thee if thou wouldest enter into judgement with vs. Thy holie writ requireth that in bargaining I deceaue not my neighbour in anie sort but that I rather further and procure his good that I traduce not his faults but rather cover thē with the cloake of charitie and that I doe not censure him rashlie vnadvisedlie But how often doe I seeke mine own profite by injustice How often doe I spend my judgemēt

the first of true and sincere charitie which bindeth vs all together into one mysticall bodie vnder one head which is Christ and commendeth vnto us a serious care of the whole Church and of all the particular members thereof That is not a true member of the bodie which laboureth not as much as in it lyeth to preserue in safetie the whole structure of the bodie That is not a true member of the bodie which suffereth not with a fellow-member that suffereth And the same reason is of force in the mysticall bodie of Christ. Whosoever therefore is a true and a living member of the Christian Church let him daylie pray For the conservation of the word For pastors and people For magistrates and subjects and For the oeconomicall and houshold estate For these are those three Hierarchies and holie magistracies appoynted by GOD for the safetie and preservation of this lyfe and for the propagation increase of the heavenlie kingdome Let him pray also For his kinsfolke and his benefactors to whom hee must acknowledge himselfe to bee bound in some speciall bond of d●etie Let him pray For his enemies and persecutors and seriouslie desire their conversion and salvation Let him pray lykewyse For all those that are afflicted and in miserie and show himselfe to bee moved with a fellow-feeling of their calamities PRAYER I. Hee prayeth for the conservation and continuance of the word and for the propagation and increase of the Church ALmightie eternall and mercifull GOD Father of our Lord Iesus Christ that by thy holie Spirit doest gather thy Church out of mankinde and in it doest keepe the heavenlie doctrine committed vnto it In humilitie I adore and worship thee and pray vnto thee that thou wouldest bee pleased to continue vnto vs the saving doctrine of thy word inviolable and everie day propagate and inlarge the bounds of thy Church Thou hast of thine infinite mercie lighted vnto vs that were in the darknesse of this world the light of thy word Suffer not therefore the clowds of humane traditions to extinguish it or to obscure it Thou hast given vnto vs thy word for the wholesome meat of our soules Suffer it not therefore by the delusion of the devill and the corruption of men to bee turned into poyson Mortifie in vs the sinfull lusts of the flesh that thirsteth after earthlie thinges that so wee may taste the spirituall delicates of thy word which is that heavenlie Manna No man can feele the sweetnesse thereof but hee that will taste and no man can taste whose palate is corrupted with aboundance of worldlie delights Thy word is the word of spirit and lyfe of light and grace Take away therefore the carnall affections and the corrupt senses of our hearts that it may shyne to us within and bee a light to leade vs vnto the light of everlasting lyfe From the light of thy word let there aryse in our hearts the light of saving fayth that in thy light wee may see light in the light of thy word the light of thy Sonne As in the olde tyme that heavenlie Manna descended in the wildernesse with a wholesome dew So lykewyse by the hearing of thy word let our hearts bee silled with the fire of the Spirit that our colde lukewarme flesh may be excited and may bee tempered agaynst the boylings of sinfull lusts Let the seed of thy word take deepe roote in our hearts that by the dew of thy holie Spirit watering it it may bring forth wholsome fruit plentiful increase lyke standing corne Protect O Lord the vineyard of thy Church in which thy word is as seed scattered and fruit is gathered vnto everlasting lyfe Set an hedge of Angelicall guard round about it that the wilde boares and the foxes breake it not downe the wild boares by violent persecutions and the foxes by fraudulent delusions Erect vp in it an high tower of thy fatherlie providence that by thy custodie it may bee free from all devastation But if thou shalt at anie tyme thinke good to presse the grapes of this vineyard in the presse of the crosse and of calamities let them beeripened first by the heat of thy grace that they may yeeld the most delicious fruits of fayth and patience Whatsoever is put into the roote of the vyne is converted in the grapes into the most sweet liquor of wine Grant I beseech thee that whatsoever shall happen vnto vs in this lyfe whether scoffings persecutions prayses or whatsoever else our soules may turne it into the wine of faith hope and charitie and into the fruit of patience and humilitie Out of this militant Church translate vs at length into the Church triumphant And let this tabernacle of clay bee changed into that most beautifull and everlasting temple of the heavenlie Ierusalem Amen PRAYER II. Hee supplicateth for Pastors and their hearers O Iesu Christ Sonne of the living God our alone mediatour and redeemer who being exalted at the right hand of the Father doest send pastors aud teachers of thy word by whose ministerie thou doest gather together vnto thee thy Church amongst vs I humblie intreate thee the onlie true GOD together with the Father and the holie Spirit to governe these thy ministers in the way of trueth and to turne the hearts of their hearers vnto the true obedience of the fayth There is no state or condition of men that is more subject to the hatred and treacheries of Satan than the ministers of thy word Defende them therefore by the buckler of thy grace and furnish them with the strength of patience that Satan by his sleights may not supplant them Giue I beseech thee vnto thy ministers that knowledge that is necessarie for them and a pious vigilancie in all their actions that they may first learne of thee before they presume to teach others Governe and illuminate their hearts by thy Spirit that beeing in the place of GOD they preach nothing else but the oracles of GOD. Let them feede the flocke that is committed vnto them which thou hast bought and redeemed with thy precious blood Let them feede the flocke out of true and sincere loue and not for covetousnesse and ambition Let them feede them with their mynde with their mouth and with their workes Let them feede them with the sermon of the mynde with the exhortation of the word and with their owne example that they may bee followers of his steps to whom the cure of the LORDS flocke was three severall tymes commended Stirre them vp that they may watch over their soules that are committed vnto them as being to giue a strict d●eou●● for them in the day of judgement Whatsoever they exhort by the word of their holie preaching let them studiouslie labour to demonstrate the same in their actions l●st that beeing lazie themselues and loath to worke they labour in vaine to stirre vp others Vnto what good workes soever they stirre vp others let them

nature Receaue them into the everlasting tabernacles of the citie which is aboue whō thou hast vsed as thy instruments to conferre vpon mee so manie and so liberall benefits My heart propoundeth vnto thee the infallible promise of thy word that thou wilt of thy meere free grace recompence even a cup of colde water How much more then wilt thou bee liberall and bountifull to those that with full hand bestow benefits of all kyndes vpon those that want Let not thy graces cease to runne downe vpon them that poure foorth so plentifullie vpon others Let the fountayne of thy goodnesse alwayes spring vnto them from whom such plentifull rivers of liberalitie doe flow Grant I beseech thee most mercifull GOD that they which ●ow temporall thinges so liberallie may reape with much increase things spirituall Fill their soules with joy that feede the bodies of the poore with meat Let not the fruit of their bountie perish though they show it by bestowing of the goods that perish Giue vnto them that giue vnto others thou that art the giver of everie good gift blessed for ever Amen PRAYER VI. He prayeth for enemies and persecutors LORD Iesu Christ the onelie begoten Sonne of GOD that hast prescribed vs in thy word this rule of charitie Loue your enemies blesse them that curse you doe good to them that hate you pray for them that despitefullie vse you and persecute you I beseech thee who art most gracious and most readie to forgiue to forgiue myne enemies and the persecutours of the Church Giue vnto mee the grace of thy holie Spirit that I may not onelie forgiue myne enemies from myne heart but also pray for their health and salvation even from my soule Whet not against them the sword of severe revenge but anoynt their heads with the oyle of thy mercie and compassion Extinguish the sparks of hatred and anger that are in their hearts that they breake not foorth into the infernall flames of hell Let them know and acknowledge that Our lyfe is but a vapour and a smoake that soone vanisheth away that our bodie is but ashes dust that flyeth away that they beare not immortall anger in their mortall bodies nor entertayne into this brittle tabernacle of clay their soules enemie Let them know lykewyse that inveterate hatred is their greatest enemie because it killeth the soule and excludeth them from the participation of heavenlie lyfe Illumiminate their myndes that they beholding the glasse of thy divyne mercie may see the deformitie of anger and hatred Governe their wills that beeing moved by the example of thy divyne forgiuenesse they may leaue off and cease to bee angrie and to doe harme Grant vnto mee mercifull GOD that as much as in mee lyeth I may haue peace with all men and turne the hearts of myne enemies to brotherlie reconcilement Let vs walke with vnanimitie and concord in the way of this lyfe seeing that wee hope all for a place in our celestiall countrey Let vs not disagree vpon earth seeing that wee all desire to liue together heereafter in heaven Wee call vpon thee our Lord and our God which art in heaven And it is not meet for the servants of the same Lord to fall out one with another Wee are one mysticall bodie vnder Christ our head And it is base and shamefull for the members of the same bodie to fight one with another They which haue one fayth and one baptisme ought to haue one spirit and one mynde Neyther doe I pray alone for my private enemies but also for the publike enemies and persecutoures of the Church O thou which art trueth it selfe bring them into the way of trueth O thou which art power it selfe bring to nought their bloodie endeavours and attempts Let the brightnesse of thy heavenlie trueth open their blinde eyes that the raging madnesse and desire to persecute which they haue in their myndes may heereafter cease Let them know O LORD and acknowledge that it is not onelie a vaine thing but also verie dangerous to kicke against the prickes Why doe they imitate the furie of wolues when as they know that the bl●●● of Christ the immaculate Lambe●● as poured out for vs Why doe they thirst to shed that innocent blood for which they know that the blood of the verie Sonne of GOD was poured foorth vpon the altar of the crosse Convert them O LORD that they may bee converted vnto thee from their heart and so obtayne the fruit of their conversion in this life and in that which is to come Amen PRAYER VII Hee supplieateth for those that are afflicted and in miserie ALmightie eternall and mercifull GOD which art the Saviour of all men especiallie of the ●●ythfull and by the Apostle hast commanded vs to make prayers for all men I intreate thee for all those that are afflicted and in miserie that thou wouldest support them by the consolatiō of thy grace and succour them by the ayde of thy power Indue with power and strength fro● aboue those that labour and swe●● in the most grievous agonie of Satans tentations Make them partakers of thy victorie O Christ thou which didst most powerfullie overcome Satan Let the cooler of thy heavenlie comfort raise vp those whose bones are become dry with the fire of griefe and sorrow Beare vp all those that are readie to fall and raise vp those that are alreadie fallen Bee mercifull vnto those that are sicke and diseased and grant that the disease of the bodie may bee vnto them the medicine of the soule and the adversities of the flesh the remedies of the spirit Let them know that diseases are the handmaydes of sinne and the forerunners of death Giue vnto them the strength of fayth and patience O thou which art the most true Physician both of soule and bodie Restore them againe vnto their former health if it bee for the everlasting salvation of their soules Protect all those that are great with childe and those that bee in labour Thou art he that doest deliver children out of the straytes of their mothers wombe doest propagate mankinde by thy blessing be present with those that bee in labour O thou lover and giver of lyfe that they be not oppressed with an immoderate weyght of sorrows Nowrish those that are orphanes and destitute of all helpe and succour Defende the widows that are subject to the reproaches of all men thou which hast called thy selfe the Father of the fatherlesse and the Iudge and defender of the widows Let the teares of the widows which flow downe from their cheekes breake through the clowds and rest not vntill they come before thy throne Heare those that bee in danger by sea which cry to thee and sende vp their sighes vnto thee seeing before their eyes their neighbours suffer shipwracke Restore libertie vnto those that are captiue that with a thankfull heart they may sing of thy bountie Confirme those that suffer persecution

for righteousnesse sake that they may get the conquest over all their enemies and purchase the everlasting crowne of martyrdome Bee present with all those that bee in danger and calamitie and grant that they may possesse their soules in true patience and denying their owne wills take vp their crosse Let them follow him vnder the crosse on whom they belieue that hee died for vs vpon the crosse And especiallie I commend vnto thee most gracious Father those which are about the gates of death and are betweene time and eternitie wrestle with all their strength with that last enemie Confirme them O thou most potent Conquerour of death Deliver them O most glorious Captaine and Author of lyfe that they bee not overwhelmed in the waues of tentations but by thy conduct they may be brought vnto the haven of everlasting rest Haue mercie vpon all men thou which are the Creatour of all Haue mercie vpon all men thou which art the Redeemer of all To thee bee prayse and glorie for ever and ever Amen FINIS The summe of GERARD'S prayers reduced into a forme of morning prayer for the vse of an English familie The foure capitall words signifie the foure parts of Gerards prayers and the Arithmeticall figures poynt at every prayer of those parts HOlie GOD and just Iudge Thy eyes are more pure than the sunne and cannot beholde anie thing that is vncleane The Cherubims and Seraphims cover their faces before thy glorious majestie The heavens of heavens are not cleane in thy sight How then shall earth sinfull earth dust and ashes appeare before thee Wee prefume not O LORD to come before thy tribunall to plead for our righteousnesse for all our righteousnesse is as filthie rags But wee prostrate our selues with all humilitie of bodie and soule at thy mercie-seate to make CONFESSION of our sinnes Heare Lord and haue mercie Wee confesse that 1 Wee sinned in the loynes of our first parente● wee were conce●ved in sinne wee were shape● in iniquitie 2 In our chyldhood originall sinne brought foorth actuall and actuall sinnes haue increased in vs ever since as our dayes haue increased Who can reckon vp the sinnes of his youth Who can tell how oft hee offendeth The just man sinneth seaven tymes a day But 3 Wee haue sinned seaventie tymes seaven tymes everie day 4 5 All thy holie lawes and cōmandements wee haue broken in thought word and deed 6 We haue beene partakers of other mens sinnes 7 Wee are manie way●s convinced of our sinnes We are convinced 8 By the contrition of heart and the testimonie of 〈◊〉 conscience 9 By the greatnesse of thy mercie and thy benefits b●stowed vpon vs 10 By the severitie of thy justice declared in the death and passion of thy Sonne our Saviour Iesus Christ. Thou art an holle God and hearest not sinners Thou art a just Iudge and thy justice must bee satisfied Wee are sinners and the wages of sinne is death Thy justice must bee satisfied or else wee cannot escape death Wee haue nothing of our owne to giue for the ransome of our soules Therefore wee offer vnto thee holie Father that which is not ours but thy Sonnes 1 For our originall sinne wee offer vnto thee just Iudge his originall righteousnesse who is righteousnesse it selfe for our conception in sinne we offer vnto thee his most sacred conception who was conceaved by the holie Ghost for our birth in sinne we offer vnto thee his most pure nativitie who was borne of a pure virgin 2 For the offences of our youth wee offer vnto thee his most perfect innocencie in whose mouth was found no guile 3 For our daylie slips and falls wee offer vnto thee his most perfect obedience who made it his meat and drinke to doe thy will in all things 4.5 For our often breach of thy commandements wee offer vnto thee his most perfect righteousnesse who fulfilled all thy commandements 6 For our communicating in other mens sinnes wee offer vnto thee his most perfect righteousnesse communicated vnto vs. 7. 8 9 10 For our most wicked and vngodlie lyfe wee offer vnto thee his most cruell and bitter death For ●s was hee conceaved for vs was hee borne for vs was hee crucified His blood still cryeth vnto thee in our behalfe Father forgiue them Accept wee beseech then the inestimable pryce of thy Sonnes blood for a full and plenarie satisfaction for all our sinnes yea O Lord wee know that thou hast accepted it alreadie Therefore with confidence wee put vp our PETITIONS vnto thee As thou hast redeemed vs by thy Sonne so also wee beseech thee to sanctifie vs by thy holie Spirit 1 Mortifie in vs everie day more and more all sinfull lusts and affections and quicken in vs all saving graces and vertues 2 Increase our sayth ● Confirme our hope 4 Inflame our charitie Teach vs to imitate the lyfe of Christ the true patterne of perfect obedience and onlie true rule of a godlie lyfe Teach vs 5 Humilitie 6 Pat●ence 7 Meeknesse Gen●lenesse 8 Chastitie Temperance Tea●h vs 9 To conte●●e all earthlie thinges 10 To denye our selues 11 To overcome the world 12 Grant vs consolation in adversitie and true tranquillitie of the mynde Grant vs 13 Victorie in tentations and deliverance from the devills treacheries Grant vs in thyne appoynted tyme 14 A blessed departure out of this lyfe and a blessed resurrection vnto lyfe everlasting Wee pray not for our selues alone but in obedience to thy commandement wee make our SUPPLICATIONS vnto thee for all men ● Saue and desende the vniversall Church enlarge thou her borders and propagate thy Gospell 3 Blesse all Christian kings and governours especiallie thy servang CHARLES our most gracious Kin and governour Blesse togethe with him our gracious Queene MARIE Blesse vnto them and vs and our posteritie after vs our hopefull Prince Charles season him betymes with true religion that hee may bee an instrument of thy glorie the joye of his parents and the blesing of thy people Remember David and all his troubles the Ladie Elizabeth our Kings onelie sister and her princelie issue Suffer them not still to mourne in a strange land but restore them if it bee thy will to their former inheritance Blesse all our kings loyall subjects from the highest vnto the lowest Giue vnto the Senatours counsell and wisedome 3 To the magistrates justice and fortitude to those that are vnder them Christian subjection and obedience 2 To the ministers of thy word holinesse of lyfe and soundnesse of doctrine to the hearers of thy word diligent attention to the word preached and a care and conscience to liue hereafter Blesse 4 Everie familie in this kingdome this especiallie and all that belong vnto it Blesse our 5 parents brethren sisters kinsfolke benefactours and friends 6 Forgiue our enemies 7 Show pitie and compassion to all those that are afflicted and in miserie Relieue them according to their severall wants and necessities Bee thou a Father to the fatherlesse