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
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
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
therewith should see ¶ When you arise pray OVre fyrste father tombled downe him selfe frō a most excelent high honorable estate into the miex of misery and depe sea of shame mischeffe but Oh Christ thou putting forthe thine hand didest raise hym vp euen so we except we be lift vp of the shall lye styll for euer O good Christ our most gratious redemer graūt that as thou doest mercifully reise vs now this my bodie and burden euen soo I beseche the raise vp my minde and harte to the lighte of the trewe knowledge of the loue of thee that my conuersacion may be in heauen wher thou art Yf thou be risen with Christe thinke vpō those thinges that be aboue ¶ Occasions to meditate THinke Sum thynge howe fowle and filthye that Adams fal was by reason of synne and so of euerye one of vs from the heigth of goddes grace Againe thinke vpon the greate benefite of Christ by whose help wee doe daylye aryse from our fallynges ¶ When you Apparell yourselfe Praye O Christ cloeth me with thin owne selfe that I maye be so far from makynge prouision for my fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of yt that I maye cleane put of all my carnal desiers and crucefy the kyngdom of the fleshe in me Be thou vnto me a wede to warme me from catching the colde of this world yf thou be a wai frō me dere lord al thinges wil be vnto me forthwith colde weake dede c. But yf thou be with me al things wil be warme lyuelye freshe c. graunt therfore that as I compas this my body with this cote so thou woldest cloth me wholy but spetiallye my soule wyth thyne owne selfe Put vpon you as the elect of god bowelles of mercy mekenes loue peace c. ⧠Occasions to meditate CAl to mynd a lytle how we are incorperate into christ againe how he doeth cloth vs norish vs vnder his wings ptettiō prouidēce preserue vs. ¶ When you ar made redy to begyn the day wythall praye O God and mercyful father thou knoweste and haste taught vs to knowe sumthyng that the weaknes of man is much and that withoute thy grace and vertue he can do nor thinke no good thing Haue mercy vpon mee I humbly doe beseche thee whiche am thy moste vnworthye and mooste weake childe O be gracious and tender towards me lightē me that I maye with pleasure looke vpō good thinges onely exhorte me that I may couet them carefully leade me that I may folow and at the length attaine them I distrusting my selfe altogether cōmende and offer my selfe wholy soule body life c. Into thy handes Thy louing sprite leade me foorth vnto the lande of righteousnes ¶ Cogitations mete to begyn the daye with THinke first that a man consisteth of a soul and a body and that the soule is from heauen heauenly fyrme and immortall but the body is of the earth earthly fraile mortall Againe thinke that though by reason of synne wherin you are conceued and borne the partes of the soul that vnderstādeth and desireth be so corrupte that without speciall grace to bothe parties you can neither knowe nor loue any good thinge in gods sight much lesse doe good then yet this not withstandinge thinke that you are regenerate by Christes Resurrection whereof youre baptisme requireth fayth and therfore haue both those partes sumthing reformed bothe to knowe and loue and therfore to do sum good in the sight of God through Christ for whose sake our poore doenges are accepted for good the euyl and infirmitie cleauing therto not beinge imputed thorow faith think that by faith which is gods sede for they which beleue are borne of god and made goddes children geuen to those that be ordened to eternall lyfe thinke I saye by faith that you receaue more and more the spirite of sanctification throughe the vse of gods worde and sacramentes and earnest praier to illumine and lighten our mindes vnderstanding iudgement and reason to bowe forme frame and inflame your affectiōs with loue powre to that that good is therfore vse you the means a foresayd accordingly Thynke that by this sprite you are thorowe fayth coupled to Christ as a lyuely member and so to god and as it were made one with him and bi loue which springeth oute of this fayth you are made one also with all that be of god so you haue felowship with god and all good men that euer were or shal be in al the good that god al his sainctes haue or shall haue Thynke as by faythe and loue through the spirite you are now entred into this cōmunyon the blessednes wherof no tonge can expresse so after thys lyfe you shal first in soule in the last day in bodi also enioy foreuer the same societie moste perfectly whiche now is but begon in you Thīke then of your negligēce that doth so lytle care for this your happy estate thinke vpon your ingratitude to god for makynge you redemyng you calling you and so louenglye adoptynge you Thynke vpon your folyshnes in fantasyeng so muche earthelye and bodely pleasures Thinke vpō your deafnes blindenes which hereth not god nor seeth him he calling you so diligently by his workes woordes and sacramentes Thinke vpon your frowardnes whiche wyll not be led of god and his spirit Thinke vpon your forgetfulnes and in consideratiō of your high estate how your body is the temple of the holy ghoste your members are the members of Christe the whole world and all thinges are youre owne 1. Cor. 6. Therfore say vnto your soule O soule Arise folowe god contempne this worlde purpose wel and pursue it longe for thy Lordes commynge be readye and watche that he com not vpō thee vnwares And for soo muche as you muste liue to gods pleasure se the vocation state of your lyfe wherto god hath called you pray god for grace knoledg habylitie to take the most profitable thinges in hand wel to begyn better to go on best of al to end the same to gods glory profit of your bretherne and thynk that time lost wherin you speake or do not or at the least think not sum thing to gods glorye and your bretherns commodytye ⧠When you goe foorth of the doers praye NOwe must I walke among the snares of deathe streched out of Sathan and of hys myscheuous mynysters in the worlde carryenge wyth me a frende to them bothe and a foe to my selfe euen thys bodye of syn and synfull fleshe O graūde Capytayne Chryste leade mee and guyde me I besech thee defend me from the plagues and subtilties wherof I am endaungered Graunt that I may take al thinges that hap as I shoulde doe onely vpō the set thou mine eyes that I mai so go on forwards in thy wai as by no thinges I be hīdred but rather forthered and may refer all thnigs to the accordinglye showe me thy ways O Lord and
teach me thy pathes Consider how vainli the most part of men be occupied how thei do troble and comber thē selues dyuersly how thei meddle with many thinges therby much alienating thir mindes frō the knoledg and cogytacyon of that whyche they shoulde most esteme so becum a let and an offence to others As in goynge abrode you wyll se that your Apparel be semelye in the syght of menne so see how semelye you Appere in the sygt of god ☞ When you are goynge any Iorney Pray THy soure lyfe ys a pylgrymage frō the lord we came and to the lorde we make oure iorney howe be yt through thenyshe placys and paynefull yea perrilous waies whiche our cruell enemyes haue and doe prepare for vs nowe more thē stark blinde by reason of sinne O Christ whiche art a moste true lodes man and guide and therto most experte faithful and frēdly do thou put out thine hande open mine eyes make thy hyghe wais knowē vnto me which wai thou diddest first ēter into out of this corruptible life hast fēced the same for vs to immortalytye Thou art the waye lead vs vnto the father by thy selfe that all we mai be one with him as thou and he together be one Showe me the way that I should walke in for I lyfte vp my soule vnto thee Psal 144. ¶ Or Pray thus MErcyfull father thou art wont to send to thy seruāts mē of simple hartes thyn angells to be their kepers as it were guides as elder bretherne to watch vpō thi weake childrē so diddest thou to yoūg Tobias to Iacob to Abrahās seruāt to Iosua c. O good god thogh we be much vnlike vnto thē so many ar our sins yet for thyn owne goodnes sake sēd thin holi angels to pitch thir tentes about vs frō sathā his slaues to hyde and deffende to carry vs in there handes that we come not into furder daūger thē thou through out wilt deliuer vs for theyn owne sake His Angelles or ministers for them that be heirs of saluation sathan sleapeth not but seekethe alwayes to destroy vs. Hebr. i. Thynke somthing how we ar straūgers from our contrey from our home from our original I meane from god Agayne thinke vpō your madnes that doe lyngar loyter so gladly in this our Iorneye and pilgrimadge Also how folishe we ar to fantazye things whiche we cānot carry with vs and to contempe conscience which will always be acompanyon to vs to our ioye yf it be good but to our shame and sorrowe yf it be euyl and corrupt finally howe vnnaturall we ar that so lytle desyer to be at our home to be with our onely father master fellowes and frendes c. ¶ Whē you ar aboute to receaue your meat praye THis is a wonderful mistery of thy worke O maker and gouernor of the world that thou doest susteyne the lyues of mē beastes with this meates suerlye this power is neither in the bread nor foode but in thy wil worde by whiche worde all thinges doe lyeue and haue their beinges Again how great a thing is it that thou art able yearly to geue sustinaūce to so many creatures this is spoken of by thy prophet in thy prayses All things loke vp to the thou geuest thē meat in due ceason thou openest thyen hāde fillest with thy blessing euery liuing thing thes dowtles are wōderful workes of thyne almightines I therfore hertely pray the O most liberal lord faithful father that as thou by meate through thy word doest minister life to thes our bodies euē so by the same worde with thy grace doe thou quicken our soules that bothe in soule body we may pleas the til this our mortall carcas shall put on immortalitie we shall nede no more anye other foode but the onely whiche thē wilt be al in all taste se how good the lord is blesse the lord O my soul which tedeth and filleth thy mouthe with good thinges Thinke a litle howe greate gods power is that made vs. Also thinke how great his wisdome is to preserue vs. But moste of all thinke how many things ar geuē to our vse how wōderful it is to geue vs lyfe but moste of al to propagate to immortalytye the lyfe of the soule by his onely becke Laste of all thinke that god by his prouidence for thy body wold haue the to confirme thy fayth of gods prouidence for thy soule ¶ In the meale time pray O Moste liberall dystributor of thy gyftes which geuest vs all kinde of good thinges to vse thou beynge pure geuest pure thinges graunt to me thy grace that I myse vse not thes thy gracious giftes geuen to our vse and profites Let vs not loue them because thou doeste geue vs these things but rather let vs loue the bycause thou geuest them and for that they be necessary for vs for a ceason tyll we come vnto thee Graunt vs to be conuersaunte amōgst thy giftes soberly purely temperatlye holely because thou arte suche a one so shall not we turne that to the poyson of oure souls which thou haste geuen for the medicine of our bodies but vsing thy benefites thankfully we shall finde them profitable bothe to soule and body thinke that the meates drinkes set before you ar geuen to you to vse and not to abuse thinke they ar geuen to profit and not to hurte you Thinke that they are not geuen to you alone but vnto others also by you in eatinge and drinkinge thinke that you do but fede the wormes remember the poore prysoners sicke c. as though you were in their case thinke vpō the foode of your soule Christ body broken his bloud shed Desyer the meate that lasteth for euer Iohn̄ vi work for it Christ meate was to do his fathers will Iohn̄ the fowrthe ¶ After your meate pray thus BY corporal meates thou doest susteyne our corporal daylye life redy otherwise to perish the which surely is a great worke but yet this is much greater more profitable more holy that thy grace O Iesu Christ doeth kepe awaye frō vs the death of the soule for this life we ought much to thāke the because thou doest prolong it with thy good giftes we moste hartely prayse the howe be it this life is but the way to eternal life which we besech the for thy deaths sake that thou wilt geue vs so shal we not onely geue the as we cā thākes in time for tēporal things but also eternal thankes for eternal thinges O graunt to vs thes our desyers for thy mercies sake Amē Thinke now that god hath geuē the this his blessing of meat c. and therto tyme that thou mightest as repent so seke his glory the commodytie of thy brotherne therfore go ther aboutes but first pray for grace well to begyn agayne cōsider how thou hast byn partaker of other mens labors as of the husband mans the millers
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