doe faithfully call and trust on thee Wee most miserable and wretched sinners doe confesse vnto thee against our selues to our owne shame and to thy glory that wee were borne and conceiued in sinne that wee haue liued and continued in sinne that our whole liues haue beene nothing else but a heaping vp of sinne and iniquity against thy Holy and Heauenly Maiestie That there is no sinne in his owne nature so heynous or to thee so displeasing but either wee haue committed or else wee haue a pronenesse to commit the same The sinnes of our youth of our riper age and of our later euen of these last time shaue flowed one vpon another and haue polluted our soules defiled our bodies and displeased thy Maiestie so that there is nothing due vnto vs if thou shouldst deale with vs according to our deserts but death and destruction in this life Hell and perdition in the life to come Whither then should we flie for succour and reliefe If we goe vnto Man his breath is in his nostrils that perishing he perisheth If wee goe vnto Angels or to any power in Heauen they haue no power but what they receiueâ— from thee We come therefore vnto thee whose mercy is aboue all thy workes beseeching thee in the multitude of thy mercies to haue compassion on vs. And in that loue which thou shewedst vnto Mankind in sending thy Son to suffer for vs and to saue vs sinners that thou wouldst by his blood death and suffering wash away our sinnes And since thou hast sent him to Redeeme vs suffer vs not to be destroyed O Lord GOD graunt vs penitence and true repentance for our sins past watchfulnesse ouer all our wayes for time to come Care to keepe thy Comman dements strength to withstand the temptations of Satan Humility of heart patience in the times of tryall and aduersitie Constancy in calling vpon thee Feruency in praier Faith in thy promises Assurance of thy loue Assistance in Temptations Deliuerance from dangers of soule and body The right and Sanctified vse of thy creatures Charitie towards our neighbors and contentednes with our estates To this end gracious God take from vs all those things that take vs from thee and giue vs those graces that may make vs to loue thee and declare vs to be intirely beloued of thee Take from vs hardnesse of heart dulnesse and slownes in comming to thy seruice Neglect of those Holy duties thou requirest vs to doe Contempt of thy Commaundements Misbeliefe Vnbeliefe Despaire and doubting of thy mercy Distrust of thy prouidence Giue vs aboue all things Faith stedfaâ—â—ly to beleeue in thee feruour in thy seruice faithfulnesse in maintenance of thy trueth courage to lay downe our liues for the continuance of thy glorious Gospell thankefulnesse for all thy vnspeakable mercies a loue of those that serue thee in sin cerity of heart Liberalitie according to our abilities to those that are in distresse and danger for doing that they ought to do And when thou hast fitted vs for thy seruice and furnished our hearts with thy good graces then send vs the ioy of thy Holy Spirit a detestation of our former euill courses delight in keeping thy Lawes a desire to bee dissolued in thy good appointed time a meditation of our fraile liues and a preparation for our vncertaine deaths And now O blessed Lord wee pray not for our selues alone here present but for thy despised dispersed and distressed flocke throgh the face of the earth It is a little flocke O Lord increase it It is dispersed O Lord gather theÌ„ together into thy fold It is despised distressed Lord succour defend support them Let not the wild Boares destroy thy Vineyard nor the fat Bulles of Basan inuiroÌ„ and ouerwhelme thy chosen ones those that loue thy trueth Thou hast heretofore hedged thy Syon Thou hast mightily and miraculously defended thy chosen Israel Thy hand is not shortned thy power is still the same Let not therefore those that loue not thy trueth or them that loue it say where is now their God Be mercifull to our soueraign to all the Royall Progeny Gouerne the Gouernours of this Land Giue them true wisdome sincere vncorrupt and couragious hearts Innoble the true Nobility with Loyaltie to their Prince and State the leading of a good life and the longing for a better Inspire the Clergie with care and diligence to discharge their duties in their seuerall places Make the Commons of this Kingdome more iust more holy more conscionable in their courses more carefull of the common safety and prosperity of the publike State touch vs all with a zeale of thy feruice and truth an inward reuerence of thy most holy Maiestie a remorse of our former irreligious life That so when wee shall part from this place wee may part from our sinnes but not from sorrow for hauing committed them but may leaue them and leade a better life till wee bee brought from death to that life where sorrow and sin raigneth not where death hath no dominion and where complaints controuersies are not known but haue their ende This life good Lord graunt vs to leade in thy feare and in the ende to inioy that life where ioyes doe last for euer by the mercies of thee our Lord and onely Sauiour Amen A Prayer against Pride anger and Enuy. O LORD God who seest and searchest the secrets of all mens hearts Thou that knowest how subiect I am to Pride Anger and Enuie My heart good Lord is puffed vp with pride it swess with selfe conceipt vaine glory and ostentation I take too much pride of those parts of my Bodie as beautie strength and stature and make my selfe beleeue they are much more faire and fashionable then indeede they are So am I efflated and blowne vp like a bladder with conceit of mine owne knowledg wit vnderstanding and skill making them greater and more goodly vnto my selfe then they are or can bee These foule faults gracious God sometimes I finde in my selfe but nothing so often as I commit them And though now I confesse it yet I haue no power of my selfe to forsake this sinne by which our first Parents fell out of Paradise and we his sinnefull Progeny follow the same steppes and are ready thereby to runne headlong vnto Hell O yet most merciful father clense me from this corruption cure me and I shal be cleane graunt me a lowly penitent and humble heart Teach me to thinke worse of my selfe for my sins then of other men whose faults I know not that I may not thinke so well of my selfe to contemne others O teach me to learne meckenesse of thee my Sauiour who in thy humanitie hast ledde vs to the way of humblenes and meeknesse both of thy precepts and practise Thou hast said learne of me for I am meeke O sweet Sauiour what precept could bee sweeter better or what Example could bee more Holy and perfect If Lucifer an Angel of Heauen could
read thy Word to heare it where it is preached to come vnto thy Congregations and where thy word is not preached to vse all the good meanes wee may for maintenance and increase of knowledge and of conscience by praying reading meditating and conference To this end good Lord teach vs to cast away as all seruile workes so sloth euill and idle company-keeping prophane speeches with other euill actions and thoughts that may either draw vs from our Christian dueties offend thy diuine Maiestie or giue euill example vnto others Make our hearts and Consciences cleane our coÌ„ferences words and workes holy and conuersation vpright and pure So beginning and continuing in thy seruice this day in such sort as thou requirest wee may not onely sanctifie this but all the rest of thy Sabbaths during the remayne of our dayes heere vpon earth vntill wee come to that Sabbath of Sabbaths that eternall rest reioycing and praysing of thy Holy and Blessed Name in the highest Heauens wherein grant vs the assistance of thy holy Spirit and the aide of thy Sonne our Sauiour Christ Iesus Amen A Prayer in the time of trouble and affliction O LORD our God great are our sins and heauie are our visitations yet our chastisments are nothing answerable to our corruption wee haue sinned much and thou hast suffered vs long yet though our sinnes be as redde as scarlet thou hast said and we beleeue that thou wilt make them as white as snow Our sinnes do fester through our owne Corruptions cleanse them O thou the soueraigne sole phisitian of our soules Since thou art pleased to purge vs with some bitter pills that vrge vs to sweat and groane yet more for worldly matters then for the offence of thy diuine Maiestie Make vs therefore first sensible of our sinnes and sorowfull for them And when thou hast purged vs take away thy punishments Cure first our soules then make our bodies and estates sound and safe Yet againe and againe bring vs backe to consider and see from whence all our calamities doe come Deliuer vs if it bee thy blessed will from present and ensuing dangers or else graunt vs patience to vndergoe whatsoeuer thy good pleasure shal be to lay vpon vs Renew vs and then restore vs to thy wonted fauour not for our merits but for the merites and mercies of thy beloued Sonne and our blessed Sauiour Amen A Prayer when publique Calamities approach or are doubted OOr sinnes O Lord haue drawne vpon vs thy heauy displeasure and greater punishments then yet we feele or feare for wee haue multiplied our offences and yet thou hast held backe thy punishing hand wee haue not been allured by thy merits though they be many nor admonished by thy chastisemeÌ„ts sent to draw vs vnto conformity But rather thy long suffering hath made vs more secure hard hearted and negligent This hath caused thee sometimes to send signes of thy fearefull wrath as sickenesse vnseasonable weather want of meanes to maintaine many who heretofore haue liued well Our brethren abroad professing the same Religion suffer many heauy pressuers and are in much perill wee at home though we haue long enioyed the liberty of exercising the Religion wee professe yet our coldnesse and carelessenes in practising besides our many other sins hath hindered the propagation of piety dishonored thy name and indangered the truth O Lord yet at length humble vs in the sight and sense of these our sins Teach vs to learne consider and remember that for such if not for lesse sinnes thou didst consume Sodom draw the deluge ouer the whole earth and destroy almost consume at an instant all the Creatures of the World Yet neither these examples nor our own chastisements haue preuailed to perswade vs vnto true humiliation repentance and amendment of life But now of late when thou hast sent signes in the ayre inundations of waters pestilence pouerty decay of trades and hast found amongst vs a decrease of desire to doe good a desire to deceiue pâ—ide of hart delicious and luxurious liuing periury and perfidious dealing profanation of thy Name Word and Sacraments So that there being little hope of better beliefe or of better liuing when thy sword of Iustice is ready to be drawne the light of trueth in some danger to be diminished and wee to receiue such punishments as we most iustly haue deserued Yet consider wee are the workemanship ordained for thy seruice And though the Axe should be put vnto the tree ready to out of our liues estates and sauing knowledge yet correct but doe not for thy mercies sake confound vs reforme but do not destroy vs Make vs yet new creatures O spare and deâ—iuer vs from the euill daies to come Thou desirest not the death of sinners but rather Conuersion Let vs yet liue to honor thee whom we haue dishonoâ—ed Though long peace and much plenty hath set vs aâ—â—eepe and prouoked vs to much pride and presumption yet let vs with Hezechiah turning to the wall and weeping be repriued from that sentence which our sinnes haue sent out against vs and let vs learne to serue thee and not Sathan So being preserued by thy mercy wee may yeeld Honour and praise to thy eternall Maiestie A Prayer against the raigning sins that a man findes to remaine in himselfe LOrd God how senselesse am I of mine owne sinnes that cannot see nor feele those I daily and continually commit Some are secret and concealed from my self which I know not or cannot conceiue And those though lesse haynous or at the least lesse vnderstood yet too heauy for me to beare Other greater and more grieuous by mee not acknowledged or not repented and amongst many more that I passe ouer without any examination of my selfe or repentance for them Those cleaue most to the corruptions of mine owne nature as pride selfe conceit and other sinnes whereto I am most subiect c. These presse mee most and others too much yet pardon mee O Lord pardon that is past purge me from them for time to come cleanse the corruptions of my nature cure the Contagion that comes by euill company and the inticements of others with whose fashions wits faces or flatteries wee are seduced And for mine owne inward concupiscense which easily sets it selfe on fire O Lord quench it with the cooling and comforting giftes of Grace sobrietie temperance and circumspection Bee thou most gracious God that good Samaritan to poure into my wounded soule the oyle of thy mercy that so these destroyers of my soule being by thee destroyed I may then surely say O Death where is thy sting O Hell where is thy victory and blesse thee who hast blessed mee with thine abundant mercies to whom bee praises and glorie for euer Amen A Prayer necessary to be vsed often O LORD God most mighty mercifull and iust who hast created all things of nothing only by thy power and word who hast preserued all that thou hast made and doest saue all those that
not bee safe but was cast downe frō thence through pride and arrogancy How should I bee safe whilest I commit this sinne so much and so often heere on earth Purge me therefore O God from Pride and leade me by thy Heauenly hand vnto Humility and lowlines of heart Lord God how much am I ouerwhelmed with wrath and anger how suddainly incensed vpon how small and slender occasions am I moued by wrath to vse reproach and to seeke reuenge to forsake Charity to seeke others harme and to aduenture mine owne ruine so that my minde cannot be peaceable and quiet Sodainely by anger reason is disturbed loue and good will forsaken Faith broken and fury drawing mee almost to madnesse by which I breake the bounds of Christian Charitie I beseech thee good Lord who feest how much I am subiect to this finne make me more patient and peaceable suppresse this passion of anger in me that I may passe by small offences and may not bee sodainely prouoked vnto impatience O Lord infuse into me moderation and modestie temperance and sobriety by which and especially by the assistance of thy holy Spirit I may bee able to master anger and passion the furies of my minde and the enemies of my Soule And if anger at any time seize on mee graunt that it may be setled on the zeale of thy truth and the seruice of thee my God for the suppressing of superstition and the seeking to vindicate thine honour against such as seeke to dishonour thee by Atheisme profanenesse and impiety yet so as I sin not by rashnesse or reuiling but by making a difference betwixt the persons and their peruersenes reseruing Charitie to the one and labouring reformation of the other take from me O Lord God enuy and malice suffer me not to fret at the prosperity of any no not of the wicked and impious persons whose bounds are set beyond which they shall not bee able to goe much lesse let me enuy them who walke in vpright waies But if through offence or iniuries I haue been at any time prouoked to proceede against them yet let mee not continue with them in contention through dislike or disgust to wish them euill But teach me by singlenesse and sincerity of heart to shunne the malicing of any man that so shewing mercy and meekenesse I may receiue mercy from thee that art the Lord of mercy to whom bee giuen Honour and glory now and for euer Amen A Prayer of Thankesgiuing after deliuery from Sickenesse and Danger of Disease THou O Lord most mighty and mercifull hast sent sickenesse as a scourge for sinne as a tryall of our Faith and testimony of thy fauour when it pleaseth thee to restore health Thou hast visited me and brought me neere the gates of Death yet hast thou deliuered mee from danger to the end I might publish thy praise and lead a more godly life Feare came vpon mee on euery side my flesh Spirit did faint but thy holy hand did sustaine mee and helpe mee vp What praises most gracious God shall I render vnto thee for thy protection and preseruation But that I doe as I am able And O Lord inable me more to laude thee more to call vpon thy name and to shew thy workes vnto the people to sing vnto thee prayses for this thy mercy in deliuering me from the danger of Death And now that thou hast restored mee to health O Lord restore mee to thy fauour And as thou hast giuen strēgth vnto my body so blessed God strengthen my Soule against Sinne and Satan that I may liue to giue thee Glory and during this fading life I may bee made faithfull in keeping thy Commandements seruing thee in sinceritie of soule and seeking thy glory both now and at all times Amen A Prayer for the mainetenance of Peace O LORD God most mighty and gracious Our sinnes are great and grieuous our pride malice and ambition begets contentions whence growes Warres and Desolation Blood-shedding and destruction thou that art the Lord of Hostes seest it is in the hands of Princes to make warres but it is in thy power only to end them and to saue thy people Great are the gatherings and forces already of armed men ready to destroy one another and great is like to be the slaughter Except thou most mercifull God be pleased to pacifie the minds of the Princes and of the People and to saue them who otherwise will fall to slaughter Take yet most gracious God thine owne Cause into thine own hand help thy people that professethy truth lest they perish Preserue them from perills Saue good Lord such as serue thee in truth and call vpon thee in sincerity of heart Let not the Mightie ouerwhelme thy chosen Children but either let the Oppressors feele thy power or make them to incline their heartes vnto peace and so saue the effusion of bloud and temper the hearts of Christian Princes that they may come to the Knowledge of the truth that Mercy and Truth may meet together that righteousnesse and peace may kisse each other So bee it good Lord. FINIS LONDON Printed by Aug Mathewes for Robert Swayne and are to bee sold at his Shop at the Signe of the Bible in Britaines Burse
the Lords Prayer 1 One intire Prayer framed on all the Lords prayer 45 Seuerall Prayers on the Decalogue or Tenne Commandements 57 Short Meditations for a Christian man to make for the examination of himselfe his conscience course of life 112 A Prayer for the performance of those points 119 The differences in Deuotion and exercises of Religion betwixt the Protestants and Koman Catholiques 124 A Prayer for the peace and prosperity of the Kings Maiestie his dominions and subiects 142 A Prayer for our afflicted Brethron the Protestants beyond the Seas 149 A Prayer to be vsed on the Sabbath day 156 A Prayer in the time of trouble and affliction 160 A Prayer when publike calamities apprâ—â—â—â— or are doubted 164 A Prayer against the raigning sinnes that a man findes to remaine in himselfe 174 A Prayer necessary to be vsed often 179 A Prayer against pride anger and Enuy. 193 A Prayer after deliuery from sickenes and danger of death 203 A Prayer for the maintenance of Zeale Certaine short Prayers and Meditations vpon the Lords Prayer Our Father which art in Heauen Hallowed be thy Name O Lord God most high â—â—uenly 〈◊〉 hou art our Father by creation Wee are thy Children by Adoption What an honour and happinesse is it to vs miserable Men that thou our mighty God vouchsafest to accept and call vs thy Children Hauing Elected vs thou hast giuen vs a great a glorious and an euerlasting Inheritance Hauing created vs of nothing thou hast yet made vâ—â— Heires yea Possessorâ— of thore then earthly euen heauenly endowments Our earthly mould and our carthly mindes only keepe vs from this heauenly possession Thy mercifull and powerfull prouidence hath prouided it our finnefull and corrupt nature keepes vs from it Thou O gracious Father hast giuen vs the earth and al things in this world to gouerne that we might make vse of it for thy seruice and for our owne sustenance But the louing of this earth and the longing after earthly things keepes vs from aspiring and attaining to thy heauenly Inheritance If as sonnes heere on earth weeâ— could seeke the glory of thee our Fatherâ— in heauen wee should sooner and betteâ— obteine the blessings both of Earth and Heauen If we theâ— could consider wherefore thou hast choseâ— vs for thy children and so shew our selueâ— obedient children iâ— keeping thy heauonlâ— Commandement wâ— should not only find comfort in our owne soules and consciences shunne thy wrath and the shipwrake of our soules enioy thy blessings and avoide thy curses but bee made partakers of that patrimony which thou hast prouided for thine elect children But alas most gracious Father wee make our selues by our dayly and continuall sinnes vnworthy to be called thy sons and most vnworthy to receiue the inheritaÌ„ce of thy children Yet thou hast sent thy only begotten Sonne to suffer death for our sinnes to restore vs thy adopted Sonnes to the inheritance which wee by our fallings and transgressions had forfeited yea to a farre more excellent and heauenly inheritance And yet as disobedient children wee haue againe and againe reuolted from thee as Prodigall Sonnes mis-spent that Patrimony thou hast giuen vs wasted in luxury and lust haue beene forced to feede on huskes after wee haue followed sinne and Satan And that which is worse by our long and obdurated sinnes wee doe as much as in vs lyeth crucifie the Lord of life our elder Brother thy best beloued Son whom thou hast sent and we haue sold him by our mis-beliefes and euill-liuing As Iudas sold him to the Iewes for a fewe Talents or pieces of siluer Thus wee of Children become Rebels and of Freeborne made our selus slaues Yet most mercifull Father fince by thy owne choisethou hast called vs to bee thy Children Haue compassion vpon thy weake fraile and wandring Children bring vs backe from the by-pathes wherein wee haue gone astray Restore vs to innocency and to thy fauour Renewe in vs right spirits Mollifie our stony hearts and giue vs fleshy hearts Set thy feare before our eyes so wee shall by thy strength honour thee Our Father which art in Heauen So wee by thy helpe shall hallow and honour thy hallowed and euer honoured Name Let vs not dishonour thee by cursing swearing or blasphemy Thy Name is as thou art great and glorious It is holy as thou art We cannot hallow it except thou make vs holy who of our selues are most vnholy O sanctifie vs thy Children that wee may hallow thee our Father vpon earth and in heauen with Halleluiahs praise and glory for euer euer Amen Thy Kingdome come THy kingdome O Lord is an euerlasting Kingdome and thy Dominion endureth throughout all ages The earth is thy footstoole thou fittest in the highest Heauen and the Scepter of thy power stretcheth ouer all the earth All things with thee are present as well that is past as that is to come And yet wee poore sinners who stand still in thy presence doe not as wee should seeke thy kingdome that it should come vnto vs or that wee by Faith and Repentance should come vnto thee that wee might inioy thy kingdome We seeke not thy kingdome in thy word to doe thy will we seeke it not in thy workes to glorifie thee our Lord Maker Thou excellest in eminence whereby thy kingdome in heauen and earth is gouerned Yet the kings of the earth conspire against thee and thine Anoynted O make them yet to feele thy high and heauy hand that they may seeke thee and shun the suppression of thy truth Church and people which is a great part of thy kingdom here on earth Thy flock and fold of thy militant Church is heere on earth gather them together shield and shelter them by thy out-stretched Arme that they may make thy kingdome known to be as it is great and glorious O suffer not the sufferings of thy Saints still to continue lest the enemies of thy kingdom grow more proud and presumptuous Thou in thy eternall wisdome and counsell considerest that the chosen children of thy kingdome must be as gold purified in the fire of affliction that so they may manifest the glory of thy kingdome â—y prayers persecutiâ—on patience and deliâ—erance Yet the enemies of thy trueth who seeke their owne glorie by thy dishoâ—our tread downe â—hy vineyard to the ende it may bring forth no more fruit But thy Kingdome â—annot bee destroyed â—hough the members â—hereof may for the â—ime bee defaced Thou canst build vp â—he ruines when man â—annot restore it Shew thy selfe a Defender as thou art a Builder of thine owne Kingdome in the Church and Common weale Shew vs the vvay vnto thy Kingdome Teach vs the trueth teach vs to preserue it and to preferre it as a pillar of thy Kingdome before the safegard of our owne liues So shall thy Kingdome of thy grace come and bee conserued by vs that we may come vnto thy Kingdome of Glorie Thy Son our Sauiour said His Kingdome
O Lord graunt that wee ouerweane not our selues thinking our selues wiser then our Parents Teachers Magistrates or Superiours but that wee may performe all their lawfull Commandements without grudging or delaying◠lest by disobedience we dishonour them procure thy curse thy displeasure and our own danger Let vs not bee like to cursed Cam the discouerer of his Fathers nakednesse But that wee may so keepe this thy Commandement that in honouring them wee may receiue honour from thee and that happines which thou hast promised that our dayes may bee long and blessed not onely in this Land which thou hast giuen vs to liue heere vpon earth but euen in the Land of the Liuing where thou dost raigne for euer and where we may remaine in thy glorious presence euermore to giue thee Praise Amen Thou shalt doe no Murder MOst merciful GOD that giuest life desirest not the death of sinners nor that wee by sinne or violence should slay our owne soules or our Brethren that beare thine Image Wee beseech thee to teach vs wherein wee commit murther by our hands tongues or hearts that so wee may shunne the sinne and punishment that followeth the same O Lord wee slay our owne soules by our manifold and great sinnes wee murther other mens soules by causing them to commit sinnes by which wee take from our selues and them the life of grace O Lord we slay our soules by extinguishing the inspirations of thy holy spirit not suffering it to purge our sinnes by Prayer and Repentance not receiuing or retaining but reiecting those good motions and holy desires which thy grace giues vnto vs. Wee commit Murther if not of the liues of men yet of their good Names In our hearts by Anger Wrath and Enuy with our tongues by slander reproach sowing of sedition cursing and euill speaking with our hands done vpon the persons of our selues by Violence Drunkennesse Adultery and other Distempers whereby either the soules or liues of our selues or of others are destroyed by not succouring them as wee are able with counsell correction or charitable reliefe when they stand in need of vs by these many other waies most mercifull GOD we murther either our own soules or bodies or the soules and bodies of our Neighbours O Lord God therefore who hast giuen vs soules and bodies giue vs grace and assistance not to destroy them in our selues or others but purifie our hearts and affections inlighten our vnderstandings kindle zeale to thy glory and truth which may saue our owne soules and settle vs to seeke the saluation of others and not to be a meanes of our own or of other mens subuersions Plant in our hearts Charitie Meekenesse and Mercifulnesse towards all men sobriety in our desires carriage and conuersations a desire to seeke the good and not the hurt of our Neighbours Remoue from vs Pride Presumption Cruelty and hardnes of heart whereby we slay our owne soules and destroy the liues estate or estimation of our brethren So wee being thus fenced by the grace and good gifts of thy holy Spirit with faith and feare to offend thy Majesty may thereby learne to keepe this thy holy Commandement to the sauing and not the destroying of the soules and liues of our selues and others Graunt this good Lord for thy mercies sake Amen Thou shalt not commit Adulterie O Lord GOD thou by thy holy Word hast taught vs that there is spirituall and corporall Adultery Thou hast commanded not to commit them Yet our corrupt natures drawe vs to both We forsake thee our God the true Spouse of our soules by adhering in confidence worship or disordinate affection vnto the corruptible creatures and so adulterating thy seruice and Worship become forgetfull of thee following more our own lusts pleasures or profits then thy precepts O God full of power who hast created vs thy poore creatures who seest and searchest the secret corners of our hearts vnsearchable and secret vnto our selues Cleanse these secret yet strong and preuailing lusts which drawe vs to commit the Spirituall and Carnall Adultery restraine our vnchaste lookes and inticing aspects one of another Cause vs to refraine wanton speeches to abstaine from Drunkennes and excesse of Diet which are the Instrumentes and prouocation to Idolatry To forbeare pampering of our bodies Gorgiousnes Curiosity of apparell which drawes vs to ouer-much delight of our selues and to a desire to defile our bodies with Adultery Fornication other filthy bestiall Contaminating of our owne bodies corrupting of others and breaking the boundes of this thy holy Commandement That wee should not commit Adultery spirituall against thee or corporall against one another and both against thy Lawes Keepe vs therefore O Soueraigne Lord within the compasse of this thy holy Commandement by thine own power and prouidence By and for which onely we shall be able to giue thee laude and glory now and for euer Amen Thou shalt not steale THou O gracious GOD who hast giuen vs sufficiencie requirest of vs contentednesse with that we haue And though we thinke wee haue lesse then wee neede and haue much lesse then wee desire yet thou O our good God the giver of all wee haue doest onely know what is best for vs Our seuerall estates haue neede of meanes for maintenance according to our callings but wee doe not rightly measure the lawfull and right means by which wee should come to this competency wee go by vngodly means to seeke it wee onely weigh what wee would haue but doe not consider so well where and how it may be godly and lawfully gotten which makes vs to take from our Neighbours and others what belongeth vnto them O Lord therefore take from vs Couetousnes the roote of deceit and false dealing stealthes of things we want or would haue Extortion to get any thing by colour of Iustice and bribing to pervert Iustice Violence to take any thing by force power or strong hand from others Negligence and slothfulnes in our seuerall estates and callings which breede beggery necessitie and robbery Send vs lawfull christian and honest care to prouide things necessarie without deceipt cosening or double dealing discretion and frugality in the disposing of our Estates whereby wee may prouide things needefull without being burthēsome to others or forced to steale or purloine frō them Graunt good Lord therefore that our endeauor may be to get what is sufficient for our selues without doing wrong vnto others Diligence in our callings without ouermuch care cruelty couetousnesse or circumuention Iust dealing with all men Frugalitie without miserie Contentednesse with our estates And if we haue plenty to vse it prouidently and charitably auoyding misery or mispending not seeking any thing by vniust or vnlawfull meanes nor keeping it by frande or falsehood O Lord GOD graunt that wee robbe not thee of thine honour by stealing from our selues in sloth and security that time which wee should spend in thy seruice but that we may keep this thy holy Commandement with