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The prisoners prayers. Or, An heauenly helpe to deuotion. Composed by H.Greenwood, preacher of the word of God
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Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.
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way which is the good way that walking constantly and conscionably in the same I may finde euerlasting rest and peace to my poore soule Lord thus sanctifie me in this life with thy holy feare that I may not faile of saluation in the world to come for thy loue in the Lord Iesus Amen A Prayer for Zeale MOst blessed and glorious heauenly Father my heart is grieued and much perplexed within mee because I finde my soule so dead so cold in all good duties which thou hast appointed mee to walk in O Lord quickē me and make me more zealous more feruent for the praise and glory of thy great and heauenly Name let I pray thee thy good pleasure be my chiefest glory and the constant seruice of thee the greatest delight of my soule O Lord my God grant I may neuer endure thy Name to bee dishonoured nor thy holy Law disgraced by my selfe or others but so affect my soule with thy feare care loue that I may euermore defend thee and support the glory of thy Name giue mee to bleede in heart and melt in soule at the great and grieuous euils of the time let mine eies gush out into riuers of water because men keepe not thy Law Psal 119. let euery euill beholden of me be as a goad in my side and as a thorne in mine eie grant good God I may most strictly walke before thee and so burne in zeale of thy law and glory that thy seruice and the obedience of thy will may bee more precious more delightfull vnto mee than the eternall saluation of my soule Thus Lord inflame my soule with thy loue feare grace that so my part and portion may be with thy Saints and Angels in ioy and glory euerlasting in and through my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen A Prayer for brotherly loue O Almighty and most mercifull Father for as much as thou hast shewen vnto me 1 Ioh. 4.16 that he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in thee for thou art loue and by this shall all men know that we are thy disciples if we loue one another and againe If I cannot loue him whom I see daily how shall I perswade my self I loue thee 1 Ioh. 4.20 whō I neuer saw good Lord I beseech thee then to fill my soule with loue and to abound mee with charity and goodnesse toward my brethren as the members of the body cary themselues one to another so I pray thee giue mee grace to behaue my selfe to my brethren and fellow-members of the Lord Iesus one member despiseth not another grant then I may not be puffed vp one member enuieth not another grant I may not grudge at the prosperity of my brethren one member is helpefull to another grant Lord that I may doe all the good I can vnto others while I liue one member suffereth with another grant that I may weepe with them that weepe one member reuengeth not another Lord grant that I may beare offered wrongs iniuries and neuer seeke reuenge Thus I beseech thee possesse me with thy Spirit of loue for it is the ground and mother of all goodnesse yea the fulfilling of thy whole Law and without loue I am as sounding brasse and as a tinkling Cymball I am nothing 1 Cor. 13.1 Thus giue mee to resemble thy Maiesty in loue and kindnesse in this life that I may be admitted to that place of happinesse where loue shall neuer vanish away and that for thy loue in the Lord Iesus my most louing Sauiour and Redeemer Amen A Prayer for humility MOst holy and heauenly Lord God for as much as thou hast reuealed vnto mee from thy holy Word That thou resistest the proud 1 Pet. 5.5 giuest grace to the humble and none but the humble shall bee exalted O Lord my God endue me w th the spirit of humility grant I may be far from vain thoughts and proud lookes giue mee to learne of my blessed Sauiour Iesus Christ to bee humble and meeke so shall I finde rest to my soule the humbled Publicane went home exalted but the proud Pharisee condemned O Lord my God I cannot but confesse that I haue deserued shame and confusion for my sinnes done against thee yea the best of mine actions are so corrupted as I deserue no lesse than damnation for them yea when I haue done all that I can I am an vnprofitable seruant what cause holy Father then haue I to boast my selfe before thee If any good I doe it is not I but thy Spirit in mee for what haue I that I haue not receiued Giue mee then to bee glad of thy gifts of grace but not proud Act. 12.23 Not vnto mee O Lord not vnto me but vnto thy Name grant I may euermore giue the praise lest for mine arrogance I bee smitten as was Herod and the wormes and thy wrath consume mee Lord possess me with meeknesse and lowlines here that my portion may bee with thy Saints in glory euerlasting hereafter for thy Christs sake Amen A Praier for Patience MOST louing and gracious GOD seeing I am compassed about with so many miseries some from thy Maiesty as corrections some from Sathan as temptations some from wicked men as persecutions some from concupiscence as treacherous seductions I beseech thee therefore giue me patience in this sinfull and sorrowfull world let me possess my soule with patience Heb. 12.1 and run the race that is set before mee with comfort and patience Thus the Lord Iesus possessed himselfe in patience who when he was reuiled reuiled not again but praied for his persecutors and in his dying afflictions opened not his mouth thus thy seruants went quietly and gently thorow their sharpe afflictions as Iob Steuen Act. 7.60 and others Lord grant I may gently and meekly goe thorow whatsoeuer tribulation for the kingdome of heauen sake Grant I may not repine or murmure vnder the crosse whether it be want or imprisonment or sicknesse or banishment or death of friends or any other affliction Heb. 12.6 for whom thou louest thou wilt chasten and it is good for me to be in trouble for thereby I learne better to keep thy Law and as grace is the way of life so is crosse the companion of this way all that wil liue godly in Christ Iesus must suffer persecution I must bee contented to suffer with Christ and for Christ on earth if euer I would reigne with Christ in heauen Thus submitting my soule to thy wil pleasure in this life I shall haue the surer hope of admssion to life and saluation when I dye in the merits of the Lord Iesus thy Sonne my Sauiour Amen A Praier for Innocency O Eternal and euerliuing LORD GOD seeing I must one day rise to giue an account for all things done in my body I most humbly beseech thee therefore to giue me grace to endeuour with thine holy Apostle Paul alwaies to keepe a cleere conscience both toward thee and
haue mercy vpon thy poore seruant here and in heauen Amen A Prayer against Periury O Lord God to whoÌ„ vengeance belongeth thou great Iudge of heauen and earth to whom all secrets are knowen I most humbly pray thee that thy feare grace may so assist me that I may neuer swerue from the truth of thy Law thou hast charged mee not to beare false witnes against my neighbour Exod. 20.16 but to speake the truth impartially when I am thereunto called for Lord thou knowest all secrets though man cannot detect them therefore keepe mee from false swearing for as it is great wrong in iudgement so is it odious and abominable before thee for thine infinite wisdome is dishonoured and he that dishonoureth thee in this desperate impudent and damnable manner thou wilt dishonour and condemne him for euer Lord giue me an honest heart and faithfull soule that in all things I may carry my selfe vpright as in thy great and mightie presence now and for euermore Amen A Prayer against Security BLessed and euer-glorious LORD GOD I pray thee most humbly and earnestly in Christ Iesus to keep mee from that dangerous euill of security many are the enemies of my soule the deuill goeth vp and downe seeking whom he may deuoure the world by his allurements seeketh to ouerturne my soule carnall concupiscence and inbred corruption takes all aduantages to betray and ouerthrow mee I beseech thy Maiesty seeing my poore soule is thus dangerously assaulted giue mee all diligence and care to keepe my soule from sinning against thee O giue mee the watch of thy Spirit of grace to preuent these wofull enemies of my soule Matth. 26.41 let mee euer watch and pray and stand vpon my guard lest I fall into temptation let me be lesse carefull for the things of this life more carefull for thy glory and the eternall saluation of my soule that I glorifying thy great Name constantly in this life may in IESVS CHRIST bee euerlastingly glorified of thee in the life to come Amen A Prayer against Desperation O Lord my God most mighty and glorious I most humbly intreat thee to assist me in all assaults of Satan this enemy is strong I poore sinner weake I pray thee then helpe me against all his most desperate and dismall temptations I confesse my sins most odious most damnable yet vpon my true humiliation I am bold to rest vpon thy renowned mercies for forgiuenesse of them To whom wilt thou looke O blessed Lord God but to him that is of a contrite heart Esa 66.2 and trembleth at thy words therfore in the confidence of this thy promise mercy giue mee resolution against all feares and desperate harmes of my soule not to beleeue thy promise who art truth it selfe not to hope in thy performance who art most faithfull and iust it were to deny thy glorious Name it were heauy and fearefull sinning against thee I haue sinned Lord thou knowest too too much alreadie shall I now by despaire adde sinne to sinne O Lord God forbid it though my sinnes bee many yet thy mercies are more though they bee as red as crimson yet in the crimson Blood of Christ thy Sonne Esa 1.18 thou canst make them all as white as snow or wool O Lord my God who art so full of mercy as thou delightest not in the death of the greatest sinner Ezek. 18.32 but rather that hee may conuert and liue giue mee to breake mine heart for sinne but not to despaire of thy mercies for the forgiuenesse of my sinnes for thou giuest grace and saluation to the humble and the Lord Iesus came to call none but bleeding sinners to repentance In hope of which thy truth and mercy I make bold to rest vpon thee O Lord my God and Sauiour for present peace for euerlasting saluation Amen Amen A Prayer against Heresie O LORD and heauenly Father seeing there is but one truth one faith one way laid out for life which is the Lord Iesus Iohn 14.6 for he is the Way the Truth and the Life saue me O Lord from all by-paths and errors all false waies Psal grant with Dauid thy seruant I may vtterly abhorre especially I beseech thee keepe me that I drinke not of the cuppe of fornication which the Whore of Babylon holdeth in her hand wherewith the greatest part of the world is deceiued poisoned drunke a cup pleasing to flesh and blood Reuel 17.4 and therfore called A golden Cup yet within it is full of deadly poison and abomination Lord grant I may not bee misled in iudgment nor obstinate in defending errours against thy truth but giue mee an humble heart 1 Cor. 14.32 and let my spirit be euermore subiect to the iudgment of thy zealous Prophets O Lord giue mee to this end with the Boroans to examine all things Acts. and to conferre Scripture with Scripture that so I may neuer swerue from thy most pure holy and sacred Truth And giue mee my good Father courage and magnanimity to defend and vphold thy glorious Gospell against barking Papists and cauilling Atheists and all malicious opposers of the same to the losse and laying downe of my deâ—rest life and blood Thus grant me gracious God to stand for thy truth against al defacers of the same to my liues end Amen A Prayer against Lying MOST deare and gracious heaueÌ„ly father who art truth it selfe in whom no errour nor falcity can abide or dwell grant me of thy goodnesse that I may abhor that vaine and vile euill of lying let me euermore speake the truth with feare and care in a good conscience The iesting lye is meere vanity the officious lye or lye for profit or aduantage is grosse iniquity the malicious lye or lye to doe hurt is most pernicious and damnable impiety Good Lord keep me from all these abominations giue me to know that thine infinite wisdome and all-seeing knowledge is most grieuously dishonoured herein for Lord thou knowest all secrets nothing hidden from thine all-seeing eye though man may bee deceiued yet thy Maiesty can neuer bee deceiued A lye then is most foolish most odious Lord keepe me from this vanity now and for euermore Amen A Prayer against Sabbath-breaking O Eternall GOD Creator and gouernour of all things seeing thou hast put a principall charge vpon thy fourth commandement Exod. 20.8 Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day O my God grant me thy feare thy grace that that thy day may neuer bee neglected of mee Lord grant I may spend it in prayer publike priuate in hearing and reading of thy holy word in instructing my family Lord vouchsafe me so great a care so heauenly a desire as I may not therein speake mine owne words Esay 58.13 nor think mine owne thoughts and that I may make the exercise of that day my ioy my soules delight No one shall enter thy Sabbath rest of glory but hee that hath been strictly carefull to keepe