holinesse Mark 12.31.33 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse be content with those thinges that ye haue Heb. 13 5. Godlinesse is great gaine if a man be content with that he hath Religion is the true riches 1. Tim. 6.6 A foolish mans foote is soone in his neighbours house but a man of experience is ashamed to looke in Eccles. 21.22 Follow not thy lusts but turne thee from thine owne appetites for if thou giuest thy soule her desires it shall make thine enimies that enuie thee to laugh thee to scorne Eccle. 18.30 Let not sinne therefore reigne in your mortall body that ye should obey it in the lustes thereof The mind first ministreth euill motions wherby mans will is enticed thence burst foorth the lustes by them the body is prouoked and the body by his actions doth sollicite the minde therfore we are commanded at the least to rule our bodies Rom. 6.12 Sit not at al with another mans wife neither ly with her vpon the bed nor banquet with her least thine heart incline vnto her and so through thy desire fall into destruccion Eccl. 9 11. Giue me thy vineyard that I may make me a garden of hearbes thereof c. Achabs inordinate lust after Naboths inheritance sharpely punished 1. Kin. 21.2.4.6 c. If mine heart hath been deceiued by a woman to lust after her or if I haue laid waite at the doore of my neighbour let my wife grinde vnto another man and let other men bowe downe vpon her To abuse her Iob. 31.9.10 The leprosie therefore of Naaman shall cleaue vnto thee to thy séed for euer To be an example to all such as by whose couetousnes Gods word might be slaundered because Gehazi was the seruant of Elisha the Prophet named in Scripture The man of God 2. King 5.27 Lord haue mercie vpon vs and by the operation of thy holy Spirit incline our heartes to keepe these Lawes Amen The necessarie appurtenances belonging to this Conduit The Cesterne to this Conduit A Cesterne to this Conduit of Comfort must haue The water thence flowing vnsoyled to saue Of this vnprouided no Christian should bee The nature and vertue thereof if they see And therefore neglect not so precious a thing Which beside other benefites Gods blessing doth bring A Cesterne is required heere To keepe this Conduit-water cleere For precious Pearles and Oyntment sweet Must places haue for them most meete Haue care to keepe thy Conscience cleane This is the Cesterne which I meane It must be swept it must be scowrd Before this water in be powrd Pure wine which hath a fragrant in all Into a Pot not sauouring well The Wine will change the vertue gon This hurt doth follow therevpon Euen so a Conscience soyld with sinne Corrupt and cankred all within With diuelish thoughts vngodly lusts Vile auarice in wealth which trustes Neglecting God the well of wealth And vnto his the horne of health A Conscience staind and blemisht thus If we perceiue to lodge in vs The grace of God ecclipsed is So that we must needs doe amisse For leâ— vs learne and beare away Our conscience doth our deedes bewray And layeth load with heaue and shoue At vs before the Lord aboue And as in Courtes where Iudges sit The custome is not to acquit Vh'offender of his foule offence Except there come in euidence And make his cauâ—e vpright and good Dischargd is he trueth vnderstood Euen so it fares with euerie one whose sinnes to such excesse is growne That in themselues their conscience sits And Serpent like against them spits Ten thousand thousand sore complaintes And with sharpe torments them attaines Thus doth their conscience them arraine And to confesse doth them constraine All such misdeedes as they haue done So that into Gods curse they runne Which threatens death and hell to such As of this world haue made so much That truth contemnd lies vnder foote The plants thereof rent vp by roote Gods word and will is set at nought An euill conscience this hath wrought A conscience voyd of Gods good grace Not hell it selfe so ill a place This is the worme which euer gnawes The corsiue salue which sharply drawes This is the fire which fiercely burnes And all our ioyes to torments turnes In such a place no rest can dwell And why it is a verie Hell O well are they that liue vpright Pleasing the Lord with all their mi Keeping his law hearing his word To cut downe sinne the spirituall sword For why all such shall feele within A conscience cleare from spots of sinne And puâ—ifide it may persume The fragrant flowers and sweete perfume Of godlie praier vnto the Lord To sacrifice with heartie accord This is the Cesterne marke it well Of dregs or leeze which must not smell For if it doe this Conduit spout No drop of comfort yeeldeth out A conscience pure therefore possesse And things amisse with speed redresse Least this sweete Conduit being shut From hope of comfort thou be put In summe if thou Gods child wilt be And wouldst that prayer should comfort thee Prepare thy heart thy minde apply Thy conscience seeke to sanctifie Amend thy life imbrace that 's good And fire thy fayth on Christes blood Then shall thy prayers sweetly smell Before the Lord and like him well And thou shalt haue thy hearts desire And vnto hope of health aspire Which grant O God vnto vs all To whom by fayth for grace we call That we may pray and praying please Thy Godhead and thy wrath appease O people we thrice happy then Graunt this O God Amen Amen The Pipe to this Conduit A Pipe to this Conduit by leuell is layd where through pleasant liquor of life is conuaid This Pipe and the Cesterne are ioyned in one Both must be imbraced or both let alone Which that with reâ—oycing each christian may doe Th' almightie by prayer must be sued nto THe Pipe is peace more worth then Gold A Iewell for no riches sold. It is not peace twiâ—t King and King Although this be a precious thing For where in peace Kings weare the Crowne There all dissention is cast downe There people liue in hearty loue There is no cause to fend and proue Their high estates such dutie haue As their degrees and callings craue Th' inferiour knowes and vnderstands What their superiours state demaunds The baser to the better bowes And seruice due likewise allowes There is no grudge there is no strife Where people passe in peace their life The seedes which we in soyle doe sow Spring vp and spread increase and grow Vnto our charge we haue an eye Our labours doe our lackes supply We worship God His name we feare And to our Prince true heartes we beare Among our selues in loue we liue These are the fruits which peace doth giue But yet the peace which doth surmount All precious thinges that we can count It is not peace twixt man and man Which no long time continue can It is
passions of death I may lay fast hold vpon Iesus Christ my Sauiour hoping in him to liue who by his death purchased euerlasting life for all the faythfull O heare my prayer O God and let my cry come vnto thee for Iesus sake vnto whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all laude honour and prayse for euermore Amen A Prayer to leade our liues according to the law and will of God Giue me O Lord a mind and will To loue thy Law and it fulfill LOuing Lord and most mercifull Father thou that art righteous in thy workes iust in thy iudgements faithfull in thy words true in thy promises make me I heartily beseech thee alwayes plyant like Waxe both in mind and will to loue thy Law and to liue after the same Giue my heart the cleere light of true Christian knowledge that I hauing the eies of my soule broad waking may discerne betweene light and darknesse Christ and Beliall God and the Diuell Hell and Heauen the Flesh and the Spirit Guide thou O Lord all my goings by thy grace that all my thoughtes may rest vpon thée Gouerne thou my will and all mine affections that they may keepe within the limits of thy holie Law and Commaundements that all my endeauour may be directed to the accomplishment and fulfilling of thy Statutes and Ordinances so farre foorth as my weaknesse can wade through the rough waues of this most wicked world let thy spirit lead me to doe those things that please thy diuine maiestie that at the last day whē thou shalt sit vpon the Raine bowe treading the Cloudes of the skies vnder thy féete and compassed round about with legions of Angels Cherubim and Seraphim armies of Saintes and holy Martyres I may be receiued into the number of the elect and enter into possession of that inheritaunce which neither Gold nor Siluer but the precious Blood of thy beloued Sonne my swéete Sauiour Iesus Christ bought and purchased Grant this most mercifull Father for thy mercies sake which are vnmeasurable and for thy kindnesse sake which is vnsearchable and for thy tender loue sake which is vnspeakable Amen A Prayer to keepe our tongue from speaking ill From an ill tongue Lord make me cleane To great and small good fayrh to meane ALmighty God which canst not away with a double heart and to whom an euill tongue is fowle dishonour giue me grace I beséech thée to speake nothing but that which is true right and iust not hurting any with my tōgue which thou hast giuen mee to doe all men good and to vse as an instrument for the sounding foorth of thy prayse and glory And be cause a lying and an euill Tongue draweth the soul into death and destruction put backe I beséech thée from my lippes all guilefull speaches all deceitfull communications and al lying wordes Moreouer because thou O Lord art truth it selfe and therefore delightest in truth innocencie giue me grace alwayes to enure my tongue vnto truth abhorring all such talke as may offende thy diuine Maiestie and diminish the honour due vnto thy holy name Let thy sanctifying Spirit take charge ouer my heart that I may doe good vnto all and hurt vnto none vttering that with tongue which I meane in heart purposing as well in déede as in word nothing but good fayth true christianitie Grant this O God for Iesus Christs sake Amen A Prayer to fast and pray aright To Fast aright teach vs the way O Sauiour Christ we humbly pray MOst bountifull Iesu most sweet Iesu most louing Iesu which by thine example diddest teach vs to Faste aright not after the painted fashon of Pharisies and Hypocrites but according to the plaine manner of vnfeigned Christians I heartily humbly beséech thée to giue me grace to exercise my selfe in godly Fasting Prayer that the man of sinne may be subdued and brought vnder that my heart may be cleansed from all sinne and vnrighteousnesse that my thoughtes and cogitations may be scoured from corruption and filthinesse that my wordes may not smell of Heathenish vnholinesse wickednesse that my déedes may not be leauened with beastly wantonnesse but that the course of my whole life may be seasoned with the sauorie salt of sanctification that whatsoeuer I thinke whatsoeuer I say or whatsoeuer I do it may carry with it some signe of the true Fast namely the fast from sin vnto which fast whosoeuer apply themselues they are sure to be thy children and are builded vpon a stedfast hope to inherite that place of endlesse happinesse which thou boughtest with thy precious blod This fasting I beseech thee O sweete Sauiour giue me grace to exercise so shall my sinfull flesh bee kept in awe as a seruant and my Spirit shall beare rule ouer it and kéepe it in subiection This O Christ and whatsoeuer else is necessary vouchsafe of thy goodnesse to grant vnto me thy poore creature who aske it euen in zealous and hearty prayer Amen A Prayer against wilfull sins and snares of Satan From wilfull sinne Lord saue vs That Satan may not haue vs. Be vnto vs a brasen wale most mercifull Father against all the assaults of sinne specially preserue vs from wilfull offences and from transgressing of very malice which is a wheting of thy wrath against vs and a kindling of our owne confusion without hope of mercy at thy heauenly hands O Lord let vs not be so farre estranged from obedience as of set purpose to runne into contempt of thy glorious name let not our hearts become so flintie as to be void of all feeling of sorrow for sinne yea as to be emboldened to heape sinne vpon sinne to our vtter shame We know this is Satans séeking we are assured this is the Diuels drift we cannot be ignorant that this is Belsebubs intent therby to haue vs wiped in thy wrath out of the Booke of life and so he to haue full sway ouer vs as children of condemnation But thou O Lord art mercifull thou art gratious thou art carefull ouer vs defend vs therefore from all sinn and chiefely from the sin of wilfulnes and malice for the honour of thy name Amen A Prayer for the feare of the Lord and loue of his word Increase in me O Lord thy feare That to thy word I may giue eare ETernall God omnipotent Creatour whose word layd the foundation of the whole world furnished the same with all things behoofefull for the maintenance of man wee humbly beseech thee increase in vs a louing feare of thee and thy word that whatsoeuer we are inioyned and commanded to doe therein wee may rather neglect life lands goods all precious possessions then to leaue it vndone knowing that by hearing thy word wee vnderstand thy will which who so kéepeth they are assured in spirit to be thy faithfull seruants So fill vs therefore O God with this godlie feare that we stopping our eares and waxing dull against all worldly vanities may bee rauished
infinite goodnes thou soueraigne Law-giuer to arme our harts with the ful furniture of obedience that we may first and principally feare thée which art our Creatour and in thée thy Sonne our Redéemer and in both the holy Ghost our Comforter This if we do as it is not vnlike we shal if thy grace gouerne vs our wils wits shal be brought into such subiection that whatsoeuer duties earthly Magistrates bind vs vnto by Law commandement so the same be not to thy dishonour there shall want no readinesse in vs to fulfill and accomplish Vouchsafe therefore O heauenly Father to keepe vs in thy feare to limit vs within the bounds of true obedience both to thée O our GOD and also to our superiours and betters that whatsoeuer is required of vs in the way of godly submisson and reuerence we murmur not thereat but doe our endeauours therin with all zeale and earnestnesse Amen A Prayer for true and hearty repentance Repentance for our foule misdeeds Graunt vs O God whose grace exceeds WE wretched outlaws O Lord God cast our selus along before thy mercie seate beséeching thée to inspire our minds with perfect wisedome and to arme vs with the true and liuely knowledge of thy Law that both in body also in soule we may walke the way of thy Commandementes and Testimonies So gouerne vs by thy Grace O God and so conduct vs by thy louing kindnesse that being throughly informed and reformed to thy Law we may be stricken inwardly with a godly feare and Christian trembling of transgressing thy preceptes which thou hast appoynted vnto vs in this darke palpable time of securitie and wickednes when all people and nations for the most part stumble at the blockes of their owne sinnes to be a lanterne to lighten our féete and the day starre to direct all our doings And though wée can not of our selues such is the infirmitie of our nature and weaknes of our flesh but fall into the snares of sinne yet wée humbly beséech thée for thy beloued Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Sauiour to touch our guiltie consciences with the finger of thy grace that through a sorrowfull féeling of them we may by fayth take sure and fast hold of the staffe of thy promises who made a vow to haue mercy on the ssnner repenting him of his lewd life and forsaking his iniquity Grant this O God for the comfort of thy chosen and for thy Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Aduocate Amen A prayer to the Lord to turn his wrathfull displeasure away from vs. Thy wrath O Lord remember not Though such desert my sinnes allot IVdge me not O Lord in the heate of thine indignation O consume me not in the furie of thy rage I confesse that mine offences cry out for vengeance euen as a dry sandy soyle gapeth for raine Howbeit O most mercifull Father remember thy mercy and let not sentence passe in iudgement to my condemnation my sinnes haue laid out my lot euen thy vengeance O Lord I cannot say the contrary but thou hast Mercy in store which pleadeth against Iustice so that thy Wrath I hope shall not ouerthrow me though my wickednesses like waues ouerwhelme my soule O Lord heare my prayer and for the honour of thy name turne from me the punishments which thou hast denounced against mee in iudgement I am a worme and no man yea the off-scowring of men a wretch and forsaken an outcast and an alien frō the Common wealth of Israel my sinnes haue made a separation of thy fauour from me but the death of thy Sonne hath put out the handwriting and broken downe the partition wall betwixt thée and mee And therefore I come with boldnesse and confidence to thee hoping to taste the swéetnes of thy Mercy though I haue deserued the sharpnes of thy Iustice. As thou wilt O Lord so be it Amen A Prayer for a cleare and quiet Conscience A Conscience cleare from all vnrest Graunt vs O God whose name be blest LEt the light of thy coūtenance shine vpon vs most mercifull Father let the comfort of thy spirit drop into our hearts let thy fauour louing kindnesse be vnto vs a pauilion in the warfare of this life Bee thou vnto vs a gracious God and a Father inclined to compassion that whereas the horror of our sinnes and their haynousnesse together with the manifoldnesse of our offences kindleth in vs a kind of feare vnto death disquieting our consciences and raising vp within vs accusers to giue in euidence against vs for the violating breaking of thy commaundements it would please thee like a Father tenderly to deale with vs as with thy children and not like a seuere Iudge to handle vs as guilty persons giuing vs ouer and leauing vs to the spoyle of our mortall enemies Our conscience indeed layeth dayly to our charge that we haue playd the back-sliders that we haue not kept vs within the compasse of thy holy precepts that wee haue withstood thy heauenly will and like stubborne rebels denied thée the honour due vnto thy Name neuerthelesse O Lord God cast vs not off into confusion neither leaue vs to continuall torment and vexation of conscience for our sinnes but looke vpon vs with the eyes of mercy that the terrour of conscience which we feele for sinne may bee turned into rest and quietnesse least if it happen otherwise wee be driuen with Iudas into desperation From the which we beseech thee to deliuer vs for the honour of thy name O GOD Almighty Amen A Prayer to be Zealous in the hearing of the word of God To heare thy Word and loue the same Vouchsafe O Lord our hearts to frame LOuing Father gracious God forsomuch as thy word is the rule of life and the high way to happines we beséech thee to kindle in vs an earnest desire to heare the same and that not only with the outward eares of the body but with the inward eares of the heart which is the hearing in deed whereby profit and comfort is gathered Thy Word is the Sword to cut downe sinne thy Word is the weapon which thy Ministers vse to conquer the kingdome of Satan It is the felicitie of the faithfull in this life it is the stumbling blocke of offence to the wicked yea to the vncircumcised Philistine it is the sauour of death vnto death but to the circumcised Israelite it is the sauour of life vnto life Vouchsafe therefore O bountifull God to kindle in mee the fire of zeale vnto thy word that I may so estéeme and count thereof as of the chiefest treasure of a Christian in this vale of misery hauing mine eares alwayes open to heare it and my hart ready to receiue it my tongue plyant to speake of it and my mind earnest to meditate in it so shall I reape such profit thereby as thou hast prepared for them that come reuerently therunto This and all things néedfull for this life graunt O
the Sonne and beleeueth in him should haue euerlasting life and I will raise him vp at the last day Iohn 6.40 Verily verily I say vnto you hée that heareth my word and beléeueth in him that sent me hath euerlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but hath passed from death vnto life Iohn 5.24.25.26 The houre shall come in the which al that are in the graues shall heare his voyce and they shall come foorth that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life but they that haue done euill vnto the resurrection of condemnation Iohn 5.8.29 Search the Scriptures for in them yee thinke to haue eternal life Ioh. 5.39 If thou knewest the gift of God Christ ment himselfe who was sent of his Father to conuert the woman of Samaria and who is he that saith vnto thee Giue mee drinke thou wouldest haue asked of him and he would haue giuen thee Water of life which is the loue of God in his Sonne powred into our heartes by the holy Ghost vnto euerlasting life Iohn 4.10 Whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him euen spirituall grace shal neuer be more a thirst shall neuer be dried vp destitute or forsaken but the water that I shall giue him shall be in him a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life Ioh. 4.14 Come ye blessed of my Father for our saluation commeth of the blessing and fauour of God inherite ye the kingdome prepared for you from the foundations of the world Note the certantie of our predestination to saluation Matth. 25.34 And these shall goe into euerlasting paine which followeth mens fantasies neglecting the will of God and his commandements and the righteous into life eternall Math. 25.46 And many of them that sléepe in the dust of the earth shall awake all shal rise at the generall resurrection some to euerlasting life some to shame and perpetuall contempt Dan. 12.2 And they shal come foorth that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life but they that haue done euill vnto the resurrection of condemnation Iohn 5.29 For the Lambe Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Which is in the midest of the throne being very God shall gouerne them lead them vnto the liuely Fountaines of waters Hee shall giue them euerlasting life Apo. 7.17 O Lord giue vs grace to beleeue this and to liue thereafter Amen The ten Commaundements of Almighty God called The two Tables of the Law The first Table 1. J am the Lord thy God thou shalt haue none other Gods but mee HEare O Israel The LORD our God is the onely Lord Thou shalt therefore loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde or thought and with all thy strength Marke 12.29.30 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God him onely shalt thou serue Math. 4.10 Luk 4.14 I am the Lord thy God thou shalt haue none other Gods before my face God bindeth vs to serue him lonely without superstition or idolatry Deu. 5.6.7 I am the Lord your God ye shall keepe my Sabbathes and reuerence my Sanctuarie I am the Lord. Leuit. 26.1.2 Come let vs worship and fall downe before the Lord our maker We must wholly giue our selues to the seruice of GOD. Psa. 95.6 All the Gods of the people are Idols but the Lord made the Heauens Idols therefore or whatsoeuer made not the Heauens are not God Psal. 96.6 2. Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Jmage nor the liknesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue nor in the earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For J the Lord thy God am a ielous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousands in them that loue me keepe my commaundements NO man hath séene God at any time the onely begotten Sonne of God which is in the bosome of the Father hee is most deare and straitly ioyned to his Father not onely in loue but also in nature and vnion hee hath deliuered him God was made visible as it were in Christ. Iohn 1.18 God is a Spirit and they that worshipe him must worship him in spirit and truth God being of a spirituall nature requireth aspirituall seruice and agreeable to his nature Ioh. 4.24 For somuch then as we are the generation of God we ought not to thinke that the Godhead is like vnto Gold or Siluer or Stone grauen by art and the inuention of man Act. 17.29 The worshipping of Idoles which ought not to be named in the beginning and the cause and the end of all euill Sapi. 14 26 The inuenting of Idols was the beginning of whoredome and the finding of them is the corruption of life Sapien. 14.12 Better therefore is the iust man that hath none Idols for he shall be farre from reproofe Baruc. 6.72 Confounded be all they that serue grauen Images that glory in Idols worship him all ye Gods Let all that is of estimation in the world fall downe before the Lord. Psal. 97.7 Thou shalt make thée no gods of Mettal Exo. 34.17 Babes keepe your selues from Idols From euery forme and fashion of thing which is set vp for any deuotion to worship God 1. Iohn 5.29 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord will not hold him guilt lesse that taketh his name in vaine YEe haue heard how it was said to them of old time Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord. But I say vnto you Sweare not at all neither by heauen all superfluous oathes are debaâ—red for it is the Throne of God nor yet by the Earth for it is his Footstoole neither by Hierusalem for it is the Citie of the great King Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head because thou canst not make one Haire white or blacke But let your communication be Yea yea Nay nay let simplicitie and truth be in your wordes and then ye shall not be so light ready to sweare For whatsoeuer is more then these commeth of euill when one speaketh otherwise then he thinketh in heart it commeth of an euill conscience and of the Diuell Matth. 5.33.34.35.36.37 This is the curse that goeth foorth ouer all the whole earth c. And euery one that sweareth he that transgresseth the first Table and serueth not God aright but abuseth Gods name shall be cut off as wel on this side as on that I will bring it foorth saith the Lord of Hoasts and it shal enter c. into the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name and it shal remaine in the middest of his house and shall consume it with the timber thereof stones thereof Zach. 4.3.4 Accustome not thy selfe to swearing for in it there are many falles neither take vp for a custome
we may beginn To learne to know him as he is The God of peace and endlesse blisse None other knowledge is required By this great numbers haue aspired Vnto the top of ioyfull state Such knowledge neuer comes too late Know that to stand in feare and awe Are meanes and wayes to keepe the Law This knowledge is the very Kay Without the which we can not pray No comfort can this Conduit giue Looke for no liquor whiles we liue Vnlesse this Key of Knowledgâ— come That is in briefe to shew the summe Except we know the Lord of Host And Christ his Sonn and th' holy Ghost Our selues our wants and dayly neede And pray in hope that we shall speed Our prayers turne to little good Let this be learnd and vnderstood True knowledge Lord Giue vs therfore Which is the Key to ope the doore Of perfect Prayer gushing out With comforts sweet like to a Spout Beginning at the Conduit head For at the Fountaine it is feed This Knowledge graunt vs Iesus then Say people all Amen Amen The Summe or Conclusion POssesse a good Conscience in running thy race Seeke peace and attonement with Gods diuine grace Let Loue be the Iewell and ioy of thy heart And Knowledge instruct thee to learne what thou art Then enter Gods Temple and there humbly pray In hope what thou crauest to carry away Amen FJNIS Graces to be sayde before and after Meate Before Meate O Lord God heauenly Father Creator and feeder of all liuing creatures we humbly and heartily thanke thee for these thy creatures as pledges of thy fauor for the nourishing of our bodies beseeching thee to sanctifie them vnto vs and vs vnto thy selfe that we receiuing them as from thee our soules may also be nourished and fedde with spirituall Manna from Heauen Amen After Meate WEe thanke thee O Lord God Almighty for satisfying and feeding vs with thy blessing at this all other times sanctifie and blesse vs we beseech thee with thy holy spirit grant that wee being refreshed with these thy cretures may follow our lawfull vocation in thy feare and true obedience that when soeuer we die we may die in thy fauour Amen Before Meate BLesse these thy giftes most gracious God From whom all goodnes springs Make cleane our hearts And feede our soules With good and needfull thinges A thankfull heart renew in vs According to thy will Aboue our strength Lord proue vs not But saue vs from all ill Amen After Meate WEe thanke thee most gracious God for this thy feeding our thirsty Bodies so vouchsafe to feede our silly soules with the bread of eternall life that after this life ended we may ascend where Christ is gone before vs. Amen FJNIS The chiefe Poyntes or summarie Contentes of this Booke FIrst a Prayer for Morning and Euening A Prayer A Prayer for the obteining of Grace For thaÌ„kfulnes to God for his graces gifts For loue vnitie with all men For the hearing true Vnderstanding of the word of God To God for forgiuenes of manifold grieuous sinnes To bee setled in the truth To lead our life according to the will of God To fast and abstaine from sinne For grace to forsake euill to follow that which is good For the assistance of the holy Ghost Against wrath malice For obedience to the keeping of Gods commandements For true hearty repentance To the Lord to turne his wrathful displeasure away from vs. For a cleare and quiet conscience To be zealous in the hearing of the worde of God For a patient mind in trouble In time of prosperitie or aduersâ—tie For patience in time of los of goods or lands A thankes giuing for meate dainke clothing For ayde helpe in all extremities neede Against slaunderous euill tongues For peace in time of Warre or other vexation For deliuerance from foes spirituall temporall Of a penitent soule ouer turned with sin To be fâ—eed from al vices Against vaine delights worldly pleasures Of a penitent sinner lamenting his former life so ill spent Of a sorrowfull sinner laying his heart open praying for a firme faith Desiring mercy forgiuenesse To bee prepared against the houre of death To lead our liues according to the Law and will of God To keepe our tongue from speaking ill To fast pray aright Against wilfull sins snares of Satan For feare of the Lord and loue of his word The Contemplation of a sinner The seauen Petitions of the Lords prayer with a briefe exposition thereof drawne out of holy Scripture The Beliefe of a Christian commonly called The Apostles Creede deuided into twelue Articles and expounded The ten Commandements of Almighty God called The two Tables of the Law expounded by sentences and examples The necessary appurtenances belonging to this Conduit and first of the Cesterne to this Conduit is Conscience The Pipe to this Conduit of comfort is Peace The Locke to this Conduit of Comfort is Loue. The Key to this Conduit of Comfort is Knowledge Godly Graces to be sayd before and after meate FINIS