the synnes of so manye as wyth herty repentauÌce flee vnto thy mercye I therefore O most merciful father staying and coÌfortyng my weake coÌscieÌce with the swete promises that I finde in the holi gospel of thy derely beued sonne made vnto al that be faythfully penitent withoute respect of persons in the precyous bloud of thine aforesaid soÌne Iesu Christ am bold notwithstanding the multitude of my sinnes at this presente to come vnto the throne of thy mercy moste humbly besechyng the not to weighe my deserts Psal ãâã nor to deale with me accordinge to my merites for if thou shuldest narowly mark our iniquities oh Lord who shall abyde it whych deserue nothing but wrath and daÌnacion but for the innoceÌcy and righteousnes of thy only begotten sonne Iesu Christ Esay iâ ââ Rom. vi whome thou haste geuen me to be myne owne with him all his merites good dedes to be thorow fayth so trulye myne as though I my self hadde done and wrought theÌ to forgyue me my synnes accordynge to thy promise to renue thi fatherli loue towarde me to receiue me into thy fauoure to make me a vessell of mercy to number me in the company of thy chosen people and to endue me with thy blessed spirit which may mortify mi carnal affects sâea old Adam in me work new and those spiritual and heauenly mocions in my harte with his holy breath make me a new perfect maÌ according vnto thy blessed ymage Psa ⪠lxxix O moost louynge father weyghe not my synnes but remember thy moste gentell promises Consider not my euel works but haue respecte vnto the vndefyled deedes of thy sonne Iesu Christ Esaye xii ⪠xliii xliiii and xlix Mathew i Luke ii i Cor i i Timo ii i. Iohn ii Hebre ⪠ix ⪠x Psalm ⪠li ⪠Psa cxviii whom thou hast geueÌ to be my redemer my sauiour my ryghteousnes my atonemeÌt maker my satisfaction the alone and al wholely sufficient sacrifice for all my synnes For hys sake for his innocency and righteousenes haue mercy on me O God according to thy great mercye and put a way al my vnrightuousenesses for thy tender compassion I haue gone a stray like a shepe that was lost Luke xv yet O lord for thy mercies sake seke me vp lay me vppon thy shoulders and brynge me home agayne to thy shepe foulde I haue bene a loste sonne I haue ryotously spent away my goodes wyth the wicked yet for thy goodnesse sake O father receyue me and take me home againe if not as thy sonne yet as one of thy seruauntes I am greuously wounded can be holp neyther by priest nor Leuite âuke â yet cast me not away good lord for thi teÌder merces sakâ but pour wine oile into my wouÌds bynde them vp neuer leue me tyl thou haste made me perfectly whole So shal I after this be the more circuÌspect in trayninge my lyfe accordyng to thy godly wyll and euermore synge continuall prayses to thy most blessed name thorow Iesu Christ our Lord to whome with the the holy goste be al glory and honour worldes wythout end Amen A confessioÌ of our synnes vnto the Lord Iesu Christe THe tirraÌnye of sataÌ mine old enemy â Peter v which ceaseth not daylye to assayle me with his subtile temtacions and to wouÌd me with his cruel darts compelleth me at this present O blessed redemer mine alone sauiour Iesu Christ the son of the true and liuing god to fâe for succoure vnto the pitiful bowels of thy teÌder mercy lest I be for euer swalowed vp as a praye of that dreadful Dragon Iohn xii âiiiii âv ii Cor. iiii Ephesi vi O Lord I am feble and weake but Satan is strong and mightye the Prynce of darknes God of this world hauing at his commaundmeÌt an infinite multitude bothe of wicked spirites and of vngodly meÌ which both dayly and diligently trauayle to satâsfy his cruel tiraÌny and to worke my destruccioÌ whome to resist I am not hable Luke xâ Notwithstandyng lord thou art more valeaunt then he stronger then all hys armye more able to saue theÌ he to condeÌne Ioâ i. ii Yea he is thy bond slaue Thou rulest hym as thy good pleasure is ⪠He can rage agaynst thyne elect no further ⪠theÌ thy most godly wyl is to suffer him Thou therfore o lord my God arte able to delyuer me from hys rauenynge teethe and to kepe me safe from hys bloude thyrsty ministers Gen. iii. For thou art the blessed sede of the woâaÌ that tredeth down the head ãâã xiii destroieth the power of that old serpent Thou art that Lord i Cor xv Hebre ii which hathe swalowed vp hel Thou art the king of glorye whych by thy death destroiest him that had the power of deathe that is the deuil Thou art that Michael Apocâ xii ⪠which hast fought with the Dragon and ouercome him Apoc v Yea thou art that Lion of the trybe of Iuda which haste vanquished al our enemies Moreouer not onlye Satan and his angels but also the world and the fleshe mooste greuously assaile me yea and lead me away captiue as theyr pray The world with his vaine pleasures deceitful riches transitory possessioÌs so blindeth the iyes of my harte that I caÌ not loue the o most swete sauiour with such purenes of mind as I oughte Iohn xââ Notwythstandynge this comforteth me ⪠wel that thou haste ouercome the worlde that when soeuer it pleaseth the to endue me wyth thy holye spyryte I may thorow thy grace subdue the worlde and make it a bond slaue vnto me Roma vii which now so mightely reigneth ruleth and triumpheth ouer me The fleshe also with her subtile entisementes so wholelye occupieth me yâ I am all together fleshe and al that nought is and by thys meanes wholely without thy holye spyryte Esaye vii Mathew i. Luke iiii Iohn i. Yet haste thou by the purenes of thy blessed flesh which thou haste vnfainedlye taken of the vndefiled mayde Mary thy mother by the wounderfull operacion of the holye ghooste so slaine the raging lustes of our sinfull fleshe that wheÌsoeuer we lameÌt our cause vnto the confessiÌg our miserye and weakenes Rom. i. iâ Gala. iiiâ i. Timo. ii Hebre iâ i. Ioh. iiii Apoc. v. thou bothe arte able and also wylt thorow thy holy spirit quenche those ragynge lusts mortifye those carnal affectes that so inordynatelye boil in oure inwarde meÌbers and make vs truly spiritual Thus seest thou O mooste mercyful redemer with how greate a multitude of enemeies I am beseiged sete rownd about which without ceassing seke my destruccyon haue all readye mooste tirantelye spoyled me of al my garments most greuouslye wounded me leauing me half dead Luke x. so that without thy helpe I must nedes perishe Helpe therfore O most swete sauiour delyuer
with broyded heaâe other gold or pearles or costly araye but wyth such as becommeth wemeâ that professe the worshippinge of God thorow good workes ⪠that the hid maÌ of the hert be vncorrupt with a meke quiet spirit which spirât is before God a thynge much set by Againe graunt O Lord that both the husbandes and the wyues may so walk in thy feare and in thy holy lawe that thou maiste haue a plesure in them blesse theÌ prospere theyr enterpryses make them frutfull ioyful parentes Finally the children that thou seÌdest theÌ giue theÌ grace so to bring vpin thy nourter doctryne Ephe. vi that they liuing together many years doth ioyfully quietly maye with one voice with one mind gloryfy thi blessed name for euer ameÌ A prayer for women with childe THou O Lord art wonderful in al thy workes and whatso euer thy good plesure is that doest thou easly bryng to pas Psa. cxv nether is ani thing impossible with the that thou wylte haue done Mathe. xix Mark x. And albeit thys thine almyghty-power sheweth it self abundantlye in al thi workes Luke xviii yet in the coÌceânyng forming and bryngyng forthe of mân it shineth noâte eâydentlye At the begynnynge o heauenly father when thou mâdeste manne and woman thou coâmaundest them to encrease multiply and replenish the earth If thorow the subtâle entisemeÌteâ of SataÌ Geâ i.ix. they had not traÌsgressed thy coÌmauÌdement by eatyng the forbyddeÌ fruite the woman whom thou haste appoyncted the organ ãâã iii. i. Tim. ii instrument vessel to coÌceiue norishe bringe forth man thorow thy wondârful workmaÌshippe had without any laâoure paine or trauayle brought forthe her fruite But that whychâ thy goodnesse made easye syn disobedience hath made hard painful dauÌgerous if thy helpe wer not impossible to be broughte to passe Gen. iii. so that now al womeÌ bring forth their children in great sorowes paines troubles Psa. xlviii Notwithstanding yâ shewest thi selfe vnto thi creatures a father of mercy Ecl. xlviiâ ⪠God of all consolacion For that which thorow their own inperfeccion fiblenesse thei are not able of them selfes to bringe to passe âsaye xiii Ier. vi xxx Eâech âxx thou thorow thyne vnspeakable power makest easye in theÌ Ose. xiii bringeste vnto a fortunate ende We therfore beinge fully perswaded of thy bente and redy goodnesse Miche i ii Iohn xvi of thy present helpe of thy swete coâfort in al miseryes and necessities knowyng also by the testimonies of thy holy woorde howe greatand intollerable the paines of women are the trauail of childe if thorow thy teÌder mercies they be not mitigated and eased most humbly pray yâ for Iesu Christes sake thy sonne and our lord that thy louyng kyndneâse may make that easye tollerable which sin hath made hard and paynefull Ease ⪠o lord thou paines which thou moste ryghteouslye haste put vpon al women for the syn and dysobedience of our graund mother Eue Genesi iii. in whom al we haue sinned and geue vnto al such as haue coÌceiued be wyth chylde strength to brynge forth that whiche thou woÌderfully hast wrought in theÌ Be present with theÌ in their trouble helpe them and deliuer theÌ Let thy power be shewed no lesse in the safe bringing forth theÌ in the wonderful fashioning of the child the that whiche the haste begun in them mai come vnto good successe Make them glad ioyfull mothers that they thorow thy goodnesse being safely delyuered and restored to theyr old strenghthes maye lyue and prayse thy blessed name for euer Amen ¶ A thankesgeuynge vnto God for theyr delyueraunce AMong other thy benefytes yea and those innumerable which thou dayly bestowest vpoÌ vs thi nedy pore creatures this is not the least o most merciful father that thou of thi tender goodnes doest vouchsafe for the conseruacion of maÌkynde to preserue the women that are wyth child and to geue theÌ safe deliueraunce of theyr burden by thys meanes makyng them glad and wyfull mothers For this thy benefyt and good wyl towarde vs we so hartely thanke the as hert canne thynke besechinge the to worke suche thaÌkefulnesse in the harteâ of al mothers by thy holy spyryte that they beynge not vnmindeful of this high benefyt of theyr safe deliueraunce wrought only by the the sauiour of al man kynde maye shewe them selfes thankefull vnto the for this thy goodnesse ⪠and neuer forget that thy preseÌt helpe and moste swete comforte which thou mercyfully shewedst vpon theÌ in theyr great trauayles Psalme l. Pro. xviii labours and paynes wheÌ thei fled vnto thy holy name for succour as vnto a stroÌge bulwarke and holy defeÌce Go forth o Lorde Psa. cxiiii to make them the ioyful mothers of many childreÌ Endue them with loÌge life Ps. cxxviii that thei may se then childres children And the chyldren that thou geueste vnto theÌ Luke i ii make thou as in age so likewise in wisedome in the abundaunce of thy holye spirite to encrease that they may haue fauor bothe with the and with all good men vnto the glorye of thy moste blessed name Amen A prayer for Fathers and Mothers FOR asmuche O heauenlye father Psâ xviii as thou haste dealte wyth the chyldren of menne more nobly then with brute beastes and with other thi creatures by geuing them not only an amiable body ⪠but also a mynde whiche is immortall and neuer shall dy Gene. i. Sapi. ii and for the garnyshyng of the same that it mai be made like vnto the similitude like nes and Image of the hast in thy holy law commauÌded all fathers and mothers Deu. iiii xi Eccle vii â xxx xl.ii Ephe. vi Tit ⪠ii whome thou haste blessed with the gifte of chyldren to take diligeÌt care for the vertuous bringyng vp of theyr soÌnes doughters that they maye learne euen from theyr very cradels to know the theyr Lorde God to beleue in the to feare and loue thee to call vpon thi blessed name to be thaÌkfull vnto the and to walke in thy holye commaundementes al the daies of their life We knowing how frowarde euil disposed ⪠and vntoward the harte Gene. viii wyt and disposicion of manne is euen frome his very youth if it be not restrained with the byt of thy most blessed lawe hertely pray the to geue al fathers and mothers grace after the example of Abraham Gene. xviii ii Reg. ii Tob. i. âiii i. Math. ii Dani. âiii Actes xxi ii Tim iii. Dauid Tobi Mathathias the pareÌtes of Susan Philip the EuaÌgelist and suche other to brynge vp theyr chyldren euen froÌ theyr very infaÌci in thi feare in thi nourture and in the knowledge of thy most healthful word that they sekyng no lesse the garnishinge of their childreÌs myndes with learning vertue theÌ the preseruiÌg of their
moste of al wisheth but to exercise try their faith to proue their coÌstaci in this their coÌstict to occasion theÌ bi herti praiers to ãâã vnto thi holi name Pro. xviâi ⪠which is a stroÌg tower mighty fortres for so many as repayre vnto it the thei getting ayde at thy hande maye not onli enter battel with this their great immortal enemy but also by the power of thy myghte ouer come hiâ and put him to flyght And as thou hast geueÌ sataÌ thys liberti to tempt to exercise Iob. i. proue and try vs whether we be costaÌt in thy faythe and word or not so dooth he take thy profer And althoughe thou sufferest hym thus to do for our great profit singuler commodity for we know that all thyngs worke for the beste vnto theym that loue God Rom. vâ euen that we of oure selfes beynge weake shuld haue a gloryous triumphe and noble vyctory ouer hym thorowe the myghty puissaunce of the our grande captain yet herof taketh he an occasioÌ to seke our destruccion And that he may bring this to passe besides the innumerable companye of hellishe spyrites he taketh vnto hym .ii. other our moost cruel ennemies i. Ihon. ii ââlath v. Psâ cxxiiii the world the flesh The one with his vain pleasures the other with her carnal lustes so compasse vs round about that if thy preseÌt help wer not we must nedes perish O louyng Lorde and most gentle sauyoure thou seest our weaknes myserye i Re xxvii âccl xlvii and no strength Thou knoweste againe the valeaunte myght and power of oure aduersaries Our streÌgth is no more to be compared wyth theyr mighte then the strength of lytle Dauid with the mightye power of great Goliah oure speare oure swerd oure shielde wyll do nothynge in thys behalfe Notwythstandyng Lord we do not despayre For al thoughe there bee not so greate strengthe in vs ii Pâ xiiii that we may be able to resyst this greate company that coÌmeth against vs yet haue we this one refuge and succour euen to lift vp our eyes Psal. cxââ vnto the to saye our help commeth froÌ the lord our god whych made heuen and earth If God be on our syde who canne be againste vs Rom. viii i. Reg. vii The battel O lord God is thine oure faythe therfore is that thou wylte geue oure ennemyes into our handes Math. â Thou taughtest vs to pray that we maie not be ledde into temptacion and hast promised vs that thou wilte not suffer vs too bee tempted aboue oure strengthe i. Cor â but wylte in the middes of the temptacyon make a-away for vs to escape Thou art faytâful Psal. ââlv Tiââ i ⪠ãâ¦ã âii ââ Tim. ii fulfyl therefore thy promise And forasmuch as thi good pleasuâe is that we shal manfully fyght with these our enemies for what is the lyfe of manne in this world ⪠but a continual warfarre and no man is crowned excepte he stryue lawefullye we wyth our very heart dyspairinge of oure owne strengthe corage moost humblye beseche the to be our captayne and valeauntelye to defende vs agaynst oure enemyes ⪠that they may not preuaile agaynste vs. Make vs strong in the O Lord and in the power of thy mighte Putte on thy holy armour vpon vs that we may staÌd stedfast against the crafty asâautes of the deuyl Epheââ vi For wee wrastle not against the flesh and bloud but agaynst rule agaynste power and against worldly rulers of the darknes of thys world agaynste spyrytual wyckednes in heauenlye things For this cause O mooste sweete sauiour put vpon vs thy holy armour that we mai be able to resist in the euil day and stand perfect in all thynges Gyue vs grace therfore to stand to gird our loynes aboute wyth veritye hauyng on the brestplate of righteousnes and shoed with shooes prepared by the Gospell of peace But aboue al grauÌt that we may take vnto vs the shilde of faithe wherw t we may be able to queÌch al the fyry dartes of the wycked to put on the helmete of saluacion and the swearde of the spirite which is thy blessed word GrauÌt also that we being thus godly en armed may thorow thy puissaÌce might and strength not onely enter battel with our enemyes but also valeauntly fyght with them coragiously put them to flyght tryumphantly cary away a glorious vyctory ouer them So shall it come to passe that we being valeaunt conquerours thorow thy help shal receiue at thy haÌnd accordyng to thi promyse Manna to eat that is hyd Apâcâ ii a white stone in the stone a new name wrytten which no man knoweth sauyng he that receiueth it Lorde for thy mercies sake grant vs these our peticions So shal we praise and magnyfye thy blessed name for euer euer Amen A prayer for remission of synnes IF we wretched synners O Lord God hadde not louiÌg promises of thy teÌder mercy in the holye scriptures for the comfort of our weake conscyences and sorowful herts we se none other reamedy so great infinit are our sinnes but that we must nedes despayre But for asmuch as what soeuer thynges are wrytten Roma xâ are wrytten for oure learninge that thorowe pacience and the comfort of scriptures we mai haue hope our sis although neuer so mani abhominable do not so muche make vs sadde as thy louynge kindenes and teÌder mercyes make vs gladde Oure syns we confesse are innumerable but thi mercies are also infynyte Ezec. xviii Thou art that most gentle Lord whych wylt not the deathe of a siÌner Sayâe xi but rather that he turn and lyue Mathe. i. Thou for repentaunce sake dissemblest and wylt not se the sinnes of men Luke ii Thou confessest that thou cammest into thys world to saue siÌners i. Timo. ii to cal not the righteous Mathe. ix Luke xvi but sinners vnto repeÌtauÌce and to seke vp that which was lost Mathe. xi Thou callest vnto thee al them that ar diseased and ladeÌ wyth the heauy burden of synne Luke xix Math. xi and promysest that thou wilt ease them Eâaye i. Yea by thi prophet thou saiest ⪠if we will washe make clene our selfs put awai our euil thoughts out of thi sight cese froÌ doiÌg of euil violeÌce learn to do right apply our selfs to equitie deliuer the oppressed help the fatherles to his right heare the widows coÌplaint though our sis wer as red as scarlet yet shal they be made whiter theÌ snow And thogh they wer like purple yet shall they bee made like white wolle Yea thou saiest more ouer that for thy own sake eueÌ for thy mercie name sake thou wilt be good vnto vs fauour vs so cast away al our sins behind thy back Esay xliii that thou wilt neuer remeÌber theÌ more O lord thou arte the
of our tribulacioÌ in al time of our wealth in the hour of death in the day of iudgment Good lorde delyuer vs. ⧠We sinners do besech the to here vs O Lorde God and that it maye please the to rule and gouern thy holy church vniuersal in the ryghtewaye We beâech the to heare vs good lord That it may please the to kepe Edward the sixt thy seruaÌt our king and gouernoure We bâseâh the to heare vs good lorde ⧠That it mai please the to rule hys heart in thy fayth feare and loue that he may always haue affiance in the and euer seke thi honour and glory We beseecâe thâ to âeare vs good Lorde â That it may please yâ to be his defeÌdour and keper geuyng him the victory ouer al his ennemies We bâsââchâ thâ to heare vs good Lorde â That it may please the to illuminat al bishops pastors ministers of the church with true knowlege vnderstaÌding of thy word and that both by theyr preaching and liuing they may set it forthe and shew it accordyngly We beseeche the to ââare vs good Lorde â That it may please the to endue the Lords of the counsayle al the nobilitie with grace wysedome and vnderstandyng We beseeche the to heare vs good Lorde â That it may please the to bles and kepe the magistrats geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayne truthe Wââesâche the to heare vs good Lorde â That it may please the to bles and kepe thy people We besech the to hear vs ⪠c. ⧠That it maie plese the to geue to all Nacions vnytye peace and concorde We besech the to heare vs ⪠c. ⧠That it may plese the to geue vs an hert to loue and dread the and diligently to liue after thy coÌmaundementes We beseche the to heare vs. c. ⧠That it my please the to geue al thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affeccioÌ and to bring forth the fruts of the spirit We besech the to heare vs ⪠c. â That it mai plese the to bring into the waye of truth al such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche tâe to heaâe vs. c. ⧠Thaâ it may please the to streÌgtheÌ such as do stand to coÌforte help the weke herted to rayse vp theÌ that fal and finalli to beat doun SathaÌ vnder our fete fete We beseche the to heare vs good Lord. That it mai plese the to succour helpe and coÌfort al that be in danger necessity and tribulacion We beseche the to here vs good Lorde That it maye please the to preserue al that trauail by land or by water all women labourynge of childe all sicke persoÌs and yonge children and to shew thy pity vpon al prysoners and captyues We beseche the to heare vs good Lorde That it may plese the to defend and prouide for the fatherles childreÌ and widows and al that be desolate and oppressed We beseche the to heare vs good Lorde That it maye pease the to haue mercy vpon al men We besech the to heare vs good Lorde That it may plese the to forgeue our enemies persecutours slaÌderers and to turne their herts We besech the to heare vs good lord That it may please the to geue preseruâ to oure vse ⪠the kindly fruites of the earâhe ⪠so as in due time we may enioye them We besechâ the to heare vs good Lorde That it may please the to geue vs true repeÌtaÌce to forgeue vs al our sins neglygences ⪠and ignoraÌces to endue vs with the grace of thy holye spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseche the to heare vs good Lorde Sonne of God we besech the to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche the to here vs. O laÌbe of god that takest away the synnes of the worlde Graunte vs thâ peace O LaÌbe of god that takest awai the synnâs of the worlâe Haue merâyâ vâân vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercye vppon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lorde haue mercye vpon vs. Our father which art in heueÌ c. And lead vs not into teÌptacion Bât ââlyuer vs from euil O Lord deale not with vs after our synnes Nether reward vs after our iniquities â Let us âraâ O God mercyefull father that despisest not the sighinge of a contrit hert nor the desire of such as be sorowful mercyfullye assist oure prayers that we make before the in al our troubles aduersitis whensoeuer thei opresse vs And gracâouslie here vs that those euils which the craft subtelty of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouideÌce of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that we thy seruaunts being hurte by no persecucions maye euermore geue thankes vnto the in thy holie churche throughe Iesu Christe oure Lorde O lorde aryse healpe vs and delyuer vs for thy name sake O God we haue herd with our ears our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble woorckes that thou didst in their days and in the old tyme before them O lorde aryse help vs and delyuer vs for thy honoure Glory be to the father the soÌne and to the holye gost As it was in the begynnynge is nowe and euer shal be worlde wythout ende Amen From oure ennemies defeÌd vs O Christe Gracyouslye loke vpon our aâfliâcyons Pytifully behold the sorowes of our hearte Mercifullye forgeue the syns of thy people Fauorably wyth mercy here oure prayers O sonne of Dauid haâe mercye vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs Christe Gaaciously heare vs O Christ. Graciousây heare vs O lorde Chrâste O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. As we do put our trust in thee Let vs praye ⪠VE humblye beseche thee O father mercyefullie to looke vpon oure infirmytyes and for the glory of thy name sake turn froÌ vs al chose euils that we most righteouslye haue deserued and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole truste confideÌce in thy mercy and euermore serue the in holines purenes of liuing to thy honour glory through our only mediatour aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord. AmeÌ A prayer of Chrisostome ALmyghtye GOD whyche haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accord to make oure common supplicacyons vnto thee and doeste promyse that when .ii. or .iii. be gathered togetherin thy name thou wilt grant their requesâs fulfil now O lord the desyres and petycyons of thy seruantes ⪠as mai bemost expediânt for theÌ graâtynge vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy truthe in the worlde to come life euerlastinge Amen ãâã âyue if the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy sonne Iesus Christe hast promised to al them that seke thi kingdome and the righteousnes therof al things neââssary to their bodelye sustenaunce Send vs we beseche the in thys oure necessytye suche moderate rayn showers that we maie receiue the fruites of the erth to our comfort to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For fayre wether O Lord god which for the syn of man dyddest ones drown al the world except .viii. persons and afterward of thy great mercie diddeste promise neuer to destroye it so agayne we humbly besech the that althoughe we for our iniquityes haue worthely dâserued thys plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such wether wherby we maie receiue the frutes of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punyshement to amend our liues and for thâââemencye to geue the prayse and glory throughe Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen In the tyme of dearth and famyne O God heauenly father whose gift it is that rayne doth fal the earth is frutfull beastes encrease and fishes do multiply behold we besech yâ the affliccioÌs of thi people ⪠grant that the scarcetie dearth whych we do now most iustlye suffer for our iniquitye maye throughe thy goodnes be mercifullye turned into cheapnes and plenti for the loue of Iesu Christ our Lord to whoÌ wyth the and the holy ghost c. Amen Orthus O God mercifull father which in the tyme of Heliseus the Prophet diddeste subdeinlie turne in Samaria great scarcity and death into plenty and cheapnes extreme âamine into abuÌdance of victual haue pitie vpon vs that now be punished for oure synnes wyth like aduersytye encrease the fruites of the earth by thy heauenly benedyccyon And graunt that we receiuing thi bouÌtiful liberalitie may vse the same to thy glory our comforte relief of our nedy neighbours through Iesu Christ our Lord. Amen In the time of warre O Almighty God Kynge of all Kynges and gouernoure of all thinges whose power no Creature is hable to resyste to whom it belongeth iustlye to punyshe synners and to be mercyfull to theim that trulye repente saue and deliuer vs we humblie besech the from the handes of our enemis abat their pride aswage their malice and confound theyr deuyses that we beynge armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from al periles to glorify the which art the only geuer of al victory through the merytes of thy onelye sonne Iesu Christ our lorde Amen In the time of any common ⪠plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrathe in the tyme of kynge Dauid diddest âlea with the plague of Pestilence thre skore and ten thousand and yet remeÌbring thy merci didst saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are visited with greate sickenes and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then commaund thyne Aungell to ceasse from punishing so it may now plese the tâ withdraw from vs thys plage and greuous sicâânesse through Iesus Christ our âord Amen ¶ Imprinted at London by Ihon Day dwellâng ouer aldersgate a lytle beneth S. Martins These bokes are to be solde at hys shop by the ãâã Cunduite ãâã Châpesyde ãâã prââilegâo ad imprimendum solum
âoth dishonoure to the spirite of grace Oh it is a fearful thynge to âall into the handes oâ the lyuynge God Psalme ââ ⪠For vpon the vngodlye wyl he raine snares fyre brymstone and tempest thys rewarde shall the wycked haue to dryncke God haue mercye on vs gyue vs al grace to âeare hym a ryght to repente and amende âure lyfe to embrace hys blessed gospel and to âryng forthe the frutes thereof What shall I speake of the myghtye Monarchies or Empyres of the Assyryans and Greekes The Assiriâ and Grekeâ whiche florished not only with al kinde of temporall ryâches but also wyth moste excellent and learned wyttes Lyue they not nowe in most myserable captiuity vnder that cruell tiraunt the great Turke that mortall ennemye of Christes religion Howe came it to passe Verelye they were disobediente to Gods word vnthanckefull one to another and led a lyfe more lasciuious and waÌton than that effeminate king Sardanapalus God stirred vp preachers to exhorte them vnto repentaunce They laughed theym to scorne It came to pas that God for theiâ engratytude and churlyshnes gaue them into suche an ennemies hande as none could be founde more hateful neyther concerning Christ nor Christes religion whych at that tyme bothe kylled soulde an infynyte number and euen at this presente oppresseth them wyth most miserable seruitude and houldeth them down in most vile slauery vnto the great decaye of the christen faythe vnto the vnspeakeable sorow of al godly people Howe came it to passe that the Rhodes euen in our tyme is subdued also of that most cruell Tyraunte the Emperoure of Turckye The ãâã tourned frome Christ vnto Mahomet from the christen religioÌ vnto the Turkish profession Was not superstycyon Iâolotry fayned holynes colored chastitye that is to say fylthy whoredom stinking fornication dyssoluteliuing vsury such lyke abhomânable vyces causes hereof God hold his holye haÌd ouer vs. To speâe much of Germany sometime a deare mother â louynge Nurse and frendelye Patronesse of all learnynge and a sure Sanctuarye for godlye learnned men to âlee vnto from Antichristes tirannye Germânye a couÌtry sometime rychely endued wyth all spiritual bleâsynges of god ârom whome also braueâ out the comfortable lyghte of Chriââes Gospell that nowe shineth here among vs in thys reaâme veây sorowe wiâl not ãâã me O nowe ãâã a thynge is it so noble fre and famous a contâye to be brought into âlauery yea and that worâe is godly and Christeâ preacheâs to âe banisheâ and wicked papiâtes to enter in the preachynge of Christes Gospell âoo be dryuen out oâ the churches and the popyâhe seruice âo be vsed the supper of the Lord to be taken a way and that moost Idolatrous ââynckyng and abhominable masking Masse to be receiued as a God What christen hearte lâmenteth not too consyder theâse thynges Of the plage that is nowe fallen among them ⪠the men of God I meane the preaâhers told them ful oâr to fore and exhorted them vnto repentaunce But all in vayne For reâayâe godlye Magisârates and learened men excepted wyth a few other the greater parte of Germanye euen as in the Popes kyngedome walcked styll in the woordes of darkenes They talked muche of Chriââes Gospell but lyued no parte thereof They abused the spyrytualâ lyberâye of the Gospell and tourned it to Carnall ââedome makynge the Gospell a clooke of theyr wyckednesse Theese abhoâynacyons âoulde noâ God suâfer seynge that before all otheâ nacyons he had âeuen them the knoweledge of hys holye word Notwithstanding I doubt not but that God for hys mercyes sake and for the loue of hys electe whome that countrye nourysheth Psal. lxxxx wyl shortlye tourne away hys anger from theym ⪠and lyghten hys chereful and louynge countenaunce agaiâe vpon them ⪠as he sayth by the Psalmographe If they breake my ordynaunces kepe not my commaundements I wyll âiser theyr oâfences âiâh the rod and theyr sins wyth scourges Neuertheles my louinge kindnes wil I not vtterly take from him nor suffer my truthe to fâil The Lord is full of compassion and meâcye ⪠longe suââerynge and of great e goodnes ⪠âe wyl not âeâle wyth is after our sins Psalm ciii nor âewarde âs aâcorâyng to oure wyckednes For looke howe hye the heaâen is in comparyâon oâ the earthe so greate is his meâcye also to waââe theym that feare hym Loke howe wyâe the ãâã is from the weât so far wyâ he sette ouâ syânes ârom vs. yea like as father pââteth his owne children euen âo is the Lord mercyful to them that fear him For he knoweth wherof we be made ⪠he remembreth that we are but âust ⪠that a man in hys tyme is out as grasse ⪠and florysheth as a ââoure oâ the feylâe For as sone as the wynde goeth ouer it ⪠it is gonne and the place therof knoweth it no more But the merciful goodnes of the Lorde endureth âor euer and euer vppon them that feaâe him and his ryghteousnesse vppon theyr children suche as kepe his couenaunte and thinke vpon the commaunâements to do them Moreouer as I maye let passe dyuers other hystoryes whycâe be leafte heâe amonge vs as monumentes of Goddes vengaunce agaynste the churlish ând vnthanckeful and as they say come nere home Rede we not that god stirred vp Gildas to prech vnto the olde Britannes aâd too exhorte theym vnto repentaunce and amendemente oâ lyfe Bryttayne and afore waâne theym of the plages to come ⪠if they repente not Whaâ ãâã it Gildas was laughed to scorne and taken for a false Prophete and a malycyous Preacher The Bretannes wyth lustye courages whorishe faces and vnrepentaunte heaâtes wente forth to synne and to offende the Lorde theyr God What folowed God sente in theyr ennemyes vpon them on euery syde and dystroyed them and gaue the lande vnto other nacions And sente that ryme God hathe âlaged thys realâe full ofte for they re synne and dysâbedyence Not manye yeares past God seinge Idolatry supeâstâcion Hipocrisye and wycked lâuynge vsed in thys realme raysed vp that godlye leaâened manne Ihon Wyclyfe to preache vnto oure fathers repântaunce and too exhârte them to amende theyr lyues to forsake theyr Papistrye and Idolatâye Wicleffe with his bokes condempned brent for an heretike afâer his deth theyr Hyprocrisye supersticion and to walke in the feare of God Hys eâhortacions were not regarded He with his sermons was âespysed Hys bookes and he him self alâo after hys deathe were breâte What folowed They slewe theyr ryghte kynge and sette vppe .iii. wrong Kynges arowe vnder whome all the noble bloude was slayne vppe and halfe the commones therto what in Fâaunce and what with theyr owne âwerd ân fyghtynge amonge them selues for the crowne and the cytyes and towâes decayed and the Landâ broughte halâe to a wildernes in respecte oâ that it was before O extreame plages of gods vengauÌce Sence that time euen of late yeres God once again hauynge pytye on
me from these mine ennemies Heale thou me O Lord I shal be heled Saue thou me and I shal be saued Iere. xvii Ah good Iesu my sins are great and infinite I confes but thy mercys ar much greater and more infinit Mi wounds are many and greuous Psal. ii but thou art that most louing Samaritan full of pytye and compassyon whiche by pourynge wine and oile into my wounds are suffycyentelye able to heale them Luke x. although they were tenne M. mo I am asinner but thou art a sauiour Math. i. I am sycke but thou arte a Phisycyon I am blynde Math. iâ but thou arte the lyghte of the worlde I am Satans prisonner but thou art a redemer Ioh i. viii I am dead in sinne but thou art the resurreccion and lyfe Gala. iii. I am hongry but thou arte the lyuynge breade Ihon. xi I am thyrstye but thou arte the well of lyfe I am poore Iohn vi Ioân vii Esaâ âv Rom. x. Psa. xxiiii Iohn xv Iohn x. but thou art the lord of al wealthe I am a barren tree but thou art that true and frutfull vine I am the looste shepe but thou art that good sheperd I am that ryotous soÌne but thou art that âentle father Luke xv Eyhe âi Math. xvi i. Pet. ii i. Timo ii i. Iohn ii Roma vi Roma vii Ose xiii and .xiii. i. Pet. âi I am by nature the childe of wrathe but thou arte by nature the sonne of the lyuyng God I am by nature sinful man but thou arte by nature man rightuous innoceÌt I am a daili offeÌder but thou art a coÌtinual mediator I am a breker of the lawe but thou arte a fulfiller of the same I haue lost the heaueÌly enheritauÌce thorow sin but thou haste recouered it bi âhi death I haue wrought mine own disâruccion but thou bi thy precyous bloud haste wrought vnto me saluacion Thus all be it O most merciful sauiour I find in my self nothinge but sin ⪠death and damnacion yet in the finde I grace merci fauour reconciliacioÌ forgiuenes of synnes and euerlasting life Take awai therfore that is mine which is al noughte gyue me that is thine which is all good Thou art called Christ annoynte me therefore wyth thy holye spyryte Thou art called a Phisicion Luke ii accordynge therefore to thy name heale me Mat. ix Thou art called the son of the liuing God Math. xvi accordyng therfore to thy power deliuer me from the deuil the world and the fleshe Thou art called the resurreccion Iohn xi lift me vp therfore from the damnable state wherin I most miserablye lye Thou art called the lyfe quicken me vp therefore oute of thys deathe Iohn xv wherewyth thorowe synne I am most greuouslye detayned Thou arte called the day lede me therfore from the vanites of this world ⪠and from the filthye pleasures of the flesh vnto heaueÌlye and spirituall thynges Thou art called the truth suffer me not therefore to walcke in the waye of erroure Iohn i. but to treade the pathe of truth in al my doynges Thou art called the lyght ⪠put awaye therefore from me the workes of darknes âphe v. that I may walk as the child of light in al goodnes ryghteousnes and truth Thou art called a Sauiour saue me therfore from my sinnes according to thy name Thou art Called Alpha Math. i. and Omega that is both the beginninge ende of al goodnes âpoc xxii beginne thou therfore a good life in me finish the same vnto the glory of thi blessed name So shall I receyuyng these benfits at thy merciful hand prayse the and magnify thy blessed name For euermore Amen A Confession of oure sinnes vnto the holye ghooste O Moost blessed And holye spirite Equall God wyth God the Father Iohn xiiii xv â xvi i. Iohn v and God the Sonne I myserable sinner coÌfouÌded in my conscieÌce almost fallen thorow the multytude of my synnes into the hellike pit of desperacyon am come at thys preasente before thy deuyne maiestye moste humbly to confesse and from the botoâe of my hearte to lamente all those my sinnes and wickednesses whiche from my youthe hytherto I haue vniustly coÌmitted in word deade or thoughte against thy goodnes most entirely besechynge the mercyefullye to forgeue me all those myne offences Psal. ii and abhominacions and to make in me a cleane hearte endued wyth a newe and ryghte spirite whiche maye from hencefourth thorowe thy godlye gouernaunce so derecte me in all my doynges that I may onlye atteÌpt such enterprises as be agreable to thy blessed wyll profytable to my neyghboure ii Cor. iii. and pleasaunt to my soule O lord my God wher thou art there is lybertye But I thorow the craftes of Satan the lustes of the flesh and the plesures of the world am in most miserable captiuity slauery bondage and thraldome wherby I euidently perceiue that thou dwellest not in me neyther the I am thy temple nor yet haue that ghostlye fredome wherwyth all be endued that haue the dwellyng in them O Lorde haue mercye on me and take awaye from me that heauye bondage of the flesh wherwith I am most gre uously encloâed geue me that swete free liberty of the spirite which bithe is wrought in the hartes of the faithfull that I being deliuered from the power of mine enemies mai serue the in holines and righteousnes al the dais of my life Luke i. again that thou makiÌg me a new creature by mortifying old Adam in me and by geuiÌg me a good spirite mayeste delyght in me as a father in hys sonne and continually dwell in me as in thy holy temple O blessed spirite forgiue me my synnes puryfye my mynde wyth thy holy inspiracion comfort my weake hert with thy ioiful presence make mery my troubled coÌcience with true spiritual myrth lede me Iohn xvi which haue so loÌg erred into all godlye truthe geue me the knowledge of al heauenly and spiritual things eueÌ so much as is necessary for my saluacyon put on me the shield of faithe Ephe. vi that I maye be able to quenche the fyrye dartes of the deuyl kyndle my hart with the fire of ChristeÌ loue make me a frutful oliue tre in the congregacioÌ of the my Lord God geue me pacience in trybulation Psal. iii. take away from me vayne glorye in prosperytie engraf in my heart continual humilitie make be bold to confesse the truthe of thy Gospell before the tyrauntes of thys worlde and gyue me grace to perseuer in the same vnto the end Replenysh my brest with thy heauenlye gyfts and spirituall treasures that the deuyll the worlde the flesh wyth al their worckes pompes and vanities from me vtterli secluded and put a part thou maiest continuallye dwelle in me by thy godlye inspiracio ns and I in the thorowe true and
word not with eye seruice as men pleasers but in singlenes of hearte fearynge God that what so euer they doo Coloss. iiii they may do it hartely eueÌ as vnto the lord not vnto men forasmuche as they are sure that they shal receiue the reward of the heuenly enherytauncâ of the o lord Christ whoÌ also they serue while trulye and faithfullye they serue theyr bodely masters GrauÌt that so manye as are vnder the yoke may count theyr masters worthy of all honoure that the name of god his doctrine be not euil spokeÌ of and obey theÌ with all feare T it ii not onli if they be good and courteous i. Peter ii but also though thei be froward please theÌ in al thiÌgs not answering theÌ again Tit. ii nor pickiÌg ought from theÌ but shew al good faythfulnesse that in all thynges they maye do worshyppe vnto the doctrine of the our god and saueout to whome with the holy gost be al honoure ⪠prayse and glorye for euer Amen A prayer for them that are sicke O Iesu the sauiour of the world and the true Phisicion both of the body and of the soule Math. ix we are not altogether ignorante howe detestable a thing sinne is in thi sight and how greatli thou abhorrest them that commyt iââquitye and shake of the yoke of thy lawe Psalme v. geuing their mindes to the filthy lustes of the fleshe and the vaine pleasures of the world Som that thus vngodly behaue them selfes thou sufferest to go forthe stil in theyr be asâlike manners wythoute correccion or punyshment to liue in pleasure and wantonnes vpoÌ the earth Iacob v. Philip. iii. to noryshe their heartes as in a day of slaughter to serue theyr belly as theyr God and voluptuouslye to spende theyr dayes wythoute all feare of the that at the laste they beinge altogether nousled in voluptuousnes and dying wythout repentauÌce for the sorowes Psa. cxiiii plages and punyshments of the wicked begynne at theyr death may wyth that riche and beastlike gloton be tormented for euer in the flames of hel fyre For conuenieÌt it is that thei which in this world liue all in pleasure Luke xvi do in another worlde receyue theyr paynes euen as thou haste promised in thy holye Gospel sayinge Wo bee to you that are full for ye shall hongre Wo be to you yâ now laughe for ye shall wayl and wepe Again some that walke inordinatli ⪠Luke vi and contrary to the rules of thy holye lawe thou tendryng theyr saluacion visitest them with syckenes their punishest their bodies wyth the louing rod of thi correctioÌ âª that they maye no lenger be proude cruell and fearce againste the spyryte whose seruaunte and bond slaue the bodye of ryghte oughte to be but rather be obedieÌt and seruice able that it may from hânsforthe not so much as once lust against the spirite and by thys meanes thou mercifulli callest them whiche as wanderyng shâpe Luke âv haue so long strayed abrode home again vnto thy shepefoldâ For thys O Lord is an euident tokeÌ of thine exceadynge goodnes and tender mercy towarde vs when thou seing vs moost greuously thorowe our wicked and synneful conuersacion to offend thy deuine Maiesty to forsake thy lawe not too walk in thy ordinanÌces to breake thy statutes not to kepe thy commaundements Ps. âxxxix doest not take away from vs thy louing kindnes but vysytest our iniquityes wyth thy gentyl rodde and punysheste our synnes wyth thy correccions swete to the spirite i. Cor. xi but bitter to to the flesh for whyle we are punished we are corrected of the lorde least we shuld wyth thys worlde be coÌdeÌpned and by this meanes thou prouokeste vs to leaue oure ryotous and vngodly manners and to seke after the oure moste louynge sauiour leadynge a lyfe from henseforthe accordynge to thy mooste blessed wyll and commaundemente Some also thou throweste into aduersity and punyshest wyth syckenesse to proue and try theyr fayth whether they be constante in confessynge callinge vpon and praisinge thy holye name lyke vnto that pacyent man and faythefull warryoure whyche sayed If we haue receiued good prosperous thinges at the lords haÌd Iob. i. why shulde we not be content to suffer euill troublous things The Lord gaue them the Lorde hath taken them away as it pleased the lord so is it come to passe blessed be the name of the Lord. So manye O Lorde as thou louest thou sometime visitest wyth thy louinge rod of correccioÌ least that they coÌtinually enioyenge yâ to muche felicitie and wealthe of worldely thynges shuld forgette the theyr Lord God and walke in the vanities of a lewde minde Heb. xii For if we endure chasteniÌge thou offerest thy selfe vnto vs as vnto sonnes Prouer. iii Apoca. iii. For whoÌ thou louest him thou chastnest yea and thouscourgest euery sonne that thou receyuest Hebru xii what sonne is that whoÌ the father chastneth not if we be not vnder correccion whereof all are partakers then aâe we bastardâ and not sâns And albeit no maner chastising for the preseÌt time semeth to be ioious but greuous neuerthelesse afterward it bryngeth the quiet frute of righteousnesse vnto them which are exerâised therin Forasmuch therfore O most merciful sauiour as sicknesse and aduersyty is sent from the vnto the chyldren of men for theyr greate profyt and singuler commoditie euen that the bodye with the workes thereof shuld be subiect to the spirit and as a witnesse and zele of thy louing kindnesse and harty good wyl toward them we most hartelye praye thâ mercyefullye to beholde all suche as are sycke and as that pytyfull Samaritane to poure wine and oyle into theyr woundes Luke â and to bynd them vp that is to comfort them geuing them grace paciently to bere the crosse that thou hast laied vpoÌ them to shew theÌ selfs conformable to thy blessed will in the myds of theyr trouble and syckenesse to prayse thy gloryous name and wyth stronge fayth to say Ose. vi come and let vs retourne vnto the lord for he hath begun and he wil heale vs he hath strikeÌ vs and he wil sureli make vs whole For it is the Lorde that bryngeth downe to the graue fetcheth vp again Deu. xxxii i. Reg. ii It is the Lorde that punysheth with pouertye Tobi. xiii and maketh welthy again Sapi. xvi It is the lord that âringeth lowe lifteth vp again yea it is the lord that killeth and maketh aliue again It is for our greate profit Psal. cxix that the Lorde hath thus plaged vs eueÌ that we shuld learn to forsake our owne fleshly wil to walk in his holi ordinauÌces Therfore as it is gods good plesure Mat. xxvi so let it come to pas His wil be done not oures Psal. âcâ We are his people and the shepe of his pasture let him deale
and amende O Lorde they are thy creatures thou haste no pleasure in the deathe of a sinner but rather that he shoulde turne and liue Ezech. xvii Ezech. xi haue merci on them ⪠suffer them not to perish make them of the vesselles of wrathe the vessels of merci of the enemis of thi truth louers and imbraces of thy truth Take away from theÌ their harde and stony hearte and geue theym a fteshye softe and gentle hearte Replenysh them with thy holye spirite and with the graces thereof that as they are thy creatures wyth vs so they maye be saued wyth vs. For we are taughte that thou hateste none of al those thinges that thou hast made and that thou dissemblest the synnes of menne for repentaunce sake Sapi. xi and art readye to haue mercye on all menne that repente beleue and amende Iohn vi Agayn seyng the nomanne can come vnto the except thy father draweth hym we most heartelye beseche the i. Timo. ii i. Iohn ii whyche alone arte oure onelye medyatour and aduocate to praye vnto thy heauenlye father that he maye haue mercye vpon the ennemies of thy worde tourne awaye hys wrathe from them lyghten hys louynge countenance vpoÌ them Psa. lxvii geue theÌ a good spirite and make them thy true and vnfayned dysciples Graunt also O swete Sauyoure which willeste all men to be saued i. Timo. ii and to come to the knoledge of the truthe that all suche as walke in ignorance blyndnes and erroure for lacke of doctryne maye haue faythfull Preachers sente vnto them whyche maye instructe them wyth thy heauenlye word brynge them out of darckenes into lyght delyuer them froÌ the bondage of mans tradicions and place them in the swete lybertye of the spirite So shal it come to passe that they whych now are not thy people shall be thy people and they which now abhorre and deface the glorye of thy woorde shall bee the valeaunte promoutours and defenders of the same and all suche as heretofore haue walked thorow ignoraunce in all kynde of supersticion and vngodlynesse shall from hencefourthe walke in the gloryous light of thi Gospel prayse the and magnyfye the obey the and serue the in holynes and ryghteousnesse all the days of theyr lyfe Luke i. vnto the glory of thy blessed name Amen A prayer for an vniforme and perfect agremente in matters of Christen religion IN thy laste and mooste sweete sermon whyche thou madest a litle before thy passion o Christ thou sonne of the lyuynge God thou gaueste thy peace vnto thy disciples Iohn xiiiii and willedst them diligently to kepe and maintain the same among them vnto the ând This peace is the quietnes of coÌscience the reast of the mind and the perfect consent and whole agrement among the faithfull in matters of thy holy religion In the praier also made vnto thy heueÌly father thou desirest Iohn xvâ that as thou and thy father ar one so thy disciples mai be one that is to sai knytte together in one mynde in one iudgmente in one meaning concernyng matters of Christen faythe i. Coââ â that they maye all speake one thynge preach and wryt one thyng and by no meanes dissent one frome another Thys peace thys vnyty thys perfect consent in faith and religion is almost banyshed from amonge vs in these oure dayes Ierem xvi whyle euery manne laboureth to establysh the inuencyons and dreames of hys owne hert whyle euery man sweateth to imagine a newe kinde of religion and to maintaine the same whyle euery man seketh to worshyp the not after the rule of thy blessed worde but after his own fleshlye fansy and idle imaginacyon Thy holy Apostle O Lord coulde not abyde that ther shuld be sectes amonge the Corinthyans nor that one should holde of Apollo i. Cori. iii. another of Paule the thyrd of Cephas but that thei only shuld embrace the which alone by thy blessed passion broughtest vnto theim euerlastinge lyfe forasmuche as thou and none other were crucified for them If that thy blessed Apostle had liued in thys oure tyme oh Lorde howe heuelye wolde he haue taken the sects that are now among the chyldreÌ of menne spronge out of hel and thrust in by Satan yea and that is moost to be lamented among them that professe thi holy name Insteade of Apollo Paule and Cephas we haue Benette Barnarde Fraunces Augustine Sectaryââ Anthonye Dominycke Rufus Honofrius Iacob Ioseph Gylbert Gregorye Brygyde Clare Helene Sophye Pope Cardynall c. besydes the dysordered orders of the Camaldulenses the Cistertienses the Basilyenses the Hieronimites the Tertiaris the seruauntes of sayncte Mary the Lazarytes the Magdalenytes the Whylhelmites the Ambrosians the Specularis the Chalomerians the Iohannites the Scelistines the brothers of purgatorye the brothers of the holy cros the brothers of the vale of Iosophat the Carmelites the Chartusians the Hierosolimites the Indians the Niniuâts the ConstaÌtinopolitans with an innumerable rable of Hypocrites mo papistes Heretikes Scismatikes Anabaptistes Sacramentaries Libertines such other dongehylles of Satan whych to much wretchedly haue deuided rent torne in peces the quiet vniti and frendelye concorde of thi holy religion while thei haue imagined and taken vpon them new sects and newe orders and by thee tryfelinge obseruances of them seeke iustificacion remission of synnes and euerlastynge lyfe forsaking the which art the fouÌtaine of liuely water digginge them myrye and durtye puddles that are able to hold no water Ieremye iâ ⪠O Lord as thys deuysion norisheth continuall discorde and enmity a moÌg the professours of thi name so do they that vnfaynedly cleue to thy blessed word sorowfully lament that thy glorye thy truthe thy worde thy passion thy bloud thy deathe is thorow these idolatrous imaginacions defaced obscured and almoost vtterly quenched in so much that if thou haddest not reserued vnto the a remnaunte iii. reâ xii Roma xi Romay ix Esaye i. whyche haue not bowed their knees to Baal we al hadde ben as Sodom and might iustly haue bene lykened to Gomorre O blessed Lorde lette very pytye moue the to haue compassion vpon thy poore troubled flocke Let the zeale of thy glory prouoke the to treade vnder thy foote al these Sectaries and Antichrists that thou alone mayest be knowen amonge all nacions to be the onlie true and lyuynge God Ah moste gentle sauioure ãâ¦ã Mat. âxiii there is but one lord one faith one baptisme one God one father ⪠one maister one bodye one spiritâ one hope one truth one gospel ⪠how vnsemelie theÌ is it for vs that professe this vnitye to be deuidâd in religion ⪠one to be of thys order another to be of that one to mainetayne thys doctrine another the contrarie Destroy therfore O lord this worke of Satan euen the bryngyng in of these damnable sects diuersities of opinions and restore vnto vs that moost sweete and comfortable vnytye of thy
good men Giue vs also that the most plesaunt dew eueÌ the dew of thy heueÌlye grace which may cause vs thorow thi holi spirit to florish with the abundaunce of al good works prouoke euery one of vs quietlye and peaceably to do our own besines to liue according to oure calling ii Tim. ii the magistrate godly to gouern the subiect humbly to obey Romay xi the preachers of thy word diligeÌtly to attend vpon hys offyce psâ cxxxiii So shall it come to passe that wee as brethren quietly dwellyng together in this vnitie and concorde shal haue that thou haste promysed euen thy blessinge that is in this world abuÌdaunce of all good things pertaining ether to the body or to the soul and after our departure from thys vale of misery euerlasting life Lord let it so coÌe to passe Amen ¶ A praier to be preserued from the plage and orher dyseases AH Lorde as thou haste sette forthe in thy holy scriptures plenty of blessinges to them that feare the Leuit. xxvi De. xxviii ⪠Esaye c. v. xxiii xxx xi Ier. ix.xvi. and .xxix. Ezechi vii xiiii.xviiâ.xxxiii.xxxviii and wyth al diligeÌt obedience obediente dylygence walke in thy holy statutes ordynaunces so lykewise in the same haste thou setâorth innumerable curses plages to such as liue with oute all feare of the transgres thy blessed commandements Among other thy greuous punishmeÌts thou hast thretned the vngodlye to sende the plage and such other mortal diseases vpoÌ them and so to roote them oute from the face of the earth because of theyr disobedyence and rebellyon agaynst the theyr Lorde God ii Re. xxiii i Par. xxi Examples herof we haue manye in thy holy worde Ah good Lorde who can be fre from these and such other thy plagues Psa. cxxix if thou shouldeste dele with vs according to oure iniquites We are al synnefull Roma iii. The best of vs all are vnprofitable seruantes Luke xvii so that we caÌ fynd nothynge in ourselfs wherwith we maye worthelye eyther pacify thy wrathe styrred vp agaynst vs for our manifold wickednesse or turne awaye from vs those thy plages whyche we most iustelye haue deserued NotwythstaÌding there are whyche supersticiously for the appeasyng of thy anger for the dipsatch of corporal puniâhmentes cal vpon dead creatures and flee vnto domme Idolls as thoughe most present helpe wer to bee looked for of theym when in dede they canne do nothyng at all vnto our health neither concerning the bodi nor the soul. With suche Idolatours O good Lord haue we nothing to do although neuer so greuous synners For we are taughte by thy holy word nether to truste in Roche nor in Apoline neither in Agasse nor in Annes nether in ErkeÌwald nor in Grimbald nor yet in ani other creature eyther in heauen or in earth but in thy greate mercyes set forth in the precyous bloud of thy most dear sonne Iesu Christ for whose sake alone for whose merytes and good deedes alone thou art wel pleased with maÌ fauorest him delighteste in hym as a louing father in his dereli beloued sonne O mooste merciful God we fyndynge in our selfes a iust deserte of al those thy plages which thou art wonte to caste vpon the chyldren of men for theyr wyckednes so great and manifold is the nuÌber of our synnes and nothynge at all wherewâth we may in any parte be able to tourne awây thy heauye dyspleasure froâ vs are coâe at thys presente vnto the throne of thy mercie moost humblie beseching the in the name of Iesu Christe thy sonne and oure alone Mediatour and aduocate not to weyghe our sinnes wyckednesses ⪠but to coÌsider thy gret mercyes and louynge promyses and for Christes sake to putte away frome vs al such plages ãâã iii. and ⪠âvii Mark âii Luke iii. iâ ii Peter â as we moost iustelye haue deserued and to preserue vs in suche state of bodelye healthe that we maye liue and glorify thi blessed name Ah Lorde Psal. xxx Es xxxviii may dust giue thanks vnto the or shall that declare thy faithfulnes The graue praiseth not the death doth not magnifye the. They that go down into the graue prayse not thy truthe but the lyuynge yea the the lyuynge knowledge prayse and magnify the. Defende vs therefore O Lorde from the terrible plagues of thy fearful dyspleasure but aboue al thinges remoue from vs yâ dyseases of our mynde that we beynge whole in soule maye beholde the wyth a pure faythe and serue the with a clean hert Giue vs also the health of our body vnto our laste dayes that we enioyinge the healthe bothe of bodye and soule thorowe thy syngular benefite maye leade a quyet and healtheful life vnto thy honoure and glorye Amen A prayer to preserue the frutes of the earthe ⪠AT the beginning thou commaundest the earth O Lord to bringe forthe grene gras herbs Gene. i. and trees with their sedes and frutes ⪠that they myghte be meate to thy creatures lyuynge on the earthe both to manne and beaste After that depe and great floud wherin all liuing creaturs perished excepte Nohe and suche as were with him in the arck ⪠Gene. vii ii Peter ii not onelye herbes sedes and fruites gauest thou vnto man for to eat Gen. ix but also all other thy creatures that moue or lyue on the earthe whether it be fysh or foul Acteâ â Titus i. Rom xiiii i. Corin. x. i. Tim. iiii so that al thynges are pure to them that are pure nether can ani thing be comon or vnclene that thou hast made pure and cleane For al thy creatures O Lord god are good and none of them are to be refused if they be taken wyth thanckes geuynge For they are saÌctified by thi word and by prayer and were ordeined of the to be receiued with thanks geuynge of the faythfull of theÌ that knowe the truth Seing theÌ that thou alone art the creatoure and maker of al thyngs and hast prepared hearbes seedes fruits fyshe and fleshe to be meate for manne seynge also that without thy blessiÌg al these thy creatures prospere not nor yet come vnto a fortunate ende but growe out of kynde wyther awaye perysh dye and come to nought wee mooste humbly besech the to blesse vs al the frutes of the earth wyth al other thy creatures whych thou hast made for mans vse and profit i. Cori. iii. And forasmuch as neither he that plaÌteth nor he that watreth is anye thynge but thou O God which geuest the encrease grauÌt we pray the psal lxvii that the earthe maye geue forth her fruit prosperously and plenteously that we may enioy the same in due and conueniente tyme vnto oure greate ioye and comfort Let not the labors of our handes which we haue taken in thy name and accordinge to thy worde be found vaine and frustrate but accordynge to thy
god which caÌ not lie Titus i. Iohn ⪠xv thou art the self truth thou art faithful in thy words holy in al thy works Psal ⪠cxlv For accordyng to these thy louinge promises haste thou euer dealt with the children of men whensoeuer they repented turned vnto the. WheÌ they forsaked their sinful liuing called vpoÌ thi holi name thou forgauest al theyr siÌnes and he alest al theyr infyrmytyes Psal. cxxâ ⪠Thou sauedst their life from destruccioÌ and crowned them with merci louing kindnes For thou O Lord God art ful of compassion mercy loÌg sufferiÌg and of great goodnes Thou wilt not alwaye be chydynge neither wilt thou kepe thi anger for euer Neyther wylt thou deale with vs after our synnes nor yet reward vs accordyng to our wyckednes For loke how hye the heaueÌ is in coÌparysoÌ of the earth so great is thy mercy toward them that fere the. Loke howe wyde the East is from the West so far doest thou sette our synnes from vs. Yea like as a father pytyeth hys own children euen so art the mercyfull vnto them that feare thee For thou knowest whereof we be made thou remembrest that wee are but duste Esaye lx Eccle. xiiii Iacob i. â Petââ i. That a man in hys tyme is but as a grasse and florisheth as a flour of the field For as soone as the wynd goeth ouer it ⪠it is gone and the place therof knoweth it no more But thi merciful goodnes o lord eÌdureth for euer and euer vpon theÌ that fear the. Of this thy louynge kyndenes tender mercy who at anye time hath not tasted if he sought it with al his hert Forgauest thou not Dauid both hys whoredome and manslaughter wheÌ he repeÌted confessed hys syn Psa lxxxiii ii Reg. xii How oft didst thou call backe the plages of thy vengeaunce Iudi. x. ii Par. xii Iudiâ iiii when the chyldreÌ of Israel lamented theyr syns and turned vnto the How mercyful dyddest thou shew thy self to the Niniuites Ionas iii. when they repented humbled them selfs in thy sight Howe louynglye spakest thou to that synneful woman in thy gospel Luke vii and forgauest her al her sins because she repeÌted and beleued Peter thy disciple although most cowardly denying the Mat. xxâi after that he had bytterly wept and lamented his sins thou dyddest behold with thy merciful eye and fauorably receiuedst him again into the number of thi holi Apostles Luke xxiii One of theÌ that died with the beiÌg both a theif a murtherer after he had called vnto the for grace thou placest in Paradise and makest him partaker of thine eternall felicitye Mani other notable examples of thy greate mercyes fynde wee in the holy scriptures whyche wyll not suffer vs to despair of thi clemency and goodnes be our syns wickednesses neuer so manye but they rather do encourage vs boldely to come vnto the throne of thy grace ââbru iiii that wee maye receyue mercy and find grace to helpe in time of nede O most gentle sauiour thou art that moost louynge shepperd which diligeÌtly soughtest vp the wandering sheepe louyngely laydest it vpon thy shulders and tenderlye broughtest it home agayne Luke xv Seke vs vp which haue so long runne astraye laye vs vpon thy merciful shoulders and bryng vs home agayne vnto the companye of thy faythefull Thou arte that mooste mercyful Samaritan Luke x. which beholdiÌg the miserable state of the wouÌded maÌ with thy pitifull eie caÌmest vnto him madest clene his wouÌds pouredst in wine oil bouÌdedst them vp laydst the sick SamaritaÌ vpoÌ thi beast caridst him into the inne and neuer leaftest him til he was perfectly whole O most louynge sauyour vouchsafe also with thy merciful eie to loke vpoÌ our wretched state whiche wythoute thy helpe muste nedes peryshe Oure woundes are deadly woundes not able to be healed of anye eyther in heauen or in earth but of the alone which art the true Phisicion and alone healest theÌ that are contryte in herte Mathe. Esaye Luke â Esaye i. Oure hole head is syck and the heart is veri heauy FroÌ the sole of the foote vnto the head ther is no hole part in al our bodi but al are wouÌds botches sores and stripes which can neither be helped bounde vp molified nor eased with any ointmeÌ except thou puttest to thy helpyng hand Let it therfore please the of thy great goodnes to make clene our wounds to poure in the wine and oyl of spirituall gladnesse to binde them vp and neuer to leue vs til thou hast made vs perfectlye whole and broughte vs into thy heauenly kyngedome Heale thou vs o Lorde and we shall be healed ãâã xvii saue thou vs and we shal be saued ãâã âv Thou arte that mooste tender father whyche receiuedst home agayne wyth embracynge armes that lost sonne which had wasted all hys goodes wyth ryotous liuyng So soone as he returned vnto the repented him of hys dysorder confessed hys sinne and huÌbled himselfe in thi sight thou haddest compassion on him and ranne and fel on hys necke and kyssed hym Thou commaundedst thy seruaunts also to bryng forth that beste garment and put it on thy sonne and to put a ryng on hys hande and shooes on hys feete Thou gauest coÌmauÌdemeÌt agayne to fetche a fatte calfe and to kyll it and sayedst let vs eate and be meri for this mi soÌne was dead and is a liue againe he was lost and now is founde Shewe thys thy fauour O most geÌtle father to vs thy chyldreÌ also which haue vngodly bestowed the godly and vertuous gifts which thou both frendly and liberally gauest vnto vs. Thys our prodigall and licencious lyuiÌg sore greueth vs and we be hertely sory that we hauâ so greuously offended thy fatherly goodnes Notwythstandynge acccordynge to thy old wonte we moste humbly besech the for thy names sake to haue merci on vs Psal. xxv to forgeue vs our synnes to receiue vs againe into thi fauoure Take awai froÌ vs al oure old begerly ragges put on vs the newe garmeÌt of innoceÌcy that precius riÌg of fayth wherwith we ar maried vnto the Ose. ii those most godly shooes of the euangelike peace that wee maye walke from henceforthe in the wayes of thy holy commaundemeÌts Ephe. vi do that which is plesaÌt in thy sight Gyue vs grace so vnfaynedlye to repeÌt and to amend our lyfe Luke xv that the aungels of heauen maye reioyse at oure conuersion Psalms li. And so washe vs from oure syns more and more that at the laste we maye be cleane and appeare beautyfull in thy heauenlie fathers syght thorow the our onlye sauiour which wyth the same thy father and the holy ghoste lyuest and reignest one true euer lastynge God worldes wythoute ende Amen A prayer for a conpetente and necessarye lyuynge
our conuersacion and liuing that whatsoeuer we breth thyncke speake or do all thyngs may be done vnto the honour glorie and prayse of thy name whyche lyueste and raygneste wyth God the father and GOD the holy gost the true liuinge euerlastynge God worldes wythoute ende Amen A prayer vnto God in prosperity Iacob i. VUe are taughte in thy holye worde O moste merciful father that euerye good perfecte gifte commeth from aboue eueÌ from the the father of lyght that wee haue nothynge in thys worlde pertayninge eyther vnto the body or vnto the soule 1. Câri iiii that is prayse worthy but we haue it altogether of the forasmuch therefore as it hathe pleased the to opeÌ thy lyberal hande and plenteously to blesse me a wretched sinner âsal cxlv aboue many other the creatures wyth large and diuers benefites bothe bodely and ghostly I most huÌbly beseche the geue me grace not to be proude of these thi gifts nor licenciouslye to abuse them but alwayes mekely to acknoweledge the thalone geuer of them continually to be thanckeful vnto the for them and so to vse theÌ all the dayes of my lyfe vnto the glorye of thy holye name and the profyt of the Christen congregacyon that when so euer I shal departe from thys vale of miserye come before the glorious throne of thy diuine Maiesty I maye be founde a faythfull stewarde and heare these swete and comfortable wordes of the well thou good and faythful seruaunt thou hast bene faythful ouer fewe thyngs I wyll make the Ruler ouer manye thynges Math. xxâ ⪠Enter thou into the ioye of thy Lorde Graunt thys o mooste louing father for thi dere sonnes sake Iesus Christe oure Lorde and sauyoure Amen A Prayer vnto God in aduersitie THou alone O blessed Lorde by thi godly wisdome and heuenlye prouidence gouernest all thynges âap xiiii and sendest vnto vs thy creatures as semeth good to thi godli maiesti i. Regâ ii somtime welth somtime pouerti somtime health sometime sicknes somtyme prospeâââie sometime aduersitie as thou dost appoint so doth it chaÌs vnto vs. It hathe pleased the at thys present for my deserts worthely to lay the crosse of aduersity vpon my shulders whych I freli confesse I haue moste iustlye deserued and yet not withstanding I am perfectly perswaded that it is thy mooste gentle and louinge visitacion Prouer. iii. yea and an euident token not of thyne anger and heauy displeasure Hebru xii Apoca. iii. but of thy fatherly loue and harty good wyll toward me i. Corin. xi whyle on this manner thou correctest me in thys worlde that I maye not bee condemned wyth thys wycked worlde My synnes I graunte O heauenlye father haue deserued a more greuous bytter crosse whych in dede haue ful oft deserued veri hel but thou consyderyng my frayle and weke nature dealest not wyth me after my deseruynges but accordynge vnto thy greatst mercyes Uouchsafe therefore o moste louing sauyour to geue me thy holy spirit which may worke in mi hart such thankefull pacyence and pacyent thaÌkefulnes that euer I grudge nor murmure agaynst thy blessed wyll Ecclesâ ii but continuallye call on thy holye name wyth hartye prayers and euen from the very botom of the heart prayse and magnify the my heuenly father Psalmâ i. beyng wel coÌtented to suffer what so euer thy good pleasure shall be to laye vpoÌ me nothyng doubtynge but that thou wylt here after mercifullye looke vpon me and restore vnto me the fruicâon and enioyinge of thy former benefites that I seyng again good and prosperous dayes on the earth may lyue and synge vnto thy godlye Maiestye contynuall praises and most harty thanckes thorow Iesus Christ oure Lorde to whome wyth the and the holye Ghoste be all glory and honoure for euer and euer Amen â A thanksgeuyng vnto God for sendynge his sonne into this world to die for our sins VUither soeuer we tourn our eyes O mooste louynge and heauenlye father the bottoÌlesse seas of thyne vnspeakeable goodnesse towarde mankynde plenteouslye stowe in and lyuely offer theÌ selfs vnto vs to beholde and to wonder at Esay xxiiii After thee fall of the sinnefull angels what an exceadynge greate kyndenesse was thys Iob. iiii to make man after thy similitude image liknesse ii Peter ii that he and hys posteritye myght furnyshe and occupy those places in thy gloryous kyngedome Gene. ii whych the proude and dysobedient aungels loste for theyr proude dysobedyeÌce disobedieÌt pride Not only to place man in earthe but also to prouyde aforehande all things necessary for hym yea to make hiÌ Lorde and ruler of al thyngs contayned in the earth vnder yâ hys Lorde GOD Psalmâ ââ O what a woÌderfull louynge kyndenes was thys Again to preserue kepe defend man to watch continually vppon hym whether he wake or slepe as the deligeÌt and carefull shepherd watcheth ouer his flock that no euyl chance to man to dyrrecte hys thoughtes counsells deuyses vnto the best neuer leauinge hym til thou haste broughte hym into thy heuenly kyngedome O who is able with tong to expresse or wyth herte to thyncke thys thy hertye good wil towarde manne These benefites O most merciful father are exceadynge greate tokens of thy deare loue toward mankind but the gyft of thi onelye begotten sonne Iesu Christe our Lorde Mathe. i. ii Timo. ii Ephesi ii ⪠whom thou gauest vnto vs to be our sauyoure oure redemer i. Cor. i. our peacemaker our wysdome our santificacion and our ryghteousnesse is the most excellent gift most precius treasure A chylde to be born for our sakes The sonne of the most hiest God to be geuen vs for a newe yeares gifte Esaye âx to be our owne for euer O loue passynge all loue O kyndenes rather to be merueled at theÌ able by mouth to be vttered Iohn iii. God the father so derely to loue the world that he wold geue his only begotten sonne that euery one that beleueth in him maye not pearishe but haue euerlastyng life God the father to sende hys soÌne into the worlde not to condeÌne the world but that the worlde thorowe hym shuld be saued God the father not to spare his own sonne but to delyuer hym eueÌ vnto death for vs al yea with him eueÌ to geue vs al thinges O most gentle kiÌdnesse excellyng al loue kindnes Romaââ v. WoÌderfully O moost louing father doth this thing set forth thy herti loue toward vs that wheÌ we wer yet vngodly wycked sinners thou gauest thi sonne to dye for our sins Esaye âiii Math vâiâ i. Peter ii He was wounded for oure offences and smitten for our wyckednes The paine of our punishmeÌt laiedst thou vpon him with hys stripes were we healed Thorow him O lord dyddest thou pardon all our sins It was thy good plesure to smyte hym with infyrmity