AN EPItome of the Psalmes or briefe meditacions vpon the same with diuerse other moste christian prayers translated by Richard Tauerner Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum 1539 TO THE MOST MYGHTY and most redoubted price HENRY the VIII Kynge of Englande and of Fraūce Defensor of the Fayth lorde of Irelād and in earth supreme head immediatly vnder CHRIST of the church of Englande hys most hūble seruaūt Rychard Tauerner desyreth all felicitie ioye and encrease of lawfull posteritie PLease it your excellēt Maiestie to vnderstande that where as more then thre yeares passed my verye good lorde and olde mayster my lorde Priuie seale for such qualities as he thought to haue espyed in me whych I my selfe neuertheles acknowlege not preferred and delyuered me vp vnto your graces seruice and sythens that tyme to thintent he wolde make me the more hable mete to serue your hyghnes in my callyng hath enured me with dyuerse translacions and other exercises So it is moost gracious and moost redoubted soueraigne lorde that amōges other thynges he hath cōmytted thys boke of prayers to my pennynge translatynge into the Englysh tongue The selue prayers no doubte be excellent pure syncere godly Christian. But my translacion I feare is rude base vnpleasaunt grosse and barbarouse I feare I saye lest accordynge to the prouerbe I shal rēder pro aureis ferrea lest of good latine I haue made euil English lest I haue turned wyne into water My courage good wyll is much thexpectacion of myne olde Mecoenas is of me great finally the celsitude of youre maiestie requyreth no base thyng But I am sore afrayed that myne industrie herin imployed shal answere nether to your maiesties most royal dignitie nether to my sayd lordes expectacion nether yet to myne owne good wyl desyre Neuertheles how so euer my translacion is for vnto your maiesties moost exacte iudgement censure as vnto another Aristarchus I moost humbly submyt it certes the incomparable benignitie of your moost gracious person hath impelled me wyth a bolde spirite to offer and dedicate the frutes of these my labours vnto y e same to thintent that vnder the moost noble patrocinie of youre royall name the boke maye the more plausibly and gredely be deuoured of your louynge subiectes Truth it is that my poore degre basenesse of condicion is farre vnmete to offer any thynge vnto your moost excellent hyghnes Howbeit yf Hethen kinges haue very thākfully receyued of their subiectes hādes Pome granates hādfuls of water and such other tryflyng thynges estemyng rather the prompt and ready wyl of the gyuers than the pryce of the thynges gyuen yf also Christ hymselfe our myghty sheperde whose vicare for the church realme of Englande youre maiestie is recognised not onely accepted but also preferred the two minutes of y e poore wydowe afore the precious oblacions of the rych personages I doubt not but your maiestie beyng a christiā Kynge and such a kynge woll not ingratelye receyue at youre humble seruauntes hande these hys symple lucubracions whych tende to the hygh benefyte edificacion and cōmoditie of youre graces people But leste wyth my loquacitie I myght be an impediment vnto youre moost serious occupacions I make an ende The God of peace and of consolacion graunte that lyke as your hyghnes most lyke vnto the godlye kynge Ezechias ernestly go about the perfecte instauracion of the true religion and thauauncement of gods glorie all false religion destroyed so he woll vouchsaue to sende you the thynge that the most wyse kynge Salomō estemed for the swetest and beste porcion of mans lyfe and for a treasure inestimable that is to wyte a prudent and wyse lady to your maiesties wyfe and to our youre moost addicte subiectes Quene whyche accordynge to the voyce of the prophete maye be as a frutfull vyne in your maiesties house furnyshed wyth chyldren lyke olyue braūches roūde about your graces table For lo thus shall the man be blessed sayeth he whyche feareth the Lorde What shall we saye God hath alredy herde our moost ardent vowes and peticions Thys lady moost excellente is prepared of thalmyghtye for your maiestye she is in iorney readye to be transported into your graces realme The God of spirites mought so tempre and breath the weather and so graciously conducte her in her iorney as she maye moost happely arriue at the tyme desyred into your graces presens to the full contentacion of your hartes desyre to the plausible expectacion of your graces subiectes and fynally to the true honoure and glorie of almyghty God For the accomplishmente wherof we all wyth one accorde mought poure out these prayers folowing semblable to the Lorde of all Amen Domine saluum fac Regem ⧠A GENErall Confession of synnes vnto God dayly to be sayde of the christen person O Moste mercyful lorde god and moste tendre deare father vouche safe I hertely beseche the to loke downe with thy fatherly eyen of pytye vpon me moste vile wretched synner which lye here prostrate before the fete of thy botōles mercy For I haue synned agaynst the trone of thy glory before the o father in so muche y t I am nomore worthy to be called thy son Neuertheles forasmuch as thou arte the god father of al comforte and agayne desyrest not the death of the synner but lyke a true Samaritane takest thought of my sely woūded soule make me I praye the by infoūdyng thy preciouse oyle of comforte into my woundes ioyefully to rūne with the loste son vnto the lap of thyne euerlastyng pytie For lo y u arte my hope and truste in whom I only repose my selfe hauyng in the full confydence and fayth and so I say with very herte I beleue in the o god the father in the o god the son and in the o god the holy ghost thre persons and one true and very god besyde whom I knowledge none other god in heuin aboue nor in earth beneth Yea and I accuse my selfe vnto the deare father that I haue greuously offended thy almighty goodnes and maiestie in the cōmyttyng of myne aboundaunt and manifold synnes For I haue not kepte the leaste of thy most godly cōmaundementes lyke as thy ryghteousnes maye demaunde the same of me I haue I saye not honoured the lyke my god drad the lyke my lord loued the lyke my father trusted in the lyke my creatour and sauiour Thy holy and dradfull name vnto whom all glory and honour belongeth haue I vsed in vayne I haue not sanctified the holy dayes w t workes whiche be acceptable vnto the nor instructing my neygheboure in vertue accordingly I haue not honoured my parentes nor bene obedient vnto them through whom as by an instrumēt thou hast wrought my cōmyng into this worlde The highe powers and rulers whiche take theyr authoritie of the I haue not bene wyllyngly obedient vnto I haue not kepte my herte pure from manslaughter yea had not thy grace defended me
the better I shulde haue coÌ„mitted the very dede also In lyke wyse I am not pure from thefte from aduowtry from false witnes bearyng but haue in my herte wished and desyred my neighbours goods and thinges I haue folowed the prynce of thys worlde Satan whiche hathe bene a lyer from the begynnyng in concupiscence of the fleshe in pryde of lyuing in lyeng in deceitfulnes in lechery in hatred and enuy in backebytyng in dispayre and misbeleue My fyue wittes haue I fouly mis-spent in hearyng seyng smellyng tasting and fealing which thou hast gyuen me to vse vnto thy honour to the edification and profite of my neyghbour But in what maner so euer that I haue offended and synned agaynst thy maiesty for noman knoweth throughly his synnes as thy prophete witnesseth whither it hath bene by daye or by nyght euen from my chyldhode vnto this daye were it in wordê workes or thoughtê secretly or openly my mercyful god I am sory for it euen from the very botom of my herte Yea my soule mourneth for sorowe most mercifull father that I am not a thousande tymes soryer then I am Howbeit in token of repentaunce thoughe all hertes be knowen wel ynough vnto the I knocke and stryke my breaste and say in bytternes of soule Lorde god father haue mercy Lorde god son haue mercy lorde god holy ghost haue mercy Spare me of thyne infinite mercy deare lorde nowe and at the dayes of my lyfe let me haue parte of thyne aboundaunt grace so as I maye chaunge my synfull lyfe and put out of me the olde man with all his euyll concupiscence and also that I may dye vnto the world and that the worlde may be vnto me a crosse and so go forth in a newe lyfe Strengthen me o lorde in a trewe humble herte in perfecte loue hope and truste in the. Gyue my soule the grace to desyre the only in the onely to reioyce and repose my selfe and y e I may vtterly renounce and forsake the vayne affyaunce of this worlde so that thou mayste fynde me ready with the good seruaunt in the mydnyght of my death whiche shall sodenly steale vpon me lyke a thefe ere I be ware Be thou vnto me at that time of nede o lord a toure of streÌ„gth a place of refuge and a defensable god namely agaynste the face of the fende who lyke a roryng lyon shal be then moste ready to deuoure me and agaynst desperacioÌ„ which then shall be busy to greue me Let then thy comforte cleaue faste vnto me thy mercy kepe me and thy grace guyde me Fetche then agayne Lorde god father that whiche thy puyssaunt myght hathe shapen Fetche then againe lorde son that which thou hast so wysely gouerned bought with thy preciouse bloude Take agayne then lorde holy ghoste that whiche thou haste kepte and preserued so louyngly in this region of synne and vale of misery thre persons and one very god vnto whom be prayse and honour for euer and euer AMEN ⧠THE EPITOME OF PSALMES TRANSLATED BY RICHARDE TAVERNER A prayer for true Godlynes PSALM I. O LORDE god and father I beseche the by Christ our lorde that of thyne iÌ„finite mercy thou kepe me so as at no time I folowe the counsayles eyther of the wicked which knowe the not or of hypocrytes which with herte seke the not and that I entre not in the way of synners w t a minde to fulfyll the desyres and workes of the fleshe But rather when so euer throughe fraylty of this olde and corrupte nature I shall chaunce to run a straye as no man is voyde of synne thou wilte cause me to stey and plucke my fote backe agayne Kepe me that I syt not in the seate of pestilent scorners which clokyng theyr pharisaicall and deuelysh intentes coÌ„demne in other men thy veritie and gospel Go to bring to passe by thy holy spirite that I may bren in desyre of thy lawe that vpon thauauncement of thy worde my mynde may alway be occupyed y t I maye euermore chuse that is moste pleasaunt to the and hate that bothe in my selfe and in other whiche to the is displeasaunt Make I pray the that I may be a tree planted by the swete ryuers of gostly waters to the intent I maye bryng forthe fruite to thy glory and profyte of my neyghbour as often as thou shalte ministre time and occasion therunto lest my leaues that is my wordes and workes shulde fade fall away but that al thinges may prospere whatsoeuer I shal do in thy name Assyste me I pray the that I may take rote in the grounde of lyfe least with the vngodly lyke chaffe and duste I be blowen abrode by the moste perniciouse wynde of this world And graunt that I may stande in the iudgement and in the assemblie of the ryghteouse that I may entre into iudgement without punyshment and escape euerlasting damnacion Amen For the true knowledge of Christe psalm 2. LOrde if at any tyme for thy names sake this worlde shall furiously trouble me then with pacience and streÌ„gth of spirite arme thou me and be thou at hande that I maye braste the bandes and counsayles of the vngodly and cast away that vnfruitful yoke of the synfull conscieÌ„ce and fear of damnacion which euyls thou o lorde that haste thy residence in heauen doste scorne Graunt that I may stande faste in y e statutes and preceptes of thy son our lorde Iesu Christe whiche be honest studyes to helpe my neyghbour procedyng of fayth vnfeined y e which Iesus thou haste proclaymed kyng ouer Syon thy holy hyll that is amonges the faythful christiaÌ„s so as he only may rule me by the spirite of his mouth which to that intente was made thy son in time appoynted that thou the father shuldest adopt and chuse me into thine eternal heritage by whom nowe I am partetaker of thy kyngdome and coheyre with him Graunt lorde that I may with true awe euer more serue the but not with the false and feyned seruyce of the world neither yet coÌ„streynedly but of a franke spirite and syncere trouthe obeyeng neuerthelesse to all temporall power and humane ordinauÌ„ces whyle they be not agaynst thy worde y t I maye attayne vnto the vnspeakeable ioye of thy promises for thy wordes sake not doubtyng of my saluacion and that I maye louyngly obey thy fatherly chastisemeÌ„t for surely sharpenes of correccioÌ„ maketh that we lose not the way of trouth Ah good god gyue me grace that in the I maye continually and fastly hope and of the loke for all thynges by Christe our lorde So be it A commune prayer to the lorde for healpe in aduersitie psalm 3. FOrasmuche as many o Lorde ryse maliciously against me and say within theÌ„ selues there is surely no health to be loked for from god vnto this felowe take thou me vp I pray the be thou my shylde and my succour and replenysh thou me with true glory in thy syght to the intent I may boste
the hertes Psalm 24. REnue me shape me agayne O Lorde for thyne is the worlde and all that is therin that I may be able to clyme vp vnto thy mount to abyde in thyne holy cytie to receaue at thy handes helth blessynge mercy and ryghteousnes Let me be as a person new borne of the let me ensearch the alwaye O Christ kynge of glory haue thou an euerlastynge raygne in me for thou arte stronge ynough thou arte puyssaūt myghtye in battell and Lorde of hoostes yea let the boūdes and lymytes of thy kyngdome stretch throughe the worlde Cause all mē to do theyr homage and sute vnto the as to the most glorious conquerour of synne death and hell Amen To be admytted one of Gods flocke Psalm 25. TO the Lorde I lyfte vp my herte and my soule my God I truste in the put me not to reproche that myne enemyes haue no cause to laugh at me No man shal be shamed that trusteth in the. Shewe me thy waye teache me thy pathes preserue me from wickednes and vnbelefe that I swarue not from the rule and touche stone of thy worde Guyde me in thy trouth teach me for thou arte the God of my helthe and sauetie and daylye do I longe for the. Lorde remēber not my faultes and mysdemenours whyche frō my chyldhode I haue cōmytted one vppon anothers necke neyther call thou to remembraūce my stony dulnes and blynde ignoraunce but rather thynke on thy tender mercye whych thou hast cōtinued towardes those that thou haste chosen from the begynnynge of the worlde neyther is there any mā that can stoppe the from thyne accustomed wonte Wherfore I beseche the that I also maye be partaker of thy gracious goodnes accordyng to the depth of thy mercy for thou Lorde art ryghteous and good therfore thou canst not but warne synners whan they wandre frō thy waye that they ones taught by thy spirite shuld walke in spirite and truth and returne from wylsomnes Doubtles Lorde thy wayes be good and faythfull of thy mere kyndnes thou dost promyse thy promyse thou kepest faythfully to all such as kepe the condicions of thy couenaunt I meane the ten cōmaundementes and whose hertes desyre is set in y e and in thy wordes both daye and nyght Go to Lorde call me to be one of thys nombre for thy names sake pardon me my gyltes whych be excedynge greate Make me to feare the teache me the waye thou beste allowest make my soule to dwell in these thy good pauillions Let thy chyldren beynge ones taught thy worde and embrasynge the true fayth in the be thyne heyres accordynge to thy promyse whych arte Lorde of heauen erth Be oure staye that we fall not from fayth declare vnto vs thy heauenly secretes thy couenaūt vnknowen to fleshe and bloude Thys to do is thy most pure grace whych by fayth we receaue as in a vessell where by we attayne to know y e whych knowlege of the vndoubtedly no man can haue onles he hath takē it of the by Iesus Christe My eyes be fixed alwayes vpō the draw backe my feete from the snare of synne from ignoraunce and frō goynge astraye loke towardes me haue mercy vpon me for I am left alone very heuy How excedynge greate is the ignoraunce of my herte Leade me I besech the out of these straytes and necessities Lorde loke vpō my distresse wype awaye my synnes Thou knowest howe many enemyes I haue lyenge in my necke and whych kepe backe the knowlege of the which haue bytterly hated me Fence therfore my soule in thys strayte Plucke me out of thys ignoraunce for in the is my trust otherwyse I shulde vtterly fal to grounde All godly honeste true herted and ryghteous persons woll the same that I woll and make request vnto the for y e same I meane that we myghte be delyuered from the grosse darkenes of our herte Assuredly it cam only of thy goodnes that hytherto I fel not awaye from the company of the godly that yet dayly I loke for ayde from the and that I cōtinue after a maner in this trade of good lyuynge Lorde God vouchsafe to deliuer Israel thy people whych trusteth to the and hangeth vpon thy hādes from all theyr tribulacions by Christ our Lorde So be it For continuaunce in Christ. Psal. 26. LOrde be thou my iudge and defēde me from the wyckednes of myne aduersaries strengthen my truste that I haue towarde the that I slyde not pourge myne herte and raynes for I loke onely vpon thy mercye that by fayth and truste vnto the truth I maye please the and continually walke therin So order my thynges as I haue nought to do with the wycked nor be of coūsel wyth them but in y e church of innocentes of beleuers and of sayntes kepe thou me in whyche churche O lorde thou makest thy abode and kepeste thy resydence so that I maye heare the swete voyce of thankes gyuynge of prayse and of the rehersal of thy maruelles and benefytes to thyntent I also maye thanke and prayse the. Take not awaye my soule wyth y e vngodly nor my lyfe wyth the bloudye let me walke innocently in the safe conduyte of thy grace Delyuer me haue pytie on me let my feete stāde fast in y e brode felde at large out of the prison of synne that in all assebles I myghte prayse and auaunce the my redemer and sauiour for euer Amen For strength and encrease of fayth Psalm 27. ILluminate my herte Lorde and so helpe thou me that I nede to feare no man be thou my herte of cōforte y t I be not dismayed thoughe the whole worlde aryse agaynst me In thy house let me styll dwell that I maye beholde and enioye thy delices and pleasures I meane that I maye fele ioye in the holy spirite aswell concernynge forgeuenesse of my synnes as the inheritaūce of heauen that is geuen me Let me visyte thy holy temple that is thy chosen flocke in whome thou dwellest Let me go about my busynes safly protected vnder thy wynges and rered vpon Christ my rocke Let me be founde no churle for y e benefites I haue taken at thy handes Thy name let me honoure wyth chearful herte in the church of sayntes Herkē O Lorde tenderly to my voyce lamentably cryenge vnto the be pytyful heare me graciously for my hert hunteth for the and wolde God we mought dayly more and more trace the out and continually increase frō fayth to fayth Hyde not thy face frō me Me thy seruaūt in thyne anger cast not awaye be myne aydour and defensoure fayle me not Thy helpynge hande O lorde god of helth wythdrawe not from me in thys my syckenes and malady My chefe frēdes haue forsaken me but thou O Lorde take me and let me fele sensibly that thou hast taken me Tel me thy wayes leade me the moost redye and gaynest waye because of myne enemyes whych be excedyng many agaynst whome yf I be destitute deuoyde
I remembre he is sente of the agaynste me to my profite and auayle Turne awaye from me destruccion leste by the dredfull stroke of thy hāde I vtterly perysh Heare Lorde my humble prayers requestes let my teares enter vnto y e. Syt not styll for I am a straūger wyth y e as were my forefathers Slacke a lytle thy hande that thus preasseth me so as beyng a lytle eased I may yet ones loke vp afore I dye Graunt me the comforte of thy spirite that I may espye thy fatherly kyndnes where as nowe thou she west euen the extremite of a iudge vnto me whyche haue moost haynously I can not but confesse synned against the. But haue mercy on me O Lorde for thy names sake So be it That in peryll one shulde vtterly offre hym selfe to Christ. Psalm 40. BOwe the O Lorde vnto me for vpon the is myne attendaunce heare my lamentable crye Out of the horrible pytte of woo wherinto I am cast delyuer me Thy name be my hope let me not bowe asyde to y e proude holowe herted Haue thou mercy on me most deare father for Iesus Christ thy sōnes sake whych by the only euerlastynge sacrifice of hys owne body wyped away all our sinnes on y e crosse brought vs home againe vnto the made vs of damned persons ryghteous And thys thy wyll by al the prophetes was afore declared Thys Christ thy sōne hath taughte vs thy ryghteousnes by which through thy gracious fauoure we be iustified and hath opēly at the tyme appoynted performed the thynge that lōge afore was shewed to the fathers vnder shadowes and fygures whych be nowe passed broughte to an ende neyther doest thou nowe requyre of vs any other thynge but that in thy sonne we be hoole gyuen offred sanctifyed and consecrate vnto the. For thys thy welbeloued sōnes sake continue thy mercy towardes me Let thy good wyl and grace alwayes defende me for lo innumerable daungers haue assaulted me on euery syde Exceadynge many I confesse be my offēces and therfore am I clene voyde of coūsayle what to do But o lorde restore me agayne into my former degre Hastē the I saye to ayde me Suche as couete to spyll the lyfe of my soule make them departe from me And agayne let thē be glad that seke the and whych loue thy saluacion wherwyth thou delyuerest vs so that we alway may sprede abrode thy name Uyle and wretched am I Lorde but take thou charge of me help me restore me Thou shalt not differ thy grace from me o my god for the glorye of thy name Amen For a swete and styll herte Psalm 41. THis fauoure and grace o lorde shewe thou me that all my lyfe longe I maye succoure and releue to my power y e necessite of the nedy aswell w t gostly helpes as with corporal and y t I may employ y t labour vpon the. For doutles what so euer is bestowed vpon thē the same thou rekenest bestowed on the. Pytie thou me O Lorde heale the woundes of my soule for agaynst y e haue I trespassed delyuer me from myne enemyes whyche busye them selues to noye me that they reioyse not ouer me Hereby shall I vnderstande thy good wyll towarde me in that thou vouchsauest to cut myne enemyes combes so as they triumphe not ouer me whych had thought to haue gyuē me a foule fall Therfore lorde God of Israel to y e be glory prayse and thankynges eternall So be it A prayer of the vexed conscience Psalm 42. LYke as in a forest the herte gapeth for thurst at the foūtaynes of waters O Lorde God so doutles my soule thursteth for desyre of the. My soule I saye longeth after the that valiaunt lyuynge God But alas whē shal I entre in to beholde thy graciouse face Shewe thy selfe my Lorde How ofte shall it be sayd vnto me where is thy God I being thus troubled shall water my soule wyth stremes of teares wythin my selfe but neuertheles thys grefe of herte thy comfortable countenaūce shall aswage Oh what ayleth the my soule what thynge troubleth y e what toylest thou what rēnest thou hyther and thyther Se thou truste in the Lorde to whome shortely be thou ryghte well assured I shall haue cause to rendre moost louynge thākes for my delyuery receaued at hys handes accordinge as hymselfe hath commaunded that in welth prosperite we shulde prayse hys clemency and bountyfull goodnes the worker therof and againe in aduersite we not forgettynge hys promyses shulde praye for helpe Suffer that a day of comforte maye spryng vnto me then shall I hyghly blowe abrode and auaunce thy name In the meane season steye me vp wyth continuall remembraūce of thy promyses and former benefytes that thoughe I be oppressed wyth euyls yet I dyspayre not Teache me O lorde the due forme of prayer to the intent my peticion maye the better be herde Amen For the edificacion of the church Psal. 43. MY quarell O Lorde discusse thou agaynst the vngodly panymes From lyers and malicious wretches delyuer me for thou God art my strength By the I wyll set my foote agaynste the helly power but O Lorde why nowe doest thou pusshe me from the why walke I thus heuy why in thys my trouble doest thou not comforte me Wyth the lyghte therfore of thy spirite replenyshe my herte O my Lorde in such wyse as hauyng the experimēt of the thynge in dede I maye gyue credite to the truth of thy promyse and by the same be conduited to thy holy moūte to the pauilions of thy chosen to the realme of lyght to the heritage eternall to thintent that I cōtemnynge y e proude bragges and thretes of y e vngodly may manfully holde on my iorney vnto the o lorde the well of my ioye so myght blase thy name and for the grace of thy continuaūce rendre due thankes accordyngly So be it A prayer of the church for redempcion Psalm 44. HOw straungely Lorde dydest thou auaūce thy people in olde tyme whan thou gauest thē the lāde of behest that thou dyddest promyse them and draue out the Cananeys For the chyldren of Israell not by theyr owne powers but by thy fauoure conquered the lande In lykewyse thou haste made vs heyres of the heauenly countrey not of our deserte but of thy pure grace whom in Christe afore the worlde was made thou chase Wherfore to the we owe of ryght to rendre continuall thankes But nowe thou hast also dryuen vs forth in such wyse as we be a reproche mockynge stocke to the vngodly panyms which coūt vs vnworthy whom the earth shuld beare who do greuously vexe torment vs both in body and mynde Many of vs are wrapped in errours all of vs be ashamed whan we consyder how the vngodly haue preuayled agaynst vs. Certes we maye be lykened to shepe readye to be slayne They thynke to please the by the slaughter of vs. What shall we attempt to do beyng thus enuironed wyth
Lorde and rydde me from myne enemyes whych seke to drawe me away from thy true seruice In thy comforte let me reioyse and be full of spirituall ioye let me I saye euer brute thy name not beynge vnmyndful of thy benefytes and releue me most pytifull God accordynge to thy worde whych is nothynge but truth Most tender father shewe me that thy ioyfull helth So be it A prayer vpon the psalme of Miserere for the wypynge awaye of synnes renuaunce of strength and spirite Psal. 51. HAue mercy on me God accordynge to thy great tendernes of herte for I am sore pressed wyth synnes I can beare them no lōger of thy bountyful mercy wype away my trespas Tenne thousande myllions of golde I owe the Lorde I am not able to paye I can not discharge my selfe Washe me cleane frō my errours clēse me not only of my synnes passed but also of my hoole lyfe to come Wyth the ploungynge of spirite in the fyre of thyne illuminacion baptyse me whyche is the myght and strēgth of baptisme which we receaued in our chyldhod The same spirite mought alway cōduyte vs tyl y e infecciō vyce which we haue dronkē in by Adā be perfectly takē away in the moūte of flesh I knowlege o lord my transgressiō afore myne eyes are my trespases my studies and doynges be al together synne Certes vnto the alone haue I synned iuste and true arte thou in the worde of thy promyse whiche Christe declared vnto vs I meane that by him our synnes be released Yf eyther the vngodly persons or myne vnfaythfull consciēce wyll stryue agaynst the holde plee that thou forgeuest not the beleuer vndoubtedly thou shalte ouercome them and proue thē lyers Declare thy truth graūt grace so as my synnes beynge forgeuen I may knowlege thy bountye truth for in wyckednes borne I was and in synnes my mother conceaued me so that of my nature what so euer I am I am but synne Thys my knowlegynge of the truth I wote wel is ryght acceptable vnto the wher as in y e most parte of other persons thou hast eyther hydde the same or made it vnknowen Purge and sprynkle me wyth the bloud of Iesu Christ thyn vnspotted lambe Yf thou wash me I shal be as whyte as snowe so shal I receaue these glad tydynges into my herte that my synnes be forgeuen Replenysh my bones wyth the ioye of spirite whych now consyderinge thy sharpe iudgementes be al to shakē and brused For my spirite is stryken into a deadly dompe and therfore my bones be dryed vp Turne away thy face from my synnes and then for ioye of thy fauourable forgyuenes I shall forget thē Myne owne proper workes Lorde examyne not roughly whych I cōfesse be nothynge but synnes Yea yf thou laye them to my charge as I haue deserued I muste nedes abyde the chylde of dānacion Thyne vnspeakeable mercye wyth humble prayer I demaūde and craue vpon the whych thou hast promysed sayenge Hys synnes I wyl not remēbre Do away therfore my synnes A cleane herte my god make in me restore in me a wyllynge and ryghte spirite Banysh me not frō thy syght blinde not mine eyes Let not an vnrepentaunt herte growe in me neyther let me dispayre on thy goodnes Denye me not thy holy gooste take not awaye agayne from me y t which thou hast ones gyuē Render solace vnto me for doubtles the helth and saluacion which I loke for in Christ doth assuredly appease ascertayne my conscience vpon remission of my synnes Stablysh me wyth the spirite of lybertie so shall I beynge in fayth and spirite purified and made stronge teach the wycked and suche as know the not the waye that leadeth vnto the so that they also shall be turned vnto the. Lorde God discharge me of my hydde and houge synnes which be knyt to my corrupt nature I meane werynes of thy worde grutchyng agaynst thy commaundemētes and blasphemy My tonge then beynge furnyshed wyth boldnesse of spirite shall frankely wythout tremblynge teach confesse blowe abrode thy ryghtuousnes wythout whyche no man is ryghtuous Lorde thou shalt open my lyppes then my mouth shall set forth thy prayses and thy wayes Graunt me such mouth and wysedome as myne aduersaries shall not be able to stryue against namely in the quarel of thy worde Indowe me wyth grace to thyntent I may offre sacrifices of thankes for nothing els verely requyrest thou Albeit yet thou despysest not the oblacion and sacrifyce of a contrite spirite I meane the mortifyenge of oure owne luste and wyll and of that olde Adam that soiourneth in vs vntyll we maye be able to offre the sacrifice of thankes and wyth glad semblaunt embrace celebrate thy ryghtuousnes espyed in the releasynge of our synnes Wherfore for as muche as we of our selues can perfourme nothynge that good is blesse thou O Lorde of thy benignitie and fatherly beneuolence thy Christen people Let the walles of Hierusalem be made vp agayne by thyne auctoritie let good workemen be sette on worke I meane true teachers pastours and prophetes and let vs be fashioned for lyuely stones to the holy buyldynge let them edifye the people ryghtely let vs obey theyr instructions duly Thou art the good man of y e house thurst thou oute the workemē into the haruest that they maye gather by thy worde of fayth the people now rype and redy to be reaped into y e heauēly barnes which workemen onles thou sende forth shall runne of themselues vaynly For how shulde they preach not beynge sent Surely in vayne we shal auaunce eyther our learnyng or habilite yf thou tempre not the successe of our thynges yf thou forther not our doynges yf thou sende vs not Lo then thou shalt receaue continual sacrifices of ryghteousnes for on thy aulter we shal then laye the bullockes fatte sacrifices of oure lyppes yea and our owne selfes therto praysynge and worshyppynge the wythout styntynge Amen For renouncynge the company of hypocrites Psal. 52. MOost holy Lorde let vs beyng instructed and furnyshed wyth thy grace cast vp the wyly and malicious mē which cā beare no truth but gyue thē selues to lyes trustyng to the vayne helpes of thys worlde Brouse thou them O Lorde rote them out of the lande of the lyuinge persones whych thynge whā y e ryghtuous folke shall se they shall feare the and reioyce Graunt that wyth an vnconquerable truste we maye alwaye leane to the onely let vs not resemble the baren corrupt trees but let vs be founde lyke to y e ranke and fruteful olyues in thyne house Upon thy name let vs set our hope vppon thy name I saye that is so good and that helpeth moost redely all them that earnestly call theron lyke as in thy holynes is euidentlye espyed Wherfore let vs also rendre vnto the euerlastynge thankes syth in vs thou workest and heapest vpō vs all those benefytes and commodities So be it For delyueraunce out of the deuyls bondage Psal. 53.
earth yelde vnto the glorye and prayse and vnto vs frutes for our foode and sustenaūce Thou God the father blesse vs thou God the sōne blesse vs thou god y e holy goost blesse vs. O y t all the costes of the earth Lorde God wolde feare stāde in awe of the. Wolde God also that I mought studye to worke nomā eyther pleasure or displeasure y t shulde be agaynst thy wyll Amen For consolacion and concorde of Christes church Psalm 68. ARyse Lorde let thyne enemyes be scattered thy haters put to flyght the ryghtuouse and Christes disciples made pleasaūt and mery Let them synge prayses pleasaunt songes vnto the let them blowe abrode thy magnificēce let thē most hyghly auaūce thy Maiestye let thy glorye growe let the kyngdome of Christ from heauen amonge y e chosen be enlarged be thou the father of the fatherlesse the iudge of the wydowes and the protectour of them namely whom the worlde forsaketh whose consciences be troubled whome the worlde pursueth for Christes sake whych be nedye wrapped full of myserye In thy house O Lorde let vs dwel in peace and concorde gyue vs al one herte one mynde one interpretacion vpō thy worde Plucke of the bādes aswell from the consciences as from the bodyes of the myserable captyues and of them also whych as yet be hedged in wythin the lystes of death vnaduisedly striue agaynst grace How drye Lorde is thyne heritage I pray the poure downe largely the showres of thy graces let a more plenteous frutfulnes chaūce let thy people be strengthened with spirite Graunt vs Lorde thy worde aboūdaūtly so as there may be many preachers of thy Gospell whych maye wythin themselues holyly cōspyre Let thy churche the spouse of Christ deale large spoyles of the cōquered Satā All that beleue in the by Christe O Lorde God of helth mought lyfte the vp wyth prayses mought renoume the and extol the. We be entred into the viage of saluacion conduyte vs luckely vnto y e porte that beynge delyuered by the from the very death we may escape and come to the very lyfe Fynysh y e thynge thou haste begonne in vs make vs encrease frō faith to faith Leaue vs not to oure owne wyll choyse for it is slyppery and readye to fall To the thunderboltes of thy worde put violēce y t we may gyue y e glorye to the all only Gyue to thy people courage and power to wythstande synne and to obey thy worde in all thynges O Lorde God moste glorious and excellēt ouer al. Amē In persecucion Psal. 69. O god succour me for I am drowned wyth the surges waues of aduersities I am without al helpes Helpe me my lorde Iesu Christ which ones not wyth lyke but with passyng greater myseries wast pressed and dyddest paye that whyche thou neuer owedest dyddest restore that wherof thou neuer was wrōge doer thou redemedst the synnes of all men for whych Lorde I styll cōtinually thanke the. Moost mylde tender Lorde Iesu Christ rydde me of thys distresse for thy passion and deathes sake Lorde of strength let them not be shamed whyche wyth a certayne and sure hope seke for the. In tyme conuenient I make my prayers O Lorde vnto the. Accordynge to thy bountyfull mercy and trouth of thy promyse succoure me Rydde me out of these strayghtes heare me for surely thy tendernes gētle herte towardes synners is very pleasaunt Turne thy face vnto me euen of thy depe clemēcy and pety whych can neuer be spent nor wasted hyde not thy countenaūce from me whych am thyne humble liege seruaunt for certes I am excedynge carefull and all full of wauerynge and perplexitie wherfore I besech y e vouchsaue to receaue spedely my hūble peticions ioyne wyth my soule O Lorde my Sauiour and defensour at the leste for myne enemyes sake whych be so extreme cōtrary both agaynst the and me alwayes ready to worke vs al kyndes of displeasure Truely I am at thys present succourles wythout comforte and full of anguysh Oh God most mercyful let thy sauyng helpe fense me And thā I make a vowe I shall not cease to magnify to brute to extolle and glorifye thy name wyth hygh prayses I shal serue the wyth ernest thankes gyuyng to thintent that other folke beynge brought in to the lyke mysery maye learne to flee for succours vnto the to seke fynde the whych arte the onely lyfe and relief of oure hertes It is thou who knoweth not that hearest the poore thou doest not despyse the oppressed and prisoners Succour the Christian churche buylde it so that full many may inhabyte it whyche loue thy holy name Amen A prayer of the church of Christ. Psalm 70. COme helpe me at ones Lorde Let them departe wyth shame and reproche whyche wyshe me all myschief they that ymagen dayly lye in wayte to brynge me to vtter destrucciō Agayne let them reioyse whych seke the and desyre my edificacion and furtheraunce let them alway say Praysed be God on hygh Howe impotent and myserable am I O Lorde Make hast O my god vnto me stande at myne elbowe assyste me and delyuer me Lynger no longer but wyth all hast and expediciō come helpe me O Lorde and my God Amen A prayer of the faythfull in aduersyte Psalm 71. AL myne hope and hole affiaūce moost pytyfull Lorde haue I caste on the let me be nomore I praye y e shaken of for that were sore to my rebuke shame amōges myn enemyes Delyuer succour me of thy iustice Bow downe thyne eares to me marke my supplicacion more attentyfly more surely then I my selfe can conceaue or vtter it and of thy botōles mercy help me Be thou to me a shoteanker and sure refuge let me wade hēce vnto the for I am rounde aboute beset on euery syde with euels I know thou wylt helpe me because thou haste promysed to assyste all that call vpon the. Thou alone assuredly art my fortresse and defence out of y e vngodly mens hādes therfore rescue me lorde my god Euen from my chyldhode thou hast ben the author and foundour of my hope my solace sauetie euen from the tyme that my mother bare me thou hast kept me O Lorde thou arte myne only glorye assuraunce My mouth mought euen flowe and runne full of thys thy glory Caste me not away from the in thys myne infirmitie and weaknes forsake me not thou though the strength ether of my bodye or of my soule forsake me Go not farre awaye moost mercyful father from me Make quycke spede to ayde and succoure me for constantly I abyde and tary for the only By reason wherof I shall not stynte to increase daye by daye thy prayses styll readye to declare and set forthe euen to all the worlde thy ryghtuousnes and saluacion knowynge certaynlye that thou arte styll present and at hande wyth me in all myne aduersities and mysfortunes wyth thy heauenly grace to helpe
malicious persons saue me Defende me Lorde thorowe thy grace only for in al our deuyses and workes can nothynge be founde sure for vs to trust vpon The prayer of any captiue accordynge to the forme of Dauid whan he was hyd in the caue Psal. 142. WIth my voyce I crye to the afore the I open my lamentations in thy bosome I disclose the secret word of myne hart my dolours and greafes I shewe vnto y e. Myne harte is almooste lyke to braste so greate is my discomfyture Thou knowest all my fashions O Lorde and thou seeste wel ynough how the vngodlye haue layed theyr snares for me Lo I caste myne eye on thys syde and y t syde aswel on my frēdes as on my kynsfolkes but all in vayne none of them all helpeth me And agayne I can not rūne away I am so laden and ouercharged w t yrons O Lorde my maker and father nowe vnto the I crye y u arte my only shoteanker defēce helpe Thou art my portion and herytage in all contreyes yea I haue none other possession but the onely To the therfore I stycke altogether knowynge certaynly that so nothyng can go amysse wyth me Consyder then my lamentable complaynt beholde how I am lowe brought From the cruel pursuers which be much more of power then I am defēde me Delyuer me from thys prison and horrible feare of synne and death that I maye set out thy name All the holy ones aswell Angels as men make sute for me desyrynge the for my cōforte They shal not cease vntyl they obteyne theyr request I meane vntyl thou forgyue me my synnes and sende me comforte in thys distresse wyth pacience and longe sufferynge This ones obteyned the godly shal flocke about me and shall not stynte to gyue the thākes whā they se that y u ryddest me forth of these daūgers to y e hygh prayse of thy name Lorde be mercyfull vnto vs take part w t vs then shall we for euer lyfte vp magnifie thy glorious name Amē In greate trouble of conscience Psalm 134. LOrde heare my prayer receyue my supplication herken to my playnt for thy ryghtuousnes Trye not the lawe with thy seruaunt for truely then shall no lyuyng man be founde vngyltie yea not one of thy sayntes shulde escape quyte at thy barre oneles thou graunte hym thy gracious pardon in so muche euen the very starres be not pure faultlesse afore the. In the angels thou foundest synne Now myne enemies hūte for my soule they beate dryue it downe they thrust it into darke doūgeons where felons conuict cōdemned to death were wonte to be kepte My spirite is sorowfull my herte is heuy sad wythin my brest To the I holde vp my handes requyrynge the of mercy for lyke as y e drye grounde longeth for a shoure of rayne so my soule thinketh longe tyl it haue thyne helpe and succour Heare me spedely yf y u do not I am in despayre My spirite is al wery of thys bondage I haue byd my lyfe farewel Wherfore O god hyde not thy face y t I be not lyke vnto those that be hurled into the pytte of damnacion After thys nyght of myserye ouerpassed let the pleasaūt morning of cōforte luckely shyne on me that by tyme I maye heare and fele thy goodnes for in the is all my truste Poynte me the waye that I shall walke in for yf y u be not my guyde I muste nedes wander and straye out of the waye To the Lorde I lyfte vp my soule and that wyth al myne harte I besech the take me forth of myne enemyes handes Thou onelye arte my succour and sauegarde Teache me to worke what so euer shall be thy pleasure for thou arte my God Let thy good spirite conduyte me into the lyuyng lande encourage my spirite for thy names sake Forth of these troubles for thy ryghtuousnes delyuer me Destroy myne enemyes as thou arte gracious and fauourable towarde me Those that woll worke me sorowe and greife plucke forth of the way for I am thy seruaūt for thy sake suffer I all thys hurly burly As thou art God so helpe thou me To be exempt from thys worlde thorowe the spirite Psalm 144. FOr all thy benefytes we shall auaunce the wyth prayse and glorye for euer O Lorde our God namely syth thou hast kepte vs in thy fayth in the cōfession of thy worde Thys goodnes O Lorde continue thou styl in me encrease strengthē thou my fayth euery daye more and more Compel my flesh thorowe thy spirite to hys bounden duetye and obedience Be thou my defence my buckler bulwarke rescuer and raunsomer Lorde bow downe the heuēs come downe put forth thyne hāde from aboue to drawe me from these depe waters frō the cruelty of these boystouse straūgers who be none of thy chyldren Delyuer me and wyth all myne herte I shall synge the a new songe render y e new thankes And herof I am right wel assured y t I cā lacke no goodnes o lorde God yf I haue the my gracious Lorde and defender Of the kyngdome of God and that Christ maye dwell in our hertes by fayth Psal. 145. I Wyl exalt the my soueraigne O God prayse thy name for euer I shall reporte thy wonderful prayses from tyme to tyme for thou arte of great power worthy to be praysed neyther can any man attayne to the knowlege of thy moost excellent maiestye Thy workes shal be spokē of for euer I meane thy endles power thy myracles and glory in that thou hast done to vs thy pore folkes manyfolde and boūteous benefites onely of thy mere loue fauoure mercye longe forbearynge and ryghteousnes In all thy dedes the holy persons shall prayse the for euer specially for the magnificence of thy power royal and for that power which thou practisest to the subduynge of all thynges for oure sauegarde and lyfe Thy mercy excedeth al thyne other workes In wordes that thou promysest thou arte trusty and true and in all thy workes ryght holy Lorde haue mercy on me and be my father for Iesus Christ sake bow to my peticion for thyne endles mercy fidelite holynesse Lorde gouerne my herte I am weake but make me stronge I am spente and decayed but make me lustye agayne I am pyned and famyshed but fede thou me wyth thy goodnes O herdman and nurse of all thynges lyuynge which of thy mere goodnes fyllest al creatures that haue lyfe in them whyche in all thy doynges dealest ryghteously wyth all myne herte O Lorde I call on the be at hande be my ioye and comforte accordynge to thy promyse Preserue me alway frō the snares and trappes of Satan that I be not wronge led but that my mouth maye continually brute thy prayses and gyue worthy thankes vnto thy name For lyberty of fayth Psalm 146. MY soule what so euer thynge is in me shal prayse auaunce thy name o Lorde god God be thou my
make to thy selfe any graueÌ„ Image nor any lykenes of any thynge y t is in heueÌ„ aboue or in erth beneth nor in y e water vnder the erth thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them Thou shalt not take y e name of thy Lorde God in vayne Remember that thou kepe holy the Sabboth daye Honour thy father and thy mother Thou shalt do no murther Thou shalt not coÌ„myt adultery Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neyghbour Thou shalte not desyre thy neyghbours house thou shalte not desyre thy neyghboures wyfe nor hys seruauÌ„t nor hys mayde nor hys Oxe nor hys Asse nor any thynge that is thy neyghboures FINIS THE PRINCIPAL PRAYERS OF the BYBLE moste necessary for christen men gathered out by RICHARD TAVERNER The prayer of Moises to the Lorde for the synnes of the people Exod. 32. LOrde why hoyleth thy wrath againste thy people whome thou haste brought forth of the laÌ„d of Egypte that is to wete out of y e captiuitie and boÌ„dage of the deuil Let not these EgyptiaÌ„s I meane these vngodly and deuelishe persons say God dealeth craftely with them euen to rydde theÌ„ out of the world Let thy wrath be asswaged ouerthe wyckednesse of thy people Amen An other prayer of Moses to the some entente Exod 32. OH this people haue synned an heynouse syn and haue made theÌ„ golden goddes Eyther forgyue them this offense or els wipe me out of this boke whiche thou hast written Amen For the synne of the people grudging agaynste god a prayer of Moses Num. 14. THe Lorde is pacient and ful of mercy bearing awaye synne trespase and leauyng none gyltles Thou doest visite the vnrighteousnes of the fathers vpon the children eueÌ„ to y e thyrde and fourthe kyndred Forgyue I beseche the the synne of thê thy people accordiÌ„g to thy great mercy as thou haste bene mercifull vnto them commyng out of Egypt euen vnto this place An other of Moses Aaron for the people Num. 16. MOst myghty god of spirites of all flesh Wilte y u for the syn of one be wroth with al the multitude For the stubbernes of the people the true pÌ„acher on this wyse as Moses dyd may make his prayer vnto god Deut. 9. DEstroye not Lord thy people enheritauÌ„ce whom thou haste deliuered through thy greatnes and whom thou hast brought out of the Egypt of this worlde RemeÌ„bre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac Iacob loke not vnto the stubbernes of this people neither to theyr wyckednes and offeÌ„ses for it is thyne owne people and enheritauÌ„ce which thou hast chaleÌ„ged for thyne owne in thy greate myght stretched out arme Amen A prayer of Esdras for the synnes of the people 1. Esd. 9. MY God I am confounded and dare not lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the my god for our wyckednes is growen ouer oure hed and oure trespaces are waxen great vnto the heauen euen from the tyme of our fathers yea our selues also haue greuously synned vnto this daye because of our wyckednes haue we our kynges and preestes bene delyuered into the hand of the kinges of the nacioÌ„s into the swerde into captiuitie into spoyle and into confusion of face as it is come to passe this daye But nowe is there a lytle and sodayne graciousnes come from the Lorde our God so that some of vs are escaped to thinteÌ„te he may gyue vs his peace in his holy place that our God maye lyght our eyes and gyue vs a lytle lyfe in our bondage For we are bonde men yet our god hath not forsaken vs in our boÌ„dage but hath inclined mercy vnto vs in the syght of the hethen kynges y t he shulde gyue vs lyfe promote the house of our God and so set vp the desolacion therof and gyue vs an hedge iÌ„ Iuda and Hierusalem And nowe O our God what shall we say after this for we haue forsaken thy coÌ„maundementes which thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes Prophetes and sayde The lande wherevnto ye go to possesse it is an vncleane lande throughe the fylthynes of the people of the landes in their abominacioÌ„s wherewith they haue made it full of vnclennes on euery syde Therfore shall ye not gyue youre doughters vnto their sonnes and their doughters shal ye not take vnto youre sonnes seke not their peace and wealth for euer that ye maye be stronge and enioy the good in the lande and that ye your children maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore And after al this that is come vpoÌ„ vs because of our most naughty dedes and our greate trespace thou our god hast spared our wyckednesse hast gyueÌ„ vs a deliueraunce as it is come to passe this day to y e entente we shuld not turne backe and let go thy commaundementes neyther be ioyned iÌ„ matrimony with the people of these abominacions Wilte thou then be wroth at vs tyl we be vtterly consumed so that nothinge remayne and tyll there be no delyuerauÌ„ce O lord of Israel thou art righteous for we remayne yet escaped as it is this day Behold in thy presence are we iÌ„ our trespace for herevpon is there no standinge before the. The prayer of Nehemias for the synnes of the people before the Lord. Nehem. 1. O Lorde God of heaueÌ„ y u greate terrible God thou that kepest couenaunte and mercy with them that loue the and kepe thy coÌ„maundementes let thyne eares harken thyne eyes be open that thou mayst heare y e prayer of thy seruauÌ„t which I praye nowe before the day and night for the children of Israel thy seruauntes and knowledge the synnes of y e chyldreÌ„ of Israel which we haue coÌ„mitted agaynst the. And I and my fathers haue sinned also we haue bene led out of the waye by vanities iÌ„ that we haue not kept thy coÌ„maundementes statutes lawes which thou commaundedst thy seruaunt Moses And they are thy seruauntes thy people whome thou hast delyuered through thy greate power and myghty hand I beseche the lorde let thyne eare bowe downe to the prayer of thy seruauÌ„tê whose desire is to feare thy name Amen A confession and solemne prayer of the leuites and of the church for synnes with a rehersal of the benefytes of God 2. Esd. 9. LOrd thou alone hast made heauen and the heauen of heauens with all their companye the earth all that is therupon the see and all that is coÌ„teyned therin thou gyuest lyfe vnto all and the host of heauen bowe them selues vnto the. Thou art the Lorde god that didest chose Abraham foundest his hert faythfull before the and madeste a couenaunt with him to gyue hym his sede the land of the Cananites Hethytes Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Gergesites And thou madest good thy wordes for thou art righteous and dydest consydre the mysery of oure fathers in Egypte herdest their coÌ„playnte by the redde see and shewedst tokens wonders vpon Pharao and on al
god the strēgth that saueth me It is god that auengeth me and that bringeth downe y e people vnder me and delyuereth me from my enemyes Thou lyftest me vp on hyghe from them that ryse agaynste me and delyuerest me from the wicked men Therfore I will prayse the O lorde amonge the heythen and will singe vnto thy name A blessing of Tobias the elder wherwith he blessed the lorde in the ende of his lyfe Tob. 13. GReate art thou o lorde for euer more and thy kyngdom world withoute ende For thou scourgest healest thou ledest vnto hell bryngest oute agayne Yea there is none that maye escape thyne hande O ye chyldern of Israel gyue thankes vnto the lord and prayse him in the syghte of the heythen For amonge the heythen whiche knowe him not hath he scatered you that ye shulde shewe forth his meruelous workes cause them to knowe that there is none other god almyghtye but he He hath chastened vs for oure mysdedes for his owne mercyes sake shall he saue vs. Consider then how he hath dealte with you and prayse him with feare and drede and magnify the euerlastinge kinge in youre workes Certes I will prayse him euen in the place of my captiuitie for he hath shewed hys maiestie vnto a synneful people Turne you therfor o ye synners and doo ye ryghteousnesse before god trustinge veryly he wyll shew his mercy vpō you Assuredly I and my soule wolle reioyce in god Prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnes and be thankeful vnto him Oh my soule blesse thou the lorde Amen The blessynge of Seraphin Esay 6. HOly arte thou holy arte thou holy arte thou thou arte the lorde god of hostes all the earth is full of thy glory Thankinges Esay 23. O Lord thou art my god I wyll prayse the and magnifye thy name for thou bryngest meruelouse thinges to passe accordinge to thyn olde counselles trulye stedfastly An other of the same Esay 26. O Lorde gyue vs peax for thou workest in vs all oure workes O lorde our god though suche lordes haue dominacion vpon vs as know the not yet graunt y t we may hope only in the kepe thy name in remembraunce Amen A blessynge with an admiration of the meruelouse counsels of god Hiere 32. O Lorde god it is thou that hast made heauen earth with thy greate power and hygh arme ther is nothinge to harde for the. Thou sheweste mercy vpon thousandes thou doest recompense the wyckednes of the fathers into the bosom of the childern that come after them Thou art the greate myghty god whose name is the lorde of hostes greate in counsayll and infinite in thoughte Thyne eyes loke vpon al the wayes of mens children to reaward euery one after his waye and accordynge to the frutes of hys inuentions The songe and thankesgyuynge of the blessed virgin Mary Luc. I. MY soule magnifieth the Lorde my spirite reioyseth in God my sauiour For he hath loked vpon the pore degre of his handemayde Behold now frome hense forth shall all generacions call me blessed for he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges holy is his name And his mercy on them that feare him thorowout all generacions He vttered strength with his arme he disperpled the proude in the imaginacion of their hertes He deposed the myghty from their seates and aduaunced them of lowe degree He fylled the hungry with good thīges and sente away the ryche empty He remembred mercy and helped his seruaunte Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham and to his sede for euer The prophecy and gyuynge of thankes of zachary Luc. 1. PRaysed be the lorde god of Israell for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath raysed vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruaunte Dauid Euen as he promysed by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sythens the worlde beganne that we shulde be delyuered from our ennemyes from the handes of all that hate vs To thintent he myght fulfyll the mercy promysed to our fathers and remembre his holy couenaunt And performe the oth which he sware to our father Abraham to gyue vs that we beyng ones delyuered oute of the handes of our ennemyes myght serue him without feare all the dayes of our lyfe in holynes and ryghtousnes before him And thou childe shalt be called the Prophete of the hygheste for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes To gyue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the forgyuenes of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of oure god wherby the daye sprynge from aboue hath visited vs to gyue light to them that sate in darkenesse in shadow of death to gyde our fete in the waye of peax Thankes of Paul for his conuersion vnto Christ. 1. Tim. 1. VNto God kynge euerlastinge immortall inuisible and wise only be honour and prayse for euer and euer Amen A songe of the triumphers ouer the beast Apoc. 15. GReate and meruelouse are thy workes Lorde god almyghty iuste and true are thy wayes kyng of sayntes Who shall not feare O Lorde and glorifie thy name For thou only arte holye all gentyles shall come and worshyp before the for thy iudgementes are made manifest A blessynge of the people by kyng Salomon 3. Reg. 8. BLessed be the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israel according to all that he promysed so that ther is not one worde escaped of all y e good promyses which he promysed by the hand of Moses his seruaunte The Lorde our God be with vs as he was with our fathers forsake vs not neyther leue vs but let him bowe our hertes vnto him y t we walke in all hys wayes and kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and rites which he cōmaunded our fathers And let these my wordes whiche I haue prayed before the lord come nygh vnto the lorde our god daye and nyght that he defend the quarell of his seruaūt and of his people Israell euermore to thintente all nacions of the earth maye knowe that the lorde is God and none other but he and let oure hertes be sounde with the lorde our god that we may walke in his ordinaunces and kepe his lawes Amē ¶ PRAYERS FOR SVCcours and reliefes of lyfe for wysdome for humylitie and for other naturall gyftes A prayer of Salomon for a competency of lyfe Prouerb 30. TWo thinges I require of the that thou wylte not denye me before I dye Remoue from me vanitie and lyes gyue me neyther pouertie nor ryches only graunt me a necessary lyuyng least yf I be to ful I mought happely denye the say what felow is the lorde or constrayned through pouerty I mought fal vnto stealyng forsweare the name of my god Amen A prayer for obteynyng of wysdome Sap. 9. GOd of my fathers and lorde of mercyes thou that haste made all thinges with thy worde and ordined