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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64677	The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.	Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Lane, Moses. Words of one syllable.	1681 (1681)	Wing U212; ESTC R25176	81,296	182

THE PROTESTANT SCHOOL OR A Method Containing several Forms of Prayer Psalms Lessons Thanksgivings and Graces for the Bringing up and well Grounding Children and Elder Persons in the Protestant Religion By the most Reverend and Learned BISHOP USHER Also a Catalogue of all the English Words BEGINNING With one Syllable and proceeding by degrees to Eight Divided and not Divided the readiest way for teaching Children and Elder Persons to Spell Pronounce Read and Write true English To which is Added An Historical Account of several Plots and remarkable Passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present Time Lively Represented in Copper Plates with an Explanation to every Figure with Copies of several Hands which are used in England and many other things which are Useful for so necessary a Work Fitted to the Common Use of all English Schools having a Thousand Words more than any yet Extant By Moses Lane Schoolmaster in London LONDON Printed for Langly Curtiss on Ludgate Hill near Fleet Bridge 1681. To all True English PROTESTANTS I Do here Present you with a piece of True Orthography more Complete than any yet Extant and more delightful and pleasant to the Reader and Writer by those Imbellishments which I thought necessary ●nd as there is a Method and Order to be observed in all ●rts for the Practitioners more facile attaining the ef●●cts of his Endeavours so is there no less an 〈◊〉 to be propounded in aiming at the true Course of 〈◊〉 and Religion which Rules and Methods are here laid 〈◊〉 by the most Reverend and Pious Bishop Usher ●hose delight was in laying down the Principles and ●oundation of Christian Religion imitating the Blessed ●postle St. Paul 1 Cor. 3.10 According to the ●race of God which is given unto me as a wise ●aster-Builder I have laid the Foundation Which ●round-Work he laid so firm that like a Rock it will 〈◊〉 to Future Ages If what I have done makes an Improvement upon the ●earner Reader or Writer I have my ends and ●holly crave Gods Blessing upon my Endeavours and ●ave it to your Candid Acceptation Yours MOSES LANE ●●ndon Decemb. 2. 1680. The Great English Letters A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S ● U W X Y Z. The Small English Letters ● b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r r s s t v u w x y z The Great Roman Letters A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V U ● X Y Z. The Small Roman Letters a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s s t v u w x y z The Great Italick Letters A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V U ● X Y Z. The Small Italick Letters a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s s t v u w x y z. The Six Vowels a e i o u y The Consonants b c d f g h k l m n p q r s t w x z. Double Consonants ct ff fl sl ss sh st Easie Syllables for young Learners ab eb ib ob ub ac ec ic oc uc ad ed id od ud af ef if of uf ag eg ig og ug ah eh ih oh uh ak ek ik ok uk al el il ol ul am em im om um an en in on un ap ep ip op up ar er ir or ur as es is os us at et it ot ut ax ex ix ox ux ba be bi bo bu by ca ce ci co cu cy da de di do du dy fa fe fi fo fu fy ga ge gi go gu gy ha he hi ho hu hy ka ke ki ko ku ky la le li lo lu ly ma me mi mo mu my na ne ni no nu ny pa pe pi po pu py ra re ri ro ru ry sa se si so su sy ta te ti to tu ty wa we wi wo wu wy A Method Compos'd for Children for the well Grounding them in the True Protestant Religion By the most Reverend and Learned Bishop Usher Arch-Bishop of Armagh Ejaculations at Uprising I. O God the Father of Heaven have mercy upon me a miserable Sinner Thou Commandedst in the beginning Let there be light and there was light Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death lest at any time my enemy say I have prevailed against him II. O God the Son Redeemer of the World have mercy upon me a miserable Sinner who art Light of Light the great and truest light from whence this light both of Sun and Day ariseth thou Light shining in Darkness and illuminating every one that cometh into this world drive from me all darkness of Ignorance and give me understanding that in thee ●nd by thee I may know the Father to know whom is to live and to serve whom is to Reign III. O God the Holy Ghost who proceedeth from the Father and the Son have mercy upon me a miserable Sinner O thou holy Fire both Illuminating and Warming kindle in me thy Light that I may discern the deceitful Delights of this World from the true Joyes of Heaven Grant that I may only see those things which are thine and be blind to the rest infuse also into my Mind the gift of thy Charity that forsaking those transitory things I may with a continual Desire endeavour to attain those things which are Eternal IV. O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three Persons and one God have mercy upon me a miserable Sinner Defend me this day from all the Assaults of the Devil and the Malice of Men keep me this day from all Sin and preserve me from sudden and unexpected Death Be unto me a Comfort in Tribulation Assistance in Temptation and in Death a pleasant Refuge V. Thou hast raised my Body O Lord which was drowned in Sleep I beseech thee that thou wilt deliver my Soul likewise from the Sleep of Sins and the Darkness of this World and that which thou hast recalled from Sleep unto Waking may it please thee after Death to restore to the same Life and to be with thee who neither slumbrest nor sleepest To thee alone be Praise for evermore A Prayer for the Morning I. O Almighty Lord God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ I praise ●hee I bless thee I glorify thee and with my whole Heart give thee humble and hearty Thanks that according to thy unmeasurable Goodness thou hast by thy fatherly Providence preserved me this Night Thy tender Care watched over me else had Satan Assaulted me who goeth about like a roaring Lyon seeking whom he may Devour II. And O Father of Mercies and God of all Consolation I beseech thee to take me this Day into thy Protection let thy Paternal Care watch over me and behold me with thy all-Merciful Eyes direct me in the

Lord our Heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God which hast safely brought me to the beginning of this Day defend me in the same by thy mighty Power and grant that this Day I fall into no Sin neither run into any kind of Danger but that all my Doings may be ordered by thy Governance to do always that which is Righteous in thy Sight through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour The ten Commandments The Preface And God spake all these Words and said I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage 1. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me Lord have Mercy upon me and Incline my Heart to keep this Law II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any Graven Image nor the likeness of any thing which is in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath or in the Water under the Earth thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a Jealous God and Visi● the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shew Mercie unto thousands in them that love me and keep my Commandments Lord have Mercy upon me c. III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in Vain for the Lord will not hold him Guiltless that taketh his Name in Vain Lord have Mercy upon me c. IV. Remember that thou keep Holy the Sabbath Day six Days shalt thou Labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh Day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt do no manner of Work thou and thy Son and thy Daughter thy Man-servant and thy Maid-servant thy Cattle and the Stranger that is within thy Gates for in six Days the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh Day wherefore the Lord Blessed the seventh Day and Hollowed it Lord have Mercy upon me c. V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy Days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Lord have Mercy upon me c. VI. Thou shalt do no Murther Lord have Mercy upon me c. VII Thou shalt not commit Adultery Lord have Mercy upon me c. VIII Thou shalt not steal Lord have Mercy upon me c. IX Thou shalt not bear false Witness against thy Neighbour Lord have Mercy upon me c. X. Thou shalt n●t covet thy Neighbours House thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife nor his Servant nor his Maid nor his Ox nor his Ass nor any thing that is his Lord have Mercy upon me and Write all these thy Laws in my Heart I beseech thee The Creed of Gregory Nazienzen commonly called the Nicene Creed I Believe in one God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things Visible and Invisible and in one Lord Jesus Christ the only Begotten Son of God Begotten of his Father before all Worlds God of God Light of Light very God of very God Begotten not Made being of one Substance with the Father by whom all things were made who for us Men and for our Salvation came down from Heaven and was Incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made Man and was Crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate he Suffered and was Buried and the third Day he rose again according to the Scriptures and Ascended into Heaven and Sitteth on the right Hand of the Father and he shall come again with Glory to Judge both the Quick and the Dead whose Kingdom shall have no end and I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord and Giver of Life who proceedeth from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is Worshipped and Glorified who spake by the Prophets And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church I acknowledge one Baptism for the Remission of Sins and I look for the Resurrection of the Dead and the Life of the World to come Amen A Brief Prayer upon the Lords Prayer Our Father By the Benefit of Creation raising us from nothing through thine Omnipotency and assistance of Preservation through thy Providence Gift of Adoption thy Grace and Communication of Eternity through thy Christ who is sweet in Love and rich in Mercy Which art in Heaven Over-reigning by thy Power inlightning by thy Spirit forgiving by thy Mercy and Ruling by thy Majesty thou art the Glass of Eternity the Crown of Jucundity and the Treasure of Felicity thou art all things both in Heaven and in Earth by thy Essential Presence Hallowed be thy Name Of us by an honest Conversation in us by a clear Conscience from us by an honest Report above us by the representation of Angels that it may be Honey to the Mouth Musick to the Ear and a Fire to the Heart for according to thy Name so is thy Praise unto the Worlds End Thy Kingdom Come In thy Holy Church by the Sanctification of the Spirit in thy Faithful Souls by Justification of Faith in thy Holy Scriptures by Instruction of Ministers and in thy Celestial Paradice by Assimulation to Angels thy Kingdom is pleasant without Mixture safe without Annoyance and sure without Loss Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven In singleness of Heart by Humility Chastity of Body by Abstinence Holiness of Will by Custom and Truth of Action by Discretion Willingly without Murmuring Speedily without Delaying Constantly without Ceasing and Universally without Omitting that we may Fly that thou Hatest Love that thou Lovest and by thee do what thou Commandest Willingly Readily and Faithfully Give us this Day our daily Bread For humane Necessity to cover our Shame future Prosperity to maintain our Calling present Liberality to do good to others and Eternal Glory to lay up in Heaven give us O Lord that which is necessary for this Life not Superfluous for our Delights nor wanting to our Necessities but feed us with that Food which is Convenient for us Forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that Trespass against us Of Omission in things Commanded Commission in things forbidden ●f the first Table against thy self and the second Table against my ●eighbour that we may forgive heartily in Purity cheerfully in Cur●●sie continually in Christianity and forgetful in not requiting Evil for ●vil against any who hath wronged us either in our Body Goods or Name And Lead us not into Temptation Either Importunate which Wearieth or Sudden which Discourageth ●rauduleut which Deceiveth or Violent which Overcometh and from ●he World the Flesh and the Devil and wee beseech thee O Father As●ist us so by thy Divine Grace that when we are led away with our own ●usts and Tempted O leave us not then to our Destruction But Deliver us from Evil. Of Mundane Adversity which will disquiet us Satans subtilty which will destroy us humane Cruelty which will overthrow

us and eter●al Misery which may torment us from all Evil past present to come Spiritual Temporal and Eternal and this we ask that what ever Evil ●hall happen unto us let us not sin against thee For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Thy Kingdom is Powerful in itself Comfortable to us Terrible to thine Enemies and Eternal in Heaven for thou rulest and governest all thy Power great in our Creation mighty in our Pres●rvation merciful in our Justification and wonderful in our Glorification for ●hou canst do all things and Glory for which thou didest make all Things to which we refer all Things in which all Things do remain on Earth and by which all thy Saints shall rejoyce in Heaven for ever and ever in themselves by continuance in thy Saints by Practice in thy Creatures by Proof and in the Wicked by Torment Amen so be it by Intention of the Mind serious Invocation of thy Name diligent Execution of thy Commandments and continual Communication of all thy Mercies prayed for thou sav●st Ame● by commanding our Amen by performing we say Amen by believing and hoping say but the Word and we shall be cured Ejaculations on several Occasions Going from Home O Lord I beseech thee favour the present harmeless Intent and Purpose of thy Servant be unto me in my Journey a Comfort in the heat a shadow in stormes a shelter and in adversity my protection that having finished my intended course I may return in Peace full o thy Praises and Mercies who art near to all that call upon thee When the Clock Strikes Happy be the Hour in which my Saviour was Born and the Ho●● in which he died O Lord Remember me at the Hour of Death Upon any disorderly Thoughts Make me a clean Heart O God and renew a right Spirit within m● When thou dost any good Work Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the Prais● Upon any Deliverance The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want he maketh me to ly down i● green Pastures he leadeth me besides the still Waters surely Goodne●● and Mercy shall follow me all the Days of my Life and I will Dwell i● the House of my God for ever when thou hearest the Bell toll Teach me O Lord to number my Days that I may apply my Hear● to Wisdom Upon Thought of thy Sins Turn away thy Face from my Sins O Lord and blot out all my Offences Upon the weariness of the World O who will give me the Wings of a Dove that I may fly away and be at Rest Ejaculations for the Evening He will give his Angels charge over me to keep me in all my Ways and his Covenant he will not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of his Lips for all the Promises of God in him are Yea and in him Amen A Prayer for the Evening O Eternal and ever living Lord God I the unworthiest of all thy Servants do prostrate my self before the Face of thy Divine Majesty imploring thy Pardon and Forgiveness for the Offences against thee this da● Committed and throughout the course of my whole Life which hath been extream Vile and B●se in thy sight keep me I most humbly beseech thee from the Hours and Powers of Darkness Watch over me this Night in thy almighty Providence and scatter all the Rebellions and Devices of my Adversaries II. Inlighten O Lord my Soul sanctifie my Body govern my Affections and guide my Thoughts that in the fastest closure of my Eye-lids my Spirit may see thee and in the depth of sleep may be conversant with thee suffer me not to forget thee my great Creator but to remember thee in the days of my Youth before the evil day comes nigh unto me III. Beget in me a godly sorrow which worketh to repentance never to be repented of that I may be heartily grieved for my sins not so much because of the danger of Hell-fire as because I have offended thee stretch out the wings of thy protection and mercy over me this night though sleep seise upon the eyes of my body yet let not security oppress my Soul Keep me from idle Fancies and from vain Dreams give me a sober and sanctified use of all outward refreshing that I may always in all things aim at this one thing namely how I may be the better fitted to serve thee faithfully in my place and Calling and that for his sake my only Lord and Saviour Amen A Thanksgiving for the Deliverance from the Hellish Powder Plot by Bishop Usher I. Almighty Lord God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and in him our most gracious and merciful Father many are thy mercies towards us and that our Souls know right well and as we cannot be ignorant of them unless we be senceless so we cannot be forgetful unless we be thankless by thee our Lot is faln into a good ground yea we have a goodly Heritage by thee are our Bodies delivered from sickness and by thee our Souls are delivered from Sin by thee our Names are not a reproach unto our Enemies and by thee our Estates are not a prey unto the Idolatrous II. Thou hast done great things in our Land and thy right hand hath brought mighty things to pass O Lord thou hast done great things unto this Vine of thy English Israel and what couldest thou have done more for it than thou hast thou hast planted it by thy hand placed it in thy Vineyard hedged it by thy Providence guarded it by thine Angels watered it by thy Spirit pruned it by thy Rods supported it by thy Power committed it to thy Husbandmen beautified it by thy mercies and fructified it by thine abundance not of sower but sweet Grapes the wild Boar of the Wood can never root it up the Beasts of the Forrest shall never devour it III. What shall we render unto thee for all these Favours or what can we render unto thee for all these Mercies O our Souls praise the Lord and all that is within us praise his Holy Name O our Souls praise the Lord and let us never forget his Benefits We Lord had been blown up by the Powder of Rebellion had not the Power of thy Providence watched over us We therefore our Princes Nobles Clergie Commons our Wives Children Servants and all are here before thy Majesty this day and now render unto thee the Sacrifice of Praise the Calves of our Lips for this wonderful D●liverance shewed unto our most Gracious King and Country Lord teach us thereby to be thankful unto thee obedient to our Governours frequent in Prayer fervent in the Spirit and zealous in good Works lest a worse thing hereafter happen unto us IV. Make us to detest Popery the Poyson of Authority Jesuits the Bellows of Sedition Papists the Plotters of Rebellion and to esteem better this not new but most ancient Religion of ours by which we are taught Piety