by hearing and beleuing the glad tidings that the séed of the woman should break the head of the Serpent escape al danger of sinne and damnation thorow al temptations troubles and trauels in this world vnto ioy and glory euerlasting in the kingdome of God. Here is an example in Adam at the first shewing vnto all men that should come after for euer that nothing is so good as that it may continue commodious and comfortable vnto man without fayth in Christ by the light of the Gospel nor nothing so euyl but that it shall serue by the grace of God vnto the profit and plesure of them that beleue in Christ according to the gospel Yea the righteous lawe of God which is a heauie yoke charging man with more than he is able to beare declaring sinne and working wrath when it is separated from the gospel fayth in Christe bringeth cursing death and damnation vnto man but being well vsed to driue and force men vnto the comforte and perfectiō of the gospel by fayth in Christ it is both holy and righteous in it self and also good and profitable vnto man Let vs therfore so abuse nothing as it may drawe and stay vs from faith in Christ and the libertie of his Gospell but so rightely vse the law and al things as they may best further and bring vs vnto Christe and his Gospell CHAP. III. A briefe exposition of the lawe wherein any man may learne to see and know himselfe THE first setting foorth of the lawe of God vnto man so as in wryting it should procéede thorow out all the worlde was in wildernesse at the mounte Sinai when as the Israelits deliuered out of Egipt through thered sea were assembled and stode round about the lower parts of the mountaine and the Lorde vpon the mountaine in flaming fire smoke cloud storme and thunder presently spake and sayd I am the Lord thy God O mortall man consider with what reuerence loue and diligence thou hearest remembrest and regardest this lawe then pronounced of the eternall God with such terrible sightes and signes and nowe conueyed and commended vnto thy eares and eyes by so many sounding voices and visible letters as make euery worde and iote euerie where most euident and present too be séene and heard of thée for the Lord thy God hath spoken written these words that they shall for euer by letters and voices be brought vnto thine eares and eyes in such sort as thou mayest euer heare and sée and shouldest take and kéep the law of God as a light commending the righteousnesse of God and confounding the vnrighteousnesse of man and as a good tutour or scholemaister to bring man from all presumption of himself towards a sure faith and trust in christ Sée therfore how wonderfully and how plainly the eternal God from the mount Sinai by infinite wordes and wrytings speaketh vnto thée in al places at euery time O mortall man saying I am the Lorde thy God. This shoulde with more thankefull reuerence be hearde and remembred of thée than if all men would say and assure thée that they bee thy freindes their golde thy good their riches thy tresures and that al which is theirs should bée thine For God hath well assured thée of his goodnesse VVhich brought thee out of the lande of Egipt out of the house of bondage These words wel taken applied vnto vs hée of more waighty matter than is the story of the bare letter spoken and referred too the Israelites only For when as these two things the storie in the letter and the mysterie in the full matter be not separated in sunder but ioyned together Then Pharao king of Egipt is also by signification the Diuel prince of darknesse Their passage through the red Sea wherein their enemies were drouned is also our regeneration in baptime wherby our enimies be subdued both fleshly lusts dayly mortified and spirituall powers continually vanquished Manna angels food as raine from the cloudes scattred amongst them is also the true liuely food of the worde of God out of the hart 's of the Preachers plentifully poured amongst vs Riuers of water running out of the stonie rock to refresh them is also abundance of the spirite procéeding from the father and the sonne to replenishe vs and many such matters so couered and closed vnder figures and shadows vnto them as could scarce then be perceiued which be all nowe wythout any straunge colours of darke shadows plainly and plentifully ministred vnto vs Therefore hearing or reading these wordes I am the Lorde thy God whiche brought thee out of the lande of Egipt out of the house of bondage Knowe that the eternal God speaketh vnto thée O mortal man which was by thine own corrupt nature a childe of wrath couered and kept in darknesse to serue in sinne vnder Sathan and art now from thence by gods mercie and grace deliuered and brought into the housholde of God as a Citizen wyth sainctes to serue God in suche holinesse and righteousnesse as is acceptable before him all the dayes of our life For he is the Lord that hath all power and authoritie Hee is thy God that is al gratious goodnesse with excéeding loue and fauour vnto thée which sayeth Thou shalt haue none other Goddes before mee Thou deliuered out of darkenesse of sin and danger of damnation too walke by the light of the truthe in the way of righteousnesse vnto eternall saluation shalte haue shalt honoure or serue beléeue or confesse with prayer thankes or praise none other Goddes which bée all Idols false formes and fashions of creatures craftily counterfeited by diuelishe illusion in mans imagination so that thou shalt not take any such vanitie to be thy god but mee which am in deed of perfit and infinit being and power goodnesse and glorie euen I onely am the liuing God and all others be no Goddes but vaine idols wicked diuels Therfore I giue thée this commaundement as a doctrine and charge for thée to flée from all euils dangers and damnation comming by them that thou mayst haue all good things with life and saluation of me onely And bicause althings at altimes in euery place yea euen the very secrete thoughtes of the heart be euident afore my face Therfore euer be mindefull how by thought word or déede thou dost honour or dyshonor me being euer in my presence euen openly before my face Thou shalte not make vnto thy selfe any grauen Image nor the likenes of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lorde thy God am a gelous God and visit the sinne of the fathers vppon the children vntoo the third and fourth generation of them that hate mee and shew mercie vntoo thousandes in them that loue mee and kepe my commaundements THOV created and made by the infinit wisedome and goodnesse of God lyke vnto his image and
table where imagerie is not forbidden for ciuile vsage amongs men but that suche may be made kept if abusing of them be auoyded yet of things belonging to the first table where imagerie is forbidden for any vsage in religion or seruice of God all suche imagerie ought vtterly to bée auoyded and abolished Also negligently to heare speake or read the word and name of god or to pray without deuotion yea not to heare reade confesse God and his truth with reuerence diligence praise thanks and prayer so oft as thou may haue occasion is condemned by the third commandement which requireth honour due vnto Gods name The fourth commaundement requireth perfit diligence in all due labours a mind neuer wearied but alwayes delited with godly meditations so as any mā may therby euer finde himselfe faultie both in labor and rest Then doth a man breake the fifth commaundement when as he doth not with all earnest deligence louing obedience obey and maintaine al good orders among men Thou sinnest against the sixth as a murtherer so oft as thou dost not relieue defende euery man that néedeth so muche as thou may by any charitable meanes Thou art gilty as an adulterous person agaynst the seuenth commandement so oft as any filthie lust inflameth thy fleshe And if thy filthy lust be satisfied in any abuse of naturall seede then is thy sin not only a vil◠corruption of nature but also a Sodomiticall abhomination contrary vnto nature If thou liue in idlenesse vpon other mennes labours or do not get righteously and bestow charitably somuch knowledge and comfort meates money and all maner of goods as thou may be able by al honest and godly wayes thou arte then iudged a théefe by the eight commandement If thou make any manner of lies or but faintly and vnfaithfully defende thy neighbors truth and honestie thou art condemned of false witnesse agaynst thy neighbor in the ninth commaundement Finally if in consideration of thy necessitie thou do not onely desire and take as sufficient gods plentie prouided vnto thée but in seing any thing faire or good pertayning vnto thy neyghbor dost couet the profite or pleasure propertie or possession of the same from him vnto thée then dost thou offende afore God against man Yea euery such lust lying in thy heart may bèe perceyued by the tenth commandement to be sin albeit so secret that Paule sayth he should not haue known it but by this commandement which sayth Thou shalt not couet Surely such knowledge of sinne cōmeth by this lawe that when as any man in his owne conscience afore the face of God wil truly measure by the line of this law howe far he is fallen from the righteousnesse acceptable vnto God into sinne abhominably offending God then shall be perceiue that through the infirmitie of his owne flesh he doth fall so farre from al power of frée will from all ablitie to performe fully his duetie vnto God that in him selfe he can haue no hope to escape the rigor of the lawe the letter of the law which killeth curseth and condemneth all faults infirmities and imperfections in man vnto whome God did giue in creation both purenesse and perfection Therfore as in him that presumeth to be iustified by his déedes in doing of this law any impurenesse or imperfectiō is worthily condemned by the righteousnesse contained in the lawe so contrariwise vnto him that féeleth and with fayth in Christe confesseth his owne faultes and infirmities al horrible sinnes and gréeuons crimes shall be graciously pardoned through the mercyfull pitie of the Lorde ouer the lawe So is the lawe a tutour or scholemaster teaching man what he oweth of dutie and forcing him to flée vnto the promise of God in Christ for mercy They therfore vse the law lawfully which learne by it to knowe what man ought to do and performe of dutie and so be made méete and desirous too heare the glad tidings of the gospel of Christ in whome God doth promis and performe vnto man all things freely For the lawe sheweth vnto man death and damnation in all his owne deedes and the gospel allureth man vnto assuraunce of saluation in Christes merites So Adam in Paradise being broughte vnto a perceiuing and féeling of his owne sinfull miseries through the lawe and commaundemente was by the gladde tidinges of the Gospell by the promise in the seede of the woman to breake the heade of the Serpent comforted and called to come by fayth in Christe forth of his owne miseries vnto Gods mercies So the Israelites in wildernesse immediatly after their greuous idolatrie vnto the golden calfe being brought vnder feare of the law vnto a féeling of themselues were recouered with comfort in the promise of a Prophet to be raysed vp of God vnto them of their brethren And continually all the dayes of Iosua the Iudges and the Kings and so forth so oft as by any plagues preachings and threatnings of the lawe they were brought vnto true féeling and confessing of themselues and their owne faultes they euer lerned to flée vnto Gods promises and to finde recouerie in his mercies but when as they followed their owne fantasies flattering themselues then fell they continually from euill vnto worsse sinnes and sorrowes miseries and mischéefs For in continuance of times and lack of grace they lost Iudges Kings and good Gouernours of their owne vtterly they and their countrey were brought into subiection to serue strangers Their temple gods house made to be replenished with riches of godlinesse was turned into a den of theeues which did rob God of his honour and Gods people of muche riches and of all maner of godlinesse and in the place of godly Priestes and true Prophetes false flatterers and ambitious prelates did by many meanes draw men from god vnto themselues from Goddes lawes vnto their traditious to labour in conscience vnder intollerable burdens Wherefore as afore time God had by the crueltie of Pharao driuen them out of Egypt to be allured and led by méeke Moses toward the lande of promise so then at that time did God driue them by those euils frō seruing vnder the letter of the lawe which killeth to be called by Christ at his comming vnto the libertie of the gospell which by the spirit quickneth So all things that be done in the world and truly written in holie Scriptures pertayning to the lawe and the Gospell serue to declare and witnesse that al men be sinners and al their déedes deserue damnation and that God in many thinges sheweth mercy vnto all men and that he also giueth abundance of mercie and grace vnto so many as beleus his pronuse made vnto them in Christ Iesu. CHAP. v. God by the ministerie of the gospell teacheth men to beleue in dede the diuel by common custome teacheth men to say onely that they beleue THE Lorde God in Christ did reconcile the world to himself not charging men with their sinnes but offering vnto them his mercies And
Christ by his comming and suffering hath abolished all figures and shadows of sacrifices and ceremonies ouercomming in déede sinne death and damnation and ascending bodily vp into heauen hath sent downe the holie ghost to beare witnesse and work with the preachers of his gospell vpon earth whiche as faithfull messangers of the Lorde earnestly exhorte and humbly beseech men in Christ that they woulde bée reconciled vnto god Wherfore now after sufficient experience and tryall of all things and vtter abolishement of such as nowe might bée euil or vnprofitable God the father of mercie and pitie through the merits meanes of Christ his son by the power and presence of the holie Ghost euer woorking and witnessing with the Ministers of the Gospell doth so mooue and dispose purifie and sanctifie the harts and mindes of men as teacheth and causeth them by fayth to flee dangers of dānation deserued by their owne déedes vnto assurance of saluation in Christes merites They be taught to beleue in God by the sonne the spirite the woorde and messangers of God. I do not meane that they be taught only to say I beléeue as the Church doth or only to say the summe of a good beléefe in an vnknowen language but that as God by the minister of his worde and power of his spirit teacheth so their heartes and minds conceiue their mouthes confesse and the fruites of their charitable works bée agreable in such wise as euery one of them most truly and comfortable doth think and may say with the holie catholike Church I beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth I which was by nature a childe of wrath borne and liuing in sinne vnder Sathan in the kingdome of darkenesse nowe of grace through the holy ghost by the immortall séede of Gods worde being newe begotten and new borne vnto the kingdome of God Do beleeue as certainely as of moste sure ground and as throughly as of great triall and experience I do know and trust in god the father almightie that God which is all goodnesse in himselfe hath of his fatherly loue and almightie power made mée his good creature and deer child so that he will for euer be a gracious God and louing father vnto me which is the maker of heauen and earth which hath created and made doth rule and order al things in heauen and earth vnto his honour and glorie and vnto my comfort and cōmoditie For as hée being the Lord ouer all hath declared himself to bée a father vnto me by his promise so I am sure of the inheritance of all being his childe by faith And in Iesus Chryste hys onely sonne our Lorde I haue good knowledge by sure truste in Iesus the Sauioure of his people from their sinnes that I shall bée saued from my sinnes and from all euilles throughe Christ the annointed King priest and prophet that I shall bée a christian that I shal be annointed with grace of Christes spirit to be partaker of the kingly priesthode and godly wisedome of Christ that in such holinesse righteousnesse and godlinesse as is acceptable before him I may offer the sacrifice of my selfe in seruing him al the dayes of my life and haue the crowne of glory with him in his kingdome in the kingdom vnto the which he hath redéemed vs that is of nature and substance vnto God his only sonne making vs his brethren and Gods children by grace and adoption so that wée must take him to be our Lorde obeying the authoritie learning the doctrine and following the example of him as of our onely gouerner scholemaster and pastour VVhich vvas conceyued by the holie Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary Which in taking by the holy Ghost of a pure virgine our flesh vpon him hath purified vs from our sinnes to be sanctified in his righteousnesse VVhich suffered vnder Pontius Pilate Suffered vnder a Iudge the iudgement of death due for our sinnes to purchase for vs of god his father the reward of his righteousnesse to giue vs example and grace to followe his obedience He vvas crucified Bearing the curse of the lawe to get and giue vnto vs the blessing of grace hee Died and vvas buried So that nowe our bodies mindes with him should bée mortified and buried frō sin and not die and damned in sin for hee Descended into hell He suffered all extremitie not onely in bodie but also in soule that we should suffer no more than we might be able to bear and that no paynes or punishment for sinnes should be plagues of vengeance to destroy vs but rather corrections of fatherlie loue to amende vs. The thyrd day he rose againe from the dead The day and time appointed and afore prophecied with victorie ouer Hell Death and Damnation hée rising from the deade did make death a ready and spéedie passage for vs vnto life teaching and strengthning vs to ryse forth of sinne and walke in newnesse of life after him that Ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almighty And like as the sunne at midday so he in bodily presence lifte vp from the earth into heauen there in glory of Gods maiestie abiding doth from thence shine and shewe his vertue and goodnesse by the power of his spyrite most presently and comfortably vnto all creatures in euery place vpon the earth and as hée ascended bodily into Heauen to replenishe all things euen so in the same bodie From thence he shal come to iudge the quick and dead From heauen whither as he did ascende in the sight of his disciples so from thence in the sighte of all men shall hée come not only in spirite and power as he is at all times in all places but also in his bodie glorified with maiestie as he is nowe in heauen and shall not come from thence vntill the last day when as all men both dead afore and liuing then shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye from mortalitie vnto suche state as shall euer continue either in hel or in heauen according vnto the righteous iudgement of Christe in the which hee shall declare and take all vs that be vnfayned Christians to be the blessed children and heires of God with him in that kingdome which could neuer by any works or merites of any man haue bene deserued or purchased but onely in Christe vnto Christians of the only gracious goodnesse of god hath for euer bene prepared I beleue in the holie Ghost I haue knowledge with sure hope in the holy spirit of God equall with the father and the sonne proceeding from the father and the sonne to sanctifie beautifie Christes Church that I shall be sanctified from all sinnes and endued with all good giftes of grace as God seeth is moste necessarie expediente for mée to edifie and not to destroy Yea I beléeue that by him all Gods creatures be sanctified and made holie vnto all godly men and that without him there can be
serued as the sworde of God to plague Dauid expulse him Contrarye wyse when as one dothe pyttie and praye for an other then God dothe pardon the faultes and remedye the myseries of bothe As Dauid séeing the people perishe and the angel with the sword of the plague ready to procéede to stryke the citie dyd fall downe in greeuous sorowe confessing his owne faulte and pittifully bewayling and praying for the plagued people so that then Dauids sinne was pardoned the plague among the people ceased and bothe partes of God chearished and comforted Likewise the people after the death of Absalon perceyuing and féeling their owne faulte were gréeued with the expulsion and desired restitution of Dauid their King so as they reuerently receyued him he louingly did pardon them and God graciously did agree and blesse both him and them together in a peasable and prosperous kingdome So surely whensouer men will sorrowe and confesse their owne sinnes pittie and praye for the myseries of other then wyll God forgiue the sinnes remedie the miseries comforte the consciences and blesse and prosper the countreyes and kingdomes of such godly persons And therfore all mē had nede to beware of suche vngodly mindes as desire and delite to sée or heare the mischief and miseries or faultes and euils in other For all they that haue so euil disposed mindes shal soone be forced to fynde and feele in them selues the same euils whiche they nowe will and wishe vnto other No man shoulde imagin bycause hée can finde a faulte in other that therfore he himself is not giltie or bycause other bée plagued that hee shall bée blessed Adam in Paradise founde faulte with the woman and the woman with the Serpent and GOD did not take the faulte of one to be an excuse for an other but rather as cause of greatter offence and of more iuste condemnation vnto them all The Pharisie did finde faults in the Publican and had nothyng in hym selfe that coulde please god The Publicane féeling and confessyng his owne faultes obteyned mercye and grace of god And also note that those whyche had theyr bloude mixt with sacrifice beyng cruelly killed of Herode and those whiche were miserably ouerwhelmed with the fall of a Toure in Siloe were not the greatest sinners afore God but ráther shewed as notable examples to giue warning vnto all men that if they woulde not repent and amende them selues beyng then spared they shoulde perish and be destroyed with suche vengeance and plagues as they did sée poured vppon those other that then suffered So the moates in other mennes eyes should make vs diligent to pul the beames out of our owne eyes and the plagues of other mennes punishmentes bée good warnings for vs of repentance amendment But when as menne lightly regarding the good counsel of Gods word and boldly presumyng vppon false prophecies and vayne worldly policies doe imagin that faultes founde in other make muche for the discharge and prayse of them and the destruction of other for the deliuerance or assurance of them then doe their blynde eyes whiche will not sée and sorowe their owne sinnes and other mennes miseries despise the long sufferance and mercifull pacience of God alluring them by al maner of meanes vnto repentance amendment their hard harts which can not repent doth heap store vp against thēselues the wrath and vengeance of God in the day of his displeasure whiche commeth so sore and sodaynly vppon them that they shall fynde no way to auoyde it nor be able to abyde it O Englande take héede For when God dothe beginne to iudge those that hée of hys house and familye then doothe hée make ready and threaten vengeaunce and perdition vnto suche as bée strangers and enimies vnto hym and vnto his house hys churche his Gospell his truthe As surely as the Lorde liueth if thou wilt not soone sée take good héede repent and amend thou shalt not long be without féeling and experience that carnall libertie sclaundering the Gospell can bee no couer nor cloake for superstitious Papistrie refusing the Gospell Nor worldely couetousnesse taking and abusing any landes or goods perteyning vnto the churche of Christe and to the common wealth shall not excuse or defend abhominable idolatrie agaynst the honor of God and saluation of mens soules Fayned flatterie to get and kéepethe fauor of man shall not serue or saue manyfeste and manyfolde periuries from the plague and vengeance of god Foolishe pittie wéeping for the plages poured vpon the gréene trée bearing fruites vnto the glorie of God in heauen shall not serue to excuse the hard hearts which can not sorowe for their own sinnes themselues and their frends which be dry trées vessels to be filled with wrath and vengeaunce fyre brandes to bée burned to kindle and kéepe a continuall fier in hell Wherefore be warned by gods worde 2. Cor. 6. come from emongs them and be ye seperated from them sayeth the Lorde and touche ye not the vncleane and I will receiue you and I will be vnto you as a father and ye shall be vnto me as sonnes and daughters sayth the Lord almightie CHAP. X. The best way for euery man to sorrow for his owne sinnes to pitie other mennes miseries and altogether in vnitie of Faythe and Charitie too call and truste vntoo God for mercie and grace in Christ. O Englishman womā who or where so euer thou arte behold sée how the merciful goodnesse of god by many euils miseries and daungers doth driue théefrō hope trust in thy self in man or in any worldly thing that he may the better by the light of the Gospell allure and winne thée vnto his mercie grace and saluation in Christ Iesu. Thou mayst learne by the law of God and experience of all ages that there is nothing of mannes minde and imagination but the euill of sinfull abhomination The woorde of God doothe witnesse that what ceremonies sacrifice or seruice any man at any time did of theyr owne zeale and deuotion deuise to honour and please God was in déede superstitious idolatrie and abhomination afore god Thou maist see by the light of the Gospell through the power and presence of Gods spirite spred and preched in euery place that such shadowes figures in sacrifices and ceremonies yea suche bodily presence of Christes humanitie vppon earth as God ordeyned to serue in their time and place be nowe 〈◊〉 terly abolished as vnprofitable for that they could not haue continued or bene renued but that the cléere lyght of the Gospel should by them be sore blemished and hindered Nowe by the grace of the holy Ghoste sent and come to declare teache and witnesse the truthe of God in playne preaching of the Gospel thou mayest heare sée and perceiue the world so reproued and rebuked of sinne of righteousnesse and iudgement as maketh it playne and euident that suche horrible sinnes as seuerally in certaine times did euer prouoke some sore plagues and vengeance
of Chryst your earnest zeles be reproued for that ye do not well knowe your owne minde and spirite but lamentably looking vpon the scattered flocke crie and cal vnto the father of mercie and pitie that as the Lorde of the haruest he woulde send forth labourers faithful pastors godlie preachers to gather kéepe and féede the electe people lambes and children of God in the holie Churche kingdome and inheritaunce of Christ. A meditation vppon the Lordes prayer OVr Father which art in heauen We gloriously formed vnto the Image of thy diuine Maiestie created by thy gracious goodnes vnto highest honour howe be it by our owne sinfulnesse dysfigured with vilenesse deseruing damnacion and yet by Christes death redeemed and restored vnto grace to be citizens with saincts of the familie of God Nowe altogether in christen vnitie as members of one bodie we pray desire and trust to obtayne of thée our heauenly father according vnto thy gracious goodnesse mightie power and faythfull promise vnto vs that aske abundance of thy grace That thy name may be halovved That thy diuine power and glorious maiestie may bée certainely knowen and reuerently honoured That the heartes of vs men by thy worde and prayer may bee sanctified from al sinne and vanitie so that wée with all that wée haue seruing thee in holinesse and righteousnesse may so shine afore men vppon earthe that they thereby may be occasion to honour thee our father which arte in heauen Thy kingdome come Thy worde bée so fruitfully preached amongst vs thy people that we may be thorowly instructed and taughte to bridle our sensuall appetites by naturall reason and to submit our wits and reasons vnto a good godlie spirit and to trie our spirites by the true Scriptures So that within vs may raigne the kingdome of God which is neyther meate nor drink whiche is neither superstitious ceremonies voluptuous pleasures nor vayne glorie but righteousnesse peace and comforte in the holie ghoste by the which we nowe tasting of thy heauenly ioyes may be made from henceforth wearie of all worldly vanities continually looking and praying for the appearance and comming of thy eternall and euerlasting kingdome Thy vvill bee done in earth as it is in heauen In heauen the Angels of reuerent loue do thy will and commaundement with cōfortable courage and ioyfull pleasure In hell the wicked spirits through malice and enuie repining and grudging doe torment and vexe them selues whatsoeuer they bée doing And vppon earth men being subiecte vnto sinne do think it a labour and payne to be occupied in any thing that is good and godlie Wherefore we pray that the grace of thy heauenly spirit may so worke in our earthly bodies that wée beyng deliuered from sinne and vanitie may fréely delight and take pleasure to doo thy will and commandement beyng declared by thy worde to vs men vpon earth as thy glorious Angels do which be in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread We hauing great néede not able of our sclues to deserue any thing beséeche thée of thy fatherly goodnesse to giue fréely vnto all vs in generall So that none bée hurt nor hindered seuerally this day when as wee crie constreyned by present néede not craftily crauing for vaine care against to morrowe our dayly bread our dayly and necessary foode and reléefe both bodily and ghostly And especially so that the spirituall foode of Christes fleshe and his bloude by dayly preaching of the Gospell and administration of the Sacramentes may replenishe our hearts and mindes with continuall remembrance of Christes death and his passion dayly to bée vsed for necessary and spirituall consolation Forgiue vs our rrespasses as vve forgiue them that trespasse against vs. Giue vnto vs that féeling our owne sinfulnesse to néede and desire thy merciful forgiuenesse of our faultes and trespasses which we haue committed against thée so that we fréely forgiuing all other that haue offended vs in any thing whatsoeuer it be may bée sure that mercy springing in thée hath procéeded vnto vs and being graciously offered of thée hath bene thankfully receyued of vs and being charitably vsed of vs towardes other shall most certainly bée cōfrmed and enlarged of thée towards vs So that by frée mercie springing and proceeding from thée all faultes may bée fréely forgiuen euen as those which other haue committed agaynste vs so likewyse those which we haue done againste thée And lead vs not into temptation Suffer not the diuell by the abuse of thy benefites to leade vs captiues into deceytfull and damnable temptation drawing vs by daintie meats vnto gréedy gluttony ▪ by money and richesse vnto vnsatiable couetousnesse and by welth and prosperitie vnto pride and vaine glory and by all thy godly gracious giftes vnto euery diuelishe abhominable sinne But deliuer vs from euill Deliuer our goodes from abuse our bodies from corruption our soules from dānation deliuer vs by Christ Iesu from the bondage of sinne vnto the liberty of the Gospell so that from all daunger of diuelishe temptation trayning and entycing men towardes damnation we may be deliuered to serue thee in holinesse and righteousnesse al the dais of our life with most certaine and sure hope of euerlasting saluation through Christ Iesu in whome our hope and thy promis is most certayne that is to say Amen Youre tyme is shorte your daungers bee greate you are vvell vvarned by Gods vvord vvritten Mark. xiij Take heede watche and praye Take heede that your hearts and myndes bee not made heauie harde and dull vvith meates and drinkes vaine pleasures or worldly cares VVatch with diligence to doo youre owne duties in destrous looking for Christes comming Pray that yee may escape all dangers and stande in grace and fauour afore the face of Christ at his comming APOCAL. 22. Behold I come soone Printed by Henrie Bynneman for George Byshop 1575.