Deuout psalmes and colletes gathered and set in suche order as may be vsed for dayly meditacions Anno 1.5.6.7 ¶ An exhortacion to prayer EMonges all other exercises good Christian reader that god hath prepared for vs that we may exercise oure selues in there is none better none more excellent then is true prayer cumming from a cleane hert and an vnfeyned conscience For in the day of temtacion when the olde serpent by his subtyl suggestions shal go about our helth to subuert we shal easely by prayer as a present remedy all hys malicyouse sondry dartes extynguishe Also in the day of external affliccion which oftentimes chaunseth for our sinnes wickednes by prayer we shall eyther obteyne helpe that it may be mitigated or elles all together taken away Fyrst of all this is to be noted that we must make our prayers and commen peticions vnto god and to hym onely For he is the geuer of euery good and perfecte gifte It is one chefe operacion and working belonging vnto his diuinitie to graūt vnto vs suche thinges as we doe aske and craue of hym They therfore that dooe aske of other besydes hym somuche as is in them dooe rob god of his power and diuinitie It is written in the epistle of saynt Iames If any of you want wisdom let him aske of him that geueth it that is of god And god also by hys prophet Dauid exhorteth vs to make our prayers vnto him his wordes be these Cal vpon me in the day of tribulacion and I will delyuer the. Accordyng to thys saynt Paule sayeth How shall they call vppon him in whom they beleue not Therfore we cannot call on hym for help but in whome we dooe beleue we cannot beleue that oure peticions shal be graunted excepte we be steyed vpon some promise made vnto vs in the scripture The promyse in scripture as concernyng our peticions to be graunted is made by the father only that in the name of Christ wherfore vnto him only oure prayers is to be directed Furthermore this is to be noted in prayer that we must pray with our hartes and mindes not onely with our lippes our toung For yf we do we may well be compared vnto the Iewes vnto whō our sauiour Christ sayde o ye hipocrites Esaie the prophet hath prophecied well of you saying This peopell draweth nere vnto me with there mouth they honour me with the lyppes but theyr heart is far from me Let vs call to our remēbraunce the example of Anna mother of Samuel whiche prayed vehemently vnto god and her peticion was heard graunted yet she spake not one word with her toung But powred furth the whole sorow anguyshe of her mynde afore god And god sayde vnto Moises wherfore doest thou crye vnto me whē Moyses spake nothing with his toung but with his hart Therfore in our praiers let vs lift vp our heartes vnto God earnestly desyring those thinges that we haue most nede of separating our mindes frō all cares and desyres of the worlde the fleshe On the mundaye The fyrst psalme Beatus vir qui non abiit BLessed is that man that hath not walked in the counsayl of the vngodly nor stande in the way of sinners and hath not sit in the seate of the scorneful But his delyte is in the lawe of the Lord and in his lawe wyl he exercise him selfe day and night And he shal be like a tree plāted by the water syde that wyl bryng furth his fruit in due season His leafe also shal not wither loke whatsoeuer he doeth it shal prosper As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaffe which the wynd scattereth away frō the face of the yearth Therfore the vngodly shal not be able to stād in the iudgement neither the synners in the cōgregacion of the righteous But the lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shal perishe The second Verba mea auribus Psal v. POnder my wordes o Lord cōsidre my meditacion O herken thou vnto the voyce of my callyng my kyng and my God for vnto the wyll I make my praier My voyce shalt thou heare by tymes o Lord early in the mornyng wyl I direct my praier vnto the and wyll loke vp For thou art the God that hath no pleasure in wickednes neither shal any euil dwel with the. Suche as be folishe shall not stand in thy sight for thou hatest al them that worke vanitie Thou shalt destroye them that speake lesyng the Lord wyll abhorre both the bloudthyrsty and deceitful man But as for me I wyl come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy in thy feare wyll I worship towarde thy holy temple Leade me o Lord in thy rightwysenes because of myne enemies make thy way playne before my face For there is no faythfulnes in his mouth theyr inwarde partes are very wickednes Their throte is an open sepulchre thei flatter with theyr tong Destroy thou them O God let them perishe thorowe their owne ymaginacions cast them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlynesse for they haue rebelled against the. And let all them that put theyr trust in the reioyce thei shal euer be geuyng of thankes because thou defendest thē thei that loue thy name shal be ioyful in the. For thou Lorde wylte geue thy blissyng vnto the righteous and with thy fauourable kyndnesse wylt thou defende him as with a shilde ¶ The third Domine ne Psal vi O Lord rebuke me not in thine indignacion neither chasten me in thy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me O lord for I am weake O lord heale me for my bones are vexed My soule also is sore troubled but lord how long wilte thou punishe me Turne the O lord and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth the and who wyll geue the thankes in the pit I am weary of my gronyng euery night washe I my bed and water my couche with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble worne away because of all myne enemies Away fro me all ye that worke vanitie for the lorde hath hearde the voyce of my wepyng The lord hath heard my peticion the lord wyl receiue my praier All myne enemies shal be confounded sore vexed they shal be turned backe and putte to shame sodenly ¶ The fourth Domine dominus noster psal viii O Lorde oure gouernour how excellent is thi name in all the world thou that hast set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest styll the enemye and the auenger For I wyl cōsidre thy heauens euen the workes of thy fyngers the Moone the starres whiche thou hast ordayned What is manne that thou art myndefull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the
of the world shal remembre thē selues and be turned vnto the lord and al the kinredes of the naciōs shal worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people Al suche as be fat vpō yearth haue eaten worshipped Al they that go doune into the dust shall kneele before him and no mā hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue him they shal be counted vnto the lord for a generacion They shall come and the heauens shal declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shal be borne whom the lord hath made Let vs pray O Lord God whiche dispisest not a cōtrite heart and forgettest the sinnes wickednes of a sinner in what houre soeuer he doth mourne and lament his old maner of liuyng Graunt vnto vs O lorde now gathered to gether in thy name true contricion of heart that we may vehemently dispise our sinnefull life past and wholely be conuerted vnto the by our sauiour lorde Iesus Christ Amen The lordes praier c. as vpō monday On the wednisday The fyrst Ad te domine leuaui psal xxv VNto the O lord wyll I lift vp my soule My God I haue put my trust in the Oh let me not be confounded neither let myne enemies triūph ouer me For all they that hope in the shall not be ashamed but suche as transgresse without a cause shal be put to confusion Shewe me thy wayes O lord and teache me thy pathes Leade me furth in thy trueth and learne me for ȳ art the God of my saluacion in the hath bene my hope al the day long Cal to remembraunce O lord thy tendre mercyes and thy louyng kyndnesses whiche haue bene euer of olde Oh remembre not the synnes and offences of my youthe but according vnto thy mercy thinke thou vpon me O lorde for thy goodnes Gracious righteous is the lorde therfore wyll he teache sinners in the way Them that be meke shall he guide in iudgement and suche as be gentle them shal he learne his way All the pathes of the lorde are mercy and trueth vnto suche as kepe his couenaūt and his testimonies For thy names sake O lord be mercyful vnto my synne for it is great What man is he that feareth the lord him shal he teache in the way that he shal chose His soule shall dwell at ease his seede shal inherite the lande The secrete of the Lorde is among them that feare him and he wyl shewe thē his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokyng vnto the lord for he shal plucke my feete out of the net Turne the vnto me and haue mercy vpō me for I am desolate and in misery The sorowes of my heart are enlarged O bryng thou me out of my troubles Loke vpon myne aduersitie misery forgeue me al my sinne Considre myne enemies howe many they are and they beare a a tyrannous hate against me O kepe my soule and deliuer me let me not be confounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let perfectnes and righteous dealyng wayte vpon me for my hope hath bene in the. Deliuer Israel O God out of al his troubles The second Dominus illuminatio psal xxvii THe lord is my light and my saluacion whō then shal I feare The lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afrayde When the wicked euen myne enemies my fooes came vpon me to eat vp my fleshe they stumbled and fel. Though an hoost of men were layd against me yet shal not my heart be afrayde though there rose vppe warre agaynst me yet wyl I put my trust in him One thyng haue I desired of the lord whiche I wyll require euē that I may dwel in the house of the lord al the daies of my life to behold the fayre beauty of the lord and to visit his temple For in the time of trouble he shal hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secrete place of his dwellyng shal he hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And now shall he lifte vppe my heade aboue mine enemies roūd about me Therfore wyll I offre in his dwellyng an oblaciō with great gladnes I wyl syng and speake prayses vnto the Lord. Herken vnto my voice O lord when I cry vnto the haue mercy vpon me and heare me My heart hath talked of the Seke ye my face thy face O lord wyl I seke O hyde not thou thy face fro me nor cast thy seruaunt awaye in displeasure Thou hast bene my succoure leaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluacion When my father and mother forsake me the lord taketh me vp Teache me thy way O lord leade me the right waye because of myne enemies Deliuer me not into the wyll of myne aduersaries for ther are false wytnesses risen vp agaynst me and suche as speake wrong I should vtterly haue fainted but that I beleue verely to se the goodnes of the lorde in the land of the liuyng O tary thou the lordes leysure be strong he shal comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the lord The third In te domine speraui psal xxxi IN the lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to cōfusion deliuer me in thy righteousnes Bowe doune thyne eare to me make hast to deliuer me And be thou my strong rocke house of defēce that thou mayest saue me For thou art my strong rocke my castle Be thou also my guide leade me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the net that they haue layde priuely for me for thou art my strength Into thy hādes I cōmende my spirit for thou hast redemed me O lorde thou God of truth I haue hated them that hold of supersticious vanities and my trust hath bene in the lorde I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercy for thou hast cōsidred my trouble hast knowen my soule in aduersities Thou hast not shut me vp into the hande of the enemye but hast set my feete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O lorde for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynes euen my soule and my body For my life is waxen olde with heauynes and my yeares with mournyng My strēgth fayleth me because of myne iniquitie and my bones are consumed I became a reprofe among all myne enemies but specially among my neighbours and they of myne acquaintaunce were afrayde of me and they that did se me without cōueied them selues fro me I am cleane forgottē as a dead man out of mynde I am become like a broken vessel For I haue heard the blasphemy of the multitude and feare is on euery side whyle they conspire together against me take their counsail to take away my life But my hope hath bene in the O lord I haue sayd thou art my God My tyme is in thy hande deliuer me from the hand of myne enemies and from them that persecute me
the and vpon thy kyngdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob layed waste his dwellyng place O remembre not our olde sinnes but haue mercy vpon vs and that soone for we ar come to great myserie Helpe vs O God of our saluacion for the glory of thy name O delyuer vs and be mercyful vnto oure synnes for thy names sake Wherfore do the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in our sight O let the sorowful syghynge of the prisonners come before the accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those the are appoynted to dye And as for the blasphemy wherewith oure neyghbours haue blasphemed the reward thou them O Lorde seuen folde into theyr bosome So we that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture shal gyue the thankes for euer and wyl alway be shewyng forth thy prayse from generacion to generacion The third Qui regis Israel Psal lxxx HEare O thou shepherd of Israel thou that leadest Ioseph like a shepe shew thy selfe also thou that sittest vpon the Cherubins Before Ephraim Beniamin Manasses styre vp thy strength and come helpe vs. Turne vs agayne O god shewe the light of thy countenaunce and we shal be whole O Lord God of hoostes howe longe wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth Thou fedest them with the bread of teares and giuest them plenteousnesse of teares to drinke Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto our neighbours and oure enemies laugh vs to scorne Turne vs agayne thou God of hoostes shewe the light of thy countenaunce and we shal be whole Thou hast brought a vine out of Egipt thou hast cast out the Heathen and planted it Thou madest rowme for it and whan it had taken rote it filled the lande The hylles were couered with the shadowe of it the boughes therof were like the goodly Cedre trees She stretched out her braunches vnto the sea her boughes vnto the ryuer Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge that all they whiche go by plucke of her grapes The wild bore oute of the wood doth rote it vp the wilde beastes of the filde deuoureth it Turne the agayne thou God of hoostes loke downe from heauen beholde and visit thys vyne And the place of the vyneiarde that thy right hand hath planted the braunche that thou madest so stronge for thy selfe It is brent with fyre and cut downe they shall peryshe at the rebuke of thy countenaunce Let thy hand be vpon the man of thy ryghte hande and vpon the sonne of man whom thou madest so stronge for thyne owne selfe And so wyll not we go backe from the Oh let vs lyue and we shall call vpon thy name Turne vs agayne O lord god of hoostes shewe the lyght of thy countenaunce we shal be whole The forthe Inclina domine aurem psal lxxxvi BOwe downe thine eare o lorde and heare me for I am poore and in misery Preserue thou my soule for I am holye my God saue thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercifull vnto me o Lord for I will call dayly vpon the Coumfort the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto the o lorde doe I lyft vp my soule For thou Lord art good gracious and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon the. Geue eare Lord vnto my prayer and ponder the voyces of my humble desyres In the tyme of my trouble I will call vpon the for thou hearest me Among the goddes there is none lyke vnto the O Lorde there is not one that can do as thou doest All nacions whom thou haste made shall come and worshyp the O Lorde and shall gloryfie thy name For thou art greate and doeste wonderous thinges thou art god alone Teache me thy waye O Lorde and I will walke in thy truth O knyt my hert vnto the that it maye feare thy name I wyll thanke the O Lorde my God with all my herte and wyll prayse thy name for euer For greate is thy mercy towarde me and thou haste delyuered my soule from the nethermost hell O god the proude are rysen against me and the congregacions of naughtie men haue sought after my soule and haue not set the before theyr eyes But thou O Lorde god arte full of compassion mercy longe sufferyng plenteous in goodnes and truth O turne the then vnto me and haue mercy vpon me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunte and helpe the sonne of thyne handemayde Shewe some token vpon me for good that they which hate me maye se it be ashamed because thou Lorde hast helped me and comforted me Let vs pray O Mercifull God oure only ayde soccour and strength at all tymes graunt vnto vs O-lord that in the tyme of prosperitie we be not proude and so forget the but that with our whole power strength we may cleaue vnto the and in the time of aduersitie that we fall not to infidelitie and desperaciō but that alwayes with a constante fayth we may cal for helpe vnto the Graunte this O Lord for our aduocates sake sauioure Iesu Christe Amē The Lordes prayer c. As afore On the Sunday The fyrst Domine refugium psal xc LOrd thou hast ben oure refuge from one generacion vnto another Before the mountaynes were brought forthe or euer the earth and the worlde were made thou art God from euerlastyng worlde without ende Thou turnest man to destrucciō agayne thou sayest come agayne children of men For a thousande yeares in thy syght are but as yesterdaye seyng that is paste as a watche in the night As sone as thou scaterest them they are euen as a slepe and fade awaye sodenlye lyke the grasse In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp but in the eueninge it is cutte downe dried vp and withered For we consume away in thy dyspleasure and are afrayed at thy wrathfull indignacion Thou hast set our misdedes before the and oure secret synnes in the lyght of thy countenaunce For when thou arte angry all our dayes are gone we bring our yeares to an ende as it were a tale that is tolde The dayes of our age are thre score yeares and ten and though men be so stronge that they come to foure scoure yeares yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath for euen therafter as a mā fareth so is thy dyspleasure O teache vs to noumbre our dayes that we maye applye our hertes vnto wysdome Tourne the agayne O Lord at the last and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes O satisfie vs with thy mercy that soone so shall we reioyce and be glad al the dayes of our lyfe Comforte vs agayne nowe after the time that thou hast plaged vs and for the yeares wherein we haue suffred aduersitie Shewe thy
seruauntes thy worke theyr children thy glorie And the glorious maiestie of the lorde our god be vpon vs prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs o prosper thou our handy worke The second Venite exultemus psal xcv O Come let vs synge vnto the Lorde let vs hertely reioyce in the strength of oure saluacion let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in him with psalmes For the Lorde is a great kinge aboue all goddes In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hylles is hys also The sea is hys and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worshyppe and falle downe before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde our God and we are the people of hys pasture and the shepe of his handes To day if ye wil heare his voyce harden not your hartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of tentacion in the wildernes when youre fathers tempted me proued me sawe my workes Fourtie yeares long was I greued with the generacion sayde it is a people that do erre in theyr hertes for they haue not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest ¶ The third Iubilate deo psal C. O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse come before hys presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God It is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are hys people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye into his gates with thankesgeuing and into his courtes wyth prayse be thankeful vnto hym and speake good of hys name For the Lord is gracious hys mercy is euerlastyng his truthe endureth from generacion to generacion The fowerth Benedic anima mea psal ciii PRayse the lorde O my soule al that is within me prayse hys holy name Prayse the Lorde O my soule and forget not all hys benefytes Whiche forgeueth al thy sinne and healeth all thyne infyrmyties Whyche saueth thy lyfe from destrucciō and crowneth the with mercye and louynge kyndnesse Whiche satisfyeth thy mouth with good thynges makyng the yonge and lustye as an Aegle The lorde executeth ryghteousnesse and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses hys workes vnto the chyldren of Israel The lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffring and of great goodnes He wil not alway be chiding neyther kepeth he his anger for euer He hath not dealt wyth vs after our synnes nor rewarded vs accordyng to our wickednesses For loke howe hye the heauen is in comparison of the earth so greate is hys mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke howe wyde also the East is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yea lyke as a father pytieth hys owne children euen so is the lorde merciful vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a floure of the fielde For as sone as the winde goth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shall knowe it no more But the mercifull goodnesse of the lorde endureth for euer and euer vpō them that feare hym and hys ryghteousnes vpon childres children Euen vpon suche as kepe hys couenaunt and thinke vpon hys commaundementes to do them The lorde hath prepared hys seate in heauen and his kyngdom ruleth ouer all O prayse the lorde ye Angels of hys ye that excell in strength ye that fulfill hys commaundement and herken vnto the voyce of hys wordes O prayse the Lord al ye his hostes ye seruauntes of hys that do hys pleasure O speake good of the lorde all ye workes of hys in all places of hys dominyon prayse thou the lorde O my soule Let vs pray O Almyghtie mercifull lorde whiche geuest vnto thy elect people the holy gooste as a sure pledge of thy heauenly kyngdom Graunte vnto vs o lorde this holy spirite that he may beare witnes with our spirite that we be thy children and heyres of thy kyngdom and that by the operacion of this spirite we may kyl all carnall lustes vnlawfull pleasures concupiscence euell affeccions contrary vnto thy wil by our sauioure and lorde Iesu Christ Amen The Letany O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercye vpon vs myserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs myserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercie vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie thre persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Holy virgin Mary mother of God our sauiour Iesu Christ Pray for vs. All holy Angels and Archangelles and all holy orders of blessed spirites Pray for vs. All holy Patriarkes Prophetes Apostles and Martyrs Confessours and Virgins and all the blessed company of heauē Pray for vs. Remembre not Lorde oure offences nor the offences of oure forefathers neyther take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precious bloude and be not angrye with vs for euer Spare vs good lorde From all euel and mischiefe from synne from the craftes assautes of the deuyl frō thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good lorde deliuer vs. From blindnesse of heart from pryde vayneglory and hipocrisy from enuy hatred and malyce and all vncharitablenesse Good lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all deadly synne and from all the deceiptes of the worlde the flesshe and the deuyll Good lorde delyuer vs. From lightening and tempest from plage pestilence and famine from battayle and murder from sodeyne death Good lorde delyuer vs. From all sedicion and pryuye conspiracy from the tyranny of the byshop of Rome and all hys detestable enormities frō all false doctrine and heresy from al hardnes of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundement Good lorde delyuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie circumcision by thy baptisme fastyng and temptacion Good lorde delyuer vs By thyne agony and bluddy sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buryall by thy glorious resurrection and ascencion by the cummyng of the holy gost Good lorde delyuer vs. In al tyme of our tribulacion to all tyme of our welth in the houre of death in the day of iudgement Good lorde delyuer vs. We synners do beseche the to heare
Aungels to croune him with glory and worship Thou makest him to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes thou hast put all thynges in subiection vnder his feete Al shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fyshe of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorowe the pathes of the seas O lord oure gouernour howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Let vs pray ALmighty God the father of mercy and God of all comforte the whiche onely forgeuest synne forgeue vnto vs our synnes good lorde forgeue vnto vs our sinnes that by the multitude of thy mercy thei may be couered and not imputed vnto vs and by the operacion of the holy ghost we may haue power and strēgth hereafter to resist synne by oure sauiour lord Iesu Christ Amē ¶ The Letany The lordes praier The twelue articles of our beliefe The ten commaundementes The places cōcernyng Baptisme The places cōcernyng the supper of the lord Let vs pray O Almighty God and mercyful Lord whiche geuest c. On the tuysday The fyrst Saluum me fac psal xii HElpe me lord for ther is not one godly man lefte For the faythfull are minished frō among the children of men They talke of vanitie euerye one with his neighbour they do but flatter with theyr lippes dissemble in theyr double heart The Lord shall rote out all deceiptful lippes and the tong that speaketh proude thynges Whiche haue sayd with oure tongue wyll we preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lord ouer vs Now for the comfortlesse troubles sake of the neady because of the depe sighyng of the poore I wyl vp sayth the lord wyll helpe euery one from him that swelleth against him and wyl set them at rest The wordes of the Lorde are pure wordes euen as the syluer whiche from yearth is tried and purified seuen tymes in the fyre Thou shalt kepe them O lord thou shalte preserue him frō this generacion for euer The vngodly walke on euery side when they are exalted the childrē of men are put to rebuke The second Dixit insipiens psal xiiii THe fole hath sayd in his heart there is no God They are corrupt and become abhominable in their doynges there is not one that doth good no not one The lord loked doune frō heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand seke after God But they are al gone out of the way they are al together become abhominable there is none that doth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tonges thei haue disceiued the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes Their mouth is ful of cursyng bitternes theyr feete are swifte to shed bloud Destruction and vnhappynes is in their waies and the way of peace haue they not knowē there is no feare of God before their eyes Haue they no knowledge that they al are suche workers of mischief eatyng vp my people as it were bread cal not vpon the lord There were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for God is in the generaciō of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the coūsell of the poore because he putteth his trust in the lord Who shal geue saluacion vnto Israel out of Syon When the lord turneth the captiuitie of his people then shal Iacob reioyce Israel shal be glad The third Domine quis habitabit psal xv LOrde who shall dwel in thy tabernacle who shall rest vpon thy holy hyl Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and doeth the thyng whiche is right and speaketh the truth from his heart He that hath vsed no disceipte in his tong nor done euil to his neighboure and hath not slaundred his neighbours He that setteth not by him self but is lowly in his owne eyes maketh muche of thē that feare the Lord. He that sweareth vnto his neighbour and disapointeth him not though it were to his owne hynderaunce He that hath not geuē his money vpō vsury nor taken reward against the innocent Who so doeth these thynges shal neuer fal The fowerth Deus deus meus psal xxii MY God my God loke vpō me why hast thou forsaken me and art so farre fro my helth and frō the wordes of my complaint O my God I crie in the day tyme but thou hearest not in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holye O thou worship of Israel Our father 's hoped in the they trusted in the and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon the and wer helped they put theyr trust in the and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no mā a very scorne of men and the outcast of the people All they that see me laugh me to scorne they shote out theyr lippes and shake their head saiyng He trusted in God that he would deliuer him let him deliuer him if he wyl haue him But thou arte he that toke me out of my mothers wombe thou wast my hope when I hāged yet vpon my mothers breastes I haue bene left vnto the euer syns I was borne thou arte my God euen frō my mothers wōbe O go not fro me for trouble is harde at hand and there is none to helpe me Many oxen are come about me fatte bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and roryng Lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynte my heart also in the middest of my bodye is euen like meltyng waxe My strength is dryed vp lyke a potsherde and my tong cleueth to my gummes and thou shalte bryng me into the dust of death For many dogges are come about me and the counsayle of the wicked lay siege against me They pearsed my handes and my feete I may tel al my bones they stande staryng and lokyng vpon me They parte my garmentes among them and cast lottes vpō my vesture But be not thou farre from me O lord thou art my succour hast the to helpe me Deliuer my soule from the swearde my dearelyng from the power of the dogge Saue me frō the lyons mouth thou hast heard me also from among the hornes of the vnicornes I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middest of the congregacion wyll I prayse the. O prayse the lorde ye that feare him magnifye him all ye of the seede of Iacob and feare him all ye seede of Israel For he hath not dispysed nor abhorred the lowe estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frō him but when he called vnto him he heard him My praise is of the in the great congregacion my vowes wyll I perfourme in the sight of them that feare him The poore shal eate be satisfied they that seke after the lorde shal prayse him your heart shall liue for euer All the endes
Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy couÌ„tenaunce and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O lord for I haue called vpon the let the vngodly be put to confusion be put to sileÌ„ce in the graue Let the liyng lippes be put to silence whiche cruelly disdaynefully spitefully speake agaynst the righteous O how pleÌ„tiful is thy goodnes whiche thou hast layd vp for theÌ„ that feare the and that thou hast prepared for them that put theyr trust in the euen before the soÌ„nes of men Thou shalt hyde theÌ„ priuely by thyne owne presence froÌ„ the prouokyng of all menne thou shalt kepe theÌ„ secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues Thankes be to the Lorde for he hath shewed me merueilous great kyndnes in a strong cytie And when I made hast I sayd I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes Neuertheles thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the lord all ye his saintes for the lorde preserueth them that are faythful and pleÌ„teously rewardeth he the proude doer Be strong and he shal stablishe your heart all ye that put your trust in the lord The fowerth Beati quorum psal xxxii BLessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whoÌ„ the lord imputeth no sinne and in whose spirit there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones coÌ„sumed away thorow my dayly complainyng For thy hand is heuy vpoÌ„ me day night and my moysture is like the drouth in summer I wyll knowledge my synne vnto the myne vnrighteousnes haue I not hid I sayd I wyl confesse my synnes vnto the lord so thou forgauest the wickednes of my siÌ„ne Sela. For this shall euerye one that is godly make his praier vnto the in a tyme when thou mayest be found but in the great water fluddes they shal not come nigh him Thou art a place to hide me in thou shalt preserue me froÌ„ trouble thou shalt coÌ„passe me aboute with songes of deliueraunce Sela I wyll enfourme the teache the in the way wherin thou shalt goo and I wyll guyde the with myne eye Be ye not like horse and Mule whiche haue no vnderstandyng whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle lest they fal vpon the. Great plages remayne for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord mercye embraceth him on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the lord and be ioyful al ye that are true of heart Let vs pray O Mercifull father by whose power and strength we may ouer come our enemies both bodily and ghostly graunt vnto vs O Lorde that accordyng to oure promyse made in Baptisme we may ouercome the chief enemies of our soule that is the desyres of the world the pleasures of the fleshe and the suggestions of the wicked spirite and so after leade our liues in holynes and righteousnes that we may serue the in spirit and in trueth that by our sauiour lord Iesu Christ AmeÌ„ The letany c. As on monday Let vs pray O Almightye God merciful lord whiche geuest c. On the thursday The fyrst Benedicam dominum Psal xxxiiii I Wyl alway geue thaÌ„kes vnto the lorde his prayse shall euer be in my mouth My soule shall make her bost in the lord the humble shal heare therof and be glad O praise the lord with me and let vs magnifye his name together I sought the Lord he heard me yea he deliuered me out of al my feare They had an eye vnto him were lightened theyr faces wer not ashamed Lo the poore crieth the lord heareth him yea and saueth him out of al his troubles The Angel of the lord tarieth rouÌ„d about them that feare him and deliuereth them O taste see how gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in him O feare the lorde ye that be his sainctes for they that feare him lacke nothyng The lyons do lacke and suffre hunger but they whiche seke the Lorde shall want no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children herken vnto me I wyl teache you the feare of the lord What man is he that lusteth to liue and would fayne see good dayes Kepe thy tong froÌ„ euil and thy lippes that they speake no guile Eschewe euil and do good seke peace and insue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto theyr praiers The countenaunce of the lorde is against theÌ„ that do euil to rote out the remeÌ„braunce of them froÌ„ of the yearth The righteous crye the Lord heareth them and deliuereth theÌ„ out of al theyr troubles The lorde is nigh vnto theÌ„ that are of a contrite heart wyl saue suche as be of an humble spirite Great are the troubles of the righteous but the lord deliuereth him out of al. He kepeth all his bones so that not one of them is broken But misfortune shal slay the vngodly they that hate the righteous shal be desolate The lorde deliuereth the soules of his seruauntes all they that put theyr trust in him shal not be destitute The second Nolite emulare psal xxxvii FRet not thy selfe because of the vngodly neither be thou enuious against the euil doers For they shal sone be cut doune like the grasse be withered eueÌ„ as the grene herbe Put thou thy trust in the lord and do good dwel in the lande verely thou shalt be fed Delite thou in the lorde and he shall geue the thy heartes desyre Commit thy way vnto the lord and put thy trust in him and he shal bryng it to passe He shal make thy righteousnes as clere as the light and thy iust dealyng as the noone day Holde the styl in the Lorde and abyde pacientely vpon him but grieue not thy selfe at him whose way doeth ê“spere against the man that doth after euil couÌ„sailes Leaue of froÌ„ wrathe and let go displeasure fret not thy selfe els shalt thou be moued to do euil Wicked doers shal be roted out and they that paciently abide the lord those shal inherite the land Yet a lytle while the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalte loke after his place and he shal be away But the meke spirite shal possesse the yearth and shal be refreshed in the multitude of peace The vngodly seketh counsail against the iust and gnasheth vpon him with his teethe The Lorde shal laugh him to scorne for he hath seene that his day is commyng The vngodly haue drawen out the swearde haue bended theyr bowe to cast doune the pore and neady and to slaye suche as be of right conuersacion Theyr swearde shal go thorow theyr owne heart and theyr bowe shal be broken A smal thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of the vngodly For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and the Lord vpholdeth
the righteous The Lord knoweth the daies of the godly and theyr enheritance shal endure for euer They shal not he cōfounded in the perilous tyme in the daies of derth they shal haue ynough As for the vngodly they shal perishe and the enemyes of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambes yea euen as the smoke shal they consume away The vngodly boroweth and payeth not againe but the righteous is mercyful and liberal Suche as be blessed of God shal possesse the land they that be cursed of him shal be roted out The lord ordreth a good mans goyng and maketh his way acceptable to him selfe Though he fal he shal not be cast a way for the lord vpholdeth him with his hand I haue bene yong nowe am old yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his sede beggyng theyr bread The righteous is euer merciful and lendeth and his seede is blessed Fle from euil do the thyng that is good and dwel for euer For the lord loueth the thyng that is right he forsaketh not his that be godly but they are preserued for euermore The vnrighteous shal be punished as for the seede of the vngodly it shal be roted out The righteous shall enherite the lande dwel therin for euer The mouthe of the righteous is exercised in wisedome and his tong wyll be talkyng of iudgement The lawe of his God is in his heart and his goynges shall not slide The vngodly seeth the righteous and seketh occasion to slaye him The lorde wyl not leaue him in his hande nor condempne him when he is iudged Hope thou in the lord and kepe his way and he shal promote the that thou shalt possesse the land when the vngodly shall perishe thou shalt se it I my self haue sene the vngodly in great power and florishyng like a grene bay tree I wēt by loe he was gone I sought him but his place could no where be found Kepe innocency and take heede vnto the thyng that is right for that shall bryng a man peace at the last As for the transgressours they shall perishe together the ende of the vngodly is they shal be roted out at the last But the saluacion of the righteous cōmeth of the lord whiche is also theyr strength in the tyme of trouble And the Lord shal stand by thē and saue them he shal deliuer thē from the vngodly and shal saue thē because they put theyr trust in him ¶ The third Dixi custodiam vias psal xxxix I Sayd I will take hede to my wayes that I offende not in my tong I wil kepe my mouth as it wer with a bridle while the vngodly is in my sight I helde my tong and spake nothyng I kept silence yea euen from good wordes but it was payne and grefe to me My heart was hote within me and while I was thus musyng the fyre kyndled and at the last I spake with my tong Lord let me know myne ende the numbre of my dayes that I may be certified how lōg I haue to liue Beholde thou hast made my daies as it were a spanne long myne age is euen as nothyng in respecte of the and verely euery man liuyng is altogether vanitie Sela. For man walketh in a vayne shadowe disquieteth him selfe in vayne he heapeth vp riches cannot tel who shal gather them And nowe Lorde what is my hope truely my hope is euen in the. Deliuer me frō all mine offences and make me not a rebuke vnto the folishe I became dumme and opened not my mouth for it was thy doyng Take thy plage away fro me I am euen cōsumed by the meanes of thy heuy hand When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for synne thou makest his beauty to cōsume away like as it were a moth frettyng a garment Euery man therfore is but vanitie Sela. Heare my praier O lorde and with thine eares considre my callyng holde not thy peace at my teares For I am a straunger with the a soiourner as all my fathers were Oh spare me a lytle that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more sene ¶ The fourth Beatus qui intelligit Psal xli BLessed is he that considereth the poore and nedy the Lord shal deliuer him in the tyme of trouble The lord preserue him kepe him aliue that he may be blessed vpon yearth deliuer not thou him into the wyl of his enemies The lord comfort him when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed make thou al his bed in his sicknes I sayd lord be mercyfull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned against the. Myne enemyes speake euil of me when shall he dye and his name perishe And if he come to se me he speketh vanitie and his heart conceiueth falshod within him selfe and when he commeth furth he telleth it All myne enemies whisper together against me euen against me do they ymagine this euil Let the sentēce of giltynes procede against him and nowe that he lyeth let him rise vp nomore Yea euen myne owne familiar frende whō I trusted whiche did also eate of my bread hath layde great wayte for me But be thou merciful vnto me O lord raise thou me vp again and I shal rewarde them By this I knowe thou fauourest me that myne enemye doeth not triumph against me And when I am in my helth thou vpholdest me and shalt set me before thy face for euer Blessed be the Lord God of Israel worlde without ende Amen and Amen Let vs pray O Almighty and euerlastyng God whiche not onely geuest euery good and perfite gift but also encreasest those gyftes that thou haste geuen we moost humbly beseche the mercyfull God to encrease in vs the gift of fayth that we may truely beleue in the and in thy promises made vnto vs and that neither by our negligence nor infirmitie of the fleshe nor by greuousnes of tēptacion neither by the subtil craftes and assaultes of the deuill we be driuen from fayth in the bloud of oure sauioure and lorde Iesu Christe Amen The lordes prayer c. as afore On the Fridaye The fyrste Miserere mei deus psal li. HAue mercy vpon me O God after thy greate goodnes according vnto the multitude of thy mercies do away myne offences Wash me throwly fro my wiekednes clense me from my sin For I knowlege my faultes my sin is euer before me Agaynst the only haue I sīned and doen this euill in thy syghte that thou myghtest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behold I was shapen in wyckydnes and in sinne hath my mother conceyued me But lo thou requirest truth in the inward partes shalt make me to vnderstand wisdome secretly Thou shalt pourge me with Isope and I shall be cleane thou shalt washe me and I shal be whyter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare ioye and gladnes that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyce Turne
myne enemies Slaye them not lest my people forget it but scatter them abrode amonge thy people and put them downe O Lorde our defence For the sinne of theyr mouth and for the wordes of theyr lippes they shal be taken in their pryde and why theyr preachinge is of cursynge and lyes Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they maye peryshe and knowe that it is God whych ruleth in Iacob and vnto the endes of the worlde Sela. And in the euenyng they wyl returne grenne like a dogge and wil go aboute the cytie They will runne here and there for meate and grudge yf they be not satisfyed As for me I wyll singe of thy power and wyll prayse thy mercy be times in the morning for thou haste bene my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble Vnto the O my strength wyl I syng for thou O God art my refuge and my mercyfull god The second Exau di deus depreca Psal lxi HEare my crying o god geue eare vnto my prayer From the endes of the earth wil I cal vnto the when my hert is in heuines Oh sette me vp vpon the rocke that is hygher then I. For thou hast bene my hope and a stronge tower for me agaynste the enemye I will dwell in thy tabernacle for euer my trust shal be vnder the coueryng of thy wynges Sela. For thou O Lord hast heard my desires hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name Thou shalt graunt the king a long lyfe that hys yeares may endure thoroweout al generacions He shall dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercy faythfulnes that they may preserue him So wil I alway sing prayse to thy name that I maye dayly perfourme my vowes The third Nonne deo subiecta psal lxii MY soule trulye wayteth stil vpō God for of him cometh my saluacion He verely is my strēgth my saluacion He is my defence so that I shal not greatly fal Howe long will ye ymagin mischife agaynst euerye man ye shal be slayne all the sorte of you yea as a totteryng wall shal ye be and lyke a broken hedge Theyr deuice is only howe to put hym out whom God will exalte their delyght is in lyes they geue good woordes wyth they re mouthe but curse with theyr hert Sela. Neuertheles my soule wayt thou styll vpon god for my hope is in hym He truely is my strength my saluacion he is my defence so that I shall not fall In god is my helth and my glorye the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people poure out youre hertes before hym for God is our hope Sela. As for the chyldren of men they are but vayne the children of men are disceatful vpon the wayghtes they ar altogether lyghter thē vanitie it selfe O trust not in wronge and robberye geue not youre selues vnto vanitie yf ryches increase set not your hert vpon them God spake once and twyse I-haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto god And that thou Lorde art mercyfull for thou rewardeste euery man accordinge to hys worke ¶ The fourth Deus misereatur nostri psal lxvii GOd be merciful vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of of hys countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs Sela. That thy waye maye be knowen vpon earth thy sauing helthe amonge all nacions Let the people prayse the O god yea let all the people prayse the O let the nacyons reioyce and be glad For thou shalt iudge the folke righteously gouerne the nacions vpon earth Sela. Let the people prayse the O god let all thy people prayse the. Then shal the earth bring forthe her encrease God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessynge God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the world shal feare hym ¶ Let vs pray O Almightie god whiche hast prepared euerlastyng lyfe to all those that be thy faythful seruauntes graunt vnto vs Lorde sure hope of the life euerlasting that we beyng in this miserable worlde may haue some taste and feling of it in our hartes and that not by our deseruing but by the merites and deseruing of our sauiour and Lord◠Iesu Christ Amen ¶ The Letany c. As afore On satterday at after noone The fyrst Voce mea ad dominum psal lxxvii I Wyll crye vnto God wyth my voyce euen vnto God will I crye with my voyce and he shall herken vnto me In the tyme of my trouble I I sought the Lord my sore ranne and ceassed not in the nyght season my soule refused comforte When I am in heuinesse I wil thynke vpon God when my herte is vexed and wil complayne Sela Thou holdest mine eies waking I am so feble that I cannot speake I haue considered the dayes of olde and the yeares that are past I call to remembraunce my songe and in the nyght I commune with myne owne harte and searche out my spirites Wyll the lorde absent him selfe for euer And wil he be no more intreated Is hys mercy cleane gone for euer and is his promise come vtterly to an ende for euermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious And will he shut vp hys louing kindnesse in displeasure Sela And I sayd it is mine owne infyrmitie But I wil remembre the yeres of the right hand of the most hyest I will remembre the workes of the Lorde and call to minde thy wonders of olde tyme. I will thinke also of all thy workes and my talking shal be of thy doynges Thy waye O God is holie who is so great a God as oure God Thou art the god that doth wondres and hast declared thy power among people Thou hast mightely delyuered thy people euē the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Sela. The waters sawe the O god the waters sawe the and were afrayed the depthes also were troubled The cloudes powred out water the ayre thundred and thine arowes went abrode The voyce of thy thundre was herd round about the lighteninges shone vpon the grounde the earth was moued and shoke withall Thy waye is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters thy footesteppes are not knowen Thou lededst thy people lyke sheepe by the hand of Moses and Aaron The second Deus venerunt gentes psal lxxix O God the Heathen are come into thy enheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defiled and made Ierusalē an hepe of stones The dead bodies of thy seruaūtes haue they gyuen to be meate vnto the foules of the ayre and the fleshe of thy saynctes vnto the beastes of the lande Their bloud haue they shed like water on euery side of Ierusalem ther was no man to bury them We are become an open shame vnto our enemies a very scorne derision vnto them that are round about vs. Lorde howe longe wilt thou be angrye shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyre for euer Poure out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen
vs O lorde God and that it maye please the to rule and gouerne thy holy churche vniuersall in the ryght way We beseche the to heare vs good lord That it may please the to kepe Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to rule his heart in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye euer haue affiaunce in the and euer seke thy honor and glory We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to be his defender keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to kepe the noble Quene Katherine dowagier in thy feare and loue geuing her increace of all godlynesse honor and children We beseche the to heare vs Good lorde That it may please the to preserue the lady Maries grace the lady Elizabethes grace and the Lorde Protectors grace We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to illuminate all byshopes pastours and mynisters of the Churche with true knowledge and vnderstandyng of thy worde and that both by their preaching and lyuyng they may set it furthe and shewe it accordyngly We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to endue the lordes of the counsayl and al the nobilitie with grace wisdom and vnderstandyng We beseche the to heare vs Good lorde That it may please the to blesse and kepe the magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayne truthe We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade the and diligently to lyue after thy commaundemente We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue all thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy worde and receyue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to bring into the way of truthe all suche as haue erred and are deceyued We beseche the to heare vs good lord That it maye please the to strengthen suche as do stande and comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vnder our feete We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to succour helpe and comfort all that be in daunger necessitie and trybulacion We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labourynge of childe all sicke persons yong children and to shew thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to defend and prouide for the fatherles children and widowes all that be desolate and oppressed We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to haue mercy vpon all men We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to forgeue our enemies persecutours and sclaunderous to turne their heartes We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue to our vse the kindely fruites of the yearth so as in due tyme we may enioy them and to preserue them We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue to vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs al our synnes negligences and ignoraunces to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amende oure lyues accordyng to thy holy worde We beseche the to heare vs good lorde Sonne of God we beseche the to heare vs. Sonne of god we beseche the to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Graunte vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art in heauen With the residue of the pater noster And suffre vs not to be led in to temptacion But delyuer vs from euyll Amen ¶ The versicle O lorde deale not with vs after our synnes ¶ The answere ¶ Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father the dispysest not the sighing of a cōtrite hearte nor the desyre of suche as be sorowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before that in all oure troubles and aduersities when soeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the crafte and subteltie of the Deuyll or manne worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that we thy seruauntes being hurte by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto the in thy holy Churche thorough Iesu Christ our lorde O lorde arise helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue hearde with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou dyddest in their dayes in the olde tyme before them O lord arise helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy honour Glory to the father the sonne to the holy gost as it hath bene from the beginning is and shal be euer world without ende Amen From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pitifully beholde the dolour of our heart Mercyfully forgeue the synnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both nowe and euer vouchesaufe to heare vs Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Lorde Christ ¶ The versicle O lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The answere As we do put our trust in the. ¶ Let vs pray WE humbly beseche the O father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs all those euylles that we moost ryghteously haue deserued Graunt this O lorde God for our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christes sake Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue mercy and to forgeue receyue oure humble peticion and though we be tied and bound with the chayne of our synnes yet let the pityfulnes of thy great mercy leuse vs for the honour of Iesus Christes sake our mediatour aduocate Amen ALmyghty and euerliuyng God whiche onely workest greate meruayles sende downe vpon oure byshoppes and curates and all congregacions committed to their charge the healthfull spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please the poure vpon
them the continuall dewe of thy blessing Graunt this o lorde for the honour of our aduocate mediatour Iesu Christ Amen WE beseche the O Lorde to shewe vpon vs thyne exceding great mercye whiche no tonge can worthely expresse and that it may please the to delyuer vs from all oure synnes and also from the paynes that we haue for them deserued Graunte this O lord through our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christ Amen GRaunt we beseche the O almighty God that we in our trouble put our whole confidence vpon thy mercy that we agaynst all aduersitie be defended vnder thy protection Graunte this O lorde God for our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christes sake Amen ALmighty God whiche hast geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accord to make our commune supplicacions vnto the and doest promyse that whē two or .iii. be gathered in thy name thou wilt graunt their requestes fulfil now O lorde the desires and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be best expedient for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy truthe and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The prayer of our Lord. OVr father whiche arte in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wil be done in yearth as it is in heauen Geue vs this day our daily bread And forgeue vs our trespaces as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And let vs not be led into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Crede or .xii. articles of the Christen fayth I Beleue in God the father almyghty maker of heauen and yearth And in Iesu Christ hys only sonne our Lorde Whyche was conceyued of the holye gost borne of the virgin Mry Suffered vnder Ponce Pylate was crucified dead buryed and descended in to hell And the thirde day he rose agayne from death He ascended into heauen and sytteth on the righte hande of god the father almightie From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I Beleue in the holye goste The holy Catholycke churche The Communion of saynctes the forgeuenes of synnes The resurreccion of the body And the life euerlastyng Amen ¶ The .x. commaundementes of almighty God THou shalte haue none other goddes in my syghte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage neyther any similitude that is in Heauē aboue eyther in the earth beneth or in the waters vnder the earthe Thou shalte not worshippe them neyther serue them for I the Lord thy god am a gelouse God vysitte the synne of the fathers vpon the childrē vnto the thyrd fourth generacion of theym that hate me and shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy god in vayne Remember the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifie it Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes maye be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth the. Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt not beare false wytnesse agaynste thy neyghboure Thou shalte not couet thy neyghboures house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghbours wife or hys manne seruaunte or hys mayde or his Oxe or his asse or what soeuer thy neyghbour hath The places of baptysme Go ye therefore Math. xxviii and teache all nacions baptisynge them in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gooste Teaching them to obserue al thinges whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you Go ye in to al the world preach the gospel to all creatures Marke xv he that beleueth is baptised shal be saued But he that beleueth not shal be dampned Knowe ye not that al we which are baptysed into Iesu Christ Roma vi are baptised to dye with hym For ye are al children of god because ye beleue in Christ Iesu Gal. iii. For all ye that are baptysed haue put on Christ For the supper of the lord Math. xxvi When they were eatynge Iesus toke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the dysciples sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it them saying Drinke ye all of this for this is my bloude whiche is of the newe testamente that is shed for many for the remission of synnes Marke xiiii And as they did eate Iesus toke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and sayd Take eate thys is my bodie And he toke the cup and whē he had geuen thankes he toke it to them and they all dranke of it and he sayde vnto them Thys is my bloud of the newe testament whiche is shed for many And he toke breade and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue vnto them saying Luke xxii Thys is my body whiche is geuen for you This do in the remembraunce of me Lykewise also when he had supped he toke the cuppe saying This cup is the newe testament in my bloud whiche is shed for you That which I delyuered vnto you I receyued of the lorde i. Cor. xi For the Lord Iesu the same night in whiche he was betrayed toke breade and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my bodye whiche is broken for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me After the same maner also he toke the cup when supper was doen saying this cup is the newe Testament in my bloud Thys dooe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread and drinke of this cup ye shall shewe the Lordes deathe tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of thys breade or drynke of the cuppe of the Lord vnworthelye shal be gyltie of the body and blood of the Lorde But let a man examin hymselfe and so let hym eate of the bread drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthely eateth drinketh hys owne dānacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sicke amonge you manye slepe For yf we had iudged ourselues ▪ we shoulde not haue ben iudged Finis ¶ Imprinted at London in Flete strete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edwarde Whit-churche the .v. daye of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lord. 1547. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum