deliuer vs. From all blindnes of hart from pride vayn glory and hipocrisie from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceites of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs ¶ The TruÌ„petor â–ª Trumpet geue sound all must to the ground ¶ The Pursuant Goe suÌ„mon by message to come without baggage All mâ—st needs dye â–ª we need not tell Our message hath bene sounded well From lightnings and tempests from plague pestilence and famine from battayl and murther and from sodayn death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuy conspiracy from all false doctrine and heresie from al hardnes of hart and contempt of thy word and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnatioÌ„ by thy holy natiuitie and circumsition by thy baptisme fasting and temtatioÌ„ Good Lord deliuer vs. By thine agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buryall by thy glorious resurrection and ascention and by the coÌ„ming of the holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. We drum that domes day now at hand Doth call all souldyers to deathes hand ¶ The Dromme Drommer call together al soldyars to my baÌ„ner ¶ The Fife Fâ—fe seé thou play to leade them the way In all time of our tribulation in all time of our welth in the hour of death and in the day of iudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners â—oe beseéch theé to hear vs O Lord God and that it may please theé to rule and gouern thy holy church vniuersally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please theé to keép streÌ„gthen in true worshiping of theé in righteousnes and holynes of life thy seruant Elizabeth our most gracious Queéne and gouernour We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to rule hir hart in thy faith feare loue and that she may euermore haue affiance in theé euer seéke thy honor and glory We beseech thee c. ¶ The Capitaine Captain march with me thy Captayne I must be ¶ The Souldior Soldyar haue a courage to thy long vyage Death only maketh captaines quayl And harty soldyars for to fayl That it may please theé to be her defender and keéper geuing her the victory ouer all her enemies We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to illuminate al Bishops Pastors and Ministers of the church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word And that both by their preaching liuing they may set it forth shew it accordingly We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to indue all the Lords of the counsel and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to blesse and keépe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayn truth We beseech thee c. Vse gayn of gold and liâ—e in cost So as by death life be noâ— lost ¶ The Marchant Neither craft nor trade Can â—e perswade ¶ The Citizen Of towne and citie I haue â—o pitie That it may please theé to bles keépe all thy people We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to geue to all Nations vnitie peace and concord We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to geue all thy people increase of grace to heare meékly thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to bring into the way of truth al such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to strengthen such as doe stand to comfort and helpe the weak harted to rayse them vp that fall and finally to beate down Sathan vnder our feéte We beseech thee c. ¶ The Printers Leaue setting thy page â–ª spent is thine age Let printing stay and come away We Printers wrote with wisdomes pen She liues for aye we die as men That it may please theé to succor help and comfort all that be in danger necessitie and tribulation We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to preserue all that trauail by land or by water al women labouring with child all sick persons and young children and to shew thy pitie vpon all Prisoners and Captiues We beseech thee c. it may please theé to defend and prouide for the fatherles children and widowes and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to forgeue our enemies persecutors and slaunderers Death takes no bribe of wealth Death forceth not long health ¶ The Riche man Thy siluer nor golde froÌ„ death can theé withhold ¶ The aged man By right I must be bold â–ª with theé that â—â—â—uest so old and to turne their harts We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruits of the earth so as in due time we may enioy them We beseech thee c. That it may please theé to giue vs true repentance to forgeue vs all our sins negligences and ignorances and to indue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee c. Sonne of God we besech theé to heare vs. Sonne of God we c. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Graunt vs thy peace ¶ The Artificer No compas or arte can cause me depart The Husbandman Labour no more For I â—aue store No one deuise no aâ—t no toyle Could make vs geue to death the foyle O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art in c. And leade vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euil Amen ¶ The versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes Answere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray In song in daunce in pipes in play We lost our life now wrapt in clay ¶ The Musicâ—oÌ„â— Strike vp thy play Daunce with me away O God mercifull Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite hart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before theé in all our troubles and aduersities when so euer they oppresse vs And graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that we thy seruants being hurt by
subiects 〈◊〉 is the king of the Iewes that reâ—orne â–ª for we haue â—ene his starre in the â—ast and are come to â—orship him â—heâ— Herode the king â—eard this he was â—roubled all Ieruâ—alem c. Math. â— Abner said to Dauid make couenant with me and be hold mine hand shal be with thee c. â— Sam. â— The Queen of Saba bring gifts to Ierusalem to Salomon with a very great trayâ—e c. 3. â—eg· 10. O Lord our good God thou hast set her vp to raigne ouer thy people geue vnto her thy handmaid and to al other princes thy seruants geue them wisdome and vnderstanding to iudge thy people and to discerne betweéne good and bad that they may not be vnprofitable and much lesse hurtfull in so holy a vocation God sayd to Moses sanctify vnto me all the first borne that open al maner matrices among the childreÌ„ c. Eâ—o 1â— Anâ—â— bare a sonne bâ—ought him into the house of â—he Lord in â—iloh and the child was young c. 1. Sam 1. 〈…〉 â—uriâ—â—cation after â—e 〈◊〉 of Moses â—ere accomplished 〈…〉 Iesus to Ierusalem to preseÌ„t him to the lord is it is written in the law of the lord Luke â— Also I pray vnto theé O Sauyour and father of truth for all those whom thou hast ordayned to be true Shepheards to thy faithfull and to whom thou hast coÌ„mitted the charge of mens soules and the dealing forth of thy holy gospell Guid them by thy holy spirite that they may be found faithfull and diligent in their holy vocation Arise and take the babe and his mother and flie into Egipt and be there till I bring thee word for Herode will seeke the babe to destroy him So he arose toke the babe his mother c Math. 2 Behold thy brother Esan is coÌ„forted against thee meaning to kill thee Gen. 27. Michaell spake vnto Dauid If thou saue not thy self this night to morrow c. â— Sa. 19. Let it please theé to make a general deliuerance and restitution of thy churches through the wholl world by sending forth laborers into thy haruest able and sufficient men to gather the poore stray sheépe together vnder the sheéphooke of the great shepherd of our soules thy sonne Iesus Christ. Moses cast the tables out of his handes and brake them in pâ—eces because of their idolatry c. Exo. 12 The Philistines â—nde Dagon fallen downe before the ark of the Lord c. 1. Sam. 5. He shall breake downe their altars he shal destroy their images For now they shall say we haue no king because we feared not the Lord and what should a king do to vs Osc. 10. As touching their hearers vnto such as profes thy name already geue true perseuerance in faith charitie and all good works to the glory of thy name to the health of their own soules And as touching the residue which walk as yet in the vanity of their own mindes touch thou their harts and geue them inlightned eyes that all of them may yeald them selues to serue and please theé Finally ô God of all coÌ„fort I beseéch theé haue pitie vpon the miseries and afflictions of all thy creatures in generall of the nations whom thou visitest with pestilence war or famine of the persons whom thou smitest with pouerty imprisonment sicknes banishment or other thy rods whether it be in their bodies or in their mindes and specially of thy chosen that suffer for the testimony of thy gospell Herode caused all male children to bâ— sâ—aine that were in Bethlehem and in all the costes theroâ— from two yeare olde and vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently searched c Mar. 2. Sâ—ul sayd to Doeg â–ª 〈◊〉 thou and fall vpon the priestes and Doeg the Edomite turned c. 1. â—a 22 Athalâ—a seing her sonne to be dead destroyed all the kings seed But Iehosheba c. Reg. 11. God spake to Iacob get thee out of this countrey Iacob toke all his gooddes and cattell c. Gen. â—1 Dauid asked counsel of the Lord saying Shall I go vp into any cities of Iudah c. 2. Sam. 2. The Angel sayd to Ioseph Arise and take the babe and his mother and go into the land of â—â—â—rael for they are dead which sought the babes life Then he arose and toke the babe c. Mat. â— * Another prayer for the church and all the states thereof by Iohn Foxe And Iesus when hâ— was baptised camâ— straight out of the water And lo the heauens were opened vnto him and Iohn saw the spirite of God descending like a doue c. Math. 3. Lift vp thy rodde and stretch out thine hande vpon the sea c. Exodus 14. They cutte down a branch with one cluster of grapes and bears vpon c. Num. 13. Esau selleth his byrth â—â—ght for a mâ—sse of pottage c. Gen. 25. The woman seyng the tree to be pleasaunt tooke of the fruit c. Gen. 3. The tempter 〈◊〉 to Christ saying If thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made bread But he aunswering sayd it is written Man shal not liue by bread only c. Math. 4. Behold a woman a Cananite came out of the sea coastes â–ª and cried saying vnto him Haue mercy on me O Lord c. Math. 15. â— certayne man was diseased 38. yeâ—res when Iesus saw him lie and knew c. Iohn â— â–ª And in the 〈…〉 of the night Iesus went vnto them walking on the sea c. Math. 14. But here alack commeth another mischief as great or greater then the other For the Turk with his sword is not so cruell but the bishop of Rome on the other side is more fierce and bitter against vs stirring vp his bishops to burne vs his confederates to conspire our destruction setting kinges against their subiects and subiects disloyally to rebel against their princes and all for thy name He that is without fault let him cast the first stone c. Iohn â— Iesus seyng their fayth sayd to the sick of the paulsey sonne c. Math. 9. And he tooke the v. loaues and two fishes and looked vp to heauen and blessed and brake and gaue the loaues to his disciples and the disciples c. Math. 14. Amongest vs Englishmen here in England after so great stormes of persecution and cruell murther of so many martires it hath pleased thy grace to geue vs these Alcyon dayes which yet we inioy and beseéch thy mercifull goodnes stil they may continue Christ cried with a loud voyce Lazaruâ— come forth Then he that was dead came forth â—ound hand â— foote with bandes and his face was bound with a napkin Iesus said vnto them c. Iohn 11. Helâ—as stretched himselfe vpon the childe and the Lord heard the voyce of Helâ—as c. â— Reg. 17. Heâ—â—â—ens comming into the house and behold the childe was dead and he stretched c. 4. Reg. 4. Abraham said Lord if I
and came into a place named Golâ—â—otha where theâ— crucified him 〈…〉 therwith 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 the most of 〈◊〉 c. â—ohn 1â— Abraham tooke the wood of â—he burnt offring â–ª and layd â—t vpon Isaac his sonne c. 〈◊〉 â—â— Behoâ—d the wiâ—ow was there gathering sticks â–ª and Eliah called her and said c. 〈…〉 cry of thy whole church being in peril Behold how many thousaÌ„d meÌ„ cry out Lord saue vs or els we perish The tempest hath ouercome all cunning of man nay rather we seé that the indeuour of such as goe about to helpe it doth turne to the contrary There neédeth thy voyce O Lord Iesu say no more but tempest be still and by and by the wished calmenes will shew it selfe The Lord would haue spared the innumerable thousands of wicked people that were in Sodome and Gomorra if he could haue fouÌ„â— but ten righteous among them all Now there are many thousands which loue the glory of thy name and which long to behold the beauty of thy house and wilt thou not at their intreatance release thine anger and remember thy old mercies wilt thou not through thy heauenlye cunning turne our foolishnes to thine Tubultaâ—â— wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and iron c. Gen. 4. Esay the prophet was cut in the midst with a saw and tasted on a tree c. And when they were come to the 〈◊〉 which 〈…〉 Caluaâ—â—e there they crucified him and the euil do 〈◊〉 one on the right hand and the other on the left c. Luke 23. own glory wilt thou not turn the wicked folkes euill doinges to the benefit of thy church for thy mercy is wont to be then redyest at hand when things are so far past recouery as no strength or policie of man can help them Thou being the only author and maintayner of peace art only he that maketh thinges at one though they be neuer so much at oddes Thou didst dispose the olde Chaos wherein the seédes of al things lay confused and turmoyling among them selues without any order or comlynesse and by wonderfull order knit the thinges together in euerlastinge league which striue together by nature But how much more shamefull a Chaos is it where ther is no loue no faith no keéping of couenants no reuerence of lawes no awe of such as are in authoritie no consent of opinions but euery man singes his own song as One of the souldiours with a speare pearced his side â–ª â— forthwith ran there out bloud and water And he that saw it bare record and his recordâ— is true And he that c. Iohn 10. With the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man c Gen. 2. The Lord said to Moses thou shalt smite the rock and water c Exo. 17 in a black sanctus Among the compasses of the Skyes there is no disagreément the Elements doe keép euery one his place and euery of them execâ—â—â—eth his own office And wilt thou suffer thy spouse for whose sake all things are created to goe to wrack by continuall discord Wilt thou suffer wicked spirits the authors of discord to execute tiranny in thy kingdome vnpunished Wilt thou suffer that strong fellow whom thou hast once thrust out to get possession of thy tents agayne When thou dwelledst as a mortal maÌ„ among men the deuils fled away at thy voyce We beseéch theé O Lord send thy Spirite into the hartes of all them that profes thy honorable name to driue from them the wicked spirits which are the scholemasters of ryot couetousnes ambition lechery vengeance and discord and that I may Assone as the sunne was downe Iosue commaundeth that they c. Iosu. â— Then they arose and went all night and toke the body c. 1. Sam. 13 Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth and layd it in his new tombe which he had hewen out euen in the â—ock and rolled a great â—tone to the dore c. Math. 27. vse the prophets own wordes a cleane hart create in vs O God our king and renue thy holy Spirite in our bowels take not thy holy spirit from vs Geue vs againe the gladnes of thy saluatioÌ„ and strengtheÌ„ thy spouse and thy spouses shepheards with a principall spirite By this spirit hast thou set things in heauen and earth at one by this spirite hast thou assembled and knit so many tongues so many nations and so many sundry sorts of men into the one body of thy church which cleaueth vnto theé her head by the same spirit If it may please theé to renue him in all mennes harts these outward calamities wil by and by cease or if they cease not yet shall they at least wise turne to the behoofe of them that loue theé Set this confusion in order O Lord and let thy spirit spread forth it selfe vpon the waters of wauering opinions He layd it in a tomb â—ewen out of a rocke wherin was neuer man yet layd And that day was the preparing of the Saboth the Saboth drue on The women that folowed after c. Luke 23. â—hen Ioseph was come to his brethren they stript â—im c. Gen. 37. So they tâ—ke vp Jonas and â—ast him into the sea and the sea c. Ionas And forasmuch as thy spirit which according to the saying of the prophet contayneth all thinges hath also the knowledge of the voyce in him graunt that as all which dwell in thy house haue but one law one baptisme one God one hope one spirit so also there may be but one voyce among all them that professe thy catholick truth At thy going vp into heauen thou after the maner of such as triumph diddest scatter abroad diuers rewards from aboue geue giftes vnto men bestow sundry presents of thy spirite among them Renue now again thine old bouÌ„teousnes from aboue geue the same thinges to the Church now drooping which thou gauest to her at her first florishing forth Geue vnto her Princes the awe of theé that they may so gouern the common weale as though they should shortly yeald an account of euery The wepeth continually in the night and her teares c. Lamen 1. Call me not Naomi but call me Mara for the lord hath geuen c. Ruth 1. â—here was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting ouer against the sepulchre The next day that followed the day of preparing the hie priestes and Pharises c. Math. 27. thing to theé the king of all kinges Geue them of the wisdome which is alwayes about thy throne that they may seé what is best to be done and perform it in their deédes Geue vnto the shepheards whom thou hast vouchsafed to put in thy roomth the gift of prophesy that they may interprete the misticall scriptures not by mannes reason but by thy inspiration Geue them the threéfold charity which thou diddest demaund of Peter when thou gauest him charge to feéde thy flock Geue them the loue of