morrow Moreouer because this life hath not one houre certayne whensoeuer the eâ—entide therof commeth the long sleepe of the body groweth vpon me from which we shall not wake till the dead rise agayn at the sound He was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sunne and his clothes were as white as the light And beholde there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias c. Math. 17. Abraham said Lord if I haue now found fauor in thy sight c â–ª Gen. â—1 Nâ—buchadneser aÌ„swered Lo I seâ— foure men loose walking in the midst of the fire Dan. 3 of thine Angels Trumpet I beseech thee lighten thou then the eyes of my minde so as I may not sleepe in euerlasting death by the quenching of my faith but rest in thee to whom euen the dead are aliue Which lyuest and raignest with the Father and the holy Ghost one God world without end Amen ¶ A prayer to be sayd when we vnclothe our selues to bedward THis body which is become vnhaÌ„some and vnwealdy through sin shal be consumed by litle and litle and deliuered agayne to the earth from whence it was taken There shall the end be of this vanitie which we haue purchased to our selues by our owne folly Now therfore thou O most louing Father which hast set me together Dauid sayd to Nathan I haue sinned agaynst the lord c. 2. Sam. 12. Aaron looked vpon Myriam and behold she was leprous Num. 12. Iesus sayd Many sinnes are forgeuen her for she loued much To whom a little is forgeuen he doth loue a litle And he said vnto her Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee c. Luke 7 dissolue me in such wise as I may feéle my selfe to be dissolued and remeÌ„ber of whom I am ouercome and consider whether I must goe Take me not vnwares and vnprouyded to thy iudgement seat but like as we be willing to put of our clothes which we shall put on agayne when the night is past so let vs not be loth to put of this body which we shall receiue agayn after that the night of this world hath run out his full race Amen ⧠A Prayer to be sayd at our going into bed WHen the day is ended we geue our selues to rest in the night so when this life is ended we rest in deth Nothing resembleth our life more theÌ„ the day nor death more then sleépe nor the graue more then the bed Uouchsafe therfore O Lord our gouernour When Christ came nere Ierusalem he beheld the citie and wept for it saying O if thou hadst euen knowen at the lest in this thy day those thinges which belong vnto thy peace c. Luke 19. Who shall haue pity then vâ—on thee O Ierusalem or who c. Iere. 15. Their feasts are turned into lamentation their Alars c. 1. Michâ— 1. defender both to shield vs now lying vnable to help our selues from the craftines assaults of our cruell enemy also to call vs then vnto theé when we shal be yet more vnable at the finishing of the race of this life not for our own deserts but for thy own mercy sake that we may liue walk with theé for euer And now let vs so fall a sleép in theé as thou only those exceding great incredible good thinges may in such wise be preseÌ„t alway before vs by the insight of our minds as we may not be absent from theé no not euen in sleép that such dreames may both keép our beds and bodies pure vndefiled and also chere our harts with that blessed ioy of thine In trust wherof I wil fall on sleép and take my rest through our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen A Prayer when we be redy to sleep The women sang by course in their play and said c. 1. Sam. 2â— The children of the prophetes came to meete Helisha c. 4. Reg. 2. Christ riding to Ierusalem many spred their gâ—â—â—entes in â—he way other cut downe branches of the trees strawed them in the way And they that went before and they that folowed c Mark. â—â— â–ª TAke me into thy protection O Lord Iesu Christ our defender and graunt that while my body slepeth my soul may wake in thee and cheérefully and ioyfully behold the happy gladsome heauenly life wherein thou art soueraine with the Father and the holy Ghost and the Angels and holy soules of men are most blessed fellow Citizens for euer and euer Amen * A preparation or preface to Publick Prayer ALmighty God and heauenly Father I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare will I worshippe toward thy holy Temple I haue loued the habitation of thine house and willingly am I present in the congregation of thy Saints praysing and confessing thy holy name Iesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought saying vnto them it is written Myne house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a deâ— of theues Luke 10 Is this house become a den of theeues wherupon c. Jere. 7. Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people c. Esay 56 Come let vs fall and bow down before the Lord who hath made vs because he is the Lord our God and we the sheep of his pasture Exalt the Lord our God fall down before his footstoole for he is holy Lord I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable time euen in the multitude of thy mercies O God heare me in the truth of thy saluation I will offer to thee a sacrifice of praise and will call vpon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord euen now in the presence of all his people in the courts of the Lords house euen in the middest of thee O Ierusalem I will run in the way of thy commaundementes when thou shalt inlarge mine hart Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes Open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy lawe When Iosephes brethren saw him a farr of c. Gen. 3 Absolon rose vp early and stode hard by the c. 2. Sam. 15. 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. 1â— Then will I take the cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord. Lord open thou my lips and my mouth shall shew forth thy prayse I will sing with the Spirite and in vnderstanding and say Amen * A short speech before the Lords Proyer O Heauenly Father O most merciful God I most wretched sinner am vnworthy to lift vp my hands and eyes vnto thee or to trouble thee with my prayers Neuerthelesse forasmuch as thou hast commaunded all men to pray promised that thou wilt heare vs And moreouer prescribed vs a forme of Prayer in expresse wordes by thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ being
haue now found fauor in thy sight c. Gen. 18. Nabuchadneser aÌ„swered Lo I see fouremen loose walking in the midst of the firâ— Dan. 3 He was transâ—Ì„gured before them and his face did shine as the sunne and his clothes were as white as the light And beholde there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias c. Math. 17. Iesus sayd Many â—innes are forgeuen her for she loued much To whom a little is forgeuen he doth loue a litle And he said vnto her Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee c. Luke 7 Dauid sayd to Nathan I haue sinned agaynst the lord c. 2. Sam. 12. Aaron looked vpon Myâ—iam and behold she was leprous Num. 12. Who shall haue pity then vpon thee O Ierusalem or who c. Iere. 15. Their feasts are turned into lamentation their Altars c. 1. Micha 1. When Christ came nere Ierusalem he beheld the citie and wept for it saying O if thou hadst euen knowen at the left in this thy day those thinges which belong vnto thy peace c. Luke 19. And because no gouernment can long stand without good counsell neither can any counsell be good except it be prospered by theé blesse therfore we beseéch theé both her maiesty and her honorable Counsaile that both they rightly vnderstand what is to be done and she accordingly may accomplish that they doe counsell to thy glory and furtherance of the gospell and publick wealth of this Realme Christ riding to Ierusalem many spred their garmentes in the way other cut downe branches of the trees stâ—awed them in the way And they that went before and they that folowed c Mark. â—â— The women sang by coâ—â—ese in their play and said c. 1. Sam. 2â— The children of the prophetes came to meete Helisha c. 4. Reg. 2. Likewise to al magistrates such as be aduaunced to authority or placed in office by what name or title soeuer geue we beseéch theé a carefull conscience vprightly to discharge their duety that as they be publick persons to serue the commoÌ„ wealth so they abuse not their office to their priuate gayne nor priuate reuenge of their own affections but that iustice being administred without bribery and equity balanced without cruelty or parciality thinges that be amisse may be reformed vice abandoned truth supported innocency releéued Gods glory maintayned and the Common wealth truely serued Is this house become a â—en of theeues wherupon c. Iere. 7 Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people c. Esay 56. Iesus went into the temple and begâ—n tâ— cast out them that sold and bought saying vnto them 〈…〉 written Myne house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a 〈◊〉 of thenâ—s Luke â— The chiefe priestes and the Scribes and the Elders of the people consulted how they might take Iesus by suttletie and kil him But they said not on the feast day least any vprore c. Math. 26 When Iosephes brethren saw him a farr of c. Gen. 3 Absolon rose vp early and stoode hard by the c. 2. â—am 19. And forasmuch as the Bishoppe of Rome is wont on euery good Friday to accurse vs damned hereticks we curse not him but pray for him that he with all his partakers either may be turned to a better truth or els we pray theé gracious Lord that we neuer agreé with him in doctrine and that he may so curse vs still and neuer bles vs more as he blessed vs in Queéne Maries time God of thy mercy keép away that blessing from vs. Iudas sayd Come let vs sell him to the Ismalites c. Gen. 37 So Ioseph was brought down into Egypt and Poâ—ipher c. Gen. 30 Then appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that â—â—me Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleaueâ—ed bread c. Math. 26 And forasmuch as thy poore little flock can scarse haue any place or rest in this world come Lord we beseéch theé with thy Factum est and make an end that this world may haue no more time nor place here that thy Church may haue rest for euer For these and all other necessities requisite to be begged and prayed for asking in thy Christes name and as he hath taught vs we say Our Father which art in heauen c. Another O Singular louer of vs Christ Iesu O Bridegrome to whom thy Church is most deare and which hast Iesus at his last supper as they did eate tooke bread wheÌ„ he had geuen thankes brake it and gaue it to his disciples saying Take eate this is my body c. Math. 26. Melchâ—â—â—ech brought forth bread and wine and he c. Gen. 37 Moses sayd to the people of Israell This is that bread c. Exo. 16. promised that thou wilt neuer fayle her increase her and multiply her with good issue like the father that is to wit like thy selfe Make vs to be all of one minde both in thee and in the thinges that concern thee so as we may verely be that body whereof thou art the head being as it were glewed and fastened together with mutuall charitie kindeled with that euerlasting fire of thine which hast so loued vs that thou hast spent thy bloud and thy life for vs. O Christ the author and perswader of peace loue and good wil soften our hard and steely harts warme our ycie and frozen harts that we may wish well one to another so as al men may perceue vs to be thy true disciples And geue vs grace eueÌ„ now to begin to shew forth that heauenly life wherin there is no disagreement I saw all Israel scatred as sheepâ— that had no shepheard c. 3. Reg. 22 Helisha sayd behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but thou c. 4. Reg. 7. 〈◊〉 said all ye shall be offended by 〈◊〉 this night c. He said moreouer vnto them sitte yâ— here while I go and pray yonder and he toke Peter and the two sonnes c. Math. 26. nor hatred but peace and loue on all hands one towards another Amen Another THe Church is one body deriued from thee O Christ the head therof into diuers members knitte to thee together among themselues with the knot of mutual loue a great mistery of Gods goodnes Now look how great a benefite loue vnitie and peace are so great a mischief is dissention the mother of hatred The author of the former is God and the author of this other is the deuil And like as nothing can be deuised more blessed then to haue the Earthlye church to imitate the concord of the heauenly church so nothing is more wretched then the contrary which is the Image of hell O head and father of oures thou Iesus knowing all thinges that should come went forth and said vnto them Whome seeke ye They answered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I am he Iudas also
into thy presence O Lord and let thy hand saue me Loe here the man that was caught of theéues wounded and left half for dead as he was going towards Iericho Thou kinde harted Samaritane take me vp I haue sinned to to much in my life and done euil in thy sight From the sole of my foote to the crown of my hed there is no souÌ„d peéce in me Hadst not thou helped me by thy dying vpon the crosse my soule should haue gone to hell as it hath deserued But I O mercifull Iesu am a peéce of thy so deare raunsome Thou Vnderstanding is a welspring of life c. Prouâ—â—b 16 Be ye not like horse and Mule which c. Psalme 32. VnderstaÌ„ding reacheth the heauen Ignorance is as a beast hast shed thy precious bloud for me refuse me not I am the sheép that is gon astray O good shepheard seéke me out and bring me home to thy fold agayne that thou mayst be iustyfied in thy sayinges For thou hast promised me that in what houre soeuer a sinner doth figh for his sinnes he shal be safe I am sory I acknowledge mine iniquities and mine offences are alwayes in my sight Of a truth I am not worthy to be called thy sonne because I haue sinned against heauen and against theé Make me to heare of ioy and gladnes Turne thy face away from my sinnes and blot out all mine offences For thy singular mercies sake cast me not away from thy sight Deal not with me according to my sins neither reward me according to mine iniquities but help me O God of my welfare and for the honor of thy name delyuer me deal Industry gathereth reward Sloth bringeth sleep Goe to the Pismere O thou Slouggard c. Prouerb 6. The Slouthfull man hideth his hand in his c. Prouerb 26. fauourably with me according to thy good pleasure that I may dwell in thy house all the dayes of my life prayse theé for euer and euer with them that are there Amen Another MOst gentle master Iesu christ how oft haue I transgressed the rule of thy doctrin How oft haue I despised thy commaundements O holy Lord When thou badst me returne I returned not â–ª WheÌ„ thou didst threaten I was not afrayd When thou didst deale mildly and gently with me I becam the curster Aboue seuenty times seuen times haue I sinned against heauen and in thy sight who shall wash away so great filth who shall scrape of this daubaken dung Whatsoeuer Peter say thou Wherfore I put you in remembrance c. 2. Tim. 1. I am counted among them that goe down c. Psal. 88. Memory is a treasure house Obliuion is as a graue must be fayn to wash vs thy selfe for we be not able to wash our selues but in al things that we doe we haue neede of thy mercifull washing The traytor Iudas was admitted to eate with thee at thy table but he was shut out from this healthful washing and in the end could not be washed for defacing the honor of his apostleship with cursed couetousnes Howbeit forasmuch as with thee is the well of life and the bottomles poole of all compassions that euer haue been vouchsafe that we whom thou hast washed in baptisme whom thou hast washed with thine own bloud and whom thou washest still from time to time by forgeuing our dayly sinnes may be remoued from the puddles of this world and from the mire of this present life to the most pleasant kingdom of thy glory Iustice iudgeth rightly Tyranny oppresseth â—ight Dauid executed right and iustice c 2. King. 2. Thy princes are rebellious and companions c. Esay 1. where there is neither scab nor sorenesse of eyes neither issue of bloud nor vncleanes of body nor any need of more washing because the substance of thy brightnes shall be fully incorporate into our bodies according to thy promyses which thou must needes fulfill And therfore goe through with the good worke which thou hast begun and bring it to perfection according to thy good pleasure Amen * Another BOw downe thine eares to my words O Lord and harken to my cry Harken to the voyce of my prayer my king and my God haue mercy vpoÌ„ me and heare my prayer Upon the multitude of thy compassions will I enter into thy house and worship towards thy holy temple Lord rebuke He girdeth me with strength c. Psalme 18. He sayd he would burne vp c. Iudith 6. Strength shevved in the arme Holofernes slayne by Iudith me not in thy rage neither chastise me in thine anger For thine arowes stick fast in me and thy hand lyeth heauy vpon me There is no health in my flesh at the sight of thy displeasure There is no ease in my bones at the sight of my sinnes For mine iniquities are gone ouer my head and lye heauy vpon me like a sore burthen Haue pity vpon me according to thy great mercy and according to the multitude of thy compassions wipe away my sinnes Wash me more and more from mine vnrighteousnes and clense me from my sinne For I acknowledge mine vnrighteousnes and my sinne is alwayes in my sight Greatly haue I sinned against theé and done euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy sayings and ouercome when thou art iudged Behold I was conceiued in wickednes and my mother bred me Courage is bould in Christ. Cowardice faynteth in tryall Dauid tooke a good courage to him c. 1. Reg. 2. I desire that you faynt not c. Ephe. 3. in sinne Turn thy face away from my sinnes and wipe out all my iniquities A clean hart create in me O God and renue a right spirit in my bowels Thrust me not out of thy presence neither take thou thy holy spirite from me Geue me the comfort of thy sauing health agayn and strengthen me with a principall spirit For thou Lord art good and pitifull and of much mercy to them that call vpon theé Thou O lord God artful of mercy and compassion flow to wrath but full of pitie truth Therefore shall the righteous prayse theé and sinners shall be conuerted vnto theé Amen Another I Am gone astray like a lost sheep seek thy seruant O Lord for I am not vnmindfull of thy commaundements Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant A wholesome sleepe commeth of c. Eccle. 31. For tables are so full of vomit c. Esay 28 Temperance watcheth and bridleth Intemperance ouercommeth the hart O Lord for no man liuing shall be iustified in thy sight Who knoweth all his sins Cleanse me from my secret sinnes and for other mennes sinnes beare with thy seruant Call to minde thy compassions O Lord and thy mercies which haue been from euerlasting Remember not Lord the misdeedes and offences of my youth Be mindfull of me according to thy mercy for thy goodnes sake O Lord for it is exceeding great Make thy mercies yet more wonderfull O thou that sauest theÌ„ which