for vs. ¶ The Artificer No compas or arte can cause me depart The Husbandman Labour no more For I haue store No one deuise no arte no toyle Could make vs geue to death the foil Wherfore I beseéch theé let thy spirite cleanse my hart that I may not come vnworthely to that heaueÌ„ly feast and to the table whereat euen the very Angels doe tremble But that by thy sheading of thy selfe into my bowels I may grow manly in theé and become the lustyer by spirituall increasements so as I may continue to the end in the blessed fellowship of thy misticall body whom it is thy will to haue all one with theé in such wise as thou art all one with the Father by the knitting of the holy Ghost To whom be prayse thanks for euermore Amen In song â–ª in daunce in pipes in play We lost our life now wrapt in clay ¶ 〈◊〉 Musicion Strike vp thy play Daunce with me away Another I yelde thee harty thanks O Lord Iesu Christ for thine vnutterable loue in vouchsafing to redeeme man kind by thine own death and I beseech thee suffer not thy most holy bloud to haue been shed in vaine for me that I growing vp in thee by coÌ„tynual increase of heauenly strength may beâ—ome a fit member of thy misticall body which is the church and neuer swarue from that most holy couenant which thou madest with thy chosen discyples in thy last supper by distributing the bread vnto them by reaching them the cup and by theÌ„ with all those that are graffed into thy company by faith in Baptisme Amen * Another ¶ The Shepeheard Leaue thy shep And with me crepe ¶ The Foole. Of foolish and fonde I breakâ— the bonde The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obey vnto thee MY Lord Iesu Christ who am I that thou shouldest vouchsafe to come vnder my roofe Can a sinfull man deserue such grace Certes Lord I am not worthy Am I better then all my Fathers were Thou wouldest not shew thy selfe to Moyses one twinckling of an eye and how hapneth that thou humblest thy selfe so much as to come down to a man that is a publican and sinner And thou vouchsafest not only to eate with him but also to geue thy self to be eaten of him Hayl O bred of life which camest down from heauen which giuest life to as many as receiue thee worthely Surely who so receiueth thee worthely although his soule be seuered from his body by temporall death yet shall he not dye for euer because that that separatioÌ„ is not a deth but a passing from death to life by reason wherof he that eateth thee worthely beginneth to liue with thee for euer when Time to liue time to dy God granÌ„t vs liue eternally ¶ The â—eggar Begging is done For I am come The Roge. Thinke I am best For I bring rest he dyeth in this world Thou art the bread of the angels the very sight of thee refresheth and gloryfieth the Angels Thou art foode for the soule and not for the body Thou nourishest the minde and not the maw He that eateth thee is turned into thee that by partaking of thee he may become God and yet art thou not changed into his substance as other bodily meates be But woe be to them that receaue thee vnworthely O most holy food by the eating whereof aright a man becommeth God is set free from all euil is filled with all goodnes and is vndoubtedly made immortall O sacred pittance of our pilgrimage wherby we passe out of this naughty world to the company of heauen Goe to therfore thou beleeuing soule be mery and make good cheare for thou shalt not dye Feede vpon these daintyes and stick not Take thy fill of this feaste ¶ Of Youth Young olde Come to my folde ¶ Of Infancy Feare not me though I grisly be Time to liue time to dy God granÌ„t vs liue eternally wherin the body of thy Sauyour is set before thee to feede on Man fell from God by eating the foode of the forbidden tree But by this foode he is releeued agayn to endles glory * A Thankesgeuing after the receauing of the holy Communyon MOst mercyfull Father we render vnto thee al praise thanks honor and glory for that it hath plesed theé of thy great mercies to graunt vs miserable sinners so excellent a gifte and treasure as to receaue vs into the fellowship and company of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ our Lord whom thou hast delyuered to death for vs and hast geuen him vnto vs as a necessary food and nourishment vnto euerlasting life And now we beseéch theé also O We that were of highest degree Lye dead here now as ye do see ¶ The Empresse Empresse thogh thou be Thou must away with me ¶ The Queene Queene also thou doost see As I am so shalt thou be heauenly father to graunt vs this request that thou neuer suffer vs to become so vnkind as to forget so worthy benefites but rather imprint and fasteÌ„ them sure in our hartes that we may grow and increase dayly more more in true fayth which continually is exercised in all manner of good workes so much the rather O Lord confirme vs in these perilous dayes and rages of SathaÌ„ that we may constantly staÌ„d and continue in the confession of the same to the aduauncement of thy glory which art God ouer all things blessed for euer So be it A prayer for Gods grace It is sorrowful to be sayd how great a wound our nature which is frayle and weak of it selfe hath receiued by sinne and how much ability strength ¶ The princes â–ª Princes of hye estate coÌ„teÌ„t you I am your mate ¶ The Duchesse Duches princes Death dayly conuinces We that sate in the highest seate Are layd here now for wormes meate it hath forgone It is not able to lift vp it selfe nor to stand nor to go without thy help and ayd Whatsoeuer y mind of man thinketh or deuiseth it is vtterly vneffectuall and to no purpose if it be not grounded vpon thy fauor Nothing is strong except it be vphild by thy goodnesse all things without that do fall by and by to the ground That is it which cleanseth and scoureth vs from our filthines that is it y strengtheneth our weaknes that is it that maketh vs cunning workmen in al vertues Graunt we besech theé O Lord that this grace of thine may alwayes accompany vs then the which ther can no greater gyft be deuised neither is there any thing which thou bestowest more readily and willingly therfore also more often Let the same so worke in vs as we acknowledging how much neéd we haue thereof may both applye Beauty honour and riches auayle no whit For death when he commeth spoyleth it ¶ The Countesse Countesse or what thou art I strike thee with my dart ¶ The Vicountesse Vicountes I do not spare For of them I
my hope is in him because he is my rock and my sauiour and I shall not be remoued In God is my welfare my glory the rock of my strength and my hope is in God. ¶ The lord Come lordings all daunce at my call ¶ The Knight Goe hence sir knight t is almost night We Lordes and Knightes of late Nyw lye in low estate Quicken me O Lord for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake rid my soule out of trouble For I O Lord am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayd I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of prayse and pay my vowes vnto theé in the sight of all the people Amen ¶ A Prayer for Gods goodnes and for continuance of the same I Yeald theé thanks and prayse O Lord my God for creating me after thine own Image and likenes For redeming me with thy precious bloud For admitting me into the number of thy children by adoption through the washing of holy baptisme and for feéding me with the sacrament of thy body and bloud Behold the Squire as in a glas For as thou art so he was ¶ The Esquire Esquire the braue It bootes not to craue ¶ The Gentleman Lusty or sad Thou must be 〈◊〉 Also I geue theé prayse and thanks for that thou of thine infinite gracious goodnes hast paciently wayted for my amendement euen from the time of mine ignorant childhoode vnto this houre notwithstanding that I ran losely into innumerable vices I glorifie theé and praise theé for thy often ridding of me from a number of troubles distresses calamities and miseries and for sauing me hetherto froÌ„ the often deserued euerlasting punishments and torments both of body and soule I prayse theé and glorifie theé for thy mercifull geuing of me health of body soundnes of limmes quyetnes of times and working of good things with many other vertues ¶ The Iudge Come on iudge With me to trudge ¶ The iustice Sir Iustice arise â–ª come to my assâ—se Iudge and Iustice sentence haue To ly as Captiues in the graue Dispose and order thou all my thoughts words and deédes according to thy will. Keépe me at all times and in all places wheresoeuer I goe whether it be in prosperitie or aduersitie And in the end bring me to the desired ioyes of the present beholding of theé Amen A generall thanksgeuing O God which excellest in all goodnes and wisdome O heauenly Father which art full of mercy and clemency when I cal to minde the works of thy hands I cannot but wonder at thy great wisdome and infinite goodnes which thou hast shewed towards No law no plea no drift From death can make a shift ¶ Sergeant at law Leaue the Lawes heare my cause ¶ The Attâ—rney 〈◊〉 lead as thou â—ust With me thou must all thy creatures especially towards me Not only in that thou hast geuen me being mouing and life but also in that besides thine other infinite benefites which thou hast distributed in general to all men in the world thou hast bestowed so many particular benefites vpon me as it is vnpossible for me to rehearce them yea or to conceiue theÌ„ Thou hast vouchsafed to deliuer me by the light of thy gospel from the darcknes of error and ignorance or rather to draw me out of the horrible dungeons of death and damnation wherto I was condemned in respect of the corruptnes of my nature and so conueyed me into the kingdome of thy welbeloued sonne who hath geuen him self for my sinnes according to thy good pleasure and euerlasting ordinance Also thou hast receaued me into thy Church among the number of thy childreÌ„ thou ¶ The Mayor Mayor I theé call to my guild Hall. ¶ The Shirife Shirif for execuâ—ion I haue a commission Mayors Shirifes do passe with speed And others them in place succeed hast elected and chosen me through thy wonderfull prouidence to be to the glory of thy mercy And thou hast inhonored me with the copartnership of the euerlasting inheritance of thy deér beloued sonne to beé of that royall priesthoode which shall offer the sacrifices of eternall prayse and thanksgeuing to thy holy name in thy heauenly temple now therfore according to dauids saying what shall I reÌ„der to the Lord for all his benefites towardes me I know that al my life ought to be consecrated to continuall thankes geuing to shew forth with his holy people and purchased possession the mighty workes of him that hath called vs out of darckenes to his wonderfull light The cup of deliueraÌ„ce ought not to depart out of my handes nor the new songs therof out of my mouth But Lord graunt me the grace wh c We peace did keep in princes name Now death doth charge vs with the same ¶ The Bailife Come Baylife no bayle with me shal preuayl ¶ The Constable Constable I arrest to my ward be prest thou didst shew heretofore to Dauid a maÌ„ according to thine own hart Who treating of the same matter and rehersing the recordes of thy goodnes sayd of a truth Lord I am thy seruant and the sonne of thy haÌ„dmaid thou hast broken my boÌ„ds a sunder I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of thankesgeuing call vpon thy name Euen so say I lord of my selfe and that by thy grace I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruant Thou hast broken my bonds and preserued me and set me in safety Unto theé O king of eternitie immortall and inuisible euen vnto theé O God who only art good and onely wise be honor and glory for euer through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord and only Sauiour So be it ¶ The Phisicion By thy wateâ— I do seé thou mâ—st away with me The 〈◊〉 Looke not so hie low thou must lie No arte or medicine can preuayl When death doth purpose â—o assayl ⧠Here beginneth the Letany and Suffrages O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy c. O God the Sonne Redeémer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer c. O God the holy Ghost proceéding froÌ„ the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinity threé persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious c. Remember not Lord our offences nor the Death winnes the field â—ll armâ—s must yeeld ¶ The Herauld Herald in thy â—hield beare grasse in greenfield Sergeant at Armes Sergeant see thou sâ—ay â—l glory must away offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sinnes Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whoÌ„ thou hast redeémed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all euil and mischief from sinne from the crafts and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord
thou also God to acquite thy seruantes and a creator to saue thine own worke and a Sauyour to saue him that beleueth in thee and is baptized Wherfore O Lord mind not thy iustice only as agaynst a sinner but be mindfull of thy goodnesse as towards thy creature minde not thy wrath as agaynst an offender but be mindfull of thy compassion as towards a poore wretch of thine Spare me O Lord which art my saluation and desirest not the death of a sinner Spare my sinfull soul. My God in thee doe I trust and vnto thee doe I commit my soule O merciful God haue pitie vpon me haue pitie vpon thy humble creature Deale with me according to thy mercy O thou that art blessed for euer Amen Patience ouercōmeth all thinges Wrath deuoureth it selfe Looking vnto Iesus the Author c. Heb. 12. Let al bitternes and anger and wrath Eph. 4. Another O Most mercifull Lord how can I be good which haue bin euil euen in the good I sinned thou winkedst at it I continued long time in my wickednes and thou continuedst as long in thy louing kindnesse of purpose to bring me to repentance and to shew me fauor Thou therfore that hast born so long with my offences geue mercy to me miserable wretch For I beleue that whatsoeuer thou determinest to forgeue me it shal be as if it had neuer beéne done My whole life O my God maketh me afrayd because that when I sift it thorowly there appeareth welnere nothing but sinne or barrainnesse in it and if there be any fruit in it it is ether so thin and slender or so vnperfect and corrupted by some mean or other that Be not high minded but make your selues c Rom. 12. Woe to the crown of pride c. Esay 28. Humilitie is tender harted Pride despiseth his neighbour it may well either vtterly displease theé or at least wise not like theé Therfore being abashed at the multitude of my sinnes but yet trusting to thy gracious goodnes I acknowledge and cōfesse to theé my maker and Redeémer which hast promised forgeuenes to offenders that in sinne I was conceued in sinne haue I beén brought vp and in sinne haue I liued all the time of my life vnto this day I find not any sinne wherewith I am not defited by some meanes or other Thus is my soule filled with misery according to the desert of my sinnes Thus is my soule brought euen to the gate of hell O my God if thou deliuer me I haue cause to thanke theé if thou deliuer me not yet haue I no cause to blame theé for thou art righteous Alas how haue I liued what a nūber of euill things haue I sayd done Mercy beareth with infirmities Cruelty seeketh reuenge Be curteous and tender harted c. Ephe. 4. Auenge not your selues but geue place c. Rom. 12. I am ashamed that I haue liued so my conscience telleth me I haue deserued damnation but I am sure that thy mercy wipeth away all offence Wipe away mine iniquities therfore O Lord with the multitude of thy mercies and by the desert of thy most bitter passion and death Amen Another WOe is me wretch that I am how often haue I fallen in rising and lien still when I was fallen I haue heaped sinne vpon sinne often promising amendement but neuer perfourming it I haue alwayes returned agayn to my vomit and to my former offences I haue added new and worse Behold O most mercifull God I hide not my sinnes but I bewray them I doe not excuse but accuse my selfe for I know mine iniquitie well inough Surely I might well inough despayre in respect Three things reioyce me the vnitie c. Ecclesiasticus 25. The strife of the proud is bloudshed Ecclesi 27. Concord supporteth one another Discord destroyeth one another of my outragious sinnes vices and infinit ouersights which I haue committed and dayly doe committe without ceasing in thought word and deede and by all other meanes wherin mans frailty may offend were it not that thy word O Lord is become flesh and dwelleth among vs But now I dare not dispayre because that he submitting himselfe vnto thee to the very death yea euen to the death of the crosse hath taken away the handwriting of our sinnes and nayled it to his crosse crucifiyng the same and death both at once Therfore I beseech thee for thine only begotten sonnes death sake wipe away all my iniquities and be mercifull to me the miserablest of all sinners to the intent that being set free from sinne and iustified before thee through the righteousnes of thy sonne I may sing prayse to thy name and glorifie thee together with Loue nourisheth with ioy Herod murthereth infants the same thy sonne and the holy Ghost from this time forth for euermore Amē Another MY soul is weary of her life I will speake in the bitternes of my hart I am sick my life is brought weake with misery my bones are bruzed as in a mortar and therfore I flie to thee Lord as to my phisition Heal me O Lord and I shall be wholl saue thou me and I shal be safe And because I trust in theé I shall not be put to shame But who am I O gracious God that dare speak thus boldly vnto theé I am a sinner wholy bred born and brought vp in sinne a rotten caryon a filthy vessel wormes meat Woe is me Spare me O lord What victory were it if thou shouldest fight with me and ouercome me which am lesse then the stubble before the wind Pardon Put on the whole armore c. Ephe. 6. Stand fast in the faith c. 1. Cor. 16. Chastitie is secrete and clean Vncleanes is like a Goate me all my sinnes and lift me poore soule out of the mire Surely Lord if thou wilt geue me leaue thou shouldst not shun him that commeth running to theé For thou O Lord Iesu art my God and yet art thou flesh of my flesh and bone of my bones ioyning thy self to my humain nature without leauing the right hand of thy father and being both God and man in one person and yet contynuing still that which thou wast before And to what end hast thou done this so high and vnconceiuable thing but that I should come running boldly vnto theé as to my brother and thou mercifully impart thy Godhead vnto me Wherfore vp Lord and help me vp I say and put me not back for euer Like as the hart seéketh after the fountaines of water so doth my thirsty soul long after theé the liuing spring to Wisedome is better then gold Sardanapalus an imprudent king draw water of comfort out of the Sauiours welles that it may no more be a thirst when it commeth to appeare before thy face Come the ioy of my hart that I may take pleasure of theé Shew thy mercy to me to glad my hart with all Let me find theé for whom I long Let my sute enter
at the setting of the Sunne He shall breaks 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 Ose. 10. Moses cast the â—abâ—es out of his handes and brake them in pieces because of their idolatry c. Exo. 32 The Philistines finde Dagon fallen downe be fore the ark of the Lord c. 1. Sam. â— WRetthed are they O Lord to whom thy daysun goeth down I meane that sonne of thine which neuer setteth to thy saints but is always at the noonpoint with theÌ„ euer bright and euer shining A droopy night ouer dreépeth the minds of them euen at hie noontide which depart from theé But vnto them that are conuersant with theé it is continually cleére daylight This daysun that shineth in the skye goeth and commeth by turnes But thou if we loue theé in deéd doest neuer goe away froÌ„ vs O that thou wouldst remoue away this impediment of sin from vs that it might alwayes be day light in our harts Amen * A Prayer to be sayd at the lighting vp of Candles GReat and thick darcknes ouerwhelmeth our harts O Lord Saul sayd to Doeg euen thou and fall vpon the priestes And Doeg the Edomite turned c. 1. Sa. 22 Aâ—halia seing her sonne to be dead destroyed all the kings seed But Iehoâ—heba c. Reg. 11. Herode caused all male children to be slaine that were in Bethlehem and in all the costes therof from two yeare olde and vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently searched c. Maâ— 2. vntil thy light do chase it away Thy Daysun O most wise workmaster is as the cresset of this bodily world and vnto the spirituall world the cresset is thy wisdome from whence springeth the light both of our bodies and of our soules At the comming of the night vpon the day thou hast geuen vs Candles for a remedy of the darknes and for a remedy of our ignoraunce after sinne thou hast geuen vs thy doctrine which thy sonne who loueth vs moste deérelye hath brought down vnto vs. Wherfore thou fountayne and teacher of all trueth make vs through both those lights to seé such things as may driue away the dimnesse of our minds The light of thy countenance is sealed vpon vs O Lord thou hast put lightsomnes into our harts Thy word is a lantern to my feet and a light to my pathes And Iesus when he was baptised came 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 handâ— vpon the seâ— c. Exodus 14. They curtâ— down a branch with one cluster of grapes and bearâ— vpon c. Num. 13. ⧠A Prayer to be sayd in the Euening O Lord my God my Father and my sauyour forasmuch as thou hast graunted me the grace to come to the end of this day hast created the night for man to rest in I casting my self most humbly down before thy holy maiesty beseéch theé most hartelye to shew me this goodnes to the residue of thine infinite benefites that I may so rest this night to the comfort and refreshment of mine infirmitie as my hart may still be lift vp vnto theé And my soule haue her spirituall rest aswel as the body taketh his Let not my sleépe be vnmeasurable to please excessiuely the ease of my flesh but only to suffice the necessity of my nature that I may be the better disposed to thy seruice to morrow 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 Israel for they are dead which sought the babes life Then he arose and toke the babe c. Mat. Preserue me also from all vncleannes both of body and soule keéping me from all temtations of the enemy and from all dangers that may befall me And because I haue not passed this day without offeÌ„ding theé after diuers sorts and maners Like as now in the absence of the sun thou sendest darcknes to couer all things so also vouchsafe to wipe out all mine offences by thine infinite mercy so as they may neuer come to reckning before thy iudgement seate All which things I aske and craue of theé in the name and for the sake of thine only Sonne my Lord and Sauyour Iesus Christ according to the rule which he hath geuen vs to pray by saying Our Father which art c. * Another The tempter came 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. Esau selleth his byrth right for a mâ—sse of portage c. Gen. 25. The woman seyng the tree to be pleasaunt tooke of the fruit c. Gen. 3. LOrd Iesu Christ to whose vnconsumable goodnes we be beholden for all things which hast graunted the cherefull light of the day vnto al men both good and bad to doe their busines in and mercifully geueÌ„ them the sweet stilnes of the night to refresh the pores of their silly bodies and to put away the cares of their minds and to asswage their sorowes Forasmuch as thou thy selfe performest al these thinges much more beneficially to them that loue thee to whom thou geuest a far greater light by the grace of fayth to do al deedes of godlines by then doth the shining of the Sun vnto the world In so much as the promyses neuer suffer them to faynt but the comfort of thy Spirite putteth away all cumberaunces of minde far more effectually then any sleepe of the body And the wholl Helyas stretched himselfe vpon the childe and the Lord heard the voyce of Helyas c. 3. Reg. 17. Heliseus comming into the house and behold the childe was dead and he stretched c. 4. Reg. 4. Christ cried with a loud voyce Lazarus come forth Then hâ—â—hat was dead came forth bound band foote with bandes and his face was bound with a napkin Iesus said vnto them c. Iohn 11. man resteth not more sweetly or safely in any thing then in thy mercy O deere Redeemer I besech thee that if I haue done any thing this day through humayn frailety and neglygence which hath offended thyne eyes pardon it for thy wonted goodnes sake and graunt therewithal that this night may be happy to me by thy prospering thereof pure by thy preseruing of me and safe from the nightly illusions of wicked feendes through thy protection so as this sleep may make both my body and minde more cherefull and lusty to serue thee to
sobernes and chastity Geue thy people willingnesse to obay thy hestes and forwardnes to serue them by whom it is thy will to haue the affayres of this world ordered so shall it come to passe that if by thy inspiration the Princes commaund things seéming theé and the Shepheards teach things accordingly and the people obay For feare of him the kepers were astonied became as dead men But the Angell sayd to the women Feare not for I know you seeke Iesus which was crucified c. Maâ—h 23. â—amson arose at midnight and toke the â—ores c. Iudicum 16 â—nd the Lord spake vnto the fish and it cast out Ionas c. Ionas 2. their good gouernment and godly teaching the church shall with such good order soon recouer her former dignitye and quietnes to the glory of thy name Notwithstanding that thou hadst appointed the Niniuites to vtter destruction yet diddest thou spare theÌ„ as soone as they turned to repentance wilt thou despise thy spouse casting her selfe down at thy feéte which vseth sighes in steéde of sackcloth and teares in steéde of ashes Thou hast promised forgeuenes to such as conuert and yet is it thy gift that a man returneth to theé with all his hart to the intent that all our good thinges should redound to thy glory Thou art the maker repayre thy creature Thou art the raunsomer saue the cost which thou hast bestowed Thou art the Sauyour suffer not them to perish which hang wholly vpoÌ„ theé Thou 〈…〉 and behold Ioseph was not in the 〈◊〉 c. Gen ◠〈…〉 my soule loueth I sought him but I found him not 〈…〉 Mary stoode at the sepulcher weâ—â—ng and as she wept the bowed her selfe into the sepulcher and saw two aungels in white sitting the one c. Iohn 20. art the Lord maintayn thine own possession Thou art the head succour thy members Thou art the king geue vs reuerence of thy lawes Thou art the Prince of peace inspire thy loue into vs Thou art God haue mercy vpon thy humble suiters According to S. Paules saying be thou all in all men that the wholl company of thy church may with one mind and one voyce in consent yeald thanks for her obtayned mercy to the father and the sonne and the holy Ghost who being the perfect pattern of concord are distinct in propriety of persons and yet in nature but one to whom be prayse and glory for euer Amen * A Prayer for the Queenes Maiestie Iesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast viâ— deuils And she went and told them that had bene with him which mourned c. Mar. 16 The king said vnto Daâ—iell O Daniel the seruaunt c. Daniel 6. When I had past a litle from them then I found him c. Cant. 3. Thou hast restored again the liberty of our countrey and the sincerity of thy doctrine with peace and tranquilitie of thy church Thine thine was the benefit the meanes the labor and seruice was hers A burthen to heauy alas for a womans shoulders yet easie and tollerable by thy helping hand And Iacob called the name of the place Peniell c. Gen. 32. Gedeon aunswered â—he Lord be with vs why then c. Iud. 6. Iesus said to Thomas put the finger here and see my hands and â—ut forth thy hand and put it into my side and be not faythlesse c. Iohn â—â— Preserue her kingdome maintayn religion defend thy cause our Queen vs thy sheépe and her people Scatter thine enemies which thirst after war. Let them be ashamed and confounded that worshippe Idols Let vs not be a pray to the nations that know not theé neither call vpon thy name So after the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and sate at the right hand of god And they went forth and preached c. Mar. 16 â—nd Enoch walked with God and he was no more sent for God tooke him away c. Gen. 5. There appeared â— charet of fire and horses of fire so Elias went vp by a whirlwind c. 2. Reg. 2 * Another O God most excellent creator and preseruer of all thinges we cast our selues down before the feéte of thy maiestie and inwardly feéling how vnworthye we are to haue our prayers heard of theé we dare not lift vp our eyes to heauen Knowledge of God in Iesus Christ is life Mahomet and his Alcoron is perdition Loue of God is in spirite and truth Idolatry is Spirituall adultery Aboue al take the shield of fayth Ephe. 6. Behold thou hast caâ—â— me out Genesis 4. Fayth apprehendeth Christ Iesus Cayne dispaireth of mercy Moreouer O singular and most precious treasure of al treasures thou through her meanes and ministery hast brought agayn Christ Iesus once banished out of England Hope maketh not ashamed Iudas ashamed and hanged him selfe Looking vnto Iesus the Author c. Heb. 12. Let al bitternes and anger and wrath Eph. 4. Pâ—tience â—uercoÌ„meth all thinges Wrath deuoureth it selfe Thou hast geuen her Counsellers graunt that she may vse their councell happely Indue them with godly righteous and carefull hartes that they may be both willing and able simply and faithfully to consult and also prouidently to prouide as well for thy church as for her and vs her people It is thy grace O Lord that we her people renued with thy word doe suffer our selues to be nourished with the same Send forth therefore faithfull shepheards godly and true teachers to feéde vs And driue away all hirelings and rauening wolues from this flock of thine and of thy Sonne Iesus Christ. Humilitie is tender harted Pride despiseth his neighbour Be not high minded but make your selues c Rom. â—2 Woe to the crown of pride c. Esay 28. Furthermore of thy goodnes maintayne peace and tranquilitie defend our Queéne her kingdome and countrey from bloudy warres and especially protect her and vs from hollow harts and from ciuill tumults and coÌ„spiracies which haue shaken the greatest part of Christendome And because the affliction of euery poore creature appertayneth to her in as much as she is thine inspire the magistrates vnder her with thy holy spirite that they may willingly carefully maintayne iustice and prouide for the releéfe of Christ his poore members whose treasurers both she and we and all others are whom thou hast blessed with thy earthly benefits Be 〈◊〉 â—nd tender harted c. Ephe 4. Auenge not your selues â–ª but geue place c. Rom. 12. Mercy beareth with infirmities Cruelty seeketh reuenge * Another O Almighty God king of kinges Lord of Lords the only God and gouernour of all things Thou art he by whom alone kings doe raigne Thou most high bearest rule ouer all the kingdomes of men Thou in Christ thine only Sonne being the most gracious father of thy chosen church doest for the comfortable nourishing of it dispose the Royall state among men Concord supporteth one another Discord destroyeth one another Three things
may be moued with pitie towardes those whom we seé oppressed with the Vse a little wine for thy stomack 1. Tim. 5 Woe vnto them that 〈◊〉 vp early c. Esay 1. Measure in vvine comforteth Excesse vvalketh vvantonly same aduersities O most milde and mercifull Christ we beseéch theé brethe vpon vs the spirit of thy meékenes and goodnes that like as thy pitying of vs made theé to indure most bitter death and torments for vs so our pitying of our neighbors may lead vs to succour them to our power Amen Another WHere Charitie and Loue are there is the congregatioÌ„ of the Sayntes There is neither wrath nor disdayne but stedfast charitie for euer Therfore graunt vs O Lord God that we may loue one another vnfaynedly for where loue is there art thou and he that loueth his brother is born of thee and dwelleth in thee and thou in him And where brethren doe glorifie Sobriety watcheth her mouth Voluptuousnesse â—yoteth Let vs which are of the day be sober 1. Thess. 5. For it is suffycient for vs c. 1. Pet. 4. thee with one accord there doest thou poure out thy blessing vpon them Loue vs therefore O Lord and shead thy loue into our hartes that we may loue thee and our bretheren in thee and for thee as all children to thee through Iesus Christ Amen ⧠A Prayer for the afflicted and persequuted vnder the tiranny of Antichrist O Mercifull Father who neuer doest forsake such as put their trust in theé stretch forth thy mighty arme to the defence of our brethren by the rage of enemies persequuted and greéuously tormented in sundry places for the true profession of thy holy Gospell who in their extreém necessitie cry for comfort vnto theé Let not thy long suffering O Lord Whose apparailing let not be c. 1. Pet. 3· The steps of a strange woman c. Prouerb 5. Chastitie is secrete and clean Vncleanes is like a Goate be an occasion either to increase the tyranny of thy enemies or to discourage thy children but with speéde O lord consider their great miseries and afflictions Preuent the cruell deuise of Haman Stay the rage of Holophernes Breake the counsell of Achitophell Let not the wicked say Where is now their God Let thy afflicted flock feéle present ayde and releéfe from theé O Lord look down vpon them with thy pitifull eye from thy holy habitation send terror and trembling among their enemies make an end of their outragious tiranny beate back their boldnes in suppressing thy truth in destroying thy true seruants in defacing thy glory and in setting vp Antichrist Let them not thus proudly aduaunce themselues against theé and thy Christ but let them vnderstand and feéle that against theé PerseueraÌ„ce â—ndureth to the end Reuolting a Sow in the mire If they continue grounded in faith 1. Tim. 2. He that endureth to the end shal be saued Mat. 10 they fight Preserue and defend the vine which thy right hand hath planted and let all nations seé the glory of thine annoynted Amen * A Prayer for our bretheren that are in aduersitie MOst gratious and merciful sauiour we finde by experience almost euery minute of an houre that this life of oures is fraughted with aduersities which grow vnto euery of vs either out of the sinfulnes of the flesh or of ech mannes own folly or of other mennes spitefulnes Besides this other mennes misfortunes are both an increase and an example of our own For we seé by them that the like may befall vs and brotherly charity compelleth vs to be sory for them In respect wherof thou also hast commaunded vs to weépe with them Charitie feedeth the hungry I was an hungry and ye gaue me meate Mat. 25. If thine enemy hunger feede him Prouer. 25 â–ª that weépe and to mourn with theÌ„ that mourn and to be like minded one towards another as members all of one body Thou therfore O mercifull Redeémer which hast borne our infirmities harken to the prayers which we poure out before theé for the releéfe of our bretherens aduersities increase not our sorrowes by the sorrowes of our frends Rid them out of their miseries that they may the more quietly set their minds vpoÌ„ theé we through thy gratious goodnesse be discharged of no small peéce of our heauines Or if it be not expedient either for them or vs for thou only knowest what is expedient for euery man at least wise giue them power of minde and strength of bâ—dy to bear their sore crosses the easilyer so as neither their bodies may be vnable to abide and indure the paines nor their harts quayle vnder the grief Charitie geueth drinke to the thirsty I thirsted and you gaue me drink Mat. 25. The Niggard witholdeth drinke from the thirsty Esay 32. wherby they might be dryuen to doe say or thinke any thing which thou mightest mislike of or which might turne to their own hurt through impatience or dispayre Amen ⧠A Prayer for them that be in pouertie THey that are snarled and intangled in the extreém penury of things neédfull for the body cannot set their minds vpoÌ„ theé O Lord as they ought to doe but when they be disapoynted of the thinges which they doe so mightely desire their harts are cast down and quaile for excesse of grief Haue pitie vpon them therfore O mercifull father and releéue their misery through thine incredible riches that by thy remouing of their vrgent necessitie they may rise vp vnto theé in minde Thou O Lord prouidest inough for all men Charitie harboâ—eth strangers I was a stranger ye lodgeed me Mat. 25. I haue not suffered a stranger to lye without Iob. 31. with thy most liberall and bountifull hand but wheras thy gifts are in respect of thy goodnes freé fauor made common to all men we through our naughtines nigardship and distrust doe make them priuate and peculiar Correct thou the thing which our iniquity hath put out of order let thy goodnes supply that which our niggardlynes hath plucked away Geue thou meate to the hungry and drinke to the thirsty Comfort thou the sorrowfull Cheére thou vp the dismayd StreÌ„gthen thou the weake Deliuer thou them that are prisoners And geue thou hope and courage to them that are out of hart O Father of all mercy haue compassion of so great misery O Fountain of all good thinges and of all blessednes wash thou away these so sundry so manifold so great miseries of oures Charitie clotheth the naked I was naked ye clothed me Mat. 25 If a brother or Sister be naked or destitute Iames. 2. with one drop of the water of thy mercy for thine only Sonne our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christes sake Amen * A Prayer to be sayd for our Euilwillers MOst mercifull Redeémer thou hast commaunded vs to pray for them both which wish vs euill and as much as in them lyeth doe worke vs euill and that hast thou done not only in
other shall be refused Another O Souerain creator of al things when I consider what maner of maiestie I haue offended with my sins I doe euen shudder at mine own rashnes When I bethink me how gracious and bountifull a father I haue forsakeÌ„ I abhorre mine own vnkindnes When I perceue from how blessed freédome of minde into how miserable thraldome I haue cast my selfe I condemn mine own madnes and I vtterly mislike of my self and my conscience is put in such terror by thine vneschuable iustice as I seé nothing before me but helfire and disparre The Sea shall swell higher theÌ„ any hill shall fal agayne as low fishes monsters of the Sea shal appere with roaring voyce Again how redy thou art to pardon such as amend thine own only begotteÌ„ sonne doth beat into our heads by many parables as of the lost groate and the finding thereof again of the shepherds bringing home of his stray sheép vpon his shoulders but most euidently of the prodigall sonne whose Image I seé plainly in my selfe The sea and all fluddes shall burne trees and herbes shal drop bludâ— Cities and all buildings shall be ouerturned O let thy mercy receiue him now submitting himself whom thou hast he therto borne withall so gentely in his straying from theé I am vnworthy to lift vp mine eyes to theé or to call theé by the name of father Neuerthelesse vouchsafe I beseéch theé to cast thine eye vpon me For thy loking towardes the sinner maketh him to reuiue when he is dead and to returne home again when he is lost Stoneâ— shall tuÌ„ble together and make a huge none Tirrâ—ble earthquakes shall make meÌ„ hide theÌ„selues Valyâ—s shall be 〈◊〉 and hils broght low Slaue that I am and worthy of all maner of punishment I seeke not that thou shouldst imbrace me and kisse me I craue not the long robe and the ring which are the badges of the former dignity that I did hold scorne of I sue not to be receiued to the honor of thy children It shall be a benefite great inough for me if thou admit me but into the number of thy basest seruantes euen of such as are bronded brought again from roging that I may at least wise be some hanger on vnto theé for in thy house there are many roumthes They that hid theÌ„selues shall runne forth like mad meÌ„ â–ª The bones of the dead shall appere aboue the Sepulcres The powers of heauen shall be shaken It shall not greéue me to be counted among the abiects in this life and to be racked with repentance and to be sullied with mourning so I may not be separated from theé for euer I pray theé and I beseéch theé by the death of thy dearly beloued and only begotten sonne impart thy spirit vnto me to cleanse my hart and to strengthen it with his grace that I slide not thether again through ouersight from whence I was called back by thy mercy Amen * Another I Haue gone astray like a lost sheep seeke out thy seruant O Lord for I haue not been vnmindfull of thy coÌ„maundements The offences ouersightes of my youth remember not O lord Be mindfull on me according to thy mercy For thy goodnes sake Euery one liuing shall dye presently Heauen earth all elementes shall burne The dead shall rise O Lord keepe my soule and deliuer me so shall I not be ashamed of putting my trust in thee Turne my mourning into ioy Rend my sackcloth asunder and compasse me about with gladnes that my tongue may sing to thee without prick or sting of conscience Amen * Another IF thou looke straitly to our sinnes O Lord Lord who shall abide it But forasmuch as there is mercy with thee I haue waited vpon thee for thy lawes sake O lord My soule hath held out in thy word my soule hath trusted in thee O lord For with thee there is mercy and plenteous redemption and thou redemest Israell from all his iniquities Amen Another Knowledge of God in Iesus Christ is life Mahomet and his Alcoron is perdition THou hast chastised me O Lord I am brokeÌ„ as an vntamed youÌ„g bullock Turne me I shal be turned for thou art the Lord my God for wheÌ„ thou hadst once turned me I amended and when thou hadst shewed me my faults I strake my thigh I was ashamed and blushed because I abode the reproch of my youth Another O Good Iesu O sweét Iesu y soÌ„ne of the virgine Mary full of mercie and truth O sweét Iesu haue pitie vpoÌ„ me according to thy great mercy O louing Iesu I beseéch theé by that precious bloud of thine which thou didst vouchsafe to shed for vs wretched sinners vpon the altar of the crosse put away all my sinnes and despise me not in myne humble sute calling vpon this thy most holy name of Iesus This Loue of God is in spirite and truth Idolatry is Spirituall adultery name Iesus is a swet name this name Iesus is a healthfull name For what els is Iesus but Sauior O good Iesu which hast created me redeémed me with thine own bloud suffer me not to be damned whom thou hast created O good Iesu let not my wickednesse destroy me whom thy almighty goodnes hath made O good Iesu consider what is thyne in me whatsoeuer is otherwise wipe it away O good Iesu haue mercy vpon me while the tyme serues to haue mercy least thou destroy me in the tyme of thy dreadful doome O good Iesu although I myserable sinner haue iustly deserued euerlasting punishment for my most greéuous sinnes by thy rightful iustice yet do I appeal from thy rightfull iustice to thyne vnspeakable mercie therfore pity thou me as a louing Father and mercifull lord O good Iesu what profit is ther Fayth apprehendeth Christ Iesus Cayne dispaireth of mercy Aboue al take the shield of fayth Ephe. 6. Behold thou hast cast me out Genesis 4. in my bloud that I should go down into euerlasting corruptioÌ„ For the dead shall not prayse theé O Lord nor yet they that goe downe into hell O most mercifull Iesu haue mercy vpon me O most sweét Iesu set me at liberty O louing Iesu be fauorable to me sinner O Iesu admit me wretched sinner into the number of thy chosen O Iesu the health of theÌ„ that trust in theé O Iesu the welfare of them that beleue in theé haue pity vpon me O Iesu the sweéte remission of all my sinnes O Iesu the sonne of the virgine Mary poure thy grace wisedome louingnes charity and humility into me and in all mine aduersityes geue me holy patience that I may be able to beare thy crosse with theé to loue theé to glory delight in theé for euer and euer Amen Another Hope maketh not ashamed Iudas ashamed anâ— hanged him selfe MOst righteous and mercifull god remember that thou art pitiful and that thou art my redeemer As thou art a iudge to condemne offenders so art
Ioseph thy younger bretheren with the kisse of comfort pour into our harts thy holy spirite pluck vs vp from the earth earthly things open our eyes and lift them vp vnto theé open thy mouth and call vs vnto theé open our eares that we may heare theé so that whatsoeuer we doe speak or thinke it may be directed vnto theé alone our Redeémer Mediator Aduocate Amen Death wins the field All armes must yeald ¶ The Herauld Herald in thy shield beare grasse in green field Sergeant at Armes Sergeant see thou stay Al glory must away ⧠A Prayer at our going to a Sermon MAny and sundry wayes O lord doest thou vtter and shew forth thy light vnto vs in this great darcknes of oures But no way more effectually and plenteously then by thine Apostles and by them that haue succeéded in their charge Great and plentyfull is the haruest as thou thy selfe hast told vs but few are the haruestfolkes For the most part they be all ignorant and ouercast with the cloud of darcknes And as for true preachers that teach as they ought to doe the number of them is very small ¶ The TruÌ„petor Trumpet geue sound all must to the ground ¶ The Pursiuant Goe suÌ„mon by message to come without baggage All must needes die we need not tell Our message hath been sounded well And vnto this man also graunt the treasure of thy wisedome that he may poure it out vpon vs to our saluation And in vs open thou the windowes and dores of our harts that we may so receiue into vs the wholesome light of thy most holy word as that the good seéde which shall fall into vs be neither choked with bryars thornes and brambles nor burnt vp with drought nor deuâ—ured by the birds of the ayre but battle as in good ground bring forth plentifull fruit to the prayse honor of thy name Amen A Prayer for knowledge and vnderstanding HEare my prayers O Lord Iesu the euerlasting wisedome of the We drum that domes day now at hand Doth call all soldiâ—rs to deathes band ¶ The Dromme Drommer call together al soldyars to my baÌ„â—t ¶ The Fife Fife seé thou play to leade them the way Father which geuest vnto childhoode the commoditie of aptnes to learne I pray theé adde the furtherance of thy grace to the forwardnes of nature that I may the sooner and more perfectly learn knowledge and the liberall sciences Howbeit in such wise as they may serue to thy glory so as my minde being furthered by the help of them may attayn to the fuller knowing of theé which is the highest poynt of mans felicitie And also that according to the example of thy most holy childhoode I may dayly prosper more and more in age wisdome and fauor both before God and man to the glory of thy name which liuest and raignest c. Amen A Prayer to be sayd before receuing of the Communion O Father of mercy and God of al consolation seéing all creatures ¶ 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 quail â–ª And harty souldiers for to fayle do acknowledge and confesse theé to be their gouernour and Lord it becometh vs the workmanship of thine own hands to reuerence and magnifie thy godly maiestie First for that thou hast created vs to thine own Image and similitude but cheéfly because thou hast deliuered vs from that euerlasting death damnation into the which Sathan drew mankind by the meanes of sinne from the bondage wherof neither man nor angell was able to make vs freé But thou O Lord rich in mercy and infinite in goodnes hast prouyded our redemptioÌ„ to stand in thine only and wel beloued sonne whom of very loue thou didst geue to be made man like vnto vs in all things sinne excepted that in his body he might receaue the punishment of our transgression by his death to make satisfaction to thy iustice and by Vse gayne of Gold and liue in cost So as by death life be not lost ¶ The Marchant Neither craft nor trade Can me perswade ¶ The Citizen Of towne and citie I haue no pitie his resurrection to destroy him that was author of death and so to bring agayn life to the world from which the whole ofspring of Adam was most iustly exiled O Lord we acknowledge that no creature was able to comprehend the length and breadth the deépenes and height of that thy most excellent loue which moued theé to shew mercy where none was deserued to promise geue life where death had gotten victory to receaue vs into thy grace when we could doe nothing but rebell against thy maiesty O Lord the blind dulnes of our corrupt nature will not suffer vs sufficiently to weigh these thy most ample benefites Yet neuerthelesse at the commaundement of Iesus Christ our Lord we present our selues to this his table which he hath left to be vsed in remembrance of his death vntil his comming ¶ The Printers Leaue setting thy page spent is thine age Pressmen goe play printing must stay We Printers wrote with wisdomes peâ— She liues for â—ye we die as men again to declare and witnes before the world that by him alone we haue receaued liberty and life that by him alone thou doest acknowledge vs to be thy children and heires that by him alone we haue entraÌ„ce to the throne of thy grace that by him alone we are possessed in our spiritual kingdome to eate and drinke at his table with whoÌ„ we haue our conuersation presently in heauen and by whom our bodies shall be raysed vp agayn from the dust and shall be placed with him in that endles ioy which thou O Father of mercy hast prepared for thine elect before the foundation of the world was layd And these most inestimable benefits we acknowledge and confesse to haue receaued of thy freé mercy and grace by thine onely beloued sonne Iesus christ For the which therfore we thy congregation moued by thy holy spirite Death takes no bribe of wealth Death forceth not long health ¶ The Riche man Thy siiluer nor golde froÌ„ death can theé withhold ¶ The aged man By rigâ—t I must be bold with thee that liuest so old render to theé all thanks prayse and glory for euer and euer Amen Another WHat tongue or what hart can worthely geue theé thankes O Lord Iesu for thine vnspekable loue towards vs Who to the intent to redeéme mankind forlorn diddest vouchsafe to become man and to take all the miseries of our state vpon theé in so much that in the end thou being a pure and vnspotted lamb wast contented to be made a sacrifice for vs vpon the altar of the cros and to abide the punishment due for our sins that thou mightest reconcile vs to thy Father yea and both in life and death thou didst spend geue and bestow thy selfe wholy vpon vs and
no persequutions may euermore geue thanks vnto theé in thy holy church through Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou didst in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise help vs and deliuer vs for thy honor ¶ The Shepeheard Leaue thy shepe And with me crepe ¶ The Foole. Of foolish and fond I aÌ„reake the bonde The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obay vnto me Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning c. FroÌ„ our enemies defend vs O Christ. Graciously look vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our harts Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our Prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy on vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ. Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ. O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray Time to liue time to dy God grant vs liue eternally ¶ The Beggar Begging is done For I am come The Roge. Thinke I am best For I bring rest WE humbly beseéch theé O father mercifully to looke vpon one infirmities for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs all those euils that we most righteouslye haue deserued And graunt that in all our troubles we may put our whol trust and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue theé in holynes and purenes of liuing to thy honor and glory through our only mediator and aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ⧠A Prayer for the Queenes Maiestie O Lord our heauenly father high and mighty king of kings Lord of Lords the only Ruler of Princes which doest from thy throane behold al the dwellers vpon the earth most hartely we beseech theé with thy fauour to 〈…〉 Young olde Come to my folde ¶ Of Infancy Feare not me though I grisly be No state no might yâ—ung nor old To resist death dare be hold behold our most graciâ—us us souerain Lady Queéne Elizabeth and so replenish her with the grace of thy holy Spirit that she may alway incline to thy will and walke in thy way Indue her plentifully with heauenly gifts Graunt her in health and wealth long to liue Strength her that she may vanquish and ouercome all her enemies And finally after this life she may attayne euerlasting ioy and felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ⧠In the time of any common plague or sicknes O Almightye God which in thy wrath in the time of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence threéscore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst saue the rest Haue pitie vpon vs miserable We that were of highest degree â–ª Lye dead here now as ye do see ¶ The Empresse Empresse thogh thou be Thou must away with me ¶ 〈◊〉 Queene Queene also thou doost see As I am so 〈◊〉 thou be sinners that now are visited with greate sicknes mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaund thine Angell to cease from punishing so it may please theé to withdraw from vs this plague and greéuous sicknes through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen * A Prayer of Chrisostome ALmighty God which hast geuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto theé and doest promise that wheÌ„ two or threé be gathered together in thy name thou wilt graunt their requestes Fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may be most expedient for them grauÌ„ting vs in this world knowledge of thy truth in the world to come life euerlasting Amen ¶ The princes Princes of hye estate coÌ„teÌ„t you I am your mate ¶ The Duchesse Duches princes Death dayly conuinces We that sate in the highest sâ—ate Are layd here now for wormes meate * A Prayer to be sayd at the visitation of the sick O Almighty and eternal God the God of al mercy many diuers are thy chastisements by which thou callest vs vnto theé thy sonne Christ. Especially it is thy wonted clemency to tame our flesh by sundry and sore diseases to awake and shake of our sleépe by dangerous infirmities to admonish vs of our former wicked life frayl of it selfe by greéuous anguishes and torments the messengers of death Also by this thy crosse thou puttest vs in minde of thy Sonne Christ his crosse of his bloudy sweate and passion of the great and last day of thy iudgement ioyfull to thine elect to the reprobate a iudgement day most horrible O Lord most horrible Beauty honour and riches auayle no whit For death when he commeth â–ª spoyleth it The Countesse Countesse or â—hat thou art I striâ—e thee with my dart ¶ The Vicountesse Vicountes I do not spare For of them I â—aue no care Forasmuch therfore O Lord God as we find this our poore brother weakened with sicknes imprisoned here in his bed sustayning the rigor of thy punishment sharpnes of thy rod whose conscience also the feéling of his sins and feare of death doth terrifie We wretched sinners yet thy creatures members of thy church being flesh and bloud of corruptible flesh as well as he most humbly and most hartely pray beseéch thy goodnes that thou wilt not shew thy rigorous iudgement vpon him as he hath deserued But rather cast thy eyes of mercy vpon him Looke on him as on one whom thou hast redeémed Geue him grace and constancy of courage that he may peaceably and patiently take this thy fatherly correction submitting himselfe with all his hart to thy good pleasure and will who hast visited him ¶ The Baronnesse Baronnesse braue and hie Prepare thy selfe to dye ¶ The Lady Ladies gay and fayre To you I doe repayre No state no might young nor old To resist death dare be â—old Assist him in this his present danger especially if his conscience discouered before his inward sight accuseth him of any inward and secret sinne O our God our good God God of al comfort and consolation set against the same his wounded conscience the greéuous torments and voluntary sacrifice of thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ who bare our infirmities and indured the payn which we had deserued being made sinne for vs wheÌ„ he suffred death for our sinnes and offences which he washed away with his bloud and rising agayn from the dead is made our iustice and present redemption Death by his might doth conuince Empresse Queene Dutchesse and Prince The Iudges wife Madame or iustice wife I am come to ende thy life The Lawyers wife Beware thy husbands gayn Reward thee not with pain The GentlewomaÌ„ Gentles braue fâ—â—e Daunce after my line Aldermans wife Thou art clothed in skarlet And yet art â—ut my varlet
Behold vs here that sometime were gay And now lie dead all wrapped in clay Riches nor treasure auayl nothing For death to earth all doth bring Merchantes wife Braue neuer so nice daunce after my deuice 〈…〉 wife â—ricke and trim â—ut of your hood â— am come to d◠〈◊〉 good * A Prayer in desire of the life to come IN the life to come we must not thinke to inioy any one benefite alone as we do here but al good things and all at once euen as many as are possible to be thought or not thought For we shall inioy theé O God who alone art all in all things And loue shal make vs one with theé and so we shall be as it were certayn Gods. O when shall we haue an end of this misery and a beginning of that ioy when shal I cease to liue among such as are euil spitefull cumbersome and enemilike and begin to liue with Christ who is Riche mans wife Though thou haue siluer and golde Yet art thou within my holde Young woman Fine prety in the wast Come with me in hast â—s death in this world hath the victory So by death we hope to enter Gods glory curteous good frendly and loueth me most deérely This body of mine is but a pryson to my soule Yea and that a most darck and lothsome one This world is but a banishmeÌ„t and this life but sorow wretchednes But where as thou art there is our home our freédome and our endles blisse Twitch our mindes from time to time to the remembraunce of so great happynesse Sheade into our harts the desire of so great good things and therfore cheéfly to be coueted Settle our mindes and geue them euen here some tast of thy ioyes wherby we may lothe and abhor these things wherinto we runne with such headinesse imbracing them fast betweéne our armes and laying hold on theÌ„ with both our hands that we may shun and hold scorne of these so harsh and bitter things couet nothing so much as the sweétnes of thy company O death how bitter is thy sting That poore and rich to earth doth bring ¶ The Mayde Fresh galant gay All must with me away ¶ The Damâ—sell Fine proper neate And all is but wormes meate whereunder al good thinges are contayned Amen * The feare of the Iudge and Iudgement day O Lord and God of Gods reuenger of wickednes I know that thy comming will be manifest I am certayn thou wilt not alwayes keépe silence when fire shall burne before thy face and a mighty tempest shall rage in thy sight when thou shalt cal the heauen from aboue and the earth from beneath to seuere thy people Behold in the presence of so many thousands of people mine iniquitie shall be discouered my sinnes shal be opened in the sight of so many Angels and not my misdeédes only but thoughts and words Before so many Iudges shall I stand helplesse as haue excelled me in good workes By so many euidences shall I ¶ Farmers 〈◊〉 Cease thy labour and paine For I am thy riches and gain Husbandmas wife â—oyle no more I say For heÌ„câ— I must away Time to liue â— time to dy God grant vs liue eternally be cast as haue geuen me example of good life With so many witnesses shal I be coÌ„uinced as haue admonished me with holesome counsell and by their vertuous deédes haue bene paterns for me to imitate O my Lord I haue not what to alleage I finde nothing what I should aunswere And being now in this greuous danger my coÌ„science vexeth me the secrets of my hart wound me couetousnes heÌ„meth me in pride accuseth enuy consumeth concupiscence enflameth exces corrupteth me rauine defameth me drunkennes dryeth me vp slaunder renteth me in peéces ambition supplanteth rapine sharpely rebuketh dissention cutteth a sunder anger disturbeth lightnes maketh me dissolute faintnes weakneth me hipocrisie deceueth flattery breaketh me fauour lifteth me vp but malice doth goare The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obay vnto me Countrrywoman Away with butter cheése For thy life thou must leese The Nurse Geue such no more For I am at the dore Behold O my deliuerer froÌ„ this wrath full generation behold with whom I haue liued euer since my birth day after whom I sought with whom I kept fayth and promise The life which I loued condemneth me which I commended disdaineth me These be my frends in whom I did repose my selfe the gouerners whom I obayed masters whoÌ„ I serued counsellers whom I did credite Citizens with whom I dwelled domistical fellowes with whom I was familiar Alas my king and my God that I haue so long soiorned among theÌ„ Woe is my light that I haue dwelled with the inhabitaÌ„ts of Cedar And seéing that holy Dauid sayd long how much more miserable wretch that I am may I say to long hath my soule dwelt among them O God my streÌ„gth no fleshe shall be iustified in thy sight My help is not in the children of men Thus death hath brought all things to nought Set thy mercy aside whom shalt thou finde iust when thou iudgest And except thou iustifie the sinner in thy mercy who shall be found pure whom thou mayest glorifie For I beleue O my sauing health that which I haue heard which of thy mercy to bryng me to repentance the sweét lippes of thy mouth hath spoken that no man can come to me except my father who sent me draw him For truly thou hast instructed me and most fauorably with thy instructioÌ„ hast reformed me I besech theé almighty father in thy beloued sonne with all the strength of my hart and minde I besech theé O welbeloued sonne of god I beseéch theé O most holy and most coÌ„fortable spirite of God so leade me that I may hasten to the sweéte smelling fauoure of thy precious balmes Amen Come ye blessed of my father inherite the kingdome prepared for you Matâ—â—5 Depart from me ye 〈…〉 euerlasting 〈…〉 is prepared for 〈◊〉 Math. 25. The conclusion O Lord Iesus Christ thou king of kings the great counsell and wisedome of the father O thou the greate Shephearde of thy Pasture O thou righteous Iudge of all Iudges preserue our Queen Elizabeth long to liue with thy pore Church of England in health and wealth to thy good pleasure and will. Blesse thou the wisedome and pollicy of her counsayle to the strengthening of the same thy Church the tranquilitie of our Queene and Country inspire the Ministers of thy blessed Gospell with thy holy spirite that they may be sauery salt to season and bright lights to the way of saluation Rayse vp faythfull distributers of right and iustice to the poore commons of this Realme diligent and carefull magistrates to execute the lawes aright as they will answere before thy tribunall seate at the day of iudgement Finally to euery of vs thy poore sheepe let thy mighty hand outstretched arme O Lord God father
of heauen be still our defence thy mercy and louing kindnes in Iesus Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true and holy word our instruction thy grace and holy spirite our comfort and consolation vnto the end and in the end Amen FINIS ⧠A Table of the prayers contayned in this booke A Preface to priuate prayer 1 A prayer to be sayed at our first waking 1 A prayer at our vprising 2 A prayer at the putting on of our clothes 3 A praier to be sayd at our first going abroad 4. A prayer to be sayd at our returning home 5 A prayer to be sayd at the setting of the sun 6 A prayer to be sayd at Candle light 6 A prayer at the Euening 7 A prayer at vnclothing of our selues 9 A prayer at our going to bed 9 A prayer when we be redy to sleépe 10 A preparation to publick prayer 10 A short speéch before the Lordes prayer 11 A prayer to God the Father 12 A prayer to God the Father in Christs name 15 A prayer to God the sonne 16 A prayer to God the holy Ghost 19 A prayer for Gods spirite to praye effectually 20 A prayer for the Realme and Church 22 A prayer for the church and states therof 25 A prayer for the vniuersall church 32 A prayer for the Queéne 40 A prayer for the Magistrates 48 A prayer of children for Parents 49 Prayers for loue towards our neighbor 50 A prayer for the persecuted 51 A prayer for such as are in aduersity 52 A prayer for them that are in pouerty 53 A prayer for our euilwillers 54 A confession of our sinne 55 A prayer for remission of our sinne 56 A comfort after crauing of mercy 71 A prayer in commendation of Gods mercy receiued 72 A complaint of a sinner that he sinneth again after repentance 74 A prayer agaynst despayre 75 Prayers vpon the iudgement of Christes passion 76 A prayer vpon the minding of Christs resurrection and assention 77 A prayer to Christ assending to glory 87 A prayer at our goyng to a sermon 88 A prayer for vnderstanding 89 A prayer to be sayd before the receiuing of the communion 89 A prayer after the receiuing of the communion 94 A prayer for Gods grace 94 A prayer for fayth 95 A prayer for trust in God. 96 A prayer for the feare of God. 97 A prayer for loue towardes Christ. 97 A prayer for cleanes of hart 98 A prayer for obtayning of a sound minde 99 A Prayer for newnes of life 99 A Prayer for true mortification 101 A Prayer for continuaunce in seéking after Christ. 103 A Prayer for spirituall ioyes 105 A Prayer to be sayd in tyme of sicknes 106 A Prayer in the plague time 110 A Prayer for health of body minde 111 A Prayer in affliction 112 A Prayer vpon the minding of death 113 A Prayer in danger of death 114 A Prayer for Christes direction and successe in all our doings 114 A Prayer against temptation 116 A Prayer against the world 117 A Prayer against the flesh 118 A Prayer against the deuill 120 A Prayer to be sayd of a woman with child 121 A Prayer to be sayd of such as are vnder the crosse 122 A Prayer for Gods goodnes and continuāce of the same 123 A Generall thankesgeuing 124 The Letany 128 A Prayer to be sayd at the visitation of the sick 133 A Prayer in desire of the life to come 136 The feare of the Iudge and iudgement day 137 FINIS AT LONDON Printed by Ihon Daye and are to be solde at his long shop at the West ende of Paules ⧠Cum Privilegio Regiae Majestatis