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spirit_n	affliction_n	holy_a	zion_n	30	3	7.7791	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72314	A helpe vnto deuotion containing certain moulds or forms of prayer, fitted to seuerall occasions; & penned for the furtherance of those, who haue more desire then skil, to poure out their soules by petitions vnto God. By Sam. Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1608 (1608)	STC 13406.3; ESTC S123450	60,160	302

there being no hope of mercy left for such offendours that it is to no purpose for mee to pray for as I can not pray as I should otherwise then in hypocrisie so neither if I could pray aright can there bee any accesse vnto the throne of grace for the requests of such a trespasser Notwithstanding O most gracious God euen in despite of his suggestions and amidst all those discouragements which mine own heart mustereth against mee I doe héere aduenture my selfe into thy most glorious presence If I shall find fauour in thine eyes shew me the light of thy countenance and I shall bee safe If thou say I haue no delight in thee behold héere I am do to me as séemeth good in thine owne eyes I knowe what thou hast spoken in thy worde namely that if I draw néere vnto thee thou wilt drawe néere vnto mee and that thou wilt fulfill the desires and accept the vnexpresseable grones and sighings of thy seruants Trueth it is O Lord I dare not say that I draw néere vnto thee as I should or that my desires are such as they ought to be or that I groane vnder my sinnes with such an effectuall and pearcing féeling as is fit All that I am able to doe and that in much weakenesse is to cry fayntly vnto thee Oh draw mee and I will runne after thee make mee to desire thy mercy in sinceritie bruise my heart that it may yeeld out many vndissembled sighings after thee Yet O Lorde though there bee in mee but such poor beginnings of grace suffer me not I beséech thee to cast away my confidence I am well assured that thou hast not forgotten the promise of not breaking the bruised réede nor putting out the smoking flaxe and of giuing a blessing vnto those which hunger after righteousnesse Is it possible O Lorde that thou shouldest leaue off to bee gracious and shut vppe thy tender mercies in displeasure Didst not thou send thy sonne into the world to dye euen for chiefe sinners Is it not true that whē sinne abounds there thy grace aboūdeth much more Could I euer so much as trulie desire reconciliation with th●e vnlesse thou didst worke it in me Is not this request Lord helpe my vnbeliefe the very voyce of thy spirit within me Could I complaine of the hardnesse of my heart or sincerely lothe mine owne corruptions as being displeasing to thy maiestie if thine owne finger had not effected it Should I féele such a combate in my Soule such a tumult within me if thou hadst not truely begun to draw mee to thy selfe Would sathan so continually molest me and so egerly pursue me with variety of most malicious and sharpe assaults if I were still held captiue by him at his will Rayse me vppe therefore O Lord I pray thee refresh my deiected and cast downe soule perfit the work of grace which thou hast begun within mee make mee to heare of ioy and gladnes that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce Thou hast set me as a marke vnto thy selfe thou hast written bitter things against mee and made mee to possesse my former iniquities thou hast hidden thy face from me and taken me for thine enemy cōfort me now according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted me let mee behold thy face in righteousnesse and restore vnto me the ioy of thy saluation Rebuke sathan I most humbly beséech thee though thou please to buffet mee with his messengers yet let thy grace be sufficient for me and make thine owne power in reuiuing mee perfect and manifest by my weakenes which of it sell is ready to bee pressed downe with euery tentation Giue mee that holy wisedome not to belieue sathan no though he speake the trueth inasmuch as he is the father of lyes and neuer speaketh trueth but for a wicked purpose And O Lorde as thou encreasest my comfort so withall encrease my care that I may not fall from perplexitie to securitie but that I may alwayes keep my heart with all diligence proouing my fayth and searching my wayes and exercising my selfe vnto godlinesse Make mee a carefull and an vnderstanding hearer of thy word sith it is the word of life a quickening word a worde which doeth reioyce the heart and because except that be my delight I shall vtterly perish in mine afflictions Make mee circumspect to preuent sinne and fearefull ouer my selfe that sinne may not grow strong vpon me and graunt that I may study to preserue the peace of my conscience aboue all things taking héed of wounding it with presumptuous sinnes And O Lord stablish me with thy frée spirit that albeit sathan séeke to sift me to winnow me as wheat yet my faith may neuer fayle but may be as moūt Ziō which cānot be remooued but remaineth for euermore Thus O my gracious God hauing through thy mercy peace in belieuing and ioy in thy holy spirit I shal finish my course in comfort which I pray thee graunt mee for his sake who is the Prince of peace euen Iesus Christ to whom with thee and the holy Ghost bée all honour and glory now and for euer Amen 13. A Prayer then needfull when a man hath some speciall combate with some one or moe special sinnes against which hee desireth victory O Louing Father in Iesus Christ it hath pleased thee of thine abundant mercie to giue leaue to euery humbled distressed sinner to pour out his Soule before thee and thou hast bound thy selfe by a promise both to heare and to helpe all those which séeke thée with an vnfained heart The confident assurāce hereof hath giuē me courage albeit most vnworthy to present my self here before thee to conceiue hope that thou wilt not send me empty away Wounded O Lord I am with mine owne hainous sins my vntamed flesh doth alwayes rebel lust against my spirit some good motions and purposes I sometimes haue but alas they are quickely quenched the law of my members so preuaileth that I cannot do the good which I would I haue in me I confesse the séed of euery sin my nature is apt to be wrought vnto any kind of euill But O God there are some principall corruptiōs which do beare in me the greatest sway they do so euen raign in my mortal body that I am forced to obey them in the lusts therof The deuil also is ful of most malicious policie he still worketh vpō all aduātages out of al things almost taketh occasion to adde fuel to my wicked desires by pleasing delightful baites to lead them on vnto a hellish perfection The more I striue the stronger mee thinketh these corruptions grow which maketh me to feare the vtter quenching of thy gracrs the grieuing of thy holy spirit Hereby my Prayers are interrupted my meditations perplexed and robbed of their wonted swéetnesse my hearing and reading of thy word is made vnprofitable My fayth is encountred with grieuous doubtings because I cannot

do most earnestlie entreate thee to looke vpon vs in thy sonne Iesus Christ accepting his death and his passiō as a sufficient absolute and compleate discharge for all our sinnes whatsoeuer O Lord let the chastisement of our peace be vpon him and let vs be healed with his stripes we haue no other name vnder heauen in which we can be saued and wee know that thou hast sealed him and sent him into the world to saue thy people from their sinnes wee beseech thée therefore for his sake to bee at peace with vs put away our transgressions like a cloud and our sins as a mist forgiue our iniquities and remember our offences nomore And withall seale vppe to our soules and consciences the feeling of this thy loue by the gracious testimonie of thy spirit that wee may know that there is peace in heauen for vs and that Christ is made of thee vnto vs Wisedome Righteousnesse Sanctification and Redemption and that nothing shall euer bee able to separate vs from thy loue in him We doe begge this at thy hands so much the rather because wée see the vanitie of all things in this world all things in it are subiect to vncertaintie they are all lighter then vanitie it selfe But thy loue in Christ is firme and perpetuall For with thee there is no shadow of change thy calling and gifts are without repentance and therefore wee pray thee settle vs in the assured perswasion of thy loue to the end that we may haue some comfortable vnderstanding that whatsoeuer do be fall vs here howsoeuer wée be tryed yet after all we shall lay downe our heads in thy peace and be made partakers of thy glory In the meane space so long as thou shalt bée pleased to respite the dayes of pilgrimage vpon this earth we pray thee doe not leaue vs to our selues neither forsake vs but giue vs as pledges of thy loue those Spirituall blessings in heauēly things wherwith thou art wont to furnish thy chosen that so wee may make our conuersation such as becommeth the Gospel wée may neuer discredit our profession or be a scandall and offence vnto others but rather by our holy cariage may prouoke and winne others vnto thee Helpe vs to this ende wée beséech thee against our manifold infirmities against those euils to which our natures doe most encline enable vs to shake off that sinne that hangeth so fast on strengthen vs to euery good holy duety make vs perfit in good works sanctifie vs throughout and kéepe our whole spirits soules and bodies blamelesse vnto the comming of Iesus Christ Make vs thankefull as becommeth vs for thy many fauours for that continuall preseruation which thou affordest vs for the comforts of this day both to our soules and bodies for thy enlarging our time and opportunitie to repent grant we pray thée that our thankefulnesse may not stand only in outward showes but that wée may be thankefull in déed and in trueth labouring to be dutiful vnto thee which art so mercifull vnto vs. And inasmuch as O Lord wée doe professe to beléeue the Communion of Saints therefore it becommeth vs to bée mindful of others in our Prayers besides our selues we are suters to thee on the behalfe of all thy people sparsed ouer the face of the earth thou O Lord art priuy to their seuerall wants thou art onely able to make a gracious supply we beséech thée for them as for our owne soules More particularly wee powre out our soules before thee for those Churches which amongst vs thou hast planted and vnited vnder one gouernement Our sinnes O Lorde chiefly our contempt of thy glorious Gospell doe deserue a curse euen that thou shouldst remooue our candlesticke and cleane put out the light of thy holy word and withall make vs a by word to the world by some extraordinarie iudgement But wée pray thee in Christ vouchsafe to reuerse those plagues which wee haue deserued continue those fauours which wee haue hitherto enioyed continue and enlarge the fréedome of thy word stablish the trueth of Religion amongst vs by a perpetuall decrée both for vs and for our posteritie after vs. To this end blesse all good means aboue others our Soueraigne and King enable him euery day more and more to the discharge of that great duety wherwith thou hast entrusted him lengthen his dayes prosper his Raigne defeate his enemies giue him and vs comfort in his Quéene and ioy in his posterity Encrease wisedome in his Councell faythfulnes in his seruants loyalty and true-heartednesse in his subiects Stir vp Magistrates and men in Authoritie to séeke the aduauncement of thy glorie and the wealth of thy people Make thy Ministers able and willing to publish the secret of the Gospell water their endeuours with the deaw of heauen that daily such as belong vnto life eternall may be added to the Church And seeing thou art pleased to exercise diuers of thy seruaunts with the crosse some with sicknesse of body some with perplexitie of spirit some with losse of goods some with restraint of libertie some in one kind some in another we pray thee to swéeten their afflictions and to season their sorrowes with the comfort of thy spirit furnish them with a measure of patience agréeing to the proportion of their trials and put an ende to their grieuaunces when thou shalt see it fit And O Lorde make vs ready for affliction teach vs to remember that wée must through many tribulations enter into thy blessed kingdome In our health make vs mindefull of sickenesse of death and of our last account that these things may not come vpon vs as a snare but that wée may bée prepared alwayes in some good measure to submit our selues vnto thy most wise and holy appointments And now O Lord our God wée pray thée to beare with the weakenesse and coldnesse of our Prayers Take vs this night into thy blessed tuition we know that thou doest neither slumber nor sléepe kéepe vs from euill kéepe vs from the malice of Sathan from securitie and carelesnesse from dulnesse and drowsines of spirit that if it shall bee thy pleasure to let vs liue vntill the morning we may become so much the fitter to serue thee in our seueral callings so as may bee most for the glory of thy great Name through Iesus Christ in whose Name wee commend our selues and our vnworthy Prayers vnto thee saying as he hath directed vs in the Gospel Our Father c. 3. A Morning Prayer for a priuate Person O Almightie Father the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ and in him my Father also how vnworthy and wretched a Creature were I if receiuing so many blessings frō thee I should not stirre vp my selfe to returne some thankefulnesse vnto thee for the same It is euen thou O Lorde which from my first being vntill now hast couered me vnder thy wings and vnder thy feathers I haue béene sure My body soule my health my strength my maintenāce whence