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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17892	The alphabet of prayers very fruitefull to be exercised and vsed of euerye Christian man. Newly collected and set forth, in the yeare of our Lorde, 1564. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.	Cancellar, James,	1565 (1565)	STC 4558; ESTC S109602	28,466	96

Worlde with all the vaine pompe pleasure and beauty thereof that it may be vnto mee as vile dust fylthynesse and ashes that I maye vse it as though I vsed it not and that it may serue mee I not it that I may take my part therof vnto my necessity y t I do not vse thy creatures voluptuously but y t I may alwayes liue in this short lyfe righteously soberly iustly Amen REmember not O Lord the number of my sinnes but according to the multitude of thy mercies deliuer mee from the paynes due for them Graunt this O Father for thy deare sonne Iesus Christs sake Amen TEach me good Lord to number my dayes that I maye applye my heart to learne thy Wysedome and so strengthen me with thy Spirite that I swarue not from thy lawe Amen DOe not wyth me O lorde as I haue deserued but call to remembraunce for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake thy tēder mercies which haue bene euer of olde and cast me not from thee in thy heauy displeasure leaste I be consumed and brought to noughte Amen VNto thee O thou God of my comfort I wretched Sinner doe come crauing of thee thy mercy Encline therefore thine Eare vnto my calling O Lorde and consyder the requeste of my hearte for Iesus Christes sake Amen DEare Father to whome it is more easie to doe all things than for me to thincke any one good thoughte giue power vnto thy seruaunt that I may with a strong fayth vanquish and subdue whatsoeuer may cause me to rebell agaynst thy blessed wyll Amen LOrde graunt vnto me thy seruaunt the strength of thy holye Spirite to subdue the body of Sinne with the whole lusts therof that it may be made obedient in wyl and minde to thy lawes Amen EUery one that sayth Lorde Lorde shall not enter the kingdome of heauen Strengthen therfore O Lord thy seruant with the power of thy right hand agaynst all the malignitie of the olde wylie serpent replenish my heart with thy wisedome comforte my soule with thy sweet promises made in Christ Iesu and let thy mercies couer mine infirmities Amen YN all these my Meditations O Lorde let thine eares be open that thou maist heare the prayers which I thy seruāt haue made before thee this daye And graunt that I may alwayes aske of thee in such sorte as y u requirest to the honor praise glory of thy name to the furtherance of thy Worde to the profit of my neighbor and to my consolation and comfort thorow Iesu Christe my Sauiour and Redeemer Amen ¶ The second Psalme of thankes giuing after Aduersitie AFter that I had long looked for thee O Lorde at the laste thou dyddest attende vnto mee and heardest my Prayers Blessed art thou Lorde which haste not holden back thy mercy from thy seruant but hast taken mee out of the lake of miseries and set my féete vppon a rocke and made my steppes sure Conioyne thy selfe O God vnto my soule make it strong least mine Enimies ouercome mee and the companies of Tirannes ouerwhelme me Dominion power glorye be thine for thou haste made all things and bycause thy will is so they doe styll continue Euen thou O Lorde haste done many thinges wonderfull and great and there is none that can bee lyke ▪ vnto thee in thy workes For thou helpest them whose heartes be broken with sorrow and bearest vp with thy hande them that be contrite in Spirite Go not from me O thou God of mercy for thou art my sure refuge and the strength of my hope Haue thou in remembraunce O Lord the rebuke that thy seruant hath bene put to and how furiously my enimies haue persecuted me I haue tasted and felt of thy swéetenesse truely blessed is that man that trusteth in thee Keepe thy mercy for mee O Lorde my strength and my prayse thou haste brought downe mine Enimies which art a Iudge from the beginning Lorde there shall no good thing ▪ bee lacking to them that seeke thee and they ▪ that feare thee shall not be helplesse My soule therefore shall neuer ceasse to speake of thy righteousnesse of thy benefites which be so many that I cannot number them No man may helpe me O Lorde but thou who hast brought my soule out of Hell and haste holpen me vp from falling into the deepe from whence no mā retourneth O Lorde thus haste thou reuenged the wrongs that mine enimies haue done to me thus hast thou bene my cōforte in the time of my trouble and haste bene mercifull vnto me Put away from me O Lorde that which is euill for thou arte holye saue thy seruant which euer hath trusted in thee Quicken me in thy righteousnesse and so shal I triumph and reioyce in thy mercy for that thou haste looked vppon my necessyties and haste regarded my soule in my great distresse Remember Lorde that thou of thy own wil minde diddest giue strength vnto my soule but when thou hyddest thy face from me I was astonished Sende forth therefore O Lorde thy light and thy truth and they shall leade me vnto thy holy Hill and into thy holye Tabernacle Then shall I haue ioy for the dayes wherein I was in sorowe and shall reioyce that thou hast remembred the rebuke that thy seruaunt hath bene put to Verely I was afrayde that thou O Lorde haddest caste me out of thy presēce yet it hath pleased thee to heare my Prayers and according to thy great mercy haste taken me agayne vnto thy grace and fauour Wherefore O Lorde thy name be blessed praysed magnified both nowe and euer as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be world wythout ende Amen The Prayer I Giue thee thanks O God almightye which not alonely hast deliuered mee from many dangerous perilles troubles of Enimies but also haste endued me with the gyftes of nature as reason power and strength and with all other needefull things thou haste possest mee I acknowledge therefore O Lord and confesse with the Apostle that these are thy gyftes and that there is no perfect and good gift but it commeth from thee O Father almighty which giuest frelye and casteth no man in the teeth I acknowledge wyth the Prophets also that Gold is thine and Syluer is shyne and thou gyuest it to whome it pleaseth thee Wherefore my moste mercyfull God I humbly besech and desire of thee that the encrease of these thy gyfts draw mee not from thee but that thou wylte frame in me with thy holy Spirite a true and faythfull heart and ready hand to good workes that I laye not vp treasure here where Theeues may rob and Mothes corrupte but in thy Heauenly Kingdome where neyther Theefe may steale nor Moth corrupte Graunte this deare Father for thy sweete Sonne Iesus Christes sake ▪ Amen ¶ The thirde Psalme of Confidence and truste in God ALthough O God neuer so strong Enimies shall pytche their Tentes agaynst mee my heart shall not be afrayde for

thys is certayne that all they which truste in thee shall not bee confounded Breake not therefore good Lorde the couenant that thou hast made wyth thy Seruaunt and chaunge not that which hath yssued out of thy mouth Cause that thy holye Aungell may direct and guide me that my soule may truste in thee for thou arte the fountayne of Lyfe and my recreation in aduersytie Deliuer mee from the snares of the hunters and from the perilles of my persecuters and make a shaddowe ▪ for mee vnder thy shoulders and I shall be harmelesse Euyl men are risen vp agaynste me yet thy truth shall be my shield buckler and therefore if my enimies come agaynste me I will not flye nor turne my backe For who is he that hath trusted in thee and is confounded or who hathe called vpon thee and thou haste despised him Go not from me O Lord for like as the Hart when he is chased coueteth to the riuers of water euen so my soule desireth to be with thee Howe great pleasures hast thou O Lorde prepared for me in heauen that I shuld delight in no earthly thing but in thee I will therefore acknowledge that I haue all my strength of thee for thou art my hope my protection my God and my Sauiour Keepe mee O Lorde for in thee my health and glorye doth consist thou arte my comfort my strength and helper in whome I doe trust Let all them O Lorde reioyce and be glad which seeke thee and let them whiche loue to haue Saluation of thee say Magnified be the Lorde for euer Glory be to the father c. The Versycle O Lorde heare my Prayer The Aunswere And let my cry come vnto thee The Prayer O Most gratious moste wise guide my Sauyour Christe which doest leade all them that truely and vnfaynedly truste in thee the righte way to immortall blessednesse Graunt mee that like as I am weake and feable so I maye take and repute my selfe that I presume not as of my selfe to see my selfe but so farre to see that I maye alwayes trusting in thee haue thee before my eyes to follow thee being my guid to be ready at thy call moste obediently to accompt my selfe wholly vnto thee that thou which only knowest the way mayst leade me in the same waye to thy heauenly ioyes where thou raygnest God euerlastingly Amen ¶ The fourth Psalme of Mercy To be said before the receyuing of the Communion ¶ O Mercifull Iesu HAue mercy vpon me accordinge to thy great mercye and according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away all mine offences O Sweete Iesu I Haue sinned agaynst thee and done euill in thy sight that thou mayst be iustified in thy saying and mayst ouercome when thou art iudged O Christ the Sonne of God LOoke on mee with y e eyes of thy mercy the vnknowne things of thy wisedome haste thou reuealed vnto mee if thou therefore sprinckle me with ysope I shall be cleansed if thou wash mee I shall be whiter than Snowe O my Sauiour MAke thou a pure hearte in mee and looke no more on my synnes but after thy mercy and great goodnesse put out of thy sight all mine offences O my Redemer NO man can helpe mee but thou cast me not therefore from thy presence ▪ and thy holy Spirite take not from me O my Maker OUt of the bowels of thy mercy giue me comfort and thy helpe so shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked that they may conuert vnto thee O King of Kings PUt from mee Bloudgyltynesse thou that arte the hope of my health and my tong shall speake of thy ryghteousnesse O Iesu QUenche the desire of Synne in mee and open my lippes that my mouth may set forthe the worthy prayse of thy name O maruellous Creator REmember thou desyrest not the Sacryfice of Calues nor delightest in whole burnt Offrings yet haste thou pleasure in a lowly Spirite and a contrite and humble heart doest thou not despise O Holy of Holiest SEnde downe thy fauourable beneuolence vpon Sion thy holye habitation and builde vp the walles and pyllers thereof then shall the acceptable sacrifice of righteousnesse be layde vpon thine altare O Holy Father PRaise be to thee and to the Sonne and holye ghost as it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe worlde without ende Amen The versicle O Lord Iesu haue mercye The Aunswere Which came downe suffred for mee The Collect. O Sorde Iesus Christ Sonne of the liuing God set thy holye Passion Crosse and death betweene thy iudgement and my soule both nowe at the houre of death And moreouer vouchsafe to graunt vnto y e liuing mercye and grace that after thys lyfe they may haue rest quietnesse in thee And to thy whole Church graunt peace and concorde that all the members thereof may liue ioy in thee for euer which liuest and raignest with the Father and holy Ghost worlde without ende Amen The Prayer O Lorde Iesus Christ the onely stay and defence of my mortall state my onely hope my onely saluation my victorye my glorye and my triumphe who in the fleshe which thou haddest for my onely cause taken vppon thee didst suffer thy selfe to be tempted of Sathan and who onely and alone diddest vtterly ouercome and vanquish sinne death the worlde the Diuel and all the kingdome of Hell And whatsoeuer thou haste so ouercome for my behouse it is thou y t haste ouercomed it alone Giue me therefore I besech thee O Lion most victorious of y e tribe of Iuda strength against the deceitfull waiting of the most subtil Serpent which dailye seketh to deuour my soule Thou beyng a Lambe as whyte as Snowe the vanquisher of Sathans tyranny gyue vnto mee thy lyttle one the strength and vertue of thy Spirite that being of my selfe weake and feable but in thee strong and valiaunt I may withstande and ouercome all assaultes of temptation so that my ghostly Enimie the Diuel may not glory ouer me but being a cōquerour thorow thee ▪ I may giue thankes to thy mercy which neuer leaueste him destitute that putteth his truste in thee who liuest and raignest God for euer without ende Amen When thou shalt receyue the Communion say thus O Lord and Sauiour Iesu Christ who in thy laste Supper wyth thine Apostles didst giue vnto them in a Sacrament thine owne body and Bloud to be the foode of their soules Graunte mee I beseech thee euer stedfastly to beleeue and kindelye to acknowledge thy Infinite and Almighty power and thine incomprehensible loue towarde mee and that I may alwayes worthily receyue the same blessed Sacrament and memoriall of thy death according to thy holye ordinaunce that it may worke in mee increase of all Godlinesse in vnity of spirite with thee oure head and by thee and thy spirite with al the company of them y t be truely thine which be thy spirituall and mysticall bodye and my spirituall and Christen brethren Heare mee