father of my lorde behold the most high and precious thing y t I can fynde the same haue I offered vnto thee the thing of moste estimation that I could fynde haue I humbly presented vnto thee which is thy deare sōne Christ I haue left nothing but in him I haue declared it to thy Diuine Maiestie There is nothing remayning that I may adde more bycause I haue committed betaken my whole hope vnto him I haue I say O holy Father sente vnto thee my aduocate and spokesman euen thy welbeloued sonne I haue sent thy glorious childe to be a mediator for me I haue sēt him as an intercessor by whome I trust to get pardon forgiuenesse of my synnes I haue sent O mercifull Father word vnto word that is God vnto God according to the saying of thine Apostle In the beginning was the word the worde was with God c. which worde I beleue was sent downe from thee for my mysdeedes and dyd take vpon him my humanitie nature in the which he thoughte not scorne to suffer buffettes bondes spittings and mockes Yea he toke vpon him to suffer the cruell paynes of the Crosse nayles and darte after diuers punishments gaue vp his moste holy spirite and was reckened among the deade Looke mercifull Father here vppon thy Sonne whome thou diddeste beget and bonde seruant whōe he redemed Behold here a Creator doe not refuse a Creature Receyue the shephearde welcomed with a gentle and louing countenaunce and mercyfully looke vppon the sheepe which he hath brought home to the ninety and nine Beholde O Lorde my King and my God which like a good shepherde rendreth to thee that which thou diddest committe to his charge I was able O holy father by my selfe to offend thee but I was not able of my self to appease and pacifie thee If thou therefore despyse me as it were right for mine iniquitie yet at the least wyse mercifullye looke vppon mee for the charitie of thy welbeloued Sonne Looke O Holye Father vppon the Sacrifice of fleshe and pardon the offences of fleshe and bycause fleshe hath stirred thee to anger let fleshe I beseeche thee moue thee to mercy that lyke as fleshe hath seduced and led mee to sinne so fleshe may gette and obtayne for me remission for sinne For certayne it is muche that mine iniquity hath deserued but yet much more it is that the goodnesse of my redeemer may euen of ryght require Mine vnrighteousnesse is great but yet holye Father hys righteousnesse is greater wherefore most noble Creator of lyght pardon mine offences for the miserable trauayles and paynes that thy beloued Sonne did sustayne Now I besech thee O mercifull Father let hys goodnesse be set against my wickednesse hys modestye and temperance agaynst my vngracious naughtinesse and hys meekenesse against my fierce crueltie Let hys humilitie recompence my pride hys patience mine impacience his gentlenesse mine vnkindenesse hys obedience my disobedience hys quietnesse mine vnquietnesse hys pleasaunt towardenesse my bytter frowardnesse his sweete facilitle and gentlenesse mine anger and fretting fumes To conclude O holy Father let his charitie make amendes for mine vnmercyfulnesse To whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory both nowe and euer worlde wythout ende Amen FINIS Imprinted at London by Henry Denham dwelling in Paternoster Rowe at the Signe of the Starre Anno. 1565. Septembris 3. Ecclesia 11. Ecclesia 1. Ecclesia 25. 2. Kings 7. Psalme 89. Genesis 4. Math. 6. 7. Iohn 16. 1. Kings 2. Luke 11 Iames. 1. Math. 15. Psalme 25.
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
my Sauiour and my Christ for thy names sake Amen After the Communion fay thus O Lorde Iesu Christ which hast vouched safe Spirituallye to giue vnto mee in these holy mysteries thy bodye and bloud mortifye whatsoeuer is euil in mee and garnishe mee wyth thy merites and vertues that thou mayst delyte to abide and dwel in mee Renue my spirite my soule and my body with thy excellent grace that I may be made lyke vnto thy holy humanitie frame me after thine owne hearts desyre knit me vnto thee moste neerely that I maye be chaunged altogither into thee And graunt that I may doe nothing speake nothing nor desire nothing but that which maye be acceptable vnto thee which arte my God my Sauiour and Redemer to whome with the Father holy Ghost be all honor and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ The fift Psalme for the Remission of Sinnes ALmighty God Lorde of Lordes great and dreadfull is thy name which by thy Worde haste made Heauen and Earth and all things contayned in them All things be vnder thy dominion and rule both man and beast and all other liuing creatures and thou haste mercy on whome thou wylte and haste compassion on whome it pleaseth thee Against thee holye Father against thee haue I sinned done euill I haue bene an offender euen from my cradell and since I sucked my Mothers brests I haue not seased to do euill But what am I Lorde that I dare speake to thee I am thy poore creature and a worme most abiect Beholde Lorde I haue nought and of my selfe I am nought thou art onely good righteous and holye thou orderest all things thou giuest all things thou fulfillest all things with goodnesse Beholde I am thine O righteous Father and one of them whome thy onely deare Sonne hath redemed and of thee which arte iudge of all men I aske mercye Cast not away O Lorde a contrite and penitent heart humbly calling vpon thee but turne the eyes of thy mercy towardes me and forgiue me the sinnes of my youth Cast not thy dartes at me nor laye not thy heauy hande vpō me O Lord for I haue borne thine anger a longe while and of the Cuppe of thy displeasure haue I dronke very deepe Cast me not away from thy presence neither take thou thy holye spirite from mee but giue me the comforte of thy helpe and stablishe me in thy truthe Destroye mee not O mercifull Father bicause of mine iniquitie but be thou mercifull vnto mee for thy Sonne Iesus Christes sake Destroye me not vtterlye nor leaue me in my sinnes for thou art a God full of mercye and verye gratious to them which trust in thee Dailye sorrowe ouercommeth mee and sadnesse possesseth my heart I looke for a time of health but my griefe continueth still Enter not Lorde into iudgement wyth thy Seruaunt for if thou accuse me I shall neuer be quite and if thou marke my sinne and iniquitie no man shall deliuer me Excepte thou helpe me of thy goodnesse and mercye howe maye I which haue offended thee be raysed vp from my sinnes Euen of thee therefore O holy Father which arte the God of mercye I wretched sinner doe aske mercy and for the glorye of thy name be no longer angrye wyth mee For as thou arte God so arte thou gratious and mercifull and pacientlye sufferest sinners and wouldest that no man shoulde perishe but that all men should turne to penaunce For albeit y t no man is able to beare the punnishment which thou dost threaten against Sinners yet thy mercye which thou haste promised is great and vnsearcheable Forgiue for thy name sake O Lord Almightye all my sinnes and put oute of thy sight all mine offences Giue me a newe heart and take frō me al wicked desires that I may euermore knowe what thing is acceptable in thy sight Giue light O Lorde to mine eyes that I sleepe not in death and then my sinnes shall not preuayle against me Graunt me holye Father y t I may euer desire and wyll that which is most pleasaunt and acceptable in thy sight and that I haue no desire to will or not to wyll but as thou wilt Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the begin c. The Uersicle Cut Lorde my sacke of sorow in peeces The Aunswere And clothe me with gladnesse The Prayer ALmighty and most mercifull Father I wretched sinner moste humbly beseeche thee that thou of thy goodnesse wylte not remember the offences of my youthe but that according to the greatnesse of thy mercye thou wylt turne fro mee the payne that I haue iustlye deserued for synne and that by thy grace I maye while I am in thys vale of miserye euermore be renued in the spirite of my mynde that a pure lyfe maye alwayes appeare in me Amen ¶ The sixt Psalme wherein he desireth to be hearde of God HOw long O Lord shall my minde be troubled wyth paynefull sorrowes and heauye thoughtes howe long shall carefull cares torment my heart How long O God wylt thou reiect my prayers which dailye I poure out before thee wylt thou Lorde heare mee at no time or wilt thou now ceasse to shew mercy Haste thou O Lorde cast me awaye for euer or wylte thou neuer hereafter be pleased wyth mee Thy hande is not weakened but it maye helpe and thine rares be not stopped that they refuse to heare I beseche thee O righteous father for Iesus Christes sake that y e sighings and inwarde desires of my heart maye moue and encline thee to heare mee I haue ben an vntrue and frowarde childe to thee I haue not feared thee nor shewed due reuerence vnto thee but haue bene euer disobedient stubbourne against thee I am in prison and bound in fetters of sorrowe tyll thou with thy gratyous presence vouchsafe to visite me bring me againe to liberty and ioye Keepe thy mercy therefore for me alwayes O Lorde and the couenaunte which thou haste made with me let it be surely perfourmed Kepe me Lord frō sinne and I shall then dread neyther death nor Hell and as thou alwayes hast bene mercifull to penitent sinners so nowe good Lorde forgiue my sinnes Kepe my heart in thee and then shall I reioyce in thy mercy for that thou hast looked on me and hast regarded my soule in my great distresse Let me neuer hereafter goe awaye from thy wayes nor leaue me not now in the depenesse of my troubles Loe nowe be the dayes of health and grace nowe is the accepted time for in death who shall remēber thee O Lord or in Hell who shall prayse thee Lorde beholde therefore my weakenesse and fraylenesse best knowen vnto thee and looke downe from Heauen vppon the sorowe and heauinesse of me thy poore creature My lyfe is as it were in the middest of fierce Lions whose teeth are like vnto speares and the sharpenesse of them lyke vnto the sting of Scorpions Mollifie my hearte O Lorde
he loueth thee the lesse thou regardest him the more thou needest him the lesse thou thinkest on him so that by thy great vnkindnesse God is compelled to say vnto thee as hee sayd to the Israelites I am ouerweried with bearing and long suffring of thy wycked and sinfull liuing If thou therefore doe desire to be free from the horrible plagues and threatnings of GOD thou must lyke a true Niniuete wyth a broken and penitent heart call on God wyth continuall Prayer crauing of him hys mercy grace and assistaunce which if thou aske wyth a sure Fayth he wyll graunt it thee And therefore when thou doest praye thou muste after the minde of the Apostle aske with a stedfast faith not wauering nor doubtfull and thy request shall be graunted thee He therefore that asketh as he ought receiueth and hee seeketh well that seeketh wyth continuall desire and he knocketh well which dothe prouoke Gods goodnesse to heare him as did the Woman of Cananie vnto whome Christe sayde after hir peticion made O Woman great is thy Fayth be it vnto thee euen as thou hast desired Thus gentle Reader if thou loue thy health if thou long to be acceptable to God if thou desire to be sure from the grennes of the Diuell from the stormes of thys Worlde from the way of thine ennimies if thou couet to be happye at the laste let no daye passe thee but that thou once at the leaste doe present thy selfe to GOD by Prayer And falling downe before hym wyth an humble affecte of deuout minde not from the extremitie of the lippes onely but oute of the inwardenesse of the heart cry with the Prophet O Lorde the offences of my Youthe and mine ignoraunce remember thou not but after thy mercye and goodnesse O Lorde remember thou me And thus the holye spirite that prayeth for thee and eke thine owne necessitie shall euery houre put thee in minde what thou shalt praye for and what you shall desire of God Who therefore that will persist and continue in Prayer shall not onely bee vnto God dailye more and more gratefull and acceptable but shall also dailye proceede further and further from vertue to vertue and shall be made lyke vnto the heauenly and Angelicall mindes which daily behold the presence of God And because all the felicitie of the soule standeth in the cleere beholding of the fruition of God and for that our felicity shall be euerlasting wyth him let vs reioyce and saye with the Prophet Thou shalt O Lorde fyll vs full of gladnesse wyth thee whiche is no more but that our felicitie is fulfilled in the seyng and beholding of God and our nature in Christ sitting in heauen on the right hande of his Father so that our rewarde is that we may beholde God and Iesus Christ hys sonne whome he hath sent to the which rewarde he bring vs that sitteth there and prayeth for vs Amen Certayne Sentences set forth after the order of the Alphabete very necessary to meditate in minde Aske vvith a sure Fayth Be feruent in Prayer Confesse thy Sinnes Doe vvell to all men Enuie no man Forgiue them that hate thee Giue almes to the Pore Hurt not thy Enimye In aduersitie be pacient Keepe the Commaundements Loue Vertue and hate Vice Mourne vvith them that mourne Neuer be ashamed of vvell doing Obey God and thy Prince Put the feare of God before thee Quicken thy selfe vvith Gods promises Remember the ende ere thou begin Succour the pore and needye To all men be Indifferent Vse often and hearty Prayer When you begin to praye thinke vpon the remission of Sinnes promised in Christe Iesu and let not thys sweete Sentence spoken of oure Sauioure be left oute of your remembraunce which is I saye vnto you whatsoeuer you aske the Father in my name he will giue it you A Prayer for the Morning ALmightye and moste mercifull God I heartily thanke thee for the sleepe and quiet rest which vnder thy protection I haue receiued this night and for that it hath pleased thee safely to bring mee to the beginning of thys daye I wretched Sinner most humbly beseeche thee to defende cherishe comforte and gouerne mee and all my counsayles studies and labours in suche wyse that I may spende and bestowe thys daye according to thy moste holy wyll wythout the hurting of my neighbour and that I may euermore by thy gouernance doe that is thy will and pleasure hate wrong and loue iustice Also I beseech thee most mercifull GOD strength and keepe me in the Fayth of the Catholike Church and kindle in mee the loue and lyghte of thy holy spirite that I may walke in the truthe of thy Worde Graunt thys mercifull God for thy deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake Amen ¶ The fyrst Psalme wherein the penitent requireth of God to walke in hys Commaundements BLessed are all those that are vndefiled in the wayes of the Lorde and blessed are they that keepe his Testimonies and seeke him wyth their whole heart Cause mee thy Creature and handy-worke therefore O Lorde diligentlye to keepe thy Commaundementes and so direct my wayes that I may keepe thy Statutes Doe so vnto thy seruaunt O Lorde that I may liue and keepe thy moste holy Worde Euer wyth my lyppes wyll I be telling of the iudgementes of thy mouth that I maye haue delight in the waye of thy Testimonies as in all manner of ryches For so shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy Commaundementes Giue mee vnderstanding I beseeche thee O Lorde and I shall keepe thy law yea I shal keepe it with my whole heart Heare my voice O Lorde according to thy louing kindenesse and quicken thou mee according as thou art wont O Lorde stablishe thy Worde in thy Seruaunt that I may feare thee and open thou mine eyes that I maye see the wonderous things of thy lawe Glorye be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shall bee Worlde wythoute ende Amen R D REwarde mee not O Lorde according to my deseruing for if thou do then must I needes perish Wherfore to thee I come moste mercifull Father not trusting in mine owne righteousnesse but in thy great mercy and promises made in Christe Iesu thy Sonne For whose sake O Heauenly Father I humbly beseeche thee to pardon and forgiue mee all mine offences Amen O God my Refuge and my strength which art the authour of all Godlinesse be readie to heare the deuout Prayers of thy seruant that those thinges which I aske fayhfully I maye obtayne effectually thorowe Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen BEholde not good Lord that which is amisse in mee for if thou doe I shall no more be worthye to be called thy Sonne yet of thy great goodnesse O Lorde poure downe of the crommes that fall from thy Childrens table that I may be the least among them Amen ASsist mee thy Seruaunt O Lord agaynst this
please thee to giue ▪ vs true repentance to forgeue vs al our synnes negligences ignorances to endue vs with y e grace of thy holy spirite to amend our liues according to thy holy worde We beseeche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sōne of god we besech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God ▪ we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art in c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Versicle O Lorde deale not wyth vs after oure synnes The Aunswere Neither reward vs after oure iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull Father that despiseste not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorowefull mercifully assyst our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs graciously heare vs that those euills which the crafte and subtilty of the diuell or man worketh agaynst vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that we thy seruaunts being hurt by no persecutiōs may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church thorow Iesu Christ our Lord. O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy name sake O God we haue heard with oure eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thht thou didst in their dayes and in the olde time before them O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine honour Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shall be world without ende Amē From our enimies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifullye beholde the sorrowes of oure heartes Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauourablye wyth mercye heare oure Prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Lorde Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpō vs. The Aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs Praye WE humbly beseeche thee O Father mercifullye to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glorie of thy names sake tourne from vs all those euils that we most righteously haue deserued and graunt that in all our troubles we may put oure whole truste and confidence in thy mercye and euermore serue thee in holinesse purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory thorowe oure onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A Prayer for the Queene O Lorde Iesu Christ most high most mighty God euerlasting King of Kings Lorde of Lordes the onely ruler of Princes the very sonne of God on whose right hande sitting doest from thy throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth wyth most lowely heart I beseeche thee vouchsafe wyth fauourable regarde to beholde our moste gratious soueraigne Ladye Queene Elizabeth and so replenishe hir wyth the grace of thy holy spirite that she alwaye may encline to thy will and walke in thy way kepe hir farre of from ignoraunce thorowe thy gift let prudence knowledge alway abounde in hir royal heart so instruct hir O Lorde raygning vppon vs in earth that hir humaine Maiestie alwaye obey thy Diuine Maiestie in feare and dread Indue hir plentifully wyth Heauenly gyftes Graunt hir in health and wealth long to liue Heape glorye and honour vpon hir Glad hir with the ioy of thy countenaunce So strengthen hir that shee maye vanquishe and ouercome all hir enimies and be dreade and feared of them and finallye after thys lyfe I beseech thee good Lorde that shee may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicity where thou raignest God with the Father and the holy Ghost Amen A Prayer to be sayde in the time of extreme Sicknesse O Lorde Iesu which arte the onelye health of all men liuing and the euerlasting lyfe of thē which dye in thy fayth I wretched Sinner giue and submit my selfe wholly vnto thy blessed wyll And I being sure that the thing cannot perishe which is committed vnto the mercye willingly therefore beseeche thee moste mercifull Lorde Iesu Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule agaynst all temptations and that thou wylte couer and defende mee wyth the buckler of thy mercy against all the assaultes of the Diuell I see and acknowledge that there is in my selfe no hope of saluation but all my hope confidence trust is in thy mercye I haue no merits nor good works which I may alledge before thee of sinnes and euill workes alas O Lorde I see a great heape but yet thorowe thy mercy I trust to be in the number of them that shall be saued to whome thou wylt not impute their sinnes but take them to euerlasting lyfe Thou Lorde wast borne for my sake thou diddest suffer hunger and thirst for my sake thou diddest praye and fast for my sake finally thou diddest all good workes and deedes for my sake and gauest thy moste precious bodye to dye thy bloud to be shead on the crosse for my sake Now therefore moste mercifull Sauiour let all these good things profit mee which thou freely hast giuen me that hast giuen thy selfe for mee Let thy bloud washe and cleanse awaye the spottes fowlenesse of my sinnes let thy righteousnesse hide and couer mine vnrighteousnesse let the merits of thy passion and bloud be the satisfaction for my sinnes Giue me O Lorde thy grace that my fayth and saluation in thy bloud wauer not in me but euer to be firme and constant that the hope of thy mercy neuer decay in me that charitye waxe not colde in me finally that the weakenesse of my fleshe be not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt also mercifull father that when Death hath shut vp the eyes of my body yet that the eyes of my soule may still beholde and looke vpon thee that when death hath taken away the vse of my tong and speache yet that my heart may crye and saye vnto thee O Lorde into thy handes I giue and commit my Soule and wyth thy holye Martir Steuen beholding thee in my soule may say Lorde Iesu receiue my soule vnto thee which liuest and raignest God euerlasting with the Father and Holy Ghost Amen ¶ A Prayer of Chrisostome ALmighty God which haste giuen vs grace at this time wyth one accorde to make oure common supplications vnto thee and doeste promise that when two or three be gathered togyther in thy name thou wylte graunt their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desires and peticions of thy