and life Io. 8. Gal. 5. Ro. 8. 1. Pet. 1. Ephe. 5. Ephe. 2. Heb. 4. Ro. 3. Mat. 25. Iohn 14. Luke 12. Luke 22. Apo. 2. Phil. 3. Ephe. 2. Ephe 1. Apo. 13. that by hym alone thou doest acknowledge vs to be thy chyldren and heires that by hym alone we haue entrance to the throne of thy grace that by him alone we are possessed in our spirituall kingdome to eate and drinke at his table with whom we haue our conuersation presentely in heauen and by whom our bodies shal be raysed vppe agayne from the dust and shal be placed with him in that endeles ioye whiche thou O father of mercie hast prepared for thine elect before the foūdatiō of the worlde was layed And these most inestimable benefites we acknowledge and confesse to haue receiued of thy fre mercie and grace Ro. 3. Ephe. 2. Tit. 3. by thine only beloued son Iesus Christe For the whiche therfore we thy congregation moued by thy holy spiryte Ro. 8. render to thee all thanckes prayse and glory for euer and euer ¶ A Thankesgeuinge after the receauiuge of the communyon * MOste mercyfull Father we render vnto thee all prayse thankes honour and glory for that it hath pleased thee of thy great mercies to graūt vnto vs miserable sinners so ercellent a gift and treasure as to receaue vs into the felowship and company of thy deare sonne Iesus christ our lord 1. Cor. 10. whom thou hast deliuered to death for vs and haste geuen him vnto vs as a necessary fode nourishment vnto euerlasting life Rom. 4. Io. 6. And nowe wee besech thee also O heauenly father to graunt vs this request the thou neuer suffer vs to become so vnkind as to forget so worthy benefites but rather imprint and fasten them sure in our hartes that we may growe increase dayly more and more in true faythe Luke 17. whych continually is exercised in all maner of good workes Gala. 5. and so muche the rather O Lorde confirme vs in these perilous dayes and rages of Sathan 1. Tim. 4. Ephe. 5. 2. Pet. 3. Mat. 5. 1. Pet. 2. that wee maye constantly stande and continue in the confessiō of the same to the aduancement of thy glory which art God ouer all thinges blessed for euer So be it ¶ A prayer to be sayde before meate ** O Eternall god Ebre 13. the very god of peace all consolation whych broughtest againe from death our lorde Iesus the great shep herde of the shepe throughe the bloud of the euerlastinge couenante make vs frutefull in all good workes to do thy will worke in vs that which is acceptable in thy sighte sanctify vs throughout and kepe our whole spyrite soule and bodye fautlesse vnto the comming of thy deare sonne our lord Iesus Christ Thou art faythfull O father who haste promysed this who also shall bringe it to passe to thee therfore be geuē euerlasting praise honour and glory Amen ¶ A Thankesgeuing after meate MOste bountifull gracious god which feedest all fleshe and haste promised that asking of thee we shall not lacke if we first seke thy kingdome and the righteousenes therof we felinge presently the benefite of this thy gracious promise in feeding our bodies with these corporall benefites do render vnto the most harty thaks for the same besechīg the likewise to fede our soules with that heuenly fode which perisheth not Ihon. 6. but abideth into euerlasting life so that we being noryshed by thy goodnes both in body and soule may be apte and redy to doe all good workes which thou hast prepared for vs to walk in through Iesus Christ our Lorde Vnto hym that loued vs wasshed vs from our sinnes in his bloud and made vs kinges priestes vnto God his father 1. Pet. 5. be all glory power and dominion for euermore Amen ¶ A prayer for true mortification O God my creatour preseruer euerlastinge defendour where fyrst in my creatiō I was made lyke vnto thyne owne likenesse the deuyll alas hath synce by Adams faule made me oughlye monstruous and lyke euyll fauoured to hym selfe For what are now lord mine earthly mēbres Colo. 3. but as is written in the .iii. to the Colloss adulterie whoredome vncleannes vnnatural lustes euyl cōcupiscence couetousnes which is the worshippynge of Idoles and suche other for the whiche thy wrath is wōt to come vpon the children of vnbelefe Neuerthelesse lorde of thy gret mercie and goodnes against this very great mischiefe a much greater remedy thy fatherly prouidence hath ordeined 1. Io. 3. For thou hast sent Iesus christ thy deere and onely naturall sonne into this worlde the vale of miseries to lose the workes of the deuyll and to take away my sinnes Therfore Sathan hath now nothing to bragge of for through Christ all that beleue in thee and so become thy children 1. Ihon. 5. do ouercome the world the fleshe and the deuyl 1. Ihon. 5. And this is the victorie whiche ouercommeth them all euen our Fayth Io. 3. That Faith I meane which is perswaden that who so euer be leueth in christ shal not perishe but haue euerlasting life 1. Iohn 5. That fayth whiche beloueth the testimonie to be true whiche thou God the Father doeste testifie of thy sonne so making thee no lyer and this is that testimonie that thou haste geuen vs eternall life Ro. 8. That faith wheche beleueth that thou father who raysedst vp Christ frō death shalt also quicken our mortall bodies through thy holy spirite dwellig in vs. Io. 14. That faith whiche beleueth it to be true which thy son Christe affirmed with a double othe saying Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth in mee the workes that I do the same shall he do and greatter workes then these shall he do because I go vnto my father Iohn 12. And fynally that fayth whiche beleueth that now Christ hath ben lifte vppe on the crosse he shal draw all thinges vnto hym this fayth I say is the victory whicke ouercommeth our ennemies the deuyll the worlde and our fleshe Iohn 14. Thou therfore lorde father whiche hast promised to geue what so euer I shall aske in thy deere Sonne Iesus name for thy great mercy and infallible truethes sake do nowe in mee the thynge that he came for lose in me the workes of the deuyl 1. Iho. 3. and take away my synnes I beseche thee make stedfast my Faithe confidence in thy promised mercies merciful promises Iohn 3. so that I assuredly beleuīg in thee may haue as thou promisest euerlasting lyfe makynge thee deere God no lyar maye beleue feele and knowe in my hart and conscience the the same euerlastyng lyfe is thy mere free gift vnto me yea already of thy great goodnesse vndoubtedly geuen mee beinge now translated frō death to life Of a thanckefulnes wherof Lorde cause me now dayly
to mortifie my erthly membres Ro. 8. Yea dere father sithe thy spirite which raised vp Christ frō death dwelleth within mee do thou who raisedst Christ frō death quickē my mortal body through thy spirite so dwellyng in me I beseche thee Iohn 14. Yea lorde Iesu according to thy promise because thou art now gone to thy father make me work this wōderful great worke the thou speakest of I meane make me Collo 3. being of my self but a lumpe of synne and a monster moste ougly as the vyces whereon the membres of my earthly body aboue declared to be compacte doo proue make me I saye yet throughe thy grace to hate abhorre flee and subdue all adultery whoredome vncleannes vnnaturall lustes euyl concupiscence vnordinate desyres wantonnes tendernes delicatenes idlenes drunkennes gluttony slouthfulnes distruste dispaire ignoraunce weakenes wilfulnes Idolatry superstition hypocrisie heresye errour sectes variaunce strife wrath enuie slaunders lyeng swearing cursyng vayne glory pride couetousenes thefte disceite flattery and what so euer elles lord feighteth or rebelleth against thy holy spirite And then lorde Father I will boast and make vaunte agaynste myne ennemie the deuyll that I haue doone greater workes then thy dere sonne Iesus dyd at what tyme he spake these wordes amōg the iewes because Iohn 14. albeit he vanquissehed Sathan yet in as muche as he hym selfe was vtterly without synne the victorie semed the wore easy But I to vanquishe sathan being my selfe altogether synful yea contrary to my most synfull nature to subdue synne the deuyll and myne owne fleshe it seemeth a more victorye and greater worke then the other For the whiche neuerthelesse I wyll with all submission acknowledge vnto thy diuyne maiestie taht the whole victory lord in deede is thine and thy holy spirit the begynner and fynisher bothe of the will and worke Nowe therfore Lorde Iesu strēthen me with thy grace myght that thou mayste by me a moste synfull wretch drawe al these my earthly membres and horrible vices before rehersed vnder my feete that I maye not onely mightely fyght againste them but also subdue them so that they may al turne to the best for me Rom. 8. Io. 12. as mete matter wheron I may exercise my fayth powre forth harty prayer and geue thee most hartye thanckes for victorie whereby I maye learne haue experience that thou haste in me drawen althinges vnto thee in so muche as thou thus lord of thy diuine power drawest bothe the deuill and the synne that dwelleth in mee to set forth thy honour and glory whiche thyng for thy mercies sake brynge to passe O God my creatoure preseruer and euerlastinge defēdour ¶ A Prayer of a christian man expressing his great anguishe heuines of minde that he had before time for his sinnes for that he felt not his hart cōforted in the ioy of gods great loue towardes him with the maner of his prayers groninges which he then made nowe powreth forth againe vnto god for his grace assistance in his new assaultes wherby the broken harted afflicted for their sinnes maye learne to stirre vp strengthen their faith and hope in like dangers and trouble of conscience 1. EVen in the myddes of the desperate assaultes of my soule the intollerable heuinesse of my minde hath heretofore Lorde cryed as shrill in thine eares as thoughe I had shryked and with lamentations cryed out saying Help helpe me my god my creatour my most prouident keper and euerlasting defender for beholde I peryshe 2 On this occasion Lorde that heauines of mynd did heretofore assault me I remembred that thou haddeste manye tymes set before myne eyes the wonderfull greatues of thy most tender loue towardes me by great multitude of thy benefites powred vpon me whiche benefytes euery of thy workes as they came before mine eyes gaue me iuste occasyon to be mindefull of 3 Wolde not thought I if I had in a maner any grace at all wolde not suthe loue brynge nowe into my harte a wonderfull delectation comforte ioye in god for the same 4 And againe coulde suche delyghte in goddes swete mercy and tender loue towardes me if I were not as euyll as a cast awaye that were none of goddes chyldren be without lothing of my syn and lust desire to do goddes holy wyl And these thinges thought I fye vpon the vnthankeful wretche are either not at all in me or elles in deede so coldelye and sclenderly that they beynge truelye waied and compared to righteousenes Esa 64. are more vile then a sylthye clothe starched in corrupte bloudde 5 Oh thought I I am aferd I haue deceyued my selfe for thy seruauntes at al times I trowe feele otherwise then I nowe do the fruites of thy spirite as Loue Ioye Peace and suche lyke But my loue alas towards thee what is it my ioye oh woe is my hart therefore is not once almost felte of me for my very soule within me as Dauid in his heuynes said refuseth comfort and fareth as though it dyd vtterly despaire Psal 77. And what peace can I feele then or certaintie of thy fauoure and loue Iustely may I powre out this dolorous lamentation of Sion the lorde hath forsaken me Esai 49. and my lorde hath forgotten mee 6 Euen in the middes I say of these my former desperate assaultes myne in tollerable heuines cryed to my god and from heauen he heard my gronynges therupon first prepared my hert to aske comfort of him then he heard my praier and gaue me plētefully my asking 7 Oh my soule consider wel that thou art neuer hable to declare the excedynge goodnes of god in this that he heard the very desires of thee being afflicted who is soo redy fauourablye to graunte the requestes of the afflicted that often tymes he taryeth not vntyll they do call but or euer they cal vpon him he fauourably heareth thē as the psalmist saith the desires of the afflicted thou heareste O lorde thou preparest theyr hartes thine care heareth fauourably Psal 10. 8 Oh lorde my god marueilous thinges are these whether I consyder this marueilous maner of thy hearing orels the marueilous nature and propertye of thy goodnes Marueilous no doubt is that thy hearinge wherby the very desires of the afflicted are hearde but muche more marueilous is this thye goodnesse which taryeth not vntyl the afflicted do desire thy help but prepareth first their hartes to desyre and then thou geuest them their desires 9 Yea Lorde worthye of all praise it can not otherwise be For how shouldst thou do otherwise then thy nature and propertie is art not thou very goodnes and mercy it self how canst thou then but pitie and helpe miserie 10 Art not thou both the creatour and also the conseruer of all thinges In so much as the lyons whelpes roaryng after their pray do seeke their foode at thy handes Psa 104. Psal 147. and the rauens byrdes lackyng meate
grace to do thy wyll all the dayes of my lyfe and to obteyne all these my peticions through Iesus Christ thy dere sonne my onely sauiour To whom be all honour and glory nowe and euer Amen Iohn Lydley ¶ A Godly Prayer for all Christen men O Almighty euer liuynge god thou God of all power before whose eyes all thinges lye naked and bare haue regarde vnto me moste miserable synner shews me the light of thy mercies let my praiers ascende vp before thy presence and be accepted in thy sight for Iesus Christes sake Geue thy holy spirite into my heart Oh Lord and lighten my vnderstanding that I maye dwell in the feare of thy name al the dayes of my life that I maye knowe thee the onely true god and Iesus Christ whom thou hast sente For I come vnto thee Oh Lorde thou louer of our soules not hoping in mine owne righteousenes but trusting onely vpon the multitude of thy great mercies whiche thou hast layde forthe before the eyes of all people offering saluation to the whole worlde and haste promysed that who so euer he be of the whole generation of man that wyll obey to thy grace Repent and tourne vnfaynedly from his synnes he shall haue free remission and forgeuenes through Iesus Christ our lord whiche is our onely aduocate and mediatour in whom our saluation lyeth of whom thou hast sayde This is my deere sonne in whom I am well pleased well pacifyed For this thy sonnes sake by whom I am bold to come vnto thee whiche appereth nowe inthy syght making continuall intercession for vs Haue mercy vpon me O thou mightye God and forgeue mee all my synnes which I haue vnrighteousely committed against thee in thoughte worde dede Oh let me feele thy mercies towardes mee for I do confesse my synnes vnto thee Oh lord and hide not mine vnrighteousenes I doo acknowledge mine offences and accuse my selfe before thee of all my misdeedes Helpe me O God my sauioure for the glorye of thy name O delyuer and forgeue me my synnes for thy riche mercies sake Remember not the offences of my youth O Lorde but thinke vppon thy great mercies and couenaunt made vnto me in Christ Iesus O most merciful father consider mine infirmities which are many and great and beare myne imperfection for thy sonne my Sauiour Iesus Christes sake which had good erperience of our infirmitie that he might be merciful vnto al them that are tempted consider how the ennemye hath gotten an open way into my fleshe wherein I confesse that there dwelleth nothynge but synne wretchednes and miserie Therefore I come vnto thee O Lord my God desiringe thee for Christes sake to renewe in mee a right spirite that I may receaue strength and hablenes to do thy wyll and to stande againste all the assaultes of the deuill that they maye haue no place in me but that the olde man which I bear about in my body may be crucified and dayly dye in me that the lustes of synne maye vtterly be destroyed that I maye euermore be renewed in the spyrite of my minde that the lyfe of Christ may alwayes appeare in me Good lord deliuer me from all kyndes of euyll as fornycation couetousenes malyciousnes enuy murder debate deceyte from whisperynge backbitinge contempt of the my neyghbour good lord deliuer me from euyll ielosie from doinge of wronge pride boasting from adultery vaine glory hipocrisie wantonnes ydolatry witchecrafte hatred variaunce zeale wrath strife seditiō sectes enuying drunkennes gluttony and other suche lyke Good lord for thy great mercies sake deliuer me and graunt me grace to haue thee alwaies before myne eyes that I may also haue a respect vnto thy iudgementes that whatsoeuer I say thincke or do may be agreable to thy holy word that I be not mynded as the vngodlye wycked men are Let me haue no pleasure in such thinges as please thē make me lowe in mine owne sighte O lorde that pryde selfe loue ouertake me not Let not the hand of the vngodly cast me downe but bowe my harte alwaies vnto thee that I may serue thee withoute feare all the daies of my lyfe in such holinesse and righteousenesse as is acceptable before thee Remoue frō me al vanities and lies take fro me the iustes of the bodye let not the desires of vnclennes take holde vppon me and geue me not ouer vnto an vnshamefast or obstynate minde but holde me alwayes vnder thy nurture and correction Of thy fatherly mercy leaue me not to my self but stand thou alwaies by me for I am to weake of myne owne power to do any thinge that is good but my ryghteousenesse strength lyeth onely in thee Therfore O lord I come vnto thee requirynge mercy in thy sight and the assistance of thy grace that I may be strengthened with power in the inwarde mā be armed with thy holy armour whiche is the brestplate of ryghteousenes the shylde of Fayth the hope of saluation for an helmet and the sworde of the spirite whiche is thy holy worde that I may stand parfecte in al that is thy wil and be founde worthy through Chryst to receyue a crowne of lyfe whiche thou hast promised to all them that loue thee in purenesse of mynde O Lord plant in me true obedience to thy holy lawe let not the cares of this world choke thi word in me Kepe me al so from all desceitefulnes of richesse and vncleane desyres that all vertues maye be planted in me Good Lorde geue me grace to walke before thee all the dayes of thys my Pilgrimage with good conscience and pure minde that when thou shalt appeare to rewarde euery man according to hys dedes I may reioyce and not be ashamed of the at thy comming Increase my faith O Lorde my sauyour in thee and in thy Christ Increase my loue O my Redemer to thee and to thy ryghteous people Increase a sure hope in me of my saluation O my Iustifier Increase strength in me to ouercome synne and to stande agaynste all euil temptaciōs that they haue no place in me Encrease in me true vnderstanding and pure iudgement in thy worde that I be not deceaued and caryed away in the errour of the wicked But graūte O lord that I may grow in thy grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ Let thy kingdome come vnto me whiche is righteousnes peace and ioye in thy holy ghost longe sufferyng gentlenes goodnes faithfulnes mekenes temperaunce strength pacience with all suche like vertues as ar prescribed vnto me in thy holy word that in prosperous thinges I may geue thee thankes and in aduersitie be pacient that I be not lifted vp with the one nor oppressed with the other Oh let al worldly things be vile vnto me for thee Let me not be mery with the ioy that is without thee and let me desire nothing beside thee Make me to lift vp my hart oftentimes to thee
which other hath committed against vs so likewise those whych we haue done a gainst thee And leade vs not into temptation Suffer not the deuyll by the abuse of thy benefites to leade vs captyues into deceitefull and dampnable temptation drawing vs by deinty meates vnto gredy glotony by money and richesse vnto vnsaciable couetousenes and by wealth and prosperity vnto pryde vayne glory and by al thy godly gracious giftes vnto euery dyuelishe abominable sinne But deliuer vs from euill Deliuer our goodes from abuse our bodies from corruption our soules from damnation Deliuer vs by Christ Iesu from the bondage of sinne vnto the lybertye of the Gospell so that from all daunger of diuelishe temptation trayning and enticing men toward damnation we maye be deliuered to serue thee in holinesse and ryghteousenesse all the daies of our life with most certaine and sure hope of euerlasting saluation thorow Christ Iesu in whom our hope and thy promise is moste certaine that is to say Amen Your time is short your daungers be great you are well warned by Goddes worde written Mar. xiij Take hede watche and praye Take hede that your hartes and mindes be not made heauy hard and dull with meates and drink vaine plesures or worldly cares Watch with dyllygence to doe youre owne dewties in desyrous lokynge for Chrystes comming Praye that ye may escape all daungers and stande in grace and fauoure afore the face of Christ at his comminge T. Leuer APOCAL. XXII Beholde I come sone ¶ A prayer to be sayde in the mornynge O Almighty and moste gracyous God we hartely thancke thee for the swete slepe comfortable rest whiche thou hast geuen vs this nighte and for as muche as thou haste commaunded by thy holy worde that no man shoulde be idle but all occupied in godly and vertuous exercises euery mā according to his calling we most humbly beseche thee that thine eies may attende vpon vs dayely defende vs cherishe comforte and gouerne vs and al our counsayles studies and labours in suche wise that we maye spend and bestowe this day accordynge to thy moste holy wyll without the hurtynge of our neighbours and that we may diligentlye and warely eschewe and auoyde all thinges that shoulde displease thee set thee alwaies before our eies liue in thy feare workyng that may be founde acceptable before thy diuyne maiestie through Iesus Christ our lord So be it ¶ A Confession of our synnes O Mercifull and most louing father whose Loue is infinite whose mercye endureth for euer we sinfull creatures trustinge in thine vnspeakeable goodnes loue towardes vs do appere this mornynge before thy dyuyne maiestie most humbly confessing our manifold sinnes and innumerable transgressions of thy commaundementes and fatherly wyll against thee only against thee O lord haue we synned we acknowledge oure offences we accuse our selues vnto the O mercifull lord and wyl not hyde our vnrighteousnesse we fynde in our selues nothinge but ingnoraunce of thye wyll and disobedience mistrust doubfulnes in thy goodnes and incredulitie hatred contempt of all spirituall thinges selfe loue confidence in our selues and feruent lustinge after carnall thinges of this worlde and this tree of our corrupt nature bryngeth forth continually in vs none other fruictes but rotten and vnsauery workes of the fleshe in thoughtes wordes and doinges vnto condempnation Wherfore we humbly beseche thy fatherly goodnes euen for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake whome thou hast set forth for a purchaser of mercye vnto vs through fayth in hys bloud make our hartes cleane take away our stony hartes and geue vnto vs a true a liuely fayth whych shal worcke continually by loue throughe Christ haue mercy vppon vs forgeue vs our sinnes for thy sonnes sake certifye our consciences of remission of the same by thy holy spirite by whose operation so mortifye in vs our olde man the whole body of sinne that we continually dyeng vnto sinne may walke in newnesse of life to the glory of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen ¶ Before thou prayest beleue that god is not onely almighty to helpe and to delyuer thee but also that he is gracious and faythefull to fulfill all his promises made vnto vs. Then forgeue if thou hast any thing against any man And remember that thou commest not to god with a double harte but lyfte vp pure handes with oute wrathe or doubtinge O Almighty eternal euerliuing god 1. 2. Corin. 1. and. 2. 1. the eternal father of our Lorde Iesus Chryst whych haste made 2. heauen and yearthe 2. Ictes 4. the sea and al that therin is and of thy great goodnes didst open thy selfe from heauen madest proclamatiō of Iesus christ saieng 3 this is my deare sonne heare him 3. Matth. 3. thou maker of al thinges preseruer helper 4. Philip. 2. Ebre 1. with thy 4. coeternal sonne our lord Iesus Christ raignyng with thee and manifested in Ierusalem and thy holy ghost poured on the apostles O most wise good mercifull righteous iudge and also strong which hast sayde by thy prophet 5. Ezechi 18. 5. I will not the death of a sinner but that he cōuert and liue I thy pore creature and worke of thy handes do acknowledge and confesse vnto thee my manifold synnes and offences which I from my youth vp vnto this time haue greuously committed against thee in thought worde dede am now taught moued by thy word grace to be hartely sory for the same desiring thee which hast sayd 6. Psal 50. 6. call vpon me in the day of thy trouble and I wyll heare thee and delyuer thee for the precious bloudde sheading of Iesus Christ thy sonnes sake our lord whom thou wouldest to be made a slaine 7. Eb. 9. ◠10 7. sacrifice for our sinnes to haue mercy vppon mee and forgeue me all those myne offences according to thy great mercy promise whych haste sayde 8. Eze. 18. 8. at what time so euer a sinner doth repent him of his sinne from the bottom of his hart I will put al his wickednes out of my remembraunce O lorde I acknowledge and confesse that I was borne in sinne 9. Psal 51. Ephe. 2. Rom. 7. and. 9. conceiued in wickednes and am by nature a. 9. childe of wrath for that in my 9. fleshe as saincte Paule saith dwelleth no good thing and that of my selfe I am not able to think a good 10. thought that can please thee 10.2 Corin. 3. much lesse to wishe and least of al to doe that thou in thy lawe requireste of me to be done for 11. Gala. 3. Rom. 7. 11. thou hast saide cursed is he that continuethe not in all thynges that are written in the lawe to do them againe thy lawe is 11. spiritual but I am carnall solde vnder sinne therfore o lorde I call vnto thee for grace whyche haste saide 12. Math. 7. 12. aske and ye shall haue seeke
be corrected refourmed at thy owne wil and pleasure Most mighty god and father through our lorde Iesus Chryste thy eternal sonne with thy holy spirite gouerne and kepe thy holye catholyke apostolike church euery mēber of the same as thou hast promised saying this is 24. Esai 56. 24. my couenaut with thē my spirite which is in thee and my word which I haue put in thy mouthe shal not depart frō the mouth of thy sede for euer lighten vs alwayes with thy gospell rule cōfirme our harts with thy spirite least the Ipocrisy superstition of papistes other heretikes or the erroures wicked life of Epicures Lybertynes cause vs to fal Gouerne therfore that studies of thy church defend the policies of those realmes cities which geue harborough to thy people 25. Sacha 12. 25. powre vppon vs the spirite of grace and prayer make vs diligente and happy in the workes of our vocation take into thy custody for euer our soules and bodies our liues and al that euer we haue Be gracious and fauourable O lord to all Iewes Turks Infidels heretikes and euen oure very enemies and according to thy good wil and purpose forgeue them their sinnes Conuert vnto thy truth all those whom thou haste apoynted in Iesus Chryste to saluation Be merciful also O lord to all our bretherne and sisterne that suffer anye kynde of persecutyon or affliction whether in mynde or in body especially such as suffer for thy name and gospell geue them pacience constancy and stedfaste hope till thou sende theym full and good deliueraunce of all their troubles Be gracious to al those whom thou hast coupled and linked to vs in loue frend shippe whose hartes thou hast moued to praye for vs to wysshe vs good to succoure and helpe vs in oure necessytyes graunt vs all thy blessing and holy spyrite to sanctify vs in the vnity of fayth and dwel in vs for euer Finally oh lord haue mercy vpon my wife children and famely which thou hast geuen me and encrease thy feare in our hartes that we maye truely loue thee and one of vs an other in thee so that we maye be pure both in soule and body and bryng them vp in vertue nurture and information of the lord Plant and sowe in my harte all vertues that be necessary and required in a christiā man namely wisdome discretion tēperance pacience strēgth and boldenes and geue me grace so to vse them and all other giftes whyche I haue receaued at thy mercifull hand as may be most to thy glory and praise to my consolatyon saluation and to the profyte of thy Churche 26. Esai 64. which peticions and requestes I do not make O Lorde trustinge in myne owne ryghteousnesse which I do acknowledge with thy prophet to 29. be stayned defiled no but onely in thy great mercye and promise O heare me lord forgeue me lorde consider me and tary not ouer long but for thy owne sake doe it and for thy sonne Iesus Chrystes sake in whome all thy promyses are yea and amen whych is our onely reademer sauiour and Iustifier to whom with thee o father and the holy ghost be al glory prayse now and for euer Amen Lord let it be so Robart Coles FINIS A morninge prayer WE humbly and hartely geue thākes to thee O merciful father in and by thy derely beloneb sonne Iesus Christ our only sauiour that to thy innumerable benefites hitherto powred vpon our soules and vpon oure bodies thou hast vouchedsafe to kepe vs al this night past from many euils spiritually and corporally and nowe of thy mercye doest offer and geue vs time to repente to amend our liues so that we might lyue hence forth not as we will but as thou wilte and as our bodies do drawe cōtinually nearer and nearer their end the graue I meane so our soules myght aproche to theyr ende that is heauen not hel For in one state we stande not styll but eyther we are nearer nearer the happy state of life or els the infortunat or vnhappy condicion of death eternall Therefore we besech the to be merciful vnto vs good father that is wee praye thee as of thy goodnes thou geueste vs time to repente to liue godly so of the same thy goodnes in christ we humbly besech and pray thee to geue vs thy gracious gift of true holy perfect and perperpetuall repentaunce that we maye more and more lamente our former sinfull life trusting vnfainedly in thy rych mercye throughe the merytes of Iesus Christ for the pardone of al onr sinnes and that we maye vnfainedly purpose effectually labour to amende our liues this day and so long as we haue to liue in al our doinges and wordes and euen in oure very thoughtes to the praise of thy holye name good example of our neyghboures and bretherne And for as much as thou knowest our weakenesse our ignoraunce great vntowardnesse to cary any geeat crosse or affliction we besech thee oure swete father so to temper and order all thynges towardes vs this day and for euer that we be neuer further proued and tempted then thou wilt so helpe vs in the same as may be most to thy glory and our saluation thorough Iesus Chryste our lorde Amen R. Coles ¶ An Euening praier MOste mercyful God and tender Father whiche besides thyne inestimable mercyes declared geuen vnto vs in the making of the world for our sakes in redemynge of vs by the deathe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christe in the callynge of vs to the knowledge of thy blessed worde in keping of vs hitherto in thy holy Catholike churche in the moste gracious gouerninge of vs and all thinges hitherto for our mooste weale hast also most fatherly cared for vs and kept vs this daye from all dangers bothe of soule and body geuing vs bealth foode apparell al other thinges necessary for the comforte succour of this poore miserable lif which many other do want for these and al other thy good giftes and gracious benefites which thou of thine owne goodnes onely fatherly prouydence for Christes sake hast hitherto powred vppon vs doest presently powre vpon vs and many other wee most humbly thanke thee prayse thy holy name beseching thee euen for the same thy Christ to pardon our vnthanckefulnes our neglectynge and abusing of those thy benefites and all our sinnes whiche this daye or any tyme heretofore we haue commytted againste thy holy commaundementes And as nowe we purpose to lay our bodyes to rest so graunte the garde of thy good Aungelles to keepe the same this night and for euer And where or when so euer our last slepe of death shal come graunte that it may be in thee good father so that our bodies may reste bothe temporally and eternally to thy glory and our ioye through Iesus Christ our Lorde So be it R.C. ¶ Certaine exercises to
meditate very profitable to euery Christian WAtche and Pray Part. 4. that ye enter not into temptation c. For the deuyll your aduersary goeth about lyke a roaryng lion seking whō he may deuoure Committe thy selfe and all thye doinges vnto god with feruent and faithfull praier and then doubte nothing at all of the good and profitable successe of the same Pray before thou comest into any cōpany that thou geue no offēce in worde or dede but rather mayst geue good exaumple to edyfie Pray also that thou mayst marke wel and immitate that whiche is well done and spoken and that thou maist forget and flie from that whiche is euyll doone or spoken of any one where thou shalte come Pray when thou art come alone from company with any that god wyl make them to forgette the euyll example thou hast geuen in worde or dede In euery prayer begge of god the spyrite of grace and prayer zacha 12. that thou maist haue delight in praier and talking with God aske I say continually his holy spirite with encrease of Faith Hope In euery benefite behold goddes grace and stay not the considering of the same tyll thou comest to the oryginall rote that is the grace of god in Christ before the worlde was made so shal euery benefite confirme thy Faith Speake thinke and do al thinges as in the sight of god and as vnto god Of all thy thoughtes Eccle. 7. woordes and dedes consider the ende and thou shalt neuer do amisse Trust in god whē thou felest no cause in thy selfe for that is the gretest honour thou canst geue vnto him and a sure token that thou arte his Chylde for euer When thou beholdest any of the workes of god beware thou do it not to cōprehende him for so thou loosest thy labour but loke vpon theym to beholde him to be a God of might and power in the diuersitie of theym to be exceadynge wise by the multitude of theym to be good and gracious whiche hath so done them that they ought to be had in remēbraunce of vs And when thou hast this profite by them then be thou thanckful to god who hath geuen it thee The more sure we are of our saluatiō that we be the children of god the temples of the holy ghost the inherytours of heauen the more we cannot but loue long for the dissolutions of our bodies Vse therfore to beg of god by continual praicr his spirite to cōfirme you in this certen perswasion that god loueth you In the lawe behold god to be thy god to be holy to be iust and seuere against synne and thy selfe vnholy vniust and full of contumacie therfore not mete nor worthy to be where god is but to be reiected frō him and worthy dampnation therfore feare him sinne not In the gospell beholde god to be thye father to loue the euerlastingely to for geue thee all thy synnes to geue thee eternall saluation through his sonne Iesus Christe who hath ouercome sinne death and hell for thee hath brought lyfe ymmortalitie vnto light therfore loue him as a son loue hym for he loued thee fyrst loue hym I say in and for his Christ loue his Christ loue him euer Onely beleue in him forget not to be thanckefull to hym for that he is thy god and thy father for his loue for his Christ for thy saluation for the forgiuenesse of thy synnes for thy delyueraunce from dispaire for the sure certificate of thyne election for the delyueraunce from errour into his truthe for calling the into this grace wherin thou standest and therfore reioyce in hope of the glory of God R. Coles A Complaynt of the Tiranny vsed against the sainctes of god conteyning a confession of our sinnes a praier for the deliuerance and preseruation of the Church and confusion of the enemyes ** ETernall and euerlyuinge god father of our lord Iesus Christ who hast commaunded vs to praye and promised to heare vs euē when we do call from the pyt of desperation the miseries of these our moste wycked dayes compell vs to poure forth before thee the complaintes of our wretched hartes oppressed wyth sorrowe Our eyes do beholde and our eares do heare the calamities and opressions whiche no tongue canne expresse neyther yet alas doo oure dull hartes rightly consider the same For the Heathen are entred into thine inherytance they haue poluted thy sanctuarye prophaned and abolished thy blessed instytutions moste cruelly murthered and dayly doe murther thy deare children Thou hast exalted the arme and force of our enemies thou hast set vs forth as a praye to ignomy and shame before such as persecute thy truth Their wayes do prosper they glory in mischefe speake prowdely agaynste the honoure of thy name Thou goest not forth as a captaine before our hostes The edge of our sword which somtime was most sharp is now blunt and doth returne without victorye in battaile It apereth to our ennemies O lorde that thou hast broken that league whiche of mercie goodnes thou hast made with thy churche For the libertie whiche they haue to kil thi childrē like shepe and to shed their bloudde no man resistinge doth soo blynde and puffe theim with pride that they ar not ashamed to affirme that thou regardest not our intreatinge Thy longe suffering and pacience maketh them hold from crueltie to procede to the blasphemy of thy name And in this meane season alas we do not consider the heauines of our sinnes which longe haue deserued at thye handes not onely these temporall plagues but also the tormentes prepared for the inobediēt For we knowing thy blessed will haue not applyed our dilygence to obey the same but haue folowed for the most parte the vaine conuersation of the blind world and therfore in very iustice hast thou visited our vnthanckfulnesse But O lorde if thou shalt obserue and kepe in mind for euer the iniquities of thy children then shal no fleshe abide nor be saued in thy presence And therfore cōuicted in our own consciences that most iustly we suffer as punished by thy hande do neuerthelesse cal for mercy according to thy promes And first we desire to be corrected with the rod of thy children by the whiche we maye be brought to a perfect hatred of synne and of our selues therfore that it would please thee for Christ Iesus thy sonnes sake to shewe to us thy whole church vniuersally persecuted the same fauoure and grace that some times thou diddest whē the chiefe members of the same for anguish and feare were compelled to cry why haue nations raged why hathe the people made vprores and why haue princes kings coniured against thyne anointed Christ Iesus Then diddest thou wonderfully assiste and preserue thy smale and dispersed flock then diddest thou burste vp the barres and gates of yron then dyddest thou shake the foundations of stronge prysons then dyddeste thou plague the cruell
and if I chaunce to fall or slip make me to thincke on thee and be sory with a stedfast purpose of amendmente O Lorde I gene ouer my selfe into thy holy hande desiryng thee for Christes sake that I maye remayne vnder thy mighty protection and strong defence of thy power and that thy holy aungel may alway pitch his tent roūde about me and compasse me alwaies Good lorde geue me ioyfulnes of harte and peace of conscience continual gladnes and consolation in thy worde promises that I may euermore be thanckefull vnto thee and prayse thy name for euer O Lorde thinke vpon all thy people which are straied here and ther from the farthest part of the earthe which be entred into couenaunte with thee and are minded to walke after thy will graunt Oh lorde that we may grow together in loue throughe the knoweledge of thy worde to keepe the vnitie of the spirite through the bonde of peace to the vtter confounding of erroure and al false opinions and to kepe vs cleane from hipocrysy and superstycyon and to make vs stronge in persecution We besech thee fauourably to heare vs good Lorde and graunt our requestes Geue prayse to god I. H. ¶ A Prayer for the forgeuenes of our fynnes and auoydinge of the plague due and at hand for the same O Lorde most mighty and feareful God to all them that hate thee and followe theyr owne waies and seke not to doe thy holy wil we thy poore creatures which labour do desire to do thy wyl do se by thy righteous Iudgemēt of thy word thy fyerce wrath and terrible indignation readye to fall vpon thys realme of Englande for despising of thy Preachers and Messangers and for the vnthanckful receauing yea treading vnderfote of thy most holy word Vnworthy were we of such a iewell therfore worthely was it takē away from vs lesse worthy were wee to haue it restored to vs agayn but now least worthy of al ar we to injoy the benefite therof And now we se thy wrath is kyndled O Lorde who shall be able to quenche it For our partes we do confesse that we be worthy of al the plagues that thou haste deuised agaynste vs yet neuerthelesse we besech thee vnworthelye to be called thy chyldren looke not vpon oure desertes or worthynesse but vpon thy Chryst thy fauourable mercy which thou haddest in the olde tyme vpon thy chyldren of Israell if they repented and turned vnto thee O Lorde thou diddest preserue them kepe them from captiuitie of al other nations and dyddest euer prouide them a faythful gouernour or ruler And furthermore most merciful father although they were destroyed for their wickednes and left but a small people yet neuerthelesse when they tourned vnfaynedly to thee thou euer gauest thē the victory ouer all their enemies so that they might dwel as bretherne together peaceably in their own lande whiche thou gaueste them Thou art the same lorde and thy mercy endureth for euer And nowe O lorde we that seke to do thy wil being but a smal people do beseche the of thy great mercie for Iesus Christes sake our only Peace maker to tourne away thy great wrath and terrible indignatiō which we haue deserued in this realme of Englande shewe thy compassion vpon vs as thou dyddest vppon the children of Israell in the olde time though not for our sakes whiche haue soo wyckedly deserued thy wrath but for thy most mighty and gloryous names sake For if thou shuldest destroy vs and bringe vs vnto desolation as we haue deserued than shuld thy moste mighty name and thy holy worde be euyll spoken of through vs in al the worlde Therfore we beseche thee most mercifull father to chasten and correcte vs not as we haue deserued but accordynge to thy fauourable mercy not in thy furie but with thy fatherly pitis delyuer vs not ouer into the handes of our ennemies neyther take thy holye worde from vs O lorde thoughe of all other we do moste deserue it and haue moste vnreuerently and vnthanckefully abused the same And here we confesse vnto thee all oure iniquities the which are more in numbre thē the heares of our heades and they presse vs so downe that our hartes fayle vs and we dare scarsely presume vnto thee yet neuerthelesse through Christ which is our righteousnes hath pacified thy wrath we are bold to come vnto thee O lord being sory for our faultes euen frō our very hartes desyring thee for his death and passion sake to forgeue vs all our synnes that euer we haue committed either in thought worde or dede O lord we geue ouer oure selues into thy holy hands with al our hartes do desyre to doe what so euer thy good wyll is that wee shoulde doe besechinge thee to assist vs with the grace of thy holy spirit that we henseforth may liue accordyng to that thy most godly and blessed wyll and laboure and studye to serue thee in newenes of lyfe taking vppe thy crosse folowing thy steppes O lord Christe willingly cherefully al the days of our lyfe And furthermore O lord we beseche thee to geue vs grace to be alway thākefull both in hart in our conuersation lyuynge for al the great benefites that we haue receiued at thy hand so that we maye enioy thē to thy glory and our comforte euen as at this presente we render vnto thee moste humble thanckes fyrste for thy goodnes in the worke of our creation secōdly for that when we were fallen into euerlastinge destruction through our consentynge to the subtilte of the ennemie thou of thy great mercy through Iesus christe didst raise vs vp agayn thirdly that it hath pleased thee to suffer thy holy word the foode of our sowles to haue fre passage ones agayne amongest vs and hast geuen vs an harte and a wyl to seeke it to beleue it and to followe it in our liuing and conuersation Moreouer we render vnto thee moste harty thanckes O heauenly father for Elyzabeth oure gracious Queene and Gouernoure whom in muche mercye thou dyddest delyuer with thy myghtye arme from the handes of her ennemyes and from the lyons mouthe and we beseche thee so to worke in her harte that of a thankefulnes towards thee for this her great deliueraunce and thy syncculer blessing consideryng whose minister she is she may sincerly seke and zelously promote thy true honour and glorye buylde vppe thy house confounde thy sworne aduersaries and carefully trauell to brynge thy people committed to her charge remaynyng yet almost in al partes of this realme either in myserable blyndenes and darke ignoraunce or wylfully stubbernly kickynge against the pricke to the true knowledge of the and thy blessed word Make all that are in auctoritie vnder her vpryght faithfull in their callyng fauourers and furtherers of thy holy gospell followers practisers therof mainteyners and defenders of the Preachers and mynisters of the same and suche as in