take vs although farre vnworthy into so great an honour of thy name let it please the also of thy gentylnesse to gyue vs a redy and stedfast wyll that in nothyng we ouerhippe or be agaynst that whiche thy godly and diuine wyll hath apoynted vs but that we kyll and mortifye our flesshly and carnall lustes and by thy spirite be ledde to y e doyng of all good workes and al thyng that is pleasauÌ„t vnder thy sight Wherby y u father mayst aknowledge vs as thy children naturall and nat out of kynde and thy sonne as kynde good bretherne that is to saye that bothe twayne maye aknowledge in vs his owne propre benefyte to whome with the holy goost equall and indifferent glorie is due for euer Amen ¶ The fourthe peticion PAnem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie O father in heueÌ„ whiche of thy excedyng goodnesse moost plentuously fedest all thynges y t thou hast so wondersly created prouide for vs thy children whiche are chosen to dwelle in thy celestiall and heueÌ„ly house and that hang holly and onely of thy sonÌ„e some spirituall and goostly fode that we obeyng thy wyll and preceptes may dayly encrease and waxe bigger in vertue vntyl after the course of nature we haue optayned and gathered a full and ê‘fyte strength in our lorde Iesu Christ. The children of this worlde so longe as they are nat banysshed ne out of theyr frendes fauour all that tyme they take lytell care of their meate and drynke sithe their fathers of their tendre loue towarde them make sufficient prouision for them Than moche lesse ought we to be carefull or studious whom thy sonne Iesus taught shulde caste away all care of the morowe meale perswadyng and assuring vs that so riche a father so gentyll so louynge and that had so great mynde of vs whiche sente meat to the lytell byrdes and so nobly clotheth y e lyles in the medowe wolde nat suffre his childreÌ„ whiche he hath endued with so honourable a name to lacke meate and bodily apparayle but all thyng sette asyde that belongeth to the body We shulde specially and aboue all seke and labour about those thynges whiche pertayneth and belongeth to thy realme and the iustice therof For as touching the iustes of the pharises that sauereth all carnally thou vtterly dispysest and settest nought by For the spirituall iustes of thy realme staÌ„deth by pure faythe and vnfayned charyte And it were no great mater or shewe of thy plentye to fede with breed made of corne the body whiche althoughe it perisshed nat for hunger yet it must nedes dye perysshe within short space eyther by syckenesse age or other chauÌ„ce but we thy spirituall and goostly children desyre and craue of our spirituall father that spirituall celestiall breed Wherby we are verily relyued whiche be verily and truely called thy children y â— breed is thy worde full of all power bothe the gyuer and norissher of lyfe Whiche breed y u vouchesauest to sende vs downe from heuen what tyme we were lyke to haue perisshed for huÌ„gre For verily the breed and teachynge of the proude philosophers and pharises coude nat suffice and content our mynde But that breed of thyne whiche thou sendest vs restored deed men to lyfe of whiche who soeuer dothe eate shall neuer dye This breed relyued vs by this breed we are norysshed and fatted and by this we come vp to the perfite and full strength of y e spirite This breed though day by day it be eaten and distributed to euery bowell of the soule yet but if thou father doest gyue it it is nat holsome nor any thyng auayleth The blessed body of thy dere sonne is the breed wherof we be all parttakers y t dwell within thy large house of the churche It is one breed that indifferently beloÌ„geth to vs all lykewyse as we are but one body made of sondrye and diuers membres but yet quickened with one spirite and though al take of this breed yet to many it hath ben dethe and distruction for it can nat be relefe but to suche as thou reachest it vnto mynglynge it with thy heuenly grace by the reason wherof it maye be holsome to the receyuours Thy sonÌ„e is verite and trouth trouth also is the breed and teachyng of the gospell Whiche he lefte behynde hym for our spirituall fode and this breed likewise to many hath ben vnsauery which haue had y e mouth of theyr soule out of taste by the feuer of corrupte affectioÌ„s But and it wyll please the good father to gyue forthe this breed than it must of necessite be swete pleasauÌ„t to the eaters thaÌ„ it shal coÌ„fort those that be in tribulation and plucke vp those that be slydden fallen downe and make stronge those that be sicke and weake and finally brynge vs to euerlasting lyfe And for asmoche as the imbecilite and weakenesse of manes nature is euer redy apt to declyne into the worse the soule of man so coÌ„tynually assauted layde at with so many subtile ingyns it is expedient and necessary that thou dayly make stronge heâ—â— thy children with thy breed whiche elles are farre vnable to resyst so many and so stronge ennemyes so many assautes and so many fearefull terrible dartes For who father might abyde to be had in derision of the worlde to be outlawed and banisshed to be putte in prison to be fettred and manacled to be spoyled of all his goodes and by stronge hande be depriued of the coÌ„pany of his moost dere wyfe and welbeloued children but if nowe and thaÌ„ he were hertened with thy heueÌ„ly and gostly breed He that teacheth the lernyng of the gospell he is he y e gyueth vs forthe this breed whiche yet he gyueth all in vayne except it be also gyuen by ye. Many there are whiche receyue the body of thy sonÌ„e and that here the worde and doctryne of the gospell But they departe fro thence no stronger than they came bycause they haue nat deserued that thou good father shuldest priuely and inuisibly reache it forthe vnto them This breed O most benigne father gyue thy childreÌ„ euery day vntyll that tyme come in whiche they shall eate of it at thy heuenly and celestiall table Wherby the children of thy realme shal be fulfylled with y e plentuous abundancye of euerlastynge trouthe And to take fruicioÌ„ therof it were a marueylous felicite and pleasure whiche hath nede of none other thyng at all neyther in heuen nor erthe For in the O father alone is all thynge out of whom is right nought to be desyred whiche toguyther with thy sonne and the holy gooste raygnest for euer Amen ¶ The fyfte peticion EL dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris This is thy wyll and mynde O father in heuen whiche art the maker of peace and fauourer of concorde that thy chyldren whom it hath pleased thy goodnes to couple and ioyne
and parttakers of thy soÌ„ne hast apoynted to thy royalme Graunt father of all myght that they whom thy goodnesse ones hath delyuered froÌ„ the tyraÌ„ny of synne and assygned to dwell in thy royalme maye by the benifitte of the same benygne goodnesse contynue and stedfastly abyde in theyr liberte and fredome and that none leauynge and fayling from the and thy sonne retourne agayne in the tyrannous seruice of the deuyll so bothe we by thy sonne shall raigne in the to our welthe and thou in vs to thy glorie for thou art glorified in our blysse and our blysse is of thy goodnesse Thy sonÌ„e Iesus taught vs we shulde dispice the realme of this worlde whiche standeth all by rychesse and is holde vp by garrisoÌ„s of men by hostes and armour which also what soeuer it doth dothe by pryde and violence and is both gotten kept defended by fierse cruelnesse he with the holy goost ouercame y e wycked spirite that ruled as chefe and heed in the worlde afore he by innocency and purenesse of lyuyng had the victorie of synne by mekenesse venquesshed cruelnesse by suffrauÌ„ce of many dispitefull rebukes recouered euerlastyng glory by his owne deth restored life and by his crosse had triumphe vpon the wycked spirites Thus woÌ„derfully hast thou father warred and ouercome after this maner thou both triumphest reignest in thy sonne Iesus by whom it hath pleased the of thy goodnesse to take vs in to the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of the dwellers in thy royalme Thus also thou tryuÌ„phest and reignest in thy holy martyrs in thy chast virgins and pure confessours whiche yet neyther by theyr owne streÌ„gth nor power dyde ouercome the fiersenesse and displeasure of tyrantes ne the raging or the wantoÌ„nesse of the flesshe ne the maliciousnesse of this worlde But it was thy spirite father Whiche it pleased the to gyue them to y e glorie of thy name and the helthe of mankynde that was bothe the begyÌ„ner and ender of all this in them And we father hertely desire the that thy realme may florisshe also in vs whiche all though we do no myracles for asmoche as neyther tyme nor mater requireth albe it we be nat imprysoned nor turmented though we be nat wouÌ„ded nor brent althogh we be nat crucified nor drowned thoughe we be nat beheeded yet natwithstandyng the strength and clerenesse of thy realme may shine and be noble in vs if the worlde perceyue that we by the helpe of thy spirite stande stedfast sure agaynst all assautes of the deuyll and agaynst the flesshe whiche alwaye stereth and prouoketh vs to those thynges that be contrary to the spirite agayÌ„st the worlde whiche by all the wayes it can moueth vs to forsake and leaue the trust that we haue ones put in the As often so euer as for thy loue we despice and sette nought by the realme of this worlde and with full trust hange vpon the heueÌ„ly kyngdome that thou hast promysed vs as often also as we forsake and leaue honourynge of erthely richesse and onely worshyp and enbrace y e precious and gostly lernyng of the gospell as often as we refuse those thyÌ„ges that for the season seme swete and pleasaunt to the flesshely carnal appetite and in hope and trust of eternall felicite we suffre paciently and valiantly all thynge be it neuer so harde as often also as we can be content to forsake our naturall affections and that whiche we haue moost dere as our fathers and mothers wyues chyldren and kynsefolke for the loue of the Likewise as often as we oppresse and refrayne y e furious and fiersely braydes of angre and gyue mylde meke wordes to those y â— chyde and â—raule with vs and do good to them whiche do vs iniury and wronge and all for thy sake So often father thou warrest in vs and ouercomest the realme of the deuyll openyst y â— myght and power of thy realme Thus it hath pleased and lyked thy wysdome father by continuall and greuous batayle to exercise confyrme and make stedfaste the vertue and strengthe of thy people Encrease suche strengthe in thy childreÌ„ that they maye euer retourne stronger from their batayleâ— and that whan by lytell and lytell their enemies and aduersaries myght is minysshed and broken thou mayest euery day more and more raygne in vs But the tyme is nat yet come good father in whiche all the worlde haue subdued them selfe to thy yoke For as yet that tyrannous fende hath a do with many and diuers nacioÌ„s There is nat yet one herde and one herde mayster whiche we hope shal be whan the iewes also shall bryng and submyt them selfe to the spirituall and gostely lernyng of y e gospell for yet many knowe nat howe great a liberte it is and what a dignite and how great a felicite to be subiectes to the heuenly realme and that is the cause why they had rather be the seruauÌ„tes of the deuyll than thy children inheritours with Iesu and parttakers of y e kyÌ„gdome of heuen and amongest those two father that walke within the cloyster of thy churche seme as chefe in thy realme there are nat a fewe alas which holde on their aduersaries side and as moche as lyeth in them abate shame dishonest the glory of thy realme Werfore we specially desyre and wisshe for that tyme whiche thou woldest none to knowe but thy selfe alone in whiche acordyng to the promyse of thy sonne thy angels shall come and make clene the floore of thy churche and gader to guether into thy barne the pure corne deuyded and seuered fro the cockle plucke out of thy realme all maner occasyon of sclaundre What tyme there shall neyther be hunger nor pouerte no necessite of clothiÌ„g no disease no dethe no pursuer no hurt or yuell at all ne any feare or suspicion of hurte but than all the body of thy dere sosie heaped togyder in theyr heed shall take fâ—uicion and pleasure of thy blessed company of heuen they whiche in the meane tyme had rather serue the tyrannous fende shall togyther with their maister be banysshed and sente awaye to euerlastyng punisshement And trewely this is the realme of Israell whiche whan Iesus Christ forsoke the erthe retourned agayne to his disciples desyred myght shortely be restored Than thou madest heuen free and rydde froÌ„ all rebellion what tyme Luciferâ— with his company was caste out So one 's in the day of dome and iugement whan the bodyes shall aryse thou shalte departe the sheepe from the gottes than who so euer hath here with all dâ—â—â—geÌ„ce embrased the spirytuall and goollely realme of the gospell shal be desyred and brought to the to the inherytauÌ„ce of the euerlastynge kyngdome to y e whiche thy goodnesse had apoynted theym or the worlde was made This fortunate and happy day whiche thy sonne Iesus promysed shulde come we thy children good father greatlye desyre whiche dwelle here in erthe as outlawes in exyle sore
your owne forenamed kynswoman who le goodnesse and vertue two thynges there be that let me moche to speke of The one bicause it were a thyng superfluous to spende many wordes vnto you about that mater which your selfe knowe well ynough by long experieÌ„ce and dayly vse The other cause is for I wolde eschewe the sclaundre of flatery howe be it I count it no flatery to speke good of them that deserue it but yet I knowe that she is as lothe to haue prayse gyuyn her as she is worthy to haue it and had leauer her prayse to reste in mennes hertes than in their tonges or rather in goddes estimacion and pleasure than any mannes wordes or thought and as touchynge the boke it selfe I referre and leaue it to the iugementes of those that shall rede it and vnto suche as are lerned y â— onely name of the maker putteth out of question the goodnesse and perfectyon of the worke whiche as to myne owne opinyon and fantasye can nat be amended in any poynte And as for the translacion therof I dare be bolde to say it that who so lyst and well can conferre and examyne the translacyon w t the originall he shall nat fayle to fynde that she hath shewed her selfe nat onely erudite and elegant in eyther tong But hath also vsed suche wysedom suche dyscrete and substancyall iudgement in expressynge lyuely the latyn as a man maye parauenture mysse in many thynges translated and tourned by them that bare y e name of rightwise very well lerned men the laboure that I haue had with it about the printing I yelde holly and frely gyue vnto you in whose good maners and vertue as in a chylde I haue so great affection and vnto your good mother vnto whom I am so moche beholden of whose coÌ„pany I take so great ioye and pleasure in whose godly communycacion I fynde suche spyrituall frute and swetnesse that as ofte as I talke with her so ofte me thyÌ„ke I fele my selfe the better Therfore nowe good Fraunces folowe styll on her steppes looke euer vpon her lyfe to enfourme your owne therafter lyke as ye wolde loke in a glasse to tyre your body by ye and that more diligentlye in so moche as the beautie of the body though it be neuer so well attended wyll soone fade and fall awaye good lyuyng and vertue ones gotten tarieth styll whose frute ye shall fele nat onely in this worlde whiche is transytorie and of shorte contynuaunce but also in another And also it shulde be great shame dishonestye and rebuke vnto you borne of suche a mother and also nourysshed vp with her owne teate for to degenerate and go out of kynde Beholde her in this age of hers in this almost contynuall disease and syckenesse howe busye she is to lerne and in the small tyme that she hath had howe moche she hath yet ê“fited in the latin toÌ„ge howe great comforte she taketh of that lernynge that she hath gotten and consydre therby what pleasure and profite you maye haue here after if god lende you lyfe as I praye he do of the lernyng that you may haue or you come to her age if you spende your tyme well whiche doyng you shall be able to do youre selfe good and be great ioye and conforte to all your frendes and all that euer wolde you well among whom I wolde you shulde reken me for one nat amonge the leest yf nat amonge the chefe and so fare you well myne owne good gentyll and fayre Fraunces At Chelcheth the yere of our lorde god a thousande fyue hundred .xxiiij. The first day of Octobre ¶ Here after folowethe seuyn peticions of the Pater noster translated out of Latyn in to Englysshe ¶ The fyrst peticion PAter noster qui es in celis sanctificetur nomen tuum Here O father in heuyn the petycions of thy chyldren whiche thoughe they be as yet bodily in erthe natwithstandynge in mynde euer they desyre and long to come to y e countre celestiall fathers house where they well knowe and vnderstande that the treasure of euerlastyng welthe and felycite that is to saye the inherytaunce of lyfe immortall is ordayned for theym We aknowledge thyne excellency O maker sauyour and gouernour of all thyng conteyned in heuen in erthe And agayne we aknowledge confesse our owne vylenesse in no wyse we durst be so bolde to call the father whiche are farre vnworthy to be thy bonde men ne take vpon vs the most honorable name of thy children whiche vnneth thou vouch sauest thyne angelles except thy mere goodnesse hadde by adoptyon receyued vs in to the great honour of this name The tyme was whan we were seruauÌ„tes to wyckednesse and synne by the miserable generacion of Adam we were also children of the fende by whose instinction and spyrite we were driuen and compelled to euery kynde of myschefe and offeÌ„ce But that thou of thyne infinite mercy by thyne onely begoten sonne Iesus made vs free from the thraldome of synÌ„e delyueredest vs froÌ„ the deuyll our father by violeÌ„ce riddest vs froÌ„ thinheritaunce of eternall fyre at the last y u vouchsaffest to adopt vs by faythe and baptyme as membres in the moost holy body of thy sonne nat onely in to the felowshyppe of thy name but also of thyne inheritauÌ„ce And bycause we shulde nothyng mystrust iÌ„ thy loue towarde vs as a sure token therof thou sendest from heuen downe in to oure hertes the moost holy spyrite of thy sonne Whiche all seruauntlye feares shaken of boldely cryeth out in our hertes without cessyng Abba pater Whiche in Englysshe is as moche to saye as O father father this thy sonne taught vs by whome as mynister thou gyuest vs all thynge That whan we were as it were borne agayne by thy spyrite and at the foÌ„tstone in baptyme renounced and forsaken our father y e deuyll and had begon to haue no father in erthe than we shulde aknowledge onely oure father celestyall By whose marueylous power we were made somwhat of ryght nought by whose goodnesse we were restored whan we were loste by whose wysedome incomparable euermore we are gouerned kepte that we fall nat agayne in to distruction This thy sonne gaue vs full truste to call vpon the he assigned vs also away of prayeng to the aknowlege therfore the desire prayer of thy sonne aknowlege the spirite of thy sonne whiche prayeth to thy maiestie for vs by vs Do y u nat disdayne to be called father of those whom thy sonne moost lykest thy ymage vouchesafe to call his brethern and yet we ought nat her vpon to take lykyng in our selfes but to gyue glorie to the and thy sonne for that great gentylnesse sithe no man can here of hym selfe ought deserue but that thyng whatsoeuer good it be cometh of thy onely and free lyberalite Thou delytest rather in names louyng and charitable than terrible and fearefull Thou desyrest rather to be called
a father thanne a lorde or maister Thou woldest we shulde rather loue the as thy children than feare the as thy seruauÌ„tes and bonde men Thou fyrst louedest vs and of thy goodnesse also it cometh and thy rewarde that we do loue the agayne Gyue eare O father of spyrites to thy chyldren spyrituall whiche in spyrite praye to the For thy sonne tolde vs that in those that so prayed thy delyte was whom therfore y u seÌ„dest in to the worlde that he shulde teache vs all veryte and trouthe Here nowe the desyres of vnyte and concorde for it is nat sytting ne agreable that bretherne whoÌ„ thy goodnesâ—e hath put in equall honoure shulde disagre or varry among themselfe by ambicious desyre of worldely promocion by contencious debate hatered or enuy all we hang of one father we all one thyng praye for and desyre no man asketh ought for hym selfe specially or a parte but as membres of one body quyckened and releued with one soule We requyre and praye in coÌ„men for that whiche indyffereÌ„tly shal be expedient and necessary for vs all And in dede we dare none other thyng desyre of the than what thy sonne coÌ„mauÌ„ded vs ne otherwise aske than as he apoynted vs for in so askyng his goodnesse promysed we shulde optayne what soeuer we prayed for in his name And for as moche as whan thy sonne was here in erthe he nothyng more feruently desyred than that thy moost holy name shulde appere and shyne nat onely in Iudea but also thorowe all the worlde besyde we also bothe by his encoragyng and ensample this one thing aboue all desyre that the glorie of thy most holy name maye replenisshe and fulfyll bothe heuen erthe so that no creature be whiche dredeth nat thy hye power and maieste whiche do nat worshippe and reuereÌ„de also thy wysdome eternall and marueylous goodnesse for thy glorie as it is great so neyther hauyng begynnyng nor endyng but euer in it selfe florisshynge can neyther encreace nor decreace but it skylleth yet maÌ„kynde nat a lytell y t euery man it knowe and magnifye for to knowe and coÌ„fesse the onely very god And Iesus Christ whom thou fendest in to y e worlde is as moche to vs as lyfe eternall Let the clere shynyng of thy name shadowe quenche in vs all worldly glory Suffre no man to presume to take vpoÌ„ hym selfe any ê‘te of glory for glory out of y t is non but very sclauÌ„dre rebuke The course of nature also in carnall children this thyng causeth that they greatlye desyre the good fame and honest reputacion of their father for we maye se howe glad they be howe they reioyce howe happy also they thynke them selfe if happen their fathers any great honoure as goodly tryumphe or their ymage and picture to be brought in to y e court or coÌ„men place with an honourable preface or any other goodly royalte what soeuer it be And agayne we se how they wayle and howe agast astonyed they be if chaunce their fathers sclaundre or infamy So depely hath this thyng naturall affection routed in mannes hert that the fathers reioyse in their childrens glory and their children in the glorie of their fathers But for asmoche as y e gostly loue affection of god farre passeth and excedeth y e carnall affecion of mâ— therfore we thy spirituall children moche more feruently thurst and desyre the glory and honour of thy most holy name greatly are vexed and troubled in hert if he to whom alone all glorye is due chaunce rebuked or sclaundred to be nat that any sclaundre or rebuke can mynisshe or defoule the clerenesse of thy glory but that we as moche as lyeth in vs in a maner do wronge and iniury to thy name whan soeuer the gentyls eyther nat knowyng or elles dispisynge the maker and originall of all do worshippe homage to creatures most vyle as made of tymbre or stone or other peynted images some also to oxeÌ„ some to bulles and suche other lyke And moreouer in all these foule and wycked deuylles in honour of theÌ„ they sing hymnes to these they do sacrifyce before these they burne ensence and other swete sauours than we thy spirytuâ—ll chyldren seyng all this doubly are agreued bothe y t thou hast nat that honour whiche is due to the that these wretches perisshe by their owne madnesse follye The iewes also neuer cesse in their sinagoges and resorte of people from dispitefull and abominable bacbytinge of thy onely sonne wherby in the meane tyme they sclaundre the sithe it can nat be chosen whan thy sonne is misfamed whiche is y e very clerenesse of thy glorie but that infamy also must redounde in the. They cast eke in our tethe as a thyng of great dishonestie y e most glorious name of thy chyldren sayeng y t it were better to be called theues or manquellers thanÌ„e christen men and folowers of Christ. They ley agaynst vs also that thy sonne was crucified whiche is to vs great glorie and renoume We maye thaÌ„ke thy mercy father of all this thyng that we haue and aknowledge the as originall and causer of all oure helthe that we worshyppe also thy sonne in egall authorite with the that we haue receyued in to our hertes the spirite of you bothe But yet good father in heuen we pray y t to shewe thy mercy to those also that bothe the geÌ„tyls leauyng and forsakyng the worshippyng homage of counterfaite ymages maye do all honour and reuerence to thy maiestie alone and the iewes releued with thy spyrite renounsing their supersticious vsyng of the lawe maye confesse god from whom all thyng so abundantly cometh may confesse the fonne of god by whome we receyue all maye confesse the holygost parttaker and felowe of the diuyne nature Let them worshippe in thre persons one and egall maiestie and aknowledge thre persons as one proper persone so that euery nacyon euery tonge euery secte euery age as well olde as yong maye with one assent auaunce and praise thy moost holy name And I wolde to god that we also whiche beare the name of thy children were nat dishonestie to thy glorie amongest those y t knowe the nat for lyke as a good and wise sonne is the glorie and honour of his father so a folisshe vnthrifty childe getteth his father dishonestie and shame he is nat a naturall and ê“per chylde whosoeuer do nat labour all that he can to folowe and be like his father in wytte condicions But thy sonÌ„e Iesus is a very kynde and naturall childe for he is a very full and perfite ymage similitude of the whom holly he is lyke representeth We whiche are become thy children by adopcion and nat by nature confermyng our selfes after his ensample endeauer as moche as lyeth in vs to come to some maner lykenesse of y â— that lykewise as thou waste moost parfitely exalted and glorified in thy sonÌ„e Iesus so as farforth
as our weakenesse wyll suffre thou mayst be glorified also in vs but the wayes howe thou mayst be glorified in vs is if the worlde perceyue that we lyue after y e teaching and doctrine of thy sonÌ„e that is to say if they se that we loue the aboue all thyng and our neighbour brother no lesse than our owne selfes that we euer beare good myÌ„de and loue to our ennemy and aduersary also well doing and profyting those whiche do vs iniury wrong For these thynges thy sonne badde vs we shulde do whan he prouoked vs to the folowyng and likenesse of our father in heuen whiche commaundeth his sone to shyne vpon good and yuell And howe great a shame and dyshoneste are they to thy glorie whiche whan they haue professed taken vpon them thy name natwithstandynge do robbery and thefte commyt aduoutrie chyde and braule study to reueÌ„ge go about to disceyue forswere theym selfe by thy moost holy name amonge also sclaundre and backebyte haue their belly as their god dispyce the and do seruice and homage to worldely richesse And truely the commen sorte of people for the moost ê‘te esteme god after the lyueng and coÌ„dicions of his seruauÌ„tes For if they may parceyue that they whiche haue professed thy name lyue viciouslye thanne they crye out and saye What a god is he that hath suche maner of worshippers Fye on suche a mayster that hath so vnrewly seruauntes Out vpon suche a father whose children be so leude Banisshed be suche a kyng y t hath suche maner of people and subiectes Thy sonne therfore consydring this taught vs that lykewise as he bothe lyueeng and dyeng euer glorified thy name so we also all that we might shulde endeuer by chast and blamelesse condicions to auaunce and preyse the clerenesse of thy glorie sayeng vnto us Let your light shine in the sight of men that they maye se your good workes in those glorify your father in heuen But in vs O good father there is no lyght at all excepte it wyll please the to sende vs any whiche arte the contynuall and euerlastyng spring of all lyght nor we of our selfes can bring forthe no good workes Therfore good lorde we praye the lette thy goodnesse worke in vs thy clere lyght shine in vs as in all thynge that thou hast created dothe shine thy eternall and endlesse power thy wysdome vnable to be expressed thy wonderfull goodnesse whiche moost specially yet thou vouchsafest to shewe to mankynde Nowe than whyder soeuer we loke all thynges glorifye thy name the erthely spirites bothe day nyght neuer lynne prayeng their lorde and kyng y â— woÌ„derfull also heuenly ingen that we beholde the disagreyng concorde moreouer of the elamentes the flowing and ebbyng of the see y e bublisshyng of ryuers the enduring courses of waters so many dyuers kyÌ„des of thynges so many kyndes of trees and of herbes so many of creatures and to euery thyng the proper apoynted and sette nature As in y â— Adamant stone to drawe yron y e herbes to cure and heale diseases and sickenesse All these thynges I saye what other thyng do they shewe to vs than the glorie of thy name that thou arte onely very god onely immortall onely of all power and might onely wyse onely good onely mercyfull onely Iuste onely trewe onely marueylous onely to be loued had in reuereÌ„ce Than father we may well se that he doth wrong to thy glorious name who soeuer take vpon him self to be called by any of these names for though there be in vs any of these rehersed vertues yet all that cometh to vs from thy liberall goodnesse Graunt nowe therfore father that thy name on euery side be glorified and that the light and glory of thy name maye no lesse appere and shyne in our maners and lyuenge than it shyneth in thy Angels and in all thynge that thou hast created and made that in lykewise as they whiche beholde and loke vpon this worlde of the woÌ„derfull and marueylous workemanshippe do guesse the excelleÌ„cy of the maker therof so they that knowe the nat moued and stered by our example maye bothe coÌ„fesse their owne misery and wretchednes and marueile thy liberall goodnesse and by these meanes turned and coÌ„uerted may togyder with vs glorify the most holy name of the of thy sonÌ„e and of the holy gost to whom indifferently all honour and glorie is due for euer Amen ¶ The seconde peticion ADueniat regnum tuum O father in heuen whiche arte the onely causer maker sauiour restorer gouernour of all bothe iÌ„ heuen and in erthe out of whom cometh procedeth all authorite power kyngdome and rule aswell to thynges vncreated as created aswell to thinges inuisible as visible whose trone and seate of maiestie is the heuen the erthe as fotestole whose kyngly septre mace is thyne eternall and most establisshed wyll whom no power is able to withstaÌ„de Ones thou promisest thy people by y e mouthes of thy prophetes for the helth of makynde a certayne spirituall realme whiche shulde bryÌ„g into liberte those that were thyne borne anewe in the and shulde delyuer them out of the tyrannous haÌ„delyng of the fende whiche in tyme past raigned as prince in the worlde sore entangled combred with synne And to the gettyng optaynynge of this realme thou vouchsauest to sende from heuen downe into the erthe thy onely sonÌ„e whiche with the losse of his owne lyfe redemynge vs where we were afore seruauntes of the deuyll shulde make vs the children of god and verily thy sonne while he lyued here in erthe was wont to call his gospell the heuenly kyngdome a the realme of god whose knowlege yet he sayde to be hydde and kepte secrete from vs but nat wtstandyng thy children humbly require and with feruente desyre beseke the that this realme whiche our lorde Iesus chalâ—ged for the myght daylye more and more be disclosed and opyned here in erth vntyll that tyme come in whiche that same thy sonne shall restore and rendre it vp to the full and hole whan all those haue subdued themselfe whom thy goodnesse or the begyÌ„nyng of y e worlde hath apoynted to dwell in this realme And whaÌ„ all obstinate and rebelleous spirites and all malycious and yuell desyres be fully quenched wyped away whiche hiderto and at this day make warre and insurrection agaynst thy maieste whiche vexe and vnquiete thy coÌ„munalte what time thy royalme shal be in sure peace and traÌ„quillite For verily as yet the worlde by all the meanes subtilties it can oppresseth thy childreÌ„ waÌ„dryng here bodily in erth as yet also corrupt vnclene affections and olde original synue rebell striue ayenst the spirite as yet noyous and wycked spirites whiche thou banyssheddest and put out of the heueÌ„ly cite do assaut with fyrely dartes from aboue those whom thou of thy mere goodnesse hast deuyded froÌ„ this worlde and as chosen folke