of God of the Holy Ghost which thou hast promised to send vs from the Father 〈…〉 so said 〈◊〉 mâ—◠〈…〉 â—â—â—ek thâ—â— buâ— thâ—â—◠〈◊〉 theâ— Thou art the onely euer last 〈◊〉 â—â—vasâ—parable truth There 〈◊〉 do I sâ—edfastly beleeuâ— by knowledge of the Sâ—â—tyâ—uâ—eâ— that thou art to mâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—o all Ecleeuers a 〈◊〉 hâ—pnest a seat of Grace and Aâ—uacate so thy heauenly Father and I beleeue veâ—rily notwithstanding that reason is astonished thereat that through no other Oblation workes or meanes either in Heauen or on Earth our sinnes Death Hell and damnation is ouercome and taken away and we at agreement with God thy heauenly Father but onely through thee Iesus Christ whereon I will trust and also die thereon Thereto helpe thou me thou deare God Father Sonne and Holy Ghost Amen O LORD Iesus Christ which with the Father and the Holy Ghost aâ—â— one vnseparable Essence and a Fountaine of all Grace I thanke and praise thee alâ—waies that thou hast also reuealed vnto mee thy grace for my better comfort as thou hast endued thy deaâ—e Mother Mary and also other Saints with great grace and wrought wonderfull workes in them I pray thee therefore heartily to look vpon on mee with the eyes of thy mercy as thou diddest looke vpon the euill doer which was hanged vpon the Crosse by thee and diddest open his heart that hee confessed his sinnes and was mightily afraide of them but yet despaired not but confessed desired thy grace and mercy which thou gauest to him willingly and plentifully Also Saint Peter which denied thee and Mary Magdalen in her sinfull liuing And hast also respected Mathew the Customer in open estate Saint Paul a raging and earnest persecutour of Christians Also in the old Testament Dauid King Manasses the Tyrant and other sinners more which thou didst bring to repentance and confession of their sins and of pure loue grace and mercy which thou didst reueal vnto them by thy holy Word hast placed them with thee in thy Kingdome Therfore dear God and mercifull Father will I strengthen my self so much the more and doubt nothing thereof These and other godly people of worth which thou of thy grace hast taken out of this sinfull life to righteousnes are a comfort and example to mee and all beléeuing Christians that thou wast mercifull to them and so wilt be to me and to euery sinner which repents according to thy owne pure loue which the holy Ghost through faith in the Gospell worketh in vs both gracious and mercifull and grants vs a happy end in such acknowledging of thy Name Which help thou me with and all Christians dear God Father Sonne and holy Ghost which art in three inseparable persons one only and euerlasting GOD for euer Amen Heer follow certain Praiers to call vpon God for strengthening of our faith O LORD â—ESUS CHRIST strengthen mée also with thy holy Spirit in my feare and quaking And admonish me that I thinke vpon thy sacred Wounds in my last end And let not thy holy and bitter Passion bee lost on mee poore sinner thou which art therefore come that thou maist destroy the Diuels worke and pay and counterpoize my sinnes with thy hard and painfull labor and thou which hast sworne Thou wilt not the death of a sinner Strengthen my weak faith and kéep mee through thy Spirit of grace and of praier vnto a happy end Amen A Prayer O Lord Iesus Christ I confesse vnto thée my great and manifold sins and the righteous wrath of God and euerlasting punishment which I haue deserued But I comfort my self with the great loue and pure mercy of thy Father and pray thee séeing thy bloud is more than the sinnes of the whole world and thou art our Mediatour and Aduocate that thou wilt bee Intercessor for mee to thy Father that my faith doo not diminish and that I neuer despaire of thy mercy for my sinnes Amen A Praier O Lord Iesus Christ increase my faith and trust in thée that I despair not of thy gracious mercy nor in my greatest sin perish in vnbeleef O Lord preserue for mee thy promised grace in the holy Gospell let it not come out of my heart Thou art my onely comfort and hope stand to me in this my sorrow Let not my poor soule come into the hands of my horrible Aduersary and giue him no power ouer me But shew mee thy goodnes at this present for thou art my Sauiour and Redéemer Amen A Prayer O Lord Iesus Christ I pray thee through thy goodnes and mercy that thou wilt strengthen my soule vpon thy holy way which lyeth before me into thy heauenly and euerlasting Kingdome I beléeue that thou diedst for my sake hast of thy grace and mercy forgiuen mee my sins and that euerlasting life is promised to mee Of this my faith O Lord shall thou be witnes and all thy Elect and in this faith shall bee my last Will to die therein O Lord in thy pure mercy And although I through griefe want of sense or other troubles should fall off from the same yet O Lord let mâ—e not die in vnbelief and blasphemy but strengthen and increase my faith that neither sinne hell nor diuell hurt me Thou art stronger and of more power than all they whereunto I will trust Lord let me not be confounded Amen A comfort out of holy Scripture against the feare of sinne ESAY 12. Behold God is my saluation I am safe and feare not for God the Lord is my strength my Psalm and my saluation The first Comfort How a man should comfort himself against sin and the just anger of God out of the comfortable promises of the holy Scripture The first comfortable sentence GENESIS 3. The Seed of the Woman shall tread down the head of the Serpent THis is the first Euangelicall Doctrine of the euerlasting Sonne of God in Paradise reuealed vnto the fallen and damned mankinde whereby he might be released againe from death Gods wrath Sinne Hell and power of the Diuell and might obtaine through beliefe in these words Comfort Grace Remission on of sinnes and euerlasting life And with this Promise haue all the holy men comforted themselues vntill Abraham two thousand yéers long for héer doth GOD tell vs that he euen of pure loue and mercy will send vnto vs poore damned sinners his onely and deare Sount borne of a Uirgine to take vpon him mortall and humane flesh and bloud who should with his absolute Obedience and Passion pay the ransome of our sinnes pacifie GOD's wrath kindled by reason of our sinnes destroy Death through his death and with his victory and rising againe restore againe righteousnesse resurrection and euerlastinâ—g life This comfort should wée conceiue with faithfull harts and bee certaine thereof that the Diuels workes are destroyed for oâ—r sakes and all his power taken away that wee neuer néed to bée afraid of sinne death hell or God's anger but through Iesus Christ our Lord true God and
all and what soeuer hee hath earned and obtained with his Obedience Death and Passion With this holy Sacrament should wee admonish and comfort our selues when sorrow and the combate of death is at the greatest that wee cannot rememâ—er any thing else and think and say thus much in our hearts I am baptized whereby God the holy Trinity hath made an euerlasting couenant with mée that he will bée and continue my GOD and hath not grounded the same vpon my goodnes but vpon his infinite mercy the merits of his onely Sonne and vpon the grace and power of the holy Ghost So am I absolued through Christ and haue oftentimes receiued the holy supper of the Lord according to his institution therefore I am certaine of the forgiuenes of all my sins Gods grace and saluation of my soule For if the euerlasting mercifull God and my Lord Iesus with the holy Ghost would not haue mee saued or taken me to mercie he would not haue suffered mee to be baptized or called mee to his Kingdome through his holy Gospell nor let mee so often receiue the holy Sacrament Therefore should we haue these worthy Sacraments in great estimation and often resort to the holy Communion of our Lord vsing the same in right worthinesse for confirming of our faith and comfort against sin and the wrath of God in our last end A Prayer O Thou euerlasting true mercifull God and Father I thanke thee through Iesus Christ thy deare Son in the power and vnspeakeable sighing of the holy Ghost that thou hast suffred mee to be baptized in the name and power of the holy Trinity and taken me vp for thy child and through power of the keies hast absolued me from all my sinnes and fed mee with the body and bloud of thy deare Sonne for the strengthening of my faith and forgiuenesse of all my sinnes And I pray thée dear Father that thou wilt vphould me through thy holy Spirit in true saith and confidence to my end that I may sléep in peace like to holy Simeon and rise againe with the righteous to euerlasting glory through Iesus Christ thy dear Sonne our onely Lord and Sauiour Amen A Praier to bee said when a man will receiue the blessed Sacrament of the Body and Bloud of Christ O LORD IESVS CHRIST thou liuing Sonne of God which before thy Death and Passion didst institute and ordaine to all Christians a new Testament of the most worthy Sacrament of thy most holy Body and Bloud which I poore sinner am not worthy to vse or take thy holy Body and Bloud into my vncleane mouth or vpon my sinnefull tongue and that thou béeing so great a Lord shouldest come vnder the couer of my house or into my vnprofitable Bodie I am alas not worthy But I pray thée O dear GOD and Brother open thou my mouth touch thou my tongue and purge thou my heart from all sinnes and make mee thy poore seruant worthy of thy most holy Testament that I may receiue take and vse ' thy most worthy bodie and pure deare bloud of thy Sacrament to the health and saluation of my soule strengthning of my faith amendment of my life in burning loue towards thee true loue towards my neighbour and bring mee to euerlasting life Amen A Praier of Thanksgiuing O Almighty and euerlasting God I praise and thanke thy godly mercifulnesse that thou hast fed mee with the flesh and blood of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ my Lord and Sauiour and doe pray thee most humbly thou wilt with the Holy Ghost so worke within mee that I which haue receiued this blessed Sacrament with the mouth may also with constant faith conceiue and alwaies keepe fast thy godly grace of remission of sinnes and iustification with Christ which is therein shewed and promised and euerlasting life through our Lord Iesus Christ thy deare Sonne who with thee in vnitie of the holy Ghost liueth and raiâ—neth one true God for euer and euer Amen A godly confession of the deare and worthy man M. Iohn Stoliz MY sins doe trouble mee Gods grace ioyeth me Two things know I A poore sumer am I God is mereifull The first acknowledge I The second beléeue I. O God bée mereifull to mée poore sinner God giueth Christ meriteth Faith conceiueth Workes do witnesse Come to helpe mee thou good God weake is mans helpe in tune of need Esay 42. The bruised Reede shall bee not breake and the glowing Tow shall â—ee nâ—t quench out O Lord strengthen increase our faith Amen Of Gods gracious and euer lasting Prouidence and Maintenance a most true comfort Psalme 37. WHen I haue but thee my Lord Iesus Christ I care not for heauen or earth When my body and soule fayle mee yet art thou alwaies God the comforter of my heart and portion Zachary 12. OVer the house of Dauid and ouer the Citizens of Ierusalem will I powre out the Spirit of Grace and of Prayer for they shall looke vpon mée whom they haue pearced HEere doth the Lord promise to send his Holy Ghost to vs poore sinners as Saint Iohn in the 15. and 16. Chapters often maketh mention of this promise for because wée are weake and of little faith when sinne and Gods wrath doe terrifie vs to the end our faith cease not then shall the Holy-ghost as a true Comforter strengthen and comfort vs and bee witnesse to our hearts that our sinnes bee forgiuen and that weere in grace and she children of GOD and shall help vs to sigh and pray with vnspeakeable sighing Therewithall also shall the How-ghost for the comfort strengthening of our faith admonish and shew vs the holy wounds whereby wee may acknowledge that he was wounded and pearced for our sins and his blood shed for the clensing and washing away of all our sinnes II. Esay 54. SO haue I sworne that I will not bée angrie with thee nor yet reprooue thee for the Mountaines shall remoone and the hills shall fall away but my Grace shall not â—oe away from thee and the Conenant of my Peace shall not fall away saith the Lord thy compassioner GOd the Almighty hath through Christ his hest beloued Sonne erected a Conenant of peace with vs and confirmed the same with an doth That if we do beleeue in Christ hee will not punish nor yet concernne vs for euermore but continue our deare and louing Father eternally Such promise is so certaine that the Mountaines shall fall down yea Heauen and Earth shall passe away before such words faile A very glorious and comfortable cause doth the Prophet set héereunto The Lord thy Compassioner hath said that is God is so mercifull that hee will not condemne you for your sinnes Whosoeuer beléeueth in Christ with a faithfull heart shall rest in grace and hee will for euer release and helpe him out of all misfortune III. Esay 54. Feare them not thou shalt not bée ashamed Bee not weake for thou shalt not bée mocked THESE are faire and comfortable words
EVERY-DAYES SACRIFICE Wherein are comprehended many comfortable Prayers and Meditations very necessary for all Christâ—â—ns ALSO Many comforts for the sicke which are afflisted by the sight of their sins and the terrour of deaâ—h Written by D. M. Luther a little before his end With most true comforts out of holy Scripture of the knowledge we shall haue of one another in the world to come Translated by W. R. S. LONDON Printed by Humfrey Lownes for Iohn Parker and are to be sold at his Shop in Paules Church yard at the sign of the three Pigeons 1624. The Translator to the Reader IT pleased Almighty God gentle Reader in his last great visitation 1603. amongst a great multitude of others to take to his mercy al my Children to the great griefe and sorrow of my heart which caused me to remember the saying of our Sauiour Iesus Christ in his holy Gospel If these things bee done vnto a greene Tree what shall bee done to a dry And therefore it beseemed mee rather to prepare for my selfe that I might bee ready when it pleased God to call mee then to lament for them which are at rest with Christ All which considered caused mee to reade ouer diuers comfortable Bookes and at last light vpon this which as it appeareth in the beginning of this book was first penned for the comfort of one that was in great affliction by reason of sicknesse who besides a great number of others receiued great comfort of the same for which cause it was first penned The like coÌ„fort hath it by the goodnesse of God effected in mee which moued mee to vndertake the publishing hereof in as plaine and fruitfull manner as I could for the good of euery Christian without any borrowed phrases And therefore such as it is I commend to thy fauorable acceptance praying God that it may work such comfort in thee and in all other that shall reade it as it hath done in mee for the glory of his holy name vnto whose most mighty protection I commit thee Exhortations to make the sick desirous of death WE bee but strangers and soiourners as were all our fathers our daies on earth also are but as a shadow and there is no abiding The dayes of man are the daies of an hireling yea wind and nothing We are made as dust and must return to dust as a leaf that is carried of the winde dry stubble and a garment that is moth-eaten Man is burthened with many calamities he cometh vp is cut down like a flour and he lieth as it were a shadow short be his dayes and the Lord hath appointed him his bands which he shall not passe Where is there any man that liueth and soeth not death Our daies passe away swiftly and we are gone A man in his time is but as grass and florisheth as a flour of the field foâ— as soon as the winde goeth ouer it it is gon and the place thereof knowes it no more Man is like to a thing of nought his daies passe away like a shadow Euery thing hath a time yea all that is vnder heauen hath his conuenient season There is a time to bee borne and a time to dy Death doth not forget him self By one man death entred into the world and went ouer all men and through one sin of one man all men are subiect vnto death All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man is as the flower of grasse Our life is euen as a vapor that appears for a little tune and then vanisheth away Héer haue we no continuing city but wée seek one to come Whatsoeuer hath béen borne since the beginning of the world vnto this day hath been subiect vnto death and whatsoeuer is yet aliue or shall be born must néeds die euery-while Whosoeuer receiueth life must also suffer death remedilesse On this condition camest thou into the world that thou shouldst leaue it again Thou hast béen sure of death euer since thou wast conceiued in thy mothers womb Whatsoeuer thou hast liued ouer the first day of thy birth is superfluous and too much and God hath suffred thee to liue long enough There is no remedy but that thou must néeds die and no man can saue thee nor defend thee for thou art dust and must bee turned into dust again Think none other in thy minde but that the end of thy life is comne This misery geeth not only euer thee for great and small rich and poor yong old Lord seruant man woman and all men must take this iourney in hand This debt hast thou owed a great while and thou must néeds pay it the sooner the better If thou shouldst be put to death or execution with a hundred more besides thy selfe what should it auaile thee whether thou were the first or the last He that is first dispatcht is soonest rid out of his pain Thou hast full well deserued at the hand of God to die a worse and a more sudden death wherefore thou art bound to thank him that hee handleth thee so graciously This life is short childehood flowes away like water youth and manhood are full of sin and labour age is full of infirmities although not one among a thousand doth attain to it This life is but a prison full of heauinesse calamity bondage incombrance painfulnesse labour trauailes vnlustinesse sinne diseases temptations yea 't is nothing but a crosse From all which miseries death dooth deliuer vs. The day of death is better than the day of birth In the day of birth thou art put to cold heat hunger thirst tediousnesse sinne and wretchednesse In the day of death art thou deliuered from all bodily impediments Therefore doo Iob and Ieremy curse not onely the day of birth but also him that brought the message to their father that a child was born The bitternesse of death which is sent thee passeth all the paine that euer thou dibst seele in all thy life but it lasteth not long and it is soon done Through the grace help of GOD canst thou wade through this danger drink this cup. Thou didst neuer truely feel the passion of Christ in all thy life wherefore now in the houre of death thou shalt patiently féel and taste In case the diuell by force for his last feat would proue himself vpon thee then bée thou sure that he is a mightlesse enemy and is ouercome by Christ and can gette no more at thy hand but onely as much as thou fearest him and doubtest in Christ If there happen vnto thée any fearfull temptation giue thanks to God that he handleth thee so gratiously for thou art worthy to haue a more grieuous punishment The wicked spirit which tempted Christ wil not leaue thée vntempted but hée cannot preuaile against thée for he hath nought in Christ nor in thée Many temptations shall assault thee which thou must patiently suffer thinking that the Lord might iustly send thée greater temptations which neuerthelesse he leaues vndone
of his meer mercy When thy conscience doth lay before thée thy manifould sins and sendeth thée to good works then remember that Christ hath paid for thy sins vpon the Crosse Let not vnprofitable thoughts trouble thee as If God would lengthen thy life thou wouldst think to become more holy and more apt to die for although thou mightst liue yet which is vnpossible an hundred yéers thou canst deserue nothing with thy holinesse before God Although all creatures were against thée yea although God himselfe should lay before thée his fearfull indignation and terrible indgement and shew himself none otherwise than as though he were thine enemy although thou shouldst see nothing but diuels about thee yet care not for it whatsoeuer thou feelest shut the eyes of thy minde take hold of faith and trust in the Gospell There is no Diuell so strong that is able to ouerthrowe it Trust to God and feare not Cast all thy care on the Lord and hee will prouide and preserue thee Hitherto thou hast béen as dead but now shalt thou first begin to liue for death is a doâ—â— of life a beginning of resurrection and a departing from sin and pain Forsake the world and receiue death which is seat vnto thee by the grace of God willingly for it is thy owne and must also serue thee for thy wealth This smart and paine is ordained for thee of God and hee doth not chasten thee because he hateth thée but that hee may preserue and receiue thée as his sonne Therefore faint not séeing thou art chastened of the Lord. No maner of chastising for the present time seems to bée ioyous but grieuous neuerthelesse afterward it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousnes vnto them which are therein exercised The afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shall bee shewed vpon vs. Tribulation anguish persecution hunger nakednesse perill sword death life Angels rule power things present nor things to come height lownesse neither any other creature shall be able to separate vs from the loue of God If thou didst truly remember and consider the vnfaithfulnesse falshood blasphemy and the Antichristian conuersation and life of this world truely thou wouldst not couet to liue any longer A thousand liues if it were possible oughtst thou to lose onely because thou hast heard and tasted the gospell namely that thou hast obtained redemption and forgiuenesse of sinnes through the bloud of Christ and not through thine owne merits Thou hast prayed daily that it would please GOD to take thee out of this euill world into his Kingdom and that his will might be done Wherefore séeing hée will now through his grace bring thee into his Kingdome thou oughtst as his son willingly and gladly to obey and to reioice with all thy heart that thou out of the diuels Kingdom out of this vallie of misery and out of this wretched life commest to thy Father and all his Elect in euerlasting Paradise The Heathen which notwithstanding were without hope did for the loue of the life to come destroy themselues and shouldst thou béeing a Christian to whom so much comfort hope and euerlasting life is promised despaire in death and desire not to die with all thy heart The Iewes die merrily which neuerthelesse haue crucified Christ and are damned for euer and shouldest not thou being a Christian man be more earnest and bolder to die to whom such ioy is promised as the eie hath not séen the eare hath not heard neither hath entred into the hart of man and wouldest thou now giue place to the miscreant and cursed Heathen and Iewes in bodily dying The seruant is not aboue his Lord nor yet the Disciple aboue his Master Christ thy Master and Lord suffered and died for thée thou must also suffer and die All they which are baptized to die are baptized thou art baptized therfore art thou also baptized to dy For Gods sake art thou killed and art counted as a shéep appointed to bee slame What were a slaughter shéep if it were not slaine or what were a Christian man if he should not be assaulted suffer and die Faint not in this affliction to which thou knowest thy self to be constituted Now will Christ thy Sauiour and Redéemer prooue whether thou wilt stand by him or no whether thou wilt for his sake valiantly abide death and bee like vnto the shape of his passion or not Therefore suffer now as a good warrior of Iesus Christ and think not to be crowned vnlesse thou fight valiantly for if thou die with Christ thou shalt also liue with him thou shalt also triumph with him Unfaithfull and without honour is hee counted before the world that giueth-ouer his holde in his dominions shouldst thou not bee without honour if in the necessity of death thou shouldest shrink from Christ thy Sauiour Take vp thy Crosse and death and follow him Knowest thou not with what great ioy and desire all the Apostles and seruants of Christ haue shed their bloud for Christs sake and haue gon euen to meet death For Christs sake hast thou not yet suffred any speciall thing Therefore giue thy self willingly and ioyfully vnto death as a shéep for Christs sake God is by thée in thy trouble he will pluck thée out of it and bring thée to honor and he is at thy right hand that he may help thée Put now thy trust in God and thou shalt be holpen Bee of good comfort and bestowe thy stinking carcase which is but wormes-meat vpon Christ thy Redeemer and Sauiour and trust onely to him and his holy Gospell which is the power of GOD to saluation to all that beleeue Abide the Lord and let thy heart take sure hold Commit thy cause vnto the Lord and trust in him hée shall order it well enough Be sober and watch for thine aduersary the diuell as a roaring lyon will go about thée séeking how he may denoure thée whom resist stedfast in the faith Ye wrestle not against flesh and bloud but against rule against power and against worldly Rulers of the darknesse of this world against the spirits of wickednes yea against sinne death hell and the diuell For this cause behaue your self as a Christian champion and take vnto you the armour of God that ye may bee able to resist in the euill day and to stand perfect in all things Stand therefore and your loynes girt about with verity hauing on them a brest-plate of righteousnes and shod with shooes prepared by the Gospell of peace Aboue all take vnto you the shield of faith wherewith yee may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked And take the helmet of saluation and the swoâ—d of the Spirit which is the word of GOD. And pray alwaies in all manner of necessities ¶ A short instruction of the confession of sinnes FIrst because all mankind by the lawes of GOD Secondly and also out of the sorrow of death the cruell martyrdome and bitter death of
neither goods fâ—iends riches mony or gold nor any other temporall matter or thing wherein he had peraduenture héere to fore put his trust can counsell or help yet hath he heere by Christs word a sure and certayne comfort and a powerfull counsell whereby hee shall bee râ—ght and well yea prosper and bee holpen for euermore This dee the poore Christians acknowledge in 〈◊〉 Therefore when they should depart out of this miscrable life and leaue all that is temporall they doe take hold of this happie comfort and counsell of the holy Gospel in their hearts and die therein happily Thus Saint Peter comforted himselfe Iohn 6. Thou hast the word of life And the Apostle Saint Paul in the first chapter of his Epistle to the Romans The Gospel of Christ Iesus is the power of of God to saluation to all that beleeue How a man should comfort him selfe against sinne and Gods iust indignation Other general comfortable sentences ESAY 1. IF your sinnes were redde like blood yet shall they bee white as Snow and if they were like purple they shall be like wooll Esay 2. The Lord will not iudge according to the sight of his eies nor punish according to the hearing of his eares But will with righteousnes iudge the poore Esay 6. Thou kéepest continuall peace according to sure promise for man relyeth vpon thée Therefore rely you vpon the Lord alwaies for God the Lord is an euerlasting Rocke Esay 27. God is not angry with me Esay 38. Thou hast heartily accepted my Soule that it perish not for thou hast cast all my sins backward behind thee Esay 40. Comfort my people saith your God speake faire to leru â—aleâ—r and preach to her that her warrefare is at air end her misdeâ—des are pardoned for shee hath receiued double from the hands of the Lord for all her sinnes Esay 44. Israel d ee not forget mee I driue away thy misdeeds like a cloud and thy sinnes like a mist Turne thee vnto me for I haue redâ—emed thee Reioyce yee Heauens for the Lord hath done it Esay 53. Hée was wounded for our misdeeds and beaten for our sins The punishment was laid vpon him that we might haue peace and through his wounds are wee healed Esay 53. Through his knowledge shall my righteous Seruant make many righteous for he beareth their sinne Esay 64. Thou Lord art our Father and Redeemer from the beginning hitherto that was thy name Esay 66. I haue respect to the wretched and him that is of a lowly spirit which is afraid of my Word â—zechiel 33. So sure as I liue I will not she death of a sinner but that hée turne from his wickednesse and liue Dan. 9. In the Lord our God is mercifulnesse and forgiuenesse Zachary 9. Thou redeemest also through the bloud of thy Couenant thy Prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water Micheas 7. Who is such a God as thou art which forgiuest sins and releasest misdeeds Ierem. Hée is mercifull hee will take pitty on vs againe put downe our wickednesse and cast all our sins into the bottome of the Sea Ionas 4. I know that thou art gracious mercifull long suffering and of great goodnesse and repentest thée of euill Psal 13. I hope vpon thée because thou art so merciful my heart reioyceth that thou so willingly helpest Psal 25. The Lord is good and gracious therefore directeth hée sinners vpon the right way Psal 22. I said I will confesse my trans ressions vnto the Lord and thou forgauest mee the inquity of my sinne Psal 31. I rejoyced and was glad in thy goodnesse that thou didst consider my misery and know my soule in his need Iohn 3. God hath sent his Sonne into the world not to iudge the world but that the world through him might bee saued Whosoeuer beléeueth on him shall not bee iudged Iohn 3 Like as Moses sifted vp the Serpent in the Wildernesse so must the Sonne of man bee lifted vp to the end that all which beleeue in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life Iohn 1. This is the Lambe of God which taketh away the sins of the world Iohn 6. This is the will of him which sent mee that whosoeuer looketh on the Son and beléeueth in him hath euerlasting life and I will raise him vp at the last day Iohn 6. Verily verily I say vnto you whosoeuer beleeueth on mee hath euerlasting life Math. 1. The Angell saith of Christ Hée shall saue his people from their sinnes Mathew 9. I am come to call sinners to repentance and not the righteous Luke 24. Thus it is written and so must Christ suffer And in his name doe they preach Repentance and forgiuenesse of sins amongst all people Acts 4. There is no other saluation nor any other name giuen to mankinde whereby they should be saued Acts 10. Of Christ doo all the Prophets witnesse that through his Name all they which beléeue in him should receiue remission of sinnes 1. Tim. 1. This is a true and worthy Saying that Iesus Christ is comne into the world to saue poor sinners 1. Tim. 2. There is one GOD and one Mediatour betwirt God and man namely the Man Christ Iesus who gaue himself for vs to the redemption of all 1 Iohn 2. If any man sinne we haue an Aduocate with GOD the Father Iesus Christ who maketh vs righteous and hee is the atonement for our sinnes 1 Iohn 4. GOD hath loued vs and sent his Son for a reconciliation of our sins 1 Peter 2. Christ hath offered vp our sinnes himselfe with his body vpon the Crosse to the end we might be frée from sinne and liue vnto righteousnesse through whose wounds you are healed 1 Cor. 1. Christ is made to vs from God for righteousnes glory and redemption 1 Thes 5. GOD hath not appointed vs to wrath but to attaine saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ which died for vs. 1 Pet. 1. Ye are not redéemed with transitorie siluer or gold but with the most precious bloud of Christ like a guiltlesse and vnspotted Lamb. 1. Iohn 1. The bloud of Iesus Christ maketh vs cleane from all sinne Mat. 9. Be comforted my sonne thy sins are forgiuen thée The second comfort against sin and the right wrath of God out of examples of holy Scripture BEsides these mercifull promises God hath caused many comfortable examples to bee written in the sacred Scriptures how hee hath taken the greatest sinners to mercy when they haue méekely acknowledged and confessed their sinnes belieued in Iesus Christ and amended their liues and all for the comfort of vs poore sinners For when sinne and Gods wrath is rightly felt in our harts some man is somtimes so troubled therewith that no comfortable Sayings will enter into the heart but hée thinks alwaies Ah! GOD speaks not of such great sinners as thou art But that the mercifull God not onely promiseth forgiuenes of all great and manifold sinnes but sheweth also indéed what sinners and wicked people hee
The Holy Ghost seeth how flesh and bloud doe forment vs Christians for although they haue exceeding promises and sure comfort yet is this weakenesse continually by it that their hearts bee fearefull and weake They are astonished at the diuels power and are afraide by reason of their vnablenesse for because examples doe stand before our eyes how God doth sometime let the godly fall therefore feare they the like will happen vnto them but God comforteth them they shall not bee ashamed nor mocked that is God will not let them die or perish in their sinnes but he will redéene them and help them for euer For to bee ashamed is nothing else in the Scripture but when hope faileth and is in vaine So the Rich man hoped in his money goods but he was ashamed therby for a thousand things may happen to them where neyther money nor goods will help at all So must therbe â—shamed who hope vpon I clatrie their owne goodnesse But they which set their hope on God that hee will for Christs sake bée mercifull and help and saue them this hope is sure â—letteth them not be ashamed So did Dauid comfort himselfe Psalme 31. Vpon thee doe I trust let me not be ashamed release me through thy righteousnesse III. Esay 54. Thou shalt bée prepared through righteousnes Thou shalt bee farre from force and wrong that thou needest not bée afraide thereof for it shall not come neere thee HEere must thou not apply these wordes force wrong and feare temporally for with Christians héere it shall not bée otherwise but that they shall bée oppressed and sundry wayes made afraid as Experience sheweth And Christ saith In the world you shall haue sorrow But the Holy Ghost speaketh of Force Wrong and Feare that is euer and eternally from which Christians are sledde away through remission of sinnes which they beléeue through Christ for they know that GOD is their Father although he let them suffer corporally they comfort themselues with his helpe and grace and know whilest they haue Christ they cannot misse V. Esay 49. Sion saith The Lord hath forsaken me The Lord hath forgotten me Can a woman forget her Childe that shée take not pitty of the sonne of her body and although shée should forget it yet will I not forget thee Behould I haue marked thee in the very hand When the Lord God a little suffereth vs to fall into apparent need crosse and sufferance and helpeth not quickly then faileth often-times our comfort and we thinke God hath forgotten vs. In such tribulation hee sheweth vs a comfortable Image to looke vpon and to learne therby to strengthen our faith Thou art saith he a father or mother hast louing children tell me if thy child should be for a while from thee couldest thou forget it Oh no it is impossible for any that are in their right wits or that haue any reason or vnderstanding for children come from the heart and goe to the heart againe But to me saith the Lord it is more impossible for my heart is not so sickle as mans neither is my grace so short or narrow I haue an eternall grace and mercy therefore can I as little forget my Christians as mine hand they are noted in my hand I thinke on them continually they are alwayes before my godly eies that I must see them and cannot forget them yea doe vphold them also through the right hand of my Righteousnes so that no man neither Sinne Hell Death nor Diuell can by any meanes pull them out of my hand VI. Psal 8. Thou hast put all things vnder his feete WEe poore Creatures are afraid of this vile naughty world the Turke Death and his beggerly sicknesse and of the very Diuell and are afraide of his tyranny and hellish power which is naturall but when wee acknowledge our Lord Iesus Christ and what power and might hée hath wherefore neede we be afraid As the Church singeth very comfortably out of the sixe and fortie Psalme If all the world fell diuels were and would vs all deuoure Yet need we not theÌ„ for to seare of vs they haue no power For this Champion which is alwaies our Sauiour and Emanuel is alwayes by vs and hath such power to defend vs and to vphold vs that hee will bee our stedfast rocke and bulwarke against all our Aduersaries Sinne Death and the Diuell and preserue vs euermore for God the Father hath put all things vnder his feete And this saying must not bee vnderstood of Sheepe Oren wilde beasts and Fishes of the Sea but by this word All vnderstand all Diuels all hellish rabblement Turks and Heathens In summâ— the very gates of Hell all sickenesse Plague Pestilence c. is all put vnder Christs seet that is to say vnder his power Therefore is it a sure comfort vnto vs that wee haue a strong couragious Lord to defend vs. For all the Diuels how horrible soeuer they seeme with all their armies and hellish power are noâ— able to make a Christian die without the will of the Lord Iesus Christ they must all acknowledge him to bee â—he â—â—â—rd and now the kâ—ee before him When dare not once sâ—â—re recâ—pt 〈◊〉 bee â—is will much lesse seeing hee hath with his owne blood bought vs to his euerlasting Kingdome and will not hinder vs of our saluation This comfort should euerie Christian bée sure of that hée may say I beléeue in Iesus Christ our Lord c. I am certaine that Iesus Christ is Lord of heauen and Earth yea of all in the water in the depth of Hell that hee hath all in his hands in his power and command in such sort that all the Diuels Hell and Death how raging soeuer they bee cannot crooke a â—â—ire of mée or of any member of Christ Also all diseases sicknesse or pestilence without his will cannot poyson one little veine in mee But if it doe happen with his will then must it not bee hurtfull vnto mee but a furtherance and seruiceable to my saluation A praier O My God my Lord and Father shew vnto my poore soule that it may perceiue thou art my rocke bulwark shield tower treasure defence trust helpe refuge protection and goodnesse that I in this my great néede and tribulation may through thy godly grace haue help and assistance against my aduersaries and bee preserued for euer Lord vpon thee do I trust let me neuer be ashamed Into thy hands O Lord I commend my Spirit O Lord thou true God release thou me Amen Generall comfortable Sentences wherewith a man may comfort himselfe with Gods eternall preseruation Esay 41. THOU shalt bée my seruant for I haue chosen thee and cast thee not away Feare not I am with thée Goe not aside for I am thy God I strengthen thee I helpe thee also and I pâ—eserue thee through the right hand of my Righteousnes Esay 43. Feare thou not I haue redeemed thee I haue called thee by thy Name thou art
ioy Genes 25. Abraham was gathered to his people SO doth the Holy-Ghost speak of Abrahams death For heer on earth wee are among a sort of euill degenerated people with whom wée shall bée plagued and martyred as the Children of Ifrael were of the Aegyptians and of their Taske-maisters This Sentence of holie Scripture should wee conceiue and keepe wherewith wee may in dangerous times learne to prepare vs and to comfort our selues and pray with our hearts for an happy houre And when we sée death before our eyes or thinke therof not to be afraid Vpon these sentences out of holy Scripture haue the honest Christians alwaies had goodly wordes wherewith they haue comforted themselues against Death Of which wee will rehearse some Cicely a godly Christian woman of Rome when her kindred would perswade her she should deny our Lord Iesus Christ and what shee did meane to make such light account of her body and life the highest treasure and best pawn we haue Shee answered If it had concerned onely our life wee should not willingly lose it But I beléeue another better life which lasteth for euer of which IESUS CHRIST hath preached vnto vs. This true Martyr and Confessor of the true Christian faith did take holde on the right comfort Shee was not afraid of the horrible Death for shee knew that this temporall Death was a beginning of euerlasting life Item whereas wee Christians doo say and confesse Miseria hominis moritur non homo that is Of a Christian dieth nothing but his warres and miseries hee dieth not And it is true No ioyfuller houre can happen vnto vs Christians vpon earth than the happy houre of death for euen in the twinkling of an eye all our woes and miseries doo 〈…〉 incessantly deaths sting and sicknesse but when wee are dead in the sight of the world then doo wée first liue and doo neuer feél any more either danger or death For our temporall death is an end of death and a beginning of life Item whereas the Christian saith Without the knowledge of Christ death 〈…〉 sinne 〈…〉 ledgeth Christ to him is temporall death the best remedy for sinne whereby finally sin is scoured quite out of our flesh and bloud body and soule that we neuer sinne more Therefore wée should by good reason be glad of death that wée may bée once rid of that shamefull sinne wherewith wee are plagued and tormented day and night as Saint Paul cryeth out ouer this prosecuting sinne Romans 7. Now as honest Christians haue out of Gods Word for their comfort spoken friendly and familiarly of death so haue they also giuen comfortable names to the Graues and to Burials Prudentius dooth call the Graue Our Lord God's Iewell-house wherein hée hath his deare Gold and Reliques and halloweth the Ashes and Bones of his Christians and will at the last Day demand them again by waight The holy Scripture nameth the Buriall-place A House of the Liuing who dwell there aliue indeed All other dwellings vpon earth although they bee built of pure Cypresse and Marble are but Pest-houses where men doo sicken and die Onely the Graues of Christians are the Houses of the Liuing The Latine Church calls the Church-yard A sléeping house The Dutchmen call it God's Field wherein God soweth vs as hath béen said before Besides all these Christ our Lord was buried hee hath hallowed and warmed the graue for vs and left his linnen clothes therein And the holy Angels dwell in the graue doo watch and kéep vs in our resting bed Now he that is so instructed in Gods Word and beléeueth desireth from his hart to bee out of his groning bed of sorrow and to bee in his resting bed Whereupon the Lord Iesus Christ help vs through grace of thy holy Spirit Amen Rom. 14. Whether I liue or die I am the Lords A Prayer O Lord Iesus Christ all they which are baptized in thee are baptized in thy death I am baptized in thée therefore am I also baptized in thy death I will with thy help die merrily and willingly hoping that as I haue bin partaker of thy troubles I shall be also partaker of thy glory O Lord Iesus Christ thou hast prayed vpon the Crosse Father forgiue them So Lord doo I forgiue all that haue done against mee that thou maist pardon mee of all my sinnes O Lord Iesus Christ thou hast called vpon the Crosse My God my God why hast thou forsaken mee Lord leaue mee not at the point of death O Lord thou hast said vpon the cross Eather into thy hands I commend my spirit euen so Lord do I commend my poor soule into thy hands Amen Psalm 31. Into thy hands I commit my Spirit thou hast redéemed me O Lord GOD of truth An Epitaph of Gasper Huberin Oh a sinner Born aliue and dead am I. Christ my Lord Renew forgiue and wake me vp I am faithfull Preserue make cleare and saue me Psalme 4. I laid me downe and slept quietly for thou onely O Lord helpest me that I dwel in safetie How wee in the euerlasting life to come shall see and knowe one another I beléeue a resurrection of the flesh and an euerlasting life WHen one preacheth of the resurrection of the dead and hath heard how the dead doo rise there ariseth a question amongst many If wee also in the euerlasting life to-come shall knowe one another as we doo héer Of the Resurrection is no doubt thereof are wee certaine enough and withall we know that if any haue a defect or want on his body that he halted were lame or a Cripple and had not all his limbs the same shall be all taken away in the resurrection of the dead and shall bee altogether whole and haue all his members wholly But shall wee in another life knowe one another Héerto doo the learned men giue this answer Yes wee shall knowe one another there Séeing that God will make the whole man aliue againe with flesh and bones shall knowledge and memory be gone Nothing at all Therefore shall you héer learne that wee shall knowe all not onely those which we now knowe but those which wée knew not nor in our life time had euer séen the same shall we see and knowe how to call them and they vs again The Learned also doo say that the Christians shall not onely knowe one another but the vngodly also and the wicked shall knowe them whom they haue héer oppressed and persecuted Sapience chap. 5. There shall the wicked say with repentance Are not these they whom wee haue mocked Oh how are they now reckoned among the children of God! I. Testimony of Scripture THe first proof they take from Adam You know that God made Heauen and Earth with all the Creatures and Adam was made last of all Then GOD let all that Beasts passe by him and when he saw them he knew euery Beast and his property and gaue to euery Beast his name according to his property As Adam now
mee out of my troubles Looke vpon mine aduersitie and miserie and forgiue me all my sinnes O kéepe my soule and deliuer mee let mee not be confounded for I haue put my trust in thée The Lord is my light and my saluation whom then should I feare The Lord is the strength of my life of whom then should I bee afraid Though an hoast of men were laide against mee yet shall not my heart bee afraide and though there rose vp war against mee yet will I trust in him O hide not thou thy face from mée cast not thy seruant off in displeasure Thou art my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O God my Sauiour The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hopeth in him In thee O Lord is my trust let mee neuer bee put to confusion Bowe downe thine eare to mee make haste to deliuer mee Thou art my strong hold and my castle O bee thou my guide and leade mee for thy Names sake Into thy hands I commend my Spirit deliuer me O Lord God of truth O Lord consider my trouble and know my Soule in aduersitie My hope is in thee O Lord thou art my God Shew mee the light of thy countenance help me for thy mercies sake Let mee not be confounded O Lord for I call vpon thée Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come about mee O compasse thou mee about also with the ioy of deliuerance Striue thou with them O Lord that striue with mee fight thou against them that fight against mee and stand vp to helpe me Awake Lord and stand vp auenge thou my cause my God and my Lord. Thou art my helper and redéemer make no long tarrying O my God Arise O Lord help me and deliuer mee for thy mercies sake Haue mercie vpon mee O Lord after thy goodnesse and according to thy great mercies do away mine offences For I acknowledge my faults and my sinne is euer before me Against thée onely haue I sinned and done euill in thy sight Cast mee not away from thy presence Heare my prayer O Lord and hide not thy selfe from my Petition Take heede vnto mee and heare me and preserue my soule Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon mee and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me Bee mercifull vnto me O God bee mercifull vnto mee for my soule trusteth in thee and vnder the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge Heare my crying O God giue heede vnto my prayer for thou art my hope a strong Tower for mee against the enemy Take mee out of the myre that I sinke not Heare mee O Lord and turne thee vnto me according vnto thy great mercie I am poore and in miserie haste thée O God for to helpe mee For thou art my helpe my Redéemer and my God oh make no long tarrying In thee O Lord is my trust let me neuer bee put to confusion For thou art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Forsake mee not O Lord when my strength fayleth mee for mine enemies that lay white for my soule take their counsell together Go not farre from mee O my God my God hast thee to helpe mee O remember not mine iniquities but haue merey vpon me and that soone Helpe me O Lord my Sauiour for the glorie of thy Name O deliuer mee and forgiue mee my sinnes for thy Name sake Comfort the soule of thy seruant for thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercie vnto all them that call vpon thee In the time of trouble I call vpon thee turne to me haue mercie vpon mee giue thy strength to thy seruant Thou O Lord God art full of compassion and mercie long-suffering great in goodnesse and truth The snares of death compassed mee round about the paines of hell gat holde vpon me I found trouble and heauinesse O Lord deliuer my soule Thy mercie O Lord endureth for euer despise not the worke of thine owne hands Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified Bring my soule out of trouble for I am thy seruant A Prayer O My God my Lord and Father now shew vnto my poore soule that she may perceiue that thou art my strong rock castle shield tower defence hope succour refuge defender and goodnes that I in this great trouble for mine enemies through thy godly grace helpe and assistance may bee preserued Lord in thee I put my trust let me not bee put to confusion Into thy hands I commend my spirit deliuer mee Lord God of truth Amen A Prayer O Father receiue againe the thing which thou hast created O Sonne receiue the thing which thou hast gouerned O Holy Ghost fetch the thing which thou so bountifully hast preserued Three persons and one verie God I beséech you remember not mine offences for euer For I crie Lord God and Father mercie Lord God Sonne mercie Lord God Holy Ghost mercie Amen When thou departest from a sicke person say vnto him IN your trouble and necessitie call vnto the Lord and crie vnto your God and hée will heare your voice and your crying commeth before him in his eares And God which called you vnto his eternall glorie by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after you haue suffered a little affliction make you perfect shall settle strength stablish and saue you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer FINIS
our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ by reason of our sinnes which hee took vpon him Thirdly and also out of the fearefull examples of holy Scripture how God alwaies punisheth the vnrepentant which continue in their sinnes and are bound to confesse the same if they will bee quit thereof and die happily Therefore should we poor creatures with the great fearefull miseries and woes wherein we alas through sinne are grieuously fallen repaire vnto our deare God with hearty sighing and wéeping earnestly call for mercy as the holy Prophet Dauid did also Enter not into judgement with thy seruant O Lord. And let vs take héed that we blaunch not our sins as the Hypocrites and the Pharises did Luke chapter 18. For the Cherubins and Angelles of GOD which are wholly holy doo couer their faces and feet that is to say all their glory works and dooings and will not bée praysed but doo sing with their voice their Gloria laâ—â— and Gloria in excelsis Dee to the end that GOD the Lord onely may bée acknowledged for holy honoured and praysed But in such confession of sur let vs not créep into corners as Adam did Genesis the third chapter but call vpon God from the bottome of our hearts for grace and forgiuenesse through the worthy deseruing of Christ Iesus as ieremy the fourtéenth chapter Lord we acknowledge our wickednesse and the misdeeds of our fathers For we haue sinned against thee and the offenses wherwith wee haue angred thee are great But for thy names sake let vs not bee brought to confusion Let not the throne of thy glory be mocked Remember yet and let not thy Couenant with vs cease Thou art yet the Lord our God on whom wee hope for thou canst do all this So did Dauid pray in the 25 Psalme Remember not O Lord the sinnes of my youth nor my transgressions but thinke vpon me according to thy mercy for thy goodnes sake And in the two and thirtith Psalm hee speaketh very comfortably I said I will confess my transgressions and thou forgauest mee the wickednes of my sinnes Likewise Daniel in his ninth chapter prayed Lord our God c. we haue sinned haue alas bin wicked O Lord for thy righte ousnes sake turne away thy wrath and anger for our sins sake wee are blamed of all them that are rouÌ„d about vs and now our Lord God heare the prayers of thy seruant his complaints and behold with fauor thy holie place which is destroyed for the Lords sake So likewise should euery Christian comfort himselfe beléeue with his heart that hée for Christs sake through such faithfull prayer shall surely obtaine Gods grace and forgiuenesse of his sinnes as it is said and promised to all the faithfull Iohn 16. Verily Verily I say vnto you whatsoeuer you desire of the Father in my name he wil giue it you â—id Ieremy 14 saith Thou art the Lord our God and canst and wist doe all this same Amen Heere follow certain Prayers how a man should call to God for grace and forgiuenesse O Almighty and Euerlasting God most gracieus and mercifull Father I poore sinner acknowledge from my heart and confesse it also before thee with my mouth that I am alas a great sinner conceuied borne and growne vp in sinne and so haue many times transgressed thy holy commandements with evill sinfull vncleane and vnseemely thoughts woâ—â—â— and wicked deeds All which I do repent from my very heart and pray and desire thee of thy Grace O heauenly Father indue mee with the Grace and forgiue me all my sinnes in the name of thy deare and onely Senne my Lord and Samour Iesus Christ in whom thou hast promised me comfort and remission of all my sinnes I comfort my selfe with this gracious promise Iohn 6. where thy deare Sonne saith Who eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Bloud That is Who beleeueth on mee hath euerlasting life and I will raise him vp at the last day Such godly and gracious promises of thy Son doe I trust vnto and beleeue and am certaine that I through such saith haue forgiuenes of my sinnes and shall bee a child of thy Kingdome and remaine so for euermore Amen Amen Another Prayer O Thou Almighty and Euerlasting God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ maker of Heauen and Earth and of all Creatures I poore miserable and sinfull creature come héere before thy diuine Maiesty full of sin and vnrighteousnesse and fall downe at thy féet before thy glorious Maiesty for I haue mightily offended thee my Lord and God and sinned against thy commandements and done against thy godly will But because I cannot other wise bee quit and free from this my heauy burthen but onely through thée my Lord and God Therefore doe I now from my very heart complaine vnto thee my woe and misery and especially what I haue at this present franed in and haue accomplished the same against thy godly will besides all other alas which I daily commit with deceit in shew and false heart with negligence euill lusts and otherwise whether it bee with euill thoughts words or workes wittingly or vnwittingly secretly or openly whether it bee against thee or the loue of my neighbour All which I acknowledge vnto thee and confesse it also from the bottome of my heart and pray thee that through thy grace thou wilt graciously and fatherly forgiue mee all my sinnes Haue respect onely to the bitter death Martyrdome and bloud-shedding of thy onely deare Sonne in whom thou art pleased who innocently died for mee poore sinner O my Lord and God looke vpon thy deare Sonne and especially on the great loue which hee shewed vnto vs poore sinners when hee went so patiently and willingly to death O looke vpon the great obedience which thy deare Sonne hath â—usâ—â—red for our sakes and hâ—â—â—bled himselfe vpon the erâ—â—â—â— deâ—th graue and hell O looke also vâ—on the great glâ—â—â— to wherewith thou hast adorned thy Sonne in thâ—â— thou hast made him Lord ouer all For which â—our 〈◊〉 bâ— on â—ee and â—â—oâ—y â—â—ou wouldst graciously â—eâ—â—â—â—ue me this daies offence whereinto I by temptation 〈◊〉 sâ—llen with all my formâ—r sames which I haue done from my youth For in sinne was I conceiued borne and brought vp and yet doe liue therein without ceasing So that sinne hath gone through my whole bodie marrow and bones Therefore I beseech thee most gratiously to remit and forgiue me all such sinnes to cast the same behind thée and neuer thinke more on them nor punish my body or soule either in this world or the world to come for thou art rich vnto all that call vpon thée And because thou wilt not the death of a sinner but rather that he turne from his wickednes and liue therefore do I pray thee to giue me a good meaning to amend my life especially in that thou hast promised mee also through thy deare Sonne to giue mee whatsoeuer I aske in his name Therefore do I pray thee