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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13057	For the colony in Virginea Britannia. Lavves diuine, morall and martiall, &c.	Virginia.; Strachey, William, 1572?-1621.	1612 (1612)	STC 23350; ESTC S111283	56,375	108

the Marshall for his owne defence or offence of the enemie A Praier duly said Morning and Euening vpon the Court of Guard either by the Captaine of the watch himselfe or by some one of his principall officers MErciful Father and Lord of heauen and earth we come before thy presence to worship thée in calling vpon thy name and giuing thankes vnto thée and though our duties and our verie necessities call vs héereunto Yet we confesse our hearts to be so dull and vntoward that vnlesse thou be mercifull to vs to teach vs how to pray we shall not please thée nor profit our selues in these duties Wée therefore most humbly beséech thée to raise vp our hearts with thy good spirit and so to dispose vs to praier that with true seruencie of heart féeling of our wants humblenesse of minde and faith in thy gracious promises we may present our suites acceptably vnto thée by our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ. And thou our Father of al mercies that hast called vs vnto thée heare vs and pitie thy p●0re seruants we haue indéed sinned wonderously against thée through our blindnesse of mind prophanesse of spirit hardnesse of heart selfe loue worldlinesse carnall lusts hypocrisie pride vanitie vnthankfulnesse infidelitie and other our natiue corruptions which being bred in vs and with vs haue defiled vs euen from the wombe and vnto this day and haue broken out as plague sores into innumerable transgressions of all thy holy lawes the good waies whereof we haue wilfully declines haue many times displeased thée and our own consciences in chusing those things which thou hast most iustly seuerely forbidden vs. And besides all this wee haue outstood the gracious time and m●anes of our conuersion or at least not stooped and humbled our selues before thée as wee ought although we haue wanted none of those helpes which thou vouchsafest vnto thy wandering children to fetch them home withall for we haue had together with thy glorious workes thy word calling vpon vs without and thy spirit within and haue béene solicited by promises by threatnings by blessings by chastisings by examples on all hands And yet our corrupted spirits cannot become wise before thée to humble themselues and to take héede as we ought and wish to do Wherefore O Lord God we do acknowledge thy patience to haue béene infinite and incomparable in that thou hast béen able to hold thy hands frō reuenging thy self vpō vs thus long yet pleasest to hold open the doze of grace that we might come in vnto thée and be saued And now O blessed Lord God we are desirous to come vnto thée how wretched soeuer in our selues yea our very wretchednesse sends vs vnto thée vnto thée with whō the fatherlesse and he that hath no helper findeth mercy we come to thée in thy Sons name not daring to come in our owne In his name that came for vs we come to thée in his ●●diation whom thou hast sent In him O Father in whom thou hast professed thy selfe to be well pleased we come vnto thée and doe most humbly beséech thée to pittie vs to saue vs for thy mercies sake in him O Lord our God our sins haue not outbidden that bloud of thy holy Son which speaks for our pardon nor can they be so infinite as thou art in thy mercies our hearts O God thou séest them our hearts are desirous to haue peace with thée and war with our lusts and wish that they could melt before thée and be dissolued into godly mourning for all that filth that hath gone through them and defiled them And our desires are now to serue and please thee and our purposes to endeuour it more faithfully we pray thée therefore for the Lord Iesus sake seale by in our consciences thy gracious pardon of all our sinnes past and giue vs to féele the consolation of this grace shed abroad in our hearts for our eternall comfort and saluation and that we may know this perswasion to be of thy spirit and not of carnall presumption blessed God let those graces of thy spirit which doe accompany saluation be powred out more plentifully vpon vs encrease in vs all godly knowledge faith patience temperance méekenesse wisedome godlinesse loue to thy Saints and seruice zeale of thy glory iudgement to discerne the difference of good ill and things present which are temporary and things to come which are eternall Make vs yet at the last wise-hearted to lay vp our treasure in heauen and so set our affections more vpon things that are aboue where Christ sits at thy right hand And let all the vaine and transitory inticements of this poore life appeare vnto vs as they are that our hearts may no more be intangled and bewitched with the loue of them O Lord O God our God thou hast dearely bought vs for thine owne selfe giue vs so honest hearts as may be glad to ●éelt the possession of thine owne And be thou so gracious as yet to take them vp though we haue desperately held thée out of them in times past and dwell in vs and raigne in vs by thy spirit that we may be sure to raigne with thée in thy glorious kingdome according to thy promise through him that hath purchased that inheritance for all that trust in him And seeing thou doest so promise these graces to vs as that thou requirest our industrie and diligence in the vse of such meanes as serue thereto good Lord let vs not so crosse our praiers for grace as not to séeke that by diligence which we make shew to séeke by prayer least our owne waied condemne vs of hypocrisie Stirre vs vp therefore O Lord to the frequent vse of prayer to reading hearing and meditating of thy holy word teach vs to profit by the conuersation of thy people and to be profitable in our owne make vs wise to apprehend all oportunities of doing or receiuing spirituall good strengthen vs with grace to obserue our hearts and waies to containe them in good order or to reduce them quickly let vs neuer thinke any company so good as thine nor any time so well spent as that which is in thy seruice and beautifying of thine Image in our selues or others Particularly we pray thée open our eies to sée our naturall infirmities and to discouer the aduantages which Satan gets thereby And giue vs care to striue most where we are most assaulted and endamaged And thou O God that hast promised to blesse thine owne ordinances blesse all things vnto vs that we may grow in grace in knowledge and so may shine as light in this darke world giuing good example to all men and may in our time lie downe in peace of a good conscience embaulmed with a good report and may leaue thy blessings entailed vnto ours after vs for an inheritance These O Father are our speciall suits wherein wee beséech thee to set forth the wonderful riches of thy grace towards vs

as for this life and the things thereof we craue them of thée so farre as may be for our good and thy glory beséeching thée to prouide for vs as vnto this day in mercy And when thou wilt humble or exalt vs gouerne vs so long and so farre in all conditions and changes as we may cleane fast vnto thee our God vnchangeably esteeming thée our portion sufficiēt inheritance for euermore Now what graces we craue for our selues which are here before thy presence we humbly begge for all those that belong vnto vs and that by dutie or promise wee owe our praiers vnto beséeching thée to be as gracious vnto them as vnto our own souls and specially to such of them as in respect of any present affliction or temptation may be in speciall néede of some more spéedie helpe or comfort from thy mighty hand Yea our Lord God we humbly desire to blesse with our praiers the whole Church more specially our nation and therein the kings Maiestie our Soueraigne his Quéene and royall seede with all that be in authoritie vnder him beséeching thée to follow him and them with those blessings of thy protectiō and direction which may preserue them safe from the malice of the world and of Satan and may yeeld them in their great places faithfull to thée for the good of thy people and their owne eternall happinesse and honour We beséech thee to furnish the Churches with faithfull and fruitfull ministers and to blesse their liues and labours for those mercifull vses to which thou hast ordained them sanctifie thy people O God and let them not deceiue themselues with a formalitie of religion instéed of the power thereof giue them grace to profit both by those fauours and by those chasticements which thou hast sent successiuely or miredly amongst them And Lord represse that rage of sinne and prophanesse in all Christian states wh●●h bréeds so much Apostacy and defection threatning the taking away of this light from them Confound thou O God all the counsel and practises of Satan and his ministers which are or shall be taken vp against thée and the kingdome of thy deare sonne And call in the Iewes together with the fulnesse of the gentiles that thy name may be glorious in al the world the daies of iniquity may come to an end and we with all thine elect people may come to sée thy face in glorie and be filled with the light thereof for euermore And now O Lord of mercie O Father of the spirits of all flesh looke in mercie vpon the Gentiles who yet know thée not O gracious God be mercifull to vs and blesse vs and not vs alone but let thy waies be knowne vpon earth thy sauing health amongst all nations we praise thée and we blesse thée But let the people praiss thée O God yea let all the people praise thée and let these ends of the world remember themselues and turne to thée the God of their saluation And séeing thou hast honoured vs to choose vs out to heare thy name vnto the Gentiles we therefore beséech thee to blesse vs and this our plantation which we and our nation haue begun in thy feare for thy glory We know O Lord we haue the diuel all the gates of hel against vs but if thou O Lord be on our side we care not who be against vs. O therfore vouchsafe to be our God let vs be a part and portion of thy plople cōfirme thy cauenāt of grace mercy with vs which thou hast made to thy Church in Christ Iesus And seeing Lord the highest end of our plantation here is to set vp the standard display the banner of Iesus Christ euē here where satans throne is Lord let our labor be blessed in laboring the conuersiō of the heathē And because thou vsest not to work such mighty works by vnholy means Lord sanctifie our spirits giue vs holy harts that so we may be thy instrumēts in this most glorious work lord inspire our souls with thy grace kindle in vs zeale of thy glory fill our harts with thy feare our tongues with thy praise furnish vs all from the highest to the lowest with all gifts graces néedful not onely for our saluation but for the discharge of our duties in our seuerall places adorne vs with the garments of Iustice mercy loue pitie faithfulnesse humility all vertues teach vs to abhor all vice that our lights may so shine before these heathen that they may sée our good works so be brought to glorifie thée our heauenly Father And seeing Lord we professe our selues thy seruants are about thy worke Lord blesse vs arme vs against difficulties strength vs against all base thoughts temptations that may make vs looke backe againe And séeing by thy motion work in our harts we haue left our warme nests at home put our liues into our hands principally to honour thy name aduance the kingdome of thy son Lord giue vs leaue to commit our liues into thy hands let thy Angels be about vs let vs be as Angels of God sent to this people And so blesse vs Lord so prosper all our procéedings that the heathen may neuer say vnto vs where is now your God Their Idols are not so good as siluer gold but lead copper the works of their own hands But thou Iehouah art our God we are y e works of thy hands O then let Dagon fall before thy Arke let Satan be confounded at thy presence let the heathen sée it be ashamed that they may séeke thy face for their God is not as our God thēselues being Iudges Arise therfore O Lord let thine enemies be scattered let them that hate thée ●lie before thée As the smoke vanisheth so let Satan his delusions come to nought as war melteth before the fire so let wickednes superstitiō ignorance idolatry perish at y e presēce of thée our God And wheras we haue by vndertaking this plantatiō vndergone the reproofs of the base world insomuch as many of our owne brethren laugh vs to scorne O Lord we pray thée fortiffe vs against this temptation let Sanballat Tobias Papists players such other Amonits Horonits the scum ● dregs of the earth let thē morke such as helpe to build vp the wals of Ierusalem and they that be filthy let thē be filthy still let such swine still wallow in their mire but let not y e rod of the wicked sal vpō the lot of the righteous let not them put forth their hands to such vanity but let them that feare thée reioyce be glad in thée let them know that it is thou O Lord that raignest in England vnto the ends of the world And séeing this work must néeds expose vs to many miseries dangers of soule bodie by land sea O Lord we earnestly beseech thee to receiue vs into thy fauour protection descr●● vs from the delusions of the diuel the malice of the heathē the inuasions of our enemies mutinies dissentions of our own people knit our hearts altogether in faith feare of thee loue one to another giue vs patience wisedome constancy to goe on through all difficulties temptations til this blessed work be accomplished for the honour of thy name glory of the Gospel of Iesus Christ That when the heathē do know thée to be their God and Iesus Christ to be their saluation they may say blessed be the king Prince of England blessed be the English nation and blessed for euer be the most high God possessor of heauen earth that sent them amongst vs And heere O Lord we do vpon the knees of our harts offer thee the sacrifice of praise thanksgiuing for that thou hast moued our harts to vndertake the performance of this blessed work with the hazard of our person and the hearts of so many hundreds of our nation to assist it with meanes prouision and with their holy praiers Lord looke mercifully vpon them all and for that portion of their substance which they willingly offer for thy honour seruice in this action recompence it to them and theirs and reward it seuen fold into their bosomes with better blessings Lord blesse England our sweet natiue countrey saue it from Popery this land scour heathenisme both from Atheisme And Lord heate their praiers for vs and vs for them and Christ Iesus our glorious Mediator for vs all Amen