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
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
lodened with the hugenesse of the erthely body suffryng in the mean tyme many greuous displeasures and sorowyng that we be withdrawen froÌ„ thy company wherof than we shall haue perfite pleasure and fruycion Whan face to face we shall se and beholde our kyng and father raignyng in his great glorie And yet we haue nat this hope truste of our owne merites and desertes whiche we knowe verily as non but onely of thy liberall goodnesse Wherby it lyked the to bestowe thyne owne sonne holly for vs and to sende vs the holy goost as pledge and token of this inheritaunce if it wyll please the also to graunt that we maye stedfastly and without any waueryng contynue in thy sonne Iesus than thou canst nat departe vs from the company of thy realme To whome with that same thy sonÌ„e and the holy goost all renome honour and glorie is due worlde without ende Amen ¶ The thyrde peticion EIat voluntas tua sicut in ceso et in terra O father whiche art the noryssher and ordrer of all whom it pleaseth thy sonne to aknowlege as his bretherne and he so aknowlegeth all those y t in pure faythe professeth his name in baptysme Thy children here in erthe call and crye to y e dwellyng in heuen a place farre out of all chauÌ„geable mutabilite of thynges created desyryng in dede to come to thy heuenly and celestiall coÌ„pany whiche is defouled with no maner spotte of yuell sauyng they knowe well that non can be taken and receyued in to so great a tranquillite quietnesse but onely they whiche with busye studye whyle they lyue here labour to be such as ther must be Therfore it is all one realme bothe of heuen and erthe sauyng this difference that here we haue sore greuous conflicte w t the flesshe the worlde and the deuyll and there all though there is nothyng that might minysshe or defoyle the welthe of blessed soules Yet as touchynge the full perfection of felicite there is some maner mysse whiche is that all the membres and partes of thy sonne be gathered together and that the hole body of thy sonne safe and sounde be ioyned to his heed Wherby neyther Christe shall lacke any of his partes and meÌ„bres nor good mennes soules theyr bodyes whiche lykewise as they were euer here in erthe parttakers of theyr puniÌ„sshementes and afflictioÌ„s so their desyre is to haue them companioÌ„s of their ioye in heuen And they finally in this worlde go about to folowe the vnite and concorde of the heuenly kyngedome whiche all the tyme they lyue bodily in erthe as it becometh naturall and obedient children studye with all diligence to fulfyll those thyÌ„ges whiche they knowe shall coÌ„tent thy mynde pleasure and nat what their owne sensuall appetite gyueth them ne iugyng or disputyng why thou woldest this or that to be done but thynkyng it sufficient that thus thou woldest it whom they knowe surely to wyll nothing but that that is best And what thy will is we lerned sufficiently of thy onely begotton moost dere sonne He was obeydient to thy wyll euyn to his owne dethe and thus he sayd for our lernyng and instruction Father if it may conuenyently be suffre this drynke of my passyon to be withdrawen from me howe be it yet thy wyll be fulfylled and nat myne So that thaÌ„ nedes must man be a shamed to preferre set forth his owne wyll if Christ our maister was coÌ„tent to cast his owne wyll awaye and subdue it to thyne The flesshe hath his propre wyll and delyte whiche man naturally desyreth to kepe and folowe The worlde also hath a wyll by it selfe and the deuyll his wyll farre contrarye to thyne For the flesshe coueteth agaynst the spirite whiche we haue receyued of the and the worlde entyseth vs to sette our loue on frayle and vanysshyng thynges and the deuyll laboureth about that that might bring maÌ„ to euerlasting distruction Nor it is nat inough y t in baptyme we haue ê“fessed y t we wyll be obedient to thy preceptes and there to haue renounced the deuyls seruice excepte we labour all our lyfe to perfourme stedfastly that whiche we haue professed But that we can nat perfourme but if thou gyue vs strengthe to helpe forthe our purpose so that our wyll haue no place in vs but let thy wyll father worke in vs that whiche thy wysdome iudgeth and thynketh best for vs. Who so euer lyueth after the flesshly carnall appetite they are deed to the and than nat as thy childreÌ„ Ye and we thy children also as longe as we are here bodily in erthe haue among nat a litell businesse and a do in venquesshyng the flesshly delite whiche laboreth to preuent thy wyll but graunt good father that thyne euer ouercome haue y â— better whether it lyke the we lyue or dye or to be punisshed for our correction or be in prosperite to the entent we shulde gyue the thankes for thy liberall goodnesse And they folowe and obeye the wyl of the deuyl whiche do sacrifice and homage to idols whiche sclauÌ„derously backebite thy most honorable sonne and for enuy and yuell wyll go about to brynge theyr neyghbour in to perill and distruction and so they may shortly waxe ryche care nat whether they do ryght or wrong and are al fulfylled with corrupt and vnclene thoughtes But this is thy wyll father that we shulde kepe both our body and mynde chast and pure from al vnclenesse of the worlde and that we shulde preferre and set more by thyne honour thy sonnes thaÌ„ all other thynges besyde And that we shulde be angry with no man ne enuye or reuenge any man but alway be redy to do good for yuell ye to be content rather with turmentes huÌ„ger imprisonement banysshement and dethe than in any thynge to be contrarye to thy pleasure And that we may be able euery day more and more to perfourme all this helpe vs O father in heuen that y e flesshe may euer more and more be subiect to the spirite and our spirite of one assent and one mynde with thy spirite And likewyse as nowe in dyuerse places thy children whiche are obedient to the gospell obey and do after thy wyll so grauÌ„t they may do in all the worlde besyde that euery man may know and vnderstaÌ„de that thou alone art the onely heed and ruler of al thyng and that in lyke wyse as there are none in heuen Whiche mutter and rebell agaynst thy wyll so let euery man here in erthe with good mynde and gladde chere obey thy wyll and godly preceptes Nor we can nat effectually and fully mynde what y â— good lorde wyllest excepte it wyll please the to plucke drawe vs therto Thou coÌ„maundest vs to be obedyent to thy wyll and pleasure and in dede they are nat worthy to be called children but if in all poyntes they folowe and obey theyr fathers byddyng but sithe it hath liked thy goodnesse to
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
in the boÌ„des of one assent whom thou quickenest with one spirite with one baptysme purgest and makest clene and in one house of the churche acoÌ„panyest and with the coÌ„men sacramentes of the churche doest norisshe whom thou hast indifferently called to the inheritaunce of the kyngedome of heuen bycause they shulde be of more strength and shulde lyue toguyder in thy house of one mynde and that there shulde be no stryfe or contencion amongest the partes and membres of one body but eche to lyue in charite with other Yet in so moche as they are fayne to kepe styll theyr mortall body it can nat be chose but by reason of the weakenesse and frailte of nature amonge displeasure offences shall chauÌ„ce wherby though the clerenesse of brotherly loue concorde be nat vtterly extinct and quenched yet it is made all faynt and colde and lyke in conclusion to be quenched Except y u father of thy great gentylnesse mercy shuldest dayly forgyue those that euery day offended the for as often as we offende our brother so often also we offende and displease y e father whiche coÌ„mauÌ„deddest we shulde loue our brother as our owne selfe but thy sonne knowyng well inough the imbecilite and weakenesse of this membre shewed vs a remedy therfore gyuyng vs sure hope y t thy goodnesse wolde remytte and forgyue vs all our offences if we on the other side with all our hert wolde forgyue our brother what so euer he trespaceth agaynste vs and this is a very equall and indifferent waye to optayne ê‘don and forgyuenesse whiche thy sonÌ„e Iesus hath assigned For howe can any maÌ„ be so bolde to desyre his father to withdrawe his reueÌ„gynge hande from hym if he hym selfe go about to reuenge a lytell offence in his brother or who is of so shamelesse boldenesse that wolde nat be afrayde to saye to the Slake thy angre whan he contynueth in rancoure and malyce styll towarde his brother And howe can he surely boost and auaunce hym selfe as a membre of thy sonne whiche beyng fre from all synne hym selfe prayde the to forgyue the theues on the crosse if he all entangled with synne and a synner coulde nat fynde in his hert to forgyue his brother agaynst whome nowe and than he offendeth so that amoÌ„gest vs it maye be called rather as mutuall chauÌ„ge of ê‘done than very forgyuenesse that sacrifice is impleasaunt in thy sight whiche is offred in remeÌ„braunce of displeasure or neglygence of reconcylyng his brothers good wyll Therfore thy sonne gaue vs this in coÌ„maundement that we shulde leaue our offring euyn at y e auter hye vs a pace to our brother and labour to be in peace with hyÌ„ and than returne agayne offre vp our rewarde Lawe nowe we folowe y t thy sonne hath taught vs we endeuer to performe that he hath done if thou aknowlege the couenant bargayne made of thy sonÌ„e as we dout nat but thou doest grauÌ„t vs we beseke the that thyng wherof we had full hope trust by thy sonne Thus he bad vs praye whan he answered nat a fewe tymes y t we shulde optayne what soeuer we desyred of y â— in his name he made vs bolde to pray to the vouchesafe thou by him to forgyue those that call vpon the we aknowlege our owne imbecilite feblenesse wherby we well perceyue in to howe shamfull and abhomynable offences we were lyke to fall into except we were preserued by thy goodnesse froÌ„ gretter synnes and the same mekenesse thou leftest in vs as a remedy against y e pride which we shulde haue ben in ieopardy to haue fallen in dayly We offende and fall to the entent that euery daye we might glorify thy geÌ„tylnesse Graunt father that we may hertely forgyue our bretherne that whaÌ„ we be in peace and vnite amongest our selfes we may haue the alway mercyfull vnto vs and if in any thyng we offende the ameÌ„de vs with thy fatherly correction so that thou vtterly forsake vs nat nor disinherite vs ne cast vs in to hell ones in baptyme thou hast remytted vs all our syÌ„nes but that was nat inoughe for thy tendre loue towarde vs but thou hast also shewed a sure redy remedy for the dayly offences of thy children for the whiche we thanke thy great geÌ„tylnesse whiche vouche sauest by thy sonne and the holy gost to endewe vs with so great benifytes to the euer lastyng glorie of thy moost holy name Amen ¶ The sixte peticion EL ne nos in ducas in tentationem O good father in heuen albeit there is nothing that we greatly feare hauyng the mercyfull vnto vs and whyle mutuall loue and charyte eche with other maketh vs thy children of more strength agaynst euery yuell assaut yet whan we consydre howe weake and fraile the nature of man is and howe ignorant also we be whome thy goodnesse wyll iudge and thynke worthy the contynuaunce in thy loue to the ende of this lyfe in whiche as long as we are a thousande maner of wayes we be stered to fall and ruyne therfore we can nat be vtterly seker and carelesse all this lyfe is rounde about be sette with the dyuelles snares he neuer cesseth temptynge vs whiche was nat a frayde with craftie subtylteis to sette vpon thy sonne Iesus We call to mynde howe greuously the fende assauted thy seruaunt Iob We remembre howe Saull was fyrst thy electe and chosen seruaunt within a while after cast out of they light We can nat forget howe Dauyd whom y u calleddest a maÌ„ euyn after thyne owne appetyte was drawen to that great villany of synne that he mengled aduoutre with maÌ„slaughter We coÌ„sydre howe Solomon whom in the begynnyng of his rule thou gauest wysedome aboue all men was brought to that madnesse and folly that he dyde sacrifyce to strange vtter goddes We remembre also what befell the chefe and heed of thyne apostles whiche after that he had so valyantly professed that he wolde dye with his mayster natwithstaÌ„dyng thrise forsware his maister These and suche many other whan we coÌ„sydre we can nat but feare and aborre the ieopardy of temptacion and thy fatherly loue wolde vs alway to be in this feare bycause we shulde nat sluggisshely slouthfully begyn to trust in our owne helpe but defeÌ„de and arme our selfe agaynst euery saute of temptacion with sobre temperauÌ„ce watche prayer wherby we shulde neyther prouoke our ennemy remeÌ„bring our owne feblenesse nor be ouerthrone in y e storme of temptacion trustyng to thy ayde with out whiche we are able to do right nought y u suffrest among teÌ„ptacion to fall eyther to proue and make stedfast the suffrauÌ„ce pacience of thy children as Iob and Abraham were tempted or els by suche scourges to correcte and chasten our offeÌ„ces but howe often soeuer thou suffrest this we praye the thou wylt bring that same temptacion to good and lucky ende gyue vs strength egall to the mouÌ„tenaunce weight of the yuels y t come vpon vs it is no lytell ieopardy whan soeuer we be thretned with losse of our goodes w t banysshement rebukes imprisonment with bandes and bodily turmentyng horrible and fearfull dethe But we are in no lesse peryll at all whan ê“sperite to moche laugheth on vs than whan we be ouer moche feared with trouble and aduersyte They are an iÌ„numerable sorte whiche fall on euery side some for feare of punysshment do sacrifyce to wicked deuyls some ouerthrone and astonyed with yuels and vexacioÌ„s do blaspheme thy most holy name agayne some drowned with ouermoche worldely welthe sette at nought and dyspice thy gyftes of grace and retourne agayne in to their olde and former fylthynesse as the sonne that the scripture speketh of whiche after tyme he hadde spent and reuelled out all his fathers substaunce by vnthrifty and vngracious rule was brought to that misery and wretchednesse that he enuyed the swyne their chaffe We knowe well good father that our aduersary hath no power ouer vs at all but by thy suffraunce Wherfore we be coÌ„tent to be put to what soeuer ieopardy it pleaseth the so it wyll lyke thy gentylnesse to measure our ennemys assaute and our strength for so though we be somtyme in the fyrst metyng to weake yet thy wysedome in the conclusyon wyll tourne it to our welthe So thy most dere and honorable son was euer wonte to ouercome the deuyll thus the flesshe and thus the worlde that whan he semed moost to be oppressed he than moost specially triumphed and he fought for vs he ouercame for vs and triumphed for vs Let vs also ouercome by his ensample with thy helpe and by the holy goost procedyng froÌ„ bothe for euer Amen ¶ The seuenth peticion SEd libera nos a malo O almyghty father it hath pleased thy mere and liberall goodnesse ones whan we were rydde from syÌ„ne to delyuer vs by thy sonÌ„e Iesus Christ out of the haÌ„des of our moost foule and vnclene father the deuyll to electe take vs in to the honour bothe of thy name and thyne inherytauÌ„ce but yet of this condycion that all the while we lyue here in erthe we shulde be in coÌ„tynuall batell with our enemy nothyng mystrust but that thou wylte performe that whiche we desyre of the. Amen ¶ Thus endeth thexposicion of the Pater noster Imprinted at London in Fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet nere to the Cundite at the signe of Lucrece Cum priuilegio a rege in duâ—â—o ¶ The Rote or myrroure of consolacyon and conforte