possesse are thy good gifts If we haue gotten any thing wrongfully giue vs grace to make restitution Neither pray we against our owne wants only but also against the wants of other men specially of all thy deare children O let them see and feele thy fatherly affection and prouidence ouer them and let vs to our power be helpefull vnto them cutting off all vaine and vicious all proud and luxurious expences that we may haue the more to bestow vpon charitable vses And though we haue maintenance but for the present time and none for the time to come let vs be content and depend on thy prouidence for thou doest cloath the Lillies and feede the Birds but we are of much more value than they and the haires of our head are numbred why should we that are thy flocke feare either want or other miseries since it is thy pleasure to giue vs a Kingdome Thou that hast not spared thine owne Sonne but hast giuen him for vs all vnto the death how shouldest thou not with him giue vs all good things also Keepe vs therefore from all pensiue and distrustfull cares let vs remember that as no man can adde one cubit to his stature so no man can adde one mite to that proportion of wealth which thou hast already determined to bestow vpon euery one Therfore when wee haue vsed lawfull meanes and done our due endeuour let vs quietly commit the successe of all vnto thy prouidence knowing that thou hast appointed who shall be poore and who rich that if thou withholdest from vs earthly riches thou canst make vs rich in faith which is farre better Therefore though we liue not in ease plenty and pleasure yet if we haue things necessarie if we haue bread to eat and clothes to put on let vs therewith bee content and the rather seeing that they which striue and toile to bee rich doe fall into tentations and snares and into many foolish and noysome lusts which drowne men in perdition and destruction O Lord we pray thee look with thy eye of pitty and compassion on those that are afflicted with sicknesse giue them patience vnder thy correcting hand restore them to their former health or else prepare them for a better life Haue pitty on thy seruants that are afflicted with grieuous persecutions or with horrible warres and the terrours and calamities that doe accompanie the same O stop and stay this cruell effusion of Christian bloud restore peace and tranquillitie Petition 5 Forgiue wee pray thee our sinnes and trespasses our sinnes originall and actuall of commission and omission secret or manifest our want of loue to thee and our neighbour our inordinate selfe-loue our dulnesse and vnaptnesse vnto things heauenly and spirituall our pronenesse and forwardnesse to sinne and vanity the fast cleauing of our affections to the things of this life Pardon O Lord all our sinfull actions and all our wicked vnprofitable and idle words all our sinfull purposes all our desires ioyes feares and griefes that are against the loue of thee and of our neighbour forgiue all our errours whether in iudgement or in practice whether on the left hand or on the right Giue vs grace truly to examine our selues to discerne our sinnes and to confesse them to hate and to forsake them yea euen our dearest sins which seeme as a right hand or a right eye vnto vs let vs not spare to chop them off or to plucke them out and cast them from vs. And that our owne malice against our neighbours may not hinder thy mercie towards vs and our exacting of small debts cause thee to require of vs those ten thousand talents which wee owe thee therefore here in thy sight wee freely forgiue all wrongs and trespasses we emptie our hearts of the poyson of malice if therefore we whose goodnes is but a drop doe thus behaue our selues towards them that haue wronged vs much more thou that art a sea of goodnesse and mercie canst and wilt pardon vs and hereof let vs bee from thee most comfortably assured Petition 6 Leade vs not into tentation let vs not bee puffed vp with worldly prosperity nor bee snared with the baits of sensuality to loue this world and the things therein let not our belly be our God let vs not haue our portion in this life Neither let vs bee dismayd with any aduersitie let no tribulations turne vs out of the right way let nothing weaken that constant ioy and true happinesse which wee haue in thee alone Suffer not Satan to circumuent vs let vs not be ignorant of his enterprises make vs wise to discern when he tempteth vs to those things which seeme to be no sinnes or when hee vseth our owne deare friends as Eue against Adam for his instruments to deceiue vs Lord thou knowest his wiles and his depth thou O Sauiour that hast thy selfe encountred with this dreadful enemy knowest that if thou forsakest vs and withdrawest thy selfe from vs wee shall neuer bee able to stand against him and against all the powers of darkenesse Therefore make vs strong in thee and in the power of thy might bestow vpon vs the whole armour of God and teach vs to put it on vs and to vse it that in the euill day we may be able both to resist and to conquer Make vs wary watchfull against our owne false hearts lest they betray vs into the hands of Satan let vs fight mightily euery day against our manifold corruptions let vs be faithfull vnto the death that wee may receiue the crowne of life Heare O Lord incline thine eares The Conclusion to these requests of vs thy humble subiects for thou art our gracious King most carefull for vs thou wilt not suffer vs to become a prey vnto thine enemies Thy power is such that thou canst giue vs all good things and defend vs from all euill and thou knowest that the things which we haue prayed for are for thine owne glorie Therefore wee earnestly desire and stedfastly beleeue that thou wilt grant them vnto vs. Amen let it be so Yea without doubt it shall bee so as we haue prayed wee beleene Lord helpe our vnbeleefe Vnto thee O Father Sonne and Holy Ghost be all honour and glory now and for euer Amen A short Morning Prayer O Lord our God most gracious and mercifull Father in Iesus Christ as thou hast bestowed vpon vs innumerable and inestimable benefits so vouchsafe we beseech thee to adde this grace and mercy to the rest that thou stirre vs vp and inable vs by thy holy Spirit to praise and magnifie thy name both for our rest and safetie this night past and for all the rest of thy mercies Lord open our eyes and inlarge our hearts to praise thee for the forgiuenesse of our sinnes so many and so hainous by the bloud of thy Sonne a price so infinite and precious for our Redemption from the thraldome of Satan and from those infinite and endlesse torments which
He worketh in him true repentance and a liuely faith Q. What is true repentance A. It is a supernaturall change of the heart and of the thoughts words and deeds from infidelity to faith from disobedience to obedience from all sins to the contrary vertues Math. 3. 2. and 4. 17. Rom. 12. 2 Eph. 4. 22. c Math. 3. 8. Acts 26. 18. A. What is a liuely faith A. A supernaturall gift of God Ephes 1. 19. 20. and 2. 8. Math. 16. 17. whereby a sinner beleeuing Gods promises in Christ is vnited with him Ioh. 6. 33 56. Ioh. 15. 5. Rom. 6. 3 c. Gal. 2. 20. Eph. 1. 22. 23 Hos 2. 19. Eph. 5. 30. is iustified and sanctfied Gen. 15. 6. Act. 15. 9 and draweth neere to God for deliuerance from all euil and the obtayning of all good Rom. 5. 1. 2 Eph. 3. 12 Heb. 4. 16 and 10. 22. Gen. 15. 1. Q. On whom is this gift bestowed A. Only vpon the elect Act. 13. 48. Tit. 1. 1. Ioh. 12. 39 40. Q. How is faith wrought A. By Gods Word and Spirit Q. How by the Word A. Gods Word sheweth vs whence and how grieuously we haue fallen and what meanes God hath ordained to restore vs Rom. 1. 16. and 10. 17. Q. How by the Spirit A. The Holy Ghost worketh effectually on them that are to be saued inlightning their darke mindes softning their hard hearts causing them cleerely to discerne and carefully to regard the things which the word teacheth to tremble at Gods iustice and their owne hainous deserts highly to prize Christ the Redeemer to esteem all things drosse dung in comparison of him neuer to rest till God by Christ hath receiued them into fauour Act. 16. 14. Ier. 31. 33. Eze. 11. 19. Eph. 2. 1. Ioh. 6. 44 45. Deut. 30. 6. Q. In what case are they that heare the Word without this working of the Spirit A. Seeing they see not hearing they heare not they discerne not their owne filthinesse nor the wrath of God abiding on them they value Christ beneath their earthly riches and pleasures Deut. 29. 3 4. Es 6. 9. Matt. 13. 13. Matth. 19. 22. Mark 5. 17. Matth. 22. 2. Q. What is their estate in whom God by his Word and Spirit worketh this faith A. By this faith they receiue Christ they liue the life of grace they are iustified and sanctified they please God they are made the children of God they ouercom the world and the deuill and obtaine eternall saluation Ioh. 1. 12. Hab. 2. 4. Gen. 15. 6. Act. 15. 9. Heb. 11. 5 6. 1 Ioh. 5. 4. Ephes 6. 16. 1 Pet. 1. 9. Q. But many that beleeue liue wickedly and are ouercome of the world and the deuill A. They haue but an historicall faith a dead faith a faith of deuils which cannot profit them I am 2. 14 19 26. Q. What are the things which thou doest beleeue A. I beleeue whatsoeuer is contained in the Scriptures the chiefe points whereof are contained in the Articles of the Christian saith Q. Rehearse those Articles A. I beleeue in God the Father Almightie c. Q. What learnest thou in generall out of these Articles A. Three things 1. How to beleeue rightly 2. How to liue godly 3. How to cheere vp my heart ioyfully Q. First then shew me how thou learnest hence to beleeue rightly that thou mayst proceede in order tell me how these Articles may be diuided A. Into foure parts 1. Wee are taught what to beleeue concerning God the Father 2. Concerning God the Sonne 3. Concerning God the Holy Ghost 4 Concerning Gods Church and the priuiledges thereto belonging Q. Seeing there is but one God why namest thou Father Sonne and holy Ghost A. These three seuerall persons are all but one and the same God Deut. 6. 4. Matth. 3. 16. 2 Cor. 13. 13. 1 Ioh. 5. 7. Q. VVhat meanest A more exact definition but obscure is this A person is a substance reasonable incommunicable whole and not subsisting in another Therefore no qualitie and nothing void of life or reason is a person God or man or Angell in generall is no person Mans body alone or his soule alone or Christs man-hood without his God-head is no person thou by a person A. One man as Peter one Angell as Gabriel is a person So in the God-head the FATHER is One Person the SONNE Another the HOLY GHOST Another distinct Person Q. Which is the first part of the Creed A. I beleeue in God the Father Almighty maker of heauen and earth Q. What meanest thou by this I beleeue in God A. This I meane Gods Spirit assureth me that God loueth me and will blesse me both in this world and in the world to come Rom. 8. 15 16. Galat. 2. 20. 2. Tim. 4. 8. 1 Tim. 4. 8. Q. Whose Father is God A. The Father of Christ and of all the faithfull Ioh. 20. 17. Q. What beleeuest thou of this God Fathers A. That he is a Spirit Ioh. 4. 24. infinite in power and likewise in wisdome justice mercy truth and euery way Gen. 17. 1. Exo. 3. 14. Exod. 34. 6. Iob 12. 13. 1 Tim. 1. 17. and 6. 15 16. Q. How doth this appeare A. In that he made heauen earth and all therein all of nothing Gen. 1. 1. all very good Gen. 1. 31. and all for his owne glory Prou. 16. 4. Rom. 11. 33. Q. If God made all good how is it that deuils and vngodly men are so wicked A. God made them good but by their fall they haue made themselues wicked Ioh. 8. 44. Iude 6. Eccles 7. 31. Gen. 3. 6. Q. How doth it further appeare that God is infinite A. In that he gouerneth the world and all things therein by his wonderfull prouidence Prou. 16. 33. Matt. 10. 29 30. Q. If God doth gouerne all by his prouidence how is it that the godly oft mourne and the wicked oft reioyce A. God wil turn the sorrowes of the godly into ioy and the ioyes of the wicked into sorrow Luke 6. 20. 24. Luke 16. 25. Iohn 16. 20. and in the meane time the godly doe profit by their afflictions Psal 119. 67 71. 2 Cor. 4. 17 18. Hebr. 12. 11. Q. Rehearse the second part of the Creede A. And in Iesus Chrst that is I beleeue in Iesus Christ his only Sonne our Lord c. Q. What is Iesus Christ A. God Almighty and man consisting of soule and body Q. Why must he be God A. That he might be able of himselfe to satisfie Gods iustice for all our sinnes to merit heauen for vs to send vs the Holy Ghost to ouercome sinne death Satan tyrants and all the mighty enemies of his Church Psal 98. 1. Heb. 1. 3. Heb. 7. 25. Act. 20. 28. Q. Why must he be man A. That he might suffer for man and that he might pittie vs hauing had experience of our miseries Heb. 2. 16 17 18. and 4. 15. Q. Which Person of the three became
bloud of Christ as our bodies are with the Bread and Wine 1 Cor. 10. 16. and 11. 24 25. 26. Q. Doe all that come to the Lords Supper receiue profit thereby A. No for all vnworthy receiuers receiue much hurt thereby 1 Cor. 11. 17 27 29. Q. Who are vnworthy receiuers A. 1. All that are carnall and vnregenerate 2. The godly themselues when they come with security hauing offended God and neglecting to renue their repentance 2 Sam. 11. 27. 1 Cor. 11. 30. Q. How must thou prepare thy selfe for the Lords Supper A. I must examine my selfe 1. Whether I repent me truly of all my sinnes past 2. Whether I stedfastly purpose to leade a new life 3. Whether I haue a liuely faith in Gods mercy through Christ 4. Whether I remember and meditate on Christs death with thankfulnesse 5. Whether I be in charitie with all men freely forgiuing them all wrongs done against me as God for Christs sake hath freely forgiuen me Q. Thou saist that thy faith is preserued and increased by continuall meditation in the Word of God shew me then to what end and in what manner oughtest thou both to reade Gods word and to heare it preached A. Not for fashions sake to seeme religious but with a sincere purpose earnest desire constant endeuour and feruent prayer that thereby my faith may bee strengthened my life amended and my soule comforted 1 Cor. 14. 3. 2. Tim. 3. 16. Psal 19. Psal 119. And further I must beware of malice against the Preacher and of a preiudicate opinion of his person or gifts of pride and selfewill I must reade and heare with an humble heart so that when the Word sheweth me any errour of mine in iudgement or practice on the right hand or on the left I must bee readie to reforme it 1 Pet. 2. 1 2. Iames 1. 21 22. c. Q. What if the Preacher deliuer things vnsound or vnprofitable A. I must pray that I may with wisdome discerne and with modesty refuse the same but euer I must beware that I bee not a rash and proud censurer of any man specially of Gods messengers 1 Thess 5. 21. Matth. 7. 1. Iam. 3. 1. Iam. 1. 19 20. Q. How oughtest thou to prepare thy selfe for death at all times specially in time of sicknes A. After the same manner as I ought to prepare my selfe to receiue the Lords Supper so that if I recouer I must walke the more circumspectly afterward MORNING PRAYER for a Family A briefe Confession with thanksgiuing WEE most humbly present our selues O LORD before the Throne of thy great Maiesty in the name of thy beloued Sonne our onely Sauiour confessing that of our selues we are most vile polluted with sinnes originall and actuall sinnes against thee and against our neighbour sins of omission and commission secret and open known and vnknown euen to our selues O let them not make a separation betwixt thee and vs seeing thou art reconciled vnto vs and not onely so but also thou hast vouchsafed to become our louing Father hauing redeemed vs by thy Sonnes bloud and adopted vs by his Spirit whom thou hast sent into our hearts thou hast also fed clothed and lodged vs thou hast strengthned and preserued vs euen to this houre therefore for all thy mercies so many and so great we praise and blesse thy holy name And now Lord as thou hast raised our bodies from sleepe so raise vp our hearts from their naturall dulnesse and earthly disposition Sanctifie vs more and more in soule and body that euery day wee may grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ by the workes of the Spirit O Lord increase our faith giue vs yet more assurance of that thy Prayer for strength of faith eternall loue that therein we may reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and glorious and obediently wait for the performance of all thy promises both to prouide for vs and to defend vs in this life and after to crowne vs with eternall glorie Let this assurance bee such that thereby we may bee able to endure al the miseries and trials of this mortall pilgrimage not only with patience and quietnesse but also with heauenly comfort And teach vs O Lord to loue thee and that sincerely that our Prayer for loue to God false hearts may not goe a whoring after the world whiles wee foolishly and wickedly admire the riches and pleasures and pride of this life and suffer our selues to be snared therewith O let vs know that the loue of thy glorious Maiestie and of these vile things cannot stand together As wee desire to loue thee sincerely so to loue thee abundantly that wee may bee the better assured that wee loue thee let not our loue bee as a sparke of fire couered with the ashes of our darke and earthly corruptions but let it be as burning coles and as a vehement flame And let it appeare by our heartie loue to our neighbour specially Prayer for loue to our neighbour to those whose good fruits declare them to be thy faithfull children Suffer vs not this day nor heereafter to be iniurious to any by deceit or oppression by slandering or back-biting those that are absent by reproching or disgracing those that are present or by any other wrongs but let vs be profitable and helpfull to many to the vttermost of our power Grant that wee may instruct those that are more ignorant then our selues let vs relieue according as thou hast enabled vs those that stand in need of our helpe O Lord preserue vs from the damnable error of those that Against counterfet happines place their greatest happiness in worldly wealth and pleasure open our eyes to discerne yet more cleerely that if thou be our riches then wee shal be rich indeed if thou be our delight then shall we perceiue how vile and vaine all carnall delights are Let vs know how good a thing it is to draw neer vnto thee by hearing thy voyce in thy most holy Word and by speaking to thee in our prayers and thanksgiuing withdraw not thy Spirit from vs giue vs not ouer vnto Satan and worldly lusts for then shall we runne headlong into all sinne and misery This that followeth is verie needfull in many houses of the Gentrie and richer sort LOrd preserue this family from the sinnes of idlenesse pride fulnesse of bread from contempt or neglect of the poore from foolish and corrupt communication from chambering and wantonnesse from excessiue and vnseasonable eating and drinking from louing of pleasures more than thee the chiefest Good In a meane and laborious Family prayer to this purpose will be conuenient WEE beseech thee cheere vs vp and comfort vs in the middest of our labours and trauels let vs not admire or enuie the happinesse of those that abound with ease and wealth but euer let vs remember that a painefull and godly life is the way to perfect rest and endlesse ioy that an idle voluptuous and vnprofitable
with him we should haue suffered and that by thy Word and thy holy Spirit thou hast exalted vs to be thy royall children and heires of thy Kingdome O giue vs grace this day and euery day to walke worthy of this vocation renue and quicken our Repentance humble our hearts with the sight of our sinnes confirme our faith in thy promises temporall and spirituall teach vs to loue thee feruently to despise riches pleasures pride and all earthly vanities Teach vs obedience to our superiours and loue to all men euen to our enemies much more to all thy deare children Preserue vs and euerie one of vs this day and euery Heere let those sinnes be named which are most practised in the family day from swearing cursing lying from reproaching and slaundering from deceit and oppression and all other offences against thy Maiesty or against our Neighbour from idlenesse gluttony drunkennesse intemperance from chambering and wantonnesse from strife and enuie from all sinfull words or deeds from all vnlawfull attempts or purposes O pardon all our sins past assure our soules of this forgiuenesse giue vs grace to hate all manner of sinnes in others and specially in our selues to be watchfull ouer our waies to be constant in all good purposes O Lord blesse and defend thy vniuersall Church our Soueraigne King the Queene and all the Royall progeny the Nobles and Magistrates the Bishops and Ministers O be fauorable and gracious to al that are neere and deare to vs direct and prosper euery one of vs in all our intended labours and businesses For these and all good things needfull for vs and for all thy children we pray as our deare Sauiour hath taught vs Our Father which art in heauen c. A short Euening Prayer MOst gracious God and mercifull Father we present our selues before thy glorious Maiesty in the name and mediation of Iesus Christ most humbly beseeching thee for his sake to forgiue all the sinnes of this day our worldly affections our inordinate and carking cares and griefes our greedy desire after earthly things our ouer-valuing of these earthly vanities and our neglect of heauenly things O pardon all our vaine vnprofitable and vnsauoury talke all omission of good duties to thee or to our neighbour all our corruptions and defects in those which we haue taken in hand Forgiue all the sinfull acts of this day and of our whole life Grant that wee may search out our sinnes diligently and discouer them and stedfastly resolue to reforme them without delay and enable vs by thy Spirit to performe what wee intend that we may be constant in all good purposes and enterprises Grant that euery day wee may crucifie the old man that our naturall pride malice enuie strife may die in vs that couetousnesse infidelity trust in riches or howsoeuer in the arme of flesh that wanton lusts and desires may be mortified in vs that idlenesse and voluptuous liuing may be hatefull to vs. Grant that wee may practise the contrary vertues that humility before thee and before men that charity in forgiuing wrongs in word or deed and in helping and releeuing the wants of our neighbours may abound in vs that faith and loue that temperance and sobriety may shine bright in vs that we may be iust and faithfull in our contracts and dealings with all men Quicken vs euer to all religious duties to praier and thanksgiuing let vs aboue all things delight in the constant reading hearing and meditation of thy Word assure vs of the pardon of our sinnes of thy loue and fauour and of our euerlasting saluation Let vs euery day thinke on death on the resurrection and the last Iudgement and that not with horror and griefe but with great ioy and comfort Let vs vnfainedly desire and euery day prepare our selues to be with Christ Make vs heartily thankefull for all thy mercies for publike and priuate benefits so many and so great for our food and rayment our peace and safety and specially for our election redemption and effectuall vocation Blesse O LORD thy vniuersall Church comfort thy seruants that are pinched with want those that are afflicted with warre persecutions or with inward tentations or whatsoeuer tribulations Preserue and direct our soueraigne King blesse the Queene and all the Royall Issue the Nobles and Magistrates the Bishops and Ministers and the rest of thy people Blesse and preserue this family giue vs quiet rest and sleepe raise vs vp in due time to doe thee seruice in our seuerall places For these and all good things we pray as thy Sonne our Sauiour hath taught vs Our Father which art in heauen c. A Prayer for a young Scholler or any of the younger sort both Morning and Euening MOst gracious God and louing Father I giue thee most humble and hearty thankes for all thy mercies for choosing me to saluation and redeeming me with the precious bloud of Christ my Sauiour for calling mee to this great honour to be one of the number of thy children by working in my heart true faith and hatred of all sinne by thy holy Word both read and preached and by thy blessed Spirit And I praise thy holy Name for my health for my food and raiment for good nurture and godly education for my preseruation this night day past and at all times O Lord continue thy fauour towards me teach me to know thee to loue and feare thee to keepe all thy Commandements Let not the corruption of my nature nor the craft of Satan nor euill company nor any worldly vanity withdraw me from thee Suffer me not to slide from thee into any false beleefe or an vngodly life but instruct mee in all truth and godlinesse in all sobriety and righteousnesse O Lord forgiue me all my sinnes teach me to discerne them to hate and forsake them grant that I may bestow vpon thee all the daies of my youth and so continue thy faithfull seruant to my liues end O Lord preserue thy Church our Soueraigne King the Queene and all the Royall Issue the Magistrates and Ministers of thy Word and all thy people Blesse my deare Parents brethren sisters other friends blesse this whole family giue me health defend me from idlenesse learning businesse defend mee in prosper my soule and bodie this night day and euermore Amen Our Father which art in heauen c Another Morning Prayer for a young Scholler O Lord my God and louing Father I giue thee humble thanks for all thy benefits for my sleep safety this night for my food and apparel for religious education and for the precious treasure of thy most holy word Lord blesse me this day and euer giue me health Keepe me from sin prosper my learning Lord be mercifull to my parents grant I may honor them according to thy Commandement that by my weldoing I may be a comfort vnto them defend them and me and al this family and al the rest of thy people in soule and body this day and euer Amen FINIS
the Prince and Princesse Palatine with their Issue the honourable Priuy Counsellors Nobles and Magistrates the Bishops and Ministers the Vniuersities and Nurseries of learning Among all sorts stirre vp those that may valiantly fight thy battels against the Deuill against this world that lieth in wickednes Be gracious O Lord to our * Parents Brethren sisters c. to those for whom wee are specially bound to intreate thee and They that haue such may here mention them whom thou hast made thy instruments of good vnto vs. Protect this family prosper vs in our health our credit and in our worldly estate Aboue all let vs grow rich in godlinesse sobriety and righteousnesse Giue vs this night quiet rest and safetie raise vs vp againe in due time that wee may the next day and so from day to day doe thee acceptable seruice glorifie thee in our seuerall callings For these and for all good things needfull for vs and for al thy children we pray as thy Sonne our Sauiour hath taught vs. Our Father c. A Prayer vpon the Lords Prayer O Lord our God thy Sonne our Sauiour hath assured Vpon the Preface vs that thou art through him a louing Father to the godly and willing to helpe them and that thou art an heauenly and powerfull Father alwaies able to comfort them therefore we come vnto thee with boldnesse and confidence through faith in him and we desire and endeuour to pray vnto thee now and hereafter not with profane carnall and earthly hearts but with reuerence to thy diuine Maiesty and with heauenly affections O helpe vs and strengthen vs and raise vp our soules from earth and earthly things to thee that dwellest on high Petition 1 First and aboue all things we desire that praise may be giuen to thee for all thy worthinesse that thy enemies may know thee to be the Lord and themselues to be but men that their power is but weaknesse and their wisedome but foolishnesse when they lift vp themselues against thee and thy deare Spouse the Church Get thee honour vpon thine obstinate enemies as thou didst vpon Pharao and the Egyptians But let thy seruants and faithful people know thee to their comfort Let them sanctifie thee in their hearts let them euer beleeue and also finde by ioyfull experience that thy power is their protection thy wisedome their direction thy iustice their deliuerance from all wrongs And let all prayse and thanks be giuen vnto thee for all thy benefits for our health and peace for our food and raiment for thy great fauours so extraordinary bestowed vpon this land for many yeares and for those which we in particular haue receiued and do inioy from thy bountifull hand specially for those heauenly and spirituall blessings our election redemption vocation assurance of glorification and for the comfort of thy most holy Word Petition 2 Let thy Kingdome come conuert the wicked as many as belong to thine election enlighten the eyes of them that are blinded with the loue of superstition grant that those which wallow in sin may begin to hate that mire and filth wherein they haue delighted O Lord increase thy gifts and graces in the godly reigne in them by thy powerfull spirit thou that art the God of peace sanctifie them thorowout that their whole spirit and soule and body may be kept blameless vnto the comming of Iesus Christ Kill and crucifie in them daily the old man and let the new man be raised vp in them O Lord blesse and prosper the meanes which thou hast ordained for these euds Raise vp godly Kings that may walke in the steps of Dauid Ezekiah Iosiah and religious Nobles like Ioseph Obadiah Daniel Nehemiah Mordecai that may administer iustice and maintaine truth and seeke the prosperity of Israel-Increase we pray thee the number of faithfull Pastors and teachers endue them with excellent gifts of Learning and Godlinesse that they may be able to conuince heresies and errours to confound euery Iannes and Iambres that shall resist thy truth O let thy seruants walke in the steps of the Apostles and Prophets and not in pride couetousnesse or idlenesse Vnite them in thy truth lest by their diuisions thy people be also diuided grant that they may be knit together in one minde and in one iudgement that with one minde and with one mouth they may prayse thy name And let vs earnestly wait for thy comming to iudgement that thou maist put all thine enemies vnder thy feet and reigne for euer in perfect peace that wee may reigne with thee triumphantly Petition 3 In the meane time direct and teach vs to doe thy Holy and blessed will to renounce and denie our owne wills that are so foolish so peruerse and wicked Teach vs to walke in the way of all thy Commandements let our hearts be seasoned with godlinesse let vs loue thee aboue all let vs feare thee and euer walke in all sinceritie as in thy sight and presence let vs trust in thee and rest vpon thy promises for the things of this life and of the life to come Let it be our chiefe delight to speake to thee by prayer and thanksgiuing and to heare thee speaking vnto vs by thy word both read and preached Inable vs by thy grace to obey thee in those generall duties that belong to all Christians and in the particular duties of our seuerall callings grant that Magistrates and people Ministers and hearers husbands and wiues parents and children masters and seruants may conscionably and in heartie obedience vnto thee performe those duties which they owe one to another Grant that in whatsoeuer profession trade or course of life thou hast placed vs we may not liue to our selues but make this our speciall end to please and to glorifie thee And whereas the wicked performe heauenly duties in earthly manner defiling their praiers and thy word Sacraments by their hypocrisie grant that we may performe not only heauenly but also earthly duties and businesses in a heauenly manner walking cheerfully in our vocations endeuouring with all our might to doe thy Maiesty acceptable seruice euery day and to be through thy grace profitable members of the Church Common-wealth and family where we liue Direct vs and inable vs that we on earth may doe thy worke and businesse wisely and also gladly and cheerfully with strength and courage fearing no aduersary euer beholding thy face and following the patterne of thy heauenly Angels Petition 4 Vouchsafe O Lord to giue vs foode raiment health peace publike and priuate blessings and all things needfull for this present life Stirre vs vp to labour and diligence keepe vs from sloth and idlenesse giue a blessing to our endeuours Let vs neuer goe about to inrich or maintaine our selues by lying by deceit or oppression or any vnlawfull meanes let vs seeke nothing at the hands of Satan by sinfull practices or purposes but let our consciences assure vs that whatsoeuer things we