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
life is the way to bitter and endlesse pain that thou didst consecrate Christ Iesus the Prince of our saluation through afflictions that they are blessed that mourne for they shall be comforted In what family soeuer thus proceed O Gracious Father according to thy loue and thy Prayer for earthly blessings mercifull promises in Christ vouchsafe vnto vs now and hereafter that measure of wealth and such health peace liberty and credit as may bee most expedient for vs in our seuerall callings and for the better discharge of our dutie to thee and our brethren Lord preserue and direct thy Vniuersall Church giue For the Church Vniuersall thy Gospell free passage let thy power and wisdome confound the dreadfull might and policies of the enemies of thy truth remoue all stumbling blocks and knit together thy seruants by the vnitie of the Spirit in the bond of peace Continue thy great mercies on these Churches of England For the Churches of England c. Scotland and Ireland grant that as the sinnes of all sorts and degrees amongst vs haue been many and verie grieuous in thy sight so our earnest repentance and sincere humiliation before thee may bee such that thy terrible iudgements may be stayed before thy wrath breake forth against vs. Protect with thy prouidence direct with thy Spirit For the Kings Maiesty c. and inrich with thy heauenly grace our Soueraigne King be mercifull to the Queene to Prince Charles to the Prince and Princesse Palatine with their issue Indue the honourable priuie Councellors with wisdome from aboue giue grace to the Magistrates that they may truly and diligently execute iustice and iudgement to the Bishops and Ministers that they may by diligent and effectuall preaching and godly example of life proceed to build vp thy Church amongst vs root out idle and idoll shepheards increase the number of faithfull Pastors Let thy rich blessings bee powred downe vpon all sorts and degrees to the prayse of thy Name through IESVS CHRIST our Lord and Sauiour in whose Name for these and all other good things needfull for vs and all thy seruants whosoeuer wee pray as he hath taught vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. Euening Prayer for a Family O Most gracious God and mercifull Father in Iesus Christ we humble our selues before thy Maiesty confessing and bewailing the sinnes of our whole life and specially of this present day Pardon O LORD our disordered affections which haue Prayer for the forgiuenesse of sins beene too carnestly bent vpon the profits and pleasures of this present life Forgiue vs whatsoeuer sinfull anger thou hast beheld in vs and our inordinate griefe at worldly crosses when as we are not duly grieued for our sins and the sins of this Land and of this age and for the afflictions of our deare brethren Forgiue our carnall ioy which is so strong when earthly things answere our desires and so weake and feeble when we consider those spirituall infinite and eternall blessings wherewith thou hast blessed vs in heauenly things in Christ Passe by whatsoeuer vncharitable vnprofitable or vnsauoury talke hath proceeded from any of vs with neglect of that admonition or instruction or consolation which we should haue ministred one to another O pardon for thy mercy sake our neglect and omission of workes of piety towards thee or of mercy towards our neighbour and all our idlenesse O forgiue our excesse and our abuse of meat drinke sleepe recreations all our intemperance and disordering of minde or body in making them vnfit for thy seruice and for the duties of our seuerall callings O forgiue those our imperfections and corruptions that are mixt with our best actions and doe defile the same And specially forgiue our vnthankfulnesse for thy many and A Thankesgiuing great mercies grant that hereafter we may euer stirre vp our dull hearts that they may be inflamed with loue to thee that hast elected vs to saluation and created vs after thy owne image that hast redeemed vs with the inestimable price of thy dearest Sonnes bloud that hast called vs effectually by thy Word and Spirit from the power of darknesse vnto the kingdome of thy deare Sonne not only reconciling vs that were thine enemies but also making vs thy deare and glorious children and heires of thy heauenly kingdome O teach vs to walke worthy Prayer for diuers graces and against sinne of this vocation whereto thou hast called vs instruct vs euer by thy Word worke on our hearts effectually by thy Spirit that we may discerne and daily reforme our grieuous corruptions that we may not flatter nor please our selues in any of our sinnes nor walke on securely and carelesly but that wee may striue for and attaine vnto more power to subdue and conquer our carnall lusts to resist the allurements of this world and the euill examples of the multitude that we be not any more carried away herewith as with a violent streame Open our eyes to discerne the nets which Satan laieth to ensnare vs in eating in drinking in talking in sporting in buying in selling in giuing or receiuing counsell in pleasing some in offending others that we might displease thy Maiesty and kindle thy wrath against vs. And whereas there are so many diuersities of opinions in the world and yet but one truth O guide and direct vs in the same by thy Spirit of truth build vs firmely on thy Sonne Christ that sure foundation O let vs not depart from any truth nor bee stiffe in any error which we haue held Let vs not hate those that dissent from vs in some points yet building their faith on Christ grant that wee may follow the truth in loue and in all things grow vp vnto CHRIST the Head Make vs deuout and religious towards thee and obedient to our superiours Stirre vs vp that we may be helpfull and profitable to many Let vs not bee deceitfull or otherwise injurious to any in word or deed Make vs charitable meeke and patient towards all Let not our faith be dead like the faith of Deuils but a working faith as the faith of Abraham and of Rahab that loued dearely thee and thy children and shewed their faith by their works Thus let vs walke all our dayes till our change shall come Let our last daies be our best dayes Let not the remembrance of death be grieuous or terrible vnto vs. Make vs desirous to be dissolued and to be with Christ Come Lord IESVS come quickly perfit thine owne glorie and thy seruants happinesse In the meane time behold in mercie thy deare Prayer for Gods Church c. Spouse whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Confirme and establish thy seruants weaken and withstand thy foes confound their malice their pride and their hellish plots and deuices Stir vp thy strength and come and helpe vs. O blesse preserue direct and prosper our Soueraigne King be mercifull to the Queene to our hopefull Prince Charles
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