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A16892	The fourth part of the true watch containing prayers and teares for the churches. Or A helpe to hold up the hearts and hands of the poorest servants of God, untill our Lord Iesus Christ shall have rescued his glorie, kingdome, and people in all the world, and fully prepared the way to his most glorious appearing.; True watch. Part 4	Brinsley, John, fl. 1581-1624.	1624 (1624)	STC 3788; ESTC S119302	193,245	564

Grant to us therefore and to all thy Children these lively evidences of thy favour in our unfeigned repentance and also our effectuall faith increasing daily for Iesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour IIII. A prayer that wee may not deceive our selves in vayne conceite that we are Gods Children when wee are nothing lesse as the greatest part doe but that wee may come to strong assurance heereof by feeling a totall change in our lives and conversations OH most holy and most gracious Father we intreate yet further of thy divine Majesty that neither we nor any other of thy people and Children may deceive our selves in a vaine counterfeit show and imagination of repentance and faith as the greatest part of those do who living under the sound and in the light of the Gospell doe imagine therefore that they have repentance faith and are well enough when as aalas they have nothing lesse then any part of true sound and unfeigned repentance or any power of a lively faith Grant to this end that neither we nor they may rest untill wee finde in our selves the new-birth begun and increasing daily by a totall change wrought in us since the time that we beleeved in Christ as a speciall fruite thereof and that in every part both of our soules and bodies and also in the whole course of our life and conversation Stirre up all our hearts Oh holy Father to this purpose that wee may never give thee rest untill wee finde this thorow change and alteration both in our mindes and understandings from ignorance and blindnesse to the true knowledge not onely of our selves but also of thy heavenly Majesty and so of thy Sonne Iesus Christ likewise in our memories that instead of remembring vanities we may be able to keepe a holy remembrance of the things which concerne thy glory and our owne salvation with the good of our Brethren Good Lord worke the like change in our wils from following and obeying the will and lusts of our flesh to bee ever pliant and obedient to thy heavenly will Perswade our hearts that we may never give thee over untill wee likewise finde the same change in our affections that therein wee are conformed daily more and more to the holinesse of Christ both in our love hatred our joy our greefe in child-like feare holy security resting on●… selves onely in thy love and favour Make us to labour to finde also the same in our Consciences that wee may never give any rest to our soules untill wee finde our consciences quieted in this assurance that we are washed from our sinnes in the blood of our Lord Iesus Christ and that our owne hearts and consciences doe beare a continuall witnesse unto us of our upright conversation at least begun in us with a settled resolution ever to walke with thee our God all our daies Good Father never suffer us to bee at quiet untill wee truely finde the same alteration wrought by thy holy Spirit in like manner in our whole body making every sense and member thereof instead of the service of sinne to become servants of righteousnesse even thine owne servants Lord perswade us all that all these parts being thine Created and Redeemed to these ends thou dost not only require this holinesse in every one of them but that thou likewise workest it effectually in all thine whom thou hast ordained to life and salvation according to that measure of grace which thou ar●… pleased to bestowe upon every one causing every one of them to strive forwards towards perfection that untill such a change bee begun in us in some measure never any one of us can have any true comfort that wee are thy Children or in thy favour and love and that onely as this change and comformitie to Christ Iesus our head increaseth so doth our comfort likewise increase in thee and contrarily as it decreaseth so doe we decay in our comfort and assurance Hearken unto us therefore Oh tender Father and worke mightily by thy holy Spirit in us in all thy Children that wee may never give thee any rest in our prayers untill wee shall attaine this full assurance for our Lord Iesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Advocate V. A prayer that wee may finde in our selves not onely the generall but even all the particular markes of Gods Children namely those which our Saviour hath taught us to beg in his prayer OH Lord who art the only true perswader and se●…ler of the hearts and consciences of all thine elect perswade effectually both us and all other thy people that besides a whole change in our selves in all the qualities and faculties of our soules bodies thou hast given sundry peculiar markes and properties whereby thy Children may both certainly know themselves to bee thy Children and also by which they may be so knowne ought so to be esteemed amongst all thy people and that so much the more as they more lively and evidently have these markes upon them And namely good Lord perswade us of those which thou in this praier hast taught all thine to pray and to cry for daily whereby wee carry most lively the Image of our Lord Iesus our elder Brother Vouchsafe that we may bee most zealous of the glory of thee our heavenly Father and that with a holy zeale having the Spirit of burning and the Spirit of judgement joyned together which worldlings regard not being little or nothing at all acquainted with it Grant that wee all may seeke thy kingdome and righteousnesse first before all the things of this life whereas they that are of this world seeke onely or at least in the first place the things of this world Helpe and inable us good Father heerein to these ends that whereas carnall and unregenerate men seeke onely the satisfying of their owne lusts and pleasures and by all meanes to have their owne wils fulfilled little or nothing regarding to know or to do thy heavenly will we contrarily may seeke to know and fulfill the will of thee our heavenly Father as thou hast expressed it in thy holy and sacred word and that this we may make our very meate and drinke preferring it as did our Saviour before his daily foode Vouchsafe us thy holy Spirit that whereas carnall and worldly men are wont commonly for whatsoever they desire onely to use and seeke worldly meanes such as like themselves best whether warrantable from thee or no they make no matter seldome or never using to seeke and beg them as they ought from thy heavenly bounty onely in and by the meanes which thou hast appointed and doe as seldome unfeignedly returne thee thankes prayse when they have received their desires but are like the swine under the Acorne trees never looking up from whence the Mast falls sacrifising unto their nets ascribing all to

THE FOVRTH PART OF THE TRVE WATCH CONTAINING PRAYERS AND TEARES for the CHVRCHES OR A helpe to hold up the hearts and hands of the poorest servants of God untill our Lord Iesus Christ shall have rescued his Glorie Kingdome and People in all the world and fully prepared the way to his most glorious appearing In praying learne to watch in watching pray in watching and praying is our victorie Zech. 4. 6. Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit saith the Lord of hosts Hos. 12. 4. He had power over the Angell and prevailed he wept and made supplication unto him LONDON Printed for Thomas Pavier 1624. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE AND VERTVOVS Ladies the Ladie ZOVCH wife to the Right Honourable the Lord ZOVCH with her Noble Sisters Ladie DVDLEY and Ladie WINFIE●…D all Grace and happinesse IT is too well knowne Right Honourable and Worthie Ladies how both in Court and Countrey the hearts not onely of poore simple women loaden with sinnes bu●… of our chiefe Ladies and of all other are stollen away so much as the Lord permite from all true allegeance and obedience to our Lord Iesus Christ and his Anoinced to ioyne themselves to the Church of Rome to the endlesse perdition both of their soules and bodies This also is as evident that this is wrought principally by this subtiltie of the old Serpent That they in that Church haue moe holy devotions and doe also spend much more time therein than wee in ours By this enchantment amongst others Satan and his instruments seeke to deuoure not widowes houses alone as those did in the dayes of our Sauiour but in time to swallow us all up quicke unlesse our mightie God stid deliver us from their iawes as hither to he hath done Considering therefore how the Romish Seducers swarme in everie place to the present indangering of all the Churches and people of the Lord even this our nation amongst the rest and having heard moreover by one of speciall note in the Church of God for his learning able to silence the proudest Adversarie that some of our most Honourable and chiefe Ladies have in these the like respects earnestly desired that some amongst us would more seriously labour herein that we might match them even in this kinde not as theirs in blinde vaine superstitions but in true sincere and holy devotions I haue thought it my bounden dutie to tender for the good of all sorts such meditations and prayers as the Lord hath in his mercie beene pleased to vouchsafe unto me in this behalfe This also the rather for that he having long agoe put this verie same care into my heart to seeke hereby as much to save us all as they doe to destroy us all hath now much more enflamed it with an ardent studie hereof upon this religious motion and most honourable desire of those great Personages mentioned to me againe and againe and that in Gods speciall providence as I have taken it to stir me up more earnestly hereunto Let me therefore herein right noble and worthie Ladies humbly beg pardon if I presume upon your truly renowned courtesie and tender and compassionate affection to be more than ordinarie in this my dedication to your Honours upon this important and extraordinarie occasion from this intolerable insulting of the common Adversarie and the pitifull deluding and destroying of multitudes of poore unstable soules and also the endangering of us all to lie open daily more and more unto the butcherly cruelties of Rome when they have thorowly prepared the way by drawing enow unto their part through this and other their cunning stratagems and strong delusions Grant me leaue deare Ladies I beseech you though a thing unusuall in such dedications which are wont usually to bee verie briefe yet to manifest my long studie and earnest desire for the sauing of such of our brethren and sisters as are endangered to be destroyed by this and the like subtilties of Satan to helpe hereby and by our instant prayers for them to pull some of them backe againe from the subtill Serpent unto our Lord Iesus Christ and withall to keepe others from falling away from him even so many of them as belong to the election of grace and to leave the rest of them more without excuse Now is the time that Michael and his Angels strive specially against the Dragon and his Angels about the whole bodie of his Church Now is the time that our Lord Iesus lookes for us all to helpe him and his poore Church to remember our Baptisme vow in a speciall manner to ●…ight manfully under his banner and to stand for him for our selves for our brethren I haue therefore presumed upon the occasion of that their right Christian and tender commiseration to write a generall Epistle to all the plaine and simple-hearted people of our land seduced by those deceiuers or in danger thereof and not onely to them but to all sorts That all may take the better notice of the delusions of Poperie the difference betweene the devotions of the Romish Synagogue and of the true Church of Christ and to make fully known unto them all that they must all either renounce Poperie and professe the Gospell with us or else professe themselues therein to be of Satan and to stand for his religion against our Lord Iesus Christ. That thus all may get out of Baby●…on seeke to save themselves and helpe to pull out and save all others And so much the rather for that this verie service hath beene required of me particularly by a truly religious worthie and ancient professour of Christs Gospell in the behalfe of a great and honourable Ladie who hath beene drawen away by this same delusion principally to wit That they have moe holy devotions in their Church than wee in ours and doe spend more time therein Whereupon hee requested mee to write some Epistle to helpe to reclaime her and to bring her backe againe unto us Which service or a greater I could not well denie as God should bee pleased to vouchsafe mee abilitie and opportunitie especially hauing beene long obliged by his ancient loue though the unablest of thousand others And moreouer for that I have likewise stood for many yeeres after a sort bound by promise for the verie like service in effect unto a Gentleman much respected generally of all that are affected to that Romish Religion for his speciall devotion in that superstitious kinde one worthie indeed to be duely respected of all in regard of his good parts of nature learning and also descent if the Lord shall bee pleased to shew him that mercie to reclaime and bring him backe into the bosome of his owne true Church and people againe This have I therefore more heartily wished to accomplish not onely for that I have remained long thus bound by my particular promise unto himselfe as after shall more fully appeare but likewise for that I was specially obliged in dutie both

the hopes and daunting the hearts of all thine thy Churches Adversaries and in beginning to grant all things according to the cryes of thy poore people and even above our expectations considering the heynousnesse of our sinnes Oh Lord who are we that even at the prayers of a few of us in regard of the multitude that know thee not and therefore do not nor can seeke thy face thou shouldest be so gracious to us Lift up our hearts good Father that we may conceive aright what thou wilt doe at our generall cries when we shal be joyntly humbled before thee and all seeke thee as thou hast appointed Grant specially this grace to every one of us who have already or shall heereafter give our names unto thee to serve thee heevein and helpe thy poore distressed Church and people that uppon this happy experience wee may labour every day to attayne unto more integrity soundness in walking uprightly and constantly before thee in all thy holy commandements Vouchsafe that heereby wee may get more boldnes wherby we may approach neerer unto thee and even to importune thee with holy Abraham Moses Ezra and Nehemiah untill wee have obtained the pacifying of thy Majesty by the taking away all the abhominations crying sinnes out of the Churches the delivering of thy Captives the restoring and re-edifying of thy Ierusalem and that all the hopes of our wicked enemies shall bee at an end and our dreadfull dangers and feares past and that we shall visibly beholde thy glory therein and also injoy thy glorious presence for evermore To this end deere Father enable us by thy blessed Spirit to use all the meanes furthering heereunto and that much more carefull conscionably then ever wee have done for confirming our weake hands for strengthning our wearie knees Make us all ever to keepe a fresh remembrance of thy goodness and mercy how readie thou art to heare the cryes of thy people and of the power of our prayers thorow our Lord and Saviour how farre they have already prevayled with thy Majesty Cause us ever to have a ●…arefull and watchfull eye to thy blessed Word that in all things we may have that for our guide and our direction Worke in each of us a holy resolution to cleave fast unto thee without any departing or staggering walking continually in all thy blessed Lawes and Commandements for ever even unto the end Teach and helpe us to feare alway the offending of thy Sacred Majestie and that with a true childe-like feare because of thy holinesse who canst not abide any iniquity no not in thy deerest Children and because of the extreame rage and subtiltie of Sathan against all thine dogging us continually at the heeles to provoke us to sinne agaynst thee that hee may accuse us and incense thy Majesty against us if it may bee to leave us unto his malice or at the least to hinder thy love and blessing And also because of our owne vile corruption which is ready alwayes to hearken unto him and to betray us into his hand Assist us to watch ever against all occasions of temptations keeping strict watch over all our senses our thoughts motions wordes and actions Make us everie day to waxe better and better still growing on toward that perfection which we doe dayly waite for in the Heavens Cause us ever to keepe in fresh memory that wee are thorow our cursed Natures and the industrie of Sathan like him that is in a boare vppon a strong streame that if wee bestirre not our selves constantly to go forward we certainely goe backeward if wee but forget our selves or withdraw our hands never so little Make us able to observe wisely all our slippes and faylings and euer to be carefull forth with to seeke the recovery of our selves by unfeyned repentance and by dooing our first and best workes Graunt unto us this grace that every one of us may have our owne particular warrantable callings that wee may know them well and what speciall duties thou requirest of us in them and that we may labour to walk faithfully therein that thy blessed Angelles may rejoyce to attend upon us and protect us alwayes and Sathan may neuer take us out of our way to get any advantage against us thereby Lift up our eyes evermore to the recompence of reward that therein wee may cheerefully follow our Lord and Saviour running fast towards the marke untill we shall attaine the Crowne which hee ever holdeth forth unto us in his right hand Helpe us to set thee ever before our faces and at our right hands as thy seruant David that we may never sin against thee but that we may go on couragiously with holy Moses as seeing thee with us ever that art invisible Make us able to rejoyce alwayes in our happie estate thorow Iesus Christ by comparing it with the estate of the greatest Princes and Monarkes who are enemies vnto thee and whether vvee wold change with the mightiest of them Cause us to goe 〈◊〉 cheerefully not onely contented with our condition but also rejoycing heerein that the lines are fallen unto ●…s in so fair a ground and that we haue so goodlie an heritage Make us able in praying continually for what we stand in neede of for our selves and for all the Churches and people of the Lord ever withall 〈◊〉 give thankes for that measure which we have alreadie and for whatsoever deliverances hopes or other 〈◊〉 which we have formerly 〈◊〉 or do ●…ow injoy●… And finally enable us in whatsoever we beg to ayme 〈◊〉 a●… the advancement 〈◊〉 glory and of the kingdom of thy Sonne with the saying of thy people that thus going on in the zeale of thy glorie and in the ●…owels of commiseration towardes thy poore Ioseph in a tender feeling of his affliction and in the constant use of all holy meanes we may be assured that wee shall be as Caleb everie day stronger and stronger in all grace and in the power of prayer and as the greene Olive in thy house bringing forth more fruite to our olde age and last dayes that our last daies may be our best dayes our last breath may be spent for thy Majesty that so we may see the sel●…citie of thy chosen and may reigne and triumph with thee in heaven for evermore Perswade all thy people that every one vvho comes not thus to helpe thee thy poore Church by their prayers must perish that none can helpe indeede but they onely who seeke to attayne this integrity and to abide aud grow therein perpetually Hearken unto us O most tender Father in these our humble suites and in whatsoever else thou knowest needfull for us for thy poore distressed Churches or for any member of thy whole vniuersall and Catholike church even for the Lord Iesus Christ his sake thy most beloved