heigot of that most excessent loue which moued thee to shew mercie where none was deserued to promise and giue life where death had gotten the victorie to receiue vs into thy grace when we could do nothing but rebel against thy maiestie O Lord the blind dulnesse of our corrupt nature will nto suffer vs sufficiently to weigh these thy most ample benefites yet neuerthelesse at the commaundement of Iesus Christ our Lord we present our selues to this thy Table which hee hath left to bee vsed in remembrance of his death vntill his comming againe to declare and witnesse before the world that by him alone we haue receiued libertie and life that by him alone thou doest acknowledge vs to be thy children and heires that by him alone wee haue entraunce to the trone of thy grace that by him alone we are possessed in our Spiritual kingdome to eate and drinke at his Table with whom we haue our conuersation present in Heauen and by whom our bodies shall be raised vp againe from the dust and shall be placed with him in that endlesse ioy which thou O father of mercie hast prepared for thine elect before the foundation of the world was laid And these most inest imable benefits we acknowledge and confesse to haue receiued of thy free mercie and grace by chine onely beloued sonne Iesus Christ For the which therefore we thy congregation moued by the holy Spirice render to thee all thankes praise and glorie for euer and euer Amen ¶ A thankes giuing after the receiuing of the holy Communion MOst mercifull father we render to thee all praise thankes honour and glorie for that it hath pleased thee of thy great mercy to graunt vs miserable sinners so excellent a gift and treasure as to receiue vs into the fellowship and companie of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ our Lord whom thou hast deliuered to death for vs and hast giuen him vnto vs as a necessarie foode and nourishmēt vnto euerlasting life And now we beséech thée also O heauenly father to graunt vs this request that thou neuer suffer vs to become so vnkind as to forget so worthie benefites but rather imprint and fasten them sure in our hearts that we may grow and inicrease dayly more and more in true faith which continually is exercised in all manner of good workes and so much the rather O Lord confirme vs in these perillous dayes and rages of Sathan that we may constantly stand and continue in the confession of the same to the aduauncement of thy glorie which art God ouer all things blessed for euer Amen A comfortable Prayer O Lord God almigbtie and Father most mercifull there is none like thee in heauen or in earth which workest all things for the glorie of thy name and the comfort of thine elect Thou diddest once make man ruler ouer all thy creatures and placed him in the garden of all pleasure but how soone alas did he in his felicitie forget thy goodnesse Thy people Israel also in their wealth did euermore run astray abusing thy manisld mercies like as all flesh contimually rageth when it hath gotten libertie and externall prosperitie But such is thy wisedome adioyned to thy mercies deare Father that thou seekest all meanes possible to bring thy children to the sure sence and liuely feeling of thy fatherly fauour And therefore when prosperitie will not serue then sendest thou aduersitie graciously correcting all thy Children whom thou receiuest into thy houshold Wherfore I wretched and miserable sinner render vnto thee most humble and heartie thankes that it hath pleased thee to call me home to thy folde by thy fatherly correction at this present whereas in presperlite and aduersitie I did neglect thy greace offered vnto me For the which negligence and many other grieuous sinnes where of I now accuse my selfe before thee thou mightest most iustly haue giuen me vp into a reprobate minde and induration of hart as thou hast done others But such is thy goodnesse O Lorod that thou séemest5 to forget al my offences and hast called me of thy good pleasure from all idolatrie to professe thy name and to suffer some Crosse amongst thy people for thy truth and Gospel sake and so to be thy witnesse with the Prophets and Aposties yea with thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our head to whom thou doest being heere fashion me like that in his glorie I may also be like him when he shall appeare O Lord God what am I vpon whom thou shouldest shewe this great mercie O most louing Lord forgiue me my vnthankefulnesse and all my sinnes for Iesus Christes sake O heauenly Father increase thy holy Spirit in me to teach my heart to crye Abba deare Father assure me of thy eternall election in Christ to reueale thy will more and more towards me to confirme mee so in thy trueth that I may liue and dye therein and that by the power of the same Spirite I may boldlie giue an account of my faith to all men with humblenesse and meekenesse to the glorie of thy most holy name Thorowe Iesus Christ our Lor and onely Sauiour So be it A meditation for a vvoman vvith childe and specially vvhen she entreth in to trauell O Almightie and mercifull Father which of thy bountifull goodnesse hast fructified my wombe and of thy gracious blessing hath created mee a reasonable creature I most heartily thanke thee not only for this thy gracious gift but also for that thou hast at all times since I conceiued preserued me from all perils both of soule and bodie and hast so moderated all my nips pinches throwes and pangs that I haue hetherto right well escaped them I acknowledge O Lord iustly for our sinfull transgression of thy commaundements thou saidst vnto the first woman and in her to vs all I will increase thy sorrowe when thou art with childe with paine shalt thou bring forth thy children And our paines therefore that we suffer in this behalfe are none other thing but a worthie Crosse layde vpon vs by thy godly ordinance to the which with heart and minde I humbly submit me trusting surely and being fully perswaded in my faith that thou callest none into perrill and daunger but both thou canit and wilt at conuenient season deliuer them Thou most gracious GOD hast commaunded vs in all our trouble to call vpon thee for ayde and helpe and not only hast commaunded vs but also of thy mercifull goodnesse hast promised to vs good deliuerance saying Call vpon mee in the time of trouble and I will deliuer thee O good Lord how greatly doe these words comfort my hart and sustaine my sillie soule Who would not greatly reioyce that knoweth certainely almighty God to be present with him in his trouble Saith not God thus Or euer they cal saith he I shall aunswere them while they are yet but thinking how to speake I shal beare them and in the Psalme I am with him saith God in his trouble out of which I
con Mothers brother af Fathers sisters husband af Mothers sisters husband af Husbands fathers brother af Husbands mothers brother con Father con Stepsather 1 Husbands father con Sonne af Husbands sonne af Daughters husband con No man may marrie his Sister af Wiues sister af Brothers wife con Sonnes daughter con Daughters daughter af Sonnes sonnes wife af Daughters sonnes wife af Wines sonnes daughter af Wines daughters daughter con Brothers daughter con Bisters daughter af Brothers sonnes wife af Sisters sonnes wife af Wines brothers daughter af Wiues sisters daughter con No woman ought to marrie her brother af Husbands brother af Sisters husband con Daughters sonne con Sonnes sonne af Daughters sonne af Sonnes daughters husband af Daughter daughters husbaÌ„d af Husbands sonnes sonne af Husbands daughters sonne con Brothers sonne con Sisters sonne af Brothers daughters husband af Sisters daughters husband af Husbands daughters sonne af Brothers sisters sonne How a man shall behaue himselfe in the Morning when he riseth When thou risest in the morning looke that thou with all humblenes of mind kneele downe and lifting vp thy hart thy hands thine eyes into heauen vnto God the father almighty pray on this maner A Prayer for the Mcrning OAlmghty and most grntle God wre thanke thee for that sweet sleepe and comfortable rest that thou hast gruen vs this night And forasnitich as thou hast commanded by thy holy word that no maÌ„ should he idle but alwaies occupied in vertuous exercises euery man according to his callin g We most humblie beseech thee that thine eyes may attend vpon vs daily defend vs in forrow succour vs cheresh comfort and gouerne all our counsailes studies and labours In such wise that we may so spend this day according to thy most blessed will without hurting of our neighbour that we may diligently and warely eschue and audide all things that should displease thee se thtem alwaies before our eyes liue in thy feare and euer worke that that may be found acceptable before thy diuine Maiestie vnto the praise of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. So be it After thou hast prayed on this maner seeing that we be all sinnerse it shall be expedient if thou hast conuenient leisure thereunto to confesse thy selfe on this maner vnto God the father The confession of our sinnes vnto God the father O Almighty God and he auenly Father and maker of heauen earth I confesse my selfe vnto thee euen from the very hart that I am a milerable wretched and abominable sinner And haue wickedly transgressed all thy holy commandements the druine precepts of thy godlie will The sins alas which I haue committed in my flesh against thee are so great and so exceedingly increased that they are no lesse innumerable theÌ„ the sands of the Sea and they thrust me down euen as an intollerable burthen In these wicked sinnes oh Lord God haue I hitherto walked according to the will of the Prince of this world whiles I did that was pleasant to the fleshand ill lusts through baine thoughts the blindnes of the heart the outward pretence of godlines and fayned faith This came to passe oh wretch that I am because that I did neuer earnestlie striue against the suggestions of Sathan nor the concupiscences or desires of the world nor yet the lustes of the flesh But filthily obeyed them a thousand times more then the motions of thy holy Spirite O Lorde my God It came to passe also that I did set naught by thy godly counsaile despised thy holy name and feaed thy bengeance and heauy vispleasure nothing at all But whatsoeuer I haue in this behalfe offended thy most godly maiestie it sore repenteth me and the fault grieueth me euen vnto the very hart And if it were not O most mercifull Father that thou hadst layd vp mercie in the bowels blood and wounds of Iesus Christ thy Sonne and or Lord for so many as vnfeinedly repent and truely beleeue be their sins neuer so great many I should see no other way but throwe my selfe downe headlong through despecation into the bottomeies pit of hell But forasmuch as thou hast set thy welbeloned Son Iesus Christ to be our Mediator and mercie stocke and hast promised grace mercie and forgiuenesse of sins to as many as aske it in his name through faith in his bloood Therefore in this time of grace mercy I miserable sinner come now vnto thee and desire thee my Lord God that thou wilt graund mee through that our Lord Iesus Christ a right true saith And for his lake forgiue me all my sins and make me to walke daily more and more in a newe heart and in the fruits of the holy Ghost thaâ— I may vtterl despise all the vngodly lustes of this world and that I may be found conâ—â—â—ent pure of liuing temperate good righteous bonest diligent in all goodnesse meeke mercifull modest humble and ready to forgiue such as offend me euen from the very hart And so liue all the daies of my life according to thy diuine will and true feare that I may dye to the world to all sinne and to my selfe And with a good confience and merrie heart looke for the comming of the Lord and my Sauiour Iesus Christ To whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glorie for euer and euer So be it Thou maist if thou wilt after thy confession say the Lordes prayer And so commending thy selfe vnto God fall to some honest and vertuous exercise according to thy calling but whatsoeuer thou do et doe it with purenesse of heart and with singlenesse of eye Yea so doe it as though God were present and looked vpon thee as vndoubtedly he doth VVhen thou goest to thy labour or vvorke O Most kinde and gentle heauenly Father thou knowest and hast also taught vs how great the weakenesse of man is so that no man without thy good helpe can do any thing Thus bouchsafe to send vs thy holy spirit that he may strengthen 〈◊〉 and moue our vnderstanding and reason in all things that we this day outwardly shall goe about and take in hand or of that we inwardly shal thinke or haue in minde to the intent that it may all be done to his glorie and to the profite of our neighbour Amen A Prayer for the Euening O Lord God Father euer lasting and full of pittie wee acknowledge and confesse that we be not worthie to lift vp our eyes to heauen much lesse to present our selues before thy diuine Matestie with confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers and graunt one requests if we consider our owne deseraings For our consciences doe accuse vs and our sinnes witnesse against vs and we know that thou art an vpright Iudge which doest not iustifie the sinnerse wicked men but punishest the faults of all such as transgresse thy commandements Yet most mercifull father since it hath pleased thee to command vs to call vpon thee
not to order them according to thy word deserueth thy dreadfull curse Graunt therefore that as thou hast blessed me with an household so I may diligently watch that nothing be commited of the same that might offend thy father lie goodnesse and be an occasion of turning thy blessing into cursing but that so many as thou hast committed to my charge may eschue all vice imbrace all vertue liue in thy feare call vpon thy holie name learne thy blessed commandements heare thy holy word and auoiding idlenesse diligentlie exercise themselues euerie one in his office according to their vocation and calling vnto the glorie of thy most honorable name Amen Of all Christians ALbeit O Heauenly FAther all we that vnfeinedly professe thy holy religion and faithfullie call on thy blessed name are thy sonnes and heires of euerlasting glorie yet as all the members of a body haue not one office so likewise we being manx and making one bodie whereof thy dearely beloued Sonne is the head haue not all one gift neither are we all called to one office but as it hath pleased thee to distribute so receiue we we therefore most hūbly praythee to send the Spirit of loue and concord among vs that without any disorder or debate euery of vs may be conent with our calling quietly liue in the same studie to doe good vnto all men by the true and diligent exercise therof without too much séeking of our priuat gaine and so order our selues in all poynts according to thy godlie will that by well-doing wee may stoppe the mouthes of such foolish and ignorant people as reporte vs to be euill dooers and cause them through our good workes to glorifie thee our Lord God in the ay of visitation Amen A Prayer meete for all men and to besaid at all times O Most mercifull Father grant me to couer with an ardent mind those things which may please thee to search them wisely to know them truly and to fulfil them perfectly to the laud and glory of thy name Order my liuing so that I may doe thatwhich thou requirest of me and giue me grace so that I may know it and haue will and power to doe it and that I may obtaine those things which be most connenient to my soule Cacious Lord make my way sure streight to thee so that I fall not between prosperitie and aduersirie but that in prosperous things I may giue thee thankes and in aduersitie be patient so that I be not lift vp with the one nor oppressed with the other And that I may reioyce in nothing but that which moueth mee to thee nor to be sorie for any thing but for those things which draw me from thee desiring to please no bodie nor fearing to displease any besids thee most louing father let all worldly things be vile vnto me for thee and be thou my most speciall comfort aboue al. Let me not be merie with the ioy that is without thee And let me desire nothing besides thee let all labour delight me which is for thee and let all the rest wearie we which is not in thee Make me to lift vp my hart oftentimes to thee and when I fall make me to thinke on thee and be sorie with a stedfast purpose of amendement Louing Lord make me humble without faining merrie without lightnesse sad without mistrust sober without dulnes true without doublenes fearing thee without desperatiō trusting in thee with out presumption telling my neighbors their faults meekly without dissimmulatiō teaching them with words and examples without any mocking obedient without arguing patient without grudging and pure without corruption giue me also I beseech thee a waking spirite that no curious thought with draw me from thee Let it be so strong that no filthie affection dram me backward so stable that no tribulation breake it graunt me also to knowe thee diligentlie to learne a godlie conuersation to please thee and finallie hope to imbrace thee for the precious blood sake of that immaculate Lambe our onlie Sauiour Iesus Christ To whom with thee O Father and the holy Ghost thrée persons and one God be all honor and glory world without end Amen A Prayer for the obtaining of saith O Mercifull God deare Father of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ in whom as thou art well pleased so hast thou commanded vs to heare him forasmuch as he often biddeth vs to aske of thee and thereto promiseth that thou wilt heare vs and graunt vs that which in his name wee shall aske of thee Loe gracious Father I am bold to beg of thy mercie through thy Sonne Iesus Christ one sparkle of true faith and certaine perswasion of thy goodnesse and loue towards me in Christ where through I being assured of the pardon of all my sinnes by the mercies of Christ thy Sonne may be thankfull to thee loue thee and serue thee in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of my life So be it A Prayer for repentance MOst gracious God and mercifull father of our Sauiour Iesus Christ because I haue sinned and done wickedlie and thorough thy goodnesse haue receiued a desire of repentance whereto this long suffering doth draw my hard hart I beseech thee for thy great mercies sake in Christ to worke the same repentance in me and by thy Spirite power and grace to humble mortifie and teare my conscience for my sinnes to saluation that in thy good time thou maist comfort and quicken me thorow Iesus Christ thy dearly beloued Sonne Amen A Prayer for remission of sinnes and for the comfort and true feeling of Gods sauor and mercie OH Lord God and deare Father what shall I say that feele all things to be in maner with me as in the wieked Blindis my mind crooked is my will and peruerse concupiscener is in me as a spring or stincking puddie Oh how faine is saith in me How little is my loue to thée or thy people How great is selfe-loue How hard is my heart by the reason whereof I am moued to doubt of thy goodnesse towards me whether thou art my mercifufll father and whether I be thy childe or no Indeede worthilie might I doubt if that the hauing of these were the cause and not the fruite rather of thy Children The cause and not the fruite rather of thy Children The cause why thou art my Father is the mercy goodnesse grace and trueth in Christ Iesus the which cannot but remaine for euer In respect whereof thou hast borne me this good wil to bring me into thy Church by Baptisme and to accept me into the number of thy Children that I might be holy faithfull obedient and innocent and to cal me diuers times by the ministring of thy word into thy kingdome besides the innumerable other benefits alwaies hether to powred vpon me all which thou hast done of this thy good will that thou of thine owne mercie bearest to me in Christ and for Christ before the world was made The which
maiestie with an earnest zeale of a godly spirit and most pure affection praying and beseeching thee euerlasting God here to preserue this child according to thy most holy will that it may enioy the benefites of all thy heauenly Sacraments to liue and serue thee in purenesse of life as a faithfull member of the Christian congregation wherein thy name by it may be glorified honoured and praysed world without end So be it A prayer vvhen a man commet home from his labour THere is nothing O Lord more like to thy holy nature then a quiet minde Thou hast called vs out of the troublesome disquietnesse of the world into that thy quiet rest and peace which the world cannot giue being such a peace that passeth all mens vnderstanding Houses be ordained for vs that thereby we might be defended from the inâ—urie of weather 〈…〉 â—oyles of the 〈◊〉 O gracious father graunt that through thy great mercy my boâ—â—â— may â—â—ier into this house from outward actions but so that it may become luxome and obedient to the soule and make no resistance against the same that in soule and bodie I may haue a godly quietnesse and peace to praise thy holy name So be it Peace bee in this house and to all that dwell in the same Thinke what a returne and how merrie a returne it will be to come to our eternall most quiet and most happie home Then will all griefe and sorrowe cease Whatsoeuer here is pleasant and ioyfull the same is nothing but a very shadowe in comparison of that which is to come A prayer for the sicke O LORD looke downe from heauen behold visite and relieue this thy seruant looke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercie giue him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the daunger of the enemie and keepe him in perpetuall peace and safetie through Iesus our Lord. Amen ¶ Another prayer for the sicke HEare vs 〈◊〉 â—â—ghty and most â—â—â—â—ifull GOD and Sauiour entend thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy Seruant which is grieued with sicknesse visite him O Lord as thou diddest Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruant Restore vnto this ficke person his former health if it be thy will or els giue him grace to take thy visitation that after this payuefull life ended he may dwell with thee in life euerlasting Amen Another prater for the sicke O Lord Iesu Christ thou only Sonne of the heauenly Father ouâ— aâ—one Redeemer and omniâ—â—fficient Sauiour we most humbly beseech thee deliuer this sicke and weake person now being in great paines and at the poyne to depart out of this world from all vglisome and terrible assaults and temptations of the Deuill sinne and Hel. Deliuer him O Lord as thou deliueredst Noe from the raging waues of the Sea Lot from the distruction of Sodome Abraham from the feare of the Chaldees The Children of Israell from the tyrannie of Pharao Dauid from the hand of Goliah the three men from the violence of the fierie Fornace in Babilon Daniell from the mouth of the Lyons Ionas from the bellie of the Whalefish and Peter from the prison of Herode Euen so O gracious Lord deliuer the soule of this person both now and whensoeuer he shall departe hence from all perrilland daunger Open vnto him at the hower of death the doore of Paradise the gates of heauen and the entrie of euerlasting life O Lord Iesus Christ forgiue him all his sinnes and leade him with ioy into the kingdome of thy heauenly father euen vnto the bosome of Abraham and appoynt him vnto euerlasting rest that he may reiayce with thee and with all the elect Children of God in euerlasting life Amen The sticke mans Prayer LOrd hearken vnto my prayer and giue eare to my most humble requestes O most mercifull God O father of all mercies the father of our Lord and samour Iesus Christ be mercifull to me a sruner Haue pietie on me and quickly helpe me noore wretch for the most better passion and most precious death of Iesus Christ thy onely begetten Sonne and our alone redeemer and Sauiour Enter not into iudgement with thy setuant O Lord Haudle me not according to my deserts and merites neithere reward me afeer mine iniquities but for thine infinite and vnmeasurable bountie and exceeding great mercie receiue me and take me into thy fauour I miserable and weake creature am in thy hand I am thy boud seruant and thy debter O most gentle God O most fauourable Father forsake me not cast mee not away poore wretch that I am For I am thine with all there euer I can make No man is able to strengthen mee no man is able to deliuer me no man is able to helpe me but thou alone Thou art the true helper in aduersitie Thou art the most sure and present comforter of all necessitie Thou alone art our helper our Bulwarke our Fortresse and our most mightie and strongly defended tower Thou O God art our reiuge thou art our helper in all our tribulations In thee O Lord doe I trust let me not be confounded Let me neuer be put to shame let me not be deceiued of my hope but preserue me for thy righteousnesse sake Bowe downe thine eare vnto me make haste to deliuer me Be my befender O God and my strong hold thou shat mayest saue me For thou art my strength and my refuge yea thou art my God and my deâ—â—â—â—ies are in thy hands Lighten thy countenance vpon thy seruant and saue me for thy mercies sake O Lord. And forasmuch O sooecte father as it is thy godlie yâ—â—asâ—â— to call me now from this miserable life and wretched morld I most â—ntirely beseech thee to defend me in this agonie of death that neither Sathan nor his Ministers preuaile against me but that I conâ—â—â—â—e faithfull and constant vnto the ende in the confession of thy holy name looking for full remission of all my sinnes in the precious blood of thy weldeloued Sonne and my onely Sauiour Iesus Chrst and that I departing in this faith and perfect trust may bee placed among thy blessed saints and heauenly Spirites and so for euer and euer remaine with thee in glorie Graunt this O most mercifull Father for thy deare Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our alone mediatour and aduocate Amen My Testament THis I make my Testament and last Will in the name of the eternall liuing God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost in whose name I was baptized In whom onely I hope and beleeue to be saued Amen First I bequeath my soule into thy hands O God Father Sonne and holy Ghost Thou hast first made me and thou hast giuen thy Sonne to become man and dyed for my sinnes and for the sinnes of the people O father for thy sonnes sake haue mereie vpon me O Lord Iesu Christ thou Sonne of God thou hast bought me with thy precious blood by one oblation sufficiently for all that beleeue in thee O Christ God and man
which are in Heauen haue mercie vpon me and be thou my mercifull mediator for me vnto thy Father that I may be saued O holy Ghost God conqual with the father the sonne haue mercie vpon me worke thy diume power in me thorow thy gracious mipiration Drame me vnto Iesus Christ that I may finde fanour and be saued Amen The second part As concerning my bodie that I bequeathe vnto the earth from whence it came My Consission I Knowledge and confese with all my heart that I am a sinner yea such a sinner as hath neede of the grace mercie and fauour of God My faith ioyned with hope I beleeue that the Lord will haue mercie vpon me for he hath first made me and if it shall please him he may saue me This I beleeue whether I liue or dye I am the Lords My hope I Hope that I shall find both grace and mercie for my sinnes of God the Father euen for Iesus Christes sake in him I beleeue he is my redeemer he liueth for euer and euer He maketh intercession for sinnes So this I know that now I am a corruptible body but I hope through Christ to rise an vncorruptible body Now a mortall bodie but through Christ and his merites I hope to haue though now an earthly bodie then an heauenly bodie For as many as shall be saued shall shine in the kingdome of God as bright as the Sunne This my faith and hope I lay vp in my minde the mind of my Soule trusting onely to be saued thorowe the merites of Iesus Christ God and man which is in Heauen From whence we looke againe the which shall change our vile bodie and make it like his owne most glorious bodie whereby he is ablel to subdue all things vnto himselfe O Christ haue mercie vpon mee thou hast redeemed mee O Christ saue me A Prayer for the Sicke OH how sicke am I My weakenesse increaseth more and more Lord be mercifull vnto me and giue mee grace pacientlie and thankefullie to beare the crosse and in the middest of this my sickenesse alwaies to say Thy will O heauenly Father bee done and not mine Another Prayer for the Sicke O Lorde Iesus Christ which art the onely health of all men liuing and the euerlasting life of them which dye in thy faith I wretched sinner giue submic my selfe wholy to thy most blessed will And I being sure that the thing cannot perish which is committed vnto thy mercie most humbly beseech thee O Lord to giue me grace that I may now willinglie leaue this fraile wicked flesh in hope of the resurrection which in better wise shall restore it to me againe I beseech thee O most mercifull Iesu Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule against all temptations and that thou wilt couer and defend my with the Buckler of thy mercie against all the assaults of the Diuell I see and acknowledge that there is in my selfe no helpe of life and fasuation 〈◊〉 my considence hope and trust i◠in thy most mercifull goodnesse I haue no merites 〈◊〉 good workes which I may alleage before thée Of sinnes and euill works alas I see a grace heape but through thy mercie I trust to be of the number of them to whom thou wilt not impute their sinnes but take and accept me for righteous and iust and to be the inheritour of euerlasting glorie Thou O most mercifull Lord waste borne for my sake Thou diddest suffer both hunger and thirst for my sake Thou diddest preach and teach thou diddest pray and fast for my sake Thou didest all good woorkes and deedes for my sake Thou sufferedst most greeuous paynes and torments for my sake And finally thou gauest thy most precious body to dye and thy most blessed blood to be shed on the Crosse for my sake Now most mercifull Sauiour let all these things profite me which thou freely hast giuen me which hast giuen thy selfe for me let thy blood cleanse and wash away the spottes and foulenesse of my sinnes Let thy righteousnes hide and couer my vnrighteousnesse Let the merites of thy passion and blood be the satisfaction for my sinnes Giue me Lord thy grace that my faith and perswasion in thy blood wauer not in me but euer be firme and constant that the hope of thy mercie and life euerlasting neuer decay in me that Charitie waxe not colde in me finally that the weakenesse of my flesh be not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt me also O most mercifull Sauiour that when death hath shut vp the eyes of my bodie yet the eyes of my Soule may still behold and looke vnon thee and that when death hath taken away the vse of my tongue and speech yet that my heart may crye and say vnto thee O Lord into thy hands I giue and commit my soule Lord Iesu take my Spirit A thankes giuing to God for the departure of the faithfull out of this vvorld O How can we most louing Father render vnto thee sufficient thankes for thine inestimable goodnesse toward thy faithfull seruants Whom thou calling out of this wetched world vouchsafe to place in thy heauenly Ringdome among the glorious companie of thy holy Angels and blessed Saints O full precious is the death of the faithfull in thy sight Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord. For they are at rest from their painfull trauels and labour The soules of the righteous are in thy hand O God and the paine of death shall not touch them In the sight of the vnwise they appeare to dye but they are in peace They shine as the sparkes that runne through the red bush They glister as the shyning heauen They are as the starres world without end They are as the Angels of God They are clad with white garments and haue golden Crownes vpon their heads Tey doe seruice day and night before the glorious Throne of thy Diuine Maiestie They neither hunger nor thirst any more neither doth the Sunne or any heate fall vpon them for the Lambe which is in the middest of the Throne gouerneth them and leadeth them vnto the liuing fountaine of waters They followe the Lambe whithersoeuer he goeth They haue such ioyes as eye hath not seene nor eare hath heard neither is there any heart able to thinke them infinite and vnspeakeable are thy treasures O Lord which thou hast layde vp for them that depart in thy faith For these thy fatherly benefites toward the soule of the faithfull and for that it hath pleased thee to call this our Christian brother from this vale of miserie vnto thy heauenly kingdome we giue vnto thee most heartie thankes humbly beseeching thee that thou wilt take like care for vs and so gouerne vs with thy holy Spirit both in sicknesse and in health that we may liue a good and godly life in this present world and whensoeuer it shall be thy good pleasure to call vs hence we may with strong faith
thee for them that put their trust in thee amongst whom account me for thy mercies sake Againe this eternall life and the place appoynted for them that be thy seruants all men doe graunt to be with thee because thou art euery where therefore eternall life is euery where For they by thy word doe knowe that in almuch as no man can see thee and liue this eternall life and thy blessed presence is most pleasant and had in fruition after in an other world whereunto by corporall death they dodepart and are translated to a place aboue them where thou dwellest in a light whereunto no man can approach Abrahams bosome they reade was aboue as the place of the wicked was alowe and beneath Helias was caught vp into Heauen and thy Sonne our deare Sauiour prayed that where he is those also might be which thou haddest giuen him and might see his glorie Now here deare Fatehr we learne by thy ppirit was ascended and taken vp in his very bodie into heauen whether Stephen looking vp and saw thy Christ standing on thy right hand to whom he prayed Oh Lord Iesus receiue my spirite Graunt I beseech thee gracious God and Father that I may haue a cleane heart more and more to see thee and so in spirit to see and looke often vpon this place whither bring me at the length in bodie also I humbly pray thee Now what a thing this euerlasting life is no man is able to conceiue much lesse able to vtter For the peace of God which is eternall life passeth all vnderstanding The eye hath not seene the eare hath not heard neither can mans heart conceiue those things which thou deare God hast prepared for them that loue thee Whatsoeuer therefore can be spoken or imagined of the kingdome of the clearnesse ioy and felicitie of the same is nothing in comparison as we may see by the Prophets which because they could not otherwise vnder corporall things haue shadowed the same so that the confidence of eternall life what a thing it is can in no wise be tolde Howbeit somewhat we may be brought into some sight of it by earthly things to thinke on this sort If God hath giuen heere so many things in a strange place how many are the great good things that be at home If in a prison are so many mercies how many are they in the Palace If the wicked haue so many benefites what is the siore prepared for thy seruants Oh Lord If thy Children finde such comforts in the day of teares and mourning what shall they finde in the day of the Marriage If which beastes men being haue the vse of innumerable blessings Oh how many are the blessings which they shall enioy with thy Angels and with thee thy selfe O deare God when they shall see thee and haue the fruition of thee in whom is fulnesse without lothing of all good and faire things so that nothing can be more desired and that for euermore This thy children doe not see as they now beleeue it I say that euen in their bodies they shall see it for euer as Iob said They beleeue that they shall see thee and their owne eyes behold thee when these our corporall eyes our bodies being raysed shall doe their duties Such a knowledge of thee they beleeue to haue as shall not be onely intellectuall and by faith as now it is but euen a full sight and fruition yea a coniunction and fellowship with thee Now they see but in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then they shall see face to face For faith though it be the substance of things hoped for and a certaine darke sight of thee yet it may not be compared to the reward of faith and glorious sight which we shall see in the life to come when faith and hope shall cease Now thy children knowe that they be thy Sonnes though it yet appeare not what they shal be We know say they that when our Christ God and man shall appeare then shall we be like vnto him for we shall see him euen as he is Oh great prerogatiue to see Christ is he is Which is not to be considered so much for the manhood as for the godhead it selfe as Paule doth also write that when all things are subiect vnto the sonne then shall he be subiect vnto thee deare Father also so that God may be all in all And therefore Christ our Sauiour prayed for vs that we might knowe thee the only true God not that our Christ thy Sonne is not with thee the true coequall and substantiall God but that we might knowe how that after the iudgement such a mysterie of his mediatorship shall not be in heauen as it is now in earth Then thou blessed Trinitie God the Father God the Sonne and God the holy Ghost shall be all in all thou shalt be the ende of our desires thou shalt be looked vpon with out ende thou shalt be loued without loathing thou shalt be praised without wearinesse Although lothsomnes be wont to followe fulnesse yet our fulnesse in the contemplation of thy pleasures shall bring with it now kynd at all of lothsomnesse Societie of ioyes shall be in the beholding of thee Pleasures are on thy right hand for euer We shal be satisfted when we arise after thine Image I meane in the resurrection Oh deare father show thy selfe vnto vs and we aske no more Oh graunt vs with thy Saints in euerlasting life to praise with perpetuall praises thy holy name Happie then and happie againe were we if that day were come that we might sing with thy Angels Elders and innumerable thousands a newe song and say thou Christ Iesus which wast staine art worthie to receiue power and riches and wisedome and strength and honour and glorie and blessing In this blessed life all kind of maladies griefes sorrowes and euils be sarre away and all full of all kind of myrth ioy and pleasure Oh that we might see now a little with Saiut Iohn that holy Citie nowe Ierusalem descending from Heauan prepared of God as a Bride trimmed for her husband Oh that we might now something heare the great voyce speaking out of the throne behold the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and he shall be vnto them their God he wil wipe away all teares from their eyes and death shall be no more nor weeping nor crying nor sorrowe for the former things are gone A prayer of death and the commoditie it bringeth WHat other thing do wee daylie in this present life then heape sinne vpon sinne and hoorde vp trespasse vpon trespasse So that this day is worse alwayes then yesterday by increasing of dayes so sinnes and therefore thy indignation good Lord against vs but when we shall be let goe out of the prison of this bodie and so taken into thy blessed companie then shall we be in most safetie of immortalitie and saluation
then shall come vnto vs no sickenesse no neede no payne no kinde of euill to soule or bodie but whatsoeuer good we can wish that shall we haue and whatsoeuer we loath shall be farre from vs. O deare Father that we had faith to behold these things accordingly Oh that our hearts were perswaded thereof and our affections inflamed with the desire of them Then should we liue in longing for that which now we must lothe O helpe vs and graunt that we being ignorant of things to come and of the time of our death which to thee is certaine may so liue and finish our iourney here that we may be readie and then depart when our departing may make most to thy glorie and our comfort through Christ What is this life but a smoke a vapor a shadow a warfare a bubble of water a word grasse a flower That thou shalt dye it is most certaine but the time no man can tell when The longer in this life thou doest remaine the more thou sinnest which will turne to thy more paine By cogitation of death our mynds be often in a manner oppressed with darkenesse because we doe but remember the light of the bodie forgetting the light of the minde and for thy resurrection Hereto remember the good things that after this life shall ensue without wauering in certeintie of faith and so shall the passage of death be more desired It is like a sayling ouer the Sea to thy home and countrie It is like a medicine or purgation to the health of soule and bodie it is the best Phisition it is like to a womans trauaile For as the childe being deliuered commeth into a more large place then the wombe wherein it did lye before so mysoule being deliuered out of the bodie commeth into a much more larger and fayrer place euen into heauen A deuout prayer to be said daylie O Almightie and eternal God which vouchsafest that we as it were heaueuly Children should euery one of vs call thee our heauenly Father Graunt that among vs be purenesse and example of innocent life thy most holy name may be sanctified that all other Nations beholding our goodnesse and vertuous deedes that thou workest in vs may be stirred to hallowe and glorifie thee Graunt O Lord that the kingdome of thy grace and mercie may reigne continually in our hearts so that we may be worthie to be partakers of the Realme of glorie and maiestie Graunt that vnto the very death we refuse not to followe thy diuine will and that we according to the example of the celestiall Citizens agreeing together quietly vnited in spirite all controuersie in opinions layd apart the lustes of the flesh being subdued and the flattering assaultes of the world and the Deuill ouercome neuer wrastle against thy most holy will but obey it in al things Graunt O Lord for our bodie needefull sustenaunce that we may the more freely serue thee Giue vs we beseech thee O mercifull Father that Hearuenly bread the bodie of thy Sonne Iesus Christ the very foode and health of our soules giue vs the bread of thy diuine precepts that we may truely walke and liue after them Giue vs the bread of thy heauenly word which is the strong fortresse and sure defence of our Soules that we being well fed and silled with this foode may worthily runne to the celestiall feast where as is no hunger Graunt O Lord that we paciently beare and susfer our enemies and such as hurt vs and willingly to forgiue the offences committed against vs that so we may finde the Lord in forgiuing vs our trespasses milde and mercifull Graunt O Lord that we be not vtterly led into temptation that there by we should be lost But in all perilles of temptation and in the middest of the stormie tempests and tribulations let vs thy children perceiue and feele thy fatherly succour readie to helpe vs least that we be ouercome with the naughtie craftes and deceites of the tempter should be drawne into euerlasting destruction but when we be well assayed approoued and purged with the fire of temptation then let vs finish our course and so well and valiantly fight that we may for euermore liue with thee in that heauenly Citie where and against the which no manner temptation canpreuaile Finally graunt most mercifull Father that we through thy benigne goodnesse may be deliuered from all euils present and to come both in bodie and soule and that at the last that yoke of that foule feend being shaken off we may possesse the heritage of the heauenly kingdome which thy Sonne with his precious blood bought for vs thy children and there fore euer to haue the fruition of celestiall delectations accompanied with Angels and blessed Saints through the helpe benignitie and grace of our Sauiour Iesus Christ to whom and to thee our father and to the holy Ghost be all glorie and honour now and euer Amen Another Prayer O Heauenly father God almightie I pray and beseech thy mercie beningly to behold me thy vnworthy seruant that I may by thy gift of thy holy Spirit feruently desire thy kingdome that I may knowne thy will and worke thereafter Giue me O Lord wisdome Make me constant patient and strong in thee Keepe me Lord from the sleightie inuasion of the olde wilie Serpent Defend me from the counsailes and cursings of euill tongues let thy mightie arme be my shield against all the malignitie of the wicked world Remember not O Lord myne offences instruct prepare me to repent and to be sorie for my sinnes Make me to loue iustice and hate wrong to doe good and abstaine from all euils that I may be worthie to be called thy child To thee be honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen A deuout Prayer LORD hearken to my wordes consider the thought of my heart Behold how lowde I crye vnto thee let my iust prayer enter into thy cares which vnfeignedly commeth from my heart Heare me Lord for I am poore and destitute of mans helpe Take care for my Soule saue me thy Seruant which wholy trust in thee haue mercie vpon me O Lord for I will neuer cease crying to thee for helpe For thou art milde and more mercifull then any tongue can expresse as often as aduersitie assayleth me I will crye and call for helpe vnto thee I will call vpon thee in the day time and in the night my cry shall not be hid from thee O thou God of the heauens and maker of the waters and Lord of all creatures heare me a poore sinner calling vpon thee and putting my whole trust in thy mercie Haue mercie vpon me for thy manifold mercies sake forgiue me al myne offences Amen The Letanie O God the father of heauen haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father c. O God the sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpō vs miserable sinners O God the sonne c. spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast
Lord. Amen A prayer for the Queenes Maiestie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie King of Kings Lorde of Lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne behold all the dwellers vpon earth most hartily we beseech thee with thy fauour to beholde our most gracious Soueraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth and so replenish her with the grace of thy holy Spirite that she may alway incline to thy will and walke in thy way indue her plentifullie with heauenly gifts graunt her in health and wealth long to liue strength her that she may vanquish and ouercome all her enemins Adn finally after this life she may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A prayer for Pastors and Ministers of the Church ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great meruailes send downe vpon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthfull spirit of thy grace and that they may truely pleas thee powre vpon them the continuall dewe of thy blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and meditatour Iesus Christ Amen A prayer of Chrysostome ALmightie God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accorde to make our common supplication vnto thee and dost promise that when two or three be gatheren together in thy name thou wilt grant their requestes fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may be most expedient for them graunting vs in this worlde knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come life euerlasting Amen A prayer necessarie for all persons O Mercifull GOD I a wretched sinner reknowledge my selfe bound to keepe thy holy commaundements but yet vnable to performe them and to be accepted for iust without the righteousnesse of Iesu Christ thy onely Sonne who hath perfectly fulfilled the Lawe to iustifie all them that beleeue and trust in him Therefore graunt me grace I beseech thee to be occupied in doing of good workes which thou commaundest in holy Scripture all the dayes of my life to thy glorie and yet to trust onely in thy mercie and in Christs merites to be purged from my sinnes and not in my good workes be they neuer so many Giue mee grace to loue thy holy word feruently to search the scriptures diligentlie to reade them humbly to vnderstand them truly to liue after them effectuallie Order my life so O Lord that it be alway acceptable vnto thee Giue me grace not to reioyce in any thing that displeaseth thee but euermore to delight in those things that please thee be they neuer so contrarie to my desires Teach me so to pray that my petitions may be graciouslie heard of thee Keepe me vpright among diuersitie of opinions and iudgements in the worlde that I neuer swarue from thy truth taught in holy Scripture In prosperitie O Lorde saue me that I waxe not proude In aduersitie helpe mee that I neither dispaire nor blaspheme thy boly Name but taking it patiently to giue thee thanks and trust to be deliuered after thy pleasure When I happen to fall into sinne through frailtie I beseech thee to worke true repentance in my heart that I may be sory without desperation trust in thy mercie without presumption that I may amend my life and become truly religious without hypocrisie lowly in hart without fayning faithfull and trustie without deceite merie without lightnesse sad without mistrust sober without slothfulnesse content with mine owne without couetousnesse to tell my neighbour his faultes charitably without dissimulation to instruct my householde in thy Lawes truely to obey our Queene and all gouernours vnder her vnfainedlie to receiue all lawes and common ordinances which disagree not from thy holy word obedientlie to pay euery man that which I owe vnto him truely to backebite no man nor slaunder my neitghbour secretly and to abhorre all vice louing all goodnesse earnâ—sâ—ly O Lord graunt me thus to to doe for the glory of thy holy Name Amen GOd preserue our Quéene Elizabeth God destroy all her enemies God preserue her most honourable Counsellors God ayde te Clergie in fetting forth of his trueth God preserue the Nobilitie of this Realme and all the Commons of the same God defend the fauourers of the Gospell God chaunge the hearts of our enemies and send them a better mind The power â—f God destroye Autichrist with all his wicked kingdome God send the Gospell a ioyfull and free passage through the whole world God send vnto all degrees such grace that they may walke worthilie in their vocation and calling Amen FINIS