to hide that from thee which thou before whom all things are naked doest know better then my selfe yea such is thy mercie that when I do lay my sinnes open thou doest couer them good Father I beseech thee giue mee that minde which a seeke man should haue and increase my patience with my pain call to my mind all which I haue heard or read or felt or meditated to strengthen mee in this my visitation that though I neuer taught any good while I liued yet I may now instruct others how to die and to beare patiently whatsoeuer thy holie hand shall lay vpon them Apply vnto me al thy mercies and merites of Christ Iesus as if he had died for me in particular bee not farre from mee I beseech thee when the enemie comes to tempt me but when hee is most busie then let thy good spirit be busiest also to defend me and let my last houre be my best houre and my last thoughtes and words the best that euer I did thinke or speake Lord I know that I can not escape death then why should I feare it and if I must dye why not now if it so please thee for my chiefest happines is behind and I can not haue it vnles I go vnto it I confesse O Lord my paines are great but séeing I trauell to heauen make mee patient I beseech thee to beare my paines and when it shall please thee to call me out of this vaile of miserie command thy holy Angels I humbly pray thee to carrie my soule into the bosome of blessed A. braham there to rest with thee in eternall glorie for euer and euer Amen A Prayer of thanks-giuing vnto God for Deliuerance out of any Sicknesse ALl honour and praise be giuen vnto thee most gracious God and mercisull Father for all thy mercies and fauours bestowed vpon mee euen from my cradle to this present houre for my Election Creation Redemption Iustification Sanctification Preseruation and that blessed hope of Glorification in the world to come O Lord thou hast loaded mee with thine abundant fauors as if I had euer done thy will although I neuer knew thée as I ought loued thee as I should obayed thee as thou commandedst nor beene thankefull to thee as thou hast deserued excéeding experience haue I had of thy goodnes many times but neuer more then in my late sicknesse wherewith thou didst visit mee Lord grant that I be not in the number of those who are forward to aske in time of trouble and affliction but slacke and carelesse to acknowledge their thankfulnes when mercy is bestowed like those Lepers that when they were cleansed returned not to giue God thanks for his mercy O Lord thou hast chastened me and corrected me but herein appeares thy mercy that thou hast not giuen mee ouer to death I confesse thou mightst iustly haue cut mee off depriued mee of the rest of my yeares but it was thy good pleasure to deliuer my soul from the pit of corruption Imprint in my mind I beséech thée the vowes promises which I made in my sicknesse of better obedience and seruice to thy maiestie then heretofore and grant that I may make conscience to performe them and let me know that howsoeuer thou hast now giuen me some little respite and prolonged my daies yet I must not deâ—eiue my selfe in putting farre from my remembrance the day of my death but that I may make a holy vse of this thy fatherly correcting me and to expresse my thankefulnes in my life and conuersation in walking godly before thee and in preparing my selfe for my end that I may finish my course with ioy and bee ready to meete my Sauiour in the clouds and to rest with him and his holy Angels for euer and in his euerlasting kingdom of glorie Ameâ— A Prayer for a Sick man MOst gracious God and in Christ Iesus our mercifull Father wée poore wretches gathered here before thee doe truely and most freely confesse that wee are most vile and miserable vtterly vnworthy to speake vnto thee or to receiue the least fauour from thee by reason of our many and grieuous sinnes our blindnes of minde ignorances negligences peruersenes of heart and vnseruiceablenesse in our liues but with all we doe remember thy great loue and mercifull promises made vnto them that with â—enitent and humble spirits do sue vnto thée wherfore wee are enboldned to approch vnto thy throne of grace in the name of thy Son Christ Iesus beseeching thée for his sake to forgiue vs all our sinnes originall and actuall wash vs we pray thée in his bloud and cloth vs with his righteousnes giue vs grace to turne vnto thée with our hearts from all our sinnes and inable vs by thy grace to serue thee in righteousnes holines all the dayes of our liues Take care we beséech thée of this thy Seruant whom thou hast afflicted before our eyes O Lord receiue him to thy grace and assure him of thy glory grant vnto him faith in thy promises patience vnder thine hand and hope of thy mercy restore him if it be thy blessed will to his perfect health againe and blesse all good meanes vnto it if not prepare him for death and for thy kingdome comfort him with an assured hope of a ioyfull resurrection and whensoeuer his soule shall depart from his body grant that it may be presented without all sinne to thée through Iesus Christ our Lord and Sauiour Amen A Prayer for a Woman with child BLessed God and gracious Father I thy poore Handmaide doe héere humbly present my selfe before thy throne of Grace beseeching thee to forgiue me all my manifold sins committed against thee burie them in the death of my Sauiour thy Son Christ Iesus O Lord I beseech thee for his sake to accept of me and this poore worme inclosed in my wombe vouchsafe to giue vs thy Sonne and to sanctifie vs with thy Holy Spirit grant me strength and patience I humbly intreat thee to indure and ouercome those paines which for my sinnes are worthily imposed on me Asswage them O Lord I pray thee and vouchsafe mee a safe deliuerance with safetie to this child within me if it may please thy Maiestie so will I dedicate my selfe and that which thou shalt giue me to the glorie of thine holy Name O Lord heare O Lord help be thou my God and my guide my saluation and my succour not for my merites but for the honour of thy mercie and the all sufficient merites of Iesus Christ to whome with thee and thy Holy Spirit three persons but one euer-liuing and euerlouing God bee all honour and glorie for euer and for euer Amen A Prayer for a Midwife by her selfe alone O Lord my God I beseech thee forgiue me my manifold sins and wickednes accept of me I beseech thée in thy Sonne Iesus Christ honour mee with all the graces of thy spirit grant me wisedoms modesty temperance and a religious heart
seruice wal king faithfully and conscionably in our callings wherin thou hast placed vs O Lord blesse all our gouernours whom thou hast set ouer vs in thy roome in especiall manner showre downe thy blessings vpon the Kings Maiestie blesse him both in body and soule with all graces necessarie for so high a calling and make him long a Nursing Father in this Israell Blesse our graciousquéen make her a help vnto him in all good things Blesse their Royall issue graunt that they may dayly growe in fauour both with God and man and make them loyall to his maiesty all the dayes of his life blesse all the Nobilitie the Magistrates and Ministers of thy holy word and graunt that euery one of vs from the highest to the lowest may walk faithfully in our places before thee all the daies of our liues through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost bee all praise and glorie both now and euer Amen Another Euening Praier for priuate Families O Eternall and euerliuing Lord God and in Iesus Christ our louing Father thou which hast giuen vs our bodies and soules our health our strength our maintenance whence haue wee all these things but from thée thy fatherly protection ouer vs this day in our calling to whom can we ascribe it but vnto thée that wee haue liued hitherto that wee haue not béene swallowed vp with some suddaine Iudgement that Sathan had not his will vpon vs that we know the way and the meanes to a better life that we are deliuered from the power of darkenesse and translated into the kingdome of thy deare Sonne that we haue dayly accesse into thy glorious presence to offer vp our petitions vnto thée and to make knowne our wants whence are all these blessings O Lord but from the fréedome of thy grace we confesse O Lord if thou hadst giuen vs our deserts we should haue perished long agoe therefore it is from thy mercy alone that we are not consumed Now if receiuing so many blessings from thee wee should not stirre vp our selues to returne some thankefulnes to thy Maiestie for them how wretched and miserable creatures should we be O Lord wee pray thée make vs ashamed of our vnthankefulnesse wound our hearts with the consideration of our owne dulnesse whom so many fauours haue not wrought vnto more obedience and vouchsafe wee humbly beséech thée not withstanding our small deseruings to looke graciously vpon vs and accept this our Euening sacrifice of praise which wee doe here render vnto thy Maiestie O Lord let not the skantnesse of our seruice make thee turne away thine eyes from vs but euen as thou art wont to spare thy seruants as a man spareth his own sonne that serueth him and in them to accept the will for the full performance so be pleased to looke vpon vs in Iesus Christ grant that we may sensibly feele the power of his death killing sin corruption in vs and the power of his resurrection raising vs vp to newnes of life Make vs resolue to renounce euen our sweetest best beloued sins and not to take libertie to our selues to continue in any knowne vngodlines that we may think it more then sufficient that we haue hitherto giuen the raines to our ownlusts therfore now to labour to stop kill all sin in the beginning before it come to the act resolue to bestow the rest of our liues according to thy blessed word And because the night is at hand which thou hast appointed for vs to rest in he beséech thée to take vs into thy fatherly protection this night and euer command the guard of thy holy Angels to pitch their tents about vs preserue vs both sléeping waking that we may be the better fitted and prepared the day following to goe on in our vocations callings to thy glory our own comforts the benefit of our brethren through Iesus Christ our Lord Sauiour In whose name we beg these mercies at thy hands whatsoeuer else thou knowest to bee néedfull either for soule or body better then we our selues can aske in that forme of prayer which hée himselfe in his holy word hath taught vs saying Our father which art in heauen c. Another Morning praier MOst mercifull God and louing Father we thy poore and vnprofitable seruants doe here humbly cast downe our selues and our sinfull soules before the foot-stoole of thy maiestie acknowledging and confessing that we are not worthy to approach into thy presence much losse to haue any thing to do with thée in any part of thy most pure worship and seruice séeing wee haue liued and continued in the breath of thy holy commandements not only through negligence and infirmitie but many times witingly and willingly contrarie to our owne knowledge and the holy motions of thy good spirit to the wounding of our own soules and consciences to the great dishonour of thy maiestis O Lord we besâ—ech thée regard vs not as wee are in our selues but looke vpon vs in the countenance of thy sonne our Al-sufficient sauiour Christ Iesus for his sake wee pray thée bee gratious and good to al our sinnes both in generall and particular original or actuall of ignorance or of knowledge of omission or commission whereby wée haue offended thée from the first houre of our conception till this present time Lord accept the death and passion of thy sonne as a sufficient ransome for all our sins burie them déeply in his graue and cancell the book of thy wrath wherin they are written with his bloud that they may neuer be laid to our charge either in this life present or in the next Let thy blessed spirit seale the pardon of them all to the comfort of our coÌ„sciences Furnish vs we beséech thée with all néedefull graces especially as Christians to walke worthy of Christ Iesus in holy conuersation vouchsafe to blesse al good means vnto vs which thou hast sanctified for our continuall groath in grace and thy fears especially thy holy word the ministry therof print déeply in our heartes all holesome instructions which are deliuered and taught vs out of the same by thy ministers good lord make vs thankefull euermore for al thy benefits bestowed vpon vs chiefely for thy sonne Christ Iesus the fountaine of all good to vs and ours as also for all those blessings that concerne this life present as health libertie apparell such like for thy fatherly protection ouer vs bringing vs to the light of this present day kéepe defend vs we pray thée from all euill that may hurt vs and from falling into any grosse sin that may displease thée set thy feare alwaies before our eies that we may speÌ„d this day and all the daies of our liues to thy glory the peace of our owne consciences for this day wée beséech thee giue a blessing to our endeuours in our calling that wee may bee therein conscionably occupied knowing that
so as they may neuer bee able to rise vp against vs either in this World to accuse vs or in the World to come to condemne vs. And because O Lord our nature is so prone to commit sume and that with grée dinesse so that if thou shouldest euen at this instant giue vs a frée pardon of all our sins yet we confesse such is the corruption of our weake flesh that without the restraining grace of thy holy spirit we should fall into the same sinnes againe or â—nto worse therefore wee humbly pray thée most gracious God not only to pardon that which is past but also purge our present corruptions and by the grace of thy good spirit preuent those that are to come graÌ„t good Lord that wee may thinke it more than sufficient that we haue spent the time past of our liues according to the lusts of the flesh and after our own desires and fancies and may now euen resolue to dedicate the rest of our liues that yet remaineth to thy glorie our owne comfort and the good of our brethren throgh Iesus Christ our Lord. In these our weake praiers O Lord wee are not mindefull of our selues alone but of thy whole Church dispearsed ouer the face of the earth farre and wide blesse O Lord the principall member thereof our dread Soueraigne king Iames Enrich his roiall heart with all grares necessary for so high a place stablish his throne we beséech thée and let his soule bee bound in the bundle of life with thée O God blesse Quéene his wife make her a helpe vnto him in the best things blesse their Roiall Progenie and grant that they may not want one of that line to sit vpon this throne so long as the Sun and Moone endures Blesse all his Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsell be thou present with them and president ouer all their counsels as may bee most for thy glorie the honour of the King the peace of the State and the comfort of thy people Blesse all the Iudges and magistrates of the land Blesse the Ministers of thy Word and Sacraments Thou that art the Lord of the haruest thrust forth many faithfull and painefull Labourers that they may féed thy people with knowledge and vnderstanding blesse O Lord all the afflicted members of thy Church diseased either in body or minde or both especially those that suffer for the testimonie of a good conscience O Lord to whom all their cases and necessities are manifest we beséech to make al their bed in their sicknesse lay no more vpon them than thou shalt make them able to beare giue them the true sight feeling of their sins so farre as may lead them to true repentance with harty sorrow for the same And good father deale with them in mercy not in iustice either to release them out of that present miserie wherein they are either by life that they may glorifie thée in this World or by faithfull departure that they may be gloriffed of thée in the world to come These mercies most gracious God and whatsoeuer else thou knowest in thy wisedome to bee better for vs than we our selues can ask we beg them at thy hands not for our owne merits for they are nothing but for the merits of thy decre son Christ Iesus our Lord and sauiour in whose name in whose words we conclude saying Our father which art in Heauen c. Morning Prayer for priuate Families MOst gracious God and mercifull Father thou that art glorious in power and holines we thy poore and miserable Creatures being but dust and Ashes do here humbly prostrate our selues and our sinfull soules before the throne of thy Maiestie Confessing and acknowledging from the bottomâ— of our hearts that wee are most vile sinners conceiued and borne in some and that we are by nature nothing else but a â—â—nye of all wickednesse whese nature and propertie is to grow and encrease in sin as we grow in yeares and to war strong in wickednesse euen as the powers of our mindes and bodies receiue strength and although our cursed estate doth here in greatly appear yet our sinne is made out of measure sinfull through the excéeding grace which thou hast offered vnto vs. by thy Gospell of thy dear Sâ—â—me whereby we are so farre from proâ—iting that of our selues without the grace of thy holy Spirit in our hearts we should war worse and worse wherefore wee beséech thée O Lord as our sâ—nes haue magnified themselues in an infinite length bredth depth and height so let thy mercies which passe all vnderstanding outstrippe them and howsoeuer by reason of our sinnes wée haue iustly deserued to bée depriued of all thy blessings in this life and hereafter to haue our portion with the diuell and his Angels yet O Lord God wee pray thée remember that we are thy people and shéep of thy pasture whom thou host redéem'd with thy most precious bloud despise not therefore O Lord the worke of thy hands but for thy glories sake and for thy blessed names sake spare vs sparevs good Lord according to thy vsuall dealing with those which in prayer haue had recourse vnto thée and according to the old and vnchangeable Nature of a kinde long suffering and mercifull God Thy mercie O Lord hath manifestly appeared vnto vs this night past in that thou hast giuen vs quiet rest sléep for the refreshment of our weake bodies whereas for our sinnes past committed the day before thou mightst iustly euen in our dead sléep haue taken our soules from vs and so suddenly haue brought vs to our account but it hath pleased thée to spare vs and to giue vs a larger time of repentance O Lord as thou giuest vs space so wee beséech thée giue vs also grace to repent vs of our former euill wayes and to turne vnto thée and for as much as thou hast commanded in thy holy word that no man should be idle but euery one occupied in godly and vertuous exercises according to their Callings wee most humbly beseech thée that thine eyes may attend vpon vs dayly defend vs cherish comfort gouerne counsell vs in all our studies and labours in such wise that we may spend and bestow this day and all the dayes of our liues according to the blessed will setting thée alwaies before our eyes and liuing in thy feare euer working that which may be fonnd acceptable in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lord in whose name we end as hée hath taught vs saying Our Father which art in heauen c. Euening Prayer for priuate Families OAlmightie Lord God and in Iesus Christ our most mercifull and louing Father we thy poore and vnworthy seruants do here from the ground of our hearts render vnto thy diuine Maiestie in that poore measure wée are able all praise and thankes for all thy blessings mercies bestowed vpon vs from time to time euer since we were born vntill this present houre especially O Lord
we thank thée for those inestimable blessings which concerne a better life and our eternall happinesse as our Election before the foundations of the world our Creation into the world our Redemption by the bloud of thy deare Sonne Christ Iesus when wee were worse then nothing our Sanctification by the holy Spirit our Uocation from the world our blessed hope of Glorification in the world to come O Lord we confesse we haue not deserserued the least of all these thy blessings either temporall or spirituall but haue rather giuen thée iust cause to depriue vs of euery one of them by reason of our manifold sinnes both Originall and Actuall which we haue multiplied against thée from time to time O Lord we confesse that our Conception our birth yea and our whole liues haue béene in sinne liuing in the breach of all thy Commandements our fathers and mothers were sinfull deriuing it euen from our first parents Adam and Eue and so to vs that as Adam purchased for vs his Children none other inheritance but the vnhappy entrance into sinne and corruption and we béeing in his loynes and engrafted into this detestable stocke of sinne we are sorie O Lord that wee haue offended thée so willingly and disobediently strayed from thy holy Lawes yea we do vnfainedly condemn our selues in thy presence for euery one of our sins purposing in our hearts by the grace of thy Holy Spirit to forsake our former euill wayes and to make more conscience of sinne then euer we haue done heretofore Now for as much as it hath pleased thée to make the night for man to rest in as thou hast ordained him the day to trauell in grant deare father that wee may so take our bodily rest that our soules may continually watch for the time that our Lord Iesus Christ shal appeare for our deliuerance out of this mortall life in the meane season wée beséech thée grant that in our sléepe we be not ouercome by any fantasies dreames or other tentations but that we may fully set our minds vpon thée loue thée feare thée and rest in thée and that our sléepe be not â—â—cessiue or ouermuch after the vnsatiable desire of the flesh but onely sufficient to content our weake natures that wee may be the better enabled the day following to liue in all godly conuersation in the discharge of our callings to the glorie of thy holie name and profit of our brethren through Iesus Christ our Lord. Blesse with vs wee beséech thée thy Children and Church in all places poure downe thy blessings in especiall manner vpon the Kings most excellent Maiesty the Quéene and her Royall Progeny blesse all the Nobilitie and Magistrates of the land Blesse the Ministers and teachers of thy holy Word Lord giue a blessing to their labours that by their ministerie such may daily be woon vnto thee as belong vnto thine Election of grace Blesse and succour all the afflicted members of thy Church wheresoeuer or howsoeuer distressed bée with them in all their sicknesse lay no more vpon them then thou shalt make them able to beare giue them the true sight and féeling of their sinnes so far as may leade them to true repentance a hartie sorrow for the same howsoeuer it shall please thée to deale with them let it bee in mercy and not in iustice knowing they are but flesh and in thy good time send them a happy deliuerance out of their miserie either by life or by death as it shall séeme best tâ— thy maiestie Lastly as duty bindes vs we commend vnto thy fatherly protection all our friends and kindred according to the flesh whether they bee néere or deare vnto vs in affinitie or consanguinity and all whomsoeuer thou wouldest we should commend vnto thy maiesty for them as for our selues wée beséech thee continue thy mercies and goodnesse towards vs euen for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour to whom with thee and the blessed Spirit our Comforter be ascribed as is most due all honour and glorie now and for euer Amen Another prayer for Morning O Most mercifull God and heauenly father we thy seruants doe hers humbly prostrat our selues before thy diuine maiesty acknowledging here in thy sight our heinous offences committed against thée both in thought word and worke so that our sinnes are growne more in number then the haires of our heades and if thou shouldest enter into Iudgement with vs we could not be able to answere thée one of a thousand they are so heinous that the very least of them being but conceiued in thought is sufficient in iudgement to throw vs down to the lake that burneth with fire brimstone besides O Lord wee are guilty before thy Maiestie of a huge masse of corruption which we haue drawn from the loines of our first parents which of it owne nature is inough to condemne vs if thou shouldest deale with vs according to Iustice though we had neuer committed actuall sin all the daies of our leues Further O Lord wee are full of blindnes and sencelesse securitie running on headlong to destruction and committing sinne after sinne although not notorious to the world yet horrible before thy pure eyes which seest all things but O Lord wee dayly grone vnder the burden of our sinnes inwardly lamenting our own folie In Heauen Earth or Hell we see none able to sustain thy wrath for them but euen thy deare Son Christ Iesus the Son of thy loue who in mercy infinite and in compassion endles hath suffered and ouercome that endlesse punishment which was due vnto vs for them In him therfore most mercifull Father and through him do we come vnto thee beingful assured according to thy promise that thou wilt accept and take that full recompence which he our Sauiour hath made for vs on his Crosse In him therefore we see thine anger towards vs appeased and thy wrath satisfied and our debt payed O Lord enlarge our hearts with thankefulnesse to thy Maiestie for the same and make sinne to dye in vs more and more that wee may hate detest and vtterly abhorre all sinne in all men but especially in our selues and strongly through thy spirit set our selues in open war against all sinne and wickednesse that we may not please our selues in the least sinne but streightly examine sinne by the strict Rules of thy holyword we may alwaies walke not onely before the eyes of man but circumspectly in this respect that we haue the eies of thy maiestie to take a view of our doings we humbly thank thy maiesty for all thy mercies bestowed vpon vs either for soule or bodie amongst the rest wee acknowledge this not to bee the least that we haue quietly passed this night and that thou hast giuen vs quiet rest and sléepe for the refreshment of our weake bodies which without the same could not endure grant we beseech thée that we may bestowe this day and the residue of our life wholly in thy
into the affaires of this day I beséech thée blesse me in the duties of my calling this day and euer for idlenesse and godlynesse can not stand together and it is thy pleasure that in the sweat of my face I should eat my bread O Lord preserue me from all fraudulent and deâ—eitfull courses draw my affections more and more from the loue of the World fix my heart vpon those things which are aboue if things succéed according to my mind by thy blessing vpon my labours make me thankefull vnto thée if any crosse come make me patient and carefull to profit by euerie chastisement that it shall please thée to lay vpon me knowing that howsoeuer they are greiuous for the present yet in the end they will bring the quiet fruit of righteousnesse to al them that are thereby exercised which God grant for his Christs sake to whom with the holy spirit bee all praise now and euer Amen Euening Praier for a priuate Person O Eternall God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ and in him my most mercifull father I humbly confesse before thy glorious presence that I am altogether a lump of sinne a masse of corruption and therfore haue for feited thy fauour and incurred thy high displeasure both in thought word and deede My sins O Lord are more in number than the haires of my head yea farre more than I can possibly féele or know and if I should goe about to reckon vp my particular offences I know not where to begin or where to make an end It is thou O Lord who knowest my sins to whom the secrets of my heart are manifest and nothing can be hid from thy sight besides my consciense doth accuse me of many greiuous euils and I daily feele by ful experience how fraile I am how prone to euel and backward to all goodnesse my minde my heart and affections and all the faculties both of soule and body are ful of vanitie profanenesse dulnesse deadnesse drowâ—inesse in matters of thy worship and seruice But O déere father I haue learned from thy mouth that thou art a God full of mercie slow to wrath and of great compassion and kindnesse towards all such as are heauy laden groan vnder the burthen of their sinnes O Lord extend thy great mercy towards mée poore sinner and giue me a general pardon for al mine offences whatsoeuer seale it to my conscience in the blood of thy déere son Christ Iesus assuring me more and more of thy loue an fauour towards me and that thou art a reconciled father vnto me in the same christ O Lord I beséech thée principally giue me victorie ouer those sins thou knowest my nature most prone to commit Mortific in me whatsoeuer is carnall and sanctiffe me by thy good spirit and knit my heart vnthée for euer Lord grant that I may take delight in the reading and hearing of thy holy word that I may loue and reuerence all the faithfull Ministers of the gospell giue O Lord a melting heart that I may tremble at thy worde let not my sinnes holde backe thy mercies from me nor mine vnworthines stop the passage of thy grace I most humbly thank thee for all thy blessings bestowed vpon me necessarie for this life as food raiment health peace liberty c. which many of thy déere children doe want being notwithstanding bought with the pretious blood of Christ Iesus as well as I. Biâ—t aboue all deere Father I praise thy name for the blessings of a better life especially for thy holy worde and sacraments and all the good I enioy therby for the continuance of thy gospell the worde of truth the means of our saluation for the death of thy son and all that happinesse I receiue thereby O Lord open my blinde eies euery day more and more to sée and consider of thy great and meruelous loue towards me in all these things that by the dew consideration therof my heart may be drawne néerer vnto thee to loue thée much because thou hast giuen much and as thou dost abound towards me in goodnesse so grant that I may abound towards thée in obedience and thankfulnesse and in these my weak and imperfect praiers O Lord I am not mindeful of my selfe alone but of the whole estate of thy Church wheresoeuer blesse all christian Kings and Princes calling vpon thy name especially our dread Soueraigne the Kings Maiestie the Quéene and their roial Progonie Blesse all the nobilitie the magistrates and ministers of the Land that all their Councels and labours may begin at thy feare and may be referred thy glory Succour and comfort all those that are comfortlesse sanctifie all their afflictions and troubles vnto them that they may tend to thy glory and their owne good Finally O Lord according to my bounden dutie I commend vnto thy Maiestie all my friends and acquaintance beséeching thée for them as for my selfe to blesse vs all in our particular places and grant that we may do those things which may bée to thy glorie and our comforts through Iesus Christ our Lord. In whose name I end as he hath taught me saying Our father which art in heauen hallowed bee thy name Thy kingdome come Thy-will be done in earth as it is in heauen c. A Prayer for a priuate person necessarie at all times ALmightie God and in Iesus Christ my most mercifull and louing Father I doe here in thy presence acknowledge that I am of my selfe a most wretched and miserable sinner both in respect of the corruptions of my heart as also the transgression of my life more particularly I doe acknowledge the infidelitie of my heart wherby I haue not yet learned to depend vpon thy prouidence for the things of this life nor vpon thy mercie for the saluation of my soule I confesse O Lord the Atheisme and profanenesse both of my mind and heart whereby all my thoughts and affections are estranged from thée and so glewed to the things of this life that I can take more ioy and delight in doing mine owne will and in seruing mine owne lusts then euer I would â—â— in seruing and obeying thée I acknowledge likewise the pride of mine own heart whereby I doe eralt my selfe in the vanity of my own conceit aboue thy maiestie and aboue my Brethren whom thou hast made farre more excellent then my selfe as also the security of the flesh whereby I put away the day of wrath farre from mee promising to me selfe fréedome from all thy curses and plagues notwithstanding I walke in sinne and in the stubbornnes of mine owne heart my hypocrisie wherby I am content my selfe onely with an outward name and profession of religion and holinesse before men not regarding the truth and power of godlinesse besides O Lord my life abounds in all Actuall transgressions against euery one of thy commandements I haue liued in the abuse of thy mercies and haue not béene drawne néerer vnto thee In neglect of thy
Iudgements and fatherly chastisements both vpon others and vpon my selfe and haue not profited therby to true repentance and reformation of life yea O Lord I haue liued in the proâ—anation of thy holy ordinances thy Word Sacraments and this exercise of Prayer neither preparing my selfe hereunto â—right nor being conuersent therin with that care diligence and conscience as I ought and therfore thou maist iustly depriue me of that fruit of edification I might haue reaped by the reuerent and religious vsing of these diuine Ordinances Many other sins O Lord I haue committed the least whereof if thou shouldest lay vnto my charge I were neuer able to appeare in thy sight or to answere thée one of a thousand I beseech thee deale fauourably with me as thou art wâ—nt to doe with thy children that call vpon thy name and séeke thee in the truth of their hearts In the midst of Iudgement I pray thée remember mercie open my blinde eyes that I may come to a particular knowledge of my sinnes touch my hard and stony heart that I may sigh and grone vnder the burthen of them beeing heartily displeased with my selfe because I haue dishonored thy name stirre vp my heart also that I may hunger and thirst after Christ and his righteausnes and after euery drop of his most precious bloud in him alone to bee well pleased with me and for his sake to pardon and forgiue me all my sinnes wash them all away in his bloud and my heart from the filthinesse and impuritie of them all say vnto my soule I am thy saluation and let me féele thy good spirit perswading my conscience by the inward testimonie of the same that my sinnes are pardoned that I stand discharged of them all before thy Iudgement seate and séeing it is the lot of thy children to be tryed sundry waies O Lord prepare mee to the dayes of tryall Arme mee with spirituall patience to endure thy hand that I may méekely and contentedly submit my will to thy good will and pleasure howsoeuer it shall please thée to deale with me onely teach mee to profit vnder thy rod of correction and grant that I may learne thereby to deny my selfe to forsake this world the pleasures profits and preferments of the same to make vile and base account of them in respect of the heauenly things destring to be dissolued and to be with Christ that sinne and the corruption thereof might bee abolished and I may â—aue neere coniunction â—ith thy Maiestie in thine â—wne Kingdome notwithstanding so long as â—hoâ— pleasest to hold mee in this earthly Tabernacle increase dayly more and more the graces of thy Holy Spirit in mee as namely Faith Repentance Feare Loue Humilitie and a good Conscience and all other graces whereby thine Image may be renued in me that the longer I liue in this world the neerer I may drawe to thy Kingdome indeauouring to serue and please thée in righteousnes and new obedience all the dayes of my life Be mercifull I beséech thée to all thine afflicted whether with sicknesse vpon their beds or distressed in conscience for sinnes relieue them I beséech thée accorcording to their seueral necessities strengthen them in their weakenes sanctifie all thy corrections vnto them and grant them a speedie issue in thine owne good time as shall seeme best to thy godly wisedome Be mercifull to all my friends in the flesh and acquaintance in the Spirit and all other for whom I am bound by any duty to pray for granting vnto vs all a supply of all graces néedefull for our present state and callings and eternall saluation of our â—oules these mercies I beg â—t thy hands for Iesus Christs sake in that prayer which he hath taught vs saying Our Father which art in heauen c. Morning Prayer for the Sabbath day before hearing of the Word O Most gracious God and mercifull Father wee thy vnworthy seruants do here prostrate our selues our bodies and selues to offer vp to thy maiestie this morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiuing for all thy mercies and blessings bestowed vpon vs we blesse thy name for the quiet rest and comfortable sléepe this night passed from all perils and dangers of the same wee confesse O Lord if thou shouldest deale with vs according to our deserts thou mightest haue made our beds our graues and our sléepe our death euen for the sins of this night past O Lord we haue done more against thée this wéeke past then wee haue done for thée all the dayes of our life yet notwithstanding O Lord manifold are thy mercies towards vs still and thy goodnes is infinite in euery particular which befalleth vs we haue exceeding experience of thyloue It is thy great mercy that wee which haue so many wayes prouoked thée should be suffered to liue to behold the light comfort of the day but herein thy mercie is much more manifest that hauing béene heretofore profaners of thy Sabbaths barren and hypocriticall professors of thy holy word yea fruitlesse and vnprofitable hearers of the same that-we should yet enioy the blessed opportunitie of another Sabbath O Lord wee confesse thou mightst iustly haue fatted vp our hearts and giuen vs ouer to a Reprobate sâ—nce and commanded the doores of thy Sanctuarie to be shutte vp against vs and not to suffer vs to tread within thy Courts O Lord grant that we may rate estéeme thy mercy towards vs in this kinde according to the true valew thereof and that wee may not carelessely forget this or any other of thy fauours and as thou hast of thy mercie brought vs to the beginning of this holy Sabbath so we humbly pray thée enable vs to sanctifie the same as thou requirest and our dutie bindes vs Lord make vs to remember that this is not any Commandement or Ordinance of man but that it is thine owne ordinance and one of those lawes which thou wrotest with thine owne hand namely that this day should after a more speciall manner be consecrated to thy seruice Lord giue vs grace that in this thy Sabbath wee may beware of doing our owne works or of séeking our own wils or of speaking vaine and idle words that wee may seriously binde our selues to the performing of such duties as doe belong to this day O Lord we know that herein wee shall méete with many corruptions in this holy seruice our own corrupt nature and affections will thinke it a taske that can not bee endured besides in the world wee shall haue many examples of the wicked to draw and entise vs froÌ„ our diligence and constancie in our godly course but wée beseech thée from the bottome of our hearts to strengthen vs that these things preuaile not against vs and grant that wee may more estéeme the performance of our duties to thy maiesty then either the contenting of our owne corrupt natures or wicked persons and séeing O Lord we are now to heare thy holy word we beséech thée poure downe thy blessings
vpon our endeauours this day in time of prayer grant vs reuerence to thy Maiestie faith in the promises of thy Sonne Christ Iesus a liuely féeling of our owne wants and a continuall remembrance of all thy former fauours and mercies towards vs and when we heare thée speaking vnto vs by the mouth of thy Ministers bee pleased to giue vnto vs vnlocked and vnderstanding hearts rectifie our Iudgements sanctifie our affections and strengthen our memories that those holy instructions which wee shall heare reuerently and attentiuely may of vs be practised faithfully and effectually in the whole course of our liues through Iesus Christ our Lord giue vnto the preacher O Lord a doore of vtterance touch his tongue with a Cole from thine Altar that he may deliuer the word of life boldly that whatsoeuer corruption lies hid in our hearts the power of thy holy word may search and discouer it to the very bottome and grant that wee may not heare it as the word of a miserable mortal man like vnto our selues but as it is indéed the word of thee the euerliuing God who art able to saue and to destroy And because Sathan a deadly enemie to mans saluation readie to picke the séede of thy word which is sowne in our hearts therefore wee pray thee O Lord confound Sathan and all his workes and be thou more mercifull in blessing thine owne ordinance vnto vs then Sathan either is or can be possibly malicious to hinder the same for this end and purpose wee beséech thée O Lord to take out of our mindes all vaine and wandring thoughts all couetous desires of the world and whatsoeuer else thou knowest to be an enemie to the sauing hearing of thy holy word that thy word may be vnto vs not as our sinnes deserue it should but as it is in it selfe thy power to our saluation that it may bee as seede sowne in good ground which bring forth in vs plentifull fruit to thy glorie and our own comforts through Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour to whom with thée and the Holy Spirit bee all praise and power maiestie and dominion now and for euer Amen Euening Prayer on the Sabbath day EUerlasting God and in Iesus Christ our most mercifull and gracious Father we thy poore seruants are here met together in the feare of thy maiestie and in the confidence of thy mercy to offer vp our eueuing sacrifice of praise and thanksgiuing for all thy mercies and blessings bestowed vpon vs in most abundant manner especially O Lord for that thou hast not suffered vs to walke in darknesse ignorance and blindnesse but hast giuen vs thy most holy and blessed word to be a lanthorne to our feete and alight vnto our pathes to eternall life Wee render to thy maiestie from the ground of our harts humble thanks for that portion of thy blessed word which this day through thy mercy we haue béene made par takers off wee confesse O Lord that wee haue heard the same with manifold infirmities and much weaknesse neuerthelesse wee pray thée let thy power appeare in our weakenes and vouchsafe to water with the dewe of grace euery of these particular instructions which this day or at any other time we haue béen taught out of thy holy word that they may be as seede sowne in good ground and may bring forth much fruit to thy glorie and our owne comforts in this world and the eternall saluation of our soules in the world to come O Lord we confesse thou mightest iustly haue giuen vs ouer to a reprobate sence for our negligence and carelessenes in matters of thy worship and seruice yca euen O Lord our last behauiour in hearing of thy holy word hath béene so farre short of that which wee ought to haue donâ— that we haue deserued that thou shouldest make thy word a sauour of death vnto vs and not a sauour of life wee confesse O Lord our knowledge is very small in comparison of the time we haue enioyed the blessing of thy holy word so plentifully preached among vs and our practise is farre short of our knowledge which makes our case the more miserable but O Lord God seeing thou art so good vnto vs in bringing vs to a view of our owne defects and wants bee thou also mercifull in giuing vnto vs a heart to lament and to bee truely humbled before thy maiestie for them wee beséech thée in Iesus Christ to bee a reconciled Father vnto vs freely to pardon and remit all our sinnes and grant that the word which hath beene sowne among vs this day may take déepe roote in our hearts that neither the scorching heate of persecution or affliction cause it to wither nor the thornie cares of the world choake it but that wee may dayly grow vp to these holy duties till at length we come to a perfect age in Christ Iesus and forasmuch as we are taught in thy holie word to make prayers and supplications for all men we are not onely mindefull of our selues héere present but of thy children and Church in al places Blesse O Lord all those that thou hast set in authority ouer vs especially thy seruant our soueraigne the kings Maiestie sanctifie his goâ—ernment vnto vs. Blesse the Quéeâ—e and there hopefull Progenie the Nobilitie and Magistrates of the Land grant that we may be godly quietly gouerned vnder them Blesse O Lord the faithfull Pastors and ministers of thy holy word to whom thou hast committed the dispensation therof the charge of thy people y t both in their life doctrin they may be found faithful setting only before there eles thy honour and glorie and that by them all poore shéepe which wander go astray may be brought home into thy fold o lord as féeling members of one body wherof Christ is head we pray thée for all such as are afflicted with any crosse or tribulation whether in body or minde or both that it would please thée to giue them patience and constancie to endure thy holy hand so long as it shal please thée to exercise it vpon them giue them strength of faith against all assalts of Satan whatsoeuer giue them the pardon remission of their sins sealed vnto their constiences by the blood of thy déere sonne Christ Iesus Be pleased O lord to deale with them in mercy and not in iustice knowing they are but dust ashes in thy good time release them out of that misery they are either by life that they may glorifie thée here or by faithfull departure they may bee glorified of thée hereafter These mercies and whatsoeuer else thou knowest necessary for vs we craue at â—hy hands in that forme of Praier which Christ hath taught vs in his Gospell Our father c. A Praier before the receiuing of the Lords Supper MOst mercifull father I thy vnworthy seruant do héere render to thy Maiestie humble thankes for that it hath pleased thée notwithstanding al my former sins
eye preserue his Royall person from al conspiracies and treasons both forraine domesticall and continue his gouernment ouer vs and grant there may not want one of that stock to sit vpon this throne till thy son come to Iudgement Blesse in like maner we beséech thée the Quéenes Maiesty make her a helpe vnto him in al good things powre downe thy blessings vpon there Royal progeny and graunt that they may daily grow in grace fauor both with God and man make them loyall to his maiesty all the daies of his life alwaies afford thy gracious presence to the honorable lords of his Maiesties Counsell be thou president ouer them at their table order their purposes and direct all their consultations as may make most for thy glory the honour of the King and the good of this land and commonwealth giue thy blessing vpon all the Magistrates of the land and courts of Iustice grant that they may drawe forth the sword of iustice for the destruction of vice and wickednes and for the maintenance of Gods true religion vertue Blesse O Lord the house of Aaron Tribe of Leui the ministers of thy word and Sacraments and séeing these are thy Stewards which thou hast set ouer vs to disperse thy misteries good Lord giue vs grace not to estéeme of them as mere mortall men like our selues but as they are indéed the embassadors of thée the euerliuing God who art able to saue and to destroy and that they are not such as raigne ouer our faith but as helpers of our ioy which preach not themselues but Iesus Christ our Lord and count themselues our seruaÌ„ts for Iesus sake furnish them liberally of thy rich treasure with all graces fit for so excellent a work giue vs grace with our best endeauours to further y â— maintenance therof to this end blesse al schooles of learning especially both the Uniuersities of this land that daily there may procéed such as may be profitable Instruments both for church common welth and in these our prayers we are not vnmindful of the afflictions of Ioseph wee beseech thée send thy Spirit of comfort to all the afflicted whatsoeuer whether in body or in mind or both especially those that suffer for the testimony of a good conscience wee beséech thée to stand by them in al their distresses and bee thou more neere to defend them then Sathan either is or possible can be to seduce draw theÌ„ from thée giue them patience to endure whatsoeuer it shal please thée to lay on them harty and true repentance for all their sins an happy issue from their miseries as shall séeme best to thy godly wisedome either by life that they may glorifie thée in this world or by faithfull departure they may be glorified of thee in the world to come and that for Iesus Christs sake our Lord and only Sauior In whose name wee conclude these our weake prayers as he hath taught vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. A Praier containing the summe of the Lords Praier OVr Father which art in Heauen Most gratious Lord God we thy children seruants in thy only son Iesus Christ our sauiour assured héere of by thy good spirit do hartily desire thée as we are made redéemed sanctified to praise thée giue vs thy children grace to acknowledge thée the only true God and to worship thée in thought word and déede that so thy name by vs may be hallowed teach vs which way we may most honour thee while we remaine héere to set our hearts wholly thereunto kéep vs from taking any part of thy glory to our selues and let vs account it our greatest honor to honor thée and be euer afraid of dishonoring thée any way because we haue no power nor know the meanes of our selues to serue thée let thy kingdome come giue vs thy word to be faithfully and painfully preached among vs with thy holy spirit to worke inwardly in our hearts faith feare hope and loue with al heauenly graces that we may become thy subiects heires of thy kingdome send vs zelous gouernors faithfull Preachers that Satan Antichrist heresies vice scismes may bee vtterly destroied our déere and pretious soules saued in the day of the Lord Iesus which day wee pray thée to hasten in the meane season thy will bee done in earth as it is in heaueÌ„ make vs to forsake our selues all worldly vanities doing nothing but what thou coÌ„mandest and all that thou doest will vs to do it hartely ioyfully readily faithfully and with a constant heart as thy Saints Angels in Heauen performes it and because our bodies craue necessary sustenance without which we cannot serue thée giue vs this day ourdaily b cad We beféeth thée to blesse our daily labors to get sufficient maintenance and al necessaries that we may be able to do thy will Let neither care nor couetousnes oppresse vs but wholly commit our selues to thy faithfull prouiding for vs and good father forgiue vs our trespasses Let not our sinnes either hinder or depriue vs of thy mercies we confesse that wee haue grieuously sinned against thée both originally actually so as it is thy méere mercy the waight of them haue not pressed vs downe to the pit of hell but thou art mercifull in Christ Iesus and for his sake we beseech thée pardon â—â— as thou hast promised and perswade our consciences that we are forgiuen by giuing vs grace to forgiue them that trespass against vs giue vs power to continue in all godly courses lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill that neither in inward or outward temptation we may euer bee vanquished but may euer ouercome which wee desire O father of heauen as thou hast all rule and power and maiest haue glorie and praise of hereafter for euer euer and as we are bound in dutie for our election creation redemption iustification sanctification for all earthly benefits and spirituall comforts and the certaine hope of eternal glory to which glorie O father bring vs that for Christ Iesus sake our Lord and only sauiour Amen A praier vpon the Articles of the Creede O Heauenly father from whom all good gifts come I pray thée in thy mercy through Christ Iesus my sauiour to grant me thy gratious gift of a sound iustifying faith which I neither haue nor can haue by nature that I may beleeue in thee O God only the father Almightie maker of heauen and earth and also in Iesus Christ thy only sonne and our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost boâ—ne of the Virgine Marie suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that descended into hell and rose againe the third day and ascended into heauen and there siâ—teâ—h at the right hand of thee O God father Almightie from whence hee shall come to iudge vs all both quick and dead that I may bâ— leâ—â—e in the
holy Ghost and that there is a Catholick church a Communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sins and the resurrection of the body and life euerlasting that so I may be truely perswaded of thy fatherly prouidence ouer me what Christ hath done that is for my deliuerance the holy ghost to be my comfort assistance being a member of the church and making me effectually partaker of all the priuileges thereof to my endlesse ioy happines which O father giue vnto me I beséech thée for Christs sake Amen A Prayer vpon the ten Commandements O Eternal Lord God I thy humble seruant that do owe all dutifuâ—l obedience to thée and am made partaker of manifold benefits both for body soule which then by the bloud of Christ thy only son hast deliuered from that euerlasting bondage which by corruption of nature I was held in from euerlasting death which I was subiect vnto by daily breaking of thy coÌ„mandements I beséech thée giue me grace now and euer hereafter to haue none other Gods but thée neither to make to my selfe any grauen Image nor the likenes of any thing in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath nor in y â— waters vnder the earth to bow down to them to worship them Nor that I take the name of thée my Lord God in vaine Remembring to kéep holy the Sabath day and to labour six daies doing all that I haue to do but in the seuenth day which is the Sabath of thée O Lord my God giue me grace to do no maner of work And that I may honour my father and mother Neuer to commit any murther neither Adulterie Nor to steale Nor to beare false witnesse against my neighbor Nor to couet my neighbours house nor his wife nor his seruant nor his maide nor his Oxe nor his Asse not any thing that is his that so I may do alwaies my duty to thee O God al the daies of my life beléeuing fearing worshipping giuing thankes louing thée with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul with al my streÌ„gth and louing my neighbour friend or foe euen as my selfe to doe to all men euen as I would they should doe to me to loue honour succour my father mother to honour and obey the King Quéene Prince their ministers to submit my selfe to all my gouernors spirituall temporall to order my selfe to all my betters lowly reuerently to hurt no body by word nor déede to be true and â—ust in all my dealings to beare no malice in my heart to behaue my selfe in the whole course of my life as thou maist be glorified my duty discharged my conscience comforted my brethren woone or confirmed and thye mouths of all the wicked stopped which O father vouchsafe to grant me for thy great goodnes sake thy beloued sonnes â—ake Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thée and the holy spirit bee all praise and honour giuen by me all thy Saints this time for euermore Amen A Prayer containing the doctrine of the sacraments O Most merciful father thou hast giuen met not onely thy holy word to teach me faith obedience but also two Sacraments outward signes and seales of inward graces Christ all his benefites Giue mee wiledome O Lord to acknowledge the benefite and thankfully vse the same beséeching thée that as by baptisme I am receiued into the church by water outwardly am washed so let it scale the assurance of the purging of my soule from sin by Christs bloud and appeare outwardly by thy holy spirit killing in mee corruption and stirring me vp to holines of life reioysing in my new-birth and growing more more therin dayly that so I may prepare my self in knowledge in true repentance hartie loue and a sound faith to come bee partaker of the Lords supper which is the other sacrament to nourish me vp in the same where by the signes of bread broken and wine poured out taken and giuen Christ my sauiour with his benefits is offered that gaue his body shed his blood for me Now O Lord as by my hand I take the bread wine and with eating and digestion receiue also the strength to nourish my body so I pray thee giue me faith to apply Christ with his merites that I may féele the vertue therof to nourish my soule that I may not come vnprepared least I eate drinke 〈◊〉 owne damnation in â—andling such holy mysteries neither let mee conteiâ—â—e or neglect to be partaker when by the Church thou doest call me but obediently thankefully communicat with my breathren to strengthen my faith encrease mutuall loue shewing obedience Gods mercy in Christs death till hee come to iudge vs all at that great day that for Christs sake our Lord and onely Sauiour Amen Prayer before meate MOst gracious God and mercifull father from whom all good gifts procéed we poore wretches beséech thée to sanctifie to our vses these thy good creatures which we shal receiue now of thy mercy giue vs grace wee pray thee to vse them soberly purely according to thy will grant y â— by these blessings which thou so largely bestowest vpon vs wee may see thy loue towards vs seeking likewise for that spirituall bread of thy word which is the foode of our soules that by the same we may be nourished to eternal life throgh Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Thanksgiuing after meat VVE confesse O Lord it is of thy only goodnes mercy that wee liue moue and haue our beeing in this life and all things whereby our life is preserued comes from thy maiestie good Lord wee beséech thée make vs thankefull for these al other thy mercies both spirituall temporall and as thou hast now fed our bodies with corporall foode so good Lord we pray thée nourish our souls with that heauenly Manna the food of eternall life through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another before meate ALinightie God which hast created meates drinkes for mans sustenance sanctifie them to the vse of thy children without difference that they may vse them for their health hast giuen strength to nourish our bodies to thy pleasure make vs sober and thankfull partakers of theÌ„ graunt that the end of our eating drinking may tend to enable vs to serue thée in our seuerall places through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another after meate VVE humbly pray thée most gracious God and mercifull to sanctifie these thy good creatures which now of thy mercy we haue receiued at thy hands that they may turne to the nourishment of our bodies where unto thou hast appointed them and teach vs to remember that it is thou which to vs and to all thy creatures giuest food in due season and therfore that we abuse not thy mercies but in some good measure endeuour to walke worthie of them in the course of our liues through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen
greeuous iudgement is on them from whom this word is hiâ— 9 Lastly the least measure of true fâ—â—tâ— that a man can haue is â—hen of an humble spirit by reason of the smalenesse of his faith he doth not yet féele the forgiuenesse of his sinnes and yet is perswaded that they are pardonable and therefore desireth y â— they should be pardoâ—ned with his whole hart praieth to God to pardon them Esay 42. 3. Luke 17. 5. Christian directions necessarie to be practised in the course of our liues FIrst aboue all things sée that thou feare God and kéepe his commandements for this is the whole dutie of man Eccles 12. 13. 2 Exercise your minde in meditating often on the works of God as his creating gouerning the world his prospering and punishing the wicked his blessing correcting his children as séemeth best to his godly wisedome Ier. 12. 2. Math. 25. 31. 32. 3 Submit and humble your selfe for your sinnes that the lord may raise you vp for he that iudgeth himselfe aright shall neuer be iudged of the Lord 1. Cor. 11. 31. 4 Loue all things for Gods sake and God cheifly for his owne and remember you make him your friend whosoeuer be your enemy this you shall doe if as an obedient childe you liue alway in the eie of your heauenly father 5 Neuer make mention of God or any word or work of his but with feare and reuerence nor of any man but with loue vsing his name as you wold haue him to vse yours Deut. 28. 58. Math. 7. 12. 6 Let no more holinesse appeare outwardly then you haue inwardly in your heart which God seeth and in which he desireth truth neither please your selfe with your vnprofitablenes or vnwillingnes to perform that which is good Ro. 12. 11. 7 Speake often to the praise of God neuer or little of your self because many words can not want iniquitie therefore speake as few as you can rather none then vnprofitably Pro. 17. 27. Iam. 1. 19. 8 â—re-patient vnder the correcting hand of God because 1. He doth it 2. â—ee doth it for your good 3. â—ee will moderate it and supply strength and in his due time will deliuer you out of it Psal 39. 9. 9 Stick fast to God as well in aduersitie as in prosperitie the one being as necessarie as the other If you haue necessaries bee humbled for them and vse them well lest hee that gaue them take them away Iam. 1. 2. 10 Take héed of performing holy duties for fashion sake or without féeling and profit for this is hypocrisie and profanenes Heb. 3. 12. Esay 1. 11. 11 Whatsoeuer you take in hand first take counsell by Gods word whether it be lawfull or not be it for profit or pleasure 2. Sa. 2. 1. 1. Sam. 30. 8. 12 When you awake froÌ„ sléep awake with God and before all things giue him your first fruits and calues of your lips 1. Confession of sin 2. Request of things necessary for bodie and soule 3. Thankfulnes for mercies receiued especially your last preseruation and rest 13 Eschew as much as in you lies all occasions of sin wisely endeauor your selfe in subduing the least that at length the greater may take no place 14 Set your selfe carefully as in gods presence that setting him at your right hand you may not fall 1. Cor. 10. 32. 15 Use prayer as a doore to open morning a locke to shut euening first preparing your heart to seek the Lord and thinke in the morning that day may bee your last day when you goe to bed you know not whether you shall rise vnlesse it be to iudgement 16 Waite vpon the Lord and hee will direct your way become his seruant in obaying his will for this is your truest libertie Psal 37. 34. 17 Thinke euermore your present estate and condition to bee the best estate for you whatsoeuer it bee because it is of the good prouidence of God 18 Account of euery day as of the day of death and therefore liue now euen as though you were now dying and doe those good duties euery day which you would doe if it were your last day 19 When night comes before you lie down in bed call to â—â—â—d how you haue spent the day passed think that day lost wherein you haue not done some good 20 Alwaies remember that the greatest work you haue to finish in this world is to die well and to make a happy departure out of this world for they which dye well dye not to die but to liue eternally 29 Estéeme not of your selfe better then you are for the more vile you are in your owne eyes the more glorious you are in y â— eyes of God for he reiecteth the proud giueth grace to the humble 1. Pct. 5. 5. 22 Redéeme the time past of your life with Repentance and looke to the time present with diligence and to the time to come with prouidence Ephes 5. 16. 23 Exercise your selfe in reading something of gods word daily doe not only serue God your self but sée that al that are vnder your charge do the same Dev. 6. 6 24 When you craue any blessings at the hands of God aske them in the name of Christ for no man commeth vnto the Father but by him Ioh. 14. 6. 25 In all your affaires before you attempt any thing first aske counsell of God whether it be lawfull to be done and then you may doe it with a good conscience 1. Sam. 30. 8. 26 Let your carriage in the world bee such as may shew your dislik of y â— world for if any man loue y â— world the loue of the father is not in him because the loue of the world is enmitie with God 1. Ioh. 2. 25 27 Arme your selfe continually against temptations knowing them to bee your portion in this life learne from Christ and his Apostles to beare them patiently 1. Thes 4. 4. 5. 28 Be more afraid of secret sins theÌ„ of open shame and be alwaies perswaded you are in the presence of God and let all your actions be framed accordingly Ier. 23. 24. Acts 17. 28. 29 In all your afflictions and miseries bee still perswaded that your punishment is farre lesse then your â—â—â—ne 30 If Gods mercies abounds to wards you merwell not if he mixe them with some crosses for God sends blessings with crosses lest you should despaire and crosses with blessings lest you should presume 31 Such ontward blessings which you can not haue desire God you may not be vexed for them for if you gréedily couet such things it is longer before you shall enjoy them and more subiect to abuse them when you haue them 32 When you would do any good or receiue any good offer vp your endeuours in a sacrifice to God in Christ beséeching God to giue his holy Spirit to sanctifie his owne sacrifice 33 When God visites you with affliction kisse the toddâ— and offer vp all to him from whom