our mindes into vs thy heauenly grace inspyre that in all truth and godlines we may haue true desyre Thou art the very comforter in all woe and distresse The heauenly gift of God most high which no tonge can expresse The fountaine and the liuely spring of ioye celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall Thou in thy giftes art manifold wherby Christs church doth stand In faythfull hartes writing thy lawe the fynger of Gods hand According to thy promise made thou geuest speech of grace That through thy helpe y e praise of God may stand in euery place O holy ghost into our wittes send downe thy heauenly light Kindle our hartes with feruent loue to serue God day and night Strength and stablish all our weaknes so feable and so frayle That neither flesh the world nor deuill agaynst vs doe preuaile Put backe our enmies far from vs and graunt vs to obtaine Peace in our harts with god and maÌ„ without grudge or disdaine And graunt O lord that thou being our leader and our guide We may eschew the snares of sinne and from thee neuer slyde To vs such plenty of thy grace good Lord graunt we thee pray That thou maist be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Of all strife and dissention O Lord dissolue the bandes And make the knots of peace loue throughout all christeÌ„Ì„ landes GrauÌ„t vs O Lord through thee to know the father most of myght That of his deare beloued sonne we may attayne the sight And that with perfect fayth also we may acknowledge thee The spirit of them both alway one God in persons three Laude and prayse be to the father and to the Sonne equall And to the holy spirite also one God coeternall And pray we that the onely sonne vouchesafe his sprit to send To all that do professe his name vnto the worldes ende Amen Venite exultemus Psalme xcv Syng thys as the Benedictus O Come and let vs now reioyce and sing vnto the Lord And to our onely sauiour also with one accorde O let vs come before his face with inwarde reuerence Confessing all our former sunnes and that with diligence To thanke him for his benefites alwaye distributyng Wherefore to him right ioyfully in Psalmes now let vs sing And that because that God alone is Lord magnificent And eke aboue all other gods a kyng omnipotent His people doth not he forsake at any time or tyde And in his hand are all the coastes of al the world so wyde And with his louing countenaunce he looketh euery where And doth behold the tops of all the mountaines far neere The sea and all that is therin are his for he them made And eke his haÌ„d hath facioned y e earth which doth not fade O come therfore and worship him and downe before him fall And let vs wepe before y e Lord the which hath made vs al. He is our God our Lord and kyng and we his people are His flocke and sheepe of his pasture on whoÌ„ he taketh care This day if ye do heare his voyce yet hearden not your hart As in the bitter murmuring when ye were in deserte Whiche thing was of their negligence committed in the time Of trouble in the wildernes a great and greuous crime Where as your fathers tempted me and tryed euery way They proued me saw my workes what I could do or say These forty yeares I haue bene greued with this generation And euermore I said they eâ—d in their imagination Wherwith their harts wer fore combred long time and many daies Wherfore I know assuredly they haue not knowen my wayes To whom I in mine anger swore that they should not be blest Nor see my ioy celestiall nor enter in my rest Gloria patri All laud and prayse be to the Lord O that of might art most To God the father and the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it in the beginning was for euer heretofore And is now at this present tyme and shal be euermore The song of Saint Ambrose called Te deum WE prayse thee God we knowledge thee the onely Lord to be and as eternal father al the earth doth worship thee To thee al angels cry the heaueÌ„s all the powers therin To thee Cherub Seraphin to crie they do not linne O Holy Holy Holy Lord of Saboth Lord the God Through heauÌ„ earth thy praise is spred glory al abrod Thapostles glorious company yelde prayses vnto thee The prophetes good ly felowship prayse thee continually The noble and victorious host of Martirs sound thy prayse The holy Church throughout the world doth knowledge thee alwayes Father of endles maiestie they do acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honorable true and onely sonne to be The holy Ghost the comforter of glory thou art kyng O Christ and of the father art the sonne euerlastyng When sinfull mans decay in hand thou tookest to restore To be enclosd in virgins womb thou diddest not abhorre When thou hadst ouercome of death the sharp cruell might Thou heaueÌ„s kingdom didst set ope to ech beleuing wight In glory of the father thou doost sit on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our iudge our cause to vnderstand Lord helpe thy seruaÌ„ts whoÌ„ thou hast bought w t thy precious bloud And in eternall glory set them with thy saintes so good O Lord do thou thy people saue blesse thine inheritaunce Lord gouerne them and Lord do thou for euer them aduaunce We magnifie thee day by day and world without end Adore thy holy name O Lord Vouchesafe vs to defend From sinne this day Haue mercy Lord haue mercy on vs all And on vs as we trust in thee Lord let thy mercy fall O Lord I haue reposed all my confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therefore Lord let me neuer be ¶ The song of the three Children praysing God prouokyng all creatures to do the same O Alye workes of god the Lord bles ye the Lord praise him magnifie him for euer verse 2 Oye the aungels of the Lord bles ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer verse 3 3 O ye the starry heauens hye blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer verse 4 O ye waters aboue the skye bles ye the Lord. c. verse 5 O ye the powers of the Lord bles ye the Lord. c. verse 6 O ye the shining sunne moone bles ye the Lord. c. verse 7 O ye the glistring starres of heaueÌ„ bles ye the Lord. c. verse 8 O ye the showers dropping dew bles ye y e Lord. c. verse 9 O ye the blowing windes of god bles ye the Lord. c. verse 10 O ye the fire warming heate bles ye the Lord. c. verse 11 Ye winter and the sommer tyde bles ye the Lord. c. verse 12 O ye the dewes binding frostes bles ye the Lord. c.
name Helpe to amplifie and increase 〈…〉 and whatsoeuer thou sendest we may be hartly wel contēt with thy good pleasure wil Let vs not lacke the thyng O Father without the which we cā not serue thee but blesse thou so al the workes of our handes that we may haue sufficient and not to be chargeable but rather helpeful vnto others be merciful O Lord to our offences seing our det is great which thou hast forgeuē vs in Iesus Christ make vs to loue thee and our neighbours so much y e more Be thou our father our captaine and defender in al temptations hold thou vs by thy merciful hand that we may be deliuered from al inconueniences and end our liues in the sāctifying and honor of thy holy name through Iesu Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour So be it Let thy mighty hand out stretched arme O Lord be stil our defence thy mercy and louyng kindnes in Iesu Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true an holy word our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comfort and consolation vnto the end and in the end So be it O Lord increase our faith ¶ A Confession for al estates and times O Eternal God and most merciful father we confesse acknowledge here before thy diuine maiestie that wear miserable sinners cōceiued and borne in sinne and iniquity so that in vs there is no goodnes For the flesh euermore rebelleth against the spirite wherby we continually transgres thy holy precepts cōmaundemēts so purchace to our selues through thy iust iudgemēt death dānation Notwithstanding O heauēly father for asmuch as we are displeased with our selues for the sinnes that we haue cōmitted agaynst thee do vnfainedly repent vs of the same we most humbly besech thee for Iesus Christs sake to shew thy mercy vpon vs to forgeue vs al our sinnes to increase thy holy spirit in vs y ◠we acknowledging frō the botom of our harts our own vnrighteousnes may frō hēceforth not onely mortify our sinful lustes affections but also bring forth such frutes as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil not for the worthines therof but for y ◠merites of thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our onely sauiour whom y u hast alredy geuē an oblatiō offring for our sinnes for whose sake we are certeinly perswaded y ◠thou wilt deny vs nothing y t we shal aske in his name according to thy wil. For thy spirite doth assure our consciēces that thou art our merciful father so louest vs thy childrē through him that nothing is able to remoue thy heauēly grace fauour frō vs to the thee therfore O father with the sonne and the holy ghost be al honor glory world without end So be it ¶ A Prayer to be said before a man begin his worke O Lord God most merciful father Sauiour seyng it hath pleased thee to cōmaūd vs to traueil that we may releue our nede we besech thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour y t thy blessing may extend vnto vs without the which we are not able to continue that this great fauor may be a witnes vnto vs of thy bountifulnes assistāce so that therby we may know the fatherly care that y u hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lord we besech thee that thou wouldest strengthē vs with thine holy spirit that we may faithfully trauail in our estate and vocatiō without fraude or deceit and that we may indeuour our selues to folow thine holy ordinaūces rather thē to seke to satisfy our gredy affectiōs or desire to gayne And if it please thee O Lord to prosper our labour geue vs a minde also to helpe thē that haue nede according to that abilitie that thou of thy mercy shalt geue vs and knowing that al good thinges come of thee graunt that we may humble our selues to our neyghbours and not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them whiche haue not receyued so liberal a portion as of thy mercy thou hast geuen vnto vs. And if it please thee to trye and exercise vs by greater pouertye and neede then our fleshe woulde desire that thou wouldest yet O Lorde graunte vs grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish vs cōtinually through thy boūtiful liberality that we be not so tempted that we fal into distrust but that we may paciently wayt til thou fil vs not onely w t corporal graces benefites but chiefly with thine heauenly and spiritual treasures to the intent that we may alwayes haue more ample occasion to geue thee thākes and so wholy to rest vpon thy mercyes Heare vs O Lord of mercy through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the whole state of Christes Church ALmighty God and most merciful father we hūbly submit our selues and fal down before thy maiesty beseching thee from the botom of our hartes that this sede of thy worde now sowen amongst vs may take such depe roote that neither y e burning heat of persecutiō cause it to wither neither the thorny cares of this life do choke it but that as sede sowen in good ground it may bring forth thirty sixty an hundreth fold as thy heauenly wisdome hath appointed And because we haue nede continually to craue many things at thy hāds we hūbly besech thee O heauenly father to graunt vs thy holy spirit to direct our petitiōs that they may procede from such a feruent mind as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil. And seing that our infirmitie is able to doo nothing without thy helpe that thou art not ignoraunt with how many and great temptations we poore wretches are on euery side enclosed and compassed Let thy strength O Lord sustayne our weakenes that we 〈◊〉 defēded with the force of thy grace may be safely perserued agaynst al assaultes of Sathan who goeth about cōtinually like a roring Lion seking to deuoure vs. Encrease our faith O merciful father that we do not swarue at any time from thy heauenly word but augment in vs hope and loue with a careful kepyng of al thy cōmaundements that no hardnes of hart no Ipocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw vs away frō thy obedience And seing we liue now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly prouidence defend vs agaynst the violence of al our enemyes which do seke by almeanes to oppres thy truth Furthermore for as much as by thy holy Apostle we be taught to make our prayers supplications for al men We pray not onely for our selues here present but besech thee also to reduce al such as be yet ignoraūt frō the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and errour to the pure vnderstanding and knowledge of thy heauenly truth that we al with one consent vnitie of minds may worship thee our onely God sauiour And that al Pastors shepe heardes and Ministers to whom thou
hast committed the dispensation of thy holy word and charge of thy chosen people may both in their life and 〈…〉 be found faithful settyng onely before theyr eyes thy glory and 〈◊〉 by them al poore shepe whiche wander and go astray may be gathered brought home to thy fold Moreouer because the harts of rulers are in thy handes we besech thee to direct and gouerne the hartes of al kings princes maiestrates to whom thou hast committed the sword especially O Lord accordyng to our bounden duty we besech thee to mainteine encrease the honorable estate of y e Queenes maiestie and al her most noble counsellers and maiestrates and al the whole body of this cōmune weale Let thy fatherly fauor so preserue them thy holy spirite so gouerne their hartes that they may in such sorte execute their office that thy religion may be purely maintayned maners reformed and sin punished according to the precise rule of thy holy word And for that we be al members of the mistical body of Iesus Christ we make our requestes vnto thee O heauenly father for al such as are afflicted with any kind of cros or tribulation as warre plague famine sicknes pouertie imprisonment persecution banishment or any other kinde of the rods whether it be calamitie of body or vexation of minde that it would please thee to geue them patience and constancy til thou send them ful deliueraunce of al theyr troubles Roote out frō hence O Lord al rauening wolues which to fil theyr bellies seke to destroy thy flocke And shew thy great mercyes vpon those our brethren in other coūtreis which are persecuted cast into prison daily cōdēned to death for y e testimony of thy truth And though they be vtterly destitute of al mās ayde yet let thy swete comfort neuer depart from them but so inflame their hartes with thy holy spirite that they may boldly and cherefully abide such trial as thy godly wisedome shal appoynt So that at length as wel by theyr death as by their life the kingdō of thy dere sonne Iesus Christ may increase shine through al the world In whose name we make our hūble peticiōs vnto thee as he hath taught vs. Our Father which art in heauen halowed by thy c. FINIS ⧠A Table both for the number of the whole Psalmes and also in what leafe you may finde euery of them Psalme A. Fol. 30 ALl laude and prayse 49 49 All people her 59 78 Attend my people to my 106 82 Amid the prease 114 B. 81 Be light and glad 113 119 Blessed are they 158 128 Blessed art thou 175 134 Behold and haue 178 142 Before the Lord. 187 144 Blest be the. 188 D. 83 Do not O God re 15 E. 127 Except the Lord. 174 G. 29 Geue to the Lord ye 48 37 Grudge not to see 58 48 Great is the Lord. 70 54 God saue me for thy 80 105 Geue prayses vnto 140 107 Geue thankes vnto 145 148 Geue laud vnto 192 H. 12 Helpe Lord for 32 13 How loug wilt 32 51 Haue mercy on 77 56 Haue mercy Lord. 82 67 Haue mercy on vs. 91 73 How euer it be yet 100 84 How pleasaunt is 116 91 He that within 125 I. 5 Incline thine eares 25 11 I trust in God 31 20 In trouble and aduersitie 40 25 I lift my hart 44 34 I wil geue laude 54 39 I sayd I wil looke 61 40 I waited long and. 62 43 Iudge and reuenge 66 77 I with my voyce 105 92 It is a thing both 126 100 In God the Lord. 133 101 I mercy wil and. 133 109 In specheles scilence 148 116 I loue the Lord. 155 120 In trouble and in 168 121 I lift mine eyes 169 122 I did in harte 170 L. 6 Lord in thy wrath reproue me not 26 16 Lord kepe me for 35 26 Lord be my iudge 46 35 Lord plead my cause 35 42 Like as the hart 65 68 Let God arise 92 72 Lord geue thy iudg 99 86 Lord how thine eare 104 88 Lord God of health 106 130 Lord to thee I. 176 140 Lord saue me 185 143 Lord heare my 187 M. 23 My sheperd is the. 43 45 My hart doth now 67 62 My soule to God 87 71 My Lord my God 97 103 My soule geue 135 104 My soule prayse 137 146 My soule prayse 193 N. 115 Not vnto vs. 154 124 Now Israel 171 O. 3 O Lord how are my 24 4 O God that art my 25 7 O Lord my God 27 8 O God our Lord how 28 15 O Lord within thy taber 33 17 O Lord geue eare 35 18 O God my strength 36 21 O Lord how ioyful 40 22 O God my God 41 31 O Lord I put my 50 44 Our eares haue heard 66 51 O Lord consider my 74 55 O God geue eare 80 60 O Lord thou didst 86 63 O God my God 88 64 O Lord vnto my voyce 89 70 O God to me take 97 79 O Lord the Gentils 111 94 O Lord thou doost 12 95 O come let vs. 128 98 O sing ye now 131 102 O heare my prayer 133 108 O God my hart 147 117 O all the nations 156 118 O geue ye thankes 136 123 O Lorde that 171 109 Of this Israell 175 130 O Lorde I am not 176 133 O howe happy a. * 178 135 O prayse the Lorde 179 139 O Lorde thou haste 184 141 O Lorde vpon thee 186 P. * 38 Put me not to rebuke 60 106 Prayse ye the Lorde 142 136 Prayse ye the Lorde 181 147 Prayse ye the Lorde 191 R. * 61 Regarde O Lorde for 87 132 Remember Dauids 177 S. 59 Sende ayde and saue 84 69 Saue O God * 94 96 Syng ye with 129 125 Such as in God 172 T. 1 The man is blest 22 14 There is no God * 33 19 The heauens and the. 39 24 The earth is all 44 27 The Lorde is both 47 28 Thou art O Lorde 84 32 The man is blest 52 36 The wicked with * 57 41 The man is blest 46 46 The Lorde is our 69 50 The myghty God 72 50 The God of Gods 74 53 The foolishe man 79 57 Take pitie for thy * 83 65 Thy prayse alone 89 76 To all that nowe 104 80 Thou Lorde that Israell 111 85 Thou haste bene 117 87 That Citie shall 119 89 To syng the mor. * 121 90 Thou Lorde haste 124 93 The Lorde as kynge 127 97The Lorde doth raygne 130 99 The Lorde doth raygne 132 110 The Lorde dyd * 150 112 The man is blest 151 125 Those that doo put 172 138 Thee will I prayse 183 145 Thee will I laude 189 V. 75 Vnto the God we 103 W. * 2 Why did the Gentiles 23 9 With hart and mouth 29 16 What is the cause 35 52 Why doost thou tyrant 78 74 Why art thou Lorde 102 111 With hart I doo * 150 114 When Israell by 153 126 When that the Lorde 173 137 When as we sat in Babi 182 Y. 33 Ye ryghteous in the. 52 47 Ye people all 70 58 Ye rulers that * 84 66 Ye men on earth 90 113 Ye children whiche 152 150 Yelde vnto the. 194 ¶ These folowe after the Psalmes PRayse the Lorde ye Beholde nowe geue * Attende my people Our father whiche art All my belefe Come holy spirite * Geue peace in these Where ryghteousnes doth O Lorde in thee is all my * Preserue vs Lorde The Lorde be thanked ¶ Also certayne Godly Prayers ¶ These ye shall haue in the beginnyng of the Booke VEni creator spiritus Venite exultemus Te Deum laudamus * Benedicite Benedictus dominus Magnificat anima * Nunc dimittis The Lamentation of a. The humble sute of a sinner Quicunque vult * The Pater noster The ten Commaundementes ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Day dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath Saint Marrins ¶ Cum gratia Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per septennium
pay thy vowes alwayes vnto the God most hye verse 15 Then seke and cal to me whē ought would worke the blame And I wil sure deliuer thee that thou maist prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked trayne which talke of God ech day And yet theyr workes are foule vaine to thē the Lord wil say verse 17 With what a face darest thou my word once speake or name Why doth thy talke my law alow thy dedes deny the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy life thou art so slacke My word the which thou doost pretēd is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doost see by theft to liue in welth With him thou runnest doost agre likewise to thriue by stelth verse 20 When thou doost them behold that wiues and maydes defile Thou likest it wel and waxest bold to vse that life most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doost apply to sclaunder and defame Thy tong is taught to craft and lye and doth stil vse the same verse 22 Thou studiest co reuile thy frends to thee so nere With slaūder thou wouldst nedes defile thy mothers sōne most deare verse 23 Hereat while I do winke as though I did not see Thou goest on stil and so doost thinke that I am like to thee verse 24 But sure I wil not let to strike when I begynne Thy faultes in ordre I wil set and open al thy sinne verse 25 Marke this I you require that haue not God in mind Least whē I plage you in mine ire your help be far to find verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me wel he shal se to walke in godly wayes i. Miserere mei deus Psalme .li. VV VV. ¶ When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet nathan for his great offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his natural corruption and iniquirie But also left a memorial therof to his posteritie Therfore first he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holy spirit with promise that he wil not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearing least God would punish the whole Church for his faute He requireth that he would rather increase his graces towards the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lord for thy great mercyes sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust and sinful act and purifie yet once agayne my haynous crime and bloudy fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow do constraine me to acknowledge mine exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth stil remaine before my face without reles verse 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euel in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgmēt iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that first I was conceyued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was yet vile wretch remayne therin verse 6 Also behold Lord thou doost loue the inward truth of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome frō aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shal be cleaner thē the glasse And if y u wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shal I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lord such ioy me sēd that in wardly I may find grace And y ◠my strēgth may now amēd which y u hast swagd for my trespas verse 9 Turne back thy face frownig ire for I haue felt inough thy hād And purge my sinnes I thee desire which do in nūber passe the sād verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest frame it to thy holy wil Thy cōstāt spirit in me let rest which may these raging enmies kil The second parte verse 11 Cast me not Lord out from thy face but spedely my torments end Take not frō me thy spirit grace which may frō dāgers me defēd verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes again which I was wōt in thee to find And let me thy fre spirit retain which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus whē I shal thy mercies know I shal instruct others therin And mē that ar likewise brought low by mine ensāple shal flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my helth art Lord forgeue me this my bloudy vice My hart toung shal thē accord to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lips my tonge vnty O Lord which art y e only kay And thē my mouth shal testify thy wōdrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest thē of no price therin pleasure takest y u none verse 17 The heauy hart the mynd opprest O Lord thou neuer doost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of al sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lord vnto Siō turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hil And on Ierusalē thy grace build vp the walles and loue it stil verse 19 Thou shalt accept thē our offrings of peace righteousnes I say yea calues many other things vpon thine altar wil we lay ¶ An other of the same by T. N. Sing this as the lamētation HAue mercy on me God after thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude do thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more frō myne offēce clense me frō my sinne For I beknow my fautes stil my sin is in mine eyne Agaynst thee thee alone I haue offended in this case And euel haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the things that thou doost say vpright thou maist be tried And eke in iudgyng that the dome may passe vpon thy side Behold in wickednes my kind and shape I did receyue And loe my sinful mother eke in sin did me conceyue But Loe the truth in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secrets of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to mee With Hysope Lord be sprincle me I shal be clensed so yea wash thou me and so I shal be whiter then the snow Of ioy gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which y u hast brokē may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lord turne away thy face And al my dedes of wickednes do vtterly deface O God create in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lord renew a stable spirit Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy spirit away The comfort of thy sauing helpe geue me agayne I pray With thy free spirit establish me and I wil teach therfore Sinners thy wayes wicked shal be turnd vnto thy lore The seconde part O God that art God of my helth from bloud deliuer mee That praises of thy righteousnes my tōg may sing to thee My lips that yet fast closed be do thou O Lord
power of encreased strength within my soule to grow verse 4 Yea al the kings on earth they shal geue prayse to thee O Lord For they of thy most holy mouth haue heard the mighty word verse 5 They of the wayes of God the Lord in syngyng shal entreat Because the glory of the Lord it is excedyng great verse 6 The Lord is hye and yet he doth behold the lowly spirit But he contemnyng knowes a far the proud lofty wight verse 7 Although in midst of trouble I do walke yet shal I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand Vpon the wrath of al my foes and saued shal I bee By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his work to me verse 8 Thy mercy Lord endures for ay Lord do me not forsake Forsake me not y ◠am the worke which thine own hād did make Domine probasti psalm .cxxxix. N Dauid to clense his hart from al hipocrisy sheweth that there is nothyng so hyd which god seeth not which he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of god he protesteth to be enemy to al them that comtemne god Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 O Lord thou hast me tride known my sitting doost thou know verse 2 and rising eke my thoughts a far thou vnderstandst also verse 3 My pathes yea and my lieng down thou cōpassest alwayes and by familiar custome art acquainted with my wayes verse 4 No word is in my tonge O Lord but known it is to thee verse 5 thou me behind holdst before thou layest thy hand on mee verse 6 To wonderful aboue my reach Lord is thy cunning skil It is so hye that I the same cannot attayne vntil verse 7 From sight of thy al seing spirite Lord whether shal I go Or whether shal I flee away thy presence to scape fro verse 8 To heauen if I mount aloft lo thou art present there In hel if I lye down below euen there y u doost appeare verse 9 Yea let me take the mornings wings and let me go and hide Euen there where are y ◠farthest parts wher flowing se a doth slide verse 10 Yea euen thether also shal thy reachyng hand me guyde and thy right hand shal hold me fast and make me to abyde verse 11 Yea if I say the darknes shal yet shroud me from thy sight Lo euen also the darkest nyght about me shal be lyght verse 12 Yea darknes hydeth not from thee but night doth shyne as day To thee the darknes and the lyght are both alyke alway verse 13 For thou possessed hast my raynes and thou hast couered mee Whē I within my mothers womb enclosed was by thee verse 14 Thee wil I prayse made fearfully wondrously I am they workes are maruelous right wel my soule doth know y ◠same verse 15 My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue bene made and in the earth beneath I shapen was verse 16 When I was formeles then thine eye saw me for in thy booke were written al nought was before that after fashion tooke verse 17 The thoughts therfore of thee O God how deare are they to mee and of them al how passing great the endles numbers be verse 18 If I should compt thē loe their summe more then the sand I see and whensoeuer I awake yet am I stil wyth thee verse 19 The wicked and the bloudy men oh that thou wouldest slay Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say verse 20 Euen those of thee O Lord my God that speake ful wickedly Those that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee verse 21 Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and that in earnest wyse Contend not I against them al against thee that aryse verse 22 I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes verse 23 Try me O God and know my hart my thoughts proue disclose verse 24 Consider Lord if wickednes in me there any be and in thy way O God my guide for euer lead thou me Eripe me Psalme Cxl. N Dauid cōplayneth of the cruelty falshod iniuries of hys enemies against which he prayeth vnto the Lord and assureth hymself of his help and succor Wherfore he prouoketh the iust to prayse hym and to assure themselues of his tuition Sing this as the Lamentation verse 1 LOrd saue me the euil man and form the cruel wight verse 2 Deliuer me which euil do imagine in their sprit verse 3 which make on me cōtinual war their tongs lo they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lips is adders poyson set verse 4 Kepe me O Lord from wicked hands preserue me to abyde Free from the cruel man that meanes to cause my steps to slyde verse 5 The proud haue layd a snare for me and they haue spred a net with cordes in my path way and gins for me eke haue they set verse 6 Therfore I sayd vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Heare me O Lord oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray mone verse 7 O Lord my God thou onely art the strēgth that saueth mee My head in day of battle hath bene couerd stil by thee verse 8 Let not O Lord the wycked haue the end of his desyre Performe not hys wycked thought least with pride be set on fire verse 9 Of them that compas me about the chiefest of them al Lord let the mischief of their lippes vpon themselues befal verse 10 Let coales fal on them let hym cast them in consuming flame and in depe pits so as they may not rise out of the same verse 11 For no backbiter shal on earth be set in stable plight and euil to destruction stil shal hunt the cruel wyght verse 12 I know the Lord thafflicted wyl reuenge and iudge the poore verse 13 The iust shal prayse thy name iust shal dwel with thee euermore Domine clamaui psalme .cxli. N Dauid beyng greuously persecuted vnder Saule onely flyeth vnto God to bane succour desiryng hym to bridle his affections that he may patiently abyde til god take vengeaunce of hys enemies O Lord vpon thee do I cal Lord hast thee vnto me and harken Lord vnto my voyce when I do cry to thee 2 As insence let my prayers be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my handes as euenyng sacrifice verse 3 My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watch before and also of my mouing lips O Lord kepe thou the dore verse 4 That I should wicked works commit inclyne thou not my hart With il men of their delicates Lord let me eat no part verse 5 But let the righteous smite me Lord for that is good for me Let hym reproue me and the same a precious oyle shal be Such smityng shal not breake my hed the tyme shal shortly fal when I shal in their misery make prayers for them al. verse
6 Then when in stony places down their iudges shal be cast Then shal they heare my words for theÌ„ they haue a pleasaunt tast verse 7 Our bones about the graues mouth lo scattred are they found as he that heweth wood or he that diggeth vp the ground verse 8 But O my Lord my God myne eyes do looke vp vnto thee In thee is al my trust let not my soule forsaken hee verse 9 Which they haue layd to catch me in Lord keepe me from the snare and from the suttle grennes of them that wycked workers are verse 10 The wicked into theyr own nets together let them fal while I do by thy helpe escape the daungers of them al. Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlij N. ¶ Dauid neither ast onied with feare nor caried w t anger nor forced by desperation would kil Saule but with a quiet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue him Sing this as the .14 psalme verse 1 BEfore the Lord God with my voyce I did send out my cry and with my streamed voice vnto the Lord God prayed I. verse 2 My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare and in the presence of the Lord my trouble did declare verse 3 Although perplexed were my spirit my path was knowen to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layd for mee verse 4 I lookt vewd on my right hand but none there would me know al refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared tho verse 5 Then cried I Lord to thee sayd my hope thou onely art Thou in the land of lyuing art my portion and my part verse 6 Harke to my cry for I am brought ful low deliuer me From them that do me persecute for me to strong they be verse 7 That I may prayse thy name my soule from prisoÌ„ Lord bring out when thou art good to me the iust shal prease me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliij N. ¶ An earnest prayer for remission of sinnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute him by Gods iust iudgement He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirit that he may spend the rest of his life in the true feare and seruice of God Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 LOrd heare my prayer harke y e plaint that I do make to thee Lord in thy natiue truth and in thy iustice aunswer mee verse 2 In iudgement with thy seruaunt Lord oh enter not at al For iustified be in thy sight not one that liueth shal verse 3 The enmy hath pursued my soule my life to ground hath throwne and layd me in the dark like them that dead are long agone verse 4 Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spirit and in me was a troubled hart amased and afflight verse 5 Yet I record time past in al thy workes I meditate yea in the workes I meditate that thy hands haue creat verse 6 To thee O Lord my God loe I do stretch my crauing haÌ„ds My soule desireth after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Heare me with spede my spirit doth faile hide not thy face me fro Els shal I be like them that down into the pit to go verse 8 Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shal got verse 9 For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lord deliuer mee From al mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee verse 10 Teach me to do thy wil for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good spirit vnto the land of mercy me conuey verse 11 For thy names sake w t quikning grace a liue do thou me make and out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes O Lord destroy them al That do oppresse my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shal Benedictus dominuus Psalme Cxliiij N. ¶ Dauid prayseth y â— Lord w e great affectioÌ„ humility for his kingdom restored for his victories obtained yet calling for helpe the destructioÌ„ of the wicked â—promising to acknowledge the same with songs of prayses declareth wherin the felicity of any people consisteth Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 BLest be the Lord my streÌ„gth that doth instruct my haÌ„d to fight The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battel by his might verse 2 He is my goodnes for t and tower deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yeld verse 3 O Lord what thing is maÌ„ that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wise verse 4 Man is but like to vanity so pas his dayes to end verse 5 As fleting shade Bow down O Lord thy heaueÌ„s discend verse 6 The mountaines touch they shal smoke cast forth thy lightning flame And scatter theÌ„ thine arrowes shote coÌ„sume theÌ„ w t the same verse 7 Send down thy hand euen from aboue O Lord deliuer mee Take me froÌ„ waters great froÌ„ hand of straungers make me free verse 8 Whose subtle mouth of vanity and fondnes doth entreat and their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit verse 9 A new song I wil syng O God and singing wil I bee On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee verse 10 Euen he it is that onely geues deliueraunce to kings Vnto his seruaÌ„t Dauid helpe froÌ„ hurtful sword he bryngs verse 11 FroÌ„ strauÌ„gers haÌ„d me saue sheld whose mouth talkes vanity and their right hand is a right hand of guile and suttelty verse 12 That our sonnes may be as the plants whoÌ„ growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued cornerstones like to a palace fayre verse 13 Our corners ful and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousaÌ„ds in our strets ten thousaÌ„ds may abouÌ„d verse 14 Our Oxen be to labor strong that none do vs inuade There be no going out no cry within our stretes be made verse 15 The people blessed are y t with such blessings are so stord yea blessed al the people are whose God is God the Lord. Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ¶ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderful prouidence of God as well in gouernyng man as in preseruyng all the rest of his creatures He prayseth God for his iustice mercy but specially for his louyng kindnes toward those that cal vpon him that feare him and loue hym THee wil I laud my God and kyng blesse thy name for aye 2 For euer wil I prayse thy name and blesse the day by day 3 Great is the Lord most worthy prayse hys greatnes none can reach 4 From race to race they shal thy workes prayse and thy power preach verse 5 I of thy glorious maiestie the beauty wil record
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience
Thee to obey in wealth and wo Let not flesh bloud or any il Preuayle agaynst thy holy wil. ⧠Geue vs this day our dayly bread And al other good giftes of thyne Kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes dearth and pine That we may lyue in quietnes Without al gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences al Releue our careful conscience ⧠As we forgeue both great and smal Which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs Lord for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnity O Lord into temptation Lead vs not when the fiend doth rage To withstand his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age ⧠Arme and make strong thy feble host With faith and with thy holy ghost O Lord from euel deliuer vs The dayes and tymes are daungerous From euerlastyng death saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed end to vs bequeth Into thy handes our soules receyue ⧠For thou O Lord art kyng of kyngs And thou hast power ouer al Thy glory shineth in al thyngs In the wyde world vniuersal Amen let it be done O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord ¶ The .xii. Articles of the Christian Faith AL my belief and confidence Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day and eke the night the heauens the firmamēt and also many a starre the earth and al that is therin which passe mās reasō far And in like maner I beleue in Christ our Lord his sonne Coequal with the deitie and man in flesh and bone Conceiued by the holy ghost his word doth me assure and of his mother Mary borne yet she a Virgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was for sinne in bōd and thral He came and offred vp him selfe to death to saue vs al. And suffring most greuous payne then Pilate being iudge Was crucified on the cros and therat did not grudge And so he died in the flesh but quickned in the spirite His body then was buried as is our vse and rite His spirit did after this descēd into the lower parts To thē y ◠lōg in darknes wer the true light of their harts And in the thyrd day of his death he rose to life agayne To th end he might be glorified out of al grief and payne Ascendyng to the heauens hye to fit in glory stil On Gods right hād his father deare according to his wil. Vntil the day of iudgmēt come whē he shal come agayne With angels power yet of that day we al be vncertayn To iudge al people rightuously whō he hath dearely bought The liuing the dead also which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God my faith to satisfy The third person in Trinity beleue I stedfastly The holy catholike church that gods word doth maintaine and holy scripture doth alow which Sathā doth disdain And also I do trust to haue by Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes and that onely by faith What time al flesh shal rise again before the Lord of might and see him w t their bodely eies which now do geue thē light And then shal Christ our fauior the shepe and Goates deuyde and geue life euerlastingly to those whom he hath tryde Which is the realme celestial in glory for to rest With al the holy company of saints and Angels bleft Which serue the Lord omnipotent obediently eche houre To whome be al dominion and prayse for euermore ¶ A prayer vnto the holy Ghost to be song before the Sermon Syng this as the 11◠Psalme COme holy sprite the god of might comforter of vs al teach vs to know thy word aright y t we do neuer fal O holy Ghost visite our coast defend vs with thy shield Against al sinne and wickednes Lord help vs win the field Lord kepe our Quene her counsel geue them wil and might To perseuere in thy gospel which can put sinne to flyght O Lord that geuest thy holy word send preachers plētuously That in the same we may accord and therin lyue and dy O holy sprite direct aright the preachers of thy word that y u by them maist cut down sin as it were with a sword Depart not from those pastors pure but ayd them at al nede which breake to vs y e bread of life wher on our soules do fede O blessed spirit of truth kepe vs in peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours al and from al papistry Conuert al those that are our foes and bring thē to thy lyght that they and we may al agree and prayse thee day night O Lord increase our faith in vs and loue so to abound that man wife be void of strife neighbours about vs roūd In our time geue thy peace O Lord to nations far nye and teach thē al thy holy word that we may sing to thee All Glory to the Trinitie that is of myghtes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in al the tyme that hath bene heretofore As it is now and so shal be hence forth for euermore Da pacem Domine E. G. GEue peace in these our dayes O Lord great daūgers are now at hand thine enemies with one accord Christes name in euery land seeke to deface roote out and race thy true ryght worshyp in dede be thou the stay Lord we thee pray thou helpst alone in all nede Geue vs that peace which we do lacke Through misbelief and il life Thy word to offer thou doost not slacke Which we vnkindly gainstriue With fyre and sword this healthfull word Some persecute and oppresse Some with the mouth confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite down send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our lyues to amend And by fayth Christ renue That feare and dread warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde thy truth may byde And shyne in euery place The complaint of a Synner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercy WHere rightuousnes doth say Lord for my sinful part in wrath thou shouldst me pay vengeaunce for my desert I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how that cōtinually thy lawes I do transgres thy lawes I do transgres But if it be thy wil with synners to contend Then all thy flock shal spil and be lost without end For who lyueth here so ryght that rightly he can say He synneth not in thy sight full oft and euery day Thy Scripture plain telth me y ◠rightuous mā offēdeth seuē times a day to thee wheron thy wrath depēdeth So that the rightous man doth walk in no such path But he falth now or than in daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes y ◠euen the mā rightwise Faith oft in sinful bands wherby thy wrath may rise Lord I
here before thy maiesty trusting in our owne merites or worthines but in thy manifold mercies which hast promised to heare our prayers grauÌ„t our requests which we shal make to thee in y â— name of thy beloued son Iesus Christ our Lord who hath also commaunded vs to assemble our selues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not onely be amoÌ„gst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obtayne all thinges which shal seme expedient to thy blessed wil for our necessities therfore we besech thee most merciful Father to turne thy louyng countenance towardes vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wherby we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishment but rather receyue vs to thy mercye for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offences in whom onely thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seyng that of thy great mercies we haue quietly passed this nyght graunt O heauenly Father that we may bestow this day wholy in thy seruice so that al our thoughts words and dedes may redouÌ„d to the glory of thy name and good ensample to al men who seyng our good workes may glorify thee our heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and â—oue thou hast not onely created vs to thyne own similitude and lykenes but also hast chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of y e world we besech thee to encrease our faith knowledge and to lighten our harts with thy holy sprite that we may in y â— mean tyme liue in godly conuersation and integrity of lyfe knowyng that Idolaters adulterers couetous men coÌ„tentious persons drunkards gluttons and such like shal not inherite the kingdom of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for an other we do not onely make request O Lord for our selues and them that thou hast already called to the true vnderdandyng of thy heauenlye wil but for all people nations of the world who as they know by thy wonderful workes that thou art God ouer al so they may be instructed by thy holy spirit to beleue in thee theyr onely Sauiour redemer But for as much as they cannot beleue except they heare nor cannot heare but by preachyng and none can preache except they be sent therfore O Lord rayse vp faithful distributers of thy misteries who settyng apart al worldly respects may both in their lyfe doctrine onely seeke thy glory Contrarily confound Sathan Antichrist with all hyrelinges whome thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sence that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiete thy little flocke And because O Lord we be fallen into the latter dayes and daungerous tymes wherein ignoraunce hath gotten the vpper hand and Sathan by his ministers seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospell we besech thee to maintayne thy cause against those rauenyng wolues and strengthen al thy seruants whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion eyther to encrease their tiranny or to discourage thy children neyther yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hynderaunce to thy mercies but with speede O Lord consider these great miseries For thy people Israell many tymes by their synnes prouoked thyne anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgement yet thoughe theyr synnes were neuer so greuous if they once returned from theyr iniquity thou receyuedst them to mercy We therefore most wretched synners be wayle our manifolde synnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wyckednes and vngodly behauiour towardes thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humbly besech thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercies vpon vs and receyue vs againe to thy fauour Graunt vs dere father these our requests and al other thynges necessary for vs and thy whole church according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our lord In whose name we besech thee as he hath taught vs saying Our father c. A prayer to be sayd before meales ALl thynges depend vppon thy prouidence O Lord to receyue at thy hands due sustenance in time conuenient thou geuest to them and they gather it thou openest thy hande and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father which art the fountayne ful treasure of al goodnes we beseche thee to shew thy mercies vpon vs thy children sanctify these gyfts which we receyue of thy mercifull liberality graunt vs grace to vse them soberly and purely accordyng to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we maye acknowledge thee to bee the author and geuer of all good things and aboue al that we may remember continually to seeke the spirituall foâ—â—e of thy worde wherwith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our sauior Christ who is the true bread of life which came down from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shal liue for euer and raigne with him in glory world without end So be it A thankes geuyng after meales LEt all nations magnify the Lord let all people reioyce in praysing and extollyng hys great mercies For his fatherly kyndnes is plentifully shewd forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise endureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde God for the manifolde benefites which we continually receiue at thy bountiful hand not onely for that it hath pleased thee to frede vs in this present lyfe geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies fashioned vs a new into an assured hope of a far better lyfe the which thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Gospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer our affections to bee so intangled or rooted in these earthly and corruptible thyngs but that we may alwayes haue our myndes dyrected to thee on high coÌ„tinually watchyng for the coÌ„myng of our Lord and Sauiour Christ what time he shal appeare for our ful redemption To whome with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory for euer and euer So be it Another thankes geuyng before meales ETernall and euerlyuing God Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankynde hast appointed to his sustenaunce not onely the frutes of the earth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of the earth and fishes of the sea and hast commaunded thy benefits to be receyued as from thy handes with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane al things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctifâ—d by thy word by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderately to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies being refreshed the soules may be
more able to procede in all good workes to the prayse of thy holy name through Iesus Christe our Lord. So be it Our Father which art in heauen c. Another THe eyes of all things do looke vp and trust in thee O Lord thou geuest them meat in due season thou openest thy hande and fillest with thy blessing euery liuing creature good Lord blesse vs and al thy gifts which we receiue of thy large liberality through Iesus Christ our Lord. So be it Our father c. Another thankes geuing after meat GLory praise honor be vnto thee most mercifull and omnipotent father who of thine infinite goodnes hast created man to to thine owne image and similitude who also hast fed and daily fedest of thy most bountiful hand all liuing creatures graunt vnto vs that as thou hast nourished these our mortal bodies with corporal foode so thou wouldest replenishe our soules wyth the perfect knowledge of the liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus to whoÌ„ be praise glory and honor for euer So be it ¶ God saue the church vniuersal our Quene and Realme God coÌ„fort all them that be comfortles Lord increase our faith O Lorde for Christ thy sonnes sake be merciful to the coÌ„mon wealthes where thy Gospel is truely preached and harbor graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and illuminate accordyng to thy good pleasure al nations with the brightnes of thy word So be it ¶ Another THe God of glory and peace who hath created redemed presently fed vs be blessed for euer and euer So be it ¶ The God of all power who hath called from death that great pastor of the shepe our Lord Iesus comfort and defend the flock which he hath redemed by the bloud of the eternal testament increase the number of true preachers repres the rage of obstinate tirants mitigate lighteÌ„ the harts of the ignorant relieue the paynes of such as be afflicted but especially of those y â— suffer for y e testimony of his truth finally confound SathaÌ„ by the power of our lord Iesus Christ AmeÌ„ Euening prayer O Lord God fatherr â—â—â—rlasting and ful of pitie we acknowledge and confes that we be not worthy to lift vp our eyes to heauen muche les to present our selues before thy maiestye wyth confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers and graunte oure requestes if we consider our owne deseruynges for our consciences do accuse vs and our synnes witnes against vs and we knowe that thou art an vpright iudge whiche doost not iustifye the synners and wycked men but punishest the faults of al such as transgresse thy commaundementes Yet moste mercifull father since it hath pleased thee to commaunde vs to cal on thee in all our troubles and aduersities promising euen then to help vs when we fele our selues as it were swalowed vp of death desperation we vtterly renounce al worldly confidence flee to thy soueraign bouÌ„tie as our onely stay refuge beseching thee not to cal to remembraunce our manifold sinnes wickednes wherby we continually prouoke thy wrath and indignation against vs neither our negligence and vnkindnes which haue neyther worthely estemed nor in our liues sufficieÌ„tly expressed the swete comfort of thy gospel reueled vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ who by offring vp his body in sacrifice once for all hath made a sufficient recompence for all our synnes Haue mercy therfore vppon vs O Lord and forgeue vs our offences Teach vs by thy holy Spirite that we may ryghtly waye them and earnestly repent for the same And so much the rather O Lord because that the reprobate and such as thou hast forsaken cannot prayse thee nor cal vpon thy name but the repenting hart the sorowful mynd the conscience oppressed hungring and thirsting for thy grace shal euer set forth thy prayse and glory And albeit we be but wormes and dust yet thou art our creator and we be the worke of thy hands yea thou art our father and we thy children thou art our shepeheard and we thy flocke thou art our redemer and we the people whom thou hast bought thou art our God and we thyne inheritaunce Correct vs not therfore in thyne anger O Lord neyther accordyng to our desertes punish vs but mercifully chastice vs wyth a fatherly affection that all the world may know that at what tyme soeuer a synner doth repent hym of hys sinne from the bottome of his hart thou wilt put away his wickednes out of thy remembraunce as thou hast promised by thy holy Prophet Finally for as much as it hath pleased thee to make the nyght for man to rest in as thou hast ordayned hym the day to trauell graunt O deare father that we may so take our bodily rest that our soules may continually watch for the tyme that our Lord Iesus Christ shal appeare for our deliueraunce out of this mortal lyfe and in the mean season that we not ouercomen by any fantasies dreames or other teÌ„ptations may fully set our myndes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee furthermore that our sleepe be not excessiue or ouer much after the insatiable desires of our flesh but onely sufficient to content our weake nature that we may be better disposed to lyue in all godly conuersation to the glory of thy holy name and profite of our brethren So be it ¶ A Godly prayer to be sayd at al times HOnor and prayse be geuen to thee O Lord God almighty most deare father of heaueÌ„ for al thy mercies louing kindnes shewed vnto vs in y t it hath pleased thy gratious goodnes frely and of thine owne accord to elect and chose vs to saluation before the beginning of the world and euen lyke continual thankes be geueÌ„ to thee for creating vs after thine own image for redeming vs with the precious bloud of thy deare sonne wheÌ„ we were vtterly lost for sanctifying vs with thy holy spirit in the reuelation knowledge of thy holy word for helping and succoryng vs in al our nedes and necessities for sauing vs from al daungers of body soule for comforting vs so fatherly in al our tribulatioÌ„s and persecutioÌ„s for sparing vs so long and geuing vs so large a time of repeÌ„taunce These benefites O most merciful father like as we knowledge to haue receiued them of thy onely goodnes euen so we besech thee for thy deare sonne Iesus Christes sake to grauÌ„t vs alwayes thy holy spirit wherby we may continually grow in thaÌ„kfulnes towardes thee to be led into al truth and coÌ„forted in al our aduersities O Lord strengtheÌ„ our faith kindle it more in feruentnes loue towardes thee our neyghbours for thy sake Suffer vs not most deare Father to receyue thy word any more in vayne but graunt vs alwayes the assistauÌ„ce of thy grace and holy spirit that in hart word and dede we may sanctify and do worship to thy