hand pleading for vs Behold my Aduocat with thee O God the father Behold the chief Bishop who nedeth no other bloudy expiatioÌ„ for that he shineth imbrued with his own bloud Behold the holy welplesing Sacrifice With the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man c Gen. 2. The Lord said to Moses thou shalt smite the rock and water c Exo. 17 One of the souldiours with a speare pearced his side forthwith ran there out bloud and water And he that saw it bare record and his recorde is true And he that c. Iohn 19. offered vp and receaued in al sweetnes Behold the immaculate Lamb which lay still before the shearers who being buffeted spit at and opprobriously rayled at opened not his mouth Behold he who sinned not toke our sinnes vpon him and with his stripes healed our infirmities ⧠A Prayer to God the Sonne O Lord Iesu Christ the maker and redemer of mankind which hast sayd that thou art the way the truth and the life the way by doctrin precepts and examples the truth in promises and the life in reward I beseéch theé for thine vnspekable loues sake where through thou hast vouchsafed to imploy thy selfe wholy in the sauing of vs Suffer me not at any time to stray from theé which art the way Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane lâ—nnen câ—oth and laâ—d it in his new tombe which he had hewen out euen in the rock 〈◊〉 rolled a great â—one to the dore c. Math. 27. Assone as the sâ—â—ne was downe Iosuâ— commaundeth that theâ— c. Iosu. 8 Then they arose and went all night and tokâ— the body c. 1. Sam. 1â— nor to distrust thy promyses which art the truth and performest whatsoeuer thou promysest nor to rest in any other thing then theé which art the way beyond which there is nothing to be desired neither in heauen nor in earth By theé we haue learned the sure and redy way to true saluation to the inteÌ„t we should not wander any longer vp and down in the mazes of this world Thou hast taught vs throughly what to beleue what to doe what to hope and wherin to rest We haue learned of theé how vngratiously we be borne of the first Adam We haue learned of theé that there is no hope of saluation but by beleéfe in theé and that thou art the only light which shineth before vs all as we iorney through the wildernes of this world through the night of our own harts from the darcknes of Egipt to that blessed land which thou hast promysed When Ioseph was come to his brethren they stripâ— him c. Gen. 37. So they toke vp Ionas and cast him into the sea and the sea c. Ionas He layd it in a tomb 〈◊〉 out of a rocke wherin was neuer man yet layd And that day was the â—reparing of the Saboth the Saboth â—râ—e on The women that folowed after c. Luke 23. to the meéke and to such as follow the footsteps of thy mildnesse For in vs there was nothing but deép darcknes in so much that we could nether seé our own wretchednes nor where to seéke remedy for it But thou vouchsafing to come down into the earth to take our nature vpon theé of purpose to driue away the mist of our ignoraunce with the light of thy doctrine and to direct our feéte into the way of peace by thy precepts and hast paued vs the way to immortality by thy example and of abushy and rough way made vs a playn and smooth way by treading it out with thine own footsteps Thus art thou which canst no skill of error become our way wherein to the intent we should not faint thy goodnes hath vouchsafed to stay vs vp with many great and sure promyses For who can tire when he remeÌ„breth that For feare of him the kepers were astonied became as dead men But the Angell sayd to the women Feare not for I know you seeke Iesus which was crucified c. Math. 2â— Samson arose at midnight and toke the dores c. Iâ—dicum 16 And the Lord spake vnto the fish and it cast out Ionas c. Ionas 2. if he walk in thy footsteps the inherytance of the heauenly life is prepared for him Therfore it is thy will that hope should be as a sure staffe to holde vs vp as long as we be in this iorney And thy goodnesse was not contented with that but forasmuch as thou knoest the weaknes of our flesh thou refreshest our strength from time to time with the comfort of thy Spirit to the intent we may come running cherefully vnto theé And as thou being become our way puttest aside all cause of straying so being the truth puttest away al cause of distrust finally being become our life thou giuest vs grace to be dead here vnto sin to liue through thy spirit wh c quickneth all things vntill that in the resurrection when all mortalitie shall be rid quite and clean away we shall liue with theé and in theé for euer at which time God shall be all in all The king said vnto Daniell O Daniel the seruaunt c. Daniel 6. When I had past a litle from them then I found him c â–ª Cant. â— Iesus appâ—aâ—ed first to Mary Magdalenâ— out of whom he had â—ast 〈…〉 she went and told them that had bene with him which mourned c. Mar. 1â— For it is euerlasting life to know the Father the Sonne the holy Ghost to be the one true God whom we seé now by faith but as through a glasse and in a riddle but as then we shall behold his glory at hand and be transformed into the same Image And therefore I beseéch theé ô most mercifull Sauiour increase thy seruants faith that I may neuer stagger in thy heauenly doctrine increase mine obedience that I may neuer swarue from thy commaundements and increase my constancy that walking in thy steps I may neither be intised with Sathans allurementes nor discouraged with his terriblenes but hold out to the death in theé which art the true way increase my faith that trusting to thy promyses I may neuer faint in the indeuour of godlines but forget the things that I haue left behind me and go alwayes Iesus said to Thomas put thâ— finger here and see my hands and put forth thy hand and put it into my side and be not faythlesse c. Iohn 20. And Iacob called the name of the place Pâ—inâ—ll c. Gen. 32. 〈◊〉 aunswered he Lord be with vs why then c. Iud. 6. forward to more perfection Increase thy grace in me that being dead euery day more then other in my selfe I may be aliue and led by thy Spirite fearing nothing but theé then whom nothing is more amiable glorying in nothing but only in theé who art the true glory of all the saints coueting nothing but theé who art of all things the
granÌ„t vs liue eternally * A Prayer for the obtayning of a sound minde O Lord Iesu Christ the light of al them that put their trust in theé and the only Phisition of our soules the light of mind which thou hadst put into vs by creation is dimmed defaced and in maner extinguished by the fall of our first Father Adam and a horrible maime and disorder is fallen vpoÌ„ all the powers sences of our soules Our wit reason iudgement discretion vnderstanding and will are vtterly corrupted so as of our selues we can not seé nor discern any thing aright The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obey vnto thee Countreywoman â–ª Away with butter cheése For thy life thou must leese The Nurse Geue sucke no more For I am at the dore Create thou a pure hart in vs and renue a right spirite in vs Binde thou vp the sores of our soules wash them with the wine of thy precyous bloud and annoynt them with the oyle of thy holynes Repair that heauenly Image which is defaced in vs through sinne and adorne it agayne with thine own righteousnes That we being set in perfect state by thy meanes may sing acceptable prayses euerlastinglye to theé in thy holy church Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayd for newnesse of life VNto theé O Lord doe I lift vp my hart In theé my God doe I trust let me not be put to shame Shepeheardes wife Be thou young or olde Thou must enter into my folde ¶ Aged woman Be the day neuer so long At last commeth Euensong From earth we came to earth we shall For sinne by death hath made vs thrall Shew me thy wayes and teach me thy pathes lead me forth in thy righteousnes and guide me for thou art my sauyour in theé is my trust all the day long Teach me thy way O Lord guide me in the right path for feare of mine enemies A cleane hart create in me O God and a right Spirite renue within my bowels Thrust me not out of thy sight O Lord neither take thy spirit froÌ„ me Geue me agayne the comfort of thy help and strengthen me with a principall Spirite Teach me thy way O Lord and I will walke in thy truth Knit my hart vnto theé that it may fear thy name geue thy seruaÌ„t streÌ„gth and saue the sonne of thy handmayd The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obey vnto thee The Creeple Be thou poore or disesed Thou must with me be pleased The poore woman Be thou neuer so poore Thou must enter at my â—ore Make me to vnderstand the wayes of thy commaundements and I will talke of thy wonders Remoue from me the way of lying and geue me thy law Set thy law O Lord and the way of thy statutes before me that I may euer keép them Geue me vnderstanding that I may obserue thy law keép it continually Leade me forth in the pathes of thy commaundements for in them is my delight Incline my hart vnto thy testimonies and not vnto couetousnes Let not the foote of pride come neare me nor the hand of sinne touch me Turne away mine eyes from vanitie and quicken me in thy way StrengtheÌ„ thy seruant in thy word that I may feare theé The Infant Loe this little hart I strike with my dart The Foole. Of foolish and fond I break the bond No state no might young nor old To resist death daâ—â— behold Behold I haue lusted for thy commaundements quicken me in thy righteousnes Let thy mercy come vpon me O Lord let thy sauing health light vpon me according to thy word A Prayer for true mortification Emperors and kings we did raigne But now the earth doth vs detayne ¶ The Emperor Of Monarch Emperor I am the conqueror ¶ The king Keisar or king I must theé bring ¶ The Duke Duke though thou be daunce after me ¶ The Marques Marques of state march with thy mate Dukes and Marques we haue been Nought now but bones are to be seen For if thy sonne our sauiour euer wont to obay thy good will prayed so hartely and often Not my will but thy will be We Earles and Barons were sometime Now wrapt in lead are turnd to slime ¶ The Baron Barons of nobilitie sweare to me fealty ¶ The Vicount Earle or Vicount geue thy account done wherby he declareth himself to be very man how can it be but we whose nature is corrupt not only in natiuity but in the rest of our whol life also shall finde both our hands full in great and greéuous temptations wholy to resine our selues vnto theé Graunt therfore deére Father for thy Christes sake I most hartely beseéch theé thy grace and holy spirite to be effectual in me that dayly I may accustome my selfe to deny my will in more easie and pleasant things of this life that when neéde shall be I may come vnto theé with a resined will alwayes stedfastly expecting thy mercy and in the meane season continually obaying theé with readines and willingnes doing whatsoeuer may most plese theé through Christ our Lord which liueth and raigneth with theé and the holy Ghost world without end Amen ¶ The Archbishop Archb. Metropolite theé thy Prouince I visite ¶ The Bishop Bishops graue old are sheép of my fold Bishops we haue taught the lord That all must enter deathes dore A prayer for coÌ„tinuance in seking after christ by S. Augustine Both sheep and shepheard all must dye We taught the same the same we try ¶ The Doctor Doctor diuine at last thy reading houre is past ¶ The Preacher Preach no more about thy glas is run out ¶ The lord Come lordings all daunce at my call ¶ The Knight Goe hence sir knight t is almost night We Lords and Knights of late Now lie in low estate Behold the Squire as in a glas For as thou art so he was ¶ The Esquire Esquire the braue It bootes not to craue ¶ The Gentleman Lusty or sad Thou must be had ¶ The Iudge â–ª Come on iudge With me to trudge ¶ The iustice Sir Iustice arise come to my assise Iudge and Iustice sentence haue To ly as captiues in the graue In such sort therefore O my God thou art layde vp for them that feare theé as thou mayst be found of them that hope in theé So thou doest prolong to be found of them that seéke theé the sooner to approch to them that perseuere in seéking No law no plea no drift From death can make a shift ¶ Sergeant at law Leaue the Lawes heare my cause ¶ The Attorâ—ey Plead as thou lust With me thou must O my mercy and my refuge my deliuerer and defender so geue me feare as also I may loue so put me in feare as thou increase also the desire of theé and so make me one of those that feare and keépe thy commaundements that by the obedience of thy feare I may
to Iethro his father in law and sayd to him I pray c. Exo. 4. My soule doth magnify the Lord and my sprite doth reioyce in God my sauiour Luke 1. I Thanke theé O Lord Iesu Christ that it hath pleased theé to geue me good rest this night past And I beseéch theé likewise to prosper me all this day following to the glory of thy name and to mine own soules health And thou which art the true daylight that neuer knoweth any euentide And the euerlasting dayson which quickneth cherisheth and cheéreth all thinges vouchsafe to shine into my minde that I may not stumble into any sinne but by thy guyding come to eternall life Amen Another I Thank theé O holy Lord father almighty and euerlasting God that thou hast vouchsafed to keépe me this night through thy great mercy And I beseéch theé of thine vnmeasurable clemency to geue me grace so to pas this day now comming in all lowlynesse Put thy shoes of thy feete for the place wheron thou standest is holy ground Exod. 3. Aarons rod being put in the tabernacle did blossom and I will make cease c. Num. 17. When the dayes were accomplished Mary brought 〈◊〉 her first â—e â—otten sonne and â—rapped him in swaâ—lâ—ng clothes and layd him in the manger because there was no roume 〈…〉 meéknes chastity charitie patience goodnes feare and warynesse as my seruise may please theé through him which shall come to iudge both the quick and the dead the world by fire keépe and preserue me from all euil from all stumbling and geuing of offence from all wilfull sinning and from all the crafts and assaultes of wicked feénds and enemies seéne or vnseéne through our Lord Iesus Christ thine onely begotten sonne To whom be prayse and glory with theé for euermore Amen * A Prayer at the putting on of our Clothes MOst gracious and merciful sauyour Iesus Christ thou knowest how we be borne clothed clogged with the greéuous and heauy burthen of the first man who fell away vnto fleshlynesse through disobedience And when the viii dayes were accomplished that they should circumcise the childe his name was then called Iesus which was so named of the Angel before he was conceiued c. Luke 2. Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac when he was eight dayes old as God had coÌ„maunded him c. Gen. 21 Let euery maÌ„ child among you be circumcised That is ye shal circumcise the fores skin of your flesh c. Ge. 17 Uouchsafe therefore I beseéch theé to strip me out of the old corrupt Adam which being soked in sin transformeth him self into all incumberances and diseases of the minde that may lead away from theé Rid me also quite and cleane of that his tempter the deceitfull Eue which turneth vs away from the obedience of thy Father Clothe me with thy self O my redeémer and sanctifyer clothe me with thy self which art the second man and hast yealded thy self obedient in all things to God thy father to rid away all lustes of the flesh and to destroy the kingdome thereof through righteousnes Be thou our clothing and apparrell to keép vs warme from the cold of this world For if thou be away by and by all things become noume weake and stark dead Wheras if thou be present they be liuely sound strong and lusty Abner said to Dauid make couenant with me and be hold mine hand shal be with thee c. 2. Sam. 3. The Queen of Saâ—a bring gifts to Ierusalem to Salomon with a very great trayâ—e c. 3. Reg· 10. â—here is the king of the Iewes that is 〈◊〉 for we haue 〈◊〉 his starre in the East and are â—ome to worship him When Herode the king heard this he was troubled all Ierusalem â–ª c. Math. 2. And therfore like as I wrap my body in these clothes so cloth thou me all ouer but specially my soule with thine own selfe Amen ⧠A Prayer to be sayd at our first going abroad I Must be fayn to go abroad among the snares which the deuill and his handseruant the world haue layd for me and I cary with me besides the stinges of mine own flesh Guyde me therfore O thou most sure guide be thou my leader thou God of my welfare Defend me O captayn from the traynes and stalles that are layd for me that whatsoeuer thinges I shall meéte with I may make no more accouÌ„t of them then they are worthy of but keép on my way with mine eyes so fast fixed and setled vpon theé alone as I may not deal with any thing further 〈◊〉 the dayes of Purification after the law of Moses â—â—re accomplished they brought Iesus to Ierusalem to preseÌ„t him to the lord as it is written in the law of the lord Luke 2. God sayd to Moses sanctify vnto me all the first borne that open al maner matrices among the childreÌ„ c. Exo. 13 Anna bare a sonne brought him into the house of the Lord in Siloh and the child was young c 1. Sam. 1. forth then it hath respect vnto theé Lord shew me thy wayes and lead me in thy pathes for thy Sonnes sake Amen * A Prayer to be sayd at our returning home O How excellent and ioyfull shall our returning home be into the euerlasting quyet and blessed house of heauen where there is no troble nor incumberance at al. All the mirth and gladnes of this world is but a shadow in comparysoÌ„ of the pleasures that are there Nothing O Lord is liker to thy holy nature then the minde that is setled in quietnesse Thou hast called vs into that quietnes and peace of thine froÌ„ out of the turmoiles of this world as it were from out of stormes into a hauen Which is such a peace as the world cannot geue and as passeth all capacitie of man. Behold thy brother Esau is coÌ„forted agaynst ther meaning to kill thee Gen. 27. Michaell spake vnto Dauid If thou saue not thy self this night to morrow c. 1. Sa. 19· â—rise and take the babe and his mother and flie into Egipt and be there till I bring thee word for Herode will seeke the babe to destroy him So he arose toke the babe his mother c Math. 2 Houses are builded for vs to repair into from the anoyance of the wether from the cruelty of beastes and from the waues and turmoiles of this troublous world Graunt now O most mercifull Father that through thy singular goodnes our bodies may so resort into theÌ„ from our outwarde doinges as our mindes may yeald them selues obedyent vnto theé without striuing that they may the better and more quyetly exalt them selues into that souerayne rest of thine aboue Graunt that nothing may disturb and disquyet them here beneath but that all things may be quyet and calme through that peace of thine The peace of Christ be to this house and to all that dwell therin Amen * A Prayer to be sayd
dryuen by thy commaundement and trusting to thy promyses I pray They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleaâ—ened bread c. Math. 26 Iudas sayd Come let vs sell him to the Ismalites c. Gen. 37 So Ioseph was brought down into Egypt and Potipher c. Gen. 30 vnto thee in the name of my Lotd with all the godly vpon earth saying as he hath taught vs Our Father which art in heauen c. * A Prayer to God the Father The foolish virgines came also sayng Lord Lord c. Math. 25. The great Dragon that old serpent was cast out c. 〈◊〉 12. Iesus knowing all thinges that should come went forth and said vnto them â—home seeke ye They answered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I 〈◊〉 he Iudas also c. Iohn 18. And because we haue diuers hard incouÌ„ters to indure against the world the deuill his ministers and the flesh which we beare about vs we beseéch theé euen with sighes that thy kingdome may come That like as in heauen all thinges submit them selues to thy maiesty with trembling so also thy Spirite may raign in our harts making vs to acknowledge theé the king of all kinges then the which nothing can be either greater or better They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread c. Math. 26 Ioab tooke â—bâ—er aside peaceably and smote him vnder the ribbe that he dâ—â—d c. 2. Sam. â— Simon to redeme Ionathan sendeth mony and the children to Triphon c. 1. Macha 13. When 〈◊〉 the father of Chanaan saw the nakednes of his father he told his two brethren c Gen. 10 〈◊〉 is mocked of little children crying vnto him Come vp thou baldhead c. â— â—eg 2. 〈…〉 Christ 〈◊〉 his face â—nd buâ—feted him 〈◊〉 Prophecy â—â—to vs O Christ who is he that smote thee Peter sate without in the hall and a maid c Math. 26. The meat that geueth life in deéde is the knowledge of theé by thy holy Scriptures the grace of thy spirit whereby we grow vp in theé through dayly increase of vertue in the inner man vntill we be fully men growen according to the full measure of thine only begotten sonne Iesus christ By thy word thou begatest vs when we were nothing by the same hast thou be gotten vs agayn vnhappely borne of Adam and by the same doest thou feéde and cherish vs now agayn begotten For that is the heauenly bread that is the new wine wherwith all the blessed spirites are continually and happely fed which dwelling in thy house doe prayse theé for euer and euer 〈◊〉 let Barrabas lose vnto theÌ„â—nd scourged Iesus and deliuered him to be crucified Then the souldiours of the gouernour toke Iesus in to the common hall c. Math. 27. The plowers plowed vpon my backe and furrowes long did cast c. Psal. 131. Sathan smote Iob with sore voyles froÌ„ the sole of his foot c. Iob. 2. When thou â–ª art done all thy duety stere downe that thou mayst receue a crown c. Eccle. 22. 〈◊〉 sayd vnto Dauid who art thou that criest to the king c. 1 Sam. 26 And the souldiâ—rs plattâ—â—â—owne oâ— thorne â—pon his â—ead an 〈◊〉 in his 〈…〉 and bowed their knees before â—im and mocked â—im saying God 〈◊〉 c. Math. 2 â–ª * Another in Iesus Christ our Redeemer by S. August Pilate toke water and washed hys handes before the multitude saying I am innocent of the death of this iust man looke you to it Then answered all the people c. Math. 27. Iezabell sent a messenger vnto Helias saying The Gods do so to me c. 3. Reg. 19. Then the king commaunded and they brought Daniell and cast c. Dan. 6. I Call vpon thee O God I cal vpon thee because thou art nigh to all them that call vpon thee in truth Thou art the truth teach me I besech thee in thy mercy O holy truth teach me to call vpoÌ„ thee in truth For how I should so doe I know not Teach me therefore I most humbly beseech thee O most blessed truth For wisdome without thee is folishnes to know thee is perfect knowledge Instruct me with thy diuine wisdome teach me thy Lawes For I beleeue that he is most happy who is instructed by thee and taught thy law I haue a desire to call vpon thee which I pray thee that I may doe in verity What is it to call vpon truth in truth but to call vpon the Father in the Sonne Truly most holy Father thy word is the truth and the beginning of thy Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offring and layd it vpon Isaac his sonne c. Gene. 22. 〈…〉 was there gathering sticks â–ª and Eliah called her and said c. 〈…〉 And Iesus bare his crosse and came into a place named Golgotha where they cruciâ—â—ed him and 〈◊〉 other with him 〈…〉 side one and Iesus in the midst of them c. Iohn â—â— word is truth For this is the beginning of thy word that thy word was in the beginning In the beginning it selfe I worship thee O thou principall beginning in the very word of truth I cry to thee most perfect truth In the which O thou the very same truth teach and direct me For what is sweeter then to call vpon the Father in the name of his only begotten Then to moue the father to compassion by mention of his sonne Then to pacifie the king by name of his welbeloued child For by this meanes the offender is released from pryson the captiue set at liberty By this meanes they that haue receaued the sorrowfull sentence of death are wont to purchase not only pardon but vnhoped fauour if they pleade the loue of the welbeloued Sonne By this meanes seruants that And when they were come to the place which is called Caluarie there they crucified him and the euil doers one on the right hand and the other on the left c. Luke 23. Tubulraim wrought 〈◊〉 euery craft of brasse and iron c. Gen. 4. Esay the prophet was cut in the midst with a saw and fasted on a tree c. doe trespasse escape their masters punishment when his louing Sonne is their Intercessor Euen so O almighty Father I pray thee for the loue of thy omnipotent Sonne draw my soul out of pryson that it may confesse vnto thy name Deliuer me from the chaynes of sin I beseech thee by thy coeternall and only Sonne and most mercifully restore me to life by the mediation of thy most pretious sonne sitting at thy right hand For what other Intercessor I should appoint I know not but him who is the propitiation for our sinnes who sitteth at thy right
best and finally desiring nothing but theé who with the father and the holy Ghost art the full and perfect felicity for all euer Amen ⧠A Prayer to the holy Ghost O Holy Spirit worthy of all worship which makest vp the almighty trinity which proceédest from the father and the sonne and art equall to either of them differing from them in only propriety of person which of thy â—nd Enoch walked with God and he was no more sene for God tooke him away c. Gen. â— There appeared a charet of fire and horses of fire to Elias went vp by a whirlwind c 2. Reg. 2 So after the Lord hâ—d spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and sate at the right hand of god And they went forth and preached â—c Mar. 16 goodnes forgeuest the sinnes of them that amend which with thy holy breth cleansest mennes mindes comforting them when they be in sorrow cheéring them vp with pure gladnes when they be in heauynes leading them into all truth when they be out of the way kindling in them the fire of charitye when they be a cold knitting them together with the glew of peace when they be at varyance and garnishing and inriching them with sundry giftes which by thy meanes profes the name of the Lord Iesu by whose working all things liue which liue in deéde whose delight is to dwell in the harts of the simple which thou hast vouchsafed to consecrate for temples to thy selfe I beseéch theé maintayne thy giftes in me increase the things dayly which thou hast vouchsafed vpon me that by thy gouernance the lustes of the flesh The birth of blessed Mary the virgine the mother of Christ c. There shall come a rod forth of the stocke of Iâ—ssâ— and a graffe c. Esay 11. There shall come a star of Iacob and a scepter shall rise of Israell c. Num. 24. may dye more and more in me and the desire of the heauenly life more quicken and increase Let me so passe through the misty desert of this world by thy light going before me as I may neither be defiled with Sathans vices nor be intangled with any errors disagreéing from thy truth which the true catholick church hath delyuered vs by the instinct of theé which liuest raignest euerlastingly with the Father and the Sonne Amen * A Prayer to God for his Spirite and grace to pray effectually ETernall and most mercyfull Father we know not our selues neither can easely vnderstand what or how we should pray as we ought But thou shalt goe vnto my fathers house and to my kinred and take a wifâ— c. Gen. 24. I will speak for her that she may be geuen theâ— to wife for to thee doth the right of her c. Tob. 6. Mary the mother of Iesu betrothed to Ioseph her husband before they came together was founde with childe by the holy ghost TheÌ„ Ioseph her husband being a iust men c Math. 1. Geue vs the Spirit ô Lord to help our infirmytyes which maketh requeste for vs vnto theé with sighes which cannot be expressed I lift vp mine eyes to theé that dwel lest in the heauens Stir vp my hart and mind ô Lord come into me ô spirite of God that I may come vnto theé with hart soule not with mouth and lips only Geue vs thy grace that we may call vpon theé as true worshippers in spirite and truth with the inward attention without hipocrisie and ambition Graunt that I aske nothing of theé but that which may agreé to thy holy will to thy prayse and glory and to the health of my soule â—nd in the â—i moâ—rt the Angell Gabrielâ— was sent froÌ„ God to a citie in Galile naâ—med Nazareth to a virgine affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid c. Luke 1. â—he â—aâ—de of the womâ—n shall â—read vpon the head of the serpent Gen. 3. The Angel sayd to him the Lord is with thee â—hou valyant man â—udges 6 Neither let my praiers ô Lord prescribe the time when and how they should be fulfilled But let me submit my selfe to thy holy will in all things with hope patience and humilitie of hart Thy will be done in earth ô Lord as it is in heauen I will wayt patiently ô Lord for theé that thou mayst incline vnto me and heare my prayer Behold euen as the eies of seruants looke vnto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a mayd vnto the hand of her maistresse so our eyes will wayt vpon theé ô Lord vntill thou haue mercy vpon vs. â—nd Moyses returned to Iethro his father in law and sayd to him I pray c. Exo. 4. My soule doth magnify the Lord and my sprite doth reioyce in God my sauiour Luke 1. Aâ—d Mary câ—ose and went with hast into the hilly contrey to a citie of Iuda 〈◊〉 entred into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth And it came to passe c. Luke 1. In his name through faith we come to the throne of thy grace receiuing the spirite of adoption we cry Abba Father StrengtheÌ„ vs O Lord least the vnworthynes of our life withdraw and intice vs from prayer Assist vs therfore O most mercifull father that we may pray euery where lifting vp pure hands without wrath or doubting with supplications prayers intercessions geuing of thanks for our selues and for all men Graunt this through Iesus Christ our Lord who is also at thy right hand and maketh request for vs To whom with theé and thy holy Spirit be all laud and glory Amen When the dayes were accomplished Mary brought forth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes and layd him in the manger because there was no roume c. Lu. 2. Put thy shoes of thy feete for the place wheron thou standest is holy ground Exod. 3. Aarons rod being put in the tabernacle did blossom and I will make cease c. Num. 17. * A Prayer for the whole Realm and the body of the Church with the members therof according to their estates degrees Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac when he was eight dayes old as God had coÌ„maunded him c. Gen. 2. Let euery maÌ„ child among you be circumcised That is ye shal circumcise the foreskin of your flesh c. Ge. 17 And when the viii dayes were accomplished that they should circumcise the childe his name was then called Iesus which was so named of the Angel before he was conceiâ—ed c. Luke 2. And forasmuch as thou hast commaunded vs to pray inespecially for kings and Princes and for all such as are set in authoritie that the company of mankind may liue peaceably and quietly vnder them in all godlines and honesty considering how burthensome crownes and scepters are how hard the wealding of them is and how difficult a matter it is to discharge them well whether it be in respect of themselues or of their
sobernes and chastity Geue thy people willingnesse to obay thy hestes and forwardnes to serue them by whom it is thy will to haue the affayres of this world ordered so shall it come to passe that if by thy inspiration the Princes commaund things seéming theé and the Shepheards teach things accordingly and the people obay For feare of him the kepers were astonied became as dead men But the Angell sayd to the women Feare not for I know you seeke Iesus which was crucified c. Maâ—h 23. â—amson arose at midnight and toke the â—ores c. Iudicum 16 â—nd the Lord spake vnto the fish and it cast out Ionas c. Ionas 2. their good gouernment and godly teaching the church shall with such good order soon recouer her former dignitye and quietnes to the glory of thy name Notwithstanding that thou hadst appointed the Niniuites to vtter destruction yet diddest thou spare theÌ„ as soone as they turned to repentance wilt thou despise thy spouse casting her selfe down at thy feéte which vseth sighes in steéde of sackcloth and teares in steéde of ashes Thou hast promised forgeuenes to such as conuert and yet is it thy gift that a man returneth to theé with all his hart to the intent that all our good thinges should redound to thy glory Thou art the maker repayre thy creature Thou art the raunsomer saue the cost which thou hast bestowed Thou art the Sauyour suffer not them to perish which hang wholly vpoÌ„ theé Thou 〈…〉 and behold Ioseph was not in the 〈◊〉 c. Gen ◠〈…〉 my soule loueth I sought him but I found him not 〈…〉 Mary stoode at the sepulcher weâ—â—ng and as she wept the bowed her selfe into the sepulcher and saw two aungels in white sitting the one c. Iohn 20. art the Lord maintayn thine own possession Thou art the head succour thy members Thou art the king geue vs reuerence of thy lawes Thou art the Prince of peace inspire thy loue into vs Thou art God haue mercy vpon thy humble suiters According to S. Paules saying be thou all in all men that the wholl company of thy church may with one mind and one voyce in consent yeald thanks for her obtayned mercy to the father and the sonne and the holy Ghost who being the perfect pattern of concord are distinct in propriety of persons and yet in nature but one to whom be prayse and glory for euer Amen * A Prayer for the Queenes Maiestie Iesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast viâ— deuils And she went and told them that had bene with him which mourned c. Mar. 16 The king said vnto Daâ—iell O Daniel the seruaunt c. Daniel 6. When I had past a litle from them then I found him c. Cant. 3. Thou hast restored again the liberty of our countrey and the sincerity of thy doctrine with peace and tranquilitie of thy church Thine thine was the benefit the meanes the labor and seruice was hers A burthen to heauy alas for a womans shoulders yet easie and tollerable by thy helping hand And Iacob called the name of the place Peniell c. Gen. 32. Gedeon aunswered â—he Lord be with vs why then c. Iud. 6. Iesus said to Thomas put the finger here and see my hands and â—ut forth thy hand and put it into my side and be not faythlesse c. Iohn â—â— Preserue her kingdome maintayn religion defend thy cause our Queen vs thy sheépe and her people Scatter thine enemies which thirst after war. Let them be ashamed and confounded that worshippe Idols Let vs not be a pray to the nations that know not theé neither call vpon thy name So after the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and sate at the right hand of god And they went forth and preached c. Mar. 16 â—nd Enoch walked with God and he was no more sent for God tooke him away c. Gen. 5. There appeared â— charet of fire and horses of fire so Elias went vp by a whirlwind c. 2. Reg. 2 * Another O God most excellent creator and preseruer of all thinges we cast our selues down before the feéte of thy maiestie and inwardly feéling how vnworthye we are to haue our prayers heard of theé we dare not lift vp our eyes to heauen Knowledge of God in Iesus Christ is life Mahomet and his Alcoron is perdition Loue of God is in spirite and truth Idolatry is Spirituall adultery Aboue al take the shield of fayth Ephe. 6. Behold thou hast caâ—â— me out Genesis 4. Fayth apprehendeth Christ Iesus Cayne dispaireth of mercy Moreouer O singular and most precious treasure of al treasures thou through her meanes and ministery hast brought agayn Christ Iesus once banished out of England Hope maketh not ashamed Iudas ashamed and hanged him selfe Looking vnto Iesus the Author c. Heb. 12. Let al bitternes and anger and wrath Eph. 4. Pâ—tience â—uercoÌ„meth all thinges Wrath deuoureth it selfe Thou hast geuen her Counsellers graunt that she may vse their councell happely Indue them with godly righteous and carefull hartes that they may be both willing and able simply and faithfully to consult and also prouidently to prouide as well for thy church as for her and vs her people It is thy grace O Lord that we her people renued with thy word doe suffer our selues to be nourished with the same Send forth therefore faithfull shepheards godly and true teachers to feéde vs And driue away all hirelings and rauening wolues from this flock of thine and of thy Sonne Iesus Christ. Humilitie is tender harted Pride despiseth his neighbour Be not high minded but make your selues c Rom. â—2 Woe to the crown of pride c. Esay 28. Furthermore of thy goodnes maintayne peace and tranquilitie defend our Queéne her kingdome and countrey from bloudy warres and especially protect her and vs from hollow harts and from ciuill tumults and coÌ„spiracies which haue shaken the greatest part of Christendome And because the affliction of euery poore creature appertayneth to her in as much as she is thine inspire the magistrates vnder her with thy holy spirite that they may willingly carefully maintayne iustice and prouide for the releéfe of Christ his poore members whose treasurers both she and we and all others are whom thou hast blessed with thy earthly benefits Be 〈◊〉 â—nd tender harted c. Ephe 4. Auenge not your selues â–ª but geue place c. Rom. 12. Mercy beareth with infirmities Cruelty seeketh reuenge * Another O Almighty God king of kinges Lord of Lords the only God and gouernour of all things Thou art he by whom alone kings doe raigne Thou most high bearest rule ouer all the kingdomes of men Thou in Christ thine only Sonne being the most gracious father of thy chosen church doest for the comfortable nourishing of it dispose the Royall state among men Concord supporteth one another Discord destroyeth one another Three things
reioyce me the vnitie c. Ecclesâ—asticus 25. The 〈◊〉 of the proud is bloudshed Ecclesi 27. Loue nourisheth with ioy Herod murthereth infants Christian sousdior harnised Hell Temptation ouercome Put on the whole armore c. Ephe. 6. Stand â—ast in the faith c. 1. Cor. 16. Wisedome is better then gold Sardanapalus an imprudent king Geue vnto vs also which are subiects thankefull harts to thee faithfull to her in thee and charitable towards all men that all which liue vnder her gouernmeÌ„t Counsellers Ministers and euery other in their place and calling may be throughly sactified in holines to liue before thee VnderstaÌ„ding reacheth the heauen Ignorance is as a beast Vnderstanding is a welspring of life c. Prouerb 16 Be ye not like horse and Mule. which c. Psalme 32. ⧠A Prayer for the Ministers of Gods word LEt thy Priestes O Lord be clothed with righteousnes and let thy Saints reioyce Poure out thy spirite of wisdome and vnderstanding vpon the Ministers of thy word that they may know the misteries of thy holye will. Geue them the gift of vtterance that they may set forth the aboundant riches of thy gospel Write thy lawes in their hartes and thy testimonies in their bowels that they may leade thy people into all truth rule thy church with discretion Make them good work Goe to the 〈◊〉 O thou Slouggard c. Prouerb 6. The Slouthfull man hideth his hand in his c. Prouerb 26. Industry gathereth reward Sloth bringeth sleep men faithfull shepherds and wise builders that they may mende the broken walles of Ierusalem feéde the flockes of thy sheépe with the bread and water of life husband thy vineyard dresse it in due season repair thy holy sanctuary and bring in the vessels dedicated to the seruice of the lord And finally shine with such light of holy and pure conuersation before men as they may edefie no les by example of life then by instruction of teaching To the intent that meÌ„ beholding their modesty meéknes sufferance patience and other vertues wherwith thou hast indued them to the benefite of thy Church may be wonne to thy gospell euen by the holynes of their conuersation and be compelled to confesse to the glory of thy name that thou doubtlesse liuest raignest workest and dwellest in them Amen Memory is a treasure house Obliuion is as a graue Wherfore I put you in remembrance c 2. Tim. 1. I am counted amoâ—g them that goe down c. Psal. 88. * A Prayer to be sayd for all Magistrates THey that are in authoritie ouer vs are as the helme in a ship as the eye in the body and as the mind in the soule and therfore thou O Lord hast commaunded vs to further them with our seruis or succor and our prayers For great is the profit that we receiue by good princes and magistrates and great is the harme which they doe being otherwise Wherefore it is to be wished that they might be good godly vertuous and nobleminded Besides this great is the burthen which they beare in gouerning well forasmuch as they must make an account therof vnto theé whereas we in the meane while are freé from that danger Unto theé therfore O Lord Iesu Christ do we make our supplications Dauid executed right and iustice c 2. King. 2. Thy princes are rebellious and companions c. Esay 1. Iustice â—udgeth rightly Tyranny oppresseth â—ight for them euen vnto theé which art the perfect pattern for all Rulers to follow and imitate as who being most singularly good and wise canst neither erre nor doe any thing amisse Graunt we beseech thee that all those whoÌ„ thou hast ordayned as Shepheards of thy sheép to rule thy people vnder theé and specially that our most gracious soueraine Lady Elizabeth and her most honorable Counsell together with all her Nobilitie Clergie inferior Magistrates and vnder Officers may be so inlightened with the brightnes of thy light so guided by the direction of thy spirite and so inflamed with the loue of theé and of thy people committed to their charge as they may in all cases espy the truth minister right equitie iustice with mercy alwayes hauing their eyes vpon theé to follow and execute the things which thou hast Strength shewed in the arme Holofernes slayne by Iudith He girdeth me with strength c Psalme â—8 He sayd he would burne vp c. Iudith 6. commaunded and not which they theÌ„selues list so as they drawing all together by one line according to the pattern which thou hast set before theÌ„ may wel and throughly performe their charge to thy glory and we obediently yealding our selues to their godly commaundements may leade a holy and quyet life vnder them likewise to the glory of thy name Amen ⧠A Prayer of Children for their Parents LOrd God whose will it is that next thy self we should yeald most honor to our fathers and mothers forasmuch as among the dueties of naturall loue it is not the least to sue vnto thy goodnes for the welfare of our Parents I beseéch theé preserue my Father and Mother with all their household Dauid tooke a good courage to him c. 1. Reg. 2. I desire that you faynt not c. Ephe. 3. Courage is bould in Christ. Cowardice faynteth in tryall first in the loue of thy Religion and next in safety from all incumberance and greéfe both of body minde And vnto me graunt that they may not haue any trouble by my meanes And finally that I may inioy the fauor of them they the fauor of theé which art the soueraign father of all Amen ⧠A Prayer for charitie or loue towards our neighbours LOrd inlighten and instruct our mindes that we may esteéme euery thing as it is worth yet not make the lesse reckning of theé sith nothing can be made better then thou And secondly let vs make account of man then whom there is nothing more excelleÌ„t among the things of this world Make vs to loue him next theé either as likest our selues or as thy child and therfore our brother or as one ordayned Temperance watcheth and bridleth Intemperance ouercommeth the hart A wholesome sleepe commeth of c. Eccle. 31. For tables are so full of vomit c. Esay 28 to be a member of one selfe same Countrey with vs. And cause vs also euen here to resemble the heuenly kingdome through mutuall loue where all hatred is quite banished and all is full of loue and coÌ„sequently ful of ioy and gladnes AmeÌ„ Another SOften our harts O Lord that we may be moued no lesse at the necessities and greéfes of our neighboures then if they concerned our selues or the cases that touched vs nearest and let vs think them to befall euen to our dearest frends Let vs pitie them as our selues and in their common aduersitie let vs also communicate with theÌ„ by compassion that as we would haue pitied our selues for the like cause so we
other shall be refused Another O Souerain creator of al things when I consider what maner of maiestie I haue offended with my sins I doe euen shudder at mine own rashnes When I bethink me how gracious and bountifull a father I haue forsakeÌ„ I abhorre mine own vnkindnes When I perceue from how blessed freédome of minde into how miserable thraldome I haue cast my selfe I condemn mine own madnes and I vtterly mislike of my self and my conscience is put in such terror by thine vneschuable iustice as I seé nothing before me but helfire and disparre The Sea shall swell higher theÌ„ any hill shall fal agayne as low fishes monsters of the Sea shal appere with roaring voyce Again how redy thou art to pardon such as amend thine own only begotteÌ„ sonne doth beat into our heads by many parables as of the lost groate and the finding thereof again of the shepherds bringing home of his stray sheép vpon his shoulders but most euidently of the prodigall sonne whose Image I seé plainly in my selfe The sea and all fluddes shall burne trees and herbes shal drop bludâ— Cities and all buildings shall be ouerturned O let thy mercy receiue him now submitting himself whom thou hast he therto borne withall so gentely in his straying from theé I am vnworthy to lift vp mine eyes to theé or to call theé by the name of father Neuerthelesse vouchsafe I beseéch theé to cast thine eye vpon me For thy loking towardes the sinner maketh him to reuiue when he is dead and to returne home again when he is lost Stoneâ— shall tuÌ„ble together and make a huge none Tirrâ—ble earthquakes shall make meÌ„ hide theÌ„selues Valyâ—s shall be 〈◊〉 and hils broght low Slaue that I am and worthy of all maner of punishment I seeke not that thou shouldst imbrace me and kisse me I craue not the long robe and the ring which are the badges of the former dignity that I did hold scorne of I sue not to be receiued to the honor of thy children It shall be a benefite great inough for me if thou admit me but into the number of thy basest seruantes euen of such as are bronded brought again from roging that I may at least wise be some hanger on vnto theé for in thy house there are many roumthes They that hid theÌ„selues shall runne forth like mad meÌ„ â–ª The bones of the dead shall appere aboue the Sepulcres The powers of heauen shall be shaken It shall not greéue me to be counted among the abiects in this life and to be racked with repentance and to be sullied with mourning so I may not be separated from theé for euer I pray theé and I beseéch theé by the death of thy dearly beloued and only begotten sonne impart thy spirit vnto me to cleanse my hart and to strengthen it with his grace that I slide not thether again through ouersight from whence I was called back by thy mercy Amen * Another I Haue gone astray like a lost sheep seeke out thy seruant O Lord for I haue not been vnmindfull of thy coÌ„maundements The offences ouersightes of my youth remember not O lord Be mindfull on me according to thy mercy For thy goodnes sake Euery one liuing shall dye presently Heauen earth all elementes shall burne The dead shall rise O Lord keepe my soule and deliuer me so shall I not be ashamed of putting my trust in thee Turne my mourning into ioy Rend my sackcloth asunder and compasse me about with gladnes that my tongue may sing to thee without prick or sting of conscience Amen * Another IF thou looke straitly to our sinnes O Lord Lord who shall abide it But forasmuch as there is mercy with thee I haue waited vpon thee for thy lawes sake O lord My soule hath held out in thy word my soule hath trusted in thee O lord For with thee there is mercy and plenteous redemption and thou redemest Israell from all his iniquities Amen Another Knowledge of God in Iesus Christ is life Mahomet and his Alcoron is perdition THou hast chastised me O Lord I am brokeÌ„ as an vntamed youÌ„g bullock Turne me I shal be turned for thou art the Lord my God for wheÌ„ thou hadst once turned me I amended and when thou hadst shewed me my faults I strake my thigh I was ashamed and blushed because I abode the reproch of my youth Another O Good Iesu O sweét Iesu y soÌ„ne of the virgine Mary full of mercie and truth O sweét Iesu haue pitie vpoÌ„ me according to thy great mercy O louing Iesu I beseéch theé by that precious bloud of thine which thou didst vouchsafe to shed for vs wretched sinners vpon the altar of the crosse put away all my sinnes and despise me not in myne humble sute calling vpon this thy most holy name of Iesus This Loue of God is in spirite and truth Idolatry is Spirituall adultery name Iesus is a swet name this name Iesus is a healthfull name For what els is Iesus but Sauior O good Iesu which hast created me redeémed me with thine own bloud suffer me not to be damned whom thou hast created O good Iesu let not my wickednesse destroy me whom thy almighty goodnes hath made O good Iesu consider what is thyne in me whatsoeuer is otherwise wipe it away O good Iesu haue mercy vpon me while the tyme serues to haue mercy least thou destroy me in the tyme of thy dreadful doome O good Iesu although I myserable sinner haue iustly deserued euerlasting punishment for my most greéuous sinnes by thy rightful iustice yet do I appeal from thy rightfull iustice to thyne vnspeakable mercie therfore pity thou me as a louing Father and mercifull lord O good Iesu what profit is ther Fayth apprehendeth Christ Iesus Cayne dispaireth of mercy Aboue al take the shield of fayth Ephe. 6. Behold thou hast cast me out Genesis 4. in my bloud that I should go down into euerlasting corruptioÌ„ For the dead shall not prayse theé O Lord nor yet they that goe downe into hell O most mercifull Iesu haue mercy vpon me O most sweét Iesu set me at liberty O louing Iesu be fauorable to me sinner O Iesu admit me wretched sinner into the number of thy chosen O Iesu the health of theÌ„ that trust in theé O Iesu the welfare of them that beleue in theé haue pity vpon me O Iesu the sweéte remission of all my sinnes O Iesu the sonne of the virgine Mary poure thy grace wisedome louingnes charity and humility into me and in all mine aduersityes geue me holy patience that I may be able to beare thy crosse with theé to loue theé to glory delight in theé for euer and euer Amen Another Hope maketh not ashamed Iudas ashamed anâ— hanged him selfe MOst righteous and mercifull god remember that thou art pitiful and that thou art my redeemer As thou art a iudge to condemne offenders so art
side with his spear so as there remayned not one drop more in thy body But finally thou wast as a bundle of mirhe hanged vp aloft thy tender flesh shrunke the moysture of thy bowels dried vp the marow of thy bones wasted away I beseéch theé O most sweéte Iesu by this most bitter death of thine and by the sheading of thy most precious bloud wound my hart with such repentance ¶ The lord Come lordings all daunce at my call ¶ The Knight Goe hence sir Knight t is almost night We Lordes and Knightes of late Now lye in low estate of my sinnes and ioy of thy loue as my teares may be my foode day and night Turne thou me wholy vnto theé that my hart may dwell with theé continually and my conuersation be acceptable vnto theé And let my life be such through thy goodnes as I may prayse theé for euer with al thy Saints in the life to come Amen Another O Lord Iesu Christ the sonne of the liuing God who for the saluation of the world drankest eyzell and Gall vpon the cros like as at the geuing vp of the Ghost when thou hadst finished all things didst commit thy soule into thy Fathers hāds so do I betake my soul into thy mercifull hands beseeching thee both to preserue it here frō all sinne and in the end to receaue it in peace into the company of thy chosen that are departed that I may Behold the Squire as in a glas For as thou art so he was ¶ The Esquire Esquire the braue It bootes nor to craue ¶ The Gentleman Lusty or sad Thou must be had with thē prayse thee euerlastingly which liuest raignest c. Amen * A prayer vpon the minding of Christes resurrection and ascention O Lord Iesu O good Iesu which diddest vouchsafe to die for my sinnnes and rosest agayn for my iustification I beseéch theé by thy glorious resurrection raise me vp from the graue of al my vices and sinnes and geue me part daily in the first resurrection that I may be made partaker of the second resurrection also O most sweét Iesu which art gone vp into heauē with glorious triumph and sittest at the right hand of thy Father like a most mighty king draw me vp to theé make me to runne after theé for the sweét sent of thine oyntmentes ¶ The Iudge Come on iudge With me to trudge ¶ The iustice Sir Iustice arise come to my assise Iudge and Iustice sentence haue To ly as captiues in the craue make me to run without tyring by thy drawing and pulling of me forward Draw the soul that thirsteth after theé to the riuers of euerlasting suffifanze which are aboue yea verely draw me to thy selfe which art the liuing fountayn that I may so drink of theé according to my capacitie as I may liue for euer My God my life thou welspring of life fill my minde with the streames of thy pleasures ▪ make my hart loue-sick with the sober drunkennes of thy loue that I may forget the things that are vain and earthly and haue theé only in my mind continually Geue me thy holy spirite which is betokened by those waters which thou hast promysed to geue to them that are a thirst Graunt I beseéch theé that I may long with all my hart and labour with all my indeuor to attayne to the place whether we beleéue that thou didst ascend No law no plea ▪ no drift From death can make a shift ¶ Sergeant at law Leaue the Lawes heare my cause ¶ The Attorney Plead as thou lust With me thou must the fortith day after thy resurrection so as I may be conuersant in this vale of misery but with my body and alwayes in heauen with my hart so as my minde may be where thou art euen where thou my incomparable and deér beloued treasure art that I may sing prayses to thy name from this time forth for euermore Amen Another O Brother of oures O naturall sonne of that father whose sōnes thou makest vs by adoption O head of our body we seé that thou art king of heauē forget not thou thy earth wherinto thine inestimable loue of vs did bring theé down Thou frō out of that place geuest hope to vs thy members that we may come thether as thou art exalted already O gard and defence of vs what can now hurt vs so long as ¶ The Mayor Mayor I theé call to my guild Hall. ¶ The Shirife Shirif for execution I haue a commission The Mayors and Shirifes doe pas with speed And others them in place succeed we trust in theé Most wretched are they that know theé not and most happy are they that doe euer behold theé Blessed are they that knew theé here in the dayes of the mortalitie of thy flesh But more blessed are they that seé theé in heauen and shall seé theé raigning in the chief goods of thy father O loue and delight of mankind O only hope of vs imbrace vs with thy fauour kisse vs shead thy spirite into our harts and make our minds to run continually vpon theé to our exceéding great comfort Lift vs vp lying flatte vpon the ground open our eyes and lift them vp vnto theé Open thy mouth to call vs and open our eares to heare theé that we setting theé alone before vs for our marck to direct our life by may square out all our doeings words thoughts by theé Amen We peace did keep in Princes name Now death doth charge vs with the same ¶ The Bailife Come Baylife no bayle with me shal preuayl ¶ The Constable Constable I arrest to my ward be prest ⧠A Prayer to Christ ascending and raigning in glory OH good Christ our first begotten brother and tender harted Ioseph Oh natural sonne of that Father to whom we are made children of adoption through theé Oh our head raigning on high in glory forget not vs thy poore members here on earth wher into abasing thy selfe thou camst down and sufferedst for vs most cruell death Out of this thy throne of maiesty and glory thou putst vs in assured hope and confidence that we also shall attayn to that blessed place whether thou art gon before to take possessiō for vs Oh our strong tower of defence succor what can hurt vs now trusting in theé Most vnhappy are they which are ignorāt of theé Most happy are they which alwayes behold theé ¶ The Phisicion By thy water I do seé thou must away with me The Astronomer Looke not so hie low thou must lie No arte or medicine can preuayle When death doth purpose to assayle Blessed are they which haue known theé here in the dayes of their mortalitie but more blessed are they which seé theé in the heauens and shall seé theé raigning with thy Father in ioyes incomparable Oh Lord the only ioy and comfort of our soules shew vs thy louing countenance imbrace vs with the armes of thy mercy receiue vs O good