geue rest and good memorie to all hauing societie with vs to my father and to my mother to my maister who brought me vp O most holy Virgin Mother of God pray for al seruantes of God men and women both liuing and departed out of this life Praiers preparatorie before receiuing the most blessed Sacrament of the Altare Christs true bodie bloud Chapter 13. I Doe not ioy in corruptible nourishment nor in the pleasures of this life I desire the bread of God the bread celestial which is the flesh of Christ the Soune of God and drink I desire his bloud which is life euerlasting O diuine and sacred Misterie vouchsaif to open tne couerings of signifying signes which are about thee and apparantly appeared and replenish the eyes of our vnderstanding with a singular and manifest brightnes of thy light When thou receiuest the holy meate and that incorrupted banquet when thou dost enioy the bread and cuppe of life thou dost eate and drinke the bodie and bloud of our Lord Then our Lord entreth Vnder thy roofe and thou therfore humbling thy self imitate the Centurion and say O lord I am not worthie that thou shouldest enter vnder my roofe O Lord our God the heauenly bread life of al I haue sinned against heauen and before thee and I am not worthie to be made partaker of thine immacuate misteries but as a merciful God make me worthie of thy grace that without condemnation I may be partaker of thy holy bodie pretious bloud to forgeuenes of sinnes and life euerlasting O Lord who dwellest aboue the Cherubim and lookest downe vpon thy people and inheritance blesse thy seruants and their children graunt a portion to them that come to receiue of thy miraculous Table for purging of their mind and remission of sinnes vnion of the holie Ghost and health of soule and bo die inheritance of the Kingdome of heauen Amen Tast and see that our Lord is bountiful who distributed into partes not diuided and bestowed vpon the faithful is not consumed for remission of sinnes and life euerlasting now euer world without end O Lord God almightie we besech thee to driue away from our thought the darke assaultes of sinne make our mindes ioyfui with the brightnes of thy holie Spirit that being increased with the knowlege of thee we may worthily participate of those good thinges which are proposed vnto thee of the immaculate body and pretious bloud of thine onely begotten Sonne our Lord and God Sauiour Iesus Christ Forgeue vnto vs al shew of sinnes by thy manifold vnsearchable goodnes by the grace and mercies and gentlenes of thine only begotten Sonne with whom to thee be honour Rule with the most holie and good and quitning Spirit O Lord our God who out of the aboundance of thy grace hast bestowed vpon vs al thinges Thou geuest vnto vs more then we demand more boūtifully then we vnderstand thou dealest with vs stretch forth o Lord thy inuisible hand and blesse thy seruantes and handmaides and clense them from al spotte of flesh and spirit and vouchsaife vs to be made partakers of the body of thine only begotten Sonne that with puritie and holines humble we may offer our praiers to thee and vnto thine only Sonne our Lord Iesus Crist to thy most holy Spirit to be adored world without end Amen O our God let vs not be guilty of the Body Bloud of Christ thy Sonne nor sicke in mind or bodie because vnworthie we participate the sacred Mysteries but rather graunt vnto vs that vntil our last breath we may please thee and be accompted worthie to receiue the sauing Sacraments of our Lord and Redemer Iesus Christ nor to be vnworthie of his bodie and purging bloud but meete to receiue thē that by them being strenghned clensed and perfected we may worthily besech thee by that praier which thy only begotten Sonne hath taught vs that we may crie with a pure heart and say Our Father which are in heauen halowed be thy name O high Preist and true Bishop Iesus Christ who hast geuen for vs wretched sinners thy flesh to eate and thy bloud to drinke cause me by thy grace alway to beleue and vnderstand to thinke and firmly hold to say and esteme of so great a misterie that which is pleasing vnto thee and profitable for my soule O holy bread o liuely bread bread bewtiful pure bread which did descend frō heauen and geuest life to the world come into my heart and cleanse me frō al vncleannes of bodie and soule enter into my soule heale it within and without Be thou a perpetual saluation of my bodie and soule Driue back from me the enemies which lye in waite for me Let them depart from thy presence that I being both without and within defended by thee may come by ◠ready path to thy kingdome where thinges are not handled with misteries as in this time but we shal see thee face to face when thou shalt deliver thy kingdomes to God the Father God shal be al in al. Then thou shalt fil me with thy self with a meruelous fulnes that I shal neither hunger nor thirst for euer Who with the Father and holy Ghost liuest reignest world without end Amen O Lord make me worthie by the Intercession of the vnspotted our Lady Mother of God and euer Virgin Marie that without condemnation I may receiue thy immaculate guist to remission of sinnes to life euerlasting purgation of euil cogitations for illustration of thy commandements O Lord Iesus Christ Sonne of the liuing God who by the wil of thy Father the holy Ghost cooperating hast reuiued the world deliuer me by this thy sacred body and bloud from al mine iniquities and al euils cause me alwaies to cleaue to thy commandemens and suffer me neuer to be seperated frō thee who with the same God the Father and holie Ghost liuest and reignest world without end Amen O Lord my God graunt vnto me so to receiue the Bodie and Bloud of thy Sonne our Lord Iesus that by it I may deserue to haue forgeuenes of al my sinnes and be replenished with thy holy Spirit o our God who liuest reignest world without end Amen Haile for euer o most sacred flesh of Christ for euer the greatest sweetnes O Lord I am not worthy thou shouldest enter under my roofe but only say the word my soule shall be cured O Lord I am not worthie thou shoudest enter under my roofe but only say the word my soule shal be cured O Lord I am not worthie thou shoudest enter under my roofe but only say the word my soule shal be cured The Bodie Bloud of our Lord Iesus Christ preserue my bodie and soule vnto euerlasting life Amen After receiuing of the bodie of Christ I come to the Chalice of
Sonne and our Lord that by thee we may finde mercie in the day of Iudgment and obtaine those good thinges which are laid vp for those that loue God by the grace and bountie of our Lord Iesus Christ witâ— whom to the Father and Holie Ghost be glorie honour and Rule now and euer world without end Amen O holie Mother of God praise be to thee for thou art the precious pearle of the world Thou the vnquenchable lampe crowne of virginitie Scepter of true faith indissoluble Temple containing him who can no where be contained A Mother and Virgin Thou art blessed among women Mother of him that cometh blessed in the name of our Lord. By thee the Trinitie is sanctifyed By â—â—ee the precious Crosse is celebrated and worshipped in al the world By thee heauen doth ioy the Angels and Archangels reioice the diuels are driueÌ„ away and man him self is called backe to heauen By thee euerie creature detained in the errour of Idols is conuerted to the knowledge of the truth faithful men haue come to holy baptism churches are builded in al the world Thou being helper the Nations haue come to penance What more By thee the only begotten Sonne of God that true light hath shyned to them that sat in darknes and shadow of death By thee the Prohets foretold By thee the Apostles preached saluation to the Gentiles Who shal be able to expresse the greatnes of thy praises o Marie Mother and Virgin Let vs extol her adoring her Sonne the immaculate Spouse of the Church To whom be honour and glorie world without end Amen Of Praier and honour vnto the blessed Angels in heauen Chapter 5. O Ierusalem the eternal house of God next to the loue of Christ be thou my gladnes and consolation Let the sweete memory of thy blessed name be the releife of my sorow werisomnes O holie Angels holie Archangels holie Powers holie Potentates holie Principalityes holie Dominations holie Thrones holie Seraphines holy Cherubins holie Michael holie Gabriel holie Raphael and thou my holie Angel to whom our common maker hath committed me to be kept and al you administring spirits and heauenlie Citizens al orders of blessed Spirits make intercession and pray for me a wretch and your vnworthie seruant for al the Church of God that we may be worthie of the promises of Christ that by your praiers we may be ioyned to your B. felowship for euer Let vs aske that we may haue God and Christ and the Angels fauourers vnto vs in al our actions We besech the Angel of peace loue with praier and obsecration O you diuine armies of God immaterial O Angels intellectual reasonable But it is better by degree in order to Praise magnify and cal vpon you O Seraphines I besech you to cleanse the inward corners of my soule from the filthes of sinne and vtterly expelling and putting away the darknes of my heart lighten the internal senses of my minde O you Cherubins adorne me with the knowlege of the heauenlie word Kindle anger in me against the old serpent and powerablie carrie me on high from the earth O you Thrones who are the seate-bearers and rest of God almightie deliuer me from al deceipt and cursed work and make me worthie of the glorie and Maiestie of God O venerable Dominations graunt vnto me that I may gouerne the passions of my minde which corrupt the vnderstanding and to the last breath of my life subdue the deceiptes of the diuel which greuosly hurt my soule O Potentates named agreable to your office geue power vnto me against the visible and inuisible enemies which rise against my soule labour to bring my mind into captiuitie endeuour to ouerthrow my waies O you immoueable and mightie powers compasse me about with heauenly strength and power that am weake and infirme and make me apt that I may manfully driue away and tread vnder foote those spritual snakes scorpions O Principalities cheife in the third order of Angels be faithfully present and vse your careful diligence that I may triumphe ouer my most noysome enemies and resist them without feare wound euen to the end O you the rest of the Angels Archangels I aske and besech your bounty o you good without blemish Angels and Archangels o vndefiled spirits I intreate your magnificence preserue my life without offence my hope vnmoued manners blamelesse my loue towardes God and my neighboure perfect and free from al transgression I besech you leade and guide me with your hand and direct me to euery way of saluation and acceptable to God Al places are ful of Angels o Angel come receiue one cenuerted froÌ„ old error from doctrine of diuels from iniquity speaking against God and receiuing him as a good Phisitian cherish and instruct him and cal vnto thee other fellowes of thy ministery that al you together may instruct them to faith which sometime were deceiued For there is greater Ioy in heauen for one sinner doing penance then nyntie nine iust Haue mercy vpon me haue mercy vpon me o my freindes he seemeth to request the Angels to pray for him or surely the Saincts to pray for a penitent O holy Michael holy Gabriel holy Raphael o you holy Quiets of Angels and Archangels I presume to aske you by him that hath chosen you and of whose sight you reioyce that you vouch saife to pray for me to God a sinner O Michael Prince of the heauenly armie we vnworthie do besech thee that thou wilt defend vs by thy intercessions keepe vs with the shadow of thy winges of an immaterial nature We fal downe and without ceasing crie vnto thee deliuer vs from daungers as prince of the heauenly powers Be present vnto me o you Angels of my God which are neuer absent constituted in your ministerie for them that shal receiue the inheritance of saluation Consider and behold how Syon the Citie of our God is made vyle become as it were polluted among her enemies Al comlines and delightes are gone from her countenance Her Virgins yong people brought vp in Monasteries haue learned to treade sharp wayes O you Angels succour vs. O God omnipotent we humbly aske intreate that the intercession of Archangels be vnto our Lord for vs the Intercessions of Michael and Gabriel Raphael that we may appeare worthy before our Sauiour by the intercession of the neene orders of Angels The Thrones Dominations and Principalities and Powers also Cherubins and Seraphimes vouchsaife to pray for vs. O thrice most holie and much beloued and reuerenced Prince and cheife of the Angels Michael when at the last al those admirable thinges which are expected shal be ended by the sounde which thou shalt geue then o holy Arch-prince teacher of those that erre raiser of them that fal defender of soules
thankes and adoration in the holie Ghost for euer Amen O Lord of life and death o keeper and benefactor of our soules receiue the soule of C. whom we commend to thy wisdome by which al thinges are done and hereafter in time conuenient also receiue vs and gouerne vs in our flesh so long as is profitable for vs O Lord who kepest litle ones and sauest those that trust in thee geue vnto thy perfect seruant that rest which thou hast prepared for thy Sainctes Let his soule returne thither frō whence it came where it can feele no sting of death where it may know that this death is not the end of mā but of sinne For in that he is dead he is dead to sinne that there may now be no place for sinne Amen O Lord we commend vnto thee the soule of thy seruant that being dead to the world he may liue to thee And the sinnes which by frailtie of worldly conuersation he hath committed blotte thou out with the pardon of thy most merciful pietie by our Lord. Amen In the name of our Lord Iesus his soule and al soules of the faithful deceased by the mercie of God rest in peace without end Amen Our Lord raise him vp againe to euerlasting life and be merciful vnto vs. Our Lord place him in the bosome of Abraham and be merciful vnto vs. Of praier Sacrifice Almes and other good deedes for al true faithful deceased Chapter 12. Opardoner and clenser o forgeuer blotter out and forgeating our manie and great sinners withou nūber and the sinnes of al thy faithful people pardon o God and haue mercy vpon vs. Remember vs o Lord God in the mercies that are from thee and remember our soules and the soules of our fathers and brethren and instructours and of our deceased Finally of al faithful deceased children of thy holy and glorious Church O Lord God geue rest to their soules and bodies and sprincle the dew of thy miserations vpō their bones O Christ our King take compassion and be merciful vnto vs them O thou my God who geuest rest to the dead and raisest againe those that be buried receiue the soules of thy seruants which we haue remembred and place them o my Lord in the blessed mansions of the house of thy Father with Abraham and Isaac and Iacob thy frendes and with al Sainctes that haue performed thy wil in the true faith and of thy Father and thy holy Spirit for euer Amen O Lord geue euerlasting rest vnto al which haue gone before vs in the faith of Christ O Lord remember haue mercy vpō shew fauour to the soules which rest pacify illuminate them associate them vnto thy Sainctes in the kingdom of heauen make them worthie of thy loue Let vs bring forth our praiers asking of the pietie of our Lord that he wil vouchsaife to place the soules of them that rest in the bosome of Abraham admitte them vnto the part of the first Resurrection O Lord graūt our oblation be grateful and acceptable for the rest of the soules of them which are deceased before vs. Because while we are in this world oftentimes we be deceived err both vnwillingly and voluntary we make memorie both of the lust and sinners that are deceased for sinners beseching the mercie of God O God have respect vnto vs and remember al that are deceased in hope of the Resurrection and life euerlasting and cause them to rest where the light of thy countenence is seene O Lord as merciful remember thy seruantes pardon whatsoeuer thinges they in their life haue offended in We Offer vnto thee this reasonable dutie for the faithful deceased for our Brethren and Sisters by the intercession of Patriarches Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors al Sanctes O Lord remember our deceased Princes Bishops Kinges and al that are dead in the true faith O Lord remēber al men and women thy seruantes brethren and sisters and al the faithful deceased and resting in the signe of the true faith O Lord remember al those that sleepe in hope of Resurrection of euerlasting life and refresh them where the light of thy countenance doth visit O Lord remember al thy seruantes which haue gone before vs with the signe of faith and rest in the sleepe of peace O Lord we besech thee to graūt vnto them and to al that rest in Christ a place of refreshing and peace Euerlasting God we humbly besech thee that thy seruant to whom thou hast geuen the gouernmēt of thy Church being now deliuered from the prison of flesh and ioyned to the Prelates of Apostolick dignitie may deserue to obtaine the reward of eternal life My praise and my life God of my heart I besech thee for the sinnes of my mother heare me by the medicine of our woundes which hanged vpon the Crosse sitting at thy right hand maketh intercession to thee for vs. I know that she delt mercifully and with al her heart forgaue offences to them that had offended her Therfore forgeue thou also her debts if she hath incurred any by so manie yeares after the water of saluation O Lord forgeue her forgeue her I besech thee enter not into iudgment with her Let her rest in peace together with her husband O Lord our God remember the soules of the orthodoxal and true beleuers frō Abel the iust vnto this day Cause them to rest in the land of the liuing in thy Kingdome and delightes of paradise in the bosome of Abraham Isaac and Iacob our holy fathers from whence is banished sorow sadnes and groning where the light of thy countenance doth rule and shine continually O Lord Creatour of bodies soules remember at thy heauenly Altare al those that are departed forth of this wretched world and refresh them in thy Tabernacle ful of bewtie Passe them ouer beyond the horrible mansiōs of torment and place them in thy light-some Tabernacles Deliuer them from want of light from darknes take them forth of tribulation and greife let thy countenance appeare peaceable unto them neither seuerly examine their former life But whether in word or work as men in flesh they haue sinned forgeue and abolish their errours O holy Father we besech thee for the soules of the faithful departed that they may haue eternal saluatiō perpetual health ioy and comfort euerlasting O Lord make an end of our sinnes graunt ioy to the afflicted deliuery to captiues health to the sicke and rest to the dead O Lord our God geue rest to the soules of the faithful departed in thy holy Tabernacles in thy Kingdome graūting vnto them the good thinges of thy promises which the eye hath not seene and the eare hath not heard and haue not ascended into the heart of man which thou o God hast prepared for them who loue thy name O God