due for We that were of highest degree Lye dead here now as ye do see ¶ The Empresse Empresse â—hogh thou be Thou must away with me ¶ The Queene Queene also thou doost see As I am so shalt thou be them But be we once escaped out of the prison of this body and receiued into thy company O Lord God we shal be quite out of doubt of the immortality of our Saluation Sicknes penury and payne shall not come at vs no nor yet the vices of the minde for all those things are farre of from heauen O Father giue vs the light of faith that we may not stumble in the things that are most true Geue vs the loue of theé wherthrough we come thither stablish our fayth with charity increase our charity with hope which vnderproppeth strengtheneth and holdeth vs vp in doing the workes of godlines And forasmuch as our watching and warding here and our warfare which is ordained for great reward are finished by death and we cannot tell when that shall come thou which knowest all things ¶ The princes Princes of hye estate coÌ„teÌ„t you I am your mate ¶ The Duchesse Duches princes Death dayly conuinces We that sate in the highest seate Are layd here now for wormes meate call me hence at such tyme as may be most for my behoof to depart out of this life through Iesus Christ our lord Amen A prayer in danger of death MOst mercifull Sauyor inlighten mine eies that I may neuer fall a sleép in death least mine enemie say I haue preuayled agaynst him They that persecute me wil be glad if I fall but I haue fastened my hope in thy mercy Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for no man liuing shal be iustified in thy sight I will looke before me at the Lord who is alwayes in my sight for he is at my right hand to keép me that I be not moued My hart is glad my tongue reioiceth more ouer my flesh shall rest in hope A prayer for good successe and for the direction of Christ in all our doyngs Beauty honour and riches auayle no whit For death when he commeth spoyleth it ¶ The Countesse Countesse or what thou art I strike thee with my dart ¶ The Vicountesse Vicountes I â—o not spare For of them I 〈◊〉 no carâ— O God and Lord Iesus Christ thou knowest yea and thou hast taught vs how great mannes weakenes is or rather how vnable he is to doe any thing without theé If he trust to himselfe he must neédes fall hedlong into a thousand mischiefes O deére father pitie thy childes infirmitie be merciful and fouourable vnto me that I may seé the true good things through thine inlightning haue a longing to them through thine incouraging and attayn to them through thy guyding vtterly distrusting my selfe I geue ouer and betake me all wholy vnto theé alone ¶ The Baronnesse Baronnesse braue and hie Prepare thy selfe to dye ¶ The Lady Ladies gay and fayre To you I doe repayre No state no might young nor old To resist death dare be bold Death by his might doth conuince Empresse Queene Dutchesse and Prince â—he â—udges wife â—adame or iustice wife I am come to endethy life The lawyers wife Beware thy husbands gayn Reward theé not with pain The GentlewomaÌ„ Gentles braue fine Daunce after my line Aldermans wife Thou art clothed in skarâ—et· And yet art but my varlet Behold vs here that sometime were gay â—ow now we lye dead all wrapped in clay Geue me grace O God to harken to thy calling and to follow thy guyding For thou leadest vs to store of all good things thou offerest thy self and all thy goods giue vs grace to receiue them Thou shewest vs the way to most singular benefites suffer vs not to turne head vntill we haue taken possession of them Giue vs constancy and stedines of purpose that our thoughtes may not be fleéting fond and vneffectual but that we may performe all things with an vnmouable minde to the glory of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our lord Amen Riches nor treasure auayle nothing For death to earth all doth bring Merchantes wife Braue neuer so nice daunce after my deuice Citisens wife Trick and trim put of your hood I am come to do you good A prayer to be sayd agaynst temptation This weak feéble fortres of ours is assaulted coÌ„tinually with innumerable enemies and engines But yet if it please theé O sauior Christ to fortifie it but with thy onely strength it shall abide inuincible Riche mans wife Though thou haue siluer and golde Yet art thou within my holde Young woman Fine prety in the wast Come with me in hast As death in this world hath the victory So by death we hope to enter Gods glory â–ª Wherfore we beseéch theé goe not from the helme of this brittle ship that is tossed in the waues of the manifolde temptations and afflictions of this world vntill thou haue brought it to the quyet and safe hauen of thine eternall and blessed kingdome in heauen Amen Time to liue â— time to dy God grant vs liue eternally ¶ The Mayde Fresh galant gay All must with me away ¶ The Damosell Fine proper neate And all is but wormes meate * A Prayer to be sayd agaynst the world OH with what sleights this iugling world beguileth our feéble and dim eyes O how gay glitterings of things it sheweth a far of that they might seéme great and worth the hauing wheras in deéde they be but smal empty to be despised that the thinges might seéme terrible which are but trifles that the things might seéme meéte to be shunned which are conuenyent to be sought and attayned to ¶ Farmers wife Cease thy labour and paine For I am thy riches and gaine HusbandmaÌ„s wife Toyle no more I say For heÌ„ce I must away 〈…〉 liue â— time to dy God grant vs liue eternally The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obay vnto me Countreywoman Away with butâ—er cheése For thy life thou mâ—st â—eesâ— The Nurse Geue sucke no more For I am at the dore Deliuer vs therfore from vanity O Lord God and geue vs stedfastnes in seéking thy truth and in sticking to it so as we may set our whole minds vpon thy righteousnes ioy in nothing but in theé in thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Amen * A Prayer against the flesh O Sauyour of mankind we feéle alas to our great greéfe we feéle that our spirite is clogged with the flesh a reasonable thing with a brutish and filthy thing While man was in innocency reason made the spirit a soueraign but now the sinfulnes that we haue receaued by inheritance from our first Parents hath matched the rebellious flesh against her superior and ruler 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
at the setting of the Sunne He shall breaks downe their altars he shal destroy their images For now they shall say we haue no king because we feared not the Lord and what should a king do to vs Ose. 10. Moses cast the â—abâ—es out of his handes and brake them in pieces because of their idolatry c. Exo. 32 The Philistines finde Dagon fallen downe be fore the ark of the Lord c. 1. Sam. â— WRetthed are they O Lord to whom thy daysun goeth down I meane that sonne of thine which neuer setteth to thy saints but is always at the noonpoint with theÌ„ euer bright and euer shining A droopy night ouer dreépeth the minds of them euen at hie noontide which depart from theé But vnto them that are conuersant with theé it is continually cleére daylight This daysun that shineth in the skye goeth and commeth by turnes But thou if we loue theé in deéd doest neuer goe away froÌ„ vs O that thou wouldst remoue away this impediment of sin from vs that it might alwayes be day light in our harts Amen * A Prayer to be sayd at the lighting vp of Candles GReat and thick darcknes ouerwhelmeth our harts O Lord Saul sayd to Doeg euen thou and fall vpon the priestes And Doeg the Edomite turned c. 1. Sa. 22 Aâ—halia seing her sonne to be dead destroyed all the kings seed But Iehoâ—heba c. Reg. 11. Herode caused all male children to be slaine that were in Bethlehem and in all the costes therof from two yeare olde and vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently searched c. Maâ— 2. vntil thy light do chase it away Thy Daysun O most wise workmaster is as the cresset of this bodily world and vnto the spirituall world the cresset is thy wisdome from whence springeth the light both of our bodies and of our soules At the comming of the night vpon the day thou hast geuen vs Candles for a remedy of the darknes and for a remedy of our ignoraunce after sinne thou hast geuen vs thy doctrine which thy sonne who loueth vs moste deérelye hath brought down vnto vs. Wherfore thou fountayne and teacher of all trueth make vs through both those lights to seé such things as may driue away the dimnesse of our minds The light of thy countenance is sealed vpon vs O Lord thou hast put lightsomnes into our harts Thy word is a lantern to my feet and a light to my pathes And Iesus when he was baptised came straight out of the water And lo the heauens were opened vnto him and Iohn saw the spirite of God descending like a doue c. Math. 3. Lift vp thy rodde and stretch out thine handâ— vpon the seâ— c. Exodus 14. They curtâ— down a branch with one cluster of grapes and bearâ— vpon c. Num. 13. ⧠A Prayer to be sayd in the Euening O Lord my God my Father and my sauyour forasmuch as thou hast graunted me the grace to come to the end of this day hast created the night for man to rest in I casting my self most humbly down before thy holy maiesty beseéch theé most hartelye to shew me this goodnes to the residue of thine infinite benefites that I may so rest this night to the comfort and refreshment of mine infirmitie as my hart may still be lift vp vnto theé And my soule haue her spirituall rest aswel as the body taketh his Let not my sleépe be vnmeasurable to please excessiuely the ease of my flesh but only to suffice the necessity of my nature that I may be the better disposed to thy seruice to morrow God spake to Iacob get thee out of this countrey Iacob toke all his gooddes and cattell c. Gen. â—1 Dauid asked counsel of the Lord saying Shall I go vp into any cities of Iudah c. 2. Sam. 2. The Angel sayd to Ioseph Arise and take the babe and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead which sought the babes life Then he arose and toke the babe c. Mat. Preserue me also from all vncleannes both of body and soule keéping me from all temtations of the enemy and from all dangers that may befall me And because I haue not passed this day without offeÌ„ding theé after diuers sorts and maners Like as now in the absence of the sun thou sendest darcknes to couer all things so also vouchsafe to wipe out all mine offences by thine infinite mercy so as they may neuer come to reckning before thy iudgement seate All which things I aske and craue of theé in the name and for the sake of thine only Sonne my Lord and Sauyour Iesus Christ according to the rule which he hath geuen vs to pray by saying Our Father which art c. * Another The tempter came to Christ saying If thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made bread But he aunswering sayd it is written Man shal not liue by bread only c. Math. 4. Esau selleth his byrth right for a mâ—sse of portage c. Gen. 25. The woman seyng the tree to be pleasaunt tooke of the fruit c. Gen. 3. LOrd Iesu Christ to whose vnconsumable goodnes we be beholden for all things which hast graunted the cherefull light of the day vnto al men both good and bad to doe their busines in and mercifully geueÌ„ them the sweet stilnes of the night to refresh the pores of their silly bodies and to put away the cares of their minds and to asswage their sorowes Forasmuch as thou thy selfe performest al these thinges much more beneficially to them that loue thee to whom thou geuest a far greater light by the grace of fayth to do al deedes of godlines by then doth the shining of the Sun vnto the world In so much as the promyses neuer suffer them to faynt but the comfort of thy Spirite putteth away all cumberaunces of minde far more effectually then any sleepe of the body And the wholl Helyas stretched himselfe vpon the childe and the Lord heard the voyce of Helyas c. 3. Reg. 17. Heliseus comming into the house and behold the childe was dead and he stretched c. 4. Reg. 4. Christ cried with a loud voyce Lazarus come forth Then hâ—â—hat was dead came forth bound band foote with bandes and his face was bound with a napkin Iesus said vnto them c. Iohn 11. man resteth not more sweetly or safely in any thing then in thy mercy O deere Redeemer I besech thee that if I haue done any thing this day through humayn frailety and neglygence which hath offended thyne eyes pardon it for thy wonted goodnes sake and graunt therewithal that this night may be happy to me by thy prospering thereof pure by thy preseruing of me and safe from the nightly illusions of wicked feendes through thy protection so as this sleep may make both my body and minde more cherefull and lusty to serue thee to
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
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
to abide all things patiently for thy sake and for the truth of thy gospell And let it ingender in me a despising of all worldly and earthly things and an earnest loÌ„ging and indeuour to attayn to the heauenly herytage for the purchasing wherof vnto me for the bringing of me therunto thou hast endured these and all other thy most bitter and intollerable torments Stones shall â—uÌ„ble togeâ—her and make a huge noâ—e â—irrible earthquakes shall make meÌ„ hide theÌ„selues Valyes shall be filed and hils brogh â–ª low Wherfore I beseéch theé graunt me true repentance amendment of life perseuerance in all goodnes a stedfast fayth and a happy death through the merites of thy sufferings that I may also be made partaker of thy blessed resurrection Amen Another O Lord Iesu the very freedome of the Angels and the pleasure of paradise remember the terror and greefe which thou didst indure at such time as all thine enemies stoode about thee like a sort of Lyons vexing thee with buffetings spittings scratchings and other intollerable dealings and martyring thee with reprochfull words greeuous stripes and most greeuous torments I beseech thee O Lord for thine own sake and for thine exceding great mercies sake which caused thee to abide these things for our They that hid thâ— selueâ— shall runne forth like mad 〈◊〉 The bones of the dead shall appere aboue the Sepulâ—res The povvers of heauen shall be shaken redemption delyuer me from all mine enemies visible inuisible and graunt that I may finde both protection in this life and endlesse felicitie in the life to come vnder the shadow af thy wings Amen Another O Iesu the framer and creator of the world whom no measure can comprehend within bounds and which holdest the earth in thy hand call to minde thy most bitter payn which thou didst indure when they nayled thy most holy hands to the crosse likewise strake through thy most tender feet making thy wouÌ„ds still more and more paynfull because thou wast not agreeable to their fancy and so drawing and retching out thy body to the length and bredth of the crosse that they loosened all the sinewes of thy members Euery one liuing shall dye presently Heauen earth all elementes shall burne The dead shall rise I beseech thee graunt that my continuall minding of this thy most holy and bitter paynes vpon the crosse may cause me to stand in awe of thee and also to loue thee Amen Another O Iesu the heauenly phisition remember the anguish payn and greéfe which thou diddest suffer by the rending and tearing of all thy members wheÌ„ thou wast hoysed vp nayled to the crosse insomuch as ther was not any one of them that remayned whole and sound so that there was neuer any payn found like vnto thine for there was not any place of theé left whole from the sole of the foote to the crown of the head and yet euen then vnmindefull of all thy paynes thou prayedst meékly to thy father for thine Emperors and kings we did raigne But now the earth doth vs detayne ¶ The Emperor Of Monarch Emperor I am the conqueror ¶ The king Keâ—sar or king I must thâ—e bring enemies saying Father forgeue them for they wote not what they doe I beseéch theé by thy louing kindenes and mercy which caused theé to suffer these paynes for my sake let thy passion be the full pardon of all my sinnes Amen Another O Iesu the mirror of eternall brightnes and fountayn of vnconsumeable goodnes which hanging vpon the crosse didst thirst for the saluation of maÌ„ mankind I beseech thee kindle in vs the desire of all good works and quench in vs the thirst of all fleshly lustes and both coole and kill in vs the loue of all worldly delighte Amen * Another O Princely Iesu the strength and triumph of our mindes which for ¶ The Duke Duke though thou be daunce after me â–ª ¶ The Marques Marques of state march with thy mate Dukes and Marques we haue been Nought now but bones are to be seen our sakes diddest suffer such anguish of hart that the bitternes of thy death and the exclamation of the Iewes vpbraiding and reuyling thee made thee to cry out with a loud voyce O God my God why hast thou forsaken me I beseech thee forsake me not in my distresse but be at hand to comfort me and delyuer me specially in the time of death Amen Another O Iesu the bottomles sea of all mercye I beseech thee by thy deepe wounds which pearced through thy flesh into the marow of thy bones and into the very bowels of thee pull me out of the gulfe of my sins and hide me in the holes of thy wounds from the sight of thy Fathers iust wrath vntill his displeasure be ouerpast Amen We Earles and Barons were sometime Now wrapt in lead are turnd to flâ—me ¶ The Baron Barons of nobilitie sweare to me fealty ¶ The Vicount Earle or Vicount geue thy account O Iesu the mirror of truth the staÌ„dard of vnitie and the bond of charitie remember thine innumerable wounds wherwith thou wast torne froÌ„ top to toe by the wicked Iewes so that thou wast all on a gore bloud Which torment thou didst suffer in that chast body of thine for our sakes O most meéke Iesus leauing nothing vndone on thy behalf that might be for our benefite I beseéche theé write all thy woundes in my hart with thy most precious bloud that in them I may reade thy great loue towards me ¶ The Archbishop Archb. Metropolite theé thy Prouince I visite ¶ The Bishop Bishops graue old are sheep of my fold Bishops we haue taught the lore That all must enter deathes dore Another O Iesu the only begotten Sonne of the heauenly Father the brightnes and Image of his substaÌ„ce remember the harty commending of thy spirite into thy Fathers handes when hauing thy body all to torne and thy hart full of anguish and hauing earst vttered the bowels of thy mercy thou gauest vp the Ghost I beseeche thee for this thy precious deaths sake O king of Saincts giue me strength to withstand the diuel the world and the flesh that being dead vnto the world I may liue to thee onely And whensoeuer this banished and wayfaring soule of myne shall depart hence I beseech thee receiue it home into the hands of thy mercy Amen 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 Another O Iesu the true and fruitful vine remember the aboundant flowing out sheading of thy bloud which thou didst send out of thy body most plentifully as out of grapes pressed at the wine presse at such time as thou didst tread the winefat alone and begannest to vs of the cup of water and wine by the soldyars thrusting of theé into the
morrow Moreouer because this life hath not one houre certayne whensoeuer the eâ—entide therof commeth the long sleepe of the body groweth vpon me from which we shall not wake till the dead rise agayn at the sound He was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sunne and his clothes were as white as the light And beholde there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias c. Math. 17. Abraham said Lord if I haue now found fauor in thy sight c â–ª Gen. â—1 Nâ—buchadneser aÌ„swered Lo I seâ— foure men loose walking in the midst of the fire Dan. 3 of thine Angels Trumpet I beseech thee lighten thou then the eyes of my minde so as I may not sleepe in euerlasting death by the quenching of my faith but rest in thee to whom euen the dead are aliue Which lyuest and raignest with the Father and the holy Ghost one God world without end Amen ¶ A prayer to be sayd when we vnclothe our selues to bedward THis body which is become vnhaÌ„some and vnwealdy through sin shal be consumed by litle and litle and deliuered agayne to the earth from whence it was taken There shall the end be of this vanitie which we haue purchased to our selues by our owne folly Now therfore thou O most louing Father which hast set me together Dauid sayd to Nathan I haue sinned agaynst the lord c. 2. Sam. 12. Aaron looked vpon Myriam and behold she was leprous Num. 12. Iesus sayd Many sinnes are forgeuen her for she loued much To whom a little is forgeuen he doth loue a litle And he said vnto her Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee c. Luke 7 dissolue me in such wise as I may feéle my selfe to be dissolued and remeÌ„ber of whom I am ouercome and consider whether I must goe Take me not vnwares and vnprouyded to thy iudgement seat but like as we be willing to put of our clothes which we shall put on agayne when the night is past so let vs not be loth to put of this body which we shall receiue agayn after that the night of this world hath run out his full race Amen ⧠A Prayer to be sayd at our going into bed WHen the day is ended we geue our selues to rest in the night so when this life is ended we rest in deth Nothing resembleth our life more theÌ„ the day nor death more then sleépe nor the graue more then the bed Uouchsafe therfore O Lord our gouernour When Christ came nere Ierusalem he beheld the citie and wept for it saying O if thou hadst euen knowen at the lest in this thy day those thinges which belong vnto thy peace c. Luke 19. Who shall haue pity then vâ—on thee O Ierusalem or who c. Iere. 15. Their feasts are turned into lamentation their Alars c. 1. Michâ— 1. defender both to shield vs now lying vnable to help our selues from the craftines assaults of our cruell enemy also to call vs then vnto theé when we shal be yet more vnable at the finishing of the race of this life not for our own deserts but for thy own mercy sake that we may liue walk with theé for euer And now let vs so fall a sleép in theé as thou only those exceding great incredible good thinges may in such wise be preseÌ„t alway before vs by the insight of our minds as we may not be absent from theé no not euen in sleép that such dreames may both keép our beds and bodies pure vndefiled and also chere our harts with that blessed ioy of thine In trust wherof I wil fall on sleép and take my rest through our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen A Prayer when we be redy to sleep The women sang by course in their play and said c. 1. Sam. 2â— The children of the prophetes came to meete Helisha c. 4. Reg. 2. Christ riding to Ierusalem many spred their gâ—â—â—entes in â—he way other cut downe branches of the trees strawed them in the way And they that went before and they that folowed c Mark. â—â— â–ª TAke me into thy protection O Lord Iesu Christ our defender and graunt that while my body slepeth my soul may wake in thee and cheérefully and ioyfully behold the happy gladsome heauenly life wherein thou art soueraine with the Father and the holy Ghost and the Angels and holy soules of men are most blessed fellow Citizens for euer and euer Amen * A preparation or preface to Publick Prayer ALmighty God and heauenly Father I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare will I worshippe toward thy holy Temple I haue loued the habitation of thine house and willingly am I present in the congregation of thy Saints praysing and confessing thy holy name Iesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought saying vnto them it is written Myne house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a deâ— of theues Luke 10 Is this house become a den of theeues wherupon c. Jere. 7. Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people c. Esay 56 Come let vs fall and bow down before the Lord who hath made vs because he is the Lord our God and we the sheep of his pasture Exalt the Lord our God fall down before his footstoole for he is holy Lord I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable time euen in the multitude of thy mercies O God heare me in the truth of thy saluation I will offer to thee a sacrifice of praise and will call vpon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord euen now in the presence of all his people in the courts of the Lords house euen in the middest of thee O Ierusalem I will run in the way of thy commaundementes when thou shalt inlarge mine hart Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes Open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy lawe When Iosephes brethren saw him a farr of c. Gen. 3 Absolon rose vp early and stode hard by the c. 2. Sam. 15. Behold a woman a Cananite came out of the sea coastes â–ª and cried saying vnto him Haue mercy on me O Lord c. Math. 1â— Then will I take the cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord. Lord open thou my lips and my mouth shall shew forth thy prayse I will sing with the Spirite and in vnderstanding and say Amen * A short speech before the Lords Proyer O Heauenly Father O most merciful God I most wretched sinner am vnworthy to lift vp my hands and eyes vnto thee or to trouble thee with my prayers Neuerthelesse forasmuch as thou hast commaunded all men to pray promised that thou wilt heare vs And moreouer prescribed vs a forme of Prayer in expresse wordes by thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ being
haue now found fauor in thy sight c. Gen. 18. Nabuchadneser aÌ„swered Lo I see fouremen loose walking in the midst of the firâ— Dan. 3 He was transâ—Ì„gured before them and his face did shine as the sunne and his clothes were as white as the light And beholde there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias c. Math. 17. Iesus sayd Many â—innes are forgeuen her for she loued much To whom a little is forgeuen he doth loue a litle And he said vnto her Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee c. Luke 7 Dauid sayd to Nathan I haue sinned agaynst the lord c. 2. Sam. 12. Aaron looked vpon Myâ—iam and behold she was leprous Num. 12. Who shall haue pity then vpon thee O Ierusalem or who c. Iere. 15. Their feasts are turned into lamentation their Altars c. 1. Micha 1. When Christ came nere Ierusalem he beheld the citie and wept for it saying O if thou hadst euen knowen at the left in this thy day those thinges which belong vnto thy peace c. Luke 19. And because no gouernment can long stand without good counsell neither can any counsell be good except it be prospered by theé blesse therfore we beseéch theé both her maiesty and her honorable Counsaile that both they rightly vnderstand what is to be done and she accordingly may accomplish that they doe counsell to thy glory and furtherance of the gospell and publick wealth of this Realme Christ riding to Ierusalem many spred their garmentes in the way other cut downe branches of the trees stâ—awed them in the way And they that went before and they that folowed c Mark. â—â— The women sang by coâ—â—ese in their play and said c. 1. Sam. 2â— The children of the prophetes came to meete Helisha c. 4. Reg. 2. Likewise to al magistrates such as be aduaunced to authority or placed in office by what name or title soeuer geue we beseéch theé a carefull conscience vprightly to discharge their duety that as they be publick persons to serue the commoÌ„ wealth so they abuse not their office to their priuate gayne nor priuate reuenge of their own affections but that iustice being administred without bribery and equity balanced without cruelty or parciality thinges that be amisse may be reformed vice abandoned truth supported innocency releéued Gods glory maintayned and the Common wealth truely serued Is this house become a â—en of theeues wherupon c. Iere. 7 Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people c. Esay 56. Iesus went into the temple and begâ—n tâ— cast out them that sold and bought saying vnto them 〈…〉 written Myne house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a 〈◊〉 of thenâ—s Luke â— The chiefe priestes and the Scribes and the Elders of the people consulted how they might take Iesus by suttletie and kil him But they said not on the feast day least any vprore c. Math. 26 When Iosephes brethren saw him a farr of c. Gen. 3 Absolon rose vp early and stoode hard by the c. 2. â—am 19. And forasmuch as the Bishoppe of Rome is wont on euery good Friday to accurse vs damned hereticks we curse not him but pray for him that he with all his partakers either may be turned to a better truth or els we pray theé gracious Lord that we neuer agreé with him in doctrine and that he may so curse vs still and neuer bles vs more as he blessed vs in Queéne Maries time God of thy mercy keép away that blessing from vs. Iudas sayd Come let vs sell him to the Ismalites c. Gen. 37 So Ioseph was brought down into Egypt and Poâ—ipher c. Gen. 30 Then appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that â—â—me Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleaueâ—ed bread c. Math. 26 And forasmuch as thy poore little flock can scarse haue any place or rest in this world come Lord we beseéch theé with thy Factum est and make an end that this world may haue no more time nor place here that thy Church may haue rest for euer For these and all other necessities requisite to be begged and prayed for asking in thy Christes name and as he hath taught vs we say Our Father which art in heauen c. Another O Singular louer of vs Christ Iesu O Bridegrome to whom thy Church is most deare and which hast Iesus at his last supper as they did eate tooke bread wheÌ„ he had geuen thankes brake it and gaue it to his disciples saying Take eate this is my body c. Math. 26. Melchâ—â—â—ech brought forth bread and wine and he c. Gen. 37 Moses sayd to the people of Israell This is that bread c. Exo. 16. promised that thou wilt neuer fayle her increase her and multiply her with good issue like the father that is to wit like thy selfe Make vs to be all of one minde both in thee and in the thinges that concern thee so as we may verely be that body whereof thou art the head being as it were glewed and fastened together with mutuall charitie kindeled with that euerlasting fire of thine which hast so loued vs that thou hast spent thy bloud and thy life for vs. O Christ the author and perswader of peace loue and good wil soften our hard and steely harts warme our ycie and frozen harts that we may wish well one to another so as al men may perceue vs to be thy true disciples And geue vs grace eueÌ„ now to begin to shew forth that heauenly life wherin there is no disagreement I saw all Israel scatred as sheepâ— that had no shepheard c. 3. Reg. 22 Helisha sayd behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but thou c. 4. Reg. 7. 〈◊〉 said all ye shall be offended by 〈◊〉 this night c. He said moreouer vnto them sitte yâ— here while I go and pray yonder and he toke Peter and the two sonnes c. Math. 26. nor hatred but peace and loue on all hands one towards another Amen Another THe Church is one body deriued from thee O Christ the head therof into diuers members knitte to thee together among themselues with the knot of mutual loue a great mistery of Gods goodnes Now look how great a benefite loue vnitie and peace are so great a mischief is dissention the mother of hatred The author of the former is God and the author of this other is the deuil And like as nothing can be deuised more blessed then to haue the Earthlye church to imitate the concord of the heauenly church so nothing is more wretched then the contrary which is the Image of hell O head and father of oures thou Iesus knowing all thinges that should come went forth and said vnto them Whome seeke ye They answered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I am he Iudas also
into thy presence O Lord and let thy hand saue me Loe here the man that was caught of theéues wounded and left half for dead as he was going towards Iericho Thou kinde harted Samaritane take me vp I haue sinned to to much in my life and done euil in thy sight From the sole of my foote to the crown of my hed there is no souÌ„d peéce in me Hadst not thou helped me by thy dying vpon the crosse my soule should haue gone to hell as it hath deserued But I O mercifull Iesu am a peéce of thy so deare raunsome Thou Vnderstanding is a welspring of life c. Prouâ—â—b 16 Be ye not like horse and Mule which c. Psalme 32. VnderstaÌ„ding reacheth the heauen Ignorance is as a beast hast shed thy precious bloud for me refuse me not I am the sheép that is gon astray O good shepheard seéke me out and bring me home to thy fold agayne that thou mayst be iustyfied in thy sayinges For thou hast promised me that in what houre soeuer a sinner doth figh for his sinnes he shal be safe I am sory I acknowledge mine iniquities and mine offences are alwayes in my sight Of a truth I am not worthy to be called thy sonne because I haue sinned against heauen and against theé Make me to heare of ioy and gladnes Turne thy face away from my sinnes and blot out all mine offences For thy singular mercies sake cast me not away from thy sight Deal not with me according to my sins neither reward me according to mine iniquities but help me O God of my welfare and for the honor of thy name delyuer me deal Industry gathereth reward Sloth bringeth sleep Goe to the Pismere O thou Slouggard c. Prouerb 6. The Slouthfull man hideth his hand in his c. Prouerb 26. fauourably with me according to thy good pleasure that I may dwell in thy house all the dayes of my life prayse theé for euer and euer with them that are there Amen Another MOst gentle master Iesu christ how oft haue I transgressed the rule of thy doctrin How oft haue I despised thy commaundements O holy Lord When thou badst me returne I returned not â–ª WheÌ„ thou didst threaten I was not afrayd When thou didst deale mildly and gently with me I becam the curster Aboue seuenty times seuen times haue I sinned against heauen and in thy sight who shall wash away so great filth who shall scrape of this daubaken dung Whatsoeuer Peter say thou Wherfore I put you in remembrance c. 2. Tim. 1. I am counted among them that goe down c. Psal. 88. Memory is a treasure house Obliuion is as a graue must be fayn to wash vs thy selfe for we be not able to wash our selues but in al things that we doe we haue neede of thy mercifull washing The traytor Iudas was admitted to eate with thee at thy table but he was shut out from this healthful washing and in the end could not be washed for defacing the honor of his apostleship with cursed couetousnes Howbeit forasmuch as with thee is the well of life and the bottomles poole of all compassions that euer haue been vouchsafe that we whom thou hast washed in baptisme whom thou hast washed with thine own bloud and whom thou washest still from time to time by forgeuing our dayly sinnes may be remoued from the puddles of this world and from the mire of this present life to the most pleasant kingdom of thy glory Iustice iudgeth rightly Tyranny oppresseth â—ight Dauid executed right and iustice c 2. King. 2. Thy princes are rebellious and companions c. Esay 1. where there is neither scab nor sorenesse of eyes neither issue of bloud nor vncleanes of body nor any need of more washing because the substance of thy brightnes shall be fully incorporate into our bodies according to thy promyses which thou must needes fulfill And therfore goe through with the good worke which thou hast begun and bring it to perfection according to thy good pleasure Amen * Another BOw downe thine eares to my words O Lord and harken to my cry Harken to the voyce of my prayer my king and my God haue mercy vpoÌ„ me and heare my prayer Upon the multitude of thy compassions will I enter into thy house and worship towards thy holy temple Lord rebuke He girdeth me with strength c. Psalme 18. He sayd he would burne vp c. Iudith 6. Strength shevved in the arme Holofernes slayne by Iudith me not in thy rage neither chastise me in thine anger For thine arowes stick fast in me and thy hand lyeth heauy vpon me There is no health in my flesh at the sight of thy displeasure There is no ease in my bones at the sight of my sinnes For mine iniquities are gone ouer my head and lye heauy vpon me like a sore burthen Haue pity vpon me according to thy great mercy and according to the multitude of thy compassions wipe away my sinnes Wash me more and more from mine vnrighteousnes and clense me from my sinne For I acknowledge mine vnrighteousnes and my sinne is alwayes in my sight Greatly haue I sinned against theé and done euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy sayings and ouercome when thou art iudged Behold I was conceiued in wickednes and my mother bred me Courage is bould in Christ. Cowardice faynteth in tryall Dauid tooke a good courage to him c. 1. Reg. 2. I desire that you faynt not c. Ephe. 3. in sinne Turn thy face away from my sinnes and wipe out all my iniquities A clean hart create in me O God and renue a right spirit in my bowels Thrust me not out of thy presence neither take thou thy holy spirite from me Geue me the comfort of thy sauing health agayn and strengthen me with a principall spirit For thou Lord art good and pitifull and of much mercy to them that call vpon theé Thou O lord God artful of mercy and compassion flow to wrath but full of pitie truth Therefore shall the righteous prayse theé and sinners shall be conuerted vnto theé Amen Another I Am gone astray like a lost sheep seek thy seruant O Lord for I am not vnmindfull of thy commaundements Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant A wholesome sleepe commeth of c. Eccle. 31. For tables are so full of vomit c. Esay 28 Temperance watcheth and bridleth Intemperance ouercommeth the hart O Lord for no man liuing shall be iustified in thy sight Who knoweth all his sins Cleanse me from my secret sinnes and for other mennes sinnes beare with thy seruant Call to minde thy compassions O Lord and thy mercies which haue been from euerlasting Remember not Lord the misdeedes and offences of my youth Be mindfull of me according to thy mercy for thy goodnes sake O Lord for it is exceeding great Make thy mercies yet more wonderfull O thou that sauest theÌ„ which
trust in thee Turne not thy face away from me neither shake of thy seruant in thine anger For in death no man is mindfull of thee and in hell who will prayse thee What profit is there in my bloud that I should goe down into corruption Shall dust geue thee thanks or vtter forth thy truth Looke back vpon me and hear me O my God Inlighten mine eyes that I Measure in wine comforteth Excesse walketh wantonly Vse a little wine for thy stomack 1. Tim. 5 〈…〉 that rise vp early c. Esay 1. sleepe not in death Withhold not thy compassions aloofe from me but let thy mercy and truth alwayes preserue me Amen A comfort after crauing of mercy gathered out of the psalmes IN theé O Lord doe I trust therfore shall I not be confounded for euer Deliuer me in thy righteousnes I beseéch theé my god Cast a chereful couÌ„tenance vpon thy seruant and saue me for thy mercies sake Lord let me not be put to shame for I haue called vpon theé For sake me not O Lord my God depart not from me Make hast to help me O God of my welfare Why art thou heauy O my soul and why doest thou trouble me Put thy trust in God for yet will I praise him because there is helpe in his countenance Pitifull and mercifull is the Lord For it is suffycient for vs c. 1 Pet. 4. Let vs which are of the day be sober 〈…〉 Sobriety watcheth her mouth Voluptuousnesse ryoteth slow to wrath and of much compassioÌ„ He will not be alwayes at variance nor be angry for euer But looke how high the heauen is aboue the earth so highly hath he made his mercy to preuaile vpon them that feare him Looke how farre the East is from the Weast so farre hath he set our sinnes from vs And as the father pityeth his own children so doth the Lord pitie them that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made and he considereth that we be but dust Therfore wil I tary the Lords laysure my soule wayteth vpon the Lord in his word is my trust my soule wayteth for the Lord from one morning watch to another Let Israell trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption and he will redeéme Israell from all his iniquities Yea the Lord is good vnto all Christian souldior harnised Hell Temptation ouercome Whose apparailing let not be c. 1. Pet. 3. The steps of a strange woman c. Prouerb 5. men and his mercy is aboue all his works Praysed be the Lord Amen ⧠A Prayer in commendation of Gods mercy receiued made by S. Augustine BEhold O my Creator many things haue I craued but not deserued the least I confesse alas I confesse that these thy benefits are not due vnto me but rather many and most strange scourges Yet for that Publicans sinners and theéues in a momeÌ„t deliuered out of their enemies iawes are mercifully receiued into the shepheards fold I am so much the more imboldned For thou O thou maker of all things albeit in all thy works thou art maruelous yet in thy works of mercy thou art surpassing marueilous wherof thou thy self hast spokeÌ„ by one of thy seruants saying His mercy is aboue all If they continue grounded in faith 1. Tim. 2 He that endureth to the end shal be saued Mat. 10 Perseuerâ—ce indureth to the end Reuolting a Sow in the mire his workes And that which thou spakest in generall of all thy people we trust thou hast verefied vpon euery one seuerally saying My mercy will I not take from him For thou despisest none reiectest none thou terrifiest none but such as most horibly are afrayd of theé When thou art angry yet doest thou not reuenge but doest blesse with thy riches such as haue kindled thy wrath if they shal cease Charitie feedeth the hungry I was an hungry and ye gaue me meate Mat. 25. If thine enemy hunger feede him Prouer. 25. The ignorant is instructed by theé the mourner comforted they that fall raysed agayn and deliuered from destruction to him that asketh thou doest geue he that seéketh theé findeth theé and to him that knocketh thou doest open O Lord God of my health behold what should I obiect what should I answere no refuge without theé no corner is hid from theé thou hast shewed me the way to liue well thou hast geuen me the knowledge to walke aright thou hast threatned hell fire and promised the glory of thy paradise â—â—aritie geâ—eth drinke to the thirsty I thirâ—ted and you gaue me drink Mat. 25. The Niggard witholdeth drinke from the thirsty â—say â—2 O Lord my strength and might my God my refuge and deliuerer inspire my minde what to thinke of theé Put into my mouth how to call vpon theé Geue me such workes as may please theé With theé a sorrowfull spirite is a sacrifice also thou doest accept an humble and contrite hart Charitie harboreth strangers I was a stranger ye lodgeed me Mat. 25. I haue not suffered a stranger to lye without Iob. 31. * A complaint of a sinner in that he sinneth againe after repentance by S. August Charitie clotheth the naked I was naked ye clothed me Mat. 25 If a brother or Sister be naked or destitute Iames. 2. With what face shall he intreat for mercy who is worthy of hatred and he that meriteth punishmeÌ„t with what boldnes can he demaund prayse He prouoketh the iudge who seéketh to haue a recompence but neglecteth his purgation He insolently and worthy of death tryumpheth ouer the king who albeit a traitor sueth for an vndeserued reward He exasperateth the louing affectioÌ„ of his father who before due time vsurpeth the prerogatiue of inheritance Charitie visiteth the sick I was sick ye visited me Math. 25. Let it not greue thee to visit the sick Eccle. 7 And seéing that it is impossible for me to recken vp all I confesse that I haue instructed the simple how to sin the vnwilling I haue perswaded I haue inforced them that refused and I haue geuen consent to them that of theÌ„ selues were willing Sight Let thine eyes behold that is right Prouerb 4. A Prayer against dispayre MAny say to my soule there is no help for him in his god But thou Lord art my maintayner my glory and the holder vp of my head Departe not from me in the time of my neéd but defend thou me till this storm be ouerpast Amen ⧠A Prayer vpon the minding of Christes passion WHat man is this whom I behold all bloudy with skin all to torn with knubs and wales of stripes hanging down his head for weakenes towards his shoulder crowned with a Hearing The eare of â—elosy heareth all thyngs Wisdome 1. garland of thornes pricking through his skull to the hard brayne and nayled to a crosse What so haynous fault could he do to deserue it What iudge could be so cruell as to put him to it What hangmen could
earth we came to earth we shall For sinne by death hath made vs thrall the mind And the more gentlenes that is vsed towards this most vnkind and leud bondseruaÌ„t the body so much the worse and more wicked doth it become If we follow it it caryeth vs into destruction turning vs away from God to it own earthlines and rottennes O how vnseémly an incounter is this wherin the flesh being matched against the Spirite that is to say the bondslaue against his Lord striueth with him for victory and prehemineÌ„ce sometime getting the vpper hand so as his master is not able erewhiles to represse his boldnes malapertnes and lustines because he bare with him to long and to often But thou O Lord Christ to whom all power is geuen both in heauen and earth which camest to vndo the works of the deuill which onlye art able to make the thing cleane which is conceiued The wise the simple and euery degree Are by force compelled to obey vnto me The Creeple Be thou poore or disesed Thou must with me be pleased The poore woman To thou neuer o poore Thou must enter at my â—ore of vncleane seéde Reforme our vnderstanding and will Cleanse our harts Circumcise our mindes Wash our soules Stablish thy freé and mighty spirite in vs Subdue vs wholy to thy good pleasure And restore vs the state by thy goodnes which we haue lost through our own naughtines so as our flesh may be in subiection to the spirite and our affections be made obedient to right and vncorrupted reason Or at least wise that although the flesh rebell and fight against the spirit yet the power of y minde may be so strong â–ª and the strength of our reason so mighty through thy grace as they may get the vpper hand in all incounters and finally ouercome all assaultes to the praise of the working of thy holy spirit Amen ⧠A Prayer to be sayd against the deuill 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 dare be bold IEsus Christ our Lord God our shield our fortres our strong rock our only defence thou knowest and it greeueth vs to feel with how great force and perilous pollicie that olde enemy of oures the wily serpent that beguiled our first parents in paradise the roaring Lyon that goeth about night and day seeking whom he may deuoure That destroyer waster and accuser of the saynts the deuill commeth vpon vs to assayl vs thou knowest how small or rather no power at al we haue of our selues to withstand him so that vnlesse thou succour vs he will easely deceaue vs by his craftynes ouerthrow vs by his mightynes and rend vs in peeces by his cruelty But we know that if thou doe but shew thy selfe to him aloof thou shalt driue him away with thine only looke For thou hast ouercome Emperors and kings we did raigne But now the earth doth vs detayne The Emperor Of Monarch Emperor I am the conqueror ¶ â—he king Keisar or king I must theé bring him by thy death thou hast bound him disarmed him and spoyled his house thou hast bereft him of all lordship and power thou hast crushed his head thou hast cast down hys throne and dispossessed him of hys kingdome thou hast led away captiuity captiue thou hast cancelled the obligation that he had of oures and nayled it to thy crosse and finally thou hast tryumphed ouer him in our nature to our benefite and behoofe We therfore being weake feeble naked vnarmed vnskilfull ignorant and of no forecast but yet thy members through thy grace beseech thee which art strong almighty only wise and prudent vouchsafe to defend maintayn preserue vs continually from that merciles dragon Be thou our eye our eare our hand our loads man guide and captayn Set thy selfe ¶ The Duke Duke though thou be daunce after me ¶ The Marques Marques of state match with thy mate Dukes and Marques we hauâ— bene Nought â—ow but â—oâ—es are to be seen in our defence against this our vnappeasable aduersary disappoynt his practises confound his deuices break his bow knap asunder his speare ouerthrow his holds quench his fiery darts put his armies to flight and geue thy seruants the vpper hand of him and his or rather ouercome thou him and his in vs and by vs. Doe but aduaunce the standard of thy crosse in our harts and thou dryuest him out of the field Vnder this baÌ„ner dare we march boldly against him assuring our selues that by the power thereof thou wilt delyuer vs from the hands of our enemies and of all that hate vs so as we may serue thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of our life Which we beseech thee to graunt vs for thy mercies sake to the euerlasting honor of thy most holy name Amen We Earles and Barons were sometime Now wrapt in lead are turnd to flime ¶ The Baron Barons of nobilitie sweare to me fealty ¶ The Vicount Earle or Vicount geue thy account ⧠A Prayer to be sayd of a woman with Child THy wisedome and power shine forth in all thy workes O Lord but yet much more greater more manifest and more wonderfull are they in the shaping of man Of how small beginning doest thou make so marueilous a liuing thing sheading a soule into it whose originall is from heauen to the intent he should long to returne thether as into his countrey ¶ The Archbishop Archb. Metropolite theé thy Prouince I visite ¶ The Bishop Bishops graue old are sheép of my fold Bishops we haue taught the lore That all must enter deathes dore O most gracious workman let thy pitifulnes amend the thing which our sinfulnes hath marred and eyther abate my payne that I may not haue neéde of so great strength tendance cunning or els increase my strength power and courage that I may be able to ouercome all the payn of my trauell Amen * A Prayer to be sayd of such as be vnder the Crosse. HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hide thy face from me 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 ¶ â—he Preacher Preach no more â—bout thy glas is run out Unto theé O Lord haue I cryed all the day long haue I stretched out my hands vnto theé Wilt thou worke wonders among the dead or shal the dead arise praise theé shall any man shew thy mercy in the graue or thy truth in destruction Shall thy wonders be knowen in the darck or thy righteousnes in the land of forgetfulnes Why doest thou thrust back my soul O Lord and hide thy face from me no man is mindful of theé in death and who will prayse theé in the graue Be stil before God O my soule for
my hope is in him because he is my rock and my sauiour and I shall not be remoued In God is my welfare my glory the rock of my strength and my hope is in God. ¶ 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 Nyw lye in low estate Quicken me O Lord for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake rid my soule out of trouble For I O Lord am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayd I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of prayse and pay my vowes vnto theé in the sight of all the people Amen ¶ A Prayer for Gods goodnes and for continuance of the same I Yeald theé thanks and prayse O Lord my God for creating me after thine own Image and likenes For redeming me with thy precious bloud For admitting me into the number of thy children by adoption through the washing of holy baptisme and for feéding me with the sacrament of thy body and bloud 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 〈◊〉 Also I geue theé prayse and thanks for that thou of thine infinite gracious goodnes hast paciently wayted for my amendement euen from the time of mine ignorant childhoode vnto this houre notwithstanding that I ran losely into innumerable vices I glorifie theé and praise theé for thy often ridding of me from a number of troubles distresses calamities and miseries and for sauing me hetherto froÌ„ the often deserued euerlasting punishments and torments both of body and soule I prayse theé and glorifie theé for thy mercifull geuing of me health of body soundnes of limmes quyetnes of times and working of good things with many other vertues ¶ The Iudge Come on iudge With me to trudge ¶ The iustice Sir Iustice arise â–ª come to my assâ—se Iudge and Iustice sentence haue To ly as Captiues in the graue Dispose and order thou all my thoughts words and deédes according to thy will. Keépe me at all times and in all places wheresoeuer I goe whether it be in prosperitie or aduersitie And in the end bring me to the desired ioyes of the present beholding of theé Amen A generall thanksgeuing O God which excellest in all goodnes and wisdome O heauenly Father which art full of mercy and clemency when I cal to minde the works of thy hands I cannot but wonder at thy great wisdome and infinite goodnes which thou hast shewed towards No law no plea no drift From death can make a shift ¶ Sergeant at law Leaue the Lawes heare my cause ¶ The Attâ—rney 〈◊〉 lead as thou â—ust With me thou must all thy creatures especially towards me Not only in that thou hast geuen me being mouing and life but also in that besides thine other infinite benefites which thou hast distributed in general to all men in the world thou hast bestowed so many particular benefites vpon me as it is vnpossible for me to rehearce them yea or to conceiue theÌ„ Thou hast vouchsafed to deliuer me by the light of thy gospel from the darcknes of error and ignorance or rather to draw me out of the horrible dungeons of death and damnation wherto I was condemned in respect of the corruptnes of my nature and so conueyed me into the kingdome of thy welbeloued sonne who hath geuen him self for my sinnes according to thy good pleasure and euerlasting ordinance Also thou hast receaued me into thy Church among the number of thy childreÌ„ thou ¶ The Mayor Mayor I theé call to my guild Hall. ¶ The Shirife Shirif for execuâ—ion I haue a commission Mayors Shirifes do passe with speed And others them in place succeed hast elected and chosen me through thy wonderfull prouidence to be to the glory of thy mercy And thou hast inhonored me with the copartnership of the euerlasting inheritance of thy deér beloued sonne to beé of that royall priesthoode which shall offer the sacrifices of eternall prayse and thanksgeuing to thy holy name in thy heauenly temple now therfore according to dauids saying what shall I reÌ„der to the Lord for all his benefites towardes me I know that al my life ought to be consecrated to continuall thankes geuing to shew forth with his holy people and purchased possession the mighty workes of him that hath called vs out of darckenes to his wonderfull light The cup of deliueraÌ„ce ought not to depart out of my handes nor the new songs therof out of my mouth But Lord graunt me the grace wh c 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 thou didst shew heretofore to Dauid a maÌ„ according to thine own hart Who treating of the same matter and rehersing the recordes of thy goodnes sayd of a truth Lord I am thy seruant and the sonne of thy haÌ„dmaid thou hast broken my boÌ„ds a sunder I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of thankesgeuing call vpon thy name Euen so say I lord of my selfe and that by thy grace I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruant Thou hast broken my bonds and preserued me and set me in safety Unto theé O king of eternitie immortall and inuisible euen vnto theé O God who only art good and onely wise be honor and glory for euer through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord and only Sauiour So be it ¶ The Phisicion By thy wateâ— I do seé thou mâ—st away with me The 〈◊〉 Looke not so hie low thou must lie No arte or medicine can preuayl When death doth purpose â—o assayl ⧠Here beginneth the Letany and Suffrages O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy c. O God the Sonne Redeémer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer c. O God the holy Ghost proceéding froÌ„ the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinity threé persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious c. Remember not Lord our offences nor the Death winnes the field â—ll armâ—s must yeeld ¶ The Herauld Herald in thy â—hield beare grasse in greenfield Sergeant at Armes Sergeant see thou sâ—ay â—l glory must away offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sinnes Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whoÌ„ thou hast redeémed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all euil and mischief from sinne from the crafts and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord