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A12365 [The magistrates scripture.] Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591. 1591 (1591) STC 22681; ESTC S107792 18,636 70

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throne of grace do yeeld our selues body and soule vnto thee for all thy benefits which thou from our birth hast heaped vpon vs as though we had alwayes done thy will although wee occupied about vaine things neuer marked neuer loued neuer serued neuer thanked thee so heartelie for them as we esteeme a mortall friende for the least courtesie Therefore we come with shame and sorrowe to confesse our sinnes not smal but grieuous not a few but infinite not past but present not secret but presumptuous against thy expresse word and will against our owne conscience knowledge and liking if any had done thē but our selues O Lord if thou shouldest require but the least of them at our hands Sathā would chalenge vs for his and we should neuer see thy face againe nor the Heauens nor the Earth nor all the goodnes which thou hast prepared for mā What shall we do then but appeale vnto thy mercie and humblie desire thy fatherly goodnes to extend that compassiō toward vs which thy beloued sonne our louing sauiour hath purchased so mightely so gratiously and so dearely for vs we beleeue and know that one drop of his bloud is sufficient to heale our infirmities pardon our iniquities and supplie our necessities but without thy grace our light our strength our guide we are able to do nothing but sinne as wofull experience hath taught vs too long and the example of them which are void therof whose life is nothing else but the seruice of the world the flesh and the diuel Therefore good father as thou in speciall fauour hast appointed vs to serue thee like as thou hast ordained all other creatures to serue vs so may it please thee to send downe thy heauenly spirite into this earthly mansion to illuminate our minds mollifie our hearts change our affections subdue our reason regenerate our wils and purifie our nature to this duetie so shall not thy benefites nor thy chastismentes nor thy word returne void but accomplish that for the which they were sent vutill we be renued to the image of thy sonne Good Lord we beseech thee looke downe in the multitude of thy compassions vpon thy millitant Church this sinful Realme thy gracious handmaid our dread soueraigne her honourable Counsell the ciuill Magistrates the painfull Ministers the two Vniuersities the people that sit in darknes and all that beare thy crosse Gather vs into one cōmunion of thy truth and giue vnto euerie man a spirite to his calling that we being mindfull of the accompt and that we are called Christians may firmely resolue speedely begin continually perseuer in doing suffering thy holy will Good Lord blesse and sanctifie our meeting that no temptation hinder me in speaking nor them in hearing but that thy word may be heard and spoken as the word of 2. King 2. 9. 1. Sam. 16. 5. 1. Sam. 10. 20. Exod. 18. 21. Matth. 23. 2. 1. Sam. 9. 2. 1. Sam. 16. 13. 1. Sam. 28. 26. 2. Chron. 9. 6. Psal. 2. 6. Matth. 14. 19. 2. Chron. 9. 8. Matth. 11. 29. Deut. 17. 19. Psal. 139. 21. Exod. 32. 27. Num. 16. 15. 1. Sam. 10. 9. 1. King 3. 9. 1. King 4. 30. 1. Sam. 25. 25. 2. Thess. 2. 4. 2. Cor. 4. 4. Dan. 4. Nehem. 6. 1● 2. King 15. 30. 1. Sam. 22. 7. 1. Sam. 19. 4. 17. 1. Sam. 21. 17. 1. Sam. 14. 45. 2. Sam. 5. 10. 1. Sam. 10. 26. 1. Sam. 3. 26. Prou. 14. 21. Rom. 13. 5. Iohn 19. 11. Heb. 5. 4. Acts. 8. 9. Rom. 13. 7. 1. Pet. 2. 23. Iere. 27. 12. 2. Chron. 9. 8. Gen. 1. 1. Sam. 17. 39. Zach. 13. 4. Gen. 11. Ruth 1. 20. Exod. 20. 23. Exod. 9. 16. Gen. 11. 4. Gen. 5. 27.