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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09946	A preparation to the due consideration and reverent comming to the holy communion of the body and blood of our Lorde The contentes whereof followe in the next page.	Barker, Christopher, 1529-1599.	1580 (1580)	STC 20203; ESTC S106589	16,377	96

to anger and of great kindenesse 9 Hee will not alway chide neither keepe his anger for euer 10 Hee hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities 11 For as high as the Heauen is aboue the earth so great is his mercie towarde them that feare him 12 As farre as the East is from the West so farre hath he remooued our sinnes from vs. 13 As a father hath compassion on his children so hath the Lord compassion on them that feare him 14 For he knoweth whereof wee be made hee remembreth that wee are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as grasse as a flower of the field so florisheth hee 16 For the winde goeth ouer it and it is gone and the place thereof shall knowe it no more 17 But the louing kindnesse of the Lord endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon childrens children 18 Vnto them that keepe his couenant and thinke vpon his commaundements to doe them 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in heauen and his kingdome ruleth ouer all 20 Praise the Lorde ye his Angels that excell in strength that doe his commandement in obeying the voyce of his worde 21 Praise the Lorde all ye his hostes ye his seruants that doe his pleasure 22 Praise the Lorde all ye his workes in all places of his dominion my soule prayse thou the Lord. A prayer for our most gratious Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth O Almightie eternall God Creator gouernour and preseruer of all thinges Lorde of all lordes and King of all kings who madest man like vnto thine owne image that he shoulde honour serue and obey thee onely and that all other thy creatures shoulde serue to his vse and commoditie ouer whom thou madest him lorde and ruler the forbidden fruite only except but hee most miserable man by his owne disobedience in eating thereof lost not only that kingly prerogatiue but broght himselfe and all his posteritie into the state of eternall damnation Yet thou O Lord in thine vnspeakable mercy didst then promise and in time broughtest to passe that thine onely sonne became man like vnto vs sinne except and was borne of a pure virgine by thy diuine prouidence and power who to restore this now most miserable man with all vs whose children by nature wee are vnto the state of eternall saluation did suffer moste shameful most vile and bitter yea most cruel painful death on the crosse whereon his glorious body was broken and his precious blood shed a sufficient ransome a ful satisfaction and iust recompence of thy iustice and lawe for all them that beleeue and embrace thy Gospel and sacred trueth But O Lorde our good God bee mercifull vnto vs who by our infirmitie through the fall of this lordely man our greate grandfather Adam can not now liue in any peaceable or good condition state without magistrates and kinges to rule and gouerne vs we therefore most humbly and heartily beseeche thy diuine Maiestie for the loue of thine onely sonne Iesus Christ to looke downe with thy fatherly compassion vpon thy seruant Elizabeth our most gracious Queene dread Soueraigne Graft in her royall heart by the working of thy holy Spirite thy manifolde good gifts and benefites as wisedome grace perseuerance in thy trueth encrease of faith and affiance in thee defende her O Lorde with thy mightie hand and outstretched arme graunt vnto her a most honorable long and prosperous reigne ouer vs. Moreouer O Lorde if the seruice of golden vessels in thy Temple at Ierusalem were accetable vnto thee vouchsafe this thy seruant to bee esteemed in thy sight as a most honorable ornament in the new Ierusalem not built with money by the labour of the seruants of the first Salomō but bought with the precious blood of the seconde Salomon thy sonne our Sauiour Beholde her make her to be O Lorde as the precious stone or signet of thine owne hande and as the apple of thine eye for thy truethes sake to the enemies whereof make her name most dreadfull and to thy Church wheresoeuer dispersed most acceptable and ioyfull Confounde and put to shame O Lord all those that wish or procure any euill to her royall person or diminution of her kingdomes and imperiall dignitie ouer them And when for the multitude of our sinnes O Lorde thou wilt punish vs with the winde of thy displeasure by taking from vs this our fragrant and sweete smelling flower which we beseech thee for thine owne names sake long to deferre then O Lord plant her in the garden of thy presence where shee may growe and dwell in felicitie incomparable which the eye hath not seene the eare hath not hearde neither euer came it into the vnderstanding of man those ioyes which thou hast prepared for her and all thine elect Moreouer O Lorde graunt thy heauenly wisedome and grace vnto all vs her subiects that wee may aduisedly consider and duetifully call to our remembrance the manifolde blessings that wee so long time haue enioyed and doe presently possesse through thy mercie by her ministerie authoritie and the execution of her kingly office vnder the which wee doe not only reape and peaceably enioye the fruites of our labours and other corporall commodities but also that which is more worth then all this euen the freedome and libertie of conscience the preaching and hearing of thy most holye worde and the administration and receiuing of thy holy Sacraments For all which and many other thy blessings O Lorde worke in vs thy grace to yeelde vnto thy diuine Maiestie all possible and continuall prayses and thankesgiuing that it bee not saide vnto vs Are there not tenne cleansed or Is not Englande preserued from all tyrannie and enioy all these benefites But where are nowe they returning to giue thankes Quicken our memories therefore O Lorde that wee neuer bee forgetfull of thy great goodnesse towardes vs and make vs more more for thy sake reuerently to feare her duetifully to obey her and faithfully to loue honour and serue her as our naturall louing Prince and mother and as the meane by whom wee receiue all these thy good blessings that her Maiestie perceiuing our diligence and readinesse to obey and serue her may be the oftener put in minde to feare honour loue serue and obey thy diuine and incomparable Maiestie Furthermore inspire her royall heart O Lorde with thy diuine grace that as shee hath begun to set forth and maintaine thy sacred trueth so shee may zealously and boldly encrease perseuere and continue in the same whereby the filthinesse nakednesse of Antichrist may be more and more reuealed superstition and idolatrie more and more abolished and remoued and that olde lying serpent and roaring lyon Sathan our auncient enemie may be more more restrained and kept backe from his malicious purpose in seeking to deuoure and drowne vs all in ignoraunce and securitie Graunt all this O Lorde to

A PREPARATION TO THE DVE CONSIDERATION AND REVERENT COMming to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Lorde THE CONTENTES whereof followe in the next page IMPRINTED AT LONdon by Christopher Barker Prin ter to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1580. The Contents 1 What an high dignitie it is to bee a Christian and partaker of the holy Sacraments of Christ 2 An instruction howe a Christian ought to bee occupied before he presume to come to the Table of the Lord. 3 Howe dangerous a thing it is to come vnworthily or vnaduisedly to the holy Communion 4 A prayer to bee truely penitent for our sinnes before we receiue the holy Sacrament of our Lord. 5 A prayer to be sayde immediatly before the receiuing of the holy Communion and in the time of the celebration therof 6 A thankesgiuing after the receiuing of the holy Communion 7 An excellent Psalme of King Dauid 8 A prayer for our Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth To the most excellent vertuous and our dread Soueraigne Lady Elizabeth Queene of England France and Ireland c. Grace mercie and euerlasting peace from God the Father through Iesus Christ our Lorde HAVING CONsidered and called to memorie most gracious Soueraigne the manifolde blessings and benefites giuen by the incomparable mercie of God to vs your subiects by your ministerie and the execution of your Kingly office and vnder your Maiesties protection and most peaceable gouernement wherein we doe not onely enioye and quietly possesse the fruite of our labours and all other our temporal commodities but that which is many thousād times more worth euen the libertie of conscience the preaching and hearing of Gods most sacred trueth the fruition and vse of the most holy Sacraments of our Lord Iesus Christ which are seales vnto vs of the assurance of our inheritance in the kingdome of GOD. And on the otherside hauing throughly weighed our contempt and ingratitude to Almightie God to his sonne Iesus Christ and to your Maiestie by whom as the onely meane from God we reape all these good things and are defended and mainteined in this our happie state I cannot inough wonder nor sufficiently lament to see for the most part how litle we regarde and how seldome we come to the hearing of Gods most holy worde and to the celebration of these his most holy mysteries and when we do come howe rudely vnaduisedly and vnreuerently it is cannot be but most feareful and most pitifull to beholde Wherefore most gracious Queene and dread Soueraigne the zeale and duetie I owe to the glory of GOD and to the honour of your Maiestie who cannot but be greatly dishonoured in this our negligence hath enforced me to procure the ayde of an excellent learned and godly man to compile three short instructions or admonitions vpon the three first titles or contents in the seconde page of this litle manuel whereunto are added certaine most needefull praiers and thankesgiuing all which may properly be entituled A preparation to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Lorde to the ende wee may be moued with better consideration of the benefits we receiue in these sacred mysteries and also with the greatnesse of the danger for the abuse and contempt of the same Most humbly beseeching your Maiestie according to your accustomed goodnesse to accepte in good parte this my simple and vnskilfull seruice that by your good acceptation hereof many of your Maiesties most honorable housholde and others also may be drawen and procured to the exercise of the same to their further instruction comfort and consolation by the working of Gods holy Spirit to whom with the Father the Sonne be all glory for euer and to your Maiestie a most honorable long and prosperous raigne ouer vs with all other his mercifull blessings in this life and in the life to come ioy felicitie and continuall dwelling with all the blessed Angels and Saints in the kingdome of God world without ende AMEN Your Maiesties most lowly subiect and seruant C. Barker What a high dignitie it is to be a Christian and partaker of the holy Sacraments of Christ SAINT IOHN the Euangelist in the first Chapter of his Gospel writeth that our Sauiour Christ comming into the worlde which was made by him was vnknowen of it yea comming among his owne of his owne was not receiued but yet to as many as receiued him he gaue this dignitie that they should be called the sonnes of God which are borne not of flesh nor of blood nor of the will of man but of God By which testimonie of the holy Ghost wee may vnderstande howe great and excellent is the dignitie of true Christians namely that they be the children of God begotten not carnally but spiritually of God himselfe And that we should not deceiue our selues by a false imagination of christianitie as it is commonly called and reputed in the blinde world the same scripture teacheth vs who be true Christiās in deede not euery one that is so called or would be so accounted not euery one which hath taken vpon him the outward signe and badge of christianitie which is the Sacrament of Baptisme but onely those which receiue Christ are true Christians and the children of God But who are they that haue receiued Christ that they may be partakers of so high a dignitie euen they which seeing acknowledging and confessing their owne shameful miserable and damnable estate which they haue not onely receiued by propagation from their parents but also haue wilfullye incurred through the iust iudgement of God for their owne sinnes do willingly ioyfully and thankfully heare obey this voyce of our Sauiour Christ Mat. 11. and 28. Come vnto mee all ye that labour and be heauy laden and I will refresh you And so reposing their whole trust and confidence in the mercie of God whose iustice they know to be satisfied in the merites and sufferings of his onely begotten sonne our Lorde and Sauiour Christ their whole and onely Redeemer doe willingly take vpon them the sweete easie yoke of Christ which he requireth in the next verse to bee taken of all them that come vnto him looke to be refreshed by him which yoke of obedience vnto the rule of Christ though it seeme harde and vnpleasant to bee borne vnto the corrupt nature of man yet vnto the children of God whose weakenes is assisted by the holy Ghost their faults cōmitted of weaknesse are washed away with the blood of Christ there is nothing more sweete pleasant and delectable insomuch that Dauid vpon this consideration preferreth the Lawe of God before hony and the hony combe in sweetenesse protesting that it is more to bee desired then all iewels of gold and precious stones Beholde these are true Christiās which haue receiued Christ by faith and gladly bring out the fruits of faith in all godlinesse of life to the glory of God their Father and the profite of Gods children their brethren and