so manie and great things to no other end but that I should destribute them to the poore and needie Oh Lord giue mee a willing heart and readie minde to doe good according to that abilitie that thou in mercie hast bestowed vppon me And as I acknowledge them to be thy gifts so giue me grace good Lord that I neuer mispend them in glâ—tonie drunkennesse riot or exceâ—e neither yet in prsde or anis other vncleannesse vanitie or follie knowing that thou wilt one day requier a straite account of me both howe I haue gotte my goods how I haue kept them and howe I haue spent and layd them forth And as thou hast made mee rich in temporall blâ—ssings and things of this life so make me much more rich in spirituall gifts and graces that in the end I being founde a faithfull and 〈◊〉 Steward of thy goodes may receiue the crowne of immortall glorie in the kingdome of heauen thorow the merits of Iesus Chrâ—st to whom be all honor and glorie foreuer A praier for those that bee poore and needie GRacious father who hast apoin ted in thy vnsearchable wisedome sundrie states and conditions of men and hasâ— commaunded euerie one to bee contented with his state and calling where in thou hast placed him without all repâ—ning murmuring or grudging against thée for the same I a poore worme before thée and one whom thou hast placed in the lowest degrée and meanest state amongest men most intirelie beséech thy fatherly goodnesse to giue me grace to be heartilie well contented with thy good will and pleasure being assured that thou knowest what is best for me and workest all thinges for thy owne glorie and our good Make me therefore good father willinglie to submit my will to thy blessed will to depend vpon thy prouidence and to cast all my care vpon thee who hast promised to be carefull for mee And albeit I bee poore and néedie yet kéepe me farre from all infidelitie and incredulitie from all mistrust and distrust and from all dispaire of thy help whatsoeuer Finallie grant O Lord that I walking in thy holie feare and doing those things which please thee may at the last receiue the reward of euerlasting glorie thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. A praier for the increase and preseruation of the fruits of the earth AS thou hast appointed man how long he hath to liue vpon the face of the earth most mercifull father so hast thou ordained him meanes to preserue and continue this his life withall as séemeth best to thy godlie wisedome and to that end hast appoinnted the earth to bring forth all maner of fruites of infinite varietie for his reliefe and sustenance Blesse therefore I beséech thée the fruits of the earth vniuersallie and of me particularlie whose ground for the multitude of my sinnes thou hast made barren Enter not into iudgment with me O Lord neither punish me according to my deserts but in mercie looke vpon me and so multiplie my store as thou diddest the Oyle of the woman of Sareptha thy seruant And if it please thée good Father to multiplie and increase the fruits of the earth generally and of mee particularlie grant seasonable and temperate weather also for the gathering and reaping of them that we hauing plentie of all things may be rich and plentifull in all good works and with ioifull hearts may laud and praise thy souereigne maiestie all the daies of our liues thorow Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A praier against couetousnes and auarice OH lord my God most blessed and holie Father who hast commanded euerie man to labor and trauaile in his vocation for the maintenance of his estate hast promised therto thy blessing blesse I beséeth thée all my labours actions enterprises affaires which I shall take in hande in thy holie name at anie time hereafter for the necessarie maintenance of my poore estate so as I hauing alwaies sufficient maie be frée from all couetousnes ambition and filthie auarice being alwaies perswaded that godlinesse is great riches if a man bee content with that that he hath for we brought nothing into this world neither shall we carie anie thing out Grant good Lord that I hauing sufficient foode and raiment for my bodie with al other necessaries néedfull for this my life may be heartilie well content therewith not desiring or coueting more Withdrawe my heart O Lord from the loue of this vaine world and of all things in the worlde Make mee to loue and desire â—hée and nothing but thée knowing that he that loueth anie thing beside thée loueth thee so much the lesse To thee therefore oh Father with thy Sonne and the holy Ghost be all glorie and prayse for euer Amen A praier to be said before the reading studying or hearing of Gods word FOr that thy word O Lord as Dauid thy seruant witnesseth is a light vnto our paths and a lanterne vnto our feet and for that all humaine wisdom is nothing but foolishnessé before thee and altogether vnable to pearce into the bowels and secrets of thy reuealed will without the illumination of thy holie spirite Instill therefore O Lord into my heart and soule the spirite of wisedome knowledge and vnderstanding that I may be able to vnderstand the â—isteries of thy law Kéepe me farre from all sects schismes heresies and errours contrarie to thy worde and so roote thy truth in my heart that it may neuer be remoued but alwies remaine firme and stedfast in thée And in the reading hearing studying conferring reasoning disputing or talking of thy word giue me most glorious father not onelie the spirite of holie wisdom to vnderstand it aright but also grace to humble my selfe vnto thée in all holie obedience reuerence humilitie and feare that I obeying thee in thy worde and liuing thereafter may come to those euerlasting ioies which thou hast prepared for them that loue thée thorowe Iesus Christ our Lord. A praier against swearing SEing that thy holie name oh most gracious God and louing father is both so honourable maiestiâ—all as the same is neuer to bee either remembred or once spoken of without great reuerence feare and dread at the glorious naming wherof the verie deuils themselues doquake tremble as thy holie Apostle Iames recordeth And seeing thou hast commanded vs that wee should not sweare at all but that all our communication should be yea yea nay nay and in as much as thy holie reuerence hast promised that thou wilt not holde him guiltlesse that take◠〈◊〉 name invain I besâ— thâ—e therefore good father so to direct me by thy spirite that I may neuer thinke nor speake of thée but with al holy reuerence feare and dread And in all my communications speeches good Lorde keepe me I prâ—y thée from all maner of swearing forswearing blaspheming and prophaning of thy sacred name And for that thou hast giuen vnto mankind onelie tho vse of the tongue aboue other creatures to this end no doubt that
hee might glorifie thée therewith I pray 〈◊〉 holie father so to qualifie the affections of my minde and to order the words of my mouth that in all my thoughts wordes and déedes I maie do worship to thy glorious name thorow Iesus Christ thy onelie begotten sonne to â—hom with thy blessed maiestie and the holie spirit be all honour and glorie for euer A praier against drun kennesse MOst mercifull and holie father who in thy great liberalitie hast giuen vnto man the fishes of the sea the foules of the heauens and the beasts of the earth with other thy good creatures of infinite varietie for the sustentation and maintenance of this his life and hast commaunded them to bee receyued with praise and thankesgiuing vnto thée for the same I beséech thée therefore O Lord my good God and holie father to giue me grace to vse all thy creatures both soâ—erlie and temperatelie and alwaies to rest thankefull vnto thée for them Giue me grace blessed Lorde that I neuer abuse them nor offend thee in them thorow drunkennesse gluttonie or anie other kind of superfluity riot or excesse knowing that the abusing of thy good creatures reacheth euen to thy owne reuerence Finallie grant that I walking in al sobriety and integritie of life may at the 〈◊〉 receiue the reward of euerlasting glorie in the kingdome of heauen thorow Iesus Christ and for his sake Amen A praier against slouthfulnes and idlenesse WE are faught O Lord in thy holie worde that solenesse is the mother nurse of al wickednes and sinne for the bodie being idle the mind is naturallie occupied in vaine thoughts and foolish imaginations and so consequently made weaker readier for the enimie to assault I beséech thée therfore oh my good God kéepe me from all idlenesse and slouth and grant that I may be alwaies occupied in some good thing to the glorie of thy name and the benefite of my brethreâ— And as it may please thée O Lord in mercy to keepe my bodie from all maner of idlenesse slouth so I beséech thée to kéepe my soule euer exercised in bolie meditations and 〈◊〉 contemplations thinking alwaies of thée louing thée and euer praysing thée in all things till I come to the perfect fruition of thy heauenly ioies thorow Iesus Christ. Amen A praier for those that 〈◊〉 persecuted for the truth OH Lord Iesus Christ who comming into this miserable worlde and taking our nature vpon thée didst thereby not onelie deliuer vs from sinne but also remembring thy mercies diddest also leaue vnto vs the iâ—imable treasure of thy blessed word as a perfect direction and rule for vs to frame our liues by and which alone is able to saue our soules Blesse therefore this thy holie word vnto vs make it a worde of power to regenerate and beget vs a new vnto eternall saluation of our bodies and soules And strengthen all thy seruants which in anie place are persecuted imprisoned condemned and dailie put to death for the sincere profession of the same and for the testimonie of a good conscience Be mercifull vnto them O Lord and although they séeme destitute of all mans ayde or worldly comfort yet let thy swéete comfort and grace neuer depart from them O Lord let no further triall be laid vpon them then they may be made able by thee to beare And as thou hast by the power of thy might not onlie vanquished and ouercome all corporall and bodilie enemiâ—s where or whatsoeuer but also thy and our spirituall aduersaries so strengthen all thy seruans that suffer anie kind of crosse persecution trouble or veration either in bodie or mind for the constant profession of thy holie worde and sacred religion Giue them patience good Lord to beare thy crosse thankfullie with strength to go thorow and to perseuere to the end euen to the effusion of their bloud knowing that they who denie thée before men thou wilt denie them before thy heauenlie father and his holie Angels in heauen And for that there is no true wisdom whereof thou art not the authour inspire their hearts with the spirite of true wisedom knowledge and vnderstanding that they may know thy will aright and that they may bee able by the same spirite to confound and ouerthrow all the enimies of thy truth Grant this swéets Iesus for thy holie names sake Amen A praier for Godly wisedome IConfesse good Father that so long as we beare about vs this earthâ—e tabernacle imprisoning the soule that our nature is so corrupted as it alwaies rebelieth against the spirit accompting that true wisedome which is nothing but méere foolishnesse in déed Wherefore good Lorde vouchsafe to send downe thy holie spirite euen the spirite of wisedome which waiteth vpon thy throne into my heart that I may know and vnderstand what things are good and acceptable before thée that I may attaine euerlasting life thorow the merits of thy sonne his most bitter death passion Amen A praier for grace to be mindfull to die OH lord our God in whose handes standeth the life and death of all mankind vouchsafe I beséech thée for thy sonne Christ his sake to make me mindefull and readie to depart out of this miserable and transitory life And al though my bodie doth creep here vpon the earth yet let my conuersation bee alwaies in heauen from whence we looke for a sauiour euen Iesus Christ the righteous who shall chaunge our vile bodies and make them like to his glorious bodie by the mightie power whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Teach me good Lord to know that wee are al here strangers pilgrims and haue in this worlde no dwelling place but looke for one to come in regarde whereof giue me grace I be séech thee willinglie to forsake this wicked worlde with all the vanities therof to hunger thirst after that life which neuer shall decay Make me good Lorde to estéeme all things in this worlds as dongue that I may winne Iesus Christ. And for that that remembrance of death terrifieth vs from sin as thy seruant Salomon beareth record giue mee grace I most humblie intreat thée alwaies to remember and beare in mind that I am mortall and therefore must once of necessitie depart hence either to euerlasting glorie or else to euerlasting paines and confusion both of bodie and soule Oh Lord assist mee with thy holie spirit that I male so liue in this present euill world as I may not feare either but whensoeuer he approcheth I may with bolde confidence crie out say Oh Death where is thy sting oh Hell where is thy victory Grant this O Lorde my God for Iesus Christ thy onelie begotten sonne his sake Amen A Thanks-giuing to God for all his graces blessings bestowed vpon vs. SUCH is thy liberalitie and mercie O Lord towards mankinde that for all thy blessings and benefits both inâ—nite and inestimable beâ—owed vppon him thou requireth nothing againe but thankfull hearis to thee Wherfore most holy father I render al praise and thanks to thee from the bottom of my heart generallie for all thy benefites and blessings for all thy great mercies and louing kindnesse shewed towards me in Iesus Christ and particularly for that it hath pleased thée to elect and chuse mee in Christ Iesus to euerlasting saluation before the foundations of the world were layde for creating me after thine owne similitude and likenesse for redéeming of me by the death and passion of thy owne Son Iesus Christ when I was 〈◊〉 lost and cast awaie for euer for regenerating and renuing of me by thy holie Spirit for sanctifying of me by the same spirit for instilling into my heart a true a liuely and tustifying faith in Iesus Christ for giuing me grace to be penetent and sorowfull for my sinnes for inspiring my heart with a true and constant hope looking for the accomplishment of all thy gracious promises made vnto me in thy beloued without all doubting or â—uering For giuing me wisedonie vnderstanding and knowledge in some competent measure I praise thée and I thanke thée also O Lord for feeding nourishing clothing and sustaining my bodie euer since I was born for defending of me from infinite perils and daungers yea from infinite deathes which at diuerse times and in sundrie places haue laine in waite for me and threatned my destruction and into which I had certainlie fallen had I not béene by thy gracious goodnes supported protected defended Last of all I thanke thee good Lord and I prayse thée for thy swéete promises of euerlasting saluation made vnto mee in Iesus Christ. For these and all other thy most gracious benefites and blessings oh most glorious Father I prayse thée moste humblie beséeching thée for Iesus Christ thy sonne his sake to pardon and forgiue mee my great vnthankefulnesse ingratitude and vnkindnesse towards thee and from hencefoorth giue mee thy holy grace that I may procéede from thankfulnesse to thankfulnesse from gratitude to gratitude and from kindnesse to kindnesse towards thée that I be neuer accounted amongst the number of those ix vnthankefull leapers who being cleansed from their leprosie returned not againe to giue thée thanks Graunt these my petitions vnto me oh most benigne father with all other good thinges which thou knowest to be necessarie for me better then I can either wish or desire euen for the glorie of thy great name for the truth of thy promises and for Iesus Christ thy Sonne his sake my onelie Lorde Sauiour Kedéemer Mediatour and Aduocate to whome with thy blessed Maiestie and the holie Spirite one true and euerlasting GOD bee all honour glorie prayse dominion power and thanksgiuing for euermore Amen Vni Deo trino sit omnis gloria FINIS
but euerlasting confusion both of bodie and soule as a iust reward and guerdon for my deserts Christian directions for the morning WHen thou hast attired thy â—cently comely not 〈◊〉 nor proudlie goe forth of thy chamber and if thou beest a maister of a houshold call thy familie togither confesse your sinnes craue pardon for Iesus Christ his sake pray for grace to resist sinne hereafter prayse God for all his benefites and blessings in mercie bestowed vppon you pray for continuance of them Thanke him for your protection that night besée ching him to protect you thatday and to blesse all your works andlabours And finally desire him to kéepe and defend you that day and cuer from all perils and dangers both bodilie ghostlie whatsoeuer and to bring you to euerlasting life at the time appointed thorow the precious bloud of Iesus Christ. This done go forth to thy labours in the feare of God doing all things with single eie and good conscience to the praise of him that made thée being assured that as in mercie he will not leaue the good good worke that we do vnrewarded so in iustice he will not leaue the least euill that we doe commit either in thought word or déed vnpunished except we repent To God therefore our father to Christ Iesus our Sauiour and redeemer and to God the holie Ghost our comforter and sanctifier thrée persons and one true and euerlasting God be all honour glorie praise dominion thanksgiuing for euer more Amen A short Treatise of praiers and supplications Comprising a briefe summe of all such things as we stande in neede of in this life By the same author P. S. Gent. A praier for the morning I Giue thée thanks most merciful father for all thy tender mercies and louing kindnes shewed towards me in Christ Jesus euer since I was borne and namelie for the quiet rest and sléepe which thou hast giuen to my bodie this night and for preseruing of me from infinite perils and dangers where unto poore man is subiet in this life And I beséech thée holie father to extend thy louing fauour towardes mée this day defend me from all mine enimies both bodilie and ghostlie blesse all the workes of my hands grant good issue and good successe vnto mee in all my godlie actions enterprises and affaires And aboue all things giue me a willing heart and a readie mind to serue thée in true holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of my life that I glorifying thée here vpon earth may be glorified of thée for euer in heauen thorow Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A praier for the Eue ning MOST gracious God I prayse thee thorow Jesus Christ for defending of me this day from all dangers of bodie soule and for all thy other benefites which thou hast plentifullie bestowed vppon me And I pray thée good father to pardon and forgiue me all my sinnes and wickednes wherin I haue offended thy diuine maiestie either this day or anie day of my life here tofore euen to this present houre And receiue mee this night into thy tuition and protection that my enimies may haue no power ouer me nor in anie sort preuaile against me but that my bodie by thy gracious goodnes enioying quiet sleepe my mind my soule spirite maie continually waite vpon thée and thorow faith behold thy blessed maiestie with an assured confidence and an infallible hope after this fraile and transitorie life ended to possesse that immortall and euerlasting glorie wherein thou eternallie reignest to whome bee all honour and glorie for euermore A generall confession os our sinnes to God thesather necessarie to be said at all times OH eternall God father of our lord Iesus Christ without beginning or ending of whom all things haue their being I a poore wretched and mise able sinner lamenting my sinnes from the bottome of my heart prostrate my selfe before the footestoole of thy blessed maiestie acknowledging and confessing that I am a most grieuous sinner begot conceyued and borne in sinne and liuing in all corruption and iniquitie so that in me there is no goodnesse yea my whole nature is so corrâ—pt that my verie righteousnesse it selfe is nothing but sin in thy sight wherefore deare father setting a part al my own pretensed merits as insufficient to purchase thy fauor I come vnto thée in the name of thy beloued son Iesus Christ who is made vnto vs holinesse righteousnesse santification and redemption most humblie beseeching thee for his precious bloud shedding and for his bitter death and passion to haue mercy vpon me pardon and forgiue me all my sinnes and wickednes both original actuall of thoughts words workes and déedes of presumption of frailtie of ignorance and of knowledge or how soeuer els committed against thy souereigne maiestie euer since I was born Good father blot them out of thy remembrance hide them in the bloudie wundes of thy sonne wash them away in the streames of his bloud Accept his holinesse for my holinesse his righteousnesse for my righteousnesse and his precious bloud as a full recampence satisfaction and propitiation for al my sinnes And as I craue pardon for al my sinnes past so I beséech thee for thy great mercies sake in Iesus Christ giue me grace power and strength to resist sinne hereafter with al occasions meanes wayes and allurements leading therevnto And because oh Lord without faith nothing can please thée giue me I beséech thée a true perfect and a iustifying faith without the which no man shall sée thy blessed face Strengthen this faith in mee for euer to the end in the end graÌ„t me thy holie spirit trulie to repent and most heartilie to sorrow for the multitude and heynousnesse of my transgressions Worke in me also good father an inwarde hatred lothing and detestation vnto sume that I walking before thée with vprightnes of hart may after the dissolution of this my earthlie tabernacle inherit eternall glorie in the heauens thorow the merits of thy sonne Christ Iesus Amen A confession of our sinnes to Christ Iesus our sauiour with desireof forgiuenes OH swéete Iesus oh most glorious Iesus sonne of the eternall God whorainest into this world to take away the heauie burthen of them that were laden to seeke them that were lost and to call sinners to repentance to giue life to the faithfull and to be a mediatour betweene God and man I a poore and miserable sinner lamenting my sinne from the bottom of my hart most entirelie beséech thée for thy infinite mercies sake according to thy accustomed woont to pardon and forgiue me all mine offences sinnes and wickednesse of what na ' ture or kind or how manie or grieuous soeuer they be and to be my mediatour and aduocate to God thy father to appease his wrath to satisfie his iustice and to reconcile me into his fauour againe Regenerate renue and sanctfie my heart swéete Iesus with thy holie spirite the spirit of truth that I
sundry degrées states of men in this life amongst them all hast appointed me to bee a seruant giue mee grace I beseech thee to serue in my vocation faithfullie and to obey willinglie in all things not repugnant to thy blessed will not with ete seruice as studying to please men but with all sinceritie and singlenesse of heart as séeking to glorifie thée being thorowlie perswaded that in seruing them I serue thée and of thee shall receiue my reward Giue me grace to demeanour my selfe faithfullis iustlie and truelie towards all men in all things and not to inrich my selfe by picking stealing imbezaling purloyning or conueying anie thing from anie man by any sinister practise whatsoeuer but so to behaue my self towards all men as there may be no fault found in me that thy name maybe glorified my saluation in Christ Iesus sealed vp vnto me Graunt this O Lord for thy mercies sake Amen A praier to obtaine the grace and fauour of God I Confesse and acknowledge O Lord my God that albeit a man doe around with all transitorie pleasures and vaine delights that this world can afford yet if hee want thy grace and fauour all is vain vanitie and vexation of minde he remaineth neuerthelesse the bondslaue and vassall of Sathan yea all his pleasure is but a swéet poyson and all his riches nothing but beggerie it selfe Powre downe therfore most merciful father thy heauenly grace into our hearts and extend thy gracious fauour and loue towardes vs that we may bee thorowlie perswaded by the suggestion of thy holie spirite of the singuler good will and fatherlie care which thou hast ouer vs. Make vs O Lord to loue thée aboue all things and our brethren for thy sake Banish farâ— from vs all hatred rancour and malice and ingraffe in our heartes godlie feare and reuerence to thy holie name Kéepe vs from all carnall securitie and worldlie delights and chaine vs vnto thée by the linkes of thy loue Finallie graunt that wee abandoning the world with all deceytfull pleasures and vaine detectations of â—lesh and blood maie in thy good time come to those euerlasting ioies which thou hast promised to them that loue thée thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A praier to God for a quiet conscience THe wicked and vngodly O lord are like vnto a tempestuous raging and to ming sea which is neuer calme neuer silent nor neuer at rest but continuallie boiling and foming wheras on the contrarie side such good Lord as loue thée beléeue in thée obediently walke before thee haue all ioie all peace and all tranquillitie of conscience which is the greatest iewell and the incomparablest treasure in the world Giue me therefore holie father a ioyfull mind a quiet and merrie conscience with a full and resolute perswasion of the accomplishment and performance of all thy gracious promises made vnto me in Christ Iesus in thy good time Graunt good Lord that I may so behaue my selfe in this peruerse and crooked world that I maie haue the testimonie of a good conscience in al my actions that I being frée from the accusations of Sathan my ancient and deadlie enimie from the vaine allurements of the world from the filthie incitations of the flesh and from the heauie curse and malediction of the law may be made thy elected childe in Christ Iesus and may final lie inherite euerlasting life thorow the merits and death of thy sonne who died for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification to whom be all glorie praise and thankesgiuing for euer A praier for a true and liuely faith FOr as much most mercifull father as whithout faith nothing can please thée séeme it neuer so holie good commendable or beaufull to the eie of the world I beséech thée to breath instill into my heart soule mind by the inspiration of thy blessed spirite this most excellent gift of faith working by charitie O Lord giue me no weake wauering cold or faint faith such as the very deuils themselues haue who beléeue tremble as thy blessed Apostle berreth record but giue vnto me a true perfect liuelie and iustifying faith such a faith O Lord as may beléeue thée to bee the onelie true God and him whome thou hast sent Iesus Christ with the holiespirit our comforter and teacher yea such a faith as maie bring forth good works in full measure to the glorie of thy most blessed name to whome be rendered all praise and thankes for euer Amen A praier for loue and charitie HOlie father we are taught by thy blessed word that loue and charitie from a pure heart a good conscience faith vnfained are the cognizances and badges whereby thy children are discerned and knowen from the prophane people of the world I beséech thée therfore holie and blessed father giue me this Christian badge of loue and charitie that I may loue thée my Lord God with all my heart soule and mind my neighbour as my selfe and all thy creatures for thy sake that at the great audite when all flesh shall appeare before thy tribunall seate I maie be knowen discerned by this thy cognizance and badge from the wicked and reprobate and being numbred amongst thy saints and holie ones maie be receyued into the kingdom of heauen there to rest with thée for euer through Iesus Christ our onelie Sauiour and redéemer A praier against pride and for humilitie WE are taâ—ght by thy blessed worde most holie Father that euerie good gift and euerie perfect gift commeth from thée the father of light and that we haue nothing which we haue not receyued remoue farre from me therefore good lord all pride arrogancie and hautinesse of minde and ingraffe in my heart true humilitie that I may not onlie acknowledge thée to be the authour of all good thinges yea goodnesse it selfe but also may rest thankfull vnto thée for them may so vse them as may be to the glorie of thy grèat magnificent name and the profite of my brethren Withdraw from me all loue of this world and giue mee grace that I may reioise in nothing but in thée alone knowing that all things in this life are nothing but vanitie and vexation of minde and that to loue and beleeue in thée is the onelie true life and felicitie of soule bodie To thée therefore with thy deare sonne Iesus Christ and the holie spirite be all prayse and thankesgiuing for euer Amen A praier for a good name THou hast commaunded good Lord in thy sacred word that those that professe thy name should be holie as thou art holie and should so frame their liues as the very enimies of thy truth may haue no sust cause to speake euil of them giue me grace therfore oh blessed father so to order my life after the rule of thy word as I may giue no man iust occasion to speake euill of me Graunt that whereas it hath pleased thée in mercie to bestow vpon me the name
maie procéed and go forward from vertue to vertue from grace to grace from holinesse to holinesse vntil I ariue in the kingdome of heauen the most quiet and happie hauen and port of all peace thorow the merits of thy bloud A fruitfull praier to God the holie Ghost OH most glorious spirite of the most high god who being true euerlasting God with God the father and God the sonne proceedest from them both who also by thy heauenly inspiration and breathing dost quicken them that before were dead in sâ— comfortest them that were comfortles inlightnest them that were ignorant bringest â—tp the way of truth all such as haue erred and are decey ued and plentifullie enrichest them with vnspeakable graces that pray vnto thée in the name mediation of Iesus Christ. Purifie my hart with the fire of thy loue â—ortifie in mee whatsoeuer is not thine garnish my mind with all heauenlie and spirituall treasures that I may bée a most beautiful temple for thy blessed maiestie to dwell in to lead me into all truth oh thou euerlasting spirite oâ— euerlasting truth and suffer me not to bee caried about with euerie blast of strange doctrine but alwaies to remaine and abide in that doctrine whereof thou onelie art the authour Inarme my soule against the poysoued suggestions craftie temptations of the denill against the vaine pleasures and deceiuable delights of this life and against the filâ—hie lusts of this my cankred flesh that I being indued and replenished with thy holie breath may doe that which is pleasant and acceptable vnto thée to whom bee all honour glorie and thankesgiuing for euer Amen A Praier for the Queenes Maiestie WE render all prayse and thanks to thée oh king of all kings and gouernour of all things for that in the multitude of thy mercies thou hast vouchedsafe to place ouer vs thy little flock so godly vertuous a guide so gracious wise a princes as the worlde neuer had her péere And we humblie pray thée holie father with thy fauourable countenance to beholde the same thy seruant our souereigne Ladie and gouernesse And so sanctifie her heart with the grace of thy holie spirte that shee maie bend all her studie and indenour to that setting forth of thy glorie that maintenance of thy holie religion the aduauncement of true vertue and godlines the supplanting of vice and commoditie of this her maiesties common wheaâ—e vnder thee kindle in her a feruent zeale of thy glory and a vehement desire to establish whatsoeuer is defectiue or waÌ„teth in this thy Church vineyard in England for the true sincere discipline gouernment of thy church coÌ„mon welth Saue and defend her from al forreigne power authoritie from all traitterous conspiracies plots and practises either of papists Atheists or any other sectaries whatsoener Giue her godlie wise religious counsailers such as may respect onlie thy glorie that her maiestie ruling acording to thy wil they counselling according to the inspiration of thy holy spirit and we her subiects faithfully obeying may altogether in the end receiue the incorruptible crowne of eternall glorie in the heauenlie Hierusalem thorow Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A praier to be said of all such as be maiestrates and rulers in the common wealth FOrasmuch as it hath pleased théeoh eternall God ruler of all kinges and kingdoms to constitute and appoint me though altogither vnworthie to be a ruler and gouernour of thy people vnder my soueraigne I be séech thee giue me grace so to exâ—cute my office and minister iustice in the common wealth that I maie please thée in all things iniurie no man oppresse no man damnifie no man neither in bodie nor in goods but by thy gracious working may iudge iustly neither fauoring the rich nor mightie for desire of gifts nor yet dispising the poore for want of rewardes that I seeking thy glorie the aduauncement of thy holie word and Gospell and the common benefite of all men may be found acceptable vnto thee in thy beloued and may heare that swéete haruest sung well good seruant thou hast béene faithfull in small thinges of this life which are but vanities and trifles to the things in the life to come enter into the ioy of the Lord. Oh Lord let it be so for Iesus Christ his sake Amen A praier for the increase of faith O Almightie God and louing Father in Iesus Christ by whose holie worde wee are taught that without faith it is vnpossible to please thée vouchsafe therefore most merciâ—ull Lord God to plant in my heart and mind a true perfect and a iustifying faith that I may certenlie knowe thee the onelie true God and him whome thou hast sent Iesus Christ with the holie spirite our comforter sanctifier regenerator instructer and teacher Increase this fayth in me O Lord daylie more and more that it may growe vp to full perfection accompanied with good workes without the which no man shall sée thy glorie Banish faâ—re from me sweet father all infidelitie incredulitie all mistrust and distrust all dobting and wauering in stead whereof plant in my heart a constant hope with a carefull kéeping of all thy commaundements that I doing that which is good and acceptable before thee may be glorified of thée in the end in the kingdome of heauen thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. A praier against the deuill the world and the flesh MOst mercifull father I a poore wretched and miserable sinner humblie beséech thée to send me froÌ„ thy holy heuens both power and strength to resist and withstand al the assaults firie darts and subtle temptations of the deuill who like a roring Lion goeth about séeking to deuoure me Giue me also thy holy spirit with grace and strength to resist all the raging lusts and filthy concupiscenses of the flesh with all the vanities of this wicked world that being by thy onelie helpe acquitted and fréed srom the force and violence of these all other my mortall enimies may serue thée in holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of my lifâ— thorow Christ our Lord. A praier for Gods direction in all things which we take in hand OH Lorde my God I doe acknowledge and fréelie confesse my owne great blindnesse and ignorance and the wilfull obstinacie of my corrupt nature which séeketh rather to fulfill the â—tasies deuises of my owne braine then the motions of thy holie spirite and rather to vse humaine help then to craue thy diuine ayde Wherfore holie father vouch safe I beséech thée to establish in my heart godlie feare with most sincere obedience to thy holie ordinaÌ„ces statutes and lawes And for that without thy blessing nothing can prosper or come to good effect blesse al the works of my hands all my labours actions and affaires which I shall take in hand in thy holy name according to thy will for the necessaire maintenance of my poore estate Grant me good issue and good successe in them for the