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
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
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
may be moued with pitie towardes those whom we seé oppressed with the Vse a little wine for thy stomack 1. Tim. 5 Woe vnto them that 〈◊〉 vp early c. Esay 1. Measure in vvine comforteth Excesse vvalketh vvantonly same aduersities O most milde and mercifull Christ we beseéch theé brethe vpon vs the spirit of thy meékenes and goodnes that like as thy pitying of vs made theé to indure most bitter death and torments for vs so our pitying of our neighbors may lead vs to succour them to our power Amen Another WHere Charitie and Loue are there is the congregatioÌ„ of the Sayntes There is neither wrath nor disdayne but stedfast charitie for euer Therfore graunt vs O Lord God that we may loue one another vnfaynedly for where loue is there art thou and he that loueth his brother is born of thee and dwelleth in thee and thou in him And where brethren doe glorifie Sobriety watcheth her mouth Voluptuousnesse â—yoteth Let vs which are of the day be sober 1. Thess. 5. For it is suffycient for vs c. 1. Pet. 4. thee with one accord there doest thou poure out thy blessing vpon them Loue vs therefore O Lord and shead thy loue into our hartes that we may loue thee and our bretheren in thee and for thee as all children to thee through Iesus Christ Amen ⧠A Prayer for the afflicted and persequuted vnder the tiranny of Antichrist O Mercifull Father who neuer doest forsake such as put their trust in theé stretch forth thy mighty arme to the defence of our brethren by the rage of enemies persequuted and greéuously tormented in sundry places for the true profession of thy holy Gospell who in their extreém necessitie cry for comfort vnto theé Let not thy long suffering O Lord Whose apparailing let not be c. 1. Pet. 3· The steps of a strange woman c. Prouerb 5. Chastitie is secrete and clean Vncleanes is like a Goate be an occasion either to increase the tyranny of thy enemies or to discourage thy children but with speéde O lord consider their great miseries and afflictions Preuent the cruell deuise of Haman Stay the rage of Holophernes Breake the counsell of Achitophell Let not the wicked say Where is now their God Let thy afflicted flock feéle present ayde and releéfe from theé O Lord look down vpon them with thy pitifull eye from thy holy habitation send terror and trembling among their enemies make an end of their outragious tiranny beate back their boldnes in suppressing thy truth in destroying thy true seruants in defacing thy glory and in setting vp Antichrist Let them not thus proudly aduaunce themselues against theé and thy Christ but let them vnderstand and feéle that against theé PerseueraÌ„ce â—ndureth to the end Reuolting a Sow in the mire If they continue grounded in faith 1. Tim. 2. He that endureth to the end shal be saued Mat. 10 they fight Preserue and defend the vine which thy right hand hath planted and let all nations seé the glory of thine annoynted Amen * A Prayer for our bretheren that are in aduersitie MOst gratious and merciful sauiour we finde by experience almost euery minute of an houre that this life of oures is fraughted with aduersities which grow vnto euery of vs either out of the sinfulnes of the flesh or of ech mannes own folly or of other mennes spitefulnes Besides this other mennes misfortunes are both an increase and an example of our own For we seé by them that the like may befall vs and brotherly charity compelleth vs to be sory for them In respect wherof thou also hast commaunded vs to weépe with them Charitie feedeth the hungry I was an hungry and ye gaue me meate Mat. 25. If thine enemy hunger feede him Prouer. 25 â–ª that weépe and to mourn with theÌ„ that mourn and to be like minded one towards another as members all of one body Thou therfore O mercifull Redeémer which hast borne our infirmities harken to the prayers which we poure out before theé for the releéfe of our bretherens aduersities increase not our sorrowes by the sorrowes of our frends Rid them out of their miseries that they may the more quietly set their minds vpoÌ„ theé we through thy gratious goodnesse be discharged of no small peéce of our heauines Or if it be not expedient either for them or vs for thou only knowest what is expedient for euery man at least wise giue them power of minde and strength of bâ—dy to bear their sore crosses the easilyer so as neither their bodies may be vnable to abide and indure the paines nor their harts quayle vnder the grief Charitie geueth drinke to the thirsty I thirsted and you gaue me drink Mat. 25. The Niggard witholdeth drinke from the thirsty Esay 32. wherby they might be dryuen to doe say or thinke any thing which thou mightest mislike of or which might turne to their own hurt through impatience or dispayre Amen ⧠A Prayer for them that be in pouertie THey that are snarled and intangled in the extreém penury of things neédfull for the body cannot set their minds vpoÌ„ theé O Lord as they ought to doe but when they be disapoynted of the thinges which they doe so mightely desire their harts are cast down and quaile for excesse of grief Haue pitie vpon them therfore O mercifull father and releéue their misery through thine incredible riches that by thy remouing of their vrgent necessitie they may rise vp vnto theé in minde Thou O Lord prouidest inough for all men Charitie harboâ—eth strangers I was a stranger ye lodgeed me Mat. 25. I haue not suffered a stranger to lye without Iob. 31. with thy most liberall and bountifull hand but wheras thy gifts are in respect of thy goodnes freé fauor made common to all men we through our naughtines nigardship and distrust doe make them priuate and peculiar Correct thou the thing which our iniquity hath put out of order let thy goodnes supply that which our niggardlynes hath plucked away Geue thou meate to the hungry and drinke to the thirsty Comfort thou the sorrowfull Cheére thou vp the dismayd StreÌ„gthen thou the weake Deliuer thou them that are prisoners And geue thou hope and courage to them that are out of hart O Father of all mercy haue compassion of so great misery O Fountain of all good thinges and of all blessednes wash thou away these so sundry so manifold so great miseries of oures Charitie clotheth the naked I was naked ye clothed me Mat. 25 If a brother or Sister be naked or destitute Iames. 2. with one drop of the water of thy mercy for thine only Sonne our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christes sake Amen * A Prayer to be sayd for our Euilwillers MOst mercifull Redeémer thou hast commaunded vs to pray for them both which wish vs euill and as much as in them lyeth doe worke vs euill and that hast thou done not only in
dryuen by thy commaundement and trusting to thy promyses I pray They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleaâ—ened bread c. Math. 26 Iudas sayd Come let vs sell him to the Ismalites c. Gen. 37 So Ioseph was brought down into Egypt and Potipher c. Gen. 30 vnto thee in the name of my Lotd with all the godly vpon earth saying as he hath taught vs Our Father which art in heauen c. * A Prayer to God the Father The foolish virgines came also sayng Lord Lord c. Math. 25. The great Dragon that old serpent was cast out c. 〈◊〉 12. Iesus knowing all thinges that should come went forth and said vnto them â—home seeke ye They answered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I 〈◊〉 he Iudas also c. Iohn 18. And because we haue diuers hard incouÌ„ters to indure against the world the deuill his ministers and the flesh which we beare about vs we beseéch theé euen with sighes that thy kingdome may come That like as in heauen all thinges submit them selues to thy maiesty with trembling so also thy Spirite may raign in our harts making vs to acknowledge theé the king of all kinges then the which nothing can be either greater or better They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister Now on the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread c. Math. 26 Ioab tooke â—bâ—er aside peaceably and smote him vnder the ribbe that he dâ—â—d c. 2. Sam. â— Simon to redeme Ionathan sendeth mony and the children to Triphon c. 1. Macha 13. When 〈◊〉 the father of Chanaan saw the nakednes of his father he told his two brethren c Gen. 10 〈◊〉 is mocked of little children crying vnto him Come vp thou baldhead c. â— â—eg 2. 〈…〉 Christ 〈◊〉 his face â—nd buâ—feted him 〈◊〉 Prophecy â—â—to vs O Christ who is he that smote thee Peter sate without in the hall and a maid c Math. 26. The meat that geueth life in deéde is the knowledge of theé by thy holy Scriptures the grace of thy spirit whereby we grow vp in theé through dayly increase of vertue in the inner man vntill we be fully men growen according to the full measure of thine only begotten sonne Iesus christ By thy word thou begatest vs when we were nothing by the same hast thou be gotten vs agayn vnhappely borne of Adam and by the same doest thou feéde and cherish vs now agayn begotten For that is the heauenly bread that is the new wine wherwith all the blessed spirites are continually and happely fed which dwelling in thy house doe prayse theé for euer and euer 〈◊〉 let Barrabas lose vnto theÌ„â—nd scourged Iesus and deliuered him to be crucified Then the souldiours of the gouernour toke Iesus in to the common hall c. Math. 27. The plowers plowed vpon my backe and furrowes long did cast c. Psal. 131. Sathan smote Iob with sore voyles froÌ„ the sole of his foot c. Iob. 2. When thou â–ª art done all thy duety stere downe that thou mayst receue a crown c. Eccle. 22. 〈◊〉 sayd vnto Dauid who art thou that criest to the king c. 1 Sam. 26 And the souldiâ—rs plattâ—â—â—owne oâ— thorne â—pon his â—ead an 〈◊〉 in his 〈…〉 and bowed their knees before â—im and mocked â—im saying God 〈◊〉 c. Math. 2 â–ª * Another in Iesus Christ our Redeemer by S. August Pilate toke water and washed hys handes before the multitude saying I am innocent of the death of this iust man looke you to it Then answered all the people c. Math. 27. Iezabell sent a messenger vnto Helias saying The Gods do so to me c. 3. Reg. 19. Then the king commaunded and they brought Daniell and cast c. Dan. 6. I Call vpon thee O God I cal vpon thee because thou art nigh to all them that call vpon thee in truth Thou art the truth teach me I besech thee in thy mercy O holy truth teach me to call vpoÌ„ thee in truth For how I should so doe I know not Teach me therefore I most humbly beseech thee O most blessed truth For wisdome without thee is folishnes to know thee is perfect knowledge Instruct me with thy diuine wisdome teach me thy Lawes For I beleeue that he is most happy who is instructed by thee and taught thy law I haue a desire to call vpon thee which I pray thee that I may doe in verity What is it to call vpon truth in truth but to call vpon the Father in the Sonne Truly most holy Father thy word is the truth and the beginning of thy Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offring and layd it vpon Isaac his sonne c. Gene. 22. 〈…〉 was there gathering sticks â–ª and Eliah called her and said c. 〈…〉 And Iesus bare his crosse and came into a place named Golgotha where they cruciâ—â—ed him and 〈◊〉 other with him 〈…〉 side one and Iesus in the midst of them c. Iohn â—â— word is truth For this is the beginning of thy word that thy word was in the beginning In the beginning it selfe I worship thee O thou principall beginning in the very word of truth I cry to thee most perfect truth In the which O thou the very same truth teach and direct me For what is sweeter then to call vpon the Father in the name of his only begotten Then to moue the father to compassion by mention of his sonne Then to pacifie the king by name of his welbeloued child For by this meanes the offender is released from pryson the captiue set at liberty By this meanes they that haue receaued the sorrowfull sentence of death are wont to purchase not only pardon but vnhoped fauour if they pleade the loue of the welbeloued Sonne By this meanes seruants that And when they were come to the place which is called Caluarie there they crucified him and the euil doers one on the right hand and the other on the left c. Luke 23. Tubulraim wrought 〈◊〉 euery craft of brasse and iron c. Gen. 4. Esay the prophet was cut in the midst with a saw and fasted on a tree c. doe trespasse escape their masters punishment when his louing Sonne is their Intercessor Euen so O almighty Father I pray thee for the loue of thy omnipotent Sonne draw my soul out of pryson that it may confesse vnto thy name Deliuer me from the chaynes of sin I beseech thee by thy coeternall and only Sonne and most mercifully restore me to life by the mediation of thy most pretious sonne sitting at thy right hand For what other Intercessor I should appoint I know not but him who is the propitiation for our sinnes who sitteth at thy right
hand pleading for vs Behold my Aduocat with thee O God the father Behold the chief Bishop who nedeth no other bloudy expiatioÌ„ for that he shineth imbrued with his own bloud Behold the holy welplesing Sacrifice With the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man c Gen. 2. The Lord said to Moses thou shalt smite the rock and water c Exo. 17 One of the souldiours with a speare pearced his side forthwith ran there out bloud and water And he that saw it bare record and his recorde is true And he that c. Iohn 19. offered vp and receaued in al sweetnes Behold the immaculate Lamb which lay still before the shearers who being buffeted spit at and opprobriously rayled at opened not his mouth Behold he who sinned not toke our sinnes vpon him and with his stripes healed our infirmities ⧠A Prayer to God the Sonne O Lord Iesu Christ the maker and redemer of mankind which hast sayd that thou art the way the truth and the life the way by doctrin precepts and examples the truth in promises and the life in reward I beseéch theé for thine vnspekable loues sake where through thou hast vouchsafed to imploy thy selfe wholy in the sauing of vs Suffer me not at any time to stray from theé which art the way Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane lâ—nnen câ—oth and laâ—d it in his new tombe which he had hewen out euen in the rock 〈◊〉 rolled a great â—one to the dore c. Math. 27. Assone as the sâ—â—ne was downe Iosuâ— commaundeth that theâ— c. Iosu. 8 Then they arose and went all night and tokâ— the body c. 1. Sam. 1â— nor to distrust thy promyses which art the truth and performest whatsoeuer thou promysest nor to rest in any other thing then theé which art the way beyond which there is nothing to be desired neither in heauen nor in earth By theé we haue learned the sure and redy way to true saluation to the inteÌ„t we should not wander any longer vp and down in the mazes of this world Thou hast taught vs throughly what to beleue what to doe what to hope and wherin to rest We haue learned of theé how vngratiously we be borne of the first Adam We haue learned of theé that there is no hope of saluation but by beleéfe in theé and that thou art the only light which shineth before vs all as we iorney through the wildernes of this world through the night of our own harts from the darcknes of Egipt to that blessed land which thou hast promysed When Ioseph was come to his brethren they stripâ— him c. Gen. 37. So they toke vp Ionas and cast him into the sea and the sea c. Ionas He layd it in a tomb 〈◊〉 out of a rocke wherin was neuer man yet layd And that day was the â—reparing of the Saboth the Saboth â—râ—e on The women that folowed after c. Luke 23. to the meéke and to such as follow the footsteps of thy mildnesse For in vs there was nothing but deép darcknes in so much that we could nether seé our own wretchednes nor where to seéke remedy for it But thou vouchsafing to come down into the earth to take our nature vpon theé of purpose to driue away the mist of our ignoraunce with the light of thy doctrine and to direct our feéte into the way of peace by thy precepts and hast paued vs the way to immortality by thy example and of abushy and rough way made vs a playn and smooth way by treading it out with thine own footsteps Thus art thou which canst no skill of error become our way wherein to the intent we should not faint thy goodnes hath vouchsafed to stay vs vp with many great and sure promyses For who can tire when he remeÌ„breth that For feare of him the kepers were astonied became as dead men But the Angell sayd to the women Feare not for I know you seeke Iesus which was crucified c. Math. 2â— Samson arose at midnight and toke the dores c. Iâ—dicum 16 And the Lord spake vnto the fish and it cast out Ionas c. Ionas 2. if he walk in thy footsteps the inherytance of the heauenly life is prepared for him Therfore it is thy will that hope should be as a sure staffe to holde vs vp as long as we be in this iorney And thy goodnesse was not contented with that but forasmuch as thou knoest the weaknes of our flesh thou refreshest our strength from time to time with the comfort of thy Spirit to the intent we may come running cherefully vnto theé And as thou being become our way puttest aside all cause of straying so being the truth puttest away al cause of distrust finally being become our life thou giuest vs grace to be dead here vnto sin to liue through thy spirit wh c quickneth all things vntill that in the resurrection when all mortalitie shall be rid quite and clean away we shall liue with theé and in theé for euer at which time God shall be all in all The king said vnto Daniell O Daniel the seruaunt c. Daniel 6. When I had past a litle from them then I found him c â–ª Cant. â— Iesus appâ—aâ—ed first to Mary Magdalenâ— out of whom he had â—ast 〈…〉 she went and told them that had bene with him which mourned c. Mar. 1â— For it is euerlasting life to know the Father the Sonne the holy Ghost to be the one true God whom we seé now by faith but as through a glasse and in a riddle but as then we shall behold his glory at hand and be transformed into the same Image And therefore I beseéch theé ô most mercifull Sauiour increase thy seruants faith that I may neuer stagger in thy heauenly doctrine increase mine obedience that I may neuer swarue from thy commaundements and increase my constancy that walking in thy steps I may neither be intised with Sathans allurementes nor discouraged with his terriblenes but hold out to the death in theé which art the true way increase my faith that trusting to thy promyses I may neuer faint in the indeuour of godlines but forget the things that I haue left behind me and go alwayes Iesus said to Thomas put thâ— finger here and see my hands and put forth thy hand and put it into my side and be not faythlesse c. Iohn 20. And Iacob called the name of the place Pâ—inâ—ll c. Gen. 32. 〈◊〉 aunswered he Lord be with vs why then c. Iud. 6. forward to more perfection Increase thy grace in me that being dead euery day more then other in my selfe I may be aliue and led by thy Spirite fearing nothing but theé then whom nothing is more amiable glorying in nothing but only in theé who art the true glory of all the saints coueting nothing but theé who art of all things the
subiects 〈◊〉 is the king of the Iewes that reâ—orne â–ª for we haue â—ene his starre in the â—ast and are come to â—orship him â—heâ— Herode the king â—eard this he was â—roubled all Ieruâ—alem c. Math. â— Abner said to Dauid make couenant with me and be hold mine hand shal be with thee c. â— Sam. â— The Queen of Saba bring gifts to Ierusalem to Salomon with a very great trayâ—e c. 3. â—eg· 10. O Lord our good God thou hast set her vp to raigne ouer thy people geue vnto her thy handmaid and to al other princes thy seruants geue them wisdome and vnderstanding to iudge thy people and to discerne betweéne good and bad that they may not be vnprofitable and much lesse hurtfull in so holy a vocation God sayd to Moses sanctify vnto me all the first borne that open al maner matrices among the childreÌ„ c. Eâ—o 1â— Anâ—â— bare a sonne bâ—ought him into the house of â—he Lord in â—iloh and the child was young c. 1. Sam 1. 〈…〉 â—uriâ—â—cation after â—e 〈◊〉 of Moses â—ere accomplished 〈…〉 Iesus to Ierusalem to preseÌ„t him to the lord is it is written in the law of the lord Luke â— Also I pray vnto theé O Sauyour and father of truth for all those whom thou hast ordayned to be true Shepheards to thy faithfull and to whom thou hast coÌ„mitted the charge of mens soules and the dealing forth of thy holy gospell Guid them by thy holy spirite that they may be found faithfull and diligent in their holy vocation Arise and take the babe and his mother and flie into Egipt and be there till I bring thee word for Herode will seeke the babe to destroy him So he arose toke the babe his mother c Math. 2 Behold thy brother Esan is coÌ„forted against thee meaning to kill thee Gen. 27. Michaell spake vnto Dauid If thou saue not thy self this night to morrow c. â— Sa. 19. Let it please theé to make a general deliuerance and restitution of thy churches through the wholl world by sending forth laborers into thy haruest able and sufficient men to gather the poore stray sheépe together vnder the sheéphooke of the great shepherd of our soules thy sonne Iesus Christ. Moses cast the tables out of his handes and brake them in pâ—eces because of their idolatry c. Exo. 12 The Philistines â—nde Dagon fallen downe before the ark of the Lord c. 1. Sam. 5. He shall breake 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 Osc. 10. As touching their hearers vnto such as profes thy name already geue true perseuerance in faith charitie and all good works to the glory of thy name to the health of their own soules And as touching the residue which walk as yet in the vanity of their own mindes touch thou their harts and geue them inlightned eyes that all of them may yeald them selues to serue and please theé Finally ô God of all coÌ„fort I beseéch theé haue pitie vpon the miseries and afflictions of all thy creatures in generall of the nations whom thou visitest with pestilence war or famine of the persons whom thou smitest with pouerty imprisonment sicknes banishment or other thy rods whether it be in their bodies or in their mindes and specially of thy chosen that suffer for the testimony of thy gospell Herode caused all male children to bâ— sâ—aine that were in Bethlehem and in all the costes theroâ— from two yeare olde and vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently searched c Mar. 2. Sâ—ul sayd to Doeg â–ª 〈◊〉 thou and fall vpon the priestes and Doeg the Edomite turned c. 1. â—a 22 Athalâ—a seing her sonne to be dead destroyed all the kings seed But Iehosheba c. Reg. 11. 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 â—â—â—rael for they are dead which sought the babes life Then he arose and toke the babe c. Mat. â— * Another prayer for the church and all the states thereof by Iohn Foxe And Iesus when hâ— was baptised camâ— 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 hande vpon the sea c. Exodus 14. They cutte down a branch with one cluster of grapes and bears vpon c. Num. 13. Esau selleth his byrth â—â—ght for a mâ—sse of pottage c. Gen. 25. The woman seyng the tree to be pleasaunt tooke of the fruit c. Gen. 3. The tempter 〈◊〉 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. 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. 15. â— certayne man was diseased 38. yeâ—res when Iesus saw him lie and knew c. Iohn â— â–ª And in the 〈…〉 of the night Iesus went vnto them walking on the sea c. Math. 14. But here alack commeth another mischief as great or greater then the other For the Turk with his sword is not so cruell but the bishop of Rome on the other side is more fierce and bitter against vs stirring vp his bishops to burne vs his confederates to conspire our destruction setting kinges against their subiects and subiects disloyally to rebel against their princes and all for thy name He that is without fault let him cast the first stone c. Iohn â— Iesus seyng their fayth sayd to the sick of the paulsey sonne c. Math. 9. And he tooke the v. loaues and two fishes and looked vp to heauen and blessed and brake and gaue the loaues to his disciples and the disciples c. Math. 14. Amongest vs Englishmen here in England after so great stormes of persecution and cruell murther of so many martires it hath pleased thy grace to geue vs these Alcyon dayes which yet we inioy and beseéch thy mercifull goodnes stil they may continue Christ cried with a loud voyce Lazaruâ— come forth Then he that was dead came forth â—ound hand â— foote with bandes and his face was bound with a napkin Iesus said vnto them c. Iohn 11. Helâ—as stretched himselfe vpon the childe and the Lord heard the voyce of Helâ—as c. â— Reg. 17. Heâ—â—â—ens comming into the house and behold the childe was dead and he stretched c. 4. Reg. 4. Abraham said Lord if I
and came into a place named Golâ—â—otha where theâ— crucified him 〈…〉 therwith 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 the most of 〈◊〉 c. â—ohn 1â— Abraham tooke the wood of â—he burnt offring â–ª and layd â—t vpon Isaac his sonne c. 〈◊〉 â—â— Behoâ—d the wiâ—ow was there gathering sticks â–ª and Eliah called her and said c. 〈…〉 cry of thy whole church being in peril Behold how many thousaÌ„d meÌ„ cry out Lord saue vs or els we perish The tempest hath ouercome all cunning of man nay rather we seé that the indeuour of such as goe about to helpe it doth turne to the contrary There neédeth thy voyce O Lord Iesu say no more but tempest be still and by and by the wished calmenes will shew it selfe The Lord would haue spared the innumerable thousands of wicked people that were in Sodome and Gomorra if he could haue fouÌ„â— but ten righteous among them all Now there are many thousands which loue the glory of thy name and which long to behold the beauty of thy house and wilt thou not at their intreatance release thine anger and remember thy old mercies wilt thou not through thy heauenlye cunning turne our foolishnes to thine Tubultaâ—â— wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and iron c. Gen. 4. Esay the prophet was cut in the midst with a saw and tasted on a tree c. And when they were come to the 〈◊〉 which 〈…〉 Caluaâ—â—e there they crucified him and the euil do 〈◊〉 one on the right hand and the other on the left c. Luke 23. own glory wilt thou not turn the wicked folkes euill doinges to the benefit of thy church for thy mercy is wont to be then redyest at hand when things are so far past recouery as no strength or policie of man can help them Thou being the only author and maintayner of peace art only he that maketh thinges at one though they be neuer so much at oddes Thou didst dispose the olde Chaos wherein the seédes of al things lay confused and turmoyling among them selues without any order or comlynesse and by wonderfull order knit the thinges together in euerlastinge league which striue together by nature But how much more shamefull a Chaos is it where ther is no loue no faith no keéping of couenants no reuerence of lawes no awe of such as are in authoritie no consent of opinions but euery man singes his own song as One of the souldiours with a speare pearced his side â–ª â— forthwith ran there out bloud and water And he that saw it bare record and his recordâ— is true And he that c. Iohn 10. With the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man c Gen. 2. The Lord said to Moses thou shalt smite the rock and water c Exo. 17 in a black sanctus Among the compasses of the Skyes there is no disagreément the Elements doe keép euery one his place and euery of them execâ—â—â—eth his own office And wilt thou suffer thy spouse for whose sake all things are created to goe to wrack by continuall discord Wilt thou suffer wicked spirits the authors of discord to execute tiranny in thy kingdome vnpunished Wilt thou suffer that strong fellow whom thou hast once thrust out to get possession of thy tents agayne When thou dwelledst as a mortal maÌ„ among men the deuils fled away at thy voyce We beseéch theé O Lord send thy Spirite into the hartes of all them that profes thy honorable name to driue from them the wicked spirits which are the scholemasters of ryot couetousnes ambition lechery vengeance and discord and that I may Assone as the sunne was downe Iosue commaundeth that they c. Iosu. â— Then they arose and went all night and toke the body c. 1. Sam. 13 Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth and layd it in his new tombe which he had hewen out euen in the â—ock and rolled a great â—tone to the dore c. Math. 27. vse the prophets own wordes a cleane hart create in vs O God our king and renue thy holy Spirite in our bowels take not thy holy spirit from vs Geue vs againe the gladnes of thy saluatioÌ„ and strengtheÌ„ thy spouse and thy spouses shepheards with a principall spirite By this spirit hast thou set things in heauen and earth at one by this spirite hast thou assembled and knit so many tongues so many nations and so many sundry sorts of men into the one body of thy church which cleaueth vnto theé her head by the same spirit If it may please theé to renue him in all mennes harts these outward calamities wil by and by cease or if they cease not yet shall they at least wise turne to the behoofe of them that loue theé Set this confusion in order O Lord and let thy spirit spread forth it selfe vpon the waters of wauering opinions He layd it in a tomb â—ewen out of a rocke wherin was neuer man yet layd And that day was the preparing of the Saboth the Saboth drue on The women that folowed after c. Luke 23. â—hen Ioseph was come to his brethren they stript â—im c. Gen. 37. So they tâ—ke vp Jonas and â—ast him into the sea and the sea c. Ionas And forasmuch as thy spirit which according to the saying of the prophet contayneth all thinges hath also the knowledge of the voyce in him graunt that as all which dwell in thy house haue but one law one baptisme one God one hope one spirit so also there may be but one voyce among all them that professe thy catholick truth At thy going vp into heauen thou after the maner of such as triumph diddest scatter abroad diuers rewards from aboue geue giftes vnto men bestow sundry presents of thy spirite among them Renue now again thine old bouÌ„teousnes from aboue geue the same thinges to the Church now drooping which thou gauest to her at her first florishing forth Geue vnto her Princes the awe of theé that they may so gouern the common weale as though they should shortly yeald an account of euery The wepeth continually in the night and her teares c. Lamen 1. Call me not Naomi but call me Mara for the lord hath geuen c. Ruth 1. â—here was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting ouer against the sepulchre The next day that followed the day of preparing the hie priestes and Pharises c. Math. 27. thing to theé the king of all kinges Geue them of the wisdome which is alwayes about thy throne that they may seé what is best to be done and perform it in their deédes Geue vnto the shepheards whom thou hast vouchsafed to put in thy roomth the gift of prophesy that they may interprete the misticall scriptures not by mannes reason but by thy inspiration Geue them the threéfold charity which thou diddest demaund of Peter when thou gauest him charge to feéde thy flock Geue them the loue of
reioyce me the vnitie c. Ecclesâ—asticus 25. The 〈◊〉 of the proud is bloudshed Ecclesi 27. Loue nourisheth with ioy Herod murthereth infants Christian sousdior harnised Hell Temptation ouercome Put on the whole armore c. Ephe. 6. Stand â—ast in the faith c. 1. Cor. 16. Wisedome is better then gold Sardanapalus an imprudent king Geue vnto vs also which are subiects thankefull harts to thee faithfull to her in thee and charitable towards all men that all which liue vnder her gouernmeÌ„t Counsellers Ministers and euery other in their place and calling may be throughly sactified in holines to liue before thee VnderstaÌ„ding reacheth the heauen Ignorance is as a beast Vnderstanding is a welspring of life c. Prouerb 16 Be ye not like horse and Mule. which c. Psalme 32. ⧠A Prayer for the Ministers of Gods word LEt thy Priestes O Lord be clothed with righteousnes and let thy Saints reioyce Poure out thy spirite of wisdome and vnderstanding vpon the Ministers of thy word that they may know the misteries of thy holye will. Geue them the gift of vtterance that they may set forth the aboundant riches of thy gospel Write thy lawes in their hartes and thy testimonies in their bowels that they may leade thy people into all truth rule thy church with discretion Make them good work Goe to the 〈◊〉 O thou Slouggard c. Prouerb 6. The Slouthfull man hideth his hand in his c. Prouerb 26. Industry gathereth reward Sloth bringeth sleep men faithfull shepherds and wise builders that they may mende the broken walles of Ierusalem feéde the flockes of thy sheépe with the bread and water of life husband thy vineyard dresse it in due season repair thy holy sanctuary and bring in the vessels dedicated to the seruice of the lord And finally shine with such light of holy and pure conuersation before men as they may edefie no les by example of life then by instruction of teaching To the intent that meÌ„ beholding their modesty meéknes sufferance patience and other vertues wherwith thou hast indued them to the benefite of thy Church may be wonne to thy gospell euen by the holynes of their conuersation and be compelled to confesse to the glory of thy name that thou doubtlesse liuest raignest workest and dwellest in them Amen Memory is a treasure house Obliuion is as a graue Wherfore I put you in remembrance c 2. Tim. 1. I am counted amoâ—g them that goe down c. Psal. 88. * A Prayer to be sayd for all Magistrates THey that are in authoritie ouer vs are as the helme in a ship as the eye in the body and as the mind in the soule and therfore thou O Lord hast commaunded vs to further them with our seruis or succor and our prayers For great is the profit that we receiue by good princes and magistrates and great is the harme which they doe being otherwise Wherefore it is to be wished that they might be good godly vertuous and nobleminded Besides this great is the burthen which they beare in gouerning well forasmuch as they must make an account therof vnto theé whereas we in the meane while are freé from that danger Unto theé therfore O Lord Iesu Christ do we make our supplications Dauid executed right and iustice c 2. King. 2. Thy princes are rebellious and companions c. Esay 1. Iustice â—udgeth rightly Tyranny oppresseth â—ight for them euen vnto theé which art the perfect pattern for all Rulers to follow and imitate as who being most singularly good and wise canst neither erre nor doe any thing amisse Graunt we beseech thee that all those whoÌ„ thou hast ordayned as Shepheards of thy sheép to rule thy people vnder theé and specially that our most gracious soueraine Lady Elizabeth and her most honorable Counsell together with all her Nobilitie Clergie inferior Magistrates and vnder Officers may be so inlightened with the brightnes of thy light so guided by the direction of thy spirite and so inflamed with the loue of theé and of thy people committed to their charge as they may in all cases espy the truth minister right equitie iustice with mercy alwayes hauing their eyes vpon theé to follow and execute the things which thou hast Strength shewed in the arme Holofernes slayne by Iudith He girdeth me with strength c Psalme â—8 He sayd he would burne vp c. Iudith 6. commaunded and not which they theÌ„selues list so as they drawing all together by one line according to the pattern which thou hast set before theÌ„ may wel and throughly performe their charge to thy glory and we obediently yealding our selues to their godly commaundements may leade a holy and quyet life vnder them likewise to the glory of thy name Amen ⧠A Prayer of Children for their Parents LOrd God whose will it is that next thy self we should yeald most honor to our fathers and mothers forasmuch as among the dueties of naturall loue it is not the least to sue vnto thy goodnes for the welfare of our Parents I beseéch theé preserue my Father and Mother with all their household Dauid tooke a good courage to him c. 1. Reg. 2. I desire that you faynt not c. Ephe. 3. Courage is bould in Christ. Cowardice faynteth in tryall first in the loue of thy Religion and next in safety from all incumberance and greéfe both of body minde And vnto me graunt that they may not haue any trouble by my meanes And finally that I may inioy the fauor of them they the fauor of theé which art the soueraign father of all Amen ⧠A Prayer for charitie or loue towards our neighbours LOrd inlighten and instruct our mindes that we may esteéme euery thing as it is worth yet not make the lesse reckning of theé sith nothing can be made better then thou And secondly let vs make account of man then whom there is nothing more excelleÌ„t among the things of this world Make vs to loue him next theé either as likest our selues or as thy child and therfore our brother or as one ordayned Temperance watcheth and bridleth Intemperance ouercommeth the hart A wholesome sleepe commeth of c. Eccle. 31. For tables are so full of vomit c. Esay 28 to be a member of one selfe same Countrey with vs. And cause vs also euen here to resemble the heuenly kingdome through mutuall loue where all hatred is quite banished and all is full of loue and coÌ„sequently ful of ioy and gladnes AmeÌ„ Another SOften our harts O Lord that we may be moued no lesse at the necessities and greéfes of our neighboures then if they concerned our selues or the cases that touched vs nearest and let vs think them to befall euen to our dearest frends Let vs pitie them as our selues and in their common aduersitie let vs also communicate with theÌ„ by compassion that as we would haue pitied our selues for the like cause so we
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