seruaunts as may be most expedient for them graunting vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life enerlasting Amen ij Corinth xiij THe grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the loue of God and the fellowshippe of the holy ghost be with vs all euermore Amen Euening Prayer The Antheme REmember not O Lorde mine offences nor the offences of my forefathers neyther take thou vengeance of my sinnes spare me good Lord whome thou haste redemed wyth thy most precious bloud and be not angrye wyth me for euer ¶ The fyrst Psalme at Euening Prayer AGainst thee O Lorde against thee haue I sinned done wyckedly before thee and thou seest also that mine iniquitie is great Behold good Lorde I am solde vnder sinne and in my fleshe I fynde not that which is good Comforte therefore O Lorde the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto thee doe I lift vp my heart and minde Do thou shew on me thy mercy O Lorde and graunt vnto me thy saluation Earely in the morning doe I cry vnto thee bicause of thy righteous iudgements and mercy For thou Lorde arte good and gracious and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee Giue lyghte vnto mine eyes O Lorde for I haue slept to long in death and my sinnes haue preuayled againste mee He that liueth O Lorde he that liueth shall prayse thee and shall make thy mercy knowen In thy Tabernacle O Lorde wyll I dwell for euer and my defence and couering shalt be vnder thy wings Glory be to the Father c. ¶ The seconde Psalme LOrde deliuer mee from among the wycked that I maye gyue thankes to thy holye name and make my boast of thy prayse Make all nations whome thou haste made to reioyce and worship thee that they may prayse and glorifie thy name Now teache thou me O Lorde that I may walke in thy truth and knit my heart vnto thee that I maye feare thy name O Lorde fourne thee vnto me and haue mercy vpon me giue thy strength vnto me and succour mee Praysed be thy name O Lorde my God for thou hast set thy glorye aboue all the Heauens Quicken my soule O God and all the powers thereof that it may cleaue fast and be ioyned to thee in ioyful gladnesse of Ghostly rauishings Regarde O Lorde the Prayer of thy seruant and hyde not thy face from me in the time of my trouble Shewe some good token vppon me that they that hate me may see it and be ashamed bycause thou Lorde hast holpen and comforted me Thou Lorde art good and gracious and of great mercy vnto all them which call vpon thee Vnto thee therefore O Lorde wyll I perfourme my vowes I wyll giue thee thanks both nowe and euermore worlde without ende Amen The Antheme SAue me good Lorde waking and keepe me sleeping that I may wake in Christ and rest in Peace The Versicle Blessed be the name of the Lorde The Aunswere From this time forth for euermore The Collect. O Lorde God I beseeche thee to lighten my darkenesse and deliuer me from all y e daungers of this night O mercifull Lorde thorowe thy Sonne Iesus Christ who liueth and raigneth with thee in vnitie of the holye Ghoste world without ende Amen The Antheme O Lorde graunt me thy lyght that I being deliuered from the darkenesse of sinne may come to the verye eeight which is Christ The Versicle Lord heare my Prayer The Aunswere And let my crye come vnto thee The Collect. LIghten my darkenesse I besech thee O Lorde and by thy great mercye defende me from all the perils and daungers of this night that after my sleepe I maye safely awake to the prayse and glorye of thy name thorowe Christe thy Sonne our Lorde Sauiour Amen The Prayer O Merciful God and Heauenly Father whether I sleepe or wake liue or die I am alwayes thine Wherfore I besech thee hartily that thou wylte vouchsafe to take charge and care of me not to suffer me to perish in the works of darknesse but to kindle y e light of thy countenaunce in my heart y e thy Godly knowledge may dailye increase in me thorowe a right pure faith and that I maye alwayes be founde to walke and lyue after thy wil and pleasure thorow Iesu Christ our Lorde Sauiour Amen A Prayer for the Queene O Heauenly Father God almighty whose Kingdome is euerlasting power infinite which of thy good nesse haste vouchsaued to restore vnto vs of the Englishe nation the lyght of thy holye Gospell by thy chosen seruant and Minister Elizabeth our moste gracious soueraigne Lady I beseech thee O good Lorde so to rule hir heart that she knowing thy will may alwayes incline to doe the same effectually And graunt that we hir Subiects duely considering hir Regall auctoritye and power which thou hast giuen hir maye truely and faythfully serue honoure and humbly obey hir in thee and for thee according as thou haste commaunded vs in thy blessed and holy Worde thorowe Iesus Christ oure Lorde to whom wyth thee and the Holy Ghost be all honor and glory for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Psalme and Prayer against the Enimies of the Catholike Church ARise O Lorde and stretch forth thine hande the Heathen are fallen into thine heritage thy holy Temple haue they defyled wherin thou haste put thy name and made of it and heape of stones Beholde the dead bodyes of thy seruants haue they giuen to the Foules of the ayre to be deuoured and the bones of thy Sainctes haue they consumed with fyre Cruellye haue they on euery syde shead like water the bloud of thy Faithfull and haue despised to bury them Deceytfullye haue they crept into thine habitation and wyth scorne and derision haue they O Lorde spoken against thee Euen in the middest of thy Temple haue they O Lorde blasphemed thy name and haue not ceassed to doe wickedly Forget not I beseche thee O Lord howe cruelly thys wycked people haue deuoured Iacob thy chosen and layde waste thy dwelling place Giue glorye therefore to thy name O God euerlasting and let the vengeaunce of thy seruants bloud which is shead be openly shewed vpon the wycked in our sight that we thy people and sheepe of thy pasture may ioyfully saye blessed be our God Iehoua for euer and euer Amen The Uersicle Lorde vtterly destroy thine enimye The Aunswere Which hath polluted thy Sanctuarye The Prayer DEliuer thou vs O Lorde frō these vngodly and stiffenecked persons for thou seest that in their heartes they ymagine mischiefe and haue pleasure to eate vp and deuour thy chosen Their tongues be more sharp than the sting of Adders and vnder their lyppes lurketh poyson But O mercifull Lord let vs not fal into their hands least they handle vs after their owne luste Looke downe from Heauen thy habitatiō we beseche thee on thy dispearsed sheepe and strengthen our weakenesse against their furious rages Abate their pride asswage
Worlde with all the vaine pompe pleasure and beauty thereof that it may be vnto mee as vile dust fylthynesse and ashes that I maye vse it as though I vsed it not and that it may serue mee I not it that I may take my part therof vnto my necessity y t I do not vse thy creatures voluptuously but y t I may alwayes liue in this short lyfe righteously soberly iustly Amen REmember not O Lord the number of my sinnes but according to the multitude of thy mercies deliuer mee from the paynes due for them Graunt this O Father for thy deare sonne Iesus Christs sake Amen TEach me good Lord to number my dayes that I maye applye my heart to learne thy Wysedome and so strengthen me with thy Spirite that I swarue not from thy lawe Amen DOe not wyth me O lorde as I haue deserued but call to remembraunce for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake thy tēder mercies which haue bene euer of olde and cast me not from thee in thy heauy displeasure leaste I be consumed and brought to noughte Amen VNto thee O thou God of my comfort I wretched Sinner doe come crauing of thee thy mercy Encline therefore thine Eare vnto my calling O Lorde and consyder the requeste of my hearte for Iesus Christes sake Amen DEare Father to whome it is more easie to doe all things than for me to thincke any one good thoughte giue power vnto thy seruaunt that I may with a strong fayth vanquish and subdue whatsoeuer may cause me to rebell agaynst thy blessed wyll Amen LOrde graunt vnto me thy seruaunt the strength of thy holye Spirite to subdue the body of Sinne with the whole lusts therof that it may be made obedient in wyl and minde to thy lawes Amen EUery one that sayth Lorde Lorde shall not enter the kingdome of heauen Strengthen therfore O Lord thy seruant with the power of thy right hand agaynst all the malignitie of the olde wylie serpent replenish my heart with thy wisedome comforte my soule with thy sweet promises made in Christ Iesu and let thy mercies couer mine infirmities Amen YN all these my Meditations O Lorde let thine eares be open that thou maist heare the prayers which I thy seruāt haue made before thee this daye And graunt that I may alwayes aske of thee in such sorte as y u requirest to the honor praise glory of thy name to the furtherance of thy Worde to the profit of my neighbor and to my consolation and comfort thorow Iesu Christe my Sauiour and Redeemer Amen ¶ The second Psalme of thankes giuing after Aduersitie AFter that I had long looked for thee O Lorde at the laste thou dyddest attende vnto mee and heardest my Prayers Blessed art thou Lorde which haste not holden back thy mercy from thy seruant but hast taken mee out of the lake of miseries and set my féete vppon a rocke and made my steppes sure Conioyne thy selfe O God vnto my soule make it strong least mine Enimies ouercome mee and the companies of Tirannes ouerwhelme me Dominion power glorye be thine for thou haste made all things and bycause thy will is so they doe styll continue Euen thou O Lorde haste done many thinges wonderfull and great and there is none that can bee lyke ▪ vnto thee in thy workes For thou helpest them whose heartes be broken with sorrow and bearest vp with thy hande them that be contrite in Spirite Go not from me O thou God of mercy for thou art my sure refuge and the strength of my hope Haue thou in remembraunce O Lord the rebuke that thy seruant hath bene put to and how furiously my enimies haue persecuted me I haue tasted and felt of thy swéetenesse truely blessed is that man that trusteth in thee Keepe thy mercy for mee O Lorde my strength and my prayse thou haste brought downe mine Enimies which art a Iudge from the beginning Lorde there shall no good thing ▪ bee lacking to them that seeke thee and they ▪ that feare thee shall not be helplesse My soule therefore shall neuer ceasse to speake of thy righteousnesse of thy benefites which be so many that I cannot number them No man may helpe me O Lorde but thou who hast brought my soule out of Hell and haste holpen me vp from falling into the deepe from whence no mā retourneth O Lorde thus haste thou reuenged the wrongs that mine enimies haue done to me thus hast thou bene my cōforte in the time of my trouble and haste bene mercifull vnto me Put away from me O Lorde that which is euill for thou arte holye saue thy seruant which euer hath trusted in thee Quicken me in thy righteousnesse and so shal I triumph and reioyce in thy mercy for that thou haste looked vppon my necessyties and haste regarded my soule in my great distresse Remember Lorde that thou of thy own wil minde diddest giue strength vnto my soule but when thou hyddest thy face from me I was astonished Sende forth therefore O Lorde thy light and thy truth and they shall leade me vnto thy holy Hill and into thy holye Tabernacle Then shall I haue ioy for the dayes wherein I was in sorowe and shall reioyce that thou hast remembred the rebuke that thy seruaunt hath bene put to Verely I was afrayde that thou O Lorde haddest caste me out of thy presēce yet it hath pleased thee to heare my Prayers and according to thy great mercy haste taken me agayne vnto thy grace and fauour Wherefore O Lorde thy name be blessed praysed magnified both nowe and euer as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be world wythout ende Amen The Prayer I Giue thee thanks O God almightye which not alonely hast deliuered mee from many dangerous perilles troubles of Enimies but also haste endued me with the gyftes of nature as reason power and strength and with all other needefull things thou haste possest mee I acknowledge therefore O Lord and confesse with the Apostle that these are thy gyftes and that there is no perfect and good gift but it commeth from thee O Father almighty which giuest frelye and casteth no man in the teeth I acknowledge wyth the Prophets also that Gold is thine and Syluer is shyne and thou gyuest it to whome it pleaseth thee Wherefore my moste mercyfull God I humbly besech and desire of thee that the encrease of these thy gyfts draw mee not from thee but that thou wylte frame in me with thy holy Spirite a true and faythfull heart and ready hand to good workes that I laye not vp treasure here where Theeues may rob and Mothes corrupte but in thy Heauenly Kingdome where neyther Theefe may steale nor Moth corrupte Graunte this deare Father for thy sweete Sonne Iesus Christes sake ▪ Amen ¶ The thirde Psalme of Confidence and truste in God ALthough O God neuer so strong Enimies shall pytche their Tentes agaynst mee my heart shall not be afrayde for
my Sauiour and my Christ for thy names sake Amen After the Communion fay thus O Lorde Iesu Christ which hast vouched safe Spirituallye to giue vnto mee in these holy mysteries thy bodye and bloud mortifye whatsoeuer is euil in mee and garnishe mee wyth thy merites and vertues that thou mayst delyte to abide and dwel in mee Renue my spirite my soule and my body with thy excellent grace that I may be made lyke vnto thy holy humanitie frame me after thine owne hearts desyre knit me vnto thee moste neerely that I maye be chaunged altogither into thee And graunt that I may doe nothing speake nothing nor desire nothing but that which maye be acceptable vnto thee which arte my God my Sauiour and Redemer to whome with the Father holy Ghost be all honor and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ The fift Psalme for the Remission of Sinnes ALmighty God Lorde of Lordes great and dreadfull is thy name which by thy Worde haste made Heauen and Earth and all things contayned in them All things be vnder thy dominion and rule both man and beast and all other liuing creatures and thou haste mercy on whome thou wylte and haste compassion on whome it pleaseth thee Against thee holye Father against thee haue I sinned done euill I haue bene an offender euen from my cradell and since I sucked my Mothers brests I haue not seased to do euill But what am I Lorde that I dare speake to thee I am thy poore creature and a worme most abiect Beholde Lorde I haue nought and of my selfe I am nought thou art onely good righteous and holye thou orderest all things thou giuest all things thou fulfillest all things with goodnesse Beholde I am thine O righteous Father and one of them whome thy onely deare Sonne hath redemed and of thee which arte iudge of all men I aske mercye Cast not away O Lorde a contrite and penitent heart humbly calling vpon thee but turne the eyes of thy mercy towardes me and forgiue me the sinnes of my youth Cast not thy dartes at me nor laye not thy heauy hande vpō me O Lord for I haue borne thine anger a longe while and of the Cuppe of thy displeasure haue I dronke very deepe Cast me not away from thy presence neither take thou thy holye spirite from mee but giue me the comforte of thy helpe and stablishe me in thy truthe Destroye mee not O mercifull Father bicause of mine iniquitie but be thou mercifull vnto mee for thy Sonne Iesus Christes sake Destroye me not vtterlye nor leaue me in my sinnes for thou art a God full of mercye and verye gratious to them which trust in thee Dailye sorrowe ouercommeth mee and sadnesse possesseth my heart I looke for a time of health but my griefe continueth still Enter not Lorde into iudgement wyth thy Seruaunt for if thou accuse me I shall neuer be quite and if thou marke my sinne and iniquitie no man shall deliuer me Excepte thou helpe me of thy goodnesse and mercye howe maye I which haue offended thee be raysed vp from my sinnes Euen of thee therefore O holy Father which arte the God of mercye I wretched sinner doe aske mercy and for the glorye of thy name be no longer angrye wyth mee For as thou arte God so arte thou gratious and mercifull and pacientlye sufferest sinners and wouldest that no man shoulde perishe but that all men should turne to penaunce For albeit y t no man is able to beare the punnishment which thou dost threaten against Sinners yet thy mercye which thou haste promised is great and vnsearcheable Forgiue for thy name sake O Lord Almightye all my sinnes and put oute of thy sight all mine offences Giue me a newe heart and take frō me al wicked desires that I may euermore knowe what thing is acceptable in thy sight Giue light O Lorde to mine eyes that I sleepe not in death and then my sinnes shall not preuayle against me Graunt me holye Father y t I may euer desire and wyll that which is most pleasaunt and acceptable in thy sight and that I haue no desire to will or not to wyll but as thou wilt Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the begin c. The Uersicle Cut Lorde my sacke of sorow in peeces The Aunswere And clothe me with gladnesse The Prayer ALmighty and most mercifull Father I wretched sinner moste humbly beseeche thee that thou of thy goodnesse wylte not remember the offences of my youthe but that according to the greatnesse of thy mercye thou wylt turne fro mee the payne that I haue iustlye deserued for synne and that by thy grace I maye while I am in thys vale of miserye euermore be renued in the spirite of my mynde that a pure lyfe maye alwayes appeare in me Amen ¶ The sixt Psalme wherein he desireth to be hearde of God HOw long O Lord shall my minde be troubled wyth paynefull sorrowes and heauye thoughtes howe long shall carefull cares torment my heart How long O God wylt thou reiect my prayers which dailye I poure out before thee wylt thou Lorde heare mee at no time or wilt thou now ceasse to shew mercy Haste thou O Lorde cast me awaye for euer or wylte thou neuer hereafter be pleased wyth mee Thy hande is not weakened but it maye helpe and thine rares be not stopped that they refuse to heare I beseche thee O righteous father for Iesus Christes sake that y e sighings and inwarde desires of my heart maye moue and encline thee to heare mee I haue ben an vntrue and frowarde childe to thee I haue not feared thee nor shewed due reuerence vnto thee but haue bene euer disobedient stubbourne against thee I am in prison and bound in fetters of sorrowe tyll thou with thy gratyous presence vouchsafe to visite me bring me againe to liberty and ioye Keepe thy mercy therefore for me alwayes O Lorde and the couenaunte which thou haste made with me let it be surely perfourmed Kepe me Lord frō sinne and I shall then dread neyther death nor Hell and as thou alwayes hast bene mercifull to penitent sinners so nowe good Lorde forgiue my sinnes Kepe my heart in thee and then shall I reioyce in thy mercy for that thou hast looked on me and hast regarded my soule in my great distresse Let me neuer hereafter goe awaye from thy wayes nor leaue me not now in the depenesse of my troubles Loe nowe be the dayes of health and grace nowe is the accepted time for in death who shall remēber thee O Lord or in Hell who shall prayse thee Lorde beholde therefore my weakenesse and fraylenesse best knowen vnto thee and looke downe from Heauen vppon the sorowe and heauinesse of me thy poore creature My lyfe is as it were in the middest of fierce Lions whose teeth are like vnto speares and the sharpenesse of them lyke vnto the sting of Scorpions Mollifie my hearte O Lorde
thee O thou God of the Heauens the maker of the waters and Lorde of al Creatures heare me a most wretched sinner calling on thee take 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mee all my sinnes and make stedfast my fayth and confidence in thy mercifull promises that I putting my trust in them maye haue as y u hast promised euerlasting lyfe thorow Christe Iesus thy Sonne our Lorde Amen An other Prayer OLorde and heauenly Father plant in mee true obedience to thy holye lawes and to my Soueraigne and Gracions Ladye Queene Elizabeth whom thou hast set to raigne ouer mee And lette not the cares of this worlde deceiue mee Keepe me also good Lords from all vncleane desires and graunt mee thy grace to walke before thee all the dayes of thys my Pilgrimage with good conscience and pure minde that when thou shalte appeare to rewarde euerye man according to his deedes I may receiue at thy hand the rewarde of one that hath not bene ashamed of thee in this life O Lorde increase my fayth increase my loue increase in me a sure hope of my saluation O Lorde my Sauiour increase strength in mee to ouercome sinne to stande against all temptations let thy holy Aungell alwayes keepe conduct me y t I may euermore be thankefull vnto thee in Christ Iesu our Lorde to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honor and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ Here followeth the Letanie with certaine other Godly Prayers O God the Father of Heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Father of Heauen haue mercie vpon vs miserable Sinners O God the Sonne Redeemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs iniserable Sinners O God the holy Ghost proceding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Holye Ghost proceding from c. O Holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persones and one God haue mercye vpon vs miserable sinners O Holy blessed and glorious Trinitie c. Remember not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neyther take thou vengeaunce of oure sinnes spare vs good Lord spare y e people whōe thou hast redemed w t thy moste precious bloud be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euill and mischiefe from sinne from the craftes and assaultes of the diuell from thy wrath and from euerlasting dampnation Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindenesse of heart from pride vainglory and hipocrisie from enuy hatred and malice al vncharitablenesse Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadlye sinne and from all the deceytes of the world the fleshe and the Diuell Good Lorde deliuer vs. From lightning tempest frō plague pestilence and famine from battaile and murther and from sodayne death Good Lorde deliuer vs. From all sediction and priuie conspiracy from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundement Good Lorde deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holye natiuitie circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lorde deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweate by thy Crosse and Passion by thy precious death and buryall by thy glorious resurrection and ascention and by the comming of the holy Ghost Good Lorde deliuer vs. In all time of oure tribulation in all time of our welth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good Lorde deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lorde God and that it maye please thee to rule and gouerne thy holy church vniuersally in the right way We beseeche thee to heare vs good Lorde That it maye please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of lyfe thy Seruant Elizabeth our moste gracious Queene and gouernour We beseeche thee to heare vs good Lorde That it may please theé to rule hir heart in thy fayth feare and loue and that she may eucrmore haue affyaunce in thee euer seeke thy honor and glory We beseeh thee to heare vs good Lord ▪ That it may please thee to be hir defender and keper giuing hir the victorie ouer all hir enimies We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Byshops Pastours and ministers of the Church wyth true knowledge vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their preaching and liuing they may set it forth and shewe it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue y e Lordes of the Counsayle all the Nobility with grace wisedome vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse kepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute iustice and to maintainetruth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse kepe all thy people We besech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue to al nations ▪ vnitie peace and concorde We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to giue vs an heart to loue dread thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to al thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word to receiue it w t pure affection to bring forth y e fruites of y e spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as haue erred and are deceyued We beesech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stand and to comfort helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fal and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comfort all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulation We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sick persones and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpō all prisoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children widowes al that be desolate oppressed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercye vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue oure enimies persecuters and sclaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our vse the kindely fruits of the earthe so as in due time we may enioye them We besech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may
please thee to giue ▪ vs true repentance to forgeue vs al our synnes negligences ignorances to endue vs with y e grace of thy holy spirite to amend our liues according to thy holy worde We beseeche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sōne of god we besech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God ▪ we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art in c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Versicle O Lorde deale not wyth vs after oure synnes The Aunswere Neither reward vs after oure iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull Father that despiseste not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorowefull mercifully assyst our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs graciously heare vs that those euills which the crafte and subtilty of the diuell or man worketh agaynst vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that we thy seruaunts being hurt by no persecutiōs may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church thorow Iesu Christ our Lord. O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy name sake O God we haue heard with oure eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thht thou didst in their dayes and in the olde time before them O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine honour Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shall be world without ende Amē From our enimies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifullye beholde the sorrowes of oure heartes Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauourablye wyth mercye heare oure Prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Lorde Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpō vs. The Aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs Praye WE humbly beseeche thee O Father mercifullye to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glorie of thy names sake tourne from vs all those euils that we most righteously haue deserued and graunt that in all our troubles we may put oure whole truste and confidence in thy mercye and euermore serue thee in holinesse purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory thorowe oure onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A Prayer for the Queene O Lorde Iesu Christ most high most mighty God euerlasting King of Kings Lorde of Lordes the onely ruler of Princes the very sonne of God on whose right hande sitting doest from thy throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth wyth most lowely heart I beseeche thee vouchsafe wyth fauourable regarde to beholde our moste gratious soueraigne Ladye Queene Elizabeth and so replenishe hir wyth the grace of thy holy spirite that she alwaye may encline to thy will and walke in thy way kepe hir farre of from ignoraunce thorowe thy gift let prudence knowledge alway abounde in hir royal heart so instruct hir O Lorde raygning vppon vs in earth that hir humaine Maiestie alwaye obey thy Diuine Maiestie in feare and dread Indue hir plentifully wyth Heauenly gyftes Graunt hir in health and wealth long to liue Heape glorye and honour vpon hir Glad hir with the ioy of thy countenaunce So strengthen hir that shee maye vanquishe and ouercome all hir enimies and be dreade and feared of them and finallye after thys lyfe I beseech thee good Lorde that shee may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicity where thou raignest God with the Father and the holy Ghost Amen A Prayer to be sayde in the time of extreme Sicknesse O Lorde Iesu which arte the onelye health of all men liuing and the euerlasting lyfe of thē which dye in thy fayth I wretched Sinner giue and submit my selfe wholly vnto thy blessed wyll And I being sure that the thing cannot perishe which is committed vnto the mercye willingly therefore beseeche thee moste mercifull Lorde Iesu Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule agaynst all temptations and that thou wylte couer and defende mee wyth the buckler of thy mercy against all the assaultes of the Diuell I see and acknowledge that there is in my selfe no hope of saluation but all my hope confidence trust is in thy mercye I haue no merits nor good works which I may alledge before thee of sinnes and euill workes alas O Lorde I see a great heape but yet thorowe thy mercy I trust to be in the number of them that shall be saued to whome thou wylt not impute their sinnes but take them to euerlasting lyfe Thou Lorde wast borne for my sake thou diddest suffer hunger and thirst for my sake thou diddest praye and fast for my sake finally thou diddest all good workes and deedes for my sake and gauest thy moste precious bodye to dye thy bloud to be shead on the crosse for my sake Now therefore moste mercifull Sauiour let all these good things profit mee which thou freely hast giuen me that hast giuen thy selfe for mee Let thy bloud washe and cleanse awaye the spottes fowlenesse of my sinnes let thy righteousnesse hide and couer mine vnrighteousnesse let the merits of thy passion and bloud be the satisfaction for my sinnes Giue me O Lorde thy grace that my fayth and saluation in thy bloud wauer not in me but euer to be firme and constant that the hope of thy mercy neuer decay in me that charitye waxe not colde in me finally that the weakenesse of my fleshe be not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt also mercifull father that when Death hath shut vp the eyes of my body yet that the eyes of my soule may still beholde and looke vpon thee that when death hath taken away the vse of my tong and speache yet that my heart may crye and saye vnto thee O Lorde into thy handes I giue and commit my Soule and wyth thy holye Martir Steuen beholding thee in my soule may say Lorde Iesu receiue my soule vnto thee which liuest and raignest God euerlasting with the Father and Holy Ghost Amen ¶ A Prayer of Chrisostome ALmighty God which haste giuen vs grace at this time wyth one accorde to make oure common supplications vnto thee and doeste promise that when two or three be gathered togyther in thy name thou wylte graunt their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desires and peticions of thy