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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01648	Gerards prayers; or, a daylie practice of pietie: divided into foure parts. 1 of Confession of sinnes. 2 of Thanksgiving, for benefits. 3 of Petitions for our selues 4 of Supplicatio[n]s for our neighbours. Written (originally) in the Latine tongue, by Iohn Gerard; Doctor in Divinitie, and Superintendent of Heldeburg. Translated and revised by Ralph Winterton, Fellow of Kinges Colledge in Cambridge. Wherevnto is added a morning and euening prayer, for a familie; Exercitum pietatis quotidianum quadripartitum. English	Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636.	1638 (1638)	STC 11781; ESTC S113839	40,224	118

daylie falls and slips HOlie God and just Iudge There is no man innocent in thy sight no man free from the spote of sinne And I am bereaved of that glorie which I should bring with mee to judgement I am stripped of that garment of innocencie with which I ought to appeare arrayed before thee Seaven tymes yea and oftener everie houre I fall seaventie tymes seaven tymes I sinne everie day The spirit indeede is sometymes readie but the flesh is alwayes weake The inward man flowrisheth and is strong but the outward man languisheth and is weake For I doe not the good that I would but the evill that I would not How often doe vaine wicked and impious cogitations aryse in my heart How often doe vaine vnprofitable and hurtfull wordes breake foorth How often doe perverse wicked and vngodlie actions pollute mee All my righteousnesse is as the cloath of a menstruous woman Therefore I dare not pleade for my righteousnesse before thee But I humblie prostrate my selfe before thy most just tripunall and out of the deeps doe I cry vnto thee Lord if thou shalt decree to impute sinne who shall abyde it If thou wilt enter into judgement who shall stand If thou wilt call me to appeare according to the severity of thy justice how shall I come before thee If thou wilt exact a strict account of my lyfe I shall not bee able to answere thee one for a thousand Therefore my mouth is stopt and I acknowledge before thee that I haue deserved eternall torments and withall I confesse with teares that thou mayest justlie cast mee into prison for ever Therefore for these daylie sinnes of my lyfe I offer vnto thee holie Father the most precious blood of thy Sonne which was poured foorth on the altar of the crosse which washeth me from all my sinnes My sinnes which leade mee captiue are manie in number and most powerfull But the ransome of thy Sonne is much more precious and of more efficacie Let that most perfect plenarie and holie pryce payed by Christ obtayne for mee remission of sinnes Amen PRAYER IV. Hee examineth our lyfe according to the rule of the first table of the Commandements HOlie God and just Iudge Thou gavest vnto vs thy Law in mount Sinay and thou wouldst haue it to be the rule of all our actions words and thoughts That whatsoever is not squared by it should in thy judgement bee accounted sinne As often as I looke vpon that most cleare glasse I perceaue mine owne filthinesse and tremble everie part of mee I ought to loue thee O my God aboue all thinges But how often doe I loue the world and forget the loue of thee I am bound to feare thee O my God aboue all things But how often doe I consent to sinne and let thy feare slip out of my memorie Thou requirest that I should trust in thee O my God aboue all things But how often in adversitie doeth my soule waver and anxiouslie and carefullie doubt of thy fatherlie goodnesse I am bound to obey thee O my God with all my heart But how often doeth my refractarie flesh resist the resolution of obedience and leade mee captiue into the prison of sinne My cogitations ought to bee holie my desires pure and holie But how often is the quyet state of my mynde troubled with vaine and impious cogitations I ought to call vpon thee O God with all my heart But how often doth my minde wander in prayer and doeth anxioustie doubt whether her prayers be heard or no! How often am I remisse in prayer aud demisse in conceaving confidence How often doeth my tongue pray and yet I doe not worship thee in spirit and in trueth How profound oblivion of thy benefits doeth seize vpon mee Thou doest dayly poure thy benefits vpon me in a loving manner and yet I doe not daylie returne vnto thee thanksgiving How cold is my meditation of thy immense and infinite gifts bestowed vpon mee What slender devotion is there for the most part in my heart I vse thy gifts and yet I doe not prayse thee who art the giver I sticke in the rivers come not to the fountaine Thy word is the word of spirit lyfe But I through sinne and corruption haue destroyed the worke of thy holie Spirit within mee The sparks of a good resolution often inkindled I as often extinguish and yet I doe not sue to thee for increase of thy gifts For these and all other my sinnes and defaults I offer vnto thee O my God the most pure and perfect obedience of thy Sonne who loved thee in the dayes of his incarnation most perfectlie with his whole heart cleaved vnto thee most firmlie with all his soule in whose deeds words and thoughts there was found no blot of sinne nor spot of the least offence That which I want by faith I draw from his fulnesse Therefore for this thy wel-beloved Sonnes sake haue mercie LORD vpon thy servant Amen PRAYER V. Hee considereth our lyfe according to the rule of the second table of the commandements HOlie God and just Iudge It is thy eternall and immutable will that I should honour with due respect my Parents and the Magistrates But how often doe I thinke too meanlie of their authoritie How often doe I in heart refuse to obey them How often doe I traduce their infirmities O how often doe I omit by serious prayers to further their safetie I often cherish anger conceaved agaynst them whereas I ought with patience to submit my selfe vnto them Thy sacred will requireth that I should doe good to my neyghbour in all things to my power But how often doeth it irke mee to doe him good How doeth it goe against my stomacke to forgiue him How often am I solicited by my flesh to anger hatred envy and brawling how often doth the fire of my angrie heart burne within mee although contentious wordes bee not heard without Thy holie will requireth that I should liue chastlie modestlie and temperately But how often hath the loue of drunkennesse lust made my soule captiue to sinne How often doe fires of lust flame within mee although my outward members be restrained Hee that looketh vpon a woman to lust after her hath alreadie committed adulterie with her in his heart sayeth the Text How often therefore in the sight of GOD doe wee commit adulterie The inordinate and immoderate vse of meat drinke and wedlocke often stealeth vpon vs and maketh vs appeare guiltie before thee if thou wouldest enter into judgement with vs. Thy holie writ requireth that in bargaining I deceaue not my neighbour in anie sort but that I rather further and procure his good that I traduce not his faults but rather cover thē with the cloake of charitie and that I doe not censure him rashlie vnadvisedlie But how often doe I seeke mine own profite by injustice How often doe I spend my judgemēt

nature Receaue them into the everlasting tabernacles of the citie which is aboue whō thou hast vsed as thy instruments to conferre vpon mee so manie and so liberall benefits My heart propoundeth vnto thee the infallible promise of thy word that thou wilt of thy meere free grace recompence even a cup of colde water How much more then wilt thou bee liberall and bountifull to those that with full hand bestow benefits of all kyndes vpon those that want Let not thy graces cease to runne downe vpon them that poure foorth so plentifullie vpon others Let the fountayne of thy goodnesse alwayes spring vnto them from whom such plentifull rivers of liberalitie doe flow Grant I beseech thee most mercifull GOD that they which ●ow temporall thinges so liberallie may reape with much increase things spirituall Fill their soules with joy that feede the bodies of the poore with meat Let not the fruit of their bountie perish though they show it by bestowing of the goods that perish Giue vnto them that giue vnto others thou that art the giver of everie good gift blessed for ever Amen PRAYER VI. He prayeth for enemies and persecutors LORD Iesu Christ the onelie begoten Sonne of GOD that hast prescribed vs in thy word this rule of charitie Loue your enemies blesse them that curse you doe good to them that hate you pray for them that despitefullie vse you and persecute you I beseech thee who art most gracious and most readie to forgiue to forgiue myne enemies and the persecutours of the Church Giue vnto mee the grace of thy holie Spirit that I may not onelie forgiue myne enemies from myne heart but also pray for their health and salvation even from my soule Whet not against them the sword of severe revenge but anoynt their heads with the oyle of thy mercie and compassion Extinguish the sparks of hatred and anger that are in their hearts that they breake not foorth into the infernall flames of hell Let them know and acknowledge that Our lyfe is but a vapour and a smoake that soone vanisheth away that our bodie is but ashes dust that flyeth away that they beare not immortall anger in their mortall bodies nor entertayne into this brittle tabernacle of clay their soules enemie Let them know lykewyse that inveterate hatred is their greatest enemie because it killeth the soule and excludeth them from the participation of heavenlie lyfe Illumiminate their myndes that they beholding the glasse of thy divyne mercie may see the deformitie of anger and hatred Governe their wills that beeing moved by the example of thy divyne forgiuenesse they may leaue off and cease to bee angrie and to doe harme Grant vnto mee mercifull GOD that as much as in mee lyeth I may haue peace with all men and turne the hearts of myne enemies to brotherlie reconcilement Let vs walke with vnanimitie and concord in the way of this lyfe seeing that wee hope all for a place in our celestiall countrey Let vs not disagree vpon earth seeing that wee all desire to liue together heereafter in heaven Wee call vpon thee our Lord and our God which art in heaven And it is not meet for the servants of the same Lord to fall out one with another Wee are one mysticall bodie vnder Christ our head And it is base and shamefull for the members of the same bodie to fight one with another They which haue one fayth and one baptisme ought to haue one spirit and one mynde Neyther doe I pray alone for my private enemies but also for the publike enemies and persecutoures of the Church O thou which art trueth it selfe bring them into the way of trueth O thou which art power it selfe bring to nought their bloodie endeavours and attempts Let the brightnesse of thy heavenlie trueth open their blinde eyes that the raging madnesse and desire to persecute which they haue in their myndes may heereafter cease Let them know O LORD and acknowledge that it is not onelie a vaine thing but also verie dangerous to kicke against the prickes Why doe they imitate the furie of wolues when as they know that the bl●●● of Christ the immaculate Lambe●● as poured out for vs Why doe they thirst to shed that innocent blood for which they know that the blood of the verie Sonne of GOD was poured foorth vpon the altar of the crosse Convert them O LORD that they may bee converted vnto thee from their heart and so obtayne the fruit of their conversion in this life and in that which is to come Amen PRAYER VII Hee supplieateth for those that are afflicted and in miserie ALmightie eternall and mercifull GOD which art the Saviour of all men especiallie of the ●●ythfull and by the Apostle hast commanded vs to make prayers for all men I intreate thee for all those that are afflicted and in miserie that thou wouldest support them by the consolatiō of thy grace and succour them by the ayde of thy power Indue with power and strength fro● aboue those that labour and swe●● in the most grievous agonie of Satans tentations Make them partakers of thy victorie O Christ thou which didst most powerfullie overcome Satan Let the cooler of thy heavenlie comfort raise vp those whose bones are become dry with the fire of griefe and sorrow Beare vp all those that are readie to fall and raise vp those that are alreadie fallen Bee mercifull vnto those that are sicke and diseased and grant that the disease of the bodie may bee vnto them the medicine of the soule and the adversities of the flesh the remedies of the spirit Let them know that diseases are the handmaydes of sinne and the forerunners of death Giue vnto them the strength of fayth and patience O thou which art the most true Physician both of soule and bodie Restore them againe vnto their former health if it bee for the everlasting salvation of their soules Protect all those that are great with childe and those that bee in labour Thou art he that doest deliver children out of the straytes of their mothers wombe doest propagate mankinde by thy blessing be present with those that bee in labour O thou lover and giver of lyfe that they be not oppressed with an immoderate weyght of sorrows Nowrish those that are orphanes and destitute of all helpe and succour Defende the widows that are subject to the reproaches of all men thou which hast called thy selfe the Father of the fatherlesse and the Iudge and defender of the widows Let the teares of the widows which flow downe from their cheekes breake through the clowds and rest not vntill they come before thy throne Heare those that bee in danger by sea which cry to thee and sende vp their sighes vnto thee seeing before their eyes their neighbours suffer shipwracke Restore libertie vnto those that are captiue that with a thankfull heart they may sing of thy bountie Confirme those that suffer persecution