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A perfume against the noysome pestilence prescribed by Moses vnto Aaron. Num. 16. 46. Written by Roger Fenton, preacher of Grayes Inne.
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Fenton, Roger, 1565-1616.
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deliuered from all euill Deliuer vs from euill both spirituall and temporall that wee may serue thee not as seruants but with that freedome of spirite which becommeth thy adopted children But especiallie deliuer vs from that great euill the Deuill the archeenimie to thee and thy Church in whose kingdome and power all euill is included These thinges graunt vnto vs O gracious Sauiour not for ought in vs but for thy owne For thine is thy kingdom c. names sake for hereby thy kingdome shall be enlarged thy power manifested and thy name gloryfied wherevnto with hart and voyce we most willinglie subscribe saying Amen A Prayer to be said by those whose houses be infected GRATIous God whoe in Christ Iesus art the Father of mercies and God of all consolation Wee thy poore creatures nowe humbled vnder thy mightie hand in soule and bodie entirelye desire thy Fatherlye goodnesse to pardon and forgiue vs all our sinnes which haue so poysoned and infected our soules as the contagion thereof hath euen zeased vpon the outward man Cleanse and washe vs wee beseech thee in the blood of the Lambe that the sting of death neuer haue power ouer vs vnto a second death Confirme and strengthen vs in the faith of thy sonne against all the temptations of Sathan comfort vs in thy promises against the force of death perfect our repentance in the due examination of our selues and assure our consciences by the testimonie of thy spirite that whether wee liue or dye wee shall bee thine As it is thy propertie alwayes to haue mercie so haue thy mercies euer-more then shined moste gloriouslye when wee stand in greatest need of them which thing of all others hath been the greatest comfort to thy children in their greatest distresse that though they haue walked through the vallyes of the shadowe of death yet they haue feared no euill because thou hast euer beene with them yea thy rodde and thy staffe hath then beene moste readye for to comforte them Deare Father now is the time yea the time is come wherein wee long for mercie death is at the doore in the house it compasseth vs round wee walke in the vallie of the shaddowe of death Giue vs grace that wee feare no euill for death is but a shaddowe the strength and substance of it is taken awaye in the death of thy Sonne the sting is lost in the wounds of our blessed Sauiour it may scare vs a little but cannot hurt vs. And though wee bee compassed in that wee come not foorth though wee bee shutte vp from our neighbours and depriued of all earthly comforte yet bee thou present with vs by thy blessed spirite and wee shall not be desolate for thou Lorde alone shall make vs dwell in safetie Open therefore our eyes of faith that we may discerne a greater force of spirituall souldiers with vs then against vs. Let thine Angels guarde vs in this miserable life from all euill vntill they carrie our soules into thy fatherlye bosome Heauenly Father who hast made vs preserue vs for thou art a faithfull Creatour who delightest not in destroying the worke of thine owne hands Sweete IESVS thou sonne of the Father who hast redeemed vs keepe vs for thou hast deerely bought vs. Holye spirite of comforte that hast taken such paines with vs dwell in vs vnto the end and in the end Blessed Trinitie Father Sonne and Holy-ghost who haue created redeemed and preserued vs thus farre leaue vs not at the laste gaspe but heare our cryes receiue our prayers eyther to the restoring of vs in this life to the glorifying of thy name amongst men or if it bee thy pleasure to the receiuing of vs into thy euerlasting habitations These things and what-so-euer else may stande with thy good pleasure and our comforte wee begge them at thy hands O eternall Deitie not onelye in the name and mediation of IESVS CHRIST because wee are vnworthye to offer anye thing in our owne names but also because our prayers are vnperfect and earthlie wee come in his very wordes and prescript forme of Prayer who is best acquainted with the stile of heauen and with whose name and prayer and wordes thou must needes be well pleased Our Father which art in heauen Hallowed be thy name c. FINIS