afraide of them for the Lord thy God is with thee Deu. 20. If you goe to warre against your enemies that vexe you you shall blow with the Trumpettes and you shall be remembred before the Lord your God to be saued from your enemies Num. 10. The Victory of the Battaile standeth not in the multitude of the hoast but the Strength and Triumph commeth from Heauen Macha 3. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart and that hath not lifted vp his mind to vanity nor sworn to deceiue his Neighbour he shall receiue the blessing from the Lorde and victorie of his enemies and righteousnesse from the God of his Saluation c. Psalm 24. Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shall be thought convenient O God the father of Heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable Sinners O God the Father of c. O God the Sonne redeemer of the World haue mercy vpon vs miserable Sinners O God the Sonne c. O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable Sinners O God the holy Ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinity thrée persons one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable Sinners O holy blessed c. Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neyther take thou vengeance of our Sinnes spare vs good Lord spare thy people whome thou hast redéemed with thy most precious blood and be not angrie with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all euill and mischiefe from sinne from the crafts assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindesse of heart from pride vaine glory and hipocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and from all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliver vs. From Fornication and all other deadly sinne and from al the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliver vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battel and murther and from sodain death Good Lord deliver vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracy from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundement Good Lord deliver vs. By the mysterie of thy holie Incarnation by thy holy Natiuitie and circumcision by thy Baptisme Fasting and Temptation Good Lord deliver vs. By thine Agonie and bloodie sweat by thy Crosse and passion by thy pretious death buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holie Ghost Good Lord deliver vs. In al time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good Lord deliver vs. We sinners doe beséech thée to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thée to rule and gouerne thy holy Church vniuersally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thée to kéepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thée in righteousnesse and holines of Life thy seruant Iames our most gratious King and Gouernour We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue that he may euermore haue affiance in thée and euer séeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to bee his defender and kéeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to blesse and preserue our gracious Quéene Anne Prince Henrie and the rest of the King and Quéenes royall Issue We beeseech thee c. That it may please thée to illuminat al Bishops Pastors and Ministers of the Church with true vnderstanding and knowledge of thy word and that both by their preaching and liuing they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsel and all the Nobility with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute iustice and to maintaine truth We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue to all Nations vnitie peace and concord We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dread thee and diligently to liue after thy Commaundements We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare méekely thy word to receiue it with pure affection and to bring foorth the fruits of thy spirite We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to bring into the way of truth all such as haue erred and are deceyued We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to strengthen such as doe stand and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vp them that fall and finally to beat down Sathan vnder our féet We befeech thee c. That it may please thée to succour helpe and comfort all that be in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee c. That it may pleafe thée to preserue all that trauell by land or by water all women labouring with Child al sicke persons and yong Children and to shew thy pitty vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to defend and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to forgiue our enemies persecutors and slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruits of the earth so as in due time wae may enioy them We beseech thee c. That it may please thée to giue vs true repentance to forgiue vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the Grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy Holie Word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God wée beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God wee beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord 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 heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our
night with thy mighty hand and bring mee to the light of the next day Renue in me a right spirite that I may receaue strength and abilitie to do thy righteous will and to stand against all the assaults of Satan that the old man which I beare about in my body may be crucified daily in me and the desire of sinne and errour of worldly vanities may bee destroyed and the life of my Sauior may alwaies appeare in me Lord grant me these and all other good graces euen for Iesus Christs sake my onely Lord and Sauiour in whose name I humbly begge them at thy hands saying as he hath taught me Our Father c. ¶ A Prayer for the Morning O Lord thou high and mightie whose Glorie and Maiesty may not be comprehended whose woord is true whose commandement is strong thou that ridest vppon the Cherubins and flyest with the winges of the wind Thou God of all mercie most woorthy to be sought before whome the Hoastes of Heauen stand with trembling whose Ordinance is dreadfull whose Lookes drieth vp the depthes whose hands ruleth the starrie Firmaments whose goodnesse onely giueth the fruits of the Earth whose wrath maketh the Mountaines to melte and consumeth the wicked whose truth beareth witnesse and mercie saueth the sorrowfull Sinner Thou thou incomprehensible Creator that neuer tookest beginning and wantest end Sith of nothing thou hast wrought me with the wonders of the world to thy most séemly shape and vouchsafest thy drery Death and passion to drowne the danger of my sinnefull deserts and hast as a carefull Captaine cherished my bodie with comfortable giftes vnto this present day Continue oh God such goodnesse towards me vnworthy which doe here with a contrite heart and bowed Knées appeale to the height of thy mercie and louing kindnesse to accept my vnequall thankes for the same humbly beséeching thy Fatherly goodnesse that thy holy hand may still renew in me thy former gifts plenteouslie powred vpon me from the prime of my birth vnto this present not remembring good Lord my vnworthines of the same nor frailty of my passed yeares that speaketh against me but altering the ministers of thy wrath into milde mercie Graunt I beséech thée that through the assistance of thy holy Spirit I may be led to correct what is amisse and that I may now this day and euer hereafter perseuer in setting ordering and performing all my trauailes councels and studies as best may accord with thy blessed will and cancell the handes of my heauye charge Assist me oh Lord of all power with thy prudent skill and heauenlie grace that I may bee truelie able to aduance Iustice and to hate wrong and so be found faithfull in all that I take in hand Plant I beséech thée by thy heauenlie grace and feare with obedience in mee and kindle in me the loue of thy holy spirit that I may perseuer in the truth of thy word without doubt or wauering to the end Graunt this oh mightie God of Hoastes for the Merites and Passion of thy deare Sonne my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Euening O Most mercifull GOD and louing Father with feare and reuerence I approach to thy throne this night that stealeth on me like a thiefe I thanke thée for preseruing me this day past and I beséech thée suffer me not to fall into the horrours of the night Forgiue me the innumerable offences that I haue cōmitted this day those also which if thy Grace preuent me not I am like to fall into this night Pardon them oh Lord they are more in number then the sand in the Sea and more heauie to me then if Mountaines were layd vpon my breast But I beséech thée receaue me to mercie and giue me grace to be more carefull of the performance of thy holie will Suffer no vncleane thoughts to pollute my bodie and soule and whether I sléepe or wake giue thine Angels charge ouer me that at what houre soeuer thou callest me I may like a faithfull souldier be found ready to attend thée my Lord and God euen for Iesus Christs sake my onely Lord and Sauiour Amen ¶ In the multitude of thy mercies will I enter into thy house oh GOD and in thy feare lift vp my handes and heart towardes thy sacred seate and honour thy Holy name ¶ The Confession of a Sinner O Most blessed Father of euerlasting blisse and gracious giuer of all goodnes I say most precious Patron of all Princely power and God of all mercie I wretched sinner and vncleane Creature with so much humilitie as possible in me is and with full trust in thy goodnesse doe prostrate my selfe before thy Sacred seate confessing my grieuous huge and déepe offences wherewith I haue offended thee my most louing Father euen vntil this houre I haue not feared to commit those execrable wicked déeds which thy onely beloued Son my humble Lord and Sauiour by his bitter bloud-shedding hath washed and with so pinching panges purged I confesse also vnto thée most mercifull father my great and horrible ingratitude wherewith I vnwoorthy creature haue euer most vnthankefullie answered thée and thy Sonne in liew of all the loue goodnesse and fidelitie which thou hast bestowed on mee which now so long and many years hast spared my wickednesse and sinne and benignely suffred all iniurie and contempt offered thée through my disobedience and wilfulnesse Yea thou hast required mee to repentance with great gentlenesse that thereby thou mightest winne my heart to decke thy Habitation therin with the Boughs of thy Loue. And how often oh Lord GOD haste thou knocked at the Doore of my Conscience by thy inspiration wooed mee with thy benefites cheared mee with thy comforts and most mightilie put to flight my dreadfull daungers yet hast thou suffered repulse I haue alwaies turned ny backe to thée and thou notwithstanding haste méekely suffred it Oh how iustlie couldest thou haue throwen me to Hell yet mercifullie hast spared me Truelie it is maruaile most sweet Sauiour that my heart breaketh not through vehement sorrow when I recount these things Neither is Hell it selfe with all his paines of force to correct my malicious wickednesse I am vnworthy to bee called thy creature or one whome the Earth should sustaine or nourishmentes yéeld their naturall food Meruaile it is oh Lord that thy Creatures and Elements do not reuenge the iniurie and contempt which I haue made thée through my manifold iniquities But now most louing Father haue mercie I beséech thée on me and to me miserable and desolate sinner Turne the eyes of thy diuine fauour and with the winges of thy mercie couer my infirmitie Open vnto mee the Bowels of thy benignitie and receiuing me into thy fauour forgiue my slackenesse in turning to thée Open to me thy bosome of bountie and louing kindnesse and replenish me with the nourishment and solace of thy grace I beséech thée Lord God sith of thy mercie and for thy Sonnes
thought much lesse to do well in déed Assist me therefore with thy grace that I may doe as thou hast commanded And let me comfort my selfe with thy swéet wordes by thy Prophet which are That as the house of Iuda and Israel were accurst amongst the heathen so thou doost promise to make them a blessing Am not I an Ofspringe of that séede O Lord to whome thou diddest promise this blessing Or were not these things written to put mee in mind of thée and cause me turne from my wickednesse and trust by thy mercy to obtaine fauour againe Remember then O Lord in thy Mercy Turne me and I shall be turned say to my Soule I am come vnto thée thy health and thy saluation A A Double tongued mā is to be abhorred and he that beareth hatred can nether pray rightly nor speake truly of whom beware for the malicious double tongued hath ouerthrowē high Palaices laid wast strong Cities who so harkeneth to thē shall neuer find rest nor dwell in safety neare the Prince they are more perilous then a Fistula in the breast to the health of Man AVenge not thy cause on me thou God of al Iustice forgiue mee my contempts of thy Commaundements and omission of prayer If thou giue me equall pay of my Merites I perish Forget my wickednesse I beséech thée and clothe mee with the comfort of thy compassion Purifie my Soule and Bodie wash away my wickednesse with the bloud breaking from the Woundes of my Sauiour Christ and I shall no more be vnkind Giue mee Wisdome to knowe all thy preceptes and pleasure graunt thy mercy euer to kéepe me and thy grace to guide me It yrketh mee that euer I did forsake so sweete a Lord and Sauiour my sorrowe wasteth me and my sighes ouer-whelme my heart Haue mee in remembrance therefore for I tremble and quake were not thy mercie knowen I should vtterly despaire Turne away the stroke of thy vengeance from me bring my mind out of trouble into rest Fetch now againe thou most precious Prince of all power that which thy puissant might hath shapen Restore Sonne of the Father Almighty that which thou hast so well guided and bought with terrible torments Take againe into the Sacred seate of thy blessed custodie Lord God Holy Ghost my Bodie and Soule that haue wandred Thou hast pittifully preserued them long from the violence and vtter destruction of the wicked Serpent and throwes of worldly chance Most mighty God sith thou hast aduanced thy Glory by such compassion continue in me hearty Prayer put about me the girdle of thy grace and lincke my loue in the lore of thy lawes and my heart shall be thankefull Day and night will I say blessed is the Lord. And will praise thy Name and magnifie thy mercy for euer and euer B BE ashamed of sins and vnrighteousnes be ashamed to turne thy face away frō thy friend in his need be ashamed to obbraide thy friend with thy gifts be ashamed to take not to giue but be not ashamed of the truth of god his Couenant but do thy best to fulfill it and thou shalt liue BE my comforter in al counselles and dangers oh God make cleare my vnderstanding and heape my Forte with new effects and Spirituall motions Renew my Body and spirit that all sinne fly from me and grant that I liue to righteousnesse Powre vpon me the Spirit of thy grace lead me with the True knowledge of thy worde Hold my heart alwayes in thy feare build a true faith and hope of thy promises and mercie in the Bowels of my breast The heauenly Father of our Lord Iesus Christ hath promised it vnto me for his sons sake I séeke it and for that thou mayest ouercome when thou art Iudged denye mee not Though there belong nothing to me but confusion and shame yet Lord correct mee not in thy dreadfull displeasure but with the louing fauour of thy face looke vpon my festured wounds Heale them good Lord from the bottome let them be healed Mingle thy mercy and precepts and sow the séed of them so déepe in my heart that no burning blasts of persecution make ashes thereof neither any thorny cares of this life do choke it but that it may bring forth as thou hast appointed like good ground thirty sixe and an hundred folde The fruites of my haruest Lord shall bee the flowers of thy glory my tongue shall alwaies speake of thy maruailous workes and my heart shall kéepe thy Lawes I will not denie thée my God for the power of any wicked but wil séek thy grace hope of thy mercy and saye The mightie God of Israel is to be loued feared and obayed world without end Amen E EVill seedes see thou sow not in the Purrowes of vnrighteousnesse so shalt thou not reape thee seuenfoulde labour sue not vnto man for any Lordship neither vnto the King for the Seat of Honour EStablish my heart oh Heauenly Father in league and loue with thy lawes print thy Precepts in the bowels of my breast and sequester my mind from all thoughts studies and labours that may draw mee from thée My soule consumeth in care to be with thée and my bodily eyes tremble to behold thée onely because thou hatest sin and abhorrest iniquity Alas there is nothing in me but vnrighteousnesse and the examples be dreadfull which declare how grieuously thou hast punished sinne Thou diddest drowne the world for sin Thou didst send fire vpon Sodome Gomorrha Thou didst cast foorth Adam and his off-spring out of Paradice for sin Thou didst grieuouslye punish thy seruant Dauid notwithstanding his hartie repentance Yea thou persecutedst Salomon in himselfe and his Posterity with many other to our example and all for shamefull sin Lord sith these examples are true and mine iniquity equall with theirs what should become of my Soule if I had not amediatour Christ whose bloudy Passion then appeased thy wrath when nothing else could By his Death I am once redéemed oh God therefore let me not now be consumed bearing thy Image but graunt the paines of his pittifull Passion may put out all mine offences With my voice I will spread thy mercies ouer all Nations my Life shall glorifie thy name and all that thou giuest mee I will acknowledge to be thine with euerlasting praise Amen T THe greater thou art the more humble thy selfe in all things and thou shalt find fauour in the sight of God for great power belongeth onelie vnto God and he is honoured of the lowly TVrne awaye thy face from mine vnrighteousnesse Lord no Creature is cleare in thy sight If thou shouldest call thine Angelles to the Barre they might not abide the Sentence of thy iust Iudgement I come vnto thée for succour Lord vnder the wings of thy mercie receiue me Thou delightest not in any Sacrifice or burnt Offerings but thy accustomed condition hath béene euer to accept a sorrowfull Spirit and a broken heart Lord if thy louing
kindnesse be such I heare present thée with a heauie heart a broken bodye a martyred mind and a sighing Soule These all appeale to thée O Lord for thy mercie and cry out with the Prodigall Son saying I haue sinned against Heauen and before thée wash me therefore with thy rich mercy not that any good in mee doth deserue it but because thou art God of all mercie and it declareth thy mightinesse to forgiue Thou diddest shew compassion vpon the woman of Canaan for her great Faith and from the beginning thou hast not reiected the effectuall praiers of a single heart Lord I giue glory to thy name with the highest thy mercy stretcheth aboue the Firmaments the sure hope and trust I haue in thy vnspeakeable truth and compassion is equall with the strong Faith of the Cananite woman I confesse my sinnes are manifold But Lord I know thy mercie and sauing health are infinite Lord sith thou art of power to forgiue aboue that I can offend for thy names sake release my sorrow cut the sacke of my sins and make mee strong in thée So shall I liue and all my thoughts acknowledge thy praise Amen H HAppy is the man that hath not fallen with the Woorde of his mouth and is not pricked with the conscience of sin that hath no heauinesse in his mind and is not falne from his Hope HOw mighty thou art oh God of Hoastes in thy precelling powre by Creating this world of nothing we are taught to know Thou doest gouern the same and puttest downe with thy hand the prowde and traiterous Tyrants thereof Thou destroyest their deuises kéepest the raging Sea within her bounds These and such like declare thy power ouer all The plentie of thy bountifull hand giueth not onely increase of things but also the encrease of euery kinde of thing shewe forth thy louing kindnesse Thou doest multiply yearly and daily these kindes how many séeds good Lord doest thou encrease of one séed Lord what manifolde springs commeth thereof These cannot but kéepe vs mindfull of thy excéeding Riches and Mercy Lord if to thy enemies as to the greatest number of the worlde which loue thée not thy condition be to deale thus bountifully what shall I déeme resteth with thée for thy frindes Truly such blisfull ioyes and rest as maketh me only desire of thée to bée dissolued from this earthlye and vncleane bodye when thy pleasur is I am the freshe Image of thy selfe and the worke of thine owne hands take mée therefore vnto thée burnish me a new frée my soule from the poysoned prison of sinne that it may giue equal thanks vnto so swéete a Lorde and guide Whilest I abide in this wretched body of Sinne I cannot sée thée oh Lord yea it is a heauy habitation and depresseth down sore my Spirit from the familiarity which it els should haue with thée my louing Father Lord this world and life is a Dungeon of Darknesse a Mountain of miserable Martirdomes a lewde Laborinth of lothsome Lustes a cankred course of chokinge Calamities being voyde of all vertues to gaine eternall Life Make mée therfore strong to walke vpright in this wretched wildernesse and arme mée with the guift of thy grace against the power of Sathan my Ghostly enemy Here is nothing where I am Lord but daily assaults of Temptations troubles torments carefull calamities contention for thy word horrible hatred and worldly ambition against which Lord perfect me in knowledge and strong fayth and with thy righte hand beat downe mine enemies that thou mayst be knowen to bée my God and Shield ¶ The Versicle FOR thy deare Sonnes sake O Lord heare and receaue my Prayers ¶ The Answere AND in thy truth and mercie pardon mine offences and graunt mee thy grace ¶ The Collect. O Lord Iesus Christ Sonne of the pure Virgin Marie thou art not onely the swéet spouse of my soules health but with God the Father a most meeke Mediator full of mercie and truth wash awaye my sins with the most precious blood of thy holie passion make mee rich in thy mercie and my faith so strong in thée that assisted with thy grace and holie Spirit to all dutie and workes in this life towards thée I may enioye afterwards the glorie of thy blessed kingdome with thy holy Saints in euerlasting honour and tryumph Amen L LOuing Father plant thy grace so surely in me oh Lord that from this day I neuer become enemie with thée againe but that I may onelie rest in thée Guide me with the cleare light of thy woord through the darke deserts of this wretched world Heere no miserie nor trouble lacketh Héere euerie place is full of snares of mortall enemies yea héere one trouble and temptation being ouerpassed an other ensueth and after the first enduring a new battaile suddainlie assaileth whereby I neuer haue peace and want wherewith to warre O Lord kéepe me helpe me saue mee regard me oh Lord Lord assist me with the power of thy holie Spirit and as thou hast commaunded I come vnto thée praying for the guift of all these my requests and speciallie Lord I require the Sword of my sauiour Christ true and firme Faith that established in thy Truth holding that for my defence I may be safelie armed against all mine enemies and strong to cut down the thornes which shall spring in my waye of passage vnto thée in whom sweet Sauiour aboue all honour glorie triumph swaye rule power and dignitie make me settle all my ioyes yea aboue all health riches beautie fame and felicitie to desire thée loue thée and magnifie thée which giuest all and therfore of all to bee beloued and sought art most worthy Amen A ARise O Lord I beséech thée and ease the paines I suffer and the troubles of my soule let the fountaines of thy grace ouerflow my barren bodie and the floudes of thy mercie strengthen my féeble Spirit let thy louing kindnesse couer mine infirmities and thy suffered drops of deaw vpon the Crosse drown mine iniquitie Thy woord is Truth and thou hast said thy delight is not in the death of a Sinner but wouldest he should conuert and liue Teach me therfore to number my daies in the loue of thy Lawes that I may alwaies thirst after thy kingdome and neuer forget thée but in this that I haue here begun may perseuer and increase setting at naught all worldlie pompe respect of persons and mans helpe and onelie cleaue to thy Omnipotent power mercie strength and goodnes wherein Lord make mee so rich that I neuer may haue power to swerue from thée nor want thy grace to resist all temptations neither yet thy strength to tread downe mine enemies and so my heart shall ioyfullie liue and giue thanks to thée my God of all truth mercie and victorie Amen D DEare God thou mercifull father of my redéemer Christ which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sons name giue downe thy feare into my hart conioyne thy
holy spirit to the felowship of my soule powre vpon me the blessed deawes of thy grace enritch me with thy high vnderstanding and send wisdome in her glory from thy Sacred seate to dwell in mée that shée may giude me vphold me and labour with me to the end that in all my trauelles enterprises proceedinges and studies I may preuail to thy glory Do this deare Father for the triumph of thy name Bow downe thine eares and mercifully heare and receiue the summe of all my requests graunt that all thinges which I aske according to my necessity I may effectually obtaine to thy glory and profit of my soule through Iesus Christ my only Lord Sauiour Amen I I Giue and commit into thy hands my Spirite yea rather I may say thy Spirite seeing thou hast giuen it mee linke it to my body for a season and séeing it is thy image and Figure made after thine owne likenesse séeinge thy deare Sonne did climbe the direfull steppes of death for redemption therof O moste fauorable Father and méeke God of all mercy and compassion I eftsoones commende this my Spirit into thy hand I am thine whatsoeuer I am receiue thine I beséeche thee preserue mee and comforte mée for no man can help mee besides thée Onlye thou art the sureste resister of all mischiefe thou art oh God the readiest helpe in all trouble thou art my hope strength In thée doo I put my trust let mee not bée confounded let mee neuer be rebuked thou art my strong rock and my Castle thou art my sauiour my portion is in thy hands Lighten thy face vppon thy Seruant and saue mee O Lord in thy mercy Amen E EVen now I sée that no brickle nor corrupt gold or Siluer hath redemed my soule O Heauenly Father but the pretious bloud issuing frō Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and without spot make mée therefore O Lorde for his sake to put on his humility patience vertue and vnspotted life rendring suche accompt of this my pligrimage as best may agrée to his merit and thy mercy Let mée not be found vnthankfull to so swéet a Lord and Sauiour what is most righteous acceptable and pleasant in thy sight let mée alwayes O God preferre in faith and workes and whatsoeuer is to approoue mée vnworthy of his tender and surmounting loue that may alter his louing kindnesse or exchang his wonted compasion towards mée Lord let mée euer fayle in strength to do it but assisted by thée I may euerlastingly be found to liue in him Amen E EVery one that sayeth Lord Lord shall not enter the Kingdom of heauen Therfore confirme my Faith strong in thée O heauenly Father and in my Sauiour Iesus Christ quiet my mind with sure hope of his promises and thy Saluation Destroy in mée the kingdome of Sinne the power of Sathan the desires of the world the delights of the flesh Guide my feete in the pathes of thy precepts bring the conflicting daies of mine enemies to an end Make me that am weak in my selfe strong in thee to cōquer the force of their armes So shal my lippes powre out continuall prayse vnto thée O god of my Saluation and magnifie thy Maiesty world without end Amen L LOoke not extremly what is done amisse in mée for no fleshe is righteous in thy sight I offer vp my selfe wholy with all my vnsauory and corrupt abuses both in will works vnto the flowing fountayn of thy mercy to be chasticed pollished and washed and made cleane euen at thine owne will and pleasure Wherefore impute not the frailty of my tender yéeres vnto my charge but that thou maist ouercom when thou art iudged Forgiue me receiue me and so arme me with thy holy Spirit that I may tread the rest of my dayes with an vpright sway a cleare conscience and a single hart to thy Glory and profite of my Soule Amen I I Liue Oh God in a most wretched Vale of mysery where continually thy creatures are stained with sinne assayled with affliction vexed with troubles choked with cares infected with ambition vexed with temptations blinded with errours ouercom with vanities of the world and miserably wrapped in all vntruth and wretchednesse wherefore O Lord arise stretch out thy hand helpe and comfort me Asswage my sorrow assist mee with thy Holy Spirit that mine owne substance ouercome mee not this glittering vaine world of infinite sorowes and fewe felicities deceaue me not that Sathan supplant me not but giue mee inuincible power to encounter them patience in suffering them in thy word constancye in perseuering to the end Amen Z ZEale anger hatred and from respect of any persons in Iudgement LORD make me free Arme me with the patience of my Sauiour Christ giue me the Breast-plate of his righteousnesse the helmet of his equitie Make mee to exercise his Mercie Truth Méekenes Faithfulnesse Temperance and Humilitie Cast out of my heart all that may offend thée and disprofit my soule Let all worldly things be vile vnto mee for thy sake let me reioyce in nothing without thée nor loue nothing but to thy glory So shall my hart kéepe thy lawes and my mouth for euer and euer speak thy praise Amen A ACcepte mée Lord in the number of thy elect behold in mée the Image of thy selfe and the worke of thine owne hands remember thou hast giuen thy deare Son to the bitter Passiō of the Crosse for my redemption Let me not be rewarded therefore according to the deepe sea of my sinnes for then I perish But for thy Truth Mercie and deare Sonnes sake correct mee strengthen mee and imbrace mee yea linck mee so surely to the loue of thy lawes that I neuer leaue thee and in the day of my trouble and houre of death Lord deliuer me so shall I liue and glorifie thee through all worlds Amen B BEhould my infirmities O Lord and consider my frailnes best known vnto thee So oft as I shall fall make me lift vp my heart agayne vnto thee seeke thee feare thee and loue thee and euer to be sorry with so stedfast a purpose of amendment that my earnest desire may rightly stire vp thy mercy and procure me the assistance of thy grace to conioyne mee to all Heauenly things and to destroy al earthly affections and temptations that dayly pluck mee backe and rebell not suffering my soule to liue in rest Against which builde thy feare in my breste true knowledg of thy word in my heart fortifie my faith with sure hope of thy Heauenly blisse enter the shining light of thy woorde so deepe in my minde that all my studies thoughts being onely occupied therein my other parts may euer want power to offend thée and my tongue and lippes euer bee singing thy laude and glory Amen E ENritch my Soule with the continual felowshippe of thy Holy Spirit whose diuine humanitie may so temper my grosse substance with trew condition that alwaies I may séeme low in mine
either haue not obeyed our will or whose life hath beene little allowable to vs neither let vs hate their good successe Giue vs this day our dayly bread THe Bread is our Lord Iesus Christ which feedeth and refresheth the soule Thou therefore heauenly father graunt vs this through thy mercie that the life words and déedes of Christ with his Passion may be euerie where truelie preached acknowledged followed kept Graunt that both his doings and sayings may be example to vs to the which wee may compare our life liue more rightly Confirme vs that in calamity and trouble his Crosse and passion may strengthen and cōfort vs. Assist vs that by his death our death may be ouercome in true faith that wee may constantlie follow him being our Captaine to eternal life Bring to passe that they which haue taken vpon them the ministerie of thy word may happilie teach and with the great profite of the hearers worke that those which heare thy word aknowledge Christ and diligentlie goe forward Let it come to passe that the strange and wicked sects who teach not Christ be throwne out of his Church Let the true vnderstanding of thy word so shine in Bishops and Pastors likewise vpon al Magistrates whether they haue care of the body or soule that being illuminated with thy grace they may rightlie teach vs and be example vnto vs as well in doctrine as in pure life Let not the weake in faith be offended through the Sinnes of the Magistrates Purge vs O Lord from all heresies and wicked faith that we may be single and daylie fed with one bread and may abide agreeable in Christes words teach vs by thy grace that we may well studie vpon Christes Passion and rightly holde that and let his imprinted steppes sticke and bée found in vs. Grant that the Ministers of the Church may treat and vse the holy Sacrament worthily and to the great profite of thy Church And furthermore that we and all Christians may in his kind worthily to his soules health receiue the Sacrament Giue vs peace and concord take from vs wars contention ambition priuie hatred bloudy harts vsurping hands and all other kind of strifes that those thinges which wée haue to the sustentation of our body we may enioy with thanks giuing Giue vnto thy seruant Iames our most gratious King and Gouernour thy equall giftes to his estate and dignity with vpright Iudgement in all things and to all Magistrates true faith and single iudgement with loiall minds to kéepe the publique peace that his ioyes and rule may long stand and multiplie Take from all Subiects Sedition and Disobedience Teach vs by thy holy Spirit to order our housholde affaires that we may instruct our Children and families to worship praise and glorifie thee Grant O good Father that our Children and Familie fall not into any sinne and wickednesse neither bee ouerthrowne in any daunger or calamitie whether it be either of body or Soule Comfort deliuer thou most louing Father the Captiue the hungry thirsty naked oppressed miserable the comfortlesse widow the orphant sicke and the sorrowfull and defend the fieldes and cattell from tempest venemous worms and wild beastes Forgiue vs our rrespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs GOD will that we patiently beare all thinges and requite not euill with euill nor reuenge iniurie done against vs but that we should returne a benefite for an iniurie after the example of our Father which suffereth his Sunne to shine as well on the euill as on the good and powreth down his rain both vpon the thankeful and vnthankfull O good Father stirre vp our conscience both now and in the end of our life which is grieuously feared with the sight of our sinnes and dread of thy iudgement make our hearts quiet and sure that with ioy wee may expect thy iudgement when thou shalt iudge for in thy sight shal not any man be found righteous teach vs to learne not to our our own good works and merites but to thy vnmeasured mercy and thereunto let vs wholy commit vs likewise suffer vs not to fal into desperation for our sinnes committed but grant that wee may perceiue and féele thy mercie to be far more ample greater and stronger then our wicked led life Bee present with all those which are eyther in danger of death or afflicted with desperation Forgiue vs and euen our sinnes comfort vs and bring vs againe into thy fauour As thou hast commaunded so render thou also good for ill vnto vs beate downe Sathan that horrible false detractor and accuser of our life both now and at the howre of death in all other anguishes of our conscience Sathan doth accuse vs our conscience likewise doth accuse vs. But thou Lord dost not iudge after their sentence heare not the voyce E ENgraue thy lawes in the depth of my hart O lord that being instructed in thy commandementes I may serue thée in feare and reioyce in thée with trembling take hold vpon thy discipline in all things Least at any time thou become angry and I perish from the right way Amen L LOrd giue me helpe from my trouble for vaine is the helpe of man in thée I haue strength and thou bringest vnto nothing those which trouble me let my soule bée subiect vnto thée for from thée procéedeth my patience for thou art my God and Sauiour my helper and I wil not depart from thée In thée is my health my Glory thou art the God of my helpe and my hope is in thée Amen I I Haue broken thy fold and wandred long as a lost shéepe let me returne againe O Lord because I haue not forgotten thy commaundements the misdéedes and ignorances of my tender yéeres remember not Lord according to thy mercy haue mind on me For thy goodnesse O Lord kéepe my soule and deliuer me let me not bee ashamed because I haue trusted in thée Turne my heauinesse into ioy cut off my sacke of sorrows and gird me with gladnesse that my Glorie may sing vnto thée and I shall not be grieued Z ZOrobabel King of Iuda in the depth of thy displeasure tasted of thy mercy receiued by the mouth of Aegeus thy Prophet swéete comfort knowledge of thy fauour and grace yea after thy determination to destroy the whole kingdome of the Heathen thy right hand did preserue him and thy incomparable mercy did choose him for a seale to thy selfe Lord this happy King in thy goodnesse was but an earthly Creature and then could hée haue no righteousnesse in him selfe to moue such thy compassion If it procéede from the multitude of thy mercies that surmount the iniquity of the whole world that thou diddest onely vouchsafe to behold in him the Image of thy selfe Bow down thine eyes Lord and behold the selfe same in mée Certifie my conscience with remission of my sinnes that my sorrowfull Soule bee at rest within mée send downe thy holy
corruption and troubled in recounting thy sinnes to him that cannot forgiue thée Wherefore cast thy selfe on me onely and I will deliuer thee for if a thousand yeares thou wouldest search thy selfe and bee confessed of ten thousand thou shalt not be cleansed Quando enim exhauries Abissum Therefore commit thy selfe to mee onely I will make thee safe whensoeuer with all diligence thou shalt goe about to confesse thy fault let mee alone with Mercy to thee acknowledge that thou canst not cleanse thy selfe say that thou haddest need of my mercy confesse that thou canst not answere one word to a thousand thinges wherewith I might charge thee but art in euery worke vnsufficient and hast need of my Mercie Wherefore trust not to thy Confessions but in my Mercy for by it thou shalt be iustified And whilest thou art too much conuersant in the care of thy sinnes thou mightest turne vnto me and enioy my gratious presence Doest thou not note the subtlety of the enemie To this end hee suggesteth thee with the number of thy sins and thoughts of thy wickednesse that thou mightest neglect things to thée more wholesome Know thou this therfore chiefly that my delight is that thou shouldest thinke of my goodnesse séeke mée in simplenesse Thou shalt finde mée gentle godly full of compassion and chiefe in mercy trust in mée hope in mée séeke my fauour séeke my friendshippe and familiarity and for the better obtaining of these direct thy exercise in holinesse Thou shalt vndoubtedly féele a farre more beautifull fruit if thou diligentlie care how to loue please and follow me then by brusing thy selfe with scruples of thy confessions for déeming to search out and abolish doubts thou doest rather engender to thée doubtfuller things thou canst not think me too pittifull or mercifull so that thou doe not presume vpon my mercies neyther canst thou giue mee ouer much credite Wherefore accustome thy selfe to thinke well of me and belieue that I will not condemne thée For truly whosoeuer is willing to correct his life and despayreth not him will I saue I am well pleased O Daughter that thou art so sory thou hast offēded and that thou wilt not sinne hereafter Now thou art in State of saluation why fearest thou I am rich in infinite mercies Thus thinke of me for therby thou doest mee more hodour then if thou diddest imagine me cruell and hard or shouldest so much feare as though I watched onely to intrappe men in this or that doubt or circumstance they had omitted But yet when any great offence cōmeth in thy minde confesse thy fault with al humilty and sorrow of hart and desire grace to amend and after rest in peace and cast all the Diuelish doubts vpon me I desire thée I am willing to enioy thy friendshippe I require to bee loued of thee see therefore that thou answere my good will Vnderstand know and iudge thy selfe to be a sinner Say in many things thou hast offended that thou art most ingratefull a Rebell spitefull and blasphemous against thy Commandements and will And hereof so much humble thy felfe that thou dare not once lift vp thine eies before me since thou art full of loathsomnesse and abhominations There be certaine so esteeming their committed euils that they are moued with thē either to pleasure and delight or contrariwise to desperation or some such like inconuenience But thou when thou wilt thinke thy selfe a sinner and humble thy self shake off the dreams of thy sinnes and turne vnto me conferre with me touching thy sinnes and infirmities powre out thy complaints before mee reason with me accuse thy selfe to me of thy crimes committed so shall thy accusation of sinnes be conuerted into praier Wherefore when thou hast turned to mée plead thy cause in Prayer for by this means thy conscience shall bee made cleare and quiet thy affection also to me directed shall be by me inflamed But now of Satisfaction for Sinnes Imbrace this counsell That whatsoeuer thy hand is able to doe that instantly worke yet not with that mind or to that end as though therewith thou couldest make satisfaction for thy sinnes For to the accomplishing of this thou oughtest to thinke all thy workes too vnworthie and far vnable But do that thou canst euery way to please me whome thou hast offended desire me that with the merites of my passion and most holy life I will punish thine offences and satisfie my Father for them This humility this sure trust in me with which thou debasest thy selfe thy works and extollest me and my merites excelling the workes of thy satisfaction since that one droppe of my bloud is of more value to Satisfaction then al mans deserts which hath already made Satisfaction for the sins of the whole world Such humility allureth mee to thee and causeth mee to cōmunicate with thee the treasure of my merites Wherefore let this chieflie be thy study that thou neglect not my good pleasure but cōtinually to thinke on me desire me loue me and whatsoeuer I commaund and will diligently performe then if thou haddest infinit heaps of sinnes I will forgiue them all as fréely as if thou haddest but one neither is it lesse easie for me to forgiue many then few It is a maruailous thing that I will say but yet most true and certainely to bee beléeued if the whole worlde were a fierie Globe and in the middest of it were thrown a bundell of Flaxe this of his naturall effect should not so soone receiue the slame of fire as I will receiue the repentant and sorrowfull sinner to mercy for in that naturall act is required some tarriance though very little and peraduenture not to be perceyued but here is no tarriance at all betwéene the penitent and him that forgiueth betwéene the sorrowfull and him that heareth the sighes Thou therefore daughter reiect all inordinate feare desirous to please me with thy holy heart study to be holy for I am holy willingly offēd not though in neuer so little or light a thing but shunne the occasion so much as in thee lyeth wisely withdraw thy selfe from the society of mans superstitious communicatiōs and from vnprofitable and euill occupations be not solitarie bée not idle spend the time thriftily to my honour occupie thy selfe in reading the Holy Scriptures where thou shalt find my Life and Passion Plant in thy heart my trouble Crosse and persecution walke before me in Holinesse with feare and reuerence perswading thy selfe that I am neuer absent from the Godly but doe instantly hold them diligently bridle and kéepe thy senses and tongue if thou loue much babling thou canst not profite embrace sobernesse and reasonable continences shun vanity and the pomp of pride sensuality and vnlawful pleasures sée thou follow not but diligently endeauour to keep thee vndefiled fight couragiously against vices faithfully pray to mee that thou mayest breake and ouercome the wicked passions and inclinations do as much as thou art able yet trust not to
Fruits and all other things then the fabrication of so many pure Celestiall Soules so that who durst bee bold to affirme had not the Prophet manifestly spoken it that the mercy of God doth excell the glory of his handie workes Holy Scripture sometime tearmeth the mercie of God great sometime too great sometime it amplifieth the force thereof by the name of multitude or number The Kingly Prophet David in one selfe place comprehendeth both the greatnesse and multitude of Heauenly mercy saying Haue mercy on me O God after thy great goodnesse and according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences Where great iniquity is there néedeth much compassion If thou doe but weigh how haynous the offence of David was thou wilt acknowledge the greatnesse of Gods goodnesse If thou consider how oft he offended in that sinne thou shalt sée the multitude of his mercies That GOD which is our King our Father our Master our Spouse prescribeth no determinate number of offences but as oft as through true Repentance we returne to him he forgetteth and forgiueth the punishment which he threatneth to vs he entertaineth vs amongst his Familie leadeth vs into the Chamber of his Loue and receyueth not vs onely but forgetteth our offences Hee bringeth the lost shéepe vpon his shoulders to the staules and biddeth the Congregation of the Chosen to his reioysing He goeth to méete the Prodigall Sonne returning from his long and loathsome iorney and putteth a Robe a King vpon him and commaundeth the fattest Calfe to be killed for him What other thing doth this signifie but the Immense or as I may say the ouermuch mercy of God It is no maruaile though his mercy excéede which loueth vs so excéedingly Paule feareth not to write thus to the Ephesians We are saeth he by Nature become the Children of wrath But God which is rich in mercy for his tender loue wherewith he loved vs when wee were lead to sinne hath raysed and reconciled vs againe to Christ Saint Iohn in his Gospell more plainely expresseth the maruailous Loue of God our Father towards vs saying So God loved the world that he gaue his onely begotten Sonne that who so beleeveth in him should not perish but haue everlasting life Wherevnto Paul aptly agréeth He that spared not his only Son but gaue him for vs all hath hee not given vs all things together with him This so great loue this so great kindnesse doth it not worthily appeare vnmeasurable because we haue nothing which wee haue not freely receyued of God Whatsoeuer wee doe whatsoeuer we possesse it commeth by the mercy of God Yea it is the mercy of God that made the Angels and created the world If he had wrought it to himselfe his power and policie might haue béen praised but sith to our vse hée hath framed all these things shall we not acknowledge his mercy to be maruailous For whome haue the Celestiall Ayres their course to whom lendeth the Sun his beames by day the Moone with the Starres their brightnesse by Night but for Man For whose vse made hee these things of nothing For whose sake but for mans onely doe the hanging clouds giue their shade and bedew the pleasant fields Why blow the winds why flow the Riuers why spread the Springes why encrease the Seas but for the vse of man Who reapeth the cōmodities of the fertile earth which engendreth so many liuing thinges such wealthy store but man There is nothing that God hath not made Subiect to man onely he would that man should be obedient vnto him Manie times our merciful God sendeth aduersity either to cleare vs of our transgressions or to deterre vs from sinne or to minister occasion of well-doing Thus was Abraham tried so was Iob prooued with many miseries thus is euery one which liueth in Iesus Christ tryed in this world with sundry afflictions as the Golde with the fire Where are those that murmure against GOD when eyther infirmity of health or death and losse of wife and Children or decay of worldly wealth happeneth to them no thing knowing that these are the manifest signes of a mercifull GOD. Let vs giue ear to the coūsel of Salomon My Son saith he Despise not the word of God nor forsake his correction For whom the Lord loveth hee chasteneth and delighteth in him as a Father in his Sonne The Apostle Paul hath the like saying to the Hebrues Whome the Lord loveth he correcteth and rebuketh every Childe that he receyveth Then by Paules Counsel when any storme of aduersity ariseth let vs stand fast in the Truth knowing that hee offereth himselfe to vs as to his Children like a mercifull God If the loue of God lend vs prosperity let vs giue him thanks and bee carefull that we abuse not his bounty If misery oppresse vs let vs neuerthelesse giue thankes to him and commit our selus to his iudgement To obtaine health thou giuest thy selfe vp to the Phisition thou yéeldest thy selfe to the Coard Saw and Searing of the Chirurgion And to enioy euerlasting health fearest thou to trust thy Creator thy Master thy Father and onely Sauiour Thou darest not say to the Physition thus thus cure me And wilt thou prescribe to God the means of thy sauing health Let euery one of vs descend into the depth of his conscience let vs consider how oft and how grieuouslie we haue offended God how his benefites are defiled with our iniquities and so we shall sée how much wee are indebted to his infinit mercy which hath borne with our frailety so gently which by so many meanes calleth vs to repentance which so wllingly pardoneth the penitent and conuert Truely he is greatly to bee lamented which refuseth the fountaine of euerlasting life and neuer by repentance returneth whence he departed The Prodigal Child straied farre left and forsooke his Fathers House yet returned Peter was far gone when he denied his Master thrice but yet remēbring the wordes which Iesus spake to him he recanted and wept bitterlie How gently doth the Lord in Hieremie vnder the person of the wife which hauing forsaken her husband gaue herselfe to euery man Call his people to repentance Returne my Children and be converted saith hee because I am your husband But oh wretched is the mā that stoppeth his eares at this voyce of the Lords To day saith the Psalme If you hear my voyce harden not your hearts This is our day as long as we liue in which the Lord ceaseth not to call bpon vs to repentance offering vs prepared pardon God himselfe in Ezechiel doth not onelie promise remission to him that forsaketh his euill but voweth obliuion of all his former offences For after he had reckoned all the errours which man fell into he added If the wicked man will be sorry for his sins keep my commaundements do the thing that is right he shal liue and not die and I will not remember ought that he hath done Haue I pleasure
by thy gratious prouidence dost cause the former and the later raine to descend vpon the earth that it may bring forth fruite for the vse of man We giue thee humble thankes that it hath pleased thée in our greatest necessitie to send vs at the last a ioyfull raine vpon thine inheritance and to refresh it when it was drie to the great comfort of vs thy vnworthy seruantes and to the glory of thy holy Name through thy mercies in Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A Thankesgiuing for faire weather O Lord God who hast iustly humbled vs by the late Plague of immoderate raine and waters and in thy mercy hast deliuered and comforted our Soules by this seasonable blessed chaunge of weather we prayse and glorifie thy holy name for this thy mercy will alwayes declare thy louing kindnesse from generation to generation through Iesus Christ our Lord Amē A Thankesgiving for Plentie O Mercifull Father which of thy gratious goodnesse hast heard the deuote prayers of thy church and turned our dearth scarsity into cheapenesse and plenty Wée giue thée humble thankes for this thy especiall bounty beseeching thée to continue this thy louing kindnes vnto vs that our land may yéelde vs her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A Thankesgiving for peace and victorie O Almighty God which art a strong Tower of defence vnto thy Seruants against the face of their enemies We yéeld thée prayse and thankesgiuing for our deliuerance from those great and apparāt dangers wherewith we were compassed we acknowledge it thy goodnes that we were not deliuered ouer as a prey vnto them beséeching thée stil to continue such thy mercies towards vs that al the world may know that thou art our Sauiour mighty deliuerer through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A Thanksgiuing for deliverance from the Plague O Lord God which hast wounded vs for our sins consumed vs for our transgressions by thy late heauie and dreadfull Visitation and now in the middest of iudgement remembring mercie hast redeemed our soules frō the iawes of death wee offer vnto thy Fatherly goodnesse our selues our soules bodies which thou hast deliuered to be a liuing sacrifice vnto thée alwayes praysing and magnifying thy mercies in the middest of the Congregation through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Or thus WE humbly acknowledge before thée O most mercifull Father that all the punishmentes which are threatened in thy Law might iustly haue fallen vpon vs by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnes of heart yet séeing it hath pleased thée of thy tender mercy vpoo our weake and vnworthy Grace after meaet GOds Name bee blessed for his benefits now and euer bestowed on vs. God send the King long life the Realme good peace the Gospell continuance increase our faith and comfort all those that be comfortlesse and giue vnto vs our friends health and prosperity peace truth in Christ Iesus our Lord Amen Grace before meat BLessed Lord that fillest with thy blessing euerie liuing thing sanctifie thy gifts which we shall receiue to the nourishment of our mortall Bodies Remoue away thy iudgementes farre from vs prepare our heartes to serue thee in all righteousnesse and holinesse Prosper vs in our lawfull affaires and grant vs life euerlasting Amen Grace after meat BLessed bee the name of God for his blessings now and euer bestowed on vs. God preserue the Church vniuersall our gratious King Iames the Quéenes Maiesty and the young Prince of Wales with all the royall issue God send vs health and holinesse in Iesus Christ our Lord Amen FINIS Sententiae Diuinae é Sacris Scripturis Patribusque collectae Deus DEus est Spiritus qui adorant eū oportet vt spiritu ac veritate eū adorant Alanus de conquestione Naturae Deus est splendor nunquam deficiens vita indefessa non moriens fons semper scà turiens seminale vitae feminarium sapientiae principale principium initiale bonitatis initium August super illud Pater Nost Deus est in seipso sicut Alpha Omega in mundo sicut Rector Auctor in Angelis sicut Sapor Decor in Ecclesia sicut paterfamilias in Domo in Anima sicut sponsus in Thalamo in Iustis sicut adiutor protector in reprobis sicut pauor horror August super Io. Ser. 29. Deus tibi totum est si esuris panis tibi est si sitis aqua tibi est si in tenebris es lumē tibi est si nudus es in mortalitate tibi vestis est Christus Io. 8. EGo sum lux mundi qui sequitur me non ambulabit in tenebris sed habebit lumen vitae Ambro. in quodam ser Omnia habemus in Christo omnia in nobis Christus Si à vulnere curari desideras medicus est si febribus aestuas fons est si graueris iniquitate Iustitia est si indiges anxilio virtus est si tenebras fugis lux est si Coelū desideras vita est Si cibum quaeris alimentum est August super Mat. 155. Ego sum via veritas vita tanquam diceret qua vis ire ego sum via quo vis ire ego sum veritas vbi vis permanere ego vita August super Ioan. Ambulare vis ego sum via falli non vis ego sum veritas mori non vis ego sum vita Homo Iob. 14. HOmo natus de Muliere brevi vivens tempore repletur multis miserijs qui quasi flos egreditur conteritur fugit velut vmbra nunquam in codem statu permanet Bernardus Video hominem prius quatuor virtutibus amictū quid huic decrat quem misericordia custodiebat veritas docebat iustitia regebat pax fouebat Aristoteles interogatus quidnam esset homo respondit imbecillitatis exemplum tēporis spolium Fortunae Lusus inconstantiae Imago reliquum verô pituita bilis Bernar. de consid vtili humanae Septem sunt de essentia hominis quae si homo consideraret jn aeternum non peccaret Scilicet materia vilis operatio turpis exitus flebilis status instabilis mors tristabilis dissolutio miserabilis damnatio detestabilis consideratio gloriae ineffabilis Peccatum Io. 1. Cap. 1. SI dixerimus peccatum non habemus ipsi nos seducimus veritas in nobis nō est Hieron lib. 1. super Amos. Primū peccatum est cogitasse quae mala sunt Secundum cogitationibus acquieuisse peruersis Tertium quod mente decreueris opere compleuisse Quartum post peccatum non facere poenitentiam in suo complacere sibi delicto Cass super Psa pro eo vt me diligerent detrahebant Tribus modis omne peccatum contrahitur Primus gradus delictorum est non reddere bona pro nobis Secundus reddere mala pro malis Tertius est tribuere mala pro bonis contra haec sunt tria laudabilia Primum