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A meditacion vpon the the lordes praier , made by Thomas Leuer , at sainct MAry Woll churche in London .

Anno. 1551.

To the christian reader .

PRopter laborem inopum , et gemitum pauperum , nunc exurgam dicit dominus . Psal. xij . Surely euen now in greate scarsitee lacke and dearth of meate , drynke , clothyng , and all other necessaries , the sorowfull sighes of the poore and needy , muste either sinke into the riche mennes hartes , and from theim procure releue and comforte , vnto the needy members of Christes body : or els directly ascende vnto the throne of Goddes Iustice , and from thence bryng doune indignacion and vengeaunce , to destroye wicked worldlynges , whiche beeyng them selfes in welth and aboundance , fele no griefe of their brothers distresse and miserie .

But if any man , euery weke will be content , to spare one meale of hym self , & bestowe the price of that meale in Charitable Almose to releue the poore , and the tyme of thesame in godly meditacion and Praier , to dispose his awne mynde deuoutly : then shall all suche feele and tast , bothe of poore mennes honger , and of Godly comfort in abstinence and praier , yea , and many poore be muche releued , and no riche man any thyng charged , and so thereby Goddes vengaunce auoyded and Goddes grace procured , when as fastyng and praier dooeth plucke out of mennes hartes coueteousnes whiche is the roote of all euil , and the cause of all calamities that now dooe trouble , greue , and daunger all men : This meditacion therfore of the Lordes praier , shall be good comfortable spirituall fode , in that tyme of bodily abstinence .

A meditacion vpon the Lordes praier .

OUR father whiche art in heauen . We ( gloriously formed vnto the Image of thy diuine Maiestie , created by thy gracious goodnes vnto highest honor , howbeit , by our awne sinfulnes disfigured with vilenes , deseruyng dampnacion . and yet by Christes death restored vnto grace , to be citezens with sainctes of the family of God ) now all together in Christen vnitee , as membres of one body , with this one voyce , for the manyfolde miseries of euery member , and worthy merites of Christ our hedde , praie , desire , and truste , to obtain of thee our heauenly father , accordyng vnto thy gracious goodnes , mightie power , and faithefull promes , vnto vs that aske aboundaunce of thy grace .

That thy name maie bee halowed . That thy diuine power and glorious Maiestie , may be certainly knowen & reuerently honored . That the hartes of vs men , by thy worde and praier , maie bee sanctified from worldly vanities and fleshly lustes , so that wee with all that wee haue , seruyng thee in holines and righteousnes , may shine so afore menne vpon the yearth , that thei thereby maie bee occasioned , to honour and glorifie the , our father in heauen

Thy kyngdom come Thy woorde bee so fruictfully Preached vnto vs thy people , that we maie bee throughly instructed and taught , to bridle our sensuall appetite by natural reason , and submit our wittie reason vnto a Godly spirite . and try our spirites by the true Scriptures , so that within vs maie reigne the Kyngdome of God , whiche is neither meate nor drynke , but righteousnesse , peace , and comforte in the holy Ghoste , by the whiche wee now tastyng of thy heauenly ioyes , maie be made from hencefurth wery of all worldly vanities , continually wishyng and lookyng for the spedy apperaunce and commyng of thy eternall and euerlastyng kyngdome .

Thy will be doen in yearth as it is in heauen . In heauen the Angelles of reuerent loue , dooe thy will and commaundement , with comfortable courage , and ioyful pleasure : in hell the wicked spirites through malice and enuie , repinyng and grudgyng , do torment and vexe themselfes , what soeuer thei be doyng : and vpon yearth we men beeyng subiecte vnto synne , do thinke it a labor and pain , to be occupied in any thyng that is good and godly . Wherefore wee praie , that the grace of thy heauenly Spirite maie so worke in our yearthly bodies , that our myndes maye bee deliuered from synne and vanitie , frely to delite and take pleasure in Godlines and vertue , so that we with a comfortable courage , maie finde delite and pleasure to dooe thy commaundement and will , beeyng men vpon yearth , as the glorious company of Angelles doo whiche be in heauen .

Geue vs this day our daily bread . We beeyng in greate nede , and not able of our selfes to deserue any thyng , beseche thy Fatherly goodnesse of thy bounteous liberalitee , to geue frely vnto vs all in generally , so that none bee hurte or hyndered seuerally , this daye when as we crie , constrained by present neede , not craftely crauyng for vain care against to morowe , our daily breade , our daily and necessarie foode and releue , bothe bodily and ghostly and especially the Spirituall fode of Christes fleshe and his bloude , by daily Preachyng of the Gospell , and ministracion of the Sacramentes , to replenishe , refreshe , and renue oure hartes & mindes , with the comfortable remembraunce of Christes death and his passion daily to bee vsed for necessary and spirituall consolacion .

Forgeue vs our trespasses , as wee forgeue theim that trespasse against vs . Geue vnto vs that felyng and knowyng our awne synfulnes , doo neede and desire thy mercifull forgeuenes of oure trespaces and fautes , whiche we haue committed against thy diuine Maiestie , so that we freely forgeuyng other that haue offended vs in any thyng what soeuer it bee , maie bee sure that mercie spryngyng in thee , hath proceded vnto vs , beyng graciously offred of thee hath been thankfully receiued of vs , and beyng charitably vsed of vs towardes other , shall mooste certainly bee confirmed and enlarged of thee towardes vs , and so finally , by gracious mercie , spryngyng and procedyng from thee , all fautes and trespasses shal bee freely forgeuen , euen as those whiche other haue committed against vs , so likewise those that wee haue doen against thee .

And leade vs not into temptacion . And suffre not the deuill , by th abuse of thy benefites , to leade vs captiue into deceiptfull and dampnable temptacion , drawyng vs by deinteth meates vnto greedy glottony , by money and riches vnto vnsaciable coueteousnes , and by wealth and prosperitie , vnto pride and vain glory , and by all thy godly gracious giftes , vnto euery Deuelishe abhominable synne .

But deliuer vs from all eiuill . Deliuer our gooddes from abuse , our bodies from corrupcion , our Soules from dampnacion , yea , deliuer vs by Christe , from the bondage of synne , vnto the libertie of the Gospell , so that without daunger of Deuelishe temptacion , driuyng vnto euerlastyng dampnacion , wee maie serue thee in holines and righteousnesse all the daies of oure liues , with moste certain and comfortable hope , of euerlastyng life and saluacion through Christ Iesu , in whom our hope and thy promes is moste certain , that is to saie . Amen . So be it .

FINIS . Thomas Leuer .

Imprinted at London by Ihon Kyngston .

Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum .

And are to be sold at the West doore of Poules , by Anthony Kyngston .

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