A booke of Christian prayers, collected out of the auncie[n]t writers, and best learned in our tyme, worthy to be read with an earnest mynde of all Christians, in these daungerous and troublesome dayes, that God for Christes sake will yet still be mercyfull vnto vs

❧ The Preface , or preparation to prayer .

O Lord , my good God , and Father , blessed be thy name for euer : dispose my hart , open my lips , and guide me by thy holy spirite , to a true acknowledgement of all my sinnes , that my prayer may be heard of theé , in the name of thy Sonne Iesus Christ , So be it .

¶ A prayer to be sayd at our first waking .

O God , and father of our Lord Iesus Christ , whom no man knoweth but by thy specyall gift : graunt , that vnto the rest of thine exceéding great benefites towards me , this , which is the greatest that can be bestowed vpon mankind ,

There shall come a rod forth of the stocke of Iesse , and a graffe , &c. Esay . 11.

There shall come a star of Iacob , and a scepter shall rise of Israell , &c. Num. 24.

The birth of blessed M●ry the virgine the mother of Christ , &c. may be added also , namely that as thou hast raysed vp my body from fast and sound sleépe , so also thou wilt deliuer my mind from the sleépe of sin , and from the darcknes of this world . and after death restore the same body to life , as well as thou hast called it agayne from sleépe . For that which is death to vs , is but sleépe vnto theé . I pray and beseéch theé , that through thy goodnes , this body of mine , may be a fellow , and furtherer of all godlinesse to my soule in this life , so as it may also be partner with it of the endles felicitie in the life to come , through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord . For whose sake , and by whom , thou geuest vs all good , and holsome thinges to our welfare , Amen .

Another .

MUch better is the light of the soule , and the insight of the

Mary the mother of Iesu betrothed to Ioseph her husband , before they came together , was founde with childe by the holy ghost . Then Ioseph her husband being a iust man , &c Math. 1.

But thou shalt goe vnto my fathers house , and to my kinred , and take a wife , &c. Gen. 24.

I will speak for her that she may be geuen thee to wife . for to thee doth the right of her , &c. Tob. 6. minde , then the light , or eyesight of the body . The eyesight of the body euery silly beast hath : but the sight of minde none hath but men . Yea none haue it but wise men .

Thou therfore O Lord Iesu Christ , which art the greatest of all lights , the only true light , the light from whence springeth the light of the day , and the sonne . Thou light which inlightenest euery man that commeth into the world . Thou light , whereon there commeth no night nor euentide : but continuest euer bright , and cleére as at midday . Thou light , wherewithout all things are deépe darcknesse , and whereby all things were made lightsome . Thou mind and wisdom of the heauenly Father inlighten my minde , that ( being blind in all other things ) I may seé nothing but that which belongeth to theé , and that I may thereby walke in thy wayes , without fantasying , or lyking

The seede of the woman shall tread vpon the head of the serpent , Gen , 3.

The Angel sayd to him , the Lord is with thee thou valyant man . Iudges . 6

〈◊〉 in 〈…〉 the ●ngell Gabriel , was sent fro God to a citie in Galile , 〈◊〉 Nazareth , 〈◊〉 virgine affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph , of the house of Dauid , &c. Luke . 1. of any other light els . Lord I beseéch theé inlighten mine eyes , that I may neuer slumber in darcknes , least my ghostly enemy say at any time , I haue preuayled against him . Amen .

* A prayer at our vprising .

OUr first father Adam , being tumbled down from most excellent , and glorious highnes , into the dungeon of shame , and sinck of all sinne , was releéued , & lifted vp again by thy hand , O Sauyour Iesus Christ . And we likewise , should lye wallowing in the same plight for euer , if we were not raysed vp by theé .

Wherfore O most mercifull Redeémer of mankinde , like as thou of thy goodnes , hast raysed vp this heauy and burthensome body : euen so vouchsafe to lift vp my minde to the knowledge , and loue of thy highnes , Amen .

And Mary arose and went with hast into the hilly contrey to a citie of Iuda , and entred into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth . And it came to passe , &c Luke . 1.

And Moyses returned to Iethro his father in law and sayd to him , I pray , &c. Exo. 4.

My soule doth magnify the Lord , and my sprite doth reioyce in God my sauiour , Luke . 1.

I Thanke theé O Lord Iesu Christ , that it hath pleased theé to geue me good rest this night past : And I beseéch theé likewise to prosper me all this day following , to the glory of thy name , and to mine own soules health . And thou which art the true daylight , that neuer knoweth any euentide : And the euerlasting dayson , which quickneth , cherisheth , and cheéreth all thinges , vouchsafe to shine into my minde , that I may not stumble into any sinne , but by thy guyding come to eternall life , Amen .

Another .

I Thank theé O holy Lord , father almighty , and euerlasting God , that thou hast vouchsafed to keépe me this night through thy great mercy . And I beseéch theé of thine vnmeasurable clemency , to geue me grace so to pas this day now comming , in all lowlynesse ,

Put thy shoes of thy feete for the place wheron thou standest , is holy ground . Exod. 3.

Aarons rod being put in the tabernacle did blossom and I will make cease , &c. Num. 17.

When the dayes were accomplished , Mary brought 〈◊〉 her first ●e ●otten sonne and ●rapped him in swa●l●ng clothes , and layd him in the manger because there was no roume , 〈…〉 . meéknes , chastity , charitie , patience , goodnes , feare , and warynesse , as my seruise may please theé , through him which shall come to iudge both the quick and the dead , & the world by fire : keépe and preserue me from all euil , from all stumbling and geuing of offence , from all wilfull sinning , and from all the crafts , and assaultes of wicked feénds , and enemies , seéne , or vnseéne , through our Lord Iesus Christ thine onely begotten sonne . To whom be prayse and glory with theé for euermore , Amen .

* A Prayer at the putting on of our Clothes .

MOst gracious and merciful sauyour Iesus Christ , thou knowest how we be borne , clothed , & clogged with the greéuous , and heauy burthen of the first man , who fell away vnto fleshlynesse , through disobedience .

And when the viii . dayes were accomplished , that they should circumcise the childe , his name was then called Iesus , which was so named of the Angel , before he was conceiued , &c. Luke . 2.

Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac , when he was eight dayes old , as God had commaunded him , &c. Gen. 21

Let euery man child among you be circumcised . That is ye shal circumcise the fores skin of your flesh , &c. Ge. 17 Uouchsafe therefore I beseéch theé , to strip me out of the old corrupt Adam , which being soked in sin , transformeth him self into all incumberances , and diseases of the minde , that may lead away from theé .

Rid me also quite and cleane of that his tempter the deceitfull Eue , which turneth vs away from the obedience of thy Father . Clothe me with thy self O my redeémer and sanctifyer , clothe me with thy self , which art the second man , and hast yealded thy self obedient in all things to God thy father , to rid away all lustes of the flesh , and to destroy the kingdome thereof , through righteousnes .

Be thou our clothing and apparrell , to keép vs warme from the cold of this world . For if thou be away , by and by all things become noume , weake , and stark dead . Wheras if thou be present they be liuely , sound , strong , and lusty .

Abner said to Dauid , make couenant with me , and be hold , mine hand shal be with thee . &c. 2. Sam. 3.

The Queen of Sa●a bring gifts to Ierusalem to Salomon , with a very great tray●e . &c. 3. Reg· 10.

●here is the king of the Iewes that is 〈◊〉 for we haue 〈◊〉 his starre in the East , and are ●ome to worship him . When Herode the king heard this , he was troubled , & all Ierusalem ▪ &c. Math. 2. And therfore like as I wrap my body in these clothes , so cloth thou me all ouer , but specially my soule , with thine own selfe , Amen .

❧ A Prayer to be sayd at our first going abroad .

I Must be fayn to go abroad among the snares which the deuill , and his handseruant the world haue layd for me : and I cary with me besides , the stinges of mine own flesh . Guyde me therfore , O thou most sure guide , be thou my leader , thou God of my welfare . Defend me O captayn , from the traynes , and stalles that are layd for me : that whatsoeuer thinges I shall meéte with , I may make no more account of them , then they are worthy of : but keép on my way , with mine eyes so fast fixed and setled vpon theé alone , as I may not deal with any thing further

〈◊〉 the dayes of Purification after the law of Moses , ●●re accomplished , they brought Iesus to Ierusalem to present him to the lord , as it is written in the law of the lord , Luke . 2.

God sayd to Moses , sanctify vnto me all the first borne , that open al maner matrices among the children , &c. Exo. 13

Anna bare a sonne , & brought him into the house of the Lord in Siloh , and the child was young , &c , 1. Sam. 1. forth then it hath respect vnto theé . Lord shew me thy wayes , and lead me in thy pathes for thy Sonnes sake . Amen .

* A Prayer to be sayd at our returning home .

O How excellent , and ioyfull shall our returning home be into the euerlasting , quyet , and blessed house of heauen , where there is no troble , nor incumberance at al. All the mirth , and gladnes of this world , is but a shadow in comparyson of the pleasures that are there . Nothing O Lord , is liker to thy holy nature , then the minde that is setled in quietnesse . Thou hast called vs into that quietnes , and peace of thine , from out of the turmoiles of this world , as it were from out of stormes into a hauen : Which is such a peace as the world cannot geue , and as passeth all capacitie of man .

Behold , thy brother Esau is conforted agaynst ther , meaning to kill thee . Gen. 27.

Michaell spake vnto Dauid : If thou saue not thy self this night to morrow , &c. 1. Sa. 19·

●rise and take the babe and his mother and flie into Egipt , and be there till I bring thee word , for Herode will seeke the babe to destroy him . So he arose & toke the babe & his mother , &c Math. 2

Houses are builded for vs to repair into from the anoyance of the wether , from the cruelty of beastes , and from the waues and turmoiles of this troublous world .

Graunt now , O most mercifull Father , that through thy singular goodnes , our bodies may so resort into them , from our outwarde doinges , as our mindes may yeald them selues obedyent vnto theé , without striuing : & that they may the better , and more quyetly exalt them selues into that souerayne rest of thine aboue . Graunt that nothing may disturb , and disquyet them here beneath : but that all things may be quyet and calme through that peace of thine . The peace of Christ be to this house , and to all that dwell therin . Amen .

* A Prayer to be sayd at the setting of the Sunne .

He shall breaks downe their altars , he shal destroy their images . For now they shall say , we haue no king because we feared not the Lord , and what should a king do to vs ? Ose. 10.

Moses cast the ●ab●es out of his handes and brake them in pieces because of their idolatry , &c. Exo. 32

The Philistines finde Dagon fallen downe be fore the ark of the Lord &c. 1. Sam. ● .

WRetthed are they ( O Lord ) to whom thy daysun goeth down , I meane that sonne of thine which neuer setteth to thy saints , but is always at the noonpoint with them , euer bright , and euer shining . A droopy night ouer dreépeth the minds of them euen at hie noontide , which depart from theé . But vnto them that are conuersant with theé , it is continually cleére daylight . This daysun that shineth in the skye , goeth and commeth by turnes : But thou ( if we loue theé in deéd ) doest neuer goe away from vs . O that thou wouldst remoue away this impediment of sin from vs , that it might alwayes be day light in our harts , Amen .

* A Prayer to be sayd at the lighting vp of Candles .

GReat and thick darcknes ouerwhelmeth our harts ( O Lord , )

Saul sayd to Doeg , euen thou and fall vpon the priestes . And Doeg the Edomite turned , &c. 1. Sa. 22

A●halia seing her sonne to be dead , destroyed all the kings seed . But Ieho●heba . &c. Reg. 11.

Herode caused all male children to be slaine that were in Bethlehem and in all the costes therof from two yeare olde and vnder , according to the tyme which he had diligently searched , &c. Ma●. 2. vntil thy light do chase it away . Thy Daysun O most wise workmaster , is as the cresset of this bodily world : and vnto the spirituall world , the cresset is thy wisdome , from whence springeth the light both of our bodies , and of our soules . At the comming of the night vpon the day , thou hast geuen vs Candles for a remedy of the darknes : and for a remedy of our ignoraunce after sinne , thou hast geuen vs thy doctrine , which thy sonne ( who loueth vs moste deérelye ) hath brought down vnto vs .

Wherfore thou fountayne and teacher of all trueth , make vs through both those lights , to seé such things as may driue away the dimnesse of our minds . The light of thy countenance is sealed vpon vs O Lord , thou hast put lightsomnes into our harts : Thy word is a lantern to my feet , and a light to my pathes .

And Iesus when he was baptised , came straight out of the water . And lo , the heauens were opened vnto him , and Iohn saw the spirite of God descending like a doue , &c. Math. 3.

Lift vp thy rodde and stretch out thine hand● vpon the se● , &c. Exodus . 14.

They curt● down a branch with one cluster of grapes , and bear● vpon . &c. Num. 13.

❧ A Prayer to be sayd in the Euening .

O Lord , my God , my Father , and my sauyour , forasmuch as thou hast graunted me the grace to come to the end of this day , & hast created the night for man to rest in : I , casting my self most humbly down before thy holy maiesty , beseéch theé most hartelye to shew me this goodnes to the residue of thine infinite benefites , that I may so rest this night , to the comfort , and refreshment of mine infirmitie , as my hart may still be lift vp vnto theé : And my soule haue her spirituall rest aswel as the body taketh his . Let not my sleépe be vnmeasurable to please excessiuely the ease of my flesh : but only to suffice the necessity of my nature , that I may be the better disposed to thy seruice to morrow .

God spake to Iacob , get thee out of this countrey . Iacob toke all his gooddes and cattell , &c. Gen. ●1 .

Dauid asked counsel of the Lord , saying : Shall I go vp into any cities of Iudah , &c. 2. Sam. 2.

The Angel sayd to Ioseph : Arise and take the babe and his mother and go into the land of Israel , for they are dead which sought the babes life . Then he arose and toke the babe &c. Mat.

Preserue me also from all vncleannes both of body and soule , keéping me from all temtations of the enemy , and from all dangers that may befall me . And because I haue not passed this day without offending theé after diuers sorts and maners : Like as now in the absence of the sun , thou sendest darcknes to couer all things : so also vouchsafe to wipe out all mine offences , by thine infinite mercy , so as they may neuer come to reckning before thy iudgement seate .

All which things I aske , and craue of theé , in the name , and for the sake of thine only Sonne , my Lord and Sauyour Iesus Christ , according to the rule which he hath geuen vs to pray by saying :

Our Father which art . &c.

* Another .

The tempter came to Christ saying : If thou be the sonne of God , commaunde that these stones be made bread . But he aunswering , sayd , it is written , Man shal not liue by bread only , &c. Math. 4.

Esau selleth his byrth right for a m●sse of portage , &c. Gen. 25.

The woman seyng the tree to be pleasaunt , tooke of the fruit &c. Gen. 3.

LOrd Iesu Christ , to whose vnconsumable goodnes we be beholden for all things : which hast graunted the cherefull light of the day , vnto al men both good and bad to doe their busines in , and mercifully geuen them the sweet stilnes of the night , to refresh the pores of their silly bodies , and to put away the cares of their minds , and to asswage their sorowes . Forasmuch as thou thy selfe performest al these thinges much more beneficially to them that loue thee , to whom thou geuest a far greater light by the grace of fayth , to do al deedes of godlines by , then doth the shining of the Sun vnto the world : In so much as the promyses neuer suffer them to faynt , but the comfort of thy Spirite putteth away all cumberaunces of minde , far more effectually then any sleepe of the body . And the wholl

Helyas stretched himselfe vpon the childe , and the Lord heard the voyce of Helyas , &c. 3. Reg. 17.

Heliseus comming into the house and behold , the childe was dead and he stretched , &c. 4. Reg. 4.

Christ cried with a loud voyce , Lazarus come forth . Then h●●hat was dead came forth , bound band & foote with bandes and his face was bound with a napkin . Iesus said vnto them , &c. Iohn . 11. man resteth not more sweetly , or safely in any thing , then in thy mercy ( O deere Redeemer : ) I besech thee that if I haue done any thing this day through humayn frailety , and neglygence , which hath offended thyne eyes , pardon it for thy wonted goodnes sake , and graunt therewithal that this night may be happy to me by thy prospering thereof , pure by thy preseruing of me , and safe from the nightly illusions of wicked feendes , through thy protection , so as this sleep may make both my body and minde , more cherefull , and lusty to serue thee to morrow .

Moreouer , because this life hath not one houre certayne , whensoeuer the e●entide therof commeth , & the long sleepe of the body groweth vpon me , from which we shall not wake till the dead rise agayn at the sound

He was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sunne , and his clothes were as white as the light . And beholde , there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias , &c. Math. 17.

Abraham said , Lord if I haue now found fauor in thy sight . &c ▪ Gen. ●1 .

N●buchadneser answered : Lo I se● foure men loose walking in the midst of the fire . Dan. 3 of thine Angels Trumpet . I beseech thee lighten thou then the eyes of my minde , so as I may not sleepe in euerlasting death , by the quenching of my faith , but rest in thee , to whom euen the dead are aliue : Which lyuest , and raignest with the Father , and the holy Ghost , one God world without end , Amen .

¶ A prayer to be sayd when we vnclothe our selues to bedward .

THis body which is become vnhansome , and vnwealdy through sin , shal be consumed by litle and litle , and deliuered agayne to the earth , from whence it was taken . There shall the end be of this vanitie , which we haue purchased to our selues by our owne folly . Now therfore , thou O most louing Father , which hast set me together :

Dauid sayd to Nathan I haue sinned agaynst the Lord . &c. 2. Sam. 12.

Aaron looked vpon Myriam , and behold , she was leprous . Num. 12.

Iesus sayd , Many sinnes are forgeuen her , for she loued much . To whom a little is forgeuen he doth loue a litle , And he said vnto her , Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee , &c. Luke . 7 dissolue me in such wise as I may feéle my selfe to be dissolued , and remember of whom I am ouercome , and consider whether I must goe . Take me not vnwares and vnprouyded to thy iudgement seat : but like as we be willing to put of our clothes , which we shall put on agayne when the night is past : so let vs not be loth to put of this body , which we shall receiue agayn after that the night of this world hath run out his full race , Amen .

❧ A Prayer to be sayd at our going into bed .

WHen the day is ended , we geue our selues to rest in the night : so when this life is ended , we rest in deth . Nothing resembleth our life more than the day , nor death more then sleépe , nor the graue , more then the bed . Uouchsafe therfore , O Lord our gouernour ,

When Christ came nere Ierusalem he beheld the citie and wept for it , saying : O if thou hadst euen knowen at the lest in this thy day those thinges which belong vnto thy peace &c. Luke . 19.

Who shall haue pity then v●on thee O Ierusalem , or who , &c. Iere. 15.

Their feasts are turned into lamentation , their Alars , &c. 1. Mich● . 1. & defender , both to shield vs now lying vnable to help our selues from the craftines & assaults of our cruell enemy : & also to call vs then vnto theé , when we shal be yet more vnable at the finishing of the race of this life , not for our own deserts , but for thy own mercy sake : that we may liue & walk with theé for euer . And now let vs so fall a sleép in theé , as thou only , & those exceding , great , & incredible good thinges may in such wise be present alway before vs by the insight of our minds , as we may not be absent from theé , no not euen in sleép : that such dreames may both keép our beds , and bodies pure & vndefiled , and also chere our harts with that blessed ioy of thine In trust wherof , I wil fall on sleép , and take my rest , through our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ , Amen .

A Prayer when we be redy to sleep .

The women sang by course in their play , and said : &c. 1. Sam. 2●

The children of the prophetes came to meete Helisha , &c. 4. Reg. 2.

Christ riding to Ierusalem , many spred their g●●●entes in ●he way , other cut downe branches of the trees & strawed them in the way . And they that went before , and they that folowed , &c Mark. ●● ▪

TAke me into thy protection , O Lord Iesu Christ our defender : and graunt that while my body slepeth my soul may wake in thee , and cheérefully , and ioyfully behold the happy , & gladsome heauenly life , wherein thou art soueraine with the Father and the holy Ghost : and the Angels , and holy soules of men are most blessed fellow Citizens for euer and euer , Amen .

* A preparation , or preface to Publick Prayer .

ALmighty God , and heauenly Father , I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy , and in thy feare , will I worshippe toward thy holy Temple .

I haue loued the habitation of thine house , and willingly am I present in the congregation of thy Saints , praysing and confessing thy holy name .

Iesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought , saying vnto them it is written , Myne house is the house of prayer , but ye haue made it a de● of theues . Luke . 10

Is this house become a den of theeues , wherupon . &c. Jere. 7.

Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people . &c. Esay , 56 ,

Come let vs fall and bow down before the Lord who hath made vs , because he is the Lord our God , and we the sheep of his pasture .

Exalt the Lord our God , & fall down before his footstoole , for he is holy .

Lord I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable time : euen in the multitude of thy mercies : ( O God ) heare me in the truth of thy saluation .

I will offer to thee a sacrifice of praise and will call vpon the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord , euen now in the presence of all his people , in the courts of the Lords house , euen in the middest of thee , O Ierusalem .

I will run in the way of thy commaundementes , when thou shalt inlarge mine hart .

Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes . Open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy lawe .

When Iosephes brethren saw him a farr of , &c. Gen. 3

Absolon rose vp early and stode hard by the , &c. 2. Sam. 15.

Behold a woman a Cananite , came out of the sea coastes ▪ and cried , saying vnto him : Haue mercy on me O Lord , &c. Math. 1● .

Then will I take the cup of saluation , and call vpon the name of the Lord.

Lord open thou my lips , and my mouth shall shew forth thy prayse .

I will sing with the Spirite , and in vnderstanding , and say , Amen .

* A short speech before the Lords Proyer .

O Heauenly Father , O most merciful God , I most wretched sinner am vnworthy to lift vp my hands and eyes vnto thee , or to trouble thee with my prayers .

Neuerthelesse , forasmuch as thou hast commaunded all men to pray , & promised that thou wilt heare vs : And moreouer , prescribed vs a forme of Prayer in expresse wordes , by thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ : being dryuen by thy commaundement , and trusting to thy promyses , I pray

They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer , and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister . Now on the first day of the feast of vnlea●ened bread , &c. Math. 26

Iudas sayd : Come let vs sell him to the Ismalites , &c. Gen. 37

So Ioseph was brought down into Egypt , and Potipher , &c. Gen. 30 vnto thee in the name of my Lotd , with all the godly vpon earth , saying as he hath taught vs . Our Father , which art in heauen . &c.

* A Prayer to God the Father .

The foolish virgines came also sayng Lord Lord , &c. Math. 25.

The great Dragon that old serpent was cast out , &c. 〈◊〉 . 12.

Iesus knowing all thinges that should come , went forth and said vnto them ●home seeke ye ? They answered him Iesus of Nazareth , Iesus aunswered I 〈◊〉 he . Iudas also &c. Iohn . 18.

And because we haue diuers & hard incounters to indure against the world , the deuill , his ministers , and the flesh which we beare about vs : we beseéch theé euen with sighes , that thy kingdome may come . That like as in heauen all thinges submit them selues to thy maiesty with trembling : so also thy Spirite may raign in our harts , making vs to acknowledge theé the king of all kinges , then the which nothing can be either greater , or better .

They appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer , and from that tyme Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister . Now on the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread , &c. Math. 26

Ioab tooke ●b●er aside peaceably , and smote him vnder the ribbe that he d●●d . &c. 2. Sam. ● .

Simon to redeme Ionathan , sendeth mony and the children to Triphon &c. 1. Macha . 13.

When 〈◊〉 the father of Chanaan saw the nakednes of his father , he told his two brethren , &c Gen. 10

〈◊〉 is mocked of little children crying vnto him : Come vp thou baldhead , &c. ● . ●eg. 2.

〈…〉 Christ 〈◊〉 his face , ●nd bu●feted him 〈◊〉 Prophecy ●●to vs O Christ who is he that smote thee ? Peter sate without in the hall , and a maid , &c Math. 26.

The meat that geueth life in deéde , is the knowledge of theé by thy holy Scriptures , & the grace of thy spirit , whereby we grow vp in theé through dayly increase of vertue in the inner man , vntill we be fully men , growen according to the full measure of thine only begotten sonne Iesus Christ . By thy word thou begatest vs when we were nothing , by the same hast thou be gotten vs agayn , vnhappely borne of Adam , and by the same doest thou feéde and cherish vs now agayn begotten .

For , that is the heauenly bread , that is the new wine , wherwith all the blessed spirites are continually and happely fed , which ( dwelling in thy house ) doe prayse theé for euer and euer .

〈◊〉 let Barrabas lose vnto thē●nd scourged Iesus , and deliuered him to be crucified Then the souldiours of the gouernour toke Iesus in to the common hall , &c. Math. 27.

The plowers plowed vpon my backe , and furrowes long did cast , &c. Psal. 131.

Sathan smote Iob with sore voyles from the sole of his foot &c. Iob. 2.

When thou ▪ art done all thy duety , stere downe that thou mayst receue a crown &c. Eccle. 22.

〈◊〉 sayd vnto Dauid , who art thou that criest to the king , &c. 1 Sam. 26

And the souldi●rs platt●●●owne o● thorne ●pon his ●ead , an 〈◊〉 in his 〈…〉 , and bowed their knees before ●im and mocked ●im , saying : God 〈◊〉 , &c. Math. 2 ▪

* Another in Iesus Christ our Redeemer , by S. August .

Pilate toke water and washed hys handes before the multitude , saying : I am innocent of the death of this iust man , looke you to it . Then answered all the people , &c. Math. 27.

Iezabell sent a messenger vnto Helias saying The Gods do so to me &c. 3. Reg. 19.

Then the king commaunded , and they brought Daniell and cast , &c. Dan. 6.

I Call vpon thee , O God , I cal vpon thee , because thou art nigh to all them , that call vpon thee in truth . Thou art the truth , teach me I besech thee in thy mercy : O holy truth teach me to call vpon thee in truth : For how I should so doe I know not . Teach me therefore I most humbly beseech thee , O most blessed truth . For wisdome without thee is folishnes , to know thee is perfect knowledge . Instruct me with thy diuine wisdome : & teach me thy Lawes . For I beleeue that he is most happy who is instructed by thee , and taught thy Law . I haue a desire to call vpon thee , which I pray thee that I may doe in verity . What is it to call vpon truth in truth , but to call vpon the Father in the Sonne ?

Truly ( most holy Father ) thy word is the truth , and the beginning of thy

Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offring , and layd it vpon Isaac his sonne , &c. Gene. 22.

〈…〉 was there gathering sticks ▪ and Eliah called her , and said , &c. 〈…〉 .

And Iesus bare his crosse and came into a place named Golgotha , where they cruci●●ed him and 〈◊〉 other with him 〈…〉 side one , and Iesus in the midst of them , &c. Iohn . ●● . word is truth : For this is the beginning of thy word , that thy word was in the beginning .

In the beginning it selfe I worship thee , O thou principall beginning : in the very word of truth , I cry to thee most perfect truth . In the which , O thou the very same truth , teach and direct me . For what is sweeter then to call vpon the Father in the name of his only begotten ? Then to moue the father to compassion by mention of his sonne ? Then to pacifie the king by name of his welbeloued child ? For by this meanes the offender is released from pryson : the captiue set at liberty . By this meanes they that haue receaued the sorrowfull sentence of death , are wont to purchase not only pardon , but vnhoped fauour , if they pleade the loue of the welbeloued Sonne . By this meanes , seruants that

And when they were come to the place which is called Caluarie , there they crucified him and the euil doers , one on the right hand , and the other on the left , &c. Luke . 23.

Tubulraim wrought 〈◊〉 euery craft of brasse and iron , &c. Gen. 4.

Esay the prophet was cut in the midst with a saw , and fasted on a tree , &c. doe trespasse , escape their masters punishment , when his louing Sonne is their Intercessor .

Euen so , O almighty Father , I pray thee for the loue of thy omnipotent Sonne , draw my soul out of pryson , that it may confesse vnto thy name . Deliuer me from the chaynes of sin , I beseech thee , by thy coeternall and only Sonne : and most mercifully restore me to life , by the mediation of thy most pretious sonne , sitting at thy right hand . For what other Intercessor I should appoint I know not , but him who is the propitiation for our sinnes , who sitteth at thy right hand pleading for vs . Behold my Aduocat with thee O God the father . Behold the chief Bishop , who nedeth no other bloudy expiation , for that he shineth imbrued with his own bloud . Behold the holy & welplesing Sacrifice ,

With the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man , &c Gen. 2.

The Lord said to Moses thou shalt smite the rock and water , &c Exo. 17

One of the souldiours with a speare pearced his side , & forthwith ran there out bloud and water . And he that saw it bare record and his recorde is true . And he that &c. Iohn . 19. offered vp , and receaued in al sweetnes . Behold the immaculate Lamb , which lay still before the shearers : who being buffeted , spit at , and opprobriously rayled at , opened not his mouth . Behold , he who sinned not , toke our sinnes vpon him , and with his stripes healed our infirmities .

❧ A Prayer to God the Sonne .

O Lord Iesu Christ , the maker and redemer of mankind , which hast sayd that thou art the way , the truth and the life : the way , by doctrin , precepts , and examples : the truth , in promises : and the life in reward . I beseéch theé for thine vnspekable loues sake , where through thou hast vouchsafed to imploy thy selfe wholy in the sauing of vs : Suffer me not at any time to stray from theé which art the way ,

Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane l●nnen cloth , and la●d it in his new tombe which he had hewen out euen in the rock 〈◊〉 rolled a great ●one to the dore , &c. Math. 27.

Assone as the s●●ne was downe , Iosu● commaundeth that the● , &c. Iosu. 8

Then they arose and went all night , and tok● the body , &c. 1. Sam. 1● nor to distrust thy promyses which art the truth , and performest whatsoeuer thou promysest : nor to rest in any other thing then theé , which art the way , beyond which there is nothing to be desired , neither in heauen nor in earth . By theé we haue learned the sure and redy way to true saluation , to the intent we should not wander any longer vp and down in the mazes of this world . Thou hast taught vs throughly what to beleue , what to doe , what to hope , and wherin to rest .

We haue learned of theé how vngratiously we be borne of the first Adam . We haue learned of theé , that there is no hope of saluation , but by beleéfe in theé : and that thou art the only light which shineth before vs all , as we iorney through the wildernes of this world & through the night of our own harts , from the darcknes of Egipt , to that blessed land which thou hast promysed

When Ioseph was come to his brethren , they strip● him , &c. Gen. 37.

So they toke vp Ionas and cast him into the sea and the sea , &c. Ionas .

He layd it in a tomb 〈◊〉 out of a rocke wherin was neuer man yet layd . And that day was the ●reparing of the Saboth , & the Saboth ●r●e on . The women that folowed after &c. Luke . 23. to the meéke , and to such as follow the footsteps of thy mildnesse . For in vs there was nothing but deép darcknes , in so much that we could nether seé our own wretchednes , nor where to seéke remedy for it . But thou vouchsafing to come down into the earth , & to take our nature vpon theé , of purpose to driue away the mist of our ignoraunce with the light of thy doctrine , and to direct our feete into the way of peace , by thy precepts : and hast paued vs the way to immortality by thy example , and of abushy and rough way , made vs a playn and smooth way , by treading it out with thine own footsteps .

Thus art thou ( which canst no skill of error ) become our way , wherein ( to the intent we should not faint ) thy goodnes hath vouchsafed to stay vs vp with many great and sure promyses . For who can tire , when he remembreth , that

For feare of him the kepers were astonied & became as dead men . But the Angell sayd to the women : Feare not , for I know you seeke Iesus which was crucified , &c. Math. 2● .

Samson arose at midnight and toke the dores , &c. I●dicum . 16

And the Lord spake vnto the fish and it cast out Ionas , &c. Ionas . 2. if he walk in thy footsteps , the inherytance of the heauenly life is prepared for him ? Therfore it is thy will that hope should be as a sure staffe , to holde vs vp as long as we be in this iorney . And thy goodnesse was not contented with that , but forasmuch as thou knoest the weaknes of our flesh , thou refreshest our strength from time to time with the comfort of thy Spirit , to the intent we may come running cherefully vnto theé . And as thou being become our way , puttest aside all cause of straying : so being the truth , puttest away al cause of distrust : finally , being become our life thou giuest vs grace to be dead here vnto sin , & to liue through thy spirit , wh c quickneth all things , vntill that in the resurrection when all mortalitie shall be rid quite and clean away , we shall liue with theé , and in theé for euer , at which time God shall be all in all .

The king said vnto Daniell : O Daniel the seruaunt , &c. Daniel . 6.

When I had past a litle from them , then I found him , &c ▪ Cant. ● .

Iesus app●a●ed first to Mary Magdalen● out of whom he had ●ast 〈…〉 she went and told them that had bene with him which mourned , &c. Mar. 1● For it is euerlasting life to know the Father , the Sonne , & the holy Ghost to be the one true God : whom we seé now by faith , but as through a glasse , and in a riddle : but as then we shall behold his glory at hand , and be transformed into the same Image . And therefore I beseéch theé ô most mercifull Sauiour , increase thy seruants faith , that I may neuer stagger in thy heauenly doctrine : increase mine obedience , that I may neuer swarue from thy commaundements : and increase my constancy , that ( walking in thy steps , ) I may neither be intised with Sathans allurementes , nor discouraged with his terriblenes : but hold out to the death in theé which art the true way : increase my faith , that ( trusting to thy promyses ) I may neuer faint in the indeuour of godlines , but forget the things that I haue left behind me , and go alwayes

Iesus said to Thomas put th● finger here and see my hands and put forth thy hand , and put it into my side , and be not faythlesse , &c. Iohn . 20.

And Iacob called the name of the place P●in●ll , &c. Gen. 32.

〈◊〉 aunswered : he Lord be with vs why then , &c. Iud. 6. forward to more perfection . Increase thy grace in me , that ( being dead euery day more then other in my selfe ) I may be aliue , and led by thy Spirite : fearing nothing but theé , then whom , nothing is more amiable : glorying in nothing but only in theé , who art the true glory of all the saints : coueting nothing but theé , who art of all things the best : and finally , desiring nothing but theé , who with the father , and the holy Ghost art the full and perfect felicity , for all euer . Amen .

❧ A Prayer to the holy Ghost .

O Holy Spirit , worthy of all worship , which makest vp the almighty trinity , which proceédest from the father , and the sonne , and art equall to either of them , differing from them in only propriety of person , which of thy

●nd Enoch walked with God , and he was no more sene , for God tooke him away &c. Gen. ● .

There appeared a charet of fire . and horses of fire , to Elias went vp by a whirlwind . &c 2. Reg. 2

So after the Lord h●d spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and sate at the right hand of God . And they went forth and preached , ●c . Mar. 16 goodnes forgeuest the sinnes of them that amend , which with thy holy breth cleansest mennes mindes , comforting them when they be in sorrow , cheéring them vp with pure gladnes when they be in heauynes , leading them into all truth when they be out of the way , kindling in them the fire of charitye when they be a cold , knitting them together with the glew of peace when they be at varyance , and garnishing , and inriching them with sundry giftes , which by thy meanes profes the name of the Lord Iesu : by whose working , all things liue , which liue in deéde , whose delight is to dwell in the harts of the simple , which thou hast vouchsafed to consecrate for temples to thy selfe . I beseéch theé maintayne thy giftes in me , & increase the things dayly which thou hast vouchsafed vpon me : that by thy gouernance , the lustes of the flesh

The birth of blessed Mary the virgine the mother of Christ , &c.

There shall come a rod forth of the stocke of I●ss● , and a graffe , &c. Esay . 11.

There shall come a star of Iacob , and a scepter shall rise of Israell , &c. Num. 24. may dye more and more in me , and the desire of the heauenly life more quicken and increase .

Let me so passe through the misty desert of this world , by thy light going before me , as I may neither be defiled with Sathans vices , nor be intangled with any errors , disagreéing from thy truth , which the true catholick church hath delyuered vs by the instinct of theé , which liuest & raignest euerlastingly with the Father and the Sonne , Amen .

* A Prayer to God for his Spirite , and grace to pray effectually .

ETernall and most mercyfull Father , we know not our selues , neither can easely vnderstand , what , or how we should pray as we ought .

But thou shalt goe vnto my fathers house , and to my kinred , and take a wif● , &c. Gen. 24.

I will speak for her that she may be geuen the● to wife . for to thee doth the right of her , &c. Tob. 6.

Mary the mother of Iesu betrothed to Ioseph her husband before they came together , was founde with childe by the holy ghost . Then Ioseph her husband being a iust men , &c Math. 1.

Geue vs the Spirit ô Lord , to help our infirmytyes , which maketh requeste for vs vnto theé , with sighes which cannot be expressed .

I lift vp mine eyes to theé that dwel lest in the heauens .

Stir vp my hart and mind ô Lord , come into me ô spirite of God , that I may come vnto theé with hart & soule , not with mouth and lips only .

Geue vs thy grace that we may call vpon theé as true worshippers in spirite and truth , with the inward attention , without hipocrisie and ambition .

Graunt that I aske nothing of theé but that which may agreé to thy holy will , to thy prayse and glory , and to the health of my soule .

●nd in the ●i mo●rt , the Angell Gabriel● was sent from God to a citie in Galile , na●med Nazareth , to a virgine affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph , of the house of Dauid , &c. Luke . 1.

●he ●a●de of the wom●n shall ●read vpon the head of the serpent , Gen. 3.

The Angel sayd to him the Lord is with thee , ●hou valyant man . ●udges . 6

Neither let my praiers ô Lord , prescribe the time when , and how they should be fulfilled .

But let me submit my selfe to thy holy will in all things with hope , patience , and humilitie of hart .

Thy will be done in earth ô Lord , as it is in heauen .

I will wayt patiently ô Lord for theé , that thou mayst incline vnto me , and heare my prayer .

Behold , euen as the eies of seruants looke vnto the hand of their masters , and as the eyes of a mayd vnto the hand of her maistresse : so our eyes will wayt vpon theé ô Lord , vntill thou haue mercy vpon vs .

●nd Moyses returned to Iethro his father in law and sayd to him , I pray , &c. Exo. 4.

My soule doth magnify the Lord , and my sprite doth reioyce in God my sauiour , Luke . 1.

A●d Mary c●ose and went with hast into the hilly contrey to a citie of Iuda 〈◊〉 entred into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth . And it came to passe , &c. Luke . 1.

In his name , through faith , we come to the throne of thy grace , & receiuing the spirite of adoption , we cry Abba Father .

Strengthen vs O Lord , least the vnworthynes of our life withdraw and intice vs from prayer .

Assist vs therfore O most mercifull father , that we may pray euery where , lifting vp pure hands without wrath or doubting , with supplications , prayers , intercessions , & geuing of thanks for our selues , and for all men .

Graunt this through Iesus Christ our Lord , who is also at thy right hand and maketh request for vs : To whom with theé , and thy holy Spirit , be all laud , and glory , Amen .

When the dayes were accomplished , Mary brought forth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes , and layd him in the manger because there was no roume , &c. Lu. 2.

Put thy shoes of thy feete for the place wheron thou standest , is holy ground . Exod. 3.

Aarons rod being put in the tabernacle did blossom and I will make cease , &c. Num. 17.

* A Prayer for the whole Realm , and the body of the Church , with the members therof , according to their estates , & degrees .

Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac , when he was eight dayes old , as God had commaunded him , &c. Gen. 2.

Let euery man child among you be circumcised . That is ye shal circumcise the foreskin of your flesh , &c. Ge. 17

And when the viii . dayes were accomplished , that they should circumcise the childe , his name was then called Iesus , which was so named of the Angel , before he was concei●ed , &c. Luke . 2.

And forasmuch as thou hast commaunded vs to pray inespecially for kings and Princes , and for all such as are set in authoritie , that the company of mankind may liue peaceably , and quietly vnder them in all godlines and honesty : considering how burthensome crownes and scepters are , & how hard the wealding of them is , and how difficult a matter it is to discharge them well , whether it be in respect of themselues , or of their subiects :

〈◊〉 is the king of the Iewes that re●orne ▪ for we haue ●ene his starre in the ●ast , and are come to ●orship him . ●he● Herode the king ●eard this , he was ●roubled , & all Ieru●alem &c. Math. ●

Abner said to Dauid , make couenant with me , and be hold , mine hand shal be with thee . &c. ● . Sam. ● .

The Queen of Saba bring gifts to Ierusalem to Salomon , with a very great tray●e . &c. 3. ●eg· 10.

O Lord our good God , thou hast set her vp to raigne ouer thy people , geue vnto her thy handmaid , and to al other princes thy seruants , geue them wisdome and vnderstanding to iudge thy people , and to discerne betweéne good and bad , that they may not be vnprofitable , and much lesse hurtfull in so holy a vocation .

God sayd to Moses , sanctify vnto me all the first borne , that open al maner matrices among the children , &c. E●o . 1●

An●● bare a sonne , & b●ought him into the house of ●he Lord in ●iloh , and the child was young . &c. 1. Sam 1.

〈…〉 ●uri●●cation after ●e 〈◊〉 of Moses , ●ere accomplished , 〈…〉 Iesus to Ierusalem to present him to the lord , is it is written in the law of the lord , Luke . ● .

Also I pray vnto theé O Sauyour and father of truth , for all those whom thou hast ordayned to be true Shepheards to thy faithfull , and to whom thou hast committed the charge of mens soules , and the dealing forth of thy holy gospell . Guid them by thy holy spirite , that they may be found faithfull and diligent in their holy vocation .

Arise and take the babe and his mother and flie into Egipt , and be there till I bring thee word , for Herode will seeke the babe to destroy him . So he arose & toke the babe & his mother , &c Math. 2

Behold thy brother Esan is conforted against thee , meaning to kill thee . Gen. 27.

Michaell spake vnto Dauid : If thou saue not thy self this night to morrow , &c. ● . Sa. 19.

Let it please theé to make a general deliuerance and restitution of thy churches through the wholl world , by sending forth laborers into thy haruest , able and sufficient men to gather the poore stray sheepe together , vnder the sheéphooke of the great shepherd of our soules thy sonne Iesus Christ .

Moses cast the tables out of his handes and brake them in p●eces because of their idolatry , &c. Exo. 12

The Philistines ●nde Dagon fallen downe before the ark of the Lord &c. 1. Sam. 5.

He shall breake downe their altars , he shal destroy their images . For now they shall say , we haue no king because we feared not the Lord , and what should a king do to vs ? Osc. 10.

As touching their hearers , vnto such as profes thy name already , geue true perseuerance in faith , charitie , and all good works , to the glory of thy name , & to the health of their own soules . And as touching the residue which walk as yet in the vanity of their own mindes , touch thou their harts , and geue them inlightned eyes , that all of them may yeald them selues to serue and please theé . Finally , ô God of all confort , I beseéch theé haue pitie vpon the miseries and afflictions of all thy creatures in generall , of the nations whom thou visitest with pestilence , war , or famine : of the persons whom thou smitest with pouerty , imprisonment , sicknes , banishment , or other thy rods , whether it be in their bodies or in their mindes : and specially of thy chosen , that suffer for the testimony of thy gospell .

Herode caused all male children to b● s●aine that were in Bethlehem and in all the costes thero● from two yeare olde and vnder , according to the tyme which he had diligently searched , &c Mar. 2.

S●ul sayd to Doeg ▪ 〈◊〉 thou and fall vpon the priestes and Doeg the Edomite turned , &c. 1. ●a 22

Athal●a seing her sonne to be dead , destroyed all the kings seed . But Iehosheba . &c. Reg. 11.

God spake to Iacob , get thee out of this countrey . Iacob toke all his gooddes and cattell , &c. Gen. ●1 .

Dauid asked counsel of the Lord , saying : Shall I go vp into any cities of Iudah , &c. 2. Sam. 2.

The Angel sayd to Ioseph : Arise and take the babe and his mother and go into the land of ●●●rael , for they are dead which sought the babes life . Then he arose and toke the babe &c. Mat. ●

* Another prayer for the church , and all the states thereof , by Iohn Foxe .

And Iesus when h● was baptised , cam● straight out of the water . And lo , the heauens were opened vnto him , and Iohn saw the spirite of God descending like a doue , &c. Math. 3.

Lift vp thy rodde and stretch out thine hande vpon the sea , &c. Exodus . 14.

They cutte down a branch with one cluster of grapes , and bears vpon , &c. Num. 13.

Esau selleth his byrth ●●ght for a m●sse of pottage , &c. Gen. 25.

The woman seyng the tree to be pleasaunt , tooke of the fruit &c. Gen. 3.

The tempter 〈◊〉 to Christ saying : If thou be the sonne of God , commaunde that these stones be made bread . But he aunswering , sayd , it is written , Man shal not liue by bread only , &c. Math. 4.

Behold a woman a Cananite , came out of the sea coastes ▪ and cried , saying vnto him : Haue mercy on me O Lord , &c. Math. 15.

● certayne man was diseased 38. ye●res , when Iesus saw him lie and knew , &c. Iohn . ● ▪

And in the 〈…〉 of the night , Iesus went vnto them , walking on the sea , &c. Math. 14.

But here ( alack ) commeth another mischief , as great , or greater then the other . For , the Turk with his sword is not so cruell , but the bishop of Rome on the other side is more fierce and bitter against vs , stirring vp his bishops to burne vs , his confederates to conspire our destruction , setting kinges against their subiects , and subiects disloyally to rebel against their princes , and all for thy name .

He that is without fault let him cast the first stone . &c. Iohn . ● .

Iesus seyng their fayth , sayd to the sick of the paulsey , sonne , &c. Math. 9.

And he tooke the v. loaues and two fishes and looked vp to heauen and blessed , and brake and gaue the loaues to his disciples and the disciples . &c. Math. 14.

Amongest vs Englishmen here in England , after so great stormes of persecution , and cruell murther of so many martires , it hath pleased thy grace to geue vs these Alcyon dayes , which yet we inioy , and beseéch thy mercifull goodnes stil they may continue .

Christ cried with a loud voyce , Lazaru● come forth . Then he that was dead came forth , ●ound hand ● foote with bandes and his face was bound with a napkin . Iesus said vnto them , &c. Iohn . 11.

Hel●as stretched himselfe vpon the childe , and the Lord heard the voyce of Hel●as , &c. ● . Reg. 17.

He●●●ens comming into the house and behold , the childe was dead and he stretched , &c. 4. Reg. 4.

Abraham said , Lord if I haue now found fauor in thy sight . &c. Gen. 18.

Nabuchadneser answered : Lo I see fouremen loose walking in the midst of the fir● . Dan. 3

He was trans●̄gured before them and his face did shine as the sunne , and his clothes were as white as the light . And beholde , there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias , &c. Math. 17.

Iesus sayd , Many ●innes are forgeuen her , for she loued much . To whom a little is forgeuen he doth loue a litle . And he said vnto her , Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee , &c. Luke . 7

Dauid sayd to Nathan I haue sinned agaynst the Lord . &c. 2. Sam. 12.

Aaron looked vpon My●iam , and behold , she was leprous . Num. 12.

Who shall haue pity then vpon thee O Ierusalem or who , &c. Iere. 15.

Their feasts are turned into lamentation , their Altars , &c. 1. Micha. 1.

When Christ came nere Ierusalem he beheld the citie and wept for it , saying : O if thou hadst euen knowen at the left in this thy day those thinges which belong vnto thy peace &c. Luke . 19.

And because no gouernment can long stand without good counsell , neither can any counsell be good except it be prospered by theé : blesse therfore we beseéch theé , both her maiesty , and her honorable Counsaile , that both they rightly vnderstand what is to be done , and she accordingly may accomplish that they doe counsell to thy glory , and furtherance of the gospell , and publick wealth of this Realme .

Christ riding to Ierusalem , many spred their garmentes in the way , other cut downe branches of the trees & st●awed them in the way . And they that went before , and they that folowed , &c Mark. ●●

The women sang by co●●ese in their play , and said : &c. 1. Sam. 2●

The children of the prophetes came to meete Helisha , &c. 4. Reg. 2.

Likewise to al magistrates , such as be aduaunced to authority , or placed in office , by what name or title soeuer : geue we beseéch theé a carefull conscience vprightly to discharge their duety , that as they be publick persons to serue the common wealth , so they abuse not their office to their priuate gayne , nor priuate reuenge of their own affections : but that iustice being administred without bribery , and equity balanced without cruelty or parciality , thinges that be amisse may be reformed , vice abandoned , truth supported , innocency releéued , Gods glory maintayned , and the Common wealth truely serued .

Is this house become a ●en of theeues , wherupon . &c. Iere. 7 ,

Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people . &c. Esay . 56.

Iesus went into the temple and beg●n t● cast out them that sold and bought , saying vnto them 〈…〉 written , Myne house is the house of prayer , but ye haue made it a 〈◊〉 of then●s . Luke . ● .

The chiefe priestes and the Scribes and the Elders of the people , consulted how they might take Iesus by suttletie and kil him . But they said , not on the feast day , least any vprore , &c. Math. 26

When Iosephes brethren saw him a farr of , &c. Gen. 3

Absolon rose vp early , and stoode hard by the , &c. 2. ●am. 19.

And forasmuch as the Bishoppe of Rome is wont on euery good Friday to accurse vs damned hereticks , we curse not him , but pray for him , that he with all his partakers , either may be turned to a better truth , or els we pray theé ( gracious Lord ) that we neuer agreé with him in doctrine , and that he may so curse vs still , and neuer bles vs more , as he blessed vs in Queéne Maries time . God of thy mercy keép away that blessing from vs .

Iudas sayd : Come let vs sell him to the Ismalites , &c. Gen. 37

So Ioseph was brought down into Egypt , and Po●ipher , &c. Gen. 30

Then appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer , and from that ●●me Iudas sought oportunitie to betray Christ his maister . Now on the first day of the feast of vnleaue●ed bread . &c. Math. 26

And forasmuch as thy poore little flock can scarse haue any place or rest in this world , come ( Lord ) we beseéch theé with thy Factum est , and make an end , that this world may haue no more time nor place here , & that thy Church may haue rest for euer .

For these , and all other necessities requisite to be begged and prayed for , asking in thy Christes name , and as he hath taught vs , we say : Our Father which art in heauen , &c.

Another .

O Singular louer of vs , Christ Iesu , O Bridegrome to whom thy Church is most deare , and which hast

Iesus at his last supper as they did eate , tooke bread , & when he had geuen thankes brake it , and gaue it to his disciples , saying : Take , eate , this is my body , &c. Math. 26.

Melch●●●ech brought forth bread and wine , and he . &c. Gen. 37

Moses sayd to the people of Israell : This is that bread . &c. Exo. 16. promised that thou wilt neuer fayle her : increase her , and multiply her with good issue like the father , that is to wit , like thy selfe . Make vs to be all of one minde both in thee , and in the thinges that concern thee , so as we may verely be that body whereof thou art the head , being ( as it were ) glewed , and fastened together with mutuall charitie , kindeled with that euerlasting fire of thine , which hast so loued vs , that thou hast spent thy bloud and thy life for vs .

O Christ , the author and perswader of peace , loue , and good wil : soften our hard and steely harts : warme our ycie and frozen harts , that we may wish well one to another , so as al men may perceue vs to be thy true disciples . And geue vs grace euen now to begin to shew forth that heauenly life , wherin there is no disagreement

I saw all Israel scatred as sheep● that had no shepheard , &c. 3. Reg. 22

Helisha sayd : behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but thou &c. 4. Reg. 7.

〈◊〉 said : all ye shall be offended by 〈◊〉 this night &c. He said moreouer vnto them , sitte y● here while I go and pray yonder . and he toke Peter and the two sonnes &c. Math. 26. nor hatred , but peace and loue on all hands , one towards another , Amen .

Another .

THe Church is one body , deriued from thee ( O Christ ) the head therof , into diuers members , knitte to thee , & together among themselues , with the knot of mutual loue , a great mistery of Gods goodnes . Now look how great a benefite , loue , vnitie , and peace are : so great a mischief is dissention , the mother of hatred . The author of the former is God , and the author of this other is the deuil . And like as nothing can be deuised more blessed , then to haue the Earthlye church to imitate the concord of the heauenly church : so nothing is more wretched then the contrary , which is the Image of hell .

O head and father of oures , thou

Iesus knowing all thinges that should come , went forth and said vnto them Whome seeke ye ? They answered him Iesus of Nazareth , Iesus aunswered I am he . Iudas also &c. Iohn . 1● .

The foolish virgines cam● also sayng Lord Lord , &c. Math. 2● .

The great Dragon that old serpent was cast out , &c. 〈◊〉 . 12. only art of power to performe what thou listest . Therefore gather thou vs together dispersed : & knit vs together now iarring , & rent asunder with opinions : vnite vs together whom hatred and enmity hath set as far at ods as can be . Graunt that all of vs which are regenerated , & renewed by baptisme in thy name , may cloase together in one body , meet for such a hed as thou art , them the which none can be imagined either better or greater .

Let vs be all of one minde , let vs set our harts all vpon one thing , namely vpon thee the only almighty god , and singular louer of vs : which art also a most meek man , and wast nayled to the crosse for our sinnes , and art the redeemer of mankind , and the setter vp agayn of the whole world . Lord asswage the great number of waues , wherewith this Ship of thine

Ioa● tooke 〈…〉 peaceably , and smote him vnder the ribbe that he 〈◊〉 . &c. 2. Sam. 3.

Simon to redeme Ionathan , sendeth mony and the children to Triphon &c. 1. Ma●ha . 13.

Iudas had geuen them a token saying : Whomsoeuer I kisse , he it is , take him and lead him away . And as soon● as he was come , h● goeth to him and saith : Maister , maister , &c. Marke . 14. is assaulted and shaken . Awake Christ Iesu and saue vs , or els we are like to suffer sore , and horrible shipwrack . No strength , no wisdome , no riches of men can now help vs , there remaineth no hope of remedy . Only thy mercifull looke can saue vs from this cruell storme , and make it calme agayn . Therefore put to thy helping hand , that we being preserued by thy power , may glory in thy name , Amen .

* Another .

O Lord Iesu christ , which through thine almightye power diddest make all creatures both visible and inuisible , which by thy heauenly wisdom gouernest and disposest all thinges in most beutifull order , which by thine vnspekable goodnes , preseruest , maintaynest , and quicknest all things , & which , through thine infinite mercy , amendest

The Iewes 〈◊〉 Christ in his face , and buffeted him saying : Prophecy vnto vs O Christ who is he that smote thee ? Peter sate without in the hall , and a maid , &c Math. ●6 .

When Cham the father of 〈◊〉 saw the nakednes of his father , he told his two brethren , &c Gen. 10

Helise●s is mocked of little children crying vnto him : Come vp thou baldhead , &c. 4. Reg. 2. the things that are crazed , buildest vp the things that were fallen down , and quicknest the thinges that were dead : vouchsafe ( we beseéch theé ) to turne thy countenance at length to thy singularly beloued spouse the church , euen that milde and gratious countenaunce of thine wherwith thou cherest all things in heauen , in earth , aboue the heauens , and vnder the earth : vouchsafe to turne those meéke and merciful eyes of thine wherwith when thou beheldest Peter , he repented him by and by : and wherewith thou beheldest the scattered people , and wast moued with pitie because they wandered like stray and scattered sheép for want of a shepheard .

Thou seést O good shepheard , how sundry sorts of wolues are broken into thy sheépfold , of whom euery one crieth this is Christ , insomuch , that euen the perfectest might be drawen into error ,

The plowe●s plowe● vpon my backe , and furrowes long did cast , &c. Psal. 131.

Sathan smote Iob with sore boyles fr● the sol● of his foot &c. Iob. 2.

Pilate let 〈◊〉 lose vnto them and scourged Iesus , and deliuered him to be crucified Then the souldiours of the gouernour toke Iesus in to the common h●ll , &c. Math. 2● . if it were possible . Thou seést with what windes , with what waues , and with what stormes , thy litle ship is tossed , out of the which it is not thy will that there shall be any safety . What must follow but that all of vs must neédes perish , if she should be drowned in the waters ?

We acknowledge and confes , that our own sinnes haue procured vs this tempest . We acknowledge thy righteousnes , and bewalle our own vnrighteousnes : but yet therwithall we appeale to thy mercy , which ( according to the psalme of the Prophet ) exceédeth al thy works . We haue indured much punishment already , being ouerworn with so many warres , ouerspent with so many exactions , vexed with so many kindes of sicknesses and plagues , ouerflowed with so many flouds , and scared with so many strange wonders threatening vs from the skyes : and yet for al these

And the souldiours platted a crowne of thorne vpon his head , and a reede in his right hand , and bowed their knees before him and mocked him , saying : God 〈◊〉 , &c. Math. 27

When thou hast done all thy d●●ty , ●●tte downe that thou mayst receue a crown &c. Eccle. ●2 .

Abner sayd vnto Dauid , who art thou that criest to the king , &c. 〈◊〉 1. Sam. 26 mischiefes , following one in anothers neck , there apeareth not any Hauen any where to rest in , but sorer things seéme to hang still ouer our heads .

We complayne not of any rigor on thy behalfe ( O most meéke Sauyour , ) but we acknowledge thy mercy in that behalfe also , for truely we haue deserued far sorer thinges . How be it , O most mercifull Iesu , stand not thou vpon the due of our deserts , but consider what becommeth thine own mercifulnes , without the which , not euen the Angels were able to stand before theé , and much lesse we that are but earthen vessels . Haue mercy vpon vs O pitiful Redeémer , not for any worthinesse of oures , but geue that glory to thy holy name . Suffer not the Iewes , Turks , and others which ether know theé not , or els enuy thy glory , to brag continually against vs and to say : Where is

Iezabell sent a messenger vnto Helias saying The Gods do so to me ▪ &c. ● . Reg. 19.

Then the king commaunded and they brought Daniell and cast , &c. Dan. 6.

Pilate toke water and washed hys handes before the multitude , saying : I am innocent of the death of this 〈◊〉 man , looke you to it . Then answered all the people ▪ &c. Math. 27. their God ? Where is their Redemer ? Where is their Sauiour ? Where is their Bridegroome whom they boaste of ? These reproches light vpon theé , while thy goodnes is measured by our aduersities . Because they perceiue not that this chastising is to our welfare , they deéme vs to be forsaken .

In time past when thou didst sleépe in the ship , and the tempest that arose threatned destruction to all that were in it , thou diddest awake at the crying out of a few of thy disciples , and anone at thy almighty voyce the surges sank down , the winds were whist and still , and the troublesome storme was sodenly turned into a great calme . The dumbe elementes knew the commaundement of their maker . Now in this farre greéuouser tempest , wherby not a few bodies , but innumerable soules are in danger : we beseéch theé to awake at the

●nd Iesus ●are his crosse and came into a place named Gol●●otha , where the● crucified him 〈…〉 therwith 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 the most of 〈◊〉 , &c. ●ohn . 1● .

Abraham tooke the wood of ●he burnt offring ▪ and layd ●t vpon Isaac his sonne , &c. 〈◊〉 . ●● .

Beho●d the wi●ow was there gathering sticks ▪ and Eliah called her , and said , &c. 〈…〉 . cry of thy whole church being in peril . Behold how many thousand men cry out , Lord saue vs or els we perish .

The tempest hath ouercome all cunning of man : nay rather , we seé that the indeuour of such as goe about to helpe it , doth turne to the contrary . There needeth thy voyce O Lord Iesu , say no more but tempest be still , and by and by the wished calmenes will shew it selfe . The Lord would haue spared the innumerable thousands of wicked people that were in Sodome and Gomorra , if he could haue foū● but ten righteous among them all . Now there are many thousands which loue the glory of thy name , and which long to behold the beauty of thy house : and wilt thou not at their intreatance release thine anger , and remember thy old mercies ? wilt thou not through thy heauenlye cunning , turne our foolishnes to thine

Tubulta●● wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and iron , &c. Gen. 4.

Esay the prophet was cut in the midst with a saw , and tasted on a tree , &c.

And when they were come to the 〈◊〉 which 〈…〉 Calua●●e , there they crucified him and the euil do 〈◊〉 , one on the right hand , and the other on the left , &c. Luke . 23. own glory ? wilt thou not turn the wicked folkes euill doinges , to the benefit of thy church ? for thy mercy is wont to be then redyest at hand , when things are so far past recouery , as no strength or policie of man can help them . Thou being the only author and maintayner of peace , art only he that maketh thinges at one , though they be neuer so much at oddes . Thou didst dispose the olde Chaos , wherein the seédes of al things lay confused , and turmoyling among them selues , without any order or comlynesse : and by wonderfull order knit the thinges together in euerlastinge league , which striue together by nature . But how much more shamefull a Chaos is it , where ther is no loue , no faith , no keéping of couenants , no reuerence of lawes , no awe of such as are in authoritie , no consent of opinions : but euery man singes his own song as

One of the souldiours with a speare pearced his side ▪ ● forthwith ran there out bloud and water . And he that saw it bare record and his record● is true . And he that &c. Iohn . 10.

With the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man , &c Gen. 2.

The Lord said to Moses thou shalt smite the rock and water , &c Exo. 17 in a black sanctus ? Among the compasses of the Skyes there is no disagreément , the Elements doe keép euery one his place , and euery of them exec●●●eth his own office . And wilt thou suffer thy spouse , for whose sake all things are created , to goe to wrack by continuall discord ? Wilt thou suffer wicked spirits , the authors of discord , to execute tiranny in thy kingdome vnpunished ? Wilt thou suffer that strong fellow whom thou hast once thrust out , to get possession of thy tents agayne ? When thou dwelledst as a mortal man , among men , the deuils fled away at thy voyce . We beseéch theé O Lord , send thy Spirite into the hartes of all them that profes thy honorable name , to driue from them the wicked spirits , which are the scholemasters of ryot , couetousnes , ambition , lechery , vengeance , and discord : and ( that I may

Assone as the sunne was downe , Iosue commaundeth that they , &c. Iosu. ●

Then they arose and went all night , and toke the body , &c. 1. Sam. 13

Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth , and layd it in his new tombe which he had hewen out euen in the ●ock and rolled a great ●tone to the dore , &c. Math. 27. vse the prophets own wordes ) a cleane hart create in vs O God our king , and renue thy holy Spirite in our bowels , take not thy holy spirit from vs . Geue vs againe the gladnes of thy saluation , and strengthen thy spouse and thy spouses shepheards with a principall spirite . By this spirit hast thou set things in heauen and earth at one : by this spirite hast thou assembled and knit so many tongues , so many nations , and so many sundry sorts of men into the one body of thy church , which cleaueth vnto theé her head by the same spirit . If it may please theé to renue him in all mennes harts , these outward calamities wil by and by cease , or if they cease not , yet shall they at least wise turne to the behoofe of them that loue theé . Set this confusion in order O Lord , and let thy spirit spread forth it selfe vpon the waters of wauering opinions .

He layd it in a tomb ●ewen out of a rocke wherin was neuer man yet layd . And that day was the preparing of the Saboth , & the Saboth drue on . The women that folowed after &c. Luke . 23.

●hen Ioseph was come to his brethren , they stript ●im , &c. Gen. 37.

So they t●ke vp Jonas and ●ast him into the sea and the sea , &c. Ionas .

And forasmuch as thy spirit ( which according to the saying of the prophet contayneth all thinges ) hath also the knowledge of the voyce in him : graunt that as all which dwell in thy house haue but one law , one baptisme , one God , one hope , one spirit : so also there may be but one voyce among all them that professe thy catholick truth . At thy going vp into heauen , thou after the maner of such as triumph , diddest scatter abroad diuers rewards from aboue , geue giftes vnto men , & bestow sundry presents of thy spirite among them . Renue now again thine old bounteousnes from aboue : geue the same thinges to the Church now drooping , which thou gauest to her at her first florishing forth . Geue vnto her Princes the awe of theé , that they may so gouern the common weale , as though they should shortly yeald an account of euery

The wepeth continually in the night , and her teares . &c. Lamen. 1.

Call me not Naomi , but call me Mara for the lord hath geuen , &c. Ruth . 1.

●here was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting ouer against the sepulchre . The next day that followed the day of preparing , the hie priestes and Pharises , &c. Math. 27. thing to theé the king of all kinges . Geue them of the wisdome which is alwayes about thy throne , that they may seé what is best to be done , and perform it in their deédes . Geue vnto the shepheards whom thou hast vouchsafed to put in thy roomth , the gift of prophesy , that they may interprete the misticall scriptures , not by mannes reason , but by thy inspiration . Geue them the threéfold charity which thou diddest demaund of Peter when thou gauest him charge to feéde thy flock . Geue them the loue of sobernes and chastity . Geue thy people willingnesse to obay thy hestes , and forwardnes to serue them by whom it is thy will to haue the affayres of this world ordered : so shall it come to passe , that if by thy inspiration the Princes commaund things seéming theé , and the Shepheards teach things accordingly , and the people obay

For feare of him the kepers were astonied & became as dead men . But the Angell sayd to the women : Feare not , for I know you seeke Iesus which was crucified , &c. Ma●h . 23.

●amson arose at midnight and toke the ●ores , &c. Iudicum . 16

●nd the Lord spake vnto the fish and it cast out Ionas , &c. Ionas . 2. their good gouernment and godly teaching : the church shall with such good order soon recouer her former dignitye and quietnes to the glory of thy name . Notwithstanding that thou hadst appointed the Niniuites to vtter destruction , yet diddest thou spare them as soone as they turned to repentance : & wilt thou despise thy spouse casting her selfe down at thy feete ? which vseth sighes in steéde of sackcloth , and teares in steéde of ashes ?

Thou hast promised forgeuenes to such as conuert , and yet is it thy gift that a man returneth to theé with all his hart , to the intent that all our good thinges should redound to thy glory . Thou art the maker , repayre thy creature . Thou art the raunsomer , saue the cost which thou hast bestowed . Thou art the Sauyour , suffer not them to perish which hang wholly vpon theé . Thou

〈…〉 and behold Ioseph was not in the 〈◊〉 , &c. Gen ●

〈…〉 my soule loueth : I sought him but I found him not , 〈…〉

Mary stoode at the sepulcher we●●ng , and as she wept , the bowed her selfe into the sepulcher and saw two aungels in white sitting , the one &c. Iohn . 20. art the Lord , maintayn thine own possession . Thou art the head , succour thy members . Thou art the king , geue vs reuerence of thy lawes . Thou art the Prince of peace , inspire thy loue into vs . Thou art God , haue mercy vpon thy humble suiters .

According to S. Paules saying , be thou all in all men , that the wholl company of thy church , may with one mind and one voyce in consent yeald thanks for her obtayned mercy , to the father , and the sonne , and the holy Ghost , who being the perfect pattern of concord , are distinct in propriety of persons , and yet in nature but one , to whom be prayse and glory for euer , Amen .

* A Prayer for the Queenes Maiestie .

Iesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast vi●. deuils . And she went and told them that had bene with him which mourned , &c. Mar. 16

The king said vnto Da●iell : O Daniel the seruaunt , &c. Daniel . 6.

When I had past a litle from them , then I found him , &c. Cant. 3.

Thou hast restored again the liberty of our countrey , and the sincerity of thy doctrine , with peace and tranquilitie of thy church . Thine , thine was the benefit : the meanes , the labor , and seruice was hers . A burthen to heauy ( alas ) for a womans shoulders : yet easie and tollerable by thy helping hand .

And Iacob called the name of the place Peniell , &c. Gen. 32.

Gedeon aunswered : ●he Lord be with vs why then , &c. Iud. 6.

Iesus said to Thomas put the finger here and see my hands and ●ut forth thy hand , and put it into my side , and be not faythlesse , &c. Iohn . ●● .

Preserue her kingdome , maintayn religion , defend thy cause , our Queen , vs thy sheepe , and her people . Scatter thine enemies which thirst after war. Let them be ashamed and confounded that worshippe Idols . Let vs not be a pray to the nations that know not theé , neither call vpon thy name .

So after the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and sate at the right hand of God . And they went forth and preached , &c. Mar. 16

●nd Enoch walked with God , and he was no more sent , for God tooke him away . &c. Gen. 5.

There appeared ● charet of fire , and horses of fire , so Elias went vp by a whirlwind . &c. 2. Reg. 2

* Another .

O God most excellent creator and preseruer of all thinges , we cast our selues down before the feete of thy maiestie : and inwardly feéling how vnworthye we are to haue our prayers heard of theé , we dare not lift vp our eyes to heauen .

Knowledge of God in Iesus Christ is life .

Mahomet , and his Alcoron is perdition

Loue of God is in spirite , and truth .

Idolatry , is Spirituall adultery .

Aboue al take the shield of fayth . Ephe. 6.

Behold thou hast ca●● me out . Genesis . 4.

Fayth . apprehendeth Christ Iesus .

Cayne . dispaireth of mercy .

Moreouer ( O singular , and most precious treasure of al treasures ) thou through her meanes and ministery hast brought agayn Christ Iesus , once banished out of England .

Hope . maketh not ashamed .

Iudas . ashamed , and hanged him selfe .

Looking vnto Iesus the Author . &c. Heb. 12.

Let al bitternes , and anger , and wrath . Eph. 4.

P●tience , ●uercōmeth all thinges .

Wrath , deuoureth it selfe .

Thou hast geuen her Counsellers : graunt that she may vse their councell happely . Indue them with godly , righteous , and carefull hartes , that they may be both willing , and able , simply and faithfully to consult , and also prouidently to prouide , as well for thy church , as for her , and vs her people .

It is thy grace O Lord , that we her people , renued with thy word , doe suffer our selues to be nourished with the same . Send forth therefore faithfull shepheards , godly , and true teachers to feéde vs . And driue away all hirelings , and rauening wolues , from this flock of thine , and of thy Sonne Iesus Christ .

Humilitie , is tender harted .

Pride , despiseth his neighbour .

Be not high minded , but make your selues . &c Rom. ●2 .

Woe to the crown of pride , &c. Esay . 28.

Furthermore , of thy goodnes , maintayne peace and tranquilitie , defend our Queéne , her kingdome , and countrey from bloudy warres : and especially protect her and vs from hollow harts , and from ciuill tumults , and conspiracies , which haue shaken the greatest part of Christendome .

And because the affliction of euery poore creature appertayneth to her , in as much as she is thine , inspire the magistrates vnder her with thy holy spirite , that they may willingly & carefully maintayne iustice , and prouide for the releéfe of Christ his poore members , whose treasurers both she and we and all others are , whom thou hast blessed with thy earthly benefits .

Be 〈◊〉 , ●nd tender harted , &c. Ephe 4.

Auenge not your selues ▪ but geue place &c. Rom. 12.

Mercy , beareth with infirmities .

Cruelty , seeketh reuenge .

* Another .

O Almighty God , king of kinges , Lord of Lords , the only God and gouernour of all things : Thou art he , by whom alone kings doe raigne : Thou most high , bearest rule ouer all the kingdomes of men : Thou in Christ thine only Sonne being the most gracious father of thy chosen church , doest for the comfortable nourishing of it , dispose the Royall state among men .

Concord , supporteth one another .

Discord , destroyeth one another .

Three things reioyce me the vnitie , &c. Eccles●asticus , 25.

The 〈◊〉 of the proud is bloudshed . Ecclesi. 27.

Loue nourisheth with ioy .

Herod murthereth infants .

Christian sousdior harnised .

Hell Temptation ouercome .

Put on the whole armore , &c. Ephe. 6.

Stand ●ast in the faith , &c. 1. Cor. 16.

Wisedome is better then gold .

Sardanapalus an imprudent king .

Geue vnto vs also which are subiects , thankefull harts to thee , faithfull to her in thee , and charitable towards all men : that all which liue vnder her gouernment , Counsellers , Ministers , and euery other in their place and calling , may be throughly sactified in holines to liue before thee .

Understanding reacheth the heauen .

Ignorance is as a beast

Vnderstanding is a welspring of life . &c. Prouerb . 16

Be ye not like horse , and Mule. which . &c. Psalme . 32.

❧ A Prayer for the Ministers of Gods word .

LEt thy Priestes ( O Lord ) be clothed with righteousnes : and let thy Saints reioyce . Poure out thy spirite of wisdome and vnderstanding vpon the Ministers of thy word , that they may know the misteries of thy holye will . Geue them the gift of vtterance , that they may set forth the aboundant riches of thy gospel . Write thy lawes in their hartes , and thy testimonies in their bowels , that they may leade thy people into all truth , & rule thy church with discretion . Make them good work

Goe to the 〈◊〉 , O thou Slouggard . &c. Prouerb . 6.

The Slouthfull man hideth his hand in his . &c. Prouerb , 26.

Industry gathereth reward .

Sloth bringeth sleep . men , faithfull shepherds , and wise builders : that they may mende the broken walles of Ierusalem , feéde the flockes of thy sheepe with the bread and water of life , husband thy vineyard , & dresse it in due season , repair thy holy sanctuary , and bring in the vessels dedicated to the seruice of the Lord . And finally , shine with such light of holy and pure conuersation before men , as they may edefie no les by example of life , then by instruction of teaching : To the intent that men beholding their modesty , meéknes , sufferance , patience , and other vertues wherwith thou hast indued them to the benefite of thy Church , may be wonne to thy gospell euen by the holynes of their conuersation : and be compelled to confesse to the glory of thy name , that thou doubtlesse , liuest , raignest , workest and dwellest in them , Amen .

Memory is a treasure house

Obliuion is as a graue .

Wherfore I put you in remembrance , &c 2. Tim. 1.

I am counted amo●g them that goe down &c. Psal. 88.

* A Prayer to be sayd for all Magistrates

THey that are in authoritie ouer vs , are as the helme in a ship , as the eye in the body , and as the mind in the soule , and therfore thou O Lord hast commaunded vs to further them with our seruis or succor , and our prayers . For great is the profit that we receiue by good princes and magistrates , and great is the harme which they doe being otherwise . Wherefore it is to be wished that they might be good , godly , vertuous and nobleminded .

Besides this , great is the burthen which they beare in gouerning well : forasmuch as they must make an account therof vnto theé , whereas we in the meane while , are free from that danger . Unto theé therfore ( O Lord Iesu Christ ) do we make our supplications

Dauid executed right and iustice , &c 2. King. 2.

Thy princes are rebellious , and companions , &c. Esay . 1.

Iustice ●udgeth rightly .

Tyranny oppresseth ●ight . for them , euen vnto theé which art the perfect pattern for all Rulers to follow and imitate : as who being most singularly good , and wise , canst neither erre nor doe any thing amisse . Graunt we beseech thee that all those whom thou hast ordayned as Shepheards of thy sheép to rule thy people vnder theé : and specially that our most gracious soueraine Lady Elizabeth , and her most honorable Counsell , together with all her Nobilitie , Clergie , inferior Magistrates , and vnder Officers may be so inlightened with the brightnes of thy light , so guided by the direction of thy spirite , and so inflamed with the loue of theé , and of thy people committed to their charge , as they may in all cases espy the truth , & minister right , equitie , & iustice , with mercy , alwayes hauing their eyes vpon theé , to follow and execute the things which thou hast

Strength shewed in the arme .

Holofernes slayne by Iudith .

He girdeth me with strength , &c Psalme , ●8 .

He sayd he would burne vp , &c. Iudith . 6. commaunded , and not which they themselues list , so as they , drawing all together by one line , according to the pattern which thou hast set before them , may wel and throughly performe their charge to thy glory : and we obediently yealding our selues to their godly commaundements , may leade a holy and quyet life vnder them likewise , to the glory of thy name , Amen .

❧ A Prayer of Children for their Parents .

LOrd God , whose will it is that next thy self we should yeald most honor to our fathers and mothers : forasmuch as among the dueties of naturall loue , it is not the least to sue vnto thy goodnes for the welfare of our Parents : I beseéch theé preserue my Father and Mother , with all their household ,

Dauid tooke a good courage to him . &c. 1. Reg. 2.

I desire that you faynt not , &c. Ephe. 3.

Courage is bould in Christ .

Cowardice faynteth in tryall . first in the loue of thy Religion , and next in safety from all incumberance and greéfe both of body & minde .

And vnto me , graunt that they may not haue any trouble by my meanes : And finally , that I may inioy the fauor of them , & they the fauor of theé , which art the soueraign father of all , Amen .

❧ A Prayer for charitie , or loue towards our neighbours .

LOrd , inlighten and instruct our mindes , that we may esteéme euery thing as it is worth , & yet not make the lesse reckning of theé , sith nothing can be made better then thou . And secondly , let vs make account of man , then whom , there is nothing more excellent among the things of this world . Make vs to loue him next theé , either as likest our selues , or as thy child , and therfore our brother , or as one ordayned

Temperance watcheth , and bridleth .

Intemperance ouercommeth the hart .

A wholesome sleepe commeth of . &c. Eccle. 31.

For tables are so full of vomit , &c. Esay , 28 to be a member of one selfe same Countrey with vs .

And cause vs also euen here , to resemble the heuenly kingdome through mutuall loue , where all hatred is quite banished , and all is full of loue , and consequently ful of ioy and gladnes , Amen .

Another .

SOften our harts O Lord , that we may be moued no lesse at the necessities and greéfes of our neighboures , then if they concerned our selues , or the cases that touched vs nearest , and let vs think them to befall euen to our dearest frends . Let vs pitie them as our selues , and in their common aduersitie let vs also communicate with them by compassion , that as we would haue pitied our selues for the like cause , so we may be moued with pitie towardes those whom we seé oppressed with the

Vse a little wine for thy stomack . 1. Tim. 5

Woe vnto them that 〈◊〉 vp early &c. Esay . 1.

Measure in wine . comforteth .

Excesse walketh wantonly . same aduersities . O most milde , and mercifull Christ , we beseéch theé brethe vpon vs the spirit of thy meékenes and goodnes , that like as thy pitying of vs made theé to indure most bitter death , and torments for vs , so our pitying of our neighbors may lead vs to succour them to our power , Amen .

Another .

WHere Charitie and Loue are , there is the congregation of the Sayntes . There is neither wrath nor disdayne : but stedfast charitie for euer . Therfore graunt vs O Lord God , that we may loue one another vnfaynedly : for where loue is , there art thou : and he that loueth his brother , is born of thee , and dwelleth in thee , and thou in him .

And where brethren doe glorifie

Sobriety watcheth her mouth .

Voluptuousnesse ●yoteth .

Let vs which are of the day be sober . 1. Thess. 5.

For it is suffycient for vs , &c. 1. Pet. 4. thee with one accord , there doest thou poure out thy blessing vpon them . Loue vs therefore O Lord , and shead thy loue into our hartes , that we may loue thee , and our bretheren in thee , and for thee , as all children to thee , through Iesus Christ , Amen .

❧ A Prayer for the afflicted , and persequuted vnder the tiranny of Antichrist .

O Mercifull Father , who neuer doest forsake such as put their trust in theé : stretch forth thy mighty arme to the defence of our brethren , by the rage of enemies persequuted , and greéuously tormented in sundry places for the true profession of thy holy Gospell , who in their extreém necessitie cry for comfort vnto theé .

Let not thy long suffering , O Lord ,

Whose apparailing let not be , &c. 1. Pet. 3·

The steps of a strange woman . &c. Prouerb . 5.

Chastitie is secrete and clean .

Vncleanes is like a Goate . be an occasion either to increase the tyranny of thy enemies , or to discourage thy children : but with speéde , O Lord . consider their great miseries and afflictions . Preuent the cruell deuise of Haman . Stay the rage of Holophernes . Breake the counsell of Achitophell . Let not the wicked say : Where is now their God ?

Let thy afflicted flock feéle present ayde and releéfe from theé O Lord , look down vpon them with thy pitifull eye , from thy holy habitation : send terror and trembling among their enemies : make an end of their outragious tiranny : beate back their boldnes in suppressing thy truth , in destroying thy true seruants , in defacing thy glory , and in setting vp Antichrist . Let them not thus proudly aduaunce themselues against theé , and thy Christ , but let them vnderstand and feéle that against theé

Perseuerance ●ndureth to the end .

Reuolting , a Sow in the mire

If they continue grounded in faith . 1. Tim. 2.

He that endureth to the end shal be saued . Mat. 10 they fight . Preserue and defend the vine which thy right hand hath planted , and let all nations seé the glory of thine annoynted , Amen .

* A Prayer for our bretheren , that are in aduersitie .

MOst gratious , and merciful sauiour , we finde by experience almost euery minute of an houre , that this life of oures is fraughted with aduersities , which grow vnto euery of vs either out of the sinfulnes of the flesh , or of ech mannes own folly , or of other mennes spitefulnes .

Besides this , other mennes misfortunes are both an increase , and an example of our own . For we seé by them , that the like may befall vs : and brotherly charity compelleth vs to be sory for them . In respect wherof thou also hast commaunded vs to weépe with them

Charitie feedeth the hungry .

I was an hungry , and ye gaue me meate . Mat. 25.

If thine enemy hunger , feede him . Prouer. 25 ▪ that weépe , and to mourn with them that mourn , and to be like minded one towards another , as members all of one body . Thou therfore , O mercifull Redeémer , which hast borne our infirmities , harken to the prayers which we poure out before theé , for the releéfe of our bretherens aduersities : & increase not our sorrowes by the sorrowes of our frends . Rid them out of their miseries , that they may the more quietly set their minds vpon theé , & we ( through thy gratious goodnesse ) be discharged of no small peéce of our heauines . Or , if it be not expedient either for them or vs ( for thou only knowest what is expedient for euery man : ) at least wise giue them power of minde , and strength of b●dy , to bear their sore crosses the easilyer , so as neither their bodies may be vnable to abide and indure the paines , nor their harts quayle vnder the grief ,

Charitie geueth drinke to the thirsty .

I thirsted , and you gaue me drink , Mat. 25.

The Niggard witholdeth drinke from the thirsty . Esay 32.

wherby they might be dryuen to doe , say , or thinke any thing which thou mightest mislike of , or which might turne to their own hurt through impatience or dispayre , Amen .

❧ A Prayer for them that be in pouertie .

THey that are snarled and intangled in the extreém penury of things neédfull for the body , cannot set their minds vpon theé O Lord , as they ought to doe : but when they be disapoynted of the thinges which they doe so mightely desire , their harts are cast down , and quaile for excesse of grief . Haue pitie vpon them therfore O mercifull father , and releéue their misery through thine incredible riches , that by thy remouing of their vrgent necessitie , they may rise vp vnto theé in minde . Thou O Lord prouidest inough for all men

Charitie , harbo●eth strangers .

I was a stranger , & ye lodgeed me . Mat. 25.

I haue not suffered a stranger to lye without . Iob. 31. with thy most liberall and bountifull hand : but wheras thy gifts are , in respect of thy goodnes & freé fauor , made common to all men , we ( through our naughtines , nigardship , and distrust , ) doe make them priuate and peculiar . Correct thou the thing which our iniquity hath put out of order : let thy goodnes supply that which our niggardlynes hath plucked away . Geue thou meate to the hungry , and drinke to the thirsty : Comfort thou the sorrowfull : Cheére thou vp the dismayd : Strengthen thou the weake : Deliuer thou them that are prisoners : And geue thou hope and courage to them that are out of hart .

O Father of all mercy haue compassion of so great misery . O Fountain of all good thinges , and of all blessednes , wash thou away these so sundry , so manifold & so great miseries of oures ,

Charitie clotheth the naked .

I was naked & ye clothed me Mat. 25

If a brother or Sister be naked or destitute . Iames . 2. with one drop of the water of thy mercy , for thine only Sonne our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christes sake , Amen .

* A Prayer to be sayd for our Euilwillers .

MOst mercifull Redeémer , thou hast commaunded vs to pray for them , both which wish vs euill , and ( as much as in them lyeth ) doe worke vs euill : and that hast thou done , not only in words , but also in dedes , of purpose that we should follow thine example . We pray theé therfore , to shead in to vs the spirit of thy mildenesse , that we may patiently suffer both the euill will , and the euill speéch , and the euill doings of our enemies , as we hear say thou diddest , and as we dayly perceiue that thou doest still .

Let vs nether requite wrong in deéd , nor take vpon vs to reuenge our selues

Charitie visiteth the sick .

I was sick & ye visited me . Math. 25.

Let it not greue thee to visit the sick . Eccle. 7 in words , nor wish , or desire any such thing in hart or minde : but let vs be so farre of from all reuenge , as we may euen doe them good , and help them to the vttermost of our power , and with earnest prayer and supplication craue good things of theé for them : namely , that thou vouchsafe to geue them a good minde , and al other things which thou knowest to be for their welfare , profit , commoditie , and soul health : so as we may be thy children in deéde , which bestowest thy bounteousnes not only vpon the good and thankful , but also vpon the wicked and vnthankfull : and also thy kindly disciples , which prayed thy father to forgeue their most vnrighteous tormentors , Amen .

* Another .

MOst mercifull , and louing Father , which hatest not any of the

Charitie , visiteth prisoners .

I was in prison and ye came Math. 25.

Onesiphorus oft refreshed me & was not . 2. Tim. 1.

thinges which thou hast made , but sufferest and bearest with mennes misdoinges , winking at them , to prouoke them to repentance : We beseéch theé most humbly , euen with all our harts , to poure out vpon our enemies with bountifull hand , whatsoeuer thinges thou knowest may doe them good : and cheéfly a sound and vncorrupt minde , wherthrough they may know theé , and seéke theé in true charitie with their wholl hart , and loue vs thy children for thy sake .

Let not their hating of vs turne to their harme , neither let vs in any wise hurt them , seéing that we cannot doe them good for want of abilitie . Destroy them not O father , for their hatred towards vs , but saue them at our intreatance for them . Lord we desire their amendment , and not their punishment . Separate them not from vs by punishing

Sight .

Let thine eyes behold that is right . Prouerb . 4. them , but ioyne and knit them to vs by thy fauorable dealing with them . And seéing we be all ordayned to be Citizens of the one euerlasting Citie , let vs begin to enter into that way here already by mutuall loue , which may bring vs right forth thether , through Iesus Christ our Lord , Amen .

* A confession of our sinnes .

O Lord my God , euerlasting and almighty Father : I acknowledge and confesse before thy holy and high Maiestye , that I was bread and borne in sinne and corruption : and that since my birth I haue not ceased , nor doe cease dayly to transgresse thy commaundements . In respect whereof I cannot escape ruine and destruction according to thy rightfull iustice . Notwithstanding , forasmuch as I am sory that I haue offended theé , and doe condemne

Hearing .

The eare of ielosy heareth all thyngs . Wisdome . 1.

both my self and my sinne : and forasmuch as it hath plesed theé to loue vs , euen when we were thine enemies , and for assurance therof , to giue vs thy only and welbeloued sonne , our Lord Iesus Christ , to be a mediator , & aduocate betweéne theé and vs , promising vs that we shall obtayn whatsoeuer we aske of theé in his name .

Uouchsafe O most louing God and mercifull Father , to pardon and forgeue me in his name , and for his sake : and not only to cleanse my hart from all vanitie and vncleannes , but also to gouern and guid me by thy holy spirit in all my wayes , that I may liue according to thy holy and heauenly commaundements all the dayes of my life , to the glory of thy name , through the same thy wel beloued Sonne , So be it .

Taste .

The mouth tasteth the meats Iob. 34.

* A Prayer for remission and forgeuenes of sinnes .

SO huge is the heape of our sinnes , and in so sundry wise haue we offended ( O righteous and holy lawmaker ) that vnles we lift vp our mindes to the considering of thy goodnes , we must neédes despaire . Theé we displease , to theé doe we bid battail through our wicked deédes . To theé do we profes enmitie , euen to theé which art almighty , which hast no neéd of any thing , whom nothing can hurt : and yet art thou the party that doth first offer peace and attonement .

Because nothing hapneth oftner to vs them to fall into this disease , we haue neéde of nothing so much as of the medicine of thy mercy , and thou doest alwayes offer it vs redely , and set it before vs .

Smelling .

Geue a swete smell as incense &c. Eccle. 39.

Wherfore graunt we beseéch theé O most mild and kindharted Father , that we may both discern our diseases , and know the remedies of them , and seéke them ( as it becommeth vs ) at thine only hand , who art wont to graunt them so easely at our requestes , for the loue of thine only sonne Iesus Christ , Amen .

Another .

MOst mercifull and gratious father , I beseéch theé let not other mennes naughtines hurt me , but rather let their goodnes further me : thou art the terrible ielious God , which reuengeth the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children , vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate theé : and againe on the other side , art treatible and mild , insomuch that thou shewest mercy vnto thousands , in them

Touching .

Touch no vncleane thing . 2. Cor. 6. that loue theé and keép thy commaundements . Adde this also as an increasement of thine exceding great goodnes , that the faults of my forefathers in the flesh light not vpon my head , but that the weldoing of thy sonne Iesus Christ who is our father , may succor me . Be not angry with me for their sakes that begate this body of mine , but let me feéle theé fauourable to me for Iesus Christes sake , who hath begotten my soule new again , Amen .

Another .

Esay . 2. & . 19. Math. 24. Mark. 13. Luke . 17

The sun shall be darkned , the moone shal lose

hir light , & the starres shall fal from heauen .

Two men shall be in the

field , the one receaued ,

the other shall be refused .

Alas , how sore are we nouseled in sinne by custome , in so much that as now we can almost doe nothing els , and yet we perceiue not when we do amisse . O how small an account doe we make of it ? We lie wallowing vp on the ground in dirt and dung , and yet we neuer strayne our selues so much as to lift vp our heads , that we might not rot as we lye . What father would forbeare vs so often in breaking his commaundements ? Yet not withstanding , thou O God doest bear with vs , and winkest at our sinnes , and thy goodnes and long sufferance allure vs to amendement .

To thee therefore be glory , and prayse , for euer and euer , Amen .

Two women shall be grinding at

the mill the one shall be receaued

the other shall be refused .

Another .

O Souerain creator of al things , when I consider what maner of maiestie I haue offended with my sins . I doe euen shudder at mine own rashnes . When I bethink me how gracious and bountifull a father I haue forsaken , I abhorre mine own vnkindnes , When I perceue from how blessed freédome of minde , into how miserable thraldome I haue cast my selfe : I condemn mine own madnes , and I vtterly mislike of my self , and my conscience is put in such terror , by thine vneschuable iustice , as I seé nothing before me but helfire and disparre .

The Sea shall swell higher than any hill : &

shall fal agayne as low , fishes & monsters of

the Sea shal appere with roaring voyce .

Again , how redy thou art to pardon such as amend , thine own only begotten sonne doth beat into our heads by many parables , as of the lost groate , and the finding thereof again : of the shepherds bringing home of his stray sheép vpon his shoulders : but most euidently of the prodigall sonne , whose Image I seé plainly in my selfe .

The sea and all fluddes shall burne , trees

and herbes shal drop blud● Cities .

and all buildings shall be ouerturned .

O let thy mercy receiue him now submitting himself , whom thou hast he therto borne withall so gentely in his straying from theé . I am vnworthy to lift vp mine eyes to theé , or to call theé by the name of father . Neuerthelesse vouchsafe I beseéch theé , to cast thine eye vpon me : For thy loking towardes the sinner , maketh him to reuiue when he is dead , and to returne home again when he is lost .

Stone● shall tumble together , and make a huge none .

Tirr●ble earthquakes shall make men hide themselues .

Valy●s shall be 〈◊〉 and hils broght low .

Slaue that I am , and worthy of all maner of punishment , I seeke not that thou shouldst imbrace me and kisse me : I craue not the long robe and the ring , which are the badges of the former dignity that I did hold scorne of . I sue not to be receiued to the honor of thy children : It shall be a benefite great inough for me , if thou admit me but into the number of thy basest seruantes , euen of such as are bronded , & brought again from roging , that I may at least wise be some hanger on vnto theé , for in thy house there are many roumthes .

They that hid themselues shall runne forth like mad men ▪

The bones of the dead shall appere aboue the Sepulcres .

The powers of heauen shall be shaken .

It shall not greéue me to be counted among the abiects in this life , and to be racked with repentance , and to be sullied with mourning , so I may not be separated from theé for euer .

I pray theé , and I beseéch theé by the death of thy dearly beloued , and only begotten sonne , impart thy spirit vnto me to cleanse my hart , and to strengthen it with his grace , that I slide not thether again through ouersight , from whence I was called back by thy mercy , Amen .

* Another .

I Haue gone astray like a lost sheep , seeke out thy seruant O Lord , for I haue not been vnmindfull of thy commaundements . The offences & ouersightes of my youth remember not O Lord . Be mindfull on me according to thy mercy . For thy goodnes sake ,

Euery one liuing shall dye presently .

Heauen , earth , & all elementes shall burne .

The dead shall rise . O Lord , keepe my soule , and deliuer me : so shall I not be ashamed of putting my trust in thee . Turne my mourning into ioy . Rend my sackcloth asunder , and compasse me about with gladnes , that my tongue may sing to thee without prick or sting of conscience , Amen .

* Another .

IF thou looke straitly to our sinnes ( O Lord ) Lord who shall abide it ? But forasmuch as there is mercy with thee , I haue waited vpon thee for thy lawes sake O Lord . My soule hath held out in thy word , my soule hath trusted in thee O Lord . For with thee there is mercy and plenteous redemption , and thou redemest Israell from all his iniquities , Amen .

Another .

Knowledge of God in Iesus Christ is life .

Mahomet , and his Alcoron is perdition

THou hast chastised me O Lord , & I am broken as an vntamed young bullock . Turne me & I shal be turned , for thou art the Lord my God : for when thou hadst once turned me , I amended and when thou hadst shewed me my faults , I strake my thigh . I was ashamed and blushed , because I abode the reproch of my youth .

Another .

O Good Iesu , O sweét Iesu the sonne of the virgine Mary , full of mercie and truth , O sweét Iesu haue pitie vpon me according to thy great mercy . O louing Iesu , I beseéch theé by that precious bloud of thine , which thou didst vouchsafe to shed for vs wretched sinners vpon the altar of the crosse , put away all my sinnes and despise me not in myne humble sute calling vpon this thy most holy name of Iesus . This

Loue of God is in spirite , and truth .

Idolatry , is Spirituall adultery . name Iesus is a swet name , this name Iesus is a healthfull name . For what els is Iesus but Sauior ? O good Iesu which hast created me & redeémed me with thine own bloud , suffer me not to be damned whom thou hast created . O good Iesu let not my wickednesse destroy me , whom thy almighty goodnes hath made . O good Iesu consider what is thyne in me , & whatsoeuer is otherwise wipe it away . O good Iesu haue mercy vpon me while the tyme serues to haue mercy least thou destroy me in the tyme of thy dreadful doome . O good Iesu , although I myserable sinner haue iustly deserued euerlasting punishment for my most greéuous sinnes by thy rightful iustice : yet do I appeal from thy rightfull iustice to thyne vnspeakable mercie , & therfore pity thou me as a louing Father and mercifull Lord . O good Iesu , what profit is ther

Fayth . apprehendeth Christ Iesus .

Cayne . dispaireth of mercy .

Aboue al take the shield of fayth . Ephe. 6.

Behold thou hast cast me out . Genesis . 4. in my bloud , that I should go down into euerlasting corruption ? For the dead shall not prayse theé O Lord , nor yet they that goe downe into hell . O most mercifull Iesu , haue mercy vpon me . O most sweét Iesu , set me at liberty . O louing Iesu , be fauorable to me sinner O Iesu admit me wretched sinner into the number of thy chosen . O Iesu the health of them that trust in theé . O Iesu the welfare of them that beleue in theé , haue pity vpon me . O Iesu the sweéte remission of all my sinnes , O Iesu the sonne of the virgine Mary , poure thy grace , wisedome , louingnes , charity , and humility into me : and in all mine aduersityes geue me holy patience , that I may be able to beare thy crosse with theé , to loue theé , & to glory & delight in theé for euer and euer . Amen .

Another .

Hope . maketh not ashamed .

Iudas . ashamed , an● hanged him selfe .

MOst righteous and mercifull god , remember that thou art pitiful , and that thou art my redeemer . As thou art a iudge to condemne offenders : so art thou also God to acquite thy seruantes , and a creator to saue thine own worke , and a Sauyour to saue him that beleueth in thee , and is baptized .

Wherfore O Lord , mind not thy iustice only as agaynst a sinner , but be mindfull of thy goodnesse as towards thy creature : minde not thy wrath as agaynst an offender , but be mindfull of thy compassion as towards a poore wretch of thine . Spare me O Lord which art my saluation , and desirest not the death of a sinner . Spare my sinfull soul. My God , in thee doe I trust , and vnto thee doe I commit my soule . O merciful God haue pitie vpon me , haue pitie vpon thy humble creature . Deale with me according to thy mercy , O thou that art blessed for euer . Amen .

Patience , ouercommeth all thinges .

Wrath , deuoureth it selfe .

Looking vnto Iesus the Author . &c. Heb. 12.

Let al bitternes , and anger , and wrath . Eph. 4.

Another .

O Most mercifull Lord , how can I be good which haue bin euil euen in the good ? I sinned , & thou winkedst at it . I continued long time in my wickednes , and thou continuedst as long in thy louing kindnesse , of purpose to bring me to repentance , and to shew me fauor . Thou therfore that hast born so long with my offences , geue mercy to me miserable wretch . For I beleue that whatsoeuer thou determinest to forgeue me , it shal be as if it had neuer beéne done .

My whole life O my God , maketh me afrayd , because that when I sift it thorowly , there appeareth welnere nothing but sinne , or barrainnesse in it : and if there be any fruit in it , it is ether so thin and slender , or so vnperfect , and corrupted by some mean or other , that

Be not high minded , but make your selues . &c Rom. 12.

Woe to the crown of pride , &c. Esay . 28.

Humilitie , is tender harted .

Pride , despiseth his neighbour . it may well , either vtterly displease theé , or at least wise not like theé . Therfore being abashed at the multitude of my sinnes , but yet trusting to thy gracious goodnes , I acknowledge and confesse to theé my maker and Redeémer , which hast promised forgeuenes to offenders , that in sinne I was conceued , in sinne haue I been brought vp , and in sinne haue I liued all the time of my life vnto this day . I find not any sinne , wherewith I am not defited by some meanes or other . Thus is my soule filled with misery according to the desert of my sinnes . Thus is my soule brought euen to the gate of hell . O my God if thou deliuer me I haue cause to thanke theé : if thou deliuer me not , yet haue I no cause to blame theé , for thou art righteous .

Alas , how haue I liued ? what a number of euill things haue I sayd & done ?

Mercy , beareth with infirmities .

Cruelty , seeketh reuenge .

Be curteous , and tender harted . &c. Ephe. 4.

Auenge not your selues : but geue place &c. Rom. 12. I am ashamed that I haue liued so : my conscience telleth me I haue deserued damnation : but I am sure that thy mercy wipeth away all offence . Wipe away mine iniquities therfore O Lord , with the multitude of thy mercies , and by the desert of thy most bitter passion , and death , Amen .

Another .

WOe is me wretch that I am , how often haue I fallen in rising , and lien still when I was fallen ? I haue heaped sinne vpon sinne , often promising amendement , but neuer perfourming it . I haue alwayes returned agayn to my vomit : and to my former offences I haue added new , and worse . Behold O most mercifull God , I hide not my sinnes , but I bewray them : I doe not excuse , but accuse my selfe , for I know mine iniquitie well inough . Surely I might well inough despayre in respect

Three things reioyce me the vnitie , &c. Ecclesiasticus , 25.

The strife of the proud is bloudshed . Ecclesi. 27.

Concord , supporteth one another .

Discord , destroyeth one another . of my outragious sinnes , vices , and infinit ouersights which I haue committed , and dayly doe committe without ceasing , in thought , word , and deede , and by all other meanes wherin mans frailty may offend , were it not that thy word O Lord , is become flesh and dwelleth among vs . But now I dare not dispayre , because that he , submitting himselfe vnto thee , to the very death , yea euen to the death of the crosse , hath taken away the handwriting of our sinnes , and nayled it to his crosse , crucifiyng the same and death both at once . Therfore I beseech thee for thine only begotten sonnes death sake , wipe away all my iniquities , and be mercifull to me the miserablest of all sinners : to the intent that being set free from sinne , and iustified before thee through the righteousnes of thy sonne , I may sing prayse to thy name , and glorifie thee , together with

Loue nourisheth with ioy .

Herod murthereth infants .

the same thy sonne , and the holy Ghost , from this time forth for euermore , Amen .

Another .

MY soul is weary of her life : I will speake in the bitternes of my hart : I am sick , my life is brought weake with misery , my bones are bruzed as in a mortar , and therfore I flie to thee ( Lord ) as to my phisition . Heal me O Lord and I shall be wholl : saue thou me and I shal be safe . And because I trust in theé , I shall not be put to shame . But who am I O gracious God , that dare speak thus boldly vnto theé ? I am a sinner , wholy bred , born , and brought vp in sinne , a rotten caryon , a filthy vessel , wormes meat . Woe is me . Spare me O Lord . What victory were it if thou shouldest fight with me and ouercome me , which am lesse then the stubble before the wind ? Pardon

Put on the whole armore , &c. Ephe. 6.

Stand fast in the faith , &c. 1. Cor. 16.

Chastitie is secrete and clean .

Vncleanes is like a Goate . me all my sinnes , and lift me poore soule out of the mire . Surely Lord ( if thou wilt geue me leaue ) thou shouldst not shun him that commeth running to theé . For thou ( O Lord Iesu ) art my God , and yet art thou flesh of my flesh , and bone of my bones , ioyning thy self to my humain nature without leauing the right hand of thy father : and being both God and man in one person , and yet contynuing still that which thou wast before . And to what end hast thou done this so high and vnconceiuable thing , but that I should come running boldly vnto theé as to my brother : and thou mercifully impart thy Godhead vnto me ?

Wherfore vp Lord and help me , vp I say , and put me not back for euer . Like as the hart seéketh after the fountaines of water : so doth my thirsty soul long after theé the liuing spring , to

Wisedome is better then gold .

Sardanapalus an imprudent king .

draw water of comfort out of the Sauiours welles , that it may no more be a thirst when it commeth to appeare before thy face .

Come the ioy of my hart , that I may take pleasure of theé . Shew thy mercy to me to glad my hart with all . Let me find theé for whom I long . Let my sute enter into thy presence O Lord , and let thy hand saue me . Loe here the man that was caught of theeues , wounded , and left half for dead , as he was going towards Iericho . Thou kinde harted Samaritane take me vp . I haue sinned to to much in my life , and done euil in thy sight . From the sole of my foote , to the crown of my hed there is no sound peéce in me . Hadst not thou helped me by thy dying vpon the crosse , my soule should haue gone to hell as it hath deserued . But I , O mercifull Iesu , am a peéce of thy so deare raunsome . Thou

Vnderstanding is a welspring of life &c. Prou●●b . 16

Be ye not like horse , and Mule : which . &c. Psalme . 32.

Understanding reacheth the heauen .

Ignorance is as a beast hast shed thy precious bloud for me , refuse me not . I am the sheép that is gon astray , O good shepheard seéke me out , and bring me home to thy fold agayne , that thou mayst be iustyfied in thy sayinges . For thou hast promised me that in what houre soeuer a sinner doth sigh for his sinnes , he shal be safe . I am sory , I acknowledge mine iniquities , and mine offences are alwayes in my sight . Of a truth I am not worthy to be called thy sonne , because I haue sinned against heauen , and against theé . Make me to heare of ioy and gladnes . Turne thy face away from my sinnes , and blot out all mine offences . For thy singular mercies sake cast me not away from thy sight . Deal not with me according to my sins , neither reward me according to mine iniquities : but help me O God of my welfare , and for the honor of thy name delyuer me : deal

Industry gathereth reward .

Sloth bringeth sleep .

Goe to the Pismere , O thou Slouggard . &c. Prouerb . 6.

The Slouthfull man hideth his hand in his . &c. Prouerb , 26. fauourably with me according to thy good pleasure , that I may dwell in thy house all the dayes of my life , & prayse theé for euer and euer with them that are there , Amen .

Another .

MOst gentle master Iesu christ , how oft haue I transgressed the rule of thy doctrin ? How oft haue I despised thy commaundements ( O holy Lord ? ) When thou badst me returne , I returned not ▪ When thou didst threaten , I was not afrayd : When thou didst deale mildly and gently with me , I becam the curster : Aboue seuenty times seuen times haue I sinned against heauen , and in thy sight : who shall wash away so great filth ? who shall scrape of this daubaken dung ? Whatsoeuer Peter say , thou

Wherfore I put you in remembrance , &c. 2. Tim. 1.

I am counted among them that goe down &c. Psal. 88.

Memory is a treasure house

Obliuion is as a graue . must be fayn to wash vs thy selfe , for we be not able to wash our selues , but in al things that we doe , we haue neede of thy mercifull washing . The traytor Iudas was admitted to eate with thee at thy table , but he was shut out from this healthful washing , and in the end could not be washed for defacing the honor of his apostleship with cursed couetousnes .

Howbeit forasmuch as with thee is the well of life , and the bottomles poole of all compassions that euer haue been : vouchsafe that we , whom thou hast washed in baptisme , whom thou hast washed with thine own bloud , and whom thou washest still from time to time , by forgeuing our dayly sinnes , may be remoued from the puddles of this world , and from the mire of this present life , to the most pleasant kingdom of thy glory ,

Iustice iudgeth rightly .

Tyranny oppresseth ●ight .

Dauid executed right and iustice , &c 2. King. 2.

Thy princes are rebellious , and companions , &c. Esay . 1. where there is neither scab , nor sorenesse of eyes , neither issue of bloud , nor vncleanes of body , nor any need of more washing , because the substance of thy brightnes shall be fully incorporate into our bodies , according to thy promyses , which thou must needes fulfill . And therfore goe through with the good worke which thou hast begun , and bring it to perfection according to thy good pleasure , Amen .

* Another .

BOw downe thine eares to my words O Lord , and harken to my cry . Harken to the voyce of my prayer my king and my God , haue mercy vpon me and heare my prayer . Upon the multitude of thy compassions will I enter into thy house , and worship towards thy holy temple . Lord rebuke

He girdeth me with strength , &c. Psalme , 18.

He sayd he would burne vp , &c. Iudith . 6.

Strength shewed in the arme .

Holofernes slayne by Iudith . me not in thy rage , neither chastise me in thine anger . For thine arowes stick fast in me , and thy hand lyeth heauy vpon me . There is no health in my flesh at the sight of thy displeasure . There is no ease in my bones at the sight of my sinnes . For mine iniquities are gone ouer my head , and lye heauy vpon me like a sore burthen .

Haue pity vpon me according to thy great mercy , and according to the multitude of thy compassions wipe away my sinnes . Wash me more and more from mine vnrighteousnes , and clense me from my sinne . For I acknowledge mine vnrighteousnes , and my sinne is alwayes in my sight . Greatly haue I sinned against theé , and done euil in thy sight , that thou mightest be iustified in thy sayings , and ouercome when thou art iudged . Behold I was conceiued in wickednes , and my mother bred me

Courage is bould in Christ .

Cowardice faynteth in tryall .

Dauid tooke a good courage to him . &c. 1. Reg. 2.

I desire that you faynt not , &c. Ephe. 3. in sinne . Turn thy face away from my sinnes , and wipe out all my iniquities . A clean hart create in me O God , and renue a right spirit in my bowels .

Thrust me not out of thy presence , neither take thou thy holy spirite from me . Geue me the comfort of thy sauing health agayn , and strengthen me with a principall spirit . For thou , Lord , art good and pitifull , and of much mercy to them that call vpon theé . Thou , O lord God , artful of mercy and compassion , flow to wrath , but full of pitie & truth . Therefore shall the righteous prayse theé , and sinners shall be conuerted vnto theé , Amen .

Another .

I Am gone astray like a lost sheep , seek thy seruant O Lord , for I am not vnmindfull of thy commaundements . Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant

A wholesome sleepe commeth of . &c. Eccle. 31.

For tables are so full of vomit , &c. Esay . 28

Temperance watcheth , and bridleth .

Intemperance ouercommeth the hart . O Lord , for no man liuing shall be iustified in thy sight . Who knoweth all his sins ? Cleanse me from my secret sinnes , and for other mennes sinnes beare with thy seruant . Call to minde thy compassions ( O Lord ) and thy mercies which haue been from euerlasting . Remember not ( Lord ) the misdeedes and offences of my youth . Be mindfull of me according to thy mercy for thy goodnes sake ( O Lord ) for it is exceeding great . Make thy mercies yet more wonderfull , O thou that sauest than which trust in thee . Turne not thy face away from me , neither shake of thy seruant in thine anger . For in death no man is mindfull of thee , and in hell who will prayse thee ?

What profit is there in my bloud , that I should goe down into corruption ? Shall dust geue thee thanks , or vtter forth thy truth ? Looke back vpon me , and hear me O my God : Inlighten mine eyes that I

Measure in wine , comforteth .

Excesse walketh wantonly .

Vse a little wine for thy stomack . 1. Tim. 5

〈…〉 that rise vp early &c. Esay . 1. sleepe not in death . Withhold not thy compassions aloofe from me , but let thy mercy and truth alwayes preserue me , Amen .

A comfort after crauing of mercy gathered out of the psalmes .

IN theé O Lord doe I trust , therfore shall I not be confounded for euer : Deliuer me in thy righteousnes I beseéch theé my God . Cast a chereful countenan e vpon thy seruant , and saue me for thy mercies sake . Lord let me not be put to shame , for I haue called vpon theé . For sake me not O Lord my God , depart not from me . Make hast to help me O God of my welfare . Why art thou heauy O my soul , and why doest thou trouble me ? Put thy trust in God for yet will I praise him , because there is helpe in his countenance .

Pitifull and mercifull is the Lord ,

For it is suffycient for vs , &c. 1 Pet. 4.

Let vs which are of the day be sober 〈…〉

Sobriety watcheth her mouth .

Voluptuousnesse ryoteth . slow to wrath , and of much compassion . He will not be alwayes at variance , nor be angry for euer . But looke how high the heauen is aboue the earth , so highly hath he made his mercy to preuaile vpon them that feare him . Looke how farre the East is from the Weast , so farre hath he set our sinnes from vs . And as the father pityeth his own children , so doth the Lord pitie them that feare him . For he knoweth wherof we be made , and he considereth that we be but dust .

Therfore wil I tary the Lords laysure : my soule wayteth vpon the Lord : in his word is my trust : my soule wayteth for the Lord , from one morning watch to another . Let Israell trust in the Lord , for with the Lord there is mercy , and plenteous redemption : and he will redeéme Israell from all his iniquities . Yea the Lord is good vnto all

Christian souldior harnised .

Hell Temptation ouercome .

Whose apparailing let not be . &c. 1. Pet. 3.

The steps of a strange woman . &c. Prouerb . 5. men , and his mercy is aboue all his works . Praysed be the Lord , Amen .

❧ A Prayer in commendation of Gods mercy receiued , made by S. Augustine .

BEhold ( O my Creator , ) many things haue I craued , but not deserued the least . I confesse , alas I confesse that these thy benefits are not due vnto me , but rather many and most strange scourges . Yet for that Publicans , sinners , and theeues ( in a moment deliuered out of their enemies iawes ) are mercifully receiued into the shepheards fold , I am so much the more imboldned . For thou , O thou maker of all things , albeit in all thy works thou art maruelous , yet in thy works of mercy thou art surpassing marueilous : wherof thou thy self hast spoken by one of thy seruants , saying : His mercy is aboue all

If they continue grounded in faith . 1. Tim. 2

He that endureth to the end shal be saued Mat. 10

Perseuer●ce indureth to the end .

Reuolting , a Sow in the mire his workes . And that which thou spakest in generall of all thy people , we trust thou hast verefied vpon euery one seuerally , saying : My mercy will I not take from him . For thou despisest none , reiectest none , thou terrifiest none but such as most horibly are afrayd of theé . When thou art angry , yet doest thou not reuenge , but doest blesse with thy riches such as haue kindled thy wrath , if they shal cease .

Charitie feedeth the hungry .

I was an hungry , and ye gaue me meate . Mat. 25.

If thine enemy hunger , feede him . Prouer. 25.

The ignorant is instructed by theé : the mourner comforted : they that fall , raysed agayn , and deliuered from destruction : to him that asketh , thou doest geue : he that seéketh theé , findeth theé : and to him that knocketh , thou doest open .

O Lord God of my health , behold , what should I obiect ? what should I answere ? no refuge without theé : no corner is hid from theé : thou hast shewed me the way to liue well : thou hast geuen me the knowledge to walke aright : thou hast threatned hell fire : and promised the glory of thy paradise .

●●aritie ge●eth drinke to the thirsty .

I thir●ted , and you gaue me drink , Mat. 25.

The Niggard witholdeth drinke from the thirsty . ●say ●2 .

O Lord my strength , and might , my God , my refuge and deliuerer , inspire my minde what to thinke of theé . Put into my mouth how to call vpon theé . Geue me such workes as may please theé . With theé a sorrowfull spirite is a sacrifice : also thou doest accept an humble and contrite hart .

Charitie , harboreth strangers .

I was a stranger , & ye lodgeed me . Mat. 25.

I haue not suffered a stranger to lye without . Iob. 31.

* A complaint of a sinner , in that he sinneth againe after repentance , by S. August .

Charitie clotheth the naked .

I was naked & ye clothed me Mat. 25

If a brother or Sister be naked or destitute . Iames . 2.

With what face shall he intreat for mercy , who is worthy of hatred ? and he that meriteth punishment , with what boldnes can he demaund prayse ? He prouoketh the iudge , who seéketh to haue a recompence , but neglecteth his purgation . He insolently , and worthy of death , tryumpheth ouer the king , who ( albeit a traitor ) sueth for an vndeserued reward . He exasperateth the louing affection of his father , who before due time , vsurpeth the prerogatiue of inheritance .

Charitie visiteth the sick .

I was sick & ye visited me . Math. 25.

Let it not greue thee to visit the sick . Eccle. 7

And seéing that it is impossible for me to recken vp all , I confesse that I haue instructed the simple how to sin : the vnwilling I haue perswaded : I haue inforced them that refused : and I haue geuen consent to them that of them selues were willing .

Sight .

Let thine eyes behold that is right . Prouerb . 4.

A Prayer against dispayre .

MAny say to my soule there is no help for him in his God . But thou Lord art my maintayner , my glory , and the holder vp of my head . Departe not from me in the time of my neéd , but defend thou me till this storm be ouerpast , Amen .

❧ A Prayer vpon the minding of Christes passion .

WHat man is this whom I behold all bloudy , with skin all to torn , with knubs and wales of stripes , hanging down his head for weakenes towards his shoulder , crowned with a

Hearing .

The eare of ●elosy heareth all thyngs . Wisdome . 1. garland of thornes pricking through his skull to the hard brayne , and nayled to a crosse ? What so haynous fault could he do to deserue it ? What iudge could be so cruell as to put him to it ? What hangmen could haue so butcherly mindes , as to deale so outragiously with him ? Now I bethink my selfe , I know him : it is Christ .

Art thou he that excellest all the children of men in beauty ? in whose lippes grace was shed most plentifully , yea , euen with Gods own hand ? where then is that beauty of thine ? Where is that grace of thy lippes ? I finde it not , I see it not , fleshly eyes conceiue not so great a mistery . Open thou the eyes of my minde . Bring thy diuine light nearer vnto me , and giue me power to look more wistly vpon thee .

I seé it is Iesus the sonne of God , the vnspotted lambe , without sinne ,

Taste .

The mouth tasteth the meats Iob. 34.

without fault , without offence , which tooke my wickednesse vpon him , to the intent that I ( being set free from sinne ) might be brought again into Gods fauour : rise again from my fall : returne home agayn from banishment : and attayn to the end for which I was created . That which I deserued , he suffered : and that which I could neuer haue attayned vnto , he geueth .

O my Redeémer , deliuerer , and sauiour draw me to theé , that ( being alwayes mindful of thy death , trusting alwayes in thy goodnes , and being alwayes thankfull for thine vnspekable benefites ) I may be made partaker of so great reward , and not be separated from thy body through mine own vnthankfulnes , so as thou shouldest haue been born in vayn as in respect of me , & in vayne haue suffered so many torments , yea and euen most bitter death

Smelling .

Geue a swete smell as incense &c. Eccle. 39. of thine own accord for my sake , Amen .

* Another .

MY minde beholdeth thy body crucified for my soul : O that thou wouldest also crucifie me with thee , so as I might liue , or rather not I , but thou my Lord Christ in me . Who will geue me to die with thee , that I might rise againe with thee to life euerlasting ? Thou dyedst for me , that I might liue through thee . Thy flesh is crucified , O Christ : crucifie thou the power of sin that raigneth in me : that being stripped out of the old Adam , I may be transformed into the second Adam : to lead a new life by shaking down , and dispatching away of all wickednes , vnbeleefe , and tiranny of Sathan .

Let thy yoke become sweete , and thy burthen lightsom to me through

Touching .

Touch no vncleane thing . 2. Cor. 6. thy crosse : that I ( following thee willingly and cherefully ) may come to the same place where thou art : that is to wit , to thy most blessed , and immortall father , from whom nothing may euer separate vs hereafter , Amen .

Another .

O Most high and singular obedience , wherthrough thou didst submitte thy selfe to innumerable torments , yea , and euen to most bitter , and reprochfull death , because it lyked thy father to haue it so . O noontide of feruent loue , and sunshine neuer drawing towards euentide , shew vs where thou feedest in the midst of the day , and where thou shroudest thy sheep from cold . O would to god we might be transformed into that crosse of thine , that thou mightest dwell in our harts by fayth , rooted and grounded in charitie , so

Esay . 2. & . 19. Math. 24. Mark. 13. Luke . 17

The sun shall be darkned , the moone shal los●

hir light , & the starres shall fal from heauen . as we might with all thy holy ones , comprehend the length , breadth , heigth , & depth of thy cros , which exceed all the strength and wisdome of the world , Amen .

Another .

I Seé a wonderfull kinde of loue . Thy highnes boweth down the head , to that intent we should hope to be heard , and be heard in deéde . Thou offerest the kisse of peace and attonement , yea and that of thine own accord , being the party greéued and wronged , vnto vs that haue done the wrong .

Two men shall be in the

field , the one receaued ,

the other shall be refused .

O father and Lord of oures , thou seést the hardnes of our hart , and much rather the dulnes of it . It is not inough for vs to be allured and called so gently , so sweétly , and so louingly : but thou must be fayn euen to draw vs , pull vs , hale vs , & drag vs . Create a new , and obedient hart in vs : for this olde one that we haue already is stony , it feéleth no gentlenes , it is not moued with any hope of the great good thinges that are promysed , Amen .

Another .

O Lord Iesu Christ , the euerlasting sweétnesse and triumph of them that loue theé , exceéding all ioy , and all longing , thou sauer and louer of repentant sinners , which auowest that thy delight is to be among the children of

Two women ●hall be grinding at

the mill the one shall be receaued

the other shall be refused . men : and therfore in the end of times , becamest man for mennes sakes : remember all the foretast and greéfe of sorrow , which thou didst indure euen from the instant of thy conception in the humain nature , forth on : but most of all when the time of thy most healthfull passion was at hand , according to the eternall ordinance which God had purposd in his mind before al worlds . Remember the greéfe and bitternesse which thou feltst in thy hart , euen by thine own record , when thou saydst : my soule is heauy euen vnto the death . And at such time as thou gauest thy body and bloud to thy disciples at thy last supper , didst wash their feete , and comforting them sweétly , toldst them of thy passion that was at hand .

Remember the sorrow , anguish and greéfe which thou didst suffer throughout thy whole tender body , before thy

The Sea shall swell higher than any 〈◊〉

shall fal agayne as low , fishes & monsters of

the Sea shal appere with roaring voyce .

suffering vpon the crosse , at such time as after thrice praying , thou diddest sweat water like to bloud , wast betrayed by one of thine own disciples , apprehended by thine own chosen people , accused by false witnesses , condemned wrongfully by three iudges in thy chosen citie , at the time of the passouer , in the florishing youth of thy body : and being vtterly giltlesse , wast deliuered to the Gentils , bespitted , stript out of thy own garment , clothed with another bodies apparrail , buffeted , blinfolded , bobbed with fistes , tied to a poste , whipped , and crowned with thornes .

O most sweéte Iesu , I beseéch theé make me mindfull of these thy paynes and sufferings which thou abodest for my s●nnes , that I might be discharged and set free from them , and mine attonement be made with thy father , through thy chastisement . Make me to abhorre

The sea and all ●●uddes shall burne , trees

and herbes shal drop blud , Cities .

and all buildings shall be ouerturned . my so detestable cursednesse , which could not be put away but by thy so greéuous punishments . Make me to be hartely sory for my sinfulnesse , and to eschue my offences , which draw theé to the suffering of so great tormentes . Make me mindfull of thy great loue to me , and to all mankind , and let the infinitenes thereof , kindle an vnfayned loue in me towards theé and my neighbor . Let this thy vnmeasurable goodnes breéde in me a willing minde , and desire to abide all things patiently for thy sake , and for the truth of thy gospell : And let it ingender in me a despising of all worldly and earthly things , and an earnest longing and indeuour to attayn to the heauenly herytage , for the purchasing wherof vnto me , & for the bringing of me therunto , thou hast endured these , and all other thy most bitter and intollerable torments .

Stones shall ●umble toge●her , and make a huge no●e

●irrible earthquakes shall make men hide themselues .

Valyes shall be filed and hils brogh ▪ low .

Wherfore I beseéch theé graunt me true repentance , amendment of life , perseuerance in all goodnes , a stedfast fayth , and a happy death , through the merites of thy sufferings , that I may also be made partaker of thy blessed resurrection , Amen .

Another .

O Lord Iesu , the very freedome of the Angels , and the pleasure of paradise , remember the terror and greefe which thou didst indure at such time as all thine enemies stoode about thee like a sort of Lyons , vexing thee with buffetings , spittings , scratchings , and other intollerable dealings : and martyring thee with reprochfull words , greeuous stripes , and most greeuous torments . I beseech thee O Lord for thine own sake , and for thine exceding great mercies sake , which caused thee to abide these things for our

They that hid them selues shall runne forth like mad 〈◊〉 ,

The bones of the dead shall appere aboue the Sepul●res .

The powers of heauen shall be shaken . redemption , delyuer me from all mine enemies visible & inuisible , and graunt that I may finde both protection in this life , and endlesse felicitie in the life to come , vnder the shadow af thy wings , Amen .

Another .

O Iesu , the framer and creator of the world , whom no measure can comprehend within bounds , and which holdest the earth in thy hand , call to minde thy most bitter payn which thou didst indure when they nayled thy most holy hands to the crosse , & likewise strake through thy most tender feet , making thy wounds still more and more paynfull , because thou wast not agreeable to their fancy : and so drawing and retching out thy body to the length and bredth of the crosse , that they loosened all the sinewes of thy members .

Euery one liuing shall dye presently .

Heauen , earth , & all elementes shall burne .

The dead shall rise .

I beseech thee graunt that my continuall minding of this thy most holy and bitter paynes vpon the crosse , may cause me to stand in awe of thee , and also to loue thee , Amen .

Another .

O Iesu the heauenly phisition , remember the anguish , payn , and greéfe , which thou diddest suffer by the rending and tearing of all thy members , when thou wast hoysed vp , & nayled to the crosse : insomuch as ther was not any one of them that remayned whole and sound , so that there was neuer any payn found like vnto thine : for there was not any place of theé left whole from the sole of the foote , to the crown of the head , and yet euen then ( vnmindefull of all thy paynes ) thou prayedst meékly to thy father for thine

Emperors and kings , we did raigne : But now the earth , doth vs detayne .

¶ The Emperor . Of Monarch & Emperor : I am the conqueror .

¶ The King . Ke●sar , or king : I must th●e bring enemies , saying : Father forgeue them , for they wote not what they doe .

I beseéch theé by thy louing kindenes and mercy , which caused theé to suffer these paynes for my sake , let thy passion be the full pardon of all my sinnes , Amen .

Another .

O Iesu the mirror of eternall brightnes , and fountayn of vnconsumeable goodnes , which hanging vpon the crosse , didst thirst for the saluation of man mankind . I beseech thee kindle in vs the desire of all good works , and quench in vs the thirst of all fleshly lustes , and both coole and kill in vs the loue of all worldly delighte , Amen .

* Another .

O Princely Iesu , the strength and triumph of our mindes , which for

¶ The Duke , Duke though thou be : daunce after me ▪

¶ The Marques . Marques of state : march with thy mate

Dukes and Marques we haue been : Nought now but bones are to be seen . our sakes diddest suffer such anguish of hart , that the bitternes of thy death , and the exclamation of the Iewes vpbraiding and reuyling thee , made thee to cry out with a loud voyce : O God my God , why hast thou forsaken me ?

I beseech thee forsake me not in my distresse , but be at hand to comfort me , and delyuer me , specially in the time of death , Amen ,

Another .

O Iesu the bottomles sea of all mercye , I beseech thee by thy deepe wounds : which pearced through thy flesh , into the marow of thy bones , and into the very bowels of thee , pull me out of the gulfe of my sins , and hide me in the holes of thy wounds , from the sight of thy Fathers iust wrath , vntill his displeasure be ouerpast , Amen .

We Earles and Barons were sometime : Now wrapt in lead , are turnd to fl●me .

¶ The Baron . Barons of nobilitie : sweare to me fealty .

¶ The Vicount . Earle or Vicount : geue thy account .

O Iesu the mirror of truth , the standard of vnitie , and the bond of charitie , remember thine innumerable wounds wherwith thou wast torne from top to toe by the wicked Iewes , so that thou wast all on a gore bloud : Which torment thou didst suffer in that chast body of thine for our sakes , O most meéke Iesus , leauing nothing vndone on thy behalf , that might be for our benefite . I beseéche theé write all thy woundes in my hart with thy most precious bloud , that in them I may reade thy great loue towards me .

¶ The Archbishop Archb. & Metropolite : theé & thy Prouince I visite .

¶ The Bishop . Bishops graue & old : are sheep of my fold .

Bishops we haue taught the lore : That all must enter deathes dore .

Another .

O Iesu , the only begotten Sonne of the heauenly Father , & the brightnes and Image of his substance , remember the harty commending of thy spirite into thy Fathers handes , when ( hauing thy body all to torne , and thy hart full of anguish , and hauing earst vttered the bowels of thy mercy ) thou gauest vp the Ghost . I beseeche thee for this thy precious deaths sake O king of Saincts , giue me strength , to withstand the diuel , the world , and the flesh , that being dead vnto the world , I may liue to thee onely . And whensoeuer this banished , and wayfaring soule of myne shall depart hence , I beseech thee receiue it home into the hands of thy mercy , Amen .

Both sheep and shepheard all must dye : We taught the same , the same we try .

¶ The Doctor . Doctor diuine at last : thy reading houre is past .

¶ The Preacher . Preach no more about : thy glas is run out .

Another .

O Iesu the true and fruitful vine , remember the aboundant flowing out & sheading of thy bloud , which thou didst send out of thy body most plentifully , as out of grapes pressed at the wine presse , at such time as thou didst tread the winefat alone , and begannest to vs of the cup of water and wine , by the soldyars thrusting of theé into the side with his spear , so as there remayned not one drop more in thy body : But finally thou wast as a bundle of mirhe hanged vp aloft , thy tender flesh shrunke , the moysture of thy bowels dried vp , & the marow of thy bones wasted away .

I beseéch theé O most sweéte Iesu , by this most bitter death of thine , and by the sheading of thy most precious bloud , wound my hart with such repentance

¶ The Lord . Come lordings all : daunce at my call .

¶ The Knight . Goe hence sir Knight : t is almost night .

We Lordes and Knightes of late : Now lye in low estate . of my sinnes , and ioy of thy loue , as my teares may be my foode day and night . Turne thou me wholy vnto theé , that my hart may dwell with theé continually , and my conuersation be acceptable vnto theé . And let my life be such , through thy goodnes , as I may prayse theé for euer with al thy Saints in the life to come , Amen .

Another .

O Lord Iesu Christ the sonne of the liuing God , who for the saluation of the world drankest eyzell and Gall vpon the cros , like as at the geuing vp of the Ghost when thou hadst finished all things , didst commit thy soule into thy Fathers hands : so do I betake my soul into thy mercifull hands , beseeching thee both to preserue it here from all sinne , and in the end to receaue it in peace into the company of thy chosen that are departed , that I may

Behold the Squire as in a glas . For as thou art , so he was .

¶ The Esquire . Esquire the braue : It bootes nor to craue .

¶ The Gentleman Lusty , or sad : Thou must be had . with them prayse thee euerlastingly , which liuest & raignest &c. Amen .

* A prayer vpon the minding of Christes resurrection and ascention .

O Lord Iesu , O good Iesu , which diddest vouchsafe to die for my sinnnes , and rosest agayn for my iustification : I beseéch theé by thy glorious resurrection , raise me vp from the graue of al my vices and sinnes , and geue me part daily in the first resurrection , that I may be made partaker of the second resurrection also .

O most sweét Iesu , which art gone vp into heauen with glorious triumph , and sittest at the right hand of thy Father like a most mighty king , draw me vp to theé : make me to runne after theé for the sweét sent of thine oyntmentes :

¶ The Iudge . Come on iudge : With me to trudge .

¶ The Iustice . Sir Iustice arise : come to my assise .

Iudge and Iustice sentence haue : To ly as captiues in the craue . make me to run without tyring , by thy drawing and pulling of me forward . Draw the soul that thirsteth after theé to the riuers of euerlasting suffifanze which are aboue : yea verely draw me to thy selfe which art the liuing fountayn , that I may so drink of theé , according to my capacitie , as I may liue for euer . My God , my life , thou welspring of life , fill my minde with the streames of thy pleasures ▪ & make my hart loue-sick with the sober drunkennes of thy loue , that I may forget the things that are vain and earthly , and haue theé only in my mind continually . Geue me thy holy spirite , which is betokened by those waters , which thou hast promysed to geue to them that are a thirst .

Graunt ( I beseéch theé ) that I may long with all my hart , and labour with all my indeuor , to attayne to the place whether we beleéue that thou didst ascend

No law , no plea ▪ no drift : From death can make a shift .

¶ Sergeant at law . Leaue the Lawes : & heare my cause .

¶ The Attorney . Plead as thou lust : With me thou must . the fortith day after thy resurrection , so as I may be conuersant in this vale of misery but with my body , and alwayes in heauen with my hart , so as my minde may be where thou art , euen where thou my incomparable and deér beloued treasure art , that I may sing prayses to thy name , from this time forth for euermore , Amen .

Another .

O Brother of oures , O naturall sonne of that father whose sonnes thou makest vs by adoption , O head of our body , we seé that thou art king of heauen , forget not thou thy earth , wherinto thine inestimable loue of vs did bring theé down . Thou from out of that place geuest hope to vs thy members , that we may come thether as thou art exalted already . O gard and defence of vs , what can now hurt vs so long as

¶ The Mayor . Mayor I theé call to my guild Hall.

¶ The Shirife . Shirif for execution : I haue a commission .

The Mayors and Shirifes doe pas with speed And others them in place succeed . we trust in theé ? Most wretched are they that know theé not , and most happy are they that doe euer behold theé . Blessed are they that knew theé here in the dayes of the mortalitie of thy flesh : But more blessed are they that seé theé in heauen , and shall seé theé raigning in the chief goods of thy father .

O loue and delight of mankind , O only hope of vs , imbrace vs with thy fauour , kisse vs , shead thy spirite into our harts , and make our minds to run continually vpon theé , to our exceéding great comfort . Lift vs vp , lying flatte vpon the ground , open our eyes , and lift them vp vnto theé . Open thy mouth to call vs , and open our eares to heare theé : that we ( setting theé alone before vs for our marck to direct our life by ) may square out all our doeings , words , & thoughts by theé , Amen .

We peace did keep in Princes name : Now death doth charge vs with the same .

¶ The Bailife . Come Baylife , no bayle : with me shal preuayl .

¶ The Constable . Constable I arrest : to my ward be prest .

❧ A Prayer to Christ ascending , and raigning in glory .

OH good Christ , our first begotten brother , and tender harted Ioseph . Oh natural sonne of that Father , to whom we are made children of adoption through theé . Oh our head , raigning on high in glory , forget not vs thy poore members here on earth , wher into abasing thy selfe , thou camst down and sufferedst for vs most cruell death . Out of this thy throne of maiesty and glory , thou putst vs in assured hope and confidence , that we also shall attayn to that blessed place whether thou art gon before to take possession for vs . Oh our strong tower of defence & succor , what can hurt vs now trusting in theé ? Most vnhappy are they which are ignorant of theé . Most happy are they which alwayes behold theé .

¶ The Phisicion . By thy water , I do seé : thou must away with me .

The Astronomer . Looke not so hie : low thou must lie .

No arte , or medicine can preuayle : When death doth purpose to assayle .

Blessed are they which haue known theé here in the dayes of their mortalitie , but more blessed are they which seé theé in the heauens , and shall seé theé raigning with thy Father in ioyes incomparable .

Oh Lord , the only ioy and comfort of our soules , shew vs thy louing countenance : imbrace vs with the armes of thy mercy : receiue vs ( O good Ioseph ) thy younger bretheren , with the kisse of comfort : pour into our harts thy holy spirite : pluck vs vp from the earth & earthly things : open our eyes and lift them vp vnto theé : open thy mouth and call vs vnto theé : open our eares , that we may heare theé , so that whatsoeuer we doe speak or thinke , it may be directed vnto theé alone , our Redeémer , Mediator , & Aduocate , Amen

Death wins the field : All armes must yeald .

¶ The Herauld . Herald in thy shield : beare grasse in green field .

Sergeant at Armes . Sergeant see thou stay : Al glory must away .

❧ A Prayer at our going to a Sermon .

MAny and sundry wayes O lord , doest thou vtter and shew forth thy light vnto vs in this great darcknes of oures : But no way more effectually and plenteously then by thine Apostles , and by them that haue succeéded in their charge . Great and plentyfull is the haruest , as thou thy selfe hast told vs , but few are the haruestfolkes . For the most part they be all ignorant , and ouercast with the cloud of darcknes . And as for true preachers that teach as they ought to doe , the number of them is very small .

¶ The Trumpetor . Trumpet geue sound : all must to the ground .

¶ The Pursiuant . Goe summon by message : to come without baggage .

All must needes die , we need not tell : Our message hath been sounded well .

And vnto this man also graunt the treasure of thy wisedome , that he may poure it out vpon vs to our saluation .

And in vs open thou the windowes and dores of our harts , that we may so receiue into vs the wholesome light of thy most holy word , as that the good seéde which shall fall into vs , be neither choked with bryars , thornes , and brambles , nor burnt vp with drought , nor deu●ured by the birds of the ayre : but battle as in good ground , & bring forth plentifull fruit to the prayse & honor of thy name , Amen .

A Prayer for knowledge , and vnderstanding .

HEare my prayers O Lord Iesu , the euerlasting wisedome of the

We drum that domes day now at hand : Doth call all soldi●rs to deathes band .

¶ The Dromme . Drommer call together : al soldyars to my bā●t

¶ The Fife . Fife seé thou play : to leade them the way . Father , which geuest vnto childhoode , the commoditie of aptnes to learne , I pray theé adde the furtherance of thy grace to the forwardnes of nature : that I may the sooner and more perfectly learn knowledge and the liberall sciences : Howbeit in such wise as they may serue to thy glory : so as my minde being furthered by the help of them , may attayn to the fuller knowing of theé , which is the highest poynt of mans felicitie . And also , that ( according to the example of thy most holy childhoode ) I may dayly prosper more and more in age , wisdome , and fauor , both before God and man , to the glory of thy name which liuest and raignest &c. Amen .

A Prayer to be sayd before receuing of the Communion .

O Father of mercy , and God of al consolation , seéing all creatures

¶ The Capitaine . Captain march with me : thy Captayne I must be .

¶ The Souldior . Soldyar haue a courage : to thy long vyage .

Death only maketh Captaines quail ▪ And harty souldiers for to fayle . do acknowledge and confesse theé to be their gouernour and Lord , it becometh vs the workmanship of thine own hands , to reuerence and magnifie thy godly maiestie .

First , for that thou hast created vs to thine own Image and similitude : but cheéfly because thou hast deliuered vs from that euerlasting death & damnation , into the which Sathan drew mankind by the meanes of sinne , from the bondage wherof , neither man nor angell was able to make vs free . But thou ( O Lord ) rich in mercy , and infinite in goodnes , hast prouyded our redemption to stand in thine only and wel beloued sonne , whom of very loue thou didst geue to be made man like vnto vs in all things , sinne excepted : that in his body he might receaue the punishment of our transgression , by his death to make satisfaction to thy iustice , and by

Vse gayne of Gold , and liue in cost : So as by death , life be not lost .

¶ The Marchant . Neither craft nor trade : Can me perswade .

¶ The Citizen . Of towne and citie : I haue no pitie . his resurrection , to destroy him that was author of death , and so to bring agayn life to the world , from which the whole ofspring of Adam was most iustly exiled .

O Lord , we acknowledge that no creature was able to comprehend the length and breadth , the deépenes and height , of that thy most excellent loue which moued theé to shew mercy where none was deserued : to promise & geue life , where death had gotten victory : to receaue vs into thy grace , when we could doe nothing but rebell against thy maiesty . O Lord , the blind dulnes of our corrupt nature will not suffer vs sufficiently to weigh these thy most ample benefites : Yet neuerthelesse at the commaundement of Iesus Christ our Lord , we present our selues to this his table ( which he hath left to be vsed in remembrance of his death vntil his comming

¶ The Printers . Leaue setting thy page spent is thine age .

Pressmen goe play : printing must stay .

We Printers wrote with wisdomes pe● : She liues for ●ye , we die as men again ) to declare and witnes before the world , that by him alone we haue receaued liberty and life : that by him alone thou doest acknowledge vs to be thy children and heires : that by him alone we haue entrance to the throne of thy grace : that by him alone we are possessed in our spiritual kingdome , to eate and drinke at his table : with whom we haue our conuersation presently in heauen : and by whom our bodies shall be raysed vp agayn from the dust , and shall be placed with him in that endles ioy , which thou ( O Father of mercy ) hast prepared for thine elect before the foundation of the world was layd .

And these most inestimable benefits we acknowledge and confesse to haue receaued of thy freé mercy and grace , by thine onely beloued sonne Iesus Christ . For the which therfore we thy congregation , moued by thy holy spirite ,

Death takes no bribe of wealth : Death forceth not long health .

¶ The Riche man . Thy siiluer , nor golde : from death can theé withhold .

¶ The aged man . By rig●t I must be bold : with thee that liuest so old . render to theé all thanks , prayse , and glory , for euer , and euer , Amen .

Another .

WHat tongue , or what hart can worthely geue theé thankes ( O Lord Iesu ) for thine vnspekable loue towards vs ? Who , to the intent to redeéme mankind forlorn , diddest vouchsafe to become man , and to take all the miseries of our state vpon theé : in so much that in the end , thou being a pure and vnspotted lamb , wast contented to be made a sacrifice for vs vpon the altar of the cros , and to abide the punishment due for our sins , that thou mightest reconcile vs to thy Father : yea and both in life and death , thou didst spend , geue , and bestow thy selfe wholy vpon vs , and for vs .

¶ The Artificer . No compas or arte : can cause me depart .

The Husbandman . Labour no more : For I haue store .

No one deuise , no arte , no toyle : Could make vs geue to death the foil

Wherfore I beseéch theé let thy spirite cleanse my hart , that I may not come vnworthely to that heauenvly feast , and to the table whereat euen the very Angels doe tremble : But that by thy sheading of thy selfe into my bowels , I may grow manly in theé , and become the lustyer by spirituall increasements so as I may continue to the end in the blessed fellowship of thy misticall body , whom it is thy will to haue all one with theé , in such wise as thou art all one with the Father , by the knitting of the holy Ghost . To whom be prayse , & thanks for euermore , Amen .

In song ▪ in daunce , in pipes , in play : We lost our life , now wrapt in clay .

¶ 〈◊〉 Musicion . Strike vp thy play : Daunce with me away

Another .

I yelde thee harty thanks ( O Lord Iesu Christ , ) for thine vnutterable loue in vouchsafing to redeeme man kind by thine own death : and I beseech thee suffer not thy most holy bloud to haue been shed in vaine for me , that I ( growing vp in thee by contynual increase of heauenly strength ) may be●ome a fit member of thy misticall body , which is the church , and neuer swarue from that most holy couenant which thou madest with thy chosen discyples in thy last supper , by distributing the bread vnto them , & by reaching them the cup : and by them with all those that are graffed into thy company by faith in Baptisme , Amen .

* Another .

¶ The Shepeheard . Leaue thy shep : And with me crepe .

¶ The Foole . Of foolish and fonde : I break● the bonde .

The wise , the simple , and euery degree : Are by force compelled to obey vnto thee

MY Lord Iesu Christ , who am I that thou shouldest vouchsafe to come vnder my roofe ? Can a sinfull man deserue such grace ? Certes ( Lord ) I am not worthy . Am I better then all my Fathers were ? Thou wouldest not shew thy selfe to Moyses one twinckling of an eye : and how hapneth that thou humblest thy selfe so much , as to come down to a man that is a publican and sinner ? And thou vouchsafest not only to eate with him , but also to geue thy self to be eaten of him . Hayl O bred of life which camest down from heauen , & which giuest life to as many as receiue thee worthely . Surely who so receiueth thee worthely , although his soule be seuered from his body by temporall death , yet shall he not dye for euer , because that that separation is not a deth , but a passing from death to life : by reason wherof , he that eateth thee worthely , beginneth to liue with thee for euer , when

Time to liue , & time to dy : God grannt vs liue eternally

¶ The ●eggar . Begging is done : For I am come .

The Roge. Thinke I am best : For I bring rest . he dyeth in this world . Thou art the bread of the angels , the very sight of thee refresheth and gloryfieth the Angels . Thou art foode for the soule , and not for the body . Thou nourishest the minde , and not the maw .

He that eateth thee , is turned into thee , that by partaking of thee , he may become God , and yet art thou not changed into his substance as other bodily meates be . But woe be to them that receaue thee vnworthely ( O most holy food ) by the eating whereof aright , a man becommeth God , is set free from all euil , is filled with all goodnes , and is vndoubtedly made immortall . O sacred pittance of our pilgrimage , wherby we passe out of this naughty world , to the company of heauen .

Goe to therfore thou beleeuing soule , be mery and make good cheare , for thou shalt not dye . Feede vpon these daintyes and stick not . Take thy fill of this feaste ,

¶ Of Youth . Young & olde : Come to my folde .

¶ Of Infancy . Feare not me : though I grisly be .

Time to liue , & time to dy : God grannt vs liue eternally wherin the body of thy Sauyour is set before thee , to feede on . Man fell from God by eating the foode of the forbidden tree : But by this foode he is releeued agayn to endles glory .

* A Thankesgeuing after the receauing of the holy Communyon .

MOst mercyfull Father , we render vnto thee al praise , thanks , honor , and glory , for that it hath plesed theé of thy great mercies , to graunt vs miserable sinners , so excellent a gifte and treasure , as to receaue vs into the fellowship and company of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ our Lord , whom thou hast delyuered to death for vs , and hast geuen him vnto vs as a necessary food and nourishment vnto euerlasting life . And now we beseéch theé also ( O

We that were of highest degree : Lye dead here now , as ye do see .

¶ The Empresse . Empresse thogh thou be Thou must away with me .

¶ The Queene , Queene also thou doost see : As I am , so shalt thou be . heauenly father ) to graunt vs this request , that thou neuer suffer vs to become so vnkind , as to forget so worthy benefites , but rather imprint and fasten them sure in our hartes , that we may grow and increase dayly more & more in true fayth , which continually is exercised in all manner of good workes : & so much the rather ( O Lord ) confirme vs in these perilous dayes and rages of Sathan , that we may constantly stand and continue in the confession of the same , to the aduauncement of thy glory , which art God ouer all things , blessed for euer , So be it .

A prayer for Gods grace .

It is sorrowful to be sayd , how great a wound our nature which is frayle and weak of it selfe , hath receiued by sinne , and how much ability & strength

¶ The princes ▪ Princes of hye estate : content you I am your mate

¶ The Duchesse , Duches & princes : Death dayly conuinces .

We that sate in the highest seate : Are layd here now for wormes meate . it hath forgone . It is not able to lift vp it selfe , nor to stand , nor to go , without thy help and ayd . Whatsoeuer the mind of man thinketh or deuiseth , it is vtterly vneffectuall , and to no purpose if it be not grounded vpon thy fauor . Nothing is strong except it be vphild by thy goodnesse , all things without that do fall by and by to the ground . That is it which cleanseth and scoureth vs from our filthines , that is it that strengtheneth our weaknes , that is it that maketh vs cunning workmen in al vertues . Graunt we besech theé O Lord , that this grace of thine may alwayes accompany vs , then the which ther can no greater gyft be deuised , neither is there any thing which thou bestowest more readily and willingly , & therfore also more often . Let the same so worke in vs , as we acknowledging how much neéd we haue thereof , may both applye

Beauty , honour , and riches auayle no whit : For death when he commeth , spoyleth it .

¶ The Countesse . Countesse , or what thou art : I strike thee with my dart .

¶ The Vicountesse . Vicountes I do not spare : For of them I ●aue no care . our selues continually to craue it , and earnestly endeuer by wel doing to keép it . Amen .

* A Prayer for fayth .

EAsily , yea to easely O Lord do we beleue man which is euill , vntrue and ignorant : but hardly ▪ and slowly do we beleue theé which art God , exceéding good , most sothfast , and most wise . We beleue men in the things that can do vs no good , but we beleue not theé in the care of our saluation . Man is able to do nothing , but thou art able to do al things . We can find in our harts to follow our sē●es which are so oft deceiued and yet we doubt of theé O God which canst neither deceiue , nor be deceiued . O how great is our vnthankfulnes and ignorance . Alas how is man blinded of his own sin ? But thou O Christ through the pitifulnes and compassion

¶ The Baronnesse ▪ Baronnesse braue and hie : Prepare thy selfe to dye .

¶ The Lady . Ladies gay and fayre : To you I doe repayre .

No state , no might , young nor old : To resist death 〈◊〉 behold . of thy Father , art appoynted as a guid in this our blindnes , and as a schoolemaster to our rudenes : yet notwithstanding , the greuousest inconuenience in this blindnes and ignorance is , that trembling and staggaring still from time to time , eyther we conceaue not the excellent and most wholsome precepts of our good scholemaister , or els we stand wauering and doubting of the truth of them . Blind wretch , how wilt thou scape the vengeance that is prepared for theé : if thou shrinke away from him , seéing thou neither knowest the way thy selfe , nor beleéuest him that sheweth it theé ?

O Christ which art the pure & euerlasting truth , vouchsafe to shead thy selfe so into our harts , that as thou and all thy sayinges are most true , so we may take them for more certayne then the things which we seé with our eyes ,

Death by his might doth conuince : Empresse , Queene Duches , and Prince .

¶ The ●u●ges wife . Madame or iustice wife : I am come to ende thy life .

●he Lawye●● wife Beware thy husbands gayn Reward theé not with pain . or handle with our hands , which are but sences of the body , that may and do deceiue vs , notwithstanding that the foolish & beastly flesh do trust so much to them . Asswage and settle these motions of the flesh , which driue vs from time to time , to the altering of the thing that ought to be alwayes most firme , & fast setled in our minds .

Faith is a gift of thy inlightening ( O Christ , ) therfore shead it mercifully and bountifully , in such wise into our harts , as these faulty eyes of oures may be inforced to behold it , euen loth , and vnwilling though they be . Lord , I beleéue , but yet help thou mine vnbeleéfe . Lord increase our faith , Amen .

A Prayer for trust in God ,

THe ground of mans decay was his trusting of himselfe : and the beginning of his rysing agayne , was

The Gentlewoman Gentles braue & fine : Daunce after my line .

Aldermans wife . Thou art clothed in skarlet : And yet art but my varlet .

Behold vs here that sometime were gay : How now we lye dead , all wrapped in clay . his distrusting of him selfe , and his trusting to God .

O most excellent and singular wise guid , which leadest all them the rightest and nearest way to euerlasting blessednes , which trust theé truely and vnfaynedly . Graunt that as we be blind , and weak in very deed , so we may take our selues so to be , that we take not vp on vs to shift for our selues : but let our looking be to seé theé alone : and let our inabling of our selues be no further , but to desire to follow theé going afore vs : to come to theé when thou callest vs : to obay theé as thou guydest vs : and to betake our selues wholy vnto theé , that thou who only knowest what way to goe , mayst lead vs to the attaynement of our desires that way which we wold neuer haue set foote into of our own accord , Amen .

Riches nor treasure auayle nothing : For death to earth all doth bring .

Merchantes wife . Braue & neuer so nice : daunce after my deuice

¶ Citizens wife . Tricke and trim , put of your hood : I am come to do you good .

* A Prayer to be sayd for the feare of God .

GRaunt Lord , that being taught by thy commaundements , I may serue theé with feare , and reioyce before theé with trembling , in all things standing in awe of theé , least thou happen to be angry , and I perish out of the right way . For the feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisdome .

❧ A Prayer for loue towards Christ .

THe ground of all happines , is to loue thee which art most excellently good : and the perfection of happines , is to be knit vnto thee which art most excellently good , as we may become all one with thee , for that is the very end of loue . Therfore do we begin our blessednes here by louing thee , and

Riche mans wife . Though thou haue siluer and golde : Yet art thou within my ●olde .

Young woman , Fine & prety in the wast : Come with me in hast .

As death in this world hath the victory : So by death we hope to enter Gods glory . we finish it in heauen by being knit vnto thee . O most louing Christ , would God we were so far in loue with thee , that beyng swallowed vp , and altogether consumed in thee , we were one with thee , euen as thou and thy Father art one , so as we were no more our selues , but thou : nor any more men , but after a sort Gods , as we beyng all one thing with God , which is the highest , and most perfect blessednes .

For God is loue , and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God , and God in him .

Now therfore I am aliue , or rather not I , But Christ in me . To him therfore be all thanks and prayse for euer , Amen .

A Prayer to be sayd for cleanes of hart .

MOst merciful Iesu Christ , who being made in the likenes of sinfull flesh , hast born our sinnes in thy

Time to liue , & time to dy : God grannt vs liue eternally

¶ The Mayde . Fresh , galant , & gay : All must with me away .

¶ The Damosell . Fine , proper & neate : And all is but wormes meate . body , to wipe away all our naughtines by thy death , and to make vs clean , and new creatures acceptable vnto God . Scoure vs from the spots which we by our sinnes doe dayly cast vpon the whitenes that we haue gotten by theé : And when thou hast so cleansed vs , let thy grace maintayn vs still in the same cleanes , that we may be worthy to be called thine , both in profession & name . Lord cleanse me from my secret sinnes and beare with thy seruant in his other sinnes , Amen .

Another .

A Clean hart create in me O god , and renue a right spirite within my bowels . Let my hart be made vndefiled through thy inrighteousing , that I may not be put to shame , Amen .

¶ Farmers wife . Cease thy labour and paine : For I am thy riches and gain●

Husbandmans wife . Toyle no more I say : For hence I must away .

Time to liue , & time to dy : God grannt vs liue eternally

* A Prayer for the obtayning of a sound minde .

O Lord Iesu Christ , the light of al them that put their trust in theé , and the only Phisition of our soules , the light of mind which thou hadst put into vs by creation , is dimmed , defaced , and in maner extinguished by the fall of our first Father Adam : and a horrible maime and disorder is fallen vpon all the powers & sences of our soules .

Our wit , reason , iudgement , discretion , vnderstanding and will are vtterly corrupted , so as of our selues we can not seé nor discern any thing aright .

The wise , the simple , and euery degree : Are by force compelled to obey vnto thee

Countreywoman ▪ Away with butter & cheése : For thy life thou must leese .

The Nurse . Geue sucke no more : For I am at the dore .

Create thou a pure hart in vs , and renue a right spirite in vs . Binde thou vp the sores of our soules , wash them with the wine of thy precyous bloud , and annoynt them with the oyle of thy holynes . Repair that heauenly Image which is defaced in vs through sinne , and adorne it agayne with thine own righteousnes . That we ( being set in perfect state by thy meanes ) may sing acceptable prayses euerlastinglye to theé in thy holy church , Amen .

¶ A Prayer to be sayd for newnesse of life .

VNto theé O Lord , doe I lift vp my hart : In theé my God doe I trust , let me not be put to shame .

Shepeheardes wife . Be thou young or olde : Thou must enter into my folde

¶ Aged woman . Be the day neuer so long : At last commeth Euensong .

From earth we came , to earth we shall : For sinne by death , hath made vs thrall .

Shew me thy wayes , and teach me thy pathes , lead me forth in thy righteousnes , and guide me : for thou art my sauyour , in theé is my trust all the day long .

Teach me thy way O Lord , & guide me in the right path for feare of mine enemies .

A cleane hart create in me O God : and a right Spirite renue within my bowels .

Thrust me not out of thy sight O Lord : neither take thy spirit from me .

Geue me agayne the comfort of thy help : and strengthen me with a principall Spirite .

Teach me thy way O Lord : and I will walke in thy truth .

Knit my hart vnto theé that it may fear thy name : geue thy seruant strength , and saue the sonne of thy handmayd .

The wise , the simple , and euery degree : Are by force compelled to obey vnto thee

The Creeple . Be thou poore or disesed : Thou must with me be pleased .

The poore woman . Be thou neuer so poore : Thou must enter at my ●ore .

Make me to vnderstand the wayes of thy commaundements : and I will talke of thy wonders .

Remoue from me the way of lying : and geue me thy law .

Set thy law ( O Lord ) and the way of thy statutes before me : that I may euer keép them .

Geue me vnderstanding that I may obserue thy law , & keép it continually .

Leade me forth in the pathes of thy commaundements : for in them is my delight .

Incline my hart vnto thy testimonies : and not vnto couetousnes .

Let not the foote of pride come neare me : nor the hand of sinne touch me .

Turne away mine eyes from vanitie : and quicken me in thy way .

Strengthen thy seruant in thy word : that I may feare theé .

The Infant . Loe , this little hart I strike with my dart .

The Foole . Of foolish and fond : I break the bond .

No state , no might , young nor old : To resist death da●● behold .

Behold I haue lusted for thy commaundements : quicken me in thy righteousnes .

Let thy mercy come vpon me ( O Lord ) let thy sauing health light vpon me according to thy word .

A Prayer for true mortification .

Emperors and kings , we did raigne : But now the earth , doth vs detayne .

¶ The Emperor . Of Monarch & Emperor : I am the conqueror .

¶ The King . Keisar , or king : I must theé bring .

¶ The Duke . Duke though thou be : daunce after me .

¶ The Marques . Marques of state : march with thy mate

Dukes and Marques we haue been : Nought now but bones are to be seen .

For if thy sonne our sauiour ( euer wont to obay thy good will ) prayed so hartely and often : Not my will , but thy will be

We Earles and Barons were sometime : Now wrapt in lead , are turnd to slime .

¶ The Baron . Barons of nobilitie : sweare to me fealty .

¶ The Vicount . Earle or Vicount : geue thy account . done , wherby he declareth himself to be very man : how can it be but we , whose nature is corrupt not only in natiuity , but in the rest of our whol life also , shall finde both our hands full in great and greéuous temptations , wholy to resine our selues vnto theé .

Graunt therfore deére Father , for thy Christes sake , I most hartely beseéch theé , thy grace and holy spirite , to be effectual in me , that dayly I may accustome my selfe to deny my will in more easie and pleasant things of this life , that when neéde shall be , I may come vnto theé with a resined will , alwayes stedfastly expecting thy mercy , and in the meane season , continually obaying theé with readines and willingnes , doing whatsoeuer may most plese theé , through Christ our Lord , which liueth and raigneth with theé and the holy Ghost , world without end , Amen .

¶ The Archbishop . Archb. & Metropolite : theé & thy Prouince I visite .

¶ The Bishop . Bishops graue & old : are sheép of my fold .

Bishops we haue taught the lord : That all must enter deathes dore .

A prayer for continuance in seking after Christ . by S. Augustine .

Both sheep and shepheard all must dye : We taught the same , the same we try .

¶ The Doctor . Doctor diuine at last : thy reading houre is past .

¶ The Preacher . Preach no more about : thy glas is run out .

¶ The Lord . Come lordings all : daunce at my call .

¶ The Knight . Goe hence sir knight : t is almost night .

We Lords and Knights of late : Now lie in low estate .

Behold the Squire as in a glas : For as thou art , so he was .

¶ The Esquire . Esquire the braue : It bootes not to craue .

¶ The Gentleman Lusty , or sad : Thou must be had .

¶ The Iudge ▪ Come on iudge : With me to trudge .

¶ The Iustice . Sir Iustice arise : come to my assise .

Iudge and Iustice sentence haue : To ly as captiues in the graue .

In such sort therefore ( O my God ) thou art layde vp for them that feare theé , as thou mayst be found of them that hope in theé . So thou doest prolong to be found of them that seéke theé , the sooner to approch to them that perseuere in seéking .

No law , no plea , no drift : From death can make a shift .

¶ Sergeant at law . Leaue the Lawes : & heare my cause .

¶ The Attor●ey . Plead as thou lust : With me thou must .

O my mercy and my refuge , my deliuerer and defender , so geue me feare , as also I may loue : so put me in feare , as thou increase also the desire of theé : and so make me one of those that feare and keépe thy commaundements , that by the obedience of thy feare , I may enioy the feare of thy loue , Amen .

A Prayer for spirituall ioy .

LOrd Iesu , the redeémer and comforter of mankind , which hast by thy holy Spirite prepared far greater pleasures then the world knoweth of , for such as refuse the false pleasures of this world for thy sake , tempering the troubles of this life , with inward and

¶ The Mayor . Mayor I theé call ▪ to my guild Hall.

¶ The Shirife . Shirif for execution : I haue a commission .

Mayors & Shirifes do passe with speed And others them in place succeed . secret solaces , and after a sort renuing from tyme to tyme a certayne forecast of the blessednes to come , to the intent that being cheéred and refreshed , we should come running to theé with gladder hartes .

I beseéch theé graunt that the anoynting of thy holy spirit may often driue from me all irksomnes of aduersities , and cheére vp my minde with healthful gladnes , euen as he anoynted theé with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes , in respect of thy humayn nature when thou wast here vpon earth , which liuest and raignest with the father and the same holy Spirite for euer , and euer , Amen .

A Prayer to be sayd in the time of sicknes .

MOst mercifull Redeémer , thou art alwayes mercifull , who art

We peace did keep in Princes name : Now death doth charge vs with the same .

¶ The Ba●●ife . Come Baylife , no bayle : with me shal preuayl .

¶ The Constable . Constable I arrest : to my ward be prest . alwayes the sauiour , whether thou doest send health or sicknes , wealth or aduersitie , ioy or sorow . For it is of great mercy when by outward afflictions , as it were by bitter , but yet wholesom medicines , thou doest heale the inward diseases of the soule : and by temporary troubles which doe last but for a short time , doest prepare vs to eternal ioyes which indure for euer .

And thy selfe ( O gracious sauiour ) passing into thy glory through the gretest afflictions of this world hast troden out to vs by thy steps , that way to true & perfect felicity in the which no humble and true seruant ought eyther to disdayne or to shrinke to follow after his Lord and master so going before him .

But for so much as without theé we can doe nothing that good is , I beseéch theé to indue me with thy heauenlye grace , that I may take vp willingly &

¶ The Phisicion . By thy water , I do seé : thou must away with me .

The Astronomer . Looke not so hie : low thou must lie .

No art or medecine can preuayle : When death doth purpose to assayle . obediently this crosse which thou hast appointed vnto me , and follow after theé : and that I may drinke of , as it were this medicinable cup , though bitter vnto the flesh , which thou , the heauenly phisition doest offer vnto me , paciently without grudging or murmuring against theé : And that I may with thy faithfull seruant Iob , and with vnfayned lips and hart , say : The Lord hath geuen , the Lord hath taken away , as it hath pleased the Lord , so is it come to passe , blessed be the name of the Lord.

For if I haue receaued gladly youth , health , riches , honor , and ioy at thy hands ( O Lord : ) why should I refuse paciently to take age , sicknes , aduersity & sorrow at thy hands also ? These things be in deéd very greuous vnto frayle nature and flesh : but thou my Lord : though most perfectly innocent ,

Death wines the field all armes must yeald ,

¶ The Herau●d . Herald in thy shield : beare grasse in green field .

Sergeant at Armes . Zergeant see thou stay : al glory must away . infinitely hast suffered more greéuous things for me , who haue so oft deserued hel . But yet thou knowest the frailty of our humane condition & nature : wherfore I besech theé , as thou pourest sharp wine into our wounds to bite away the corruption of our sinnes , so after the example of the mercifull Samaritane , set forth in thy holy gospell , to resemble thy selfe , & vnto the sharpe wine of thy correction , the supplying oyle of thy merciful comfort , whereby I may be able to suffer things which otherwise are intollerable vnto me .

And if it be thy pleasure to increase sorow vpon me , increase also thy grace and gift of patience in me , and turne these worldly and bodely afflictions to the profite of my soule , by my acknowledging of thy iustice in punishyng me worthely : and thy mercy in correcting me gratiously , euen like as a Father

¶ The Trumpetor . Trumpet geue sound : all mu●● to the ground .

¶ The ●ursiuant . Goe summon by message : to come without ●ag●age .

All must needes di● , we need not tell : Our message hath bin sounded wel . hath pitie vpon his children when he beateth them , and by my submitting of my own will vnto thy holy will , and patiently taking of this thy proouing and trying of me whether I loue theé or no , may offer that sacrifice of obedience which is acceptable vnto theé .

And when thy Fatherly pitie shall be contented with thy meéke chastising of me , then I beseéch theé send calme after this tempest : quietnes after this trouble : and ioy after this sorrow : that I may render thanks vnto theé for double causes , both that thou hast first corrected and amended me an vnprofitable seruant , and afterward hast taken away the bitternes of affliction with the softnes of thy comfort . In the one , hauing regard of necessitie , in the other , not forgetting my infirmitie , and in both , as in all things , alwayes remembring thy mercy , vnto the which

We drum that domes day now at hand : Doth call all soldyars to deathes band .

¶ The Dromme . Drommer call together : al soldyars to my bān●r

¶ The Fif● ▪ Fife seé thou play : to leade them the way . I doe commende and betake my selfe both body and soule , now and for euer . Unto theé , with the father and the holy Ghost , one God of most excellent maiesty , be all praise , honor , and thanksgeuing , for euer and euer , Amen .

Another .

LOrd Iesu the onely health of them that liue , & the only life of them that dye : I yeald and geue ouer my self wholy to thy most holy will , whither it please thee that this silly soule shall abide any longer in the lodge of my body to serue the , or that thou wilt haue it to depart out of this world . For inasmuch as I am sure that the thing wich is committed to thy mercy cannot perish , I will willingly put of this fraile and wretched flesh of mine , verely in hope of the resurrection ,

¶ The Capitaine . Captain march with me : thy Captayne I must be .

¶ The Souldior . Soldyar haue a courage : to thy ●ong vyage .

Death onely maketh Captaynes quaile : And harty souldiers for to fayle . which shall render it to mee in farre better plight . I beseech thee strengthen my soule with thy grace agaynst all temptations , and agaynst all Sathans assaults , gard me with the shield of thy mercy , whereby thou madest all thy martires inuincible in old tyme , agaynst all horrible torments and cruell kinds of death . I see there is no defence in my self : all my trust is in thy vnspeakable goodnes . I haue no desert nor good workes at all to alleadge before thee : But as for euill workes , I haue alas to many of them . Neuertheles my hope is that I shal be reckned in the number of the righteous by meanes of thy righteteousnes .

For my sake wast thou borne , for my sake didst thou thirst , for my sake wast thou hungry , for my sake diddest thou teach , for my sake diddest thou

Vse gayn of gold , and liue in cost : So as by death life be not lost .

¶ The Marchant Neither craft nor trade : Can ●e perswade .

¶ The Citizen . Of towne and citie : I haue no pitie . pray , for my sake didst thou fast , for my sake didst thou perfourme the great number of good works in this life , for my sake didst thou suffer so many bitter panges , & for my sake didst thou geue ouer thy precious life to the death .

Let the things profite me which thou hast geuen me of thine own free will , thou ( I say ) which hast geuen thy self wholy for me . Let thy bloud wash away the spots of my sinnes . Let thy righteousnes hide mine vnrighteousnes . Let thy deseruings commend me to the soueraign Iudge . As my greef and disease increase , so increase thou thy grace . Let not my faith wauer . Let not my hope staggar . Let not my charity waxe colde . Let not my humain infirmitie be cast down with the dread of death . But euen when death shall haue cloased

¶ The Printers . Leaue setting thy page : spent is thine age .

Pressmen goe play : printing must stay .

We Printers wrote with wisdomes p●n : She liues for aye , we die as men . the eyes of my body , let the eyes of my minde looke still vpon thee with out wauering aside . And when it shal haue bereft me of the vse of my tung let my hart cry stedfastly still vnto thee , Into thy hands I commit my spirite O Lord , to whom be honor & prayse world without end , Amen .

❧ A Prayer to be sayd in the Plague time .

IT is no maruail O most righteous Father , that the elementes of this world are fearce against vs , sometime with earthquakes , sometime with tempestes and lightnings , sometime with ouerflowing of seas and Riuers , sometime with pestilent concourses of the heauenly lights , and sometime with corruption of the infected ayre , for we doe commonly abuse thy gifts .

Death takes no bribe of wealth : Death forceth not long health .

¶ The Riche man . Thy siluer , nor golde : from death can theé withhold .

¶ The aged man . By right I must be bold : with theé that liuest so old .

We acknowledge that euen in this case also the creatures serue and obay their Creator , whose commaundements we neglect so oftentimes . Also we acknowledge thy fatherly nurturing of vs , wherby thou callest vs back from the trust of this world with gentle correction , and drawest vs to the desire of the euerlasting life .

¶ The Artificer . No compas or arte : can cause me depart .

The Husbandman . Labour no more : For I haue store .

No one deuise no ar● , no toyle : Could make vs geue to death the foil

A Prayer for health both of body and minde .

DOubtles the only true health is to be found in that part which is cheéfest in vs , and lykest vnto theé ( O Lord ) that is to say , to haue the soul allyed

In song , in daunce , in pipes , in play : We lost our life , now wrapt in ●la● .

¶ The Mus●●i●n . Strike vp thy play : Daunce with me away and knit vnto theé as neare as is possible , by louing and worshipping of theé which art our only welfare .

But forasmuch as the same is annexed to the body , it feéleth the affections therof , and is moued by them . As for salues and medicines they doe good when thou listest : but they be superfluous and to no purpose , if thou list not to worke by them . Thou ( I say ) which art the founder of them , and of al naturall things .

Thine only will is the cause of life and death , and of health and sicknes , which thou layest vpon vs most commonly to chastise and bridle this body of oures , which rusheth forth into vnruly losenes in all things , like an vnweldy & vnbrideled beast , ouerwhelming vs with forgetfulnes of the true health when it groweth to strong and ouerlusty . But thou ( O Father ) graunt vs so

¶ The Shepeheard . Leaue thy shep● And with me crepe .

¶ The Foole . Of foolish and fonde : I breake the bonde .

The wise , the simple , and euery degree : Are by force compelled to obay vnto me . to be hole in body , as our minds may also be hole and sound . Or if it be not for our benefite to haue health of body , at least wise geue vs a healthy minde , and lend vs power & strength to beare our sicknes , that the greéfe and weakenes of the body , appaire not the soule , Amen .

A Prayer in affliction , or aduersitie .

MOst mercifull Redeémer which art alwayes full of compassion , thou art alwayes our preseruer , whether thou send vs aduersitie or prosperitie . For great is thy mercy , & compassion , in that thou healest the inward man by outward afflictions as it were by bitter medicines , and preparest vs to euerlasting ioyes by temporal troubles . And for as much as thou thy selfe hast traced vs out this true way to felicitie

Time to liue , & time to dy : God grant vs liue eternally

¶ The Beg●ar . Begging is done : For I am come .

The Roge. Thinke I am best : For I bring rest . by thine own footesteps : graunt that I may paciently and obediently drinke this cup , which thou reachest vnto me .

Greeuous in deéde are these thinges vnto my nature , but yet hast thou suffered greéuouser things for me : and I haue deserued far greéuouser things , for I haue deserued hel fire . Notwithstanding thou knowest the frailety of mans state , and therfore like the mercifull Samaritane , thou pourest wine into our wounds , which maketh our vices to smart , but yet thou alayest it with the oyle of thy comfort , to the end we should indure the things which also would be intollerable . If thou thinke meéte to increase our greéfes , increase thou also the gift of pacience , & graunt that these afflictions may turne me to the amendement of my misdeédes . Or if thy Fatherly louing kindnes thinke

¶ Youth . Young & olde : Come to my folde .

¶ Of Infancy . Feare not me : though I grisly be .

Time to liue , ● time to dy : God grant vs liue eternally . this thy chastising of me to be sufficient , let this storme passe into calme wether , that I may thanke theé in both respects , as well for that thou hast amended thine vnprofitable seruant by gentlenes , as also for that thou hast put away the bitternes of the affliction by the sweétnes of thy comfort : hauing in the one case , respect of necessity , and in the other , being mindfull of our infirmities . To theé therfore be prayse and thanks for euer , Amen .

❧ A Prayer vpon the minding of death .

WHat doe we dayly all our life long but heape sinne vpon sinne ? and lode wickednes vpon wickednes ? so as euery day becomes worse then other , by increasing the number of our offences , and the wrath that is due for

We that were of highest degree : Lye dead here now , as ye do see .

¶ The Empresse . Empresse ●hogh thou be Thou must away with me .

¶ The Queene , Queene also thou doost see : As I am , so shalt thou be . them . But be we once escaped out of the prison of this body , and receiued into thy company O Lord God , we shal be quite out of doubt of the immortality of our Saluation . Sicknes , penury , and payne shall not come at vs : no nor yet the vices of the minde , for all those things are farre of from heauen .

O Father , giue vs the light of faith that we may not stumble in the things that are most true . Geue vs the loue of theé wherthrough we come thither : stablish our fayth with charity , & increase our charity with hope which vnderproppeth , strengtheneth , and holdeth vs vp in doing the workes of godlines . And forasmuch as our watching and warding here , and our warfare which is ordained for great reward , are finished by death , and we cannot tell when that shall come : thou which knowest all things

¶ The princes . Princes of hye estate : content you I am your mate

¶ The Duchesse . Duches & princes : Death dayly conuinces .

We that sate in the highest seate : Are layd here now for wormes meate , call me hence at such tyme , as may be most for my behoof to depart out of this life , through Iesus Christ our Lord . Amen .

A prayer in danger of death .

MOst mercifull Sauyor , inlighten mine eies that I may neuer fall a sleép in death , least mine enemie say , I haue preuayled agaynst him . They that persecute me wil be glad if I fall : but I haue fastened my hope in thy mercy . Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant , for no man liuing shal be iustified in thy sight . I will looke before me at the Lord who is alwayes in my sight , for he is at my right hand , to keép me that I be not moued . My hart is glad , & my tongue reioiceth , & more ouer my flesh , shall rest in hope .

A prayer for good successe , and for the direction of Christ in all our doyngs .

Beauty , honour , and riches auayle no whit : For death when he commeth , spoyleth it .

¶ The Countesse . Countesse , or what thou art : I strike thee with my dart .

¶ The Vicountesse . Vicountes I ●o not spare : For of them I 〈◊〉 no car● .

O God , and Lord Iesus Christ , thou knowest , yea and thou hast taught vs , how great mannes weakenes is , or rather how vnable he is to doe any thing without theé . If he trust to himselfe he must neédes fall hedlong into a thousand mischiefes . O deére father , pitie thy childes infirmitie , be merciful and fouourable vnto me , that I may seé the true good things through thine inlightning , haue a longing to them through thine incouraging , and attayn to them through thy guyding , vtterly distrusting my selfe , I geue ouer , and betake me all wholy vnto theé alone .

¶ The Baronnesse . Baronnesse braue and hie : Prepare thy selfe to dye .

¶ The Lady . Ladies gay and fayre : To you I doe repayre .

No state , no might , young nor old : To resist death dare be bold .

Death by his might doth conuince : Empresse , Queene , Dutchesse and Prince .

●he ●udges wife . ●adame or iustice wife : I am come to endethy life .

The lawyers wife . Beware thy husbands gayn Reward theé not with pain .

The Gentlewoman Gentles braue & fine : Daunce after my line .

Aldermans wife . Thou art clothed in skar●et· And yet art but my varlet .

Behold vs here that sometime were gay : ●ow now we lye dead all wrapped in clay .

Geue me grace O God to harken to thy calling and to follow thy guyding . For thou leadest vs to store of all good things : thou offerest thy self and all thy goods : giue vs grace to receiue them . Thou shewest vs the way to most singular benefites , suffer vs not to turne head vntill we haue taken possession of them .

Giue vs constancy and stedines of purpose , that our thoughtes may not be fleéting , fond , and vneffectual , but that we may performe all things with an vnmouable minde , to the glory of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord . Amen .

Riches , nor treasure auayle nothing : For death to earth all doth bring .

Merchantes wife . Braue & neuer so nice : daunce after my deuice

Citisens wife . Trick and trim , put of your hood I am come to do you good .

A prayer to be sayd agaynst temptation .

This weak & feéble fortres of ours is assaulted continually with innumerable enemies and engines : But yet if it please theé O sauior Christ to fortifie it but with thy onely strength , it shall abide inuincible .

Riche mans wife . Though thou haue siluer and golde : Yet art thou within my holde .

Young woman . Fine & prety in the wast : Come with me in hast .

As death in this world hath the victory : So by death we hope to enter Gods glory ▪

Wherfore we beseéch theé goe not from the helme of this brittle ship , that is tossed in the waues of the manifolde temptations , and afflictions of this world , vntill thou haue brought it to the quyet and safe hauen of thine eternall and blessed kingdome in heauen , Amen .

Time to liue , ● time to dy : God grant vs liue eternally

¶ The Mayde . Fresh galant , & gay : All must with me away .

¶ The Damosell . Fine proper & neate : And all is but wormes meate .

* A Prayer to be sayd agaynst the world ,

OH with what sleights this iugling world beguileth our feéble and dim eyes ? O how gay glitterings of things it sheweth a far of , that they might seéme great and worth the hauing , wheras in deéde they be but smal , empty , & to be despised : that the thinges might seéme terrible which are but trifles : that the things might seéme meéte to be shunned , which are conuenyent to be sought and attayned to .

¶ Farmers wife . Cease thy labour and paine : For I am thy riches and gaine

Husbandmans wife . Toyle no more I say : For hence I must away .

〈…〉 liue , ● time to dy : God grant vs liue eternally

The wise , the simple , and euery degree : Are by force compelled to obay vnto me .

Countreywoman Away with but●er & cheése : For thy life thou m●st ●ees● .

The Nurse . Geue sucke no more : For I am at the dore .

Deliuer vs therfore from vanity , O Lord God , and geue vs stedfastnes in seéking thy truth , and in sticking to it , so as we may set our whole minds vpon thy righteousnes , & ioy in nothing but in theé , & in thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord , Amen .

* A Prayer against the flesh .

O Sauyour of mankind , we feéle ( alas to our great greéfe we feéle ) that our spirite is clogged with the flesh , a reasonable thing , with a brutish and filthy thing . While man was in innocency , reason made the spirit a soueraign : but now the sinfulnes that we haue receaued by inheritance from our first Parents , hath matched the rebellious flesh against her superior and ruler

Shepeheardes wife . Be thou young or olde : Thou must enter into my folde

¶ Aged woman . Be the day neuer so long : At last commeth Euensong .

From earth we came to earth we shall : For sinne by death hath made vs thrall . the mind . And the more gentlenes that is vsed towards this most vnkind and leud bondseruant the body : so much the worse and more wicked doth it become . If we follow it , it caryeth vs into destruction , turning vs away from God , to it own earthlines and rottennes . O how vnseémly an incounter is this , wherin the flesh being matched against the Spirite , ( that is to say , the bondslaue against his Lord ) striueth with him for victory and preheminence ? sometime getting the vpper hand , so as his master is not able erewhiles to represse his boldnes , malapertnes , and lustines : because he bare with him to long , and to often .

But thou O Lord Christ , to whom all power is geuen both in heauen and earth , which camest to vndo the works of the deuill , which onlye art able to make the thing cleane which is conceiued

The wise , the simple , and euery degree : Are by force compelled to obey vnto me .

The Creeple . Be thou poore or disesed : Thou must with me be pleased .

The poore woman . To thou neuer o poore : Thou must enter at my ●ore . of vncleane seéde . Reforme our vnderstanding , and will : Cleanse our harts : Circumcise our mindes : Wash our soules : Stablish thy freé and mighty spirite in vs : Subdue vs wholy to thy good pleasure : And restore vs the state by thy goodnes , which we haue lost through our own naughtines , so as our flesh may be in subiection to the spirite , and our affections be made obedient to right and vncorrupted reason . Or at least wise , that although the flesh rebell , and fight against the spirit , yet the power of the minde may be so strong ▪ and the strength of our reason so mighty through thy grace , as they may get the vpper hand in all incounters , and finally ouercome all assaultes , to the praise of the working of thy holy spirit Amen .

❧ A Prayer to be sayd against the deuill .

The Infant . Loe , this little hart I strike with my dart .

The Foole . Of foolish and fond : I break the bond .

No state , no might , young nor old : To resist death dare be bold .

IEsus Christ , our Lord God , our shield , our fortres , our strong rock , our only defence , thou knowest , and it greeueth vs to feel , with how great force , and perilous pollicie , that olde enemy of oures the wily serpent , that beguiled our first parents in paradise , the roaring Lyon that goeth about night and day , seeking whom he may deuoure . That destroyer , waster , and accuser of the saynts , the deuill , commeth vpon vs to assayl vs , thou knowest how small , or rather no power at al we haue of our selues to withstand him , so that vnlesse thou succour vs , he will easely deceaue vs by his craftynes , ouerthrow vs by his mightynes , and rend vs in peeces by his cruelty . But we know that if thou doe but shew thy selfe to him aloof , thou shalt driue him away with thine only looke . For thou hast ouercome

Emperors and kings , we did raigne : But now the earth , doth vs detayne .

The Emperor . Of Monarch & Emperor I am the conqueror .

¶ ●he King . Keisar , or king : I must theé bring . him by thy death , thou hast bound him , disarmed him , and spoyled his house , thou hast bereft him of all lordship and power , thou hast crushed his head , thou hast cast down hys throne , and dispossessed him of hys kingdome , thou hast led away captiuity captiue , thou hast cancelled the obligation that he had of oures , and nayled it to thy crosse : and finally , thou hast tryumphed ouer him in our nature , to our benefite and behoofe .

We therfore , being weake , feeble , naked , vnarmed , vnskilfull , ignorant , and of no forecast , ( but yet thy members through thy grace ) beseech thee which art strong , almighty , only wise , and prudent , vouchsafe to defend , maintayn , & preserue vs continually from that merciles dragon . Be thou our eye , our eare , our hand , our loads man , guide , and captayn . Set thy selfe

¶ The Duke . Duke though thou be : daunce after me .

¶ The Marques Marques of state : match with thy mate

Dukes and Marques we hau● bene : Nought ●ow but ●o●es are to be seen . in our defence against this our vnappeasable aduersary : disappoynt his practises , confound his deuices , break his bow , knap asunder his speare , ouerthrow his holds , quench his fiery darts , put his armies to flight , and geue thy seruants the vpper hand of him and his , or rather ouercome thou him and his , in vs , and by vs .

Doe but aduaunce the standard of thy crosse in our harts , and thou dryuest him out of the field . Vnder this banner dare we march boldly against him , assuring our selues that by the power thereof thou wilt delyuer vs from the hands of our enemies , and of all that hate vs , so as we may serue thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of our life . Which we beseech thee to graunt vs for thy mercies sake , to the euerlasting honor of thy most holy name , Amen .

We Earles and Barons were sometime : Now wrapt in lead , are turnd to flime .

¶ The Baron . Barons of nobilitie : sweare to me fealty .

¶ The Vicount . Earle or Vicount : geue thy account .

❧ A Prayer to be sayd of a woman with Child .

THy wisedome and power shine forth in all thy workes O Lord , but yet much more greater , more manifest , and more wonderfull are they in the shaping of man . Of how small beginning doest thou make so marueilous a liuing thing ? sheading a soule into it whose originall is from heauen , to the intent he should long to returne thether as into his countrey .

¶ The Archbishop . Archb. & Metropolite : theé & thy Prouince I visite .

¶ The Bishop . Bishops graue & old : are sheép of my fold .

Bishops we haue taught the lore : That all must enter deathes dore .

O most gracious workman , let thy pitifulnes amend the thing which our sinfulnes hath marred , and eyther abate my payne , that I may not haue neéde of so great strength , tendance , & cunning : or els increase my strength , power , and courage , that I may be able to ouercome all the payn of my trauell , Amen .

* A Prayer to be sayd of such as be vnder the Crosse.

HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord , for euer ? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ?

Both sheep and shepheard all must dye : We taught the same the same we try .

¶ The Doctor . Doctor diuine at last : thy reading houre is past .

¶ ●he Preacher . Preach no more ●bout : thy glas is run out .

Unto theé O Lord haue I cryed : all the day long haue I stretched out my hands vnto theé .

Wilt thou worke wonders among the dead , or shal the dead arise & praise theé ? shall any man shew thy mercy in the graue , or thy truth in destruction ?

Shall thy wonders be knowen in the darck , or thy righteousnes in the land of forgetfulnes ?

Why doest thou thrust back my soul O Lord , and hide thy face from me , no man is mindful of theé in death , and who will prayse theé in the graue ?

Be stil before God , O my soule , for my hope is in him : because he is my rock and my sauiour , and I shall not be remoued .

In God is my welfare & my glory : the rock of my strength and my hope is in God .

¶ The Lord . Come lordings all : daunce at my call .

¶ The Knight . Goe hence sir knight : t is almost night .

We Lordes and Knightes of late . Nyw lye in low estate .

Quicken me O Lord , for thy names sake : and for thy righteousnesse sake rid my soule out of trouble .

For I O Lord am thy seruaunt : I am thy seruaunt , and the sonne of thy handmayd .

I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of prayse : and pay my vowes vnto theé in the sight of all the people , Amen .

¶ A Prayer for Gods goodnes , and for continuance of the same .

I Yeald theé thanks and prayse ( O Lord my God ) for creating me after thine own Image and likenes . For redeming me with thy precious bloud . For admitting me into the number of thy children by adoption , through the washing of holy baptisme , and for feéding me with the sacrament of thy body and bloud .

Behold the Squire as in a glas For as thou art so he was .

¶ The Esquire . Esquire the braue : It bootes not to craue .

¶ The Gentleman Lusty , or sad : Thou must be 〈◊〉 .

Also I geue theé prayse and thanks , for that thou of thine infinite gracious goodnes , hast paciently wayted for my amendement , euen from the time of mine ignorant childhoode vnto this houre , notwithstanding that I ran losely into innumerable vices .

I glorifie theé , and praise theé for thy often ridding of me from a number of troubles , distresses , calamities , and miseries : and for sauing me hetherto from the often deserued euerlasting punishments and torments both of body and soule . I prayse theé and glorifie theé for thy mercifull geuing of me health of body , soundnes of limmes , quyetnes of times , and working of good things , with many other vertues .

¶ The Iudge . Come on iudge : With me to trudge .

¶ The Iustice . Sir Iustice arise ▪ come to my ass●se .

Iudge and Iustice sentence haue : To ly as Captiues in the graue .

Dispose , and order thou all my thoughts , words and deédes according to thy will . Keépe me at all times , and in all places wheresoeuer I goe , whether it be in prosperitie or aduersitie . And in the end bring me to the desired ioyes of the present beholding of theé , Amen .

A generall thanksgeuing .

O God which excellest in all goodnes and wisdome . O heauenly Father , which art full of mercy and clemency , when I cal to minde the works of thy hands , I cannot but wonder at thy great wisdome , and infinite goodnes , which thou hast shewed towards

No law , no plea , no drift , From death can make a shift

¶ Sergeant at law . Leaue the Lawes : & heare my cause .

¶ The Att●rney . 〈◊〉 lead as thou ●ust : With me thou must . all thy creatures , especially towards me : Not only in that thou hast geuen me , being , mouing , and life : but also in that ( besides thine other infinite benefites which thou hast distributed in general to all men in the world ) thou hast bestowed so many particular benefites vpon me , as it is vnpossible for me to rehearce them , yea or to conceiue them .

Thou hast vouchsafed to deliuer me by the light of thy gospel , from the darcknes of error , and ignorance : or rather , to draw me out of the horrible dungeons of death and damnation , wherto I was condemned , in respect of the corruptnes of my nature , and so conueyed me into the kingdome of thy welbeloued sonne , who hath geuen him self for my sinnes , according to thy good pleasure and euerlasting ordinance . Also thou hast receaued me into thy Church among the number of thy children : thou

¶ The Mayor . Mayor I theé call : to my guild Hall.

¶ The Shirife . Shirif for execu●ion : I haue a commission .

Mayors & Shirifes do passe with speed And others them in place succeed . hast elected and chosen me through thy wonderfull prouidence , to be to the glory of thy mercy . And thou hast inhonored me with the copartnership of the euerlasting inheritance of thy deér beloued sonne , to beé of that royall priesthoode , which shall offer the sacrifices of eternall prayse and thanksgeuing to thy holy name in thy heauenly temple : now therfore according to dauids saying , what shall I render to the Lord for all his benefites towardes me ? I know that al my life ought to be consecrated to continuall thankes geuing , to shew forth ( with his holy people and purchased possession ) the mighty workes of him that hath called vs out of darckenes to his wonderfull light . The cup of deliuerance ought not to depart out of my handes , nor the new songs therof out of my mouth .

But Lord , graunt me the grace which

We peace did keep in princes name : Now death doth charge vs with the same

¶ The Bailife . Come Baylife , no bayle : with me shal preuayl .

¶ The Constable . Constable I arrest : to my ward be prest . thou didst shew heretofore to Dauid , a man according to thine own hart . Who treating of the same matter , and rehersing the recordes of thy goodnes , sayd , of a truth Lord , I am thy seruant and the sonne of thy handmaid , thou hast broken my bonds a sunder . I will offer vnto theé the sacrifice of thankesgeuing & call vpon thy name . Euen so say I lord of my selfe , and that by thy grace : I am thy seruaunt , I am thy seruant .

Thou hast broken my bonds , and preserued me , and set me in safety . Unto theé O king of eternitie , immortall , and inuisible , euen vnto theé ( O God ) who only art good and onely wise , be honor and glory for euer through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord , and only Sauiour , So be it .

¶ The Phisicion . By thy wate● , I do seé : thou m●st away with me .

The 〈◊〉 . Looke not so hie : low thou must lie .

No arte , or medicine can preuayl : When death doth purpose ●o assayl .