The
Doue
,
compared
to
Prayer
.
THe
Doue
was
the
first
Bird
that
being
sent
out
of
Noah
his
Arke
,
brought
comfort
to
Noah
:
So
Prayer
being
sent
out
of
the
Arke
of
our
bodyes
,
is
the
onely
and
first
bringer
of
comfort
to
vs
from
Heauen
.
The
Doue
went
out
twice
ere
it
could
finde
an
Oliue
Branch
,
(
which
was
the
ensigne
of
peace
:
)
So
our
Prayers
must
flie
vp
againe
and
againe
,
and
neuer
leaue
beating
at
the
doores
of
Heauen
,
till
they
fetch
from
thence
the
Oliue-Branch
of
Gods
mercie
,
in
signe
that
wee
are
at
peace
with
him
,
and
that
he
hath
pardoned
our
sins
.
The
Doue
no
sooner
broght
that
bough
of
good
tidings
into
the
Arke
,
but
the
vniuersall
floud
fell
,
and
sunck
into
the
bowels
of
the
deepe
:
So
no
sooner
doe
our
hearty
Prayers
pierce
the
bosome
of
the
Lord
Almightie
,
but
the
waters
of
his
indignation
shrinke
away
,
melting
to
nothing
like
hilles
of
Snowe
,
and
the
vniuersall
deluge
of
sinne
that
floweth
40.
dayes
and
nights
togeather
,
(
that
is
to
say
,
euery
houre
,
or
all
our
life
time
)
to
drowne
both
soule
and
body
,
is
driuen
backe
,
&
ebs
into
the
bottomlesse
gulfe
of
hell
.
The
Doue
is
said
to
be
without
gall
:
Our
Prayer
must
be
without
bitternesse
,
and
not
to
the
hurt
of
our
neighbour
(
for
such
Prayers
are
curses
)
lest
we
pull
down
vengeance
on
our
heads
.
Such
was
the
Doue
that
Noah
sent
out
of
the
Ark
,
with
such
wings
let
our
Prayers
carry
vp
our
messages
to
Heauen
.
1.
A
Prayer
for
a
childe
before
he
goeth
to
his
study
,
or
to
schoole
.
O
GOD
,
that
art
the
fountaine
of
all
wisedome
,
&
founder
of
all
learning
:
breathe
into
my
soule
the
spirit
of
vnderstanding
,
that
in
my
childhood
I
may
learne
,
and
(
as
I
grow
farther
into
yeres
)
may
practise
the
study
only
of
thee
and
of
thy
lawes
.
Feed
me
(
O
Lord
)
as
babes
are
fed
,
with
the
milke
of
thy
holy
word
,
that
I
may
grow
strong
in
setting
forth
thy
praises
.
Make
me
(
O
Iesus
thou
Son
of
God
)
one
of
those
of
whom
thou
speakekest
thus
,
Suffer
little
children
to
come
vnto
mee
,
and
forbid
them
not
.
And
as
thou
hast
promised
that
thy
wonders
shold
be
sounded
foorth
by
the
tongues
of
infants
&
sucking
babes
;
so
powre
into
my
lips
the
waters
of
the
well
of
life
,
that
whatsoeuer
I
learne
may
bee
to
proclaime
thy
glorie
.
Polish
thou
my
mind
(
O
God
)
that
it
may
shine
bright
in
goodnesse
:
and
that
I
may
not
defile
or
deface
this
weake
temple
of
my
body
by
corrupted
manners
or
leaud
speeches
;
but
so
season
my
tongue
that
all
the
lessons
which
I
take
foorth
,
may
seeme
to
be
read
to
mee
in
thine
owne
schoole
.
Bee
thou
my
Schoole-master
to
instruct
mee
,
so
shall
I
repeate
the
rules
of
true
wisedome
:
keepe
thou
mee
in
feare
of
the
rod
of
thy
displeasure
,
so
shall
I
bee
sure
to
haue
my
name
set
in
the
booke
of
life
.
Make
mee
obedient
to
my
Parents
:
dutiful
to
my
Teachers
:
louing
to
my
Schoole-fellowes
:
humble
to
my
superiours
;
full
of
reuerence
to
old
men
:
proud
towards
no
man
;
&
that
I
may
win
the
loue
of
all
men
.
Blesse
mee
,
O
Lord
,
this
day
:
guide
my
feete
,
direct
my
mind
,
sanctifie
my
studies
,
gouerne
al
my
actions
,
preserue
my
body
in
health
,
my
soule
from
vncleannesse
.
Graunt
this
,
O
my
God
,
for
thy
Sonnes
sake
(
Iesus
Christ
:
)
or
if
it
bee
thy
pleasure
to
cut
me
off
before
night
,
and
that
this
flower
of
my
youth
shall
fade
in
all
the
beauty
of
it
,
yet
make
me
(
O
my
gratious
Sheepheard
)
for
one
of
thy
Lambs
,
to
whom
thou
wilt
say
,
Come
you
blessed
,
&
clothe
mee
in
a
white
robe
(
of
righteousnes
)
that
I
may
be
one
of
those
singers
,
who
shall
cry
to
thee
Allelluia
.
Amen
.
2.
A
Prayer
for
a
prentice
going
to
his
labour
.
O
The
builder
of
this
world
!
(
whose
workemanship
is
to
bee
seene
excellent
euen
in
the
frames
of
the
least
and
basest
creatures
which
thou
hast
set
together
:
)
Cast
a
gratious
eye
vpon
mee
,
and
lend
me
thy
directing
hand
that
the
labours
which
this
day
I
am
to
vndertake
may
prosper
.
Let
me
not
(
O
God
)
goe
about
my
busines
with
eye-seruice
;
but
sithence
thou
hast
ordained
that
(
like
poore
Ioseph
)
I
must
enter
into
the
state
of
a
seruant
,
so
humble
my
mind
,
that
I
may
perform
with
a
cheereful
willingnes
whatsoeuer
my
master
commands
mee
,
and
that
all
his
commandements
may
be
agreeable
to
the
seruing
of
thee
.
Bestow
vpon
me
thy
grace
that
I
may
deale
vprightly
with
all
men
,
and
that
I
may
shew
my selfe
to
him
,
who
is
set
ouer
mee
(
a
Ruler
)
as
I
another
day
would
desire
to
haue
others
behaue
themselues
to
mee
.
Take
away
from
him
(
that
is
,
my
master
)
all
thoughts
of
crueltie
,
that
like
the
children
of
Israel
vnder
the
subiection
of
Pharaohs
seruants
,
I
may
not
be
set
to
a
taske
aboue
my
strength
:
of
if
I
be
;
stretch
thou
out
my
sinewes
(
O
God
)
that
I
may
with
vn-wearied
limbs
accomplish
it
.
Fill
my
veynes
with
blood
,
that
that
I
may
goe
thorow
the
hardest
labours
:
sithence
it
is
a
law
set
downe
by
thy selfe
,
that
I
must
earne
my
bread
with
the
sweat
of
my
owne
browes
.
Giue
mee
courage
to
beginne
:
patience
to
goe
forward
:
and
abilitie
to
finish
them
.
Cleanse
my
heart
(
O
thou
that
art
the
fountaine
of
purity
)
from
all
falsehood
,
from
all
swearing
,
from
all
abuse
of
thy
sacred
Name
,
from
all
foule
,
loose
and
vnreuerend
languages
.
Let
my
thoughts
when
I
am
alone
bee
of
thee
:
let
my
mirth
in
company
bee
to
sing
Psalmes
,
and
the
arguments
of
my
talke
onely
touching
the
works
of
thy
hand
.
Take
sloth
from
my
fingers
,
and
drowsinesse
from
the
lids
of
mine
eye
;
whether
I
rise
early
,
or
lie
downe
late
,
so
gladly
let
me
doe
it
,
as
if
my
prentiship
were
to
bee
consumed
in
thy
seruice
.
The
glasse
of
my
yeares
shal
thereby
run
out
in
pleasure
,
&
I
in
the
end
shall
be
made
free
of
that
citie
of
thine
,
The
heauenly
Ierusalem
;
into
whose
fellowship
,
I
beseech
thee
,
to
enfranchise
&
enrol
me
,
and
that
after
I
haue
faithfully
laboured
six
dayes
of
my
life
here
vpon
earth
,
I
may
vpon
the
seuenth
rest
in
thy
euerlasting
Sabbath
.
Amen
.
3.
A
Prayer
for
him
that
buyes
and
sels
.
O
Good
God
,
what
is
our
life
but
a
common
Mart
,
wherein
we
sel
away
our
bodies
to
shame
for
the
price
of
momentarie
pleasure
,
&
barter
away
our
soules
to
sinne
,
which
were
bought
at
the
dearest
rate
(
euen
thy
Sonnes
blood
?
)
What
are
all
our
labours
,
but
desperate
voiages
,
made
to
purchase
wealth
?
And
what
are
the
riches
of
a
worldly
man
when
they
are
gotten
,
but
(
as
thy
Prophet
singeth
)
The
weauing
of
a
spiders
webbe
?
I
desire
to
be
dissolued
and
to
be
with
thee
.
Amen
.
4.
A
Prayer
for
a
mayd-seruant
.
STop
not
thine
eares
(
O
Lord
)
to
the
requests
of
thy
poore
and
humble
handmaid
,
but
as
thou
hast
laid
vpon
her
the
condition
of
a
seruant
,
so
let
her
mind
be
subiected
to
the
state
to
which
thou
hast
called
her
.
And
for
that
thou
didst
ordaine
in
that
great
worke
of
the
Creation
of
mankinde
,
that
woman
should
bee
the
weaker
vessell
,
both
in
the
labours
of
the
body
,
and
endeuours
of
mind
:
strengthen
mee
therefore
(
O
God
)
with
thy
assistance
,
&
enlighten
my
soule
with
thy
diuine
inspiration
.
Bestow
vpon
my
youth
a
prosperous
flourishing
,
but
let
it
be
in
goodnes
.
As
I
grow
vp
in
yeres
,
let
me
grow
vp
in
grace
:
&
write
my
name
(
O
thou
eternal
Register
)
in
that
general
pardon
wherein
thou
forgiuest
the
follies
of
our
youth
.
Crown
my
Virgin-state
with
chaste
&
religious
thoughts
:
&
so
temper
my
desires
,
that
the
wanton
pleasures
of
the
flesh
may
not
drown
in
mee
the
heauenvly
treasures
of
the
Spirit
.
Take
from
me
(
O
God
)
the
health
of
my
bodie
,
rather
then
by
the
possession
of
it
,
I
shold
grow
proud
of
beautie
.
So
thou
accountest
me
faire
,
I
care
not
how
vgly
I
appeare
to
the
world
.
And
for
that
I
am
but
poore
,
so
blesse
mee
,
that
I
may
preserue
my
fame
:
for
an
honest
reputation
is
to
a
maiden
an
ample
dowry
.
Defend
me
from
the
poison
of
euil
tongues
,
which
are
more
deadly
than
the
stings
of
scorpions
Defend
me
from
violating
those
lawes
written
downe
by
thine
owne
finger
:
defend
me
from
shame
,
whose
spots
disfigure
the
liuing
,
&
disgrace
the
dead
.
Defend
me
from
sinne
,
for
the
wages
thereof
are
death
and
hell
.
Make
mee
a
faithfull
steward
in
ordering
the
goods
of
my
M.
&
M
ris
.
so
shal
I
be
a
more
carefull
disposer
of
my
own
.
At
my
going
to
rest
,
take
thou
charge
of
my
soule
,
for
it
is
thy
iewel
;
at
my
vprising
guard
thou
my
body
,
for
thy
Son
hath
bought
it
:
so
shall
I
at
the
Sunnes
rising
pray
to
thee
;
when
hee
is
at
his
height
,
I
shall
praise
thee
;
and
at
his
going
downe
,
shall
I
sing
Hymnes
of
thankes
to
thy
Name
.
To
which
bee
all
honour
,
for
it
is
due
;
All
glorie
,
for
it
is
proper
;
all
feare
,
reuerence
and
adoration
,
for
they
are
onely
thine
.
5.
A
Prayer
for
a
seruingman
.
NO
seruice
(
O
God
)
is
like
vnto
that
of
thine
:
It
is
the
high-way
to
the
highest
honour
;
It
is
a
preferment
to
eternitie
,
a
promotion
beyond
that
which
is
bestowed
by
Kings
.
Admit
me
therfore
into
thy
houshold
of
Faith
:
clothe
me
in
the
liuery
of
a
true
Christian
,
so
shall
I
euer
waite
vpon
thee
(
O
my
Lord
:
)
lead
me
out
of
the
company
of
swearers
,
quarrellers
,
drunkards
,
boasters
,
adulterers
,
&
all
those
that
blaspheme
thee
.
Arme
mee
with
thy
grace
,
assist
mee
with
thy
Spirit
,
blesse
me
with
thy
hand
,
fill
me
with
thy
blessings
,
looke
downe
vpon
my
weakenesse
;
lift
me
vp
in
strength
:
beare
with
my
frailtie
:
suffer
not
my
heart
to
swell
with
pride
,
mine
eye
to
burne
in
lust
,
my
tongue
to
sting
with
slaunder
,
my
hand
to
be
dipt
in
blood
.
But
succour
me
(
O
my
maker
)
and
saue
mee
,
(
O
saue
me
)
now
and
euer
,
(
O
my
Redeemer
,
)
So
bee
it
.
Amen
.
6.
A
Prayer
for
an
husband
man
.
THe
earth
(
O
Lord
)
is
thy
garden
in
which
thou
hast
appointed
man
to
be
a
labourer
.
Of
that
stuffe
in
which
hee
daily
diggeth
and
delueth
was
Man
made
;
so
that
in
trimming
the
earth
,
Man
doeth
but
dresse
himselfe
.
But
albeit
Paul
planteth
and
Apollo
watereth
,
no
herb
or
flowre
can
come
vp
or
tree
prosper
vnlesse
thy
hand
be
at
the
graffing
:
send
thou
therfore
forth
a
wholsome
breath
from
thy
nostrils
vpon
those
fruits
of
the
earth
which
out
of
the
bounty
of
thy
loue
thou
hast
bestowed
vpon
me
thy
seruant
.
Let
not
the
leafe
of
my
labors
wither
,
but
prosper
it
till
it
grow
vp
like
a
Cedar
on
the
top
of
Libanus
,
or
like
a
tree
planted
by
the
waters
side
,
bringing
forth
fruite
in
due
season
.
Checke
(
O
my
God
)
the
Northren
wind
,
that
it
beate
not
downe
the
husbandmans
hopes
,
but
that
the
sicke
mayl
in
fit
time
send
in
a
ripe
and
plentiful
haruest
.
Strike
not
the
oxe
at
the
plough
with
death
,
nor
the
horse
in
the
pasture
with
diseases
:
yet
I
confesse
,
that
my
sinnes
deserue
to
haue
the
plagues
of
Egypt
fall
on
mee
and
my
cattell
.
But
the
wings
of
thy
mercie
(
O
gracious
God
)
spread
further
then
those
of
thy
Iustice
.
Shed
therefore
those
comfortable
beames
vpon
mee
that
am
a
creeping
worme
vpon
earth
.
And
not
onely
do
I
begge
these
worldly
and
fading
blessings
at
thy
hand
,
but
those
rather
that
are
heauenly
,
&
which
laste
for
euer
:
powre
thy
abundant
grace
on
my
soule
,
that
it
may
be
fruitfull
in
good
workes
,
and
euer
bringing
foorth
seedes
of
holinesse
.
Open
my
heart
,
that
it
may
not
bee
barren
of
vnderstanding
thee
;
cleare
thou
mine
eyes
,
that
they
may
behold
the
face
of
ignorance
&
lothe
her
,
and
that
they
may
look
vpon
the
beautie
of
thy
sacred
wisedome
,
and
be
enamored
of
it
.
For
these
and
whatsoeuer
else
thou
thinkest
fit
for
the
health
of
my
bodie
or
happinesse
of
my
soule
:
I
most
humbly
beseech
thee
in
the
Name
of
that
blessed
Son
of
thine
,
Iesus
Christ
.
7.
A
Prayer
for
a
Marriner
going
to
Sea.
O
Thou
that
ridest
vpon
the
Cherubins
and
fliest
vpon
the
wings
of
the
winds
:
Thou
,
at
the
brightnesse
of
whose
presence
the
clouds
remoue
,
&
at
whose
chiding
hailestones
and
coales
of
fire
fall
vpon
the
world
,
whose
arrowes
are
swiftest
lighting
,
&
whose
bow
at
the
going
off
,
shooteth
forth
thunder
.
Be
mercifull
vnto
me
(
O
my
God
)
that
am
to
venture
into
the
horrors
of
the
deep
.
There
shall
I
see
thy
wonders
,
but
let
mee
not
see
thy
wrath
:
there
shall
I
looke
into
hel
,
but
let
me
not
fall
into
the
iawes
of
feare
&
desperation
.
Preserue
mee
(
O
Lord
)
in
the
wombe
of
the
ship
,
though
the
waters
climbe
round
about
the
ribbes
to
swallow
mee
vp
,
as
thou
didst
saue
Ionas
in
the
belly
of
the
Whale
.
And
when
with
thy
seruant
Peter
I
cry
out
(
to
thy
Sonne
)
Helpe
Lord
,
or
we
perish
:
let
his
hand
be
stretched
forth
,
to
command
the
waters
to
bee
quiet
.
Fill
our
sayles
with
gentle
&
prosperous
windes
;
let
not
the
sunne
bee
couered
in
stormes
by
day
,
nor
the
Moone
and
starres
conspire
with
darkenesse
by
night
,
to
spoile
vs
by
ship-wracke
.
But
set
thou
an
Angel
at
our
helme
,
when
wee
hoist
sailes
to
go
forth
,
&
charge
the
same
Angel
to
guide
vs
through
that
wildernes
of
waters
,
till
wee
safely
ariue
on
shore
.
Or
if
for
our
sins
it
bee
thy
pleasure
that
our
bodies
in
this
voiage
shall
perish
,
yet
(
O
our
mercifull
Pilot
)
saue
our
soules
from
the
great
Leuiathan
,
whose
iawes
are
euer
open
to
deuoure
:
vpon
what
rocks
soeuer
the
vessel
that
beares
vs
bee
split
,
yet
wee
(
most
wretched
sinners
)
beg
at
thy
hands
,
that
our
heauenly
vessels
may
arriue
at
the
euerlasting
land
of
promise
.
Graunt
this
(
O
Father
)
for
his
sake
,
that
swum
thorow
a
red
Sea
of
pretious
blood
on
the
crosse
,
to
bee
mans
Redeemer
.
8.
A
Prayer
for
a
Marriner
at
Sea
in
a
storme
.
SAue
vs
(
O
saue
vs
miserable
wretches
.
)
who
haue
no
hope
in
the
helpe
of
man
,
but
only
(
O
Lord
Almightie
)
in
thee
.
Heare
the
cryes
of
thy
seruants
,
and
let
them
pierce
into
thine
eare
,
thorow
this
battell
of
the
clouds
&
the
waters
.
Wee
perish
(
O
Sauiour
)
we
perish
in
this
prison
of
the
deepe
,
vnlesse
by
thy
miraculous
power
thou
deliuer
vs
from
death
.
Cast
a
bridle
therefore
about
the
stubburne
neckes
of
the
windes
,
for
they
are
thy
seruants
:
and
beate
backe
this
furious
armie
of
the
waters
,
for
they
are
thy
slaues
.
Send
(
O
Lord
)
a
Moses
vnto
vs
,
to
conduct
vs
thorow
this
Sea
of
death
:
send
but
a
warrant
vnder
thy
dreadful
&
commaunding
voyce
,
&
the
tempest
shall
obey
thee
.
Thou
holdest
the
windes
in
thy
right
hand
,
&
the
waues
in
the
left
;
the
heauens
are
thy
throne
,
and
earth
thy
footstoole
:
All
is
thine
,
&
thou
art
all
;
to
thee
therefore
do
we
fly
for
succour
,
because
there
is
no
succour
but
vnder
thy
wings
.
The
sorrowes
of
death
doe
round
encompasse
vs
,
the
paines
of
hell
are
felt
in
our
bones
;
gather
thou
therefore
the
seas
into
an
heape
,
and
lay
these
stormes
of
wrath
vp
in
thy
treasure
house
of
vengeance
,
to
confound
thy
professed
enemies
.
Wee
(
silly
wretches
)
call
vpon
thy
Name
,
O
heare
vs
:
we
are
the
worke
of
thine
own
hands
,
O
deface
not
thine
owne
buildings
:
it
was
a
part
of
thy
glorie
to
make
vs
,
let
it
be
a
greater
part
of
thy
glorie
to
saue
vs
,
now
that
we
are
vpon
the
point
to
perish
.
Saue
vs
,
O
saue
vs
,
for
thine
owne
sake
,
for
thy
Sonnes
Sake
,
for
thy
glories
sake
,
and
wee
shall
sing
Psalmes
in
thy
praises
vpon
the
lute
,
and
vpon
an
instrument
of
ten
strings
.
9.
A
Thankesgiuing
for
Mariner
being
safely
landed
.
EVerlasting
thankes
doe
we
pay
vnto
thee
(
O
thou
that
art
mercie
it selfe
)
in
that
when
our
feete
were
stepping
into
the
graue
,
thou
diddest
raise
vs
(
with
poore
Lazarus
)
from
the
dead
.
Blessed
bee
the
God
of
hostes
,
that
thus
hath
redeemed
vs
from
danger
.
Wee
were
in
the
lions
denne
▪
and
yet
did
he
deliuer
vs
:
Wee
were
in
the
fornace
,
yet
not
a
haire
hath
perished
:
Wee
were
at
the
gates
of
hell
,
yet
did
hee
fetch
vs
backe
;
the
bitter
cup
of
death
did
hee
remoue
from
our
lippes
,
and
out
of
the
pit
of
desperation
hath
hee
pulled
vs
vp
aliue
.
He
did
but
say
the
word
,
and
the
winds
stood
still
;
hee
did
but
frowne
,
&
the
waters
shrunke
in
their
heads
;
hee
did
but
beccon
,
and
his
Angel
came
and
brought
vs
comfort
.
Wee
wil
sing
therefore
vnto
our
good
God
a
song
of
thanks
:
Wee
will
sound
foorth
his
Name
euen
amongst
Turks
and
Saracens
:
and
send
abroad
the
miracle
of
our
deliuerance
to
the
furthest
corners
of
the
earth
.
All
glorie
,
honour
and
praise
bee
thine
,
O
Lord
:
for
thou
art
iust
without
corruption
,
mercifull
beyond
our
deseruings
,
and
mightie
aboue
our
apprehension
.
All
glorie
,
honour
and
praise
bee
thine
for
euer
and
euer
.
Amen
.
10.
A
Prayer
for
a
Souldier
going
to
a
Battell
.
ARme
mee
(
O
thou
God
of
Battels
)
with
courage
this
day
,
that
I
may
not
fall
before
my
enemies
:
The
quarrell
is
thine
,
let
the
victorie
bee
thine
;
tie
to
my
sinewes
the
strength
of
Dauid
,
that
I
may
with
a
peeble
stone
strike
to
the
earth
these
Giants
that
fight
against
thy
trueth
.
The
weaker
meanes
I
vse
,
the
greater
shall
bee
thy
glory
,
if
I
come
from
the
fielde
crowned
with
conquest
.
I
put
no
confidence
(
O
Lord
)
either
in
the
strong
horse
,
or
the
iron-headed
speare
:
the
armor
that
must
defend
mee
,
is
thy
right
arme
.
Bee
thou
therefore
this
day
my
Captaine
to
conduct
mee
:
let
thy
word
bee
the
trumpet
to
incourage
mee
;
the
banner
of
the
Church
,
the
colours
which
I
follow
;
the
weapons
which
I
fight
with
fayth
and
hope
;
and
the
cause
for
which
I
fight
,
The
aduancement
of
true
Religion
.
Keepe
my
handes
(
O
my
God
)
from
playing
the
bloody
executioners
;
let
pitie
sit
vpon
mine
ey-lids
,
euen
in
the
heate
of
battell
,
and
mercie
on
the
point
of
my
sword
when
it
is
most
readie
to
kill
.
So
let
mee
fight
,
that
whether
I
come
off
,
lame
or
sound
,
dead
or
aliue
,
I
may
liue
or
dye
thy
Souldier
.
Amen
.
Blesse
me
,
strengthen
mee
,
guide
me
,
guard
mee
,
saue
me
,
O
thou
Lord
of
hosts
.
Amen
.
11.
A
Prayer
,
or
Thanksgiuing
for
a
Souldier
after
victorie
.
VEngeance
is
thine
,
O
Lord
:
and
the
fall
of
thy
enemies
is
thy
glorie
.
Immortal
honour
(
like
the
beames
of
the
sunne
)
shine
about
thy
Temples
,
because
thou
hast
this
day
stood
by
thy
poore
seruant
.
When
death
trampled
vpon
heapes
of
mangled
carcases
,
thou
(
O
Lord
)
plantedst
a
guard
of
Angels
about
mine
.
Thou
hast
circled
my
browes
with
Bay-tree
,
in
signe
of
conquest
,
and
with
the
Palme-tree
,
in
token
of
peace
.
All
that
I
can
giue
to
thee
for
these
blessings
,
is
but
a
giuing
Thanks
.
Accept
it
(
O
my
God
)
accept
this
sacrifice
of
my
heart
:
and
so
hold
in
the
reines
of
my
passions
,
that
I
bee
not
swolne
vp
with
arrogance
and
pride
,
for
that
which
is
no
worke
of
mine
;
but
that
I
may
humbly
acknowledge
thee
for
the
Author
both
of
my
owne
safety
,
and
my
foes
deseature
.
And
so
instruct
me
in
the
heauenly
discipline
of
other
wars
which
I
am
to
fight
in
,
in
this
world
,
that
I
may
defie
sathan
and
his
troupes
,
beate
downe
sin
and
his
damned
regiment
,
&
triumph
ouer
the
assaults
of
the
world
,
that
in
the
ende
I
may
march
vnder
the
banner
which
Christ
shall
spread
in
Heauen
.
Amen
.
12.
A
Prayer
for
a
woman
great
with
childe
.
LOoke
downe
from
Heauen
(
O
Lord
)
vpon
me
thy
handmaid
,
look
downe
from
thy
throne
of
mercie
.
A
curse
hast
thou
laid
vpon
all
women
,
(
for
their
Grand
mother
Eues
sake
)
which
is
,
that
the
fruites
of
their
wombes
shal
fill
them
with
paine
and
torments
:
Iust
art
thou
in
thy
sentence
,
for
all
women
in
that
battel
of
life
and
death
,
doe
feele
the
rigour
of
thy
doome
.
The
horrors
of
the
graue
doe
in
that
houre
stand
before
them
,
the
terrors
of
hell
,
do
in
that
conflict
houer-roūd
about
them
;
yet
(
O
God
)
one
drop
of
thy
mercy
hath
souereigne
power
to
cure
all
the
wounds
of
those
sorrowes
.
Shed
it
therefore
(
O
Father
)
shed
that
drop
of
grace
vpon
me
(
most
miserable
woman
)
in
that
minute
when
I
am
to
encounter
with
so
sterne
an
enemie
.
What
weight
of
thy
wrath
soeuer
thou
layest
vppon
mee
(
for
my
sinnes
,
)
strengthen
mee
with
patience
to
beare
it
,
that
I
may
not
in
that
fearfull
agony
bee
vnruly
,
or
vnforgetfull
of
that
modestie
fitting
a
woman
beset
with
such
dangers
;
but
rather
,
that
in
those
throws
of
child
birth
,
(
to
which
no
pangs
in
the
world
are
comparable
)
I
may
verily
belieue
I
see
thy
blessed
Sonne
(
my
Redeemer
)
torn
vpon
the
crosse
:
suffering
paines
insufferable
,
tortures
inexpresseable
,
and
sorrowes
of
soule
in-vttereble
,
onely
for
me
,
onely
to
pay
for
my
sins
,
&
only
to
free
mee
from
the
shame
of
death
and
hell
.
Let
his
immensurable
&
incomprehensible
agonies
on
the
crosse
,
put
me
in
mind
how
much
he
ventured
for
mee
(
a
wretch
)
and
that
hee
can
not
plague
mee
with
too
many
miseries
,
that
haue
(
for
all
this
loue
bestowed
)
euery
day
,
and
euery
houre
in
a
day
,
and
euery
minute
of
an
houre
,
playd
the
wanton
with
his
fauour
,
and
haue
abused
his
mercies
.
Forget
my
sinnes
notwithstanding
(
O
my
God
)
but
forget
not
thy
seruant
.
Forgiue
me
:
and
so
forgiue
me
,
that
the
childe
in
my
bodie
bee
not
punished
for
the
mothers
offences
Blesse
this
fruit
of
my
wombe
,
which
thou
hast
grafted
with
thine
own
hand
:
giue
it
growth
,
giue
it
florishing
,
giue
it
forme
.
And
when
the
time
is
come
that
thou
wilt
cal
it
out
of
this
close
house
of
flesh
,
(
wher
now
it
inhabiteth
)
to
dwell
in
the
open
world
.
Sanctifie
thy
creature
,
and
on
the
forehead
of
it
,
set
that
sacred
seale
of
Baptisme
,
that
it
may
be
known
to
be
a
Lamb
of
thy
own
flocke
.
Graunt
this
,
O
maker
of
mankind
,
grant
this
(
O
Redeemer
of
mankind
)
at
the
request
of
thy
seruant
and
handmaid
.
Amen
.
13.
A
Praier
for
a
midwife
WIth
handes
lifted
vppe
to
Heauen
,
knees
prostrated
on
the
earth
,
&
with
a
soule
humbled
at
thy
feete
(
O
Lord
)
do
I
beg
,
that
thou
wouldst
prosper
this
worke
which
I
am
to
vndertake
.
Suffer
mee
not
to
bee
feareful
in
my
office
,
fainting
in
my
spirits
,
or
too
violent
in
my
duetie
:
but
that
I
may
discharge
it
to
thy
honor
,
this
thy
handmaids
comfort
(
who
is
full
of
paine
)
and
to
my
owne
credit
.
Blesse
me
(
O
God
)
with
skil
,
sithence
thou
hast
placed
me
as
thy
deputie
in
this
great
and
wonderfull
businesse
:
giue
vnto
thy
seruant
an
easie
&
speedy
deliuerance
.
Giue
vnto
me
a
quick
,
a
constant
&
a
gentle
hand
.
Giue
vnto
this
new
vnborne
creature
(
into
whom
thou
hast
breathed
a
soule
)
a
faire
&
wel-shapē
body
;
that
thou
mayst
haue
glorie
by
thy
works
,
&
the
mother
gladnesse
in
beholding
her
infant
,
after
all
her
sorrowes
.
Graunt
this
,
O
Father
,
for
thy
Sons
sake
Iesus
Christ.
Amen
.
14.
A
Prayer
,
or
Thanksgiuing
,
after
a
womans
deliuerie
.
GLorified
bee
thy
Name
(
O
God
)
for
this
mercy
extended
to
thy
seruant
:
It
lay
in
thy
power
to
strike
death
into
her
wombe
,
but
thou
hast
giuen
her
a
double
life
:
and
to
heape
sorrowes
vpon
her
sorrowes
,
but
her
anguishes
hast
thou
sweetened
with
gladnesse
.
Praised
bee
thy
blessed
Name
:
Praised
be
thy
wondrous
workes
.
Continue
(
O
Lord
)
these
thy
fauours
to
thy
weake
hand-maide
:
put
strength
into
her
blood
,
blood
into
her
veines
,
and
courage
into
her
heart
,
that
her
lips
may
render
thee
a
thanksgiuing
.
Looke
(
O
God
)
vpon
this
babe
with
an
eye
of
loue
;
preserue
it
in
health
,
quicken
it
with
thy
grace
,
and
crowne
it
with
long
life
,
that
it
may
growe
vp
to
bee
a
seruant
in
thy
houshold
.
Vnty
the
strings
of
his
vtterance
(
when
thou
thinkest
it
meete
)
and
giue
vnto
it
a
tongue
that
may
without
stammering
or
any
other
imperfect
sound
speake
clearely
.
Let
all
other
organs
of
his
bodie
execute
their
offices
,
as
in
thy
mercie
thou
hast
appointed
.
Sanctifie
O
Lord
,
the
brests
that
must
giue
it
sucke
,
and
feed
the
soule
of
it
(
when
it
shall
please
thee
to
fill
it
with
vnderstanding
)
with
the
milk
of
thy
word
.
Blesse
vs
(
O
Lord
)
that
are
heere
met
together
to
behold
the
glorie
of
our
creation
,
and
the
wonders
of
our
creator
in
this
little
infant
.
Thanks
,
honour
,
&
praise
be
giuen
vnto
thee
for
euer
and
euer
.
Amen
.
15.
A
Prayer
for
a
sicke
man
,
to
be
sayd
by
himself
.
SIcknesse
(
O
Lord
)
is
,
I
know
,
thy
herald
,
and
summoneth
vs
to
death
:
It
is
thy
messenger
,
and
thou
hast
sent
it
into
my
body
:
Welcome
it
is
,
because
it
commeth
from
thee
;
yet
(
O
my
God
)
if
it
bee
thy
pleasure
,
let
thy
anger
cease
,
&
cast
thou
that
rod
into
the
fire
which
hath
beaten
mee
thus
long
with
affliction
.
My
soule
is
brought
lowe
,
(
euen
to
the
dust
)
hide
not
therefore
thy
beames
from
mee
,
but
shed
the
light
of
them
vpon
my
face
,
that
I
may
lift
vp
my
head
and
be
conforted
.
Mercifully
hast
thou
dealt
with
mee
I
confesse
,
for
I
deserue
,
and
it
lies
in
thy
strength
vtterly
and
in
an
instant
to
confound
mee
in
the
heate
of
thy
indignation
:
But
thou
hast
laid
a
gentle
punishment
vpon
mee
,
and
the
blowes
are
such
as
fathers
giue
to
children
,
not
to
kill
them
,
but
to
correct
them
.
Thou
hast
not
yet
calde
me
to
the
barre
of
death
,
yet
hast
thou
cald
mee
to
a
triall
.
My
sinnes
cry
out
as
witnesses
against
my
soule
,
&
my
soule
pleadeth
guiltie
of
treason
against
thy
Maiestie
.
Restore
mee
(
O
God
)
by
thy
pardon
vnder
that
great
seale
of
thy
promise
,
To
forgiue
a
sinner
at
what
time
soeuer
hee
heartily
powres
out
his
teares
of
repentance
.
Or
if
it
bee
set
down
in
thy
booke
of
irreuocable
decrees
,
that
my
flesh
must
with
this
sicknes
bee
turned
into
dust
,
so
strengthen
mee
(
O
my
Redeemer
)
that
to
the
last
houre
and
latest
gaspe
,
I
may
hold
thy
Name
betweene
my
lippes
,
and
die
with
that
musicke
onely
sounding
in
my
voyce
.
Grant
this
request
O
Lord
to
me
thy
seruant
;
that
whensoeuer
or
howsoeuer
the
glasse
of
my
mortalitie
shall
runne
out
,
my
soule
at
her
departure
may
runne
and
be
receiued
into
Abrahams
bosome
,
which
is
the
sanctuarie
for
all
the
faithfull
:
at
which
blessed
hauen
that
I
may
arriue
,
praier
shal
for
euer
be
the
sailes
that
shall
carrie
vp
my
heart
;
and
aboue
all
,
that
,
praier
which
the
best
preacher
of
the
world
hath
taught
me
;
saying
,
Our
father
,
&c.
16.
A
Prayer
to
be
sayd
by
them
that
visit
the
sicke
.
O
Thou
(
O
Lord
)
that
art
the
Physitian
both
of
soule
and
bodie
,
stretch
foorth
,
wee
beseech
thee
,
thine
arme
toward
this
thy
seruant
:
poure
out
the
oile
of
thy
mercy
and
compassion
,
and
with
it
balme
his
temples
,
that
his
memorie
may
not
be
taken
from
him
,
but
that
hee
may
call
vpon
thy
glorious
Name
.
Speake
vnto
him
,
as
thou
didst
speake
to
thy
seruant
,
when
thou
saidst
,
Arise
,
take
vp
thy
bedde
and
walke
:
for
health
is
thy
subiect
and
obeyes
no
command
but
thine
.
Arme
him
(
O
father
of
vs
all
)
arme
this
thy
sonne
with
patience
to
indure
this
triall
,
and
with
constancy
to
wait
thy
pleasure
:
giue
him
the
fortitude
of
Iob
,
to
beare
the
burden
of
all
tribulations
,
of
all
crosses
,
and
of
al
calamities
,
sithence
the
waight
of
them
is
not
to
beare
him
downe
,
but
to
lift
him
vp
to
blessednes
.
Settle
O
Lord
his
spirits
,
that
they
may
not
wander
and
flie
out
into
any
vnruly
motions
.
Lay
thy
finger
vpon
his
lippes
,
that
they
may
not
fall
into
cursing
or
blaspheming
thy
deity
,
or
into
any
vaine
language
.
Take
from
his
eye
al
delight
of
this
fraile
world
,
and
let
his
soule
make
readie
onely
for
a
voyage
to
heauen
:
heare
vs
O
Lord
that
beg
this
at
thy
hands
:
heare
him
O
Lord
,
that
lifteth
vp
his
hands
vnto
thee
,
and
begges
a
pardon
for
his
sinnes
:
open
the
gates
of
mercy
:
open
the
doors
of
thy
sauing
health
:
open
thine
armes
,
to
receiue
him
into
thy
fauour
,
or
into
the
celestiall
freedome
:
adopt
him
for
thine
owne
:
adopt
him
in
the
blood
of
thy
Sonne
;
or
if
it
be
thy
will
,
to
adde
more
daies
to
his
life
,
turne
then
speedily
his
weakenes
into
strength
,
and
his
sickenesse
into
health
;
so
shall
he
confesse
that
thou
art
mighty
,
that
thou
art
mercifull
,
and
that
thou
alone
art
the
God
of
saluation
.
To
thee
therefore
that
art
One
in
Three
,
and
Three
in
One
,
and
in
all
things
incomprehensible
,
bee
all
honour
.
Amen
.
17.
A
Prayer
for
a
Prisoner
.
MY
feete
(
O
my
Sauiour
)
are
in
the
snares
of
the
hunter
,
and
like
a
beast
in
the
Wildernesse
haue
my
enemies
pursued
mee
:
I
am
now
entangled
in
the
chaines
of
captiuitie
;
yet
(
O
my
God
)
bestow
thou
vpon
mee
the
freedome
of
my
soule
:
Soften
thou
the
flintie
hearts
of
those
men
,
that
haue
cast
me
into
this
house
of
mourning
and
heauinesse
:
and
as
thou
didst
to
Daniel
in
the
Lions
denne
,
defend
and
keepe
mee
from
the
iawes
of
miserie
,
that
are
stretched
wide
open
to
swallow
mee
vp
aliue
.
It
is
for
my
sinne
that
I
am
thus
round
beset
with
pouerty
,
shame
,
and
dishonour
.
Receiue
thou
therefore
these
sacrifices
of
my
contrition
,
and
turne
not
away
thine
eare
,
when
my
prayers
are
flying
towards
thee
.
The
sighes
of
a
sinner
repenting
is
a
sweete
breath
in
thy
nostrils
,
his
teares
are
pretious
,
and
like
those
teares
that
washed
the
feet
of
Christ
.
Accept
therefore
this
offring
from
the
altar
of
an
humble
,
contrite
,
and
wounded
heart
.
Put
into
my
bosome
Good
and
Charitable
thoughts
,
that
I
may
pray
for
them
that
persecute
and
trouble
mee
;
and
that
I
may
vndergoe
and
passe
ouer
all
their
oppressions
and
bearings
of
mee
downe
,
with
a
setled
,
constant
,
and
suffering
spirit
.
Let
this
imprisonment
(
O
LORD
)
bee
alwaies
vnto
mee
a
Booke
wherein
I
may
reade
,
first
,
the
knowledge
of
thee
(
which
hitherto
I
haue
not
studied
)
and
secondly
,
the
knowledge
of
my selfe
.
Let
it
be
a
glasse
wherein
I
may
see
all
the
blemishes
of
my
youth
;
as
riots
,
whoredomes
,
drunkennesse
,
pride
,
and
such
like
foule
and
vlcerous
spottes
,
that
haue
disfigured
my
soule
.
Change
(
O
mercifull
God
)
if
it
bee
thy
will
,
my
wants
into
plentie
,
my
thraledome
into
liberty
,
my
mourning
into
gladnesse
,
for
thy
Sonne
Iesus
Christ
his
sake
,
who
was
a
prisoner
vpon
the
Crosse
,
onely
to
set
all
mankind
free
:
Worke
pitie
O
my
Sauiour
,
in
the
brests
of
my
aduersaries
,
that
I
may
sing
with
the
Prophet
:
Blessed
is
hee
that
considereth
the
poore
and
needy
:
the
Lord
shall
deliuer
him
in
the
time
of
trouble
.
But
if
it
be
thy
will
and
pleasure
that
I
must
grone
vnder
this
trouble
and
affliction
;
arme
mee
(
O
God
)
with
a
constant
patience
to
beare
all
.
Amen
.
A
Prayer
for
a
Gally-slaue
.
O
THOV
that
thorow
the
redde
Sea
diddest
guide
the
children
of
Israel
,
thrust
forth
the
selfe
same
arme
,
and
pull
mee
thy
seruant
,
out
of
the
hands
of
a
Tyrant
,
whose
heart
is
hardened
worse
then
Pharoahs
.
Hee
that
hates
thy
glorious
Name
(
O
Lord
)
and
persecuteth
thy
beloued
Sonne
in
the
bodies
of
Christians
;
doeth
with
an
iron
rodde
bruise
my
bones
:
O
Lord
be
thou
my
deliuerer
.
In
penury
and
woe
doe
I
toyle
out
my
dayes
:
In
cold
and
hunger
doe
I
passe
ouer
and
waste
out
my
nights
:
my
labours
are
at
the
Oare
,
and
my
tortures
at
the
will
of
a
barbarous
infidell
;
in
whose
eye
,
stripes
to
a
wretched
and
poore
Gally-slaue
are
but
a
merriment
;
and
the
gushing
out
of
a
Christians
blood
but
a
mockerie
.
For
the
honour
of
thy
beloued
Sonne
(
who
laid
downe
his
owne
life
for
my
ransome
)
suffer
not
these
enemies
of
thy
glory
to
insult
ouer
one
of
thy
children
.
For
the
honor
of
thy
Church
(
of
which
I
am
a
member
)
suffer
not
thy
Religion
to
be
trodden
to
dust
(
in
mee
)
by
the
tyranny
and
crueltie
of
a
blaspheming
Pagan
:
or
if
it
bee
in
thy
Diuine
purpose
,
to
haue
me
longer
to
grone
vnder
this
heauie
yoake
of
seruitude
and
slauerie
for
the
triall
of
my
faith
;
thy
will
bee
done
:
yet
O
LORD
,
stand
thou
by
my
side
:
shrink
not
from
me
,
lest
thou
forsaking
mee
I
fall
away
from
thee
,
&
so
vtterly
perish
in
Turkish
ignorance
:
confirm
me
in
my
religion
,
infuse
into
me
thy
grace
,
teach
my
tongue
to
speake
of
thee
boldly
,
my
thoughts
to
meditate
vpon
thee
sincerely
,
and
strengthen
thou
my
bodie
to
maintaine
thy
cause
euen
to
the
death
.
Amen
.
19.
A
Praier
for
men
that
worke
in
dangerous
workes
▪
as
Cole-pits
▪
mines
,
&c.
OVT
of
my
Bedde
(
the
image
of
my
Graue
)
hast
thou
raised
mee
(
O
Lord
)
thy
Angels
sat
vpon
mine
eye-liddes
,
like
Centinels
to
guard
me
all
the
while
I
lay
asleepe
:
O
suffer
thou
the
same
watchmen
to
protect
me
now
I
am
awake
.
I
need
thy
help
alwayes
,
(
for
what
is
man
without
thee
?
)
but
so
neere
the
house
of
danger
must
I
this
day
dwell
,
that
on
my
knees
I
entreate
thee
to
keepe
side
by
side
with
mee
in
my
goings
.
Saue
my
bodie
,
O
Lord
:
for
death
is
(
at
euery
turning
about
)
at
my
elbow
.
Saue
my
soule
,
whatsoeuer
fals
vpon
my
bodie
.
Which
diuine
part
of
me
,
that
it
may
come
into
thy
heauenly
treasure-house
,
inspire
mee
with
that
wisedome
which
descendeth
from
aboue
.
Purifie
my
thoughts
,
&
let
them
with
spotles
wings
bee
continually
flying
about
thy
throne
.
Purge
my
heart
,
that
it
may
come
before
thee
like
a
bride-groome
,
full
of
chaste
loue
.
Refine
my
soule
,
that
like
siluer
seuen
times
tried
in
the
fire
,
it
may
beare
the
bright
figure
of
Saluation
.
In
vaine
doeth
the
builder
lay
his
foundation
,
vnlesse
thy
hand
bee
at
the
setting
vp
.
Set
therefore
thy
hand
to
this
worke
of
mine
;
encourage
mee
to
vndertake
it
,
embolden
mee
to
goe
forward
,
and
enable
me
to
finish
it
.
Amen
.
20.
A
Prayer
for
a
poore
man
.
O
Thou
King
both
of
Heauen
and
earth
,
whose
blessings
fall
vpon
man
like
showers
of
raine
:
open
that
rich
fountain
of
thy
grace
,
and
let
the
drops
of
it
reliue
me
that
am
the
miserablest
of
thy
creatures
.
Thou
hast
clothed
mee
in
the
habits
of
basenesse
;
but
,
O
LORD
,
furnish
thou
my
minde
with
the
riches
of
thy
mercie
.
I
am
content
(
O
FATHER
)
with
this
poore
estate
,
and
comfort
my selfe
with
it
,
knowing
that
thy
blessed
Sonne
had
at
his
birth
but
a
manger
in
stead
of
a
cradle
to
ly
in
,
&
being
the
Lord
of
the
whole
world
,
not
so
much
as
a
dwelling
house
of
his
his
owne
to
lodge
in
.
The
Sparrow
lighteth
not
vppon
the
ground
without
thy
prouidence
,
nor
doeth
the
meanest
of
thy
children
breath
,
but
thou
prouidest
for
him
.
Sithence
I
came
naked
into
the
world
,
this
nakednesse
of
mine
is
but
the
badge
of
my
natiuitie
:
bestow
therefore
thy
grace
vpon
mee
,
that
I
may
not
enuy
those
that
swim
in
the
abundance
of
wealth
.
Feed
me
,
O
Lord
,
with
the
bread
of
life
:
that
I
may
growe
strong
in
health
euerlasting
;
let
me
drinke
of
the
benefit
of
my
Redeemers
blood
:
Clothe
mee
(
O
God
)
with
righteousnesse
:
and
albeit
thou
hast
in
thy
iudgement
and
to
expresse
thy
glorie
,
appointed
mee
to
bee
an
out-cast
amongst
men
,
and
to
be
the
scum
of
the
world
,
yet
,
O
Lord
,
cast
mee
not
out
of
thy
presence
,
but
for
thy
deare
Sons
sake
,
whose
blood
bought
the
begger
as
well
as
the
Prince
,
make
mee
a
free-denizen
in
the
citie
of
Heauen
.
So
be
it
.
FINIS
.