O Lord open thou my lipps, that my mouth may speak and shewe forth, that which is to thy glorie and prayse, and shut my mouth for speakinge any thinge wherby I shoulde offend thy diuine maiestie, or be hurt­full [Page] to my neyghbour.

O God make spéede to saue vs,

O Lorde make hast to helpe vs.

O God the Fa­ther of hea­uen: haue mercie vpon vs mi [...]era­ble sinners.

O God the Father of. &c.

O God the Sonne redée­mer of the world, haue mercie vpon vs miserable sin­ners.

O God the Sonne. &c.

O God the holy Ghoste, proceding from the Father and the Sonne, haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners.

O God the holy Ghost. &c.

O holy blessed and glo­rious Trinitie. thrée per­sons and one GOD, haue mercy vppon vs miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed and glo. &c.

Remember not Lorde our offences, nor the offen­ces of our forefathers, ney­ther take thou vengeance [Page] of our sinnes, spare vs good Lord spare thy people whō thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud, and be not angrie with vs for euer.

Spare vs good Lord.

From all euill and mis­chiefe, from sinne, from the craftes and assaultes of the Deuil from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnati­on.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

From blindnes of hart, [Page 33] from pride, vaine glory, and hipocrisie, from enuie, ha­tred and malice, and all vn­charitablenes.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

From fornication, and all other deadly sinne, and from all the deceites of the worlde, the flesh and the de­uill.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

From lightning & tem­pest, from plague, pestilēce and famine, from battayle and murther, and from so­deine [Page] death.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

From all sedition and priuie conspiracie, from all false doctrine and heresie, from hardnes of heart, and contempt of thy word and commaundement.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

By the mistery of thy ho­ly incarnation, by thy holy natiuitie, and circumcision, by thy baptisme, fastinge, & temptation.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

By thine agony & bloudy sweat, by thy Crosse and Passion, by thy precious death and buriall, by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascention, and by the com­ming of the holy Ghost.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

In all time of our tribu­lation, in all time of our wealth, in the houre of death, & in the day of iudge­ment.

Good Lord deliuer vs.

We sinners do beséeche [Page] thée to heare vs O lord God and that it may please thée to rule and gouerne thy ho­ly Church, vniuersally in y^e right way.

VVe beseech thee to, &c.

That it may please thée to kéepe & strengthen in the true worshipping of thée, in righteousnes and holines of life, thy seruaunt Elizabeth our most gracious Quéene and gouernour.

VVe beseech thae to. &c.

That it may please thée [Page 35] to rule hir hart in thy faith, feare, and loue, and that she maye euermore haue affi­ance in thée, and euer séeke thy honour and glory.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to be her defender & kéeper, giuing her the victory ouer all hir enemies.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to illuminate all Bishops, Pastoures, and Ministers of thy Church, with true [Page] knowledge and vnderstan­ding of thy word, and that both by their preaching and liuing they may set it forth and shew it accordingly.

VVe beseech thee to. &c.

That it may please thée to endue the Lordes of the Counsell, and all the Nobi­litie with grace, wisedome, and vnderstanding.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to blesse and kéepe the Ma­gistrates, giuing thē grace [Page 36] to execute iustice, & to maintaine truth.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to blesse and keepe all thy people.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to giue to all nations vnitie peace and concord.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to giue vs an heart to loue and dread thée, and diligent­ly to liue after thy com­maundements.

VVe beseech thee &c.

That it may please thée to giue all thy people en­crease of grace, to heare meekely thy worde, and to receiue it with pure affecti­on, and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to bring into y^e way of truth, all such as haue erred and are deceiued.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to strengthen suche as doe stand, and to comfort and helpe the weake harted, and to rayse them vp that fall, and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our feete.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to succour, helpe, and com­fort all that be in daunger, necessitie and tribulation.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to preserue all that trauaile [Page] by land or by water, all wo­men laboring of child, al sick persons & young children, & to shew thy pitie vppon all prisoners and captiues.

VVe beseech thee to. &c.

That it may please thée to defend & prouide for the fatherlesse children and wi­dowes, and all that be deso­late and oppressed,

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to haue mercy vpon al men.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies, per­secutours and slaunderers, and to turne their harts.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thée to giue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth, so as in due time we may enioye them.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance, to forgiue vs all our sinnes, negligences, and ignoran­ces [Page] and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our liues accor­ding to thy holy word.

VVe beseech thee. &c.

Sonne of God, we be­séech thée to heare vs.

Sonne of God, we be. &c.

O lambe of God that takest away the sins of the world.

Graunt vs thy peace.

O lambe of God that takest away the sins of the world.

Haue mercy vppon vs.

O Christ heare vs.

O Christ heare vs.

Lord haue mercy vppon vs.

Lord haue mercy vppon vs.

Christ haue mercy vpon vs.

Christ haue mercy vppon vs.

Lord haue mercy vpon vs.

COnuert vs (God our Sauiour) and turne thy wrath alwaye frō vs.

O GOD make speede to saue vs.

O Lord make hast to helpe vs.

O God and merci­full Father bée mercyfull vnto me, for many be the enemies that fight day­ly against me, O thou God most highest, I come here prostrate in hart, confessing my abhominable wicked­nes in thought, word, and [Page] dede, all my life long, wherin I haue offended thy ma­iestie, y^e which thou know­est, where they were done and when, the number of them are innumerable. O father the remembrance of them are greuous vnto my harte, for they are against me in thy sight as the sand in the sea, or as the motes in the sunne, the which cannot be numbred, O fa­ther they are so odious, de­testable and greuous vnto [Page 58] my harte, that without the hope of thy greate mercie powred on me in the death and blood of thy deare sonne my Sauiour Iesus Christ in fayth, I shoulde vtterly fall into desperation, and be damned for euer in hell fire, so litle helpe is there in me or in any other creature. But this is my hope, O fa­ther, that thou wilt giue me the grace of true repen­taunce, & then I trust thou wilt graunt vnto me most [Page] sinfull wretch of all wret­ches, the forgiuenes of all my sinnes, and to release me from all the terrible panges due for the same. O Father, now forasmuch as thou hast taught vs to pray and aske, & thou wilt giue, knocke and thou wilt open: I beseeche th ée O Father, graunt me from henceforth a continuall and perfect faith and hope, onely in thee and in thy Sonne Iesus Christ, and that I may saye [Page 59] O God the Father haue mercy vpon me, O God the Sonne haue mercye vppon me, O God the holy Ghost haue mercy vpon me. O glorious and blessed Trinitie, thrée persons and one God, haue mercy vppon me, and forgiue me all my sinnes and wickednes that I haue committed or done since I came into this miserable worlde, vntill this present houre, and euer hereafter. O father I wretched crea­ture, [Page] most humblie beseche thée from henceforth to bee my defender against all mine enemies, the Deuill the worlde, and the fleshe, graunt this O deare father for the death and Passion of thy deare and only sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ our Lorde: to whome with thee and the holy Ghost bée all honour and prayse for euer and euer worlde with out end.

Amen.

I REN­der vnto thée (O heauēly Father) most harty thāks by thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ, that this night past thou hast vouchsaued of thy Fatherly goodnes to pre­serue [Page] me from all euill, and to giue my body rest & slepe: I knowe most entirely be­séech thée that as thou hast raysed vp this my body frō sléepe, so likewise thou wilt deliuer my minde from the sléepe of sinne, and from the darknes of this worlde, that I walkinge in the light of thy blessed word, may onely doe that is pleasaunt in thy sight, profitable to my neighbour, and healthfull to my soule.

Amen.

O My Lorde and onely Sauiour Iesu Christ, which camest into this world to take away the heauie burdens of them that were laden, to séeke that was lost, to call sinners vn­to repentaunce, to giue e­uerlasting life to the fayth­full, and to be a mediatour betwene God the Father & [Page] vs: I poore wretched sinner from the very hart lament, and inwardly bewayle my sinfull and wretched life, de­siring thée for thy promise sake, according to thy mer­cifull wont, to be my me­diatoure and aduocate vnto God the father, that he may forgiue me all mine olde sinns, and so wholy possesse my harte by his blessed spi­rite that he may defend me against all perils to come. which the Deuill, the world [Page 62] or the fleshe imagineth a­gainst mee, and so change me into a newe man, that mine olde sinnes being wi­ped awaye in thy precious bloud, I may walke from vertue to vertue, vnto the glory and prayse of his bles­sed name.

Amen.

THY dearely beloued Sonne (O moste lo­uing Father) taught [Page] vs in his holy Gospell, that to know thée to be the alone true God, is euerlastinge life: Graunt therefore we beséech thée that we maye truely knowe thée, euen as we are taught by thy holy word, beleue with the hart, & confesse with the mouth, that thou alone art the true liuing and immortall God, our heauenly Father. our maker, our preseruer, and our defender, that we thus beleuinge and confessinge [Page 63] may through thy Sonne Christ become heyres of e­uerlasting life. And as wée thus beleue and confesse of thée, so giue vs grace to shew forth this our faith by godly conuersation and ver­tuous liuing, that men sée­ing our good workes, maye glorifie thée our heauenly Father, to whom be prayse for euer.

Amen.

O Lord Iesu Christ, sonne of the liuing God, yea very God himselfe, begot­ten of God the father from euerlastinge and continu­ing true & immortall God, worldes without end, by thée all thinges were made both in heauen and earth. by thée also they be conser­ued and kept in a godly or­der, thou art the brightnes of thy fathers glory, thou art the very Image of his [Page 64] substance, in thee are hidde all the treasures of wise­dome and knowledge, in thée dwelleth all fulnes, by thee are we reconciled to God the Father, by thée are we set at peace with him, through thy bloud shed vp­pon the Crosse, by thée haue we frée accesse vnto the glo­rious throne of thy Father and by thée (through fayth) are we brought into his grace wherin we stand and reioyce, in hope of the glory [Page] of God. For the which wée thanke thée, & most humbly besech thée to giue vs grace, faithfully to beleue in thée, & stedfastly to confesse thée to be true God and man, earnestly acknowledginge thée our alone Redéemer, Sauiour, Satisfier, Recon­ciler, Intercessor, Media­tour and aduocate, that we all together dependinge on thée and thy merites, on thy blessed Passion, precious death, and glorious Resurrection, [Page 65] may studie through thy grace, so to order our life in true holines and in­nocencie, that at the day of iudgement thou maist pre­sent vs both body and soule vnto thy heauenly father, & so for euer and euer place vs in thy glorious kyng­dome.

Amen.

O Holy and blessed spirite which béeing true and [Page] euerlasting God, with God the father, & God the sonne, procéedest from them both full of maiestie and power, which also with thy hea­uenly breath quicknest the mindes of them that afore were dead through sinne, makest mery the hearts of the faithful penitent, bring­est into the way of truth all such as were at debate, comfortest the soules of them that hunger and thirst af­ter righteousnes, and plen­teously [Page 66] enrichest them with diuers giftes, which praye vnto thée in the name of Iesus Christ. Purifie our hartes we beséech thée with the fire of thy loue, mortifie in vs whatsoeuer is not thine, renue and garnishe our mindes with thy hea­uenly benefites & spirituall giftes, that they maye hée made thy temples, lead vs into al necessary truth, suf­fer vs not to be caried about with diuers and straunge [Page] doctrine, but alwaye to re­mayne in that doctrine, wherof thou alone art the author, arme our soules a­gainst the craftie assaultes of subtill Sathan, against the vaine pleasures of the wicked worlde, and against the leude lustes of the filthy flesh, that we being reple­nished with thy holy breath may do that onely which is acceptable in thy godly sight,

Amen.

O Most lo­uing and gētle god I thanke thée for y^e swéete sléepe and comfortable rest, that thou hast giuen me this night: & for as much as thou hast commaunded me by thy ho­ly [Page] word, that no man should be idle but alwayes occupi­ed in vertuous exercises, e­uery man according to his calling, I most humbly be­séech thée, y^t thine eyes may attend vppon me, dayly de­fend me, in sorowe succour me, cherish comfort and go­uerne al my counsayles, stu­dies, and labours, in such wise, that I may so spend this daye, accordinge to thy most blessed will, without hurtinge of my neighbour, [Page 68] that I maye diligently and warely eschew and auoyde all thinges that should dis­please thée, set thē alwayes before mine eyes, and liue in thy fear, and euer worke that, that may be found con­tinent, pure of liuing, tem­perate & acceptable before thy diuine maiestie, vnto y^e praise of thy most holy and blessed name: through Ie­sus Christ our Lord and Sauiour,

Amen.

SEinge that thou O hea­uēly father art that one & alone al­mighty god which art in euery place, beholdest the counsayles, deuises and [...] the very thoughtes of all men, and giuest to euery one ac­cording [Page 69] to their néed: I most humbly beséech thee that for as much as thou hast gra­ciously preserued mée this night, I may not spend this day after my owne minde & pleasure, which is alway e­uill and wicked, but ear­nestly looke vppon, and dili­gently followe thy fatherly will, thy euerlasting coun­sayle, thy healthfull word, & pleasure which is alwayes good, perfect and holy, and fulfill the same with good [Page] will, that thy diuine name may alwayes be sanctified both now and euermore of vs miserable sinners, tho­rough thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our lord and Sauiour.

Amen.

AL possible thanks that I am able, I render vnto thée O Lord Ie­sus [Page 70] christ, for that thou hast willed this night past to bée prosperous vnto me. I be­séech thée likewise to prosper al this same day vnto me for thy glory and for the health of my soule, and that thou which art the true light, not knowinge any goinge downe, and which art the sonne eternall, giuing life, foode, and gladnes, vnto all thinges, vouchsafe to shine into my mind, that I maye not any where stumble to [Page] fall into any sinne, but may through thy good guiding & conducting, come to the life euerlasting.

O Lorde Iesus Christ vnto whome and before whō al things ar manifest & plaine, which sufferest not [Page 71] a Sparowe to light on the ground without thy proui­dence, and which in times past by thy holy spirite didst guide our forefathers Abraham, Jsaac, and Jacob, in thy pathes and wayes. Against the going of the young Toby into a straūge countrey did­est prouide thy Angell and messenger to be his guide, graunt me this daye moste wretched sinner, whom by thy word thou doost encou­rage to call vppon thee in all [Page] time of néede and necessities that I maye haue thy holy spirite, to direct my pathes and wayes this daye, that I may walke according to thy godly wil and pleasure, pro­fite of my neighbour, and glory of thy name, which li­uest and raignest, worlde without end.

Amen.

O Mercyfull Lord God & heauen­ly Father, I render most high laudes prayse and thankes vnto thée, that thou hast pre­serued me both this night and all the time and dayes of my life hitherto vnder thy protection, and hast suf­fered me to liue vnto this present houre. I beséech thee [Page] hartely y^t thou wilt vouch­safe to reserue me this day, & the residue of my whole life from henceforth into thy tuition, ruling and go­uerning me with thy holy spirite, that all maner of darknes, of misbeliefe, in­fidelitie, carnall lustes, and affection, maye bee vtterly chased and driuen out of my heart, and that I may bee iustified and saued both, bo­die & soule through a right and a perfect fayth, and so [Page 73] walke in the light of thy most godly truth, to thy glo­rie and prayse, and to the profite and furtheraunce of my neyghbour: thorw Ie­sus Christ our Lorde and Sauiour.

Amen.

O Heauenly Father, which lyke a dili­gent watchman, at­tendest alwayes vppon thy [Page] faythfull people, whether they wake or sleepe: and mightely defendest them, not only from Sathan that old enemie of mankind, but also from all other their ad­uersaries, so that through thy godly power they bee harmeles preserued. I most hartely thanke thée, that it hath pleased thy goodnes, so to take care vppon mée thy vnprofitable seruaunt this night past, that thou haste both safely kept me from al [Page 74] mine enemies, and also gi­uen me swéete sléepe, vnto the great comfort of my bo­die, I most entirely beséeche thée moste mercyfull and swéet father, to shewe the like kindnes towardes mée this day, in preseruing my body and soule. that as my enemies mai haue no pow­er ouer mée, so I like wise may neyther thinke, breath speak or do any thing y^e may be dipleasāt to thy fatherly goodnes, daungerous to my [Page] soule, or hurtfull to my neibour: but that all mine en­terprises may bée agreable vnto thy most blessed will, which is alwaye good and godly, doing that maye ad­uaunce thy glory answeare to my vocation, and profite to my neighboure, whom [...] ought to loue as my selfe: that when so euer thou cal­lest mee from this vale of miserie I may be found the childe, not of darknes, but of light, & so for euer raigne [Page 75] with thee in glory, whiche art the true & euerlastinge light, to whome with thy dearly beloued sonne Iesus Christ our alone Sauiour, and y^e holy Ghost that most swéete comforter, bee all ho­nour and glory.

Amen.

O Almighty God our hea­uenly Father, I con­fesse that I am miserable [Page] and wretched sinner, and haue manifold wayes most greuously transgressed thy most godly and blessed com­maundementes, thorough wicked thoughtes, vngod­ly lustes, sinnefull workes and déedes, all my whole life. In sinne was I borne and conceyued, and there is no goodnes in mee, in as­much as if thou shouldeste enter into thy narrowe iudgment with me iudge­ing me accordinge vnto the [Page 76] same, I were neuer able to suffer or abyde it, but must néedes perishe and be dam­ned for euer, so little helpe, comfort or succour is there in me or in any other sinful creature, onely this is my comfort O heauenly father that thou diddest not spare thy onely beloued Sonne, but didest giue him vp vn­to the moste bitter, moste vile, and slaunderous death of the Crosse for me, that he might so pay the raunsome [Page] for my sinnes, satisfie thy iudgment still, and pacifie thy wrath, reconcile me vnto thee againe and purchase me thy grace and fauour, & euerlasting life. Wherfore through the merites of his most bitter passion, and tho­row this innocent bloude sheding I besech thée O hea­uenlie Father, that thou wilt vouchsafe to be graci­ous and mercifull vnto me, to pardon and forgiue me all my sinnes, to ligh­ten [Page 77] my harte with thy ho­ly Spirite, to renue, con­firme and strengthen mée with a right and a perfecte fayth, and to enflame me in loue towardes thée and my neighbour, that. I maye henceforth with a willinge and a glad hart walke as it becommeth me, in thy most godly & blessed commaun­demetns and so glorifie and prayse thée euerlastingly, and also that I may with a frée confidence and a quiet [Page] hart in all maner of tenta­tions, afflictions, or necessi­ties, and euen in the very panges of death, crie boldly and faithfully vnto thée and say: J beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth, and in Jesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord. &c. But O Lord God heauen­ly Father to comfort my selfe in afflictio [...] [...]nd ten­tations with these Articles of the Christian fayth, it is not in my power, for fayth [Page 78] is thy gift. For asmuch as thou wilt be prayed vntoo and called vppon for it, I come vnto thée, to pray and besech thée both for that and for all my other necessities, euen as thy dearly beloued Sonne our Sauiour Iesus hath him selfe taught vs, and from the very bosome of my hart I crie and say. O our Eather which art in hea­uen. Hallowed bee thy name. Thy kingdome come. &c.

O Most mercifull Lorde God, and moste tender and deare father, vouchsafe I hartely beséeche thée, to looke downe with thy fatherly eyes uf pitie vppon mée most vile and wretched sin­ner, which lyeth here pro­strate in hearte before the féete of thy bottomles mer­cy, O father, in so much that I am no more worthy to be [Page 79] called thy sonne. Yet neuer­thelesse, forasmuch as thou art the God and Father of all comfort, and againe de­sirest not the death of a sin­ner, but like a true Sama­ritane takest thought for my séely wounded Soule: make me I pray thée by in­founding thy precious oyle of comfort into my woūds, ioyfully to runne with the lost sonne vnto the lappe of thine euerlasting pitie. For loe thou art my hope and [Page] trust, in whome I onely re­pose my selfe, hauing in thee full confidence and Fayth, I may say with a very fayth full harte, trustinge in thy mercy. I beléeue in thée O God y^e father, in thée O God the sonne. and in thée O god the holy ghost, thrée persōs one true & euerliuing God besides whome I knowledg none other God in heauen aboue, nor in earth beneath Yea and I poore sinner doe accuse my selfe vnto thée, [Page 80] deare Father, that I haue sore and greuously offended thy almightie goodnes and maiestie, in the committing of mine excéeding gréeuous & manifolde sinnes & wret­chednes, for I haue not kept the lest of thy most godly & blessed cōmaūdements, like as the righteousnesse may require and demaund the same of me. I haue (I say) not honored thee like my God, nor dread thée like my Lord, loued thée like my [Page] Father, trusted in thée like m [...] Creatour, and my Sa­uiour. Thy holy and dread­full name, vnto whom all glory and honour belong­eth, haue I vsed in vaine, I followed the great Prince of this worlde Sathan, which hath bene a liar from the beginninge, in concu­piscence of the fleshe, in pryde of liuinge in lying, in couetousnes, in glutto­nie in hatred, in enuie, in backbitinge, in dispayre [Page] and all misbelefe. But in what maner soeuer that I haue offended and sinned a­gainst thy eternall maiestie for no man knoweth tho­rowly his sins, as thy Pro­phet witnessteh. whether it hath bene by daye or els be night, yea euen from my childhod vnto this day, wer it in workes, wordes, or thoughts, secretly or open­ly. O my mercifull God, I am sory for it euen frō the very bottome of my heart, [Page] how be it, in token of great repentance, though al harts be knowne well inough vnto thée, I do knocke & strike my brest, & say in bitternes of hart and soule-Lord God & father haue mercy, Lorde god and sonne haue mercy, Lorde God and holy ghost haue mercy. Spare me of thine infinite mercy deare Lord now and all the dayes of my life, and let me haue part of thine aboundaunt grace, so as I may chaunge [Page 82] my sinful life and put out of me the old man with all his concupiscence, and also that I may die vnto the world, & that the world may be vnto me a crosse, and so go forth in a newe life. Strengthen me O Lorde in a true hum­ble hart in perfect loue hope and trust in thée. Giue my soule grace onely to desire to reioyce, & repose my selfe in thée, and that I may vt­terly renounce and forsake the vaine affiaunce of this [Page] world, so that thou mayest find me ready with the good seruant, in the midnyght of death, which shall soden­ly steale vppon mée like a- thiefe ere I be a ware. Be thou to me at that time of néede, O Lorde, a tower of strength, a place of refuge, and defensible God, name­ly against the face of the féende, who like a roaring Lion shalbe then most rea­die to deuoure mée, and a­gainst desperation which [Page 83] then shalbe busie to grieue me. Let then thy comforte, cleane faste vnto mée, thy mercy kepe me, & thy grace guide mée. Fetch then a­gaine Lorde God Father that which thy puisaunt might hath shapen. Fetch then againe lord god sonne, that which thou haste so wisely gouerned & bought with thy precious bloud.

Take againe then Lorde God holy ghost, that which thou haste kept and preser­ued [Page] so louingly in this regi­on of sinne and vale of miserie, thrée persons and on ve­py God, vnto whome bee prayse and honour for euer, and euer.

Amen.

OMnipotent, and merci­full God the Father e­ternall, which doest not ni­spise a sinner béewaylinge with a contrite harte for of­fending [Page 84] thy hight maiestie, I pray thée by thy grace too draw mée nere vnto thée, to heare my prayers, and to forgiue mee my offences, to comfort me in afflictions and forgiue Lorde them that opresse mée, and that my ghostly enemie haue no power too deuouere mée, as he desireth, but that I may strongly. withstande his fraude and snares too my comforte, that I may die in thy true fayth, & rest with [Page] thée in thy euerlasting kin­dome.

Amen.

O Most mercifull Iesu my swéete Sauiour & most gratious Lord God, I thāk thee highly, for that thou hast created and made mée of nought, and for thy manifold benefites & graces that thou haste giuen vntoo mée [Page 85] here in this worlde: before many other, not only preseruing me from all vile and lothsome sicknes, from shame & many msfortunes but also giuing to mée (most vnworthy) many good great and excellent giftes. All which giftes moste swéete Iesus, I wot verely and knowledg mekely, cometh of thy goodnes onely, and nothinge of my deseruinge.

Wherefore most mightie Lord God my creator, my [Page] redéemer, & most mercifull sauiour Iesu Christ, which when we were lost thou bought and redemedst vs a­gaine with thine own most precious bloud, haue mercy on me most vnworthye wretche, which haue com­mitted & done many great sinnes & trespasses against thy mercifull goodnes, and haue mispent thy giftes of grace that thou so louingly didest giue mee, and so vn­gently behaued my selfe to [Page 86] thée, that surely I am much vnworthy to be called thy Sonne, yet moste beninge Iesu thou art so bonntifull of thy mercy and pitie, that notwithstanding mine vn­kindnes towardes thée, yet duringe my life, I will put all my whole trust and con­fidence in thy mercie. For thou commaundest (I wot) to cry & cal vpon hée, y^t thou therby mightst haue occasi­on to giue vnto vs thy most gratious giftes. Wherfore [Page] most gloryous Iesu, which forsakest no sinner, but gladly receiuest to thy mer­cie all them that will méek­ly call for it. Giue mée euer grace to dread thée, loue thée, and to serue thée with all my hart and mind, with al my will and reason, with all my might, power, and strength of body and soule, and graunt me good Lorde, that of all my actes & déedes done to thy will & pleasure, I may render all y^e honour [Page 87] and praysings vnto thee, as to whome of very dutie it belongeth: and now I bée­sech thée gratious Lorde of thine infinite mercie, let all my mispent life in times past bée forgotten béefore thée, that I haue consumed and spent verie euill, & send me good Lord perseuerance of vertuous liuinge, that I may now from henceforth order my life here in this worlde too thy pleasure.

First with contricion too [Page] make a pure & cleane con­fession. Also my swéete Sa­uiour graunt me time and space that I maye receiue thy blessed body and bloud vnder the fourme of bread and wine, to my comfort or I departe out of this world in cleane life, for the com­fort and saluation of my sinfull soule. And most mercifull Lord Iesu I pray thée too preserue mée from so­daine death, and send mée my right mind at my departing [Page 88] with stedfast fayth, very true hope and feruent charitie: And moste swéete Lord Iesu Christ giue mée now thy mercifull ayde and grace to pursue and followe alwayes thy will and com­maundementes, and so too eschue mine owne frayle will and desires and the de­uels false intisements, so that in thy sight I may ap­péere to be (as I am named) thy sonne & a true christian man, and after this present [Page] life I may come to the sight of thy most glorious face in heauen.

Amen.

OH maker of heauen and earth, King of Kinges, and Lord of Lordes, which [Page 89] of nothing diddest make me to thy image and likenes, & diddest redéeme me with thine owne precious bloud whom I a sinner am not worthy to name, neyther with my heart to thinke vp­pon, humbly I desire thée, and méekly pray thée, that gently thou do beholde mée thy wicked seruaunt and haue mercy on mée, which hadst mercy on the woman of Canane and Mary Mag­dalene, which diddest forgiue [Page] the Publicane, the theefe hanging on the crosse. Vnto thée I confesse most holy fa­ther my sinnes, which if I woulde I cannot hide from thée, haue mercye on mee Christ, for I a wretch haue sore offended thée in pride, in couetousnesse, in glutto­nie, in lechery, in vaine glo­rie, in hatred, in enuie, in adultery, in sporting, in dis­solute & wanton laughing, in idle wordes, in hearing, in tastinge, in touching, in [Page 90] thinking, in sleping, in wor­king, and alwaies in which I fraile man and most wretched sinner might sinne.

Therfore I most humblye pray and besech thy gentle­nes, which for my health descendest from Heauen, which diddest holde vp Da­uid, that he should not fal in to sinne, haue mercy on vs O Christ, the which diddest forgiue Peter that did for­sake thée. Thou art my creator and my helper, my [Page] maker, my redéemer, my gouernour, my father, my Lord, my God, & my Kyng. Thou art my hope, my trust, my gouernour, my helpe, my strength, my de­fence, my redemption, my life, my health, and my re­surrection. Thou art my stedfastnes, my refuge or succour, my light and helpe, I most humbly and hartely desire and praye thée helpe me, defend me, make mée strong & comfort me, make [Page 91] me stedfast, make me me­rie, giue me light and visite me, reuiue me again which am dead. For I am thy ma­king & thy worke, O Lorde, despise me not. I am thy seruaunt, thy bondman, al­though euill, although vn­worthy and a sinner. But whatsoeuer I am, whether I be good or bad, I am euer thine, therefore to whome shall I flie, except I flie vnto thée, if thou cast me of, who shall or will receiue mée? [Page] if thou despise me, & turne thy face from me, who shall loke vpon me and recognise me? If I be vile & vncleane, thou canst make me cleane, If I be sick, thou canst heale me. If I be dead and buried thou canst reuiue mée, for thy mercye is much more then mine iniquitie, thou canst forgiue more then I can offend. Therefore O Lorde, doo not consider nor haue respecte to the num­ber of my sinnes, but accor­ding [Page 92] to the greatnes of thy mercie, forgiue mée, and haue mercye on mée, moste wretched sinner. Say vnto my soule, I am thy health: O be not angrie with me, I praye thée most méeke Fa­ther for thy great mercy, I most humbly beséech thée, that thou bring mée to the blisse that neuer shall cease.

Amen.

O Bountifull IESV, O swéete Sauiour, O Christ the Sonne of GOD haue pitie vppon me, merci­fully heare me, and dispise not my prayers, thou hast created me of nothing, thou hast redéemed me from the bondage of sinne, death, and Hell, neither with gold nor siluer, but with thy moste precious bodie once offered vppon the Crosse, and thine owne bloud shed once for all [Page 93] for my ransome: therefore cast me not awaye, whom thou by thy great wisedome hast made: despise mée not whom thou hast redéemed wyth such a precious trea­sure: nor let my wickednes destroy that which thy good­nes hath builded. Nowe while I liue O Iesu haue mercy on mee, for if I die out of thy fauour, it wilbe to late afterward to call for thy mercy, whiles I haue time to repent looke vppon [Page] me with thy mercifull eyes as thou diddest vouchsafe to looke vppon Peter thine Apostle, that I may bewaile my sinfull life, and obtayne thy fauour and die therin, I reknowledge that if thou shouldest deale with me ac­cording to very Iustice, I haue deserued euerlastinge death. Therefore I appeale to thy high throne of mercy, trustinge to obtayne Gods fauour, not for my merites, but for thy merites, O [Page 94] Iesu, who hast giuen thy selfe an acceptable sacrifice to thy Father, to appease his wrath, and to bring all sinners (truely repentinge and amendinge their euill life) into his fauour againe. Accept me O Lorde, among the number of them that shall be saued, forgiue mée my sinnes, giue me grace to load a godly and innocent life, graunt mee thy hea­uenly wisedome: inspire my heart with faith, hope and [Page] charitie, giue mée grace to bée humble in prosperitie, pacient in aduersitie, obedi­ent to my rulers, faithfull vnto them that trust mée, dealing truly with all men, to liue chastly in wedlocke, to abhorre adulterie, forni­cation, and all vncleanes: to doe good after my power vnto all men, to hurte no man, that thy name may be glorified in me during this present life, and that I af­terward may obtaine euer­lasting [Page 95] lyfe, thorough thy mercy, and the merites of thy Passion.

Amen.

O Lord almightie, God of our Fathers Abraham Jsaac and Jacob, and of the iust séede of them: which hast made heauen and earth, with all the ornamentes therof, which hast ordeyned the Sea by the word of thy [Page] commaundements, which hast shut vp the déepe, and hast sealed it for thy feare­full and laudable name, dread of all men, and hono­rable before thy face and power. Thy fierce anger of threatninge is aboue mea­sure heauy to sinners, but the mercy of thy promise is great and vnsearchable, for thou art the Lord God most, high aboue all the earth, long sufferinge, and excée­ding mercifull, and sory for [Page 96] the malice of men. I haue prouoked thine anger, and haue done euil afore thée, in committing abhominatiōs & multiplyinge of offences. And now I bowe the knées of my heart requiring good­nes of thée O Lorde, I haue sinned Lord, I haue sinned, and knowne my wicked­nes, I desie thée by prayer, O Lord forgiue me: O lord forgiue me and destroy mée not with mine iniquities, neyther doe thou alwaye [Page] remember my euilles, to punish them, but saue mee (which am vnworthy) after thy great mercy, and I will prayse thée euerlastingly, all the dayes of my life: for all the powers of Heauen prayse thée, and to thee be­longeth glory, worlde with­out end.

Amen.

O Lord which hast vouch­saued of thy vnspeake­able goodnes, to make mée, & ordaine me thy creature to liue in this transitory lyfe, giuing me a resonable soul, by the which I knowe thée to be my Lord, my God, and my maker, which I maye well perceiue by the visible sight of thy wonderfull workes: as by heauen, the earth, and the Creatures in them contained, with the [Page] commodities that wee day­ly receiue by them at thy hand, which declareth the great loue that thou haddest in our first creation, and also they do expresse and de­clare to vs, thée to be onely God and Lord ouer all, and that ther is none aboue thée, and that there is no wise­dome, knowledge, power, or strength of value besides thée, yet also thou knowing our necessary néede of thy helpe, of thy moste louinge [Page 98] gentlenes hast not disday­ned to say to me and to al o­ther by thine owne moste blessed word, to the great cōfort of all mankind: aske & it shalbe giuen, séeke and ye shall find, knocke and it shal be opened vnto you. Fur­thermore moste familiarly thou hast sayd, if we that be euil can giue vnto our chil­dren when they aske, good things: how much more thē shall our heauenly Father giue an holy spirit to them [Page] that earnestly desire it: O most comfortable sayinge, O most blessed lord, I wret­ched sinner doe aske at thy hand mercy and grace, and do confesse me to be y^e most wicked and abhominable sinner in thy sight, moste weake of all other to stande in thy trueth, most frayle to fal, & to break thy holy com­maundements, by the kée­ping of which we are kno­wen to be thy true seruāts, and by nothinge elles. O [Page 99] most mercifull Lorde God I knowledge my selfe day­ly to breake the same, but where I haue thus offended thy diuine maiestie. I hum­bly aske of thée mercy and forgiuenes, being in wil ne­uer hereafter to offende in the same. And Lord for the sure perfourmaunce of the same, I humbly aske and desire thy strength to make me stand fast in fayth, thy knowledge to worke thy blessed will, thy power to [Page] resist all errour and wicked imaginatiōs, thy wisedome to knowe the trueth, for I confesse and know (O lord) that all worldly witte, pol­licie, knowledge & strength is but folishnes in thy sight. Therfore I aske and conti­nually craue (good Lorde) thy helpe, and most humbly desire that thy holy spirite may guide and rule all the imaginations thoughtes, and desires of my heart, so that it may be thy spirituall [Page 100] heart, & not my fleshly hart, for the most perfect amōgst men (lacking thy wisedom) shall not be regarded. For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our fore­castes are vncertaine. And why? this corruptible bodie is so heauy to my soule, that it kéepeth downe my vnder­standing, that it museth moste on vayne thinges.

Therefore (good Lord) I be­séech thée comforte my sicke soule, that it maye walke [Page] in thy lawes and wayes, and worke thy will. And Lord like as thou knowest the secrets of my heart, and the desires of the same, and that I would most earnest­ly walke in thy truth, and worke in the workes of the same trueth, so Lord I be­séech thée refresh my soule according to thy mercifull callinge, where thou say­est. Come to me all that la­boure and are laden (and lowly of heart and you shal [Page 101] find rest to your soules) and I shall refresh you. O Lord I miserable sinner laboure in acceptable wais, my good wil and desire swarueth not from thée, but is bent to­wardes thée, & like as thou knowest the same to be vn­fayned, so Lord refresh mée with thy mercifull grace, that I may be stedfast in thy true faith, & that I maye be alwayes obediēt vnto thy lawes & commaundements, & that I may neuer swarue [Page] from the holy & most blessed ordinaunce of thy catholike Church, but that I may vse them, receiue them, and ho­nour thée in them, according vnto thy most holy will and plesure, as in things which thou hast left to declare thy loue vnto vs, & to assure our hope, & to exercise our faith, that it should not be idle nor wauering, for all things are possible to thée, though they séeme neuer so vnpossible to vs. O most louing Father, [Page 102] I know that by my sinnes, I am not worthy thy blessed comfort, but Lord thou hast said, that in what houre soe­uer a sinner doth repent of his sins, thou wouldest no more remember them, and also thou woldest not dispise the sighinge of a contrite hart, which maketh me bold to trust in thy mercie, and meekly call to thée for grace and helpe in this trouble­some time of temptation, and tryinge of our faythe. [Page] I am as one laden with ig­noraunce, not knowing the height of thy high miste­ries. nor the deceitful déepe­nes of the craftie and subtill argumentes and perswasi­ons of my ghostly enemies which dayly doe assault my simple soule, and so burde­neth the same that it can find no rest. Therefore (O Lord) like as thou knowest my will and hartie desire is to serue thee and to liue and die in thy perfect fayth: so [Page 102] Lorde I beséeche thée neuer suffer the subtill perswasi­ons contrary to thy truth, to take place or roote in my hart. But like Lord as thou hast created my heart, and giuen me a will to order the same, so Lord I most méeke­ly yéeld the fame again into thy handes, desiring thée by thy holy spirite, so to direct my waies, words, & works, that they may be acceptable in thy sight. And Lord suffer not my soul to perish which thou [Page] hast bought so dearely with thy most precious bloud, for the which great mercy sake haue mercy on mée, and make me poore in spirit and low of heart, & content with my vocation, submittinge me wholy into thy handes, so that my desire may be to thy wil and pleasure so that I may haue no other trust but onely in thée which art all trust it selfe and none besides thée, & graūt my poore soule rest in thée, for thou [Page 104] hast said, they shall neuer be confounded that put their trust in thée, which trust lord graunt me neuer to forsake, for any vaine trust or temptation, or tribulation, that may happen to vex my poore soule, but graunt mée thy holy spirit to comforter defend me from all thinges that should procure thy dis­pleasure. As y^u art in Trini­tie one God and Lord ouer all, which liuest & raignest in the world of worldes, to [Page] whom be all honour, glory, and prayse for euer.

Amen.

O Almightie & euerlasting God, thy holy word tea­cheth vs, that thou art not only a father, but also a lord. not onely a forgiuer, but al­so a reuenger, not onely a Sauiour, but also a Iudge. And as thou beinge a Fa­ther, [Page 105] a forgiuer, a Sauiour, doest pardon and shew mercie, so thou being a Lorde, a reuenger, a Iudge, pun­nishest & condemnest. Nei­ther doth thy holy scripture only set forth vnto vs a gos­pell, which comforteth vs, quickneth vs, sheweth vs mery tidinges, forgiueth our sinnes, quieteth our consciences, and bringeth vnto vs euerlastinge lyfe, but also a lawe which re­proueth, accuseth, condem­neth [Page] vs, woundeth and slei­eth our consciences, yea and throweth vs downe head­long into the déepe dungion of Hell. And as thy holy gospell lifteth vs vp, and maketh vs mery with the hope of remission and for­giuenesse of our sinnes, so doeth the Lawe plucke vs downe, and almoste driue vs vnto desperatiō for feare of thy plagues and euer­lasting punishmentes, so that we may not onely loue [Page 106] thée as a father, a forgiuer, a Sauioure, but also feare thée as a Lord, a reuenger, a Iudge. Forasmuch ther­fore (O most gentle sauiour & most righteous Iudge) as nothinge dooth so mightely put awaye sinne, and make vs to walk in y^e way of thy cōmaūdemēts, as reuerētly to feare thée, and to stand in awe of thy iudgment & hea­uy displeasure. We most entirely praye thée to giue vs y^e fear which thou requirest [Page] of vs in holy scriptures and thereunto thou hast promi­sed so many large & bounte­ous benefits that we maye not onely loue thée as a Sa­uiour, honour thee as a Fa­ther, but also reuerence thée as a Lord, feare thée as a iudge. O Lord all things are open to thy eyes, ney­ther is any thing hid from thée, which séest the very se­cretes, and moste inwarde thoughts of our harts: giue vs therfore grace that in all [Page 107] our enterprises, wee euer set thy feare before oure eyes, and so stand in awe of thée, and of thy righteous iudgmentes, that wée at­tempt nothing, wherby we should prouoke thy heauie displeasure against vs, but so walke in thy feare and in thy ordinances, that wée maye at all times loue thée as a Sauioure, honour thée as a father, reuerence thée as a Lord, & feare thée as a Iudge, so shall it come too [Page] passe that we reuerētly fea­ring thée as a childe doth his father, shall not only auoyd al such euils as might make thee our heuy Lord & fierce Iudge, but also embrace those vertues, whiche shall both euidently declare our faithfull loue, true honour, vnfained reuerence, & hum­ble feare towardes thée, and also make thée our louinge father, & most merciful Sa­uiour thorow Iesus Christe our Lord.

Amen.

HAile heauenly King father of mercy, our life, our sweetnes, our hope, all haile: vntoo thée do we crie, which are y^e bannished children of Eue, vnto thée doe wée sigh, wée­ping & wayling in the vale of lamentation, come of therfore our Aduocate, cast vpō vs those merciful eyes [Page] of thine, and after this oure banishment shew to vs the glorious light in thy hea­uenly kingdome. O merci­full, O holy, O swéete Sa­uiour. In all our troubles and heauines, O Iesu our health and glory: succour vs.

Amen.

O Almightie, euerlasting God, and most gracious déere louing father. I besech [Page 109] thée for IESVS Christes sake, thy most déere and on­ly Sonne, to haue mercie, pitie and compassion vppon me most vile wretched and miserable sinner, whose in­numerable offences both old and new, be most horri­ble, greuous, and great, where through I haue iust­ly deserued thy gréeuous wrath & euerlastlng damnation. But now good Lord, here I doe appeale to thy great mercie onely, which [Page] farre surmounteth all thy workes, as thou haste pro­mised the same in thy holy and vnfallible word, where thou hast said, yea & sworne as truly as thou liuest, that thou wouldest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should conuert and liue. O déere lord, I confesse that I am a great and a greuous sinner, and yet nowe by thy grace and good workinge of thy holy spirite somthing turned vnto thée. O let me [Page 110] liue, and not dye the euer­lastinge death of the soule, which I haue so déepely de­serued, but make me a ves­sell of thy great mercy, that I may liue and praise thy name amōg thy chosen chil­dren for euer. O let not my horrible sinnes separate me from the swéete sight of thy maiestie, but let thy great power & mercy be magnifi­ed in me, as it is in Dauid, in Peter, in Magdalen, & in y^e notable théefe which was [Page] crucified with Christe thy deare sonne, in whose most precious death and bloud­sheding only O Lord, I put my whole trust and confi­dence. For hée only hath ta­ken away the sinnes of the world, he came not to con­demne the world, but to saue it, that none which truly beleue in him should pe­rish, but haue lyfe euerlast­ing, he sayth he came not to call the righteous, but sin­ners to repentaunce. O [Page 111] gracious god giue me true, harty, earnest, and vnfained repentaunce, tha, I maye from the very bottome of my hart cōtinually lament my manifolde sinnes and wickednes, my great ingratitude and vnthankefulnes towards thée for al thy mercifull benefites so aboun­dantly poured vppon mée thoroughe IESVS Christ which wouldest vouchsafe, hée beinge thy owne one­ly deare beloued Sonne [Page] in whom was and is al thy whole pleasure & delight, to giue him for mée to the veri death of the Crosse, yea and that when I was thyne vt­ter enemie of mercye inestimable and loue incompre­hensible, who euer sawe such a thinge? God became man, and was crucified for mee, that by hys death I might liue. Alas, that euer I shoulde become so wic­ked a a wretch and so vn­kinde a creature to dispelase [Page 102] so louinge, kinde, and mer­cifull a God, and father, O forgiue mée, forgiue mée for thy great mercies sake, fer thy truth and promise sake, and I will neuer trespasse againe against thy diuine maiestie any more, but wil gladly serue thée in true ho­lines and righteousnes all the daies of my life, by the grace and assistaunce of thy good and holy Spirite, the which I beseche thee to giue mee also that hee maye [Page] gouerne mée, and guide my hart in thy true fayth, feare and loue, that in all my workes, words, & thoughts. I maye gloryfie thy holy name, which liuest & reign­est one GOD in thrée per­sons, to whom be al honour glory, prayse, thanks, pow­er, rule and dominion, for euer and euer.

Amen.

O Heauenly Father, God almighty, maker of heauen and earth and al things conteyned in them. I besech thée y^t thou wilte vouchsafe of thy goodnes to direct, sanctifie and kepe my hart and body, my fences, my doings my talke and communication in thy holy lawes, and in the workes of thy cōmaun­dements: and that thy holy Angell may be with me, to direct my féet into the waye of peace, trueth and health, [Page] that I maye deserue to bee whole, safe and frée, in thée and by thée, both here & in the world to come. Thou y^e art the sauiour of the world and king of glory, here mee & saue me, which liuest and raignest god in perfect vni­tie worlde with out end. Amen.

O Most excelent goodnes, withdraw not thy mer­cy, O most mighty maker, despise not thy woorke, O most prudent redéemer, suf­fer not to perishe the price of thy redemption, O most gentle ghostly and heauen­ly hoste & sauiour, purifie, saue dresse & kepe thy house and dwellinge place: the which thou sanctifiedst and dedicatedst to thée in the sa­crament of baptisme, O [Page] most blessed Iesu, O moste charitable Iesu, O moste swéete Iesu, O most bounteous Iesu, O most excellent Iesu, O moste glorious Ie­su, O moste innocent Iesu, O moste mercifull Iesu, O most meke Iesu, O most louing Iesu, O most déere Ie­su, haue mercie on me.

When shal I loue thée? whē shall I be sory and contrite for my sinnes? when shall I turne to thée by grace? whē shall I remember thy bene­fites, [Page 117] thy méekenes, thy po­uertie and thy painfull and bitter passion, thy patience, thy obedience, thy loue and thy charitie? When shall I sanctifie, worshippe, magnifie, and loue hartely thée, thy sainctes, and thy feasts, that is to say, thine incarnation, resurrection, and ascention, & such other, with due reue­rence & deuotion: if thou be moste dreadfull, where is my dread O Iesu? if thou be the most louing Father, [Page] where is my loue? If thou be my Lord and Redeemer, wher is my seruice? If thou be mine hoste, and dwell in my soule by thy grace and mercy, wher is my chastitie & cleanes according to such an hoste? If thou be the lyfe of sainctes, the fayrnes and beautie of Angelles, where is my thankinge? Nowe, therfore good LORDE, Iesu Christe, wounde my hearte with thy moste ho­ly woūdes, moyst my mind [Page 118] wyth thy moste precious bloud, that whether so euer I turne me. I may beholde about me thée crucified, and what soeuer I sée, it maye appeare to me ruddye wyth thy most holy bloude, that thus thée beholding, I may fixe my sight in nothing but onely in thée, which lyuest and raignest GOD worlde without end.

Amen.

O Lord although I be not worthy to receiue thée into the house of my soule, for mine innumerable of­fences and sinnes done a­gainst thy great goodnesse, yet trustinge (good Lord) in thy great pitie and infinite mercye: I come to receiue thy blessed bodye, as a sicke creature to thée, that art the health of life, vncleane too thée that art the wel of mercy, blinde by ignorance too [Page 119] thée that art the light euer­lastng, néedy of grace and power in vertue to thee that art the king of heauen & earth, naked of good works to thée that art the authour of grace. I come as awretch to thée my Lord and maker al desolate and comfortlesse to thée my helpe & succour, for besides thée there is no consolation. I come as a sinner to thee, that art the me­diator and meane betwéene God and man, I come as a [Page] caytife to thee my most mer­cifull Sauiour, I come all sinfull to thée the graunter of remission & pardon, dead by sinne to thée the restorer of lyfe, euill too thée that art all goodnes, hard harted to bée relieued by the infusion of thy superabundaunt grace desiring thee méeke­ly to heale mine infirmitie and sicknes, to washe away my sinne and filthynes, too lighten my blindnesse, too reduce mée too the ryghte [Page 120] way where I am out there­of, to comfort me desolat of goodnes. Haue mercy on my wretchdnesse, pardon my sinfulnesse, giue me the light of grace thus buryed in sinne, thyt I may receiue thée the foode of Angels, the king of glory, the Lord of al Lordes with such chastitie of bodie, with such pure­nesse and cleanes of soule, with suche contrition of harte and aboundaunce of weeping teares, with such [Page] spirituall ioye and gladnes, with such dreade and reue­rence, with such fayth, hope and charitie, with such obe­dience and humilitie, with such loue, deuotion, faythfulnes, and thankefulnesse, as it is beséeminge for such a Lorde to be receiued, and to my soule most expedient.

And be not displeased good Lorde that I a sinner with an vncleane hart & polluted minde come hither this day to receiue thy precious bo­die [Page 121] in Sacramentall breade and wine, but remember mercyful Lord that thou refusedst not the sinfull Mag­dalene being penitent, from the kissinge of thy blessed feete. And in likewise de­spise mée not, ne putte thou me awaye as vnworthy frō the receiuing of thy body in the blessed Sacrament, for my sinnes and vnkindnes, but graunt thou mée com­punction of harte, plenty of weping teares to wash my [Page] synnes and wickednesse, so that with a pure harte and cleane conscience, I maye this day receiue the Sacra­ment to my soules health, that I may obteyne and possesse thereby euerlastinge life with all holy sainctes in heauens glory, and in this present lyfe with thy holy spirit to be replenished, & neuer to admit other louer besides thée Graūt me blessed Iesu so for to receiue the sa­crament of bread and wyne [Page 122] that I may be worthy to bée accounted for a member of thy misticall bodye here in earth, and though as yet I be not worthy to bée num­bred among the simplest & lowest of thy seruauntes, but rather to be reiecte and outcast for my sinfulnesse, yet good Lorde of thine infi­nit power thou maist make me equall & like to the me­rits of thine elect and cho­sen seruants. Come thou Father of Fatherles, come [Page] comfort of comfortles come and clense my soule from al contagiousnes of sin, for it is not conuenient and ac­cording, there to be any vn­cleanesse, where thou the spouse of virginall chastitie should come in and dwell. Come and aparell my soule with such ornaments of vertue and grace, that it maye delite thée therein to abyde And as thou disdaynest not to touch the sore Lippers with thy Holy handes, so [Page 123] good Lorde vouchsafe to a­noynt my simple soule with the oyntment of remission and pardon, that in this life by stedfast hope, firme faith. and perfect charitie, I may so encrease in vertue from day to day, that I maye ob­taine to the glorious fruiti­on of thy Godhead, in the Kingdom of heauen where I may see thee face to face, world without end.

Amen.

J Thanke thée good Lorde of thine infinite good­nes, that thou this day hast fed me with thy bodye and bloud in the sacrament, de­siringe thée meekely, that this sacramēt which I haue receiued, maye bée to mée a purgation & clensing of my sinnes, fortitude, and a spi­rituall strength against my [Page 124] frayeltie, and sure defence against worldly troubles & aduersitie, a purchasinge of grace and pardon, a medi­cine of life, and a continuall remembraunce of thy bles­sed passion, so that in y^e way it maye conduct and guide me, and when I am out of the way, it may reduce me, when I scumble it may vp­hold me, & when I am fal­linge it maye rayse mée, so that by good continuance in thy will, to euerlastinge [Page] glory it maye bring me, and so to order the tallage and tast of my heart, that I ne­uer feele other sweetenesse but thee, that I neuer seeke other louer but thee, nor none other comfort besides thee, so that I care for none other delite but thee, so that I care for none other ho­nour but thine. And geue mee such a perfect loue to­wardes thee, wherewith I maye come to as great me­rite in heauen as though I [Page 125] had spent all my lyfe dayes in the remembrance of thy blessed passion, and graci­ously deliuer mée from all tribulation of body & soule, captiuitie, anguish, and pe­rils, and all Christian peo­ple.

Amen.

O Almightie and mercifull father, which of thy bon­teous goodnes hast made my womb fruit­full, and of thy gracious blessing hast created in mée a reasonable creature, I moste hartely thanke thée, not onely for this thy graci­ous gift, but also for that thou hast at all times since I conceiued, preserued mée from all perils both of soule [Page 126] and body, hast so modera­ted all my nippes, pinches, throwes, and panges, that I haue hitherto right well escaped them, I knowledge (O Lord) that iustly for our transgression of thy com­maundements, thou saydst to the first woman, and in her to all vs. I will encrease thy sorowe, when thou art with child, with paine shalt thou bring forth thy childrē. All our paines therfore that wée suffer in this behalfe, [Page] are none other thing, but a worthye crosse and punish­ment laid vppon vs by thy ordinaunce, to the whyche with hart & minde I humbly submit me, trusting surely and being fullye perswaded in my faith, that thou cal­lest none vnto perill & daū­ger, but both thou canst and wilt at conuenient time de­liuer them. Thou most gracious God hast commaun­ded vs in all our trouble. to call vppon thée for aide [Page 127] and helpe, and not only hast commaunded vs, but also of thi merciful goodnes, hast promised vs good deliue­raunce saying: cal vpon me in the day of tribulatiō. and I will deliuer thée. O good Lorde how greatly do these wordes comfort my heart and sustaine my sely soule. Who would not greatly re­ioyce that knoweth certaynly almightie GOD to bee presēt with him in his trou­ble Saith not god thus vn­to [Page] al vs that are thy people? Before they call (sayth he) I shall answere them, while they are yet but thinkinge how to speake, I shall heare them yea, I am with them in their trouble, out of the which I will deliuer them. What comfortable Lord is this? He is more ready to helpe, then wée to call for helpe, he is more ready to giue grace, then we to aske it. There was neuer one yet that faythfully asked [Page 128] grace of this Lorde, but hée had it, aske saith Christ and ye shall haue. Euery one that asketh, hath: what so euer you shall aske my fa­ther in my name, hée shall giue it vnto you, our Saui­our Christ saith this & he is God, and shall not I harken to my Lord Gods cōmaun­demēt, and promise? verely I will sticke surely vnto it: for sure I am, that sooner shall heauen & earth perishe thē gods promise be vnper­fourmed. [Page] For albeit euery man naturally is a liar and a deceiuer, yet is God al­way true and iust in all his words and promises I will therfore make my sute vn­to him, whome I néede not goe farre to séeke, for he is euery where present wyth his elect, and as the holy scripture saith: He is nigh vnto al that call vppon him faithfully: & thus will I say vnto him: Father of mercy & God of all comfort & con­solation, [Page 129] I thy poore hand­mayden humbly besech thee for Christ Iesus sake, and in his blessed & holy name, that thou wilt vouchafe to forgiue me all my sinnes & trespasses wherein I haue heretofore offēded thy godly maiestie, either in thought, consent, delectation, word, or deede, and that thou wilt hereafter during my lyfe, mercifullye preserue mee from the transgression of thy commaundements, and [Page] dayly encrease in mée per­fect repentaunce for my sinnes, a sure purpose of a­mendement of my life, and diligent studie to walke in thy commaundements. En­crease in mée also a liuely fayth, a sure hope, an ar­dent and louinge charitie, Engraffe in me humblenes of heart, méekenes of mind, cleaness of consciēce. Graūt that I maye be wise, sad, so­ber, discréete, circumspect, & well aduised, in all my say­ings [Page 130] and doings, and that I may strongly ouercome all the tentations of myne ene­mies the Deuill, the world, and the flesh, and that whe­ther I be sléeping, waking, eating, drinkinge, or what­soeuer I do, all maye bée to thine honoure and glorye. Graunt also that I maye humbly reuerence & fayth­fully loue my husband, and bée obedient to all his ho­nest, lawfull, and godly re­questes, and chiefely of all [Page] graunt me (O Lord) that I may feare and dreade thee, for well assured I am, that loke how high the heauen is in comparison of the earth, so great is gods mer­cie toward them that feare him. Looke how wide the East is from the West, so farre hath he set our sinnes from vs, yea like as a Fa­ther pitieth his owne chil­dren, euen so is the Lorde merciful to them that feare him. And as touching my [Page 131] deliuerance of my burden and thy gratious gift, I am right well assured that vn­lesse thou haddest prospered my trauell, al womens help and all phisicke had bene in vayne, but my full trust is, that like as thou hast crea­ted this childe in me, and diddest breath into it the spirite of life, so at such time as it séemed most méete to thy godly maiestie, thou as thou couldest best, didst merciful­ly prosper the childes byrth [Page] and my deliueraunce. In consideration whereof, I humbly beséeche thée of thy fatherly pitie to strengthen me alwayes in such a daun­gerous labour and trauell, and so sustayne mee that I may patiently beare all my throwes and panges, and accordinge to thy promise, suffer me not to be tempted aboue my strength, but in the midst of my tentation, make a way for me to come out, that I may beare it. In­crease [Page 132] in me faith (O moste mercifull Sauiour Christ) that I maye constantly be­leue thy word which saiest, yée shall be sorowfull, but your sorrowe shalbe turned into ioye. A woman when shée traueleth hath sorrow, for her hower is come, but when she is deliuered of the child, she thinketh no more of the anguish, for ioy that a man is born into the world. I besech thée therfore, in the daungerous time of my trauell, [Page] graūt me spéedy deliue­rance and ioyfull beholding of my childe, that I being a mother may render vntoo thée honour, laude, & thanks for thy aboundaunt mercye and gracious giftes, and be­nefites. And finally aboue all thinges I besech thy gracious goodnes to endue my child with grace that it may be one of the nūber of thine electe, baptized and rege­nerate in the holy Ghoste, that at the years of discreti­on, [Page 133] it may learne to knowe thée, and knowing thee, may trust surely to thy mercye, trusting in thy mercy, may hartely loue thée, louinge thée, may feare to displease thée, fearinge to displease thée, may walke and conti­nue in the obedience of thy commaundements, and so to attaine the euerlasting ioye and felicitie through oure Lorde Iesus Christe, which liueth and raigneth with thée and the holy ghost [Page] world with out end.

Amen.

ALmightie God, our heuenly fa­ther, thy mer­cie and goodnes is infinite and without measure. It is thy [Page 134] mercy and no goodnes that was in vs, whiche moued thée to send into the worlde thine onely begotten eter­nall Sonne to take our na­ture vpon him, and therein to worke the mistery of our redemption and saluation, accordinge as thou haddest appointed, and haddest spo­ken before by the mouthes of all thy Prophetes which were frō y^e beginning. Also it was thy blessed will, thy mercy & goodnes towardes [Page] vs, that thy heauenly sonne did suffer persecution, trou­ble and aduersitie, betraied of his owne friend and disci­ple Judas, was trayterously taken & caried away, false­ly accused and vniustly con­demned, cruelly beate, and scourged, and finally with moste scornefull rebukes put to the moste paynfull and shamefull death that coulde be deuised. All this O heauenly Father, was done through thy mercie & [Page 135] blessed will for our sakes, not onely to answeare and satisfie thy iust wrath and anger which we haue deserued. both for the offences of our first parentes, and yet dayly doe deserue by trans­gressing thy holy commaū­dements: but also to restore vs againe vnto thy grace & fauour, to endue vs with thy heauenly giftes, that we might serue thée in ho­lines and righteousnes all the dayes of our life. And [Page] finally to make vs by the frée benefite of thy dearely beloued sonnes passion and the price of his moste preci­ous bloud, partners with him of his infinite and vn­speakable glory and blisse in Heauen. Wherefore O heauenly father we beséech thée, poure vppon vs thine holy Spirite, and make vs in our harts clearly to sée & moste stedfastly to beléeue this thine infinite gracious goodnes, shewed and giuen [Page 136] vntoo vs by thine owne Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ, & with this beléefe make vs to put all our con­fidence and hope of saluati­on in him, whome thou hast appoynted to be our only re­déemer and Sauiour. Make vs alwaye to render vnto thée most humble and harty thanks for thine incompre­hensible mercy and goodnes towards vs. Finally, make vs to possesse y^e death of thy derely beloued sonne in re­nouncing [Page] and forsaking all sinne, that we may plainely appeare to rise with him in newnes of life, in righte­ousnes, innocencie, and all true holines, and after this life to raigne with him in euerlastinge glory. Heare vs our heauenly father, for our Lorde Iesus Christes sake.

Amen.

ALmightie God our hea­uenly father, we beséech thy gracious goodnes, that likewise as thy onely be­gotten and déerely beloued Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ according to his bles­sed will, suffered willingly death and bitter passion for our redemption and salua­tion, hauing therof for sight and certaine knowledge: So in like maner whenso­euer it shall be thy pleasure, [Page] to lay like crosse and affliction vpon our backs that we may also willingly and pa­ciently beare it, to the true triall of our faith against y^e latter day, & to euerlastinge glory. Heare vs our heauenly Father for our Lord Ie­sus Christes sake.

Amen.

OVr Sauiour and redée­mer Iesus christ, which in y^e last supper with thine [Page 138] Apostles diddest consecrate thy blessed body and bloud vnder the fourme of bread and wine: Graunt vs we beseech thée, euer stedfastly to beléeue and kindly to ac­knowledge thy infinite and almightie power, thi incomprehensible loue toward vs, & that we may alway woor­thely receiue the same bles­sed Sacrament accordinge to thy holy ordinaunce: that thereby wee maye ob­teine increase of al godlines [Page] in vnitie of spirite, with thée our head and by thee and thy spirite with al the company of them that be truly thine. Which be thy spirituall and misticall body, and our spi­rituall and Christian bre­thern: Hear vs our sauiour Christ for thy names sake.

O Lorde, whiche art onely good, true, gracious, and [Page 139] merciful, which commaun­dest them that loue thy name to cast feare and care from them, and to cast it vppon thée, promisinge moste mercifully thy selfe to bée their protectour from their enemies, their refuge in daunger, their gouernoure in the daye, their sight in darkenes, and their watch­man on the night also, ne­uer to sléepe, but to watch continually for the preser­uing of thy faythfull. I be­seeche [Page] thee of thy bountiful goodnesse (O Lorde, to for­giue me wherin I haue of­fended thée this day, and to receiue me vnder thy pro­tection this night, that I may rest in quietnesse both of body and soule. Graunt mine eyes sleepe but lette mine hearte watch perpe­tually vnto thee, that the weaknes of the flesh cause me not to offend my Lord let mee at all tymes féele thy goodnesse toward mée, [Page 140] that I be at all times stir­red to prayse thée: Late and early, and at midde day thy praise be in my mouth, and at midnight Lorde in­struct me in thy iudgments that all the whole course of my lyfe beinge ledde in holynesse and puritie, I maye be induct at laste in­to the euerlastinge reste, which thou hast promised by thy mercye to them that obey thy woorde (O LORDE) to whome bée [Page] honour, prayse and glorye for euer. Amen,

THis my bodye is the very darke and filthy prison of my Soule, this world is an exile and a banishment, this life is care and misery: but where thou art O Lorde, there is the very countrey of libertie & euerlastinge blessednesse: [Page 141] Stirre our mindes now & then to remember so great felicitie: powre into oure hartes a desire of such pre­cious things, & of al thinges moste to be desired, giue quietnes to our mind, and graunt that we maye haue some taste of euerlastinge ioyes, wherby these things of the world may see me fil­thie, and bée lothfull vnto vs which we seke for so earnestly & so gredely, and re­ceyue so surely, y^t wée maye, [Page] refuse and despise these bit­ter and filthye thinges, and moste feruently desire the sweetnes of thy familiariti in the which all goodnes is contayned. To thee be glo­ry for euer.

Amen.

O Lorde God almightie the father, the Sonne, and the holy ghoste, three [Page 142] persons and one only God, the Lord of lyfe, and the de­stroyer of death, with whō to be is lyfe, and from whō to be is death, who as a lo­uing Father, mercifull re­deemer, and friendly caller to repentaunce, hast nowe visited with the scourge of sicknesse, thy moste sinfull sonne, yea thy spotted ser­uaunt and greuous sinner, W. H. to cause him to know himselfe, and to confesse his wickednesse, & so to come to [Page] thée at this thy callinge, to knowe thée, and only to cry and call vppon thée for com­fort.

Now O thou Lord, whose propertie is euer to haue mercy, and fréely to forgiue those that faythfully come vnto thée. We with heauie harts now humbly beseeche thée looke down from Hea­uen with thy accustomed eyes of compassion vppon him.

Cast behind thy backe his [Page 143] innumerable and greuous sinnes, throwe them from him as farre as is the East from the West, yea scrape the memorie of them out of thy sight: quite forget thē, and fréely for giue thou him as his onely trust is in thée.

O Lorde be thou vnto him at his moste time of neede, a tower of strength, a place of refuge, and a de­fensible God to kepe, strēg­then, and defend him from the daunger of the Deuill, [Page] now rediest to dispuiet and destroye him, against despe­racion now busiest to groue him, agaynst death nowe likeliest to strike him, and agaynst Hell nowe gaping to deuoure him.

O heauenly Father, ayde thou nowe him, helpe him, & establish him in his firme fayth of thy trueth.

Comfort him nowe O Christ, and continewe him in the knowledge of thée his onely Sauiour, which [Page 144] art nowe (in his extreame­nes) ready to shew thy selfe vnto him as his Sauiour, crucified on y^e crosse to com­fort him: therfore now saue thou him from sin, deliuer thou him frō eternal death, hale him from hel, imbrace him, hide him in y^e holes of thy woundes as thy deare Doue, & beare his manifold sinnes on thy backe. And O holy spirite strengthen thou nowe his weake spi­rite against Sathan, that [Page] standeth nowe nigh him to seduce him. Say thou now to Sathan, awaye Sathan, & commaunde thy holy An­gels now to ayde him. Let thy cōfort cleaue fast vnto him, thy mercy kéepe him, and thy grace guide him, O almighty God the giuer of all health, and if it bée thy good will to lengthen his dayes in this lyfe, to spare him for a season, to ease him of his paines, & so to restore him to his former health as [Page 145] thou heretofore diddest re­store that thy penitent Prince Hezechia, that hée therby may once againe vi­site thy holy temple, to thy honour and glory, and the commoditie and comfort of vs thy Christians, we ioy­fully say, thy will be done, not ours.

But if it be not so thy wil but that he according to his dayly desire) muste nowe néedes depart & go y^e way of all flesh, then, O thou Lord, [Page] (in whose handes are the harts of all flesh) arme him (we humbly beseeche thee) with thy perpetuall peace, patience, and perfect confi­dence on thee: encrease his fayth, helpe his vnbelefe, annoynt him with the oyle of gladnes in thee, ease him of his paynes, be thou nigh to him, and driue the Deuill farre from him, ayde him with thy holy Angelles, giuing him grace so quiet­ly to to take this thy fatherly [Page 146] visitation in worth that in this his painfull life, yea and in the ende therof hee with perfecte memory and sure trust, (cōmending him selfe wholy to thee) may in hart ioyfully still saye, and we his faythfull friends for him as foloweth.

Fetch now againe lord God Father into thy holy handes that which thy puy­saunte might hath shapen: commaunde thy holy An­gelles now to ayd him, and [Page] safely to bring him to thée. And now place thou him a­mongest thy chosen Chil­dren and blessed heyres in thy eternall kingdome pre­pared for them that are written in thy booke of life.

Fetch now againe Lorde God sonne, that which thou of thy mere mercy haste so wisely gouerned & bought with thy precious bloude, now ioyfully receiue him, and say vnto him as vnto the penitent théef, this daye [Page 147] shalt thou bée with mée in Paradise.

Take againe now Lorde God holy ghost, that which thou of thy onely fauoure hast louingly kept and gui­ded in this region of sinne & vale of misery. And now louingly lead thou him with Lazarus to eternall ioy and rest. This graunt him O holy Trinitie good God al­mightie thrée persons and one very God, vnto whom be all honour prayse & glory [Page] for euer and euer.

Amen.

O Lorde Iesu, which art the onely health of all men lyuinge, and the euerlastinge life of them which die in thy fayth, I wretched sinner giue and submit my selfe wholy vnto thy most blessed will, being assured that the thinge can not perishe which is [Page 148] committed vnto thy mer­cie. O Lord giue me grace that willingly I may leaue this fraile and wicked flesh in hope of the resurrection, which in better wise shall restore it to me againe. I beséech thée most mercifull LORDE Iesus Christ, that thou wilte by thy grace make stronge my soule agaynste all temp­tations, and that thou wilt couer and defend mée with the buckler of thy mercie [Page] against all the assaultes of the deuill. I sée and know­ledge that there is in my selfe no hope of saluation, but all my confidence, hope & trust, is in thy most mer­cifull goodnesse, I haue no merites nor good workes, which I may alledge before thée, of my sinnes and euill workes (alas) I see a great heape, but through thy mercy I trust to be in the num­ber of them, to whome thou wilt not impute their sins [Page 149] but take and accept me for righteous and iuste, and to be the inheritour of euer­lasting life. Thou merci­full LORD wast born for my sake, thou diddest suffer both hunger and thirst for my sake, thou didst preach and teach, thou diddest pray and fast for my sake, thou diddest all good works and déedes for my sake, thou sufferedst moste greuous paines and tormentes for my sake, and finally, thou [Page] gauest thy moste precyous body to die, and thy bloud to be shedde on the Crosse for my sake. Now most merci­full Sauiour, let all these thinges profite mée, which thou so fréely hast giuen me that hast giuen thy selfe for mée. Let thy bloud clense and wash away the spottes and foulnes of my sinnes.

Let thy righteousnes hide and couer mine vnrighte­ousnes, let the merits of thy passion and bloud be a satis­faction [Page 150] for my sinnes. Giue me Lord thy grace that my faith & saluatiō in thy blood wauer not in me, but euer be firme and constant, that the hope of thy mercy and life euerlasting neuer decay in me, that charitie waxe not colde in me, finally that the weakenes of my flesh be not ouercome with feare of death. Graunt me mercifull Sauiour, that when death hath shut vp the eyes of my body, yet that the eyes of [Page] my soule may still behold & loke vppon thée, that when death hath taken away the vse of my tounge and spech, yet that my hart maye crie and say vnto thée In manus tuas domine commendo spiri­tum meum, that is to saye: O Lord into thy handes I giue and commit my soule. Domine Iesu accipe spiri­tum meum. Lorde Iesu receiue my soul vnto thée Amen

WE most hartely thanke thée (O Lord God our heauenly Father) for thy manyfolde and inestimable benefites, which thou hast giuen vnto vs both for our body and soule, yea and frée­ly of thine owne goodnes without our deserte. Wée thanke thée that it hath pleased thée of thy greate [Page] mercie, first to create and make vs according to thine owne Image and likenes, and to place vs in thy ioye­full Paradice where wee should haue continually re­mayned in a blessed and a quiet state, if through y^e sub­til and deceitfull suggestiōs of Sathan our olde enemie, we had not transgressed thy holy cōmaundements. We thanke also thée (O moste gētle father) for thy louinge kindnes which thou shew­edst [Page 152] to vs, when we were all perished & lost, through the sinne of our first Father Adam, for whē thou might­est iustly haue condemned vs, & cast vs into perpetual damnation, thou like a Fa­ther of singuler great loue, haddest pitie on vs, and sa­uedst vs by the death & pas­siō of thy welbeloued sonne our Lorde and sauiour Ie­sus Christ, which gaue him selfe a ransome for all our sinnes, and payd a sufficient [Page] price by his precious bloud, for all the wickednes that wée at any time heretofore haue committed through our frayltie and weaknes, so that wée repent, beleue, and amende. Neyther wast thou thus contented that he onely shoulde dye for oure sinnes, but also diddest raise him vp againe for oure iustification, and to make vs righteous in thy sighte. Moreouer after that hée had shewed himselfe vnfainedly [Page 153] to liue to his Apo­stles, by manifest and eui­dent tokens certaine times after his resurrection, tho­row the power of his God­head, he ascēded vp into hea­uen, perfect God, & perfect man, where he now sitteth on the right hand, & maketh entercessiō for vs being our alone mediatour and aduo­cate, from thence we looke for him to come againe at the daye of Iudgmente, not as a cruell Iudge to con­demne [Page] and cast vs awaye, but as a most louing Lorde and gentle Sauiour to ca­rie vs with him vnto euer­lasting glory, there worldes without end to remaine in such ioyes, as the eye hath not séene, nor eare hath not heard, nor yet is any heart able to thinke. For these thy most bounteous giftes, and for all other thy benefites which thou dayly giuest to vs of thy great mercy, both for our body and soule, wée [Page 154] hartely thanket thée moste gentle and mercifull Fa­ther, beseeching thée that thou wilte giue vs grace through thy holy spirite not to be vnthankefull, but to walke worthy of this thy kindnesse, and so too bée­haue our selues in all oure life time in this wretched worlde accordinge to thy holy will, that at the laste day we may be found in the number of them, to whom thy onely begotten Sonne [Page] shall saye: Come ye blessed of my Father, possesse the kingdome which was pre­pared for you from the be­gining of the worlde, Lorde let it come to passe.

Amen.

LOrd my GOD giue vnto my heart to de­sire thée, in desiring thée, to séeke thée, in séeking [Page 155] thee, to find thée, in findinge thee, to loue thee, in louinge thee, to make me frée from mine offences, and when I haue redéemed them, no more to cōmit them again. Giue Lord GOD vnto my heart repentaunce, my spi­rite contricion, mine eyes the fountaine of teares, and to my handes aboundaunce of giuinge of almes. Put out in me O God my King the desire of the fleshe, and kindle in mee the fyre of [Page] thy loue. O thou my redée­mer thrust out of mée the spirit of pride, and graunt me mercifully the spirite of humilitie. O God my Sa­uiour, take away from mee the furie of anger, and giue me gently the buckler of pacience. O God my crea­tour, plucke away from me the rancour and pleasure of the mind, and giue meekely the swetenes of the soule. Giue me most gentle Fa­ther stedfast fayth, sure [Page 156] hope and continual charitie. O God my ruler, tourne a­way fro me vanitie, vncon­stantnes of mind, wanton­nes of the body, leudnes of talke, high looking, excesse in filling the belly, euill spea­king of my neighbours, the grieuous sin of backbiting, the itching of curiositie, the couetousnes of riches, gree­dines to rule, desire, vaine-glory, the euill of hipocri­sie, rhe vice of flatieringe, despisinge of the poore, [Page] oppressing the weake vnla­ciable auarice, rustie enuy, and deadly blasphemie. O God my maker, cut awaye in me vndecent rashnesse, stubbernesse, vnquietnesse, idlenesse, sluggishnes, sloth of minde, dulnes, blindnesse of hart, obstinacy of vnder­standing, cruelnesse of con­dicions, disobedience of that which is good, repugninge against good councell, not br [...]dling of my tong, taking the goodes of the poore as a [Page 157] pray, doing violence to the weake, slaundering the in­nocent, neglecting my infe­riours, too much sharpe to­ward mine housholde, euill affectiō towards my friēds, & hardnes vnto my neigh­boures. O my God, mercy I desire of thée for thy wel­beloued sonnes sake, gyue me the workes of mercye, and the affections of pitie, to suffer with them that bee afflicted, to giue counsell to them which erre, to helpe [Page] the miserable, to succoure the néedie, to comforte the sadde, to raise vp them that be oppressed, to refreshe the poore, to mone them that wéepe, to forgiue my det­ters, to spare them which offend against mée, to loue them that hate me, to ren­der good for euill, to despise no man, but honour al men, to imitate good men, and beware of euil mē, to imbrace vertues, to reiect vices, in aduersitie pacience, in pro­speritie [Page 158] continence, the kée­ping of my mouth and as it were an hatch before the doore of my lippes, to tread vnder foot al earthly things, and thirst after heauenly things.

LO Lorde my fashioner, I haue asked manye thinges, and yet haue not deserued a few. I confesse, a­las, I confesse that not only [Page] those gifts which I require be not due vnto me, but in the stede of them most gre­uous punishments: yet doe the Publicans, harlots, and théeues comforte me, which being pulled euen in a mo­ment of tyme out of the lawes of the enemie, are re­ceiued into the bosome of the shepheard, for thou O God, which art the maker of all things, although thou bee marueilous in all thy works, yet art thou thought [Page 159] to bee more maruelous in the workes of pitie. Wher­fore thou saydst of thy selfe by one of thy seruauntes: His mercies are aboue all his workes, and that which thou spakest as of one, wee beleue that thou speakest of all thy people. I wyll not vtterly take my mercy a­way frō him: for thou dispi­sest no man, thou castest a­way no mā, thou abhorrest no man, except peraduēture any man madly abhorreth [Page] thee. Then thou being an­gry strikest not, but giuest also giftes to them which prouoke thée, if they wyll aske them. O my God the glory of my saluation, and my defender, I vnhappye wretch haue stirred thée vp I haue done euil before thée I haue prouoked thy displeasure, I haue deserued thine anger, I haue sinned & thou hast suffered me, I haue of­fended & yet thou sustaynest me: If I repent, thou spa­rest [Page 160] me, if I returne to thée, thou receiuest me: yea and besides al this, whiles I de­fer from time to time, thou tariest for me. Thou callest me againe wandring from thée, thou biddest me come, striuinge against thée, thou lookest for mée, which slug­gishly lyeth still, thou em­bracest mee comminge a­gaine, thou teachest mée be­ing ignorant, thou comfor­test me lamenting, thou raisest me vp frō ruine, after [Page] my fall thou repairest mee, thou giuest vnto mée when I aske, thou art foūd when I séeke thee, & openest when I knocke for thée: Lo Lorde the God of my health, I can not tell what I shall set a­gainst thée. I knowe not what to aunswere, there is no place to flée from thée, nor any denne to bée hidden from thée, thou hast shewed vnto me y^e way to liue wel, and hast giuen mee know­ledge how to goe: thou hast [Page 161] threatned vnto me hell, and hast promised mée the glory of Paradise. Nowe O Fa­ther of mercy and God of al consolation, strike through my flesh with thy fear, that with fearing I may escape those thinges which thou thratenest, and giue me the comforte of thy saluation, that in louing I may per­ceiue those thinges which thou promisest, O LORD which art my strength, my sure rocke, my God, my re­fuge [Page] and my deliuerer: tell me what I should thinke of thée, teach mée with what wordes I should call vppon thée, and the workes wher­with I may please thee. I knowe one thinge where­with thou art pleased, and an other which thou despi­sest not, for a broken spirite is vnto thee a sacrifice, and an humble and sory heart is accepted vnto thée. O my God, my helper, make mée ritch with those giftes, de­fend [Page 162] me with these muni­cions against the enemie, giue mee this couer from the flames of vices, and spread abroade this mercy­full refuge for the passions of desires. Graunt LORD the strength of my saluati­on, that I be not of the number of them that beleue for a time, & in the time of ten­tation shrinke awaye: sha­dow ouer my head in y^e daye of battell, my hope in y^e day of afflictiō, & health in time [Page] of tribulation. Lo Lorde the light and my saluation, I haue asked those thinges which I neede, I haue remē­bred those thinges which I feare. But my conscience gnaweth me, & the secrets of my heart reprehend mée and that which loue mini­streth, feare scatereth, zeale prouoketh mée, feare bla­meth mee, for my deedes bring in feare, but thy gen­tlenes sure trust in thée thy goodnes exhorteth mée, my [Page 132] naughtinesse slaketh mee, and to confesse the trueth, the fantasies of vices come vnto memorie, which bea­teth downe the boldnes of mindes which doe pre­sume.