I. A praier for the
Morning.

O mightie
maker & preserver
of all
things, God
omnipotent,
which like a
diligent watchman, alwaies
attendest upon thy faithfull
people, so that whether they
sléepe or wake, live or die, thy
providence never forsaketh
them: looke favourablie upon
me, O Lord, thy poore and sinfull
servant, which am not
woorthie, but through thy
great mercies offered to me
in Christ, once to lift up mine B.j.eies B1v
eies unto thy mercie seat.

Wherefore in the name of
thy déere sonne my Lord and
Saviour, I offer unto thée,
through him, the sacrifice of
praise and thanks giving; that
thou hast preserved me both
this night, and all the time and
daies of my life hitherto, untill
this present houre. I beséech
thée of thy great mercie
to illuminate my understanding,
that I may lead and
frame my life as thou hast
taught me in thy holie word,
that my light may so shine
here on earth, that my heavenlie
father may be glorified in
me, through Jesus Christ our
Lord and redéemer; for whose
sake heare me deare father, and B2r 2
and send thy holie Ghost to
direct me in all my dooings.
To thée O glorious and blessed
Trinitie, the Father, the
Sonne, and the holie Ghost,
be given all honor and praise,
now and for ever more, Amen.

2. A praier for remission of
sinnes, for victorie against satan,
and for the inward light of
the soule.

O Mercifull Father
that art the sure
safegard and defense
of all that
earnestlie trust in thée, and desirest
not the death of sinners,
but their conversion and amendment
of life; I acknowledgeb.ij.ledge B2v unto thy highnesse, all
mine offenses by me committed,
which if I would hide from
thée Lord, I could not. I consider
the miserable estate,
whereto through sinne I am
brought: for thereby I have
worthilie lost thy favour, and
am fallen from thy grace,
which while thou withdrawest
from me, I can do no good
thing, nor thinke one good
thought. My sinnes have
caused thée to put me out of
thy remembrance, and to forget
me, delaieng to give me
that which is my strength and
comfort. But how long wilt
thou forget me, Lord? For ever?
How long wilt thou
withdraw thy grace from me?

Thou knowest my hartie
contrition and sorrowe; for
that I have unkindlie forsaken
thy service, and served
thine enimies, the divell and
sinne. But trusting assuredlie
in thy promise made to me,
and all people, by the mouth
of thy prophet Ezechiel, that
is; If the sinner will turne awaie
from all his sinnes, that
he hath committed, and kéepe
all thy commaundements,
doubtles he shall live and not
die: as for all his sinnes that
he did before, thou wilt not
thinke upon them. I now most
entirelie beséech thée, that as
my sinnes were the cause, why
thou diddest put me out of thy
favour; so let my hartie repentanceb.iij.tance B3v
for them, cause thée to
put my sinnes out of thy remembrance

Suffer me not long to remaine
in this perplexitie of
mind, and to take sorrow inwardlie
in my hart from daie
to daie, continuallie fearing
the punishment due to my
sinne, and looking still for thy
comming into my soule by
grace to deliver me. Hope
hath caused me long to looke
for thée, that art my life and
my health; thy long delaie in
comming hath much increased
my desire; my fervent desire
at length is now turned
to a vehement paine. Wherefore
make hast Lord, I beséech
thée, to helpe my sicke soule, and B4r 4
and tarrie not.

Let not mine enimie the divell
long triumph over me,
whose propertie is to tread under
his féet, like a cruell prince,
all those that be vanquished,
even to the pit of hell. He did
long hold in captivitie all
mankind, untill the comming
and passion of Christ for our
redemption; and since, through
his craftie traines, he hath
brought to utter confusion
manie of those that professe
thy sonnes religion. Wherefore
behold Lord, and consider my
miserable estate, heare my
humble petition, touching my
deliverance from out of his
danger.

Lighten the eie of my hart b.iiij.and B4v
and understanding, with the
light of thy grace and comfort,
thereby expelling the darknes
of ignorance. Lighten also
one other eie of my soule, which
is the eie of the affection. The
sight of this eie is so dimme,
that it hath no perfect and true
judgement; yea it is so blinded
with the vanities of this
world, that one thing in appearance
séemeth to be twentie;
like the sight of the deceitfull
eies of glasse. I beséech thée
save my said eie, that it be not
put out by our enimie the divell;
and send me the light of
grace, while I have here time,
& space of repentance, that at
my latter end, mine enimies
saie not with joie, that they haue B5r 5
have the upper hand over me.

But all my trust is in thy
mercie: for though thou hide
thy selfe in a cloud, that my
praier should not go through it
unto thine eares; yet are not
thy mercies cleane gone, neither
dooth thy loving kindnes
cease. Thou art therefore Lord
my portion, and in thy mercie
still will I hope, and in none
other creature; knowing for
certaintie, that as God thou
onelie maist helpe me, and as
my loving father thou wilt
helpe. Wherefore in thée my
hart shall be joifull, and in thy
saving health, which is thy
sonne Christ our Saviour and
redéemer.

The Philistines, knowing b.v.the B5v
the presence of thine arke to
be in the campe of the Israelits,
on the daie of their battell,
were sore afraid, saieng; Who
shall deliver us out of the hand
of this mightie God? Much
more will I be glad, and take
sure trust, having the presence
and comfort of thy livelie
grace. And in token of the
victorie which thou hast given
me over mine enimies, I will
not cease (as I have good cause)
to sing the praises of the Lord,
that hath so lovinglie dealt
with me, and magnifie the
name of the most high,
all the daies of
my life, Amen.

3. An other praier for
the same.

O God give me the
excellent féeling
of thine aboundant
mercie, for
thou art my whole goodnes.
Who am I, that I dare be so
bold to speake unto theée? I
am thy most poore sinfull servant,
a vile worme, and much
more poore and miserable, than
I either know my selfe, or
dare tell unto thée: for my
sinnes sticke so fast to me, that
I have nothing, nor worthie
anie thing. Thou onelie art
good, thou just, thou holie, and
able to doo all things, and doost performe B6v
performe all things. Thou fulfillest
all things, leaving the
sinfull onelie void and emptie.

My consience accuseth me
so, that I can have no rest, till
I be reconciled unto thée O
God my saviour. Remember
thy mercies, O Lord, and fill
my soule with thy favour: for
how may I continue in this
life, unlesse thy mercie and favour
doo strengthen me? Give
me grace to put my whole
trust in thée, without grudging
or doubting: for I have,
and doo dailie waite for thy saving
health.

Turne not awaie thy face
from me, neither withdraw
thy comforts from me, least
my soule doo séeme in thy sight like B7r 7
like unto the earth that is void
of moisture. Lord teach me to
doo thy will, learne me to
walke worthilie and humblie
before thée: for thou art my
wisedome, and knowest me
what I am in all respects, and
understandest my thoughts
long before.

Grant me alwaies to séeke
thée in singlenes of heart: for
the remembrance of thy favor
is more swéete unto me, than
all the pleasures and deinties
of the world. For my chéefest
comfort is in thée O Christ,
and not in anie worldlie
meanes, who hast said; Who
so overcommeth the world, to
them will I grant to féed upon
the trée of life. Which grant me B7v
me for thy holie name sake,
to whom with the father, and
the holie Ghost, be praise now
and for ever, Amen.

4. An Evening praier.

O everlasting light,
whose brightnesse
is never darkned;
looke favourablie
upon me thy poore and sinfull
servant, who hath not onelie
this daie, but all the daies and
times of my life hitherto, untill
this present houre, offended
thy divine Majestie, in
thought, word, and dèed; wherby
I have most justlie provoked
thy wrath and indignation
against me. And now I
bow the knées of my hart untoto B8r 8
thée most mercifull and heavenlie
father, beséeching thée
for Jesus Christ his sake, to
forgive me all my sinnes, negligences
and ignorances. For
I confesse how wickedlie I
have mispent the talent that
thou gavest me, abusing thy
gifts of grace manie waies,
burieng the same in obscure
darknesse, woorse than the servant
that hid his maisters
treasure, not putting it to anie
increase; for he delivered the
principall againe.

But I most miserable creature,
can shew unto thy majestie
no part of that which
thou gavest me, to use to thine
honor and glorie: for the which
I am most hartilie sorie, and doo B8v
doo unfeinedlie repent, having
no meane to helpe my
selfe, but onelie to lift up the
eies of my faith unto thy deare
sonne Jesus Christ, beséeching
him most instantlie to make
perfect my wants, and to renue
whatsoever is lacking in
me. For I commit my bodie
and soule, this night and evermore,
into his most holie
hands; hoping, O Christ, thou
wilt make me an acceptable
sacrifice unto thy father.

I have no place to flie unto,
but to shrowd me under the
wings of thine almightie
power, who wast so loving unto
us, that thou wast contented
to shed thy most pretious
bloud, for the sinnes of the whole B9r 9
whole world; for the which I
most humblie and hartilie
yéeld unto thée thanks, honor
praise and glorie.

O lambe of God, sonne of
the father, heare thou me,
thou that saiedst; I am thy
health and salvation, I am thy
peace and life; cleave fast unto
me, and thou shalt live. O
Lord I am the woonded man,
and thou art the good Samaritane:
powre oile into my
wounds, and bind them up.
Lord heale thou me, and I
shall be whole: for thou art my
God and Saviour.

Heare thou therefore my
supplications from heaven,
and have mercie. Take from
me all my sinnes and wickednesse,nesse, B9v
and give me thy grace
and holie spirit. Lighten mine
eies, that I sléepe not in death:
so shall I joiefullie, after this
sluggish sléepe of sinne, rise againe,
living in thy feare all
the daies of my life. Which
grant me to doo, O Father,
Sonne, and holie Ghost, thrée
persons and one true God,
world without end, Amen.

5. Against the temptation
of the divell, and for Gods
favour and grace.

O Lord preserve me,
that I fall not into
temptation, neither
let me be as
one of them that contemne thy B10r 10
thy word, falling from thée; but
arme me with an invincible
strength and constancie: so
shall I be sure, that all the
powers of the world shall not
overcome me. For there is
none in heaven, earth or hell,
that can doo anie thing, but as
thou givest them power. Séeing
that all are thy creatures,
thou must néeds governe and
guide them.

Thy mercie O God almightie
is also annexed to thy divine
nature, for when all mankind
was lost and dead in
sinne, then diddest thou, sitting
in thy celestiall throne, looke
downe to the earth upon our
miserable state, and loosedst us
from the bands of the divell, and B10v
and sendest downe thine onlie
begotten sonne, that by his
death he might deliver from
death, such as worthilie were
the children of death: for the
which I praise thée, and doo
confesse from the bottome of
my hart, that our deliverance
commeth onlie of thée O God,
and not by mans power.

Wherefore I will not come
emptie into thy presence, but
with all humilitie I offer unto
thée my troubled spirit for
mine offenses: and this sacrifice
I am sure thou wilt not
despise; for I confesse my selfe
ignorant, till thou hast taught
me, O Lord. My heart is also
variable, and separated from
thée. Joine my soule and bodie to B11r 11
to thée O God, and confirme
me in thine obedience: for I
desire not to live, but to serve
thée as I ought, which we cannot
doo aright, except thou open
our eies. I respect no
man, but set thée alwaies before
me, as the chéefe helper
and judge of my dooings.

Certeinlie we can doo nothing
of our selves: but when
thou O God doost inwardlie
instruct us by thy holie spirit,
then féele we thy graces swéeter
than the honie and the honie
combe. There is no acception
of persons with thée, but
all people that feare thée, and
worke righteousnesse, thou
wilt accept. If we be thine,
thou Lord wilt strengthen us with B11v
with all power, and blesse us
with all felicitie. But thy indignations
are most constant
against the wicked, and passe
all our understanding: for
thou O God never forsakest
anie that séeke unto thée. Therfore
man is cause of his owne
destruction.

Give me thy favour, and be
mercifull unto me for thine
owne sake: grant me thy heavenlie
wisedome and grace
to be governed by thy holie
word, which if I follow, I shall
have all prosperitie, corporall
and spirituall, bringing foorth
such fruits as have life. I acknowledge
that all my acts,
thoughts, or anie part of my
life cannot be hid from thée O God, B12r 12
God, though thou séemest to be
farre off; so that they are evidentlie
knowne to thée: for
thou O God understandest
my meaning, before I speake;
and sendest the dewes of thy
grace upon me, which causeth
me to bring foorth the fruits of
good works, to thine honour,
and the helpe of my neighbor:
for it is of thy power, strength,
and grace, when I doo anie
thing that is good, and not of
mine owne power.

There is none good, but thou
alone; thou killest and givest
life; thou woundest, and makest
whole: neither is there anie
that can speake a word, except
thou give it him, nor none
can save himselfe by his owne labour, B12v
labour, nor anie worldlie
meanes. Wherefore I will rest
in thée, as mine onelie God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord
and Saviour, Amen.

6. A praier for faith, and
for Gods helpe and assistance
at his good pleasure.

O Lord God almightie,
which by
thy power & wisedome
hast made
all the world, and dooest governe
the same, and all that
therein is: from thy holie heavens,
wherein thou dwellest,
looke favorablie upon us, and
grant that in temptation we
may have faith to fight against the C1r 13
the divell, and all his false suggestions,
and to crie inwardlie
unto thée with groning, alwaies
aiding us with thy holie
spirit, to be humble in al afflictions,
with true repentance.
For when all mans
helpe dooth faile, thou O God
wilt helpe us, even as it were
by a miracle; if we call upon
thée with an upright conscience.

Lord grant us never to require
more of thée, than is necessarie;
neither to séeke to separate
thy power from thy
will, least we should tempt
thée: for though thy helpe dooth
not presentlie appeare, yet hast
thou sowen and laid up in store
for us. We will therefore be C.j.mind- C1v
mindfull of thy benefits, and
onelie trust in thy defense: for
though the wicked rage against
thée O God, yet those
that be thy children shall praise
thy name and mightie power.
For the more liberallie that
thou O God dooest deale with
thy people, the more doost thou
punish them that abuse thy benefits.
For thou O God hast
care over thine, and dooest chasten
them for their health, that
they should not perish for ever
with the wicked. For thou
wilt restore the governement
of good things to their use, and
then the godlie shall follow
thée chéerefullie.

Grant us we humblie beséech
thée to know thy waies, and C2r 14
and to ascend up unto the
throne of thy majestie by faith,
giving thée praise and glorie,
for thy fatherlie preservation
and health towards us continuallie.
For thou hast béene a
house and defense for us: thou
hast chosen us to be thy people,
before the foundation of the
earth was laid. Wherefore we
are sure that thou wilt heare
us, whensoever we call and
crie unto thée for mercie and
grace. Blesse us now and ever
with all goodnes, that we
may lead our lives according
to thy will, living in thy feare
all the daies of our life, that
after this course is ended, we
may dwell with thée, world
without end, Amen.

7. Another for the
same.

I make my humble
petition in thy
sight, O God
most holie, which
biddest us aske, and it shall be
given; séeke, and we shall find;
knocke, and it shall be opened
unto us; and be léeve onelie,
and we shall receive whatsoever
we desire. Lord I beléeve,
helpe thou mine unbeléefe, and
give me that faith which shalbe
most acceptable in thy sight.
Sowe in my heart, good Lord
the graine of stedfast faith,
which may aspire and spring
up unto the mercie seat of thine C3r 15
thine almightie majestie: for
without true faith and obedience
we cannot call upon thée
a right.

Give me therefore, good
Lord, that most pretious jewel
of faith, that thou maist thereby
heare me. And give me
comfort & salvation through
thy mercifull goodnesse, O
God, who never dooest forsake
thy faithfull servants, that
come to thée in humblenesse of
heart, looking upon Jesus
Christ thy deare sonne our
Lord and Saviour: for he is
the trée of life, which standeth
in the middest of paradise, by
whom we have entrance unto
thée O déere father.

Whosoever séeketh anie otherc.iij.ther C3v
waie than this thy déere
Sonne, he is a théefe and a
robber, and shall never be partaker
of the benefits, which he
of his mercie hath most lovinglie
bestowed upon us:
which grant me Lord Jesu never
to forget, but evermore to
shew my selfe thankefull. For
it is thou O Lord that art
worthie to receive all glorie,
honour, and praise: for thou
hast created and redéemed all,
and without thée we cannot
doo anie thing that is good.

Wherefore Lord Jesus I
come unto thée, craving at thy
mercifull hand an humble
and contrite heart, a patient
mind, a quiet conscience, the
gift of faith, and of the holie Ghost. C4r 16
Ghost. O thou lover of soules,
heare me poore wretch, although
unworthie once to
thinke, much lesse to speake
unto thy majestie. But thou
art the same Lord, who dooest
most lovinglie saie; Come
to me all ye that are heavie loden,
and I will ease you.

Which comfortable saieng
of thine, O Christ, maketh me
bold to come into thy presence,
unloding my sinfull sacke of
corruption, before the face of
thine almightie power; not
doubting but thou wilt mercifullie
heare me, and ease me
with thy helpe: for I cast all
my burthen on thée, who art the
giver of life and salvation.
Wherefore I turne my selfe c.iiij.vnto C4v
unto thée O Lord Jesus Christ
desiring thée by praier to renue
whatsoever is amisse in me, either
by mine owne frailtie, or
malice of the divell.

For I acknowledge, O Lord,
that I am the most wicked, the
most fraile of all others, the
weakest to resist my ghostlie
enimie. But I trust, through
thy mercie, to be of the number
of them, for whom thou
hast overcome the divell and
the world: which grant me,
Lord Jesus, for thy bitter passions
sake, that after this life
I may enjoie the endles blisse
and glorie of heaven. To thée,
with the living Father, and the
holie Ghost, be given all honour
and glorie, all praise and C5r 17
and thanks, for ever and ever,
Amen, Amen.

8. A praier of the justice
of God, and of his mercie.

O God almightie,
Lord of heaven
and earth,
from whom nothing
can be hid or kept secret,
thou art the searcher of the hart
and reines, which knowest the
thoughts of all men: when I
remember thy just judgment,
I tremble and quake for feare,
considering the burthen, wait,
and filthines of sinne to be so
great, that for one proud
thought, a great number of
angels fell from heaven. The c.v.earth C5v
earth was not able to beare
the burthen of Corah, Dathan
and Abiram; but for the rebellion
against thée and thy servant
Moses, the earth opened,
and swallowed them quicke.

For the sinne and pride of
David, who mustered his
men, putting his trust in the
multitude of them, rather than
in thée that art the living God,
thou scourgedst him with the
plague of pestilence, so that
there died foure score thousand
of his people, within the space
of thrée daies.

Who would not then feare,
séeing we sinne dailie with
most gréevous sinnes? Now
have we no remedie to flie
from thy wrath, but to shrowd our C6r 18
our selves in the bosome of thy
most dearelie beloved sonne,
our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, making him our bulworke
and house our defense,
betwéene thine anger and us:
most humblie beséeching thée
for his sake, and for the bitter
paines that he suffered for our
redemption, to be mercifull
unto us, and rebuke us not in
thine anger.

Let not the sentence of everlasting
death take place, which
thou gavest against Adam,
and all his posteritie for his
disobedience. Thou art méeke,
gentle, and long suffering of
thy selfe. It is our gréevous
offenses, heaped one upon another,
that provoke thée unto anger. C6v
anger. Therefore, acknowledging
our offenses, we praie thée
most mercifull father, to have
compassion upon us: for we
are not able of our selves to arise;
it is thou Lord, and thy
blessed sonne that must heale
our infirmities.

We have no strength to
withstand the temptation of
our enimies, thy sonne Christ
must reach us his hand, as he
did to Peter,walking on the
water, when he was in perill
of drowning. His patience is
our medicine and health, thy
grace and his are sufficient remedies.
We are all carnall,
sold under sinne; so that the
good we would doo, that doo we
not; but the evill that we wold not, C7r 19
not, that we doo. We are all evill
of our selves. Consider O
God our contrite hearts, and
penitent minds, and heare,
heale, and amend us.

Hope biddeth us still to crie
and call upon thée for helpe, as
the woman of Canaan cried
still upon thy sonne Christ for
the helpe of of hir daughter, and
at the last was heard to hir
owne contentation: so we,
knocking and calling still,
doubt not but thou wilt grant,
through our importunacie,
our desires, as he that granted
his neighbour thrée loaves.

We doo now knocke, crie,
and will never cease, till thou
Lord turne towards us, and
deliver our soules. Turne, we hearti- C7v
heartilie beséech thée, from thy
wrath, to pittie and mercie; deliver
us from the manifold
troubles which we have in our
consiences. O save us for
thy mercie sake, for thy blessed
Sonne Jesus hath dearelie
bought us. Wherefore Lord,
we thy faithfull creatures, being
through thy grace, and the
battell of thy sonne upon the
crosse restored to thy favour;
and having the house of our
hearts and soules swept and
made cleane from all vices,
which were woont to inhabite
in us, we most humblie praie
thée to give us strength, to
kéepe our soulesfrom the invasion
of the wilie serpent.

Dwell in us still by the continualltinuall C8r 20
grace, make us to be
of thy houshold, that we may
live and praise thée in this
world, and after this life we
may enjoie the blessed presence
of thine eternall majestie,
one God in persons thrée,
and everlasting in unitie,
world without end, Amen.

9. A praier for humilitie,
and a confession of sinnes, with
a petition to have the
same remitted.

Lord give me humilitie,
being the
beautifull flowre
of vertue that groweth
in the garden of mans
soule; one of the most pleasant,sant, C8v
most necessarie, and most
acceptable, whose power was
so great, that it drue the sonne
of God, the second person in
deitie, from heaven, into the
wombe of the méeke virgine,
whom of all other he chose to
be his mother, for that she
was so humble and vertuous.
Thou O Christ our Saviour,
being Lord of all the world,
walkedst all the daies of thy
life in humilitie, and therein
endedst, humbling thy self unto
the vile death of the crosse.

The wise humilitie of Abigael
pacified the furie of David,
when he was minded to
kill all the men of the house of
hir husband. The humble submission
of wicked Ahab, asswagedswaged C9r 21
the wrath of God,
which was the cause that the
almightie preserved him all
the daies of his life. The great
goodnes of this vertue is made
manifest, by opening the heinousnes
of the vice contrarie
thereto, which is pride: which
appeared in the proud Pharisie,
when he made boast in his
praiers of his good déeds, and
despised his poore neighbour,
which caused his praier not to
be hard, when the poore Publican,
standing a farre off, with
humblenesse, durst not lift up
his eies to heaven, but with
heartie repentance knocking
his breast, said; Lord be mercifull
to me a sinner: which hartie
confession of his sinne, was cause C9v
cause of his justification, and
that he was made righteous.

Wherefore most gratious
Lord our heavenlie father,
considering the power of humilitie,
and the knowledge of
our sinnes, with hartie repentance,
to be of so great efficacie;
I thy poore creature, unworthie
to appeare before thy
majestie, doo powre downe
here, before thée, my sacke
that is full of sinne, which I
have committed even from
my youth, they are great and
manie, without number: neverthelesse,
trusting of thine
accustomed nature and propertie,
which is, to be mercifull
to all sinners, that be sorie for
their offenses from the bottom of C10r 22
of their hearts, turning to thée,
knowing that thou diddest
send thy loving sonne, not to
call those that séeme in their
owne sight to be just, but to
helpe those that confesse themselves
to be sinners.

I therefore, Lord, willing by
the helpe of thy grace, utterlie
to forsake sinne, and to fulfill
thy holie will hereafter, desire
thée humblie of forgivnesse,
and to admit me among the
number of those that are blessed,
and their unrighteousnes
forgiven. I will not cover
from thée my sinnes, neither
yet excuse them; but I praie
thée Lord hide them in the bloodie
woonds of thy sonne Christ,
where they shall be put in perpetuallpetuall C10v
oblivion. Blessed is
the man, unto whom thou doost
not impute sinne, and in whose
spirit there is no guile.

Wherefore from the bottome
of my heart, Lord, I am sorie
for all my sinnes, and doo aske
thée forgivnesse. I will acknowledge
all mine offenses,
and accuse my selfe unto thée
Lord. So soone as I was determined
no longer to hide
mine evill waies, thou Lord
straite forgavest me. Thine
eare was in my heart, before
my voice was in my mouth.
Thy mercies washed awaie
my sinnes, or ever my confession
was made. Thou art as
readie to heare and forgive, as
we to aske.

Wherefore I will saie with
the prophet Daniel; It is I
that have offended and sinned
against thy majestie. I humblie
beséech thée cure my sicke
soule, for I have highlie sinned
against thée; yet doubt I not,
but thou hast and wilt forgive
the wickednes of my sinne. It
is thou Lord that must helpe
us; which thou wilt doo, if we
call upon thée, whilst we are
in this life, for after death, no
intreatie will be heard. It is
then too late.

Wherefore Lorde kéepe us in
the right waie, and suffer us
not to swarve on the right
hand, nor on the left. Thy eies
of protection and mercie are
ever firmelie fixed upon us; grant C11v
grant us to set the eies of our
minds upon thée. Lord call
me, plucke me Lord from
mine ungodlines, that I may
knowe thée, love thée, & put my
hope wholie in thée. O glorious
God, my maker, saviour, & sanctifier,
dwell in me and give me
grace to dwell in thée, Amen.

10. A praier for patience
in trouble, and constant expectation
of Gods goodnes.

O God almightie,
grant us never to
refuse thy chastening.
For though
thou make a wound, thou givest
a plaister; though thou
smite, thy hand maketh whole
againe. Thou shalt deliver us in C12r 24
in sixe troubles, and in the seaventh
there shall none evill
come unto us. In hunger thou
shalt save us from death; and
when it is war, from the power
of the sword; thou shalt kéepe
us from the evill toong; and
when trouble commeth, we
shall not néede to feare. In destruction
and death we shall
be merrie: for the stones of the
land shall be confederate with
us, bicause the Lord of hosts is
our defense & refuge for ever.

Let us therefore put our
whole trust in him, rejoising
with melodie of thanksgiving
unto his majestie, who onelie
is true, and can helpe us with
deliverance. Let us lift up our
eies unto God, who hath all power; C12v
power; and therefore ought to
be feared. For whatsoever he
be that feareth man, more than
God, falleth into a snare, and
is destroied. As for all our
sinnes and transgressions,
thou requirest nothing of us,
O Lord God, but to turne
unto thée, and to obeie thy holy
word, following thy precepts
and commandements.

For thou saiest, O Lord,
those that honour thée, thou
wilt exalt; and whosoever despiseth
thée, sall be despised.
For thou preferrest to honour,
and puttest downe, according
thy blessed will. The wicked
when they féele thy heavie
hand, grudge at the same: but
the godlie humble themselves, and D1r 25
and crie for mercie. For thou
O Lord wilt not heare hypocrits,
but those that praie unto
thée with an unfained faith,
and true repentance. For the
praier of the faithfull is a barre
to staie thine anger, that thou
consume not all.

Thy mercie is so great towards
thine, that thou wilt not
destroie them for their sinnes,
but correct and chasten them,
till thou have purged and pardoned
them. Thy favour O
God is cause of all prosperitie,
and thine anger of all adversitie.
For thy care is so much over
thine, that thou wilt cause
thier verie enimies to preserve
them. It lieth in thy
mightie power, to governe D.i.the D1v
the hearts of all, thou O God
preferrest and preservest them,
which are zealous of thy glorie,
and have a care and love towards
their brethren: as for
them that forget thée in prosperitie,
who art the giver of all
good things, they procure to
themselves utter perdition.
For thou dost cast them behind
thy backe; but thy loving
countenance dooth comfort the
troubled, that patientlie wait
on thée, constantlie putting
their trust in thy mercie.

In this world is continuall
trouble and disquietnes: in
heaven is perpetuall rest. Yet
manie there be, who love this
world, that could content
themselves, for lacke of faith, that D2r 26
that are loth to loose things
certein for things uncertaine.
But thy faithfull know, throgh
faith, that when in this world
the daie passeth awaie, then
commeth the night & darknes:
but in heaven all is there but
one daie eternall, a life everlasting,
which endureth for ever,
which the soule of the righteous
shall enjoie, through thy mercies
O God, bicause in this
world they walked before thée;
of which number make me
one, for his sake that died for
me; to whom with the Father
and the holie Ghost,
be given all honour
and praise, world
without end,
Amen.

11. A praier wherein the
bountifulnes of God is confessed
and praised.

O God eternall, the
giver of all felicitie,
whose love is
like the evening
and morning raine upon the
earth, whose mercies cannot
be numbered, whose wisdome
and divine providence is such,
that it reacheth from one end
of the earth unto an other:
most mightilie and lovinglie
dooest thou order all things.
Thy bountifulnesse, Lord, to
all mankind, is so manfest,
that no reasonable creature
can saie, but that he hath tsted thereof: D3r 27
thereof: for what good thing
hath man that he hath not received
of thée?

Thou art good to all men,
but speciallie to those that
have an upright conscience,
and straight heart, a mind not
bowing downe to carnall and
temporall things, but aspiring
unto heavenlie and eternall
things: for it is not enough, O
God almightie, to praise thée
with mouth, except our whole
hart agrée there unto, framing
our life unto the same; for whosoever
dooth otherwise than
thou hast commanded, dooth
pollute thy name. Wherefore
give us grace to feare thée,
and to obeie thy holie word.
Give us also a mind to praise d.iij.thée D3v
thée for thy benefits past, that
therby our minds may be
strengthened against all perils.
When I have grace, O
Lord, to take thée for my defense
& trust, I shall perceive
thy protection to be a most
sure safegard unto me. For
though I have not altogither
hitherto known thy Majestie,
as I ought to doo; yet I
most humblie thanke thée
Lord, that I went not from
thée; but did cleave fast to thée
by faith.

Though I had almost slipped
and fallen from thée, yet I did
not forsake thée. And thou full
mercifullie knowing my good
will towards thée, didst hold
me up by my right hand, as thou D4r 28
thou didst Peter, when he was
in jepardie of drowning; thy
goodnesse brought me to the
knowledge of mine infirmitie,
thy grace called me from
mine error into the right
waie, thou savest me as thou
didst Lot and his house, thou
didst lead me with thy counsel,
preserving my weakenesse in
this present life. Wherefore
my trust is, that thou wilt not
take thy spirit from me, but
wilt receive me into glorie: for
thy favor hath béen my guide.

Thy grace dooth direct me in
all my dooings, by which I am
that I am, and thy grace held
me still through faith. Wherefore
my trust is, that thou wilt
not leave me, but bring me to d.iiij.thy D4v
thine everlasting rest. What
wretched foole therefore was
I, to desire of thée, temporall,
fraile, and deceitfull prosperitie
and pleasure; knowing by
faith, that thou hast prepared
for me, and for all faithfull that
love thée, such rewards as neither
eie hath séene, eare hath
heard, nor hart can imagine?

What is ther then that is ordained
for me? Even thou thy
selfe Lord, and the fruition of
thy perfect Godhead, wherein
is included all the joie that
may be devised, a treasure that
is immortall, it indureth pleasant
for ever. Shall I then be
so mad, to desire of thée most
mercifull God, worldlie honor,
pleasure, ease, or riches, more D5r 29
more than is requisite for this
present life? Should I desire
of thée that lovest me, those
gifts, wherewith thou rewardest
thine enimies?

The most wicked upon the
earth have these trifles of thy
great goodnes and liberalitie,
but there is nothing upon the
earth that I desire save onelie
thée. The swéetnes of thy goodnes
hath made all evill to
cease in me: for thou Lord art
becom the strength of my hart,
thou art my portion for ever,
thou art my reward thine
owne selfe, wherwith my hart
is sufficed. For thou art the
verie life it selfe, in whom whosoever
beléeveth, shall live everlastinglie,
and shall not d.v. come D5v
come into damnation.

Wherefore it is good for me,
to hold me fast by thée, to draw
néere unto thée by faith, from
whence good works doo spring
towards my neighbour, and
then to put my hope and trust
wholie in thée, as in a sure and
unmooveable altar, from
whence no blast of winds of
temptation shall drive me.
Through hope I trust to to be delivered
from a corruptible bodie,
into thy heavenlie glorie:
and this by patience I now
abide and looke for. Wherefore,
whilest I live, I will not
cease to declare and set foorth
all thy noble works, which thou
hast wrought, to thine honor
and praise, and to the profit of them D6r 30
them that shall professe the
same Christs religion, while
the world indureth. As for me,
I have none other refuge but
thée, in whom my conscience
dooth rest: for thou O God hast
humbled me by affliction, that
I should crie unto thée, and receive
the fruit of thy promise:
which grant O father, sonne,
and holie ghost, to me and all
thy church to aspire unto, Amen.

12. A praier for grace
and repentance.

O Lord God, we are
ashamed, & dare
not lift up our
eies unto theée our God; D6v
God; for our wickednesse is
gone over our head, and our
trespasses are waxen so great,
that they reach up unto the
heavens. Since the time of
our fathers, we have sinned &
trespassed against thée, even
unto this daie: and now our
God, what shall we saie? Continuallie
doo we forsake thy
commandements, and harden
our harts in misbeléefe: but
thou O God open our eies, to
behold thée with a stedfast
faith; & the eares of our harts,
to heare thy words, and to understand
them, that we may
know thée the onlie true God,
and Jesus Christ whome thou
hast sent; for whose sake heare
us, O déere Father, and send thy D7r 31
thy holie Ghost, to confirme
this faith in us evermore. To
whom, with thée O Father,
& thy son our onlie saviour, be
all honor and glorie, power
and dominion, now and for
ever, Amen.

13 A praier wherein wee
desire the life to come.

O most high & mightie
prince of power,
Lorde of
hosts, God and
Lord of the heavenly armie of
angels, that are thy ministers:
when I consider the greatnes
of thy mightie Majestie, I am
so rapt with the desire thereof,
that my hart and my flesh reioi- D7v
rejoiceth in nothing but in
thée alone, that art the living
God. All earthlie tabernacles
and worldlie goods I nothing
estéeme, when I behold thine
everlasting felicitie, which although
I sée now but darkelie
as in a glasse; I hope to sée
thée face to face.

Grant me therefore O Lord,
whilest I am in this tabernacle,
to build upon faith, which
is the altar of thée that art the
Lord most mightie, my king
and my God, upon which we
give unto thée sacrifice, laud
and praise in the unitie of thy
faithfull Church, whereof thy
Sonne Christ is the sure rock.
The faithfull build on this
foundation. Blessed are they Lord D8r 32
Lord therefore, that dwell in
thy house, who have occasion to
praise thée. They are replenished
with aboundance of all
things that they desire, they
are made like unto thée, they
sée thée, even as thou art; of
which sight they shall never be
fullie satisfied: such joie and
love shall they conceive of the
sight of thy glorious majestie.

But to this beatitude can
we not atteine, mercifull God,
of our owne strength and
power; but through the helpe
of thy gratious assistance.
Thou must ingrave in our
harts thy lawes, and direct us
in thy waies; and when we are
brought to thée by the right
waie, we must be continuallie aided D8v
aided by thy grace, that thou
maiest staie and kéepe our féet
from slipping. Who so trusteth
to his owne strength or power,
or to the helpe of man, is
much deceived, and leaneth to
a rotten statte: contrariwise,
he that putteth his trust in thy
gratious power, wanteth never
succor at néed.

Thou hast put us into this
present world, to fight and to
strive with our enimies, who
doo continuallie assault us; but
thy grace maketh us able to
repell all their invasions. Thou
sufferest us not to be tempted
above our strength, and for
our triumph thou rewardest
us with a crowne of glorie and
immortalitie.

The ungodlie fall from thée,
descending downeward from
one vice to an other: but thy
faithfull and elect increase dailie
in godlines. For of thée
Lord commeth all our power
and strength to doo good, and of
thy sonne Christ Jesus, our
maister, our teacher and governour,
who promiseth, that if
we wéepe and morne heare in
this vale of miserie for our
sinnes; we shall hereafter
laugh and be joifull in eternall
glorie.

If we sowe with heavines,
we shall reap with gladnes;
if we persevere good & strong
champions héere in batell, we
shall for our reward behold thy
glorious face, in thy heavenlie man- D9v
mansion; we shall sée also thy
sonne Christ, who is thy wisedome,
and thy power, which
who so séeth, enjoieth all pleasures:
to sée that delectable
sight, our hearts doo much desire
of thée, that art the Lord of
hosts.

For this we make humble
petition to thée, that art the
God of Jacob, who wrestled
with thine angel, and prevailed;
whose name thou diddest
change, and calledst him Israel,
that is, the fear or beholder
of God. Even so make me a
strong wrestler against mine
enimies in this world, that I
may after this life behold thy
incomprehensible deitie, to the
full contentation both of my soule D10r 34
soule and bodie.

We are much unworthie to
obteine anie thing of thée, considering
our unkindnes shewed
unto thée, and our wretched
estate: wherein we remaine.
Neverthelesse Lord, we praie
thée to be our defender and
protector, through thy grace;
not for our merits, but for the
merits of thy most entirelie
beloved sonne Christ, thine
onelie annointed above all other,
with the oile of joie and
gladnes. He is our head, we
are the members of his bodie:
he dwelleth in his faithfull,
and they in him. Who so receiveth
anie of his elect, receiveth
him. He was incarnate for us,
suffered death for us, bare our in- D10v
iniquities on his backe, and
rose againe for our justification.

Wherefore we doubt not,
but that through the infusion
of thy grace, thou wilt looke upon
him in us, and shewe us
mercie for his sake; that we
may have aboundance of
grace through him, and casting
all the vanities of this world
behind our backes, we may
enter into the court of thy
bright heavenlie Jerusalem,
where one daies abiding is
better than a thousand in this
wretched world.

John Baptist (as witnesseth
our Saviour) was the greatest
and most perfect upon
earth: yet (said he) the least in the D11r 35
the kingdome of heaven is
greater than he. Wherefore
most mightie Lord, thy faithfull
doubt not, whilst they are
here in this vale of miserie,
but that thou wilt ever assist
them, guide them, and blesse
them that put their whole trust
in thée, who art the living God,
and givest to thine aboundantlie
all things uncessarie
to this present life; and afterwards,
the fruition of thy
Godhead in heaven
eternallie, there to
dwell with thée
everlastinglie,
Amen.

14. A praier for comfort
in trouble.

The chiefest comfort
that I receive
in this miserable,
wretched, & troublesome
world, O heavenlie
Father, and God almightie,
is, when I call to mind the
truth of thy great promises,
made to me in Jesus Christ,
for whose sake onelie I doo acknowledge
and confesse, that
thou art my mercifull and loving
Father, and so carest for
me through him, that nothing
is able to remoove thy grace
and favour from me. Wherefore
I come unto thée in humblenes
of hart, craving at thy boun- D12r 36
bountifull hands the assistance
of thy holie spirit, to suppresse
my wicked affections, that I
may with a stedfast faith obeie
thy most divine Majestie, in
thought, word, and déed. For
thou disposest all things most
wiselie, and preservest thy children
in their greatest dangers.
Wherefore thy holie
name be praised now and for
evermore, through Jesus
Christ our Lord and Saviour,
Amen.

15. A praier for the prosperitie
of the Church.

O most holie, glorious,
and blessed
trinitie, thrée persons
in one Godhead,head, D12v
by whose goodnesse all
creatures have their being,
whose eies behold althings, as
well that are past, as that are
to come, and are accoumpted
as present to thy mightie Majestie:
we thy poore faithful subjects
of the Church here militant
upon earth, shew foorth
our lamentable praiers, beséeching
thée pitifullie to behold
the miserable estate thereof,
which never had more néed of
thy godlie assistance than at
this present it hath.

The nature of man is so corrupt
and abhominable in wickednesse,
that none dooth good
upon the earth; for many there
be that despise God, & oppresse
the poore. Wherefore, Lord, we beséech E1r 37
beséech thée, to arise up for the
trouble sake of the oppressed,
and at the complaint of the
poore, helpe him, and set him
at rest.

Thy Sonne Christ is our
saving health, in whom who so
trusteth, resteth in suertie, and
cannot be deceived. Arise up
we praie thée mercifull God,
and cast us not away for ever;
comfort thy small flocke, to the
confusion of thine enimies;
and make us able, through thy
grace, to kéepe thy lawes,
which are pure; even as the
silver, which is from the earth is
tried and purified seven times
in the fire.

Thou art néere Lord unto
all, that in this life call upon E.j.thée E1v
thée faithfullie; and thou kéepest
them from all dangers: for
in the midst of this world, we
are in manie temptations
and vices, and in the companie
of the proud and wicked
people, and in manie tribulations.
We sée the vanities of
this world readie to moove us,
we suffer persecution; yet
thou kéepest us from desperation,
and thy grace preserveth
us, that they come not néere
us. Their entisements we estéeme
not, bicause we hope in
thy mightie power, who art
our defense in trouble.

Thy sonne Christ is the
strong rocke, in the which all
birds that build doo rest out of
jeopardie; to him all sinners maie E2r 38
maie flie for succour and comfort,
being holden by him, they
may be eased. This rocke the
divell cannot undermine nor
scale: no water of tribulation
can drowne those that build
on this rocke. Pharao king of
Aegypt, with a great host pursued
the children of Israel, but
he could not hurt them: thou
Lord wast their defense, and
diddest destroie all their adversaries.
Even so art thou
our defense, our hope, and our
comfort.

Thou wilt compasse us about
with joifull deliverance.
The house of our bodies is environed
with enimies, but thy
providence will defend us out
of all dangers. Thou wilt informee.ij.forme E2v
us, and shewe us the
waie wherin we shall go. This
life is a pilgrimage, and a
jornie for us to travell in.
Thou art the end of our waie,
O God. Thou art the marke
that we shoote at, when we
come to our jornies end, in
thée Lord we hope to have rest.
Thou givest knowledge and
instruction by faith, that if we
passe well through this world,
we shall have joie everlastinglie:
to the which
bring us all, thou
Lord that diedst
for us all, Amen.

16. A praier, that we may
be heard of God.

Thy hand is not
shortened, O Lord,
that it cannot help;
neither is thine
eare stopped, that it will not
heare: but our misdoings have
separated us from thée our
God, and our sinnes have caused
thy face to be hidden from
us. Our hands are defiled with
unrighteousnesse, our lippes
speake leasings, our toongs
doo set out wickednesse. No
man regardeth righteousnes,
and none judgeth truelie: everie
one hopeth in vaine
things, and imagineth deceit, e.iij.con- E3v
conceiveth wearines, & bringeth
foorth evill. For our offenses
are manie before thée, and
our sinnes doo testifie against
us, and we acknowledge that
we have doone amisse, transgressing
and dissembling against
thée, Lord, and fallen awaie
from our God, using presumptuous
imaginations.

Neverthelesse, thou art our
God, and everlasting father,
our nourisher and defender,
which wouldest not the death
of a sinner, but mercifullie receivest
all those, that with repentant
harts come unto thée.
And now we set our eies and
face towards thée, lifting up
our hearts unto thy mercie
seat, who hast promised to unlodelode E4r 40
us, whensoever we come
unto thée. Heare us therefore,
and forgive us all our offenses,
which we have committed,
from the time of our birth, untill
this present houre. O blesse
us, and the works also of our
hands, that we may live and
praise thée, world without end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord
and saviour, Amen.

17. A praier against the
enimies of the church.

The sure ships, O
Lord, fléete in the
sea under their
sailes, and passe
through the stormie tempests
without drowning: so doo thine e.iiij.elect, E4v
elect, O God almightie, passe
through the fearefull perils of
all their enimies in this world,
by the meanes of thy ship the
church, and the true faith thereof;
of which ship our Saviour
Christ is the sterneman, the
guide, and the sure anchor, to
be cast in all necessities, who so
trusteth in him, shalbe brought
to the faire haven of perfect
beatitude.

Who so kéepeth him within
the boords of his faithfull
ship, néedeth not to feare the
dreadfull dragon, that sturdie
strong Leviathan, to whose
power no power on earth may
be compared: for he is so mad,
that he feareth nothing: he is
king over all the children of pride. E5r 41
pride. This is the Lucifer, that
fell downe from heaven; he is
the serpent that deceived in
paradise, and brought death to
all mankind.

Neverthelesse, when thy
faithfull people are penitent
for their offenses, resist his
temptations, and followe thy
lawes, putting their whole
trust in thée and thy blessed
sonne, then doo they mock and
deceive him; as Christ did
with his humanitie, which
when he thought to devoure, by
tempting the Jewes to put
Jesus to death, he was tripped
in his owne turne, and taken
into bondage by the vertue of
Christs divinitie. And whensoever
we that be his faithfull, e.v.be E5v
be caught (as this our enimie
thinketh) in his danger, we
turne to our head Jesus Christ
for refuge, and by his helpe doo
vanquish him.

Great, good Lord, is thy
mercie and goodnes, that suffereth
not thy faithfull to be
tempted above their strength;
but in the midst of their temptation
makest a waie for them
to escape out. The enimie hath
no power of himselfe, but as
thou sufferest him; he, with all
other creatures, hang upon
thy will & commandements:
all wait on thée, that thou
maist give them meate in due
season; when thou givest it
them, they gather it.

Thy works Lord are mercie and E6r 42
and forgivenes; thou art our
justice, whereby thou makest
us just, which before were most
wicked sinners; thou makest
us thine humble creatures, to
trmble for feare of thy mightie
power and justice: our
pride thereby is abated. We
account the good deedes, which
we have doone, to be of thy
gifts and goodnesse; nothing
presuming of our owne fraile
power: for we knowe that thy
holie spirit resteth upon those
that have a lowly troubled spirit,
and dooe stand in awe of
thy word.

The proud and stifnecked
people dooest thou touch with
scorpions and punishments,
& then they come to the knowledgeledge E6v
of thy Majestie; then
will they saie as Nabucadonosor
said, after his punishment;
Honour and praise be
unto thée O God of heaven,
whose power endureth alwais,
and thy kingdome from
one generation to another.
Then shall they be driven to
praise thy mightie Majestie,
as thou art worthie.

Cruell Saule was touched
of thy hand, and became Paule
a welbeloved apostle, through
the helpe of thy grace, and laboured
more aboundantlie
than all other of thine apostles;
such is the power of thy gratious
influence. This thy noble
grace send me, most mercifull
God, whereby I shall have a louing E7r 43
loving desire to honour thée, to
praise thée, my God and saviour,
so long as I have anie
being, I will not cease to confesse
my sinnes to thée, and to
lament mine iniquities: then
shall my words be plesant and
acceptable to thée.

And as I joie wholie in thée,
that art my creator; and in
thy sonne, which is my redéemer:
so shalt thou also delight
in me that am thy poore creature
and handie worke, granting
me the fruit of thy sonnes
passion, which he suffered for
my redemption: to whom,
with thée O Father, and the
holie Ghost, be all honour and
glorie, all power and dominion,
now and for evermore, Amen,men, E7v
Amen.

18. A praier of the afflicted
person.

O Lord God, thou
art just, and all thy
works and waies
are mercie & truth
and thou judgest trulie for evermore;
remember me, and
looke on me O Lord God, and
punish me not according to
my sinnes, or mine ignorance;
but deale with me as it séemeth
best unto thée. And now,
O Lord, worke thy will in
me, and command my spirit
to be received in peace, that I
may be dissolved of this fowle
fleshie masse, thorough the which E8r 44
which I doo nothing but offend
thée my Lord God.

Yet neverthelesse, if it be thy
blessed will, to give me longer
life in this vale of miserie;
forgive me all my sinnes for
Christs sake: for thou art a
mercifull God, slowe to conceive
wrath, and most readie
to forgive. Wherefore extend
thy favour upon me, O Lord,
which shall confirme the faith
of others. Though I deserve
destruction, yet let thy mercie
pittie my frailtie: for thou art
great, O Lord, for evermore,
and thy kingdome is world
without end.

Thou scourgest and healest,
thou leadest unto hell, and
bringest backe againe: and there E8v
there is none that may escape
thy hand. O give thanks unto
the Lord ye children of men,
for there is none holie, but he;
none almightie, but thou O
Lord God. Thou hast chastined
us for our misdéeds, and of
thine owne mercie sake thou
hast saved us: wherefore thée
will we feare and dread, and
magnifie the everlasting king
in his works.

As for me and my soule,
whilest I live will I praise thy
Majestie; as long as I have
anie being. For ever since I
was borne, thou hast given
me great cause to praise thée,
for thou hast béene the defense
of my just cause. Heare now
my vehement praier, my secretcret E9r 45
complaint, and my sighes
which I make before thée this
daie, into whose holie hands I
commit my bodie and soule:
for thou hast redéemed me, O
thou God of truth, Amen.

19. A praier of the justice
of God, and for the assistance of
Gods spirit, with an invocation
upon the
Trinitie.

O Lord I confesse
thou dooest not punish
me without
my deserts, & therfore
I will never accuse thée of
rigour, as the wicked doo: for
I acknowledge that when
thou laiest thy hand heavie uponon E9v
anie, there is just cause why
thou shouldest so entreat them.
We are occasion of our owne
perdition, and can pretend no
ignorance to excuse us withall:
for thou O God callest us
by thy word and works, to follow
vertue, and flie vice; which
if we bend our selves unto, depending
onelie upon thée, thou
hast promised to be our schoolemaister
and protectour.

Thy providence, O God,
dooth not onelie watch over
thy church in generall, but also
over everie member thereof:
for thy word, O Lord, is easie
to find, if we have a desire
thereunto, if we be not blinded
by the prince of this world.
Thou most mightie hast powerer E10r 46
both of land and sea, stretch
foorth thy mercifull hand to
helpe them up that sinke, to
kéepe them up that stand; for
thou art above all, and over all
kingdomes of the earth. Thou
hast made the heaven and
earth.

Lord bow downe thine care
and heare, Lord open thine
eies and behold. Our true refuge
and succour in all temptations
and dangers is; to flie
unto thée by most earnest praier.
Thou wilt not here, O Lord
God, for manie words sake, or
often repetition, but thou doost
consider our faith and fervent
mind: for thou doost looke upon
the heart of man, and not
upon the outward appearance.

It is great gréefe, O Lord,
unto thy children, when they
sée not the fruits of their praiers,
which causeth them to
thinke, that thou hearest not:
yet doost thou but defer them,
to cause them to praie more
earnestlie and often. For
when there séemeth to mans
judgement to be no recoverie,
but all things are brought to
despaire, then thou O God
doost shew thy mightie power,
there is nothing doone without
they providenrce and decrée.

Wherefore I will call upon
thée with a stedfast faith, being
assured of thy mercies; bicause
I have found thy helpe at néed
in my most danger: for thou
never forsakest them that put their E11r 47
their trust in thée, bicause of
nature thou art verie mercifull.
Therefore the faithfull reverence
thée, and are bold to
approch néere thy mightie Majestie;
most humblie beséeching
thée, for Jesus Christ his sake,
that thou wilt cast all our
sinnes behind thy backe; and
give us thy grace and holie
spirit, to lead the rest of our
lives in thy feare, dooing alwaies
that is righteous in thy
sight.

For whosoever walketh in
his vocation, and hath the
light of God for his guide, néedeth
to feare no danger: thy
rodde and thy staffe shall alwaies
hold him up. Guide me,
O Lord, and give me the most pretious E11v
pretious gift of faith, which is
the head spring of all good
works. Baptise me inwardlie
with the holie Ghost, burne
and consume all vice in me,
inflame my hart with the love
of thée, and cast thy favour upon
me, O Lord and holie father.

So doo likewise O Christ
my Lord and Saviour, who
wast contented to put off all
thy glorie, that thou wast in
before the beginning of the
world, to take our nature upon
thée, and to suffer most bitter
passion upon the crosse for
our redemption. Wash me
with thy pretious bloud, and
make me a chosen vessell to
they selfe: give me a thankefull hart E12r 48
hart to praise thy name with
continuall thankesgiving for
thy great mercies. Come holie
spirit, inspire my hart with
the true knowledge of the father
and the sonne, procéeding
from them both; one God in
Trinitie, and Trinitie in unitie,
world without end, Amen.

20. A praier for faith
and grace.

Lord give me faith
and grace, that I
may be wounded
inhart to séeke unto
thée for mercie: for thou, O
God, hast taught us in thy holie
word to looke for aide and helpe E12v
helpe of thee in all perils, and
that thou art the onelie giver of
victorie in all temptations of
our enimies, bodilie & gostlie.
For when thou givest sentence
against the wicked, they must
néeds confesse thée to be just,
and themselves sinners. For
thou O God, which lovest
purenes of hart, & maiest justlie
destroie man, who is by nature
a sinner: much more wilt
thou laie thine hand upon
them, whom thou hast instructed
in thy heavenlie wisdome.
Thy favour O God, is the
fountaine of all prosperitie, for
thou O Lord doost still behold
us. Thée will we reverence,
in what place soever we be.

Helpe me therefore, O Lord God, F1r 49
God, in my good purposes,
and holie worshipping, or serving
of thée; and grant unto
me to make a perfect enterance
and beginning in thée;
for I have bin an unprofitable
servant hitherto. O Lord
give me a mind never to shew
my selfe unthankful for all thy
benefits: for thou art the God,
which ever hath béene and shall
be; the God almightie, by
whom all thinges have their
being; full of mercie, mindfull
of thy promise. Who so
séeketh any other than thée, O
Christ, in whom dooth rest onlie
the salvation of our soules;
that creature shal find nothing
but miserie and sorrow. Wherfore
Lord make me rich in thy F.i.fauour F1v
favour and grace, conducting
me by thy power. Craft in
me a full trust in thy promises
for my deliverance, make me
one with thée in everlasting
love, that when it shall please
thée to call me out of this miserable
world, I may live with
thée and my Saviour Christ,
who died for me and all people:
whose name, with thée
O Father, and the holie
Ghost, be praised
now and for evermore;

Amen.