OVre father whyche arte in heauen. We (gloriously formed vnto the Image of thy deuyne Maie­stye, created by the gracyous goodnes vnto highest honor, howbeit, by our owne sinful­nes disfigured wyth vilenes deseruinge dampnacion, and yet by Christes death restored vnto grace, to be citezēs wyth saynctes of the family of God) nowe all together in Christen vnite, as members of one bo­dye, wyth thys one voyce, for the manifolde miseries of euery member, and worthy meri­tes [Page] of Christ our heade, praye, desire, and truste, to obtaine of the our heauenly father, accordyng vnto thy gracious goodnes, mighty power, and fayth­full promes, vnto vs that aske aboundaunce of thy grace.

i. That thy name maie bee halowed. That thy dy­uine power and glorious Maiesty, may be certainly knowē & reuerently honored. That y^e hartes of vs men, by thy word and praier, maie be sanctified frō worldly vanyties & flesh­ly lustes, so that wee wyth all that we haue, seruynge the in holines & righteousnes, maye shine so afore menne vpon the earthe, that they thereby maye be occasyoned, to honour, and [Page] glorify the, our father in heuē

Thy kingdome come ii. Thy word be so frutefully Preched vnto vs thy people, that we may be throughly instruc­ted and taught, to bridle oure sensuall appetyte by naturall reason, and submit our wyttie reason vnto a Godlye spirite, and try our spirits by the true Scryptures, so that within vs may reygne the Kyngdome of God, whiche is neither meate nor dryncke, but righteousnes, peace, and comfort in the holy Ghoste, by the which we nowe tastyng of thy heauenly ioyes, may be made from henceforth wery of all worldly vanytyes, continually wishyng and lo­kyng for the spedy apperance [Page] and commynge of thy eternal and euerlastynge kyngdome.

iii. ¶Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen. In heauen the Angelles of reuerent loue, dooe thy wyll and commaundemēt, wyth comfor­table courage, and ioyful ple­sure: in hell the wicked spirits through malyce and enuie, re­pinyng and grudging, do tor­ment and vexe thēselfes, what soeuer they be doing: and vpō earth we men beynge subiecte vnto syn do thynke it a labor & paine, to be occupied in any thing that is good and godly. Wherefore we praye that the grace of thy heauenly Spirit may so worcke in our earthlye bodies, that our mindes maie [Page] be delyuered from synne and vanity, frely to delite and take plesure in Godlines and ver­tue, so that we with a cōforta­ble courage, maye fynd delite and pleasure to dooe thy com­maundement and wil, beynge men vpon earth, as the glory­ous company of Angelles do which be in heauen.

¶Geue vs this day our iiii. daily bread. We beynge in great nede, and not able of our selfes to deserue any thing beseche thy Fatherlye goodnes of thy bounteous liberalite, to geue frely vnto vs al in gene­rally, so that none be hurte or hyndered seuerally, this daye when as we crie, constrained by presēt nede, not craftely crauyng [Page] for vayn care against to morowe, our dayly bread, oure daily and necessary foode and relyue, both bodily and gostly and especyally the Spiritual fode of Christes flesh and his bloude, by dayly Prechyng of the Gospell, and ministracion of the Sacramentes, to reple­nyshe, refreshe, and renue oure hartes & mindes, with the comfortable remēbraunce of Christes death and his passion daily to be vsed for necessary and spiritual consolacion.

v. Forgeue vs our tres­passes, as wee forgeue theym that trespasse a­gaynste vs. Geue vnto vs that felyng and knowyng our owne synfulnes, doo nede and [Page] desire thy mercyfull forgeuenes of oure trespaces and fau­tes, whych we haue committed against thy deuine Maiesty, so that we frely forgeuinge other that haue offended vs in anye thyng whatsoeuer it be, maye be sure that mercy spryngynge in the, hath proceded vnto vs beyng graciously offred of the hath bene thankfully receiued of vs, and being charitably v­sed of vs towardes other shal most certaynlye be confirmed and enlarged of the towardes vs, and so finally, by gracious mercye springinge and proce­dyng from the, all fautes and trespasses shalbe freely forgeuen, euen as those which other haue committed agaynste vs, so likewise those that we haue [Page] done agaynste the.

vi. And leade vs not in­to temptacion. And suffer not the deuil, by thabule of thy benefytes, to leade vs captiue into deceytefull and dampna­ble temptaciō, drawing vs by deinteth meates vnto gredye glottony, by money and riches vnto vnsaciable couetousnes. and by welth and prosperytye vnto pryde and vayneglorye, and by all thy godlye gracy­ous giftes, vnto euerye dyue­lyshe abhomynable synne.

vii. ¶But delyuer vs from all euyll. Deliuer our gooddes frō abuse, oure bodyes frō corrupcion, our Soules from dampnacion, yea, deliuer vs by Christe, frō the bondage of [Page] synne, vnto the libertye of the Gospel, so that without daun­ger of dyuelyshe temptacion driuyng vnto euerlastyng dā ­nacion we maye serue thee in holines and righteousnesse al the dayes of oure lyues, wyth most certain and comfortable hope, of euerlastynge life and saluacion, through Christ Ie­su in whom our hope and thy promes is moste certain, that is to say. Amē. SOBEIT.