O Almightie and most mercyful father, I thy poore creature and work of thy handes, do knowledge & confesse vnto thee my manifolde synnes and wyckednes, [Page]which I from my youth vp vnto thys tyme haue greuously committed a­gainst thee in thoughte, worde, and dede, and am nowe hartely sory for the same, desiring the for the death and bloudsheding of Iesus Christe to haue mercy vpon me and for­geue me al those mine of­fences accordynge to thy greate mercye & promise, which thou hast made to [Page]me and al men, in Christ Iesus oure Lord.

O lord I knowledge & confesse vnto thee, that in my flesh dweleth no good thing, and that of my self I am not able to do that thou requirest of mee to be doē. Therfore O lord I call vnto the for grace alwayes to preuente my will to al goodnesse, assi­stance of the spirit in the same strength and hable­nes [Page]to perform it: O lord make me poore in spirit, vile & low in mine owne sight, that I lifte not vp my hearte aboue my bre­thren, but that I maye e­steme my selfe to be as a seruaunt to al men for to do thē good: O lord geue mee grace, that whensoe­uer I be ouertaken with any kind of synne & wic­kednes, either in thought woord or dede: or that I [Page]feele mine owne infirmi­tie or weaknes, I maye immediatlye with hartye repentaunce retourne to the againe. Oh lord take from mee all pryde and vaine glory all hautenes of mind and presumpcy­on all selfe loue, and selfe trust, that I stand not to hyghe in mine owne con­ceypt: but that I may be willing to learn of euery man, rather thē to teache. [Page]O lord take fro me that wicked spirite of suspiciō & enui: al rash indgmētes euill ielousye and vayne surmisings, murmuring & grudging, whispering, or backbytīg, of any mā.

O lord take from me al wrath: malice, and hasty­nesse, al respect of persōs in the faythe, & all lying, euil wordes, contencion, all flatteryng, dissimula­cion, supersticion, Idolatrie, [Page]& ypocrisie, al lighte­nesse and ydle wordes & all vnstablenesse of hert.

O lrod kepe me from al erronioꝰ doctryne, & false interpretacions of scrip­ture. O lord take fro me al vnbelefe, blindnesse of minde, hardnesse of hart, contempt of thy woorde and commaundemente:

Oh clense my heart frō all filthinesse, both of the fleshe and the spirite, frō [Page]all vncleane thoughtes, and vnlawfull desyres, euyll concupiscence and lust of the body O good lorde. Take fro mee also couetousnesse, all deceipt and gile in my vocation, all idelnes and slouthe, & geue mee not ouer vnto an vnshamefast and ob­stinate minde: Oh lorde make mee worthy to suf­fre imprisonment, losse of goodes, wife, childrē yea, & myne owne life for thy [Page]word & names sake, & to reioice in it, & glorifie the for it. O lord make me a­ble & cōtented to beare al occasions with pacience, whē they be offered or geuen mee, & not to recom­pēce euil for euill, neither to swel nor to murmure, nor to be solemne, nor angry. O good lorde make me very loth and slow to geue occasions of euil to any man, & if I chaūce to [Page]geue any, make mee wil­lyng to knowledg & con­fesse my faultes, and to amend it: good lord graūt me grace that I may bee willing and free to geue, loth to take and receyue, because it is more blessed to geue then to receaue.

Oh lord graunt that I neuer enui ani good mās loue, or womens, because they eyther do loue god & his people, more then I [Page]or els that they bee belo­ued of any more then I.

O lord make me to re­ioyce in other mēs giftes and not to enuye them, beecause they bee better then mine, but rather to geue thākes to god with my hearte desirynge that they maye bee increased in them and in me.

Oh lorde take fro me a careful heart in al worldly thinges. And graunte [Page]that neyther pouertie op­presse me neither richesse lift me vp, but y^e in pros­perytie I may geue thee thankes and in aduersi­tie to be pacient.

O lord make me merie in thee without lyghtnes sad without mistrust, so­ber without dulnes, true without desperaciō, tru­stynge in thee withoute presumptyon.

Oh lord geue me humili­tie [Page]& a lowli mind, simplicitie, mekenes, gentilnes, goodnes, faythefulnes, and truthe.

O geue mee also tender mercy, louyngkindenes longsuffering and paci­ence to beare all thinges wel that thou shalt suffer to be laide vpon me.

Oh lord encrease my faith in the & in my redemer.

Oh lorde encrease and make perfecte my hope in thy promyse, as con­cerning [Page]my saluacion.

Oh lorde encrease my loue in the and in my iu­stifyer. O lord encrease in me a true and vnfay­ned loue to the, and to all vertue and godlinesse, & to al the elect and chosen people, wheresoeuer they be dispersed in al y^e world

Oh lord encrease in me strength and victorye, a­gainst all temptacions, & assaultes of the flesh, the [Page]world and the deuil, that I be not caried away w^t the errour of the wicked.

Oh lord, geue me grace to kepe a good consciēce, geue me a pure hearte, a- pure mynd, and a ryghte spirite renew within me.

Oh lorde geue me true repentaunce, and thy ho­ly spirit, and the true vn­derstanding of the holye word, and that my whole felicitie maye bee in the [Page]same word, in hearing, in readinge, in talkynge in watchinge, prainge, & fa­styng, in mortifying, and subduing mine owne wil and membres.

Oh lorde geue mee the true iudgmēt of spirites, that I be neyther decey­ued by loue nor by hate.

Oh gracious lord geue me a stedfast and perfect remembraunce of thy holy word, that I maye ex­ercise [Page]my selfe in it daye and nyghte.

O lorde haue mercy on my wife & children which thou hast geuen me, and increase thy feare in oure heartes, that we may truly loue the, and one of vs an other in thee: so that we maie be pure in soule & body, and to bringe vp our children in vertue & informacion of the lord. O merciful god geue me [Page]sobernesse, pacyence, and chastitie. Oh lorde plant and sowe in my heart all vertues that bee necessa­ry and required in a chri­stian man, namely wyse­dome, discretyon tempe­raunce, strength, & bold­nes and geue me grace so to vse them and all other giftes, whiche I haue re­ceyued at thy mercyfull hand, as may be most to thy glory and profit, and [Page]to my consolacion & comfort and to the prayse of my brethren. For I dooe not require these peticy­ons. Oh lord of thee, trusting in mine owne rightousnes, no but onli in thy great mercies: Oh lorde heare me. Oh forgeue me lord: Oh lord cōsider me tarye not ouer longe, but for thyne owne sake do it Oh my god for the citie and people which is cal­led [Page]after thy name.

O Lorde thou greate and terrible God, thou y^t kepest couenaunt and mercye with thē that loue the, and do thy com­maundementes, let thine eares mark, and let thine eies be opened that thou mayst heare the prayers of thy seruaunt which I make before thee at thys [Page]time, & haue mercy vpon mee thy poore creature & work of thy hādes, for I haue sinned & done wic­kedly, and haue offended thy maiestie greuouslye, in that I haue gon back and departed from al thy precepts and iugmentes & haue not folowed thy seruauntes the prophets that spake vnto mee in in thy name, but haue frō daye to daye prouoked [Page]thy iust wrath & indignacyon agaynste me.

O Lord I knowledge & confesse my manifolde synnes and wickednes y^e which I haue vnryghte­ously committed against the in thought word and deede, fro my youthe vp, vntyll thys daye, for the whiche I am hertely so­ry, and do vnfaynedly repēt, purposyng euer more throughe the assistaunce [Page]of thy grace, to walke in a newe lyfe.

O lorde remembre not the numbre of my mise-dedes, but according vn­to thy greate mercyes, thinke vpon me O lorde for thy goodnes.

O Lorde for Chrystes sake cal to remembraūce thy louingkindnesse and thy tender merci y^e which hath been euer of olde.

O lorde hide not thou [Page]thy face fro me, nor caste not of thy seruaunte in thy displeasure, for I confesse my synnes vnto the, and hyde not myne vn­ryghteousnes.

O lord for thy mercies sake, delyuer me from al my sinnes and make me not a scorne vnto the fo­lyshe.

O Lorde turne not thou thy mercye fro mee, but let thy louyngkynd­nes [Page]& truth alwayes pre­serue mee. O lorde helpe mee for thy name sake, & deliuer me in thy strēgth. O lord for Christes sake heare my praier, and consyder the woordes of my mouth, for my misdedes preuayle agaynste mee. O be thou mercifull vn­to my synnes.

O lord let the sorowful syghyng of thy prysoner come beefore thee, and [Page]accordinge to the power of thyne arme preserue those that bee appoynted to dye.

O Lorde comforte the soule of thy seruaunt, for vnto thee dooe I lyft vp my soule.

O lorde teache mee to numbre my dayes: that I maye applye my heart vnto wysoome.

O lord satisfy me with thy merci, & that soone, so [Page]shall I reioyce & be glad all the dayes of my lyfe.

O lord loke not extremli what is done amisse in me, for I haue sinned a­gaynst heauē, and before thee, & am no more wor­thy to be called thy sonne yet Lorde of thy greate goodnes powre doowne some of thy crōmes that fall from thy childrenes table, & make me as one of the least of them.

O lord rewarde me not accordinge to my deser­uynge, for then I muste nedes perish, for vnto me perteineth nothing but open shame, confusyon, and dāpnacion: but with thee there is mercye for­geuenes and saluacyon.

O lorde therefore do I come vnto thee, not ho­ping in myne owne righ­teousnes but trustynge onely in thy greate mer­cies [Page]and promises, made vnto me in Christe Iesu my Lord, for whose sake I beeseche thee to clense me frō all my sinnes, & do away al mine iniquities.

O lorde for thy tender mercye sake laye not my synnes to my charge, but geue me grace to amend my lyfe, and walke in a pure conuersacion, to de­cline from synne, and en­cline to vertue y^t I maye [Page]therby walke in a perfect heart, a cleane conscience, and single eye before the, this day and euermore. [...]ight

O Lord remembre not mine offences nor the of­fences of my forefathers neyther take thou veng­aunce of my sinnes, spare me good Lord, spare me, whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precyous bloud, and be not angrie with mee for euer, spare [Page]me good lord, spare me.

O lord put me not frō thy presence, but inclyne thyne eare vnto my cal­lyng. O lord strengthen thy seruaunt, and healpe the son of thy hādmaydē,

O lorde replenishe my heart with grace wisdom and vnderstanding.

O Lorde embrace my soule with thy promises, and let thy mercies couer myne infyrmities.

O Lorde for Christes deathe and bloude shea­ding, consider mine infirmityes which are manie, and helpe & beare myne imperfectyon, and dely­uer me from al kindes of euylles, that I dooe not obey vnto them: as from adulterye, fornicacyon, vncleannesse, wantōnes, ydolatrie, good Lord de­lyuer me. From witche­craft, lying, hatred, vari­aunce, [Page]zeale, wrath, strife, sedicion good lorde deli­uer me. From sectes, en­uying, whispering, back­bytyng, bryngyng vp of euyll thynges, good lord delyuer me. From mur­der, dronkennes, glouttony, and from that spirite of euil ielousy, good lord delyuer mee. From en­uyinge of other whyche loue thee and thy people more then I, or bee bee­loued [Page]of the or of thy pe­ople more then I, & from swellyng at other mēnes giftes, good lord deliuer me. Frō surmising, mur­muring, lowring, grudgyng, muttrīg, whē words be not spoked to my mīd, good Lord for thy great mercies sake deliuer me, that I do at no tyme en­uie any good manne or womās loue, but labour to encrease it, that theyre [Page]prosperitie in worde, and prayse of other maye bee my cōsolaciō & reioising.

O lord graunt me that I may bee lowe in myne owne sight, to put doune my selfe to beare occasy­ons, to wrestle with flesh & bloud, & get the victori.

O lord graunt me this gift, that I may be swift to heare, slow to speake & slowe to wrathe, that my hearte do not go after no [Page]wicked and euill imagi­nacions. O lord geue me grace to walke so, that I geue none euil occasiōs, to auoyde all suspicious thinges, wherby euill oc­casions maye growe.

O lord assist me with thy spirite, that I maye la­boure to maītayne peace to increase loue & to fur­ther vertue.

O merciful father, graūt that I maye prosper in [Page]all vertue, in longe suffe­ring, gentilnes, goodnes, faithefulnes, mekenesse, temperaunce, strength, & paciēce, with al such like vertues as ar cōmaūded me to walke in thy holye law. O lord geue me ioie in thy holy ghost, that I may reioyce in thy holye scriptures, y^t al my whole pleasure, ioye, felycitye, and consolacyon, may be [Page]in thy holy word night & day, in reading, musyng, & talking of the same to thy glory, & my edifying. O lord assist thy seruaūt against this world, with y^e vayne pompe, pleasure and beutie therof, that it may be vnto me as vyle dust, slime filthines, and asshes, that I maie haue this world as though I had it not, & that it maye serue mee, & I not it, that [Page]I maye take my parte therof with thankesge­uyng vnto my necessitie, that I do not vse thy cre­atures voluptuousli, but that I maye at all times lyue ryghteously, soberly and godly in thys lyfe.

O lord geue me grace, to walke with a good cō science bothe beefore thee and towardes al men, in bying and sellyng and in all other my doynges to [Page]cast away all lying, craft and disceit, that I be not a reader of thy holy word and a talker onelye, but that it maye appeare al­so in my life and conuer­sacyon.

O lord graunt vnto thy seruaunt the strength of thy holy spirit to subdue thys my bodye of synue, with the hole lustes ther of, that it may bee made obedyente, bothe in will, mynd, [Page]and members to do thy will, that it maye bee weake, vyle, symple, and of no reputacion in hys owne sight, by the way of fasteng, praier, & obediēce with a sure faithe in thy promyses made in thy sonne Chryste Iesu my Lorde, that I maye bee lowlye hearted, humble minded, gentyl spyryted, and to all vertues obe­dyente.

O lorde geue me grace to bridle my mouthe frō al vayne and lyght com­municatiō, and geue me an vnderstandyng heart with a discrete mouthe, that neither filthines nor folysh talking, nor iestīg whiche are not comelye, procede out of my mouth but rather geuing of thā ­kes. O lord my sauiour, encrease my fayth to the and in thy chryst, & strōg [Page]faythe to beleue thy pro­mises. O lord my redee­mer, encrease my loue to dooe thy will, and to thy righteous people.

O lord my iustifyer encrease in mee a sure hope of my saluacion, without doubt or wauerīg in ad­uersitie, & without pryde or presumpciō, in prospe­ritie, so that in aduersitie I maye bee pacient, and geue the thankes in pro­speritie, [Page]& serue thee with reuerence & godlye feare all the dayes of my lyfe.

O lord encrease in mee all other vertues conso­naunt and agreable to a godly lyfe, for I com vnto thee O Lord, as vnto the well and euerlastyng fountayne of all healthe and saluacyon.

O heauenlye father lette mee and all other where soeuer they bee dispersed [Page]througheoute the whole worlde, lyue in thy sight, which seke thy holy word to y^e entent to forsake sin & all worldly liuing, & to leade a godly conuersacion innocently before the.

O lorde defend thy ser­uaunte from all errour, and false opinions, that I be not deceiued and caryed awaye in erroure of the wycked, but that I may growe in grace and [Page]knoweledge of our lorde & sauiour Iesus Christ.

O lord geue me a pure iudgement & a reuerente in thy holy woord, that I maye thereby auoyde all vayne affeccions & rash iudgementes.

O lorde geue me wyse­dome, knowledg & vnderstāding to perceiue those false lyinge, flatterynge spirites, whiche dooe de­ceaue the heartes of inno [Page]centes, & begyle vnstable soules.

O lord make me to bee contente with this womā which thou hast geuē me to be my wyfe, Let wom [...] sai ( [...] man [...] both the p [...] cyo [...] and let her loue alwaies satisfie me. O lord geue her an hart of vnderstāding, and set thy feare alwayes before her eyes, that she may be obedient in word, dede & thought to al y^t is thy wil O lord geue vs y^e power [Page]of thy holy spirit, to rule, gouerne, and brynge vp these our chyldrē, and fa­mily in all godly feare & knoweledge of thy holye worde, and that we maye be theyr shewtoken, in al godlines and vertue to the prayse of thy holye name.

O lorde saue my soule whether it be thorow prosperytye or aduersytye, losse or gayne, syckenesse [Page]or health, lyfe or death.

O lord, ayde, strengthe, succoure and defende thy seruaunt in all aduersy­tye, tribulacion, and tēp­tacion, and suffre not thy seruaunt to be tempted aboue hys strengthe.

O lord encrease my ioie that I may reioice in persecucyon and embrace it to my consolacion and coumeforte, and thynke my seelfe happye and [Page]blessed, when I am coun­ted worthye to suffer ree­buke for thy name sake. O lord take fro my hart the care of all worldelye thinges only sette before my eyes y^e ioye of thy ho­ly crosse, that I may ioie therin, & despise y^e shame for the great reward that is laide vp in heauen for christes sake, for al those that with pacience suffer in aduersitie, & continue [Page]in wel doing vnto y^e end.

O lorde laye not pre­sumptiō to thy seruaūtes charge, nor looke not vp­on my vilenes, for I am but duste earthe & ashes, yet Lorde I haue taken vpon mee, and am bolde to com vnto the through the merytes of Chrystes deathe and bloude shed­dyng, to laye my prayers beefore thee, requyrynge mercy, pardon, and for­geuenes [Page]of al my sinnes, and also the assistaunce of thy grace to dooe thy wyll all the dayes of my lyfe, and to obtayne all these my peticiōs through Iesus Chryste thy deare sonne and my onlye Sa­uyoure, to whom be al honour and glory nowe and euer Amen.

O Almyghtye and e­uerlyuyng God of all thinges, before whose eyes al thinges lyeth na­ked and bare, haue a res­pecte vnto mee (O thou God of my lyfe & shewe me the lighte of thy mer­cyes. Let my prayers as­cēd vp before thy presēce & be accepted in thy sight for Iesus Chrystes sake. [Page]Geue mee seede vnto my hearte (Oh lord & buyld my vnderstandyng that I may dwell in the feare of thy hand al the dayes of my lyfe, that I maye know the, thou only true god, & Iesus Christ, whō thou hast sent For I com vnto the (Oh Lord) thou louer of soules, not hoa­pyng in myne owne righ teousnesse, but trustinge onely vppon the multy­tude [Page]of thy great mercies whiche thou haste layde forth before the eies of al people, offering saluaciō to the whole worlde, and hast promised, that who­soeuer he be of the whole generacion of man, that wyll obey to thy grace, repent, and tourne vnfay­nedly from theyr synnes that they should haue fre remissyon and forgeue­nes throughe Iesꝰ christ [Page]oure lord whiche is oure onelye aduocate & medi­atour, in whom oure sal­uatyon lyeth, of whome thou hast sayde: Thys is my deare sonne, in whom I am well pleased & wel pacyfyed. For thys thy sonnes sake, by whom I am bolde to come vnto thee, whyche appeareth now in thy sight, making contynuall intercessyon for vs, haue mercy vppō [Page]me (O thou mighty god) and forgeue mee all my synnes which I haue vn ryghteouslye committed againste thee in thought word, or dede. Oh let me fele thy mercies towards me, for I do confesse my sinnes vnto the (Oh lord & hide not myne vnrigh­teousnes (punctel) I do acknow­ledg myne offences, and accuse my selfe before the Lord of all my misdedes [Page]helpe me O god my sauiour for the glorye of thy name. O delyuer & for­geue me my sinnes for y^e glory of thy names sake. Remember not the offen­ces of my youthe, O lord but think vppō thy great mercyes and couenaunt, made vnto me in Chryst Iesu. O most mercyfull father, consyder myne in­firmities, whych are ma­ny and greate, and beare [Page]myne imperfectiō for thy sonne my sauiour Iesus Chrystes sake which had good experience of infyr­mityes, that he myght be merciful to all them that are tempted. O Lord cō ­sider how the enemie hath gotten an open way into my fleshe wherin I con­fesse that there dwelleth nothing but sinne, wretchednesse and miserie.

Therefore I come vnto [Page]the O Lord my God, de­syryng thee for Chrystes sake to renewe in mee a right spirite, that I may receyue strength and ha­blenes to do thy wil, and to stande agaynst all the craftie assaultes of y^e de­uyll, that they maye haue no place in mee, but that the olde manne, which I beare aboute in my body may be crucifyed, & day­ly dye in me, that y^e lustes [Page]of synne may vtterly bee destroyed, y^t I may euer­more be renewed in y^e spi­rit of my mynd, y^t the life of christ may alwaies appeare in mee. Good lorde deliuer me frō all kindes of euil, as fornication, couetousnes, maliciousnes enuy, murder, debate de­ceyte: good lorde deliuer me frō whisperyng, backbytynge, hatynge of thee and from euyll yelousye, [Page]from doyng of wronge, pryde, boastīg, frō bringyng vp of euyll thinges: good lord deliuer me frō adultri, vaine glory, ipo­crisie, wantonnes, ydola­trye, witchecraft, hatred, variaunce, zeale, wrathe, stryfe, sedicion, sectes, en­uying dronkennes, glot­tonye, and suche lyke.

Good lord for thy great mercyes sake delyuer me and graunt me grace (O [Page]Lorde) to haue thee all­wayes before myne eyes, that I maye also haue a respecte vnto thy iudge­mentes, that whatsoeuer I thinke, saye, or do, may bee agreable to thy holye word, that I be not min­deed as the vngodlye or wycked men are. Let me haue no pleasure in suche thynges as please them: make mee lowe in myne owne syghte (O Lorde) [Page]that the foote of pryde o­uertake me not. Let not the hand of the vngodly cast me downe, but bowe my hearte alwayes vnto thee, that I maye serue thee without feare all the dayes of my lyfe in such holynes & righteousnes, as is acceptable beefore thee. Remoue from mee vanytyes and lyes, take fro mee the lustes of the body. Let not the desires [Page]of vnclennes take holde vppon me, & geue me not ouer vnto an vnshame­fast and obstinate mind: but hold me alwaies vn­der thy nourture and correction. Of thy fatherlye mercye leaue mee not to my self, but stād thou al­wayes by mee, for I am to weake of myne owne power to doo any thynge y^t is good, but my righte­ousnesse & strength lyeth [Page]onelye in thee. Therefore (Oh Lorde) I come vn­to thee, requyring mercye in thy syghte, and the as­sistaūce of thy grace, that I maye be strengthened with myght in y^e inward man, and be armed with thy holy armoure, which is the brest plate of rightousnes, the shyld of faith the hope of saluacion for an helmet, and the sword of the spyryte whyche is [Page]thy holye woorde, that I may stande perfecte in al that is thy wyll, and bee founde worthy (through christ) to receaue a croune of lyfe, whyche thou hast promysed to al them that loue thee in purenesse of mynde. O Lorde, plante in me tru obediēce to thy holye lawe that the cares of thys worlde choke not thy word in me. Kepe me also from the deceitful­nes [Page]of ryches, and al vn­cleanly desyres, that all vertues maye be planted in me. Good Lorde geue me grace to walke before thee all the dayes of this my pilgremag w^t a good cōscience and pure mind that whan thou shalt ap­peare to rewarde euerye manne according to hys dedes, I may reioice and not be made ashamed of thee at thy commynge. [Page]Encrease my faythe O lorde my sauioure in the, & in thy Christ. Encrease my loue O my redemer to thee, and to thy righte­ous people, Encrease a sure hope in me of my saluacion, O my iustifyer. Encrease strength in me to ouercom synne, and to stande agaynste all euill temptacyons, that theye haue no place in me. En­crease in me perfect vnderstandyng [Page]and pure iudgment in thy word, that I be, not deceaued and ca­ryed awaye in the errour of y^e wicked. But graunt (O Lorde) that I maye grow in grace, and in the knowledge of oure Lord & sauyour Iesus Christ. Let thy kyngdome come vnto me, whyche is righ­teousnes, peace, and ioye in thy holye ghoste, longesufferyng, gētilnes, goodnes [Page]faythfulnes, meeke­nesse, tēperaunce, strēgth & pacyence, with all such lyke vertues as are pres­cribed vnto me in thy holy worde, that in prospe­rous things I may geue thee thankes, and in ad­uersitie be pacient, that I be not lyfted vp with the one nor oppressed with y^e other. O let all worldely thynges be vile vnto me for thee. Let mee not bee [Page]merye with the ioye that is without thee, & let mee desyre nothing besyd the. Make me to lift my hart oftentimes to the. And if I chaunce to fall or slip, make me to thynk on the and be sory with a stede­faste purpose of amende­ment, O Lorde I geue ouer my selfe into thy holy handes, desyryng the for Chrystes sake, y^t I maye remayne vnder thy mightye [Page] protectiō, and strong defence of thy power, and that thy holi aungel may alwayes pytche his tent rounde aboute mee, and kepe me in all my waies. Good Lorde geue mee the ioyefulnes of hearte and peace of conscyence, contynual gladnes & cō ­solacyō in thy word & ꝓ­mises y^t I may euermore be thakfull vnto thee, & [Page]prayse thy name, O lord thynke vpon all thy peo­ple, whyche are strawed here and there from the farthest partes of y^e earth whyche be entred into couenaunt with the and ar mynded to walke after thy wil, graunt (Oh lord that we may grow toge­ther in loue thorowe the knoweledge of thy holye worde, to kepe the vnitie of the spririte, throughe [Page]the bonde of peace, to the vtter confounding of er­rour, and all false opini­ons & to kepe vs cleane from ypocrysye and su­perstycion, and to make vs strong in pesecuti­on. We beseche the to heare vs good Lorde.

☞ Geue prayse to God.

O Lord most mighty and fearful god, to all them that hate thee, & that folowe theyr owne wayes, & seeke not to doe thy wyll, wee thy symple creatures, which laboure to do thy wil, O merciful god, do see by thy righte­ouse iudgemente of thy woorde, thy fearse wrath and terrible indignacion agaynste thys realine of England, O lord, for despisyng [Page]of thy preachers & messengers, and for trea­ding vnder fote thy most holy word, and now wee see thy wrath is kindled. O lorde, who shalbe ha­ble to quenche it, & we for our partes, O lord, do cō fesse that we be worthi of al y^e plagues y^t thou hast deuised agaist vs, o most mighty god, yet neuertheles, wee beseche the moste merciful father vnworthi [Page]to be called thy children, loke not vpō our deserts, or worthynes, but vpon thy fauourable mercye, whyche thou haddest in the olde tyme vpon the chyldrē of Israel, yf they repented vnto the, o lord thou diddest preserue thē and kept them from cap­tiuitie of all other nacy­ons, & diddest euer pro­uyd them a faithfull go­uerner or ruler. And fur­themore [Page] most mercyfull father although they wer destroyed for theyr wickednesse, & left but a small people, yet neuerthelesse, whē they tourned vnfai­nedly to the, thou O lord euer gauest them the vic­torye ouer all theyr ene­myes, so that they might dwell as breethren togeether, peaceably in theyr- owne lande, whiche thou gaueste them. Thou arte [Page]the same lord, & thy mer­cy endureth for euer, and now O lord we that seke to do thy will, beyng but a small people, do besech thee of thy great mercye, for Iesus Christes sake oure onelye peace maker to turne awaye thy great wrath; and terrible indignation, which we haue deserued in thys realme of England, and shewe thy cōpassion vpon vs good [Page]Lorde, as thou dyddeste vpon the chyldren of Is­raell in the olde tyme, though not for our sakes O Lorde whyche haue deserued thy wrathe, but for thy moste myghtye & gloryous names sake, O lord: for yf thou shouldeste destroye vs, and bryng vs to desolacyon, as we haue deserued, thē shoulde thy moste migh­tye name, and thy holye [Page]worde be euyll spoken of through vs in al y^e world Wherfore we beseche the most mercifull father, to nurture and correcte vs, not as we haue deserued, but with thy fauourable mercye, not in thy furye, but with thy fatherly py­tye and deliuer vs not o­uer into the hādes of our enemies, neither take not thy holy worde from vs, O Lorde, and here wee [Page]confesse vnto the, O lord all oure wickednesse, the whych are more in num­bre then the heares of our heade and they presse vs so doune, O Lorde, that oure heartes almost fay­leth vs, & we dare skarse­ly presume vnto the.

Yet neuertheles, through CHRISTE whyche is our ryghteousnes, and hath pacyfyed thy wrath we are bolde to come vn­to [Page]thee, O lorde being so­rye for oure faultes, euen from our verye heartes, desyrīg thee for his death and passions sake, which is our onely mediatoure and redemer: to forgeue vs all oure synnes: that euer we haue commytted eyther in thought, worde or deede, & now, O lorde, wee geue ouer our selues into thy holy hādes, and with all oure heartes do [Page]desyre to doe whatsoeuer thou wouldest haue vs to do, beseching the, O lord to assyst vs with y^e grace of thy holye spiryte, that wee hence forth may liue accordynge to thy moste godly and blessed wyll, & that we may labour and study to serue the in newnes of life, & that we may willingly take vp y^e crosse and folow thy steppes, O lorde Chryst al the daies [Page]of our lyfe. And further­more, O Lord, we besech thee to geue vs grace to be thankefull in our conuersacion, and liuing, for all the greate benefites y^t wee haue receyued at thy hande, so that wee maye enioye them to thy glori, and our comforte. Fyrst, we thanke thee, O Lord of thy great mercye and recreacion. Secondli, we thanke thee, O lord, that [Page]when wee were fallen in­to destruction, throughe our consenting to the subtiltie of the enemye, thou of thy great mercye dyd­deste by Iesus Chryste rayse vs vp againe. And we thanke thee, O Lord, that it hathe pleased thee to suffre thy holye worde the foode of oure soules, to haue free passage a­monge vs, and haste ge­uen vs a will to seke it, & [Page]a defyre to beleue it. Furthermore wee thanke the, O Lord for Mary oure Quene, whych thou hast geuen vs to be our ruler & gouernour vnder thee, whom thou haste delyue­red vs by thy wysedome through thy greate pow­er & myghtye arme, from the handes of all her ene­myes, we beseche thee, O Lord, to geue her wisdom from thy holy heauens, & [Page]frō the throne of thy ma­iestie, y^t she may rule all y^t thou hast made her gouernor of, accordinge to thy most holy & blessed wil, o lorde & that she maye la­boure & desire to folowe al thinges that are writ­ten in thy holy law, al the dayes of her lyfe, & that shee maye throughe thee, O Lord, be stablished in her kingdom, & ouercom all her enemies & oures, [Page]as these moste godly and verteous women. Debo­ra and Iudith dyd, who by theyr godly conuersa­cyon with prayer and o­bedience through thee O Lord ouercame the enne­myes of the childrē of Israel in the olde tyme.

And that thou wouldest vouchesafe, O Lorde, to geue grace and wysdom to al them that thou hast appoynted to haue rule [Page]ouer vs, that they maye obeye to thy will O lord, and exercyse them selues in thy lawes bothe daye and nyghte, with feruent prayer obedyentely, and that they may desyre too execute theyr offyce, accordyng to thy wyll, O lord and that wee as louynge subiectes maye (not for feare of punyshemente, but for conscyence sake) obeie to oure Quene and [Page]gouernour in al thinges that is agreeable to thy wyll O Lorde, and to all them that are in auctori­tye ouer vs, and wee bee­seche thee, O Lorde for Chrystes sake, that euery one of vs, both hygh and lowe in hys degree, maye walke in oure conuersa­cyon, heere in Englande, as maie bee to thy glory, O Lord, and to the com­forte and edyfying of all [Page]other nacions that whereas they backebyte vs as euyll dooers, theye maye see oure good woorkes & prayse GOD in the day of vysytacyon.

O Lorde geue peace in oure tyme. Amen.

Haue mercy on the congregacion dispersed ouer all the yearthe.

☞ Geue God the prayse.

O Bountifull Iesu, O swete Sauiour O Chryste the sonne of God, haue pitie vpon me mercifully heare me and despyse not my prayers. Thou hast created me of nothinge, thou hast rede­med me frō the bondage of synne, deathe, and hell neither with gold nor sil­uer, [Page]but with thy moosle precyous body once offe­red vppon the crosse, and thyne owne bloud shede once for all for my raun­some, therefore caste mee not away, whom thou by thy greate wysdome hast made, despise me not whō thou haste redemed with such a precious treasure. Nor lette my wyckednes destroye that, whyche thy goodnes hathe buylded. [Page]Nowe whyles I lyue, O Iesu haue mercy on me, for yf I dye oute of thy fauoure, it wyl be to late afterward to call for thy mercye, whyles I haue tyme to repente, looke vppon mee with thy mercy­full eies, as thou diddest vouchesafe to looke vp­pon Peter thine Apostle, that I maye bewaile my synfull lyfe and obtayne thy fauour, and dye ther­in. [Page]I reknowledge the yf thou shouldest deale with mee accordynge to verye iustyce, I haue deserued euerlastynge deeathe.

Therefore I appeale to thy hyghe throne of mer­cye, trustynge to obtayne Goddes fauoure, not for my merytes, but for thy merites, o Iesu, who hast geuen thy selfe an accep­table sacrifyce to thy fa­ther, to pease hys wrathe, [Page]and to bryng all synners trulye repentynge and a­mendynge theyr euyl life into his fauour agayne. Accept mee O Lorde a­mong the number of thē that shalbee saued, for­geue my synnes, geue me grace to leade a godlye & innocent lyfe, graunt me thy heauenlye wysdome, enspyre my hearte with faythe, hope, and charitye geue mee grace to be hū ­ble [Page]in prosperytye, pacy­ent in aduersytye, obedi­ente to my rulers, faithe­full vnto them that trust me dealing truly with al menne, to lyue chastelye in wedlocke, to abhorre adultry, fornicacion, and al vncleanes, to do good after my power vnto all menne, to hurte no man that thy name maye bee gloryfyed in me, duryng thys presente lyfe, & that [Page]I afterwarde maye ob­tayne euerlastynge lyfe thorowe thy mercye and the merytes of thy passi­on. Amen.

O Heauenlye father, God almyghty, I pray and besech thy mer­cye, beninglye to beholde mee thy vnworthye ser­uaunte, that I maye by gyfte of thy holy spyrite, [Page]feruently desyre thy kingdom, that I maye know thy will, and worke ther­after. Geue me (O Lord) wisedom: Make me con­stant, pacient, and strong in thee. Kepe me lord, frō the sleyghtie inuasion of the olde wily serpent. Defende me from the coun­sayles and cursynges of euyll tongues: Lette thy mighti arme be my shild against all y^e malignitie [Page]of this wicked worlde. Remembre not (O Lord) myne offences: instructe, & prepare me to repent, to bee sorye for my synnes. Make me to loue iustice and hate wronge, to doo good, and absteyne from all euels: that I may bee worthye, to bee called thy chylde. To thee bee ho­nour and glory for euer and euer. Amen.

THe lord oure god be with vs, as he hathe benne with oure fathers, and forsake vs not neyther w^tdraw hys hād from vs. But be gracy­ous vnto vs, and thinke vpon his couenaunt that he hath made with Abra­ham, Isaack and Iacob his faithfull seruauntes: and geue vs all suche an hearte that we may loue [Page]and serue hym, yea: and performe hys wyll with an hole heart & of a wil­lyng minde. He open our heartes, (Further & fur­ther) in hys lawes and in hys commaundementes, sende vs hys peace, heare our prayers, be at one w^t vs, & neuer forsake vs in the tyme of trouble. But to bow oure heartes vnto hym, that wee maye walke in all hys wayes [Page]here on earth and to kepe hys commaundementes, ordinaunces, and lawes, whiche hee commaunded our fathers, and that our heartes maye be perfecte to walke with God all y^e dayes of oure lyues, this graūt for thy deare sōnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde and onlye sauyoure. A­men.