SAINT IOHN the Euangeliſt, in the firſt Chapter of his Goſpel writeth, that our Sauiour Chriſt comming into the worlde, which was made by him, was vnknowen of it: yea, comming among his owne, of his owne was not receiued: but yet to as many as receiued him, he gaue this dignitie, that they ſhould be called the ſonnes of God, which are borne not of fleſh, nor of blood, nor of the will of man, but of God. By which teſtimonie of the holy Ghoſt, wee may vnderſtande howe great and excellent is the dignitie of true Chriſtians: namely, that they be the children of God, begotten not carnally, but ſpiritually of God himſelfe. And that we ſhould not deceiue our ſelues, by a falſe imagination of chriſtianitie, as it is commonly called and reputed in the blinde world, the ſame ſcripture teacheth vs who be true Chriſtiās in deede: not euery one that is ſo called, or would be ſo accounted, not euery one which hath taken vpon him the outward ſigne and badge of chriſtianitie, which is the Sacrament of Baptiſme: but onely thoſe which receiue Chriſt, are true Chriſtians, and the children of God. But who are they that haue receiued Chriſt, that they may be partakers of ſo high a dignitie? euen they which ſeeing, acknowledging and confeſſing their owne ſhameful, miſerable, and damnable eſtate, which they haue not onely receiued by propagation from their parents, but alſo haue wilfullye incurred through the iuſt iudgement of God for their owne ſinnes, do willingly, ioyfully, and thankfully heare & obey this voyce of our Sauiour Chriſt, Mat. 11. and 28. Come vnto mee all ye that labour, and be heauy laden, and I will refreſh you. And ſo repoſing their whole truſt and confidence in the mercie of God (whoſe iuſtice they know to be ſatiſfied in the merites and ſufferings of his onely begotten ſonne our Lorde and Sauiour Chriſt, their whole and onely Redeemer) doe willingly take vpon them the ſweete & eaſie yoke of Chriſt, which he requireth in the next verſe to bee taken of all them that come vnto him, & looke to be refreſhed by him: which yoke of obedience vnto the rule of Chriſt, though it ſeeme harde and vnpleaſant to bee borne, vnto the corrupt nature of man, yet vnto the children of God, (whoſe weakenes is aſsiſted by the holy Ghoſt, & their faults cōmitted of weakneſſe, are waſhed away with the blood of Chriſt) there is nothing more ſweete, pleaſant, and delectable: inſomuch that Dauid vpon this conſideration, preferreth the Lawe of God before hony, and the hony combe in ſweeteneſſe, proteſting that it is more to bee deſired then all iewels of gold and precious ſtones. Beholde, theſe are true Chriſtiās which haue receiued Chriſt by faith, and gladly bring out the fruits of faith in all godlineſſe of life, to the glory of God their Father, and the profite of Gods children, their brethren and ſiſters. Therefore if we be ſuch, whatſoeuer we be in the eſtimation of the worlde, wee are moſt honourable. And if wee haue all the vaine titles of worldly honour heaped vpon vs, & be not ſuch, we are moſt vile and contemptible in the ſight of God: for God maketh more accompt of his children, then of all the creatures of the worlde beſide: as euery father more eſteemeth his naturall ſonnes and daughters, then any other thing hee hath in the world. yea for them the world was made, for them the ſonne of God became man, and ſuffered death for their redemption: for them the worlde is continued, that their full nomber out of all ages might bee gathered, in which God hath appointed them to liue: and when the nomber of them is once accompliſhed and fulfilled, this worlde ſhalbe at an ende, and Chriſt ſhall come to giue thē all together that perfect rewarde, which God hath promiſed, & he for them hath deſerued. What worldly dignitie, haue it neuer ſo ſwelling titles of honour and glory, can be comparable to this high dignitie of true Chriſtians? If we ſhould ſpeake of the ſōnes of Knights, Lordes, Earles, Dukes, &c. they are all ſurmounted and excelled by the childrē of Kings & Emperors: and for what cauſe, but that the maieſtie of Kings and Emperours ſo farre paſſeth thoſe meaner titles of honor before rehearſed? It followeth then of neceſſitie, that the more excellent the parents are, the greater is the dignitie of the children: and conſequently, by howe much the eternall glory and maieſtie of God excelleth the honor & dignitie of earthly Kinges and Emperours, by ſo much the dignitie and honour of Gods children exceedeth the honour and dignitie of Kings and Emperours children. Wherefore, if in reſpect of worldly honor, we worthily eſteeme thoſe happy, which haue bin borne of earthly princes: much more ought we to accompt them bleſſed in heauenly & ſpirituall dignitie, vnto whom this prerogatiue is graunted, that they ſhould be called the ſonnes of God. For thereby they are aſſured, not onely to bee mainteined and protected by the gouernour of all things in heauen and earth, but alſo they are certainly perſwaded to receiue ſuch an inheritance, as it is meete for the Almightie creator of al things to beſtowe vpon them, whom he accepteth & taketh for his welbeloued children: yea, ſuch is his bountifull goodneſſe towardes vs his adopted ſonnes and daughters, that as his choſen veſſels, S. Paul doeth teſtifie, he hath made vs aſſurance, and by the earneſt of his holy Spirit, put vs in poſſeſſion, (though not yet in full fruitiō) of that moſt roial inheritance, which he giueth to his onely naturall ſonne, our Lorde and Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt. Rom. 8. And as the Spirit of adoption, by which we crie, Abba, father, which is the Spirite of trueth, and therefore can not deceiue vs, beareth witnes inwardly to our ſpirits, that we are the ſonnes of God: So it hath pleaſed our heauenly Father, outwardly by holy ſignes and Sacraments, to teſtifie the ſame vnto vs: which Sacraments, as ſeales of his promiſes which are dayly preached vnto vs out of his holy worde, he hath giuen for a further and more full confirmation and ſtrengthening of our faith, and moſt perfect aſſurāce of thoſe things which hee hath promiſed: by which Sacraments alſo he doeth not onely ſignifie and ſhewe what he hath purpoſed to doe for vs, but alſo worketh effectually in thoſe that bee his true children, the ſame thinges which he doeth ſignifie and teache by them. For as by his holy worde hee teacheth vs, that after he is reconciled with vs for Chriſt his ſake, hee accepteth vs for his deare children, and aſſureth vs that he will neuer forſake vs, but continue his mercie and loue towardes vs for euer and euer: euen ſo he teſtifieth and ratifieth the ſame by his holy Sacraments. For in as much as it is neceſſary, that if we be the childrē of God, we muſt know that wee are borne of God, it hath pleaſed him in the Sacrament of Baptiſme, which is the lauer of regeneration or newe birth, to teſtifie vnto vs, that by vertue of the blood of Chriſt waſhing away our ſinnes, as water doeth the vncleanneſſe of our bodies, & by the grace of his holy Spirite working wonderfully in our ſoules, our olde man is aboliſhed, and we borne anewe of water and of the holy Ghoſt, to be the children of God. Being thus aſſured of our ſpirituall birth, that we ſhoulde not doubt of our euerlaſting preſeruation in the ſame ſtate of Gods deare children, hee hath prepared vs alſo a ſpirituall nouriſhment of meate and drinke, by which we ſhould be fedde to euerlaſting life: namely, the fleſh & blood of Ieſus Chriſt, which was broken and ſhedde for vs vpon the croſſe, that it might be ſpirituall foode to all them that ſhalbe partakers of it by faith. Of which euerlaſting foode and nouriſhment, hee hath giuen vs a ſeale or ſacrament in his holy Supper, that, receiuing that bread and cup of the Lorde worthily, according to his holy inſtitution, we ſhoulde no more doubt that our ſoules are ſpiritually fedde and nouriſhed with the precious body and blood of Chriſt, to the forgiuenes of our ſinnes and life euerlaſting, then wee doubt that the outwarde elements, which wee haue taken into our bodies, according to their quantitie doe feede and nouriſh the ſame, vnto the maintenance of this temporal life. Whereby wee may eaſely ſee vnto howe great honour wee are called of our Sauiour Chriſt, whē we are made partakers of that moſt holy and heauēly Table, wherein he ſetteth forth vnto vs, moſt vnworthy wretches of our ſelues to ſitte at his high Table, no meaner foode then his owne fleſh & blood, to be a ſpirituall nouriſhment vnto our ſoules, whereby wee are made one body with him, and members one of an other, and an holy temple of GOD, through the Spirite of Chriſt dwelling in vs, and Kinges and Prieſtes do reigne with him, and praiſe his holy name for euermore.

SALOMON, in the 23 Chapter of his Prouerbs, exhorteth them which ſhalbe partakers of an earthly princes table, to haue due conſideration of their behauiour thereat to be vſed, and of ſuch meates as ſhalbe ſet before them: how much more ought a Chriſtian diligently to weigh with him ſelfe when he is called vnto the high Table of the Lord, by whom hee is called, whither he is called, vnto what he is called, and for what end he is called. Verely, a Chriſtian man, when hee is bidden to this royall banket, is called by no perſon of meane eſtate in this life, nor by any of the higheſt dignitie in this worlde, but by him that made them all: and in compariſon of whoſe excellencie they all are but duſt and aſhes. It is euen the Lord our GOD, the creator & maker of all things, moſt holy, moſt righteous, hating and abhorring all ſinne and wickednes, in whoſe ſight no vncleane or filthie perſon may abide to ſtand: but ſuch as are holy, righteous, cleane, and pure in heart, are acceptable before him. The place whereunto a Chriſtian man is called, when he is required to be partaker of the holy Sacrament, is the Lordes Table, whereof this earthly & corruptible table is but a figure & ſhadowe: for euen as he that calleth vs, which is God our Father, and that whereunto we are called, which is the body and blood of Chriſt, is in heauen at the right hand of God in glory & maieſtie: euē ſo the Lords Table, on which we ſhall be partakers of the ſame, is lifted vp aboue all height of the viſible skies, into that place of Gods eternall glory, and maieſtie, where Ieſus Chriſt is reſident in the throne of his magnificence. The holy feaſt & banquet, whereunto a Chriſtian man is called, conſiſteth not of earthly dainties prepared by the arte of man, to pleaſe the bodily taſte, which as ſoone as they are receiued into the body, tende to putrifaction and corruption: but of that liuely bread which came downe frō heauen, and giueth life to the world, euen the fleſh & blood of our Sauiour Chriſt, the immaculat lambe of God, which gaue himſelfe an holy and vndefiled ſacrifice vnto God his Father once for all, and found thereby euerlaſting redemption: of which moſt holy and heauenly meate and drinke, whoſoeuer is partaker, ſhall liue for euer. The ende wherefore a Chriſtian man is called to be partaker of this holy Sacrament, is, that hee might be aſſured, that hee is regenerate and borne againe by the holy Ghoſt, to be the child of God, and inheriter of the kingdom of heauen, notwithſtanding that hee remaineth ſtill as yet ſubiect vnto death of his body, and (that which is more to be feared) through infirmitie falleth often times into ſinne, the reward whereof by the iuſtice of God, is death both of body and ſoule: yet being nouriſhed and fedde with the foode of immortalitie and euerlaſting life, which is the fleſh & blood of our Sauiour Chriſt (as hee him ſelfe teſtifyeth in the ſixt Chapter of Iohn) hee ſhall by the diuine vertue and quickening ſpirite of our Sauiour Chriſt, be rayſed vp in the laſt day vnto euerlaſting felicitie. Theſe thinges if a Chriſtian man doe duely conſider, before hee preſume to come to the Lordes Table, he will not thruſt forwarde himſelfe raſhly, vnaduiſedly, & contemptuouſly, but with ſuch reuerence, preparation, and examination, as is meete for him that is called by ſo great a perſon vnto ſo high a place, to be partaker of ſo holy, and ſo fearefull myſteries, for ſo waighty and neceſſarie an ende and purpoſe. For in reſpect of him that calleth, which is moſt holy and righteous, he will remember, that it is his part to cleanſe his ſoule from all vncleanneſſe of ſinne and wickedneſſe, by true and hearty repētance: he dare not appeare in his preſence, (which ſeeth and knoweth the ſecrets of his heart) with an outward ſhewe of fained holineſſe and counterfet ſorowfulneſſe for his ſinnes, which he purpoſeth not to leaue and forſake, but to continue in thē, after the receite of the Sacrament, and to delight in them as much as euer he did before. He will not preſume to deride and mocke the Iudge of al the worlde, with a faigned countenance of modeſtie, taken vpon him for a few houres while he is in the Church, and laide aſide againe almoſt aſſone as he ſteppeth ouer the threſhholde of the Church doore, to returne no leſſe to his former lightnes, vanitie, pride, luſt, couetouſneſſe and other vngodlines, then to his priuate houſe and lodging. And when hee conſidereth that hee is called into heauē, where no vncleanneſſe or corruption can abide, where holineſſe & righteouſneſſe doth dwel, he will call to mind the anſwere which God maketh to Dauid in the 15. Pſalme, where hee inquireth who ſhall dwell in his Tabernacle, and reſt in his holy hill: Euen hee that leadeth an vncorrupt life without hypocriſie, without fraude and guile, couetouſnes or oppreſſiō, that dealeth iuſtly, faithfully, and mercifully with all men: ſuch a one ſhall neuer be remoued. Hee that is called into heauen, where Chriſt is ſitting at the right hand of GOD, and willingly obeyeth his calling, acknowlegeth that he muſt forſake the earth, with all earthly affections, and ſet his minde vpon heauenly thinges, vpon thoſe thinges that are aboue, and not vpon the earth, as S. Paul exhorteth, Coloſſians the 3. Chap. hee muſt mortifie his mēbers that are on earth, fornication, and all vncleanneſſe, couetouſneſſe, and deceitfulneſſe, wrath, malice, blaſphemie, and filthie ſpeaking: and putting off the olde man with his workes, he muſt put on the newe man, which is renewed according to the image of him that created him, in holineſſe and righteouſneſſe, in mercifulneſſe, humilitie, meekeneſſe, long ſuffering, and forgiuenes of all them that haue offended vs, euen as God hath forgiuen vs in Chriſt Ieſus. And for as much as the diſtance betwene the earth, where we are ſtrangers, and the Heauen, whereunto wee are called, as to the place of our inheritance, is ſo great, that it is not poſſible for our heauy & lumpiſh bodies to aſcende thither, before they be made conformable & like to the glorious bodie of our Sauiour Chriſt, which is gone thither before vs to prepare a place: a Chriſtian man will conſider, that as yet he can no otherwiſe bee lifted vp into heauen, but in heart and ſoule, by the winges of faith. And therefore he wil ſeeke to confirme and ſtrengthen his faith, by the often and diligent meditation of the moſt comfortable promiſes of God conteined in the holy Scriptures, and by earneſt and feruent prayer vnto God for Chriſt his ſake, to increaſe his faith by the vertue of his holy Spirit, as well in this time of his participation of the heauenly myſteries, as at all other times, vnto the ende of his life. Yea, that ſpirituall foode of the body & blood of Chriſt, whereof he is called to be a partaker, wil admoniſh & put a Chriſtian man in minde, as well of repentance, purpoſe of amēdment, reuerēce & humilitie, with which hee ought to bee prepared that ſhall receiue the Sacrament worthily: as alſo, that faith and conſtant beliefe in the promiſes of God is neceſſarily required of him that ſhalbe nouriſhed with ſo wonderfull & heauenly foode. For were it not that the ſonne of God, which is trueth it ſelfe, hath promiſed by his holye worde, to giue vs his body and blood to bee meate in deede, and drinke in deede, to feede vs vnto euerlaſting life: and for aſſurance of this his promiſe, doth giue vs his ſeale in bread and wine, which therefore hee calleth by the name of his body and blood, becauſe they do truely, and not vainely repreſent vnto vs the trueth of his promiſe, and effectuall performance of the ſame: howe ſhould we differ from the vnbeleuing Iewes, which vnderſtanding carnally, that which our Sauiour Chriſt ſpake ſpiritually, demaunded howe it were poſſible to giue his fleſh to be eaten, and his blood to be drunken? But being inſtructed by faith, although the myſterie farre paſſe the reache of any mans vnderſtanding, yet doe we nothing doubt, but according to his holy word and promiſe, after a heauenly and ſpiritual maner, he giueth to al them that are worthily partakers of that holy Sacrament, his very body and blood to be ſpirituall meate and drinke, whereby they are fed & nouriſhed vnto that life which is immortall and incorruptible. Which faith of ours receiueth ſtrength and increaſe by worthie participation of this holy myſterie: for which ende and purpoſe it was inſtituted and ordeined to our comfort. In conſideration whereof, and of all & euery the reſpects before mentioned, a Chriſtian man is compelled to fall down before the throne of Gods grace, and from the bottome of his heart to yeelde moſt humble and vnfeigned thanks to God the Father, with the ſonne our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, & the holy Ghoſt, by whoſe infinit mercy and goodneſſe, without al merite and deſert of himſelfe, hee is called to ſo high honor and dignitie, that he is admitted to be a gheſt at the Lords Table, in which hee is made partaker of the fleſh and blood of the ſonne of GOD, who ſo loued the worlde, that hee gaue his only begotten ſonne, to ſuffer moſt cruell & ſhamefull death for the redemption of mankinde, to ſatiſfie the wrath of God, & to reconcile vs againe into his fauour, of his enimies to make vs his children, and of his children to make vs ioynt heyres with his onely begotten ſonne Ieſus Chriſt our Sauiour. Laſt of all, a Chriſtian man thus aſſured, that hee is made partaker of the body & blood of Chriſt his head, of whom hee is nowe made a liuing member, muſt acknowledge & purpoſe with himſelf, that it is his bound duetie, not onely to be more circumſpect & watchful of himſelfe, that he bee not forgetfull for ſo high and incomparable a benefite, nor vnthankfull to ſo mercifull a Lord that hath thus loued & ſaued him: But alſo to ſhewe all loue & tender affection towardes all them, which by the ſame meanes are made fellow mēbers with him of the ſame myſticall body: and as occaſion and abilitie ſhall ſerue, like a liuing member, to feele ioye and comfort at the proſperitie of his fellowe members, and to be ſo grieued at the hurt or affliction of any of them, that he be redie to relicue & comfort them, to ayde and aſſiſt them, as we ſee by the example of the members and partes of our naturall bodye. Hee therefore that examineth him ſelfe after theſe rules, ſhall be rightly prepared to receiue the Sacrament worthily, to his euerlaſting comfort.

O Eternall, and moſt mercifull Father, we moſt vile and wretched ſinners (and yet thy children through thy ſingular grace and mercie) fall downe before thee, moſt humbly acknowledging and confeſſing our owne vileneſſe and vnworthineſſe, through our infinite ſinnes and wickedneſſe, to come into the preſence of thy maieſtie, or ſtande before thy face, whom wee haue ſo grieuouſly offended, & diſhonoured thy glorious name, by which we are called. O Lord, we are aſhamed to preſent our ſelues into thy ſight, who ſeeeſt and knoweſt all our wickedneſſe, much more clearely then wee our ſelues, and yet ſuch is our miſerable eſtate, that when wee looke backe to our former life that is paſt, we ſee nothing in a maner, but a monſtrous heape of ignorāce, error, ſinne, wickedneſſe, and vngodlineſſe: for which, O Lorde GOD, we are ſo farre off from making any ſatiſfaction or amendes, that we are not ſufficiētly diſpleaſed with our ſelues for ſo great vnworthineſſe, nor ſorowfull inough for ſo great wickedneſſe. Therefore moſt mercifull Father, wee flie vnto thy onely grace, and bountifull mercie, which art the onely fountaine of all good giftes: moſt humbly beſeeching thee to mollifie our ſtony heartes with the deawe of thy holy Spirite, to ſubdue the pride of our nature with the terror of thy iuſtice, to graunt vs true repentance, that we may be truely turned vnto thee. Conuert vs, O Lorde God, & then ſhall we be conuerted: yea, turne vnto vs the light of thy countenance, and then ſhall wee bee ſaued. And for as much as thou haſt giuen the holy Sacrament of the body and blood of thy ſonne our Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt, to bee a ſeale of thy promiſed mercies and our redemption, to bee a confirmation of our faith, and medicine of our infirmitie: we heartily beſeeche thee, moſt mercifull Father, that as wee humbly preſent our ſelues to celebrate this thy holy inſtitution, not in preſumption of our worthines, but imboldned by thy heauenly voyce commanding vs: ſo wee may be partakers of thy holy myſteries to our comfort, that we may feele the fruite and effect ofthy promiſe adioined vnto them, liuely working in vs. Preuent by thy grace (O Lorde God) leaſt through our negligence & default, the ſame bee not onely made vnfruitfull vnto vs, but alſo hurtfull, which thou haſt ordeined and graciouſly giuen for our profite and comfort: but graunt that thy grace and goodnes aſſiſting vs in all things, wee may enioy thy benefites to thy glory, and our euerlaſting felicitie, through our Lorde and onely Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt: to whom with thee and the holy Ghoſt, bee all glory, praiſe and dominion, both nowe and for euer, AMEN.

MY ſoule, prayſe thou the Lorde, & all that is within mee, prayſe his holy Name.

2 My ſoule, prayſe thou the Lorde, and forget not all his benefites.

3 Which forgiueth all thine iniquitie, and healeth all thine infirmities.

4 Which redeemeth thy life from the graue, and crowneth thee with mercie and compaſſions.

O Almightie eternall God, Creator, gouernour, and preſeruer of all thinges, Lorde of all lordes, and King of all kings, who madeſt man like vnto thine owne image, that he ſhoulde honour, ſerue, and obey thee onely, and that all other thy creatures ſhoulde ſerue to his vſe and commoditie, ouer whom thou madeſt him lorde and ruler, the forbidden fruite only except: but hee moſt miſerable man, by his owne diſobedience in eating thereof, loſt not only that kingly prerogatiue, but broght himſelfe, and all his poſteritie, into the ſtate of eternall damnation. Yet thou (O Lord) in thine vnſpeakable mercy didſt then promiſe, and in time broughteſt to paſſe, that thine onely ſonne became man like vnto vs, ſinne except, and was borne of a pure virgine by thy diuine prouidence and power: who to reſtore this, now, moſt miſerable man, with all vs, whoſe children by nature wee are, vnto the ſtate of eternall ſaluation, did ſuffer moſte ſhameful, moſt vile and bitter, yea moſt cruel & painful death on the croſſe, whereon his glorious body was broken, and his precious blood ſhed, a ſufficient ranſome, a ful ſatiſfaction and iuſt recompence of thy iuſtice and lawe, for all them that beleeue and embrace thy Goſpel and ſacred trueth. But, O Lorde our good God, bee mercifull vnto vs, who by our infirmitie (through the fall of this lordely man, our greate grandfather Adam) can not now liue in any peaceable or good condition & ſtate, without magiſtrates and kinges to rule and gouerne vs: we therefore moſt humbly and heartily beſeeche thy diuine Maieſtie, for the loue of thine onely ſonne Ieſus Chriſt, to looke downe with thy fatherly compaſſion vpon thy ſeruant Elizabeth, our moſt gracious Queene & dread Soueraigne. Graft in her royall heart, by the working of thy holy Spirite, thy manifolde good gifts and benefites, as wiſedome, grace, perſeuerance in thy trueth, encreaſe of faith and affiance in thee: defende her (O Lorde) with thy mightie hand, and outſtretched arme: graunt vnto her a moſt honorable, long and proſperous reigne ouer vs. Moreouer (O Lorde) if the ſeruice of golden veſſels in thy Temple at Ieruſalem, were accetable vnto thee: vouchſafe this thy ſeruant to bee eſteemed in thy ſight, as a moſt honorable ornament in the new Ieruſalem, not built with money, by the labour of the ſeruants of the firſt Salomō, but bought with the precious blood of the ſeconde Salomon thy ſonne our Sauiour. Beholde her, & make her to be, O Lorde, as the precious ſtone or ſignet of thine owne hande, and as the apple of thine eye, for thy truethes ſake: to the enemies whereof, make her name moſt dreadfull, and to thy Church whereſoeuer diſperſed, moſt acceptable and ioyfull. Confounde and put to ſhame, O Lord, all thoſe that wiſh or procure any euill to her royall perſon, or diminution of her kingdomes, and imperiall dignitie ouer them. And when for the multitude of our ſinnes, O Lorde, thou wilt puniſh vs with the winde of thy diſpleaſure, by taking from vs this our fragrant and ſweete ſmelling flower, which we beſeech thee for thine owne names ſake long to deferre: then (O Lord) plant her in the garden of thy preſence, where ſhee may growe and dwell in felicitie incomparable, which the eye hath not ſeene, the eare hath not hearde, neither euer came it into the vnderſtanding of man, thoſe ioyes which thou haſt prepared for her, and all thine elect. Moreouer (O Lorde) graunt thy heauenly wiſedome and grace vnto all vs her ſubiects, that wee may aduiſedly conſider, and duetifully call to our remembrance, the manifolde bleſſings that wee ſo long time haue enioyed, and doe preſently poſſeſſe through thy mercie by her miniſterie authoritie, and the execution of her kingly office, vnder the which wee doe not only reape, and peaceably enioye the fruites of our labours, and other corporall commodities: but alſo (that which is more worth then all this) euen the freedome and libertie of conſcience, the preaching and hearing of thy moſt holye worde, and the adminiſtration and receiuing of thy holy Sacraments. For all which, and many other thy bleſſings, O Lorde, worke in vs thy grace to yeelde vnto thy diuine Maieſtie all poſſible and continuall prayſes and thankeſgiuing, that it bee not ſaide vnto vs, Are there not tenne cleanſed? or, Is not Englande preſerued from all tyrannie, and enioy all theſe benefites? But where are nowe they returning to giue thankes? Quicken our memories therefore, (O Lorde) that wee neuer bee forgetfull of thy great goodneſſe towardes vs, and make vs more & more, for thy ſake, reuerently to feare her, duetifully to obey her, and faithfully to loue, honour and ſerue her, as our naturall louing Prince, and mother, and as the meane by whom wee receiue all theſe thy good bleſſings, that her Maieſtie perceiuing our diligence, and readineſſe to obey and ſerue her, may be the oftener put in minde to feare, honour, loue, ſerue and obey thy diuine and incomparable Maieſtie. Furthermore, inſpire her royall heart (O Lorde) with thy diuine grace, that as ſhee hath begun to ſet forth and maintaine thy ſacred trueth, ſo ſhee may zealouſly and boldly encreaſe, perſeuere and continue in the ſame, whereby the filthineſſe & nakedneſſe of Antichriſt may be more and more reuealed, ſuperſtition and idolatrie more and more aboliſhed and remoued, and that olde lying ſerpent, and roaring lyon Sathan, our auncient enemie, may be more & more reſtrained and kept backe from his malicious purpoſe, in ſeeking to deuoure and drowne vs all in ignoraunce and ſecuritie. Graunt all this, O Lorde, to our great comfort, her honour and immortal fame, yea to the diſcharge of her owne conſcience, and kingly duetie: and euermore rewarde theſe thine owne good giftes in her, O Lorde, not for the worke ſake, but for Ieſus Chriſt his ſake. And when thou ſhalt, to our great ſorowe and loſſe, but to her great ioy and profite, take her from vs, crowne her, O moſt mercifull God, with a crowne of euerlaſting glorie, and giue her the full poſſeſſion of that eternall kyngdome, purchaſed by the blood of that immaculate lambe, thine only ſonne our Sauiour and redeemer Ieſus Chriſt: to whome with thee and the holy Ghoſt, three perſons and one immortall and euerlaſting GOD, be all honour, dominion, prayſe, and thankeſgiuing, for euer and euer, AMEN.