A GODLY AND necessarie Praier to be said at all times.

O Eternall God, and in Iesus Christ our most mercifull and loning father, wee thy vn­worthy [Page 60] and vnprofitable seruants, doe héere in thy sight fréely confesse, and ac­knowledge before thy De­uine Maiestie, that wée are most miserable and wret­ched sinners and grieuous transgressors of all thy ho­ly Lawes and Commande­ments: that as wee were borne and bred in sinne and stained in the wombe, so haue wee continually since that time multiplied many actuall transgressions a­gainst thy Maiestie, both in thought, word, and déed, so that our sins are grown more in number, than the haires of our head, and hea­uier in waight, than the sands by the Sea shore: therefore, it is thy méere [Page 61] mercie long ere this they haue not pressed vs downe to the verie pit of Hel, thou only O Lord knowest our sinnes who knowest our hearts, nothing can bee hid from thy al-séeing eye thou knowest both what we haue béene & what wee are, yea our conscience doe ac­cuse vs of many and grei­uous euils, and thou being farre greater than our con­science, art able to lay much more vnto our charge: we appeale therefore from thy iustice to thy mercy, which is aboue all thy workes how much more aboue our sinnes, Intreating thée to looke vpon vs in the face and countenance of thy well pleased sonne Christ [Page 62] Iesus, for his sake O Lord we pray thée bee good and gratious to all our sinnes & iniquities past, of what nature or kind soeuer they be, whether of ignorance or of knowledge, of com­mission of euill or of omissi­on of our duties, wash them all away in the blood of thy déere sonne, burie them in his graue, and lay such a waight of his righteous­nesse vpon them, so as they may neuer bee able to rise vp against vs, either in this World to accuse vs, or in the World to come to con­demne vs. And because O Lord our nature is so prone to commit sume, and that with grée dinesse, so that if thou shouldest euen [Page 63] at this instant, giue vs a frée pardon of all our sins, yet we confesse, such is the corruption of our weake flesh, that without the re­straining grace of thy holy spirit, we should fall into the same sinnes againe or [...]nto worse, therefore, wee humbly pray thée most gra­cious God not only to par­don that which is past, but also purge our present cor­ruptions, and by the grace of thy good spirit preuent those that are to come: grāt good Lord that wee may thinke it more than suffici­ent that we haue spent the time past of our liues, ac­cording to the lusts of the flesh, and after our own de­sires and fancies, and may [Page 64] now euen resolue to dedi­cate the rest of our liues that yet remaineth to thy glorie, our owne comfort, and the good of our bre­thren, throgh Iesus Christ our Lord.

In these our weake prai­ers O Lord, wee are not mindefull of our selues a­lone, but of thy whole Church dispearsed ouer the face of the earth farre and wide, blesse O Lord the principall member thereof, our dread Soueraigne, king Iames: Enrich his roiall heart with all grares necessary for so high a place, stablish his throne we be­séech thée, and let his soule bee bound in the bundle of life with thée O God, blesse [Page 65] Quéene his wife, make her a helpe vnto him in the best things: blesse their Roiall Progenie, and grant that they may not want one of that line, to sit vpon this throne, so long as the Sun and Moone endures, Blesse all his Maiesties most ho­nourable priuie Counsell, be thou present with them, and president ouer all their counsels, as may bee most for thy glorie, the honour of the King, the peace of the State, and the comfort of thy people. Blesse all the Iudges and magistrates of the land, Blesse the Mini­sters of thy Word and Sa­craments. Thou that art the Lord of the haruest, thrust forth many faithfull [Page 66] and painefull Labourers that they may féed thy peo­ple with knowledge and vn­derstanding, blesse O Lord all the afflicted members of thy Church, diseased ei­ther in body or minde or both, especially those that suffer for the testimonie of a good conscience. O Lord to whom all their cases and necessities are manifest, we beséech to make al their bed in their sicknesse, lay no more vpon them, than thou shalt make them able to beare, giue them the true sight & feeling of their sins, so farre as may lead them to true repentance, with harty sorrow for the same. And good father deale with them in mercy & not in iu­stice [Page 67] either to release them out of that present miserie wherein they are, either by life that they may glorifie thée in this World, or by faithfull departure that they may be gloriffed of thée in the world to come. These mercies most gracious God, and whatsoeuer else thou knowest in thy wise­dome to bee better for vs than we our selues can ask, we beg them at thy hands not for our owne merits, for they are nothing, but for the merits of thy decre son Christ Iesus our Lord and sauiour in whose name & in whose words we con­clude saying, Our father which art in Heauen, &c.

Morning Prayer for priuate Families.

MOst gracious God and mercifull Fa­ther, thou that art glorious in power and holines, we thy poore and miserable▪ Creatures, being but dust and Ashes, do here humbly prostrate our selues and our sinfull soules, before the throne of thy Maiestie, Confessing and acknow­ledging from the bottom [...] of our hearts, that wee are most vile sinners, concei­ued and borne in some, and that we are by nature nothing else but a [...]nye of all wickednesse, whese nature and propertie is to [Page 69] grow and encrease in sin, as we grow in yeares, and to war strong in wicked­nesse, euen as the powers of our mindes and bodies receiue strength: and al­though our cursed estate doth here in greatly appear, yet our sinne is made out of measure, sinfull, through the excéeding grace, which thou hast offered vnto vs. by thy Gospell of thy dear S [...]me, whereby we are so farre from pro [...]iting, that of our selues without the grace of thy holy Spirit in our hearts, we should war worse and worse: where­fore wee beséech thée O Lord, as our s [...]nes haue magnified themselues in an infinite length, bredth, [Page 70] depth, and height: so let thy mercies which passe all vnderstanding outstrippe them, and howsoeuer by reason of our sinnes, wée haue iustly deserued to bée depriued, of all thy bles­sings in this life, and here­after to haue our portion with the diuell and his An­gels: yet O Lord God, wee pray thée remember that we are thy people, and shéep of thy pasture, whom thou host redéem'd with thy most precious bloud, des­pise not therefore O Lord the worke of thy hands: but for thy glories sake, and for thy blessed names sake spare vs, sparevs good Lord, according to thy v­suall dealing with those [Page 71] which in prayer haue had recourse vnto thée, and ac­cording to the old and vn­changeable Nature of a kinde, long suffering, and mercifull God. Thy mer­cie O Lord hath manifest­ly appeared vnto vs this night past, in that thou hast giuen vs quiet rest & sléep, for the refreshment of our weake bodies, whereas for our sinnes past committed the day before thou mightst iustly euen in our dead sléep haue taken our soules from vs, and so suddenly haue brought vs to our ac­count, but it hath pleased thée to spare vs, and to giue vs a larger time of re­pentance: O Lord, as thou giuest vs space, so wee [Page 72] beséech thée giue vs also grace, to repent vs of our former euill wayes, and to turne vnto thée, and for as much as thou hast com­manded in thy holy word, that no man should be idle, but euery one occupied in godly and vertuous exer­cises, according to their Callings: wee most hum­bly beseech thée, that thine eyes may attend vpon vs, dayly defend vs, cherish, comfort, gouerne, & coun­sell vs, in all our studies and labours, in such wise, that we may spend and be­stow this day, and all the dayes of our liues, accor­ding to the blessed will, set­ting thée alwaies before our eyes, and liuing in thy [Page 73] feare, euer working that which may be fonnd accep­table in thy sight, through Iesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we end as hée hath taught vs saying. Our Father which art in heauen, &c.

Euening Prayer for priuate Families.

OAlmightie Lord God and in Iesus Christ our most mercifull and lo­uing Father, we thy poore and vnworthy seruants, do here from the ground of our hearts, render vnto thy diuine Maiestie, in that poore measure wée are able all praise and thankes for all thy blessings & mer­cies, [Page 74] bestowed vpon vs from time to time, euer since we were born, vntill this present houre, especi­ally O Lord we thank thée, for those inestimable bles­sings which concerne a bet­ter life, and our eternall happinesse, as our Electi­on before the foundations of the world, our Creati­on into the world, our Re­demption by the bloud of thy deare Sonne Christ Iesus, when wee were worse then nothing, our Sanctification by the ho­ly Spirit, our Uocation from the world, our blessed hope of Glorification in the world to come. O Lord we confesse we haue not deser­serued the least of all these [Page 75] thy blessings either tempo­rall or spirituall, but haue rather giuen thée iust cause to depriue vs of euery one of them, by reason of our manifold sinnes, both Ori­ginall and Actuall, which we haue multiplied against thée from time to time, O Lord we confesse that our Conception, our birth, yea and our whole liues haue béene in sinne, liuing in the breach of all thy Com­mandements: our fathers and mothers were sinfull, deriuing it euen from our first parents, Adam and Eue, and so to vs, that as Adam purchased for vs his Children, none other inhe­ritance, but the vnhappy entrance into sinne, and [Page 74] [...] [Page 75] [...] [Page 76] corruption, and we béeing in his loynes, and engraf­ted into this detestable stocke of sinne: we are so­rie O Lord, that wee haue offended thée so willingly, and disobediently strayed from thy holy Lawes: yea, we do vnfainedly condemn our selues in thy presence, for euery one of our sins, purposing in our hearts by the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to forsake our for­mer euill wayes, and to make more conscience of sinne, then euer we haue done heretofore. Now for as much as it hath pleased thée, to make the night for man to rest in, as thou hast ordained him the day to trauell in: grant deare fa­ther [Page 77] that wee may so take our bodily rest, that our soules may continually watch for the time that our Lord Iesus Christ shal ap­peare for our deliuerance out of this mortall life, in the meane season wée be­séech thée grant that in our sléepe we be not ouercome by any fantasies, dreames, or other tentations, but that we may fully set our minds vpon thée, loue thée, feare thée, and rest in thée: and that our sléepe be not [...]cessiue or ouermuch, af­ter the vnsatiable desire of the flesh, but onely suffici­ent to content our weake natures, that wee may be the better enabled the day following, to liue in all [Page 78] godly conuersation, in the discharge of our callings, to the glorie of thy holie name, and profit of our brethren, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Blesse with vs wee beséech thée, thy Children and Church in all places, poure downe thy blessings in especiall manner vpon the Kings most excellent Maiesty, the Quéene and her Royall Progeny, blesse all the No­bilitie, and Magistrates of the land. Blesse the Mini­sters and teachers of thy holy Word, Lord giue a blessing to their labours, that by their ministerie such may daily be woon vn­to thee, as belong vnto thine Election of grace. [Page 79] Blesse and succour all the afflicted members of thy Church, wheresoeuer or howsoeuer distressed; bée with them in all their sick­nesse, lay no more vpon them then thou shalt make them able to beare, giue them the true sight and fée­ling of their sinnes, so far as may leade them to true repentance, a hartie sor­row for the same, howso­euer it shall please thée to deale with them, let it bee in mercy, and not in iu­stice, knowing they are but flesh, and in thy good time send them a happy de­liuerance out of their mise­rie, either by life or by death, as it shall séeme best t [...] thy maiestie. Lastly, as [Page 80] duty bindes vs, we com­mend vnto thy fatherly protection all our friends and kindred according to the flesh, whether they bee néere or deare vnto vs in affinitie, or consanguinity, and all whomsoeuer thou wouldest we should com­mend vnto thy maiesty, for them as for our selues wée beséech thee, continue thy mercies and goodnesse to­wards vs, euen for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour, to whom with thee and the blessed Spirit our Comforter, be ascribed as is most due, all honour, and glorie, now and for euer.

Amen.

Another prayer for Morning.

O Most mercifull God and heauenly father, we thy seruants doe hers humbly prostrat our selues before thy diuine maiesty acknowledging here in thy sight, our heinous offences committed against thée both in thought, word and worke, so that our sinnes are growne more in num­ber then the haires of our heades, and if thou should­est enter into Iudgement with vs, we could not be able to answere thée one of a thousand, they are so hei­nous, that the very least of them, being but conceiued [Page 82] in thought, is sufficient in iudgement to throw vs down to the lake that bur­neth with fire & brimstone, besides O Lord, wee are guilty before thy Maiestie of a huge masse of corrup­tion, which we haue drawn from the loines of our first parents, which of it owne nature is inough to con­demne vs, if thou shouldest deale with vs according to Iustice, though we had ne­uer committed actuall sin all the daies of our leues: Further O Lord wee are full of blindnes, and sence­lesse securitie, running on headlong to destruction, and committing sinne af­ter sinne, although not no­torious to the world, yet [Page 83] horrible before thy pure eyes which seest all things: but O Lord wee dayly grone vnder the burden of our sinnes, inwardly la­menting our own folie. In Heauen, Earth, or Hell, we see none able to sustain thy wrath for them, but euen thy deare. Son Christ Iesus the Son of thy loue, who in mercy infinite, and in compassion endles, hath suffered and ouercome that endlesse punishment, which was due vnto vs for them. In him therfore most mer­cifull Father, and through him do we come vnto thee, beingful assured according to thy promise, that thou wilt accept and take that full recompence, which he [Page 84] our Sauiour hath made for vs, on his Crosse. In him therefore we see thine anger towards vs appea­sed, and thy wrath satisfi­ed, and our debt payed. O Lord enlarge our hearts with thankefulnesse to thy Maiestie for the same, and make sinne to dye in vs more and more, that wee may hate, detest, and vt­terly abhorre all sinne, in all men, but especially in our selues, and strongly (through thy spirit) set our selues in open war against all sinne and wickednesse, that we may not please our selues in the least sinne, but streightly examine sinne, by the strict Rules of thy holyword, we may alwaies [Page 85] walke not onely before the eyes of man, but circum­spectly in this respect that we haue the eies of thy ma­iestie to take a view of our doings: we humbly thank thy maiesty for all thy mer­cies, bestowed vpon vs ei­ther for soule or bodie, a­mongst the rest, wee ac­knowledge this not to bee the least, that we haue qui­etly passed this night, and that thou hast giuen vs quiet rest and sléepe for the refreshment of our weake bodies, which without the same could not endure: grant we beseech thée, that we may bestowe this day and the residue of our life, wholly in thy seruice, wal king faithfully and conscio­nably [Page 86] in our callings wher­in thou hast placed vs, O Lord blesse all our gouer­nours, whom thou hast set ouer vs in thy roome, in e­speciall manner showre downe thy blessings vpon the Kings Maiestie, blesse him both in body and soule with all graces necessarie for so high a calling, and make him long a Nursing Father in this Israell. Blesse our graciousquéen, make her a help vnto him in all good things: Blesse their Royall issue, graunt that they may dayly growe in fauour both with God and man, and make them loyall to his maiesty all the dayes of his life: blesse all the Nobilitie, the Magi­strates, [Page 87] and Ministers of thy holy word, and graunt that euery one of vs from the highest to the lowest may walk faithfully in our places before thee all the daies of our liues, through Iesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, bee all praise and glorie both now and euer.

Amen.

Another Euening Praier for priuate Fa­milies.

O Eternall and euerli­uing Lord God, and in Iesus Christ our louing Father, thou which hast giuen vs our bodies and soules, our health, our [Page 88] strength, our maintenance, whence haue wee all these things but from thée, thy fatherly protection ouer vs this day in our cal­ling, to whom can we a­scribe it but vnto thée, that wee haue liued hitherto, that wee haue not béene swallowed vp with some suddaine Iudgement, that Sathan had not his will vpon vs, that we know the way and the meanes to a better life, that we are de­liuered from the power of darkenesse, and translated into the kingdome of thy deare Sonne, that we haue dayly accesse into thy glo­rious presence to offer vp our petitions vnto thée, and to make knowne our [Page 89] wants, whence are all these blessings O Lord, but from the fréedome of thy grace, we confesse O Lord, if thou hadst giuen vs our deserts, we should haue pe­rished long agoe: therefore it is from thy mercy alone that we are not consumed.

Now, if receiuing so many blessings from thee, wee should not stirre vp our selues to returne some thankefulnes to thy Maie­stie for them, how wretch­ed and miserable creatures should we be. O Lord wee pray thée make vs ashamed of our vnthankefulnesse, wound our hearts with the consideration of our owne dulnesse, whom so many fauours haue not wrought [Page 90] vnto more obedience, and vouchsafe wee humbly be­séech thée not withstanding our small deseruings, to looke graciously vpon vs, and accept this our Euen­ing sacrifice of praise, which wee doe here render vnto thy Maiestie, O Lord let not the skantnesse of our seruice, make thee turne away thine eyes from vs, but euen as thou art wont to spare thy seruants, as a man spareth his own sonne that serueth him, and in them to accept the will for the full performance; so be pleased to looke vpon vs, in Iesus Christ, grant that we may sensibly feele the power of his death, killing sin & corruption in vs, and [Page 91] the power of his resurrecti­on raising vs vp to newnes of life. Make vs resolue to renounce, euen our sweet­est & best beloued sins, and not to take libertie to our selues, to continue in any knowne vngodlines, that we may think it more then sufficient that we haue hi­therto giuen the raines to our ownlusts, therfore now to labour to stop & kill all sin in the beginning, before it come to the act, & resolue to bestow the rest of our liues according to thy bles­sed word. And because the night is at hand, which thou hast appointed for vs to rest in, he beséech thée to take vs into thy fatherly prote­ction this night and euer: [Page 92] command the guard of thy holy Angels to pitch their tents about vs, & preserue vs both sléeping & waking, that we may be the better fitted and prepared the day following to goe on in our vocations & callings to thy glory, our own comforts, & the benefit of our brethren through Iesus Christ our Lord & Sauiour. In whose name we beg these mercies at thy hands & whatsoeuer else thou knowest to bee néedfull either for soule or body, better then we our selues can aske in that forme of prayer, which hée himselfe in his holy word hath taught vs saying, Our father which art in heauen, &c.

Another Morning praier.

MOst mercifull God and louing Father, we thy poore and vnprofita­ble seruants doe here hum­bly cast downe our selues and our sinfull soules, be­fore the foot-stoole of thy maiestie, acknowledging and confessing that we are not worthy to approach into thy presence, much losse to haue any thing to do with thée in any part of thy most pure worship, and seruice, séeing wee haue li­ued and continued in the breath of thy holy comman­dements not only through negligence and infirmitie, [Page 94] but many times witingly and willingly, contrarie to our owne knowledge, and the holy motions of thy good spirit, to the woun­ding of our own soules and consciences & to the great dishonour of thy maiestis. O Lord we bes [...]ech thée re­gard vs not as wee are in our selues, but looke vpon vs in the countenance of thy sonne our Al-sufficient sauiour Christ Iesus, for his sake wee pray thée bee gratious and good to al our sinnes both in generall and particular, original or actu­all, of ignorance, or of knowledge, of omission or commission, whereby wée haue offended thée, from the first houre of our con­ception, [Page 95] till this present time. Lord accept the death and passion of thy sonne, as a sufficient ransome for all our sins, burie them déeply in his graue, and cancell the book of thy wrath wher­in they are written with his bloud, that they may neuer be laid to our charge either in this life present or in the next. Let thy bles­sed spirit seale the pardon of them all to the comfort of our cōsciences. Furnish vs we beséech thée with all néedefull graces, especially as Christians to walke worthy of Christ Iesus in holy conuersation: & vouch­safe to blesse al good means vnto vs which thou hast sanctified for our continu­all [Page 96] groath in grace, and thy fears, especially thy holy word & the ministry therof, print déeply in our heartes all holesome instructions, which are deliuered and taught vs out of the same by thy ministers, good lord make vs thankefull euer­more for al thy benefits be­stowed vpon vs, chiefely for thy sonne Christ Iesus the fountaine of all good to vs and ours, as also for all those blessings that con­cerne this life present, as health, libertie, apparell & such like, for thy fatherly protection ouer vs, & brin­ging vs to the light of this present day: kéepe & defend vs we pray thée from all e­uill that may hurt vs, and [Page 97] from falling into any grosse sin, that may displease thée, set thy feare alwaies before our eies, that we may spēd this day, and all the daies of our liues, to thy glory & the peace of our owne con­sciences: for this day wée beséech thee giue a blessing to our endeuours in our calling, that wee may bee therein conscionably occu­pied, knowing that thou séeest euen the very secrets of our hearts, and that no­thing can be done, be it ne­uer so secret without thy knowledge, these mercies and blessings we pray thée to grant vnto vs for Iesus Christs sake our Lord,

A­men.

Another Euening Praier.

ETernall God and in Ie­sus Christ our most merciful father, thou which art the father of mercies, & the God of al consolations, we thy vnworthy seruants doe héere according to our bounden duties humble our selues before thy maie­stie, and rendring in that poore measure we are able all praise and thankes for all thy mercies & blessings bestowed vpon vs from time to time, euer since we were borne vntill this pre­sent, for our election, crea­tion, redemption, vocati­on, iustification, sanctifica­tion, [Page 99] preseruation, and the hope of our glorification herafter: as also for al those blessings that concern this life present, furnishing vs continually with all good things necessarie that wée stand in néede of. More es­pecially, O Lord we thank thée, y^• thou hast preserued & defended vs this day, from al perils and dangers both of body and soule, wherinto many haue fallen, and wée might also, had we not béen guided by thy merciful pro­uidence. O Lord we con­fesse to the shame of our owne selues, that wee are not worthy of the least of all these thy mercies, but as we were conceiued and borne in sinne, so haue wée [Page 100] liued in iniquity and in the transgression of thy lawes, not regarding to be gouer­ned by the holy word, and therefore haue iustly deser­ued, that thou shouldest poure vpon vs all shame & misery in this life and eter­nall condemnation in the World to come: but O Lord we know that thou art a God full of mercy, stow to anger great com­passion, and wilt not the death of a sinner, but rather that we should liue. In con­fidence of this thy mercie, we confesse before thy ma­iestie our manifold sinnes, in treating thée to pardon them all for the merits of Christ Iesus; & séeing thou hast giuen vs so large a [Page 101] time of repentance, grant that we may now at length returne vnto thée in since­ritie of heart & contrition of spirit. And for this night present we beséech thée san­ctific our rest vnto vs this night, that we may enioy the same as thy blessing, that thereby our wearied bodies being refreshed with moderate and quiet sléepe, wée may be the bet­ter enabled to walke before thée in our callings the day following, to thy glorie and our owne comforts, throgh Iesus Christ. Remember with vs, thy Church and children in all places, ga­ther together thine elect, forgiue the crying sinnes of this land, make an end of [Page 102] these daies of sinne, and ha­sten the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ. Pre­serue thine annointed and our dread soueraign King, the Quéen and their roiall Progenie, defend and kéep them from plots and tre­cheries both abroad and at home. Let thy spirit of wis­dome, of Councell, and of vpright iudgement rest vpon all the Lords of his maiesties honourable Pri­uie Councell, the Nobilitie and magistracie for the best good of this whole Land, Blesse y^• painfull preachers of thy holy word, giue good successe we pray thée to their studies and labours, for the winning of so many soules as thou hast ordai­ned [Page 103] to eternal life; comfort all thy afflicted that suffer vnder thy hand, and how­soeuer it shall please thée to deale with them, yet sup­port them with patience & thankfullnesse to vndergoe whatsoeuer it shall please thée to lay vpon them, and when thou shalt sée it fit, send them deliuerance that either by life or by death Christ may be to them ad­uantage. Lastly we beséech thée good Lord to blesse all our kinsfolkes in the flesh and all others whom thou would est we should pray for, heare vs for them and them for vs, & Christ Iesus for vs all. In whose name we shut vp these our imper­fect praiers in that perfect [Page 104] forme which he himselfe hath left vs, saying Our fa­ther &c.

Morning Praier for a pri­uate person.

MOst Glorious God and mercifull father, I thy most vnworthy crea­ture, doe héere confesse be­fore thy Diuine Maiestie, to thy glory, though it be to the shame and confusion of mine owne face, that I am not worthy to appeare be­fore thée, much more vn­worthy to offer vp my prai­ers vnto thée, with confi­dence that thou shouldest heare them and grant my requests by reason of my manifold sinnes and trans­gressions [Page 105] that I haue hea­ped vp against thy maiesty, ere since I was borne vntill this present day. And now O Lord being come before thée, I must néedes confesse the vilenesse of my estate. I was conceiued, bred & born in sinne, and in sinne haue I continued all my daies, I haue drunke Iniquitie like water, yea, I haue drawne it after me, and ti­ed it vnto me as with great ropes, yea, I haue euē made a mock of sinne, and it hath béene a pastime vnto me to doe wickedly: Notwith­standing O Lord thou hast called vpon me, but still I haue refused, thou hast a­gaine and againe stretched out thy hand, but I haue [Page 106] not regarded, thou hast sought to reclaime me, but I haue hated to be refor­med; thou hast often called vpon mee by thy blessed word, yet notwithstanding I haue despised thy pati­ence and abused thy good­nesse; so that I haue giuen thée iust cause to heap vpon me all thy seareful plagues and punishments which in the extremity of thy law do belong vnto the wicked. It is thy vnspeakeable mercy that thou didst not make my bed my graue, neuer to haue risen againe. but O Lord I know there is abundance of mer­cies with thée, that thou mayest be feared: and ex­céeding experience haue I [Page 107] had of thy goodnesse, long suffering, and patience to­wards me, therfore. I grow in hope still, that thou pur­posest me good & not euill, to saue me & not to destroy me: beséeching thée to ac­cept the death of Christ as a full satisfaction for all my sm [...]es, to wash them away in his blood, and to binds them in one bundle, & cast them behinde thy backe ne­uer to be remembred, I humbly thank thy maiesty for thy manifold mercies extended towards me, this night past & al y^• daies of my life for my quiet rest & sléep, my foode and raiment, my health, peace, and libertie, and the hope of a better life in the merits of thy deare [Page 108] sonne Christ Iesus, for all these thy mercies, O Lord I haue nothing to render vnto thée, but thine owne. If I could giue thée my bo­die and soule, they might be saued by it, but thou wert neuer the richer for it, yea, euen since I rose I haue tasted many of thy blessings, and thou hast be­gun to serue me, before I haue begun to serue thée, I can shew no reason why thou shouldest bestow all these blessings vpon me more than others, but that thou art mercifull, and if thou shouldest draw all back againe from me, as iustly thou maiest, I haue nothing to say, but that thou art iust, and séeing O [Page 109] Lord I am now to enter into the affaires of this day, I beséech thée blesse me in the duties of my calling this day and euer for idle­nesse and godlynesse, can not stand together, and it is thy pleasure that in the sweat of my face I should eat my bread, O Lord pre­serue me from all fraudu­lent and de [...]eitfull courses, draw my affections more and more from the loue of the World, & fix my heart vpon those things which are aboue, & if things suc­céed according to my mind by thy blessing vpon my la­bours, make me thankefull vnto thée, if any crosse come, make me patient and carefull to profit by euerie [Page 110] chastisement that it shall please thée to lay vpon me, knowing that howsoeuer they are greiuous for the present, yet in the end they will bring the quiet fruit of righteousnesse to al them that are thereby exercised; which God grant for his Christs sake, to whom with the holy spirit bee all praise now and euer

A­men.

Euening Praier for a priuate Person.

O Eternall God Fa­ther of our Lord Ie­sus Christ and in him my most mercifull father I humbly confesse before thy glorious presence, that I [Page 111] am altogether a lump of sinne, & a masse of corrup­tion, and therfore haue for feited thy fauour and incurred thy high displea­sure, both in thought, word and deede. My sins O Lord are more in number than the haires of my head: yea, farre more than I can pos­sibly féele or know, and if I should goe about to reckon vp my particular offences, I know not where to begin or where to make an end. It is thou O Lord who knowest my sins, to whom the secrets of my heart are manifest, and nothing can be hid from thy sight: be­sides my consciense doth ac­cuse me of many greiuous euils, and I daily feele by [Page 112] ful experience how fraile I am, how prone to euel and backward to all goodnesse, my minde, my heart and af­fections, and all the facul­ties both of soule and body, are ful of vanitie, profane­nesse, dulnesse, deadnesse, & drow [...]inesse in matters of thy worship and seruice. But O déere father I haue learned from thy mouth, that thou art a God full of mercie, slow to wrath, and of great compassion and kindnesse towards all such as are heauy laden & groan vnder the burthen of their sinnes. O Lord extend thy great mercy towards mée poore sinner, and giue me a general pardon for al mine offences whatsoeuer, seale [Page 113] it to my conscience in the blood of thy déere son Christ Iesus, assuring me more and more of thy loue an fa­uour towards me, and that thou art a reconciled father vnto me in the same christ. O Lord I beséech thée prin­cipally giue me victorie o­uer those sins, thou know­est my nature most prone to commit. Mortific in me whatsoeuer is carnall, and sanctiffe me by thy good spi­rit, and knit my heart vn­thée for euer. Lord grant that I may take delight in the reading and hearing of thy holy word: that I may loue and reuerence all the faithfull Ministers of the gospell, giue O Lord a mel­ting heart, that I may [Page 114] tremble at thy worde, let not my sinnes holde backe thy mercies from me, nor mine vnworthines stop the passage of thy grace. I most humbly thank thee for all thy blessings bestowed vpon me necessarie for this life, as food, raiment, health, peace, liberty, &c. which many of thy déere children doe want being notwith­standing bought with the pretious blood of Christ Iesus as well as I. Bi [...]t aboue all, deere Father, I praise thy name for the blessings of a better life, es­pecially for thy holy worde and sacraments and all the good I enioy therby for the continuance of thy gospell, the worde of truth, the [Page 115] means of our saluation, for the death of thy son and all that happinesse I receiue thereby: O Lord open my blinde eies euery day more and more, to sée and consider of thy great and mer­uelous loue towards me in all these things, that by the dew consideration ther­of my heart may be drawne néerer vnto thee to loue thée much because thou hast gi­uen much: and as thou dost abound towards me in goodnesse, so grant that I may abound towards thée in obedience and thankfulnesse, and in these my weak and imperfect praiers O Lord I am not mindeful of my selfe alone, but of the whole estate of thy Church [Page 116] wheresoeuer, blesse all chri­stian Kings and Princes, calling vpon thy name, es­pecially our dread Soue­raigne the Kings Maiestie, the Quéene, and their roial Progonie, Blesse all the no­bilitie, the magistrates and ministers of the Land, that all their Councels and labours may begin at thy feare, and may be referred thy glory. Succour and comfort all those that are comfortlesse, sanctifie all their afflictions and trou­bles vnto them, that they may tend to thy glory, and their owne good. Finally, O Lord according to my bounden dutie I commend vnto thy Maiestie all my friends and acquaintance, [Page 117] beséeching thée for them, as for my selfe to blesse vs all, in our particular places, and grant that we may do those things which may bée to thy glorie and our com­forts, through Iesus Christ our Lord. In whose name I end as he hath taught me saying, Our father which art in heauen, hallowed bee thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy-will be done in earth as it is in heauen, &c.

A Prayer for a priuate person necessarie at all times.

ALmightie God and in Iesus Christ my most mercifull and louing Fa­ther, I doe here in thy pre­sence acknowledge that I am of my selfe a most wret­ched and▪ miserable sinner, both in respect of the cor­ruptions of my heart, as also the transgression of my life: more particularly I doe acknowledge the in­fidelitie of my heart wher­by I haue not yet learned to depend vpon thy proui­dence for the things of this life, nor vpon thy mercie for the saluation of my [Page 119] soule: I confesse O Lord, the Atheisme and profane­nesse both of my mind and heart, whereby all my thoughts and affections are estranged from thée, and so glewed to the things of this life, that I can take more ioy and delight in doing mine owne will, and in seruing mine owne lusts, then euer I would [...] in seruing and obeying thée. I acknowledge like­wise the pride of mine own heart, whereby I doe eralt my selfe in the vanity of my own conceit aboue thy maiestie, and aboue my Brethren, whom thou hast made farre more excellent then my selfe, as also the se­curity of the flesh, whereby [Page 120] I put away the day of wrath farre from mee, pro­mising to me selfe fréedome from all thy curses and plagues, notwithstanding I walke in sinne and in the stubbornnes of mine owne heart, my hypocrisie wher­by I am content my selfe onely with an outward name and profession of re­ligion and holinesse before men, not regarding the truth and power of godli­nesse: besides O Lord my life abounds in all Actuall transgressions against eue­ry one of thy commande­ments, I haue liued in the abuse of thy mercies, and haue not béene drawne née­rer vnto thee. In neglect of thy Iudgements and fa­therly [Page 121] chastisements both vpon others and vpon my selfe, and haue not profited therby to true repentance, and reformation of life: yea O Lord I haue liued in the pro [...]anation of thy holy or­dinances, thy Word, Sa­craments, and this exer­cise of Prayer, neither pre­paring my selfe hereunto [...]right, nor being conuer­sent therin, with that care. diligence and conscience as I ought, and therfore thou maist iustly depriue me of that fruit of edification I might haue reaped by the reuerent and religious v­sing of these diuine Ordi­nances. Many other sins O Lord I haue commit­ted, the least whereof if [Page 122] thou shouldest lay vnto my charge, I were neuer able to appeare in thy sight, or to answere thée one of a thousand. I beseech thee deale fauourably with me, as thou art w [...]nt to doe with thy children, that call vpon thy name, and séeke thee in the truth of their hearts. In the midst of Iudgement, I pray thée re­member mercie; open my blinde eyes that I may come to a particular know­ledge of my sinnes: touch my hard and stony heart, that I may sigh and grone vnder the burthen of them, beeing heartily displeased with my selfe, because I haue dishonored thy name, stirre vp my heart also that [Page 123] I may hunger and thirst after Christ and his righ­teausnes, and after euery drop of his most precious bloud, in him alone to bee well pleased with me, and for his sake to pardon and forgiue me all my sinnes, wash them all away in his bloud, and my heart from the filthinesse and impuri­tie of them all, say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation, and let me féele thy good spirit perswading my con­science, by the inward te­stimonie of the same, that my sinnes are pardoned, that I stand discharged of them all before thy Iudge­ment seate, and séeing it is the lot of thy children to be tryed sundry waies, O [Page 124] Lord prepare mee to the dayes of tryall: Arme mee with spirituall patience to endure thy hand, that I may méekely, and conten­tedly submit my will, to thy good will and pleasure, howsoeuer it shall please thée to deale with me, onely teach mee to profit vnder thy rod of correction, and grant that I may learne thereby to deny my selfe, to forsake this world, the plea­sures, profits, and prefer­ments of the same: to make vile and base account of them, in respect of the hea­uenly things, destring to be dissolued and to be with Christ, that sinne and the corruption thereof, might bee abolished, and I may [Page 125] [...]aue neere coniunction [...]ith thy Maiestie in thine [...]wne Kingdome: not­withstanding, so long as [...]ho [...] pleasest to hold mee in this earthly Taberna­cle, increase dayly more and more the graces of thy Holy Spirit in mee, as namely Faith, Repen­tance, Feare, Loue, Humi­litie and a good Consci­ence, and all other gra­ces whereby thine Image may be renued in me, that the longer I liue in this world, the neerer I may drawe to thy Kingdome, indeauouring to serue and please thée, in righteousnes and new obedience, all the dayes of my life. Be mer­cifull I beséech thée to all [Page 126] thine afflicted, whether with sicknesse vpon their beds, or distressed in con­science for sinnes, relieue them I beséech thée accor­cording to their seueral ne­cessities: strengthen them in their weakenes, sancti­fie all thy corrections vnto them, and grant them a speedie issue in thine owne good time, as shall seeme best to thy godly wise­dome. Be mercifull to all my friends in the flesh, and acquaintance in the Spi­rit: and all other for whom I am bound by any duty to pray for: granting vnto vs all a supply of all graces néedefull for our present state and callings, and e­ternall saluation of our [Page 127] [...]oules: these mercies I beg [...]t thy hands for Iesus Christs sake, in that pray­er which he hath taught vs saying, Our Father, which art in heauen, &c.

Morning Prayer for the Sabbath day, before hearing of the Word.

O Most gracious God, and mercifull Fa­ther: wee thy vnworthy seruants, do here prostrate our selues, our bodies and selues, to offer vp to thy maiestie this morning sa­crifice of praise and thanks­giuing, for all thy mercies and blessings bestowed vp­on vs: we blesse thy name [Page 104] for the quiet rest, and com­fortable sléepe this night passed, from all perils and dangers of the same: wee confesse O Lord, if thou shouldest deale with vs ac­cording to our deserts, thou mightest haue made our beds, our graues, and our sléepe our death: euen for the sins of this night past: O Lord we haue done more against thée this wéeke past then wee haue done for thée all the dayes of our life: yet notwithstanding O Lord, manifold are thy mer­cies towards vs still, and thy goodnes is infinite, in euery particular which befalleth vs we haue excee­ding experience of thyloue. It is thy great mercy that [Page 129] wee which haue so many wayes prouoked thée, should be suffered to liue to behold the light & comfort of the day: but herein thy mercie is much more ma­nifest that hauing béene heretofore profaners of thy Sabbaths, barren and hy­pocriticall professors of thy holy word: yea, fruitlesse and vnprofitable hearers of the same, that-we should yet enioy the blessed oppor­tunitie of another Sab­bath. O Lord wee confesse thou mightst iustly haue fatted vp our hearts, and giuen vs ouer to a Repro­bate s [...]nce, and comman­ded the doores of thy San­ctuarie to be shutte vp a­gainst vs, and not to suffer [Page 130] vs to tread within thy Courts. O Lord, grant that we may rate & estéeme thy mercy towards vs in this kinde, according to the true valew thereof, and that wee may not carelesse­ly forget this or any other of thy fauours, and as thou hast of thy mercie brought vs to the beginning of this holy Sabbath: so we hum­bly pray thée enable vs to sanctifie the same, as thou requirest, and our dutie bindes vs: Lord make vs to remember, that this is not any Commandement, or Ordinance of man, but that it is thine owne ordi­nance, and one of those lawes which thou wrotest with thine owne hand, [Page 131] namely, that this day should after a more speciall manner, be consecrated to thy seruice: Lord giue vs grace, that in this thy Sabbath wee may beware of doing our owne works; or of séeking our own wils▪ or of speaking vaine and idle words, that wee may seriously binde our selues to the performing of such duties, as doe belong to this day. O Lord we know that herein wee shall méete with many corruptions, in this holy seruice, our own corrupt nature and affecti­ons will thinke it a taske that can not bee endured: besides in the world wee shall haue many examples of the wicked to draw and [Page 132] entise vs frō our diligence and constancie in our god­ly course: but wée beseech thée from the bottome of our hearts, to strengthen vs, that these things pre­uaile not against vs, and grant that wee may more estéeme the performance of our duties to thy maiesty, then either the contenting of our owne corrupt na­tures, or wicked persons; and séeing O Lord, we are now to heare thy holy word: we beséech thée poure downe thy blessings vpon our endeauours this day, in time of prayer, grant vs reuerence to thy Maiestie, faith in the promises of thy Sonne Christ Iesus, a liuely féeling of our owne [Page 133] wants, and a continuall re­membrance of all thy for­mer fauours, and mercies towards vs: and when we heare thée speaking vnto vs by the mouth of thy Mini­sters, bee pleased to giue vnto vs vnlocked and vn­derstanding hearts, recti­fie our Iudgements, san­ctifie our affections, and strengthen our memories, that those holy instructi­ons, which wee shall heare reuerently, and attentiue­ly, may of vs be practised faithfully and effectually in the whole course of our liues, through Iesus Christ our Lord: giue vnto the preacher O Lord a doore of vtterance, touch his tongue with a Cole from [Page 134] thine Altar, that he may de­liuer the word of life bold­ly, that whatsoeuer cor­ruption lies hid in our hearts, the power of thy ho­ly word may search and discouer it to the very bot­tome: and grant that wee may not heare it as the word of a miserable mortal man, like vnto our selues, but as it is indéed the word of thee, the euerliuing God, who art able to saue and to destroy. And because Sa­than a deadly enemie to mans saluation, readie to picke the séede of thy word which is sowne in our hearts: therefore wee pray thee O Lord, confound Sa­than and all his workes, and be thou more mercifull [Page 135] in blessing thine owne or­dinance vnto vs, then Sa­than either is or can be pos­sibly malicious to hinder the same: for this end and purpose wee beséech thée O Lord, to take out of our mindes all vaine and wan­dring thoughts, all coue­tous desires of the world, and whatsoeuer else thou knowest to be an enemie to the sauing hearing of thy holy word, that thy word may be vnto vs, not as our sinnes deserue it should, but as it is in it selfe thy power to our saluation, that it may bee as seede sowne in good ground, which bring forth in vs plentifull fruit, to thy glo­rie and our own comforts, [Page 136] through Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour, to whom with thée and the Holy Spirit, bee all praise and power, maiestie, and dominion: now and for euer.

Amen.

Euening Prayer on the Sabbath day.

EUerlasting God, and in Iesus Christ our most mercifull and gracious Father: we thy poore seruants are here met together in the feare of thy maiestie, and in the confidence of thy mercy to offer vp our eueu­ing sacrifice of praise and thanksgiuing, for all thy mercies and blessings be­stowed vpon vs, in most [Page 137] abundant manner: especi­ally O Lord, for that thou hast not suffered vs to walke in darknesse, igno­rance and blindnesse, but hast giuen vs thy most holy and blessed word, to be a lanthorne to our feete, and alight vnto our pathes, to eternall life. Wee render to thy maiestie from the ground of our harts, hum­ble thanks for that portion of thy blessed word, which this day through thy mercy we haue béene made par ta­kers off: wee confesse O Lord, that wee haue heard the same with manifold in­firmities, and much weak­nesse: neuerthelesse wee pray thée let thy power ap­peare in our weakenes, and [Page 138] vouchsafe to water with the dewe of grace, euery of these particular instructi­ons, which this day or at a­ny other time, we haue béen taught out of thy holy word, that they may be as seede sowne in good ground and may bring forth much fruit to thy glorie, and our owne comforts in this world, and the eternall sal­uation of our soules in the world to come. O Lord we confesse thou mightest iust­ly haue giuen vs ouer to a reprobate sence, for our negligence and carelessenes in matters of thy worship and seruice: yca, euen O Lord, our last behauiour in hearing of thy holy word, hath béene so farre short of [Page 139] that which wee ought to haue don [...], that we haue de­serued that thou shouldest make thy word a sauour of death vnto vs, and not a sauour of life: wee confesse O Lord, our knowledge is very small in comparison of the time, we haue enioy­ed the blessing of thy holy word, so plentifully prea­ched among vs, and our practise is farre short of our knowledge, which makes our case the more misera­ble: but O Lord God see­ing thou art so good vnto vs, in bringing vs to a view of our owne defects and wants, bee thou also mercifull in giuing vnto vs a heart to lament and to bee truely humbled before [Page 140] thy maiestie for them: wee beséech thée in Iesus Christ to bee a reconciled Father vnto vs, freely to pardon and remit all our sinnes, and grant that the word which hath beene sowne a­mong vs this day, may take déepe roote in our hearts, that neither the scorching heate of persecu­tion or affliction cause it to wither, nor the thornie cares of the world choake it, but that wee may dayly grow vp to these holy du­ties, till at length we come to a perfect age in Christ Iesus: and forasmuch as we are taught in thy holie word to make prayers and supplications for all men: we are not onely mindefull [Page 114] of our selues héere present, but of thy children and Church in al places. Blesse O Lord all those that thou hast set in authority ouer vs, especially thy seruant & our soueraigne the kings Maiestie, sanctifie his go­ [...]ernment, vnto vs. Blesse the Quée [...]e and there hope­full Progenie, the Nobili­tie and Magistrates of the Land, grant that we may be godly & quietly gouer­ned vnder them. Blesse O Lord the faithfull Pastors and ministers, of thy holy word, to whom thou hast committed the dispensati­on therof & the charge of thy people, y^t both in their life & doctrin, they may be found faithful, setting only before [Page 142] there eles, thy honour and glorie, and that by them, all poore shéepe, which wander & go astray may be brought home into thy fold: & o lord as féeling members of one body wherof Christ is head, we pray thée for all such as are afflicted with any crosse or tribulation, whether in body or minde or both, that it would please thée to giue them patience and constan­cie to endure thy holy hand so long as it shal please thée to exercise it vpon them, giue them strength of faith against all assalts of Satan whatsoeuer, giue them the pardon & remission of their sins, sealed vnto their con­stiences by the blood of thy déere sonne Christ Iesus: [Page 143] Be pleased O lord to deale with them in mercy and not in iustice, knowing they are but dust & ashes, & in thy good time release them out of that misery they are either by life that they may glorifie thée here, or by faithfull departure they may bee glorified of thée hereafter. These mer­cies and whatsoeuer else thou knowest necessary for vs we craue at [...]hy hands in that forme of Praier which Christ hath taught vs in his Gospell. Our father &c.

A Praier before the recei­uing of the Lords Supper.

MOst mercifull father, I thy vnworthy ser­uant, do héere render to thy Maiestie humble thankes, for that it hath pleased thée, notwithstanding al my for­mer sins & vnworthinesse, to inuite me to this blessed banquet which thou hast or­dained for the strengthning of my wea [...]e faith, and for the preseruation of the me­morie of Christs death. O Lord I beséech thée giue me grace to put on the wed­ding garment, and séeing thou hast commanded that I should examine my selfe, [Page 145] grant that I may not pre­sume to thrust my self into thy holy presence, without a due examination of mine owne estate, both how I haue liued, and also how I am prepared for so weigh­tie a seruice: I desire to do it O Lord, help my desire: I promise to liue more ho­ly than I haue done, giue me power I pray thée to performe my promise. O Lord I confesse I am by nature a childe of wrath as well as others, giue me a true and liuely faith, wher­with, as with a spirituall hand, I may be spiritually ioined vnto thée, that in this outward pledge, wher­by it hath pleased thée to stoope to my sences, by vi­sible [Page 146] signes of bread and wine, setting forth thereby inuisible graces, so grant good Lord I may wholly rest in thy death and passi­on, which is the matter of both thy Sacraments, cleanse mee O Lord that thou maiest enter into me, and maiest vouchsafe to take vp thy habitation within me, I know O Lord that I am most vn­worthy of this excellent mercy: but it is thou that for thine own names sake, hast shewed vnto me this great saluation, not spa­ring thine only begotten son, whom when the ful­nesse of time was come, thou diddest send into the World, made of a woman, [Page 147] that in him thou mightest receiue a full satisfaction for my sinnes, committed both in body and soule, re­moue far from me O Lord all swelling, disdainefull and vncharitable affecti­ons, for this is a feast of loue, therefore to it a mali­cious and reuengeful heart cannot be a welcome guest, and when I present my self before thée at thy table O Lord I beséech thée restrain wy wandring and idle thoughts, and let them bée seriously fixed on that which is the Sacrament namely the death of my sa­uiour, quicken me vp to de­uote and consecrate my self for euer, vnto his seruice, who hath vouchsafed him­selfe [Page 148] to be a sacrifice for me, and grant that when I sée bread and wine on the ta­ble with my bodily eie, I may with the eie of my soule behold Christ on the Crosse, and when I looke vpon the wine powred out of the vessell, I may consi­der how Christs blood was powred out for my sinnes, and as I receiue this bread and wine into my stomack for bodily sustenance, so cause me I beséech thée to féede on the body and blood of our Lord and Sauiour Christ that it may be nou­rishment for my soule,

A­men.

A Praier after the Recei­uing of the Lords Supper.

O most louing and mer­cifull father, I cannot giue thée thankes worthy enough according to the de­sire of my minde, for the in­estimable treasure of this heauenly foode, which thou hast now made me parta­taker of in this heauenly mysterie, to wit the true bread of heauen that euer­lasting meat that abideth for eue [...] thy blessed sonne pur Sauiour Christ Iesus in whom, I haue obtained, by the gift of this holy Communion, an earnest of an immortall inheri­tance, [Page 151] to come, O Lord let not this pretious blood of his be shed in vaine for me, but nourish my soule by his flesh, and more and more clense it by his blood: quicken me O Lord I be­séech thée in this life, that in the body of his Church I may be partaker of all spi­rituall blessings through him, and as thou hast se­perated me O Lord from the wicked, in this holy banquet, so kéep me I pray thée from their corrupti­ons, that I be not as a dog that returneth to his vo­mit, and as a filthy swine that is washed to her wal­lowing in the mire: but good Lord grant that I may seusibly féele the death [Page 150] of Christ to be swéete vnto my soule, as I doe now these creatures of bread and wine, to afforde a plea­sant taste and refreshing to my body, O heauenly Fa­ther let me not depart hence forgetful of thy kind­nesse, but grant that I may euen now at this pre­sent time, euen resolue with mine owne soule to walke in a better course of holy obedience to thy Ma­gesty, than heretofore, ha­uing respect vnto all thy Commandements: and as I haue béene this day put in minde of the benefit of Christs death; so let mée e­uery day thinke often of his death, that thereby I may liue vnto righteous­nesse, [Page 152] and learne to die vn­to sinne, and grant that e­uer heereafter: I may so walke before thée that all men may sée that I am be­come a new creature; thus endeuouriug to walke in this life according to thy will expressed in thy holy worde, I may heereafter enioy the ioies of thy king­dome in thy presence there to abide for euer & euer

Amen.

A P [...]aier before a man begins the workes of his calling.

O Almightie and euer­liuing God, séeing all iust and lawfull vocations and callings grounded vp­on thy worde, are warran­ted for vs to liue in, and al­so hast commanded that no man should be idle; giue me grace I humbly pray thée, that I may walke faithfully before thée as in thy holy presence, so that no deceit, cunning or guile take any hold of me, but that I may labour truly and diligently, as doing thine owne work. Good Lord I beséech thée so prosper and blesse [Page 156] my godly endeuours, that in Iesus Christ they may be a seale of thy fauour to­wards me, to maintaine me and mine, and that I may be also helpfull and be­neficial vnto others, know­ing it to be a better thing to giue than to receiue: and when it shall please thée O Lord by thy blessing vpon my labours, that my bas­ket and my store is increa­sed, grant that I may not ascribe to mine owne indu­stry & pains, but to giue thée the praise of it, to whom it wholly belongeth. And good father grant that I may not set my heart vpon these outward things, but rather as riches encrease, so I may be more and more af­fraid [Page 157] of my selfe, least the cares of this World, and the deceitfulnesse of riches, choake in me the séedes of grace, & so steale my minde away from better things, & let me not I beséech thée so eagerly follow the duties of my calling, that I should abridge and skant my selfe of conuenient seasons for heauenly and spirituall ex­ercises, but alwaies make me behold thy all séeing presence, in whose sight all things are naked, that so I may approue my selfe vnto thée by a streight & vpright cariage, and in so doing I shall imitate thy son Christ Iesus, who in the daies of his flesh humbled himselfe, to liue as a man vpon this [Page 156] earth, by following a pain­full trade, and when the time was come that he was to publish himselfe to the World, he was neuer idle but went about doing good, yea, with that alacritie and chéerefulnesse, that it was his meat to do the will of his father that sent him. O Lord grant that I may follow his steps ende­uouring to please thée in the whole course of my life through the same Iesus Christ our Lord and only Sauiour

Amen.

A Praier containing humble confession of Sinne, and desire of pardon.

O Eternall God and mercifull father, infi­finite in iustice and truth, taking vengance vpon all disobedient children, and yet abundant in goodnesse and mercy towards al such as vnfainedly feare thy name and return vnto thée in sincerity of heart and contrition of spirit, pro­strating their soules before thée. I most vile and wret­ched sinner doe humbly be­séech thée of thy infinite mercy to haue compassion vpon my sinnes, which are [Page 160] so grieuous and so vile and loathsome, as thy pure eies can not abide to looke vpon them, I confesse O Lord, that all my life hath béen in sinne, our fathers and mo­thers were sinnefull euen from the s [...]ock of our great grandfather Adam, whose blindnesse should haue béen our light, and whose sight was turned to our blind­nesse and darkenesse, by the deceitfull entisements of that enemy of our saluati­on, that subtill serpent Sa­tan, by whose baites our forefather being clothed with innocency and inte­gretie and vnspeakable ha­pinesse, was moued by the desire of the knowledge of that which thou wouldest [Page 161] he should haue béene igno­rant of, by breaking of which thy commande­ment, he with the woman which thou gauest to bee a help & comfort vnto him, were according to thy de­terminate will, cast out of Paradice, a place of ioy to a place of miserie, and la­bour. I beseech thee most gratious God, smite my hard and stonie heart, and make it euen to melt with in me, at the sight of my manifold transgressions: settle in it I pray thée that godly sorrow which cau­seth repentance, vnto sal­uation not to be repented of, humble my soule vnder thy mighty hand and suffer it not to fréeze in the dregs [Page 162] of mine owne corruptions. and make my head full of water, & mine eies a foun­taine of teares, which may run down like a riuer day & night: and grant O Lord, that I may sorrow not so much because of hell and damnation which is due vnto me for my sinnes, but that my chiefest sorrow may be this, that I haue of­fended so good and grati­ous a God as thou art, in abusing thy mercies, and requiting thy excéeding loue with so greiuous sins, O Lord I am bold to come vnto thée at this time, not in my owne name, for who am I that I should dare to presse into thy presence, but in the name and media­tion [Page 163] of thy déere and wel­beloued son Christ Iesus. Let his death & passion be a full satisfaction for all my sinnes, wash me throughly in his blood from mine ini­quities and clense me from my sinnes, let not thy hand of iustice destroy me, but giue me the comfort of thy help and stablish me with thy truth. Most gratious father, thou which art the father of mercies and the God of consolations, of thée I aske mercy and forgiue­nesse of all my sinnes, thou wouldest that none should perish, but that all should be saued and come to the knowledge of thy truth: thou hast commanded me most gratious God in thy [Page 164] holy word to call and knock vnto thée, whereupon thou hast gratiousty promised so to finde, as to enter into me and to entertaine me. I beséech thée make good my promise vnto me at this time, and regard my teares my sighes and my groanes, which doe knock at the gate of thy mercies, I endeuour most gracious God and striue to do thy will, Lord make good thy promise I beséech thée in thy word and accept my desire, and howsoeuer vilde wretch that I am, e­uer since I Couenanted with thée to doe thée ser­uice, I haue either vngra­tiously forgotten, or vn­gratefully remembred all [Page 165] thy benefits, and haue not so estéemed thée for them, as I would haue done a mortall friend for a few common Curtesies, yet neuer the lesse haue mercy vpon me. I can not excuse my faults, and If I should, yet my consciense would condemne mée: for I had thy expresse word to stay me and mine owne consci­ence to bridle me, yea I would haue allowed those things which I did, if any other had done them but my selfe, now when my memorie is the handwri­ting of my debt, and my thoughts are willing w [...] ­nesses against me, and mine owne knowledge condem­neth me; what remaineth [Page 166] but that I must néeds fall into thy hands, O Lord I beséech thée according to thy wonted mercy and old louing kindnesse, haue pity vpon me miserable sinner, and grant me a frée remis­sion of all my sinnes and a perfect reconciliation with thée in Christ Iesus: this O Lord I earnestly craue at thy hands euen for the same Iesus Christ sake our Lord and sauiour

Amen.

A godly Prayer in time of sicknesse or at the point of Death.

ALmightie God, and in Iesus Christ my most mercifull Father, I thy poore & wretched seruant, which doe here lye vnder thy hand, féeling thy pu­nishment of the corruption and transgression that is in me, and in all flesh, euen this same sicknesse which at this time thou hast sent vn­to mee, I doe here humble my selfe vnder thy hands, and acknowledge against my selfe my heinous sins and corruptions, so that I confesse that I haue not on­ly deserued sicknes of body: [Page 169] yea, the separation of my soule from my body, but also the separation both of bodie and soule from thée and thy kingdome for euer: but good Father I humbly beseech thee looke vpon me in the righteousnesse of Christ Iesus, in whome thou hast loued mee before the foundations of the world were laid: & though sinne haue brought sicknes, and sicknes bee an vndoub­ted messenger of death, at the time thou hast appoin­ted: yet grant good Lord, that I may be vndoubted­ly perswaded in this, that death is swallowed vp in victorie, and that this death can no more hold me vnder, then it hath done [Page 168] Iesus Christ, into whom I am translated: therefore I beseech thée giue me a swéet féeling of my incorporation into Christ Iesus, in whose death though I dye, yet I shall liue, by y^• vertue of his resurrection eternally: O Lord, in this my sicknesse, giue me I beséech thée a déep touch and a sensible vnder­standing of my sinnes past, that I haue not vsed this temporall life which thou didst lend mee more to thy glorie, that I did not so watch for death, as that I was no better prepared for it, that I was no more dili­gent in my calling to seeke the aduancement of thy glory. Now O Lord I pray thee take from me all guile [Page 170] of Spirit, all disposition to flatter or to sooth vp my selfe, or to lessen either the number or the qualitie of my sinnes, cause mee euen to breake vp my hart, and to search and trie my waies, that so out of the a­bundance of my feeling, I may poure out a most plen­tifull and sincere confessi­on before thee, knowing it to be in vaine to endeuour to hide that from thee, which thou (before whom all things are naked) doest know better then my selfe: yea such is thy mer­cie, that when I do lay my sinnes open, thou doest co­uer them: good Father I beseech thee, giue mee that minde, which a seeke man [Page 171] should haue, and increase my patience with my pain, & call to my mind all which I haue heard, or read, or felt, or meditated, to strengthen mee in this my visitation, that though I neuer taught any good while I liued: yet I may now instruct others how to die, and to beare patiently whatsoeuer thy holie hand shall lay vpon them. Apply vnto me al thy mercies and merites of Christ Iesus, as if he had died for me in par­ticular, bee not farre from mee, I beseech thee when the enemie comes to tempt me, but when hee is most busie, then let thy good spi­rit be busiest also to defend me, and let my last houre [Page 172] be my best houre, and my last thoughtes and words the best that euer I did thinke or speake. Lord I know that I can not escape death, then why should I feare it: and if I must dye, why not now, if it so please thee? for my chiefest happi­nes is behind, and I can not haue it, vnles I go vnto it. I confesse O Lord my paines are great, but sée­ing I trauell to heauen, make mee patient I be­seech thee to beare my paines, and when it shall please thee to call me out of this vaile of miserie, command thy holy An­gels, I humbly pray thee to carrie my soule into the bosome of blessed A. braham, [Page 173] there to rest with thee in eternall glorie for euer and euer.

Amen.

A Prayer of thanks-giuing vnto God, for Deliue­rance out of any Sicknesse.

ALl honour and praise be giuen vnto thee, most gracious God, and merci­sull Father, for all thy mer­cies and fauours, bestowed vpon mee, euen from my cradle to this present houre: for my Election, Creation, Redemption, Iustificati­on, Sanctification, Pre­seruation, and that blessed hope of Glorification in the world to come. O Lord, [Page 174] thou hast loaded mee with thine abundant fauors, as if I had euer done thy will, although I neuer knew thée as I ought, loued thee as I should, obayed thee as thou commandedst, nor beene thankefull to thee as thou hast deserued: excéeding experience haue I had of thy goodnes many times, but neuer more then in my late sicknesse, wherewith thou didst visit mee. Lord grant that I be not in the number of those, who are forward to aske in time of trouble and affliction, but slacke and carelesse, to ac­knowledge their thankful­nes, when mercy is besto­wed: like those Lepers, that when they were clean­sed, [Page 175] returned not to giue God thanks for his mercy. O Lord, thou hast chaste­ned me and corrected me: but herein appeares thy mercy, that thou hast not giuen mee ouer to death. I confesse, thou mightst iust­ly haue cut mee off & depri­ued mee of the rest of my yeares: but it was thy good pleasure to deliuer my soul from the pit of corruption. Imprint in my mind I be­séech thée, the vowes & pro­mises, which I made in my sicknesse of better obedi­ence and seruice to thy ma­iestie, then heretofore, and grant that I may make con­science to performe them: and let me know that how­soeuer thou hast now giuen [Page 177] me some little respite and prolonged my daies: yet I must not de [...]eiue my selfe, in putting farre from my remembrance the day of my death, but that I may make a holy vse of this thy father­ly correcting me, and to ex­presse my thankefulnes in my life and conuersation, in walking godly before thee, and in preparing my selfe for my end, that I may finish my course with ioy, and bee ready to meete my Sauiour in the clouds, and to rest with him and his holy Angels for euer, and in his euerlasting kingdom of glorie.

A Prayer for a Sick man.

MOst gracious God, and in Christ Iesus our mercifull Father: wée poore wretches gathered here before thee, doe truely and most freely confesse, that wee are most vile and miserable, vtterly vnwor­thy to speake vnto thee, or to receiue the least fauour from thee, by reason of our many and grieuous sinnes, our blindnes of minde, ig­norances, negligences, per­uersenes of heart, and vn­seruiceablenesse in our liues: but with all we doe remember thy great loue, and mercifull promises made vnto them, that with [Page 178] [...]enitent and humble spi­rits do sue vnto thée: wher­fore wee are enboldned to approch vnto thy throne of grace, in the name of thy Son Christ Iesus, beseech­ing thée for his sake to for­giue vs all our sinnes ori­ginall and actuall: wash vs (we pray thée) in his bloud, and cloth vs with his righ­teousnes: giue vs grace to turne vnto thée with our hearts from all our sinnes, and inable vs by thy grace to serue thee in righteous­nes & holines all the dayes of our liues. Take care (we beséech thée) of this thy Ser­uant, whom thou hast affli­cted before our eyes: O Lord receiue him to thy grace, and assure him of thy [Page 179] glory: grant vnto him faith in thy promises, patience vnder thine hand, and hope of thy mercy: restore him (if it be thy blessed will) to his perfect health againe: and blesse all good meanes vnto it: if not, prepare him for death and for thy king­dome: comfort him with an assured hope of a ioyfull re­surrection, and whensoeuer his soule shall depart from his body, grant that it may be presented without all sinne to thée, through Iesus Christ our Lord and Saui­our.

Amen.

A Prayer for a Woman with child.

BLessed God, and graci­ous Father, I thy poore Handmaide doe héere hum­bly present my selfe before thy throne of Grace: be­seeching thee to forgiue me all my manifold sins com­mitted against thee: burie them in the death of my Sauiour, thy Son Christ Iesus: O Lord I beseech thee for his sake to accept of me and this poore worme inclosed in my wombe: vouchsafe to giue vs thy Sonne, and to sanctifie vs with thy Holy Spirit: grant me strength and pa­tience, I humbly intreat [Page 181] thee, to indure and ouer­come those paines, which for my sinnes are worthi­ly imposed on me. Asswage them, O Lord, I pray thee, and vouchsafe mee a safe deliuerance with safe­tie to this child within me, if it may please thy Maie­stie; so will I dedicate my selfe, and that which thou shalt giue me, to the glorie of thine holy Name: O Lord, heare: O Lord, help: be thou my God, and my guide, my saluation, and my succour; not for my merites, but for the honour of thy mercie, and the all sufficient merites of Iesus Christ, to whome with thee, and thy Holy Spirit, three persons, but [Page 182] one euer-liuing and euerlo­uing God, bee all honour and glorie, for euer and for euer.

Amen.

A Prayer for a Midwife by her selfe alone.

O Lord my God, I be­seech thee forgiue me my manifold sins and wic­kednes, accept of me, I be­seech thée, in thy Sonne Iesus Christ: honour mee with all the graces of thy spirit▪ grant me wisedoms, modesty, temperance, and a religious heart. Blesse mee in this calling, to which thou hast appointed mee: prosper me, I pray thee, in the thoughts of my heart, the words of my mouth, & [Page 183] the workes of mine hands. Be mercifull (I most hum­bly beseech thée) to all those women and children with whom I am to deale. Bee mercifull to this thy Ser­uant, that is now in trauel: O good Lord, comfort her, strengthen her, and grant her a seasonable and safe de­liuerance: blesse her bur­then, O Lord, and giue i [...] strength & life to be borne: so will I render praise and thanksgiuing vnto thee. Heare O Lord, and grant mee my hearts desire, for Christ Iesus his sake, mine onely Lord and Sauiour.

Amen.

A Thanksgiuing priuate for the safe deliuerance of a woman, to bee said by the Midwife, or some woman present at her Deli­uerie.

VVEE giue thee thankes (most mercifull God▪) for all thy mercies and fauours to vs, for Electing, Creating, Redeeming, Sanctifying, and Preseruing vs: for our health, peace, and li­bertie, for the worde and Gospell, and for preser­uing both it and vs from that barbarous Powder-Treason of wicked Pa­pists: and finally for the [Page 185] safe deliuerance of this thine Handmaide, and the birth of this Infant: wee beseech thee giue vs thankefull heartes vnto thee, and grant that by true thankefulnesse wee may consecrate our soules, our selues, and seruices vn­to thee all the dayes of our life, endeauouring to leade a godly, quiet and vertu­ous life before thée in this world, that wee may liue for euer with thée in the world to come, through Iesus Christ our onely Lord and Sauiour. Amen. The Lord bee mercifull vnto vs, send health and strength vnto this thine Handmaide, Lord blesse this Childe, vouchsafe it [Page 186] life, that it may by Bap­tisme bee admitted into thine house, and haue in­terest in thy Couenant, the Lord keepe vs all, and honour vs with his grace in this life, and with im­mortall glorie in the life to come.

A Prayer in time of Pesti­lence, or any other Contagious Sicknesse.

MOst gracious and e­uerliuing god, whose Iudgements are vnsearch­able, and workes past find­ing out, much lesse to bee comprehended within our weake & shallow braines, we can not wonder that we [Page 187] are afflicted with so many sorts of diseases, and ex­traordinarie visitations, for wee confesse that our sinnes haue prouoked thee not only to take vengeance vpon our bodies and those things that belong vnto vs for this life, but also euen that thou shouldest seperats both our bodies and soules from thee for euer to the e [...] ­ternall destruction of both: and howsoeuer this iudge­ment of the plague be grie­uous vpon vs, yet it is the smallest part of our desert, and if thou shouldest make it cleaue fast to our loines, and euen sweep vs off from the face of the earth, as dung is swept away till all be gone, wee haue nothing [Page 188] to except against thee, but that thou art iust, for wee haue multiplyed our sinnes before thée, and haue pressed thee with the burden of them as a Cart is pressed with sheaues: so that nei­ther wee nor our Fathers haue kept thy Commande­ments: and besides O Lord we must confesse thou hast iustly plagued vs, be­cause wee haue abused and set at naught, thy manifold mercies, which thou hast shewed vnto vs for our conuersion, as the continu­all admonitions giuen vn­to vs by thy ministers, ri­sing early and late, yet wee haue hardened our heartes as in the day of slaughter, and haue despised thy Pro­phets, [Page 189] and put farre from vs the euill day, thereby ad­ding drunkennes to thirst: yet notwithstanding wee will returne vnto thée that hast smitten vs, for thou art the father of mercies and the God of forgiue­nesses: O remember vs not according to our sins, but according to thy mer­cies, O Lord thinke vpon vs for thy goodnesse sake, cleare vs wee beseech thee, and make vs frée from the contagion and Leprosie of sinne, and then we shall bée fréed from the noysome in­fection of the Pestilence, so that it shall not hurt vs, teach vs O Lord to feare sinne as we feare the sick­nesse it selfe, for it is the [Page 190] cause of this wasting sick­nesse which is the fruit of sinne, but this good Fa­ther belongeth onely vnto thee; for thou canst doe both the one and the other: therefore comfort vs wee pray thee according to the dayes that thou hast af­flicted vs: turns vs vnto thée O Lord, and we shall be turned, conuert thou vs and we shall be conuerted: If wee humble our selues and meete thee with true faith, vnfained repentance, with hartie sorrow and teares, thy wrath shal cease, and then thou wilt call in againe thy messengers, commanding thine Angell to put vp the sword of ven­geance into the [...]heath, and [Page 191] shew mercie vpon vs, and if it bee thy good pleasure to stretch out thy hand stil, and chastise vs yet more for our Iniquities, giue vs wee pray thée grace and strength patiently to en­dure thy fatherly hand, to the vtmost tryall, and teach vs that whensoeuer wee are iudged by thée, we shall not be iudged with the world, and much better is it for vs to bee temporally corrected in this life, then eternally to ber tormented in the life to come: there­fore O Lord, we choose ra­ther to fall into thy hands, then in to the hands of men, because thy grace is great, and mercie is with thee that thou maist bee feared, [Page 192] laying fast hold of faith in Christ Iesus, who is thee­uerlasting propitiation and perfect sacrifice for all our sins, & in whom alone thou art well pleased, to whom with thée & thy good spirit, bee all honour & glory now and for euermore.

Amen.

A Prayer for the Kings Ma­iestie & the whole State.

OEternall God & gra­cious Father, who in thy eternall counsell, and inestimable wisedome, hast ordained Kings & Princes to be as Fathers & Nurses to thy church, and as thou hast giuen them high soue­raignty, and speciall autho­rity, so thou hast communi­cated [Page 193] vnto them thine own names and titles, both to put them in continuall re­membrance that they are for thée, & for thy glory, and also vs thy subiects of that same continuall loue & obe­dience which we owe vnto thy Maiestie, that vnder them we may be godly and peaceably gouerned: & see­ing y^• by thée Kings raigne, and thy soueraigne autho­rity reacheth ouer all, wee beséech thée good Lord, shew thy mercy vpon al christian Kings & Princes, calling on thy name: especially wee pray thée multiply thy gra­ces vpon thy seruant & our dread soueraigne, Iames by thy prouidence, King of great Britaine, France & [Page 194] Ireland, defender of the faith. As thou hast doubled his croune & lifted his head aboue others: so wee pray thée double & redouble thy graces and blessings vpon him both spirituall & tem­porall: make vs euermore truely thankfull we beséech thée for all thy preseruati­ons of him from thine & his enemies: especially graunt that wee may neuer forget that inestimable deliue­rance of his Maiestie & the whole state, from that more then barbarous and hellish plot of the gunpowder trea­son, kéepe him as the Apple of thine eye, & preserue his Royall person from al con­spiracies and treasons both forraine & domesticall, and [Page 195] continue his gouernment ouer vs: and grant there may not want one of that stock to sit vpon this throne till thy son come to Iudge­ment. Blesse in like maner we beséech thée the Quéenes Maiesty, make her a helpe vnto him in al good things: powre downe thy blessings vpon there Royal progeny, and graunt that they may daily grow in grace & fauor both with God and man, & make them loyall to his maiesty all the daies of his life, alwaies afford thy gra­cious presence to the hono­rable lords of his Maiesties Counsell: be thou president ouer them at their table, & order their purposes, and direct all their consultati­ons, [Page 196] as may make most for thy glory, the honour of the King, and the good of this land and commonwealth: giue thy blessing vpon all the Magistrates of the land and courts of Iustice: grant that they may drawe forth the sword of iustice, for the destruction of vice and wic­kednes, and for the mainte­nance of Gods true religi­on & vertue. Blesse O Lord the house of Aaron & Tribe of Leui, the ministers of thy word and Sacraments: and séeing these are thy Ste­wards which thou hast set ouer vs, to disperse thy mi­steries: good Lord giue vs grace, not to estéeme of them as mere mortall men like our selues, but as they [Page 197] are indéed the embassadors of thée, the euerliuing God, who art able to saue and to destroy; and that they are not such as raigne ouer our faith, but as helpers of our ioy, which preach not them­selues, but Iesus Christ our Lord and count themselues our seruāts for Iesus sake: furnish them liberally of thy rich treasure with all graces, fit for so excellent a work, & giue vs grace with our best endeauours to fur­ther y^• maintenance therof: to this end blesse al schooles of learning, especially both the Uniuersities of this land, that daily there may procéed such as may be pro­fitable Instruments both for church & common welth, [Page 198] and in these our prayers we are not vnmindful of the af­flictions of Ioseph, wee be­seech thée send thy Spirit of comfort, to all the afflicted whatsoeuer whether in bo­dy or in mind or both: espe­cially those that suffer for the testimony of a good con­science: wee beséech thée to stand by them in al their di­stresses, and bee thou more neere to defend them, then Sathan either is or possible can be to seduce & draw thē from thée: giue them pati­ence to endure whatsoeuer it shal please thée to lay on them, harty and true repen­tance for all their sins, & an happy issue from their mise­ries, as shall séeme best to thy godly wisedome, either [Page 199] by life that they may glori­fie thée in this world, or by faithfull departure they may be glorified of thee in the world to come, and that for Iesus Christs sake our Lord and only Sauior; In whose name wee conclude these our weake prayers as he hath taught vs. Our Fa­ther which art in heauen, &c.

A Praier containing the summe of the Lords Praier.

OVr Father which art in Heauen. Most grati­ous Lord God, we thy chil­dren & seruants in thy only son Iesus Christ our saui­our, assured héere of by thy good spirit, do hartily desire thée as we are made, redée­med, [Page 200] & sanctified to praise thée, giue vs thy children grace to acknowledge thée the only true God and to worship thée in thought, word and déede: that so thy name by vs may be hallo­wed, teach vs which way we may most honour thee while we remaine héere, & to set our hearts wholly thereunto, kéep vs from ta­king any part of thy glory to our selues, and let vs ac­count it our greatest honor to honor thée, and be euer a­fraid of dishonoring thée a­ny way, & because we haue no power nor know the meanes of our selues to serue thée; let thy kingdome come, giue vs thy word to be faithfully and painfully [Page 201] preached among vs, with thy holy spirit to worke in­wardly in our hearts, faith, feare, hope, and loue, with al heauenly graces that we may become thy subiects & heires of thy kingdome; send vs zelous gouernors & faithfull Preachers, that Satan, Antichrist, heresies, vice & scismes, may bee vt­terly destroied, & our déere and pretious soules saued in the day of the Lord Ie­sus, which day wee pray thée to hasten; in the meane season thy will bee done in earth as it is in heauē: make vs to forsake our selues & all worldly vanities, doing nothing but what thou cō ­mandest, and all that thou doest will vs to do it harte­ly, [Page 202] ioyfully, readily, faith­fully, and with a constant heart, as thy Saints & An­gels in Heauen performes it, and because our bodies craue necessary sustenance without which we cannot serue thée giue vs this day ourdaily b cad. We beféeth thée to blesse our daily la­bors to get sufficient main­tenance and al necessaries, that we may be able to do thy will, Let neither care nor couetousnes oppresse vs, but wholly commit our selues to thy faithfull pro­uiding for vs, and good fa­ther forgiue vs our trespas­ses. Let not our sinnes ei­ther hinder or depriue vs of thy mercies, we confesse that wee haue grieuously [Page 203] sinned against thée, both o­riginally & actually so as it is thy méere mercy the waight of them haue not pressed vs downe to the pit of hell, but thou art merci­full in Christ Iesus and for his sake we beseech thée par­don [...] as thou hast promi­sed and perswade our con­sciences that we are forgi­uen by giuing vs grace to forgiue them that trespass▪ against vs, giue vs power to continue in all godly cour­ses & lead vs not into temp­tation, but deliuer vs from e­uill, that neither in inward or outward temptation we may euer bee vanquished, but may euer ouercome, which wee desire (O father of heauen). as thou hast all [Page 204] rule and power and maiest haue glorie and praise of hereafter, for euer & euer, and as we are bound in du­tie for our election, creati­on, redemption, iustifica­tion, sanctification, for all earthly benefits, and spiri­tuall comforts and the cer­taine hope of eternal glory, to which glorie O father bring vs & that for Christ Iesus sake our Lord and only sauiour

Amen.

A praier vpon the Articles of the Creede.

O Heauenly father from whom all good gifts come, I pray thée in thy mercy through Christ Ie­sus my sauiour to grant me [Page 205] thy gratious gift of a sound iustifying faith which I neither haue nor can haue by nature, that I may be­leeue in thee O God only, the father Almightie, maker of heauen and earth, and al­so in Iesus Christ thy only sonne and our Lord, which was conceiued by the holy Ghost, bo [...]ne of the Virgine Marie, suffered vnder Ponti­us Pilate, was crucified dead and buried, that descended into hell, and rose againe the third day, and ascended into heauen, and there si [...]te [...]h at the right hand of thee (O God) father Almightie, from whence hee shall come to iudge vs all both quick and dead: & that I may b [...] le [...]e in the holy Ghost, and that [Page 206] there is a Catholick church a Communion of Saints, the forgiuenes of sins, and the re­surrection of the body, and life euerlasting, that so I may be truely perswaded of thy fatherly prouidence o­uer me, & what Christ hath done, that is for my deliue­rance, & the holy ghost to be my comfort & assistance, be­ing a member of the church, and making me effectually partaker of all the priuile­ges thereof to my endlesse ioy & happines, which O fa­ther giue vnto me I beséech thée for Christs sake.

Amen.

A Prayer vpon the ten Commandements.

O Eternal Lord God I thy humble seruant, [Page 207] that do owe all dutifu [...]l obe­dience to thée and am made partaker of manifold bene­fits both for body & soule, which then by the bloud of Christ thy only son hast de­liuered from that euerlast­ing bondage which by cor­ruption of nature I was held in, & from euerlasting death which I was subiect vnto by daily breaking of thy cōmandements: I be­séech thée giue me grace now and euer hereafter to haue none other Gods but thée: neither to make to my selfe any grauen Image, nor the likenes of any thing in hea­uen aboue or in the earth be­neath, nor in y^• waters vn­der the earth, to bow down to them to worship them. [Page 208] Nor that I take the name of thée my Lord God in vaine. Remembring to kéep holy the Sabath day, and to labour six daies doing all that I haue to do; but in the seuenth day, which is the Sabath of thée O Lord my God: giue me grace to do no maner of work. And that I may honour my father and mother. Neuer to commit any murther, neither Adul­terie. Nor to steale. Nor to beare false witnesse against my neighbor. Nor to couet my neighbours house, nor his wife, nor his seruant, nor his maide, nor his Oxe, nor his Asse, not any thing that is his, that so I may do alwaies my duty to thee, O God, al the daies of my life, [Page 209] beléeuing, fearing, worship­ping, giuing thankes, & lo­uing thée with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, with al my strēgth, and louing my neighbour, friend or foe euen as my selfe, to doe to all men euen as I would they should doe to me▪ to loue honour & suc­cour my father & mother, to honour and obey the King, Quéene, Prince, & their mi­nisters, to submit my selfe to all my gouernors, spiri­tuall & temporall, to order my selfe to all my betters, lowly & reuerently, to hurt no body by word nor déede, to be true and [...]ust in all my dealings, to beare no ma­lice in my heart, to behaue my selfe in the whole course [Page 210] of my life, as thou maist be glorified, my duty dischar­ged, my conscience comfor­ted, my brethren woone or confirmed, and thye mouths of all the wicked stopped, which O father vouchsafe to grant me, for thy great goodnes sake, & thy beloued sonnes [...]ake Iesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thée and the holy spirit, bee all praise and honour giuen by me & all thy Saints this time & for euermore.

Amen.

A Prayer containing the do­ctrine of the sacraments.

O Most merciful father, thou hast giuen met not onely thy holy word to teach me faith & obedience, but also two Sacraments, [Page 211] outward signes and seales of inward graces, Christ & all his benefites. Giue mee wiledome O Lord, to ac­knowledge the benefite and thankfully vse the same, be­séeching thée that as by bap­tisme I am receiued into the church, & by water out­wardly am washed: so let it scale, the assurance of the purging of my soule from sin, by Christs bloud, and appeare outwardly by thy holy spirit, killing in mee corruption, and stirring me vp to holines of life, reioy­sing in my new-birth, and growing more & more ther­in dayly; that so I may pre­pare my self in knowledge, in true repentance, hartie loue, and a sound faith, to [Page 212] come & bee partaker of the Lords supper, which is the other sacrament to nourish me vp in the same, where by the signes of bread broken, and wine poured out, taken and giuen, Christ my saui­our with his benefits is of­fered, that gaue his body & shed his blood for me. Now, O Lord, as by my hand I take the bread & wine, and with eating and digestion receiue also the strength to nourish my body: so I pray thee giue me faith, to apply Christ with his merites, that I may féele the vertue therof to nourish my soule, that I may not come vnpre­pared, least I eate & drinke [...] owne damnation, in [...]andling such holy myste­ries: [Page 213] neither let mee con­tei [...]e or neglect to be par­taker when by the Church thou doest call me, but obe­diently & thankefully com­municat with my breathren▪ to strengthen my faith, en­crease mutuall loue, shew­ing obedience & Gods mer­cy in Christs death, till hee come to iudge vs all at that great day, & that for Christs sake, our Lord and onely Sauiour.

Amen.

Prayer before meate.

MOst gracious God, and mercifull father, from whom all good gifts procéed, we poore wretches beséech thée to sanctifie to our vses these thy good crea­tures which we shal receiue [Page 214] now of thy mercy: giue vs grace wee pray thee to vse them soberly & purely ac­cording to thy will, & grant y^• by these blessings which thou so largely bestowest vpon vs, wee may see thy loue towards vs, seeking likewise for that spirituall bread of thy word, which is the foode of our soules, that by the same we may be nou­rished to eternal life, throgh Iesus Christ our Lord.

A­men.

Thanksgiuing after meat.

VVE confesse O Lord, it is of thy only goodnes & mercy that wee liue, moue, and haue our beeing in this life, and all things whereby our life is preser­ued [Page 215] comes from thy maie­stie: good Lord wee beséech thée make vs thankefull for these & al other thy mercies both spirituall & temporall: and as thou hast now fed our bodies with corporall foode: so good Lord we pray thée nourish our souls with that heauenly Manna the food of eternall life, through Iesus Christ our Lord

Amen.

Another before meate.

ALinightie God, which hast created meates & drinkes for mans suste­nance, sanctifie them to the vse of thy children, without difference, that they may vse them for their health, & hast giuen strength to nou­rish [Page 216] our bodies to thy plea­sure: make vs sober and thankfull partakers of thē, & graunt that the end of our eating & drinking may tend to enable vs to serue thée in our seuerall places through Iesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Another after meate.

VVE humbly pray thée most gracious God and mercifull to sanctifie these thy good creatures, which now of thy mercy we haue receiued at thy hands, that they may turne to the nourishment of our bodies where unto thou hast ap­pointed them: and teach vs to remember that it is thou which to vs and to all thy [Page 217] creatures giuest food in due season, and therfore that we abuse not thy mercies, but in some good measure ende­uour to walke worthie of them in the course of our liues: through Iesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Another before meate.

VVE magnifie thygreat name most gracious God, for all thy mercies bestowed vpon vs from our cradles, to this present, e­specially that thou hast gi­uen vs Christ Iesus, & with him al the blessings belong­ing to this life, and to that which is a far better: wee thank thée for all temporall blessings, these which wee are now about to receiue [Page 218] grant that our weak bodies being by them refreshed, we may much more séek for the foode of our soules, which a­bideth vnto eternall life, that so we labouring to do thy will commanded in thy word here in this life wee may hereafter enioy y^• ioies of thy kingdome in thy pre­sence, there to abide for euer and euer.

Amen.

Another after meate.

IT is thou O Lord, who hast elected, created, re­déemed, iustified, sanctified preserued, and now at this present fed vs; thy name be blessed & praised both now and for euer. God saue his church vniuersal the Kings Maiestie, the Quéen & their [Page 219] royall progeny, forgiue vs all our sins, comfort the af­flicted, remoue thy iudge­ments farre from vs, send thy Gospell a frée passage, and grant vs & al the Israel of God, grace, mercy, faith, truth, & peace in thy Sonne Christ Iesus our Lord.

A­men.

Another before meate.

ETernall God, which hast commanded vs in thy holy word, that whe­ther we eate or drinke, or whatsoeuer we do, al should be done to the praise of thy name, and whereas any of thy creatures which we re­ceiue, can not be auaileable to the nourishment of our bodies, except they bee san­ctified [Page 220] by thy word & pray­er: wee beséech thée blesse these thy good gifts, which now wee are about to re­ceiue of thy bounteous libe­ralitie, that wee being by them strengthened, may be better enabled to procéed in the discharge of our seueral Callings, to thy glorie, and our owne comfort, through Iesus Christ.

Amen.

Another after meate.

HUmble and hartie thanks be rendred vn­to thée most gracious God, for all thy mercies, for the cōfortable refreshing which thou hast now vouchsafed vnto vs: we beséech thée for­giue vs our sinnes, which makes vs vnworthy of the [Page 221] least of thy mercies: pardon wee beséech thée our great vn thankfulnes, and let thy mercy to our bodies stir vp thankfulnes in our soules; God preserue his Church, the Kings Maiesty, the Quéen, their progeny, these Realms, increase our faith, prosoer thy word & Gospell among vs, confound Satan and all the euemies of thy truth, and grant vs mercie and peace in Christ Iesus our Lord.

Amen.

Grace before meate.

MOst gracious father, wee beséech thée for­giue vs all our sinnes, blesse these creatures vnto our vse, that they may be to our [Page 222] health, strength & comfort, through Iesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Grace after meate.

VVE giue thée thankes, most merciful father, for féeding vs at this time, and for al thy fauors of this life, and of the life to come: we beséech thée continue thy louing kindnesse still vnto vs. Lord saue thy Church, our King and his Realines, and giue thy Gospel an hap­py passage amongst vs, to thy glory, and our comfort, through Iesus Christ out Lord, and Sauiour.

Amen.