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¶ A Chriſtian meditacion or praier to be ſayed at all tymes whenſoeuer GOD ſhall vyſet vs wyth anye mortall plague or ſicneſſe.

¶ Imprynted at London By Wylliam Awen 1.5.5.1.
A Chriſtian meditacyon or prayer to meditaciō or prayer to be ſaid at all tymes when ſoeuer God ſhal viſet vs with any mortal plage or ſicknes.

O Lord GOD almighty and Father moſte merciful, who thoughe thou be dayly prouoked to wrathe and vengeaunce by the grieuous offenſes and ſinnes of vs thy moſt diſobedient children, yet neuertheleſſe art ſo pacient and of ſuch long ſufferaunce, that thou holdeſte thy rod, tyll by our outrageous contemptes and moſt wilfull breakinges of th • cōmaundementes thou art for our correccion cōſtreigned to ſtrike: remember good Lord thine accuſtomed goodneſſe towardes thy people, whome of thine owne fatherly thenderneſſe thou hadeſt euer more lieffer to ſaue thē to ſpill, to emend thē, to deſtroy, to forgeue then to punyſhe. What ſoeuer ſcourge or affliecions thou diddeſt in old time eyther threaten or laye vpon the ſtubberne & vnrepentaū ce people of Iſraell, yet dyddeſt thou neuer ſhutte vp thy mercies from them whan ſoeuer they woulde wyth all their herte returne vnto the.Gene. 18. Whan the crye of Zodome & Gomorre came vnto thyne eare for their moſt grieuous abominaciōs: yet ſuch is thy readines to ſhew mercy, that at the prayer of thy ſeruaunt Abraham thou madeſte promiſſe to ſaue the cityes and not to deſtroy them. Firſte if fifty, ſecondely if fourtye fiue, than yf fortye, afterwarde if thirty,Ioan. 3. at laſt if twenty, yea finally if tenne righteous perſones could haue bene found in them. Whā thy Prophete Ionas had proclaimed the deſtruccion of Niniue for their great and manifolde ſinnes: yet for their repentaunce ſake, thou diddeſt moſt gladly and readily call backe thy ſore ſentence afore pronounced againſt them.4. Re. 20 Whan thy Prophete Iſay had at thy cōmaū demente declared to Kynge Ezechias that he ſhoulde not ſcape death, yet for his herty prayers ſake thou diddeſt reuoke that ſentence agayne, & diddeſt adde, fyfteen yeares vnto his dayes. And we alſo now O Lorde acknowledge our manifold ſinnes and moſt grieuous tranſgreſſiōs. We confeſſe that we haue moſte iuſtely deſerued this ſodayn plague & mortall diſeaſe and a greate deale wurſe. We graunt that we haue by oure wickedneſſe, moſte worthely enkēdled thy wrathe and indignacion againſt vs. But o Lord what is man that thou wouldeſt matche thy ſelfe to trye in battaill agaynſt him: What glory ſhould it be, to ye o Lorde, if thou ſhouldeſte deſtroy all fleaſh beyng but chaf and duſte. Remember good Lord that yf thou wilt ſtand in triall with vs, we haue nothynge to lay for our ſelfes, nor can be hable to ſtande in iudgemente before the. We therfore appeale from thy iuſtice vnto thy mercy, whyche for thy names ſake & for thine owne glory, thou haſt in thine eternall woorde and trueth promyſed vnto all ſuche as will earneſtly emend and conuert vnto the. Spar vs therefore good Lorde, and like as thou haſt at this preſente ſent vnto vs this ſodayn plague both as a warning of thy greate indignacion for oure moſt grieuous ſinnes, and alſo for a token that except we will now emende, we cannot eſcape thy handes to be beaten with a ſharper rodde: ſo graunte O Lorde that thys maye be vnto vs an holſome medicyne for oure emendement of lyfe, and that it may all together redounde vnto thy glorye, ſo that whether we lyue or dye we maye ſtyll bee thy people, and thou ſtill our God and moſt tendre louing Father. And foraſmuch as euerye good gyfte of true fayth & repentaunce cometh from the geue vs thy grate that we may by this thy moſt tendre and fatherly correccion, returne from our did iniquities whych haue now prouoked thy wrathe, and alſo that from henſforth we may ſerue the in all holineſſe and pureneſſe of lyfe, wherby thy glorye may encreaſe, and thy name may be magnified. Yea euen emong them that other wiſe are blaſphemers of thy moſt holy Ghoſpell, and doe impute vnto the knowledge of thy moſt holy woorde ſent vnto the world in theſe later times, al the plagues. Which haue bene prouoked by oure ſtubberneſſe and hardeneſſe of herte. But heare thou O Lorde the hertye prayers of the faithfull litell flocke truſtyng in thy only mercy: and graunte thys oure petycyon for thy Sonne IESVS Chriſtes ſake, to whom with the, and thee Holye Ghooſte bee all prayſe, honoure and glorye for euer and euer. Soo bee it.