Grace before meat.

ALmighty GOD, Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, we beséech thée to have mercy upon us: blesse (O Lord) these thy good Creatures which thou hast provided for our sustinance; and give us grace to be thankfull unto thée for the same, and all other thy blessings bestowed upon us, through Iesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

BLessed God, which by thy word hast fram'd the world, and all things contained therein we humbly beséech thée to have mercy upon us; make us thankefull unto thée for these thy good gifts which we are about to receive at thy boun­tifull hands, through the merits of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen.

Graces before Meat.

GOod Lord blesse us, and these thy gracious gifts which thou hast provided for us to strengthen and nurish our weake bodies, where­by we may he refreshed and comforted: & grant that as we grow in strenth by them, so like­wise we may increase in grace (that after this life ended, we may be partakers of thy heavenly Table, through the mediation of thine onlie Son one blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Grace before meat.

GLorie ho [...]uar and praise be given to thée, O Lord which hast fed us from our ten­der age, and givest sustenance to evere living thing, replenish our hearts with joy and glad­nesse that we alwaies having sufficient, may be rich and plentifull in all good works, through our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

GReat God, which be thy power in the holie [...]rophet (didst increase and multiplie the [...]re of the poore Widow bless, we beseech thee these our meats and drinkes and increase in us the knowledge of thy truth in love & obediede, that we having a lively Faith in thee, we may [Page] ever serve and honour thee, in all our thoughts and actions, through Iesus Christ our onelie Lord and blessed Saviour. Amen.

Grace beford Meat.

IMmortall and everlasting God, which for us most wretched and sinfull men hast cleansed thy Creatures and made them fit for our use and sustenance grant (we humbly beseech thée) that with moderation and temperance, we may so taste of these thy benefits here present before us, that we may ever hereafter be made more willing and able to do thée service, through Ie­sus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen.

Grace before Meat.

LEt us with loving & obedient hearts pre­pare our selves to give all humble thanks unto our heavenlie Father, who of his most bountiful goodnesse, hath heare prepared Meat and Drink for our necessity in hungrin to give us an example of like kindnesse for his love to our poore nighbours, redemed by Christ Ie­sus, who ever blesse us and these his gifts that both our eating, and drinking, and speakin, may redound to the glory of God, through the merit of Iesus Christ our Lord and onelie Saviour. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

O Almighty and everlasting God, which by thy [...]oreknowledg doest see the begin­ning, middest, and end of all the works of thy holy hand, and didest make Man according to thine owne Image, and brethedst into him an immortall foule, and gavest him understanding to know thee to be his God, and Creator of all things in heaven and earth, and didest ordaine Man to be Lord over the workes of thy hands, and to receive all things necessary for the sustentation of his mortal bod [...] (of thy goodnes) with thanks giving, we mo [...]t humbly beséech thee, of thy mercifull goodnesse, to blesse and sa­tisfie us with thy holy presence, that we may be the more moved to be thankfull unto thee for all the good gifts which we rec [...]ived at thy merci­full hand, through Iesus Christ our onely Sa­viour. To whom, with thée (O Father) and the holy Ghost, be all honour, praise and glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

O Father of mercy, and God of all consola­tion, which hast created us for thy glory, and these [...]y good Creatures for our use: blesse and sanctifie them (we beseech thée) that by the [Page] moderate rec [...]ived thereof, our bodies may be nurished, and thy name ever more and more praised through Iesus Christ our onely Lord and blessed Saviour. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

O Iesus Christ the Sonne of God, that for our sakes didst die, and sheddest thy most precious blood for the forgivennesse of our sins: blesse thou our Meat and Drink which we pur­pose to receive in thy name and assist us (O Lord) with the grace of thy holy spirit, to amend our lives, that according to thy holy and pure Gospell we may live to thy glorie, and profit of our Brethren. And when the dayes of this our Pilgrimage shall be ended, grant us to rest in thy peace, that we may at the day of Iudgment h [...]ve joyfull resurrection unto everlasting life, through thy most precious death, which art the onelie Sonne of God and our everlasting Saviour. To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost, be all honour, glory and praise, for ever and ever. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

O Mercifull Lord Iesus Christ, which didst [...]ake five Loaves and two Fishes and lif­ting up thine eies unto heaven didst distribute [Page] them unto the people, and they all did eat and were satisfied being aboue five thousand men beside women and children, we beseech thée how to blesse these gifts which we are about to re­ceive at the hands and us allso, that they may be to the comfort and health of our bodies, and we may (for them and all other thy benefits) bée evermore thankfull unto thee: To whom with the Fa [...]er and the holie Ghost, be all honour and glorie for ever. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

THe eies of all things d [...] look up and trust in thée (O Lord) thou givest them meat in drie season, thou o [...]enest thy hand, and filles with thy blessing everie living thing: good Lord blesse us, and all these thy gifts, which we are about to receive of thy bounteous liberalitie, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

THe God of all [...]ower, who hath caled from death the great Pastor of the Sheep (the Lord) Iesus comfort and defend the Flock which he hath redeemed by the blood of his eternall Testament: Increase the number of true Preachers: represse the rage of obstinant and cruell [...]ira [...]s: mitigate and lighten the [Page] hearts of the ignorant: release the paines of such as be afflicted, but especially those that suffer for the testimonie of a good Conscience: And finally, confound Satan by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

THy Name (O Lord) be praised for all the benifits that thou most graciously dost be­stow upon us for féeding our feble bodies when they are hungry, with plenty of thy good Crea­turs and strengthening the imperfections of our members, by vertue of thy mighcy power, so that all and everie part of us, are hereby made apt and fit to follow our callings: And like conti­nuall thanks be given unto thee (O Lord) for all thy merciefull blessings thou vouchsafe to bestow upon us, in preserving us (both bodie and soule) even from the beginning of the world to this present, and from all these casualities and temtations which we are incident unto through the frailt [...] of flesh, and imperfection of nature: which graci [...]us gifts, we acknowledge to have received of thy mercifull goodnes, and for the merit of our Lord and Saviour: In whose name we render [...]hée all [...]o [...]er, praise, and thanks, from this time forth for ever more. Amen.

Grace before Meat.

WHether ye eat or drink, or whatsoeve [...] ye do else, let all be done to the prais [...] of God; whom we beséech to blesse us with o [...] meat and drink, through Christ our Lord Amen

Grace before Meat.

CHrist which at his lest Supper gave him selfe unto us, promising his body to be crucified, and his blood to be shed for our sinnes▪ blesse us and our meat. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

ALL Glory, honour, and immor­tall praise, be given unto thee (O eternall God) the which hast fed us wretched sinners e­ven from our Creation in our Mothers womb. We be begot­ten, conceived and borne in sin O Lord have mercy upon us we beseech thée, forgive us our sins, illuminate our hearts and assist us with thy holy spirit, to consider that we receive all things needfull both for our soules and bodies even at thy hand, and to give thée most heartie thanks, and continuall praise for ever, world without end. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

FAther of bounty, and God of our strength, from whose liberall hand we have received [Page] this nourishment of our earthly bodies, grant that the fulnesse thereof may not breed in us a dulnesse of spirit, or neglect of thankfulnesse, but that we may be more and more inflamed to serve thée, and bring for [...]h the fruits of a lively Faith by our thanksgiving, through Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

GRant (O most mercifull Father) that our hunger & thurst being satisfied with the muderate use of these thy good gifts and Creatures sanctified with thy holy word, we may both in body and mind be apt and able to doe good works, to the glory of thy most holy name. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

HOnour and praise be given to our hea­venly Father, by whose liberality our bodies here are not onely refreshed, but also most mercifully hath given us his onely Son our Saviour Iesus Christ, to feed our woun­ded soules with his precious bodie and blood, shed on the Crosse, which is the lively bread, meat and drinke to every true faithfull peni­tent soule: wherefore let us continually praie for grace, that wi [...]h his heavenly food we may [Page] spiritually be made strong in all good and godly workes, as lively members of Iesus Christ: to whom be all power, honour and glory, now and ever, world without end. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

O Lord God Almighty and most dear Fa­ther, thou hast not onelie given unto us meat and drinke to sustaine these our mortal bodies, but thou hast likewise given unto us thy blessed word, which is the onely food of our immortall soules, through our Lord and Sa­viour Iesus Christ, to whom therefore with thée and the Holy Ghost, be all honour, praise and thanks, for ever and ever. Amen.

Grace after Meat,

O Lord, which art the Creator of all crea­tures, and hast prepared food for them according to the nature of their Creation: we most heartily thanke thee, for these thy crea­tures, which at this time we haue received in thy name, beséeching the (O Father) that as our bodies are now by these gifts refreshed: our soules may be also nourished with the food of everlasting life, in thy most holy Testament confirmed with the blood and death of Iesus [Page] Christ thy sone our Saviour. To whom with thée and the holy Ghost be al honour, glory and praise, for ever and ever. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

O Most gracious God, and louing Father in Christ Iesus, who by thy mightie power and marcifull goodnesse, hath created [...]s of no thing, and given us a perfect beaing, and having lost all happinesse, hast restored us to grace through thy mercy, and now at this time hy thy mighty providence presently fed us, for which thy name bee blessed and praised both now and for evermore. Amen.

Grace after Meat,

THanks bee unto the (O Lord God Al­mighty, most dear Father of Heaven) for giving us our food in due season, for opening thy mercifull hand, and stlling us with thy blessing. And we beseech thee for thy Sonnes sake Iesus Christ, not onely to preserve us al­way from abusing the same: but also to send us thy grace; that we may ever be thankfull unto thée therefor. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

THanks be unto thee (O Lord God Al­mighty, most dear Father of Heaven) for certifying us by thy blessed word, that all kinde of meat is cleane. And we beseech thee send us thy grace that we may alway thankfully re­ceive the same, not onely without superstition or serupulosity of conscience, but also without grieving or offending our brethren, and so to walke in the way of Godly live and charity, that with our meat we never destroy him for whom thy Sonne Iesus Chrih died as well as for us.

Grace after Supper.

THanks bee unto thée O Lord God Al­mighty, most dear Father of Heaven for ordaining thy creaturs to be the food and suste­nance unto our bodies, and hast sanctified them by thy blessed Word. We beseech thee make us to increase in stedfastnesse of thy Faith in per­fect knowledge of thy Truth, and in continu­ance of Prayer unto thee, that to us also they may be sanctifiod and holy, and that we may ever thankfully receive them, to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

THe God of peace and love vouchsafe al­waies to dwell with us & thou Lord have mercie upon us, who having satisfied our hun­gry appetites with corporall food (the nourish­ment of our weak bodies) wilt be pleased also to féed our soules with the blessed tast & comfort of thine eternal word, that we being made mem­bers of that body of which Christ Iesus thy son is head, may [...]earve thee in all truth & faithful­nesse, both to the end, and in the end. Amen.

Grace after meat.

THe God of peace and love, vouchsafe al­way to dwell with us and thou Lord have marcy upon us glory honovr & praise be given to thee O Lord which hast fed us from our ten­der age, and givest sust [...]nance to every living thing, replenish our hearts with joy & gladnesse that we alwaies having sufficient, may be rich and plentifull in all good works, through our Lord Iesus Christ. So be it.

Grace after Meat.

WE thank thee, O most mercifull Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ, for the gifts wherewith we have refreshed our hungry bodies, and like as thou hast now given us meat needfull to the comfort and heaith of our [Page] bodies: so we beseech thée al waies to give us thy word, that it may ever be to the comfort and health of our soules, which livest and rainest with the Father and the holie Ghost world without end. Amen.

Grace after Meat,

WHatsoever you de in word or deod, do all in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ, giving thanks unto God the Father by him, to whom all blessing, glory, wisedome, thanks, honour, power, and might be rendred, forevermore. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

WE thank thée (O heavenly Father) that of thy abundant goodnesse hast this day sent us food in due season to nourish these our more all bodies with, beséeching thée also of thine infinite mercy to pardon and forgive all our offences, which we have commited against thy divine Maiestie, that we may this night rest in thée with quiet Conscience, abiding thy holy hand in the morning, to raise us to do the thing which shall be pleasant in thy sight, to thy glory and our soules health Grant this (O Father) for thy dearely beloved Sonnos sake Iesus Christ our ever lasting Saviour. To whom with thée and the holy Ghost, be all honour glo­ry and praise for ever and ever. Amen.

Grace after Meat.

WEe render thee all laud and praise (most loving Father) for thy gracious favour in feeding our bodys at this present with sufficent nurishment, and for all other thy gra­cious comforts communicated unto us, where­by wee are refreshed and cherished; so that through thy mercie we are enabled the better to serve thee, and glorifie thy name, and made more apt to follow our callings which thou hast appointed us: for which we returne thee all praise and thanks, now at this time and for evermore. Amen.

This Prayer may be joyned to any Grace whatsoever.

GOd save his universal Church God com­fort all that are comfortless, and continue his Gospel amongst us, and send us Peace and Truth in Christ Iesus our Lord and only bles­sed Saviour, and God forgive us all our sinnes Amen.

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