Pſal. 95. O Come, let vs humble our ſelues, and fall downe before the Lord, with reuerence and feare.

For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his paſture, and the ſheepe of his hands.

Oſe. 6.2. Come therefore, let vs turne againe vnto our Lord, for hee hath ſmitten vs, and he ſhall heale vs.

Actes. 3. Let vs repent, and turne from our wickednes: and our ſinnes ſhalbe forgiuen vs.

Iona. 3. Let vs turne, and the Lorde will turne from his heauie wrath, and will pardon vs, and we ſhall not periſh.

Pſal. 51. For we knowledge our faults: and our ſins be euer before vs.

Lament. 3. We haue ſore prouoked thine anger, O Lord, thy wrath is waxed hote, and thy heauy diſpleaſure is ſore kindled againſt vs.

Thou haſt made vs heare of the noiſe of wars, and haſt troubled vs by the vexation of enemies.

Eſa. 64. Thou haſt in thine indignation ſtriken vs with greeuous ſickenes, and by and by we haue fallen as leaues beaten downe with a vehement winde.

Iudith. 8. Iob 11. Sap. 11. Indeed we acknowledge, that all puniſhments are leſſe then our deſeruings: but yet of thy mercy Lorde correct vs to amendment, and plague vs not to our deſtruction.

For thy hand is not ſhortened, that thou canſt not helpe: neither is thy goodnes abated, that thou wilt not heare.

Eſa. 65. Thou haſt promiſed, O Lorde, that afore wee crie thou wilt heare vs: whileſt wee yet ſpeake thou wilt haue mercy vpon vs.

For none that truſt in thee ſhalbe confounded: neither any that cal vpon thee ſhal be deſpiſed.

Tob. 3. Iob 5. Oſe. 6. For thou art the only Lord, who woundeſt, and doeſt heale againe, who killeſt, and reuiueſt, bringeſt euen to hell, and bringeſt backe againe.

O Almightie, moſt iuſt and mercifull God, we here acknowledge our ſelues moſt vnwoorthy to lift vp our eies vnto heauen, for our conſcience doth accuſe vs, & our ſins do reprooue vs. Wee knowe alſo that thou, Lord, being a iuſt iudge, muſt needes puniſh the ſinnes of them which tranſgreſſe thy Lawe. And when wee conſider and examine all our whole life, wee finde nothing in our ſelues, that deſerueth anie other thing but eternall damnation. But becauſe thou, O Lorde, of thy vnſpeakable mercie, haſt commaunded vs in all our neceſſities to call onelie vpon thee, and haſt alſo promiſed, that thou wilt heare our Prayers, not for anie our deſert (which is none) but for the merits of thy Sonne our onely Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt, whome thou haſt ordeined to be our onlie Mediatour and Interceſſour. We lay away all confidence in man, and doe flee to the throne of thy onelie mercie, by the interceſſion of thy only Sonne our Sauiour Ieſu Chriſt. And firſt of all, wee doe moſt lament and bewayle, from the bottome of our hearts, our vnkindneſſe and vnthankefulneſſe towardes thee our Lorde, conſidering that beſides thoſe thy benefites which wee enioy as thy creatures, common with all mankinde, thou haſt beſtowed many and ſingular ſpeciall benefites vpon vs, which wee are not able in heart to conceyue, much leſſe in wordes worthily to expreſſe. Thou haſt called vs to the knowledge of thy Goſpell. Thou haſt releaſed vs from the harde ſeruitude of Sathan. Thou haſt deliuered vs from all horrible and execrable Idolatry, wherein wee were vtterly drowned, and haſt brought vs into the moſt cleare and comfortable light of thy bleſſed worde, by the which wee are taught how to ſerue and honour thee, and howe to liue orderly with our neighbours in trueth and veritie. But wee moſt vnmindefull in times of proſperitie, of theſe thy great benefites, haue neglected thy commandements, haue abuſed the knowledge of thy Goſpell, and haue followed our carnall libertie, and ſerued our owne luſtes, and through our ſinnefull life, haue not worſhipped and honoured thee as we ought to haue done. And nowe, O Lorde, being euen compelled with thy correction, wee doe moſt humbly confeſſe that wee haue ſinned, and haue moſt grieuouſly offended thee by many and ſundry wayes. And if thou, O Lorde, wouldeſt now being prouoked with our diſobedience, ſo deale with vs as thou might, and as we haue deſerued, there remayneth nothing els to be looked for, but vniuerſall and continual plagues in this world, and hereafter eternall death and damnation, both of our bodies and of our ſoules. For if we ſhoulde excuſe our ſelues, our owne conſciences would accuſe vs before thee, and our owne diſobedience and wickedneſſe woulde beare witneſſe againſt vs. Yea, euen thy plagues and puniſhmentes which thou doeſt nowe lay vpon vs in ſundry places, doe teach vs to acknowledge our ſinnes. For ſeeing, O Lord, that thou art iuſt, yea euen iuſtice it ſelfe, thou puniſheſt no people without deſert. Yea, euen at this preſent O Lorde, wee ſee thy hand terribly ſtretched out to plague vs, and puniſh vs. But although thou ſhouldeſt puniſh vs more grieuouſly then thou haſt done, and for one plague ſend an hundreth, if thou ſhouldeſt powre vpon vs all thoſe thy teſtimonies of thy moſt iuſt wrath, which in times paſſed thou powredſt on thy owne choſen people of Iſrael: yet ſhouldeſt thou doe vs no wrong, neyther could wee deny but wee had iuſtly deſerued the ſame. But yet, O mercifull Lord, thou art our God, and wee nothing but duſt and aſhes: Thou art our creatour, and we the worke of thy handes: Thou art our paſtor, we are thy flocke: Thou art our redeemer, and we thy people redeemed: Thou art our heauenly father, we are thy children, wherefore puniſh vs not, O Lorde, in thine anger, but chaſten vs in thy mercy. Regard not the horror of our ſinnes, but the repentaunce thereof: Perfite that worke which thou haſt begunne in vs, that the whole worlde may know, that thou art our God and mercifull deliuerer. Thy people of Iſrael often times offended thee, and thou moſt iuſtly afflicted them: but as oft as they returned to thee, thou diddeſt receiue them to mercie. And though their ſinnes were neuer ſo great, yet thou alwayes turnedſt away thy wrath from them, and the puniſhment prepared for them, and that for thy couenant ſake, which thou madeſt with thy ſeruantes, Abraham, Iſaac, and Iacob. Thou haſt made the ſame couenant with vs (O heauenly Father) or rather a couenant of more excellencie and efficacie, and that namely through the mediation of thy deare Sonne Ieſus Chriſt our Sauiour, with whoſe moſt precious blood, it pleaſed thee that this couenant ſhould be, as it were, written, ſealed, and confirmed. Wherfore, O heauenly Father, we nowe caſting away all confidence in our ſelues or any other creature, doe flee to this moſt holy couenant & Teſtament, wherein our Lord & Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt, once offered himſelfe a ſacrifice for vs on the croſſe, hath reconciled vs to thee foreuer. Looke therefore, O mercifull God, not vpon the ſinnes which wee continually commit: but vpō our mediatour & peace maker Ieſus Chriſt, that by his interceſſion thy wrath may be pacified, & we again by thy fatherly countenance relieued and comforted. Receaue vs alſo into thy heauenly defence, and gouerne vs by thy holy ſpirite, to frame in vs a neweneſſe of life, therein to laude and magnifie thy bleſſed name for euer, and to liue euery of vs according to the ſeuerall ſtate of life whereunto thou Lorde haſt ordeyned vs in godly feare & trembling before thee. And although we are vnworthy (O heauenly father) by meanes of our former foule life, to craue any thing of thee: yet becauſe thou haſt commaunded vs to pray for all men, wee moſt humbly here vpon our knees beſeech thee, ſaue and defende thy holy Church, be mercifull, O Lorde to all common weales, Countreyes, Princes, and Magiſtrates, and eſpecially to this our Realme, and to our moſt gracious Queene and gouernour Queene Elizabeth, increaſe the number of godly Miniſters, indue them with thy grace to bee found faithfull and prudent in their office, defend the Queenes Maieſties Councell, and all that be in aucthoritie vnder her, or that ſerue in any place by her commaundement for this Realme. We commend alſo to thy fatherly mercy, all thoſe that be in pouertie, exyle, impriſonment, ſicknes, or any other kinde of aduerſitie, and namely thoſe whome thy hand now hath touched with any contagious and dangerous ſickeneſſe, which wee beſeech thee, O Lorde, of thy mercie (when thy bleſſed will is) to remoue from vs, and in the meane time, graunt vs grace and true repentance, ſtedfaſt faith, and conſtant patience, that whether we liue or dye, wee may alwayes continue thine, and euer praiſe thy holy name, and be brought to the fruition of thy Godhead. Graunt vs theſe and all other our humble petitions (O mercifull father) for thy deare ſonnes ſake Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.