¶ A Table of the prayers co●●tayned in this book.  
THe prayer of our Lord. 
   A Prayer for the morning. 
Fol. ●.  A Prayer for the night. 
Fol. two.  A Confession of our sins unto god the father. 
fol. iii.  A Confession of our sins unto our Lord jesus Christ. 
fol. seven.  A confession of our sins unto the holy ghost. 
fo. xi.  A prayer to be said before dinner. 
fol. xiii.  A Thankesgeving unto god after dinner. 
fo. x●●ii.  A pryaer to be said before supper. 
fol. eode●  A thanksgiving unto god after supper. 
fol. x●●  A prayer for the kings Majesty. 
fol. eode  A prayer for ●he kings Council. 
fol. x●●  A prayer for judges. 
fol. 〈…〉  A general prayer for all Magistrates. 
fol. xvii●▪  A prayer for bishops, and ministers of God●● word. 
fol. 〈…〉  A prayer for gentlemen. 
fol. 〈…〉  A prayer for landlords. 
fol. 〈…〉  A prayer for merchants. 
fol. 〈…〉  A prayer for layers. 
fol. eodem▪  A prayer for labourers & men of occupations. 
fo. 〈…〉.  A prayer for rychemen. 
fol. 〈…〉  A prayer for poor people. 
〈…〉  A prayer for the commons 
fol 〈…〉  A prayer to them that are unmarried. 
〈…〉  A prayer for them that be married. 
〈…〉  A prayer for women with child. 
〈…〉  A thanksgiving unto God for th● 〈…〉. 
〈…〉  A prayer for fathers and mothers. 
〈…〉  A prayer for children. 
〈…〉  A prayer for Masters. 
fol. xliii.  A prayer for servants. 
fol. xlv.  A prayer for them that are sick. 
fol. xlvi.  A prayer for soldiers. 
fol. li.  A prayer for mariners. 
fol. lii.  A prayer for travelers by land. 
fol. liv.  A prayer for a faithful man being in trouble or endurance. 
fol. lv.  A thanksgiving unto god for his deliverance. 
fo. lvi.  A general P●ayer that all men may walk in their vocation and calling. 
fol. lix.  A prayer for our enemies. 
fol. lxv.  A prayer for the adversaries of God's truth, and that all men may come to the true knowledge of gods blessed word 
fol. lxvi.  A prayer for one uniform and perfect agreement in matters of Christian religion. 
fol. lx●i.  A prayer for the Common peace and quietness of all Realms. 
fol lxxv.  A prayer to be preserved from the plague and other diseases. 
fol lxxviii.  A prayer to preserve the fruits of the earth. 
fo. lxxxi.  A prayer that we may have the fear of god before our eyes in all our doings. 
fol. lxx●iii.  A prayer for faith. 
fol. lxxxv.  A prayer for charity. 
fol. lxxxvi.  A prayer for a godly life. 
fol. lxxxviii.  A prayer against the temptations of the flesh the devil and the world. 
fol. xci.  A prayer for the remission of sins. 
fol. xcv.  A prayer for a competent & necessary living. 
fo. c.  A prayer to be said before the Sermon. 
fol. ciii.  A thansgeu●ng unto god after the Sermon. 
fo. cv.  A prayer to be said before the receiving of the holy Communion. 
fol eodem.  A thanksgiving after the receiving of the Communion. 
fol. cxi.  A short prayer to be said at receiving of the mystery of c●ristes body in the holy communion. 
fo. cxii.  A prayer to be said at ●he receiving of the mystery of Christ's blood in the holy communion. 
fo. cxiii.  A prayer against Idolatry. 
fol. cxiiii.  A prayer against Swearing. 
fol. cxv.  A prayer against pride. 
fol. cxvii.  A prayer against Whoredom. 
fol. cxviii.  A prayer against Covetousness. 
fol. cxx.  A prayer against gluttony & drunkenness. 
fo. cxxiii.  A prayer against Idleness. 
fol. cxxv.  A prayer against slandering & ba●bitīg 
fo. cxxvii.  A general prayer for the avoiding of all kind of Sin. 
fol. cxxix.  A Prayer unto God in prosperity. 
fol. cx●xiii.  A Prayer unto God in adversity 
fol. cxx●iiii  A thanksgiving unto god for sending his son into this world to die for our sins. 
fol. cxxxix  A thanksgiving unto god that he hath brought us out of the darkness of men's taditions into the glorious light of his holy gospel. 
fol. cxlvii.  A thanksgiving unto god f●r all his benefits. 
fol. cxlix.  A prayer to be said for all such as lie at the point of death. 
fol. clii.  A thanksgiving unto god for the departure of the faithful out of this world. 
fol. cliii.  The tyranny and Suffrages with certain other Prayers for divers purposes 
fol. clvi.   
The end of the Table.   

❧ To the most honourable & virtuous Lady Anne, Douches of Somerset her ●race. Thomas Becon her most humble and faithful servant, wisheth the favour of god, increase of honour long life, and prosperous health▪ both of body and soul.  
SO oft as I behold the fact of this world▪ namely of this realm of England (mou Gracious Lady) I know not whether there be offered unto me greater occasions of gladness or of sadness. For when I consider the horrible blindness and monstruous ignorance, which heretofore reigned among us a great number of years, yea and that almost universally in all parts of the Christian public w●ale thorough the subtle devices of Sara and of his ministers, which to deceive the foolish blind world, fashion themselves like unto the Apostles of Christ and walk as the Angels of light when notwyths●andynge they are in deed fal●e Apostles and deceitful workers having an ●●warde appearance of godliness, 
two. Cor. xi.  but utterly denying the virtue and power thereof: and now see the aforesaid pestilences banished and driven out of this most flourishing real● of England thorough the wonderful working of God's spirit in the Kings Mages●y, and in his most honourable Council, I cannot but heartily rejoice and ●y●e God most int●re ●ha●rkes. For who seeth 〈◊〉 except he be wilfully blind and obstinately refuse to se● how many ●o●able and excellent benefits of ou● salvation we ha●e re●●yued of God vnd●● this our king a Prince for his godly dispo●icio● 〈◊〉 ●er●uous enterprises worthy to enjoy not only immortal fame, but also the years of ancient and long living M e●husel●h. 〈…〉 in these his young years, by the advise of his most honourable Counsel, hath no les travailed in putti●●way Idolatry, Papistry▪ superstition and Hypocrysy out of this his grace's Realm, ●nd in restoring unto us his humble and obedient Subjects, the true religion and the glorious Gospel of our saviour jesus Chri●t, than that most godly young king josias did in his kingdom of juda, which being but a child of eight ye●es ol●e when he began to reign, did notwithstanding both studiously, 
iiii. reg. xxii.  and earnestly seek after the God of David his ●ather▪ 
i Pa. xxxi●●.  & turned neither to the right hand nor to the le●t. An● in the xii year he began to pu●ge juda and Hie●usalem of hill altars, groves, harued images, and images of metal, so that they ●roke down the altars of Baaleven in the Kings presence, and the idols that were upon them, he caused to be destroyed. He slew the Idolatrous Priests and the Chaplains of Baal. He destroyed the stews, and whorish houses, and put down the buggery places. He never ceased till he had reform all his whole realm, and brought in again the true religion of God. O mos● shining mirror and lively exemplar for all godly Princes to behold and follow. Even this also hath our most christian king done and brought to pass, in his dominions, yea and that in a younger age, for this his grace's realm is all ready delivered from● Antichristes' tyranny. We are made free from his york. We are cumbered no more with his trifling traditions and dirty deceits. The breaking of his laws, disquiet our conscience no more. His ceremonies, are banished. His religious mō●●ures have no longer place among us. His invocation of saints his gadding on Pilgrimages his gilding of Images, his painting of tabernacles, his setting up of candles before stocks, his purgatory, his Masses of Scalecely, his Bul●es his Pardons, his dispensacions▪ his jubilees, his justification of works▪ his selling of merits, his canonizing of Sain●s his Diriges, his Trentals, his blasphemous masses, his Idolatrous altars, his 〈◊〉 confession, his hussel in 〈◊〉 kind for the lay, his holy bread, his holy wate●, his oil, his cream, his wax, his fla●e, his Palms, his Ashes, his idolatry, his Hypocrisy, his Candle sticks, his relics, his Corporalle▪ his Portasse, his shepehooke, his Maiseboke, his Crosure, his Mitoure, his sensing, his popish ●astynge, his shaving, his greasing, his sacrificing, his God making, his transubstantiation, his excommunication, his unchaste chas●e vows, his hallowed bows, his Beads, his v●stimentes, his Idols, his romish service, his Antichristian orders, his Peterpens, his frankincense, his primary, and all his pelting pedlary, is utterly banished and driven out of this land. In stead of these outrageous pestilences of the Christian public weal, is entered in among us the glorious light of Christ's Gospel, the true knowledge of God, the right worshipping of God, the hearty calling on the name of the Lord, the justification of faith, the hope of having remission of all our sins in Christ's blood, the godly and christian works, the sincere▪ preaching of gods blessed word, the true ministration of the holy Sacraments, the reading of the sacred Scriptures in our own English ●oung, the knowledge of our duty toward the Kings majesty and all the high powers, and how we should behave ourselves toward all men, yea and how we ourselves ought to live soberly, ryghtuouslye and godly in this present world, with an infinite number of such godly treasures. And if any thing be behind that is not yet brought unto perfection (as sores of long continuance are not straight ways healed) I doubt not but that the Kings most exc●llent majesty and his godly prudent, wise, & honourable council will see it reform, and never leave of their godly purpose after the example of good king josias till they have established all things in this Realm according to God's word, & made this church of England a worthy spectacle and notable examplace for all forennations to behold and follow. The restoring of the glorious light of Chri●tes gospel ●nto us, the driving away of Papy●●ry out o● this realm, the haui●● of so go●ly & noble a Prince to be our king and governor assi●●e● with so honourable and godly w●●e counsellors, are without all doubt the incomparable and singular great benefits of God, and evident tokens o● his earnest good will toward this realm of England, and t●e inhabitants of the same. He hath not dealt ●o with all nations neither hath he showed so manifestly his blessed will unto them. 
Psal. clxviii  When I consider (most gracious Lady) these things, I am joyful glad and merry, and judge myself happy and blessed of Go●, that it hath chanced me ●o live in that age wherein the whore of Babylon with all her marked Merchants, is confounded: and the Lamb, I mean Christ, even in us his we●ke members hath gotten the victory where in also so godly a Prince, and so virtuous a Council ruleth and governeth this our country. But, as of these friendly benefits of God I conceive an unfeigned gladness in my heart, forasmuch as thorough them I am fully persuaded of God's good will toward this realm of England, so contrary wise am I many times provoked unto sadness, when I consider our ingratitude▪ our unthankfulness▪ yea our beastly churlyshnes toward god. For albeit many among us both of the nobylitye and of the base● sort (●hankes be to God) do both faithfully and earnestly embrace this loving kindness of God, and be thankful to him for his benefits, leading for thei● possible power a life worthy of his fatherly goodness, yet the most and greatest part are unthankful, 
two. Cor. iii●  & little esteem these singular benefits of God. yea there are (whose judgements, wy●s, and senses the God of this world hath blinded, because the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, which is the Image of God, shul● not shine unto them) that wish rather to be again in Egypt among the greasy fleshepots, 
Num. xi.  deuour●nge Cucumbers▪ Melons, Leeks, onions and garlic, then to taste of Mann● that heavenly meat. Some o● her again there be (would God not of them, which be called Go●pellers and have the holy scriptures swimming in their lips and Gods book either in their han●es or hanging at their girdles) which pretend a love to the gospel ●nd yet in their conversation and living, 
●rosse gos●ellers.  at a● ungodly, uncharitable, vnme●cy●ull, unrighteous, proud, voluptuous▪ disdainful, covetous, malicious, envious▪ idle. & cat. as the papists, yea as the jews▪ 
Titus. i.  Tu●ckes and Saracens arc. With thei● words they confess that they know GOD but with their works they deny him. They are pleasant fig trees and blosomes but in fruit nothing at all. They are ●oute Disciples of Christ so long as Christ feedeth them with bread yea they can be content to make Christ a king, but when christ. requireth of them a care and study for heavenly things, 
Ihon. vi.  a constant Faith, a godly ly●e, a merciful heart toward the poor, then are they gone. They are no longer Christ's friends than Christ serveth their turn In railing against papists, ●n defying the laws of the Bishop of Rome in despising the ceremonies of the church▪ in eating of all kind meats without dy●ference of days in the presence, they care not of whom, in absenting themselves from the Common prayer and from the receiving of the lords supper, in breaking all honest and civil orders in getting what may ●ee gotten under the pretence of the Gospel, in ●eadynge a dyssolu●e life, in outewardelye speaking fair, ye inwardly meaning craft and deceit. & cet. in all these things (if such things may set forward th● Gospel) they are content to ●hewe the● selves fine Gospelers and sweet brothers, but in mortyfying their carnal affects▪ in dying to the world, in fy ghting against Satan▪ and in cru●y●yinge the flesh, in distributing their goods to the poor, in leading a life worthy of the gospel of Christ, they are worse than the great Tur●ke▪ or any other infidel.  
The Gospel of Christ begetteth and bringeth forth new life, and new manners. yea, and those pure, hone●● and godly. If such fruits follow not the Gospelers profession▪ in vain do they brags of the Gospel, of the grac● of God, of the christian liberty, of the justification of faith, of the sacrifice of Christ's death, of the price of his pr●cyous blood, and of our righteous making by his glorious resurrection. If they were the sons of God, they would do the works of God. The son, saith God, honoureth his father▪ and the servant his Lord, If I be a father, where is my honour If I be a Lord, where is my f●ate, sayeth the Lord of hosts? I● we diligently martke the manner● of men, berelye the pride, 
Walach. i.  the covetousness▪ the unmercifulness, the envy, the malice▪ the voluptuous living, fayened friendship and such● other abominable sins which reign and triumph now a days in us, shall evidently declare what good Gospelle●s and perfect christians we are. It may shame us in this open light of the Gospel, to bring forth the works of darkness, and to live as though we knew no Gospel, no God, no christ, no truth, God may well say of us, as he said of the jews, 
Esay. i.  I have nourished ●nd brought up children, and they have dy●pysed 〈◊〉. GOD calleth us, and we refuse to go. 
Proverb, ●  GOD stretc●eth out his hand, and no man regardeth it, God commandeth us to walk in his vineyard, and we loiter abroad ydlelye. 
Wath. xxi.  GOD giveth us talents to occupy, and we buried them in the ground and do no good with them. God calleth us unto the Marriage of his Son, 
Wath. xxv.  and we have so much mind of our Fearmes: of our-O●en, and of our wives, that we have no pleasure to god. God would gather us together, 
Wath. xxii  as the hen doth her chickens, but we will none of it. 
Luke. xiii.  God proffereth us the light of his glorious Gospel but we love to walk in da●ck●nes. God would show himself unto ●s, but we care not for the sight of him. 
Wath. xxiii.  God would us to be saved, but we regard not our salvation, O to much vn●hākeful chuc●yshnes. The Devil, the worlie, & the flesh have so ●ly ne●ed our eyes, that we ca● not see what is good & profitable co●ts. What shall I speak of the diso●e●yente and stubborn Papists, 
papists.  which both obstinately & maliciously refute the manifest truth of God's blessed word & will by no means consent unto it, although their own conscience accuseth and condemneth them for so ●oyng? 
Wat. xii.  If any commit that moosle grievous sin against the holy Ghost, which shall never be forgiven, certes those Papists, which know the truth of Christ's Gospel, and yet maliciously and or a set purpose withal their power resy●●e it, are guilty of that sin. 
Mark. xiii. Luke. xii. Esay. thirty.  These Papists, as the Prophet calleth them, are an obstinate people, unfaithful children▪ yea children that will not hear the law of the Lord. They cry continually, speak pleasant things unto us, & preach us false things. Tread out of the way, go out of the path, turn the holy one of Israel from us. Depart from us, O God, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 
job. xxi. Wath. viii.  These papists, are like the Gergesens, which for fear of losing their filthy swine, were loath that Chr●st should come among them. God turn their hearts What shall I speak of the anabaptists, Lybe●t●ines, 
Anabapti●es▪ Libertines. epicures.  Epicures, and such other sectaries, which scorn and mock the mysteries of God's word, and live so licentiously and voluptuously without all fear of God, as though there were no God at all▪ nor no life after this? God have mercy upon us  
When I consider this our both untowardness and unthankfulness, it maketh me sorrowful, because we answer not kindness for kindness but rather evil for good. And to increase my sorrow, this sentence of our saviour Christ doth many times come into my mind: The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you▪ 
Wath. xxi.  and shall be given to a people, that shall bring forth the fruftes of it. Our life is so ungodly and we are so unfruitful in good works that with out all doubt except we repent and amend, God's word for our unthankfulness shall not only betaken away from v●, but also for these most sweet and pleasant benefits of God, we may be sure to feel most bitter and grievous plagues. God will not be mocked. This is the condemnation, sayeth Christ, that light is come into the world, 
Ihon. iii.  and men loved darkness more than light, because their deeds we●e evil. He loue● cursing, saith the psalmograph and it shall come upon him: 
Psalm. cix.  he would none of the blessing, therefore shall it be far from him. The property of God, which will not the death o● a sinner, but rather that he turn and live is first to send his Prophets and Preachers, to exhort the people unto repentance and amendment of life. If they wyllyn●elye hear the Preachers, repent and amend their life as the Ninivites did at the preaching of jonas, then are all the plagues which their sins most justly had deserved, turned away from them, 
jonas. iii.  and the blessyng● of God lighteth upon that people. God favoureth them. God keepeth and defendeth them. God giveth them abundance of all things. God keepeth their realms quiet and free from commotions. God sendeth them good Magistrates and godly preachers. God prospereth all their doings. But if they despise the preaching of God's word and will not redress their life according to the rule and appointment thereof, but go forth in the lewdness of their heart and continue in all their abominations then doth God's curse fall upon them, penury and scarceness of all temporal things, insurrections and commotions, errors and heresies. battle and pla●e cruel tyrants and false preachers, confusion of things and final destruction as God himself saith by the Prophet, 
Jere▪ xxix.  I will sand upon them swearth, hunger and pestilence, because they have not heard my words, which I sent to them saye●h the Lord by my servants the Prophets. Again he sayeth, because they have forsaken my law, that I gave them, and have not heard my voice▪ nor yet walked thereafter, but followed the wickedness o● their own hearts, and run after strange gods as their fathers taught them. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel▪ behold. 
jere. ix.  I will feed this people with warm wode, and give them gal● to drink. I will scatter them among the Heathen, whom neither they nor their rathers have known. And I will send a sword among them to persecute them, and I will never leave until I have brought them to no●ghte. The Prophet also saith, if ye will be loving and obedient, 
Esa. i.  ye shall enjoy the best things that grow upon the earth. But if ye will be obstinate and rebellious ye shall be devoured with the sword. For thus the Lord hath promised with his own mouth. How doth our saviour thunder against Corasin, Bethsaida, and Caper Capernaum▪ and threat them everlasting damnation, because they would not receive the word of God, and amend their living? Woe be to the Corasin woe be to the Bethsaida saith Christ. 
Wat. xi.  For if the miracles which were showed in you, had been done in tire and Sidon▪ they had repent long agone in sackcloth and ashes. Nevertheless I say unto you▪ it shall be easier for tire and Sidon at the day of judgement, then for you. And thou Capernaum which art lift up unto heaven: shalt be brought down to hell. For if the miracles which have been done in thee, had been showed in Sodom they had remained unto this day. Nevertheless I say unto you, it shall be easier for the land of Sodom at the day of judgement then for you. Again he saith to his Disciples and to all faithful preachers, 
Luke. x.  he that heareth you heareth me▪ and he that despiseth you, despiseth me, and he that dispisethme▪ despiseth him that sent me. Therefore whosoever will not receive you▪ nor hear your sermons, when ye depart out of that house or that city: shake of the dust of your ●eete. Verily I say unto you, it shall be easier for the land of Sodom and Gomor in the day of judgement, then for that city. The despising of God's word and the preachers thereof, never escapeth unplagued, as it is eu●dente by the histories of the holy scripture. Nohe preaceed to the old world and exhorted them to repent and to amend their life, or else God would surely plague them. 
two. Petr. ●●.  They laughed Nohe (whom S. Peter calleth the right Preacher of righteousness) to scorn, and his doctrine. What followed▪ was not all the world drowned, eight persons only excepted?  
Lot seeing the unnatural and most abominable uncleanness of the stinking Sodomites, 
Gene. seven.  counseled them to cease so to much licentiously to offend their Lord God. They would not hear Lot nor his Sermons, but churlyshe●y entreated him. What followed? 
Gene. xi●. two. Peter. ●●.  Were they not consumed with water, fire and brimstone from heaven? O most dreadful plagues. The jews many times fell away from their Lord God, and worshipped strange Gods, and defiled themselves with all the abominations of the Heathen. The Lord God of their father's having compassion on his people, sent to them by his messengers▪ yea betimes sent he to thē●●ore to warn them of the plagues that should fall upon them if they did not repent & with all their hearts turn again ●nto the Lord their God. 
two. pa. xxxvi.  But they mock ●che messengers of God, and de●pysed their words, & mis vsed his Prophets until the wrath of the Lord so arose against his people, that it was past remedy. What followed: Did not God send in their ennem●es among them which slew their you▪ men with the sword in their holy temple & neither spared young man nor maiden neither old man neither so much as h●m ●hat s●euped fo● age? Were not all their goods spoiled, & their strong cities and ●owe●s destroyed, & brent with fire? Were not their kings bound in fetters, & had their eyes cruelly thurstou●, & so miserably carried away like bondslaves and prisoners into captivity? If any men of war, or any cunning Artificers remained alive, were they not all carried away, and compelled to much wretchedly to serve in a strange country, yea and that their very enemies? horrible and dreadful plagues wolf these appear to the eyes of our mind, and make us stand in awe of God's vengeance, if we had any fear of God in us. 
i Cor. x.  All these things saith S. P●ule happe●ned vn●o them for examples, and were written to put us in remembrance, whom the ends of the world are come upon. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed least he fall For there is no respect o● persons with God, but in all people he that feareth him and worc●eth righteousness is accepted with him. 
Acts. x  So likewise he that feareth 〈◊〉 God nor worketh righteousness, but liveth with out all fear of God in wickedness and ungodliness, may be sure to be plagued, o● what soever country nation, for kindred he be. For there is no respect of persons with God.  
Moreover after certain years of their captivity, God remembering his promise, even of his own goodness delivered them out of thraldome-and brought them home again into their own convey, 
Zere xxix  where by the space of certain years after their return even so long as the Plagues were who●e, and fresh in their memory as the manner of the world is they continued in the fear of God and walked according to his word. But when they once grew unto a quietness, and by that means began to ware wealthy, they straightways forgot both God and his plagues, and became the old men again▪ Ambitious, Proud, Covetous, malicious, Dysdaynefull, Or merciful, Voluptuous and stirred up sedition among themselves. They strived who should be hyghe●t in authority. They bought and sold all offices and dy●nityes. Not the worthiness of the person, but the sum of the money was considered. They gave their minds wholly to worldly honour and riches. He that could set himself in the tygheste place among the officers of the common wealth, howsoever he came by it, was counted the most worthy and most honourable person. God and his word were set at nought. The Prophets and Preachers of God's word were brought unto extreme beggary made of no reputation, and not hearkened unto. In this deep silence of God's truth, there arose certain sects (as the devil never sleepeth but watcheth his time) the Pha●iseis, the Saduceis, the Esses, which in steed of God's word brought in their own traditions, and so corrupted the holy law of God. God seeing this their ingratitude and unthankfulness vexed them besides other plagues with continual wars, and brought them under the dominion of the Romans, so that where ●s before they were free, now are they in most miserable subjection to strangers, yea and those their enemies. For God will not leave the contempt of his word and wicked living unpunished. Notwithstanding God according to his old and accustomed gentleness once again having petty on them, and willing to prove, if yet now at the last they will repent and amend▪ that they may be saved, sendeth not unto them his servants the Prophets as afore but his own dearly beloved and only begotten son, to call them, by his most godly sermons unto repentance and amendment of life, and to work miracles among them not only for the confirmation of his doctrine, but also for their comfort. Christ preacheth. Christ● worketh miracles. Christ sendeth his Dis●iple● and Apostles abroad to preach, Christ turneth every stone as they say, to win the jews unto true godliness, to bring them unto repentance, unto faith, and unto amendment of life. But how is Christ and his doctrine received? Few godly persons excepted, the residue mock & scorn Christ. They call him a tea●her of new learning▪ ●ne possessed with a Devil a dece●●e● of the people, a mad man, a glotten, a w●ne by●ber, a frende-of sinners ●nd whores a Samaritan, and all that ●ought is. To be short, they never put ●f their f●ry until they br●ught Christ unto death, even vn●o the death of the cross. 
Math. xxvii.  This reward had good Christ of the churlish jews for his vnres●full pains taking. Notwythstan●ynge Chri●● showeth himself still a loving Sauio●●e even to his very enemies. 
Wat. xxviii. War. xvi. Luke. xxiiii. Acts v. seven. Ac●es. ●ii.  For after his glorious resurrection he sent forth his Apostles to preach and to work miracles among them, to prove if they ●oulde yet convert and amend. But what became of them, Some they prisoned, some they whipped, some they stoned▪ some they slew with sword all even so many as they could get they most cruel●ye ●n●●eated▪ so nothing were they moved unto repentance either by the doctrine or miracles of the Apostles. After they had slain Christ, God gave them xl years respite to repent, always sending them preachers ●o exhort them unto repentance and to a forewarn them of the plagues to come except they repent and amend. They would not hear but tyrant like handled the faithful preachers of Chris● yea the godly apostle saint james, which in there chief city jerusalem was Bishop and Preacher among them thyr●ye years after Christ's ascension▪ never c●●ssy●●e neither day nor night to exhort them unto ●rue godliness, and to pray unto God to be merciful unto them, and to forgive th●̄ their sins▪ they moo●●e cruelly entreated and unjustly put him to death. What followed? God which will not always wink at the wickedness of man, stirred up the Romans against them, which besieged them so long▪ that the jews were compelled for very h●nger (O horrible act & dreadful deed) to ●ate their own children, yea & to creep into the pri●eies (O most loathsome thing) and to spratte out the most filthy and stync●ynge doun●ē (which eyes abhor to see and nose to smell) and for very famine to ●are it. Whose heart trembleth not to hear these things? One slew another for mea●e. One plucked another's meat out of his mouth. Some died for hunger.  
Some slew themselves. The houses were full of dead women and children. The w●yes lay full of dead carcases of old people. The young folk went up and down in the city famished for hunger, and as the very shadows of death ready at every step to fall down, In the city was nothing but lamentation, sygh●nge, ceyinge, Weeping sorrow, Plague, Pestilence, Murder, Famine, fear, tearing of hear, wringing of hands, cursing the time of their birth, desperation calling for death, looking for present destruction, and what so ever 〈◊〉 unpleasant and deadly. The death in the City thorough the plagues and famine was so great, that besides, houses ●●etes and great ditches full of innumerable dead carcases, there were cast out of the gates of the city, six hundred thousand dead bodies of men, women and children, O most lamentable chance. They that were slain, were a leaven hundred. M. They that were led prisoners away of the enemies were in number fowrescore and xvii. thousand. They that died for hunger in prison were. x●i. thousand. The famous temple, the princely palaces, the high towers, the strong Castles, the gorgeous building, the pleasant houses, the thick walls, the mighty Fortresses, and all that ever there was, they threw down and brent. All things lost their old beauty. A destruction and very desolation of all things was made: what so ever was within the city it went to havoc. 
psal. cxxvii.  There were two thousand of them that fled out of the ci●y●, which had their bellies wiped and opened in one night, to see if they had swallowed many gold into their bodies or not. There w●s nothing s●e ●●om the enemy. O truly it is said of the psalmograph▪ except the Lord keepeth the city, he watcheth in ●aine that keepeth it. If the Lord fighteth, who can resist his power? If the Lord will destroy, who can sa●e? If the Lord will cast down▪ w●n is able to help up. 
proverb. xx●  There is no wisdom, no for●●a●●e, no Council that ca n●● prevail against the Lord, All the towers, Castles. Fortresses, bulwa●ckes and ●locke houses, all armours, Guns, and artillery▪ all st●engthe, valiance and policy, can prevail no thing if the Lord be against us, which is almighty, as he sayeth by the Prophet, there is none that can take away any thing out of my hand, and what I will do, can no man put away nor change. From that destruction of Jerusalem unto this day, 
Esay. xiiii.  the jews have everlyved like most vile●a●gaboundes and abominable abjects, having no certain country, no common weal, no kingdom, no priesthood. Verily no man, except he be flynte hearted▪ can read the history of the destruction of Jerusalem, as josephus do the dyscribe it, without most large tears. Would God it were translated into our english tongue, that all men might read it and learn to fear God. For it God spared not the natural olive tree for their unfaithfulness & disobedience, 
Rom. xi.  I in ca●e the jews▪ neither will he spare the wild olive tree, I mean us that are gentiles, if we commit the like offences. If god would not spare them, to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and covenants, and the law that was given, and the service of God, and the promises, whose also are the father's▪ and they of whom (as concerning the flesh) Chris●e came, which is God over all things blessed for ever, is it too be thought that he will spare us which were heathen in time past, without Christ, reputed a●iauntes from the common wealth of Israel and strangers from the testaments of the promise▪ 
Ephe. two.  & had no hope, & were without God in this world, if we be found unfaithful & disobedient? 
two. Pete. two.  If God spa●ed not the angels that sinned but cast them down into hell, & delivered them into chains of darkness, to be kept unto the judgement, let us not think that he will spare us mortal & miserable wretches if we without rep●tance go forth to offend his divine majesty. 
hebru. x.  He that despiseth Moses law, dieth without merci, under two or three witnesses, of how much more grievous punishment suppose ye shall he be counted worthy, which treadeth under foot the son of God, and counteth the blood of the Testament as an ungodly thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and ●oth dishonour to the spirit of grace? Oh, it is a fearful thing to ●all into the hands o● the living God. 
Psalm. ●●.  For upon the ungodly will he rain snares, fire, brimstone, and tempest, this reward shall the wicked have to drink. God have mercy on us & give us all grace to ●eare him a right, to repent and amend ●ure life, to embrace his blessed gospel and to ●ryng forth the fruits thereof.  
What shall I speak of the mighty Monarchies or empires of the assyrians and Greeks, 
The Assiri● and Greke●  which flourished not only with all kind of temporal ry●ches, but also with most excellent and learned wits? Live they not now in most miserable captivity under that cruel tyrant the great Turk that mortal enemy of Christ's religion? How came it to pass? Verily they were disobedient to God's word, unthankful one to another, and led a life more lascivious and wanton than that effeminate king Sardanapalus. God stirred up preachers to exhort them unto repentance. They laughed them to scorn. It came to pass, that God for thei● engratytude and churlyshnes gave them into such an enemies hand, as none could be found more hateful neither concerning Christ nor Christ's religion, which at that time both killed & sold an infinite number, and even at this present oppresseth them with most miserable servitude, and holdeth them down in most vile slavery, unto the great decay of the christian faith, & unto the unspeakable sorrow of all godly people.  
How came it to pass that the Rhodes even in our time is subdued also of that most cruel Tyrant the Emperor of Turckye, 
The 〈◊〉.  turned from Christ unto Mahomet, from the christian religion unto the Turkish profession? Was not superstition, I●olotry, feigned holiness coloured chastity, that is to say, filthy whoredom, stinking fornication, dyssoluteliving, usury, & such like abominable vices causes hereof? God hold his holy hand over us. To spe●e much of Germany, sometime a dear mother ● loving Nurse, and friendly Patroness, of all learning, and a sure Sanctuary for godly learnned men to ●lee unto from Antichristes' tyranny, 
Germ●nye.  a country sometime richly endued with all spiritual blessings of god from whom also braue● out the comfortable light of Chri●●es Gospel, that now shineth here among us in this rea●me, ve●y sorrow will not 〈◊〉 me. O now 〈◊〉: a thing is it so noble fire and famous a cont●ye to be brought into slavery, yea and that wor●e is godly and Christe● preache●s to ●e banishe●, and wicked papists to enter in, the preaching of Christ's Gospel ●oo be driven out o● the churches, and the popy●he service ●o be used the supper of the Lord to be taken a way, and that most Idolatrous, ●●ynckyng and abominable masking Mass to be received as a God. What christian heart l●menteth not too consider the●se things. Of the plague that is now fallen among them▪ the men of God. I mean the prea●hers told them full o●r tofore and exhorted them unto repentance. But all in vain. For re●ay●e godly Magistrates and learened men excepted with a few other, the greater part of germany even as in the Pope's kingdom walked still in the words of darkness. They talked much of Chri●●es Gospel, but lived no part thereof. They abused the spyrytual● lyber●ye of the Gospel, and turned it to Carnal ●●edome, making the Gospel, a clock of their wickedness. These abominations ●oulde no● God su●fer, saying that before all other nations he had given them the knowledge of his holy word. Notwithstanding I doubt not but that God for his mercies sake, and for the love of his elect whom that country nourisheth, 
Psal. lxxxx.  will shortly turn away his anger from them▪ and lighten his cheerful and loving countenance again upon them▪ as he saith by the psalmograph. If they break my ordinances, & keep not my commandments I will ●iser their offence ●i●h the rod, and their sins with scourges. Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my truth to f●il. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy▪ long su●●erynge and of great e goodness▪ ●e will not ●e●le with is after our sins, 
Psalm. ciii.  nor reward ●s according to our wickedness. For look how high the hea●en is in compary●on o● the earth so great is his mercy also to wa●●e them that fear him. Look how wy●e the 〈◊〉 is from the we●t, so far wy● he set ou● sydnes from us. yea, like as father p●●teth his own children even ●o is the Lord merciful to them that fear him. For he knoweth whereof we be made▪ he remembreth that we are but ●ust▪ that a man in his time is out as grass▪ and flourisheth as a ●●oure o● the feyl●e: For as soon as the wind goeth over it▪ it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth ●or ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon their children, such as keep his covenant, and think upon the commandments to do them.  
Moreover, as I may let pass divers other histories, which be left he●e among us as monuments of God's vengeance against the churlish ●nd unthanckeful, and as they say come near home. Reed we not that god stirred up Gildas to preach unto the old britains a●d too exhort them unto repentance and amendment o● life, 
britain.  and afore wa●ne them of the plagues to come▪ if they repent not? Wha● 〈◊〉 it? Gildas was laughed to scorn and taken for a false Prophet, and a malicious Preacher. The Bretannes with lusty courages, whorish faces, and unrepentant hea●tes went forth to sin, and to offend the Lord their God. What followed? God sent in their enemies upon them on every side, and destroyed them and gave the land unto other nations. And sent that rhyme God hath plagued this real●e full oft for their sin and dys●bedyence. Not many years past, God seeing Idolatry, superstition, hypocrisy, and wicked l●uynge used in this realm, raised up that godly leavened man John Wyclyfe to preach unto our father's repentance, and too exhort them to amend their lives, to forsake their papistry and Idolat●ye, 
Wicleffe with his books condemned & brent for an heretic af●er his death  their Hyprocrisye superstition, and to walk in the fear of God. His e●hortacions were not regarded. He with his sermons was ●espysed. His books and he himself also after his death were breast. What followed? They slew their right king, and set up iii wrong Kings arrow, under whom all the noble blood was slain up, and half the commons thereto, what in F●aunce and what with their own sword ●n fighting among themselves for the crown, and the cities and tow●es decayed, and the Land● brought hal●e to a wilderness in respect o● that it was before. O extreme plagues of gods vengeance. Sense that time even of late years God once again having pity on this realm o● England, raised up his Prophets namely William Tindal, Thomas Bilney, John Fry●he, doctor Barnes Jerome, Garret, Anthonye parsone, with divers other, which both with their wryghtynges & sermons earnestly laboured to call us unto repentance that by this means the fears wrath of God might be turned away from us? But how were they entreated? How were their painful labours regarded? They themselves were condemned and brent as heretics, and their books condemned and brent ●s heretical. O most unworthy act. The time shall come saith Christ, that who so ever killeth you, will think that he doth God high good service. Whether any thing sense that time hath chanced ●nto this realm worthy the name of a plague, let the godly wise judge. 
Ihon. xvi.  If God hath differed his punyshement●, or forgiven us these our wicked deeds, as I trust, he hath, let us not therefore be proud and high mined, but most humbly thank him for his tender mercies & beware of the like ungodly enterprises hereafter. But how so ever the matter goeth, of this am I sure, that God yet once again is come on visitation to this church of England yea and that more lovingly and beneficially then ever he did afore. ●or in this his visitation he hath redressed many abuse● and clense● this his church of much ungodliness and superstition, and made it a glorious church, if it be compared unto the old form an● state. He hath given us a most worthy Prince t● be our king, 
iii. re. ●●●●.  which haste not o● both ●y●es following God and Baal▪ Chr●●e and the Pope, neither toucneth he unto the right-hand nor unto the le●t, 
Deut Esay. xx●.  but he wa●●eth very faythefullye in the ●ame way, that the Lord his God hath appoynnted: having always a respect unto god's law, that he may do all things according to the ●ame. He hath given the King his Mage●●y also most wise and godly learened counsellors to 〈◊〉 his grace, 
josu. ●.  which unto the uttermost of their pow●r study to set forth the glory of God, to maintain the true, and Christian religion: and to keep the common wealth in a decente & quiet order. He hath given us his most blessed word to read. yea and that in our own english tongue. He● hath sent us faithful and godly preachers t● instruct us abundantly in the knowledge of his blessed wil He hath driven away that Idolatrous Mass, and restored unto us the right use of the lords supper. He hath banished the Romysh● service and superstitious Ceremonies out of the temples, & placed in their stead godly Preachers and learned sermons. Certes lovingly and very mercifully hath god dealt with us in this his visitation. And all these his gifts are evident tokens of his loving kindness toward us. We have now God our loving father and merciful saviour, let us take heed, that we make him not of a friend a● enemy. He hath now blessed us with all manner of spiritual blessing, let us take heed, that his blessing be not turned into cursing. He hath now turned away our captivity, let us take heed, that he throw us not again into our old thraldom, He hath enriched us now with many singular and noble benefits, let us take heed, that they be● n●t taken away from us for our unkindness and plagues cast upon us ●n their stead? If we walk worthy o● gods kindness and of the●se his inestimable benefits, every man living ●n his vocation with all humbleness of mind and meekness, we be diligence to keep the unity of the sp●●yte in the bond of peace, 
●●he. iiii.  i● we be ●nth●●c●eful to God for his benefite● and beneficial to our poor Christian brethren and sis●e●ne▪ God will surely increase these his ●●ftes in us ●nd enniche us with more singular benefits. He will surely preserve the kings Majesty and his most honourable Counsel and give ●●em long and prosperous life in this world unto the great comfort of all ●s his Graces sub●ect ●. We will defend this ●ealme▪ keep us harmless from all our enemies and send ●s abundance of all things necessary for this present life▪ and after our departure from this ●a●e of misery▪ eternal glory. Contrariwise, if we will not walk worthy of god's kindness, but be ●nthanckfull for his benefits, and live now in this glorious light of the Gospel as beastelyke in pride▪ envy, covetousness. Malice, Voluptuousness, unmercifulness and in all kind of other sins, as we did afore undoubtedly God will take away his benefits from us and power his plagues upon us. He will bring in agay● the pope, the pope's laws, the pope's mass, the Pope's Ceremonies▪ the pope's limbs, the monks, the Friars, e●c Chanones, the Nu●s the A●kers, Anc●esses, the He●emi●es, and ●l the table of hypocrites & the devil & all. And will take away our most christian king & his most virtuous and honourable counsel and in their st●●e se●●e up some wicked king and ungodly tyrants. He will take away our godly Magistrates and give us C●terpyl●ers of the common wealth. He will take away all godly learned preachers and send in Antichristes' chaples. He will take away the p●re flower of his heavenly word, and feed us with the● sour loaves of the Pharisees. He will Plague us with Pestilence, ●●my●e and hunger. ●ea he will stir vp●e one tyrraunte or other too take vengeance on 〈◊〉, ●o shed our blood, to oppress us with swear●e, to ●yll ●ure wives sons and daughters▪ to consume 〈◊〉, ere all that eue●e we have, to ma●e ●ure country desolate and the ●aste utterly to 〈◊〉 us 〈◊〉 from the face of the earth, that his name thorough the abominable living may● no more ●e blasphemed▪ rayle● upon and evil spoken o●▪ as the Prophet te●ty●yeth, saying, If ye will be 〈…〉 a●d hear me, ye shall eat the good fruits of the earth. If ye will not, but provoke me unto anger, surely the sword shall devour you for the Lord hath spoken it with his own mo●the: What is then to be done: 
Isaiah. i.  that we may continue in the favour of God, have him still our moosle merciful Lord and en●oye his benefits unto the end: Verily even that thing which all godly men have ever used to do both in prosperity and adversity. I mean: pray too the Lord our God with a penitent and faithful heart. For prayer if it be rightly used, is of great●●alure before God● and doth not only make him our good and merciful Lord▪ but also easily obtaineth of him, what so ever we are according to his will. The holy Ghost, the knowledge of God's blessed word, 
i. Ihon. ●●.  necessaries for this present life▪ peace for realms, quietness for com●mon wealths, vy●torye of enemies, having of ●hyldrene, fortunate deliverance of thee same, health, long life, remission of sins eternal glory, with all other good things pertaining either too the soul or to the body, fa●●heful praye● obtaineth of God, as our saviour Christ sayeth: what so ever ye shall ask in prayer: If ye believe: ye shall receive it. For asmuch therefore as nothing is more necessary too be used of thee true Christians for the contynu●unce of god's favour and of his heavenly blessings toward them, and for the avoiding of all plagues and displeasures, than prayer, for asmuch also as nothing doth so much adorn, garnish and se●te forth the goodly and prosperous state of a common wealth, as every man diligently, faith fully, and quietly to live in his vocation and calling, I not otherwise knowing how I may be able to do good to my country out by praying, preaching and wrighting (for fortune goeth forth frowardelye too trowne upon me) have these few weeks pa●●e compiled and made a bo●e 〈◊〉 Prayers, comprehending not only necessary ●nd conuenyen● Prayers for all degrees or men even from the highest to the lowest but also for all other things necessary to be prayed for. So that if we will follow the order of charity, and do the will of God, which commandeth us to pray one for another, again if we will pray to obtain virtue and to fl● vice▪ this book shall mini●●er to the godly, conuenyen●e and mere prayers. And because the prayers should be the more acceptable unto god▪ and sound the better in his godly ears, again that the godly exercisers of prayer may pray with the more fruit, and be the better editted: I have travailed to the uttermost of my power too use in these prayers as few words of my ow●ea● I could, and to gle●e out of the frutieful field of the sacred scriptures, what so ever I found meet for every prayer that I made, that when it is prayed, not man but the holy Ghost may seem to speak.  
After I had finished these prayers most virtuous Lady, your 〈◊〉 came first to my remembrance, as a worthy patrons both of the godly and of godliness, both of the learned and of learning, to whom even of most bounden duty I ought to offer this my labour. The gift I confess is small and slender, if it be● compared with your grace's liberality, which your grace hath most bounteously showed unto me sense I came first to your service. notwithstanding I am so fully persuaded of your graces' most gentle nature and godly dysposyon toward so many 〈◊〉 are godly and well bend and virtuously minded, that I fear nothing to o●●er this my ●ooke unto your grace, as a testimony of my serviceable heart and ready bend good will toward your grace. It is a flower, I grant. notwithstanding such a flower, as if it be rightly used, is of singular virtue and mighty in operation. No euyla●er can hu●te where the ●●uoue● of this flower cometh. yea the devil the world & the flesh can not abide the air of thy● flower, so might is the spiritual operation thereof. The flower giveth a smell in the stre●es to the soul of the faithful, as Cimamone and Balm▪ that hath so good ● savour▪ yea a sweet odour doth it give as it were myrrh of the best. I therefore most humbly beseech your grace to take this my small gift in good part which coming as it were from your Grace into the hands of many, shall (I doubt not) do many good, and be the occasion that vice shall decrese, and virtue abundantly increase among us. God, whose holy word your Grace most fervently love and most earnestly practise in your daily conversation mought vouchsafe to preserve your Grace with my lords Grace, your most loving husband and all your godly & ●e●tuous children in continual health & daily increase of honour unto the glory of his name, and ●he comfort of all us your grace's moost● humble and faithful sergeant's.  
Amen.   

¶ The Prayer Of our Lord.  
O LORD God our father in heaven, we thy miserable children upon earth, beseech thee mercifully to look upon us, and send us thy grace, that thy name may ●e sanctified among us, and in all the world through the pure preaching of thy word▪ and true knowledge and understanding of thee same, and thorough earnest charity in our daily conversation and living. Seclude thou graciously from us all false doctrine and evil living, whereby thy worthy name might be blasphemed and slandered. Oh let thy kingdom come and be great to all sinful and blind people, and such as be holden captive of the devil and his kingdom, bring thou Lord to repentance and to the knowledge of the true faith in jesus Christ thy son. Strengthen us Lord with thy grace, to do thy will in life and death, in well and in woe, that our will may be always broken offered up, and mortified. give us our daily bread preserve us from all covetousness▪ and immoderate carefulness of the belly, that of the we may be assured to have abundance of all good things necessary for us. forgive us our trespasses▪ that we may have a glad and a quiet● conscience in thee, in that we receive forgiveness of our sins, as we be willing to forgive all them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but strength then us Lord with thy spirit, to subdue the flesh to despise the world with the vanities thereof, & to overcome the devil with all his crafty assaults, And finally deliver us from all evil, both bodily and ghostly temporal and eternal, for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory for ever. So be it.   

The flower of godly prayers, most worthy to be used in these our days for the safeguard, health, and comfort of all degrees, and estates. Newly made by Thomas Becon.  

¶ A prayer for the morning.  
O Heavenly Father, 
Psal. xxxi. Psal. xxvii Psal. xii.  which like a diligent watchman attendest always upon thy faithful people, whither they wake or ●lepe, & mightily defendest them not only from Satan that old enemy of mankind, but also from all other their adversaries, so that through thy godly power, they be harmless preserved, I most heartily thank thee, that it hath pleased thy fatherly goodness, so toe take care of me, thine unprofitable servant, this night p●ste, that thou hast both safely kept me from all mine enemies, & also given me sweat sleep unto the great comfort of my body. I most entireli beseech thee, o most merciful father, to show the like kindness toward me this day in preserving my body & soul, that as my enemies may have no power over me, so I likewise may neither think, breath, or speak or do any thing that may be dipleasaunt to thy fatherly goodness, dangerous to myself, or hurtful to my neighbour, but that all my enterprises may be agreeable to thy most blessed will, which is always good and godly, doing that, 
Leviti, nineteen, Mat. xxii, Roma. xiii Galla. v, Luk. two.  that may advance thy glory, answer to my vocation, and profit my neighbour, whom I ought to love as myself: that whensoever thou callest me from the vale of misery, I may be found the child not of darkness but of light, and so for ever reign with the in glory, which art the true & everlasting light, 
Iho. i. seven▪ xi, and, xii● i, john, i,  to whom with thy dearly beloved son jesus Christ our alone saviour and the holy ghost that most sweet comforter, be all honour & glory. Amen   

A prayer for the night.  
O Lord God and my heavenly father, forasmuch as by thy divine ordinance the night approacheth, and darkness beginneth to overwhelm the earth, and time requireth that we give ourselves to bodily rest and quietness, I tender unto the most hearty thanks for thy loving kindness, which hast vouchsafe to preserve me this day, from the danger of mine enemies, to give me my health, to feed me, & so to sand me all things necessary for the comfort of this my poor & needy life, I most humbly beseech the for Christ's sake, that thou wilt mercifully forgive me, all that I have this day committed against thy fatherli goodness, either in word, deed, or thought, & that thou wilt vouchsafe to shadow me this night under the comfortable wings of thy almighty power, and defend me from Satan, & from all his crafty assaults, that neither he, nor any of his ministers have power over either my body, or my soul, but that although my body thorough thy benefit enjoyeth sweet and pleasant sleep, yet my soul may continually watch unto thee, think of thee, delight in thee, & evermore praise thee, that when the joyful light of the day returneth according to thy godly appointment, I may rise again with a faithful soul, and undefiled body, and so afterward behave myself all the time of my life according to thy blessed will and commandment, 
Rom. xiii.  by casting away the works of darkness, and putting on the armours of light, 
Math. v.  that men seeing my good works, may thereby be provoked to glorify the my heavenvly father, which with thy only begotten son jesus Christ our alone saviour, and the holy ghost that most sweet comfortoure, livest, and reignest one true and everlasting God, world without end. Amen.   

The confession of our sins unto God the Father.  
I Am not able to express (oh wretched sinner that I am) how grievously the burden of my sins oppress me, whither soever I turn me, whatsoever I do speak or think, I perceive such corruption and wickedness, such abomination & uncleanness to reign in me, 
Gen. vi. Psal▪ l●v. john, iii.▪ Genesi, i●i, Eccl, seven. x, Gene, viii, Prover, x. Iere. xvii. Tobi, ix, Esay. lxiiii Genesi. iii, Roma. v. Ephesi, two▪ Collos. iii,  that it utterly confoundeth my conscience, and in a manner fettereth me with the chain of desperation. No marvel. For my outward man is flesh, earth, ashes, dust, dung, and all that most vile is. My thought & disposition is altogether nought even from my very cradles, my heart is unclean, defiled with most filthy sin, lewd, & unable to be searched, for the manifold wickedness thereof, but of God alone. My works are abominable and loathsome in the sight of the most highest, yea my very ryghtousnesses, if any I have, are even as a defiled cloth. Again my inward man hath lost his former beauty. In stead of the Image of god he is miserabli deformed with the wicked visare of wily Satan. In the place of innocency, faith, love, hope▪ patience, mercy, obedience goodness, gentleness, liberality, joy, and such other fruits of the holy ghost: wickedness, unfaithfulness▪ hatred, desperation, vengeance, covetousness, rebellion, maliciousness, churlishness, unmercifulness, pensiveness of mind & such other damnable works of the flesh are entered into me, and holy possess me, so that whether I consider my outward or inward man, I find myself the bond slave of Satan, 
Roma. vi. Deu. xxvii. Mat. xviii Gala, iii▪ Ephesi▪ two▪ Luck xv▪ Luke, x▪ Isaiah▪ ix.  the vile donghil of sin, the miserable debtor of the law, the fire brand of hell, the child of wrath, the vessel of vengeance the son of perdition, the wandering sheep, the wounded man an hypocrite, an unprofitable servant, inheritor of everlasting pain & all that ever nought is. To rid myself of all these most detestable enormities, I am not able. To seek remedy at any other man's hand, to buy their merit's, prayers, watchings, fastings & their other works oh, it is but vain. 
Luk. x.  Moses can not heal my diseases, neither the Levite, nor the priest can bind up my wounds, and make them whole. For vain is the health that is looked for at man's hand. 
Psal lix, Roma. three Mat. xviii Ps●. xii,  All have sinned, all have gone astray, all own to that heavenly king ten thousand talentes. All are become abominable, there is not one that doth good, no not one. Ah who then can be made clean of them that are unclean? Ah, who being sick, 
job. xiiii. Ecc, xxxiiii  will seek to be made whole of them that are altogether diseased? Ah, who being weak, will wish to be stayed up by him, which for feebleness is not able too stand? Can the man of Ind change his skin? 
jerem. xiii.  or the cat of the mountain her spots? No more can they make me good, which are themselves nought. Ah whither then shall I f●e? unto mi self, and unto mine own righteousness? 
Psa. xciiii two. Cor. iii.  I am a most damnable sinner, and of myself not able to think a good thought? Unto the law? it woundeth, killeth, & condemneth me: It is a yoke, 
Roma. iii●. two. Cor. iii, Ga', iii, ●iii Acts. xv. Math, xxv  that neither we, neither our fathers werever able to bear. Unto creatures? they have not oil enough for themselves. Ah wretch that I am, destitute and void of all mortal help, shall I despair? far be that from me. But were there not another manner of doctrine, than the doctrine of the law, which maketh no man perfect, 
Heb, x.  were there not another manner of righteousness than is found in myself, 
●. Cor, i, Roma, iii, ●ii, and, v, Gala. two. iii ●iii, and▪ v,  or in any other sinful creature I see none other but plain desperation, death, damnation. But thanks be unto thee (O heavenvly father) which tendering the health of thy creatures, although sinful, so oft as they repent, believe, and study to amend their life, hath set forth in ●hi hol● scriptures another doctrine, even the doctrine of the gospel, that most sweet, pleasant, and joyful tidings of our salvation, which comforteth, cheereth, & maketh merry weak consciences, & sorrowful hearts andanother righteousness even the righteousness of thy well-beloved son jesus Christ, 
Rom▪ v. i, Cori, i. Math. iii. and, xvii. two Peter. i. john, iii. ●om. viii. ●say. liii,  for whose sake art thou well pleased with man, and for whose innocency and righteousness, thou freely of thy bountiful goodness forgive the sins of so many as with hearty repentance flee unto thy mercy. I therefore (O most merciful father) staying, and comforting my weak conscience with the sweet promises that I find in the holy gospel of thy dearly beved son, made unto all that be faithfully penitent without respect of persons, in the precious blood of thine aforesaid son jesus Christ, am bold (notwithstanding the multitude of my sins at this present) to come unto the throne of thy mercy, most humbly beseeching the not to weigh my deserts, 
Psal, 〈◊〉  nor to deal with me according to my merits (for if thou shouldest narrowly mark our iniquities, oh Lord, who shall abide it?) which deserve nothing but wrath and damnation, but for the innocency and righteousness of thy only begotten son jesus Christ, 
Esay. i●. ●● Rom. vi.  whom thou haste given me to be mine own, & with him all his merits & good deeds, to be thorough faith so truly mine, as though I myself had done and wrought them, to forgive me, my sins according to thy promise, to renew thy fatherli love toward me, to receive me into thy favour, to make me a vessel of mercy, to number me in the company of thy chosen people, and to endue me with thy blessed spirit, which may mortify mi carnal affects, s●ea old Adam in me, work new and those spiritual and heavenly motions in my heart, & with his holy breath make me a new & perfect man according unto thy blessed image. 
Psa▪ lxxix,  O most loving father weigh not my sins, but remember thy most gentle promises. Consider not my evil works, but have respect unto the undefiled deeds of thy son jesus Christ, 
Isaiah. xii▪ xliii. xliiii. and, xlix. Matthew, i Luke. two. i, Cor, i, i, Timon, two, i john. two. Hebre▪ ix▪ x, Psalm▪ li▪ Psa, cxviii  whom thou hast given to be my redeemer, my saviour my righteousness, my atonement maker, my satisfaction, & the alone and all wholly sufficient sacrifice for all my sins. For his sake, for his innocency, and righteousness have mercy on me (O God) according to thy great mercy, and put a way all my unrightuousenesses for thy tender compassion. I have gone a stray like a sheep that was lost, 
Luke, xv,  yet O lord for thy mercy's sake, seek me up, lay me upon thy shoulders, and bring me home again to thy sheep fold. I have been a lost son. I have riotously spent away my goods with the wicked, yet for thy goodness sake (O father) receive me, and take me home again, if not as thy son yet as one of thy servants. I am grievously wounded, & can be holp neither by priest nor Levite, 
●uke. ●.  yet cast me not away good lord for thy tender merces sak●, but pour wine & oil into my wounds. bind them up, & never leave me till thou haste made me perfectly whole. So shall I after this be the more circumspect in training my life according to thy godly will, and evermore sing continual praises to thy most blessed name thorough jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with the & the holy ghost be all glory and honour worlds without end. Amen.   

A confession of our sins unto the Lord jesus Christ.  
THe tirramnye of satan mine old enemy, 
●. Peter. v,  which ceaseth not daily to assail me with his subtle temptations, and to wound me with his cruel darts compelleth me at this present (O blessed redeemer & mine alone saviour jesus Christ, the son of the true and living god) to f●e for succour unto the pitiful bowels of thy tender mercy, lest I be for ever swallowed up as a pray of that dreadful Dragon. 
john, xii, ●iiiii. ●v two. Cor. iiii Ephesi, vi.  O Lord I am feeble and weak, but Satan is strong and mighty, the Prince of darkness & God of this world, having at his commandment an infinite multitude both of wicked spirits, and of ungodly men, which both daily and diligently, travail to satisfy his cruel tyranny, and to work my destruction, whom to resist I am not able. 
Luke, x●.  notwithstanding lord, thou art more valiant than he, stronger than all his army, more able to save than he to condemn. 
Io●. i. two.  Yea he is thy bond slave. Thou rulest him as thy good pleasure is▪ He can rage's against thine elect no further▪ than thy most godly will is to suffer him. Thou therefore (o lord my God) art able to deliver me from his ravening teeth, and to keep me safe from his blood thirsty ministers. 
Gen. iii.  For thou art the blessed sede of the wo●ā, that treadeth down the head, 
〈◊〉, xiii.  destroyeth the power of that old serpent. Thou art that Lord, 
i, Cor, xv. Hebre, two,  which hath swallowed up hell. Thou art the king of glory, which by thy death destroiest him that had the power of death, that is the devil. Thou art that Michael, 
Apoc●, xii.  which hast fought with the Dragon and overcome him. 
Apoc, v,  Yea thou art that Lion of the tribe of juda, which haste vanquished all our enemies.  
Moreover not only Satan and his angels, but also the world and the flesh most grievously assail me, yea and lead me away captive as their prey. The world with his vain pleasures, deceitful riches, & transitory possessions, so blindeth the eyes of my heart, that I can not love thee (o most sweet saviour) with such pureness of mind as I ought. 
john. x●●.  notwithstanding this comforteth me▪ well that thou haste overcome the world, & that when soever it pleaseth the to endue me with thy holy spirit, I may thorough thy grace subdue the world, and make it a bond slave unto me, 
Roma. seven.  which now so mightily reigneth, ruleth and triumpheth over me. The flesh also with her subtle enticements so wholelye occupieth me, that I am all together flesh, and all that nought is, and by this means wholly without thy holy spirit. 
Isaiah. seven. Matthew. i. Luke. iiii, john. i.  Yet haste thou by the pureness of thy blessed flesh which thou haste unfeignedly taken of the undefiled maid Mary thy mother by the wonderful operation of the holy ghost, so slain the raging lusts of our sinful flesh, that whensoever we lament our cause unto thee, confessing our misery and weakness, 
Rom. i. i●. Gala. iii●. i Timo. two. Hebre i●. i joh. iiii. Apoc. v.  thou both art able and also wilt thorough thy holy spirit quench those raging lusts, mortify those carnal affects that so inordynatelye boil in our inward members, and make us truly spiritual. Thus seest thou (O most merciful redeemer) with how great a multitude of enemeys I am besieged & seat round about, which without ceasing seek my destruction, & have all ready most tirantelye, spoiled me of all my garments, & most grievously wounded me, leaving me half dead, 
Luke. x.  so that without thy help I must needs perish. Help therefore (O most sweet saviour) & deliver me from these mine enemies. heal thou me O Lord & I shallbe heeled. Save thou me, and I shallbe saved, 
jere. xvii.  Ah good jesus, my sins are great and infinite. I confess, but thy mercies are much greater and more infinite. Mi wounds are many and grievous, 
Psal. two.  but thou art that most loving Samaritan full of pity and compassion, which by pouring wine and oil into my wounds are suffycyentelye able to heal them, 
Luke. x.  although they were ten. M. more. I am asinner but thou art a saviour. 
Math. i.  I am sick but thou art a physician. I am blind, 
Math. i●.  but thou art the light of the world. I am Satan's prisoner, but thou art a redeemer. 
Ioh i. viii  I am dead in sin, but thou art the resurrection and life. 
Gala. iii.  I am hungry but thou art the living bread. 
Ihon. xi.  I am thirsty, but thou art the well of life. I am poor, 
john vi. Io●n. seven. Esa●. ●v. Rom. x. Psa. xxiiii john. xv. john. x.  but thou art the lord of all wealth. I am a barren tree, but thou art that true and fruitful vine. I am the looste sheep, but thou art that good shepherd I am that riotous son, but thou art that ●entle father. 
Luke. xv. Eyhe. ●i. Math. xvi i. Pet. two. i. Timon two. i. john. two. Roma. vi. Roma. seven. Ose xiii. and xiii i Pet. ●i.  I am by nature the child of wrath, but thou art by nature the son of the living God. I am by nature sinful man, but thou art by nature man righteous & innocent. I am a daily offender, but thou art a continual mediator. I am a breker of the law, but thou art a fulfiller of the same. I have lost the heavenvly inheritance thorough sin, but thou hast recovered it by ●hi death, I have wrought mine own destruction, but thou by thy precious blood haste wrought unto me salvation. Thus all be it (O most merciful saviour) I find in myself nothing but sin▪ death and damnation, yet in the find I grace, merci, favour, reconciliation forgiveness of sins and everlasting life. Take away therefore that is mine, which is all nought, & give me that is thine, which is all good Thou art called Christ, anoint me therefore with thy holy spirit. Thou art called a Physician, 
Luke. two.  according therefore to thy name heal me. 
Mat. ix.  Thou art called the son of the living God, 
Math. xvi  according therefore to thy power deliver me from the devil, the world and the flesh. Thou art called the resurrection, 
john. xi.  lift me up therefore from the damnable state, wherein I most miserably lie. Thou art called the life, quicken me up therefore out of this death, 
john. xv.  wherewith thorough sin I am most grievously detained. Thou art called the day, lead me therefore from the vanities of this world▪ and from the filthy pleasures of the flesh unto heavenly and spiritual things. Thou art called the truth, suffer me not therefore to walk in the way of error, 
john. i.  but to tread the path of truth in all my doings. Thou art called the light▪ put away therefore from me the works of darkness, 
●phe. v.  that I may walk as the child of light in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Thou art called a Saviour, save me therefore from my sins according to thy name. Thou art Called Alpha, 
Math. i.  and Omega, that is, both the beginning & end of all goodness, 
●poc. xxii.  begin thou therefore a good life in me, & finish the same unto the glory of thy blessed name, So shall I receiving these benfits at thy merciful hand praise thee, and magnify thy blessed name For evermore. Amen,   

A Confession of our sins unto the holy ghost.  
O most blessed And holy spirit, Equal God with God the Father, 
john. xiiii xv, ● xvi. i. john. v  and God the Son, I miserable sinner confounded in my conscience, & almost fallen thorough the multitude of my sins, into the hell-like pit of desperation, am come at this present before thy divine majesty, most humbly to confess, and from the botone of my heart to lament all those my sins, and wickednesses which from my youth hitherto I have unjustly committed, in word, dead, or thought against thy goodness: most entirely beseeching the mercyefullye to forgive me all those mine offences, 
Psal. two.  and abominations, and to make in me a clean heart, endued with a new and right spirit, which may from henceforth thorough thy godly governance so derecte me in all my doings, that I may only attempt such enterprises, as be agreeable to thy blessed will, profitable to my neighbour, 
two. Cor. iii.  and pleasant to my soul, O lord my God where thou art, there is liberty. But I thorough the crafts of Satan the lusts of the flesh, and the pleasures of the world, am in most miserable captivity, slavery, bondage and thraldom, whereby I evidently perceive that thou dwellest not in me, neither the I am thy temple, nor yet have that ghostly freedom wherewith all be endued that have the dwelling in them. O Lord have mercy on me, and take away from me that heavy bondage of the flesh, wherewith I am most grievously enclosed, & give me that sweet & free liberty of the spirit, which bithe is wrought in the hearts of the faithful, that I being delivered from the power of mine enemies may serve the in holiness and righteousness all the days of my life: 
Luke. i.  again that thou making me a new creature by mortifying old Adam in me, and by giving me a good spirit, mayeste delight in me as a father in his son, and continually dwell in me as in thy holy temple. O blessed spirit forgive me my sins, purify my mind with thy holy inspiration, comfort my weak heart with thy joyful presence, make merry my troubled conscience with true & spiritual mirth, lead me, 
john. xvi.  which have so long erred into all godly truth, give me the knowledge of all heavenly and spiritual things, even so much as is necessary for my salvation, put on me the shield of faith, 
Ephe. vi.  that I may be able to quench the fiery darts of the devil, kindle my heart with the fire of Christian love, make me a fruitful olive tree in the congregation of the my Lord God give me patience in tribulation, 
Psal. iii.  take away from me vain glory in prosperity, engraf in my heart continual humility, make be bold to confess the truth of thy Gospel before the tyrants of this world, and give me grace to persever in the same, unto the end. replenish my breast with thy heavenly gifts and spiritual treasures that the devil, the world, & the flesh, with all their works, pomps and vanities from me utterly secluded and put a part, thou mayest continually dwell in me by thy godly inspirations. and I in the thorough true and undoubted faith, doing that always, that is good & pleasant in thy sight unto the glory of thy blessed name, which livest & reignest with god the father and God the son in one Majesty, power and glory, very god worlds without end. Amen.   

¶ A prayer to be said afore Dinner.  
O Lord our heavenly father, which by thy dearly beloved son jesus Christ haste commanded us to take no thought thought for our meet, 
Math. vi. Luke xii. P●al▪ ●. v  drink and cloth, but hast promised to give us all things necessary for this our poor and needy life, if we first seek thy kingdom and the righteousness thereof: we most harteli thank y●, that it hath pleased thy fatherly goodness according to thy promise to send us meat at this present for the comfort of our miserable and hongri bodis, desiring the to bless these thy gifts & to give us grace so to taste of them, that we may ever remember thee, 
●phe. vi.  and never forget our neadi brethren: but even as thou art merciful and liberal to us by giving us these thy benefits, so likewise we again may show merci & kindness to our poor neighbours by distributing to them part of these thy gifts, that both they & we being refreshed with thy gifts of thy liberality, may with one mouth glorify, & with one mind praise thy holy name for ever & ever   

A thank●sgeuing after Dinner  
FOr this thy bountyefull goodness in feeding us at this time, we heartily thank the most merciful father: desiring the to feed our souls likewise with that meat, 
Ioh●. vi  which perisheth not, but abideth into everlasting life, that we being fed both body and soul, at thy merciful hand, may do that always, which is pleasant in thy godly sight: thorough jesus Christ our lord, Amen.   

¶ A prayer to be said before supper.  
O Heavenly father and merciful God, which openning thy hand, replenysheste all living creatures with thy blessing, 
●●al. ●l●v Psal. clxvi. ●i. ii.xxxiii.  and givest meat to the hungry in due season, we knowledge our meat and drink to be thy gifts prepared by thy fatherly providence to be received of us for the comfort of our bodies, with thanks giving: we most humbly beseech the to bless us and our food, and to give us ●race so touse these thy benefits, that we may be thankful to thee, and liberal to our poor neighbours thorough jesus Christ our Lord▪ Amen.   

A thanksgiving after supper.  
VUe render unto thee (most merciful father) most hearty thanks for these thy gifts which thou so liberally hast given us in this our supper, most entirely beseeching the to fill our minds also with thy heavenly and spiritual benefits, that we may truly know thee, believe in the love thee, serve thee, and lead a life worthy of this thy kindness, that thou finding us not unthankful, mayst go forth daily more and more to increase thy gifts in us, and at the last take us unto thee, 
jacob. ●  which art the fountain of all goodness and head spring of all wealth, and place us in thy joyful kingdom among the holy angels & blessed saints, where thou with thy only begotten son and the holy ghost livest & reignest onetrue and ever lasting God in all honour and glory worlds without end. Amen.   

A prayer for the king.  
O almighty God king of kings and Lord of Lords, 
i. Timon vi A●oc. xvii. and nineteen. Deu xvii. josu. i. i Timo. two Tit three i Pet two. Sapi. vi. Sapi. ix.  which by thy divine ordinance hast appointed temporal rulers to govern thy people according to equity and justice, and to live among them as a loving father among his natural children unto the advancement of the good and punishment of the evil, we most humbli beseech the favourably to behold Edward thy servant our king & governor, & to breath into his heart thorough thy holy spirit, that wisdom, that is ever about the throne thy Majesty, whereby he may be provoked, moved and stirred, too love-fear and serve thee, to seek thy glory, to banish idolatry, superstition and hypocrisy out of this his realm, and unfeignedly to advance thy holy and pure religion among us his subjects unto the example of other foreign nations. O Lord defend him, fromhis enemis, sand him long & prosperous life among us, & give him grace not only in his own person godly & justly to rule, but also to appoint such magistrates, under him, as may be likewise affected both toward thy holy word & toward the common weal that we his subjects living under his dominion in all godliness, peace & wealth, may pass the time of this our short pilgrimage in thy fear, & service, unto the glori of thy blessed name, which alone is worthy all honour for ever and ever. Amen.   

A prayer for the Kings Council.  

prover. two.  IT is written (o most mighty and everlasting king) that where many are that give good council, there goeth it well with the common people, there are all things conserved in a goodly and seemly order, there doth the public weal flourish with the abundance of all good things: it may please the therefore, 
Prove. xii.  O Lord, which haste the hearts of all rulers in thy hand and directest their counsels unto what end it is thy good pleasure, mercifully to assist all those which are of the kings council, and to give them thy holy spirit to be their presydente, ruler and governor, that in all their assembles, they may ever set before their eyes thy most high and princelike Majesty, the fear of thy name, the accomplishment of thy commandment, and always remember that they are servants appointed for the wealth and commodity of thy people, that what so ever they attempt privately or openly, may turn unto the glory of thy blessed name unto the setting forth of thy holy word, unto the advancement of the kings honour, unto the profit of the Commons, unto the destruction of vice, and unto the commendation of virtue. give them grace (o most merciful father) so with one mind to consent in all godly and righteous things, that they ruling righteously, and we living obediently, may all together with quiet hearts & free consents praise and magnify the our Lord God for ever and ever. Amen.   

¶ A prayer for the judges.  
O God thou most righteous judge, which commandest by thy holy word such to be chosen judges over thy people as be of approved conversation, 
Deut. i. Exo. xviii.  wise, & learned in thy holy laws, & fear the their lord God, and such as both are true themselves, & also love truth, and hate covetousness we beseech y● to send us such judges as thy sacred scriptures do paint, and set forth unto us, & so to rule their hearts with thy holy spirit, that in their judgements they admit no false accusations, have no respect of persons, neither to be desirus of gifts, 
Exod. xxiii. Deut. xvi. Ecc●●. x. Psal. xv.  which make wise men blind and corrupt the causes of the righteous, nor yet give sentence with the ungodly for bribes, and so condemn the innocent and shed righteous blood, but that they having thy fere always before their eyes, and knowing that they execute the judgement not of man, 
two. par. xvi.  but of the their lord God may here indifferently all matters, judge according unto equity and justice, deliver the oppressed from the power of the violent, 
Esay. i jer. xxi. and xxii zacha. seven. Psa. cxxxi. Sapi. i vi. Psalms, two.  be favorabli to the stranger, defend the fatherless & widow, plead the cause of the righteous, help the poor, advance virtue, suppress vice, and in all both their words & works so behave themselves, as though they should straightways appear before the righteous throne of thy majesty, and render accounts of their doings. Grant this o most merciful father for thy dear sons sake jesus Christ our lord. Amen   

¶ A general prayer for all Magistrates.  
O Lord, which art that most high power, & of whom all power unto this end is ordained even that the public weal should be conserved, idolatry banished, true religion maintained, good order kept, virtue advanced, & vice punished, give, we beseech thee, unto all civil Magistrates, head rulers and common officers thy holy spirit, which may so rule them in all their doings, that every one of them according to their vocation: may truly and faithfully do that, which appertaineth unto their office. 
Psal. i. Deut, xvii. joshua. i. P●a●m. i●. Sapi. i vi.iiii. re. xxii. and xxiii  Kindle in their minds a fervent desire of reading thy holy law both day and night, that they may do all things according unto that. Grave in their hearts the true knowledge of the and of thy son jesus christ, and an whole intent too honour and serve the according to thy blessed word all the days of their life. Make them unfeigned favourers of thy holy gospel, 
Esay. x●ix.  and loving nurses of thy true preachers. give them grace to banish out of their Realms and countries all idolatry, 
Deut. xiii.  superstition, hypocrisy, 
iii. re. xv. iiii. Regu. xviii. two. pa. xvii.  feigned religion falls worshipping, with all the precepts, ordinances and inventions of men that fight with thy blessed word. Make them not only favourers, lovers and promoters of thy holy Gospel, but also followers, livers & practisers of the same unto the example of all their subjects. Work in their hearts, o Lord, such a love toward the commonweal, that their own private commodity set apart, they may employ all their endeavours to advance, beautyfye, enrich & make wealthy their realm and country. Make them gentle friendly, loving and beneficial to their inferiors. Make them pitiful unto the miserable, 
Deu. xvii. prover. xx.  and liberal unto the poor. give them that affection toward other, that they have toward themselves. 
Ecc. xxiiii.  Endue them with such loving favour unto their subjects, that they oppress then not with to much and unjust exactions. Expel all tyranny out of their hearts, 
Isaiah i. I●e●. xxi. ●nd xxii ●acha. seven. Psal. lxxxi.  and make them righteous and merciful. Grant that they may rule justly, seek judgement, deliver the oppressed, defend the fatherless▪ comfort the widow, favour good letters, maintain schools, nourish learned men, promote such as be godly and virtuous, and with out any ungodly advancing of themselves, 
Ecle. xxxii. Deut, xvii.  live among their people, as a loving father among his natural children, seeking their quiet and wealth. finally give them grace so to behave them selfs all the time of their rule and government, that they may appear both before the and in the l yght of all good men worthy officers in a common weal, and ministers meet to occupy the place in temporal regiment of the our Lord God that most high and worthy Magistrate, which livest and reignest with thy only begotten son and the holy ghost one true and everlasting God, in all honour and glory worlds with out end. Amen.   

¶ A prayer for bishops and ministers of god's word  
O Lord jesus Christ that true 
Psal. ci.  and everlasting Bishop the Mirror and lively exemplare 
Hebr. v. seven  of all faithful pastors and herdsmen both in life and doctrine, 
Esay●. lxi.  which camest down from God thy father not only to be our redeemer, 
Luke. iiii.  but also our teacher, 
john. iii.  to open and declare unto us the mysteries of the holy scriptures afore hid, 
Mat. xxii.  and corrupt thorough the leaven and false doctrine of the Scribes, 
Math. xvi. Mat. viii. Luke. xii.  Pharyseis, Saducees, and such other deceivers of the people.  
We most humbly beseech y●, mercifully to behold thy poor and scattered flock, whom thou hast purchased with thy most precious blood▪ 
〈◊〉. xx.  and to send them such shepherds as may diligently seek up the lost sheep, 
Luke. xv.  lovingly lay them on their shoulders, & faithfully bring them home again unto the sheepfold. Ah Lord, thou seest how great the harvest is, 
Math. ix. Luke. x.  & how few the workmen be. Thou art lord of the harvest, vouchsafe therefore we most humbly prai the to sand labourers into thy harvest. 
jere. xxiii. Eze. xxxiii.  Take a way these idle lubbers, which do nothing but devour thishepe, cloth themselves with the finest of the will and eat of the fattest of the flock thieves and robbers are they, 
john. x.  & not pastors & preachers. For the weak they hold not up, the sick they heal not, 
Ez●. xxxiii.  the broken they bind not together, the out c acts they bring not again, the lost they seek not, but churlishly, and cruelly do they rule thy flock. A good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep, but the hireling, 
john. x.  the he that is not the shepherd, nor owner of the sheep, seeth the wolf coming, and forsaketh the sheep, the flieth, and the wolf catcheth and scattereth the sheep. Such hirelings, O good Lord, 
Acts. xx. Roma. xvi. Philip. iii. two. Peter. two.  take away from us, which seek nothing but idly to live of the sweet of our brows, & of the labour of our hands, and notwithstanding suffer us to be miserabli torn of antichrist and of his Ministers, 
john. x.  both by their tyranny, and false doctrine. A thief cometh not but to steal, to slay, and to destroy. Take away from us, O good jesus those thieves which steal away the livings of the true shepherds, which slay our souls for want of thy holy word, and destroy us with their corrupt manners, wicked living, and most detestable conversation. Take away from us those herdsmen, 
〈◊〉. xi.  yea rather those Idols as thy Prophet calleth than, which are not resident upon their benefices, nor give attendance upon their cure, but forsake their flock, & yet rob from them all that they may catch, and give us such pastors as will watch upon their flock, abide among them, teach them thy blessed word, feed than with hospitality, lead a godly life, bring up their youth virtuously, and be at all times ready, if thy glori, & the health of their parishioners requireth to bestow their life. Take away from us all those curates, 
〈◊〉▪ lvi.  which are blind, with out knowledge, dumb dogs not able to bark, which have pleasure to behold vain things, & love to lie snorting & dreaming. Most unshamefaced dogs are they, they have never enough, although they heap benefice upon benefice, prebend upon prebend, deanery upon deanery never so much. 
Iere●y. vi.  For all are wholly bend unto covetousness, even from the highest unto the lowest, and the things that they get, spend they in banqueting, and in vain pleasures. Take away from us those false prophets, 
Math. vi●.  which come unto us in sheeps clothes, but inwardly are ravening wolves. Take a way those false anointed, & falls preachers, which by their subtle doctrine go about to bring us into error, 
Mat. xxiii.  and teach us not to seek the with true faith in heaven, where thou sittest on the right hand of God thy father, but in the cloister, andin the pyx. 
Mark. xvi. Luke xxiiii. Acts. i, Heb●u. i.  Take away from us those grievous wolves, which are entered in among us, & spare not the flock but speak perverse things, that they may lead away the faithful after them. 
acts▪ xx.  Take away from us all those men pleasers, which by their fair speech, and flattering words, deceive the hearts of the simple, 
Rom●. xvi.  by this means serving their belly and not thee, O Lord jesus Christ. 
●●la. v.  Take away from us those justiciaries, which teach that we are justified by the works of the law, and not by faith alone in our Lord God. Ah Lord, if our justification cometh of works, than didst thou die in vain. But whosoever seeketh to be justified by works, is utterly fallen from the grace and favour of god. For we know that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of the our lord jesus Christ: 
G●l● two.  & we have believed in thee, o Lord, that we might be justified by the faith that we have in thee, & not by the works of th● law, because no man shallbe justified by the works of the law. 
Philip. iii.  Take away from us those dogs, those evil workmen, those shavelings, which teach, 
Hebru. ix. ●  that thou by the one only oblation of thy body haste not made perfect for ever them that are sanctified. Enemies are they of the cross of Christ, 
Phili. iii.  whose end is destruction whose God their belly is. Take away from us these false doctors which privily bring in damnable sects and deny the the Lord, 
two. Peter. two.  which hath bought them, thorough whom the way of truth is evil spoken of, & thorough covetousness with their deceit full words make merchandise of us, whose judgement is not far of, and whose damnation sleepeth not. Take away from us those false prophets and spirits of Antichrist, 
i. Ihon. iiii  which teach that thou the Lord jesus Christ tookest no flesh of that blessed and undefiled virgin mary thy mother. Take away from us the proud whore of Babylon, 
●poc. xvii.  that great and blasphemous bawd of all the whoredoms and abominations of the earth with whom even the very kings of the earth have played the whore mongers, and they that dwelled on the earth were made d●oncken with the wine of her whoredom. Down o Lord with that purpled & rose coloured whore, decked with gold, pearl & precious stones, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abominations & filthiness of her wantonness. Down, o lord with that gorgeous strumpet, which is drunk with the blood of saints, and with the blood of thy Martyrs, O jesu. Let that whore behated of all men, let her be desolate, 
Apo. xviii.  comfortless and naked, yea let the very flesh of her be gnawn of, & she consumed with fire. Let that great Babylon be made a dwelling place of devils, and an hold of all unclean spirits, and a cage of all filthy, and hateful birds. For of the wine of her pestilent whoredom have all nations drunken, yea the very kings of the earth have committed whoredom with her, and the Merchants of the earth have waxen rich thorough her wanton pleasures.  
O Lord take away from us these Merchants, that give attendance upon that filthy whore, & deceive the whole world with their pelting pedlary, thievyshe trash and masking merchandise. Let their wares be sold no more, but both they and their bloody whorish Mastresse taken away from us, so that we be no more deceived by them nor the truth of thy glorious gospel condemned for heresy, nor yet the blood of the saints any more shed. O Lord take away from us all these aforesaid monsters even so many as deface thy glory, corrupt thy blessed word despise thy flock, and taking up on them to be feeders, feed them selves and not thy sheep: 
〈◊〉. xxxiii.  & in their stead place good Bishops, learned preachers, christian ministers, faithful teachers, true spiritual fathers, even such as bren with a fervent & unfeigned zeal toward the setting forth of thy glory and the health of thy people. Endue them with thy holy spirit, that they may be faithful and wise servants, giving thy household meat in due season, 
Mat. xxiii. Luke▪ xii.  give them that thy wisdom, which no man is able to resist, wherewith also they may be able both to exhort with wholesome doctrine, 
Lu●e. xxi.  & also to convince and overcome them that speak against it. Let repentance and remission of sins be preached of them in thy name among all nations. 
Luke. xxii.  give them grace to persever in thy truth unto the end. 
Mat. x. 〈◊〉 xxiiii.  Grant also, O Lord, that they may truly and reverently minister unto us thy blessed mysteries, baptism, & thy holy supper, that our faith maybe confirmed, established, 
Math. xvii  & strengthened by the worthy receiving of them, and we well comforted & made strong against the gates of hell, the devil, the world, the flesh, the curse of the law, 
Eccles. iiii  sin death, desperation, and all that is enemi unto us. Let not their hand be stretched out to receive, & slow to give, but grave in them (O blessed saviour) a mind content with that is enough one shepherd to have one f●ock and what so ever they receive of their parishioners, willingly to spend it among them in maintening hospitality for the relief of the poor, 
Hospitali●●.  that they may be found feeders of the f●ock both in word and deed. 
Mala. iii.  For thou (O Lord) commandest by the prophet in the old law, that all tithe should be brought into thy barn, that there might be meat in thy house. Thou callest the preachers barn▪ 
No●●.  thy barn, & his house thy house▪ And unto this end wouldst thou have temporal things provided for thy preachers, that they might have whereof to live themselves, to feed their family, & also to comfort the poor of the parish. To feed with word & not with work profiteth little To fill the ear with the sound of words, & to suffer the body starve for hunger, is not the part of a good shepperde. He is not a good herdsman that standeth, all day whistling and calling at his sheep, but he that driveth them unto sweet & pleasant pastures where they may eat their bellies full. 
i Timo. two. Titu, i.  Thy holy Apostle commandeth a Bishop or spiritual minister to maintain hospitality. Thou also which art the mirror of all goodness & liveli examplare of all true pastors, being in this world conversant among men, and a preacher of thy heavenvly father's blessed will, 
Mat. xiiii. and xv, Mark. vi. Luke. ix. john, vi,  feddest the people not only with thy godly doctrine, but also with corporal food, giving an example unto all spiritual pastors, that they should do so likewise. Thou commandest also thy blessed apostle Peter. iii. to feed thy flock, 
Ihon. xxi.  that is first with the pure doctrine of thy heavenvly gospel, where unto thy holy sacraments sure seals are annexed for the confirmation of thy truth. Secondly with godly conversation & a life agreeable to the doctrine, that the parishioners may the sooner be alured unto manners worthy of the gospel. Thirdly with hospitality. And this commandment gavest thou not only unto Peter, but unto all other thy apostles, yea and to all spiritual pastors that have or shall succeed them unto the end of the world, 
Acts, vi.  that thy poor people may be fed both body and soul. 
Roma. xv.  This commandment (O sweet jesus (was diligently executed of the holy apostles, 
two. Cor i▪ ix.  and of the faithful ministers that succeeded them, 
Acts, xx.  which all were moved with so great and so tender compassion toward thy poor members, 
two. Cor. xi.  that they did not only feed them with such goods as they received of the christian congregation, 
i. Thessa. two.  
i Thess. iiii  but also to satisfy their lack, they wrought with their hands But o Lord this loving pity toward the poor in these our days is greatly abated, & waxeth utterly cold in many of the Ministers of thy church, which notwithstanding are themselves very wealthy, and live all in pleasure of the church goods, so that by this means they are not resident upon their benefices, they maintain no hospitalyty, the parishioners are rob of their duties, & the poor are not fed with meat as thou haste commanded, but they rather miserably starve for hunger. Unto such shepherds as feed themselves and not the flock, 
Ez●c. xxxiii  as eat the milk, are clad with the wool, and eat of the fattest of the flock, & yet feed not the sheep, thou threatenest damnation by the prophet, promising that thou thyself wilt upon the shepherds, & require thy sheep from their hands & make them cease from feeding of thy sheep. Yea thou sayest moreover that the shepperdes shall feed themselves no more, for thou wilt deliver thy sheep out of their mouths, so that they shall not devour them after this. Thou promisest also to set faithful shepperdes over thy flock, and quietly to place thy sheep in green, fat and pleasant pastures so that the beasts of the field shall devour them no more, but they shall dwell safely without any fear, neither shall they any more be famished with hunger, nor yet bear the spiteful words of the heathen For thou their Lord God wilt take care of them. Deal with thy flock (O most faithful sheppeard) according to thy promise. 
i Cori. xi.  drive away from among us all ravening wolves and deceitful hypocrites which are the Ministers of Satan▪ changing themselves into angels of light, and appoint faithful and diligent herdmen over thy flock, which may feed them with thy lively word, lead a good life▪ & maintain hospitalyty among them for the comfort of th● poor, and in all things so behave them themselves according to thy blessed will and commandment, that when thou the most high bishop and chief shepparde shalt appear, 
i, Peter. v.  they may receive the uncorruptible crown of glory. Amen   

¶ A prayer for Gentlemen.  
ALL be it what soever is borne of flesh is flesh, 
Ihon. iii.  and all that we receive of our natural parents is earth, dust, ashes & corruption, 
Genesi. iii,  so that no child of Adam hath any cause to boast himself of his birth and blood, 
eccle seven. x  seeing we have all one flesh & one blood, begotten in sin, 
Psal. two.  conceived in uncleanness, & borne by nature the children of wrath, 
Ephesi. two,  yet for asmuch as some for their wisdom, godliness, virtue, valeaunce, strength, eloquence, learning and policy be advanced above the common sort of people unto dignities and temporal promotions, as men worthy to have superiority in a christian comum weal, & by this means have obtained among the people a more noble & worthy name: 
john, i,  We most entirely beseech thee, from whom alone cometh the true nobility to so many as are born of thee, 
Galath, iii,  & made thy sons thorough faith, whether they be rich or poor, noble or unnoble, to give a good spirit to our superiors, that as they be called gentlemen in name, so they may show themselves in all their doings, gentle, curteus, loving, pitiful, and liberal unto their inferiores, living among them as natural fathers among their children, not polling, pilling, and oppressing them, but favouring, helping, and cherishing them, not destroyers, but fathers of the country, not enemies to the poor, but aiders, helpers, and comforters of them, that when thou shalt call them from this vale of wretchedness, they afore showing gentleness to the common people, may receive gentleness again at thy merciful hand, even everlasting life thorough jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

A prayer for landlords.  
THe earth is thine, o lord, & all that is contained therein, 
Psal▪ xxiiii Psal. cxv,  notwithstanding thou hast given the possession thereof unto the children of men, to pass over the time of their short pilgrimage in this vale of misery: We heartily pray y● to send thy holy spirit into the hearts of them that possess the grounds▪ pastures & dwelling places of the earth, that they remembering themselves to be thy tenants, may not rack and stretch out the rents of their houses and lands, nor yet take unreasonable fines & incons after the manner of covetous worldlings, but so let them out to other that the inhabitants thereof may both be able truly to pay the rents, & also honestly to live, to nourish their family, & to relief the poor. give them grace also to consider that they are but strangers and pilgrims in this world, 
Psa. xxxix, i Peter, two.  having here no dwelling place, but seeking one to come, that they remembering the short continuance of their life, may be content, with that is sufficient, & not join house to house, nor couple land to land to the impoverishment of other, but so behave themselves in letting out their tenements, lands and pasturs, that after this life they may be received in everlasting dwelling places thorough jesus Christ our Lord.   

¶ A prayer for Merchants.  
O Almighty god maker & disposer of all things, which hast placed thy creatures necessary for the use of men in divers lands & sundry countries, yea and that unto this end that all kinds of men should be knit together in unity & love, seeing we all have need one of a nother's help, one country of another countries commodity, one realm of another realms gifts & fruits: we beseech y● to preserve & keep all such as travel either by land or by sea, for the getting of things that be necessary for the wealth of the realms or countries where they dwell, & to give them saf passage both in their going & coming, that they having prosperous iourenyes may show themselves thankful to thee, and beneficial to their neighbour, & so occupy their merchandise without fraud, guile, or deceit, that the common weal may prosper & flourish with the abundance of worldly things thorough their godly & righteous travail unto the glory of thy name. Amen   

¶ A Prayer for Lawyers.  

〈◊〉, seven. i. Timot. i.  WE know, o Lord, that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, given of the as a singular gift unto the children of men for maintenance of godly orders, for putting away of iniquities and wrongs, for restoring of men unto their right, for the advancement of virtue & punishment of vice: we most heartily pray thee, which art the law giver, 
jacob. iiii.  which alone is able to save & to destroy, 
●ccles●▪ i,  from whom also cometh all wisdom, prudence, and knowledge, so to rule thorough the governance of thy holy spirit the hearts of all lawyers, that they hearing men's causes, being in controversy, with discretion, & indifferency, and weighing them justly and truly according to the tenore & equity of the law, may without partiality both faithfully give counsel, and also indifferently pronounce of all such causes as be brought unto them, & by no means suffer themselves to be corrupted with bribes and gifts, 
Ecclesi. xx. Deut, xvii.  which blind the eyes of the wise, and subvert true judgement, but walk so uprightly in all men's matters, that they seeking with godly travels a quietness among men in this world, may after their departure from this troubelouse vale of misery enjoy everlasting rest & quietness in the heavenvly mansion, thorough jesus Christ our lord.   

☞ A prayer for labourers, and men of occupations  
AS the bird is borne to fly so is man borne to labour. 
 For thou, 
〈◊〉. iii.  O lord, haste commanded by thy holy word, the man shall eat his bread in the labour of his hands, 
〈◊〉, ●●xviii  and in the sweat of his face, yea thou hast given commandment, 
two. The●. iii  that if any man will not labour the same should not eat, 
i Thes. iiii.  thou requirest of us also that we withdraw ourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and giveth not his mind unto labour: so the thy ●odly pleasure is that no man be idle but every man labour according to his vocation & calling: We most humbly beseech the to grave in the hearts of all labourers & workmen a willing disposition to travail for th●ir living according to th● word and to bless the labours, pains, and travails of all such as either till the earth or exercise any other handy occupation, that they studying to be quiet, 
i Thess. iiii two. Thess. iii  & to meddle with their own business and to work with their own hands, and thorough thy blessing, enjoying the fruits of their labours, may knowledge, the the giver of all good things, 
jacob. i.  and glorify thy holy name. Amen.   

A Prayer for Richemen.  
albeit, O Lord, thou art the giver of all good things, and thorough thy blessing, 
Proverb, ●.  men become rich that are godly and justly rich, yet are we taught in thy divine scriptures, the riches, and the cares of worldly things smother up thy holy word, 
Math. xiii.  
Mark. iiii.  & that it is more easy for a gable rope to go thorough the eye of a needle, 
Luke. viii.  than a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven: again, 
Math. nineteen.  
Mar●ke x.  that they which will be rich fall into temptation & snares, 
Luke. xviii  
i, Tim. vi. Ecclesi, x.  & into many foolish & noisome lusts which whelm men into perdition and destruction (for covetousness is the rote of all evils) we therefore perceiving by thy blessed word so many incommodities, yea pestilences of man's salvation to accompany riches, most entirely beseech y● to bless such as thou hast made rich with a good, 
Luke. xvi.  humble loving & free mind, that they remembering them selfs to be thy dispensators & stewerds, may not set their minds upon the deceitful treasures of this world, which are more brittle than glass, & more vain than smoke, nor yet heap up thick clay against them selfs, 
〈◊〉. two.  but liberalli & cherefulli bestow part of such goods as thou hast committed unto them upon their poor neighbours, make them friends of wicked Mammon, 
Luke. xvi.  be merciful to the needy, 
Math. v.  be rich in good works, & ready to give & distribute to the necessity of the saints, 
i Timo. vi. Roma. xii, i Tim. vi.  laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may obtain everlasting life thorough jesus Christ thy son and our Lord. Amen. 
i Timo. ●.    

A Prayer for poor people.  
AS riches, so likewise poverty is thy gift, o Lord. 
Ecclesi●. x.  And as thou hast made some rich to dispose the worldly goods: so haste thou appointed some to be poor that they might receive thy benefits at the rich men's hands. And as the godly rich are well-beloved of thee, 
Math. ●.  ●o in like manner are the poor, if they bear the cross of poverty patiently and thankfully. 
Ecclesi. ●●.  For good and evil, life and death, poverty and riches are of thee, O Lord. We therefore most humbly pray thee, to give a good spirit, to all such as it hath pleased y● to burden with the yock● of poverty, that they may with a patient and thankful heart walk in their state like unto that poor Lazare, of whom we read in the gospel of thy well-beloved son, which choosed rather patiently, and godly to die, them unjustly or by force to get any man's goods, and by no means enui, murmur, or grudge against such as it hath pleased the to endue with more abundance of worldly substauns, but knowing their state, although never so humble and base to be of the their lord God, and that thou wilt not forsake them in this their need, but send them things necessary for their poor life, may continually praise thee, and hope for better things in the world to come, thorough thy son jesus Christ our lord. AMEN.   

A prayer for the Commons.  

Roma. xiii.  THou hast commanded, O lord in thy holy scriptures, that all subjects should be obedient to the higher powers, not only for fere▪ but also for conscience sake, 
i. Peter. two. Titum. iii.  for there is no power but of the. The powers that be, are ordained of thee: whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth thy ordinance, and they that resist, shall get to them selfs damnation. Wherefore we knowing this thy commandment and notwithstanding not ignorant of the works, and subtleties of the Devil, which laboureth to the uttermost of his power to drive out of men's hearts true and faithful obedience toward their superiors, and in the stead thereof to plant disobedience, rebellion, sedition, tumult, commotion insurrection, & whatsoever may trouble a christian common weal, and break thy holy ordinance, most humbly and from the very heart beseech the to grave in the hearts of the common people faithful, true & unfeigned obedience both toward our king; and toward the other rulers that are sent of him for the punishment of evil doers, 
i Pet. two.  but for the praise of them that do well: grant them also O most merciful father (a willing mind to give to every man his duty▪ 
Rom. xiii.  tribute to whom tribute belongeth, custom to whom custom is due, fear to whom fear belongeth, honour to whom honour pertaineth, and above all things to pray without ceasing for all them that be in authority, 
i. Timon two.  that we may live a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty unto the glory of thy blessed name. AMEN.   

A prayer for the unmarried,  
ALbeit most merciful father, marriage is honourable among all persons and the bed undefiled, 
Hebr. xiii.  yet for as much as some thorough thine exceeding & above natural gift (for no man can hue chaste, 
Sapi. viii.  except that give him the gift) live free fro● the sweet yoke of matrimony, some again for the tenderness of age are not apt for holy wedlock: we most heartily play thee, that they which have received of thee, the gift of continency, may so train their life in godly exercises, that thou mayest go forth to continue and increase that thy gift in them, 
i Cor. seven.  that they may the more freely and quietly serve thee, and care for those things that pertain unto thy glory: Again, that the other passing over the time of their young age in thy fear, in godly travails, and virtuous labours, may eschew all evil, wicked, riotous, and wanton company, that when they shall take on them the holy and honourable order of blessed wedlock, they may bring with them 〈…〉 and undefiled bodies, & so live in that godly state of matrimony avoiding all fornication, whoredom, and uncleanness all distension, strife & debate that thou mayest bless them, 
●sa. cxviii.  & their marriage▪ prosper their godly travels, send them good success in all their doings, and make them joyful parents in saying their child as children according to thy holy promise, which livest & reigne● very God world without end. AMEN.   

A prayer for them that be married.  
Among other thy creatures (O everlasting God) when thou hadst made man according to thine own similitude, 
Gene. i.u.  likeness & image, 
Gene. two.  thou saidest: it is not good that man be alone: let us make him a helper like unto himself, and shortly after thou formedst a woman of the man's rib, and broughtest her unto Adam, which said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called a woman, for she is taken of man. 
 Wherefore man shall forsake father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be, two, in one flesh, And thou blessing them gavest them commandment, 
Gene. two.  saying: En●rese & multiply, & fulfil the earth. Here learn we (o heavenly father) that thou art the author of marriage, and that so many as marry in thy fear, are coupled together of thee, 
Math. nineteen.  blessed and defended, and that thou hast joined them together to this end, that they should increase the earth and bring forth sons & daughters unto the glory of thy name. Thy holy apostle also commandeth, 
i, Cor. seven.  that to avoid fornication every man should have his own wife & every woman her own husband, so that if they can not live single they should marry, for it is better to marry then to burn. Here learn we again (O heavenly father) that thou hast ordained matrimony to be a salve unto the infirmity and weakness of our flesh and haste given it as a present remedy unto us against the raging lusts of old Adam, that we taking upon us the holy order of Matrimony, and by this means exchuing whoredom and all uncleanness, 
●uke▪ ●.  might serve the in holiness and pureness all the days of our life. We therefore considering how grievous an offence it is before thy divine Majesty for such as be married dissolutely to live, and contrary unto their profession to abuse themselves, most heartily pray thee, favourably to behold all such as have taken upon them the yoke of honourable wedlock, & to give them grace to order their life according to thy holy word. Grant (O merciful Lord) that the married men be not bitter, that is, 
Colos. ii●.  churlish and unkind unto their wives but love them as thy dearly beloved son Christ loved the faithful congregation, 
Eph●. ●.  provide for them, defend them, and cherish them even as they cherish their own bodies, 
i. Pete. iii.  again, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as unto them that are heirs also of the grace of life, that every one of them avoiding fornication and knowing how to keep his vessel in holiness and honour, 
i. Tess. iiii.  and not in the lust of concupilence, as do the heathen that know not God, may by their godly conversation show themselves to have taken upon them the holy order of Matrimony not at the provocation of the flesh, bu● thorough the motion of thy holy spirit. Grant also that the wives b● obedient and submit themselves unto their own husbands, 
Ephe. v.  in all honest & godly things, 
L●k●. iii,  that they which believe not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of their wives while they behold their pure conversation coupled with ferae. 
1. Peter. iii  
●. Timo. two.  Give them grace also to array them self's i● comely apparel, 
i. Peter. iii  with shamefastness and discrete behave ou●, not with broided hea●e, other gold, or pearls or costly array, but with such as becometh women that profess the worshipping of God thorough good works▪ that the hid man of the heart be uncorrupt, with a meek & quiet spirit, which spirit is before God a thing much set by. Again, grant, O Lord, that both the husbands and the wives may so walk in thy fear and in thy holy law, that thou mayst have a pleasure in them, bless than prosper their enterprises, make them fruitful & joyful parents. Finally, the children that thou sendest them, give them grace so to bring upin thy nourter & doctrine, 
Ephe. vi,  that they living together many years doth joyfully & quietly may with one voice & with one mind glorify thy blessed name for ever. amen.   

A prayer for women with child.  
THou, O Lord, art wonderful in all thy works, and whatso ever thy good pleasure is that dost thou easily bring to pass, 
Psa. cxv.  neither is any thing impossible with thee, that thou wilt have done. 
Mathe. nineteen.  
Mark. x.  And albeit this thine almyghty-power showeth itself abundantly in all thy works, 
Luke. xviii  yet in the concerning forming and bringing forth of m●n, it shineth no●te e●ydentlye. At the beginning o heavenly father, when thou madeste man and woman, thou co●maundest them to increase, multiply and replenish the earth. If thorough the subtle entisemēte● of Satan, 
Ge●. i.ix.  they had not transgressed thy commandment by eating the forbidden fruit, the woman, whom thou hast appointed the organ, 
〈◊〉. three i. Tim. two.  instrument, & vessel to conceive, nourish & bring forth man thorough thy wondered workmanship, had without any labour, pain or travail brought forth her fruit. But that which thy goodness made easy, sin & disobedience hath made hard, painful, dangerous, & if thy help were not, impossible to be brought to pass: 
Gen. iii.  so that now all women bring forth their children in great sorrows, pains & troubles. 
Psa. xlviii.  Notwithstanding y● showest thy self unto thy creatures a father of mercy, 
Ecl. xlvii●.  & God of all consolation. For that which thorough their own inperfection & fiblenesse they are not able of themselves to bring to pass, 
isaiah xiii. jer. vi. thirty.  
E●ech. ●xx.  thou thorough thine unspeakable power makest easy in them, 
Ose. xiii.  & bringest unto a fortunate end. We therefore being fully persuaded of thy bent and ready goodness, 
Miche. i two.  
john. xvi.  of thy present help, of thy sweet co●fort in all miseries and necessities, knowing also by the testimonies of thy holy word how greatand intolerable the pains of women are the travail of child, if thorough thy tender mercies they be not mitigated and eased, most humbly pray y● for jesus Christ's sake thy son and our lord, that thy loving kyndne●se may make that easy & tolerable, which sin hath made hard and painful. Ease▪ o lord thou pains, which thou most righteously haste put upon all women for the sin and disobedience of our grand mother Eve, 
Genesi. iii.  in whom all we have sinned, and give unto all such as have conceived & be with child, strength to bring forth that, which thou wonderfully hast wrought in them. Be present with them in their trouble, help them and deliver them. Let thy power be showed no less in the safe bringing forth, than in the wonderful fashioning of the child, the that which the haste begun in them, may come unto good success. Make them glad & joyful mothers, that they thorough thy goodness being safely delivered, and restored to their old strenghthes, may live and praise thy blessed name for ever. Amen.   

¶ A thanksgiving unto God for their deliverance.  
AMong other thy benefits, yea and those innumerable, which thou daily bestowest upon us thy needy & poor creatures, this is not the least, o most merciful father, that thou of thy tender goodness dost vouchsafe for the conservation of mankind to preserve the women that are with child, and to give them safe deliverance of their burden, by this means making them glad and wyfull mothers. For this thy benefit and good will toward us, we so heartily thank thee, as heart can think, beseeching the to work such thankfulness in the harte● of all mothers by thy holy spirit, that they being not unmindful of this high benefit of their safe deliverance, wrought only by the the saviour of all man kind, may show themselves thankful unto the for this thy goodness▪ and never forget that thy present help and most sweet comfort which thou mercifully showedst upon them in their great travails, 
Psalm, l.  
Pro. xviii.  labours and pains when they fled unto thy holy name for succour, as unto a strong bulwark and holy defence. Go forth, o Lord, 
Psa. cxiiii.  to make them the joyful mothers of many children. Endue them with long life, 
Ps. cxxviii  that they may see then childres children. And the children that thou givest unto them, 
Luke. i, two.  make thou as in age, so likewise in wisdom & in the abundance of thy holy spirit to increase, that they may have favour both with thee, and with all good men, unto the glory of thy most blessed name. Amen.   

A prayer for Fathers and Mothers.  
FOR asmuch O heavenly father, 
Ps●. xviii.  as thou haste dealt with the children of men more nobly then with brute beasts and with other thy creatures by giving them not only, an amiable body▪ but also a mind, which is immortal and never shall die, 
Gene. i Sapi. two.  and for the garnishing of the same, that it may be made like unto the similitude, likeness and Image of thee, hast in thy holy law commanded all fathers and mothers, 
Deu. iiii. xi Eccle seven. ● thirty. xl.ii. Ephe. vi. Tit▪ two.  whom thou haste blessed with the gift of children to take diligent care for the virtuous bringing up of their sons & daughters, that they may learn even from their very cradles to know the their Lord God, to believe in thee, to fear and love thee, to call upon thy blessed name, to be thankful unto thee, and to walk in thy holy commandments all the days of their life: We knowing how froward evil disposed▪ and untoward the heart, 
Gene. viii.  wit and disposition of man is even from his very youth, if it be not restrained with the bit of thy most blessed law, heartily pray the to give all fathers and mother's grace after the example of Abraham, 
Gene. xviii. two. Reg. two. Tob. i ●iii. i Math. two. Dani. ●iii. Acts. xxi. two. Tim iii.  David, Tobi, Mathathias, the parents of Susan, Philip the Evangelist, and such other, to bring up their children, even from their very infanci, in thy fear, in thy nurture, and in the knowledge of thy most healthful word, that they seeking no less the garnishing of their children's minds with learning & virtue, them the preserving of their bodies with food and raiment, may show themselves profitable members of the christian public weal, and faithful servants to the their Lord God, which alone art worthy all honour, and glory. Amen.   

A prayer for children.  
AS thou (O merciful father) hast given commandment unto all fathers▪ & mothers to br●nge up their children in thy fear, nurture and doctrine▪ so likewise thy good pleasure is, that children should honour & reverence their parents, 
E●odu. ix. duty. v. Mathe. nineteen. Mar x. E●he. ●i. Collo. iii. Eccl three vi● Tobi. iiii. Eccle. iii. Prove. nineteen. Prove. thirty. Deu. xxvii.  diligently give ear unto their virtuous instructions, and faithfully obey them. And as thou hast promised health, honour, glory, richeses, long life, & all that good is unto them that honour, reverence, and humbly obey their fathers & mothers, so haste thou threatened unt o disobedient children, ignominy, evil fame, contempt, shame, dishonour poverty, sickness, short life, and such other plagues. Yea in thy holy law thou dost not only pronounce them accursed that dyshonor their fathers & mothers, but thou also commandest, that if any child be stubborn & disobedient and will not hear, but rather despise the commandment of his father and mother▪ 
duty. xxi.  the same should be stoned unto death without mercy, so greatly dost thou abhor disobedience and rebellion against all persons, but specially against parents. 
duty. iiii. Heb. xiii.  We therefore heartily wishing, that the plagues of thy fierce wrath (for thou O God art a consuming fire) may be far from us▪ most humbly beseech the to grave in the hearts of all children of whatsoever age kind, estate or degree they be true honour, harti reverence▪ and unfeigned obedience toward their parents. Give them grace, o good Lord, that as they profess thy son Christ in name, so they may truly represent his manners in their life and conversation, 
Luke. two.  which willingly was obedient unto his mother marry and unto her husband joseph giving example to all children of the like subjection and obedience toward their parents. engraft in them such a love toward their fathers & mothers, that they may both reverence them with outward honour, and also for their power help them, succour them, provide for them, comfort anb cherish them in their need, even as their parents nourished and comforted them in their infancy & tender age. 
Esay. xliii.  But above all things give them grace truly to honour thee, which art the heavenly father, yea our father & our redeemer, which hast made us, & daily cherishest us even as a father or mother cherish their most dear and natural children. So shall ●t come to pass, 
Isaiah. xlix.  that they faithfully honouring thee, shall also in order, heartily honour and unfeignedly obey their carnal parents in thy fear, unto the glory of thy most blessed name, which is most worthy to be honoured worlds without end. Amen.   

A prayer for Masters.  
Although (O Christ thou most highest Lord) all power both in heaven and in earth, 
M●t xxviii  be given unto the of thy heavenly father, and albeit thou hast given us a commandment, that we should not desire to be called master, 
Mat. xxiii.  for we have but one master, which thou art, & all we are brethren having one father which is in heaven, yet forasmuch as thou according to thy blessed will hast appointed some superiors, some inferiors, some masters, some servants, some to command some to obey, some to rule, some to serve, and by this means such as be in superiority have obtained by thy holy word, the name of masters, or Lords, because they have servants under them, and rule under the according to thy good pleasure, & godly appointment, which art the most supreme power, and most excellent majesty King of kings, and Lord of Lords, 
i Timo. vi. Apoc. ●vii. and xix  to whom all things both in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth do bow their knees, and give reverence, & honour, 
Philip. two.  whose praise also every nation and language doth advance and set forth, confessing that thou art the Lord jesus Christ, unto the glory of God the father: We most humbly pray thee, which art the greatest master, and most highest Lord, to send thy holy spirit upon all such as are called masters here in earth, and have superiority over other, that they remembering themselves to be thy servants, 
Ephesi. vi. Collo. iiii.  and that they also have a master in heaven, with whom there is no respect of persons may put away all threatenings, all cruelty, all unrighteousness, and do that unto their servants, which is just & equal. 
Eccle. seven.  Grant that they entreat not evil their servants which work truly, nor the hireling that is faithful unto them. 
Eccle. iiii. Eccle. seven.  Grant that they be not as lions in their houses, destroying their household folks, and oppressing such as are under them, but rather that they cherish and love their faithful & discrete servants, even as their own soul, and by no means suffer them to be unrewarded for their pains taking, nor yet at the last to be driven to beggary for their true service doing, but that they liberally rewarding them according to their deserts, may show themselves to be thy true servants, which leavest no man unrewarded, 
Math. xvi.  but givest to every man according to his deeds, 
Roma. two.  to them that do well, and continue in well doing, glory, honour, peace immortality, and everlasting life, to them that do evil, and continued in the same, indignation, wrath, displeasure, trouble, sorrow, and eternal damnation. Grant therefore (O Lord) that all temporal masters may in all their doings resemble thee, which art the heavenvly and everlasting master, and so be have them selfs both toward their servants and all other accordnig to thy blessed will, that at the last day they may be found in the number of them to whom thou shalt say: Come ye blessed of mi father possess the kingdom which was prepared for you from the beginning of the world: 
Math. xxv.  Lord let it so come to pass. Amen.   

A prayer for servants.  
O Christ my lord and saviour, which being the son of the living God, yea God himself from everlasting, didst not disdain at the will of thine heavenly father to make thyself of no reputation, to become man, to take upon the the shape of a servant, & to obey thy father's commandment to the death, 
Philip. two.  yea even the death of the cross for our salvation, refusing no service, no travail, no labour, no pain, that might make unto the comfort of mankind: we most humbly beseech the to give all servants grace to practise thy humility and obedience, that as thou most willingly didst serve, and obey thy heavenly father's good pleasure, so they in like manner may with most hearty affection serve & obey their bodily masters in all things, 
Ephesi. vi.  that fight not with thy blessed word, not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God, that what so ever they do, 
Coloss. iiii.  they may do it heartily even as unto the lord & not unto men, forasmuch as they are sure, that they shall receive the reward of the heavenly enherytaunc● of the o lord Christ, whom also they serve, while truly and faithfully they serve their bodily masters. Grant that so many as are under the yoke, may count their masters worthy of all honour, that the name of god & his doctrine be not evil spoken of, and obey them with all fear, 
'tis two.  not only if they be good and courteous, 
i. Peter. two.  but also though they be froward, & please them in all things, not answering them again, 
Tit. two.  nor picking aught from them, but show all good faithfulness, that in all things they may do worship unto the doctrine of the our god and saveout, to whom with the holy ghost be all honour▪ praise and glory, for ever. Amen.   

A prayer for them that are sick.  
O jesus the saviour of the world, and the true Physician both of the body and of the soul, 
Math. ix.  we are not altogether ignorant how detestable a thing sin is in thy sight and how greatli thou abhorrest them that commit iniquity and shake of the yoke of thy law, 
Psalm. v.  giving their minds to the filthy lusts of the flesh, and the vain pleasures of the world, Some that thus ungodly behave themselves, thou sufferest to go forth still in their be asslike manners without correction or punishment to live in pleasure and wantonness upon the earth, 
jacob. v. Philip. iii.  to nourish their hearts as in a day of slaughter, to serve their belly as their God, and voluptuously to spend their days without all fear of thee, that at the last, they being altogether nuzzled in voluptuousness and dying without repentance (for the sorrows, 
Psa. cxiiii.  plagues and punishments of the wicked begin at their death) may with that rich and beastlike glutton be tormented for ever in the flames of hell fire. For convenient it is that they which in this world live, all in pleasure, 
Luke, xvi.  do in another world receive their pains, even as thou haste promised in thy holy Gospel saying. Woe be to you that are full, for ye shall hunger, Woe be to you that now laugh, for ye shall wail and weep. Again some that walk inordinatli▪ 
Luke. vi.  and contrary to the rules of thy holy law, thou tendering their salvation visitest them with sickness their & punishest their bodies with the loving rod of thy correction▪ that they may no longer be proud, cruel and fierce against the spirit, whose servant and bond slave the body of right ought to be, but rather be obedient and service able, that it may from h●nsforthe not so much as once lust against the spirit, and by this means thou mercifulli callest them (which as wandering sh●pe, 
Luke, ●v.  have so long strayed abroad) home again unto thy shepefold●. For this. O Lord, is an evident token of thine exceeding goodness and tender mercy toward us, when thou seeing us most grievously thorough our wicked and sinful conversation to offend thy divine Majesty, to forsake thy law, not too walk in thy ordinances, to break thy statutes, not to keep thy commandments, 
Ps. ●xxxix.  dost not take away from us thy loving kindness but vysytest our iniquities with thy gentle rod, and punysheste our sins with thy corrections sweet to the spirit, 
i Cor. xi.  but bitter to to the flesh (for while we are punished we are corrected of the lord lest we should with this world be condemned) and by this means thou provokest us to leave our riotous and ungodly manners, and to seek after the our most loving saviour, leading a life from henseforthe, according to thy most blessed will and commandment. Some also thou throwest into adversity, and punishest with sickness to prove and try their faith, whether they be constant in confessing, calling upon, and praising thy holy name, like unto that patient man and faithful warrior, which said.  
If we have received good & prosperous things at the lords hand, 
job. i.  why should we not be content to suffer evil & troublous things? The Lord gave them, the Lord hath taken them away, as it pleased the lord, so is it come to pass, blessed be the name of the Lord. So many, O Lord, as thou lovest, thou sometime visitest with thy loving rod of correction, lest that they continually enjoying y● to much felicity and wealth of worldly things, should forget the their Lord God, and walk in the vanities of a lewd mind. 
Heb. xii.  For if we endure chastening, thou offerest thyself unto us as unto sons. 
prover. iii  
Apoca. iii.  For whom thou lovest, him thou chastnest, yea and thouscourgest every son that thou receivest? 
Hebru. xii.  what son is that whom the father chasteneth not, if we be not under correction, whereof all are partakers than a●e we bastard● and not s●ns. And albeit no manner chastising for the present time seemeth to be joyous but grievous, nevertheless afterward it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness unto them, which are exercised therein. Forasmuch (therefore O most merciful saviour) as sickness and adversity is sent from the unto the children of men for their great profit and singular commodity, even that the body with the works thereof should be subject to the spirit, and as a witness, and zeal of thy loving kindness and hearty good will toward them, we most heartily pray th● mercyefullye to behold all such as are sick, and as that pitiful Samaritane, to pour wine and oil into their wounds, 
Luke. ●.  and to bind them up, that is, to comfort them, giving them grace patiently to bear the cross that thou hast laid upon them, to show them selfs conformable to thy blessed will, & in the mids of their trouble and sickness to praise thy glorious name, and with strong faith to say: 
Ose. vi.  come and let us return unto the lord for he hath begun and he will heal us, he hath stricken us, and he will sureli make us whole. For it is the Lord that bringeth down to the grave & fetcheth up again. 
Deu. xxxii. i Reg. two.  It is the Lord that punisheth with poverty, 
Tobi. xiii.  and maketh wealthy again. 
Sapi. xvi.  It is the lord that brings low, & lifteth up again, yea it is the lord that killeth, and maketh alive again. It is for our great profit, 
Psal. cxix.  that the Lord hath thus plagued us, even that we should learn to forsake our own fleshly will, & to walk in his holy ordinances: Therefore as it is gods good pleasure, 
Mat. xxvi.  so let it come to pass. His will be done, & not ours. 
Psal. ●c●.  We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture, let him deal with us, as seemeth best in his godly sight. 
Rom. xiiii.  For whether we live or die, we are the Lords. give them grace O sweet jesus, thus to be persuaded of thy good will even in the mids of the shadow of death, that they faint not under the cross, and become of a desperate mind▪ but valiantly abide thy good pleasure, and all the time of their trouble & sickness patiently & thankfully t● call upon thy blessed name, which is a strong tower for all them that f●ee unto it, 
Pro. xviii.  and eversette before their eyes thy loving kindness, believing steadfastly, that although their cross be painful to the flesh, yet is it sweet to the spirit, and all be it the outward man be made weak thorough it, yet is the inward man made strong; which wisheth to be loosened from this wretched body, 
Philip. i.  & to be with the in glory. For so long as we are at home in the body, we are absent from the fruition & sight of thy divine majesty. 
two. Corin. i.  O Lord it is not thy property alway to chide, 
Psa. iiii.  alway to be angri, neither to deal with us according to our sins, nor yet to reward us after our in iniquities: but as a tender father pitieth his natural son, so art thou merciful to sinners, if they repent, 
Mach. x.  believe, & amend. For thou camest into this world not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Neither art thou a physician for the whole, but for the sick. Be thou therefore, O most merciful Saviour, a physician to such as are diseased ●ther body or some, & after this thy loving correction, restore unto them the benefit of health, both corporally and spiritually. Make whole so many as knowledge their miseris, repent them of their sinful manners, flee unto the for succour, believing to enjoy all good things at thy merciful hand. And as thou hast made them heavy with laying thy cross upon them, so make thou them joyful by restoring unto them the gift of health, that they may live and glorify thy blessed name for ever. Amen.   

¶ A prayer for soldiers.  
IN the whole body of the holy scripture (O jesus▪ thou son of the living God (there is nothing more commended and set forth unto us then peace, unity, quietness and concord. Unto this Moses and the Prophets, thou and thine apostles do diligently exhort, 
Gene. lxiii. job. xxii. jere. xxix. ●achar ix. Math. v.  and contrariwise vehemently dissuade from discord, emmitie, malice, war etc. For what is more seemly for man, then to embrace amiable peace, 
Luke. two. Mark. ix. john. xvi. two. Cor. xiii. Hebru. xii.  friendly concord, and quiet amity? The creation, the shape, the birth of man proveth evidently, man to be form and made unto peace. 
●. Peter. v.  But Satan that old enemy of mankind, which goth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, sweateth & with all main laboureth to banish peace from the children of men, and in the stead thereof violently to thrust in discord, tumults, seditions, wars blood shedding, manslaughter, destruction of realms & countries, by this means intending to make havoc of altogether, so that he furiously raging in his members, provoketh many times thy servants, for the defence of their country & the safeguard of their people, to wage battle with their enemies. We therefore most humbly beseech the to assist all such as justly attempt any wars against their enemies, and mightily to defend them against their adversaries, that they may receive thorough thy puissance a glorious victory and noble triumph. 
Gene. xxxii. iiii. Re. vi. and. vi●. P. ●. xxxiii●  Send thy holy angel unto them that he may pitch his tent among them and overthrow their enemies. Give all soldiers grace so to behave themselves in the wars with all godliness, & honesty, that thou mayst have a pleasure to be present among them, to be their captain and valeant defender. Suffer them not to be discouraged for the multitude of their enemies, but with strong faith let them whole lie depend on thee, the most mighty conqueror, with whom it is all one to help in few or in many, 
two. par. xiiii.  and with the princelike warrior boldly say the Lord is my light & my health, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life of whom shall I be afraid? 
Psa. xxvii.  If mine enemies pitch pavilions against me, my heart shall not fear. If men of war rise against me, I will trust in the Lord my God. 
Psal. xx. Psa. xxxiii. 〈◊〉. xxi.  And when thou hast given them the victory over their enemies, g●●e them also a thankful heart, that they may confess to have gotten the victory not by their horses, bows or guns, nor ye● by their own strength and policy but by thine almighty power and so be encouraged for ever after to magnify thy holy name. amen   

A prayer for Mariners.  
Thy power, o Lord, wonderful both upon the land & sea, & whatsoever thy good pleasure is, 
Psa. l●xxix.  
Dani. iii.  that workest thou in them both. Sometime thou makest the earth fruitful, 
●achary. ix.  sometime barren. The sea also somtim is calm and pleasant, 
Psa. cxiiii.  sometime rough & boisterous. So that whether they bring troublous or prosperous things unto us, 
Deu. xxvii. Eccle. xi. Prove. xvi.  all come from the our Lord God, that thy power and glory may be showed in thy creatures unto the praise of thy name. Seeing that thou art ruler both of the earth and sea, we most heartily beseech the to preserve all such as labour either by land or by sea, but namely them, which forgetting and maintenance of their living are compelled to travail the seas, and to commit themselves to the dangers thereof. 
Psal. cxiii.  O Lord though the scourges of the sea be marvelous yet art thou, which sittest on high more marvelous. Though the winds be boisterous, strong & vehement, yet dost thou excel them in power. 
Psa cxlviii.  For thou hast given a commandment to thy creatures and none shall go beyond it. Fire, hail, snow, ise, and vapours, stormy winds accomplish the word. Thou hast limited the waters their bounds, 
Psal. ●iiii.  which they may not pass. Thou also with a word, when the ship wherein thou & thy disciples were, was grievously tossed with the waves, 
Mat. viii. Mark. iiii. Luke. v.  and at the point of drowning thorough the wind and tempest that arose, causedst at the desire of thy disciples the wind to cease, the sea to be quiet, and a great calm to be made, in so much that they which were in the ship marveled, and said: What man is this, that both winds, and the sea obey him? Grant therefore (o most gentle saviour that whensoever any troubleouse tempest ariseth in the sea, so that thorough it such as are upon the sea be endanger, they calling on thy blessed name with strong faith for help, may find favour at thy merciful hand, be delivered out of fear, escape all dangers, and travail a fortunate journey. So shall it come to pass, that they thorough thine almighty power being safely delivered from all perils, shall continually praise, and glorify thy blessed name.. Amen.   

A prayer for travelers by land.  
O LORD, which art the way, the truth, and life, thou haste promised in the holy scripture, 
john. xiiii.  that they which put their trust in thee, look for help at thy hand, and take the for their mighty defender and strong castle, shall be preserved harmless, and walk in all their journeys safely, and without danger. 
P●alm. xci.   
For thou thyself wilt take charge of them and shadow them under thy merciful wings, so that none evil shall chance unto them, 
〈◊〉. xii. xu.xviii nineteen xxiiii. xxv●. and xxviii ●obi v. acts. xii.  yea as thou didst send thy holy angel with Abraham and Tobye, & with other thy faithful servants to be their guide and defender, & to make their iourni prosperous, so wilt thou send thy blessed angels with them that wholly depend on thee, and with strong faith commit themselves to thy most godly tuition: 
P●alm. xii. M●●h. iiii. Mark. i. Luke. iiii.  which shall safely keep them in fall their ways, yea and sooner hold them up with theirhands than they shall dash their foot against a stone. This thy accustomed gentleness toward thy servants, and these thy loving promises encourage us greatly at this present to come unto thy Majesty most humbly beseeching thee, to send thy holy angel unto all such as travail by the way in thy fear, to take care of them, to defend tham from all misfortunes, and so to guide them thorowoute all their journey, that they may both prosperously and joyfully finish their purposed travail, ever praising thy blessed name. Amen.   

A prayer for a faithful man being in trouble or endurance.  
O Lord, 
two. Co●. i.  father of mercis and God of all consolation, which rulest and disposeste all things after thine unsearchable wisdom, 
Sapi. viii. ix.xii.  and workest in thy creatures according to thy blessed will, which is alway good and godly, howsoever blind & frail flesh judgeth of it, we know and unfeignedly confess thine omnypotencye and almighty power. We know that thou artable to do whatsoever thy good pleasure is. 
Psa. ●xiiii. Math nineteen. Mark. x. Luk. x. viii  We know that thou bringest down to the grave, and fetchest up again. Thou punishest with poverty, 
Deu. xxxii. i. regum. two. Tobi. xiii. Sapie. xvi.  and makest wealthy again. Thou bringest low, and liftest up again. Yea thou, o lord, killest and makest alive again. Oh wonderfully dost thou work in all thy creatures, specially in them whom thou hast appointed to be vessels of merci and inheritors of thine eternal glory. If they at anytime grievously offend thy divine majesty, 
●sal. xiiii. ●nd lii Roma. iii. jacob. three i. john. i. psal. lxxxix.  (as we be all sinners and ready at every moment to fall) thou dost neither long wink at their wickedness, nor yet for ever cast them from thy favour, but like a loving Physician with some emplasture, or salve, although bitter to the flesh, yet wholesome to the soul, thou healest them, and like a tender or gentle father correctest them with some temporal punishment, 
● Cor. xi. Exo. x●xii. ●osu●. seven.  that by this means they escaping everlasting punishment, may repent them of their ungodly behaviour, confess their wickedness, fl●e unto thy mercy, & for ever after be the more circumspect in treading the paths of thy holy law. 
jud. i ii.iii vi. vii.viii. and. ix.iii. r●g. xxu.ii. pa. xxxvi two. regu. xii. xiii.xu.xvi.xxiiii.  On this manner didst thou handle the Israelits, when they offended thy fatherly goodness. On this manner didst thou deal with king David, 
jon. i ii.iii judi. viii. xiii.xu.xvi. Hest xiiii. xv, and xvi  & prophet jonas for their disobedience, with many other, whom not withstanding for thy mercies sake after they had knowledged their offences, & called upon thy holy name, thou wonderfully deliverest, & broughtest them again as it were into the haven of quietness. We therefore thy poor & sorrowful creatures perceiving in thy holy scriptures so large fountains of thy great mercies plenteously issuing out toward all them that be of a contrite and broken heart, are bold at this present for thy promise sake to come unto thee, most humbly beseeching thee, that as y● deliverest jonas out of the whales belly, 
Dani. vi and xiiii Acts, xii. i. degu. nineteen. xxi.xxiii. Dani. xiii.  Daniel from prison, Peter thine Apostle out of ward, David from the hands of his enemies, Susamna from the power of her adversaries, with other, so in like manner thou wilt deliver and set at liberty thy servant and our faithful brother. Yea and that on such sort that it may be to thy glory, to his health, and to the comfort of so many as unfeignedly love thy blessed word. And although we for our inperfection be not worthy to crave and enjoy so great and comfortable benefit at thy merciful hand, yet we doubt not, but for thy dearly beloved some jesus Christ's sake, thou wilt most favourably hear us, most fatherly pity us, and most bounteously grant us this our humble request. And we again receiving this benefit of our dear brother's deliverance at thy hand shall not be unthankful, but continually magnify thy holy and glorious name, which dealest so favourably with thy servants when they call upon the in the name of jesus Christ thy only begotten son, and our alone mediator and advocate, to whom with the and the holy ghost be all praise and honour for ever and ever. Amen. 
i Timo. two. i. john. two.    

A thanksgiving for their deliverance.  
SO often as we consider thy wonderful works (O blessed and heavenly father) which thou workest of thine own good will for so many as in their trouble and adversity i'll for refuge unto thy holy name as unto a strong hold, and mighty fortress, we can not but confess and acknowledge thy singular kindness and unspeakable good will, which thou continually thorough thy fatherly goodness bearest towards thyseruauntes, and for the same not merited of any man but freely of thy mere mercy given, we render unto the according to our most bounden duty most hearty praises and entiere thanks. In consideration whereof the children of Israel being in miserable captivity, 
Exodus. two.  lamentably lamenting before the their to much sorrowful state by hearty prayers, after that thou hadst delivered them from that land of servitude, braced out into exceeding great praises, glorifying thy most holy and blessed name, for their sweet and comfortable deliverance. 
Exodu. xv.  The citizens of Bethu●a likewise being in great distress called upon thy glorious name, 
judit. iiii. and xvi  & thou most mercifully deliveredst them, and they again with merry voices, and more joyful heart 〈◊〉 song unto the most hearty thanks▪ In like manner thou diddest deliver joseph, Danyell Peter, 
Gene xli. Dani, vi. and xiiii Acts. iii.  and many other thy servants from their sorrows and calamities: Oh, who is able to express with how ready and glad minds they magnified the and thy holy name? We therefore sinful wretches excited and stirred up with the godly examples of these thy servants, knowing how greatly thou delightest in the sacryfyc● of praise, 
Psalm. l. Psal. ●xvi. Hebru. xiii.  confessing also (such is our beggary) that we have none other thing worthy to offer unto thy divine majesty, are at this present gathered together to celebrate thy great mercies, t● magnify thy blessed name, and 〈◊〉 render unto the most humble ble thanks and immortal praises, that it hath pleased the of thine exceeding goodness the rather at the contemplation of our prayers, to show thy favourable mercy in the deliverance of thy servant and our dear brother. N. unto our singular joy, and great comfort. For this thy benefit, most beneficial father, we so heartily thank thee, as heart can think, most entirely beseeching the that thou wilt give us all grace, even so many as love thy blessed word▪ never to be unmindful of this thy benefit, nor to commit any thing hereafter that should offend thy fatherly goodness, or provoke thy wrath against us, 
john. v.  least thorough our disobedience we after this, feel more bitter tokens of thy heavi displeasure, than hitherto we have done, but in all our enterprises so too behave ourselves according to thy blessed will, that thou mayst delight in us as a father in his children, and vouchsafe to bless us with all spiritual blessing, to enrich us with the knowledge of thy heavenly word, 
i Cor. i.  and to work in us a life conformable to the same, that other seeing our Godly manners, and christian conversation, may be encouraged to embrace thy blessed word, to magnify thy holy name, and in all points to frame their life according to the rule of thy holy commandments, thorough the inspiration of thy blessed spirit to whom with thee, and thy dearly beloved son jesus Christ be all honour, praise and glory for ever and ever. Amen.   

☞ A general prayer that all Men may walk in their vocation and calling.  
Forasmuch, O heavenly father, as both thy honour and dishonour after a certain manner dependeth in this world, 
Math. v.  either of our godly or wicked life (if we live well, thy very adversasaries shall be compelled to glorify thee, but if our● life be ungodly, 
Esay. iii. Ezec. xxxvi. Rom●. two.  so shalt thou be dishonoured among the wicked & evil spoken of thorough our sinful living) and because we should not walk inordinately & so provoke the enemies of thy truth to rail on thee, and to blaspheme thy holy name, thou hast appointed in thy blessed law certain honest & godly states and degrees, wherein thy people should live, and haste streyghtelye commanded that so many as profess the and thy holy word, should continue in the same, 
i Cor. vi. Ephe. iiii.  every one according to his vocation and calling, and by no means lead a dissolute life after the manner of the heathen, which know not God, that by well doings the professors of thy holy religion may not only stop the mouths of foolish, 
 and ignorant people but also provoke them to glorify thee, our Lord in the day of visitation: we knowing our infirmiti & weakness, which is so great and unable to be remedied of our natural strengths and free-will, 
two. Cori. iii.  that we are not able to think a good thought, 
Psalm. ●xix  much less to fulfil thy commandments which thou haste straightly commanded to be kept and wishing the glory of thy most glorious name and the accomplishment of thy heavenly will most humbly and from the very heart beseech the for jesus Christ's sake to endue us, with thy holy spirit, which may fulfil that lacketh in us, make us new creatures, trade us in the paths of thy holy law, and give us grace to walk according to our vocation in thy fear, & in the obedience of thy godly will, that we attempt nothing that in any point may hinder thy glory, obscure thy honour, deface thy name & cause y● to be evil spoken of among the ungodly. And that this may come to pass, grant O most merciful father that every one of us even from the highest to the lowest, may unfeignedly answer to our calling, & train our life according to thy blessed will, unto the glory of thy name▪ that whatsoever we do in word, 
Collos. iii.  or deed, we may do all things in the name of the Lord jesus, giving thanks to the God the father thorough him. Grant that all temporal rulers may use their office justly and godly, seek not only to be feared but also to beloved, 
Magistrates.  maintain the good, punish the evil, accept no person in judgement, allow no false accusation, 
jere. xxi. and xxii zacka. seven. two. para. nineteen. Eccle. iii. Deut. xvii. Eccle. xx.  she'd no innocent blood, hear the small so well as the great, receive no bribes, set forth thy glory advance thy holy word, promote thy faithful preachers, and in all their doings seek the profit of the comm●n weal, and so behave themselves that they may be found worthy officers in thy sight. 
Subiect●●. Roma xiii. i. Peter. two.  Grant that the subjects may show all reverent submission to their rulers, obey them in all things, be faithful and true to them, yea and that not only for fear of punishment but also for conscience sake. 
Spiritual Ministers.  Grant that the bishops, the preachers of thy word & all other spiritual ministers may take heed to themselves and to all the flock, 
Acts. ●●.  in the which the holy ghost hath appointed them overseers to feed thy holy congregation which thy dereli beloved son purchased with his blood, 
i. Peter. v.  and take the oversight of them, not as though they were compelled, but willingly, not for the desire of filthy lucre, but of a good mind, not as lords, over the parishes, but that they be an example unto the flock. Grant that they may lay aside all tyranny and haughtiness of mind▪ and walk with all gentle softness and tender compassion toward the sheep of Christ committed to thei● cure and charge. Let them be as most loving fathers to Christ's flock, & if any of the sheep chance to run astrai & to go out of the wai let them not therefore ungently entreat them, but as it is the office of a good shepherd, by fair means call them home again unto the sheep folde●, seeking rather their salvation then destruction. 
Luke. xv.  Let them remember the history of the lost sheep, & consider how tenderly the hedshepperd Christ thy son and our Lord fetched it home again even upon his shoulders. 
two. Timo. two.  For the servant of the Lord may not fight, but be peaceable & gentle toward all, and ready to tech, suffering the evil with meekness, informing them that resist if at any time thou, O God mayest give them repentance to know the truth. 
i Tim. ii●●.  Let them cast away ungodly old wivish fables, teaching thy heavenly word purely & truly, & be unto them that believe an example in the word, in conversation, in love, in spirit, in faith, in pureness. Let them give attendance unto reading, to exhortation, to doctrine, let them studi to show them selfs in thy sight workmen worthy of praise even such as need not to be ashamed. As in preaching thy holy word, 
two. Timo. i● john. xxi. i Tim. three Titus. i. ●sa. lviii. E●om. xii.  so likewise in maintaining hospitaliti in distributing to the necessiti of the saints, in feeding the hungri, in clothing the naked, in lodging the harbourless, in nourishing godly & learned men, make them diligent herdsmen, that they may be pastors and feeders both in word & deed. Grant again, that the parishioners may reverence the bishops & other spiritual ministers, 
Pary●●oner●.  giving them no less honour than the child giveth the father, 
Malach two 〈◊〉. iiii. Math. v. ● Cor iiii. john xxi. ●. Peter. v. 〈◊〉. xxxiii. Esay. lviii. ●●bru. xiii.  remembering that they be the angels of God, the messengers of Christ the light of the world, the salt of the earth, the dispensators of the mysteries of God, the feaders of their souls, the comfortours of the week the Physicians of the sick, the upholders of the whole, the exhorters unto virtue, the fraiers away from vice. etc. which watch continually for the health of their souls. Work in the hearts of all them that are instructed with the word, such a tender love and good will toward the Ministers that teach them, 
G●la. vi.  that they may give unto them abundantly all good things whereby the preachers may be the more able not only to nourish their familibut also maintain hospitality for the relief & comfort of the poor. For who goth a warfare any time at his own cost? 
i Cor. ix.  who planteth a vinyeard and eateth not of the fruit? who feedeth a ●●ocke, and eateth not of the milk. If the preachers sow unto their parishioners spiritual things, is it a great thing if they reap their carnal things? 
Math. ●.  Thy ordinance is, o lord, that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. Moreover grant that the husbands may love there wives as their own bodies, 
Husbands.  & not be bitter, 
Ephe. vi. Colos. iii. i Peter. two.  churlish or unkind unto them but give honour unto them, as unto the weaker vessels, and as unto them that are fellow heirs with th●m of the grace of life. Likewise grant that the wives be in subjection to their own husbands as unto the Lord in all things, 
wives.  and so behave themselves as becometh women of an honest and godly conversation. give them grace to array themselves in comely apparel, with shamefastness and discrete behaviour, not with broided here, or gold, or pearl, or costly arai▪ but with such as it becometh women that profess godliness thorough good works. Let the inward man of the heart be uncorrupt with a meek and quiet spirit, which before thee (O God) is much fet by. For after this manner in the old time did the holy women which trusted in God tire themselves▪ that were obedient to their own husbands, even as Sara obeyed Abraham, and called him Lord, 
Gen● xvi.  whose daughters the married women are, so long as they do well. Grant that fathers may not rate their children, 
Fathers. Collos iii. Ephesi. vi.  lest they be of a desperate mind, but bring them up in the nurture & information of our Lord god. 
Children. Ephesi. vi.  Grant also that the children obei their parents in all things, and honour them. 
Master●. Colos. i two. Ephe. vi.  Grant that all masters may do unto their servants that which is just & equal putting away threatenings, and know that they have also a master in heaven, 
Servants. Ephe. vi.  with whom there is▪ no respect of persons. Grant again, that the servants be obedient unto their bodily masters in all things, with fear and trembling, 
Collos. iii. Titus. two. i. Peter. two.  in singleness of heart as unto Christ, not with eye service only in the eyesight as men plesers, but as the servants of Christ, doing thy will, O god, even from the hext with good will. give them grace also to consider that they serve the Lord & not men and therefore they may be sure, that whatsoever good a man doth, he shall receive it again of the Lord whether he be bond or fire. Further more grant, 
Elders. Titus. two.  O most merciful father, that the elder men may be sober, honest, discrete, sound in faith, in love, and in patience.  
The elder women likewise grant that they be in such raiment as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much dryncking, but teachers of honest things, to make the young women sober minded, to love their husbands to love their children, to be discrete, chaste, housewifely, good and obedient unto their own husbands that the word of God be not evil spoken of. 
youngmen.  Grant also, that the young men be sober minded and of honest conversation. To conclude grant that every one that profess thy glorious name, may so live and behave himself both in thought, word and deed, that nothing may proceed & come from them that should offend thy divine and most excellent Majesty. Grant also (O most gentle and tender father) that our light may so shine before men, that they seeing our good works, 
Math. v.  may glorify the our heavenly father, with thy well-beloved son jesus Christ our saviour, and the holy ghost that most sweet comforter, to whom be all honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.   

A prayer for our enemies.  
THe poisonful corruption of our nature, which we have sucked out of our first parents Adam and Eve, worketh so strongly in us, O Lord and so mightily striveth against the motions of thy holy spirit, 
Galathi. v. Roma. seven.  that we can not do that we would, nor accomplish that y● requirest of us. Thou hast commanded us to love, not only our friends, but also our very enemies to forgive them that offend us to bless than that curse us, 
Math v. Luke. vi.  to do good to them that hate us, to prai for them that do us wrong and persecute us, if our enemy hunger to feed him▪ if he thirst, 
Pro. xxv. Roma. xii.  to give him drink, but our corrupt nature, 
Exodu. xxi. Math. v.  which ever striveth against thy blessed will, seeketh all means possible to be revenged, to requite tooth for tooth, and eye for eye, to render evil for evil, when vengeance is thine, 
Deu. xxxii. Hebru. x. Roma. xii.  and thou wilt reward and by this means we grievously offend the and break the order of charity, & the bond of peace, which seeketh not to be revenged, 
i Cor. xiii. Colloss. iii,  but to forgive one another, even as Christ forgave us. It may p●ese the therefore (O most merciful Lord) of thy bountiful goodness to forgive our enemies, and not to lay to their charge those things, that they have unjustly committed against us, & so to slay in us our old corrupt and cankered nature, by taking away from us our stony heart, and by giving us a fleshy heart, 
E●●chi. xi. an● xxxvi  that we thorough the operation of thy holy spirit may be content according to thy blessed will & commandment, 
Mathe vi. and xviii Mark. xi. uke. vi. Luke xxiii. Acts. seven.  and after the example of thy son jesus Christ our Lord, & of that blessed martyr. S. Stephan, freely, and even from the veri heart to forgive our enemies, to speak well of them, to love them, and to do for them what so ever lieth in our power, & by this means unfainedli show ourselves to be thy sons, 
Mathe. ●.  which causest the sun to arise on the evil, & on the good, and sendest the rain on the righteous & on the unrighteous, giving us example, that we, if we will be thy true sons, should do likewise & show ourselves beneficial, not only to the good and godly, but also to the wicked and ungodly, that by this means we may allure even the very adversaries of thy truth to speak well of the professors of thy blessed name, and to glorify the our heavenly father, which fashionest us according to thy manners thorough the mighty working of thy holy spirit, to whom with thee, and thy only begotten son, be all glori and honour AMEN.   

A prayer for the adversaries of gods truth & that all men may come to the true knowledge of god's blessed word.  
IT is truly said of thine holy Apostle. O most merciful saviour, that the natural man perceiveth not the things that pertain unto the spirit of God. 
i Corin▪ two.  For they are but foolishness unto him, neither can he perceive them, because they are spiritually examined. Thus to be true in the most part of men, specially in the wise and prudent of this world (from whom the heavenly father is wont too hide his heavenly mysteries, 
Mathe. xi. Luke. x. i. Corin. i.  and to show them to the humble, and lowly) daily experience teacheth us. For while the wise worldlings seek praise one of another, 
john. v, xii  they can not love the glory of god. While they cleave to their own fleshly wisdom they can not abide the wisdom of God, which is counted foolishness in their sight. While they go about to maintain old crooked costumes, superstitious ceremonis the trifling traditions of men, they cannot away with the light of thine heavenvly truth. While they magnify themselves, shame to be taught, and by no means will confess their ignorance, and error but persuade them selfs, that they are in the truth, 
john. viii.  when in deed they are under the father of lies, and that they walk in the light, when they are most of all wrapped about, yea & overwhealmed with the misty clouds of men's inventions, while also they abhor to hear the preachers of thy word, and judge whatsoever they speak, new, erroneous & false doctrine, it cometh to pass that they hate, persecute, banish and condemn both thy blessed word and all the favourers thereof▪ thyncking them selfs to do the high service, 
john. xv.  when they ●lea such as unfeignedly profess thy Gospel. And forasmuch as this hath conceived against thy holy word, and this cruelty against thy servants cometh from the wise of this world, the simple and ignorant people also for lack of knowledge yieldeth themselves unto the fancies of the wily worldlings and the dreams of the bellied Hypocrites, approving what they approve, condemning what they condemn, and believing what they believe. By this means is it come to pass, that the adversaries of thy blessed word are wonderful many in number, and very few are they which sincerely, purely, and even with the heart embrace and follow thy heavenly doctrine. No marvel: 
Luke. x●.  For little is thy flock. O Lord, to whom it hath pleased thy father to give the kingdom of heaven, and although many be made, yet few shallbe saved. For many are called, but few are chosen, 
iiii. Es. vi. Mathe. xx.  so that the true lovers of thy word are few but the enemies thereof are many But O Lord this comforteth us well, that although the adversaries of thy truth be innumerable, and albeit the powers of this world stand up and come together hurly-burly never so much against the Lord & his anointed, 
Psalm. two.  and by no means will submit themselves to the yoke of thy blessed law, but seek all means possible to break it, and to cast it away from them, yet shall they not prevail, their imaginations their counsels and devices shall come to nought. 
Prove. xxi.  For there is no wisdom▪ no forecast no counsel that can prevail against the Lord. Thou that dwellest in heaven, 
Psalm. two.  mockest their vain enterprises, and laughest both them and all their most subtile devices to scorn. 
Math. xvi.  For thou art that rock, against whom the gates of hell shall not prevail. 
Math. xxi.  Thou art that stone, upon whom whosoever falleth, he shall be crushed in pieces, but upon whom so ever it falleth, it shall grind him all to powder. Thou art that prick, against whom it is hard to spurn. 
Acts. ix. Apoc. v.  Thou art that most victorious, and tryumphaunte Lion of the tribe of juda, against whom no flesh can prevail. Thou art that Lord, which bringest to nought the counsels of the ungodly, and reprovest the thoughts of the people, 
Psa. xxxiii.  yea thou makest of no force all the counsels, devices and imaginations of Princes, establishing thine own council, 
Esay. xlvi.  and making the thoughts of thine own heart to abide certain and sure for ever and ever. And as thou art a Lord of most strong puissance, so is thy blessed word of most mighty force. For it is a twybelle that cleaveth the hard stonnye rock a sunder. 
jere. xxiii.  It is a consuming fire devouring all the adversaries thereof. Seing then that as the devices of wise worldlings are wicked: so are they vain and of no force, and shall surely be brought to nought at the time of the to tofore (for every plant that thy heavenly father hath not planted, 
Math. xv.  shall be plucked up by the roots) it may please thee, which madest Saul of a wolf, 
Acts. ix.  a lamb, of a persecutor a preacher, of a tyrant an Apostle to bring these adversaris of thy truth unto the knowledge of their error, that they may repent, believe and amend, O Lord they are thy creatures, & thou haste no pleasure in the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn and live, 
Ezech. xvii Ezech. xi.  have merci on them▪ suffer them not to perish, make them of the vessels of wrath, the vessels of merci, of the enemis of thy truth, lovers and embraces of thy truth. Take away from them their hard and stony heart, and give them a fteshye, soft, and gentle heart. replenish them with thy holy spirit, and with the graces thereof, that as they are thy creatures with us, so they may be saved with us. For we are taught that thou hatest none of all those things that thou hast made, and that thou dissemblest the sins of men for repentance sake, 
Sapi. xi.  and art ready to have mercy on all men, that repent, believe, and amend. 
john. vi.  Again, seeing the noman can come unto the except thy father draweth him, we most heartily beseech thee, 
i Timo. two. i. john. two.  which alone art our only mediator and advocate, to pray unto thy heavenly father, that he may have mercy upon the enemies of thy word, turn away his wrath from them, lighten his loving countenance upon them, 
Psa. lxvii.  give them a good spirit, and make them thy true and unfeigned disciples, Grant also (O sweet saviour) which willest all men to be saved, 
i Timo. two,  and to come to the knowledge of the truth, that all such as walk in ignorance, blindness and error for lack of doctrine may have faithful Preachers sent unto them, which may instruct them with thy heavenly word, bring them out of darkness into light, deliver them from the bondage of man's traditions and place them in the sweet liberty of the spirit. So shall it come to pass, that they which now are not thy people, shall be thy people and they which now abhor and deface the glory of thy word, shall be the valiant promoutours and defenders of the same and all such as heretofore have walked thorough ignorance in all kind of superstition and ungodliness, shall from hencefourthe walk in the glorious light of thy Gospel, praise thee, and magnify thee, obey thee, and serve the in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life, 
Luke. i.  unto the glory of thy blessed name. Amen.   

A prayer for an uniform and perfect agreement in matters of Christian religion.  
IN thy last and most sweet sermon, which thou madest a little before thy passion (o Christ thou son of the living God) thou gavest thy peace unto thy disciples, 
john. xiiiii  and willedst them diligently to keep and maintain the same among them unto the ●nd. This peace is the quietness of conscience, the rest of the mind, and the perfect consent and whole agreement among the faithful in matters of thy holy religion. In the prayer also made unto thy heavenly father thou desirest, 
john. xv●.  that as thou and thy father are one, so thy disciples may be one, that is to sai knit together in one mind, in one judgement, in one meaning concerning matters of Christian faith, 
i. Co●●. ●.  that they may all speak one thing, preach and writ one thing, and by no means dissent one from another. This peace, this unity, this perfect consent in faith and religion is almost banished from among us in these our days, 
jerem xvi.  while every man laboureth to establish the inventions and dreams of his own heart, while every man sweateth to imagine a new kind of religion and to maintain the same, while every man seeketh to worship thee, not after the rule of thy blessed word, but after his own fleshly fancy and idle imagination. Thy holy Apostle, O Lord, could not abide, that there should be sects among the Corinthyans', nor that one should hold of Apollo, 
i Cori. iii.  another of Paul, the third of Cephas, but that they only should embrace thee, which alone by thy blessed passion broughtest unto them everlasting life, forasmuch as thou and none other were crucified for them. If that thy blessed Apostle had lived in this our time, oh Lord how heavily would he have taken the sects that are now among the children of men, sprung out of hell and thrust in by Satan, yea and that is most to be lamented, among them that profess thy holy name. Instead of Apollo, Paul, and Cephas, we have Benette, barnard, Frances, Augustine, 
Sectary●●.  Anthonye, Dominycke, Rufus, Honofrius, jacob, joseph, Gylbert, Gregory, Brygyde, Clare, Helen, Sophye, Pope, cardinal. etc. besides the disordered orders of the Camaldulenses, the Cistertienses, the Basilyenses, the Hieronimites, the Tertiaris, the servants of saint Mary, the Lazarytes, the Magdalenytes, the Whylhelmites, the Ambrosians, the Specularis, the Chalomerians, the johannites, the Scelistines, the brothers of purgatory, the brothers of the holy cross, the brothers of the vale of josophat, the Carmelites, the Chartusians, the Hierosolimites, the Indians the Niniu●ts, the Constantinopolitans with an innumerable rabble of Hypocrites more, papists, Heretics, Schismatics, anabaptists, Sacramentaries Libertines, & such other dongehylles of Satan, which to much wretchedly have divided, rend & torn in pieces the quiet uniti and friendly concord of thy holy religion, while they have imagined and taken upon them new sects, and new orders, and by thee tryfelinge observances of them, seek justification, remission of sins, and everlasting life, forsaking thee, which art the fountain of lively water, & digging them miry and dirty puddles that are able to hold no water. 
jeremy. i●.  O Lord, as this division nourisheth continual discord and enmity a 'mong the professors of thy name: so do they that unfeignedly cleave to thy blessed word, sorrowfully lament, that thy glory, thy truth, thy word, thy passion, thy blood, thy death, is thorough these idolatrous imaginations defaced, obscured, and almost utterly quenched, in so much that if thou hadst not reserved unto the a remnant, 
three re●. xii. Roma. xi. Romay. ix. Isaiah. i.  which have not bowed their knees to Baal, we all had been as Sodom, and might justly have been likened to Gomorre. O blessed Lord, let very pity move the to have compassion upon thy poor troubled flock. Let the zeal of thy glory provoke the to tread under thy foot all these Sectaries, and Antichrists, that thou alone mayest be known among all nations to be the only true and living God. Ah most gentle saviour, 
〈…〉 Mat. ●xiii.  there is but one lord one faith one baptism, one God, one father▪ one master, one body, one spirit●, one hope, one truth, one gospel▪ how unseemly then is it for us that profess this unity to be divided in religion▪ one to be of this order, another to be of that, one to maintain this doctrine, another the contrary. Destroy therefore, O lord, this work of Satan, even the bringing in of these damnable sects, & diversities of opinions, and restore unto us that most sweet and comfortable unity of thy holy and pure religion, that as we profess one God one baptism, 
Ex. xxxiiii. Isaiah. lxii.  so we may maintain one truth, & one religion. Thou callest thyself a jealous God, and a Lord that wilt not give thy glory to another, suffer then thy honour and glory, 
Psa. ●xiiii.  thy praise and worship no longer to be given unto creatures. Thou art that God of peace which haste promised to tread Satan the sour of discord under our feet shortly. 
Roma. xvi.  Fulfil thy promise, O Lord, for it is time, seeing that not only the wily Hypocrites, 
Mat. xiiii. Luk●. xi.  those p●inted sepulchres outwardli appearing beautiful, and full of holiness, but inwardly full of dead bones, and of all filthiness, of ravening and wickedness, of bribri & excess, take part against thy holy word, maintaining false opinions against thy heavenvly doctrine, but also many of the temporal rulers & wise worldlings agree unto them, defending with great violence both the beastly hypocrites, & all their devilish traditions, crooked ceremonis, false religions, although manifestly contrary to the truth of thy blessed law. notwithstanding remember thy old mercies, and for the glory of thy name, be favourably unto them, give them grace to repent and to know the truth, 
i Timo. two.  that they may escape out of the snares of the devil, and become the children of liberty and everlasting salvation. Gather together all such as are dispersed, & make of them with us one flock. Call home again them that are run astray after strange gods, 
john. x.  that they may glorify the alone. Deliver thy people out of egypt that land of servitude and bondage, and bring them into the land that floweth with milk and honey. Let the babbling babylonians keep thy servants no longer in captivity but restore them home again unto that jerusalem, where thy holy name is called upon, thanked and praised, where thy heavenly doctrine is purely taught, where thy blessed sacraments are truly and faithfully ministered, where the works of Christian charity are continually exercised, that with one mouth and one heart we may praise and glorify thy blessed name. Take away from us all heresies, and diversities of opinions, & work in our hearts an unfeigned concord in matters of religion, even such a concord as is in all points agreeable to thy blessed word. Grant also most loving saviour, that this godly concord may remain continually in thy church. So shall it come to pass, that all sects and heresies, all divisions & Schisms, being rooted out of thy holy congregation, and a perfect agreement established among us according to thy blessed word, we shall from the very heart both knowledge thee, 
Ia●o●. i.  the worker thereof, which alone art the author of all goodness, and also sing continual praises to the our Lord God, which with God thy father and God the holy ghost livest and reignest true & everlasting God worlds without end. Amen.   

A prayer for the common peace and quietness of all Realms.  
How necessary, O Lord peace and quietness is for the conversation of realms and all public weals, the holy scripture declareth in divers places: the psalmograph exhorteth all the faithful Israelites to pray for those things that make unto the quietness of jerusalem, 
Psal. ●xxii.  that there may be peace, wealth and abundance both in it and all the coasts round about.  
When the jews for their sins and disobedience against thy divine majesty were led away captive, by king Nabuchodonozor from jerusalem unto Babylon, and there compelled to live under the ungodly, and vncircūcy●ed gentiles, the prophet jeremy wrote an Epistle unto them, wherein among other things he exhorted them to pray for the public weal of Babylon, and for the Magistrates thereof, saying: 
jere. xxi●.  Seek the peace of the city, wherein ye be prisoners, and pray for it unto the Lord. For in the peace thereof, shall your peace be.  
Thy servant Baruch also wrote a book unto thy people in their captivity, 
Baruche. ●.  commanding them to pray for the prosperiti of Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon, & for the welfare of Baltaser his son, that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven. etc. Again thy holy Apostle warneth, that above all things prayers, supplications intercessions, 
●. Tim. iii.  and giving of thanks be had for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may live a quiet & peaceable life with all godliness and honesty. Hereof learn we, O most merciful saviour, how necessary peace, quietness, & concord is for all realms & commonwealths. For that bearing rule, thy glory is sought, thy holy word is preached, the Magistrates are obeyed, thy preachers are reverenced, good letters flourish, charity resteth in men's hearts, good worcks are exercised, every man liveth according to his calling, virtue is advanced, vice is expelled, wealth and abundance of all things dwelleth among us, battle with all the pestilences thereof is banished, a figure of that heavenly jerusalem is here found among the children of men, when contrariwise if battle or discord occupieth kingdoms or cities, all goeth to havoc, nothing but cruel barbarie & lyonlyke fierceness beareth rule. How blessed a thing christian charity, godly peace, friendly quietness, and brotherly concord is in a common weal: thy servant David king and prophet having in his own realm experience there of, declareth in this his Psalm. Behold, saith the, 
Pt. cxxxiii.  how good and joyful a thing it is, brothers to dwell together in unity. It is like a precious ointment upon the head that run down unto the beard even unto Aaron's beard, & went down unto the skirts of his clothing. Like the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Zion. For there thou lord promised his blessing & life for ever. seeing (o almighty & everlasting God) it is a good pleasant & joyful thing, brethren to dwell together in unity, vouchsafe to give unto all relmes, specially unto such as the inhabitants whereof profess thy holy name, this treasure & jewel this pleasure & joy that they may live together in unity quietness & concord o lord so many of us as believe in thee, are brethren, & have one father, even thy heavenvly father, & by him we have y● also our brother, & by that we be his sons & heirs yea & fellow heirs with the of eternal glory, 
●om. viii.  grant therefore that we all may be of one heart of one mind, seeing that nothing garnisheth & becometh the name of brethren better than brotherli love, true peace, friendly quietness, & amiable co●cord. This Christian unity and brotherly concord must needs be an excellent treasure in a common weal, seeing thy holy Prophet compareth it to a most preous ointment & to the most pleasant dew, the sweat smells where of cannot be expressed. Lord give us this precious ointment of mutual love whatsoever we attempt among that us may have a sweet smelling savour both before the & all good men. Give us also that the most pleasant dew, even the dew of thy hevenlye grace, which may cause us thorough thy holy spirit to flourish with the abundance of all good works, & provoke every one of us quietly and peaceably to do our own business, & to live according to our calling, 
two. Tim. two.  the magistrate godly to govern, the subject humbly to obey, 
Romay. xi.  the preachers of thy word diligently to attend upon his office. 
ps●. cxxxiii.  So shall it come to pass, that we as brethren quietly dwelling together in this unity and concord, shall have that thou haste promised, even thy blessing, that is in this world abundance of all good things pertaining either to the body or to the soul, and after our departure from this vale of misery everlasting life. Lord let it so come to pass. Amen.   

¶ A prayer to be preserved from the plague and other diseases.  
AH Lord, as thou haste set forth in thy holy scriptures plenty of blessings to them that fear thee, 
levit. xxvi. De. xxviii▪ Isaiah. c. v. xxiii. thirty xi. jer. ix.xvi. and xxix Ezechi. seven. xiiii.xvii●.xxxiii.xxxviii.  and with all diligent obedience & obedient diligence walk in thy holy statutes & ordinances, so likewise in the same haste thou set●orth innumerable curses & plagues to such as live with out all fear of thee, & transgress thy blessed commandments. Among other thy grievous punishments, thou hast threatened the ungodly to send the plague and such other mortal diseases upon them, and so to root them out from the face of the earth, because of their disobedience and rebellion against the their Lord God. 
two. Re. xxiii i, Par. xxi.  Examples hereof we have many in thy holy word. Ah good Lord, who can be free from these and such other thy plagues, 
Psa. cxxix.  if thou shouldst deal with us according to our iniquities? We are all sinful. 
Roma. iii.  The best of us all are unprofitable servants, 
Luke. xvii.  so that we can find nothing in ourselves wherewith we may worthily either pacify thy wrath stirred up against us for our manifold wickedness, or turn away from us those thy plagues, which we most justly have deserved. notwithstanding there are, which superstitiously for the appeasing of thy anger, & for the dipsatch of corporal punishments call upon dead creatures and flee unto dumb Idols, as though most present help were to be looked for of them, when in deed they can do nothing at all unto our health, neither concerning the body nor the soul. With such idolaters. O good Lord have we nothing to do, although never so grievous sinners. For we are taught by thy holy word, neither to trust in Roche nor in Apoline, neither in Agasse, nor in Annes, neither in Erkenwald nor in Grimbald, nor yet in any other creature, either in heaven or in earth, but in thy great mercies set forth in the precious blood of thy most dear son jesus Christ, for whose sake alone, for whose merits and good deeds alone, thou art well pleased with man, favourest him, & delightest in him as a loving father in his dereli beloved son. O most merciful God, we finding in ourselves a just desert of all those thy plagues, which thou art wont to cast upon the children of men for their wickedness (so great and manifold is the number of our sins) and nothing at all, wherewith we may in any part be able to turn aw●y thy heavy displeasure fro● us, are co●e at this present unto the throne of thy mercy, most humbly beseeching the in the name of jesus Christ thy son and our alone Mediator and advocate not to weigh our sins, & wickednesses▪ but to consider thy great mercies and loving promises, and for Christ's sake to put away from us all such plagues, 
〈◊〉. iii. and▪ ●vii. Mark ●ii. Luke iii. i● two. Peter. ●  as we most justly have deserved and to preserve us in such state of bodily health, that we may live and glorify thy blessed name. Ah Lord, 
Psal. thirty. Es xxxviii.  may dust give thanks unto thee? or shall that declare thy faithfulness? The grave praiseth not thee, death doth not magnify the. They that go down into the grave praise not thy truth, but the living, yea the the living knowledge praise, and magnify the. Defend us therefore, O Lord, from the terrible plagues of thy fearful displeasure, but above all things remove from us the diseases of our mind, that we being whole in soul, may behold the with a pure faith, and serve the with a clean heart. Give us also the health of our body unto our last days, that we enjoying the health both of body and soul, thorough thy singular benefit, may lead a quiet and healtheful life unto thy honour and glory. Amen.   

A prayer to preserve the fruits of the earth▪  
AT the beginning thou commandest the earth. O Lord to bring forth green grass, herbs, 
Gene. i.  and trees with their sedes and fruits▪ that they might be meat to thy creatures living on the earth both to man and beast. After that deep and great flood, wherein all living creatures perished except Nohe and such as were with him in the ark▪ 
Gene. seven. two. Peter. two.  not only herbs, sedes and fruits gavest thou unto man for to eat, 
Gen. ix.  but also all other thy creatures that move or live on the earth, whether it be fish or foul, 
Acts. ●. Titus. i. Rom xiiii. i Corin. x. i. Tim. iiii.  so that all things are pure to them that are pure, neither can any thing be common or unclean, that thou hast made pure and clean. For all thy creatures, O Lord god, are good and none of them are to be refused, if they be taken with thanks giving.  
For they are sanctified by thy word and by prayer, and were ordained of the to be received with thanks giving of the faithful, & of them that know the truth. Seing then that thou alone art the creature and maker of all things, and hast prepared herbs, seeds, fruits, fish, and flesh to be meat for man, saying also that without thy blessing all these thy creatures prosper not, nor yet come unto a fortunate end, but grow out of kind, wither away, perish, die and come to nought, we most humbly beseech the to bless us & all the fruits of the earth with all other thy creatures which thou hast made for man's use and profit. 
i Cori. iii.  And forasmuch as neither he that planteth, nor he that watereth is any thing, but thou, O God, which givest the increase, grant we pray thee, 
psal. lxvii.  that the earth may give forth her fruit prosperously and plenteously, that we may enjoy the same in due and convenient time, unto our great joy and comfort. Let not the labours of our hands, which we have taken in thy name, and according to thy word, be found vain and frustrate, but according to thy promise bless our labours, and bring than unto a fortunate end. For we, O Lord, 
Psal. xcv.  feed not ourselves, but we are the sheep of thy pasture, Thou feedest us. Thou givest meat to the hungry. 
Psa. cxlvi.  Thou preparest man his corn, and provydeste for the earth. Thou watrest her furrows, 
Psal. lxv.  thou breakest the hard clods thereof, thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. Thou crownest the year with thy bountifulness, and thy footsteps drop fatness.  
Thou also makest the dwelling of the wilderness fat, that they drop withal, and the little hills makest thou pleasant on every side. Yea thou makest the valleys to stand so thick with corn, that they laugh and sing. 
Psal. ciiii.  Thou causest the wells to springe up among the valies, and the waters to run among the hills, that all the beasts of the field may have drink, and that the wild Asses, may quench their thirst. Thou waterest the hills from above, the earth is filled with the fruits of thy works. Thou bringest forth grass for the cattle, & green herbs for the service of men. Thou bringest food out of the earth, wine to make glad the heart of man, oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strength man's heart, O Lord, how manifold are thy works, right wisely hast thou made them all, yea, the earth is full of thy riches. It is thy blessing, 
Pla. cxiiii●  that our garners are full and plentous with all manner of store, that our sheep bring forth thousands, & hundred thousands in our villages and fields, that our oxen be ●ustye and fat, that we have all things plenteously for the sustentation of our bodies. 
Psalms. v.  For when thou openest thy hand, thou fillest every living creature with thy blessing, but when thou hidest thy face, they are sorrowful mourn, and die for hunger. Forasmuch then, O most merciful father, as we receive of the alone all good things, 
Psal. l●●.  vouchsafe we most heartily beseech thee, to show us thy face, to lighten thy continuance upon us, to bless us, to make the earth fruitful, and to preserve the fruits of the same, that we▪ thy creatures receiving at thy merciful hand all things necessary for this our needy & beggerli life, may live and magnify thy blessed name, both in this world, and in the world to come, thorough jesus Christ thy son & our lord, Amen.   

A prayer that we may have the fear of God before our eyes in all our doings.  
O Almighty and everlasting God, 
Mala i.  thy holy word teacheth us, that thou art not only a father, but also a Lord, not only a forgiver, but also a revenger, not only a saviour, but also a judge. And as thou being a father, a forgiver a saviour dost pardon & show mercy, so thou being a Lord a revenger, a judge punysheste and condempneste. Neither doth thy holy scripture only set fourth unto us a gospel, which comforteth us, quyckenethe us, showeth us merry tidings, forgiveth our sins quieteth our conscience, and bringeth unto us everlasting life, but also a law, which reproveth accuseth, condemneth us, 
two. Cor. iii.  woundeth and slayeth our conscience, yea and throweth us down headlong into the deep dungeon of hell. And as the Gospel lifteth us up, and maketh us merry with the hope of remission and forgiveness of our sins: so doth the law pluck us down and almost drive us unto desperation, for fear of the plagues and everlasting punishments, which thou haste prepared for them that despise thy holy ordinances, so that we may not only love the as a father, a forgiver a saviour, but also fear the as a Lord, a revenger a judge. Forasmuch therefore (O most gentle saviour and most righteous judge) as nothing doth so mightily put away, sin, and maketh us to walk in the wai of thy commandments, 
eccle i.  as reverently to fear the to stand in awe of thy judgement and heavy displeasure, we most entirly pray the to give us that fear, which thou requirest of us in thy holy scriptures, 
〈◊〉. xxxiiii. ●●ii.cxxviii  and whereunto thou haste promised so many large & bounteous benefits that we may not only love the as a saviour, honour the as a father, but also reverence the as a Lord, fear the as a judge. O Lord all things are open unto thy eyes, neither is any thing hid from the which seest the very secrets & most inward thoughts of our hearts, give us therefore grace that in all our enterprises, 
Hebru. iiii. jeri. xvii.  we ever set thy fear before our eyes, & so stand in awe of the and of thy righteous judgements, that we attempt nothing whereby we should provoke thy heavy displeasure against us, but so walk in thy fear and in thy holy ordinances, that we may at all times love the as a saviour, honour the as a father, reverence y● as a Lord, fear the as a judge. So shall it come to pass: that we reverently fearing the as the child doth his father, shall not only avoid all such evils as might make the our heavy Lord and fierce judge, but also embrace those virtues, which shall both evidentelie declare our faithful love, true honour, unfeigned reverence, and humble fear toward thee, and also make the our loving father and most merciful saviour thorough jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

A prayer for ffayth.  
VUe are taught by thy holy Apostle (O most loving 
Rom. xiiii.  saviour) that what soever is not of faith, is sin, and that, it is impossible to please the with out faith, 
〈◊〉. xi.  and therefore they that come unto thee, must believe, that thou art God, yea and such a God as is both able and also will abundantly reward all them, that with true faith seek the. 
jeremy. v.  For thy eyes O Lord, look upon faith and thou dost appear and shewthi selfvnto them, 
Sapien. i.  that have faith in thee, 
Ose. iii.  yea thorough faith thou being the king of glory art married to the souls of the faithful, and makest them partakers of thy divine nature thorough the wonderful working of thy blessed spirit, Thorough faith so many as believe are justified, 
Roma. iii. iiii. and .v. Gal. two. iii.iiii. and .v. Ephe. two. Mark, xi.  made the sons and heirs of God, & have everlasting life. By faith we obtain of god all good things, even whatsoever we axe in thy name. Seeing the faith is so precious a jewel in the sight, that without it nothing is acceptable unto thy divine majesty, and we of our own nature can not have this most singular treasure except thou givest it unto us from above, and dost breathe it into our hearts by thy holy spirit (for we of ourselves are blind, ignorant, foolish, 
i Corin. ●●.  & by no means can perceive the things that pertain to the spirit of God) we most heartily beseech the to take away from us all infideliti & unfaithfulness, which we received of old Adam, & to plant in us true faith and undoubted belief that we may be thorowli persuaded that thou art the son of the living God, 
Math. xvi.  
Ephe. v.  very God and very man, our alone sweet smelling sacrifice, our alone mediator, 
i Timo. two.  advocate and intercessor, our alone wisdom, righteousness, 
i. john. two. Hebru. seven. i Corin. i.  sanctification and redemption, by whom alone and for whose sake only thy heavenly father is well pleased with us, our sins are remitted, grace and everlasting life are freely given unto us. O Lord God, suffer us not to lean to our own wisdom, nor to believe, as blind flesh fansyeth, nor to seek salvation where superstition dreameth, but let our faith only be grounded on thy word, and give us grace truly to believe in thee, with all our heart to put our trust in thee, to look for all good things of thee, 
prover. iii.  to call upon thy blessed name in adversity, and with joyful voices and more merry hearts to praise and magnify it in prosperity. Suffer us not to doubt neither of God thy heavenly father, nor of the god his son, nor of God the holy ghost, but earnes●elye to believe, that you being three dys●yncte persons in the deloye, are not withstanding one very God, besides whom there is no God neither in heaven nor in earth. 
i Cor. viii.  Grant also that we may assuredli believe whatsoever is contained in the holy scriptures, and by no means suffer ourselves to be plucked from the verity thereof, but mainly and steadfastly abide in the same ●uē unto death, rage world, roar devil. And this faith (O sweet jesus) increase thou daily in us more and more, 
Luke. xvii.  that at the last thorough thy goodness we may be made perfect & strong men in thy holy religion, and show ourselves both before the & the world truly faithful, by bringing forth plenty of good works unto the glory and honour of thy name, which with God the father and God the holy ghost livest and reignest true God worlds without end. Amen.   

A prayer for Charity▪  
THy holy Apostle writeth (O most gentle saviour) that the end of the commandment is love, 
i. Timot. i.  that cometh of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned. For he that loveth the his Lord God with all his heart, 
Deut. vi. Mat. xxiii. Levit. ●i●. Rom. xiii. Mark. xii. Luke. xx.  withal his soul, with all his mind, withal his strength, and his neighbour as himself fulfilleth the whole law. For all the law and the prophets require no more of us but love, even to love that our Lord God above all things. and our neighbour as ourself. Without this love all that we do seemeth it never so much praise worthy in the sight of men is abominable before y●. Yea as thy blessed Apostle saith: though I spoke with the tongues of men and angels, and yet had no love, I were even as a sounding bras, 
i Cor. xiii.  or as a tinkling cymbal.  
And though I could prophecy and understand all secrets and all knowledge, yea if I had all faith so that I could move mountains out of their places, & yet had no love. I were nothing. And though I bestowed all mi goods to feed the poor, and though I gave my body even that I burned, & yet had no love: it profiteth me nothing. For by love are we known to be thy disciples, 
john. xiii.  even as the devils imps are known by hatred & maliciousness. And the love, O lord, that thou requirest of us is no worldli nor fleshly love (for if any man loveth the world, 
i, john. two.  the love of the father is not in him. And whosoever will be a friend of the world, 
jacob. iiii.  is made the enemy of God) but godly, spiritual, sincere, true & pure love: even such love, as suffereth long, is courteous, envieth not, doth not frowardli, swelleth not, 
i Cori. xiii  dealeth not disonestlye, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh not evil, rejoiceth not in iniquiti▪ but rejoiceth in the truth, suffereth all things, believeth all things, endureth all things. This godly love, this Christian charity, give thou unto us, o good Lord that we may unfeignedly & with all our heart, love the our Lord God, which so dearly lovest us, that thou gavest thy self for us an offering & a sacrifice of a sweet savour to God. 
Ephev. v.  Take away from us the love of worldly things, which though they appear never so pleasant and beautiful, are not withstanding mere vanity, and give us grace so to use this world as though we use it not. For the fasyon of this world passeth away. Make us also to abhor the filthy & beastlike pleasures of the stinking flesh, 
i Cori. v●i.  and by no means to be entangled with the love of them, the end whereof is dishonour, shame, corruption, destruction, damnation, and kindle our hearts so fervently with thy love▪ that no thing may delight and please us, but only thou▪ and whatsoever may make unto thy glory, & is agreeable to thy blessed commandment, so that thou only mayest be our love, our delight our joy, our mirth, our solace, and whatsoever is without thee, and estranged from thy love, let it be counted of us more vain than vanity itself, and more fill thy then the very dung, Grant also that from this our love toward thee, there may issue out a vehement and brenning love to ward our neighburs, yea toward our very enemies, that we may love them from the very heart, yea, even as ourselves, pray for them▪ give them good counsel, help them, defend them, succour them, provide for their necessities, 
Luke. vi.  and deal with them in all things, as we wish to be dealt with all. O Lord God, thou art love, and he that dwelleh in love, 
●. I●on. iiii  dwelleth in thee, and thou in him. Grant that in this world we may so dwell together thorough love, thou in us by thy holy spirit, and we in the by faith that after our departure from this vale of miseri, we may be placed with the in thy heavenvly mansion, & so continue with the in glory for ever and ever. Amen,   

A prayer for a godly life.  
IT greatly grieveth us (O merciful father and ever lasting God) that we thorough the grievous & continual assaults of our enemies are not able to pass over our years of this world with such purity of life, as we ought, and as thou requirest of us. verily we are on every part so besieged and compass, said round about of our adversaries, that scarcely at any time we can be free from their pestiferous and deadly darts, nor yet have so much respite as once to breath toward true godliness. Oh most loving Lord, thou art our father, and we thy children, convenient therefore is it that we thy children represent and openli declare in our conversation the manners of the our father. Thou art good, gentle, loving, charitable, merciful, patient, long suffering, holy, righteous, faithful. etc. It therefore becometh us thy children in our living to practise goodness, gentleness, love, charity, mercy, patience longesuffering, holiness, righteousness, faith. etc.  
Thou hast given us an example that even as thou hast done, 
john. xiii.  so we like wise should do. If we say we dwell in thee, we ought to walk, as thou haste walked. 
i joh. iii.  For thou hast called us▪ not too uncleanness, but unto holiness. 
i▪ Thess. iiii  Thou haste delivered us from thee power of our enemies, 
Luke. i.  that we being without fear, should serve the in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. The blood of thy son jesus Christ hath cleansed us from all sin, not that we should continue in darkness, 
i. john. i.  but rather walk in the light as thou art in the light. Thy loving kindness hath appeared unto all men, 
Titu. two.  not that we should follow ungodliness, and worldly lusts but that we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. Thou didst chose us in Christ, 
Ephesi. i.  before the foundations of the world were laid, that we should be holy and without blame before the thorough him. 
Ephe two.  We are thy workmanship created in Christ jesus unto good works, which thou ordeynest afore, that we should walk in them, Foras much then as all the benefits which y● hast bestowed upon us, are given us unto this end, that we should walk worthy of thy kindness, represent thy manners in our conversation, mortify the flesh, & the lusts thereof, have nothing to do with sathan, nor the world, but lead a good life, garnished full of good works, and in all points fashioned after the rule of thy blessed word, we most heartily pray y● to endue us with thy holy spirit, 
Ezechie. xi. and xxxvi  which may take away our stony heart, & give us a new fleshy, and soft heart, 
Ephes. iiii.  kill that old man in us which is corrupt thorough deceivable lusts, & fashion in us the new man, which is made after thy Image & likeness in righteousness & true holiness Suffer us not to give over ourselves again unto our old lusts and concupiscences, wherewith we were led when we knew not the nor thy some Christ, 
 but even as thou which hast called us art holy, so likewise grant that we may be holy in all our conversation. O merciful God, not the hearers of thy law but the fulfillers of it shallbe justified before the. 
Romay. two. jacob. i.  Neither shall every one that saith unto thee: 
Math. seven.  Lord lord: enter into the kingdom of heaven, but they that do the will of thee our father, 
Titu. i.  which art in heaven. To confess thee with our mouth, and to deny the with our deeds, worketh rather our damnation then salvation. For the true knowledge of the consists not in talking, 
i Cori. iiii.  but in working, not in favouring, but in following, not in loving, but in living. 
Math. xxi.  To promise the by mouth, that we will work in thy vineyard, & yet work nothing at all, declare not us to be thy sons, but rather bastards▪ to brag of the justification of faith, & not to bring forth the fruits thereof, to glory in the merits of thy son Christ, in his blood, death & passion, & not to live worthy of his kindness, 
Romai, vi,  to profess thy holy gospel, & not to walk according to the doctrine thereof, to be baptized in thy name & not to mortify our members which are of the earth nor to walk in a new life to be partakers of thy divine mysteries, 
Ihon. x●.  & not to be made one spirit with thee, what availeth it? we are thy friends if we do those thing that thou commandest us. We are thy servants, 
Romai. vi.  if we be obedient to thy will. We are thy sons, if we honour and reverence the according to thy word. We seek thy glory if we attempt nothing, whereof thou shouldest be dishonoured. 
i. Peter. two,  Leding alive conformable to thy blessed will we shall provoke the very enemies or thy truth to praise thee, but contrary wise, thou shalt be evil spoken of. Grant therefore we beseech thee, that our life may answer to our profession, 
Math. v.  and that the light of our good works may so shine be fore men, that they seeing our godly conversation may glorify the our heavenly father. Amen.   

A prayer against the temptations of the devil, the world & the flesh.  
ALbeit (O most mighty captain, moste valeant warrior and most tryumphante Lord Christ jesus) thou by thy death hast put down him, 
H●bru. two. i Cori. xv. Osee. xiii.  that had Lordship over death, that is to saith devil, that thou mightest deliver them, which thorough fere of death, were all their life time in danger of bondage, and albeit thou haste spoiled rule and power, and made a show of them openly, and hast triumphed over them in thine own parson, & by this means delivered us from the hands of our enemies, 
Colloss. two. Ephesi. iii. Luke. i.  that we might serve the all the days of our life in such holiness and righteousness, as are accept before thee, yet the devil for the old malice, which he hath borne against man from his first creation (for thorough envy of the devil death entered into the world) goeth forth still to rage against us, 
●enesi. iii. Sapien. two.  
i. Pete●. v.  and walketh about like a roaring Lion, seeking whom he may devour. And if he were not restrained by thy godly puissance he would surely swallow us up, 
job. i Psa cxxiiii  so great is his tiranye, so mighty is his power. He prevailed against our first parents, yea and that in the state of their innocency and immortality. He afterward attempted other & prevailed, whereof some notwithstanding were the choose vessels of mercy. 
G●nesi. iii. two, Regum. xi. Mat. xxvi. Math. iiii Mark. i Lu●e. iiii.  Here of getting a courage unto himself, he feared not to assail that with his subtle temptations. Oh is it them to be thought, that he willer us alone so feeble, so week & ready at every moment to be over thrown. Thou thyself callest him the prince of this world, 
john. ●ii. ●iiii. ●. xvi. ●●. Cor. iiii.  and thy holy Apostle nameth him the god of this world. Strong must he needs be, & of no small might whom thy holy word so termeth, strong in deed in comparison of us, but weak and of no force being compared with the. This Prince, this god of the world dost thou suffer continually to war against thine elect and chosen people (as for the reprobate and wicked, 
job. i.  he hath them all ready in his court at commandment, not to destroi them which he most of all wisheth, but to exercise & try their faith, to prove their constaci & in this their constict to occasion them by herti prayers to 〈◊〉 unto thy holy name, 
Pro. xvi●i.  which is a strong tower, & mighty fortress, for so many as repair unto it, the they getting aid at thy hand, may not only enter battle with this their great & immortal enemy, but also by the power of thy might over come hi● and put him to flight. And as thou hast given satan this liberti to tempt, to exercise, 
job. i.  prove and try us, whether we be costant in thy faith and word, or not, so doth he take thy proffer. And although thou sufferest him thus to do for our great profit & singular commodity, for we know that all things work for the best unto them that love God, 
Rom. v●.  even that we of ourselves being weak should have a glorious triumph and noble victory over him thorough the mighty puissance of the our grand captain, yet hereof taketh he an occasion, to seek our destruction. And that he may bring this to pass, besides the innumerable company of hellish spirits he taketh unto him ii other our most cruel enemies, 
i. Ihon. two. ●●lath. v.  
Ps●. cxxiiii  the world & the flesh. The one with his vain pleasures, the other with her carnal, lusts so compass us round about, that if thy present help were not, we must needs perish. O loving Lord and most gentle saviour, thou seest our weakness, misery, 
i, Re xxvii. ●ccl. xlvii.  and no strength. Thou knowest again the valiant, might and power of our adversaries. Our strength is no more to be compared with their might, than the strength of little David with the mighty power of great Goliath: our spear, our sword, our shield will do nothing in this behalf. notwithstanding Lord, we do not despair. For all though there be not so great strength in us, 
two. P●. xiiii  that we may be able to resist this great company that cometh against us, yet have we this one refuge and succour even to lift up our eyes, 
Psal. cx●●.  unto the & to say, our help cometh from the lord our god which made heaven and earth. If God be on our side, who can be against us? 
Rom. viii. i Reg. seven.  The battle, O lord God is thine, our faith therefore is, that thou wilt give our enemies into our hands. 
Math. ●.  Thou taughtest us to pray that we may not be led into temptation, and hast promised us, that thou wilt not suffer us too be tempted above our strength, 
i. Cor, ●  but wilt in the mids of the temptation make a-away for us to escape. Thou art faithful: 
Psal. ●●lv. Ti●● i▪ 〈…〉 ●ii. ●●. Tim. two,  fulfil therefore thy promise. And forasmuch as thy good pleasure is: that we shall manfully fight with these our enemies (for what is the life of man in this world▪ but a continual warfare?) and no man is crowned, except he strive lawfully, we with our very heart dyspairinge of our own strength & courage, most humbly beseech the to be our captain, and valeauntelye to defend us against our enemies▪ that they may not prevail against us. Make us strong in thee, O Lord, and in the power of thy might. Put on thy holy armour upon us, that we may stand steadfast against the crafty as●autes of the devil. 
Ephe●●. vi.  For we wrestle not against the flesh and blood, but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly things. For this cause, O most sweet saviour, put upon us thy holy armour, that we may be able to resist in the evil day, and stand perfect in all things. give us grace therefore to stand, & to gird our loins about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness, and shoed with shoes prepared by the Gospel of peace. But above all, grant that we may take unto us the shield of faith. wherewith we may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked, & to put on the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit which is thy blessed word. Grant also, that we being thus godly en armed, may thorough thy puissance, might and strength, not only enter battle with our enemies, but also valiantly fight with them courageously put them to flight, & triumphantly carry away a glorious victory over them. So shall it come to pass, that we being valiant conquerors thorough thy help, shall receive at thy hamnd according to thy promise, Manna to eat that is hid, 
Ap●c●. two,  & a white stone & in the stone a new name written which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it. Lord for thy mercy's sake, grant us these our petitions. So shall we praise and magnify thy blessed name for ever & ever. Amen.   

A prayer for remission of sins.  
IF we wretched sinners, O Lord God, had not loving promises of thy tender mercy in the holy scriptures for the comfort of our weak consciences and sorrowful hearts, we see none other reamedy, so great & infinite are our sins, but that we must needs despair. But for as much as what soever things are written, 
Roma. x●.  are written for our learning, that thorough patience and the comfort of scriptures, we may have hope, our this although never so many & abominable do not so much make us sad, as thy loving kindness and tender mercies make us glad. Our sins, we confess, are innumerable, but thy mercies are also infinite. 
Ezec. xviii.  Thou art that most gentle Lord, which wilt not the death of a sinner, 
Say●e. xi.  but rather that he turn and live. 
Mathe. i.  Thou for repentance sake dissemblest and wilt not see the sins of men. 
Luke. two.  Thou confessest, that thou camest into this world to save sinners, 
i Timo. two.  to call not the righteous, 
Mathe. ix. Luke. xvi.  but sinners unto repentance, and to seek up that, which was lost. 
Mathe. xi.  Thou callest unto thee all them that are diseased and laden with the heavy burden of sin, 
Luke. nineteen. Math. xi.  and promisest that thou wilt ease them. 
E●aye. i.  Yea by thy prophet thou sayest▪ if we will wash & make clean ourselves, put away our evil thoughts out of thy sight, cese from doing of evil, & violence, learn to do right apply ourselves to equity, deliver the oppressed, help the fatherless to his right, & hear the widow's complaint, though our sis were as red as scarlet, yet shall they be made whiter than snow. And though they were like purple, yet shall they be made like white wool. Yea thou sayest more over, that for thy own sake, even for thy mercy & name sake thou wilt be good unto us, favour us, & so cast away all our sins behind thy back, 
Esay. xliii.  that thou wilt never remember them more. O lord, thou art the god, which can not lie, 
Titus. i. john▪ xv.  thou art the self truth, thou art faithful in thy words & holy in all thy works. 
Psal▪ cxlv.  For according to these thy loving promises haste thou ever dealt with the children of men, whensoever they repented & turned unto the. When they forsaked their sinful living & called upon thy holy name, thou forgavest all their sins and he alest all their infirmities. 
Psal. cxx●.  Thou savedst their life from destruction and crowned them with merci & loving kindness. For thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion & mercy, long suffering and of great goodness. Thou wilt not alway be chiding, neither wilt thou keep thy anger for ever. Neither wilt thou deal with us after our sins, nor yet reward us according to our wickedness. For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth, so great is thy mercy toward them that fere the. Look how wide the East is from the West, so far dost thou set our sins from us.  
Yea like as a father pitieth his own children, even so art the merciful unto them that fear thee. For thou knowest whereof we be made, thou remember'st that we are but dust. 
Isaiah. lx. Eccle. xiiii. jacob. i. ●. Pet●●. i.  That a man in his time is but as a grass and flourisheth as a flower of the field. For as soon as the wind goeth over it▪ it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. But thy merciful goodness, o lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear the. Of this thy loving kindness & tender mercy, who at any time hath not tasted, if he sought it with all his heart? forgavest thou not David both his whoredom and manslaughter when he repent & confessed his sin? 
Psa lxxxiii two. Reg. xii.  How oft didst thou call back the plagues of thy vengeance, 
judi. x. two. Par. xii. Iudi●. iiii.  when the children of Israel lamented their sins and turned unto thee? How merciful didst thou show thyself to the Ninivites, 
jonas. iii.  when they repented & humbled themselves in thy sight? How lovingly spakest thou to that sinful woman in thy gospel, 
Luke. seven.  and forgavest her all her sins, because she repented and believed, Peter thy disciple although most cowardly denying thee, 
Mat. xx●i.  after that he had bitterly wept and lamented his sins, thou didst behold with thy merciful eye, and favourably receivedst him again into the number of thy holy Apostles. 
Luke. xxiii.  One of them that died with thee, being both a thief & a murderer, after he had called unto the for grace, thou placest in Paradise, and makest him partaker of thine eternal felicity. Mani other notable examples of thy great mercies find we in the holy scriptures, which will not suffer us to despair of thy clemency and goodness, be our sins & wickednesses never so many, but they rather do encourage us boldly to come unto the throne of thy grace, 
●●bru. iiii.  that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. O most gentle saviour, thou art that most loving shepperd, which diligently soughtest up the wandering sheep, lovingly laidest it upon thy shoulders, and tenderly broughtest it home again. 
Luke. xv.  Seek us up which have so long run astray, lay us upon thy merciful shoulders, and bring us home again unto the company of thy faithful. Thou art that most merciful Samaritan, 
Luke. x.  which beholding the miserable state of the wounded man with thy pitiful eye, camest unto him, madest clean his wounds pouredst in wine & oil, boundedst them up, laidest the sick Samaritan upon thy beast, & caridst him into the inn and never leaftest him till he was perfectly whole. O most loving saviour, vouchsafe also with thy merciful eye to look upon our wretched state, which without thy help must needs perish. Our wounds are deadly wounds, & not able to be healed of any, either in heaven or in earth, but of the alone, which art the true Physician and alone healest them that are contrite in heart. 
Mathe. Isaiah. Luke. ● Isaiah. i.  Our hole head is sick, and the heart is veri heavy. From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is no hole part in all our body, but all are wounds, botches, sores and stripes, which can neither be helped, bound up, mollified, nor eased with any ointmen except thou puttest to thy helping hand. Let it therefore please the of thy great goodness to make clean our wounds, to pour in the wine and oil of spiritual gladness, to bind them up, and never to leave us, till thou hast made us perfectly whole, and brought us into thy heavenly kingdom. heal thou us, o Lord, and we shall be healed, 
〈◊〉. xvii.  save thou us, and we shall be saved. 
〈◊〉. ●v.  Thou art that most tender father, which receivedst home again with embracing arms that lost son, which had wasted all his goods with riotous living. So soon as he returned unto thee, repented him of his disorder, confessed his sin and humbled himself in thy sight, thou hadst compassion on him, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Thou commandest thy servants also to bring forth that best garment and put it on thy son, and to put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. Thou gavest commandment again to fetch a fat calf and to kill it, and sayedst: let us eat and be meri, for this mi son was dead, and is a live again, he was lost, and now is found. Show this thy favour (O most gentle father) to us thy children also which have ungodly bestowed the godly and virtuous gifts, which thou both friendly, and liberally gavest unto us. This our prodigal and licentious living sore grieveth us and we be heartily sorry that we hau● so grievously offended thy fatherly goodness. notwithstanding according to thy old wont, we most humbly beseech thee, for thy name's sake to have merci on us, 
Psal. xxv.  to forgive us our sins, & to receive us again into thy favour. Take away from us all our old begerly rags, & put on us the new garment of innocency, that precius ring of faith, wherewith we are married unto thee, 
Ose. two.  & those most godly shoes of the evangelic peace, that we may walk from henceforth in the ways of thy holy commandments, 
Ephe. vi.  & do that, which is pleasant in thy sight. give us grace so unfeignedly to repent and to amend our life, 
Luke. xv.  that the angels of heaven may rejoice at our conversion. 
Psalms. li.  And so wash us from our sins more and more, that at the last we may be clean and appear beautiful in thy heavenly father's sight, thorough the our only saviour, which with the same thy father and the holy ghost, livest and reignest one true & ever lasting God, worlds without end. Amen.   

A prayer for a conpetente and necessary living.  

Mathe. vi.  THy son and our LORD (O heavenly father) taught us to axe our bodyelye food of thee, 
Luke. xi.  and all other things that be necessary for the preservation of this our mortal and corruptible body. 
Ps. cxlvii. Psa. cx●●●.  For thou art the Lord that givest meat to the hungry. Thou feedest all thy creatures in due time. Thou openest thy hand, and replenysheste all living things with thy blessing. 
Ps. xxxiiii.  Thy eyes are upon them that fear thee, and upon such as trust in thy mercy that thou mayest deliver their lives from death, and nourish them in the time of hunger. They that fear the shall have no scarceness, neither shall they want any good thing that seek y●. Never was it seen▪ that the righteous man, that is, he that liveth according to thy word, 
ps. xxxvii.  was forsaken neither hath his children begged their bread on the earth. How wonderfully didst thou fede thy servant Helias the prophet, when thou sent him meat twice on a day by the Ravens. 
three ●●, xvii.  How marvelously didst thou increase the oil and meal of the widow of Saxepta, Helias Ostesse▪ How didst thou provide for thy servant Daniel when he was in prison for setting forth thy glory? 
〈◊〉. xiiii.  How wonderfully fedst thou the children of Israel, 
Deut. viii. Exodu. xvi. 〈◊〉. xi. S●pi. xvi.  by sending them meat down from heaven by the space of xl years in the wilderness? The fouls of the air dost the feed, which neither sow nor reap, nor yet carry into the barns. 
Psa. lxxvii  Thy son also (that we may hang on thy fatherly providence, 
Math. vi.  & not despair of a competent living) fed many thousands with a few loves of bread, 
Mat. xiiii.  & a little number of small fishes. 
Mark. vi.  He also at a marriage turned water into wine, 
Luke. ix.  to show, that those which live according to thy blessed word, 
john. vi.  every one in his vocation, shall want no good thing, 
john. two.  Thou art the very living God which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them. 
1. Timo. vi.  Thou art our father, thou therefore wilt not suffer us thy children to perish for hunger. 
Mathe. vi. Luke. xii.  Thou art our Lord, thou therefore wilt not suffer us thy servants to die for want of clothes? 
Psalm. ●v. Ps. cxlvii.  Thou feedest the heathen and the brute beasts, is it then to be thought, that thou wilt leave us succourless, which believe in thee, call on thy holy name, and hang on thy fatherli providence? We therefore being thorowli persuaded, 
jacob. i i. Cori. iiii.  that all good things pertaining either to the body or to the soul, come from the alone, doubting also nothing of thy bounteous liberality and liberal bounty toward them, that with strong faith depend on thy fatherly providence, are bold at this present to come unto thy divine Majesty, most humbly beseeching the to work in us thorough thy holy spirit, a mind content with that is sufficient, 
Luke. xii.  seeing that no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth, seeing also that we be strangers & pilgrims in this world & have here no continuing city, but seek one to come, 
Hebr. xiiii. ●. Timo. vi.  again, saying we brought nothing into the world, neither shall we carry any thing out of it. 
job. i.  For naked came we out of our mother's womb, and naked shall we turn thither again Take away from us all superfluous wordly cares, and teach us to be content with food & raiment. 
Mathe. vi. Luke▪ xii.  Suffer us not after the manner of the heathen to be careful for worldly things, as though thou hadst no care for us, but teach us first of all to seek thy kingdom & the righteousness thereof, and so to look for all worldly and temporal things at thy merciful hand. 
Prove. thirty.  O Lord, give us neither poverty nor richesse, only grant thou us a necessary living, lest if we be to full, we deni thee, and say: what fellow is the Lord? And lest we being constrained thorough poverty fall unto stealing, and forswear the name of the Lord our God. Lord, let it so come to pass for thy dear sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord, & saviour. Amen.   

¶ A prayer to be said before the Sermon.  
THy word, 
psa. ●xix.  O Lord, is a lantern unto our feet, and a light to our pathewayes. For it showeth unto us evidently, 
Deut. v. and xvii  how we ought to walk, and turn neither on the right hand, nor on the left, but even that way that thou hast appointed, that we may live & please the. 
Esay●. thirty.  Thy law also is a perfect & undefiled law, it turneth souls and giveth wisdom even unto babes. Thy statutes are right & rejoice the heart, 
Psalm. nineteen.  thy commandment is pure, & giveth light unto the eye. It is neither emplaster nor salve that healeth us, but thy word. O Lord, 
Sapi. xvi.  which healeth all things. Thorough thy word, which y● hast left here among us, 
john. xv.  are we made clean. For it is thy power unto salvation for every one that believeth. 
Romay. i.  To hear this thy word, which is sweeter than the honey or honi comb, & more precious than gold, pearl or preycous stone, 
Psal. nineteen.  we are come hither at this present (O most merciful father) desiring the to send both to thy preacher and to us thy holy spirit, 
Psal. xxix.  that he may teach no thing but thy pure word & the glorious Gospel of thy most dear son, again, that we may diligently note and repose in our memory whatsoever shall be godly & truly spoken of him. And for asmuch as neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is any thing, 
i Cori. iii.  but thou, O god, which gevers the increase, we most entirely pray the that the seed of thy blessed word, which shall now be sown among us, may fault into our hearts as into a good ground, and by no means be choked up of thorns nor dried up for want of moisture, 
Math. xiii. Mark. iiii. Luke. viii.  nor yet carried away of the birds of the air, but thorough the working of the holy ghost, so take rote in our hearts▪ that it may bring forth plenty of good fruit unto the glory and the health of our souls. Amen.   

A thanksgiving after the Sermon.  
WE render unto thee (o heavenly father) most hearty thanks for this spiritual and heavenly nourishment of thy blessed word, 
Ihon. vi.  wherewith our souls are not only well refreshed at this present, but also our faithiss strengthened, our love is kindled, and our conscience quieted. We most humbly beseech the to give us grace, not only to be hearers of thy word▪ 
jac. i.  but doers also of the same, not only to love, but also to live thy Gospel, not only to favour but also to follow thy godly doctrine, not only to profess but also to practise thy blessed commandement, that whatsoever we outwardly hear and inwardly believe, we may show forth the same in our conversation & living unto the honour of thy holy name, the comfort of our christian brethren & the health of our souls. Amen.   

A prayer to be said before the receiving of the holy Communion.  
THy love toward us (O most Gentle saviour) is so great and, that it ran by no means be expressed by mouth, nor sufficiently conceived in heart, For our love without any deserts on ourbehalfe, even freely and willingli at thy heavenvly father's commandment thou cammest down from the glorious seat of thy divine majesty, 
●sa●e seven. 〈◊〉. i. Luke. i. john i 〈…〉 ●x. Math. ii.i.  tookest veri flesh, & becā●est perfect man of the substance of that pure and undefiled virgin Mari thorough the operation of the holy ghost, taughtest the will of thy heavenly father, confirming the same with wonderful miracles unto the great comfort of many which them lived, & unto the perfect establishment of our faith which live at this present. After thou hadst travailed in this world certain years, the time tofore appointed from everlasting of thy heavenvly father drawing nigh▪ that thou shouldest give thyself an oblation and sweet smelling sacrifice to god the father for the sins of the whole world, 
Ephe v.  even so many as repent, believe and amend, willing that so noble & worthy benefit of our redemption should not be forgotten, nor fall out of remembrance, 
Galath. vi.  which is the alone authore of our salvation, & the only comfort of weak consciences. When thou hadst ●atē the Pascal lamb with thy disciples according to the appointment of the law, thou tookest bread into thy hand, gavest thanks to thy heavenly father, 
Mat. xxvi. Mat. xiiii.  brakest it, & deliverest it to thy disciples, saying. Take ye, eat ye, this is mi body, which is betrayed for you. Do this in the remembrance of me. 
Luke. xxii. i Cor. xi  Because the singular & inestimable benefit of our redemption, brought to pass by the one & only oblation of thy blessed body, broken on the altar of the cross, 
Hebru. ix.x.  should not be forgotten, thou brakest the bread in the sight of thy disciples, and gavest it unto them, commanding them to eat it in the remembrance of the breaking of thy body, which them was betrayed by thy traitorous disciple judas that son of perdition, 
john. xvii.  & the day following was unfeignedly broken on the cross for our ransom, deliverance & salvation. Here didst thou appoint the breaking of the bread among the faithful gathered together for the purpose, a worthy and blessed memorial of thy body breaking. And because the breaking of thy body should be the better remembered, thou didst ennoble the bread with the name of thy body, 
Note.  when notwithstanding it was only the figure, sign, token and memorial of thy holy body. In like manner when supper was done thou tookest the cup into thy hands, gavest thanks to thy heavenly father, and deliverest it to thy disciples, saying, drink of this all ye. For this is mi blood of the new testament, covenant or bargain, which shallbe shed for many into the remission of sins▪ This do as often as ye drink it in the remembrance of me As by the breaking of thy blessed body our ransom is perfectly paid: so by the shedding of thy precious blood are all our sins even unto the uttermost washed away. 
●. john. i.  Therefore as by the breaking of the bread thou wouldst the breaking of thy body & the benefits gotten by it, to be remembered among the faithful, so to the end that the shedding of thy blood, & the merits thereof should not be forgotten, thou gavest them the cup of wine to drink, commanding them, that so oft as they or any of the faithful gathered together for that purpose, do drink of the cup, they should remember thy death and the shedding of thy precious blood, as thy holy Apostle sayeth: 
i Cor. xi.  as oft as ye shall eat this bread & drink of the cup▪ ye shall show the lor●s death till he come. 
☜  And as thou didst ennoble the bread with the name of thy body▪ being but the figure of thy body, because the breaking of thy body, should the better be remembered: so likewise, here dost thou garnish and nobly set forth the wine, naming it thy blood, when notwithstanding it only representeth and preacheth unto us the shedding of thy blood, because it should be the more deeply graven & the better retained in our minds. O most merciful redeemer & gentle saviour, we are come together at this present to celebrate the memorial of thy blessed and glorious passion, and to eat and drink this bread and wine in the remembrance of thy blessed body breaking, and thy precious blood shedding, most humbly and from the very heart beseeching the to give us grace, worthily to eat this bread and drink of this cup, lest by the unworthy receiving of them, 
●. Cori. xi.  we be guilty of thy body and blood▪ and so eat and drink our own damnation. And that we may come the more worthily unto this thy table, grant we most entirely pray thee, that we may so earnestly be at defiance with all sins, and so inwardly be ashamed, that we at any time have so grievously offended thy divine majesty by attempting any thing, that is not agreeable to thy good pleasure, that from henceforth we may not only loath, detest and abhor, whatsoever is displeasant unto thee, but also embrace and lay hand on that, which is good and acceptable in thy sight. 
Math. v. Roma. xii.  forgive us all our sins & give us grace even with our whole heart to love all men, yea our very enemies, and not only to forgive all such as have offended us, but also to be ready at all times to do for them what soever good or pleasure we be able. And that we may be the more welcome unto thee, & be found meet and worthy gests to sit at this thy table, & to eat of these thy blessed gifts that our soul may be well comforted, nourished, fed and made merry by the worthy receiving of them, cloth us, we pray thee, 
Math. xx●●  with that wedding garment, even true & lively faith, wherewith our hearts are purified, wherewith we are married unto the & made one flesh one blood with thee, 
Acts, ●vi Osee. two.  wherewith also we are justified and counted righteous in thy sight, and grant that thorough the same faith we earnestly set the eyes of our mind on these thy most sweet and loving promises. 
Ephe v. Rom. iii. v  My body shall be broken for you. 
Mat. xxvi. Ma●. ii●ii. Luke xxii. ●. Cori. ●●.  My blood shallbe shed for you. And without any doubting look for remission of all our sins at thy heavenly father's hand, according to thy most gentle promises, yea and that not for our good deeds and merits, 
Titu. iii,  which in this behalf are none, but for the worthiness of thy blessed passion, for the dignity of thy precious blood, and for that only and alone sacrifice of thy holy body. For that O Lord, is the salve, the healeth our souls. That is the medicine, that comforteth our weak and troubled consciences. 
john, vi,  That is the living bread: whosoever eateth of the bread shall never hunger, but live for ever. That is the jewel of joy, that maketh our sorrowful hearts merry. That is the mighty bulwark the strong defence, the sure fortress, the preserveth and keepeth us harmless against Satan, sin, death, hell, desperation, and all the infernal power. To come to the table, to be present at the supper, 
☜  to here and see what is there done, yea & to receive the holy mistiries of thy body & blood there setforth unto us, profiteth us nothing at all▪ if we faithfully believe not, that thy body was broken & thy blood shed for our sins, and that by the alone oblation thereof done once for all, our sins are forgiven us, 
Hebru. seven▪ ix.x.  thy heavenly father is reconciled unto us his wrath stored up thorough sin against us, is pacified, quietness of conscience and everlasting life is given us, but rather turneth unto our damnation, because we eat of this bread and drink of this cup unworthily: and shall with that Hypocrite, which presumed to come unto the marriage, not having the wedding garment, be bound hand and foot, 
●ath. xxii  and cast into utter darkness, where weeping and gnashing of teeth shallbe. Therefore we most humbly beseech thee, to give us grace according to thy holy Apostles council, diligently to prove, try & examine ourselves, whether such repentance, such faith, such love, 
i Cori. ●i.  such disposition toward all godliness be found in us, or not as thou dost require in them, which come worthily & with fruit unto thy table. And forasmuch as it is thy gift to repent heartily, to believe truly, to love unfeignedly, & to be disposed earnestly, to embrace true godliness, and to go forward in the same from vertueto virtue unto the end, grant, we most entirely pray thee, 
Math. iii.  we may so repent, that the fruits of repentance may be found in us, so believe, that we may knowledge that our alone saviour, so love that all our affection may be set on the alone, and so embrace true godliness, that our h●le life may be a clear Mirror of virtue & goodness. So shall we thorough thy merci, be found worthy gests of this thy table, 
Phillip lp. two.  & receive these holy mysteries unto the salvation of our souls, yea so shall we be well assured of the remission and forgiveness of all our sins by the breaking of thy blessed body and the shedding of thy precious blood our consciences shallbe quiet, our hearts shallbe filled with all true and spiritual joy, we shall triumph over Satan, sin, death, hell, and desperation, we shall be partakers of all the fruits and merits of thy blessed passion, and be made one bo●ye with thee, and fellow heirs of everlasting glory. O Lord God, let it so come to pass for the honour of thy name. Amen.   

A thanksgiving after the receiving of the Communion.  
je thank the (O heavenvly father) for the blessed passion and glorious death of thy dearly beloved son our Lord and saviour jesus Christ, 
Ephe. two. ●olloss. two.  by whom & by whose holy wounds we faithfully believe and are assuredly persuaded, that thy wrath is not only pacified toward us, but that thou also art now become our most merciful father, and haste freely forgiven us all our sins, restored us to thy heavenly grace, and made us sons & heiers of thine eternal glory. And because we should not doubt of thy fatherly goodness toward us set forth in the death of thy son, the same thy son Christ jesus our Lord hath left unto us not only his holy word, 
Ma●. x●vi. Mat. xiiii. Luke xxii. ●. Cor. xi.  but also a blessed memorial of his death, and passion, set forth in the holy bread and holy wine, which we at this present have received both for a remembrance of the breaking of his blessed body, and the shedding of his most precious blood, and also for the quietness of our conscience, and for the assurance of the remission of our sins thorough faith. We beseech thee (O heavenly father) that we be never unmindful of this thy exceeding great kindness, nor unthankful, for thy manifold & unspeakable mercies declared unto us in the glorious death of thy well-beloved son, but so work that in us thorough thy holy spirit, that we maybe made worthy members of that body, whereof thy son and our saviour Christ jesus is the head, 
Eph. i iiii. Colloss. i.  and that we may so faithfully believe in thee, and so fervently love one another, alway living in thy fear, and in the obedience of thy holy law and blessed will, that we being fruitful in all godly and chryst●n works, may train our life according to thy good pleasure in this transitory world, and after this frail and short life obtain that true and immortal life, where thou with thy dearly beloved son our lord and saviour jesus Christ, and the holy ghost that most sweet comforter, livest and reignest one true God in all honour & glory worlds without end. Amen.   

¶ A short prayer to be said at the receiving of the mystery of Christ'S body in the holy Communion.  
O Heavenly and blessed father, I render unto thee most hearty thanks for all thy benefits, which thou hast showed unto me most wretched sinner, but specially for that most sweet smelling sacrifice, which thy only begotten son offered unto the on that altar of the cross, 
Ephe. v.  by giving his most pure & undefiled body unto the death for the redemption of mankind, 
Philip. two.  in remembrance whereof according to thy well-beloved sons ordinance I now receive this holy bread most entirely beseeching, that I may both be partaker of the merits of thy dear sons body breaking and also lead a life worthy of so great a benefit, unto the glory of thy name. Amen.   

A prayer to be said at the receiving of the mysteries of Christ's blood in the holy Communion.  
O Blessed & merciful father, thy love toward me sinful creature is so exceeding great and unspeakable, 
Roma. v.  that I can not but give unto thee, most humble thanks, 
Ephe▪ two.  namely for the shedding of the most precious blood of thy dear son jesus Christ, by the virtue where of thy wrath stirred up against me wretched sinner, is pacified my ransom is paid, the law is fulfilled, my enemies are overcome and put to flight. In remembrance of this so noble a victory and of so great a benefit I am come unto this thy table, O merciful father to drink of this cup, desiring the that as my outward man is comforted by the drynkeking of this wine: so likewise my inward man may be comforted and made strong by true faith in the precious blood of thy most dearly son. O Lord and my heavenly father, give me thy holy spirit, which may so rule and govern my heart, that I never be unthankful nor forgetful of this thine exceeding, great kindness; but so train my life according to thy blessed will, that whatsoever▪ I do speak, or think, may be unto the glory of thy blessed name & the health of my soul▪ thorough jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   

A Prayer against Idolatry.  
THou, O Lord art God alone, and besides thee, 
Esay. lxvi.  there is no God neither in heaven nor in earth. As for the gods of the heathen, they are devils and the images, 
Malach. two i Cor. xviii  which the ignorant people worship as gods, by kneeling praying and offering unto them are no gods, but stocks & stones, 
Ephe. iiii.  Idols and Mamets'. They have mouths & speak not, 
i Timo. two.  eyes have they but these not They have ears, and hear not, 
Psal. xl●i.  noses have they but they smell not. 
Psal. c●●ii.  They have hands and handle not, feet have they, but they can not go, neither can they speak thorough their throats. O how vain them are all they, that put their trust in such mad fancy's, as can do them no good? 
Psalm▪ two.  All health and salvation, all joy, and comfort come from the alone, 
Isaiah xlv two. Cor. i. jeremy. li. Psam. xlv▪ Ps. ●xlv. Jere, xvii.  O Lord, Thou art the god of all consolation, and father of all mercies. Thou art the living fountain, from who●e alone ●loweth whatsoever good or godly is. Thou art the refuge and succour of thy people. Thou hearest thy servants, whensoever they call on the. Who ever trusted in the and was not helped. Blessed are they which put their trust in thee, and cursed are they that forsake the and follow the Idols of their own heart. 
Psal▪ cxiii▪ Isaiah. lxv. Deu. xxviii  For as the faithful in thy presence shall find favour and merci: so shall all idolaters receive before the shame of face and confusion of conscience, yea terrible judgement and everlasting damnation, 
Isaiah, i, Levit. ●xvi. I●remy. ix.  besides those temporal punishments, which thou threatenest in thy holy law. We beseech the therefore, O thou alone true and living god, to endue us with thy holy spirit which may cleanse us from all blind errors, all foolish fancies, 
I●o●. xvi. joh. xvii.  all vain superstitions, and from the whole lump of Idolatry, and lead us unto thy godly truth, that we may know the to be the alone true, everlasting and immortal God, believe in thee, fear & love, call on thy blessed name, seek thy honour and glory, and crave at thy merciful hand alone, alone, whatsoever good thing we have need of, concerning the body or the soul, that we in th●s world, glorifi●ng the our lord god, alone alone, according to thy blessed word, may after this present life be glorified of the in thy heavenly kingdom, where thou with thy dearly beloved son & the holy ghost livest and reignest one true and everlasting god forever and ever. Amen.   

A prayer against Swearing  
O Almighty and everlasting God, 
Exod. xxi.  how greatly they that abuse thy holy name by vain and unlawful oaths shall be plagued, 
duty. i.  it is evident enough in the sacred scriptures. For thou thy self sayest, that whosoever taketh thy name in vain shall not escape unpunished. 
●a●ha. v.  And thy prophet saw flying in the air a great & large book, even twenty cubyts in length and ten cubits in breadth, wherein were contained the curses & plagues that are prepared for them, which vainly or falsely swear by thy holy name. It is written also that whosoever useth much to swear, shallbe filled with iniquity, and the plague, that is the vengeance of thy wrath shall not departed from his house. 
Ecle. xxxii.  Seeing that so many, yea & those terrible punishments, and most grievous plagues are threatened, prepared & setforth to all idle swearers and wicked blasphemers of the & of thy blessed name, we most heartily pray thee, so to order our tongue, that it utter no ungodly nor file thy communication, that it abuse not the nor thy name, nor any of thy creatures either in heaven or in earth, by unlawful and vain oaths, but that with all diligence we observe the commandment of thy only begotten son, which straightly chargeth us, 
Math. v.  that we swear not at all, 
jacob, v.  neither by heaven for it is gods seat, nor yet by the earth, for it is his footstool, neither by jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king, neither saith he, shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one white here or black. But thy communication shallbe yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoever is more than that cometh of evil. give us grace therefore (O most loving God) to avoid all ungodly and wicked oaths, to reverence thy holy name, to ste unto it as a strong castle by hearty prayer in adversity, and at all times to praise, and magnify it. Grant also that our communication be yea, yea, nay nay that is, yea in heart, & yea in mouth, nay in heart, and nay in mouth, that there be found no dissimulation in us, but such simplicity and truth in our talk, and such sincerity & pureness in all our conversation and living, as becometh them that profess thy holy name, which alone is worthy all honour and glory. Amen.   

A prayer against Pride.  
O Most loving and gentle saviour the only begotten son of the eternal and living god thou commandest all them, 
Math. x●.  that will come unto the and be thy scholars to learn of the to be meek, humble and lowly in heart, 
Math. ●.  to be poor in spirit, not to be puffed up with arrogancy, pride, ambition, and vain glory. For thou scatterest them that are proud in the Imagination of their hearts. 
Luke. ●.  Thou puttest down the mighty from their seats and exaltest them of low degree. Thou resistest the proud, 
i. Peter. ●  & givest grace to the humble. Thou throwest down the haughty minded, and exaltest the meek spirited. Thou so greatly abborrest Pride, 
Eccle. x.  that thbou ryngest also the proud to nought and makest the memorial of them to cease from out of the earth.  
For pride is the original of all sin, whoso taketh hold thereof, shallbe filled with cursings, 
〈◊〉. x.  and at the last it shall overthrow him. O Lord, what is to be found in us being our own, that may make us to glory in ourselves and to be proud? 
〈◊〉▪ iii.  As concerning our body what is it, but earth, ashes, dust & dung? 
 As for the beauty & favour of it. Oh how deceitful and vain it is. 
〈◊〉. x●xi.  And as for the strength thereof, how shortly doth a little fever make the most mighty, the most weak. 
〈◊〉. iii.  Who than will be proud of so vile a carcase & sack of dung? 
〈◊〉. two. 〈◊〉▪ v.  As touching our soul if it be regenerate by thy holy spirit what other thing is it, than the bond slave of satan and sin. If any thing we have, that good is (for all naughtiness cometh of ourselves) it is thy gift. 
Os●. xiii.  If we have received it, why do we glory in our felves, as though we had ●ot received it? It may please the therefore which art the Mirror of true, humility and giver of all virtue, to grave in our hearts the true knowledge of ourselves that we may both willyngelye and unfeignedly confess, whatsoever goodness we have, to be thy gift and so not to glory in ourselves, but to give unto the most humble and hearty thanks for all thy gifts, ever walking before the with all submission & lowliness of mind, that thou mayest exalt us when the time cometh. Suffer us not to be high minded, but to make ourselves equal to them of the lower sort, & give us that humiliti & lowliness of heart, that mortifieth & killeth in us all love of o ur selfs all pride & arrogancy, that our whole glory & rejoicing may only be in the our Lord and saviour to whom be all honour for evermore. Amen.   

A prayer against whoredom.  

〈◊〉. xlvii.  How greatly thou dost abhor whoredom, fornication and all uncleanness O Lord, 
〈◊〉. nineteen.  the drowning of the whole world, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorre with water, 
Exod, xx.  fire & brimstone, 
duty. v.  from heaven, and such other like plagues mentioned in the holy scriptures▪ do evidently declare and show. 
Deu. xxiii.  Thy commandment is that we should commit none adultery. 
levit. ●x.  And in the common▪ weal of the Israelits thou commandest, 
Deut. xxii  that there should neither be whoremonger nor whore. If any such were found, the they should be stoned unto death. 
Prover. v.  For although the l●ppes of an harlot are to the foolish a dropping honey come, and her neck softer than oil: yet at the last is she as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a sword. Her feet go down unto death, & her steps haste them into hell, and he the accompanieth himself with an whore, 
prover. ix.  shall go down unto hell but he that goeth away from her, shallbe saved. 
Prove. x●x.  Yea he that maintaineth an whore, shall come unto beggary in this world, and after this life shall have his part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone. O Lord, 
Apoca. xx i. Tess. iii●.  thou haste called us not unto uncleanness, but unto holiness & pureness of life, 
i Corin. vi  thou hast made us one body and one spirit with thee: how unseemly then is it to take the members of Christ, 
Psalm. li.  & to make them the members of an harlot? We therefore most humbly beseech the to make in us a clean heart to renew a right spirit within us, & to turn away all voluptuousness from us. 
Ecle. xxiii.  Take from us the lusts of the body, let not the desires of uncleanness take hold upon us, and give us not over into an unshamefast and obstinate mind. 
Ephesi. v.  Let not fornication, adultery, nor any kind of uncleanness be once named among us. Let no filthy communication proceed out of your mouths, 
Ephe. iiii.  but that which is good to edify with all when need is, 
i Cor. vi.  that it may have favour with the hearers. And for as much as neither fornicators, neither whoremongers, 
Ephesi. v.  neither weaklings, neither abusers of them selfs with the mankind, shall inherit the kingdom of God: grant we heartily pray the that such as be unmarried, may keep them selfs pure and undefiled after the example of that godly young man joseph and bring with them unto honourable wedlock both their bodies and minds chaste & honest. Grant also that the married men may beware and keep themselves from all whoredom, 
Gen. xxxix.  and use the company of no woman besides their wife. Again, 
Tobi. iiii. job. ●iii.  grant that all married women may practise the manners of that virtuous woman Susamna, & neither for flattering nor menacing words at anytime consent unto uncleanness, but so keep the bed undefiled, that their marriage may be honourable, that God may bless than & their godly travels, and make them joyful Mothers of many children. Finally grant (O most merciful father) that we may so avoid all uncleanness, that we being pure both in body & soul may deserve to see thy glorious face in thy heavenly kingdom thorough jesus christ our lord. Amen   

A prayer against covetousness.  
THy son and our Lord (O heavenly father, biddeth us take heed and beware of covetousness, for no man's life, sayeth he, standeth in the abundance of things which he possesseth. Thy holy Apostle also affirmeth covetousness to be the rote of all evils, 
i Tim. vi.  and that they which study to be rich, fall into temptation and snares, & into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in temptation and destruction. And in another place he calleth covetousness the worshipping of Idols. 
Ephes●. v.  Thus, in every place of the holy scripture this most damnable sin of covetousness is condemned and forbidden▪ Notwithstanding. O lord thorough the subtle working of the Devil, we see how this most vile monster hath prevailed, and almost overcome the whole world and brought into his subjection not only the wicked and unfaithful, but then also that profess thy blessed name and holy religion. For from the first to the last, from the highest to the lowest, all give their mind to covetousness. 
jere. vi. Phil. two.  Al seek their own & not jesus Christ's. They renounce the world in word but in deed no man embraceth it more desirousli. They by mouth profess covetousness to be a line but in work they magnify it, not only as a virtue, but also as a God. In word they confess that to be their Lord, 
Esay●. v.  but in deed they serve Mammon. They make no end of joining house to house, land to land, Lordship to Lordship, farm to firm, pasture to pasture. 
i. Peter. v.  Another sort which ought to be an example to thy flock, cheyneth, coupleth, lynck●the, and joineth likewise dignity to dignity, promotion to promotion, benefice to benefice, prebend to prebend, deanery to deanery, office ro office, & office for a vantage, unto the great dishonour of thy holy name, the hindrance of thy blessed Gospel and the confusion of their conscience, if they had any. 
Esay●. lvi.  They be shameless dogs that have never enough nor be never fatysfyed. 
Abacuc. two.  They go forth daily more and more, to heap up thick clay against themselves. Their covetousness knoweth neither end nor measure, so that if thou dost not shortly reform this outrageous desire of having, it is like to come to pass, that Mammon shall be honoured for a God, & thou utterly despised, few shall possess the whole fruits of the earth, the other shall miserably starve for hunger. For there is no mercy on the earth, 
Os●. iiii.  as thy Prophet complaineth. All seek their own and not jesus Christ's. 
Philip. two.  They be lovers of themselves and haters of other. O good lord it may please that therefore for thy mercies sake, to redress these pestilences where with the most part of the world at this present be infected. Open the eyes of the covetous worldlings, that they may clearly see how vile an Idol they serve, 
Psal. xxxix.  how uncertain possessions they gather together, not knowing to whom they shall leave them. Take away from them inordinate and unsatiable desire of having. 
Psal. cxix.  Incline their hearts unto thy testimonis, & not unto covetousness. 
i. Peter. two.  Teach them that in this world they are but strangers and pilgrims, 
Hebr. xiii.  and have here no abidig city, but seek for one to come, and that therefore they ought to be content with that is sufficient. For nothing brought they into this world, neither shall they carry any thing out of it. 
i. Tim●. vi.  Teach them not to put their trust in uncertain richesse, but in thee, the living god: which givest us all things abundantly to enjoy them. Teach them to do good and to be rich in good works, and ready to give & to distribute, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may obtain eternal life. Teach them to learn & practise this thy commandment given by the prophet: break thy bread to the hungri, 
Esa. lviii.  & lead into thy house the poor & harbourless. When thou seest a naked man, cover him, and thou shalt not despise thy flesh. Teach them to love their neighbour as themselves, 
Leui●● nineteen. Math. xiii.  and to seek the commodity of their Christian brethren no less than their own. 
Mark. xii.  Yea teach them ever to set before their eyes this commandment of thy holy Apostle, let no man seek his own profit, but the conodite of other. 
Luke x. Roma. ●iii.  In fine, grant that the conversation of so many as profess thy name, 
jacob. two.  may be so far stranged from the most detestable sin of covetousness, that it be not once named among them: 
Hebr. xiii.  again that they make them bags which wax not old, 
Ephe. v.  and gather treasure in heaven that faileth not, 
Luke. xii.  where no thief cometh nor moth corrupteth that they being rich in good works, 
Mathe. vi.  may obtain that blessed life, which thou hast promised to so many as be loving and merciful thorough jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

A prayer against gluttony and Drunkenness.  
VUe are warned by thy dear son (O most merciful father) to take heed that our hearts be not overwhelmed with feasting and drunkenness. 
Luke. nineteen.  
Eze. xxxvii.  For thorough feasting many have died, 
Ose. iiii.  and thorough dronkenns innumerable have perished. If our first parents had not obeyed their appetite, 
Gene. two.  they had not transgressed thy concommaundement by eating the forbidden fruit, nor have gotten so great an evil both to themselves and to all their posterity. If Lot had not been overcome with wine he had never so filthily committed incest with his own daughters. 
Genesis. two.  
Ex● xxxii.  If the people of Israel had not given themselves unto banqueting, 
i. Cor x.  they had not never so wickedly fallen into Idolatry, neither had so many thousands of men been slain. 
Math. xiii,  If king Herod had not been overcome with banqueting, he would not so soon have consented to the death of the godly preacher S. john. 
Luke. xvi.  If that rich glutton had not been so greatly given to the pampering of his belly, he would never have been so unmerciful to poor Lazarus. If the Sodomites had not used bancketting and riotous living, 
Ezechi. xvi.  they had not perished with so horrible punishments For thou▪ O lord canst not abide thy creatures to be abused. 
Gene. nineteen.  For besides everlasting damnation, which abideth all glotones & dronckerds, thou punishest these voluptuous Epicures & beastly belli slaves with corporal plagues, with sickness and poverty, as thy servant Solomon testifieth. Where is woe, sayeth he? 
Prou. xxiii.  where is sorrow? where is strife? where is brawling? where are wounds without a cause. Where be red eyes? Even among those that be ever at the wine, & seek out where the best is. Again he saith, keep no company with wine bibbers and riotous eaters of flesh, for such as be dronckerdes and riotous personnes shall come to poverti. Another of thy servants also declareth, that excess of meats bringeth sickness, and gluttony cometh at the last unto an unmeasurable heat. Yea he sayeth▪ that an unsatiable eater sleepeth unquietly, 
Eccle. xxxi.  and hath ache and pain of the body. Seeing these foul and filthy monsters of gluttony and drunkenness bring unto us the destruction both of body and soul, we beseech thee, O heavenli father, to give us grace, that from henceforth we may be from these beastly vices as from most present pestilences, and use thy good creatures soberly, temperately and thanckfully, 
Roma. xiii.  & by no means make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof, but be sober & watch that we fall not into the snares of our ghostly enemy the devil, which walketh about like a roaring Lion seeking whom he may devour and labour for that meat, 
i. Peter. v.  which perisheth not but abideth into everlasting life: 
john. x. vi.  that we living soberly, watching warily, praying continually, and looking diligently for the coming of thy dearly beloved son, 
Luke. xvii.  may be found ready whensoever he cometh & enter with him into the glory of heaven for ever and ever. Amen. 
i. Te●so. vi.  
Mat. xxiiii    

A prayer against Idleness.  
Immediately after thou hadst created man (O maker of heaven and earth) and placed him in the garden of Eden, 
Gene. two.  thou conmaundedst him to dress, & keep it, because he should not be idle. For idleness is the occasion of much evil. 
Eccl. xxxiii  In like manner after man had transgressed thy holy commandment, thou expulsing him out of paradise for his disobedience, 
Gene. iii.  & sending him abroad into the face of the earth, commandedst him to eat his bread in the sweet of his face, & in the labour of his hands, 
Psal. cxix.  so that thy good pleasure is, that no man should be idle. This thy commandment was diligentli observed of the godly ancient fathers. 
e'en▪ iiii.  Adam tilled the earth. Abel was a shepparde. jubal exercised Music. Tubalcain was a worker in metal, and a graver in brass and iron. 
Gene. ix.  Nohe planted a vineyard. Abraham, Lot, Isaac and jacob were shepherds and plowemennes, 
G●ne. xiii. and. xxvi.xxix.xii. Exodu. three i. Re●. xvi. 〈◊〉. i.  joseph was a Magistrate. Moses, David, Amos with divers, other, kept sheep before they were called unto office. Thy dearly beloved son, before thou appoyntedst him to be a preacher of thy blessed will unto the world was a Carpenture, 
Mark. xiii  and so got his living. His Apostles were fisher men. 
Math. iiii.  Blessed Paul laboured with his own hands, and got both his own living & others that were with him. 
〈◊〉. xx.  Thabita is commended in the holy scripture, because she made garments, and gave them to the poor people. So many, O Lord, as had any spark of godliness or pretence of honesti in them, 
i. Tesso. two.  even from the beginning unto this day ever abhorred idleness, 
two. Tes. iii.  and practised one thing or other, 
Acts. ix.  so that they were never idle, but earnestly travailed every one according to their vocation. For as the bird is born to fly, so is man borne to labour. Yea thy holy apostle hath charged us in thy name, 
john v. i Tes. iii.  that if any will not labour, he should not eat. He commandeth also, that we should withdraw ourselves from every one that walketh inordinately, & will not labour for his own living? And the wise man sendeth us unto the Emmet as unto a masters & exemplar of labour, 
Prove. vi.  & willeth us to consider her property, that we may be wise which although she hath neither guide, teacher nor head, yet provideth she her meat in summer, & gathereth together her food in harvest, we beseech y● therefore O Lord, to drive away from us, all idleness and sluggish behaviour, and to give us grace that every one of us even so many as profess thy blessed name, may be earnest in following their vocation, & delight in godly travails & virtuous exercises▪ the magistrate in rightously governing the common wealth, the spiritual minister in truli preaching thy blessed word, the common people in diligently following their occupations, sciences & mistiries, that none be found idle in the christian public weal. So shall it come to pass, that all being vertuousli occupiedaccording to thy holy commandment, thou shalt delight in us as a father in his children, & sand us the fruits of our labours, that is, abundance of all temporal things in this present world, and after our departure everlasting glory, thorough jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

A prayer against slandering and backbiting.  
THe tongue (O Lord) is a member, which thou hast given almost generally to all living creatures, but speech hast thou researued only for man, yea and that unto this end that he should set forth thy praise & glori, magnify thy blessed name, advance thy holy religion, be ever telling of thy wonderus works and always speaking, that which may make unto thy glory▪ and unto the profit of our Christian brethren. The tongue rightli used, 
prover. x.  is the organ of the holy ghost. 
prover. xv.  An innocent and righteous tongue, is a noble treasure, a tree of life, 
Prove. xvi.  an honey comb, a refreshing of the mind, & health of the bones. 
prover. xx.  A mouth of understanding is more worth than gold then many precious stones and costly jewels. But this gift of speech, O blessed Lord is now a days greatly abused both unto thy dishonour and the unquietness of thy people. For where as thou by thy dearly beloved son gavest a general commandment, that we should bless them that curse us, it is now come to pass, that they whom we bless, 
Mathe. v. ●uke. vi.  curse us, whom we speak well of they backbite us, whom we exhort, monish and teach good things, they deface, slander and blaspheme us, whose wealth and health we seek, they contrariwise seek our destruction O Lord, their mouth is full of cursed speaking, 
〈◊〉▪ i.  and their tongue painteth forth deceit. They sit and speak against their brethren and slander even their very well willers. Their tongimagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor, They love to speak all words that may do hurt With their tongue they bless thee, 
psalm. iii.  and with the same tongue they curse us, which are made after thy similitude, image & likeness, so that out of one mouth there proceedeth cursing and blessing. 
jacob. iii.  But with such blessings, O Lord, art not thou delighted. But what marvel is it, O heavenly father, though bacbiting & slandering be used in these our days? In what age hath the slanderous & backbiting tongue ceased from her slandering and backbiting? Who of all thy well-beloved servants escaped free from her poisonful and venomous darts? Was not thy hearty beloved servant david that king and Prophet slandered of that wicked and blasphemous traitor Semei, 
three ●●. xvii.  & called a blood shedder, and a man of Belial? 
〈…〉 xviii  Was not the holy prophet Helias reported to be a seditious person and a disquieter of the common well of Israel? Was not thy only begotten son called a teacher of new learning, 
Mark▪ i.  a glutton, a wine bibber, a friend of whores and Publicans, a Samaritan a deceiver of the people, 
Mathe. xi. john. v●ii.  a madman and one possessed with a devil? Were not thy blessed Apostles also called dronckards, 
john. seven. john. x.  seditious, persons, vain prattlers, tidings bringers of new devils, and teachers of strange doctrine? 
Acts. two. and xvii  Were not both joseph and Susanna reported to be dishonest persons of living, 
Gene. xx●ix.  and yet notwithstanding none more honest▪ nor more godly. 
Dani▪ xiii.  Who being godly bent and vertuoussy disposed, hath at any time escaped slanderous and backbiting tongues? O Lord that member, which thou madest to be an an instrument of the holy ghost is now become in many peoplean instrument of the devil, a fire and a world of wickedness. For it is so set among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth a fire all that we have of nature, 
jacob. 〈◊〉.  & is itself set a fire even of hell. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. We beseech the therefore for thy mercies sake (o most merciful God) to deliver us from unrighteous lips and from deceitful tongues, 
Psa. xxxi●.  and to give us grace so to walk in all our conversation and living, that our adversaries may be ashamed to slander and to speak evil of us. Grant also that they which hitherto have abused their tongues by backbiting, slandering, 
Acts. ●●.  and defaming, may from henceforth speak with new tongues, praise that and thy blessed name, talk of th● holy scriptures, meditate in them day & night, bless their Christian brethren, & speak well of all men, yea of their very enemies, that so many of us as profess thy holy name, 
Roma. xv.  may with one mind & with one mouth glorify the our heavenly father thorough jesus christ our Lord. Amen.   

A general prayer for the avoiding of all kind of sin.  
AH lord that most puissant god, we in baptism giving over ourselves unto thee, and unto thy holy religion, protested openly in the face of thy holy congregation, to forsake Satan with all his pomps and works, to renounce the world and all the vain pleasures thereof, to mortify the flesh and all the lusts of it, 
Roma vi.  and from henceforth to die unto sin, to live unto righteousness, 
Gala. iii.  and to lead a new life. This our covenant & bargain made with thee, O Lord god, we keep not, but to much wretchedly we break it & transgress thy holy commandment. In stead of our service due unto the we serve Satan. Leving the fulfilling of thy commandments we obey our own wil The world and the flesh so rage and raignin us, that we can scarcely breathe toward any godliness. 
Titus. i.  By mouth we profess thee, but with our deeds we denithe. We promise to work in thy vineyard, but we loytour and work not. 
Mathe. xx●  In name we are Christians, but in deed we are satins bondmen, the world's slaves and the fleshes most vile servants and drudges. Ah Lord, to much wretched is our state, and except thou shortly helpest, we are like utterly to perish, so greatly have the raging floods of all kind of sin braced in, prevailed & almost overwhelmed us, o most gentle saviour, we have a will such as it is, 
Rom●● vi●.  to do good, but we find no power no strength in ourselves to perform it. That good thing, which we would, we do not, but the evil do we, which we would not, for we know that in us that is, 
Rome. seven.  in our flesh, dwelleth no god thing. No marvel. For we are by nature the children of wrath, 
Ephesia two.  we are begotten, conceived & borne in sin. Our senses, 
Psalm. two.  wits & devices are evil, even from our young age upward. Our heart is unclean, 
Gene. viii.  wicked, froward, lewd, & unsearchable. We are not able to think a good thought of ourselves, 
Prou. xxii.  we are unprofitable servants, 
jere. xvii. ●i. Cor. iiii.  hypocrites, flesh, & all the nought is, yea, we are the very bond slaves of sin. 
Luke. ●vii. Esay●. ●x.  For every one the committeth sin, is the servant of sin. O most sweet saviour▪ help us, for the glori of thy name. 
joh. iii seven Luke. nineteen.  Thou camest down, from the right-hand of thy father into this vale of misery, to save that which was lost. Save us therefore good lord which wander abroad like sheep destitute of a shepherd, 
Mathe. ix. psalm. cxix.  suffer not thy blessed body to be broken & thy precious blood to be shed for us in vain. 
Hebrus. two. i Cori. xv.  Thou by thy death most valeantly conquerest him that had power of death. 
Ose. xiii.  Deliver us therefore from his raging tyranny, and make us thy faithful & obedient servants. 
john. two.  Suffer us not to love the world, neither the things that are in the world, seeing that all that is in the world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life) is not of the o father, but of the world. And the world vanisheth away, and the lust thereof, but he that fulfilleth the will of god aby-death for ever. Suffer us not to be overcome with the boiling concupiscencis of the flesh, which ever lusteth against the spirit, 
Rom. viii.  & is not obedient to the law of god neither can be, but give us grace to crucify and to kill the flesh with the appetites & lusts thereof, 
Galath. v.  that we may live and walk in the spirit, and become new creatures. Let not sin reign in our mortal bodies, that we should there unto obey in the lusts of it. Neither suffer thou us to give our members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, 
Roma. vi.  but to give ourselves unto God, as they that are a live from death, and to give our members as instruments of righteousness unto god. And as heretofore we gave our members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquyti, from iniquiti to iniquiti: so let us now from henceforth give our members servants unto righteousness, that we may be santyfyed. Kill in us the deeds of the flesh which are these: 
Gala. v.  adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, ●ele, wrath, strife, sesedition, sects, envying, murder drunkenness, glottonny, and such like, and plant in us the fruits of the spirit, love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness faithfulness, meekness, temperancy. 
Ephe. iiii.  As concerning the conversation in times past, give us grace to lay away from us that old man, which is corrupt thorough the deceivable lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of our minds, and to put on that new man, which after the image of god is shapen in righteousness & true holiness. Suffer us not to lie, but speak every man truth unto his neighbour, for as much as we are members one of another. Suffer us not so to be angry that we sin. Let not the sun go down upon our wrath, neither let us give place unto the backbiter. Grant that he which afore hath stolen may from henceforth steal no more, but rather labour with his hands some good thing: that he may have to give unto him that needeth. Let no filthy communication proceed out of our mouths, but that which is good to edify withal, when need is, that it may have favour with the hearers. Let all bitterness, fierceness, and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking be put away from us, with all maliciousness. Make us courteous one to another and merciful, forgiving one another, even as god for thy sake forgave us. 
Ephesi. v.  As for fornication & all uncleanness or covetousness let it not be once named among us, as it be cometh saints neither filthy things neither foolish talking, neither jesting, which are not comely, but rather giving of thanks. Put upon us tender mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness long. suffering, for bearing one another & forgiving one another. 
Collos. iii.  But above all these things, put upon us love which is the bond of perfection & grant that the peace of god may ever more rule in our hearts, & that we be thankful for all thy benefits. Finalli whatsoever things are true whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things pertain to love, whatsoever things are of honest report, if there be any virtuous thing, 
Pp●il. iiii.  if there be any laudable thing, grant that we may have those same in our mind, and practise them in our conversation and living, that whatsoever we breath think, speak, or do, all things may be done, unto the honour, glory and praise of thy name, which livest and raygneste with God the father, and GOD the holy ghost, the true, living & everlasting God, worlds without end. Amen.   

A prayer unto God in prosperity.  

jacob. i.  VUe are taught in thy holy word (O most merciful father) that every good & perfect gift cometh from above, even from thee, the father of light, & that we have nothing in this world pertaining either unto the body or unto the soul, 
1. C●ri. iiii.  that is praise worthy, but we have it altogether of thee: forasmuch therefore as it hath pleased the to open thy liberal hand and plenteously to bless me a wretched sinner, 
●sal. cxlv.  above many other the creatures with large and divers benefits both bodily and ghostly. I most humbly beseech thee, give me grace not to be proud of these thy gifts nor licentiously to abuse them, but always meekly to acknowledge the thalone giver of them, continually to be thanckeful unto the for them, and so to use them all the days of my life unto the glory of thy holy name and the profit of the Christian congregation, that when so ever I shall depart from this vale of misery, & come before the glorious throne of thy divine Majesty, I may be found a faithful steward, and hear these sweet and comfortable words of thee, well, thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over few things, I will make the Ruler over many things. 
Math. xx●.  Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Grant this (o most loving father) for thy dear sons sake jesus Christ our Lord and saviour. Amen.   

A Prayer unto God in adversity.  
THou alone (O blessed Lord) by thy godly wisdom and heavenly providence governest all things, 
●ap. xiiii.  and sendest unto us thy creatures as seemeth good to thy godly maiesti, 
i. Reg●. two.  sometime wealth, sometime poverti, sometime health sometime sickness, sometime prosperity, sometime adversity, as thou dost appoint, so doth it chance unto us. It hath pleased the at this present for my deserts worthily to lay the cross of adversity upon my shoulders, which, I freli confess, I have most justly deserved, and yet not withstanding I am perfectly persuaded, that it is thy most gentle and loving visitation, 
prover. iii.  yea and an evident token not of thine anger and heavy displeasure, 
Hebru. xii.  
Apoca. iii.  but of thy fatherly love and hearty good will toward me, 
i Corin. xi.  while on this manner thou correctest me in this world, that I may not be condemned with this wicked world. My sins I grant, O heavenly father, have deserved a more grievous & bitter cross, which in deed have full oft deserved veri hell, but thou considering my frail and week nature dealest not with me after my deservings, but according unto thy greatest mercies: Vouchsafe therefore (o most loving saviour) to give me thy holy spirit, which may work in mi heart such thankful patience and patient thankfulness, that ever I grudge nor murmur against thy blessed will, 
Eccles●. two.  but continually call on thy holy name with hearty prayers, and even from the very bottom of the heart praise and magnify the my heavenly father, 
Psalms. i.  being well contented to suffer what so ever thy good pleasure shall be to lay upon me, nothing doubting but that thou wilt here after mercifully look upon me, and restore unto me the fruic●on and enjoying of thy former benefits, that I seeing again good and prosperous days on the earth, may live and sing unto thy godly Majesty continual praises and most hearty thanks thorough jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with the and the holy Ghost be all glory and honour for ever and ever. Amen.   

☞ A thanksgeving unto God for sending his son into this world to die for our sins.  
VUither soever we turn our eyes (O most loving and heavenly father) the bottomless seas of thine unspeakable goodness toward mankind, plenteously stowe in, and lively offer them selfs unto us to behold and to wonder at. 
Esay. xxiiii  After thee fall of the sinful angels, what an exceeding great kindness was this, 
job. iiii.  to make man after thy similitude, image & likeness, 
two. Peter. two.  that he and his posterity might furnish and occupy those places in thy glorious kingdom, 
Gene. two.  which the proud and disobedient angels lost for their proud disobedience & disobedient pride. Not only to place man in earth, but also to provide aforehand all things necessary for him yea to make him Lord and ruler of all things contained in the earth under y●, his Lord GOD? 
Psalms. ●●.  O what a wonderful loving kindness was this Again to preserve, keep & defend man, to watch continually upon him whether he wake or sleep, as the deligent and careful shepherd watcheth over his flock, that no evil chance to man, & to dyrrecte his thoughts, counsels & devices unto the best, never leaving him, till thou haste brought him into thy heavenly kingdom. O who is able with tongue to express or with heart to think this thy hearty good will toward man. These benefits (O most merciful father) are exceeding great tokens of thy dear love toward mankind, but the gift of thy only begotten son jesus Christ our Lord, 
Mathe. i. two. Timo. two Ephesi. two.  whom thou gavest unto us to be our saviour, our redeemer, 
i Cor. i.  our peacemaker, our wisdom, our santification, and our righteousness, is the most excellent gift & most precius treasure? A child to be born for our sakes The son of the most highest God to be given us for a new years gift, 
Isaiah. ●x.  to be our own for ever? O love passing all love. O kindness rather to be marveled at, than able by mouth to be uttered. 
john. iii.  God the father so dearly to love the world that he would give his only begotten son, that every one that believeth in him, may not perish, but have everlasting life? God the father to send his son into the world, not to condemn the world but that the world thorough him should be saved? God the father not to spare his own son, but to deliver him even unto death for us all, yea & with him even to give us all things? O most gentle kindness excelling all love & kindness. 
Roma●●. v.  Wonderfully (O most loving father) doth this thing set forth thy herti love toward us that when we were yet ungodly & wicked sinners thou gavest thy son to die for our sins. 
Isaiah. ●iii. Math v●i●. i. Peter. two.  He was wounded for our offences, and smitten for our wickedness. The pain of our punishment laidst thou upon him, & with his stripes were we healed. Thorough him, O lord, didst thou pardon all our sins. It was thy good pleasure to smite him with infyrmity, 
Isaiah. liii.  that when he had made his soul an offering for sin, he might see long lasting seed. For he is that thy righteous servant, which with his wisdom doth justify and deliver the multitude, for he hath born away our sins. In his name & in none other under heaven doth our salvation consist. 
A●t●s. iiii.  By him are we at peace with the our Lord God. 
Romay. v.  By him have we redempc●on thorough his blood, even remission of our sins. 
Ephe. i.  By him are we delivered from the power of darken●s and translated into thy heavenly kingdom. 
Collosso. i.  By him hast thou reconciled all things unto thy self. By him haste thou set at peace thorough the blood of his cross, both things in heaven and things on earth. By him haste thou quickened us, and forgenen us all our trespasses. He hath put out the hand wrighting that was against us contained in the law written. 
Ephe. two.  Yea he heath taken that hand wrighting out of the way and hath fastened it to his cross and hath spoiled rule and power and hath made a show of them openly, 
Collos. ●.  and hath triumphed over them in his own parson. 
Gene. iii.  He is that seed of the woman, that treadeth down Satan's head. 
Gene.  He is that seed, in whom all nations of the world shallbe blessed. 
Esay●.  He is that Lord, which alone hath trodden down the winepress, neither was there any at all that helped him. 
Mathe. ●.  He is that saviour, which saveth his people from their sins, 
Mat▪ xvii.  He is that they well-beloved son, for whose sake thou art well pleased with man He is that bread of life, which came down from heaven. 
john. vi.  If any eat of that bread he shall live for ever. He is that good shepherd, which gave his life for his sheep. 
john. x.  He is the resurrection & life. Who so believeth on him, 
john. xi.  although he were dead, shall live, & every one that liveth & believeth in him, shall never die. 
john. xvi.  He is that mighty Prince that hath overcome the world. He is the perfect fulfilling of the law to justify all that believe. 
Romay. x.  
Gala. iii.  He hath delivered us from the curse of the law, when he was made accursed for us. He in his own person hath purged our sins. 
hebrews. two.  He thorough death hath put down him that had rule over death, that is to sai the devil, and hath made us free from the danger of bondage. He with one offering of his blessed body hath made perfect for ever them that are sanctified. 
Hebrews, x.  He now in the end of the world hath appeared once for all to put sin to flight, by the offering up of himself. He hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 
Apoca. i.  and made us kings and priests unto the God his father. Inestimable are the treasures & infinite are the pleasures which we receive of the thorough this thy son jesus Christ our Lord and saviour. 
Rom. viii.  And this thy well-beloved & only begotten son with all his, hast thou given unto us, so that booth he and all that he hath is ours, and we may thorough thy gift justly, challenge it to be our own. For this thy fatherly love and unspeakable kindness in giving thy son unto the death for our sake, and for all thy other benefits, which we have received at thy merciful hand thorough him, we give the most hearty thanks, desiring thee, that we never commit any thing in thought, word, or deed, that may offend thy divine Majesty: but calling to remembrance that we are not redeemed with corruptible silver and gold from our vain conversation, 
i. Peter. i.  but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb undefiled and without spot, we may live worthy of this thy kidneys, & show ourselves obedient children to thee, our heavenly father, not fashioning ourselves any more after this unto our old lusts of ignorancy, but as thou, which hast called us art holy, even so in like manner we may be holy in all our conversation and living unto the glori of thy blessed name. Amen.   

¶ A thanksgiving unto God, that he hath brought us out of the darkness of men's traditions▪ into the glorious light of his holy gospel.  
O Lord GOD and our heavenly father, 
Isaiah. v.  thou by thy holy Prophet declarest that thy people were led captive because they had no knowledge nor understanding in thy blessed word. No marvel, for as thy dearly beloved son sayeth, he that walketh in the darkness, 
Ihon. xii.  knoweth not whither he goeth. Yea, 
Sapi. xiii.  vain are all they in whom the knowledge of that our lord god is not. 
john. xvii.  For this is everlasting life, even to know the to be the true God, and whom thou hast sent, jesus Christ. 
Prou. xxix.  When the preaching of thy word faileth, the people perish and go to havoc. For man liveth not with bread alone, 
Math. iiii.  but with every word that cometh out of thy mouth, 
Prove. nineteen.  where no knowledge of the & of thy blessed word is, there is no goodness for the soul. Yea there doth the soul pine away, as the body for want of corporal food, 
Hebru xiii.  and is moved and led away with every wind of doctrine, be it true or false. 
Math. seven▪ xvii.  Nether is it to be wondered at. For the ignorant and untaught build not their faith upon the rock, that is, upon thy son Christ, and upon his holy Gospel, against the which the very gates of hell can not prevail, 
Math. seven.  neither can the raging floods, 
Luke. vi.  nor the boisterous winds move them that so build, but upon the sands, therefore are they thrown down with every blast, and miserably led which way their teacher's lust. This was evidently perceived in us (o blessed father) which so many years for want of knowledge of thy blessed word were to much wrechedlyled captive of Satan and of his ministers, which changed themselves into angels of light, when in deed they were the bond slaves of antichrist, & believed & did whatsoever they commanded us to believe or to do. 
●. Cori. xi.  The man of sin that son of perdition, so sat in our consciences, that we feared him more than the our Lord god. His trifling traditions, his crooked constitutions, & devilish decrees, 
two. 〈…〉  were more earnestli regarded believed & obeyed than thy blessed word whereof we were altogether ignorant. His ceremonies, we thought to be thy service. His dreams we esteemed true godliness. We worshipped thee not after thy word, but after Antichristes' traditions. As for thy holy Gospel, we knew no part of it a right. Yea Antichrist and his imps condemned thy holy Bible for heresy, & brent it as most abominable doctrine unto the great grief of all godly persons. Many other notable works also compiled by thy faithful servants for the advancement of thy glory and for bringing of the simple people unto the knowledge of thy truth, they cruelly burnt and destroyed after the examples of the wicked kings, joachim and Antiochus. 
〈◊〉. xxxvi.  And as for the authors of them, some those bloody Edomits brent, 
i. ●ath. i.  some they murdered privily some they imprisoned, flocked, chained & put to shame, all, even so many as they could get, they cruelly and most tirantlike entreated after the example of their predecessors the high priests of jewry, 
〈◊〉. ●xvii.  which sought all means possible both with tyranny and bribes, to keep down thy son Christ and his glorious gospel, that they alone might reign: O most gentle god, when these belly●d hypocrites & chaplains of Baal, had brent thy holy Bible, so that we the simple people might not read the word of our soul health, in our own mother tongue, again when these false anointed shavelings had killed & put to flight thy true ministers and godly preachers, 
mat. xxiiii.  them made they us to believe as they would, to walk, to do, to speak as they lusted, to honour & worship thee, 
Math. xv.  not after thy holy law, but after the traditions and doctrines of men, to do works not commanded of thee, but such as their idle brains fancied without authority of thy word. O Lord thou long suffering God, with how great blindness were we overwhelmed of these antichristian monsters when they taught to run a Pilgrimage to this and that Idol, to paint this tabernacle, and to gyld that Mammet, to pray to this he Saint and to that she Saint, to buy other men's merits, and to seek salvation in them, to put our trust in water, salt, bread, palms, ashes, wax, oil, cream, bells, pardons, rotten relics & such other pelting pedlarye, to believe that our souls after this present life should be boiled & perboiled in antichristes furnace, there to lie piteously yelling, puling & crying till they were redeemed with Diriges, Masses, trentals, ladies Psalters▪ etc. to believe that our sins could not be forgiven till we had whispered our sins into the Priest's ear, and to receive absolution at his hand: to believe that after the words of consecration, as they call them, there remain no more bread nor no more wine in the sacrament of Christ's body and blood, but that the bread is changed into the natural flesh of thy dear son Christ jesus, and the wine into his most precious blood, 
☞  that was shed for our sins upon the altar of the cross when notwithstanding the Papists themselves do many times keep the bread so long, that it both mouldeth, stinketh and breedeth full of worms, and afterward they burn it according to their own law. Ah Lord, thus were we to much wretchedly mocked and led captive of antichrist and his disciples. The darknesses wherein we walked were so great, that they might be felt. 
i. Pet●r. i,  But thanks be unto thee (o most merciful father) which haste called us out of the darkness of men's traditions into the glorious light of thy gospel. We have now learned, that antichrist and his members have long deceived us, & taught us their own drowesye dreams in stead of thy blessed word. We now know, that thou requirest not of us, that we should run gadding to stocks and stones, 
Math. xx●.  but that we should visit such as are sick and in prison and comfort them. We now know, that thy will is not that we should paint tabernacles and gyld images, but rather that we should clothe the poor and help the needy. 
〈◊〉 lviii.  We now know that it is vain to pray to this or to the saint seeing they neither here us nor yet can help us. We have learned of thy blessed word, 
〈◊〉 ●iii. 〈◊〉 seven.  that Christ the son is our alone intercessor mediator and advocate. We now know, 
〈◊〉 two.  that no salvation is to be looked for in any ceremonies, but only in thy great mercies set forth freely to all penitent sinners thorough faith in Christ's blood. We now know that, Christ's blood is the alone purgatory of our souls, 
● john. i.  which purgeth & maketh us clean from all sin. We now know, that when soever we repent confess our sins unto thee, and believe to have remission of all our sins, 
john. i. Ephe i. Collos. i.  thorough Christ's blood, we shall surely be forgiven. Yet despise we not but rather heartily desire the counsel of godly and learned preachers, 
☞  which with the comfortable words of the gospel may raise up, strengthen and confirm our week conscience against Satan, sin, death, hell and desperation. We now know that the Mass mongers have without all shame lied unto us, when they taught us to believe, that the Mas, which they mumbled, was a propitiatory sacrifice, & of as great virtue, strength & power, as the glorious passion of our saviour jesus Christ, and that it was necessary both for the quick and dead. Ad salutem. We now know also, that the sacrament of Christ's body and blood is not the very self real and natural body and blood of Christ, but an holy sign, 
Note.  figure and token of his blessed body and precious blood. For this word sacrament is as much to say as a sign of an holy thing. Now that which is the sign of a thing, cannot be the thing itself. And though thy son called the bread his body, and the wine his blood, because the disciples should the better remember the breaking of his body and the shedding of his blood (as he likewise called himself a vine a door, 
john. xv.  a rock, when not with standing he was neither natural vine, 
john. ●.  
Math. seven. ●nd xvii  material door or stony rock, but only likened unto them for certain properties, which he hath with the vine, door▪ and rock) yet is neither the bread his natural body, nor the wine his natural blood, as divers of the ancient Doctors do declare and prove but only a figure of his body and blood. 
☞  The bread is called Christ's body, because it visibly● preacheth & bringeth to our remembrance the breaking of Christ's body. The wine also is called Christ's blood, because it putteth us in remembrance of the shedding of Christ's blood. Of such phrases and manners of speaking thy holy scriptures are full. But as in many other things so likewise in this blessed sacrament have the Papists for the maintenance of their Idle and beastli life most foully deceived us, making us to worship a wafer cake and a spoonful of wine mingled with water, in stead of our saviour jesus Christ God and man. And this Idolatrus error is yet so rustered and cankered in the hearts of many both learned & unlearned (whose minds, 
two. Cor. i●ii.  judgements senses and wits the God of this world, even the devil, hath blinded) that the light of the glorius gospel of christ should not shine unto them, that they cast away this doctrine as heresy, & go forth still of an obstinate and froward mind to worship the bread & wine as god, & condemn all other for heretics, which hold the contrary. O lord, these bread christians may well be resembled to the men of Babylon, which would not be persuaded by any means but that Bell & the great Dragon, whom they daily worshipped and offered unto, 
Dan. x●iii.  were living gods, and therefore sought they all means possible to destroy both Daniel and the king, because they taught the contrary, and burst tho●e Idols, giving commandment that the living God alone, which thou art, should be honoured & worshipped of all nations in the world. But we, O Lord, to whom thou hast revealed the mistresses of thy godly truth; and delivered out of the kingdom of darkness, confess ourselves to be great lie bounden unto the for thy merciful benefit. We therefore beseech the to give us grace, so to walk in this glorious light of thy holy Gospel, as it becometh the children of light in all goodness, 
Ephe. v.  righteousness and truth. Thou haste delivered us from stinking Sodom, suffer us no more to look back toward it. 
Gene. xi.  Thou hast brought us home again from Babylon, the land of bondage, unto the new jerusalem. Grant that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemis may serve the in holiness & righteousness all the days of our life. 
Luke. i.  
Mathe. two.  We have seen Christ thy son and our king, suffer us no more to return unto wicked King Herode. 
Luke. ix.  We have put our hand to the plough, grant that we never look back again, but persever continue & go forward unto the end. Let it be never said to us, as thy son said unto the jews: 
Math. xxi.  the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, & shallbe given to a people, which shall bring forth the fruits of it. Make us fruitful fig trees. Give us grace, to be rich and plenteous in all good works, As we confess the with our words: so let us express the with our works. As we favour and love thy Gospel, so let us follow and love thy gospel. For that servant which knoweeth his masters will and doth it not, shallbe beaten with many stripes. If after we have escaped from the filthiness of the world thorough the knowledge of thee, 
Luke. xii.  and of our saviour jesus Christ, we are tangled again therein and overcome, 
●ii. 〈◊〉. two.  then is the latter end worse with us then the beginning. For it had been better for us not to have known the wai of righteousness, them after we have known it, to turn from the holy commandment given unto us. So might it be said of us according to the true proverb. 
Pro. xxvi.  The dog is turned to his ●omit again, 
Pr●. ●xvi.  and the sow that was washed, to her walowing in the mire. Grant therefore we most humbly pray thee, that according to our knowledge we may lead an honest conversation among all men, 
i. Peter. two.  that they which backbite us as evil doers, may see our good works, and glorify the our heavenly father in the day of visitation. Amen.   

A thanksgiving unto God for all his benefits.  
WE most heartily thank thee (O LORD God our heavenly father) for thy mamanyfolde and inestimable benefits, which thou haste given unto us both for our body and soul, yea and freely even of thine own goodness without our desearte. We thank the that it hath pleased thee of thy great mercy first to create & make us according to thine own image and likeness, 
Gene. i.  & to place us in joyful paradise, 
Sapi two.  where we should continually have remained in a blessed & quiet state, if thorough the subtle and deceitful suggestions of of Satan our old enemy, 
Gene. iii.  we had not transgressed thy holy commandment. We thank the also (O most gentle father) for thy loving kindness, which thou showedst unto us, when we all were perished & lost thorough the sin of our first father Adam. For when thou mightest justly have condemned us and cast us into perpetual damnation, thou like a father of singular great love hadst pity on us, and savedst us by the death and passion of thy well-beloved son our Lord & saviour jesus Christ, 
two. Tim. two.  which gave himself a ransom for all our sins, and paid a sufficient price by his precious blood, for all the wickedness that we at any time heretofore have committed, 
i. john. i. Hebru▪ x●  or hereafter shall commit thorough our frailty & weakness, so that we repent, believe & amend. Neither wast thou thus contented, that he only should die for our sins, but thou also didst raise him up again for our justification, 
Roma iiii.  and to make us righteous in thy sight. Moreover after that he had showed himself unfeigned lie alive to his Apostles by manifest and evident tokens, certain days after his resurrection, 
Mat. xxvii●  thorough the power of his godhead, he ascended up into heaven, perfect God and perfect man, 
Luk. xxiiii.  where he now sitteth on the right hand and maketh intercession for us, 
Acts. i.  being our alone mediator and advocate. 
i Timo. two.  From thence we look for him to come again at the day of judgement, 
john. two.  
A●t●s. i.  not as a cruel judge to condemn and cast us away, but as a most loving Lord and gentle saviour, 
Math. xxv.  to carry us with him unto everlasting glory, 
i Tes. iiii.  their worlds without end to remain in such joys as eye have not seen nor ear hath heard, 
Esay. liv.  
i Cor. iii.  nor yet is any heart able to think. For those thy most bounteous gifts and for all other thy benefits, which thou daily givest unto us of thy great mercy both for our body and soul, we most humbly thank thee, most gentle and merciful father, beseeching the that thou wilt give us grace thorough thy holy spirit not to be unthankful, but to walk worthy of this thy kindness and so to behave ourselves all our life time in this wretched world according to thy holy will, that at the last day we may be found in the number of them, to whom thy only begotten son, shall say: 
Mat. xxvi.  come ye blessed of my father, poises the kingdom, which was prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Lord let it so come to pass   

¶ A prayer for the sick to be said of the congregation▪  
O jesus the alone saviour of the world, and the only true Physician both of body and soul, we are come together at this present before the thorn of thy godly Majesty to offer our humble prayers unto the for our sick and weak brother whom thou haste visited with thy loving rod of correction, whereby thou offerest thyself unto him as a most gentle father to his dear son, and by temporal punishment ●uttest away eternal pains, which both he and all we thorough our sinful living have most ryghtouslye deserved and by making the outward man week, thou comfortest and makest strong the inward man, which is made like to thy glorious image. We most entirely beseech thee, mercifully to behold this our week brother, and as that pitiful Samaritane to pour wine and oil into his wounds & to bind them up, that is, to relieve him, & to comfort him, and to cherish him with thy holy spirit, to make him strong in his inward man that in the mids of his sickness, he may not only ●ere the cross, that thou haste laid on him patiently, and so show himself conformable to thy blessed will, but also thanckfully praise thy holy name for thy fatherly correction, & with unfeigned and strong faith, say: The lord gave me my health, the Lord hath taken it away again. As it hath pleased the lord, so it is come to pass, now blessed be the the name of the Lord. Oh it is for my great profit, that the lord hath thus visited me, even that I should learn to forsake mine own will, and to walk in his holy ordinances. I am his creature, & a sheep of his pasture, let him deal with me, as seemeth good in his godly sight. For whither I live or die, I am the Lords. His will therefore be done and not mine. give him grace (O sweet jesus) thus to be persuaded of thy good will toward him even in the mids of his most bitter agonies, that he faint not under the cross, but patiently and thankfully abide thy good pleasure, and with earnest faith call on thy blessed name, which is a strong tower for all them that i'll unto it.  
Moreover forasmuch, O Lord as it is not thy property always, to chide, always to be angry alway to punish, neither to deal with us according to our sins, nor yet to reward us after our iniquities, but as thou takest away, so givest thou again, as thou bringest down to the grave, so liftest thou up again, as thou makest weak, so makest thou strong again: We most humbly beseech thee, if it be thy godly pleasure the rather at the contemplation of these our prayers to restore unto our weak brother after this his long sickness the comfortable benefit of joyful health. And as thou haste brought him low with la●ing thy heavy cross on him, so we most heartily beseech thee, if it be thy godly will, raise him up again by restoring unto him his former health, that he may live and continue here among us unto the glory of thy name and the comfort of us his neighbours.  
But if thy godly pleasure have otherwise determined, that by this his sickness thou wilt call him from this vale of miseri and place him in thy glorious kingdom, which alone is the true, joyful and greatly longed for country of all thy chosen and faithful people: we most entirely pray the in the mean while to give him grace patiently and thankfully to bear his cross, diligently to call on thy holy name, valiantly to fight against all the tentations of the devil, the flesh and the world, and faithfully to believe, that the merits of thy blessed passion & precious blood are the full satisfaction for all his sins, and have made a perfect atonement and friendly reconciliation between god the father and him. Grant O most merciful saviour, that his whole heart and mind may so be set upon thee, that at what soever hour thou callest him out of this wretched world, he may be willing and glad to departed from it, and to come unto the. O let the remembrance of the joys of heaven be so fervent in his breast, that all wordly things may wax vile in him, and a perfect desire found in him to be loosened out of this body, and to be with y● in glory. And when the time cometh, that he shall give over to nature, and departed out of this miserable world, though the pains of death take away the use of his tongue and speech, yet grant that his heart may cry unto the and say: O Lord, I commend my soul into thy hands. Lord jesus take my spirit unto thee. Grant also most loving Lord that when death hath shut up the eyes of his body, he may with the eyes of his soul, behold and look upon thy glorious majesty in thy heavenly kingdom, where thou with the father and the holy Ghost livest and reignest one true and everlasting God in all honour and glory worlds without end.  
Amen.   

A prayer to be said for all such as lie at the point of death.  
O Most loving saviour and gentle redeemer, which camest into this world to call sinners unto repentance, & to seek up that was lost, thou seest in what case this our brother lieth here: visited with thy merciful hand all weak, feeble, sick and ready to yield up his soul into thy holy hands. O look upon him (most gentle saviour) with thy merciful eye, pity him and be favourable unto him. He is thy workmanship, despise not therefore the work of thine own hands. Thou suffered'st thy blessed body & thy precious blood to be shed for his sins, and to bring him unto the glory of thy heavenly father, let it not therefore come to pass, that thou shouldest suffer so great pains for him in vain. He was baptized in thy name, and gave himself wholly to be thy servant, forsaking the devil, the world and the flesh, confess him therefore before thy heavenly father and his blessed angels to be thy servant. 
Prou. xvi.  His sins, we confess, are great (for who is able to sai, mi heart is clean and I am free from sin) but thy mercies, o Lord, are much greater. 
Ma●h. ix.  And thou camest not to call the righteous, but sinners unto repentance. 
M●th●. xi,  To them that are diseased and overladen with the burden of sin dost thou promise ease. Thou art that god, 
Ezec. xviii.  which willest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn & live. Thou art the saviour which wishest all men to be saved, 
i Timo. two.  and to come to the knowledge of thy truth Withdraw not therefore thy merci from him because of his sins, but rather lay upon him thy saving health, that thou mayst show thyself toward him to be a saviour. What greater praise can there be to a physician, them to he'll the sick? Nether can th●r be a grater glori, to the being a saviour then to save sinners save him therefore, o lord for thy name sake Again let the law b●●o ●orsiffe to his conscience but rather give him grace even in this extreme agoni & conflict of death to be fully persuaded that thou by thy death hast taken away all his sins, 
Ro●●▪ i.  fulfilled the law for him & by this means delivered him from the curse of the law, 
Galath. iii  and paid his ransom: that he thus being fully persuaded may have a quiet heart, a free conscience, & a glad will to forsake this wretched world: and to go unto the his lord god. Moreover thou hast conquered him that had rule of death, even satan, 
Hebru, two.  suffer him not therefore to exercise his tyranny upon this our sick brother, nor to disquiet his conscience with the errors of sin and pains of hell. 
Gse●. xiii.  
i Cori. xv.  Let not Satan nor his infernal army tempt him further than he is able to bear but evermore give him grace even unto his last breath valiantly to fight against the devil witha a strong faith in thy precious blood that he may fight a good fight and finish his course with joy unto the glory of thy name, and the health of his soul. O lord so work in him by thy holy spirit, that he with all his heart may contemn & despise all worldly things, and set his mind wholly upon heavenvly things, hoping for them with a strong & undoubted faith. Again let it not grieve him o sweat saviour to be lo●oned from this vile & wretched carcase, which is now so full of sorrow, trouble, anguish sickness, and pain: but rather let h●m have abent and ready will, thorough thy goodness to put it of, yea and that with this faith▪ that he. at the last day, shall receive it again in a much better state than it is now or ever was from the day of his birth, 
Phil. iii.  even a body uncorruptible, immortal and like to thy glorious body. Let his whole heart and mind be set only upon thee Let the remembrance of the joys of heaven be so fervent in his breast that he may both patiently and thanckfully take his death, 
two. Cori. xv.  and ever wish to be with the in glory. And when the time cometh, that he shall give over to nature and departed from this miserable world vouchsafe we most humbly beseech thee, O Lord jesus to take his soul into thy hands, and to place it among the glorious company of thy holy angels and blessed saints, and to keep it unto that most joyful day of the general resurrection, that both his body and soul thorough thine almighty power being knit again together at that day, he may for ever and ever enjoy thy glorious kingdom and sing perpetual praises to thy blessed name. Amen.   

☞ A thanksgiving unto God for the departure of the faithful out of this world.  
O How can we (most loving father) render unto the sufficient thanks for thine in estimable goodness toward thy faithful servants, whom thou calling out of this wretched world, vouchestsafe to place in thy heavenly kingdom among the glorious company of thy holy angels and blessed saints. 
Psal. cxv.  O full precious is the death of the faithful in thy sight. Blessed are the dead that die in thee, O Lord: 
Apoc. xiiii.  For they are at rest from their painful travails and labours. The souls of the righteous are in thy hand, 
Sapi. iii.  O God, and the pain of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they appear to die, but they are in peace. They shine as the sparks, that run thorough the reed bush. 
Danie. xii.  They glister as the shining of heaven. They are as the stars, world without end. They are as the angels of God. 
Math. xx●i. Apoc. iiii  They are clad with white garments, & have golden crowns upon their heads They do service day & night before the glorious throne of thy divine Majesty. 
Apoca seven.  They neither hunger nor thirst any, more neither doth the sun or any heat fall upon them for the lamb which is in the mids of the throne, governeth them, and leadeth them unto the living fountains of waters. They follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. They have such joys▪ 
Elay lxiii. i ●or. iii.  as eye hath not seen, nor ear hath herd neither is th●r any heart able to think them. Infinite and unspeakable are the treasures, O Lord, which thou haste laid up for them, that depart in thy faith. For these thy fatherly benefits toward the souls of the faithful, & for that it hath pleased the to call our Christian brethren and sistern from this vale of misery unto thy heavenly kingdom, we give unto the most hearty thanks, humbly beseeching the that thou wilt take like care for us, and so govern us with thy holy spirit both in sickness and in health, that we may live a good and godly life in this present world, and whensoever it shallbe thy good pleasure to call us hence, we may with strong faith in thee, and in thy son Christ jesus our Lord, commend both our bodies & souls into thy merciful hands and thorough thy goodness be placed in thy glorious kingdom, among thy faithful choose people, and so for ever and ever praise & magnify the our heavenly father, to whom with thy dearly beloved son jesus Christ our Lord and saviour, and the holy ghost that most sweet comforter be all glory and honour worlds without end. Amen.   
Finis.   

❧ The tyranny and Suffrages.  
O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.  
O God the Son redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.  
O god the holy ●ost proceeding from the father & the son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.  
O holy, blessed, & glorious tryniti, three persons & one god: have merci upon us miserable sinners. Remember not Lord, our offences nor the offences of our forefathers, neither take thou vengeance of our sins, spare us good lord spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angri with us for e●er  
Spare us good Lo●d●.  
From all evil and mischiffe, from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil, from thy wrath, & from everlasting damnation.  
Good lord deliver us.  
❧ From blindness of heart, from pride vainglory & hypocrisy, from envy, hatred and malice, and all uncharitableness:  
Good lord deliver us.  
❧ From fornication, and all other deadly sin▪ & from all the deceits of the world, the flesh & the devil:  
Good lo●de del●u●r us.  
☞ Fronlightning & tempest, from plague, pestilence, & famen, from battle & murder & from sudden death.  
Good lord deliver us.  
From all sedition and privy conspiraci, from the tiranni of the Bishop of Rome & all his detestable enormities, from all false doctrine & heresy, from hardness of heart, & contempt of thy word & commandment:  
Good lord deliver us.  
❧ By the mystery of thy holy incarnation, by thy holy nativity & circumcision, by thy baptism, fasting and temptation:  
Good lord deliver us.  
By thine agony and bloody sweat, by thy cross and passion, by thy precious death and burial by thy glorious resurrection▪ & ascension, by the coming of the holy ghost  
Good lord deliver us.  
In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our wealth, in the hour of death, in the day of judgement.  
Good lord deliver us.  
❧ We sinners do beseech the to hear us (O Lord God) and that it may please the to rule and govern thy holy church universal in the ryghtewaye.  
We beseech the to hear us good lord.  
That it may please the to keep Edward the sixth thy servant our king and governor.  
We beseech the to hear us good lord.  
❧ That it may please the to rule his heart in thy faith, fear and love, that he may always have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory.  
We beseech th● to ●eare us good Lord.  
☞ That it may please y● to be his defender and keeper, giving him the victory over all his enemies.  
We b●s●●ch● th● to hear us good Lord.  
☞ That it may please the to illuminat, all bishop's pastors & ministers of the church with true knowledge & understanding of thy word, and that both by their preaching and living, they may set it forth and show it accordingly.  
We beseech the to ●●are us good Lord.  
☞ That it may please the to endue the Lords of the counsel, & all the nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord.  
☞ That it may please the to bless and keep the magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth.  
W●●es●che the to hear us good Lord.  
☞ That it may please the to bless and keep thy people:  
We beseech the to hear us▪ etc.  
❧ That it may please the to give to all Nations, unity peace and concord.  
We beseech the to hear us▪ etc.  
❧ That it may please the to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments.  
We beseech the to hear us. etc.  
❧ That it my please the to give all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit.  
We beseech the to hear us▪ etc.  
☞ That it may please the to bring into the way of truth, all such as have erred and are deceived.  
We beseech t●e to hea●e us. etc.  
❧ Tha● it may please the to strengthen such as do stand, & to comfort & help the week hearted, & to raise up them that fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet feet.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord.  
That it may please the to secure, help and comfort all that be in danger, necessity and tribulation.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord.  
That it may please the to preserve all that travail by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all sick people and young children, and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord,  
That it may please the to defend and provide for the fatherless children and widows, and all that be desolate and oppressed.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord.  
That it may pease the to have mercy upon all men.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord.  
That it may please the to forgive our enemies, persecutors & slanderers, and to turn their hearts.  
We beseech the to hear us good lord.  
That it may please the to give & preseru● to our use▪ the kindly fruits of the earth▪ so as in due time we may enjoy them.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord.  
That it may please the to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences▪ and ignorances', & to endue us with the grace of thy holy spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy word.  
We beseech the to hear us good Lord.  
Son of God: we beseech the to hear us.  
Son of God we beseech the to here us.  
O lamb of god that takest away the sins of the world:  
Grant us th● peace.  
O Lamb of god that takest away the sins of the worlie:  
Have mer●y● v●●n us.  
O Christ hear us.  
O Christ hear us.  
Lord have mercy upon us.  
Christ have mercy upon us.  
Lord have mercy upon us. Our father which art in heaven. etc.  
And lead us not into temptation.  
B●t ●●lyuer us from evil.  
O Lord deal not with us after our sins.  
Nether reward us after our iniquities.  
☞ Let us ●ra●.  
O God merciful father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful, mercifully assist our prayers, that we make before the in all our troubles & adversitis, whensoever they opresse us: And grac●ouslie here us that those evils which the craft & subtlety of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness, they may be dispersed, that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee, in thy holy church, through jesus Christ our Lord.  
O lord arise, help us, and deliver us for thy name sake.  
O God we have herd with our ears & our fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.  
O lord arise, help us, and deliver us for thy honour.  
Glory be to the father, the son and to the holy ghost.  
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shallbe, world without end. Amen.  
From our enemies defend us O Christ.  
graciously look upon our afflictions.  
Pytifully behold the sorrows of our heart.  
mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.  
Favourably with mercy here our prayers.  
O son of David ha●e mercy upon us.  
Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us Christ.  
Gaaciously hear us O Christ. Graciously hear us O lord Chr●ste,  
O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us.  

As we do put our trust in thee. Let us pray▪  
WE humbly beseech thee, O father, mercyefullie to look upon our infirmities, and for the glory of thy name sake, turn from us all chose evils that we most righteously have deserved: and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust & confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve the in holiness & pureness of living to thy honour & glory: through our only mediator & advocate jesus Christ our Lord. Amen   

A prayer of Chrisostome.  
almighty GOD, which haste given us grace, at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee, and dost promise, that when ii or iii be gathered together in thy name thou wilt grant their requests: fulfil now (O lord) the desires and petitions of thy servants▪ as may bemost expedient for them: gra●tynge us in this world knowledge of thy truth, & in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen.   

〈◊〉 ●yue if the time require.  
O God heavenly Father which by thy son jesus Christ, hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance: Send us we beseech the in this our necessity, such moderate rain & showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, & to thy honour through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

For fair wether.  
O Lord god, which for the sin of man didst once drown all the world, except viii persons, and afterward of thy great mercy diddeste promise never to destroy it so again: we humbly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved this plague of rain and waters: yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us such wether, whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season, and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and for th●●●emencye to give the praise and glory, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

In the time of dearth and famine.  
O God heavenly father, whose gift it is that rain doth fall, the earth is fruitful, beasts increase, and fishes do multiply: behold, we beseech y●, the afflictions of thy people▪ & grant that the scarcity & dearth (which we do now most justly suffer for our iniquity) may through thy goodness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plenti, for the love of jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with the and the holy ghost. etc. Amen.   

Orthus.  
O God merciful father, which in the time of Heliseus the Prophet, didst subdeinlie turn in Samaria great scarcity and death, into plenty and cheapness, & extreme ●amine, into abundance of victual: have pity upon us that now be punished for our sins with like adversity, increase the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly benediction: And grant that we receiving thy bountiful liberality, may use the same to thy glory, our comfort, & relief of our needy neighbours, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

In the time of war.  
O Almighty God, King of all Kings, and governor of all things, whose power no Creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to them that truly repent, save, and deliver us (we humbly beseech thee) from the hands of our enemis, abat their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices, that we being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all periles, to glorify thee, which art the only giver of all victory, through the merits of thy only son jesus Christ our lord. Amen.   

In the time of any common▪ plague or sickness.  
O Almighty God, which in thy wrath in the time of king David, didst ●lea with the plague of Pestilence, three score and ten thousand, and yet remembering thy merci, didst save the rest, have pity upon us miserable sinners, that now are visited with great sickness, and mortality, that like as thou didst then command thine Angel, to cease from punishing: so it may now please thee, t● withdraw from us this plague, and grievous sickness, through jesus Christ our ●ord. Amen.    

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