The Poor Man's Pater noster, with a preparative to prayer: Whereto are annexed divers godly Psalms and Meditations: Collected out of the sacred Scriptures, by Thomas Timme Minister.  
Newly Imprinted the second time by Peter Short, dwelling on Bredstreet hill, at the sign of the Star, 1598.   

The life of a Christian man.  

1 Remember thy maker.  
2 Be thankful always to God for his benefits.  
3 Love the Lord thy God with all thy soul, and all thy strength.  
4 Believe that he is thy heavenly father, for his son jesus Christ's sake.  
5 Serve him with fear, worship him, and call upon his holy name.  
6 As thou lovest God; so love thy brother also.  
7 Let the love of God in thee, restrain the concupiscence of the flesh, and provoke thee to good works.  
Let the love of thy brother, hold thee back from doing injury, and prick thee forward to do good.  
And remember always that thou art borne to die.    

A Preparative to prayer.  
Prayer is a talking (not of the tongue, but of a faithful mind) with God; by when we ask of him some good thing, either for ourselves, or for some others: or else do give him thanks for his benefits.  
2 When thou comest to pray, first prepare thy mind, that it may be free from all worldly cares, and that the affections of thy mind may be quiet: for the place of the Lord is not in commotions, but in quiet and rest.  

Reverence  
3 Remember the majesty of him before whom thou standest: who as he is the maker of heaven and earth, so also is he the mighty sovereign over the whole world.  
4 Remember that his eye seethe all things, yea even the actions, & the secret thoughts of thy heart.   

Devotion.  
5 If thou pray with thy mouth & not with thy mind, thy prayer shall be but a tempting of the Lord, and a sacrifice of fools.   

Humility.  
6 Pray in humility of mind, shaking off all confidence of thine own worthiness, and say thus: O Lord righteousness belongeth unto thee, and to us open shame. We do not present our supplications before thee, for our own righteousness, but for thy great tender mercies. I have begun to speak unto my Lord, & I am but dust and ashes. Father I have sinned against heaven, & before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. O God be merciful unto me a sinner.  
7 Pray not hypocritically, to seem devout in the eyes of men: but secretly, and thy father which seethe in secret will reward thee openly.   

Contrition.  
8 Pray with a contrite heart and sorrowful mind, when thou cravest of God remission of sins.   

Fasting.  
9 When thou prayest, fast and abstain from carnal delights; for thereby thou shalt be made more apt and fervent in prayer.   

Faith.  
10 Pray in faith, and with a sure trust and confidence in God, without the which thou shalt not obtain.  
For every one that cometh unto God, must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.  
11 Let him that asketh ask in faith and waver not, for he that wavereth is like a wave of the Sea, tossed with the wind: and let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.  
12 Faith is the gift of God, Therefore pray daily with the disciples of Christ, which said, Lord increase our faith, & Lord help my unbelief.  
13 The true knowledge of God learned out of his word, will greatly confirm thy faith. As when thou shalt know that he is loving, kind, merciful, gracious, long suffering, just etc. Also that he is most ready to hear us and to grant our petitions.  
14 God is omnipotent, therefore he is able to give whatsoever thou askest. God is merciful: and therefore he will give that which is profitable for thee.  
15 God giveth liberally to those that ask of him. For Solomon craved but wisdom, and had both it, and riches, and honour, in wonderful measure. And jehosaphat which desired only water in his extreme thirst for him and his host, had both the same granted, and victory also over the Moabites.  
16 God seethe and knoweth thy need before thou askest: yet to show thy obedience by this service which he hath commanded, and also to exercise thy faith, thou must receive those things whereof thou hast need, by invocating and calling upon his name.   

New obedience.  
17 As thou dost profess thyself to be the son of God by praying unto him, and by calling him thy Father: so show thyself an obedient son in deed, by walking in his commandments.  
18 Let thy whole conversation be agreeing with thy prayers: for thy continual walking in sin will make thy prayers abominable.  
19 Pray for nothing contrary to the will of God revealed in his holy word. For if thou pray to this end, to have the desires of thy flesh fulfilled, thou shalt not receive.  
20 That thy principal mark may be the glorifying of God, Seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness thereof, and all other things shall be given unto thee.   

Perseverance in prayer.  
21 Persevere in prayer and be not discouraged, though at the first thy petition be not granted. For the Lord doth sometimes defer and delay us, not that he is unmindful of his promises, but to try our faith: either else the more to stir up our godly affections, or to make his gifts more sweet and precious unto us, as appeareth by the woman of Canaan, and by Paul himself.  
22 When our Saviour Christ forbiddeth much babbling, he meaneth not long prayers, but long babbling without faith and the spirit. For length of words joined with length of earnest affection, doth not displease God.  
23 Christ himself prayed all the night upon the mountain, and before his death he made long prayers: & he commandeth us to pray continually.   

The force of true prayer.  
24 Great is the force of faithful prayer; for thereby Abraham obtained life for Ishmael: Let that Zoar might not be burnt in the destruction of Sodom: Moses' victory against the Amalachites: Eliah both drought and rain: Ezechias the prolonging of his life fifteen years; and such like  
25 Let prayer be thy refuge in all trouble and distress; Call upon me in the time of trouble (saith the Lord) so will I deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.  
26 Hannah being contumeliously handled by Penninnah, betaketh herself to prayer: Sara the daughter of Raguel being reproached, entereth into her Chamber, and there maketh her prayer. David being persecuted, saith thus; For my friendship they were mine adversaries, but I gave myself to prayer.  
27 Prayer, thus prepared and practised, will be a guard for children, an ornament for young men, a solace and consolation for old men, and a surpassing beauty for women. It will drive away devils, It will procure Angels of defence from heaven: and it will be a sacrifice of a good savour unto God, piercing the heavens, and will not return again empty.    


The prayer of a penitent sinner.  
O Father of heaven: O son of God Redeemer of the world: O holy ghost the sweet comforter, O the divine essence three persons and one God, have mercy upon me, most vile caitiff and miserable sinner. I have offended both against heaven & earth, more than my tongue can express. Whither then may I go, or whither should I fly? To heaven I may be ashamed to lift up mine eyes and in earth I find no place of refuge or succour. To thee therefore O Lord, do I come, to thee do I humble myself saying: O Lord my God my sins be great, but yet have mercy upon me for thy great mercy. The great mystery that God became man, was not wrought for little, or few offences. Thou didst not give thy son (O heavenly Father) unto death for small sins only, but for all the greatest sins of the world, so that the sinner return to thee with his whole heart, as by grace first received from thee I do here at this present Wherefore have mercy upon me O God, whose property is always to have mercy have mercy upon me, O Lord, for thy great mercy. I crave nothing, O Lord, for my own merits, but for thy name's sake, that it may be hallowed thereby: and for thy dear son jesus Christ's sake. And therefore I continue forth my cry unto thee from the bottom of my heart saying; Our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name, etc.   

Our Father.  
TO none doth this name (Father) more truly belong, then unto thee O God our father. For both they which have begotten us, fostered us, & do bring us up, and also our spiritual pastors which do instruct us, are called fathers. But thou O Lord, art the father of all creatures which are upon the earth, whom thou hast made of somewhat (as thou madest man) but of nothing, which none else could do. These thou doest feed and preserve, which else should return to their nothing again. These thou doest govern, teach, and stir up to do their several and proper offices. Thou hast made all things, therefore thou art the father of all: but more specially man, whom thou hast form after thine own similitude and image. Thou doest rule and govern all things as thy servants, but man, as thy son. To other living creatures thou hast given out of thy plentiful storehouse good gifts, but upon man thou hast powered them forth with full hand, and hast adorned him with a living soul, of all gifts one of greatest excellency.  
Thou dost drive forward all other creatuers, as it were with a certain secret spur, but thou gently teachest and instructest us. Other creatures thou doest violently draw, but us thou dost fatherly teach and direct. In all these fatherly properties, we wonder at thy power, and adore and worship thy wisdom. But amongst all thy fatherly mercies, there is one which with great delectation we consider as more profitable for us, namely our adoption, by which thou hast made us thy sons through jesus Christ, the son of the omnipotent essence and divine nature. Wonderful is this goodness of Christ, and most sweet is his love toward us, who will not have us to be terrified with servile fear, and therefore hath not taught us to call thee his father, Our lord which is a name of power; but Our father, which is a name of love. He concealeth thy greatness, and setteth forth thy goodness, the sooner to allure us. What man considering rightly his vile nature and corrupt will, dare call thee father except thou command him? What ungracious and inferior servant will presume to call his king, father, except he be beside himself. But how much greater difference is there between thee and us, then between a mortal king and a servant, which do not differ in condition of nature, but only in state of fortune. We, compared with thee in nature, are most far different. Thou art the essence and the incompresensible fullness of all things, which art all in all, and we are utterly nothing.  
And in condition of worthiness and excellency we being with thee compared, are unhappy and most miserable bondslaves of sin and the devil, which is the most vile and execrable state: but thou art the most blessed lord of al. We are ignorance and darkness, but thou art wisdom and light. Thy excellency is infinite, & our shame and reproach more than can be expressed: man's mind is not able to comprehend the difference between thee and us. But thy only son hath given us boldness to call thee, Our father, that we by adoption might be made partakers of that excellent dignity to be called sons through his favour and grace, which he alone in right of his divine nature possesseth. Now, how more nearly and truly art thou the father of all those that are baptized in thy name and that are purged and cleansed by the blood of thy son Christ, to whom being reconciled with thee, and received into thy favour) thou hast given the earnest of Everlasting bliss, the love of thee, and an assured faith and confidence in thee, and thereby perfect peace and rest of conscience. Oh, how often do we feel to our great comfort thy fatherly goodness? Thou doest give us light in darkness: thou holdest us up, when we stumble, and are ready to fall: thou turnest from us many wicked evils which hang over our heads▪ and changest them into good: and in all goodness thou dost establish and preserve us.  
What do our fathers help us, which are only fathers in name, by whom we have nothing but that which hirelings and servants have that is to say; the necessaries of this present life? But this is the true fatherhood, whereof we may rightly rejoice, by which we have an everlasting inheritance. Oh wonderful clemency of thy son Christ, which vouchsafed on us the dignity of his proper inheritance. What wilt thou not give, O father, unto thy sons now, which thou shalt think profitable for them. We have attained the greatest gift, that thou shouldest be called, and be indeed our father: how then can we miss and be destitute of thy fatherly affection and liberality towards us?  
And forasmuch as we all, which truly are called Christians, are knit together in one knot of love, and are therefore members of one body, and so one thing: therefore that which we ask for ourselves, we crave of thee, O Father, for our brethren also. And for this cause, we call thee jointly together, Our father. Beseeching thee that as thou vouchestsafe to be called of us Our father, so thou wilt make us thy obedient children, that not with mouth alone, but with heart and mind we may truly fear thee, serve thee, love thee, and call thee our father, to the honour and glory of thy holy name, Amen.   

Which art in heaven.  
THou art alone, O Lord, and we are not. That being which we have, is here in Earth, that is to say, in the midst of many tempests and floods of all manner of calamities, wherewith we are continually turmoiled. But thou both art, and also art in heaven; that is to say, in a place devoid of labour and trouble. We do not call upon the dead saints, or upon such as are not able to help themselves when they stand in need. We run not unto those which either for their care and office in the common wealth, or for their age are called fathers. We make not our petition to jupiter, to Neptune, to Mars, or to other vain gods, which Satan the enemy of thy divine majesty hath set up in the world; whom once almost to name is great wickedness, being false gods opposed against the greatness of thy goodness and wisdom. Some think their riches in their chest, or bestowed upon possessions to be their father, which are subject to a thousand chances & perils. Some think their power and might which standeth on the love and favour of their subjects, to be their father: then the which thing nothing is more instable. Other some think the grace and favour of the prince being a man, and by nature mortal, in power weak, and in will mutable, to be their father. Thus every one maketh that vanity wherein he foolishly trusteth, to be his father. But we upon whom through thy rich liberality, thou hast vouchsafe the dignity of sons, lifting up our eyes unto heaven do call thee our Father, and do beg and crave of thee which art in heaven: whose presence notwithstanding doth fulfil the whole world. But the seat of thy kingdom, for the excellency of the place, is said to be fixed and set in heaven.  
This heaven for the form and beauty thereof, and also for the appointed order, which keepeth continually a certain course, doth show forth the highness of thine essence, the greatness of thy power, and the immortality of thy nature. O miserable men which having gotten so great a Father, do run as yet to other Fathers, of whom they may be ashamed: and from whom we receive nothing but infirmity, evil and misery. But from thee the true father cometh power, goodness, and felicity. I am able (saith thy Apostle) to do all things, through the help of Christ which strengtheneth me. And in another place complaining of his weakness, thou spakest to him from heaven saying, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakness. Thou art in heaven for us, that we may know there to find thee our Father, and that there a refuge is prepared for us, of the which we can not be disappointed, neither by deceit, nor by the force of enemies. All things are there secure & safe, because thou art there. Thou art a most mighty king, and omnipotent God. And yet to many here on earth, thou art neither a king nor a God. For every one maketh a king and a god to himself after his own fantasy. O Father which art in heaven, the maker of all things, and most mighty Lord, hear us we beseech thee which are here troubled and turmoiled in earth, which are travelers and pilgrims therein, not only for a time, but for the most part, for a small moment of time.  
Our Father is in heaven: therefore our inheritance and happiness is there; why then do we seek it on earth? where there is nothing to be found but the natural fruits of the earth, as sicknesses, cares, troubles, sorrows, griefs, and vexations.  
Make us (O Lord) to seek thee in the heavens of sempiternal rest, where thou hast prepared for us all blessedfulness. Lift up our hearts, O heavenly Father, we beseech thee, unto those heavens and inflame our minds with the love and desire of those good things, which thou hast there prepared for us, the greatness & excellency where of surmounteth the understanding & capacity of man. For the which blessed be thy name for evermore, Amen.   

1 Hallowed be thy Name.  
THat is the true & proper name belonging to every thing, by which name the virtue, and inclination of the same thing is declared: but who shall give unto thee, O Lord, a convenient and proper name? the greatness of whose essence, neither the minds of men nor of angels is able to comprehend. Yet we understand that to be thy name, by which we may best comprehend thee. As when in thy word thou art called Schaddai, that is to say; All sufficient: jehovah, that is to say, Of thyself everlasting. Thou art also called immortal, the king, the Lord, and the maker of all things. Thou art called most righteous, most wise, and the most merciful Saviour: And therefore we say with the Prophet in the Psalm, O God, according unto thy name, so is thy praise unto the worlds end.  
Hallowed be this thy name in us O Father, that we may think nothing more sacred, more holy, and blessed than the same, that we may worship thee, and submit ourselves only to thy name.  
Send down we beseech thee into our hearts thy heavenly light of true knowledge that we may call upon thee alone: that we may look to be helped by thy help and aid alone: and that we put not our trust in other momentany, temporal, transitory, and deceiveable helps, but that we may have our whole confidence only in thee, which alone canst, and wilt, and art wont to help.  
Glorify thy name, O Father, in us, by the Gospel of thy son Christ, and by the same also finish the work which thou hast begun in us, that we may persevere in the way of godliness to the end of our life: that so abiding in thy name, we may also be sanctified by thee.  
Sanctify thy name so in us, O heavenly Father, that we may be able to teach others, not only in word, but also in example of godly life, that thy holy name be not evil spoken of among the gentiles who seeing our corrupt life, may take occasion thereby to condemn thy holy gospel, because we which are the professors thereof are not hallowed in our conversation. But make our light so shine before men, that they seeing our good works, may glorify thee our heavenly Father. And to the end thy name may be magnified throughout the whole world, make O Lord, all those whom thou hast chosen, partakers with us of this felicity. Spread forth the bright beams of thy light upon mankind, illumine their minds, inflame their affections, that all as it is meet, and right, may sanctify thy name, not in profession only, but also in the true love of godliness. For than shall thy name be hallowed when thy son jesus Christ our only Saviour which is thy glory, is thus known. To whom with thee and the holy ghost, be all honour and glory world without end Amen.   

2 Thy kingdom come.  
Reign thou O lord in us, rule and govern us, we beseech thee: for our subjection to thee is a most happy freedom. By the fall of our first parents, we are made thrall to sin, death, and the devil, the power of whose kingdom we do too often feel in us. But thou hast ordained and appointed thy beloved Son to tread down the serpent's head, that thou alone in us mightest have the pre-eminence, and that we might be made partakers of the blessed inheritance of thy heavenly kingdom. Of this kingdom thou haste long since spoken by the mouths of thy holy Prophets. As, that thou hast set thy king upon Zion thy holy Mountain: and that thy throne O God, is for ever and ever, and the Sceptre of thy kingdom a Sceptre of righteousness. To this kingdom of thy well-beloved son, thou hast translated us from the kingdom of darkness, setting us free from the penalty of sin, and delivering us into the glorious liberty of thy sons. Who then shall be able to lay any thing to our charge. It is thou, O god, which dost justify, who shall then condemn? It is Christ thy son and our king and Saviour that died for us, nay rather, which is risen again, and sitteth at thy right hand making intercession continually to thee for us, to bring us unto that heavenly kingdom.  
By this kingdom thou hast given us, even in this life, peace of conscience, righteousness, and rejoicing in the holy ghost. Increase this joy in us, O Lord, that our whole delight may be to serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Keep us O Lord, from the poison of false doctrine, idolatry, superstition, and incredulity, by which sathan upholdeth his tyrannical kingdom. Mortify and subdue in us all carnal desires and lusts, by thy holy spirit, and by the same abandon out of our minds unclean thoughts, & break the snares of sin, that the whole kingdom of the devil may be destroyed in us. Renew thy kingdom in us, O heavenly Father, we humbly beseech thee, by giving unto us the true knowledge of thee, and thereby a lively faith in thy son Christ, and regenerate us by his holy spirit and word, that by the obedience of faith, we may wholly be subject unto thee alone.  
Make us O Lord, to despise the glory, pomp and pleasures of this worldly kingdom, which sathan promiseth to the worshippers of him, that we may still desire from our hearts, even as the Hart desireth the water Brookes, the fruition of thy heavenly kingdom. The glory and pleasures whereof are eternal and most delectable. But the pleasures of this life, momentany and vain, and yet mixed with manifold miseries. Hear we are vexed with tyrannies, of beasts, and of men. The earth, the water, and fire, as weary of us, continually warreth against us. Those good creatures, which thou hast given us, many times through our sins, are hurtful and noisome unto us: yea we are disquieted with our own bodies and with our own affections. As men therefore weary of this wretched worldly kingdom, and desiring to be dissolved from the burden of the flesh, we heartily pray thee, that thy celestial kingdom may come for our deliverance: where, there is no hunger, no nakedness, no labour, no infirmiite, no sickness, no infamy, no hatred, no enemy, no dissimulation, no war, no sorrow, no morning, no fear, no death. All things are there joyful, and full of bliss: salvation and peace are every where, and whatsoever happiness may be wished for, in such wise as neither the eye hath seen, nor the ear hath heard, nor at any time hath entered into the heart of man. Let this thy kingdom come, O heavenly father, we humbly pray thee. For all the afflictions of this life are not so grievous unto us, as the joy of this kingdom delights us. Therefore with sighs and groves we desire that this thy kingdom may come upon us, as the reward of our conflict, as the garland and crown of our course, & as the happy haven of rest, after our tossing on the surging Seas of this world, which thou shalt give us for the merits of thy dear son jesus Christ, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost, be all honour, praise and glory world with out end. Amen.   

3 Thy will be done.  
OUr knowledge, our understanding, and our will, by natural corruption O Lord, is blind, dull and rebellious against thy holy will: insomuch that the natural man understandeth not heavenly things, nor desireth the participation of thy everlasting kingdom, but is an enemy unto the same. Therefore thy sentence remaineth true, at what time thou saidst, Man is but flesh, and all the imaginations of man's heart are evil. For this cause we pray as thy beloved son hath taught us here, that not ours, but Thy will be done. Thy will is just, holy, good, and full of saving health, even as thou art the bottomless well of all goodness, and righteousness it self. And as thou art our loving and most merciful Father, so there is no cause why we should doubt of thy good will, which surmounteth the loving kindness of all earthly fathers. Thy will O god is omnipotent, and everlasting, without shadow of change, thou wilt do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee, and thy will shall stand for ever and ever, and the thoughts of thy heart throughout alages. Give us grace loving Father, we beseech thee, that as we are ignorant of this thy secret will, so we may always humbly like obedient children submit ourselves unto the same, to be ordered thereby as shall seem best to thy divine wisdom.  
But at this time, O Lord, especially, we pray for the execution of thy revealed will which thy only begotten son our saviour hath manifested unto us in his most holy gospel, and which at this day is revealed unto us by the preaching of the same, that we might be saved through jesus Christ, in whom thou hast chosen us from everlasting, that we might be heirs of his kingdom. For this is thy will (saith our saviour christ) that every one which believeth in the son should have eternal life. Give us faith therefore (O heavenly Father we beseech thee) that this thy will may be perfected and accomplished in us, that we may tend unto that end, whereunto thou hast appointed us That we may believe in thee, fear thee, and love thee for thy so great and fatherly mercies in jesus Christ our Saviour, powered upon us. Let this thy most holy, and wholesome will be fulfilled in us, that being justified through the merits of thy beloved son, and through faith in him, we may be joined with thee.  
Furthermore thy will is, O god, that they which are redeemed by thy son, and do steadfastly believe in him, should show themselves obedient, thankful, and ready to walk in his commandments: and that we being wholly consecrated unto him should give ourselves to innocency and purity, & should not any more defile our bodies with the filthiness of sins which he hath made the temples of the holy ghost. For this is thy will, O God, even our holiness, that we should abstain from fornication, & that every one of us should keep our vessel in sanctification and honour: and not to walk in the lust of concupiscence, as do the heathen which know not thee. And as thou O father, wouldst have us to love thee above all things, so thou wouldst that we love our neighbours also, not in word and tongue, but in deed and verity. Let this thy will good Father, be fulfilled in us.  
And we heartily pray thee that as in prosperity, we can be well contented with thy will, so also whensoever it shall please thee, either for the punishment of our sins, either for the trial and exercise of our faith, or for any other cause, as shall seem best to thy fatherly wisdom to afflict us with diseases, with languishing sicknesses, with injuries and reproaches, with persecutions, or any other cross whatsoever, we may patiently and willingly, even from our heart say, Thy will be done. For if we be not under chastisement, whereof all thy children are partakers in this life, then might we deem ourselves bastards, and not sons. And seeing thy only son our Saviour, in whose mouth there was no guile, for us miserable and sinful men, vouchsafe to stand as a meek lamb dumb before the fleecer, and opened not his mouth, but bearing the chastisement of our peace, in the most bitter agony of death, when he sweat water and blood, most mildly submitted himself to thy holy will: we heartily pray thee for the same our Christ's sake that we may be appliable to thy will in all things, after the example of thy dear son and may without murmuring or grudging unfeignedly say, Thy will be done.   

In earth as it is in heaven.  
THe celestial creatures, O God, are priest and ready to obey thy divine will, and whatsoever thou commandest them they do it speedily. Among which, are thy angels, who always stood steadfast in thy truth since the first beginning, and do still stand in thy presence to serve thee, as ministering spirits, to defend and guard thine elect, These angels do rejoice in heaven for the fulfilling of thy will in the conversion and repentance of sinners, yea, so prompt is their service and so willing is their obedience, that nothing is more pleasant unto them then when thy will, O God, is performed and executed.  
The blessed saints also departed this life in soul and spirit, have the fullness of joy in thy presence, and the pleasures also which are at thy right hand for evermore. This thy will hath brought to pass. And therefore being free from the cares and labours of this life, they do still execute thy holy will, falling before thee which sittest in the heavenly throne, and worshipping thee which livest for evermore and saying. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy wills sake they are, and have been created.  
As the angels and saints do thus rest on thy will, O God alone, even so other celestial bodies also do obey the same. The perpetual motion and true course of the heavens: the sun, the moon, and the stars, do continually keep their prescribed order whereunto thou hast appointed them. The temperate and flourishing springtide, the hot and dry summer, the fruit full harvest, and the chilling cold winter, have their times and returns from year to year according unto thy divine will. In the execution whereof they have thus continued more than five thousand and six hundred years, and yet in that same remaineth and endureth still stable and firm.  
Make in like manner, O Heavenly Father, we beseech thee, our stubborn, disobedient and rebellious wills, pliant, tractable, and obedient, to thy most holy will. O that this flesh, putting off the old Adam which is made of earth, might submit itself so willingly unto thy will as that inward man doth which is regenerate and illuminated by thy holy spirit, and therefore with groans and sighs desireth to do thy will. O that it might please thee, to break in sunder for ever the bands of sin, wherewith our spirit is tied, that being free, we might serve thee continually as thou wilt. O Father, we heartily pray thee, and for Christ's sake humbly beseech thee, disburden us of this earth wherewith we are overwhelmed, and make us heavenly, that thy name may be sanctified in earth as it is in heaven: that we may desire thy kingdom to come in earth as it is in heaven: that we may will thy will to be done in earth, as it is in heaven: that now here in earth we may begin to be such, as one day through thy grace and mercy, we shall be in heaven. Where we shall for ever praise thee and our lord jesus Christ, to whom with the holy Ghost, be all honour and glory world with out end, Amen.   

4 Give us this day, our daily bread.  
A prayer for all needful things, both for the soul and body.  
WE are, O Father, in ourselves miserable and needy beggars; but thou art rich in mercy to all that call upon thee. Out of thy heavenly treasure therefore, we beseech thee, plentifully power down thy gifts upon us: and especially give us that bread, that heavenly Manna, the spiritual food of our souls, thy omnipotent word jesus Christ, by whose word and blessed spirit, we are fed, comforted, and evermore preserved to come unto eternal life. For thou hast so loved the world, that thou hast given thy only begotten son, that every one which believeth in him should have everlasting life. This food thou doest give of thy mere grace; make us by faith to take and digest it.  
And to the end we may be the more able to go forward in that state of life, where unto thou hast called us, help O God our infirmities, and sustain our earthly bodies, with that corporal food, which from sun to sun we can not spare. We depend, O Lord, upon thy fatherly providence which openest thy hands, and replenishest every living thing. Thou feedest the young Ravens, that call upon thee. Thou doest minister food to the hungry lions, when they roar after their prey, and thou dost cloth and apparel the lilies and grass of the field. Therefore we humbly beseech thee, let thine eye attend upon us, to feed, cherish, and preserve us, in such wise that we may be more apt to glorify thy holy name. Break this bread, O Father, to thy sons, and give it unto them at such time, and in such measure, as is most meet and convenient for them, so shall it be most sweet, and savoury, and wholesome for the children.  
Thou only canst give it; thou only knowest how to give it: & thou only art wont to give it, and wilt give it still unto thy children in the best measure. If thou give it not, we cannot have it. For who is he among the sons of men that can make the smallest grain of wheat, or other seed to grow, or the least herb to spring without thee? It is thou O Lord that dost make the grass to grow for cattle, and herb for the use of men. It is thou that givest bread & wine to strengthen, and make glad the heart of man, and Oil also, to make him have a cheerful countenance. We that plant and water, are nothing; Thou art all in all that givest the increase. Therefore we stand like poor beggars at thy door, craving thy daily alms and saying; Give us this day our daily bread.  
And also we pray thee, O Father, that as thou makest these creatures of thine, ours, by thy free gift; so also they may be ours by our labour and study, in that vocation whereunto we are called. Give us thy grace we beseech thee, that we eat not our bread with idleness: that we take not from our brethren their bread, by rapine, theft, oppression, usury, bribery, extortion, and by such other unlawful means: but that we may receive from thy liberal and most merciful hands, our own bread, in the sweat of our own brows, that we may be blessed in the labour of our own hands. And as thou hast from day to day, all the days of our life hither to fed us most liberally, and preserved us: so we beseech thee good lord, that forsomuch as this day, we do hunger and thirst, and shall daily (so long as we are in this flesh) stand in need of thy goodness, thou wilt vouchsafe to give us this day our daily bread.  
And when thou hast satisfied our mouth with good things, give us O Father, contented minds, that we follow not the insatiable lusts of our flesh, which being never contented with thy good gifts, abuse them intemperately and devise and desire new dainty dishes for lust, and cause us to say with the wanton Israelites, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? Can he give bread also, & prepare flesh for his people Repress in us these carnal delights: give us temperance that we may live not to eat, but eat to live. For thy kingdom, O God, is not meat & drink, but a rejoicing in the holy ghost. And as for the belly and the meat thou shalt destroy them both. If therefore it shall please thy goodness to give us our daily bread in abundance, give us also abundance of thy grace, that we be not proud, intemperate, or luxurious: but that we may use thy gifts to the relieving of our faint and weak bodies, to the comfort and help of our brethren, and also to the honour and praise of thy holy name.  
Make us mindful & thankful, O heavenly Father, for thy great goodness, that we do not sit down at thy table as thy guests, to eat thy bread and drink thy drink, and then to rise up to play, and so to forget thee, the author & giver of all good gifts. Far be this gross unthankfulness from us. For the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his masters crib, and shall we forget thee? The horse loveth his keeper, and the dog will fight for his master. The brute bear, and the fierce Lion are thankful to them that feed them. And the earth yieldeth fruit to him that tilleth it: and shall we so far degenerate, that we shall be more unreasonable than brute beasts? far be this O Lord from thy children: Make us therefore O father, to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving, that having thee always before our eyes, which art the giver of all good things, and refreshest the hungry soul with goodness: and considering also our own need and necessity, we may continually for our daily bread ascribe unto thee, our father, with thy son our saviour, and the holy ghost our comforter, all honour, praise and glory for ever and ever, Amen.   

5 And forgive us our trespasses.  
A prayer for remission of sins.  
WHen we present ourselves, O father before thy divine Majesty, sathan our adversary, our continual accuser, and sworn enemy doth trouble us, and striketh our consciences with the sting of our sins, which aforetime we have committed against thee. How darest thou (saith he) miserable man, presume to come into the presence of God with thy prayers? with what face canst thou call him thy father, when as thou at no time hast showed thyself an obedient son? Art thou not ashamed to pray that he will sanctify and glorify his name, when as thou doest daily profane and dishonour the same? what reason hast thou to desire him to come unto thee with his kingdom, which hitherto hast not submitted thyself unto him, and hast not suffered him to reign in thee? Also why dost thou pray that the will of God may be done in thee when as thou hatest his will, and willingly runnest into disobedience? Is it not impudent temerity that thou askest thy daily bread of God, when as thou hast so led thy life hitherto, that thou rather deservest to be called a dog then a son? hast thou forgotten that the Lord hath said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to give it unto dogs? These & such like heavy cogitations, O Lord, our enemy doth assail our minds to discourage us, and to draw us away from calling upon thy name. But we being here taught by thy son Christ our saviour, to make our petitions to thee, and also he having given us boldness to have access unto thee, and having also given us the earnest of his holy spirit, whereby we cry Abba Father: do repel these grievous temptations and fiery darts of the devil, crying unto thee with true repentance. Forgive O father our trespasses and sins: for we have sinned in deed against heaven, and against thee, and are no more worthy to be called thy sons, but have in ourselves deserved the wages of sin, eternal death. For we have all sinned, we have all gone out of the way, and are become unprofitable; We are, Lord, conceived in sin, and borne in iniquity: all the thoughts of our hearts are evil even from our nativity: we have not been so thankful unto thee for the benefits bestowed on us, as becometh us: we have many ways abused thy gifts: we have not received thy word with that reverend regard that appertained to the same: neither have we obeyed thy will therein revealed, yea, in many things we offend all. And although we be renewed by the immortal seed of thy word, yet the corruption of our nature, and the dregs of sin, remain still in us, and the law of sin in our members, which holdeth us captive against the will of the spirit, & hath place in us, which is the cause that we break thy holy commandments. We are therefore, O father, in respect of our guiltiness enforced to cry unto thee, Forgive us our sins: and thou in respect of the punishment which we, thereby have deserved must forgive us for thy sons Christ's sake, or else we shall for ever perish. For if thou Lord do in extremity and justice look upon our sins, who shall abide it? If thou enter into judgement with thy servant, what flesh shall be justified in thy sight.  
Wherefore we appeal to the high throne of thy mercy, humbly beseeching thee, O most loving God and merciful Father, according to thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of thy compassions, Forgive us our sins. Wash us thoroughly from our iniquities, and cleanse us from all our sins, in such wise that they may no way prevail against us. Cast them into the bottom of the sea, that they may never arise before thee in the day of judgement. Let thy wrath, and anger, and heavy displeasure be turned from us, which we have deserved, and take us into thy fatherly favour again, that we may be thy sons. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation, for thy name's sake.  
It is thou, O god alone that canst pardon and forgive us our sins; it is thou alone that dost make us happy and blessed, by covering our iniquities, and not imputing our sins unto us. It is thou alone, that canst put away our transgressions like to a cloud, and our sins as a mist. None but thou, O God alone, can remit so great a debt, as that ten thousand talents we own unto thee, Forgive us therefore we beseech thee O most liberal father which art rich in mercies, all our sins, not for our merits, but for thy mercy's sake, and remove them so far from us as the east is from the west. Pardon us we humbly beseech thee for our Saviour jesus Christ's sake, who hath borne our infirmities, and carried our sorrows, who was wounded & broken for our iniquities, on whom thou hast laid the chastisement of our peace, that we might be healed with his stripes.  
Purge us with his blood from all our sins, & cancel the hand writing which is against us, which thy son fastened to his cross, for the full satisfaction of thy justice.  
Him, O Lord, we oppose with his innocency, with his holiness, with his righteousness, and with all the merits of his sufferings in the flesh, against thy justice, as our only sufficient mediator our peacemaker, and our reconciler to thy heavenly favour, who by thy will was made sin for us, that we might be thy righteousness through him, and also accursed for us that we might be blessed for ever.  
Wherefore upon sure trust and confidence of these thy great mercies offered to us in thy son jesus, being bold and joyful, and also sorrowful that ever we offended thee so loving a Father, we do with deep sighs of heart cry unto thee, Forgive us our sins? Remit our offences, and cover our nakedness with the holiness and righteousness of our eternal Saviour thy son jesus Christ: and from hence forth keep us from presumptuous sins, and restore in us the decayed image of thy heavenly light, that we may hereafter serve thee in fear, in holiness and righteousness, all the days of our life, through our Lord and Saviour jesus Christ, Amen.   

As we forgive them that trespass against us.  
A prayer for brotherly charity.  
AS thou art our heavenly Father, so O Lord, it is necessary that we should be like thee in mercy, in kindness, & in love, showing mercy, kindness, and love unto our enemies, as thou hast loved us, when we were thine enemies. And herein we shall show ourselves to be led by thy spirit, as thy dear sons, whom thou hast adopted, and therefore assured of remission of sins. It hath pleased thy son our saviour Christ, therefore to add this condition, (As we forgive them that trespass against us) that we might be ascertained of forgiveness to forgive our brethren, which trespass against us. What greater thing, O Father, can we ask of thee, than forgiveness of our sins, whereupon our everlasting salvation dependeth? For the which thou requirest, neither gold nor silver, nor any laborious work of the body at our hands, but only this; that as thou of thy mere grace and favour hast pardoned us: so we in like manner should forgive them which have offended us. Express in us good Father, we humbly beseech thee this similitude of thy good will, and transform us into thy likeness, that our souls by the illumination of thy holy spirit, may be joined to thee, and that the image of thy fatherly kindness, mercy and love, may shine in us. Stir up in us a desire of brotherly good will, and Christian charity, that we may have care to help one another as members of one body.  
Grant us grace that our love may be perfect, not feigned, false, or hypocritical, not in word and tongue, but in deed and truth. That we may be patiented, courteous, long suffering, gentle, meek, not suspicious, not disdainful, nor easily moved to anger, but forbearing and forgiving one another through love. O heavenly Father take from us all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and crying, and evil speaking, with all maliciousness and inflame our minds, that after thy example we may unfeynedlie love even our very enemies, and bless them that curse us, do good to them that hate us, and hurt us, leaving revengement always unto thee. That thus retaining mercy & love the bond of all perfection, and the fulfilling of the law, we may declare ourselves to dwell in thee, and thou in us, to the honour and glory of thy holy name, Amen.   

6 And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil.  
A prayer against temptation.  
O Heavenly father, and everlasting God, we most humbly beseech thee, protect and strengthen us weak and feeble men against all evil temptations of sathan, the sworn and mortal enemy of man's salvation: a liar and our accuser, that great Dragon, the old Serpent, which is called the devil, a wicked spirit, a deceiver, which goeth about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. But especially in this latter age of the world, he knowing his time of raging to be but short and perceiving the day of judgement to be very nigh at hand, rangeth in a deadly hatred against thy children, and by all means seeketh the destruction of all mankind, and sundry ways by divers subtleties, he layeth snares to entrap our souls, bending his whole power against us, and prying for any occasion to break thy commandments, and so at length to plunge us horribly into desperation.  
And because we of our selves are naturally prone to all wickedness, having in us the seed of sin, which is concupiscence, he taketh an advantage hereof to tempt us, to wound us, or at the least to hurt us with one prick or other: he prepareth baits to take us and entrap us in wealth, in poverty, in pleasure, and in the enticements of the flesh, in grief of mind, in ambition and desire of glory: he maketh us evil contented with our vocation, to grudge in our inferior condition; he troubleth us with exceeding cares of this life, and maketh us covetous, malicious, seeking revenge; he provoketh to pride, and presumption, and would feign bring us to doubt of thy divine will and providence: he taketh great pains to lull us asleep in the cradle of security. Night and day, sleeping and waking, eating or drinking he is about us, seeking with open mouth to devour us.  
O Lord our God, who is able to stand against the manifold assaults and temptations of Satan? unless thou, O most mighty protector defend us, alas we perish. For thou knowest our weakness and how unable we be to resist so subtle and strong an enemy. But thou hast bruised in pieces that monstrous Leviathan, and hast brought under foot the mighty and strong Goliath which upbraided thine host.  
Thou hast by thy son our Saviour that blessed seed, broken the head of the most subtle serpent, who came in the flesh to destroy the works of the devil, with whom he encountered in temptations, & most victoriously overcame him, and on his cross openly triumphed over him, to purchase a crown for us.  
By this thy victory so obtained, O heavenly father, we beseech thee hold him fast bound, that he may not execute his tyranny upon us as he desireth: that although he seek to sift us like wheat, yet through thy grace we may be able to stand. Let us not be tempted, O Lord, beyond our strength, but in the midst of temptation make a way for us, whereby we may escape with victory; for thou knowest how to deliver thy children out of temptation.  
Prevent us, O Father, with thy heavenly grace that we take no truce or peace with this our ghostly enemy, but that we may manfully fight under thy standard against sin, our flesh, the world, and the devil, all the days of our life, that there may be continual enmity between the woman's seed, and the serpent for ever, that at the last the dreadful red dragon may be overcome by the blood of the lamb.  
Mortify this flesh of ours, O Lord, with thy holy spirit with all the lusts and concupiscences thereof that we may the better serve thee. Subdue our carnal reason and under standing to the obedience of faith, that we follow not our own fantasies, but may depend wholly upon thy word. Give us a right judgement to discern and judge of this world, that we may rather hate than love it, and rather abhor it, than follow the example thereof. Turn away our eyes, O Lord, that we look not after vanity: Stop our ears from all alluring enticements and temptations to evil; and refrain our tongue from filthy communication, that we may speak only such things as serve to the edification and profit of our brethren. Make us to love sobriety in our apparel, and temperance in all our meats and drinks, that we being in all our actions evermore directed and governed by thy good spirit, we may glorify thy holy name.  
Give unto us, O heavenly father, all thy armour, that like right soldiers we may overcome in the evil day, & vanquish our enemy. Gird us therefore with the truth, put upon us the breastplate of righteousness, and let us be shod to the preparing of the gospel of light. Above all things, O God, give us the shield of faith, which can extinguish all the fiery darts of wicked spirits. Bestow upon us the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is thy word, that through thee we may encounter valiantly, and gloriously attain the victory.  
Deliver us O Lord our God, from all evil, that we may serve thee, and consecrat our souls and bodies, yea all our members to be servants of righteousness unto sanctification, that we may wholly and truly serve, honour, and praise thee, our most loving father, here in the kingdom of grace, and after this life in the kingdom of glory, Amen.   

¶ For thine is thy kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever, Amen.  
THou, O Father, art king of Heaven and of earth, and of all things in them contained. For thou hast prepared thy throne in heaven, and thy kingdom ruleth over all: & as thou hast made all things by thy word and breath of thy mouth, so thou dost still rule and govern all things. Thou sittest upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers: thou stretchest forth the heavens like a curtain, and spreadest them out like a tent to dwell in. Thou makest Pleiades and Orion, and turnest the shadow of death into the morning, and makest the day as dark as night: thou callest the waters of the sea, and pourest them out upon the open earth: the Lord is thy name. Thou doest lighten and thunder from heaven, and dost moderate all the influences of the heavens. Thou art the Lord of hosts, the strong and mighty Lord of battle, and the king of glory. Thou deposest and settest up kings at thy pleasure.  
And although thy seat be in heaven, yet thou humblest thyself to behold the things that are done in earth. Insomuch that thy providence extendeth itself to sparrows, to ravens, to the lilies of the field, yea, to the hairs of our head, so that they cannot fall but at thy pleasure. Thou art the father, whose name ought to be sanctified in all things: Thou art the king which oughtest to reign every where, and in all things: thy will alone ought to be done in heaven, and in earth: Thou alone doest feed all things with thy daily bread: Thou alone doest forgive us all our sins, and thou only turnest all evil temptations whatsoever they be, from us. Thou alone doest evermore arm and defend us from all the traps, assaults, and snares of that foul fiend and ghostly enemy the devil, as the only and mighty Lord of hosts, to whom all Angels, whether they be good or bad do obey.  
Thou art also omnipotent, O Lord, in this thy kingdom. For thou, O God, art in heaven, and doest whatsoever thou wilt: If thou determine a thing, who shall disannul it? and if thy hand be stretched out, who shall turn it away? All under the heavens is thine, and thou art present every where.  
To thee therefore we fly for secure, and to thee we make our prayers, ascribing unto thee alone all glory & majesty. For thou Lord art a jealous God, and wilt not give the glory of thy name unto another.  
Make thy power, O God, known to the sons of men, and the glorious renown of thy kingdom. For thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages, even for ever and ever. We beseech thee therefore O heavenly father to hear our supplications, and grant that as thy promises in Christ to us ward are yea and Amen, that is most certain and assured, so also our prayers, may with thee, be yea and Amen, that favourably allowed, and firm lie ratified for thy son Christ's sake: to whom with thee and the holy ghost, be all honour, and power, and glory, world without end, Amen.   

A Meditation upon the lords prayer.  
O Almighty and eternal God, which doest vouchsafe that we as it were heavenly children, should every one of us call thee our heavenly father: grant that amongst us by pureness and example of godly and innocent life, thy most holy name may be sanctified, that all other nations beholding our goodness, and virtuous living, may be stirred to hollow and glorify thee.  
Grant, O Lord, that the kingdom of thy grace and mercy may reign continually in our hearts, so that we may be worthy, to be partakers of thy realm of glory and majesty.  
Grant that unto the very death, we refuse not to follow thy divine will, and that we (according unto the example of the celestial citizens, agreeing together quietly) united in spirit) all controversy in opinions set apart, the lusts of the flesh being subdued, and the flattering assaults of the world and the devil overcome, never wrestle against thy most holy will, but obey it in all things.  
Grant O Lord, for our body needful sustenance, that we may the more freely serve thee.  
Give us we beseech thee (O merciful father) that heavenly bread, the body of thy son jesus Christ, the very food and health of our souls: give us the bread of thy divine precepts, that we may truly walk and live after them. Give us the bread of thy heavenly word, which is the strong castle and sure defence of our fowls, that we being well fed & filled with this food, may worthily come to the celestial feast, where is no hunger. Grant, O Lord, that we patiently bear and suffer our enemies, and such as hurt us and willingly to forgive the offences committed against us: so that we may find thee Lord, in forgiving us our trespasses, mild and merciful.  
Grant, O Lord, that we be not utterly led into temptation, that thereby we should be lost: but in all perils of temptation, and in the midst of the stormy tempests of tribulations, let us thy children receive and feel thy fatherly succour ready to help us, lest that we overcome with the crafty deceipts of the temptor, should be drawn into everlasting destruction: but when we be well assailed, approved and purged with the fire of temptation, then let us finish our course, and so well and valiantly fight, that we may for evermore live with thee in that heavenly city, where against thee no manner of temptation can prevail.  
Finally, grant (most merciful father) that we through thy benign goodness, may be delivered from all evils, present or to come, both of body and soul: and that at the last the yoke of the foul fiend being shaken of, we may possess the heritage of thy heavenly kingdom, which thy son, with his precious blood bought for us thy children: and therefore ever to have the fruition of celestial delectation, accompanied with Angels and blessed Saints, through the help, benignity, and grace of our Saviour jesus Christ: to whom, and to thee our Father, and to the holy ghost, be glory and honour now and for ever, Amen.   

A prayer for the morning.  
I Render unto thee (O almighty and most merciful father) most hearty thanks, by thy dearly beloved son jesus Christ, for that thou hast vouchsafed of thy fatherly goodness and free mercy, to give me this night sweet sleep, quiet and most comfortable rest; and for somuch as it hath pleased thee safely to preserve me this night from all perils, hurts, and dangers: I wretched sinner, most humbly beseech thee, that thou of thy gracious goodness, wilt vouchsafe, to show the like kindness towards me this day, in defending, cherishing, comforting and governing me, and all my counsels, studies, and labours in such wise, that I may neither think, speak or do any thing that may be displeasant to thy fatherly goodness, dangerous to myself, or hurtful to my neighbour, but that I may evermore by thy gracious governance so lead my life, that whensoever it shall please thee to call me from this vale of misery, and soil of sorrow, I may receive the crown of everlasting joy and felicity, which thou hast prepared for thy faithful servants, and them that love thee: grant this merciful god for thy dear sons sake jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   

Another prayer to be said in the morning.  
O Almighty & most gentle God, I most heartily give thee thanks for the sweet sleep and comfortable rest that thou hast given me this night. And forsomuch as thou hast commanded by thy lie word, that no man should be idle, but always occupied in virtuous exercises, every man according to his calling: I most humbly beseech thee, that thine eyes may attend upon me, daily defend me, in sorrow secure me, cherish, comfort, and govern all my counsels, studies & labours, in such wise, that I may spend this day according to thy will, without hurt, that I may eschew all things that should displease, set thee always before mine eyes, live in thy fear, and ever work that, that may be found acceptable before thy divine majesty, unto the praise of thy most holy name through jesus Christ our lord, who liveth and reigneth, both now and ever, Amen.   

An Evening prayer.  
Almighty God, who as thou hast made the day for labour and travel, so hast thou created the night for rest & refreshing our wearied minds and bodies. We most humbly beseech thee that as the night darkeneth and shadoweth all things, so thou wouldst for thy dear son jesus Christ's sake, hide our sins, removing them from thy sight, and putting away the memory of them by eternal oblivion, that as our bodies shall have the rest of sleep, so also our minds by hope of thy mercy, may enjoy the rest of a quiet conscience: and so being wholly refreshed, we may awake, and rise unto thy service the next day, and all the days of our life: as that when death shall come (from the which it is as easy for thee to raise us as from bodily sleep) we may rest in hope of the most joyful resurrection, wherein our bodies shall awake unto the everlasting day, unto the which, and unto the kingdom of thy son, we beseech thee bring us, for the same our Saviour jesus Christ's sake, Amen.   

another prayer for the Evening.  
THis our mortal body, which thorough sin daily decayeth and diminisheth, must at the last altogether perish, and become earth whereof it is come and made; and then shall our vanity, which we through our own ignorance have made unto ourselves, take an end. But most merciful creator & maker of all things, vouchsafe so to break, divide and dissolve me thy poor creature, who am gathered, knit and made of thee, and grant that I may always have in mind thy dissolution, and of whom I am knit together, having an eye to what place I must go, to the intent that I not being prepared, be not brought without the nuptial or bridal garment, before thy judgement seat. For like as when the day is once past, we give ourselves to rest, even so must we, this life being ended rest in death. Nothing is more like life than the day, nor nothing more like death than the night, and nothing so like the grave, than the couch or bed. Thus good God keep and defend us from all evil, grant us now living in impotency and feebleness of ourselves, that through thee we may be preserved this night and ever Amen   

The confession of our sins unto God the Father.  
O Merciful and most loving Father, which hast no desire in the death of a sinner, but rather that he convert and live: I acknowledge unto thy highness all mine offences, by me committed, which I cannot hide, I consider the vile state, whereto through sin I am brought: for thereby I have worthily lost thy favour, and am fallen from thy grace, which while thou withdrawest from me I can do no good thing, nor think one good thought. My sin causeth thee to put me out of thy remembrance, and to forget me, delaying to give me that which is my strength and comfort.  
But how long wilt thou forget me Lord, for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long will thou withdraw thy grace from me? Thou knowest my hearty contrition and sorrow, for that I have unkindly forsaken thee, and thy service, and served thine enemies the devil and sin. But trusting surely in thy promises made to all men, by the mouth of thy prophet Ezechiell; that is, if the sinner will turn away from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all thy commandments, doubtless he shall live and not die, as for all his sins he did before, thou wilt not think upon them. I most humbly beseech thee, that as my sins were the cause why thou didst put me out of thy remembrance: even so let my hearty penitence for them, cause thee to put my sins out of thy remembrance.  
Suffer me not long to remain in this perpletitie of mind, and to take sorrow in my heart from day to day: continually fearing the punishment due to my sin, and looking still for thy coming into my soul by grace to deliver me. Hope hath caused me long to look for thee, that art my life and my health. Thy long delay in coming hath much increased my desire; My fervent desire at length is now turned to a vehement pain: wherefore make hast lord to help my sick soul. Let not mine enemy the devil long triumph over me, whose property is to tread under his feet, like a cruel prince, all those that he vanquisheth. And that treading is dangerous and terrible: for he treadeth them down to the pit of hell, and to eternal death. He did long hold in captivity all mankind, until the coming and passion of Christ for our redemption. And since through his crafty trains, hath brought to utter confusion, many of those that profess thy true religion. Wherefore behold Lord and consider my miserable estate, and hear my humble petition, touching my deliverance out of his danger.  
Lighten the eye of my heart and understanding, with the light of thy grace and comfort, thereby expelling the darkness of ignorance. Lighten also one other eye of my soul, which is the light or eye of the affection. The sight of this eye is so dim, that it hath no perfect & true judgement; yea it is blinded with the vanities of this world, that one thing in appearance, seemeth to be twenty things, like the sight of deceitful eyes of glass; yea sometime the concupiscence thereof is so great, that the eye is clean put out, and the sight lost. Mankind entereth into such league of amity with the devil, that he is contented to have one of his eyes put out to win his favour, as the inhabitants of Iabes were agreed to have their right eyes put out, according to the desire of Nahas king of the Ammorites, had not king Saul, and the Prophet Samuel saved them there from, and overcome the said Nahas and his host. Even so (most merciful Father) I beseech thee, save my said eye of affection, that it be not put out by our enemy the Devil, that it sleep not in sin, which is the cause of eternal death. Man may fall by frailty and arise again: yea the custom of sin maketh a man often to fall. But to lie still sleeping and slumbering in sin, as doth the swine in foul mire, engendereth obstinacy in amendment, and delay of penitence till the latter hour: at which hour, who can be sure to have thy grace at his pleasure? that is only at thy will Lord, not at our commandment. Wherefore, I most humbly pray thee to send me the light of thy grace while I have here time and space of repentance; that at my latter end mine enemies say not (rejoicing and boasting) that they had the upper hand over me.  
As the Philistines (the figure of the wicked spirits) after the death of king Saul in the mount of Gelboe, cut off the head of Saul, and sent it with his harness through their country for a show (they bore it also into the temple of their gods, of a pride and joy that they had of his death in such fashion will those cruel enemies that trouble me, rejoice if I be cast down, or if I do once serve from thee, and thy faith, and so die without repentance. They assault mankind by pleasant suggestion to sin, they wrestle with us, causing delectation therein. They strike us and wound us when we consent thereto.  
They foil us, and bring us upon our knees when we do at any time commit or go about the filthy action of sin.  
And by the custom thereof they give a great fall, with such violence, that we have much to do to rise again. But if we happen to die therein impenitent; then they have the victory over us. Then rejoice and triumph they thereat, even as the conqueror triumpheth in his new got conquest. Then will they cast us in a pit & lay a stone of abstinency upon us, that we shall not arise again.  
And as there is much joy in heaven, when one sinner forsaketh his sin, and returneth unto thee by penance: in like manner is there joyful triumphing, among the wicked spirits in hell, when one soul forsaking thee dieth in deadly sin: but all my trust is in thy mercy O lord. For although thou hide thyself in a cloud that my prayer should not go through it unto thine ears; yet are not thy mercies clean gone, neither doth thy loving kindness cease. Thou art therefore Lord my portion, and in thy mercy still will I hope & in none other creature, knowing for certain, that (as God) thou only mayest help me, and as my loving father, thou wilt help me. Wherefore in thee my heart shall be joyful and in thy saving health, which is thy son jesus our Saviour and redeemer. The Philistines knowing the presence of thine ark to be in the camp of the Israelites, the day of their battle, were sore afraid, saying; who shall deliver us out of the hand of this mighty God? Much more will I be glad and take sure trust in thee, O Lord, having the presence and comfort of thy lively grace.  
And in token of the victory which thou hast given me over mine enemies, I will not cease (as I have good cause) to sing the praise of the Lord, that so lovingly hath dealt with me, and praise the name of the most high all the days of my life.   

Another confession of sins.  
I Thy poor creature unworthy to appear before thy mighty majesty, (O most gracious Lord) do power down, even here before thee, my sack that is full with sins, which I have committed even from my youth. They are great and many without number. Nevertheless, trusting of thine accustomed and natural property to be merciful to all sinners, that being sorry for the committing of their offences, with all their hearts call and turn to thee, & acknowledging and knowing that thou didst not send thy loving son to call those that seem in their own conceits to be just; but to call those to repentance, which confess themselves to be sinners. I therefore Lord willing (by the help of thy grace) utterly to forsake sin, and to fulfil thy holy will hereafter, desire thee humbly of forgiveness, and to admit me among the number of those that are blessed, and their unrighteousness forgiven. I will not hide from thee my sins, neither yet excuse them. But I pray thee (gracious Lord and most loving Father) to hide them in the bloody wounds of thy Son Christ, where they shall be put in perpetual oblivion. For who so covereth his own iniquity, thou wilt discover it to all the world at the day of judgement to his shame. Thou wilt then have him stripped as naked as he was borne, that is, his shame shall not be hid, but manifest to all men in that day. Wherefore I will not hide my wound myself to the intent, thou my good Surgeon, mayest lay a plaster thereon to cover it betime that the devil mine enemy never espy where it was.   

A prayer to be said before the receiving of the holy Communion.  
O Lord, although I be not worthy to receive thee into the house of my soul, for mine innumerable offences and sins done against thy great goodness: yet trusting good Lord, in thy great pity and infinite mercy, I come to receive thy blessed body, as a sick creature to thee, that art the health of life, unclean to thee that art the well of mercy, blind by ignorance to thee, that art the light everlasting, needy of grace, and poor in virtue to thee, that art the king of heaven and earth, naked of good works, to thee that art the author of grace.  
I come as a wretch to thee my Lord and maker, all desolate and comforties, thou that art my help and succour, for besides thee there is no consolation. I come as a sinner unto thee, that art the mediator, and mean between God and man, I come as a caitiff to thee my most merciful saviour; I come all sinful unto thee, the granter of remission and pardon, dead by sin, to thee the restorer of life, evil to thee that art all goodness, hard hearted to be relieved by the infusion of superabundant grace, beseeching and desiring thee most meekly, to heal mine infirmity, and sickness, to wash and cleanse away all my sins and filthiness, and to lighten my blindness, and reduce me into the right way, for I am out thereof, to comfort me being desolate, and without any one point of goodness. Have mercy, on my wickedness, pardon my sinfulness, give me the light of grace, buried & drowned in sin, that I may receive thee, the food of angels, the king of glory, the Lord of all lords, with such chastity of body, with such pureness and cleanness of soul, with such contrition of heart, and abundance of weeping tears, with such spiritual joy and gladness, with such dread and reverence, with such faith, hope and charity, with such obedience, and humility, with such love and devotion, faithfulness & thankfulness, as it is beseeming for such a Lord to be received and to my soul most expedient. And be not displeased good lord, that I a sinner with an unclean heart, and polluted mind, come hither this day to receive thy precious body in sacramental bread & wine, but remember merciful Lord, thou that refusedst not the sinful Magdalen, being penitent from the kissing of thy blessed feet. And in like wise despise me not, nor put thou me away as unworthy from the receiving of thy body in the blessed sacrament, for my sins and unkindness, but grant thou me compunction of heart, plenty of weeping tears, to wash my sins and wickedness, so that with a pure heart, and clean conscience, I may this day receive the Sacrament to my soul's health, that I may obtain and possess thereby ever lasting life, with all holy saints in heavens glory, and in this present life to be replenished with thy holy spirit, and never to admit other lover besides thee. Grant me blessed jesus, for to receive the sacrament of bread and wine that I may be worthy to be counted for a member of thy mystical body here in earth, and though as yet I be not any way worthy to be numbered amongst the simplest and lowest of thy servants, but rather to be rejected and cast out for my simpleness, yet good Lord, for thine infinite power thou make me equal and like to the merits of thine elect and chosen servants. Come thou Father of the fatherless, comfort of the comfortless, come and cleanse my soul from all contagiousness of sin, for it is not convenient and according, there to be any uncleanness, where thou the spouse of virginal chastity, should come in and dwell.  
Come & apparel my soul with such ornaments of virtue and grace, that it may delight thee therein to dwell and abide. And as thou disdainest not to touch the sore lepers, with thy holy hand, so good Lord, vouchsafe to anoint my simple soul with the ointment of remission and pardon, that in this life by steadfast hope, firm faith, and perfect charity, I may so increase in virtue from day to day, that I may attain to the glorious fruition of thy godhead in the kingdom of heaven, where I may see thee face to face, world without end, Amen.   

A thanksgiving after the receiving of the Communion.  
I Thank thee good Lord, of thine infinite goodness, that thou this day hast fed me with thy body and blood in the Sacrament, desiring thee meekly that this Sacrament, which I have received, may be to me a purgation and cleansing of my sins, a fortitude and spiritual strength against my frailty, and sure defence against worldly troubles, a purchasing of grace and pardon, a medicine of life, and a continual remembrance of thy passion, so that in the way it may conduct and guide me, & when I am out of the way it may reduce me, when I stumble it may uphold me, and when I am fallen it may raise me, so that by good continuance in thy will, to everlasting glory, it may bring me, and so to order the tallage and taste of my heart, that I near feel other sweetness but thee, that I never seek other love but thee, nor none other comforter besides thee, so that I care for none other honour but thine. And give me such a perfect love towards thee, wherewith I may come to as great merit in heaven, as though I had spent all my life in remembrance of thy blessed passion; and graciously deliver me from all tribulation of body and soul, captivity, anguish, and perils, and all Christian people, Amen.   

A Psalm for remission of sins.  
Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness, according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.  
Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin.  
For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me.  
Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.  
Behold I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.  
Who can understand his faults? cleanse me O Lord from secret sins.  
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head, and are as a weighty burden too heavy for me to bear.  
My sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up: yea they are more in number than the hairs of my head, therefore my heart hath failed me.  
Therefore I say, Lord have mercy upon me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.  
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul, save me for thy mercy's sake.  
Wilt thou Lord absent thyself for ever, and wilt thou be no more entreated?  
Is thy mercy clean gone for ever, and is thy promise come utterly to an end, for evermore?  
Hast thou God forgotten to be gracious, and wilt thou shut up thy loving kindness in displeasure?  
O Lord rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chastise me in thy heavy displeasure.  
I faint in my mourning, every night I wash my bed, and water my couch with my tears  
Have mercy upon me O Lord, for I am weak, O lord heal me, for my bones are vexed.  
Lord I power my whole desire before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.  
Remember not the sins of my youth, but according to thy mercy think thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodness.  
For thy name's sake be merciful unto mine iniquity, for it is great.  
Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds.  
Look upon my affliction and trouble, and forgive me all my sins.  
Though I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost, yet seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.  
Keep my soul and deliver me, let me not be confounded, for I do put my trust in thee.   

A Psalm, wherein thou desirest god to hear thy prayer.  
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.  
Hear my words O Lord, unsterstande my meditation.  
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my king & my God, for unto thee do I pray.  
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint.  
O my God, I cry by day, but thou hearest not: and by night, but I have no audience.  
Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.  
They called upon thee, and were not confounded.  
But I am a worm and not a man, a shame of men, and the outcast of the people.  
Be not far from me, because trouble is near, for there is none to help me.  
Hid not thy face from me, nor cast away thy servant in displeasure, thou hast been my succour, leave me not, neither forsake me, O God, of my salvation.  
Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as the incense: and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.  
I stretch forth my hands unto thee, my foul desireth after thee, as the thirsty land.  
Hear me O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.  
O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust: show thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee.  
Comfort the soul of thy servant, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.  
For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth nigh unto hell.  
My sight faileth for very trouble: Lord I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.  
I am weary of crying, my throat is dry whiles I wait for my God.  
My heart trembleth within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.  
Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is comfortable, turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies.  
And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: oh hast thee, and hear me.  
Draw nigh unto my soul and save it, oh deliver me, because I trust in thee.   

A Psalm for God's grace.  
Teach me thy way, O God, and I will walk in thy truth: O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy name.  
Turn unto me, and have mercy upon me, give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handemaid.  
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes.  
Stay my steps in thy paths that my feet do not slide.  
Be gracious unto thy servant, that I may live & keep thy word.  
With my whole heart have I sought thee, let me not wander fro thy commandments.  
Take from me the way of lying, and cause thou me to make much of thy law.  
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.  
O turn away mine eyes lest they behold vanity: and quicken, thou me in thy way.  
Let my heart be upright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.  
Direct my steps in thy word, & let no iniquity have dominion over me.  
Keep thy servant from presumptuous sins, let them not reign over me: so shall I be upright, and made clean from much wickedness.  
Forsake me not, O Lord, be not thou far from me, O my God.  
Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me.  
Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me:  
Give me the comfort of thy help again, and 'stablish me with thy free spirit.  
Send thy light & thy truth let them lead me, and bring me to thy holy mountain and to thy tabernacle.  
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God: let thy good spirit lead me into the land of righteousness.  
Bow down thine care to me, make haste to help me: be unto me a strong rock, and a house of defence to save me.  
So shall I be glad and rejoice in thee: and I will sing praise unto thy name, O most high.   

A Psalm wherein we pray God to deliver us from our enemies.  
Deliver me O Lord from the evil man: and preserve me from the wicked man.  
Which imagineth mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.  
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent, adders poison is under their lips.  
This thou hast seen, O lord, hold not thy tongue then, go not far from me, O Lord.  
Awake and stand up to judge my quarrel, avenge thou my cause, my God and my Lord.  
judge me O Lord my god, according to thy righteousness: and let them not triumph over me.  
Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, so would we have it, neither let them say we have devoured him.  
Deliver me from mine enemies, O god: defend me from them that rise up against me.  
O deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me from the bloodthirsty men.  
Which speak evil of me, saying; when shall he die, and his name perish?  
Yea, my familiar friend whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up the heel against me.  
But thou Lord art a buckler for me, my glory and the lifter up of my head.  
O Lord in thee I put my trust, save me from all that persecute me, and deliver me.  
Thou wilt maintain my right and my cause, for thou art set in the throne that judgest right.  
Up Lord let not man prevail: let the wicked be judged in thy sight.  
Draw me out of the net, that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.  
Let not them that are my enemies unjustly, rejoice over me, neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.  
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, consider my trouble, which I suffer for them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death.  
The Lord redeemeth the souls of his servants: and none that trust in him shall perish.   

A Psalm of trust and confidence in God.  
Have mercy upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul trusteth in thee, and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust, till these afflictions be overpast.  
Unto thee, O Lord, lift I up my soul, my God I trust in thee, let me not be confounded.  
I should have fainted if I had not believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  
But I trust in thy mercy, my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation, I will sing to the Lord, because he hath dealt lovingly with me.  
I have set thee always before me, for thou art at my right hand therefore I shall not slide.  
Thou Lord art my fortress, my rock and my deliverer, my God, and my strength, my shield, the horn also of my salvation.  
Thou Lord art my light, and my saving health, whom then shall I fear? Thou lord art the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?  
In God do I trust, I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.  
Yea though I should walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me.  
Thou wilt send from heaven and save me, from the reproof of him that would swallow me up.  
They that know thy name will trust in thee: for thou Lord hast not failed them that seek thee.  
Thy Angel pitcheth round about them that fear thee and delivereth them.  
Therefore I will lay me down and sleep in peace, for thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety.   

A Psalm wherein we pray for the afflicted Church of Christ.  
O God, wherefore art thou absent from us so long: why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?  
O think upon the congregation whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old.  
Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance: and mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelled.  
Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy, which hath done evil in thy sanctuary.  
Thy adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations: and set up their banners for tokens.  
They have said in their hearts, let us make havoc of them altogether: and they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name.  
The dead bodies of thy servants, have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.  
Their blood have they shed like water on every side of jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.  
We are become an open shame to our enemies: a very scorn & derision to them that are round about us.  
For they have devoured jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.  
The wild boar out of the wood doth root up the vineyard and the wild beasts of the field devour it.  
O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour? how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy name, for ever?  
Why withdrawest thou thy hand? why pluckest not thou thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy.  
Lord how long wilt thou be angry? shall thy jealousy burn like fire for evermore?  
power out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.  
Do thou unto them, as thou didst sometime to the Madianites: unto Sisera, and unto jabin, at the brook of Kison.  
Which perished at Endor: and became as the dung of the earth.  
Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb, yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana.  
O my god, make them like a wheel: and as the stubble before the wind.  
Persecute them even so with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.  
Make their faces ashamed O Lord, that they may seek thy name.  
Let them be confounded and vexed ever more & more: let them be put to shame and perish.  
That they may know, that thou (whose name is johovah) art the only most high over all the earth.  
O deliver not the soul of the turtle dove into the hand of the enemies: and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever.  
O let not the simple go away ashamed, but let the poor and needy give praises unto thy name.  
O let the vengeance of thy servants blood that is shed: be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.  
O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before she: according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die.  
Help us O god of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: O deliver us, and be merciful to our sins for thy name's sake.  
Save us O Lord our god, and gather us from among the heathen. So we that be thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever: and will alway be showing forth thy praise fro generation to generation.  
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever: and let all the people say, So be it Praise ye the Lord.   

A Prayer for the preservation of our most gracious Sovereign Queen Elizabeth.  
O Almighty God, King of kings, and governor of all things, I most humbly beseech thee, to continue thy wonted favour, and fatherly kindness, towards thy handmaid, our most gracious Sovereign Queen Elizabeth, that as she hath hitherto advanced true religion and the glory of thy name through the preaching of the gospel of thy Son Christ: so she may still perfect and go forward in that good course like a loving nurse unto thy church. Give her wisdom & understanding to do that thing which is acceptable unto thee, profitable for us her subjects, and hurtful to none. Grant her, O Lord, a perpetual time, long life, and continual felicity. Protect her as the apple of thine eye, and deliver thou her not into the hands of her enemies. Give her victory O God, we beseech thee, over all thine & her enemies, and bless all her godly actions in such wise, that all the world may know, and the posterity to come may say, that thy mighty arm hath raised up in England a Deborah, a judith, an Hester, and a nourcing Queen for thy Church. Make her to rejoice in thy strength, and mightily to triumph in thy salvation. Grant her the desires of her heart, and deny not the petitions of her lips. Let thy heavy hand, O Lord, light upon her enemies, and thy right hand find out all such as hate her, and envy her prosperity. Save our Queen, O loving father, from all her enemies, which either secretly or openly go about to bring her life to the grave, and her glory to the dust. Let her finish her course, O God, in a good age, an old woman, and of great years, to the comfort of thy church, and the glory of thy name, and to her everlasting salvation, through jesus Christ in thy heavenly kingdom, Amen.   

A Psalm of praises and thanksgiving to God for his benefits.  
PRaise the lord ye that fear him, magnify him all ye of the seed of jacob.  
For he hath not abhorred nor despised the affliction of the poor: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called unto him he heard him.  
Sing praises unto the lord all ye his saints, and give thanks to him, for a remembrance of his holiness.  
For who is God beside the Lord? and who is mighty save our God?  
Praise ye the Lord with me and let us magnify his name together.  
Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens, and thy faithfulness to the clouds.  
How excellent is thy mercy O God: therefore the children of men trust under the shadow of thy wings.  
Thou art the father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows: even God in his holy habitation.  
Thou art the god, which helpest us, and pourest thy benefits upon us.  
Thou art our god, of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.  
Blessed is the people O lord that can rejoice in thee: they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.  
Thou Lord art slew to anger, and of great mercy.  
Thou hast not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.  
O speak good of the Lord all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion, praise thou the Lord, O my soul.   

Another.  
MY heart is fixed O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise.  
Unto thee, O my strength will I sing, for God is my defence, and my merciful God.  
For thy loving kindness is better than life itself: my lips shall praise thee.  
As long as I live will I magnify thee on this manner, and lift up mine hands in thy name.  
My soul shall be satisfied as it were with marrow and fatness: when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.  
I will always give thanks unto the Lord, his praise shall be in my mouth continually.  
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me out of all my fear.  
Praised be God, which hath not put back my prayer, nor his mercy from me.  
Thou hast delivered me fro my strong enemy, and from them that hate me: and hast drawn me out of many troubles.  
Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, & thy right hand hath stayed me, and thy loving kindness hath caused me to increase.  
What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the been fits he hath done unto me.  
I will thank thee O Lord my God, with all my heart: and will praise thy name for evermore.  
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell.  
Therefore my praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear thee.  
Thou art my god, and I will thank thee: thou art my God and I will praise thee.  
Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel: which only doth wondrous things.  
And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty, Amen.   

A Psalm of blessedfulnesse.  
BLessed is he whom thou O Lord, doest elect, and causest to come unto thee, he shall dwell within thy courts.  
Blessed is he, whose wickedness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.  
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.  
Blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lord.  
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: and delighteth greatly in his commandments.  
Blessed are they that dwell in thine house, they will ever praise thee.  
Blessed is the man that doth not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.  
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee: & in whose heart are thy ways.  
Blessed are they that are upright in their way, and walk in the law of the Lord.  
Blessed are they that keep judgement and do righteousness at all times.  
Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble.  
Blessed is the man whom thou chastisest O Lord, and teachest him thy law.  
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and seek him with their whole heart.   

secret Meditations of the heart to stir us up unto godliness.  
BY creation, I am a man, made of earth: therefore transitory & mortal.  
Yet endued with a mind, that is to say; with understanding, reason, and judgement: by which I may understand that most excellent goodness, which is God, and may be joined with him in immortality and blessedness.  
But my reason, understanding, and judgement, being by the malice of Satan corrupted, I do neglect this happiness.  
I rather seek to enjoy the delights and pleasures of my flesh. In the most vile & transitory things, I occupy my whole mind.  
I overwhelm myself wholly with earth, of heavenly I make myself earthly: and change myself from a reasonable man into a brute beast.  
But god who once loved me in his son Christ doth not forsake me, but calleth me still outwardly by his word, and inwardly by his holy spirit, and knocketh at the door of my heart and mind, that I might love him, fear him, and serve him.  
Yet I am deaf, and blind, and being more stony hearted than flint, doth feel nothing.  
O unthankful wretch that I am, which do neglect, and despise so great benefits.  
God gently offereth to lead me by the hand, and I stubbornly turn away my face from him.  
Awake my soul, lift up thyself, and let us not thus wallow in our filthiness, stoutly strive thou against wicked custom: tread under thy foot these contemptible and vile delights, and covet after the most excellent things.  
Now God calleth; I will hearken to him, he leadeth me, and I will follow him: he offereth himself, and I will take the opportunity, he showeth the way to everlasting blessedness: I will not turn away my face, but will seek to attain.  
¶ Print these things in thy mind, and let them not be in vain and ineffectual cogitations; but put them in practice, and thou shalt receive the fruit.   
FINIS.   

To Jesus Christ.  

I jesus my joy, and comfort only good,  
E Ever to stand and never to decay:  
S Satan be , be fierce and furious wood,  
V vorld do thy worst, & sin do thou not stay  
S Speed you to spill, & ply to bear the sway.   

C Cross be my share, & carking be my hire  
H Hartbreak my comfort, & sadness my feast  
R Railing my recompense, by tongues of fire  
I jesus be mine, & these things are he lest  
S So art thou mine, full fixed in my thought,  
T Trusty O Christ (O) world vile vain and nought    

1598.  
SUBLIME DEDIT OS HOMINI  
¶ Printed at London Peter Short, dwelin Bredstreet hill at the sign of the Star.