A BRIEF COLLECTION CONCERNING THE LOVE of God towards Mankind, & how for divers causes we are justly bound to love & serve him.  
WITH PREPARATION TO Prayer, and certain necessary prayers and thanksgiving to God for his benefits, daily to be used.  
Also a devote Meditation to procure Contrition, and excite Devotion With other virtuous prayers.  ECCLESIAST. 18. 
Before Prayer prepare thy Soul: & be not as a man that tempteth God  
Printed at Douai, by LAURENCE KELLAM at the sign of the holy Lamb. 1603.   

  

BEing desirerous (good Reader) to have published some short Collection of most necessairie prayers, but hindered by divers urgent occasions: I thought good, in respect of my duty to God, and necessity of the time present, rather with the poor widow, to offer unto him this simple Mite, for the increase of his honour in helping of the godly, then altogether to give over my purpose. And whereas true virtue, consists principally in the love of God: without whieh our prayers are of no force. I have here prepared a little Treatise concerning that matter, and in what respect we are bound to serve him: In which, as in a glass we may clearly behold our ingraitude, towards so loving a Lord. And because many rather of custom then true devotion, so rashly go about that holy work of prayer: I have set down a preparation thereunto, with necessary prayers, Meditations, and thanksgiving, to be used daily. Farewell.   

A brief COLLECTION CONcerning the Love of God towards Mankind, & how we are for divers causes bound to serve & love him.  
THE great and incomprehensible charity of our Lord towards Mankind, may be considered four sundry ways.  
First in the dignity of our Creation. Secondly in taking our coruptible nature. Thirdly in sustaining for us his B. passion. And four in his great benefits and bountiful gifts, both spiritual & corporal, which may justly kindle & inflame the hearts of all true Christians, to render to him again that which he requireth of us, which is nothing else but a loveing heart, a just & upright life.  
In the dignity of our Creation, hath he showed, that he loved us more than any other creature in the world: & that in two things. First in creating & making us according to his own Image & likeness: secondly in constituting us Lords and Governors over all his other creatures.  
In taking of our nature, he hath also showed that he loved Mankind better than Angels, & that in three respects. First in honour, because he assumpted our nature, & not the nature of Angels: Secondly in love, in that he repaired Mankind with his precious blood, & not them. And thirdly in vision, because in heaven we shall possess more joy in Contemplation of Christ's Humanity then the Angels, in that we shall see our nature, united to the divine Nature.  
But in suffering his B. Passion, he hath showed [as we may say] that he loved us better than himself, giving for our Salvation freely his whole Body & life. And here mark, that in this B. Passion of our Saviour, we may learn five notable things.  
First it teacheth us to give him hearty thanks for the glorious fruit which we have received by the same, which gratfulnes is a thing so acceptable untohim, as S. Aug. saith, that nothing maybe more. This B. Lamb of God which was conceived & borne without sin, would thus suffer for us, that by his painful Passion, he might pull us back from the filthy pleasure of sin. He suffered in all his members, that with our members, we might willingly serve him. He offered for us his precious blood the price of our Redemption, that we might offer our bodies with all the force of the same to do him service.  
Secondly it teacheth us to love him, because above all things, he loved us.  
Thirdly it teacheth us how much we ought to detest & hate sin, for which he sustained such a painful & dolorous Passion, yea he abhorreth it so much, that not withstanding his great desire of our Salvation: he condemneth the sinner for one deadly offence to perpetual pain & torment.  
Fourthly it teacheth us Fortitude, to withstand strongly any adversity, pain or tribulation, for the honour & love of him, that loved us so much: & also for our own Salvation, because tribulation in this world patiently sustained is the ready way to heaven. This blessed Passion being called to remembrance there is nothing so hard, as S. Isidore saith, which is not with an equal mind tolle rated. Let us therefore as true Soldiers, diligently study to suffer with him: & then no doubt we shall, as S. Paul saith, be partakers of his consolations & joys.  
Fiftly it teacheth us Humility, for if Christ, which was the Son of God, abased & humbled himself so much as to descend from his glorious Kingdom, into this vale of misery, to take upon him our base Nature, & suffer such an ignominious death: with what face can man lift up himself in pride, & contemn so loving a Redeemer? This Humility is the ground & foundation of all Virtue, & without that no virtue can be acceptable in the sight of God which caused our Saviour so carefully in his holy Gospel, to admonish us of the same, saying. Learn of me, for I am meek & humble in heart. And S. Ambrose saith, that how much more abject a man is in this life: so much the more he shallbe exalted in the world to come. Would thou have all vices, saith one, destroyed within thee? Learn then to be truly humble. To which agreeth S. Agust. saying. Humility is the Queen of virtues, the death of vices, the looking glass of virgins, & the harbour of the holy Trinity. It is only humility, saith S. Bernard, that exalteth: & she alone leadeth to life, because saith he, this is the way, & there is none other. And therefore S. Gregory saith well, that whatsoever a man doth is lost, if it be not kept by humility. God grant us to embrace this Virtue, & to imitate that sweet Lamb, which as S. Bernard saith, was borne poor, lived poor, & died poor.  
Now touching his bountiful Gifts, it driveth me into a maze, to remember them. First how he hath made us, as is before said, to his own B. Image and likeness, giving us the noble gifts of Memory, Reason, & Will: & hath made the Soul of man so noble, that nothing is able to fill or satisfy it, but himself alone. It may well be occupied, as S. Bernarde saith, with all other things: but filled or satisfied, can it not be.  
He doth enrich us also with his grace & doth visit comfort & strength us, with his good inspirations, & motions to Virtue: And in the end, hath prepared such joys for us, as passeth all understanding, either of man or Angels.  
And for the gifts corporal, they be also such & so many, as are marvelous to consider. He hath created for our behoof the Elements, with the Sun to give us light by day, & the Moon to illuminate the night. The Fire to keep us from could: & the Air to mitigate his heat, and preserve our health. The Water to wash away our filthiness. The Earth with his variable Fruits to sustain us, & with his beautiful Flowers, to recreate us: Besides the great diversity of Beasts, Fowls, and Fishes, for our nourishment & delight.  
He hath given unto us our Wits, & right Limbs, with Beauty, Strength & comely shape. He hath kept & delivered us from many dangers, both of fire & water, thunder & tempest, slanders, shames, & many other evils, with the which, for our sins, he might justly have punished us: & when we offended in deadly sin, have cast us headlong into hell: & yet of his tender love hath forborn & spared us.  
O what shall we render again unto God for all his Benefits? how infinitely are we bound to love & serve him, not only in respect of his goodness in himself (which is the chiefest cause indeed) & of his tender love towards us: But also in respect of the great delight he taketh in our service, yea much more than he doth in the service of his Angels, & the reason is this because man doth not only serve God of love as the Angels do: but also with labour & pain, which they do not: For he laboureth more in serving him one day, than they have done since the beginning of the world: & therefore doth God singularly delight in our prayers, & other good works, & shall give us, if we continue to the end, a double Crown of glory, that is both in Body & Soul.  
And here understand, that for divers causes we are justly bound to serve him.  
First for our Creation, because we are created only to that end: & therefore all our members & strength of body & Soul, are to be employed & exercised in his holy Service.  
Also we are bound to serve him in respect of his loving service done unto us, who saith by his Prophet Esay, servire me fecisti in peccatis tuis, that is, thou hast caused me to serve in thy sins: As when he prayed, fasted & preached, when he was whipped & crowned with thorn, when he carried his Cross, & thereon suffered painful death: & besides all this, in token of his great love, he serveth us still with his own blessed Body & blood in the holy Sacrament, & therefore every way are we bound most lovingly to serve him again.  
Also we are bound to serve him, in respect of our Obligation & Vow, made in Baptism: having there vowed & promised so to do all the time of our life.  
Likewise for his great Benefits, as is before said, bestowed upon us.  
And lastly for that inestimable glory that he hath promised to all those that love, and truly serve him to the end.  
But because no Service can be acceptable unto him, which proceedeth not from a clean and pure heart: It shall not be here amiss to declare briefly, by what means the same may be obtained & gotten.  
First he that would serve God truly in cleanness of heart & Conscience must daily behold, and look into his works, and diligently consider his whole state and conversation, & see if there be any thing in the same reprehensible, or contrary to the will of God: because the knowledge of our self, is the beginning of our health & Salvation.  
Secondly whatsoever he findeth in himself, in which he hath offended God: he must heartily repent, & humbly ask mercy for the same, firmly purposing thereof to make a clear and perfect confession, so soon as he may.  
Thirdly he must with careful study, and devout prayer, continually desire of God, to keep & defend him from sin: for as the holy Prophet saith, Except God keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it. Therefore every man ought to serve God in great humility, & with continual watch & ward over himself. The difficulty of Perseverance in well doing appeareth in the fall of Lucifer from heaven, of Adam from Paradise, and judas from the number of the xii Apostles: what cause have we therefore to pray, as our saviour counseleth us continually, having experience of our own weakness & debility in resisting temptations: In somuch that sometimes through one only word, we are provoked to anger and impatience.  
Therefore it behoveth us ever to stand in fear for offending God, and to that end saith the Scripture. Blessed is the man that is ever fearful. And S. Bernard saith, that fear and Religion are knit together: & that the one can not remain without the other. God give us grace, that we may daily study to obtain this most noble virtue, that the blessing which Christ speaketh of in the Gospel, may light on us: where he saith Blessed be the clean in heart▪ for they shall see God, To whom be all honour for Evermore. Amen.   

A thanksgiving to the B. Trinity to be Daily used.  
ALL Honour, thanks, and praise, be to thee o blessed Father of heaven which hast created & made me. Glory be to thee, o B. Son of God which with thy precious blood hast redeemed me. Glory be to thee, o holy Ghost, which hast Sanctified me. Glory be to thee, o holy, B. and Indevided Trinity, whose works are marvelous, & pass all understanding. I laud & praise thee with heart and mouth, and give loving thanks unto thee, for all thy B. Benefits Spiritual and Corporal, and sing unto thee, the Hime of glory, Sanctus. Sanctus. Sanctus. Thou only art God, and besides thee there is none at all, which workest great, marvelous and Inscrutable things, whereof are no end. To thee belongeth all Laud and jubilee. To thee all Angels the Heavens, & universal Powers, do sing Praises. To thee o glorious Trinity be given all honour of every creature both in Heaven and Earth now and for ever more. Amen.  
Soli Deo honour & gloria.   

An Invocation to be used before Prayer, for the attaining of God's grace, the assistance & direction of the holy Ghost. And also to obtain thereby, Humility, Charity, Purity of Intention, Cleanness & Peace of heart: for protection, & defence, against the assaults, temptations, & fiery darts of the Devil: & all invisible, & visible enemies.  
What is to be considered before Prayer, & the manner to behave yourself therein, morning & evening, before the office of our Lady, or other usual Prayers: with certain Benedictions, which you may use all or part, at your Discretion.  
What is to be Premeditated before prayer.  
WHen you intent to offer the Sacrifice of Prayer, & Praises, to almighty God, & prepare you to prayer.  
Recale your Senses, & gather together your wits, & with an humble, attentive, & devout mind, lift up your heart to God: Reverently standing upright, with your hands joined before your breast, & lifted up.  
Pause then a little while, & advised lie consider with yourself wherefore you come, wheraboute you go, and what business, you now take in hand.  
Also, before whom you are present, the Petitions you will ask, and the Offerring you mean to make.  
Remember you are now, before a most mighty & Divine Majesty: The Creator, and Redeemer, of yourself & all Mankind, whom Infinite Numbers of Angels, & all the Celestial multitude do continually adore & worship, with fear & trembling.  
And yourself, a most wretched & unworthy Creature, frail unstable, falling from him: dull, & unapte to call upon him. And yet, his mercy is so much, & his goodness so great, that he is ever, ready to hear, & graciously to grant, your lawful requests, and to receive you when you come unto him: & also to forgive you all your offences, when you are heartily sorry, & ask mercy for them.  
Likewise, he is one that hath, and doth, most bountefully bestow upon you, all things necessary for body and soul: & hath and doth, defend & keep, feed & nourish, you, & all creatures.  
And that before his divine Presence, you now presume to enter, and to present you self: To Entreat, beseech, & Require mercy, and forgiveness of sins, for yourself & all others: & to offer the Sacrifice of Praise, & thanksgiving.  
Therefore, with all humility, & reverence, prostrate yourself at the feet of his mercy: & Indeuore with devotion, to accomplish that you come for.  
But before you begin your prayers, that you may the rather, offer them with cleanness of heart, & give thanks to God, not only for his Benefits, but chiefly for his goodness in himself; Make it fully known to your heart (as true it is uncertain whether you shall live to the end of your Prayers or not: endeavour therefore they may be such, as if it should so happen before you had ended them, that so through the mercy of God, they may be acceptable unto him, for the full forgiveness of your former offences & the receiving you to his favour.  
And that you may the more perfectly, begin, continue, and end, all your prayers, and other good actions In the Name, & to the honour, & glory of God, the most holy & blessed Trinity: & have in mind his great goodness towards you, & Benefits bestowed upon you, & give thanks for them, and also, that the Passion of our Lord, may take the more effect, the benefit of it be Imparted, the fruit there of Enjoyed: and in all spiritual Practices remembered: You may, if it please you, begin your Prayers, in manner as followeth Meekly falling on your knees, your heart & joined hands, being Elevated to God.   

What is first to be used, at the beginning of Prayer.  
IN the Name of the Father. and of the Son. and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.  
In the Name, and Honour of our Lord JESUS Christ, Emanuel, Crucified, for our Redemption, and Salvation.  
In the Honour of God, the most holy, Blessed, Glorious, and Indevided, trinity: and Eternal Majesty.  
In the Honour of our Lord jesus Christ's Humanity: and In memory of his great charity, towards me, and all Mankind.  
In the worship of our Blessed Lady, the holy Virgin S. Marry: and In mind of her Humility.  
In the Name, and Honour, of God the most holy Trinity In Unity, & Unity In trinity, To whom be all glory.  
And In the Honour, and Memory, of our Lord jesus Christ's humble Incarnation, his Chaste Nativity, his life & Conversation, Charitable Death, & Bitter Passion: His glorious Resurrection, & Asscension: & the Coming of the Holy Ghost.  
In the Honour, and Memory of all the Labours, & Virtues, of our Lord jesus Christ, & of his holy Life & Conversation.  
In the Honour, and Memory, of the bitter Agony, bloody Sweet, and Painful Prayer, that our Lord jesus Christ, made in the Mount of Olivet: Before his taking & B. Passion.  
And In Honour, & Memory of all the Parts, & Pains, of his most Blessed, bitter, & Painful Passion.  
In the Honour, and Memory of the five Wounds, that were pierced in our Lord jesus Christ's Blessed Body and Hands, & Feet, his Side, & Harte.  
And that I may with all Humility, & Reverence, have in Mind, & worship aright as I ought, all the Precious drops of Blood, that our Lord jesus Christ shed for my sake & all Mankind.  
And likewise, that I may ever have in mind, & obtain the Promised last Reward, of Salvation, Glorification, & Perpetual Fruition of the Deyitie: & eschew the Punishment, & pain, of eternal damnation: I offer thes my prayers.  
O God most holy o A Donay, in thy Name, & to thy honour & glory: I Begin, Continue, & end, these my prayers: & I offer this my duty and labour, unto thy most Sacred divinity.  
O Good Lord jesus Christ, I offer unto thee my heart, & Soul, and I offer myself Body and Soul, with all the parts, powers & works thereof, & all my thoughts, words and deeds, all my Intentions, and Actions, and all the Labours of my hands: To do thy will in all, & accomplish all to thy honore & glory, now, & all the time of my life.  
And I beseech thee, O God Holy Ghost, give me grace, and strength, to do thy will in all things: to obey, serve, & love thee aright, & to offer these my Prayers, with cleanness of heart, purity of Intention, uprightness of Action, & with Attention, & Devotion, In perfect charity, with true humility, & in the Unity of thy true Church, & Faith Catholic, that they may, ascend into thy sight, & be acceptable unto thee, as a sweet Sacrifice of Incense.  
O Blessed & Indevided Trinity, I offer unto thy divine Omnipotency, these my Prayers, duty, & labours, for my health, help, & perfect weal, & for all things necessary, for my body & soul & for the right direction of my whole Life, as it may be best pleasing, and most acceptable unto thee.  
And likewise, I offer unto thy Omnipotent Majesty, o Holy and Glorious Trinity, these my Prayers, duty & labours, for the health, & help of soul and body, of all other persons, that thy B. will and pleasure is to have prayed for Quick & dead, within the Church & without, in special & general, those in special, that I am most beholding to and bound to Pray for, by Enjoined penance, blood or kindred, promise debt, or any other benefit received.  
And for all other in general, that thy blessed will & pleasure is to have prayed for: And for whom, and what soever else, thy wisdom knoweth necessary & my frailty can not acke.  
That it may please thee to grant unto us, Patience in all temptations, & tribulations, ghostly & bodily: Protection & defence, against all enemies visible, & invisible: Constancy & perseverance in virtue & all goodness, help & relief, in all needs & necessities: Ease & delivery, out of all troubles & afflictions that we are in, or may any way happen unto us. And to live & die, in the Unity of the true Catholic Faith & Church, and come to bliss.  
O most Blessed; Glorious, & Indevided Trinity, I humbly here prostrate myself, before the Feet of thy Divine Majesty, and mesurlesse merit: Beseeching thee of mercy, & forgiveness of sins, for myself, and all others: and mitigation of thy justice towards us, now, & in the hour of our Death, & at our judgement, particular, & genarall. Grant this Lord jesus Amen.   

devout Prayers, & Blessings, to be used at the beginning of Prayer, for obtaining Grace, & assistance of the Holy Ghost.  
IN the name of God. Amen.  
In the name of the Father, & of the Son & of the Holy Ghost. Amen.  
By the sign of the holy Cross, and virtue of our lords Passion: from our enemies, visible, & invisible, deliver us o Lord our God.  
The Grace of the Holy Ghost, lighten our hearts, and Sensces: and be with us. Amen.  
Come Holy Ghost, & fill the hearts or all faithful people, & kindle in them the fire, of thy divine love.   

O God be our helper, in whose Name & by whose word all things are done: Who hath made heaven and earth.  
O Lord, in thy Name, shall I lift up my hands and heart, that my Prayers may ascend, & be acceptale unto thee as an Evening Sacrifice.  
In thy Name o Lord, shall I receive health, & help, & in thy Name, & by thy Power, shall I be made safe. And in thy Virtue, thou shall judge me.  
The triumphant Cross, & victorious Passion of our Lord, and the glorious Name JESUS, honoured in heaven and earth, be our defence & safety, shield & protection, & he bless & keep us now, & ever. Amen.  
JESUS who is the wisdom of the Father, give us health of Body & Soul. Amen.  
God Almighty, bless & direct me, & be with me now, & ever, in my beginning, proceeding, & ending. Amen.   

GOd be in my head, & in my being.  
God be in my mind, & understanding God be in my eyes, & in my Seeing.  
God be in my Ears, & in my hearing.  
God be in my mouth, & in my speaking.  
God be in my heart, & in my thinking.  
God keep me from all evil in my working touching, smelling, & all my other senses God be at my ending, and my departing.  
Bless me o God the Father, who hath made me, and Created me.  
Bless me o God the Son, who Suffered for me, and Redeemed me.  
Bless me o God the Holy Ghost, who in Baptism, hath Sanctified me, & since, hath called, defended, & nourished me.  
O Holy Trinity, of thy Incomprehensible goodness, lighten my heart, & senses, my mind, & understanding, my soul & body, with the light of thy grace, & be with me now & ever. Amen.   

The Manner to offer yourself & Prayers to God, first, & last.  
O My most sweet Lord jesus Christ in the Unity, and Union, of love, that thou did praise, & pray, to thy Father, & take great pain & labour for us sinners, during thy lifetime here on earth: I offer unto thee this Prayer, and Praise, this Laud, and labour, and myself body & soul, with all the parts powers & actions thereof: To do all to the honour & glory of thy holy name. the weal of the true Catholic Church the furtherance and increase of Virtue, & helping of souls to everlasting bliss.  
O most dear Lord jesus Christ. In the Unity, & Union, of Love, that moved thee to be Incarnate, & become Man: and die for us sinners.  
I offer unto thee this praise, this prayer, this work & labour, & myself body and soul, to do thy will in all things, now, and always. Amen.  
O Good Lord jesus Christ, I offer un to thy Father, for the Remission of my sins (and all others) the pains, bitter Passion, and Death, that thou did suffer for me, and all Mankind.  
Forget good Lord, and clearly remit, the sins, & offences, of us & our parents, and be not revenged on our demerits, but spare, & forgive us, thy people penitentes, with thy Blood precious, from sin, & from torments bought, & Redeemed. And ever let mercy, temper thy wrath, against us, & our folly.  
As our hope is in thee our trust & affiance, Amen to this say we with heart & true conscience. Grant these my prayers, most B. Lord jesus. To whom be all praise & glory, now & ever blessed.   

Certain necessary prayers, to be daily used, morning & evening: with others. And first. A thanksgiving to God, at your uprising.  
I give thee thanks, laud, and praise, o most holy & blessed Trinity, one omnipotent, and eternal Majesty, who haste this night preserved, defended, & visited, me thy unworthy servant, N. and hast caused me thus, to come to the beginning of this day, and for all thy other benefits, which of thy only goodness thou haste bestowed on me.  
O Father most merciful, I beseech thee of mercy and forgiveness, how soever I have this night offended thy divine Majesty, and grant me grace so to spend this day, in thy holy service, faith fear, and love: that with all humility, charity, diserction, devotion, & obedeence, I may be able to do all my deeds and services due, as they may be best pleasing and most acceptable unto thee, In all my thoughts, words, and works. and grant me by thy grace, always to live according to thy holy will. And all the days and time of my life, I commend unto thee, my soul & body, my faith, my life, and my death: to be preserved, protected, and directed, by thee now, and for ever. Amen.   

An other thenkesgening, to be used every night with a Confession also of our sins.  
OMnipotent Father, & most worthy of all adoration, who bearest a loving and fatherly care towards us, thy unworthy children: I render unto thee most hearty thanks, for keeping & preserving me this day past, and for other thy great gifts & benefits, spiritual & corporal, bestowed on me unkind wretch, deserving rather to have been sharply punished for my grievous sin and ingratitude: and also for my delivery from divers & sundry perils, bodily & ghostly, into the which many have fallen.  
I Confess unto thee, o most loving father with sorrowful heart, that this day I have offended thy divine Majesty, in wicked thoughts, words, & works: and especially in this manner, place and time (here let him examine his conscience and be sorrowful for his sins committed) o most loving & peetiful father, I humbly beseech thee, by the immaculate life, and painful Passion, of thy dear Son our Lord jesus Christ, of mercy and forgiveness howsoever I have offended this day, either of frailty, ignorance, or malice: against thee, my neighbore, or myself. Amen.  
Blessed Father and God of all mercy I humbly beseech thee, to give me the grace of true contrition, & penance that I may with a sorrowful heart bewail my sins committed, and with firm purpose forsake and detest them, & from hence forward, walk in newness of life, agreeable to thy will & my vocation. Create in me o Lord a clane heart, & give me chastity of body & soul. Grant that thy holy Angel may keep us, and this house in peace, that so we may pass the night without sin, to thine honour, & our salvation. Amen.  
I commend unto thee O Lord my body & soul, friends & enemies, sick & whole: & all Catholics quick & dead with the universal Church, that thy blessing may be upon us, and remain with us, now & for evermore. Amen.  
The omnipotent & blessed Trinity, the Father, Son, & holy Ghost: bless & keep us, & grant unto us a quiet night, and perfect end. Amen.   

A confession of Faith, & devout prayer to the holy Trinity, daily to be used.  
O Blessed Trinity, Father, Son, and holy Ghost: three Persons & one God, I Believe with my heart, and Confess with my mouth, all that the holy Catholic Church believeth and holdeth of thee: and as much as a good Catholic and Christian man ought, to feel & believe of thee. And I here protest before thy divine Majesty, that I will (with thy gracious assistance) continue all my life, in this Faith, and die in the same. And I acknowledge thee my God and Father, maker of all the world, and I thy poor creature, subject, and servant, make to thee fealty, & homage, both of my body and soul, which I hold of thee nobly, as of my sovereign Lord & God: with all the goods natural, spiritual, & temporal that I have, that ever I had & that I intend to have of thee, here in this world, or in the world to come, and with all my heart I thank thee. And in sign of recognizance, & knowledge thereof, I pay unto thee this little tribute, morning and evening: That is I adore & worship thee, with my heart & mouth, in Faith, Hope and Charity: with this little Oraison or Prayer, which all only appertaineth to thy B. Majesty, Signiory and Divinity: & humbly I require thee of three things.  
The first is, mercy and forgenues, of as many evils, sins, & offences, as I have done in time paste, against thy blessed wil  
The second, that it will please thee, to give me graee, that I may serve thee, & accomplish thy Commandments, & not to run or fall into deadly sin.  
The third is, that at my death, and great need, thou wilt secure me, and give me grace that I may have remembrance of thy Blessed Passion, and true contrition for my sins: & that I may live and die, in the Faith and Unity, of holy Church: and finally come to thy glory eternal, With all saints Amen.   

An other Devote prayer, or Protestation.  
O Lord God Almighty, which seest and knowest all things, in whom is all profound wisdom, and Sapience: I wretched sinner, being now in good health & perfect memory (for which, as I am in duty bound, I thank thee most heartily) do hear this day (in disspite of all my ghostly enemies) make protestation, that if either by enticing, frailty, temptation, or deceit, of the devil or other adversities coming by sorrow pain sickness, feebleness of body or by other occasions whatsoever it be, I decline or fall in peril of my Soul, or prejudice of my health, or in error of the holy Faith Catholic in which I was regenerate in the holy font of Baptism: I do utterly disclaim in it, renounce it, & with meek acknowledging my fault, do in most humble manner crave pardon for it. In token whereof, I do now sincerely profess, to live & die in the Faith of thy loving Spouse, our holy mother the Catholic Church. And in witness of this Confession, and protestation: I offer to thee the Creed in which all verity & truth is contained. And to thee I commend my Soul & Body, my Faith, my Life, and Death. Amen. I Bleeve in God etc.   

A Prayer or Salutation, to our Lady.  
Hail Mary the handmaid of the holy Trinity most humble. Hail Mary chosen to be the most high daughter of God. Hail Mary spouse of the holy Ghost best beloved. Hail Mary the Mother of our Lord JESUS Christ most noble. Hail Mary the sister of Angels most sweet. Hail Mary promise of Prophets most desirable. Hail Mary Queen & daughter of patriarchs most glorious. Hail Mary mistress of Evangelists most faithful. Hail Mary teacher of the Apostles most wise. Hail Mary the comforter of martyrs most valiant. Hail Mary holiness, fountain, & fullness of Confessors most benign. Hail Mary honour & Crown of chastity of Virgins most pure. Hail Mary the consolatrice of quick & dead most ready. Be thou with me in all tribulation & anguish of thy motherly pity: & in the hour of my death, receive my soul & offer it to thy sweet Son jesus (I beseech thee) with all those that have committed themselves to my prayers. Amen.   

A Blessing to be used before you go forth.  
The Imperial Majesty of God bless me The Regal Divinity protect me. The everlasting Deity keep me. The Glorious Unity comfort me. The Incomprehensible Trinity defend me. The Inestimable Goodness direct me. The Power of the Father Govern me. The Wisdom of the Son quicken me. The Virtue of the Holy Ghost, Illuminate me and be with me. Amen.  
Alpha & Omega, God & Man: Let this Blessing be unto me all health & safety of body & soul, against all my enemies, visible & invisible: now & for ever.  
Amen.   

A most virtuous prayer for all Estates.  
O Most benign Father, O Father most worthy to be prayed unto, I most miserable wretch, do offer unto thee, for all my sins (which I confess are many and vile) and for the sins of the whole world, the bitter Passion & death of thy only Son, our Lord and saviour jesus Christ: I offer his labours, his fastings: his weariness, his watch, his prayers, his tears, his humility,, his bountifulness, his patience, and his Charity: I offer his vexations & troubles of mind, his anguishes his contumelies, his pains his whip, and his wounds: I offer all the drops of his most precious blood: I offer the merits of thy most sweet mother and Virgin S. Mary, and of all thy holy Saints.  
O Most blessed jesus my Redeemer I give thee humble thanks for thy innumerable, benefits which thou hast granted and given unto me, being most unworthy & dost daily bestow upon me. For thy most sacred Incarnation. chaste Nativity, thy holy Life & conversation thy most bitter Passion, & the effusion of thy most blessed blood: and for thy death which was most Ignominious. Make me, I beseech thee partaker of all thy merits and grant that through the diligent imitation & following of thy virtues, I may be found a lively branch in thee, who art the true Vine.  
O Holy Ghost my comforter, I commend to thee my Soul and Body the be beginning and end of my life, grant me a good entrance & beginning: give me grace to do true Penance, that I may be heartily sorry for my sins, and from them (by virtue of thy holy name) I may be perfectly purified before I deparre hence from this mortal body. I that am corrupt and blind in my affections and desires. & in my own judgement, am easily overcome, easily I do err, and am easily seduced and illuded: wherefore to thee (O Lord) I wholly commit, and offer myself. Defend & keep me thy unworthy servant from all evil, teach and illuminate my mind, govern me both within and without, strengthen my weak spirit against inordinate pusillanimity, and superfluous scruples of Conscience, and humble it that it fall not into presumption. give me right Faith, unmovable Hope, sincere & perfect Charity, that I may sweet lie delight in thee, I may love thee heartily, and every where I may fulfil thy holy will and pleasure.  
O Holy & blessed Trinity, God omnipotet, I comment unto thee all my bussines both spiritual and corporal. I commend unto thee my benefactors, my neighbours my friends, my familiars, & all for whom I ought to pray, all those which have desired, or do desire my prayers. I commend unto thee, the whole Catholic Church, renew in it I beseech thee, purity of life, grant that each one may correct himself: nourish & keep amog them that are members of the same Church mutual charity, and continually to love thee. Such as do err call back into the way of Salvation extinguish all heresies, & convert those to the knowledge of thy Faith, which as yet do not know thee. Comfort and lift up all that are troubled in mind and conscience & such as are oppressed with temptations and calamities.  
All Hail o holy Virgin mary, the white Lily of the B Trinity, of whom the king of Heaven jesus Christ the brightness of his Father's glory, would be borne: and with they sweet milk be fed and nourished. O blessed mother assist my weakness in all temptations, and necessities in all peril of sin, and in the hour of my death, that thou helping and protecting me, I may be safe in our Lord.  
O Blessed Spirits angelical pray for me, and especially thou holy Angel, the keeper of my soul and body, have thou faithful care over me. O all ye holy Saints of God, which have passed over the troubles and vexations of his exile, and have atained most happily to come to the port of the celestial country, I most humbly call you unto my protections: help with your metites and prayers, both now & in the hour of my death.  
Amen.   

A Prayer to be used at the beginning of work.  
O Most glorious and indevided Trinity the Father, Son, and holy Ghost, who art the only and ever lasting goodness, & without whom nothing may be perfect: I beseech thee by thy almighty power, confirm & strengthen my memory, by thy wisdom, lighten mine understanding, and by thy goodness reform and make perfect my will, that this work which I now go about, may begin & end, to thine honour & glory, to the help and comfort of my neighbour, and salvation of my soul: the which work, & myself also body & soul, I humbly offer to thee. Convert me to thee, o heavenvly Artificer drive away the old man with all his vicious inclinations, and make me anew. Create in me o Lord a clean heart, & an upright intention in this & all other my works: that both in me and them, thy holy name may be glorified, and thy B. will fulfilled.   

An other to be used at the end of work.  
TO thee o God be all praise, which hast permitted me to acomplish this work. Grant O Lord, it may be to thee acceptable to me healthful, and to others profitable. Not unto us o Lord, not unto us but unto thy holy name, give golrye. Amen.   

A devout Meditation, to procure Contrition and kindle the fire of Dovotion and feruore in Prayer: Written, by the reverent and Devout Richard Roll Eremite at Hampoole.  
WHen thou preparest thyself to Prayer, & desirest to have therein Devotion: Seek some convenient place, free from noise and trouble that thou mayest have there some time of quiet without disturbance: sit or kneel, as thou thinkest most convenient.  
Then be thou emperor, King, or Prince, Lord, or Lady, or any other person of what state soever: Consider well there is a God, that hath made thee of nothing, to his own Image and likeness, and hath bestowed on thee my right wits and Senses, my limbs, & all other features of body, with many great gifts & grace spiritual & corporal: As memory, understanding, & will, also strength, beauty, & comely shape, with worldly ease & pleasures, that divers others want, which live in great distress, and much anguish of body & mind: All which, thou mayest daily see, and behold before thee.  
Think also, how frail and sinful thou art, and without the keeping of that good Lord, thou shouldest fall into all kind of sin and iniquity, through thine own wretchedness and frailty.  
And further thou mayest think as of thyself, there is no more sinful a creature than thou art, and if thou have any grace of good life, in living more uprightly than some others: Consider it cometh of God, & not of thyself, & by him that grace is freely given thee.  
Call also to mind, how long God hath suffered thee in thy sins, and how often he might have punished thee with perpetual pain, whereas by offending him thou deservedst it, yet of his great mercy and goodness, hath he spared thee, for the amendment of thy life, that thou mightest ask mercy, and lovingly hath he abiden thee, until thou wouldst come unto him, leave thy sin, and return unto good life: For loath he were to forsake or lose, that by death he bought full dear, with bitter pains, and the price of his most precious Blood.  
Also thou mayest yet further considder, that because he would not lose thee, he became Man, and was borne of a Virgin, he lived here in poverty, anguish, and tribulation, all his life: and after that, death he would suffer to save thee by his mercy, and buy thee again that was lost by sin and folly. In this manner, or the like, thou mayest consider of his great goodness and benefits.  
And for obtaining of more grace and devotion in thy Prayers, and to get thee compunction: Behold here with the ghostly Eye of thy Soul Christ's piteous painful Passion.   

first, Imagine in thy heart, that thou seest thy Lord taken of his enemies with many reproofs & despites, brought before a judge, falsely there accused of many wicked men, and answered right nought, but meekly sufred their wicked and reproachful words. They were desirous to have him dead, but first to suffer pains.  
Behold then that good Lord chivering & quaking, all his body naked bound to a pillar, and about him standing wicked men void of all reason, sore scourging his most blessed body with out any pity.  
See now, how they seize not from their furious strokes, though they see him stand in his own blood, From the top of his head, to the sole of his foot, hole skin they leave none: his flesh they rese to the bone, & for weariness of themselves, they leave, him almost for dead.  
Look then aside, upon his blessed Mother, see what sorrow she maketh for her dear Son, & have compassion of her pain, which lieth there in a swoon. Turn then again to thy Lord and see how rudely they unbind him, how hastily they draw him forth, to heap upon his tender body, more painye and torments.  
A Garland of sharp thorns they thrust with violence on his B. head, till the blood ran down into his eyes, nose, mouth, & ears. They kneel then down with scorns, and rise with reproofs and spit in his blessed face. See than how that B. Lady beateth her breast, and wringeth her hands: & I trow thou wilt weep for that doleful sight.  
Look yet again to thy Lord, and see how spitefully they hale him forth to an high hill, there to nail him hand and foot, to the Rood Tree. See there first how fearsely they pull of his clothes, how meekly he goeth then to the Cross, and spreadeth his arms abroad, and how with cords, those pitieles Tormentors draw them forth, till his B. sinews & joints all to burst. Then with great boisterous Nails, they make fast to the Cross his precious hands. In the same manner thou may see how greevosly they draw his blessed legs, and nail his feet, down to the Tree. See then how they proffer him to drink bitter gall and isel, and kneel again before him with many despites.  
Then hearken to that good Lord how meekly he taketh his leave of his gracious Mother, and of his dear Apostle, & betaketh them either to other, as dear Mother and Son: & after with a loud voice he commendeth his Spirit, to his Father in Heaven, hanging down his B. head upon his breast. See also how soon after, they pierce his heart with a Spear, in great fury, and how blood and water gusheth forth of his B. side.  
Then mayest thou have full great pity beholding that good Lady, how for sorrow she shrinketh down in her sister's arms. Take heed to the heavy cheer of his Apostle S john: To the tears of Magdelein, and of his other friends: & I hope among all these thou shalt have compunction. Then is it time to speak for thine own need, and for all others alive and dead that trust to thy prayers. Cast down thy body to the ground, & lift up thy heart with doliful cheer: and make thy prayer in manner as followeth.   

O Lord God Almighty, blessed may thou boughtest me, thy sufferance is great in me. Thou wouldst not condemn me having often times justly deserved it: But thou hast kept and saved me, till I would forsake sin, and turn wholly to thee. Now Lord, with sorrowful heart I acknowledge to thy Goodness, that I have misspent without profit, all my wits, powers, and virtues, that thou haste given me, to the help of my soul  
All the time of my life, have I wasted in divers vanities, all the limbs of my body, in sin and superfluities: The grace of my Christendom, in pride and other wretchedness: and truly Lord, many other things have I loved, better than thee, and notwithstanding my great unkindness ever thou haste nourished me, & tenderly kept me. Of thy great sufferance I had full little knowledge, & of thy great righteousness I had but little dread. I took no heed to thank thee for thy great goodness, but in all my life from day to day, great matter of wrath, have I heaped up through mine own wickedness. Therefore sweet Lord, what I shall say to thee I know not: But only this word in which I trust. God of thy great mercy, have mercy upon me. I acknowledge o Lord, all that I have, cometh only of thee, I know well without thee nothing may be, but sin and wretchedness, which cometh of me. Wherefore Lord with meek heart I beseech thy goodness do not to me as I have deserved, but after thy great mercy, & send me the grace of the holy Ghost to lighten my heart, to comfort my spirit, to establish me in the right way, and to perform thy will, that I may have perseverance, in that I have begun, and never hereafter be separated from thee, by my unstableness, ne by temptations to my enemy: I am worthy o Lord, to be chastised for my wicked living, with what rod it pleaseth thee: welcome be it Patience good Lord send me, gladly to suffer thy correction, comfort me among of thy grace & when thy will is, withdraw thy rod & take me to thy mercy. Full bitter be the temptations & full grievous to suffer, but though they be dreedful, I know they shall hereafter to my soul be meedful. O Lord thou knowest my heart is right feeble much is my unstableness & my knowledge full little: Therefore good Lord, strengthen me, establish me, and teach me: and as thou made and bought me; so keep and defend me. Body and Soul, I commit to thee, not as I will, but as thou wilt Lord so be it.  
And now good jesus God's Son, that knowest all things, help me in all wicked thoughts that I displease thee not in liking or consenting. Full oft I have offended thee in divers thoughts against thy will, & much to my liking: therefore it is thy righteousness, that I be troubled with other thoughts at thy pleasure that be grievous to me. But sweet jesus when thy will is put them from me, and take me to mercy. O Lord jesus Christ God's Son, keep my mind, that I dilight not in vain thoughts. jesus Christ God's Son, which stood still before a judge, nothing, to him answering: with draw my tongue till I consider how and what I shall speak that may be to thy worship.  
jesus Christ God's Son, whose hands were bound full sore for my love: guide & govern my hands & all my other members, that my works may ever begin to thy worship, and graciously end, to thy most honour. Arise o Lord, and help us: And for thy holy namesake, save & deliver us. O Lord jesus Christ, cause me to have in thy love a mean without measure, an afection without mean, a longing without order: & a burning desire without ceasing.  
O Lord I beseech thee of mercy also for all those that do desire my prayers & though I be a most wretched sinner. unworthy to be hard, have regard to their humility and devotion, and what they desire to thy worship, grant them for thy goodness. Grant them and me, & to all other that I am beholding to, or bound to pray for, grace to love what is most to thy liking, thee to love above all things, nothing to desire that should thee displease. All temptations mightily to withstand, all other vanities o Lord for thy love to despise. Thee good Lord ever to have in mind: and in thy service to abide to our lives end, and if thou grant us any thing to do that shall be to us meedful: grant part o Lord to the Souls departed, abidig thy mercy in the pains of purgatory. Amen.  
In such manner thou mayest pray in the beginning, and when thou art entered in devotion, thou shalt percas have better feeling in prayer and holy meditations, than I can show. Good brother or sister pray then form writ by the teaching of Almighty God, have which thee these few words, for the help of thy Soul, whom God of his endless mercy govern, to his good pleasure, and thy salvation. Amen.   

Very Devout and Godly Prayers on the Passion of Christ. Gre. Mag.  
O Lord jesus Christ, I adore & worship thee hanging on the Cross, bearing on thy head a Crown of Thorn, I pray thee, that thy holy Cross and death, be my defence and shield; and I beseech thee deliver me from the Angel smiting. Amen. Pater noster. ave Maria.  
O Lord jesus Christ, I adore and worship thee wounded upon the Cross: and there drinking Gaul and Eisel: I require thee that thy wounds, may ever be comfort to my Soul, and remission of my sins. Amen. Pater noster. ave Maria.  
O Lord jesus Christ, I honour thee, for those most bitter pains, which on the Cross, thou didst suffer form: specially in that hour, when thy most holy Soul departed from thy blessed body: I beseech thee have mercy on my Soul, when it shall depart out of my body, and bring it to everlasting bliss: and joy in Heaven. Amen. Pater. ave▪  
O Lord jesus Christ, I adore & worship thee, laid in the Sepulchre, anointed with myrrh and Inscence: I beseech thee that thy death, may be my life, and light Everlasting. Amen. Pater. Aue.  
O Lord jesus Christ, I adore & worship thee, descending into Hell, and from thence delivering those that were Captive: I beseech thee, that thou suffer not me thither to descend. Amen. P. Aue.  
O Lord jesus Christ, I adore & worship thee, Rising from death, Ascending into Heaven, and sitting at the right hand of thy Father: I beseech thee, that thither I may follow thee, and that I may deserve to be presented before thee. Amen. P. A.  
O Lord jesus Christ, the good Shepherd, conserve and keep the just, justify the Sinner, have pity upon all faithful People, & be merciful to me a grievous Sinner. Amen. Pater. Aue. Credo.   

I Beseech thee o Lord jesus Christ, that thy Death, be my Life, and strength, with the which, I may be Armed, protected, and directed. Thy Wounds be unto me, continual food, wherewith I may be refreshed and delighted. The Shedding of thy most precious blood, be the washing away of all my sins. Thy passion, and Resurrection: be unto me Eternal Life and Glory. In these things, be all my delihgt, and desire, my refection, and rejoicing, my health, and strength, my joy and studies: and the whole desire, of my heart mind, and body: now and ever. Amen.   

Reason's inducing us to be grateful unto God for his Benefits.  
HOw much we are bound continually to laud and praise God, chiefly for his goodness in himself, and also to be thankful to him for his B. Benefits: we may learn of the holy Prophet David, which in that respect said, the praise of God was in his mouth: For we ought without ceasing as S. Bernard saith to give thanks unto him, which never ceaseth to bestow his benefits upon us.  
And how dangerous it is to be ingratful, it appeareth well in one of the holy Fathers saying, that there is nothing which so much provoketh the indignation of God against us, as ingratitude. Therefore seeing we were created to serve God: Let us begin to learn here in Earth, as S. Bernard counseleth us, praises we shall yield to him in heaven.   

A Most Godly and devout praise, and Thankesgeving to God, for his blessed Benefits Spiritual and Corporal: Of all true Christians, daily to be used.  
O Most holy B. glorious and Indevided Trinity, the Father the Son and Holy Gstost, Three Persons and one Almighty God: my Lord and God my maker and redeemer, my nourisher, my defender, my sweetness, my mercy my refuge, my strength, my victory, my Saviour, my joy, and glory Eternal.  
I Laud thee, I glorify thee, I honour and worship thee, O Blessed Trinity, for that thou art in thyself: for thou art the highest God, from whom floweth all goodness. Thou art gracious Eternity, thou art eternal Felicity, thou art the depth of all Wisdom and Sapience: Thou art only God, and there is none without thee.  
I Laude and honour thee o B. Trinity, that mightily haste made of nothing Heaven and Earth, Sun and Moon, and all other creatures, and for that thou conservest and governest all things in this World All worship, Laude, glory, and thanks, be ever given to thee for all thy works, and of all thy creatures, now and ever. Amen.  
Also I Laud, thank, and praise thee, for that it pleased thee to make the ix. glorious Orders of Angels, to laud & honour thee eternally, and some of them to assist us faithfully, in this exile, and vale of misary with hovable & necessary counsels and helpings: and also to declare thine Ineffable goodness. And thou madest all these things for man: But man, thou madest with thy proper hands, to thin own glorious Image and likeness. Thou form in him Understanding, and adorned, & enabled him with free wil I Laud and glorify thee, for that great gift, in that thou set him in Paradise flowing with delights that he might have high things in fruition, inferior things in government, and to possessed all things to thine honour, and to worship Laude and praise thee everlastingly.  
Yet thou made not thes noble creatures, Angel and man, for any necessity thou had to them, for truly all things were sufficient in thee, to thine eternal glory: But of the fervour of charity, thou wast moved to create them, that such noble creatures should be partakers of thine inexpressable joy and glory.   

Thanks giving to God for our Creation and other benefits spiritual and corporal.  
ANd furthermore, I Laud honour and worship thee O Lord, for that it hath pleased thee among all thy B. works to make me a reasonable man: For gracious, Lord thou mightest, if it had pleased thee, have made me a clod of earth, a stone, a mine of metal, or any such dead creature: Or else good Lord thou mightest have made me an herb a plant, or a tree, bringing forth blossons and fruit, which hath life vegetive to fructify: Or yet a more worthy creature than any of these, as a beast, bird, or fish, having sense, feeling, and local moving: But thou o Lord, hast made me none of all these creatures, but to my use, health, and help, hast thou made them all, to be my subjects, and I to be their Sovereign.  
And to me. whom thou hast made a creature reasonable, thou hast given power, Wisdom, Reason, Understanding, and free will, and hast form me with all my right limbs and featur of body: and thou o Lord hast bestowed on me, the perfection of all the foresaid creatures, having given me being, with stones and metales: life, with Trees and herbs: Sense, feeling, & moving, with beasts: and Understanding with Angels: Having also endued me, with many other good gifts, spiritual, and Corporal, As the gifts of grace, gifts of nature, and the gifts of Fortune.  
The gifts of Grace, as Memory, Understanding, and will, Mind, Reason, Imagination, and Capacity, which are calleed the mights of the Soul inward.  
The gifts of Nature, as beauty, comely shape, strength, agility, and swiftness: My v. wits, & corporal limbs, and menbers, as hands, feet, mouth, nose, eyes, and ears, which be the mights of the Body outward.  
And with these also the gifts of fortune, as meat, drink and cloth, worldly riches, and all other things necessary for Body & Soul: which many a good creature that hath served thee better than I have want: All honour and praise be to thee, for all these thy loving kindness, that thou o Lord hast showed to me, and I not withstanding, have been so unkind to the in misspending these thy gifts, little concidering thy abundant goodness: I humbly ask mercy o Lor, for thes my trespasses: and loveingly I thank thee, for thy great Grace, and goodness.   

Praises to God for his gracious visitation Inspiration and Preservation.  
ALL honour and Praise be to thee o Lord for thy manifold mercies in having so often visited my heart, with thy Graces, spiritual motions and good Inspirations: And also hast kept defended, and delivered me, this day & night, and all the days and times of my life unto this hour, from many perils and dangers of body and soul, As from fire and water, lightning, thunder, and tempest from slanders, shames, and rebukes of this world and many other mischiefs, into which for my sins, I might justly have fallen, thou o Lord, having suffered many a worthier person than I, both in strength, beauty, & cunning, suddenly to be punished for their defaults: But merciful Lord, me thou hast spared and forborn, & hast suffered me in all my great and grievous trespasses, which I have done against thee, more than they, patiently abiding alway for my conversion and amendment, when rightfully thou might have slain me and damned me also perpetually.  
Others Lord, thou hast punished by great troubles many ways, as by imprisonment, hunger, thirst, could and heat, blindness, and madness, by bakbiting and open infamy: and me unkind wretch thou caledst by friendly chastisings, as by bodily sickness, by death of friends, or loss of worldly goods: And sometime thou admonished me, calling me again with full benign and tender love, by example of others, that have been drowned, slain, or dead suddenly in my company: and I spared and saved, which if I had then finished my life as they did, I had been unready to thee, & died in my sin.  
Thus then hast thou saved me, both soul and body, from many perils and dangers diversly for the which I give thee most hearty and loving thanks. For the multitude of all these thy mercies: forgive me I beseech thee o Lord my great offences, and remember not my sins and Iniquities, but of thy goodness pardon me, & give me grace continually, to yield acceptable thanks unto thee for all thy B. Benefits.   

Laude & Praise for our Sanctification & Vocation, to the Unity of the Catholic Church.  
Above all these thy mercies, hast thou o Lord, of thy especial grace and goodness, knit me to thee, by calling me to the knowledge of thyself, and making me a member of thy Church catholic: whereas many thousand jews, Turks, & Infidels, that have been borne since I was, have died in their iniquities, and many hundred thousand also, since the beginning of the world until this time, more worthy and noble than I: & if it had pleased thee o Lord, thou mightest have made me one of them, and so to have lived and died as they did: But of thy especial mercy and tender love, hast thou chosen me, among so many thousands, to be one of thy darlings, borne now in the time of grace, among Christian people, and under the Keys & suffrages of holy Church, for the which, all honour be to thee for evermore. Amen.   

Thanks and praise to our Saviour jesus for the Benefices of Redemption, Glorification, and fruition.  
O Blessed jesus, I Laud and honour thee which for my sake was borne of the B. Virgin, and suffered here, for the space of xxxiij. years, hunger, thirst, cold and heat: and after all, despite, and painful death. And by that thy death, and bitter Passion, thou bought us out of the thraldom of the fiend, the third day, thy Soul and body, being knit again together, by thy glorious Resurrection. And in thy Ascension, hast thou abled be, to be a Prince, or Princes, in the high Bliss of Heaven, not ten or xx. years, as earthly Princes live here in this life, But ever to live, world without end, in all joy, Bliss, & endless Felicity.  
Great is the reward o Lord, thou hast prepared for me if I leave my sin, & continue in thy service to my lives end That is three dowries in my soul, and five in my body.  
The three of my soul be these, perfect love and Charity in thy Divine Majesty. Clear Inspection, of thy B. Godhead. And true knitting, and perpetual union to thee, without dissolution, or departing from thee.  
And the body, shallbe endued with v. special gifts, As brightness, swiftness, & subtleness, able to pierce every thing as the Sun pierceth the Glass: impassibility, never to suffer pain of hunger, or thirst, could, or heat, sorrow, ne sickness, trouble or heaviness: and Imortality ever to live in, joy, and all felicity, and never die.  
All which, when I concider & perceive and that thou o Lord might have made me a stone, stub, or any other dead creature, and haste not so done: But of thy especial great mercy, hast advanced me so worthily, having made and abled me, to be an heir, and to Inherit the high bliss of heaven, in the companies of Angels and all Saints, there with them thee to praise, thee to love, and in thee to joy, world without end: I cannot but with sorrowful heart, lament my great Ingratitude towards thee. O merciful Lord, for thy great mercy, forgive me all my sins I beseech thee: & according to the multitude of thy compassions take pity upon me: And give me grace daile to go forward, in thy holy service, Faith, Fear, and Lone: and in the same to continue, to my lives end.   

A Prayer for mercy and forgiveness of sins and for Grace to give God thanks for his Benefits.  
Have mercy on me o God and of thy especial Grace, grant me that I may with all my wits, bodily & ghostly thank thee entirly for all thy benefits, calling to my help, our Blessed Lady, with all the number of Elect, to Pray and beseech thee Lord of thy great goodness to grant the same, and to have mercy on me, and forgive me my sins: That we together may thank praise, & laud, thou, now and everlasting. Amen.  
O Lord, for the gifts of Fortune we Laud and praise thee, saying Laudamus te: And for the gifts of Nature, we Bless thee, saying Benedicimus te: For thy gifts of Grace, we Adore and worship thee, saying Adoramus te: And for thy merciful keeping, guiding, and governing us in this life, we glorify thee saying. Glorificamus te: And for thy great mercy, and metit, of our last reward: Gratias agimus tibi propter Magnam gloriam tuam. Amen.   

Praise to God for his long sufferance, and calling, and receiving, sinners, to his Mercy.  
O Lord God almighty, I Laud & glorify thee, for all thy mercies, which thou hast always showed to sinners, patiently abiding for them, mercifully Calling them, benignly Receiving them, abundantly giving grace to them, and to such familiarity admitting them, as though they had never sinned. O merciful Lord, and patient God, what shall I say to thee, for all these thy benefits? What lauds and thank, shall I yield to thee? For if all my sins were avoided from me, yet were I not worthy for the least of them to give condign thanks unto thee, but as a wretched sinner may, with all my heart I Laud, thee, I Thank thee, I Honour and worship thee: And all Laud and Praise be ever given unto thee, world without end. Amen.   

The Conclusion.  
O Holy Trinity in Unity, & Unity, in trinity, three in one, and one in Three: merciful and pitiful in all thy works, gracious in thy gifts, and God of all bounty: vouchsafe to hear benignly me thy wretched and sinful servant, and with me, all the Saints of thy heavenly Court, beseeching thee of mercy and forgeunes for my great ingratitude towards thee. This Praise and thanks giving o Lord, which I presume to offer and yield unto thy Divine Majesty: Be it, through the merits of our Saviour jesus Christ the prayers and, of all thy Elect, accepted and allowed, in the Ears of thy mercy and pity. Raise me up o Lord, and mercifully relieve me. Grant pardon of all my sins passed, forgive my guilt present: & defend me from all to come. Amen. Pater Aue. Credo Te deum.