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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09974	Maister Bezaes houshold prayers translated out of French into English.	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.	1603 (1603)	STC 2023.7; ESTC S1181	53,574	372

Disciples spake vnto them saying All power is giuen vnto me both in heauen in earth Goe yee therefore and teach all nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-ghost and teaching them to obserue all that I haue commaunded you Mat. 28. O Eternall God only good wise thou hast vouchsafed by thy Sonne that great prophet to teach vs that whosoeuer is not borne of water and the spirite cannot enter into thy kingdome and that flesh and blood are not capable of the sight of thy glorie Thou O Lord art essentially holinesse and righteousnes How then can vncleanenesse and iniustice approach neere vnto thee So it is that wee are by our nature corrupted and by sinne polluted wherby the Sentence of death both first and second hath ouertaken all men howbeit of thy infinite mercy thou hast vouchsafed to saue from a gulph of miseries those that in thy vnsearchable counsaile are predestinate to life redeeming them from hell and making them to bee borne againe in Iesus Christ thy eternall woorde by the which thou haddest first giuen them beeing And these are they that are borne of water and the spirit into thy church through the efficacie of the sacred mysteries of thy grace specially of holie Baptisme that being clothed anew in the nature and righteousnes of Christ their Sauiour they may become new creatures pure and pretious before thee Nowe through thy great mercy O my God I haue in thy holy Temple receiued this sacred pledge of thy couenant and of our new birth in thy name and in the name of thy Sonne and of the Holy-ghost according to thy ordinance as it hath pleased thee in the renewing of thy Church by the preaching of the Gospel to manifest thy selfe farre more cleerely in three persons of thy deitie then vnder the figures and shadowes of the Law For in Christ replenished with grace and trueth thou hast made thy selfe visible who hath reuealed himselfe and the Holy Ghost also by plentifully spreading the beames of his glory vpon vs through the brightnesse of his works altogether diuine and miraculous Wee cannot so much as apprehend the vertue and efficacy of the sacrament of baptisme vnlesse wee begin by the meditation of thy free mercie in thy Sonne and so doe proceede in the contemplation of him performing his office euen so farre forth as to die for vs and with him wee doe conioyne the Holy-Ghost through whome Christ dooth wash vs in his blood regenerateth vs and maketh vs partakers of all his benefits This O Lord I knowe by thy word that like as the sacrament of baptisme is vnto mee a certaine earnest penie of my saluation so must it in my own conscience and before men be vnto mee a perpetuall testimonie of my faith and of my hope So onely dooth this sacrament obtaine his perfection and fulnes namely when that shadowed in the washing of my body with the signe of water is effectually wrought within my soule throughout the whole course of my life For in like manner was the shadow of the couenant fulfilled in cutting awaie the fore-skinne from the Children of Israel when by the circumcision of their harts they became carefull to walke in the statutes of Gods Lawe I beseech thee therefore O my God as I carrie in my forehead the holy marke of Christians so vouchsafe with thy finger to graue in my hart this diuine Character to the ende that I may euermore beare and bring forth such fruite and effects as may be acceptable in thy sight and profitable to my selfe that as my Lord Iesus by his spirite working in mee washeth away my sinnes and regenerateth my soule so I may likewise by the efficacie of his owne vertue and receiuing from him grace perseuere in the faith of my Baptisme readie to euery good worke And that as I was baptised into his death so likewise to be buried with him by being dead vnto sin so that I may bee grafted with him to the similitude of his resurrection in glory liuing no longer to sinne but to righteousnes whereby thy name O eternall God may be sanctified and I crowned in my latter day with the crowne of immortalitie amongest the company of thy blessed ones So be it The tenth Prayer ¶ For the Communion in the holy Eucharist Iesus tooke bread and when he had giuen thanks he brake it and gaue it to his disciples and said Take eate this is my body Then taking the cup and giuing thankes hee gaue it them saying Drinke yee all for this is my blood the blood of the Newe Testament which is shed for many to the remission of sinnes Ma. 26. ALmightie euerlasting god according to thy loue and infinite goodnesse it hath plesaed thee that not onely to redeeme vs from sinne from death and from hell and in all points to make vs blessed thy onely sonne the brightnesse and fulnesse of thy glory should take vpon him humane flesh and after hee had taught vs the way to heauen should die vppon the crosse for the accomplishment of his office but also that this great benefite might still bee present to our perpetuall comfort and for the encrease and support of our faith that his body risen againe in glory for our righteousnesse and perfection ascended into heauen and sitting at thy right hand should also bee communicated vnto vs here beneath in thy Church in the mystery of the Eucharist to bee our foode and nourishment vnto holy and eternall life Thus is there sealed in our hearts that promise that hee hath made vnto vs in the gospel that hee will at all times make vs partakers of his flesh and of his blood and in this Communion giue vnto vs the true and sound foode of our soules that in him who is the liuing bread discended from heauen wee may obtaine our peace and felicitie O mightie prouidence of the Lord who called vs to communicate in his body before his death to the end to shew vs that by death he should not be destroyed and that he would neuer leaue his Church O what a refreshing is this in this our earthly pilgrimage and what a delicious banquet in the bread and wine consecrated by the word of Christ to eate his glorious flesh and to drinke his precious blood when by faith in his promises and by the vertue of his holy spirit hauing our hearts cleansed and lifted vp on high his life together with all his graces and blessings is made ours O infinite blessed is that flocke that hath so liberal a shepheard that will norish it with his bloud to the end it may liue in him and of him free from all languishing and miserie O what a comfort is it in this vally of teares to finde meanes to feede vpon such food as will not perish but reioyce all our sences and make vs to liue eternally For so and with such efficacie O Lord doe wee communicate in the bodie

of thy Sonne crucified and risen againe and in his bloud shed for the washing of our soules when at his holie Table the sacred signes are by his ordinance deliuered vnto vs and that we doe receiue them as hee hath commanded expecting that aboue in heauen without any exterior meanes we may eate this bread of life and drinke this sweete drinke in the company of the Angels of all the blessed then at the ful inioying of our vnion with thee O great God and the ioy of our beatitude accomplished O most desired daie wherein we shall be fed and satisfied with this celestiall bread that we may neuer die nor thirst againe in this newe life where thou O eternall God shalt bee wholy in vs. Oh happie are wee already who already in Christ in the communion of the faithfull do taste the sweetnes of this celestiall banquet wherin we shall see thee and face to face contemplate Father Word Spirit one only and true God beeing filled with thy glory in endlesse peace To the end therfore that according to thy Commaundement O Lord I may worthily present my self to this holy banquet of sacred foode which the Angelles doe admire and honour which also thou dost not communicate but to thy flesh I beseech thee giue mee grace well to discerne the bodie of my Sauiour in trying my selfe according to his word so as my hart may be cleansed from sinne and vncleanenesse and replenished with thy loue and with euery other spirituall vertue to the end that euen this day harbouring therein this great King of heauen I may encrease in the faith and hope of my saluation by his holines and righteousnesse I haue reposed al my confidence in thy mercy I neither seeke nor hope for any good or grace but from thee my God and in thy sonne and for his sake I doe desire in my place with simplicitie to celebrate the remembrance of his death in the holy church to the glory of thy name and the peace of my soule I renounce the deadworkes of the flesh and the lusts thereof I doe put off all enmitie and malice with a good intent to embrace the liuely workes of the spirit and to dwell in loue and charitie with my neighbours I do belieue in the promises that Christ the infallible truth hath pronounced with his owne mouth That at his holy table he will truely make me partaker of his body and blood to the end I may possesse him wholy and in such sorte that being made flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone he may liue in mee aad I in him for euer Helpe O Lord the weakenesse of my faith support mee in my infirmity and in that desire which thou giuest me to profit in the sound knowledge of thy mysteries and in the practise of the pathes of thy kingdome conioyne vnto the same desire the performaunce of the deede For it is onely by the vertue of thy spirit in sinceritie of heart that I shall this day receiue from the same Iesus the effect of his word in participating truely in his new and eternall testament the couenant of grace so to perseuer in this blessed societie of his Bodie that from him I may incessantly gather strength and life and vnited with him I may also attaine to bee one with thee my Creator Grant mee therefore that in this maner I may with thy Church celebrate the most holy remembrance of our Lord and of the worke of our redemption to the end that so receuing this great sacrament of his body with a newe augmentation in all heauenlie grace with so much the greater confidence I may againe call vpon thee my God and my Father and more more glorifie my selfe in thy mercies So be it The eleuenth Prayer For thanksgiuing after the Communion And when they had sung a Psalme they went out vnto the Mount of Oliues Mat. 26. O Lorde my God my Father euen from the bottome of my heart and with all my soule I yeelde thee praise and thankes for that it hath pleased thee to enlarge so great a benefite to mee miserable sinner as to haue drawn and receiued mee into the sacred Communion of thy son Iesus Christ my sauiour The heauen of heauens are not able to comprehend him yet doth he so farre honour vs as to vouchsafe to communicate with vs yea euen to enter into vs poore wormes of the earth For such was thy good pleasure O Lord to deliuer him once to the death for the redemption of thy elect and as to euery one of them so doest thou this day giue him to mee to be my foode and spirituall sustenance that I may liue of him and in him blessed both in body soule eternally I beseech thee therefore O mercifull Father so to blesse in me this holy and mysticall action that my vnworthinesse make it not vnprofitable vnto me that the pretious bloud of thy sonne bee not in vaine shed for mee and offered me to drinke but that washed in the same and cleansed from my sinnes I may obtain that iustification and holines that beseemeth thy children who haue this most holy one to be their hoste and head thy spirit for their light Let me not be so wretched as to abuse these sacred meates which thou dost communicate to thy houshold of faith onely the prouision whereof cost thy welbeloued son Iesus so deere Rather my God grant that in true efficacie I may participate in this sacrament of his body to encrease in faith loue and all other thy gifts that I may neuer abandon thy holy couenant Alas whither should I go but to thee the fountaine of eternall life by Christ who is the fulnes thereof and by whom it runneth into vs Cast from me all carnall cogitations and delights and all these earthly baites which turne to gall and corruption because I haue in my bowels an incorruptible foode more sweeter then honny the bread of Angels the bread of heauen the bread of life which with out any sacrament wee shall feede on aboue without ende where Christ according to his promise shall with vs drinke the fruite of the new vine yeelding vppe vnto thee the kingdome O eternal God that thou maist be all in all I doe therefore resigne my self into thy hands and vnder thy conduct that I may runne my race in ioy and a good conscience before thy face and before men And that I may departe in peace when my houre is come because Christ is my life To thy name therefore O almighty Creator to thee Redeemer of the elect to thee Comforter of the faithfull who by thy secret vertue doest worke this vnspeakeable and miraculous coniunction of our soules with the body of the Lord. To thee Trinity Father Word Spirit one only and true God be all honour and glory Amen The twelfth Praier To obtaine the gift of Faith The law was our schoolmaister to bring vs to Christ that wee might bee