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A02448	The enimie of securitie or A dailie exercise of godly meditations drawne out of the pure fountaines of the holie Scriptures, and published for the profite of al persons of any state or calling, in the German and Latine tonges, by the right reuerende Maister Iohn Auenar, publike professor of the Hebrue tonge, in the famous Vniuersitie of VViteberge; In Englishe by Thomas Rogers Maister of Artes and student in Diuinitie.; Christliche Gebet. English	Habermann, Johann, 1516-1590.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1579 (1579)	STC 12582.3; ESTC S120167	142,030	389

waking wil we meditate of thy goodnes because thou hast bin our helper vnder the shadow of thy wings wil we reioice Our soules cleaue vnto thee because thy right hand hath vpholden vs and saued vs in our extremities We wil be mindful of the time past wherein thou maruelouslie didst assist vs and meditate of al thy deedes We wil discourse of the workes of thine hands and wil neuer forget thy mightines For thy mercie endureth for euer thou wilt not despise the workmanship of thine owne hands Now blesse the Lord al his seruants which stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our GOD in the night lift vp your hands to his sanctuarie and blesse the lord The Lorde which made both heauen and earth blesse vs from aboue Vnto thee O Lorde doe we lift vp our hands and beseech thee with al humblenes of minde pardon al our sinnes which this daie we haue committed either against thee or our neighbors Our handes are defiled with blood and our fingers with much iniquitie Our transgressions are afore thee and make answere against vs. But doe not thou Lorde beholde the wickednes of thy people but remember thy couenant which thou hast made with vs in the blood of thy Sonne neither consider thou our wicked enterprises but haue in mind that thy testimonies are pure among vs and thy worde vndefiled Thinke not vpon those that haue walked fainedlie before thee but remember them which according to thy wil doe feare thee Neither doe thou destroie them which haue liued beastly looke vpon them that not onelie teach but obserue thy commandements Take thou none indignatiō at them which are worse than beasts but loue them alwaies that put their trust in thy righteousnes and glorie For we and our Fathers haue al the same sicknes but because of vs sinners thou shalt be called merciful For if thou hast mercie on vs thou shalt be called merciful to vs that haue no works of righteousnes And therefore be thou merciful vnto vs O Lord for thy Name sake and pardon al our transgressions whereby most infinitelie we haue deserued thine euerlasting displeasure Let thine hand be readie to saue vs that we may prefer thy commandements aboue al things and fulfil them with our fingers O Lord in our troble doe we seeke thee our hands in this night season are lifted vp to thee Neither shal anie thing be in cause but that in this darke and dreadful night thou shalt lighten and illustrate euerie darke corner of our habitation that our candels go not out by night When we sit in darknes bring vs into the light saue vs from vtter darknes where is weeping and gnashing of teeth Thou art the God which giuest light to our candle lighten therefore our darknes O our God that we sleepe not in death And protect vs by the shadow of thine hand that none euil stick to vs this night Deliuer vs from the snare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence Defende vs vnder thy wings and vnder thy feathers we shal be safe Let thy truth compasse vs like a shield that we be not afraid for any terror by night nor yet either for the pestilence that walketh in darknes or for the sicknes that destroieth at noone daie A thousande shal fal beside vs and ten thousand on our right hand but it shal not come nigh vs. O Lorde deliuer vs out of the hands of our enimies and saue vs from such as persecute our soules they imagine wickednes in their chambers they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe and sleepe is taken from them vntil they haue done harme O Lord keepe vs O Lord be thou our defence ouer our right hande that the sun parch vs not by day nor the moone by night The Lord is our light and our saluation whom then should wee feare The Lord is the strength of our life of whom then should we be afraide Though an host of men were laide against vs yet shal not our harts be afraid and though the wicked should rise vp against vs to deuour our flesh yet it shal be our comfort alwaie that thou wilt hide vs in thy tabernacle in the euil day and defende vs in the secret place of thy dwelling through Christ our Lord Amen 1. On Friedaie Morning praier BLessed is the Lord God of Sabbaoth which by his commandement created the morning and assigned to the daie spring his place where arising euery daie it apprehendeth the wings of the earth and speedilie runneth to the vttermost parts of the world Who is like our God which doth woonderous things both in heauen and earth O Lord heauen is thy seat and the earth is thy footestoole Vnto thee doe we bend our selues yeelding most humble thankes for that it hath pleased thee of thy wonted goodnes to preserue vs this night vnder thy merciful protectiō Of thy clemencie hast thou deliuered our soules from the mids of Lions among whom we laie with thy shielde of saluation hast thou compassed vs about like as a shepherd watcheth and looketh to his flock Wherefore we wil sing of thy power and praise thy mercie betimes in the morning For thou hast bin our defence and refuge in the daie of our troble We beseech thee euen for the bloodie sweate of thy Sonne our Lord and Sauior Christ that thou wouldest vouchsafe this morning to moisten and mollifie our harts through the grace of thine holie Spirit As the morning dew spreading it selfe earelie before daie doth wet and fil the earth and as the morning raine by drops doth water drie places wherby they do fructifie and bring forth herbes and grasse so extende thy grace toward vs and by thine heauenlie dewe besprinkle our hard and drie harts that we may wholie delight in the waies of thy righteousnes walke in the pathes of thy commandements Let thy liuing Spirit guide vs forth into the land of righteousnes O Lorde for thy Name sake quicken vs in thy righteousnes that thy word may be a lanterne vnto our feete and a light vnto our steps Shew vs thy waies O Lord and teach vs thy pathes Order our steps according to thy word so shal no wickednes haue dominion ouer vs neither shal we wander from the right waie Take from vs the waie of lieng and grant vs graciouslie thy lawe O would to God our waies were directed to the keeping of thy statutes that we might not walke in the counsel of the wicked nor stand in the waie of sinners nor sit in the seate of the scorneful but delight in the lawe of the Lorde and exercise our selues therein daie and night then should we be as a tree planted by the riuers of waters that bringeth forth

and honestie Likewise vnto the Philippians he saith be careful for nothing but in al things let your petition be manifest vnto God in praier and supplication with giuing of thankes By which words we are not onely pricked forward vnto the Godly exercise of praier but admonished besides that there be foure kinds therof al necessary to be vsed euery day The first are Deprecations whereby we beg at the hands of Almightie God either altogither to turne away his heauie displeasure conceaued through our sinnes or at the least to mitigate the punishments due for our offences Supplications are called requestes wherby we craue such things as are necessarie either for the sustentation of this present life or for our euerlasting comfort in the worlde to come Intercessions are praiers made in the behalfe of others By thankesgiuing we praise God and celebrate his holie name for al benefites conferred both vpon our soules and bodies In this my Booke I haue had special regarde vnto these foure kinds of praier For first for euery day of the weeke I haue made a morning praier containing both a thankesgiuing for the blessed rest receaued and a deprecation for the escaping of al euils which may happen in the day time Afterwarde followeth a thankesgiuing for some singular benefite receaued Then two supplications or petitions for blessinges aswel eternal as temporal Next vnto them are placed two intercessions for men of euerie state or degree After them ensueth a praier against the sondrie enimies of Christs Church And last of al an euening praier containing a thankesgiuing vnto God for his preseruing of vs in the day time a deprecation that no euil hurt vs in the night and a petition of his fatherlie protection is annexed And this manner I haue obserued in distinguishing the praiers for euerie day For it is our partes daily in al our necessities to cry vnto God as our Sauior teacheth to this purpose Praie alwaies be not wearie And Saint Paule willeth the same saieng Praie continually in al things giuing thanks For this is the wil of God through Iesu Christ toward you Againe be not let to praie alwaies and be not let vnto the death to exercise thy selfe in righteousnes Thus did the kingly prophet Dauid which of himselfe saieth seauen times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous iudgements And certes it is a goodly worke to cal vpon God in praier and to enioy his familiar speech The which also Saint Ambrose witnesseth saieng To praie much and often is a worke grateful to god Howe excellent a thing it is for man to intermingle his talke with God no man is ignorant and that excellencie is attained by praier onely which ioineth vs to the societie of Angels through ascribing due praise and glorie vnto Almighty God as their office doth binde them Hence doth the Psalmist say In the sight of Angels wil ● sing praise vnto thee I wil worship toward thy holy temple and extol thy name For in other things there is much difference betweene their condition and ours whether we respect their nature or their kinde of life their wisedome or their vnderstanding but to praie is a worke common both to Angels and men For praier doth seperate vs from brute beastes and associate vs with Angels Yea an easie matter is it for one to attaine to their nature dignitie wisedome and vnderstanding if al his life time he giue himselfe wholy vnto praier and the seruice of god For if they which frequent the companie of wise men by reason of their continual meetings in short space are so changed that they represent the wisedome of such as they company withal what shal we saie of them which dailie talke with God in praier Wherefore it behooueth vs obeieng the wil of our Heauenlie Father to spende our life time in the lauding of God and in deuout meditations But he which neither wil praie nor praise God neither yet delight in this diuine communication surelie liuing he is dead without life without ●ense or vnderstanding as witnesseth Saint Chrysostome The frute and profite coming by godly praiers doth Saint Iames expresse on this manner The praier of faith shal saue the sicke and the Lord shal raise him vp and if he haue committed sinnes they shal be forgiuen him c. Againe The feruent praier of a righteous man auaileth much Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are and he praied in his praier that it might not raine and it rained not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe moneths And he praied againe and the heauen gaue raine the earth brought forth hir frute By these words it appeareth that the praier of faith can obtaine and bring to passe al things belonging either to the safetie of the bodie or saluatiō of the soule As that king and Prophet Dauid by praier repelled the horrible crewe of his mortal enimies So in like maner Ezechias the King of Iuda Ierusalem being besieged by Sennacherib King of the Assirians gathered not a company of soldiours but onely went against his enimies in praier preuailed against them and preserued the Cittie with the vtter ouerthrow of his aduersaries Likewise by his humble praier he escaped death and faithful supplication prolonged his daies This made Saint Augustine to saie The praier of the righteous is the keie of heauen The praier of the godlie doth ascende and the mercie of God doth come downe So that knowing the dignitie of this familiar talke with God and considering the commoditie which cometh thereby me thinkes nothing should dismay a Christian from calling vpon god For notwithstanding it exceede the power of man to reason with God yet doth the holy spirit dwelling in the faithful helpe our weakenes and not onely emboldeneth vs to approche before his Maiestie but also maketh intercession for vs with groanes vnspeakeable As we reade that women being of nature weake vessels oftentimes by praier haue apprehended God detained him as may appere in the woman of Canaan Finally so many occasions are there to mooue and stir vs daily vnto praier that sufficiently they cannot be expressed And if at any time often praier were needeful I perswade my selfe that nowe in this last and olde age of this doting worlde wherein as more grieuous and wofull wickednes doth raigne than at any time so it is to be feared that in the Church more horrible punishments and in common weales more miserable confusion wil ensue than euer did it should be practised which euils can by no other meanes be auoided but onely by dailie earnest and faithfull praier The fountaine of al true wisedome and learning God almightie continue among vs for his Sonnes sake the puritie of his worde together with the studie

of al beleeuers an aider of the oppressed a refuge in the time of troble a physition for the sicke yea our life and salfegard in the peril of death By al thy paines passions which thou didst suffer for vs and wherby in the flesh thou tookedst vppon thee thou feelest our infirmities we beseech thee that pittieng our sicknes and diseases thou wilt succor al that are sicke and especiallie such as in their agonies do encounter with many sondrie tentations Giue them grace to know that al sicknes and miseries of the bodie whatsoeuer come not by chance but to be sent of thee our God without whose wil and permission none aduersitie can come vpon vs For al the heares of our heads be nombred Let them knowe that sicknes is sent through thy good counsaile not for our destruction but for our amendment and to cal vs vnto repentance and either to keepe vs in our calling or to driue vs from wickednes whervnto by nature we are inclined For when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the worlde And iudgement commonlie beginnes at the house of God. Finallie diseases be certaine instruments whereby thou dost exercise vs to the mortification of our flesh O thou most excellent curer both of soules and bodies diseased which hast showen that sicknes and miseries of the bodie are the punishments of sinne and warnings of thy displeasure against our wickednes Spare vs O Lorde spare thy people and forgiue our sinnes whereby we haue prouoked these manifold diseases and miseries Speake vnto our trobled harts in this conflict of the conscience reuiue them with the sweete and liuelie comfort of the free remission of our sinnes purchased by Christ and take awaie the prick of sinne and stings of death that we feele not the gnawing worme of a guiltie conscience Grant vs quiet mindes through the consolation of the scriptures and working of the holie Ghost that we may surelie rest vpon thee and thy promises neuer doubting of thy fatherlie kindnes toward vs. Heate our colde harts and fainting members by thy Spirit that they may be nimble to fulfil thy pleasure and suffer afflictions laide vpon them with a quiet minde and neuer murmuringlie resist thy wil but alwaies thinke that whom the Lord loueth him he chasteneth and scourgeth euerie sonne that he receiueth Therefore strengthen vs that we may suffer thy fatherlie correction with quiet minds O Lord looke downe from heauen from thine holie Court and behold the humilitie and affliction of al weake persons take from them their extreme paine or at the least mitigate their sorrowes whereby they may feele some ease and let thy yoke be vnto them easie and thy burden light Restore the weake to their woonted strength and heale their griefes according to thy diuine pleasure to their welfare Wype away alteares from their eies and helpe them on the bed of their sorow and make their beds in their weakenes Heale and bind vp their wounds for great is thy power and thine hand is not shortened For when al hope of worldlie helpe doth faile that can assist Thy mightie right hande can alter euery thing yea if thou onlie saie the word the weake shal be healed that without the means of any natural thing Grant likewise that al which are recouered may wel vse their health least otherwise they forgo through sin y which they receiued by grace be thankful alwaies warie least a woorse thing happen vnto them And concerning such as it pleaseth thee to take out of this miserable worlde into thine euerlasting kingdome confirme those with thine holie Spirit that at the houre of their departure they may peaceably rest vpholden with a trust of free remission of their sinnes and hope of a ioieful resurrection of the dead and life euerlasting Shorten the paines which they suffer now in their mortal bodies and turne their sorrow into perfect and eternal ioie and make them willing to be dissolued from their bodies to be with thee and to withdraw themselues from al such things as doe hinder the spiritual course as are the loue of this present life the pleasures of the world the desires of the flesh earthlie cogirations riches and vaine glorie O Christ our eternal Sauior we beseech thee which hauing ouercome the sting of death hast opened the kingdome of heauen to al beleeuers according to our faith wilt come to be the iudge of the quick and dead haue mercie on thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood Amen 7. A praier against the tentation of Satan O Most heauenlie Father and eternal God vnto thee do we crie protect strengthen vs weake and feeble ones against the tentation of Satan which is the sworne and extreeme enimie to mans saluation a slanderer and our accuser that great Dracon the old serpent which is called the Diuel carrieng away the whole world a coosener wicked spirit a deceauer which goeth about like a roaring Lion seeking whom he may deuour And especiallie in this doting age of the world as he knoweth his time of raigning is but short perceiueth the day of iudgement to be verie nigh at hand wherein his filthines shal be made manifest to al creatures to his euerlasting torments so now he rageth and raungeth in a deadlie hatred against thy flock by al meanes seketh the destruction of al mankind diuers waies and by vnspeakeable subtiltie doth he laie snares to entrap our soules egerlie doth he beset vs and al his power and pollicie doth he powre out against vs he prieth for any occasion wherby he may allure vs to shameful offending and so at length horriblie to cast vs headlong into extreeme desperation For as many corporal affections as be in man so many occasions doth he take to tempt vs thereby to wound vs or at least to hurt vs with one prick or other He laieth snares to take vs in wealth in pouertie in pleasure and in the inticements of the flesh in anguish of minde in ambition and desire of glorie in the wearisomnes of our calling and inferior condition in cares both for the back and bellie in couetousnes and loue of monie in lust of reuenge He ticles some with a desire of glorie and promotion he imprinteth in others a vaine of curiositie and pride into others he instilleth suspicions and doubtings of thy diuine wil and prouidence he bloweth into others a perswasion of wisedome and knowledge some he carieth awaie in securitie night and daie whether we sleepe or wake he is about vs with foming mouth and open iawes neieth to deuour vs that our senses may be corrupted from the simplicitie which we owe to Christ euen as the serpent deceaued Eaue by his subteltie O God who is able to flie awaie or to persist against

with al the affections and desires thereof for the better seruing thee and walking in the Spirit For we are debtors not to the flesh to liue after the flesh but the deedes of the flesh being mortified to liue renued after the holie Spirit in righteousnes and true holines Sanctifie vs holie Father that we defile not our selues with carnal vices with riotousnes bellicheere nor by vnlawful pleasure casting of thine holie Spirit that we make our bodies the houses of filthie feends which carie awaie and cast headlong al intemperate and secure persons into euerlasting destruction Be it far from vs that we make our members the members of harlots whereby thy holie Spirit is banished and man becommeth a denne for theeues and a sink of filthines Gouerne vs that we may shun the works of the flesh and be careful to doe the works of the Spirit as thy chosen seruants And forasmuch as the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit contrarie to the flesh for they are contrarie and continuallie striue together be thou merciful vnto vs O God helpe vs with thy diuine power that the holie Spirit which thou didst poure into vs at our baptisme may beare the rule in our members and preuaile ouer the flesh and al the affections of the same Extinguish the flames of carnal desires and represse our raging lustes so shal we auoide enormous offences and shun the wicked actions of our owne inuentions And if at any time being subdued by flesh and blood we shal wander from the path and direction of the Spirit to something vnseemelie for our calling impute not we praie thee that fault vnto vs but remember that we are flesh and conuert vs by thy diuine power And seeing that flesh of itselfe is vnbridelie and wilde not abiding correction but is like a fat wanton calfe which is not vsed to labor put thy yoke vpon vs tame our flesh by thy Spirit that walking soberlie and modestlie we may bridle the same and humble it vnder thy commandements by withdrawing of delicious fare For with ouermuch fine fare our mindes waxe wanton and ouerlustie Aide vs that by temperance moderation abstinence from superfluous meats drinks we may bind our flesh to the direction of the holie Spirit and mortifie our bodies of sinne so shal we praise and magnifie thy Name which liuest in vs worlds without ende Amen 8. Euening praier on Friedaie WE wil praise thee O eternal God Father of our Lorde IESV Christ for maruelous things hast thou done for vs thou hast deliuered our soules from death and our feete from falling Blessed be God which hath heard our praiers and brought vs out of the lake of miserie out of the myre and claie which set our feete vpon the rock and ordered our goings which hath saued vs this daie from al perils and comforted our soules Wherefore we wil extol thee and celebrate thy Name euerie daie and at night wil we talke of thy righteousnes We wil magnifie the Lord our God and bow our selues at his footestoole for he is holie We wil praise thee O Lord because thou hast set vs vp and hast not made our foes to triumph ouer vs Thou hast brought our soules from hel and saued our liues from them that go downe into the pit Wherefore we wil sing praises vnto thee and yeelde thee thanks for a remembrance of thy holines O most louing Father here prostrating our selues before thy feete we beseech thee in the Name of thy Sonne who suffered for vs a most cruel death blot out al our transgressions whereby we haue offended thy Maiestie and especiallie those which this day we haue committed Be merciful vnto vs O Lord for thy Name sake For greatlie haue we sinned and our offences are mo than the sande of the sea We haue prouoked thee vnto anger and done euil in thy sight But now we bend the knees of our hart requiring thy mercie O Lord we haue sinned we acknowledge our sinnes with griefe and sorow Pardon O pardon our sinnes and destroie vs not together with our iniquities neither reserue euil for vs for euer but of thine infinit goodnes saue vs miserable and most vnworthie men For thou O Lord according to thy wonted mercie hast promised forgiuenes of sinnes to al repenters Therefore we wil praise thee continuallie al the daies of our life al the host of heauen praise thee worldes without end Who is such a God as thou that pardonest wickednes and forgiuest the offences of the remnant of thine heritage Thou keepest not thy wrath for euer for thy delight is in mercie Thou turnest againe and art merciful vnto vs thou puttest downe our wickednes castest al our sinnes into the bottome of the sea In this euening now the Sunne is gone we praie thee O God depart not from vs which art the Sunne of righteousnes neither let thine aide be far from vs but abide with vs O Lord for it draweth toward night and the daie is far spent Forsake vs not O Lord our God neither depart from vs for tribulation is at hand and there is none to helpe O GOD of our saluation make haste to helpe vs haue a regard to our defence redeeme our soules in peace from those that war against vs. Deliuer vs from such as marke our goings Plucke our feete out of the snare and leade vs in the path of righteousnes that our feete slip not and we take a fal Guide vs by thy wisedome that when we walke it may leade vs when we sleepe it may keepe our feete and when we wake we may talke thereof And therefore sleeping we wil not feare but rest quietlie and our sleepe shal be sweete we wil not quake at the sudden terror neither at the ranging of the vngodly when it happeneth The Lord shal be on our side and protect our feete that we be not taken yea the Lord shal be our light and saluation in darknes He is our hope which hath appointed vs so high a refuge Let none euil come vnto vs neither suffer the whip to be nigh our tabernacle O Lord be thou our watchman and protector that trobles vaine cogitations doe not inuade vs and neither the feare of death ouerwhelme vs nor the sleepe of night alter our thoughtes and vnderstanding when we should take our rest and ease in our chambers but grant vs a good quiet sleepe and after the same to rise vp in the morning and to render due thanks and praise to thee our most merciful protector For our helpe is from the Lord which hath made both heauen and earth He wil not suffer our feete to be mooued and he that keepeth Israël wil not sleepe to whom be praise now and euermore Amen 1. On Saturdaie Morning praier O Lord God maker of al things which art feareful

merciful God raine not I beseech thee hailestones vpon the face of the earth neither strike such as are in the fieldes be they man or beast Strike not thou therewithal the herbes of the fielde neither breake thou gracious Lord the trees of our lande Destroie not our corne with hailestones nor with hailestones smite thou our cattel and deliuer our flocks from the thunderbolt Cast not the fiercenes of thy wrath anger and displeasure vpon vs. Giue vs not hailestones for raine neither flames of fire in our lande but of thy mercie conuert the thunder into gentle raine whereby it may bring out fruite abundantlie Sende not among vs either vntimelie or vntemperate showers which be either noisome to the fruite and bring the mildewe or destroie the corne Restraine in like sort the windes and violent tempestes that they bring none hurt neither to vs or our goods euen for Christes sake our Lorde and Sauior Amen A praier for waiefaring men and Trauelers O Almightie eternal and liuing God Father of our Lord Iesu Christ I thanke thee with mine ▪ whole hart for sending of thine infinite and vnspeakeable goodnes to manwarde thine onelie Sonne into this worlde to suffer on our behalfe al the miseries of this life which in the state of extreeme basenes traueling from one region to another to preach the Gospel of thy kingdome suffered no doubt the sondrie infirmities of our mortal bodie For passing through Samaria he was wearie by reason of trauel and rested himselfe on Iacobs wel In al things he was like vnto vs For we haue not an hie Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in al things tempted like as we are and yet without sinne In his Name I take my iournie whose wil it is that whatsoeuer we doe either in worde or deede we shoulde doe it in the Name of our Lorde and Sauior Christ giuing thanks vnto thee our God and Father through him For his sake which went about doing good and healing al that were oppressed of Satan I beseech thee giue thine holie angels charge to keepe me in al my waies and to guide me to and fro in my iournie euen as Tobie the yonger was guided of the Angel Raphaël vnto Gabaël habiting in Rages a citie of the Medes Guide me with strength and courage and direct my steps in the course of my iournie that I wander not out of the right waie into bywaies neither cast my selfe into dangers And therefore holie Father be thou the directer of my waies and keepe me out of the clawes of spoilers Saue mee from the deuouring iawes of sauage beasts Compasse me about with thine heauenlie protection that I fal not into any euils either of soule or bodie Be thou vnto me a faithful companion as thou wast to Iacob the Patriarch traueling into Mesopotamia and descending into Egypt Likewise as thou diddest lead the children of Israël through the red sea and through the vncomfortable wildernes going before them by daie in a piller of a cloude and by night in a piller of fire to lighten them in the way that they went vouchsafe to accompanie gouerne and direct me in this my iornie Shew mee also such fauor that wheresoeuer I go I may find godlie men which may entertaine lodge and curteouslie entreate me least otherwise I fal into perils and be iniuried of the wicked Be thou with me night and daie that none hurt light vpon me protect me both against the iniurie of cold and the vehemencie of heat and from al enimies deliuer me O Lord giue me bread to eate and clothes to put on And as the wise men by the direction of a star in the East came ioiefullie into Iurie and afterward being admonished in a dreame so to doe returned into their countrie another waie so my busines being wel finished bring me home againe in safetie that I may praise thee my God and Lorde continuallie in the Congregation of thy Saints O Lorde heare my praier and with thine eares consider my complaint holde not thy peace at my teares For I am a stranger in this worlde as al my forefathers were Our daies like a shadowe vpon the earth doe passe awaie and continue not We are strangers and wander out of our true countrie For the daies of our pilgrimage are but short yet be they full of miserie troble Giue me grace that I set not my minde on this worlde but to lift vp mine eies vnto heauen and desire a better that is an heauenlie countrie And as long as wee are absent from the bodie let vs be of good courage suffer vs not through feare to faint in afflictions but firmelie to trust that shortlie we shal returne vnto thine habitation and there enioy thy sight in deede euerlasting life where thou with thy Sonne and the holie Spirit liuest and raignest one eternal God for euermore Amen A Praier before the receiuing of the holie Communion O Iesu Christ holie and eternal God I miserable man and wretched sinner acknowledge confesse that I am not worthie the least of al thy mercies most vnworthie to receaue thee vnder the roofe of my soule by participating of thy most blessed bodie and blood For horrible and infinite are the sinnes wherwith I am defiled Wo is me Lord for I am a man of polluted lips and dwel among people that haue vncleane lips And therefore the verie entrales of mine hart are trobled and my bones doe shake because I finde my soule a most vnworthie ghest for so heauenlie a supper And yet againe mine hart is wonderfullie lightened when I cal into minde that thou the deere sonne of almightie God camest not into this worlde to cal the righteous but sinners vnto repentance For they that be whole neede not the Phisition but they that are sick Besides I knowe right wel and constantlie doe beleeue that notwithstanding my filthines thou canst make me worthy which alone canst make that cleane which is conceaued of vncleane seede and righteous men of sinners when thou forgiuest our sins of thy wonted grace thine holie Spirit being poured vpon vs. Through which thy power and mercie I beseech thee grant such grace vnto me a sinner that I may worthilie approch to this heauenlie Sacrament least otherwise by mine vnworthines I be made guiltie of thy bodie and blood and so instead of life receaue my iudgement and condemnation Giue grace therefore that afore I presume to come vnto the participation thereof I may examine my selfe by calling my sinnes into minde searching out my waies by vnfained and hartie repentance returning vnto thee my Lord least otherwise by concealing my sinnes with Iudas the traitor I eate the bread of the Lord against the Lord by abusing