reioice at his abundant loue wherewith he hath loued vs g Eph. 2 4. 5 c. Thou didst send thy Sonne in the similitude of sinful flesh h Rom. 8 3. 4. that of sin he might condemne sinne and that we might be thy righteousnes in him For he is the lambe vndefiled i 1. Pet. 1 19 which hath taken awaie the sins of the world k Ioh. 1 29. abolished death by his death l 2. Tim. 1 10 and brought life againe by his resurrection But what may we render vnto thee our God for these so great benefits m Ps 116 12 of thy mercie What praises what thanks may wee ascribe Surelie had we the knowledge and power of the blessed Angels yet could our amends be nothing correspondent to thy mercie and goodnes And were al our members conuerted into tongues yet should we neuer extol thee sufficientlie enough For thy great loue extended gratiouslie of thy meere goodnes to vs ward reacheth beyond al knowledge For thy Sonne ô our God n Iohn 17 3 tooke in no sort the Angels o Heb. 2 16. but he tooke the seede of Abraham and was like to vs in al things yet without sinne p Heb. 4 15. So that taking mans nature not Angels vpon him and glorifieng it with the robe of holie resurrection and immortalitie q Acts. 1 9. he hath carried the same ouer al heauens ouer al the quires of Angels ouer al Cherubs and Seraphims and placed the same at thy right hand The which both Angels doe praise and dominions worship and al the powers of heauen do bow r Phi. 2 9. 10. 11. at man God ouer them This verelie is al mine hope and mine whole confidence For euerie of vs hath a portion of blood and flesh in the bodie of Iesus Christ our Lord. Therefore where a piece of my selfe is there I trust I do raigne where my flesh is glorified there I knowe I am glorious where my flesh doth rule there I perceaue I haue dominion And although I am yet a sinner yet I doubt not of this participation of grace although my sinnes doe hinder me yet my substance doth require it and although mine offences exclude me yet the communion of nature doth not repel me For God is not so hard harted that he can forget flesh blood which he beareth which for my sake he hath taken which on my behalfe he requireth But the Lord our God is mild and verie gentle ſ Ioēl 2 23. he loueth his owne flesh his members and his bowels In verie God and our sweete gratious and most gentle Lord euen Iesus Christ in whom we haue risen ascended now into heauen and now sit together in the heauenlie places t Eph. 2 5. 6. our flesh doth loue vs. In him we haue the prerogatiue of our blood we are his members and his flesh finalie he is our head u Eph. 4 15. 16. Eph. 5 23. of which the whole bodie dependeth As it is written This now is bone of my bones x Gen. 2 23. 24. and flesh of my flesh and they shal be one flesh And no man euer yet hated his owne flesh y Eph. 5 29. but nourisheth and cherisheth it This is a great secret z Eph. 5 32. but I speake concerning Christ and concerning the Church saith the Apostle Chap. 16. A thankesgiuing vnto God for his mercie extended toward man in the incarnation of his Sonne Iesus Christ I Therefore ô Lord our God a Psal 90 1. 2. with my lips and with mine hart and with al my power do thanke thy mercie for al mercies whereby thou hast miraculouslie redeemed vs thy wretched seruants b Eph. 2 4. 5. and that through the same thy Sonne our Sauior c 1 Pet. 2 24 and redeemer d Gal. 3 13. which was deliuered to death for our sinnes e Rom. 4 25 and is risen againe for our iustification and sitteth liuing without end at thy right hand f Rom. 8 34 making request for vs and showing mercie with thee vpon vs. Because of thee the Father g Ioh. 8 42. Iohn 13 3. he is an eternal God of one substance with thee in al respects Whereby he can saue vs at al times But in that he is a man whereby he is inferior to thee Al power is giuen him in heauen and in earth h Matth. 28 verse 18. that at the Name of Iesus euerie knee should bow i Phil. 2 10. both of things in heauen and things in earth and things vnder the earth and that euerie tongue should confes that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto thy glorie ô God the Father Him thou hast ordeined a iudge of quicke and dead k Act. 10 42. For thou iudgest no man l Iohn 5 22 but hast committed al iudgement to thy Sonne in whose breast are hid m Col. 2 3. al the treasures of wisedome and knowledge And he is the witnes and the iudge n Act. 10 42 I saie the iudge and the witnes whose presence no guiltie conscience shal escape o 1. Cor. 4 5. For al things are naked and open to his sight p Heb. 4 13. And he which vniustlie was condemned q Matt. 27 verse 24. 25 c. he euen he wil iudge the world with righteousnes r Psa 96 13 and the people in truth Wherefore I blesse thine holie Name for euermore and with mine whole hart ô almightie gratious Lord I glorifie thee for that vnspeakeable and wonderful vniting together of thy Godhead and manhood in one person so that one was not God and another man but one and the same person was both God and man or man and God But although of thy great goodnes the Word was made flesh ſ Iohn 1 14. yet neither of those two natures was conuerted into another substance To the mysterie of the Trinitie there is not a fourth person added For the substance both of the Word of God and of man is vnited but not confounded that vnto the Godhed that thing which was taken of vs might approch and that thing which neuer had bin might remaine the same which alwaie it was O woonderful mysterie t 1. Tim. 3 16 ô vnspeakable felowship ô strange goodnes of Gods mercie euer to be marueled at euer to be loued We were not woorthie to be seruants and lo we are made the sonnes of GOD euen the heires of God u Rom. 8 17 and heires annexed with Christ How came this to passe who hath brought vs here vnto But ô God merciful Father by this thine inestimable goodnes mercie and good wil I beseech thee make vs woorthie so great and so manifold promises of the same thy Sonne our Lord Iesus Christ x 1. Cor. 1 3. 7. 8 c. Appoint thy strength stablish ô God that which thou hast wrought in vs y Psa 68 28 finish
blood wherewith we be redeemed a 1. Pet. 1 18. 19. wound I beseech thee this my sinful soule for which also thou hast vouchsafed to die b 1. Pet. 2 24 wound her by the firie and mightie dart of thine abundant loue c Ioh. 15 12. 13. 1. Iohn 3 16 For the word of God is liueliue d Heb. 4 12. and mightie in operation and sharper than anie two edged sword O thou the elected dart and the most piercing sword who art of power able to pierce the hard buckler of mans hart prick thou mine hart with the dart of thy loue that my soule may saie to thee I am wounded with thy loue so that from that wound of thy loue teares abundantlie may issue daie and night e Psal 42 3. Strike ô Lord strike I beseech thee this mine hard mind with the godlie and mightie speare of thy loue and with a stoute courage pierce thou euen the most secret parts of my soule and there-withal fetch thou a streame of water from out mine head and out of mine eies a true fountane of teares flowing forth continualie from an hartie affection and desire to behold thy beautie that night and daie I may mourne in this present life receauing no comfort vntil in thy celestial bride-chamber I be thought woorthie to see my beloued and beautiful spouse euen my Lord and God that beholding there thy glorious wonderful and most beautiful countenance f 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. Reue. 22 4. ful of al sweetnes I may with those whome thou hast elected g Rom. 8. verse 30. humblie adore thy maiestie and replenished at the length with heauenlie vnspeakeable ioie of euerlasting mirth may with louers and friends crie out saieng Behold I see now what I so desired I enioie now what I so hoped for I haue that which I loued so For I am now ioined to him in heauen whome in earth I loued with al my strength embraced with right good wil claue vnto from my verie hart him I praise him I blesse and I worship him who liueth and ruleth God for euermore Amen Chap. 37. A praier in the time of trouble HAue mercie on me ô Lord haue mercie on me ô gratious God haue mercie on me a most wretched sinner offending hainouslie and suffering iustlie sinning dailie and feeling continualie thy correction If I waigh the euil which dailie I haue committed my punishment is but smal much wickednes haue I done little correction do I feele Righteous art thou ô Lord and iust are thy iudgements a Psal 119 verse 137. Thy iudgements are truth b Psal 19 9. they be righteous altogether O Lord my God thou art righteous c Psa 92 15. neither is there anie iniquitie in thee For neither vniustlie nor cruelie dost thou afflict vs sinners d Dan. 9 4. 5. 6 c. ô almightie merciful Lord e Exo. 34 6. who when we were not didest mightilie make vs f Iob. 10 8. Psal 100 3. and when through our sinnes we were in the state of damnation hast both mercifullie and miraculouslie repared vs g Gal. 3 13. 1. Tim. 2 6. I knowe and am assured how that our life is not gouerned by al aduentures but that it is disposed and ruled by thee h Pro. 16 9. ô Lord our God Whence it is that thou carest for al things i Wis 12 13. but chieflie for thy seruants k 1. Pet. 5 7. who haue put al their cōfidence in thine onlie mercie Wherefore I praie and humblie beseech thee ô Lord deale not with me according to my sinnes whereby I haue deserued thy iust displeasure but according to thy great mercie which is more than al the sinnes euen of the whole world O God who outwardlie dost afflict the bodie grant inwardlie to my mind continual patience so that thy praise at no time depart out of my mouth Haue mercie on me ô Lord haue mercie on me and helpe me according as thou knowest I haue neede both in my bodie and minde thou knowest al things l Eccle. 23 verse 19. 20. and canst do al things m Gen. 35 verse 11. Reue. 15 3. who liuest euerlastinglie n 1. Tim. 1. 17 Amen Chap. 38. A verie godlie praier vnto the Sonne O Lord Iesu Christ a 1. Tim. 1 1. sonne of the liuing God b Matt. 16 verse 16. which vpon the crosse with out-stretched armes drankest the cup of bitter passion for the redemption of al mankinde c 1. Pet. 2 verse 24. vouchsafe to defend me this daie Behold I a poore wretch vnto thee who art rich I miserable vnto thee who art merciful do approch suffer me not to depart emptie and despised I begin hungerlie let me not go from thee fasting I come euen hunger-starued as it were ô let me not depart vnrefreshed And though before I eate I do sigh yet grant that after my sighing I may eate Especialie before thy glorious magnificence ô sweete Iesu I acknowledge to thee my sinnes against my selfe d Psal 32. 5. Behold I was borne in iniquitie e Psal 51 5. but thou didest wash and sanctifie me f Eph. 5 25. 26. yet haue I defiled my selfe sithence with greater sinnes For I was borne in necessarie sinnes but afterward I wallowed in voluntarie wickednes But thou ô Lord not vnmindful of thy woonted mercie tookedst me from out of the house of my carnal father and from the tabernacles of the wicked and gauedst me a mind to follow thee with the generation of them which seeke thy face which treade the right path which abide among the lilies of a chast life and sit with thee in the parlor of greatest pouertie Yet I vngrateful for so manie benefits since mine entrance into thy seruice haue done manie an vnlawful fact and committed manie a foule sinne and where I should haue repented me of my sinnes I added sinnes vnto sinnes These are the euils ô Lord whereby I haue both dishonored thee and stained my selfe whome thou didest create after thine own likenes g Gen. 1 26. 27. 1. Cor. 11 7. Colo. 3 10. with pride vaine glorie and such other manifold sinnes whereby the wretched soule is vexed and afflicted and rent asunder and destroied Behold ô Lord mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head h Psal 38 4. and as a weightie burthen they are too heauie for me and doe not thou whose propertie is to shewe mercie and to spare laie vnder the right hand of thy maiestie I shal be enforced to sinke euen to the verie bottome O Lord my God attend and consider because thou art holie lo mine enimie insulteth against me saieng i Psal 71 1◠God hath forsaken him I wil pursue and take him for there is none to deliuer him But Lord how long wilt thou delaie Returne deliuer my soule saue me for thy mercie sake k Psal 61 4. Take mercie vpon
horne of my saluation i Ps◠and my refuge I wretch that I am I haue prouoked thee I haue done euil in thy sight I haue stirred vp thine anger I haue deserued thy displeasure I haue sinned and thou hast suffered I haue offended yet thou bearest with me If I repent thou sparest k Eze. 18 21. 22. Eze. 33 14. 15. 16. if I returne thou embracest l Luk. 15 20. yea beside al this though I differre thou waitest Thou reclaimest him which wandereth thou inuitest him that resisteth thou lookest for him that sleepeth and him thou embracest which returneth Thou teachest the ignorant thou comfortest the pensiue thou liftest vp from destruction after a fal thou giuest to him that asketh m Matt. 7 7. he that seeketh findeth thee and thou openest to him which knocketh Lo ô Lord God of my saluation n Psa 18 46. Psal 51 14. what I should saie for my selfe I knowe not and how I may answere I am ignorant without thee there is no refuge from thy sight no secret place can hide o Psa 139 7. 8. 9 c. Eccl. 23 19. thou hast showne me a waie to liue wel p Deu. 10 12 Deu. 11 22. 28. and giuen mee knowledge how to walke thou hast threatned me hel fire q Eze. 18 13 Rom. 2 8. 9. Rom. 11 15. and thou hast promised the glorie of Paradise r Rom. 2 10. Reuel 2 7. Reue. 22 14. Now ô Father of mercies and the God of al comfort ſ 2. Cor. 1 3. pearce my flesh with thy feare so that by fearing I may escape such things as thou doest threaten and restore to me the ioie of thy saluation t Psal 51 12. that by louing I may taste the felicitie which thou hast promised u 1. Cor. 2 9. O Lord my rocke and my fortresse x Psal 71 3. my God my refuge and my sauiour y Psal 18 2. put thou into my remembrance the things which I should conceaue of thee teach me by what words I may cal vpon thee instruct me with what good workes I may please thee For I knowe indeede I knowe one good worke wherein thou art much delighted and another which thou doest not despise Thy sacrifice is a contrite spirit z Psal 51 17. a contrite and a broken heart ô God thou doest not despise O my God mine helper a Psal 18 2. enrich me with these thy gifts with these defences arme thou me against the enimie let this be the water to quench the flames of sinne reach out of thy goodnes this refuge against the passions of my desires O Lord God the strength of my saluation b Psa 140 7. let me not be of that number which for a time beleeue but when temptation commeth go backe d Psa 140 7. Couer thou mine head in the daie of battel c Luk. 8 13. ô mine hope in affliction and my saluation in the time of trouble Thus ô Lord my light e Psal 27 1. and my saluation what I neede I haue asked and what I feare thou art priuie of but my conscience gnaweth and the secret cogitations of the heart reprooueth my boldnes and what loue ministreth feare scatreth zeale stirreth vp feare checketh my wicked deedes strike a terror but thy goodnes maketh bold thy mercie encourageth my wickednes keepeth mee backe and to saie more trulie the fantasies of vices come fresh into my remembrance which beate backe the boldnes of presumptuous mindes Chap. 3. A complaint of a sinner whose praier God heareth not in respect of his disobedience FOr he that is worthie hatred how can he require mercie he which hath deserued paine how can he desire glorie He prouoketh the iudge that laieng satisfaction for his offence apart sueth to be honored with rewards Who so is condemned to punishment is too bold with the King if hee seeke to be crowned with an vndeserued garland That foolish child doth prouoke the sweete affection of his louing father vnto wrath that after reproches offered wil vsurpe the dignitie of inheritāce before he haue repented him of his fault O my Father a Mal. 2 10. Math. 5 48. why cal I into mind what I haue done I haue deserued death and I beg life I haue mooued my King b Psalm 5 2. Psal 44 4. whose assistance impudentlie I doe craue I haue despised the iudge c Iob. 9 15. Psalm 50 6. Esai 33 22. and yet rashlie I beseech him to be mine helper Proudlie I haue refused to heare my father whom notwithstanding I presume to haue mine helper Wo is me how late do I come alas alas how slowlie do I hasten wo is me because I runne after woundes refusing being whole to auoide the darts I haue neglected to fore-see the dartes but now am troubled standing at deathes dore I haue encreased my wounds because I haue not feared to adde sinne vnto sinne With a fresh wound I haue embrued my scars because I haue augmented mine olde sinnes by my dailie transgressions what God by his medicines had healed I by my frantike scratching haue opened The skin which going ouer the woundes did hide the disease through y e breaking out of the corruption is become rotten in asmuch as wickednes vsed againe made y e mercie once granted to be of none effect For I knowe it is written At what time soeuer the righteous man shal commit wickednes al his righteousnes which he hath done shal not be mentioned d Ezech. 18 verse 24. Now if the righteousnes of a righteous man through sin shal be forgotten how much more shal the repentance of a sinner turning again vnto wickednes How often haue I a dog returned vnto the vomit e Pro 26 11. and like a sow wallowed in the mire f 2. Pet. 2 verse 22. I acknowledge because for me particularlie to remember al it is impossible I haue taught manie to sin which knew not what sin meant manie that were bent to sin I haue persuaded thervnto such as haue resisted I haue cōpelled haue consented to thē as haue gone about wickednes Snares I haue laid for them which haue kept the right waie and made a pit for such as haue sought the same yea I made no conscience of committing sin feared not to forget thy lawes But thou a righteous iudge g 2. Esdr 14 verse 32. sealing mine iniquitie vp as in a bag h Iob. 14 17. lookest narowlie vnto al my paths and numberest al my steps Thou hast held thy peace thou hast alwaie bin silent i Psa 50 21 thou hast bin patient a long time but out alas one daie thou wilt crie like a woman in trauel k Esa 42 14 Chap. 4. How God the righteous iudge should de feared O Lord God of gods a Deu. 10 17 of great kindnes b Ioël 2 13. I knowe how thou wilt one daie
Iohn 2 verse 3. which was estraied far from thee the merciful pastor fetcheth that to the fold which the greedie deuourer n 1. Pet. 5 8. had hunted awaie He bringeth him into thy presence which fled o Gen. 3 8. out of sight through a guiltie conscience y t by his maker he might obteine pardon p 1. Cor. 1 verse 30. which of himselfe deserued wrath q Eph. 2 3. and that through such a Capitaine he might haue hope to be called home into his countrie to whome nothing was due but hel fire in respect of his sinne I could holie Father r Matt. 6 10. offend thee of my selfe but so could I not of my selfe please thee And therefore thy beloued Sonne ſ Matt. 3 17. 2. Pet. 1 17. my God became mine helper tooke my nature vpon him t Iohn 1 14. Matth. 1 23. thereby to heale mine infirmities u Esai 53 4. 5. that thence he might offer to thee the sacrifice of praise whence the cause of sinne did first spring out and might by that thing bring me into thy fauor whereby sitting now at thy right hand he would show that he is partaker of my substance u Mar. 16 19 Actes 1 9. 10. 11. Rom. 8 34. Lo this is mine hope x Col. 1 27. 1. Tim. 1 1. this is al my confidence Wherefore if you despise me as you may right wel in respect of my sinne yet regard me at the least of thy goodnes in respect of the great loue y Eph. 5 2. 1. Iohn 3 16 of thy beloued Sonne behold that in thy Sonne which may mooue thee to showe mercie vpon thy seruant behold the sacrament of his flesh and remit the sinnes of the flesh As often as thou lookest vpon y e wounds of thy blessed Sonne so often I praie thee let my sins be couered As often as thou remembrest the pretious blood of his holie side so often I beseech thee let the spots of my filthines be washed awaie And because flesh hath prouoked thee vnto anger my humble sute is that flesh also may mooue thee vnto mercie that as flesh seduced man to offend so flesh may bring man to pardon For much it is I grant which my wickednes hath deserued yet far much more is it which the loue of my redeemer may lawfulie chalenge For though great be mine vnrighteousnes yet is the righteousnes of Christ my redeemer much greater z Rom. 5. 15 Because by how much God is better than man by so much is my wickednes inferior to his goodnes both in qualitie and also in quantitie For what hath man cōmitted which the Sonne of God made man a Iohn 1 14. hath not redeemed who in pride can so swel that by his woonderful humilitie may not be ouerthrowne what power of death can there be so great but the passion of y e Sonne of God on the crosse wil destroy y e same Trulie ô my God c Psal 7 1. 3. Iohn 20 17. were both the sinnes of wicked man and the mercie of my redeemer waied together in equal balance surelie neither the east would so differ from the west nor the lower most part of hel from the vppermost top of heauen Now therefore ô most glorious Creator of the light d Gen. 1 3. for the exceeding great paines of thy beloued Sonne forgiue my sins set his godlines against my wickednes his trobles against my crookednes his meekenes against my frowardnes Let his humilitie e Phil. 2 8. for mine hautines his patience f 1. Pet. 2 21 22. 23. for mine impatiencie his gentlenes g Mat. 11 29 for my crueltie his obedience h Phil. 2 8. for my rebellion his quietnes i Esai 53 7. for my crabednes his sweetnes for my bitternes his mildnes for my rage and his loue k Eph. 5 2. 1. Iohn 3. 16 for mine hatred make amends Chap. 9. Vnto the holie Spirit a godlie praier THerefore almightie and holie Ghost which art the loue of the deitie proceeding both frō the almightie Father a Ioh. 20 17 his blessed Sonne b Psal 1 7. Matth. 3 17. Hebr. 1 5. the most gratious comforter c Ioh. 14 16. 17. Iohn 15 26. of the trobled soules slide thou downe into the secret parlor of mine hart by thy mightie power and lighten euery priuie corner of the neglected house by the brightnes of thy glittering light and such places as wither through long drines by visiting with thine abundant showers of raine make thou to spring The priuie places of the inner man heale thou with the dart of thy loue and kindle by piercing with thy healthful flames the intrals of my nummed liuer and with the lightsome fire of thine holie and feruent loue feede thou euerie secrete part both of my mind and bodie Giue me drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures d Psal 36 8. that I may now couet no more to taste of y e poisoned sweetenes of worldlie things Iudge me ô Lord e Psal 43 1. and defend my cause against the vngodlie people teach me to do thy wil f Psa 143 10 for thou art my God Wherefore I doe verelie beleeue that in whom soeuer thou dwellest thou doest build the house both of the Father and the Sonne Blessed is that man which can get such a guest bicause through thee both the Father and the Son wil dwel with him g Ioh. 14 23 Come then ô thou most gratious comforter of the trobled soule h Ioh. 15 26 which art a protector in due time i Psal 9 9. an helper in affliction come O come thou purger of wickednes curer of wounds Come thou which art the fortitude of the weake and the staie of such as are falling Come thou instructor of the humble k Luk. 12 12 the destroier of the proud Come thou louing father of the fatherles thou merciful iudge of the widowes l Psal 68 5. Come thou hope of the poore and refresher of them which be readie to faint Come thou guide of seafaring men and hauen to auoid shipwrack Thou singular glorie of such as liue thou onelie saluation of them at y e point of death come Come ô most holie spirit come and haue mercie vpon me knit me to thee and mercifulie grant after the multitude of thy mercies that my slendernes may please thy greatnes and my weakenes thy strength through Iesus Christ my Sauior m Ioh. 4 42. Phil. 3 20. 1. Tim. 4 10. 1. Iohn 4 14. who in thy vnitie with the Father liueth and raigneth for euermore Amen Chap. 10. A deuout praier of an humble seruant of God I Knowe LORD I knowe and confes how I am vnwoorthie to be loued of thee yet art not thou vnwoorthie to be loued of me I am vnwoorthie to serue thee yet art not thou vnwoorthie to haue my seruice
departed t Iohn 11 verse 33. 34 c. and weepe ouer Ierusalem readie to come vnto desolation u Luk. 19 41 42. O good Iesu by those most pretious teares of thine and by al thy manifold mercies wherewithal thou hast vouchsafed wonderfullie to helpe vs miserable sinners giue me grace to bewaile my transgressions the which my soule doth much long for and desire because without thou giue it I cannot get the same x Iam. 1 17. but euen through the holie Ghost which mollifieth the harts of sinners and prouoketh them vnto the teares of repentance Giue me grace to mourne for my sinnes as our forefathers did whose footesteps I am bound to imitate that I may bewaile mine offences al my life long as they haue mourned daie and night Euen for thine intercession sake and for al thy merits sake haue mercie vpon me thy miserable and vnworthie seruant and giue me grace to bewaile my sinnes Water thou my plants both from aboue and from beneath that my teares may be my meate daie and night y Psal 42 3. and I through the fire of compunction may be made a fat burning sacrifice in thy sight and be killed altogether vpon the altar of mine hart and be taken as a fat burnt sacrifice for a sweete smelling sauor in thy nostrels O sweete Lord giue me a watering fountaine and a cleere fountaine wherin dailie this defiled sacrifice may be clensed For although through the assistance of thy grace I haue offered my selfe wholie to thee yet in manie things for al that I do sinne z Iam. 3 2. by reason of my too too great weakenes Wherefore ô blessed and louing God giue me grace especiallie of the great sweetnes of thy loue and remembrance of thy mercies make readie this table for thy seruant in thy presence and giue me power that when I wil I may be satisfied of it Of thy mercie and goodnes grant that this inebriating and goodlie cup may quench my thirst that my spirit may couet after thee and my mind burne with thy loue forgetting al vanitie and miserie Heare ô my God heare ô light of mine eies heare my petition and grant that I may beg that thing which thou maist grant Gratious and merciful God stop not thine eares against me because of my sinnes but of thy woonted goodnes grant me the effect of my petition and desire Amen Chap. 36. A verie effectual praier to the stirring vp of the mind vnto godlines being zelouslie vttered O Lord Iesus ô pitiful Iesus ô good Iesus who both hast voutsafed to suffer death for our sinnes and art risen againe for our iustification a Rom. 4 25 I humblie beseech thee by thy glorious resurrection raise me out of y e sepulchre of my sinnes and of al my vices and giue me dailie a part in the first resurrection b Reu. 20 6. that trulie I may receaue a portion in the resurrection at the last daie O sweete and most blessed Iesus thou hast ascended into heauen with a glorious triumph and sittest at the right hand of the Father c Rom. 8 verse 34. ô almightie Prince drawe me vpward vnto thee that I may runne after thee d Sal. songs 1 verse 2. 3. through the sauor of thine ointments that I may runne and tire not thou drawing and conducting mee in my race drawe the mouth of my soule thirsting after thee vnto the supernal riuers of eternal satietie yea drawe me vnto thee the wel of life e Psal 36 9. that according to my power I may from thence take my drinke whence I may liue for euermore ô my God my life f Ioh. 14 6. Ioh. 11 25. For thine holie and blessed mouth hath said If anie man thirst g Ioh. 7 37. let him come vnto me and drinke Now grant ô fountaine of life that the thirstie soule may drinke of thee continualie that according to thine holie and true promise out of my belie may flowe euen riuers of water of life h Ioh. 7 38. O fountaine of life replenish my soule with the riuer of thy pleasure make mine hart throughlie drunke with the sober drunkennes of thy loue so that I may vtterlie forget whatsoeuer is vaine and earthlie and euermore haue thee alone in my remembrance as it is written I remembred God mine hart was glad Giue me thine holie spirit signified by those waters which thou promisest to giue to such as thirst O I beseech thee giue me grace with al my desire with al my care to go on toward that place whither we beleeue thou ascendedst the fortie daie after thy resurrection i Acts. 1 3. 4. 9 c. that onlie in the flesh I may be held in this wretched world but in thought and desire may be with thee that there mine hart may be k Matth. 6 verse 21. where thou my desired and incomparable and much louelie treasure art For in the great deluge of this life where we are tossed with raging stormes on al sides and no good footing and hie place can be found where the doue may somewhat rest her selfe l Gen. 8 9. there is no where either sure peace or secure quietnes but wars in al places contention and enimies abrode fightings within feares And forsomuch as one part of vs is heauenlie and the other earthlie the corruptible bodie is heauie vnto the soule m Wi. 9 15. Therefore my mind my friend and companion being wearied comming out of the waie is sicke and lieth al too rent and torne of those vanities which it hath passed-by it is verie hungrie and faine would drinke but I haue nothing to set before it because I am in pouertie and in beggerie But ô Lord my God who aboundest in al good thing n Iam. 1 17. and art a liberal bestower of the dainties of heauenlie satietie giue thou meate to the wearied gather together the dispersed amend that which is torne Lo he standeth at the doore knocketh through the bowels of thy mercie whereby thou the daie spring from on high hath visited vs o Luk. 1 78. I beseech thee open the hand of thy pittie to the distressed which knocketh and gratiouslie command that hee come-in vnto thee rest in thee be refreshed of thy liuelie and heauenlie bread wherewithal being satisfied strengthened he may from this vale of teares mount aloft vnto celestial things and carried on high by the wing of holie desire may flie vnto the kingdome of heauen O Lord let my spirit take let it take I beseech thee wings to it selfe as an Egle that it may flie amaine and faint not that it may ascend euen vnto the glorie of thine house and to the where thine honor dwelleth p Psa 26 8. there at the table where thine heauenlie citizens doe repast themselues to bee refreshed of thy secrets in the places of thy greene pasture nigh the stil waters O my God
into thine hand I doc commend both my soule my bodie my sight hearing tasting smelling and feeling with al my cogitations affections actions outward and inward things my sense and vnderstanding my memorie my faith and beleefe and perseuerance that thou maiest keepe them daie and night euerie houre and moment O sacred Trinitie heare my petition and saue me from al euil f Matt. 6 13 from offending and from sinning anie maner of waie from al snares and pursutes of Satan and of enimies visible and inuisible Expel far fro me the hautinesse of mind and increase within me the sorowe of hart diminish my pride and establish true humilitie within my breast fetch teares from mine eies mollifie mine hard and stonie hart and saue Lord both me my soule from al traps of the enimie and continue me in thy pleasure Teach me to doe thy wil g Ps 143 10. for thou art my God Giue me perfect sense vnderstanding ô Lord that I may be able to conceaue the deepenes of thy mercie Grant me grace to beg that at thine hands which may both be ioiful for thee to grant and behooueful for me to receaue Make me vnfainedlie to bewaile my sinnes and manifold offences Heare ô my Lord and my God h Psal 7 1. 3. heare ô light of mine eies i Iohn 1 9. heare my petition and grant that what I request I may obteine If thou despise I am vtterlie vndone if thou heare me I take hart againe If thou examinest my righteousnes lo I stinke like a dead carrion but if in mercie thou respect mee thou raisest him that stinketh out of the graue What thou hatest in me remooue far fro me and ingraffe the spirit of chastitie and of a cleane life in my mind that in asking anie thing at thine hands I may not offend thee in asking the same Take fro mee whatsoeuer is hurtful to my soule and giue what is behooueful O Lord giue me a salue to heale my greeuous woundes Indue me good Lord with thy feare k Psal 2 11. with sorowe of hart l Psa 51 17. with humilitie of minde m Ecc. 23 4. and with a pure conscience n Psal 24 4. Giue me grace Lord to keepe brotherlie concord euermore o Rom. 12 verse 10. 1. Pet. 2 17. to remember my transgressions not to meddle with the dealings of other men Pardon my soule pardon my sinnes my wickednes pardon ô pardon mine offences p Psal 51 2. 9. Visit me that am weake cure me that am sicke heale me that doth languish raise me which am dead O Lord giue me both an hart to dread thee a mind to loue thee sense to knowe thee eares to heare thee eies to see thee Haue mercie on me ô God haue mercie on me looke vpon me from the holie seate of thy Maiestie and illuminate the darknes of mine hart with the beame of thy brightnes Giue me wisedome ô Lord to discerne betweene good and euil and grant me a watchful vnderstanding Forgiue al my sinnes I beseech thee and in the time of necessitie troble q Ps 37 39. be thou good and gratious to me I onelie beseech thee After thy woonted mercie most louing kindnes ô Lord I beseech thee vouchsafe to giue me y e life which euer shal endure O Lord Iesus Christ giue both to thy ministers vnitie of mind and to magistrates iudging vprightlie peace and tranquillitie Furthermore ô Lord my request is for the whole catholike and holie Church for men and women for religious and for secular men for al Christian gouernors people beleeuing in thy Name which labor for thine holie loue that they may haue grace to continue in wel doing O Lord eternal King giue to virgins chastitie to the vnmaried continencie to the wedded puritie to repenters mercie to widowes and orphanes comfort to the poore protection to trauelers a safe returne to mourners consolation to seafaring men a ioiful hauen to the good zeale to persist to the wel inclined a mind to prooue better to the wicked and sinful as to me wretch grace with speede to repent O sweete Lord and most merciful Iesus Christ Sonne of the liuing God r Mat. 16 16 redeemer of the world ſ Tit. 2 14. Col. 1 14. 1. Pet. 2 22. 24. I acknowledge that among al and aboue al sinners I am wretched but thou most gratious and hie Father who takest mercie vpon al canst not suffer me to be vtterlie destitute of thy mercie O thou Lord King of kings t 1. Tim. 6 verse 15. Reu. 19 16. who grantest truce of life stir in me a mind alwaie and aboue al things to seeke to desire to loue to feare thee and to do thy wil who art euerie-where al whole u Iob. 23 8. 9 c. Eccl. 23 18. 19. a Trinitie and but one God x Mal. 2 10. Especialie ô Lord holie Father who art blessed and glorious for euermore I beseech thee in most humble sort vouchsafe to gouerne keepe them from destruction who either doe make mention of mee in their praiers or haue commended themselues to mine vnwoorthie supplication or haue done good whether it bee vnto my bodie with tēporal benefits or to my soule with profitable instructions or be linked vnto me either in kinred frendship or goodwil Furthermore both for al Christians which are aliue I praie thee stand thou at their elbowe to assist them and for such also as are dead and euerlastinglie doe rest from their labors y Reu. 14 13 I yeeld thee immortal praise Finalie this one thing more grant me ô Lord I do earnestlie beseech thee who art Alpha and Omega z Reuel 1 8. Reuel 21 6. that when the vttermost daie and end of my life shal come thou wilt be a merciful iudge to me against that malicious accuser a Reu. 12 10 the diuel and that thou wilt continualie protect me against the snares of the old serpent b Reu. 12 2. and finalie conduct me into the societie of Angels and of al Saints in thy holie paradise who art blessed now and euermore Amen Chap. 40. A deuout praier in memorie of the passion of Christ O Lord Iesu Christ my redemption a Col. 1 14. my mercie and my saluation b Matt. 1 21. I doe praise thee yeeld thee thanks although far vnanswereable I confes to thy benefits although not zealous enough although verie leane from the desired fatnes of thy sweete affection yet such as it hath not as I knowe it oweth and as it is able my soule paieth vnto thee O thou hope of mine hart and strength of my soule let thy diuine power fulfil what my luke warme weaknes endeuoreth to bring to passe ô my life and thou end of my thought And though I haue not hitherto deserued so greatlie to loue as I am bound yet my desire is to loue euen as I ought
what thou hast begun that we may be able to come into the fulnes of thy mercie Make vs through the holie spirit to vnderstand and through thy Sonne to discerne and with due honor to reuerence this high mysterie of godlines z 1. Tim. 3 verse 16. which is how God was manifested in the flesh iustified in the Spirit seene of Angels preached vnto the Gentils beleeued on in the world and receaued vp in glorie Chap. 17. Another thankesgiuing for the benefit of our redemption O Lord our GOD a Psa 90 1. 2. Psal 95 7. how much are we bound vnto thee which be redeemed with such a price b 1. Pet. 1 18 19. salued with such a gift c Iohn 3 16. and preserued by so heauenlie a benefit O how greatlie are we wretches bound to feare thee to loue thee to blesse thee to praise thee to honor thee and to glorifie thee seeing we are so saued so sanctified and so glorified of thee d Rom. 8 verse 30. For we are indebted to thee both for al that wee can doe and for al our life e Act. 17 28. and for al our wisedome f Iam. 1 17. And who hath anie thing of himselfe not from thee g 1. Cor. 4 7 Wherefore ô Lord our God from whome euerie good gift doth proceede h Iam. 1 17. euen for thine owne sake and for thine holie name sake giue vs grace of thy goodes and gifts to serue thee and in truth to please thee and euermore for so great benefits of thy mercie to thanke thee For by none other meanes can we either serue or please thee but by thine owne gift For euerie good giuing and euerie perfect gift is from aboue i Iam. 1. 17. and commeth downe from the Father of lights with whome is no variablenes neither shadowing by turning O Lord our God k Ioh. 20 17 ô gratious l Esai 6 3. Esai 43 15. God ô good m Matt. 19 verse 17. God ô God almightie n 2. Cor. 6 verse 18. Reu. 11. 17. GOD whose nature can be neither vttered by words nor conteined in anie place o Iob. 23 8. 9. Psal 139 6. 7. 8 c. GOD Creator of al things p Gen. 1 1. 2 c. Psal 135 6. and the Father of our Lord Iesu Christ q Gal. 1 1. 3. which hast from thine owne bosome sent the same thy beloued Sonne r Matt. 3 17. into the world for our common welfare ſ 1. Tim. 1 15 to take our nature vpon him t Iohn 1 15. that he might giue vs his and be as perfect God of thee his Father so perfect man of his mother a verie God and a verie man yet but one and the same Christ both eternal and temporal immortal and mortal a Creator and a creature strong and weake a conqueror and conquered a nourisher and nourished a shepheard and a sheepe temporalie dead and yet liuing eternalie with thee who promised to his friends a citie of life and said to his disciples Whatsoeuer ye shal aske the Father in my Name u Ioh. 10 23 he wil giue it you By the same high Priest x Heb. 8 1. and right Byshop y Heb. 9 11. 12 c. and good Shepheard z Ioh. 10 10 11. who hath offered himselfe for a sacrifice giuing his life for his sheepe I beseech thee euen by him which sitteth at thy right hand a Rom. 8 34 and maketh request for vs our redeemer b 1. Pet. 1 18 19. aduocate c 1. Iohn 2 1 2. I saie of thy mercie and goodnes I humblie beseech thee ô most gentle most louing and most gratious God louer of mankind d Iohn 3 16 giue mee grace with the same thy Sonne and the holie Ghost in al things to blesse thee and with much sorowe of hart to glorifie thy Name finalie giue me a fountaine of teares with great reuerence and feare For they haue power to giue alike whose substance is al one But forsomuch as a corruptible bodie e Wisd 9 15 is heauie vnto the soule quicken me I praie thee by thy spurs and make me valiantlie to perseuere in thy precepts and praises daie and night f Psa 35 28 Make mine hart hot within me g Psa 39 3. and in my musing let the fire bee kindled And because thy beloued and only Son hath said No man can come to me h Ioh. 6 44. except the Father which hath sent me drawe him and againe No man commeth vnto the Father but by me i Ioh. 14 6. I praie and humblie beseech thee drawe mee alwaies vnto him that he at length may bring me vnto thee euen thither where he is sitting at thy right hand k Rom. 8 34 wheras life euerlasting l Reu. 7 15. 16. 17. and euerlastinglie blessed is whereas perfect loue and no feare is m Reu. 21 4 whereas daie alwaie and one spirit of al is whereas soueraigne and sure securitie and secure quietnes and quiet ioifulnes and ioiful blessednes and blessed euerlastingnes and euerlasting happines and the happie sight n Reu. 22 4. and praising of thee is without end where thou with him and he in the communion of the holie Spirit liueth and raigneth a God for euer and euer Amen Chap. 18. A most godlie praier vnto our Sauior Christ O GOD Christ thou most kind louer of mankind a Eph. 5 2. 1. Ioh. 3 16. mine hope b Col. 1 27. 1. Tim. 1 1. the light c Iohn 1 4. 5 c. the waie d Ioh. 14 6. the life e Ioh. 11 25 the saluation f 1. Pet. 2 24 the honor and the glorie of al thy people g Luk. 2 32. Cal into thy remembrance for whose sake thou wouldest endure suffer bands h Matt. 27 2 the crosse i Mar. 15 15. 16 c. Gal. 3 13. wounds k Ioh. 19 34 death and the graue l Ioh. 19 41. 42. I beseech thee for whose cause hauing ouercom death after three daies thou rosest againe m Mat. 28 5 6. appeeredst to thy Disciples n Mar. 16 14 Luk. 24 13. 14 c. 25. 26 c. instructing their wauering minds and fortie daies after thy resurrection thou ascendedst into heauen o Luke 24 verse 51. Actes 1 9. where thou liuest and shalt raigne for euermore p Reu. 4 8. 9. 10. 11. Thou art my GOD a liuing q Rom. 8 verse 34. and a true God r Matt. 4 7. 10. mine holie Father my louing Lord ſ Act. 7 59. my puissant Prince t Reu. 4 9. 10. 11. Reu. 5 11. 12. 13. my good shepherd u Iohn 10 11 14. mine onlie master x Mat. 23 8 my best helper y Heb. 13 6. my faithfullest friend z Ioh. 15. 15. my liuing bread a Iohn 6
35 48. 51. mine euerlasting Priest b Heb. 7 24 25. my guide vnto my contrie my true light c Iohn 1 4 7 c. Iohn 8 12. my holie sweetnes d Phil. 3 7 8. Rom. 8 35 36 c. my readie waie e Iohn 14 6. my noble wisdome f 1. Cor. 1 30. my pure simplicitie my peacemaking quietnes g Eph. 2 14. my sure safetie my good portion h Rom. 8 32. mine eternal saluation i Heb. 2 9. 1. Pet. 2 24. my great mercie my mightie patience mine vnspotted sacrifice k Heb. 9 14. 1. Pet. 1 18. 19. mine holie redemption l 1. Cor. 1 30 my strong hope m Col. 1 27. 1. Tim. 1 1. my perfect charitie n Rom. 5 8. my true resurrection o Ioh 11 25. mine euerlasting life p Iohn 14 6 Col. 3 4. my blessed ioie and contemplation q 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. continuing euermore r Reu. 7 15. 16. Reu. 21 4. Vnto thee do I praie crie and bend my sute that through thee I may walke vnto thee I may come in thee I may rest who art the waie the truth and the life ſ Iohn 14 6 beside whom no man commeth vnto the Father For I desire thee t Psal 42. 1. 2. a most gratious and a glorious Lord the verie brightnes of the fathers glorie which sittest vpon the Cherubins and beholdest the deepes which art y e true light u Iohn 1 4. 5. 9 c. the light inlightening the lasting light whom the verie Angels desire to behold x 1. Pet. 1 12. Lo mine hart is before thee expel the darknes of the same that more fullie it may be endued with the cleerenes of thy light Giue me thy selfe ô my God restore me thy selfe lo I loue thee if not entirelie enough I would loue thee more I can by no meanes discerne how much I lack of louing thee as I should that my life may run into thine armes and be at no time alienated til it bee hid in the secret place of thy countenance Notwithstanding this doe I knowe that il is it with me without thee ô Lord not onelie outwardlie to my bodie but also in wardlie to my soule For al plentie being not my GOD is but pouertie But the good which no waie can be altered either into the better or worse thou alone art y Mal. 3 6. which art simplie alone z Psa 86 10 Esai 37 16. 20. to whome it is not one thing to liue and another to liue happilie for thou art thine owne happines But thy creature to whom it is one thing to liue and another to liue happilie can ascribe both his life and his blessed life to none other thing but onelie to thy mercie And therefore we stand in neede of thee but not thou of vs. For were not we at al nothing were wanting to thy felicitie which thou art So that we haue great cause to cleaue vnto thee our Lord God that through thy continual helpe we may leade an holie godlie and vpright life For by reason of the waight of our weakenes wee are drawne downe ward a Wis 11 15. but through thy gift we are inflamed and carried vpward we burne and we go we doe mount and ascend in our harts and we sing a song of degrees with thy good fire we burne and we go forward Whether doe we now ascend vpward vnto the peace of Ierusalem For I reioiced when they said vnto me We wil go into y e house of the Lord b Psa 122 ◠There hath he placed vs we wil good that wish nothing else but there to abide for euermore But forsomuch as while we are in the bodie we be absent from thee c 2. Cor. 5 6 ô Lord we haue here no continuing citie d Heb. 13 14 but we seeke one to come and our freedome is in heauen therefore through thy grace I do enter into the closet of my hart and there doe I sing the songs of loue to thee ô my King and my God fetching vnspeakeable sighings in this house of my pilgrimage e Psal 119 verse 54. where I sing out thy righteousnes And calling Ierusalem into mind I stretch the sense of mine hart toward the same euen toward Ierusalem my countrie Ierusalem I saie my mother f Gal. 4 26. and also toward thee her King her inlightener her father defender protector and gouernour her pure and strong delight her constant ioie and al goodnes else whatsoeuer g 1. Cor. 2 9 Reu. 7 15. 16. Reu. 21 4. 3. 24 c. For thou art the soueraigne and the true happines From whence I wil not be turned awaie vntil in the peace of that my deere mother whereas the first fruites of my spirit are thou gather al that I am from scattering and deformitie and so conforme confirme me for euer ô my God my mercie Chap. 19. A longing after the ioies in Heauen O Lightsome glorious house of God I haue loued thy goodlines and the place where the glorie of the Lord God who both enioieth and hath created thee doth dwel a Psal 26 8. In mine exile I sigh after thee both night and daie mine hart longeth my mind coueteth and my soule desireth to come vnto the societie of your happines My praier vnto him which hath made me is that he would possesse me in thee because he hath made both me b Gen. 1 26. 27. Psal 100 3. Psa 129 73. and you For I desire your holie felowship and wonderful glorie not for anie merit of mine owne but I trust to atteine therevnto through the price of his bloud namelie of Iesus Christ wherby we be redeemed c 1. Pet. 1 verse 18. 19. I confesse I haue gone astraie like a lost sheepe d Psal 119 verse 176. and haue too long dwelled out of my natiue soile and am far awaie cast from the face of the Lord my God into this blindnes of banishment where driuen out of the ioies of paradise I bewaile with my selfe dailie the miserie of my captiuitie and sing a woful song with great lamentation when I remember you ô mother Ierusalem e Gal. 4 26. while my feete do but stand in thy courts ô sacred and comelie Zion and I am not able plainelie to looke into thy inner places Notwithstanding I haue good hope vpon the shoulders of my good shepheard f Luk. 15 5. Iohn 10 11. 14. thy Creator to be brought backe vnto thee that I may triumph againe with that vnspeakeable ioie wherewithal they be cheered which dwel with you before God his maiestie g Reu. 22 4. and our Sauiour Christ which hath abrogated through his flesh the hatred h Eph. 2 15. and pacified al things both which are in heauen and which are in earth by his blood i Colo. 1 14. For he
daie who so knoweth thee knowes the truth o Iohn 14 6 knowes eternitie Thou ô truth bearest the preeminence aboue al things whom we shal behold euen as thou art p 1. Ioh. 3 2. when as this blind and mortal life is passed-awaie wherein it is said vnto vs Where is thy God q Psa 42 3. And I saie Thou art my God r Psal 31 14. Som-what I breath after thee when I powre-out my soule vpon thee in the voice of ioie and confession as one that maketh good-cheere and kepeth a feast and as yet is pensiue because it slideth-backe and becommeth a deepe or more truelie perceaueth it selfe as yet to be a verie deepe indeede My faith which thou hast inflamed in the night before my feete saith to it Why art thou cast downe my soule ſ Psal 43 5. and why art thou disquieted within me Wait on God his word is a lanterne vnto my feete t Ps 119 105 Wait and perseuere vntil the night euen the mother of the wicked be gone-awaie vntil the wrath of God whose children we sometime were u Eph. 2 3. be passed-awaie For we haue bin ere-this darknes x Eph. 5 8. vntil this streame of waters flowe-awaie we carrie yet the remnants in the bodie dead in respect of sinne vntil the daie doe rise and shadowes depart wait on God in the morning I shal stand before him and behold and alwaies praise him In the morning I wil direct me vnto thee y Psal 5 3. and behold the health of my countenance euen my God who shal quicken our mortal bodies z Rom. 8 11. because of the Spirit dwelling in vs that now we may be light a Eph. 5 8. while yet we are saued by hope b Rom. 8 24 and are the children of light and the children of the daie c 1. Thes 5 5 not of the night neither of darknes For we were once darknes d Eph. 5 8. but are now light in the Lord and yet through faith e 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. 13. not as we shal be Hope that is seene is none hope f Rom. 8 24 O Lord that immortal people of thine Angels doe praise thee and the celestial powers doe magnifie thy Name g Esaie 6 1. 2. 3. who haue no neede either to reade this our scripture or to knowe thee the holie single Trinitie For they alwaies behold thy face h Matt. 18 verse 10. where they reade without syllables of time what thine eternal pleasure is they reade they choose and they loue yea alwaies they reade and what they reade they forget not By choosing and louing they reade this constancie of thy counsel and their booke shal at no time be shut and folded because thy selfe art and wilt euerlastinglie be this to them O much blessed are those heauenlie powers that can religiouslie and purelie with an exceeding delight and vnspeakeable ioie magnifie thee with praises Thence they praise whence they reioice forsomuch as alwaies they behold that which offereth them continual occasion both to praise and reioice But we pressed downe with the waight of flesh i Wis 9 15. and placed far awaie from thy countenance k 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. in this exile l Heb. 11 13. 14 c. 1. Pet. 2 11. and distracted through varieties of the world we alas are not able worthilie to praise thee through faith we praise thee not of perfect knowledge m 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. 13. But those Angelical spirits praise thee of knowledge n Matth. 18 verse 10. not through faith for our flesh is the cause why we praise thee otherwise than they do Notwithstanding albeit we sing praises to thee after diuers sorts yet thou art but one God o Deut. 6 4. Mala. 2 10. creator of al things p Gen. 1 1. 2 c. Iohn 1 1. 3. Hebr. 1 1. 2. to whom is offered the sacrifice of praise both in heauen and in earth but one day we shal come vnto their companie with whom alwaies we shal see thee q 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. Reue. 22 4. and praise thee without cessing Now then ô Lord graunt that while I do liue in this fraile bodie both mine hart and my tongue and al my bones may glorifie thee and saie r Psal 35 verse 10. Lord who is like vnto thee Thou art God almightie ſ Exod. 6 3. Reuel 4 8. whom three in persons t Matt. 3 16. 17. Mark 1 10. 11. yet but one in y e substance of the Godhead we serue and worship namelie the Father vnbegotten the Sonne onlie begotten of the Father u Ioh. 3 16. 18. 1. Iohn 4 9. the holie Spirit both proceeding from and remaining in them both an holie and a single Trinitie one God almightie Which when we were not didest mightilie make vs x Gen. 1 26. 27. Psal 100 3. Psal 119 73. and when through our owne default we were lost mercifullie and maruelouslie hast deliuered vs y Psal 103 1. 2 c. 9. 10 c. 1. Pet. 2 24. Oh suffer vs not to prooue neither vngrateful for so great benefits nor vnworthie so manifold mercies Vnto thee do I praie sue and beseech increase my faith increase mine hope yea and increase my loue also Through that same thy goodnes make vs to be euermore stable in faith z Colo. 1 23. and fruitful in al good workes a Col. 1 10. that by a right faith and workes agreeable vnto faith we may come through thy mercie vnto euerlasting life where seeing thy perfect and ful glorie euen as it is b 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. Reue. 22 4. we may worship thy maiestie and made worthie to behold thy glorie sing Glorie to the Father which hath made vs c Psal 136 1. 2. 3. c. glorie to the Sonne who hath redeemed vs d Gal. 3 13. Gala. 4 1. 2 c. 1. Timo. 2 6. glorie to the holie Ghost that hath sanctified vs e Rom. 15 verse 26. 1. Cor. 6 9. 10. 11. glorie to the soueraigne and single Trinitie whose workes are vnseparable and whose kingdom hath none end f Reu. 11 15. Vnto thee belongeth al praise al commendation al honor blessing and loue honor and power and might be vnto thee our God for euermore g Reu. 7 12. Amen Chap. 33. A complaint that man is not moued in hart through contemplation when as the Angels who see God tremble thereat PArdon ô Lord ô merciful God pardon pardon and shewe mercie forgiue mine ignorance and my great imperfection O reiect me not for that I dare be so bold with thee who am thy seruant not thy good seruant whome would I were but thine vnprofitable and euil and therefore verie euil because I presume without anie contrition of the hart fluds of teares and without due reuerence and feare to praise blesse and
at length behold thee the God of gods in Zion whom now I see indeede through a glasse darklie l 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. but then face to face where I shal know thee euen as I am known Blessed are the pure in hart m Matt. 5 8. for they shal see God Blessed are they which dwel in thine House n Psal 84 4. ô Lord for euer and euer they wil praise thee Wherfore by al thy mercies wherewithal we bee deliuered from euerlasting damnation o Rom. 9 23 24. I beseech thee ô Lord mollifie mine hard and stonie and flintie and iron hart with thine holie and mightie ointment and through y e fire of compunction make me at al houres to seeme a liuing sacrifice in thy sight p Rom. 12 1. Cause me to haue alwaies a contrite and an humbled hart with a flud of teares in mine eies Cause me from the bottome of mine hart vtterlie to die to this world through the greatnes of thy feare and loue so to forget transitorie things that I may neither weepe nor reioice at neither feare nor loue anie worldlie thing neither be corrupted with prosperitie nor be ouerthrowne by aduersitie And forsomuch as thy loue is strong as death q Sal. songs 8 verse 6. let the firie and pleasant force of thy loue swalowe vp mine hart I beseech thee from al things that are vnder heauen that I may cleaue vnto thee alone and be fed with the onelie remembrance of thy sweetenes Let thy sweete sauor ô Lord let the sweete sauor of thee I praie thee descend yea let it descend into mine hart and let the comfortable loue of thine holie Name enter euen into my soule O let the maruelous and vnspeakeable sweetenes of thy sauour come vnto me which may both raise vp in my brest a continual desire after thee and fro mine hart bring the veines of water springing-vp into euerlasting life r Iohn 4 14. Thou art vnmeasurable ô Lord therefore without measure thou shouldest bee loued and praised of them whom thou hast redeemed with thy pretious blood Å¿ 1. Pet. 1 18. 19. O most gratious louer of mankind t 1. Ioh. 3 16 most merciful Lord and righteous iudge to whome 〈◊〉 iudgement is committed by the Father u Ioh. 5 22. by the most wise iudgment of thine equitie thou haâ—â— giuen-out how the children of this world x Luk. 16 8. of night of darknes with a more earnest desire endeuor and studie do loue and seeke after transitorie riches and fleeting promotion than wee thy seruants can loue our God by whom we are both made y Gen. 1 26. 27. Iob. 10 8. Psal 119 73. and redeemed z Gal. 3 13. 1. Tim. 2 8. For if one man do so entirelie loue another that he can hardlie beare the absence of his friend if the wife with so great a fire of goodwil be ioined to her husband that in respect thereof she can at no time be at rest til she haue his companie with what a goodwil with what a care with what a zeale ought the soule which through faith of her part through mercie on your part betrothed to thee to loue thee the true a Matt. 1 23 Matt. 16 16. GOD the fairest spouse b 2. Cor. 11 2 Eph. 5 22. 23 c. who hast so loued and saued vs who hast done so manie such and so great things for our sakes And although these weake things haue their comforts and their loues yet doe they not so delight as thou our God doest For in thee do the righteous reioice because thy loue is sweet and quiet For thou doest replenish the harts which thou possessest both with sweetnes with ioie and with tranquillitie Contrariwise the loue of this world and of the flesh is troblesome and vnquiet neither suffereth it the minds whom it entereth into at anie time to be at rest For continualie it moueth them with suspicions and with perturbations and with manifold feares So that thou art the ioie of the righteous and good cause why For with thee is an assured quietnes with thee is the life void of al trobles O gratious God who so entereth into thee entereth into his masters ioie c Mat. 25 2â— and shal feare no more but shal fare wel in the place of happines saieng This is my rest for euer d Ps 132 14. here wil I dwel for I haue a delite therein and againe The Lord is my shepheard e Psal 23 1. 2. I shal not want he maketh me to rest in greene pastures O deere Christ ô sweete Iesu replenish mine hart I beseech thee with the vnquenchable fire of thy loue with a continual remembrance of thee so that as a burning flame I may so burne with the loue of thee that no water be it neuer so much may quench the same O most gratious Lord make thou mee vnfainedlie to loue thee and through desire of thee to laie-downe the burden of al fleshlie desires and the importable waight of earthlie affections which beateth and peiseth downe my soule that by the sauor of thine ointments running amaine after thee I may the more speedilie discerne by the conduction of thee my Capitaine to come vnto the contemplation of thy fairenes there to be throughlie satisfied For two sorts of loue whereof the one is good and the other naught the one sweete and the other vncomfortable can not abide at one time together in one bodie And therefore who so besides thee loueth anie thing f Mat. 10 37 thy loue ô God is not in him g 1. Ioh. 2 15 thy loue I saie euen the loue of sweetenes and the sweetenes of loue the loue which trobleth not but delighteth the syncere chaste loue abiding euerlastinglie the loue which alwaies burnest and neuer goest out O deere Christ ô sweete Iesu who art the verie loue h 1. Ioh. 4 8. and my God i Matt. 4 10. inflame me wholie with thy fire with thy loue with thy sweetnes and delectation with thy ioie and mirth with the delight and desire of thee the which is both holie good chaste and pure quiet and secure that filled euen topful with the sweetenes of thy loue and wholie set on fire by the flames of thy friendship I may loue thee my God with al mine hart k Deut. 6. 5. Luke 10 27. and with al my strength hauing thee alwaies and in al places both in mine hart and in my mouth and before mine eies so that strange loues may find no place at al in me Heare me ô my God heare me ô light of mine eies heare my petition and grant my petition that thou maiest heare me Gratious and most merciful God stop not thine eares against me because of my sinnes but of thy woonted goodnes receaue the praiers of thy seruant and grant me the effect of my petition and request Amen
thy fauorable kindnes may be the portion of mine inheritance p Psal 16 5. Keepe me as the apple of the eie q Psal 17 8. hide me vnder the shadowe of thy wings because thou art my strength r Psal 18 1. 2. my rock and my refuge Clense me fro my secret faults ſ Psal 19 12. 13. and keepe thy seruant from presumptuous sinnes Send me helpe from the Sanctuarie t Psal 20 2. and giue mee mine harts desire u Psal 21 2. Saue me from the Lions mouth x Psa 22 21. and leade me in the pathes of righteousnes y Psal 23 3. that I may ascend into thy mountaine z Psa 24 3. 4. and stand in thine holie place hauing innocent hands and a pure hart Remember not the sinnes of my youth a Psal 25 7. nor my rebellions Gather not my soule with the sinners b Psal 26 9. neither giue me vnto the lust of mine aduersaries c Psa 27 12. But so fauorablie harken thou vnto the voice of my petitions d Psa 28 2. that calling vpon the glorie of thine holie Name e Psal 29 2. thou do heare me f Psa 30 10. and haue mercie vpon me And so trusting in thee let me neuer be confounded g Psal 31 1. but forgiue the punishment of my sinne h Psal 32 5. Let thy mercie ô Lord be vppon me as I trust in thee i Psa 33 22. and deliuering mee out of al my feare k Psal 34 4. saie vnto my soule l Psal 35 3. I am thy saluation And because I trust vnder the shadowe of thy wings m Psa 36 7. giue me mine harts desire n Psal 37 4. and hast thee to helpe me o Psa 38 22 ô my Lord my saluation Lord let me knowe mine end p Psal 39 4. and the measure of my daies what it is let me knowe how long I haue to liue Incline vnto me q Psal 40 1. 2. and heare my crie Bring me out of the lake of miserie out of the mirie claie and set my feete vpon the rocke and order my goings Deliuer mee in the time of trouble r Psal 41 1. that I may go into thy glorious house ſ Psal 42 4. for thou art the God of my strength t Psal 43 2. Let not my steps go out of thy pathes u Psa 44 18 that I may loue righteousnes and hate iniquitie x Psa 45 7. Be thou mine hope strēgth y Psal 46 1. for thou art a great King ouer al the earth z Psal 47 2. Thou which art a God for euer a Psa 48 14 deliuer my soule out of the power of Hel b Psa 49 59 for it hath receiued me And when thou shalt appeare to iudge vs c Psal 50 verse 1 c. haue mercie vpon me d Psa 51 1. 11. according to the multitude of thy mercies and take not thine holie Spirit fro me O most gratious God 9. in that houre hide thy face fro my sins and put awaie al mine iniquities Create in me a cleane hart 10. ô God renue a right spirit within me That I may appeare like a greene Oliue tree in the House of my God e Psal 52 8 and there with Iaacob reioice f Psal 53 6. and euerlastinglie be glad with Israël Saue me ô God by thy name g Psal 54 1. and by thy power iudge me Hide not thy selfe fro my supplication h Psal 55 1. but be merciful vnto me i Psal 56 1. Send thou from heauen k Psal 57 3. and saue mee from the reproofe of them that would swalowe mee vp Breake their teeth ô God in their mouthes l Psal 58 6. breake y e iawes of the yong Lions ô Lord. Thou art my defence and my merciful God m Psa 59 17 Helpe mee with thy right hand n Psal 60 5. and vnder the couering of thy wings let me be protected o Psal 61 4. when thou art to render euerie man according to his workes p Psa 62 12. While my soule thirsteth for thee q Psal 63 1. hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked r Psal 64 2. Sith al flesh shal come vnto thee ſ Psal 65 2. put not backe thy mercie frome t Psa 66 20. Neither take from me thine holie Spirit but cause thy face to shine vpon me u Psal 67 1. Send me a good passage ô our God which sauest vs x Psa 68 20 that the deepe swalowe me not vp y Psa 69 15. nor the pit shut hir mouth vppon me Be thou mine helper and my deliuerer z Psal 70 5. ô Lord make no tarieng Sith in thee ô Lord I do trust let me neuer be confounded a Psal 7◠◠when thou shalt iudge thy people b Psal 71 2. Lo they which withdrawe themselues from thee shal perish c Psa 73 27 oh let not me oppressed returne ashamed d Psa 74 21 Because thou art a righteous iudge e Psa 75 7. thou makest lowe and thou exaltest and who shal stand in thy sight when thou art angrie f Psal 76 7. Thou art the God that doest wonders g Psa 77 14 As thou nourishedst thy people with bread in y e wildernes h Psa 78 20 21 c. 30. and didest not turne them from their lust so let thy grace refresh me an hungrie soule make hast and let thy tender mercies preuent me i Psal 79 8. And thou my defender giue me the bread of teares k Psal 80 5. and the bitternes of a troubled mind in the time of tribulation and grant withal that from the honie out of the rocke l Psal 81 16. I may taste the sweetenes of inward consolation O God who iudgest betweene the innocent and the sinners m Psal 82 1 who alone art the most high ouer al the earth n Psa 83 18 haue mercie vpon me and giue grace and glorie o Psa 84 11. who hast ordeined a lawe Forgiue the iniquitie p Psal 85 2 of mine hart couer al my sinnes and saue thou thy seruant that trusteth in thee q Psai 86 2 O God who laiest the foundations of thy Church vpon the holie mountaines r Psal 87 1. encline thine eare vnto my crie ſ Psal 88 2. Let thine hand therefore establish me t Psa 89 21. and turne me not vnto destruction u Psa 90 3. but deliuer me from the snare of the hunter x Psal 91 3. from the pestilence and from the plague that destroieth at noone daie that being planted in thine house y Psa 92 13. 12. 14. I may flourish like a Palme tree and grow like a Cedar in Libanon bringing out fruite euen in mine