❧A BENEDICITIE or Blessinge to be saide ouer the Table before Meate and a GRACE or Thankesgeeuingeto be saide after Meate.
MY Children: when yee are come to the Table for to eate▪ then blesse and praise alwaies the Lorde: and feede
[...]uense in thankfulnes▪ on the Lorde his Meate and Drinke all which Hee hath blessed and hallowed▪ to our moderate Repast.
B [...]
B
[...]sse the Lorde in all Landes:
[...]
Blesse Him in all the Bookes of his Hādes:
For his Right-hande that euer doth endure
Hath blessed it all and sanctified it sure.
[...]
2.
Blessed be the Lorde the High est exalted rife
Which feedeth his People in their Life
[...]
With Meate and Drinke in his louelie Accorde:
And n
[...]rtereth vs with his living Worde:
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Namelie his Children of the Loue right-due /
In all good blessinges: It is very true.
3.
O God heauenlie Father with good Discipline /
Nourter our Heartes in thy Feare diuine:
Blesse vs also with thy holy Wisdomes Guift /
That wee may blesse thee in thy Righteousnesses Drift:
And not abuse thy Guiftes (O God of comlie-fame)
Which wee take vnto vs in thy holy Name /
1. Tim. 4. Col.
[...].
But receaue those-same of thy bountifull Hand /
In all Obedience of the Loue pleasand /
With Thankfulnes in Loue / together as is meete /
And so to enioye them / in Christ Iesu / sobeete.
MY Children" when yee haue eaten and dronken
[...] are resonablie satisfied then
[...] Goodne
[...] which Hee to da
[...]
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THanke and praise the Lord in euer
[...]anes /
For all the Giftes of his bountiful Goodnes:
For in the Doctrine of his Loue w
[...]hout nay /
He feedeth mightelie our Soules euery Day /
With his Woorde of Life
[...]very kinde and louelie:
[...]
Gee
[...]a also to our naturall Manhod behouelie /
His due Foode and Couer
[...]a without
[...]s:
[...]
[...]a
[...]e it all what on Earth to vs ne
[...]dfull is / .
2.
Therfore thanke our God of Loue for the same:
Exalt in euery-behalf his high holie Name:
For his great Mightines renowmed so hie /
Dureth from Tribe-to-tribe perpetuallie.
[...]
3.
O Lorde God heauenlie Father free
O very true God wee thanke and laude thee /
For all thy Goodnes expressed alwayes.
For thy Blessing wherthrough wee thee praise▪
Is euermore ouer vs: For thou inlargest thee wide /
In thy Doctrine of Loue where thou dost vs
[...]a
[...]de /
With thy Right-hand thy euerlasting cleere Light.
In the same Doctrine also reioycest thou aright
Our Soules with thy pure liuing Woord in all:
And satisfiest also (be they great or small:
Our Bodies with thy Meate and Drinke doubtles:
For all which (O God) wee euer thanke thy Goodnes.
4.
Laude Honor and Thankesgeeuing for euermore.
Be to that God ouer the whole Worlde therfore
Which for vs out of his meere Goodnes manifoldlie /
Hath prepared all this to the Prayse of his Glorie:
And vnto vs by name that are the Loues Children /
Hee geeueth yet therto his euerlasting Life. AMEN.
‘CHARITAS EXTORSIT’
Translated out of Base-almaine into English. Anno. 1575