¶ A ge­neral Confes­sion set furth for all Men and saruauntes to say euery morning before they go to their worke or other busi­nes, also graces before dynner & Supper

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A Mornyng prayer

O Mercie­ful & most louing Father whose loue is in­finit, whose merci indureth for e­uer, we sinful creatures, trusting in thyne vnspeakeable goodnes and loue towards vs, do appere this morning before thy deuyne maiestye, most lowlye confessyng our manifold sinnes, and innumerable transgressyons of thy com­maundements, and fatherly wil. Against the onelye, agaynste the (O Lorde: haue we synned, ther­fore we confesse oure synnes, we knowledg our offēces, we accuse our selues vnto the O mercyfull lord, & wyl not hyde our vnrygh­tousnes. [Page]We finde in oure selues nothinge but ignorance of thy wil disobedience, mistruste, douteful­nes in thy goodnes, and incredu­litiy, hatred, and contēpt of al spi­rytuall thynges, selfeloue, confy­dence in oure selues and feruēt lu­styng after carnal thynges of thys worlde. And this tree of oure cor­rupt nature, bringeth forth conty­nually in vs none other frute, but rottē, and vnsauery workes of the fleshe, in thoughtes wordes and doynges, vnto condempnacyon. Wherfore, we humbly beseche thy fatherlye goodnesse, euen for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake, whom thou hast set forth for a purchaser towarde vs of mercye, throughe faith in his bloude: to make oure hertes clene, take away our stonye hertes, & geue vnto vs a true and [Page]a lyuely faith, whiche shall worcke contynuallye by loue, throughe Christ. Haue mercy vpon vs, for­geue vs our sinnes, for thy sonnes sake, certifye our Conscience of re­mission of the same, by thy holye spirit, by whose operacion, so mor­tify in vs our old man, the whole body of sinne, that we continualy, dying vnto sin may walcke in newnesse of lyfe, to the glorye of thy name, through Iesus Christe our Lorde. So be it.

☞ Then say thys. lxxxvi. Psalme fol­lowyng treatably.

BOwe downe thyne eare (O Lorde) and heare me, for I am pore and in misery.

O preserue my soule, for I am holye: my God saue thy seruaunte, that putteth [Page]hys trust in the.

Be mercyful vnto me (O Lord) for I wyl cal dayly vpon the. Comforte the soule of thy seruant for vnto the (O Lorde) do I lyfte vp my soule.

For thou Lord arte good and gracious, and of great mercy vn­to al them that cal vpon the.

Geue eare Lorde to my prayer, and ponder the voyce of my hum­ble desyres.

In the time of my trouble I wyl cal vpon the, for thou hearest me. Amonge the Gods there is none lyke vnto the (O Lorde) there is not one that can do as thou doste.

Al naciōs whō thou haste made shall come and worshyppe the, O Lord: and shal glorify thy name.

For thou art great, & doest won­derous thynges, y u arte God alone [Page]Teache me thy way (O Lord) & I wil walke in thy truth: O knit my herte vnto the, that it maye feare thy name.

I wil thāke, y e O lord my God, with al my hart, & wyll prayse thy name for euer.

For great is thy mercy towarde me, and thou haste delyuered my soule from the nethermooste helle.

O God, the proude are rysen a­gaynste me, and the congregacy­ons of naughty men haue sought after my soule, and haue not set y e before theyr eyes.

But thou O lord God, art full of compassion, & mercy, longe suf­fering, plenteous in goodnes and truthe.

O turne the then vnto me, and haue mercye vpon me: geue thy [Page]strength vnto the seruaunt, and helpe the son of thyn handmaid. Shewe some token vpon me for good, y t they which hate me may se it, & be ashamed, because thou Lord hast helped me, & cōmfor­ted me.

Glori be to the father, to the sōne and the holy ghost.

As it was in the begynnynge, is now, & euer shalbe world wyth­out ende. Amen.

☞ Lord haue mercie vpon vs.

Christ haue mercie vpon vs.

Lord haue mercy vpō vs.

Then saie the Crede & the lordes praier. &c.

Lord shew thy mercy vpon vs.

And graunte vs thi saluacion.

¶ O Lorde saue the King.

And mercifulli here vs whē we cal vp­pon the.

Indue thy mynysters w t rightuousnes.

[Page] And make thi chosen people Ioiful:
O Lord saue thy people
And blesse thine enheritaunce.
¶ Gyue peace in our tyme O Lord.
Because there is none other y t fighteth for vs but onli thou O God:
✚ O God mak clene oure heartes with­in vs
And take not thy holy spirite from vs.

Let vs praie.

O God which art autor of peace & louer of concorde, in knoledge of whom stā deth oure eternall lyfe whose seruyce is perfect fredome: defēde vs thy humble seruantes in al assults of our enemyes, that we suerly trus­ting in thy defēce, may not feare the power of ani aduersaries, tho rowe the myght of Iesu Christe our Lord. Amen.

O Lord our heauēlye fa­ther almyghty & euer­lastynge God, whyche hast safely brought vs to the beginninge of this day: defēd vs in the same with thi migh­tye power, and graunt that thys daye we fall into no synne, nether runne into anye kynd of daūger, but that al our doings may be or dred by thy gouernaūce, to do all wayes that is ryghtuous in thy syght, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A prayer for the Kyn­ges Maiestye.

ALmyghtye God whose kingdom is euerlasting and power infinit, haue mercye vpon the whole congregacion, and so rule the hart of thy chosen seruaūt, Edward the syxte, oure kyng & gouernour that [Page]he (knowyng whose minister he is may aboue al thynges, seke thy honoure and glorye: and that we hys subiectes (duely considering whose authoryty he hath) may faithfully serue, honoure, and humblye obeye hym, in the, and for the, accordyng to thy blessed worde & ordinaunce: Thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde who wyth the, and the holye goost, lyueth and reigneth euer one god, worlde wythout ende. Amen.

¶ Grace before Dynner.

IEsus Christe the sonne of God, that for our sakes dyd­dest dye and shed thy moste precious bloud, for the forgeuenes of our sins, blesse thou these our meates and drinks, which we purpose at this time to receiue in thy name, & assyst vs O Lord, wyth thy grace [Page]of thy holy spirit, to amend our lyues, that according to thy holye & pure Gospel, we may lyue to thy glorye, and the profyte of our brethren. And when the daies of this oure pylgrymage shal be ended, graunt vs to finish y e same in thy peace, that we may at the daye of iudgement, haue a ioyfull resur­reccion into euerlasting lyfe: tho­rough thy most precious deathe: whiche art the sonne of God and our euerlasting sauiour. To whō with the father, and the holy gost be all honoure, glory, and prayse for euer and euer. Amen.

GOd preserue Kynge Edwarde the .vi. God destroye all hys ennemyes. God preseruehys Systers, wyth all hys moste honourable Counsellers God ayd the clargy wyth hys spirit insettyng furth of his truth. God preserue al y e Nobiliti of this relme and all the Commones of the same. God defende the fauourers of the Gospell. God chaunge the harts of [Page]our ennemyes, and send them a better mynde. The power of God de­stroye Antichriste, wyth al hys wyc­ked kyngdome. God sende the gos­pel a ioyful & a fre passage through­out the whole world. God sende vn­to al degrees suche grace that they may walke worthely in their vocacion and callynge. Amen.

☞ The peace of God, whych pass­eth al vnderstandyng, kepe our her tes and mindes in the knoweledge and loue of God, and of hys sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. And the blessynge of God almyghty, the father the sonne, and the holye goste be a­mongeste vs, and remayne wyth vs alwaye. Amen.

¶ Grace after Dynner.

O Lord whych art the crea­tor of all creatures, and haste prepared for theym to do accordynge to the nature of theyr creacion: we moste hartelye thanke the for these thy creatures whyche at thys tyme we receyued in thy name, besechinge the (O fa­ther) that as our bodyes are nowe [Page]by these thy gyftes refreshed: so oure soule maye also be noury shed with the fode of euerlastynge life, in thy most holy testamēt, con­firmed with the bloud and deathe of Iesus Christe thy sonne and our sauioure. To whō wyth the e­ternall father, and the holye goste, be al honoure, glorye, & prayse for euer andeuer, Amen.

God preserue Kynge Edward. &c.

Grace before Supper.

BRrethren, in that we are nowe here gathered together in the name of the Lorde, to taste of these his gifts, which he hath sent vs, let vs fyrst geue him most har­tye thākes, for these & all other hys benefites, shewed vpō vs, callyng for grace of his holy spirit, that we maye daily growe into perfeccyon of godlines, to y e glory of his moste blessed name, and the cōforte of all [Page]our brethren, mindful of their ne­cessitis, & to succoure & helpe them being members of one body wyth vs, hauyng one head Iesus christ which gaue him selfe for vs, a sa­crifice of swete sauoure vnto God the father, for the remission of oure sinnes, through his most precious bloude for euer & euer. To whom wyth hym, and the holy gost be al honoure, glory, and prayse worlde without end. So be it, God pre. &c

Grace after Supper.

VVe thancke the O heauenlye father, whyche of thy aboun­daunte goodnesse, haste thys daye sente vs our foode in due sea­son, to norysh these our mortall bo­dies, with beseching also of thy in­finite mercye, to pardon and for­giue vs all our offences, whych we haue cōmitted againste thy deuyne maiesty, that we maye thys nighte [Page]reste in the with a quiete consciēce abiding thy holy hand in the morening, to aryse vs vp to do y e thyng that shalbe pleasaunt in thy syght to thy glory, and our soule healthe graunt this o father, for thy dearely beloued sons sake Iesus Christe our euerlasting sauiour. To whō with the & the holye gost, be al ho­nour, glory and prayse, for euer & euer. Amen. God preserue. &c.

Imprinted at London by Iohn Daye, dwel­ling ouer Aldersgare beneth Saynte Martins.

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