THE CONFESSION OF OVR sinnes vsed before Sermon.

O Eternall God, & most mercifull Father, we confesse and acknowledge heere be­fore thy diuine Maiestie, that wee are misera­bleRom. 3. Psalm. 1 [...] sinners,Psal. 5 conceyued and borne in sinne and iniquitie, so that in vs there is noRom. 7 good­nesse. For theGal. 5. fleshe euermore rebelleth a­gainst the spirit, wherby we cōtinuallie trans­gresse thine holy precepts & cōmandements, & so purchase to our selues through thy iust iudgementRom. 2 Ieremie 3. Isa. 10. death and damnation. Notwith­standing ô Heauenlie Father, forasmuch as thou hast vouchsafed to offer pardon to all that repent, & seeke it in the name of thy be­loued Sonne Christ Iesus, & that by thy grace we are displeased with our selues for the sinns that we haue committed against thee, and do vnfainedlie repent vs of the same, wee most humblie beseech thee for Iesus Christes sake, to shew thy mercie vpon vs, to forgiue vs all our sinnes, & to increase thine holy Spirit in vs, that weColos. 3 Rom. 6 Ephe. 4. 1 Petr. 2 acknowledging frō the bottome of our hearts our owne vnrighteousnes, may from hencefoorth not onely mortifie our sin­full lustes and affections, but also bring forth such fruites, as may please thee: not for anie worthinesse therof, but for theRom. 5 Hebr. 9 Ephe. [...]. merits of thy dearly beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our onely [Page] Sauiour, whom thou hast alreadie giuen an oblation and sacrifice for our sinnes, and for whoseIohn 14. Matth. 7. Iam. 1. sake we are certainlie persuaded, that thou wilt denie vs nothing, that we shall aske in his name, according to thy will. For thyIohn. 3 Rom. 8. Spirite doeth assure our consciences, that thou art our mercifull Father, and so louest vs thy children through him, thatRom. 8. nothing is able to remooue thine heauenlie grace and fauour from vs. To thee therefore, o Father, with the Sonne and the holie Ghost, bee all honour and glorie, worlde without ende: So be it.

This confession made, the people are to sing a Psalme, as the Minister appointeth: which ended, the Pastour prayeth for the assistance of Gods holie Spirit, that the word may be expounded faithfullie, to the honor of his name, and the edification of the Church, and that it may be receyued with such humilitie and obe­dience as therevnto belongeth: concluding with the Lords prayer. Then he is to reade the Text: alwayes to be taken out of some part of the Canonicall Scrip­tures, and so to proceede to the Sermon. The Sermon ended, the Pastour is to vse one of these prayers fol­lowing.

A PRAYER FOR THE WHOLE state of Christes Church.

ALmightie God, and most mercifull Fa­ther, we1 Pet. 3 humblie submit our selues andNum. 26 Deut. 9. Iosu. 7. fall downe before thy Maiestie, beseeching thee from the bottome of our hearts, that this [Page] Mat. 13. seede of thy worde, now sowen amongst vs, may take such deepe roote, that neither the burning heate of persecution cause it to wi­ther, neither the thornie cares of this life doe choake it: but that as seede sowen in good ground, it may bring foorth thirtie, sixtie, or an hundred fold, as thine heauenlie wisedom hath appointed. And because we haue neede continuallie to craue many thinges at thine hands, we humblie beseech thee, o Heauenlie Father, to graunt vs thine holieLuk. 1 [...] Rom. 1 Iames 5. 1 Iohn. 5 Wisd. 9. Spirit, to di­rect our petitions, that they may proceede from such a feruent minde, as may be agree­able to thy most blessed will.

And seeing that our infirmitie is able2 Cor. 3. Iohn. 1 [...] Phil. 2. to doe nothing without thine help, & that thou art not ignorant with how many and how greatPsal. 4 [...] 1 Petr. 1. tentations wee poore wretches are on euerie side inclosed and compassed, let thy strength, ô Lord, sustaine our weakenesse, that wee beeing defended with the force of thy grace, may be safelie preserued against all as­saults of Satan, who goeth about continually like a1 Pet. 5. roaring Lion, seeking to deuoure vsLuk. 1 Increase our faith, ô mercifull Father, that we doe not swarue at any time from thine heauenlie Word, but augment in vs hope and loue, with a care to keepe all thy commande­ments, that noPsal. 95. Heb. 3.4. hardnesse of heart, no hypo­crisie, no concupiscence of the eyes, nor en­tisementes [Page] of the worlde, doe draw vs away from thine obedience. And seeing wee liue now in these most1 Tim. 4. 2 Petr. 3. 2 Tim. 3. perillous times, let thy Fatherlie prouidence defende vs against the violence of all our enemies, which doe euerie where pursue vs, but chieflie against the wic­ked rage and furious vprores of the Anti­christ of Rome.

Furthermore, forasmuch as by thine holie Apostle wee be taught to make our1 Tim. 2. prayers and supplications for all men, wee pray not onlie for our selues here present, but beseech thee also to reduce al such as be yet ignorant, from the miserable captiuitie of blindnesse & error, to the pure vnderstanding of thine hea­uenlie trueth, that we all with oneRom. 15. Ephe. 4. consent and vnitie of mindes, may worship thee our onlie God and Sauiour: and that all Pastors, Shepheardes, and Ministers, to whom thou hast committed theIohn 21. Matth. 28 1 Cor. 9. Marke 16 dispensation of thine holie word, and charge of thy chosen people, may both in their life and doctrine, be found faithfull, setting onlie before their eyes thy glorie, and that by them all poore sheepe which wander and goe astray, may be gathe­red and brought home to thy fold.

Moreouer, because thePro. 21. hearts of rulers are in thine handes, we beseech thee to direct & gouerne the heartes of all Kings, Princes and Magistrates, to whom thou hast committed [Page] theRom. 13. Iohn: 19 sworde: especiallie, ô Lordes, accor­ding to our bounden duetie, wee beseeche thee to maintaine and increase the prospe­rous estate of our moste noble Queene ELIZABETH: Whom as thou hast placed ouer vs in thy great mercie, and preserued her by thy mightie power: so wee beseeche thee, o Lorde, by the same mercie, to mul­tiplie on her y^e excellēt gifts of the H. Spirit: And by the same power as thou hast always preserued her, so to preserue her still. And as thou hast discouered the vnnatural trea­sons, & wicked practises, so to discouer thē stil: that as for all other thy singular graces, so also for this great mercie, both Prince & people may reioyce and magnifie thy great Name. Also we pray thee for her Maiesties right Honorable Counsell, that thy good Spirit may furnish euerie one of them with wisedom and strength, and other excellent gifts, fitte for their calling. Furthermore, we pray thee for all other Magistrates, and for the whole Realm, that all men in their calling may be found faithfull in seeking to set foorth thy glorie, and to procure the godlie peace & prosperitie of all the lande. And lette thy fatherlie fauour so preserue them, and thine holie Spirit so gouerne their hartes, that they may in such sorte execute their office, that thy Religion may [Page] be purelie mainteined,1. Tim. 2 Iames 1. maners reformed, and sinne punished, according to the pre­cise rule of thine holie Worde.

And for that we be all1. Cor. 12. Rom. 12. members of the mysticall body of Christ Iesus, wee make our requestes vnto thee, O Heauenlie Fa­ther, for all such as areIames 5. afflicted with anie kinde of crosse or tribulation, as warre, plague, famine, sicknesse, pouertie, impri­sonment, persecution, banishment, or anie other kinde of thy roddes: whether it bee2. Cor. 1 Hebr. 13. griefe of bodie, or vnquietnes of minde, that it would please thee to giue them pa­tience and constancie, till thou sende them full deliuerance of all their troubles. Final­lie, O Lorde, we most humblie beseeche thee, to shewe thy great mercies vppon our brethren, which are persecuted, cast inHeb. 13. Rom. 8. Psalm. 43. pri­son, and daylie condemned to death for the testimonie of thy trueth. And though they be vtterlie destitute of allIohn 16. mans ayde, yet let thy sweet comfort neuer depart frō them: but so inflame their heartes with thine holy Spirite, that they may boldlie and chearefullie abyde1. Pet. 1. such triall, as thyActes 2. Mat. 10. Luke 21. godlie wisedome shall appoint, so that at length as well by their death as by theirRom. 14. life, the kingdome of thy Sonne IESVS Christ may increase and shine throughout all the world.

¶ AN OTHER PRAYER that may sometimes be vsed after the Sermon.

ALmightie God and heauenlie Father, since thou hast promised to graunt our requestes, which wee shall make vnto thee in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ thy welbeloued Sonne, and that we are al­so taught by him & his Apostles, to assem­ble our selues in his Name, promising that he will be among vs, and make intercessi­on for vs vnto thee, for the obtayning of all such things, as we shall agree vpon here in earth: we therefore (hauing first thy cō­mandement to pray for such as thou hast appointed rulers and gouuernours ouer vs, & also for all things needfull both for thy people, & for all sortes of men, forasmuch as our faith is groūded on thine holy word and promises, and that we are heere gathe­red togither before thy face, & in the name of thy Sōne our Lord Iesus) we, I say, make our earnest supplicatiō vnto thee, our most mercifull God and bountifull Father, that for Iesus Christes sake our onely Sauiour & Mediator, it may please thee of thine in­finite mercie freelie to pardō our offences, and in such sorte to draw and lift vp our heartes & affections towards thee, that our [Page] requestes may both proceed of a feruent minde, and also be agreeable vnto thy most blessed will and pleasure, which is onlie to be accepted.

(·) We beseeche thee therefore, O Hea­uenlie Father, for all Princes and Rulers, vnto whom thou hast cōmitted the admi­nistration of thy iustice, and namelie, for the excellent estate of the Queenes Maie­stie, and all her Honorable Counsell, with the rest of her Magistrates and Commons of the Realme, that it would please thee to graunt her thine holy Spirit, and increase the same frō time to time in her, that shee may with a pure faith acknowledge IESVS Christ thine onely Sonne our Lord, to bee King of all kings, & gouuernor of all gou­uernours, euen as thou hast giuen all pow­er vnto him both in heauen and in earth: and so giue her selfe wholie to serue him, and to aduaunce his kingdome in her Do­minions, ruling according to thy worde, her subiectes, which are thy creatures, and the sheepe of thy pasture, that wee beeing mainteyned in peace and tranquillitie, may serue thee in all holinesse and vertue: and finallie, being deliuered from all feare of enimies,Luke. 15. may render thankes vnto thee all the dayes of our life.

We beseeche thee also most deare Father, [Page] for all such as thou hast appointed Mini­sters vnto thy faithfull people, and vnto whom thou hast committed the charge of soules, and the ministerie of thine holy go­spell, that it would please thee so to guide them with thine holy Spirit, that they may be found wise, faithfull and zealous of thy glorie, directing alwayes their whole stu­dies vnto this ende, that the poore sheepe whiche are gone astray out of thy flocke, may be sought out & brought againe vn­to the Lord Iesus, who is the chiefe Shep­heard and Prince of Pastors, to the intent they may from day to day grow & increase in him to all righteousnesse and holinesse. And on the other parte, that it would please thee to deliuer all the Churches from the daūgers of rauening Wolues, and frō hire­linges, who seeke their owne ambition and profit, and not the setting forth of thy glo­rie onely, and the safegarde of thy flocke.

Moreouer, wee make our prayers vnto thee, ô Lorde God, most mercifull Father, for all men, that as thou wouldest haue all sortes of men saued, & come to the know­ledge of the trueth: so it may please thee, that such as haue bene hitherto holdē cap­tiue in darknesse & ignorance, for lacke of the knowledge of thy Gospel, may through the preaching thereof, and the cleare light [Page] of thine holy Spirit, bee brought into the right way of saluation, which is, to knowe thee the onely true God, and Iesus Christ whom thou hast sent. Likewise, that they whom thou hast alreadie endued with thy grace, & illuminated their hearts with the knowledge of thy Worde, may continually increase in godlinesse, and bee plenteouslie enriched with spirituall benefites: So that we may altogither worship thee, both with heart and mouth, and render due honor & seruice vnto Christ our Lord.

In like maner, ô Lord of all true comfort, we commende vnto thee in our prayers all such persons as thou hast visited & chasti­sed with any crosse and tribulatiō: all such people as thou hast punished with pesti­lence, warre, or famine: and all other per­sons afflicted with pouertie, imprisonmēt, sicknesse, banishmēt, or any like bodily ad­uersitie, or hast otherwise afflicted in spirit: that it may please thee to make them feele thy fatherlie affection towardes them, and to know that these crosses are chastisemēts for their amendement, to the end that they may vnfainedlie turne vnto thee, and so re­ceyue full comfort, and be deliuered from their euills. But especiallie wee commende vnto thy diuine protection, all such as are vnder the tyrannie of Antichrist, and both lacke the preaching of the Word, the food [Page] of life, & haue not libertie to call vpon thy Name in opē Assemblie: chieflie our poore brethren which are imprisoned and perse­cuted by the enimies of thy Gospell, that it may please thee, O Father of consolations, to strengthen them by the power of thine H. Spirit, in such sort, as they neuer shrink backe, but may cōstantly perseuere in their holy faith, & so to succour and assist them, as thou knowest to be most expedient: comforting them in their afflictions, maintay­ning them in thy safegard against the rage of the enimies, and increasing in them the giftes of thy holy Spirit, that they may glorifie thee their Lord God, both in their life and in their death.

Finallie, ô Lord God most deare Father, wee beseeche thee, to graunt vnto vs also, which are heere gathered togither in the Name of thy Sonne Iesus Christ, to heare his Word preached,If y^e lords Supper bee ministred, then is here added this clause, And to cele­brate his holy Supper. that we may acknowledge truelie & without hypocrisie, in how miserable a state of damnation wee are by nature, and how worthilie we procure vn­to our selues euerlasting death, prouoking from time to time thy grieuous punishe­mentes against vs, thorough our wicked and sinfull life, to the ende, that seeinge there remayneth no sparke of goodnes in our nature, and that there is nothing in vs, [Page] as touching our first birth, meete to enioye the heritage of thy kingdom, we may whollie render vp our selues with all our hearts, and with an assured confidence vnto thy dearelie beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord, our onely Sauiour & Redeemer, that he dwelling in vs, we may mortifie our old man and sinfull affections, that we may be renued into a more godlie life, whereby thine Holie Name may bee aduanced and magnified in vs:Hallowed bee thy Name. likewise, that thou mayest haue the tuition and gouuernance ouer vs, and that we may learne daily more & more to humble and submit our selues vnto thy Maiestie, in such sorte that thou mayest be counted King and Gouuernour ouer all,Thy king­dome come. guyding thy people with the scepter of thy Worde, & by the vertue of thine holy Spi­rit, to the confusion of all thine enimies, thorough the might of thy trueth & righ­teousnesse, so that by this meanes all power and height which withstandeth thy glorie, may be continuallie throwne downe and abolished, vntill such time as the full and perfect face of thy kingdom shall appeare, when thou shalt shewe thy selfe in iudge­ment in the person of thy Sonne: whereby also we with the rest of thy children, may render vnto thee perfect & true obedience, euen as thine heauenlie Angels doe applie [Page] them selues onely to the performing of thy commaundements:Thy will be don in earth as it is in heauen. so that thine onely will may be fulfilled without any cōtradiction, and that euerie man may bende him selfe to serue and please thee, renouncing their owne willes, with all the affections and de­sires of the flesh. Graūt vs also, good Lord, that we thus walking in the loue and dread of thine Holie Name, may bee nourished through thy goodnesse, and that wee may receyue at thy handes all things expedient and necessarie for vs,Giue vs this day our dai­lie bread. and so vse thy giftes peaceablie and quietlie, to this ende, that when we see that thou hast care of vs, wee may the more effectuallie acknowledge thee to be our Father, looking for all good giftes at thine hande, and by withdrawinge and pulling backe all our vaine cōfidence from creatures, may set it wholy vpō thee, and so rest onelie in thy most bountifull mercie. And for so much as whilest we continue heere in this transitorie life, we are so miserable, so fraile, and so much enclined vnto sinne, that we fall continuallie and swarue from the right way of thy com­maundements, we beseeche thee pardon vs our innumerable offences, whereby we de­serue thy iust iudgement and condemnati­on, and forgiue vs so freelie, that death and sinne may hereafter haue nothing against [Page] vs,And forgiue vs our tre­spasses. neither laye vnto our charge that wic­ked roote of sinne, which doeth euermore remaine in vs: graunt that by thy com­maundement, we may forgette the wrongs which other doe vnto vs, and in steede of seeking vēgeance, may procure the wealth of our enemies. And for as much as of our selues wee are weake, vtterlie vnable to stande,And lead vs not into ten­tation. and assalted euermore with such multitude of most dangerous enemies, the Deuill, the Worlde, sinne, and our owne concupiscences which doe neuer leaue off to fight against vs, lett it be thy good plea­sure, to strengthen vs with thy holie Spirit, and to arme vs with thy grace, that there­by we may be able constantlie to withstand all tentations, and to perseuere in this spi­rituall battel against sinne, vntill such time as we shall obtaine the full victorie, and so at length may triumphantlie raigne in thy Kingdome, with our Captaine and gouer­nour Iesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we further pray as he hath taught vs.

This prayer following may be also vsed to bee saide after the sermon, on the day whiche is appointed for common prayer: and it is very proper for our state and time, to mooue vs to true repentance, and to turne backe Gods sharpe roddes which yet threaren vs.

O God almightie and heauenly Father, we acknowledge in our cōsciences & cōfesse, as the trueth is, that we are not wor­thie to lift vp our eyes to heauē, much lesse meet to come into thy presence, & to be so bold as to thinke that thou wilt heare our prayers, if thou haue respect to that which is in vs: for our consciences accuse vs, and our owne sinnes doe beare witnesse against vs: yea, and wee know that thou art a righ­teous Iudge, which punished the faultes of such as transgresse thy commaundements. Therefore, ô Lorde, when we consider our whole life, we haue cause to be cōfoundeth in our own hearts, and to be swallowed vp in the deep gulfe of death. Notwithstāding most mercifull Lorde, since it hath pleased thee of thine infinit mercie to cōmaund vs to call vpon thee for helpe, euen from the deepe bottome of hell: and that the more lack & defaut we fele in ourselues, so much the rather we shuld haue recourse vnto thy gratious boūtie: since also thou hast promised to heare & accept our requestes & sup­plications, without hauing anie respect to our vnworthines, for the merits of our lord Iesus Christ, whom alone thou hast appointed to bee our Intercessour and Aduocate, we humble our selues before thee, renoun­cing all vaine confidence in mans helpe, [Page] and cleaue onelie to thy mercie, calling v­pon thy holy Name, to obteine pardon for our sinnes.

First, O Lorde, besides the innumerable benefites which thou doest vniuersallie be­stowe vpon al men, thou hast giuen vs such speciall graces, that it is not possible for vs to rehearse them, no nor sufficientlie to cō­ceiue them in our mindes. It hath pleased thee to call vs to the knowledge of thy ho­ly Gospell, drawing vs out of the miserable bondage of the Deuill, whose slaues wee were, and deliuering vs from most cursed idolatrie and wicked superstition, wherein we were plunged, to bring vs into the mer­uailous light of thy trueth. Notwithstan­ding such is our vnthankfulnesse, that not onely we forget those thy benefites whiche we haue receyued at thy bountifull hande, but haue gone astray from thee, and haue turned our selues from thy Law, to goe af­ter our owne concupiscences & lustes, and neither haue giuen worthie honour & due obedience to thine holy Worde, neither haue aduanced thy glorie, as our duties re­quired. And although thou hast not ceas­sed continually to admonish vs most faith­fullie by thy Worde, yet we haue not giuen eare to thy Fatherlie admonition.

Wherefore, ô Lord, wee haue sinned and [Page] haue grieuouslie offended against thee, so that shame and confusion appertayneth to vs: and we acknowledge that wee are alto­gither guiltie before thy iudgement, and that if thou wouldest deale with vs accor­ding to our demerites, we could looke for no other then euerlasting death and dam­nation. For although we would excuse our selues, yet our owne conscience would ac­cuse vs, and our wickednes would appeare before thee to condemne vs. And in verie deed, O Lorde, wee see by the corrections which thou hast alreadie laid vpon vs, that we haue giuē thee great occasion to be dis­pleased with vs: for seeing thou art a iust & vpright Iudge, it can not be without cause, that thou punishest thy people. Wherefore, for as much as we haue felt thy stripes, wee acknowledge that we haue iustlie stirred vp thy displeasure against vs: yea, and yet wee see thine hande lifted vp to strike vs again: for the roddes & weapons wherewith thou art accustomed to execute thy vengeance, are alreadie in thine hande, and in full rea­dinesse. Wherewith though thou shouldest punish vs much more grieuouslie thē thou hast hitherto done, and that, whereas wee haue receyued one stroke, thou wouldest giue vs a thousande: yea, if thou wouldest bring vpon vs all the curses written in thy [Page] Law, and pursue vs with the grieuous pu­nishments, wherewith thou diddest punish thy people Israell, wee confesse that thou shouldest doe therein most righteouslie, & we can not denie, but we haue fullie deser­ued the same. Notwithstanding, ô Lorde, our heauenlie Father, seeing thou art our maker, and we the workmanship of thine hands, seeing thou art our Pastor, & we thy flocke: seing also that thou art our Redee­mer, and wee the people whom thou hast bought: finallie, because thou art our God, & we thy chosen Heritage, suffer not thine anger so to kindle against vs, that thou shouldest punish vs in thy wrath, neither remember our wickednes so, as to take vē­geance therof, but rather chastise vs accor­ding to thy mercie. We confesse, O Lord, that our misdeedes haue enflamed thy wrath against vs, yet, cōsidering that by thy grace we call vpon thy Name, & make pro­fession of thy trueth: mainteine, we beseech thee, the worke that thou hast begon in vs, to the ende that all the worlde may knowe that thou art our God and Sauiour. Thou knowest that such as thou hast destroyed & brought to confusion, do not set forth thy prayses, but the heauie soules, the humble hearts, the consciences oppressed, & loaden with the grieuous burden of their sinnes, [Page] and therefore thirste after thy grace, they shall set foorth thy prayse and glorie.

Thy people of Israel oftētimes prouoked thee to anger through their wickednesse, whervpon thou diddest iustlie punishe thē: but so soone as they acknowledged their offences, and returned to thee, thou diddest receiue them alwayes to mercie: and were their enormities & sins neuer so grieuous, yet for thy Couenantes sake which thou haddest made with thy seruāts, Abrahā Isa­ac & Iacob, thou diddest alwaies withdraw frō them thy roddes & curses, which were prepared for them, in such sorte, that thou diddest neuer refuse to heare their prayers.

We haue obtained by thy goodnesse, in a farre more excellent maner, the same Co­uenant, stablished by the meanes of IESVS Christ our Sauior, written with his bloud, & sealed with his death and passion. Ther­fore, O Lord, we renouncing our selues, & all vaine cōfidence in mans helpe, haue our onely refuge to this thy most blessed Coue­nant, whereby our Lord Iesus, through the offering vp of his body in sacrifice, hath reconciled vs vnto thee. Behold vs there­fore, O Lorde, in the face of Christ thine annoynted, that by his intercession, thy wrath & indignation may be appeased, and that the grieuous plagues and iudgements [Page] which we haue deserued, may be remoued from vs, and that the bright beames of thy countenance may shine vpon vs, to our great comfort and assured saluation: and from this time forwarde, vouchsafe to re­ceyue vs vnder thine holy tuition, and gou­uerne vs with thy holy Spirit, whereby we may bee regenerate a new vnto a farre bet­ter life.

And albeit we be most vnworthie in our owne selues, to open our mouthes, and to intreate thee in our necessities, yet for so much as it hath pleased thee to commaund vs to pray one for another, wee make also our hūble prayers vnto thee, for our poore brethren, whom thou doest visite and cha­stise with thy roddes and corrections, most instantly desiring thee, to turne away thine anger from them. Remember, ô Lorde, that they are thy children, as wee are: and though they haue offended thy Maiestie, yet we beseech thee that it may please thee not to cease to proceede in thine accusto­med bountie and mercie, which thou hast promised, should euermore continue to­wardes thine elect. Vouchsafe therefore, ô Lorde, to extende thy pitie vppon all thy Churches, and towardes all thy people, whom thou doest now chastise, either with pestilence or warre, or such like thine ac­customed [Page] roddes, as sicknesse, prison, po­uertie, or any other affliction of body or minde, that it would please thee to cōfort them as thou knowest to bee most expedi­ent for them, so that thy roddes may be in­structions for them, to assure them of thy fauour, & for their amendement, whē thou shalt giue them constancie and patience, & also asswage and stay thy corrections: and so at length by deliuering them frō al their troubles, giue them iust occasion to reioice in thy mercie, and to praise thine Holie Name. Especiallie, ô Lord, haue compassiō on those that employe them selues for the maintenance of thy trueth: strēgthen them with an invincible constancie: defende and assist them: ouerthrow the craftie practises and conspiracies of their enemies: bridle their rage, and lett their bolde enterprises, which they vndertake against thee and the members of thy Sonne, turne to their own confusion: and suffer not thy kingdome to be vtterlie desolate, neither suffer the remē­brance of thine holy Name to be cleane a­bolished, nor that they,To this the Minister ad­deth that part which is in the for­mer prayer marked thus (·) among whō it hath pleased thee to haue thy praise set forth, be destroyed, and that the Turkes, Paganes, & other infidels, the church of Rome, or o­ther heretikes, by such occasiō boast them selues thereby, & blaspheme thy Name. (·)

Then the people are to sing a Psealme, as the Pa­stor appointeth: Which ended, he is to pronounce one of these blessings, and so the Congregation departeth.

THe Lord blesse vs and saue vs: the Lord make his face to shine vpon vs, and bee mercifull vnto vs:Num. 6. the Lord turne his coū­tenance towards vs, & graunt vs his peace.

THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, the loue of God, and communion of the holie Ghost, [...]. Cor. 13. be with vs all: So be it.