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A short catechismA short catechisme
A short catechism wherein are briefly laid down the fundamental principles of Christian religion. Needful to be known of all such as come to the Lords Table. Whereunto is added morning and evening prayer for a family.A short catechisme wherein are briefely laid downe the fundamentall principles of Christian religion. Needfull to be knowne of all such as come to the Lords Table. Whereunto is added morning and euening prayer for a family.
London: printed by Jo. Beale, 1616London: printed by Io. Beale, 1616
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And now, heavenly Father, we commend our selves, souls, and bodies to thy blessing. Bless us we beseech thee in our callings, direct thou the work of our hands, and prosper them unto us. Sanctify also all thy good creatures which thou affordest unto our use.
And now, heauenly Father, we commend our selues, soules, and bodies to thy blessing. Blesse vs we beseech thée in our callings, direct thou the worke of our hands, and prosper them vnto vs. Sanctifie also all thy good creatures which thou affourdest vnto our vse.
We humbly beseecheth thee to bless also thy whole Church: and particularly the whole Nation wherein we live: continue in it the light of thy Gospel, and give a free passage thereunto. Vouchsafe unto it all needful prosperity. We heartily pray thee to bless our royal Sovereign King James and his government: long preserve his life, & health, and reign. Bless all our Magistrates and Ministers of thy holy word. Succour all the afflicted members of Christ ⟨image 25⟩Jesus. Do good to all our kindred, alliance, friends, acquaintance, neighbours. Link all of us together by the bond of thy holy spirit, who are knit by any outward bond; that thus we may have just cause to rejoice one in another, and to bless thee one for another. Let thy blessing remain on all Christian families which call upon thy name, and particularly upon this our family: grant that we may make our house to be thy Church by performing an holy worship unto thee, that so thy gracious presence may be ever among us: and because thy promises do belong to us, and our children, we pray thee to bless our issue with all needful blessings. Work in us a religious care well to train them up, and give thou a blessing to all the means that are used for their good education, that they being taught by us to fear thee, may teach their children ⟨image 25⟩also so to do, and thus thy fear be continued among our posterity from generation to generation. O Lord our God, we know that the good things we want, and the dangers whereunto we are subject, are many more then we can think of, yet are they all well known unto thee; we do therefore entreat thee to bestow upon us what good things soever thou seest to be needful unto us, and to preserve us from all those evils which thou seest us subject unto.