Give us grace therefore, O our God, with a true and lively faith, upheld by hope, and doing every good work, to apprehend, to the glory of thy name, and the peace of our souls, these great benefits that are purchased for us, in the death and passion of the same ⟨image 153⟩our redeemer, that we may incessantly yield praisings unto thee, and live in holiness, according to thy word. For the performance hereof vouchsafe to increase the gifts of thy spirit in our hearts, whereby the desires of the flesh, and vanities of the world, may be mortified, and the pure fire of thy love so kindled, that we may love, honour and serve thee, with all our souls, with all our strengths, and with all our minds, ⟨image 154⟩and loving our neighbours as our selves, to pleasure them in all duties of love to our power. Strengthen us likewise with thy virtue, O almighty God, against the temptations and assaults of Satan, delivering us victoriously, preserving us also from such dangers and miseries, as every where follow us at the heels in this life: and above all, giving us grace, in whatsoever estate we be, still to be content with thy will, ⟨image 154⟩which can never be other than good and just, and to us profitable, because we are of the number of thy children. So let thy peace be in us, and upon all the works of our hands, that we may happily pass the rest of our days, walking every of us in his family, in the duty of our vocation, in a good conscience, as before thy face, to whom nothing is hid: and meditating diligently, upon the shortness and afflictions of ⟨image 155⟩this our life, that so we may advance thee, and finally end in the wisdom of true christians: whereby we may principally learn to desire heaven, and patiently to take all humane crosses, and whatsoever may seem to us most grievous to the flesh, knowing that all things shall turn to our good; always provided, that constantly we persevere in thy service, for so shall we live and die with Christ, that we may enter ⟨image 155⟩into his joys in heaven, there to behold his glory.
Giue vs grace therefore, O our God, with a true and liuely faith, vphelde by hope, and doing euery good worke, to apprehend, to the glorie of thy name, and the peace of our soules, these great benefits that are purchased for vs, in the death and passion of the same ⟨image 153⟩our redeemer, that wee may incessantly yeelde praysings vnto thee, and liue in holinesse, according to thy worde. For the performance hereof vouchsafe to encrease the giftes of thy spirit in our hearts, whereby the desires of the flesh, and vanities of the worlde, may bee mortified, and the pure fire of thy loue so kindled, that we may loue, honour and serue thee, with all our soules, with all our strengths, and with al our mindes, ⟨image 154⟩and louing our neighbours as our selues, to pleasure them in all dueties of loue to our power. Strengthen vs likewise with thy vertue, O almightie God, against the temptations and assaults of Sathan, deliuering vs victoriously, preseruing vs also from such dangers and miseries, as euery where follow vs at the heeles in this life: and aboue all, giuing vs grace, in whatsoeuer estate wee be, still to be content with thy will, ⟨image 154⟩which can neuer be other than good and iust, and to vs profitable, because wee are of the number of thy children. So let thy peace be in vs, and vpon all the workes of our handes, that wee may happily passe the rest of our dayes, walkeing euery of vs in his familie, in the duty of our vocation, in a good conscience, as before thy face, to whom nothing is hid: and meditating diligently, vpon the shortnesse and afflictions of ⟨image 155⟩this our life, that so wee may aduance thee, and finally end in the wisedome of true christians: whereby wee may principally learne to desire heauen, and patiently to take all humane crosses, and whatsoeuer may seeme to vs most greeuous to the flesh, knowing that all things shall turne to our good; alalwayes prouided, that constantly we perseuere in thy seruice, for so shal wee liue and die with Christ, that we may enter ⟨image 155⟩into his ioyes in heauen, there to behold his glory.
