Master Bezaes household prayers translated out of French into EnglishMaister Bezaes houshold prayers translated out of French into English

We also pray thee for all those whom thou visitest with tribulation, whether it be sickness of body, or anguish of soul, that thou, O merciful Father, vouchsafe to give them comfort & patience, to the bearing of their calamities, and deliverance from their afflictions. Asking all ⟨image 158⟩these things of thee in the name of thy Son our Mediator, and as he hath taught us to pray Our Father which art in heaven, &c. We also beseech thee O Lord to increase, and confirm us in the Catholic Faith of thy Church, to the end it may take lively root in our souls to fructify, to all righteousness and good works: and that even to our last gasp, we may make like confession thereof, as we do now both with hart ⟨image 158⟩and mouth. (I believe in God the Father Almighty, &c.) And because the faith of thy children, O Lord, is inseparable from the obedience due to thy word, especially in the ten commandments of the law, and that thou doest ordain, that we should have them perpetually in our hearts and mouths, to keep them, and to teach them to our families, give us grace, to our powers, to conform our selves to the same, even ⟨image 159⟩as we understand that they were delivered from thy mouth, saying.

We also pray thee for all those whom thou visitest with tribulation, whether it be sickenesse of body, or anguish of soule, that thou, O mercifull Father, vouchsafe to giue them comfort & patience, to the bearing of their calamities, and deliueraunce from their afflictions. Asking all ⟨image 158⟩these things of thee in the name of thy Sonne our Mediatour, and as he hath taught vs to pray Our Father which art in heauen, &c. We also besech thee O Lord to encrease, and confirme vs in the Catholike Faith of thy Church, to the end it may take liuely roote in our soules to fructifie, to all righteonsnesse and good workes: and that euen to our last gaspe, we may make like confession thereof, as we doe now both with hart ⟨image 158⟩and mouth. (I beleeue in God the Father Almighty, &c.) And because the faith of thy children, O Lord, is inseperable from the obedience due to thy word, especially in the tenne commaundements of the law, and that thou doest ordaine, that wee should haue them perpetually in our hearts and mouthes, to keepe them, and to teach them to our families, giue vs grace, to our powers, to conforme our selues to the same, euen