Keep us in that fear of thy Majesty, that we may make conscience of all that we do, and that we may count no sin small, but leave our lying, and swearing, and surfeiting, and coveting, and boasting, & flaunting, & inordinate gaming, & wanton sporting, because they draw us to other sins, & are forbidden as straightly as other. Let not our hearts at any time be so dazzled, but that in all temptations, we may discern between good and evil, between right and wrong, between truth and error: and that we may judge of all things as they are, and not as they seem to be; let our minds be always so occupied, that we may learn something of every thing, & use all those creatures as means and helps prepared for us to serve thee. Let our affections grow so toward one another, that we may love thee as much for the prosperity of other as if it were our own: let our faith, & love, and prayer ⟨p. 8⟩be alway so ready to go unto thee for our help, that in sickness we may find patience, in prison we may find joy, in poverty we may find contentment, and in all troubles we may find hope. Turn all our joys to the joy of the holy Ghost, & all our peace to the peace of consciences, and all our fears to the fear of sin, that we may love righteousness, with as great good will as ever we loved wickedness: and go before other in thankfulness towards thee, as far as thou goest in mercy towards us before them; taking all that thou sendest as a gift, & leaving our pleasures before they leave us, that our time to come, may be a repentance of the time past, thinking alway of the joys of heaven, the pains of hell, our own death, and the death of thy Son for us.
Keepe vs in that feare of thy Maiesty, that we may make cōscience of all that we doe, and that wee may count no sinne smal, but leaue our lying, and swearing, and surfeting, and coueting, and boasting, & flanting, & inordinate gaming, & wantō sporting, because they draw vs to other sins, & are forbidden as straightly as other. Let not our hearts at any time be so dazled, but that in all temptations, we may discern betweene good and euill, betweene right and wrong, betweene truth and error: and that we may iudge of all things as they are, and not as they seeme to bee; let our mindes be alwaies so occupied, that we may learn somthing of euery thing, & vse all those creatures as meanes and helpes prepared for vs to serue thee. Let our affectiōs grow so toward one another, that we may loue thee as much for ye prosperity of other as if it were our owne: let our faith, & loue, and prayer ⟨p. 8⟩be alwaie so ready to goe vnto thee for our help, that in sicknes we may find patience, in prison we may finde ioy, in pouertie wee may finde contentment, and in all troubles we may finde hope. Turne al our ioyes to the ioy of the holy Ghost, & al our peace to the peace of consciences, and all our feares to the feare of sinne, that we may loue righteousnes, with as great good will as euer we loued wickednes: and goe before other in thankfulnes towards thee, as farre as thou goest in mercy towards vs before them; taking all that thou sendest as a gift, & leauing our pleasures before they leaue vs, that our time to come, may bee a repentance of the time past, thinking alway of the ioyes of heauen, the paines of hell, our owne death, and the death of thy sonne for vs.
