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Three prayers one for the morning, another for the eveningThree prayers one for the morning, another for the euening
Three prayers one for the morning, another for the evening: the third for a sick-man. Whereunto is annexed, a godly letter to a sick friend: and a comfortable speech of a preacher upon his death bed. Anno. Dom. 1591.Three prayers one for the morning, another for the euening: the third for a sick-man. Whereunto is annexed, a godly letter to a sicke freend: and a comfortable speech of a preacher vpon his death bedde. Anno. Dom. 1591.
London: printed by John Charlewood? for Thomas Man, 1591
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A Morning Prayer.
O Lord prepare our harts to pray.
Eternal God, giver to them which want, Comforter to them which suffer, and forgiver to them which repent: we have nothing to render thee but thine own. If we could give thee our bodies, and souls, they should be saved by it: but thou were never the richer for them. All is our duty and all of us cannot perform it: therefore thy Son died, and thy spirit descended, and thy Angels guide, and thy Ministers teach, to help the weakness of men. All things call upon us, to call upon thee, and we are prostrate before ⟨p. 4⟩thee before we know how to worship thee: even since we rose, we have tasted many of thy blessings, and thou hast begun to serve us, before we begin to serve thee. Why shouldest thou bestow thy health and wealth, and rest, and liberty upon us more then other? we can give no reason for it, but that thou art merciful.
ETernall God, giuer to them which want, Comforter to them which suffer, and forgiuer to thē which repent: we haue nothing to render thee but thine owne. If we could giue thee our bodies, and soules, they should bee saued by it: but thou were neuer the richer for them. All is our dutie and all of vs cannot performe it: therefore thy sonne died, and thy spirit discended, and thy Angels guide, and thy Ministers teach, to help the weakenes of men. All things call vpon vs, to call vpon thee, and we are prostrate before ⟨p. 4⟩thee before wee knowe how to worshippe thee: euen since we rose, we haue tasted many of thy blessings, and thou hast begun to serue vs, before we beginne to serue thee. Why shouldest thou bestow thy health and wealth, and rest, and libertie vpon vs more then other? we can giue no reason for it, but that thou art mercifull.