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, and flaunting, and inordinate gaming, and wanton sporting, because they draw us to other sins, and 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 trueth 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 some thing of every ⟨image 508⟩thing, and 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, and love, and prayer 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, and all our peace to the peace of conscience, 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, and 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. Yet Lord let us speak once again like Abraham, one thing more we will beg at thy hands, our resolutions are variable, & we can not perform our promises to thee: therefore settle us in a constant form of obedience, that we may serve thee from this hour, with those duties which the world, the devil, and the flesh, would have us defer until the ⟨image 509⟩point of death.
Keepe vs in that feare of thy Maiestie that we may make conscience of all that we doe, and that wee may count no sinne small, but leaue our lying, and swearing, and surfetting, and coueting, and boasting, and flanting, and inordinate gaming, and wanton sporting, because they drawe vs to other sinnes, and are forbidden as straightly as other. Let not our hearts at any time be so dazled, but that in all temptations, we may discerne between good and euill, between right and wrong, between trueth and errour: and that we may iudge of all things as they are, and not as they seeme to bee: let our mindes bee alwaies so occupied, that wee may learne some thing of euerie ⟨image 508⟩thing, and vse all those creatures as meanes and helpes prepared for vs to serue thee. Let our affections growe so towarde one another, that wee may loue thee asmuch for the prosperitie of other, as if it were our owne: let our faith, and loue, and prayer be alway so readie to goe vnto thee for our helpe, that in sicknes we may finde patience, in prison wee may finde ioy, in pouertie wee may find contentment, and in all troubles we may finde hope. Turne all our ioyes to the ioye of the holy Ghost, and all our peace to the peace of conscience, and all our feares to the feare of sin, that we may loue righteousnesse, with as great good will as euer we loued wickednes: and goe before other in thankfulnes towards thee, as farre as thou goest in mercie towards vs before them, taking all that thou sendest as a gift, and leauing our pleasures before they leaue vs, that our time to come, may be 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. Yet Lord let vs speake once again like Abraham, one thing more we will beg at thy hands, our resolutions are variable, & we can not performe our promises to thee: therefore settle vs in a constant forme of obedience, that we may serue thee from this houre, with those dueties which the world, the diuell, and the flesh, woulde haue vs deferre vntill the ⟨image 509⟩point of death.
