Lastly most gracious LORD, we humbly ⟨p. 78⟩beseech thee to take us this day under the shadow of thy wings. Let thy Omnipotency be a brazen wall unto us, let thy mighty hand and stretched out arm encompass us, let thy careful providence watch over us, and thy blessed Angels pitch about us. And sith we now enter into the affairs of this day, let not we beseech thee the delights, benefits and honours of this life ensnare our souls, or make a breach into our consciences: for these weak and carnal comforts ⟨p. 79⟩will never follow us unto the dark places, but when we shall sit down in the dust, and say unto corruption thou art our father, and to the worm thou art our mother and sister, then they will all leave us; nay they will turn to worm-wood and bitterness. Sanctify we beseech thee our thoughts, knit them fast unto thy holy Word, and the necessary businesses of our vocation. Keep, we pray thee, in a sanctified moderation all the affections of our ⟨p. 80⟩hearts, and stir our passions that none of them break out upon us either to dishonour thy Majesty, disquiet our own consciences, or disgrace our Christian carriage. Let all our words be seasoned with grace, religion and charity. Let every action into which we shall enter this day or ever hereafter, be just and lawful, and in them bless us with sincerity of heart, with a godly end and good means. O LORD, we beseech thee give us the spirit of judgement, ⟨p. 81⟩that we may discern between the short span of this wretched life, and the length and breadth of immortality, that we never esteem the pleasures of sin for a moment, before eternal and everlasting joys, but even count the best things of this world as dung, as vanity and nothing, nay as worse then vanity and less then nothing, for the winning of CHRIST JESUS, and that excellent weight of glory laid up in Heaven for all thy servants. Work ⟨p. 82⟩in our hearts we beseech thee a perfect detestation even of our sweetest and lest sins; let us ever look upon them in their true nature, and greatest ugliness, as accompanied with thy heavy displeasure and fearfullest judgements; that we may loath them as a Serpent, and so cease for ever to offend thee in them. And whereas we are every day afresh to enter combat, not with flesh and blood, but with the Prince of darkness, the rulers of the ⟨p. 83⟩air, the spiritual craftiness and policies of hell;
Lastly most gracious LORD, wee humbly ⟨p. 78⟩beseech thee to take us this day under the shadow of thy wings. Let thy Omnipotency be a brazen wall unto us, let thy mighty hand and stretched out arme encompasse us, let thy carefull providence watch over us, and thy blessed Angels pitch about us. And sith wee now enter into the affaires of this day, let not we beseech thee the delights, benefits and honours of this life ensnare our soules, or make a breach into our consciences: for these weake and carnall comforts ⟨p. 79⟩will never follow us unto the darke places, but when wee shall sit downe in the dust, and say unto corruption thou art our father, and to the worme thou art our mother and sister, then they will all leave us; nay they will turne to worme-wood and bitternesse. Sanctifie we beseech thee our thoughts, knit them fast unto thy holy Word, and the necessary businesses of our vocation. Keepe, we pray thee, in a sanctified moderation all the affections of our ⟨p. 80⟩hearts, and stirre our passions that none of them breake out upon us either to dishonour thy Majesty, disquiet our owne consciences, or disgrace our Christian carriage. Let all our words be seasoned with grace, religion and charity. Let every action into which we shall enter this day or ever hereafter, be just and lawfull, and in them blesse us with sincerity of heart, with a godly end and good meanes. O LORD, we beseech thee give us the spirit of judgement, ⟨p. 81⟩that wee may discerne betweene the short span of this wretched life, and the length and breadth of immortality, that wee never esteeme the pleasures of sinne for a moment, before eternall and everlasting joyes, but even count the best things of this world as dung, as vanity and nothing, nay as worse then vanity and lesse then nothing, for the winning of CHRIST JESVS, and that excellent waight of glory laid up in Heaven for all thy servants. Worke ⟨p. 82⟩in our hearts wee beseech thee a perfect detestation even of our sweetest and lest sinnes; let us ever looke upon them in their true nature, and greatest ouglinesse, as accompanied with thy heavie displeasure and fearefullest judgements; that wee may loath them as a Serpent, and so cease for ever to offend thee in them. And whereas wee are every day afresh to enter combat, not with flesh and blood, but with the Prince of darknesse, the rulers of the ⟨p. 83⟩
