Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…

A prayer to be privately used, after the public exercises of the Church; as the preaching of the word, & the administration of the Lords Supper shall be ended.

A prayer to be priuately vsed, after the publike exercises of the Church; as the preaching of the word, & the administration of the Lordes Supper shall be ended.

I Do unfeignedly confess (good Father) that the graces are very great, yea, most excellent, which thou hast vouchsafed this day to bestow upon me, wretched sinner that I am, by the use and partaking of thy holy Word and Sacraments: and namely for that it hath pleased thee thereby to increase my knowledge, to confirm my Faith, to assure me that Jesus Christ thy dear Son, ⟨p. 86⟩hath not only died for me, but also given him self to be my spiritual nourishment to eternal life and salvation, with innumerable such other benefits and blessings: For these, and whatsoever other mercies, which thy Majesty hath freely bestowed upon me, I do yield thee the humblest thanks and heartiest praise, that possibly I can; beseeching thee to accept me, and this my Sacrifice of praise & thanksgiving, according to the measure, that thou mercifully hast bestowed upon me. And because I feel my self, thorough the cursed corruption of mine own nature, wonderfully inclined to the forgetfulness of thy ⟨p. 87⟩goodness, I beseech thee to grave these things in my heart with a claw of Adamant, and to imprint them there, that by the sight thereof, and meditation therein, I may be provoked, daily more and more to magnify the multitude of thy mercies, which doest not only bestow upon me, these great and wonderful graces; but even then, when by the means of my sins, I had deserved eternal condemnation, hast graciously given me the same. And I pray thee further, to give me grace (good Lord) to express this my thankfulness towards thee, not in words only, but also in the deeds of a holy conversation, that I daily increasing,