MASTER GREENEHAMS PRAYER.MAISTER GREENEHAMS PRAYER.

MASTER GREENEHAMS PRAYER.

MAISTER GREENEHAMS PRAYER.

O God most mighty, glorious and righteous: O father most loving, gracious, and merciful, which keepest covenant and mercy in Jesus Christ for all those which receiving the first fruits of thy holy spirit, walk before thee in uprightness of their heart: we thy unworthy children come unto thee in the name of thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ our Lord: beseeching thee to renew and increase thy holy spirit in us, and to purify our hearts more and more by faith, that we may have a clearer sight, and a surer persuasion of thy fatherly goodness unto us, and that we may more readily perform our dutiful obedience unto thee. For we do acknowledge and confess unto thy sacred Majesty, that we have yet never hitherto worthily esteemed thy mercies towards us, nor sufficiently expressed the fruits of our bounden duty towards thee: but that still we remain ignorant, and forgetful of many good things, which we ought, and might know. And we confess Lord, we are slack unto those things which thy holy sp••t offereth to our minds, unapt to do them, soon weary of well-doing; and wherein we please thee something, we please our selves too much. Moreover we likewise confess that we are ignorant of many evil things, that we have done, do, or may do: forgetful of divers things, which sometime we have had knowledge and remorse of. And now the things which come to our remembrance, and are in our sight, do not appear to be so•sinfull in any measure as they are, and ought of us to be regarded. Yea we are beguiled ere ever we are aware with our present corruptions, and they clean so fast unto us, that we can hardly leave them, but most hardly be brought to true repentance of them. We beseech therefore thy sacred Majesty, to work in us by thy holy spirit, a wise and careful searching out of and into our sins, that by the law we may be convinced of them, awakened by thy threatenings, rebuked for them by thy judgements, executed upon the wicked, and exercised toward thy children, servants, and friends, that so we may fear and tremble for them.

O God most mightie, glorious and righteous: O father most louing, gracious, and merciful, which keepest couenant and mercy in Iesus Christ for all those which receiuing the first fruites of thy holy spirit, walke before thee in vprightnesse of their heart: wee thy vnworthy children come vnto thee in the name of thy onely begotten sonne Iesus Christ our Lord: beseeching thee to renue and encrease thy holy spirit in vs, and to purifie our hearts more and more by faith, that we may haue a clearer sight, and a surer perswasion of thy fatherly goodnesse vnto vs, and that wee may more readily performe our dutifull obedience vnto thee. For wee doe acknowledge and confesse vnto thy sacred Maiestie, that we haue yet neuer hitherto worthily esteemed thy mercies towards vs, nor sufficiently expressed the fruites of our bounden dutie towards thee: but that still we remaine ignorant, and forgetfull of many good things, which wee ought, and might know. And we confesse Lord, wee are slacke vnto those things which thy holy spt offereth to our mindes, vnapt to doe them, soone wearie of wel-doing; and wherein we please thee something, we please our selues too much. Moreouer wee likewise confesse that we are ignorant of many euill things, that wee haue done, doe, or may doe: forgetfull of diuers things, which sometime wee haue hadde knowledge and remorse of. And now the things which come to our remembrance, and are in our sight, doe not appeare to be sosinfull in any measure as they are, and ought of vs to be regarded. Yea wee are beguiled ere euer we are aware with our present corruptions, and they cleane so fast vnto vs, that wee can hardly leaue them, but most hardly bee brought to true repentance of them. We beseech therefore thy sacred Maiestie, to worke in vs by thy holy spirit, a wise and carefull searching out of and into our sinnes, that by the lawe wee may be conuinced of them, awakened by thy threatnings, rebuked for them by thy iudgements, executed vpon the wicked, and exercised toward thy children, seruants, and friends, that so wee may feare and tremble for them.