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HEauenlie God, which art so prouident, and watchfull for the health and preseruation of thy children, that they want nothing necessarie for the supportation and maintenance of this their transi∣torie
life, not houses to harbour in, not garments to put on, not foode wherewith to be nourished: final∣lie, nothing, whatsoeuer it is, that they stand in neede of, whiles they leade their liues in this transitorie tabernacle: we beseech thée, that as thou hast let this daie passe lucki∣lie ouer our heads, safelie defen∣ding vs from all dangers, and gi∣uing vs the fruits of our labours, least our working should be waste: so it would please thée in like mea∣sure of mercie, and peize of com∣passion, to be our watchman, this present night, and euerie night, so long as our bodies and soules re∣maine coupled in this vale of vile∣nes and miserie.
Also, O father, we heartilie be∣séech thée, that although darkenes dimme the eies of our bodie, wher∣by the vse of our externall and out∣ward sight is made frustrate and voide, yet the eies of our mind may still be broade waking and open, continuallie looking for that com∣fortable
comming of thy Christ in glorie, that we may be in a readi∣nesse, when the trumpet soundeth, Arise ye dead and come to iudge∣ment, which whether it be in the euening, at midnight, at the cock∣crowing, or at the dawning of the daie, none can tell, no not the An∣gels. But whensoeuer it is, O Lord, so kéepe vs waking, that when thou cōmest, our lamps may be found burning. Graunt this most mercifull father, for thy sons sake, Iesus Christ the righteous, to whome, with thée, and the holie Ghost, thrée persons, and one om∣nipotent, almightie, euerlasting, and onlie wise God, be all laud, praise, honour, dominion, and glo∣rie, now and for euer,