The practise of the faithfull containing many godly praiers both of morning and euening and other necessarie occasions. Whereunto are added diuers profitable and comfortable meditations necessarie to be remembered and practised of euery Christian.

Euening Praier for a priuate Person.

O Eternall God Fa∣ther of our Lord Ie∣sus Christ and in him my most mercifull father I humbly confesse before thy glorious presence, that I

am altogether a lump of sinne, & a masse of corrup∣tion, and therfore haue for feited thy fauour and in¦curred thy high displea∣sure, both in thought, word and deede. My sins O Lord are more in number than the haires of my head: yea, farre more than I can pos∣sibly féele or know, and if I should goe about to reckon vp my particular offences, I know not where to begin or where to make an end. It is thou O Lord who knowest my sins, to whom the secrets of my heart are manifest, and nothing can be hid from thy sight: be∣sides my consciense doth ac∣cuse me of many greiuous euils, and I daily feele by

ful experience how fraile I am, how prone to euel and backward to all goodnesse, my minde, my heart and af∣fections, and all the facul∣ties both of soule and body, are ful of vanitie, profane∣nesse, dulnesse, deadnesse, & drow••inesse in matters of thy worship and seruice. But O déere father I haue learned from thy mouth, that thou art a God full of mercie, slow to wrath, and of great compassion and kindnesse towards all such as are heauy laden & groan vnder the burthen of their sinnes. O Lord extend thy great mercy towards mée poore sinner, and giue me a general pardon for al mine offences whatsoeuer, seale

it to my conscience in the blood of thy déere son Christ Iesus, assuring me more and more of thy loue an fa∣uour towards me, and that thou art a reconciled father vnto me in the same christ. O Lord I beséech thée prin∣cipally giue me victorie o∣uer those sins, thou know∣est my nature most prone to commit. Mortific in me whatsoeuer is carnall, and sanctiffe me by thy good spi∣rit, and knit my heart vn∣thée for euer. Lord grant that I may take delight in the reading and hearing of thy holy word: that I may loue and reuerence all the faithfull Ministers of the gospell, giue O Lord a mel∣ting heart, that I may

tremble at thy worde, let not my sinnes holde backe thy mercies from me, nor mine vnworthines stop the passage of thy grace. I most humbly thank thee for all thy blessings bestowed vpon me necessarie for this life, as food, raiment, health, peace, liberty, &c. which many of thy déere children doe want being notwith∣standing bought with the pretious blood of Christ Iesus as well as I. Bi••t aboue all, deere Father, I praise thy name for the blessings of a better life, es∣pecially for thy holy worde and sacraments and all the good I enioy therby for the continuance of thy gospell, the worde of truth, the

means of our saluation, for the death of thy son and all that happinesse I receiue thereby: O Lord open my blinde eies euery day more and more, to sée and consi¦der of thy great and mer∣uelous loue towards me in all these things, that by the dew consideration ther∣of my heart may be drawne néerer vnto thee to loue thée much because thou hast gi∣uen much: and as thou dost abound towards me in goodnesse, so grant that I may abound towards thée in obedience and thankful¦nesse, and in these my weak and imperfect praiers O Lord I am not mindeful of my selfe alone, but of the whole estate of thy Church

wheresoeuer, blesse all chri∣stian Kings and Princes, calling vpon thy name, es∣pecially our dread Soue∣raigne the Kings Maiestie, the Quéene, and their roial Progonie, Blesse all the no∣bilitie, the magistrates and ministers of the Land, that all their Councels and labours may begin at thy feare, and may be referred thy glory. Succour and comfort all those that are comfortlesse, sanctifie all their afflictions and trou∣bles vnto them, that they may tend to thy glory, and their owne good. Finally, O Lord according to my bounden dutie I commend vnto thy Maiestie all my friends and acquaintance,

beséeching thée for them, as for my selfe to blesse vs all, in our particular places, and grant that we may do those things which may bée to thy glorie and our com∣forts, through Iesus Christ our Lord. In whose name I end as he hath taught me saying, Our father which art in heauen, hallowed bee thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy-will be done in earth as it is in heauen, &c.