A briefe of the Bible drawne first into English poësy, and then illustrated by apte annotations: togither vvith some other necessary appendices. By Henoch Clapham.

The first Petition of the supplication

Hallowed be thy Name.

MErciful father; thy Name is mightie and excellent amongst the very Heathen, but who doe Sanctifie thy Name? The Heavens and firmament, yea, all the visi∣ble creatures do make knowne thy name of Power, thy name of vvisedome, thy name Eternal, thy names Provident, Bountiful, &c. Every Barbarian (oh Father) by the little Light of Nature left in the soul vndestroied, is brought to acknowledge that there is a God, who is the Cause of al Cau∣ses,

and giveth Being vnto al cre∣tures: but do they herewithall Hallow thy name, so graven in the fore-heades of all Creatures vi∣sible? Alas, no: All this sight san∣ctifieth neither eye, heart, nor hand: thy Lawe is onely a perfit teacher, giving holy light to the spirituall blind, and thy vvord is that Trueth, wherewith man is first made holy, that so hee may Hallowe thy Name, thy Nam•• plainely written vpon the for∣mer creatures, but more plainly characterized within thy holy Church, and that in the vvorde & Sacraments. Therein (oh Lord) thou hast evidently to Eare and Eye, propounded Iesus crucified, Iesus the onely Redeemer, the only Mediator, in and by whose blood, thou rests satisfied for al these, that come vnto thee in his Name.

Oh mercifull Father, howe largely haue we Vn-hallowed thy Name, both in the common Cre∣tures, in the vvord, and in the Sa∣craments: we haue looked vpon the Heavens, the Earth, Sunne, Moone, Starres, Trees, Grasse, Flowers, Beasts, Birdes, Fishes: but haue we therein spirituallie discerned thy Power, vvisedome, providence, kindnes? Nay, we haue cloathed and fedde our bodies with divers of thy woonderfull workes, but haue we there with∣all hallowed thy Name in the same? yea, we haue medled with thy Word and Sacraments, but with what blinde eyes, and dull hearts? Oh Lord, shame & con∣fusion belongs vnto vs, not on∣ly for not Hallowing thy Name, but also, for Vn-hallowing and prophaning of thy Creatures, Word, Sacraments, and so con∣sequently

vnsanctified thy Name in the same. Oh Lord, by our rude behavior, we haue labou∣red to obscure thy Name, to bu∣ry it in darknes, by not discer∣ning, and orderly hallowing it. Yea, that which more is, wee haue oft remembred thy Name, but then wee haue taken it in vaine, then wee haue vnjustlie sworn by the same, &c. as thogh we had conspired with Sathan, either to bury thy Name in ob∣livion, or else, by speaking of it to pollute it, and make it con∣temptible.

Sweet Father, in Christ Iesus, we by the motion of thine own Spirit, do therefore beg of thee the Grace, whereby we may be fitted hereafter to hallowe thy Name, to sanctifie thy Name, in beholding the common Crea∣tures, in hearing thy worde, in

receiving thy Sacramentes. To which end Lord,