Private devotion and a brief explication of the ten commandments

II. Before Dinner.

OUr Father, which art in hea∣ven, Hallowed be thy Name, adored be thy Majesty, which is great, wonderful, holy, almighty and eternal.

Thy Kingdom come, where dwelleth righteousness and peace.

Thy will and holy commandment be done; as in heaven by the blessed an∣gels and souls of righteous men, conti∣nually, zealously and un••nimously: so on earth by me and all mine, by this church, by the church Vniversal, and by all that breath. For of thee we live and move, and have our time and the hope of everlasting happiness. Again and for ever adored by thy name.

Give us this day our daily bread and necessaries, in diligence, honesty, mo∣deration

and content. And blessed be the most bountiful Creatour for all his bles∣sings spiritual and temporal, conferred on me and all mankind. Give comfort and relief, and in part by our hands, to the sick, the poor, the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted.

Forgive us, miserable and ungrate∣ful sinners, all our trespasses, in thought and word and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, for the infinite merits and by the efficacious intercession of Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour: as we now entirely forgive those that trespass a∣gainst us.

And lead us not into temptation and trouble, as we deserve. But of thy great goodness deliver us from all evil and hurt both of soul and body; from our enemies seen and unseen: from the wiles and suggestions of the Devil, the cor∣ruptions of the World, and all other oc∣casions of sin: from thy wrath, and the terrour of death, and everlasting damna∣tion, for the sake of the only beloved

Son, who hath taught us this Prayer.

For thine is the Kingdom; thou rulest what thou hast made: thine the power, insinitely surpassing all that we can ask or think or sear: thine the mercy, of which we are the unworthy instance and example: and thine the glory, the praise, the worship and the obedience, world without end. Amen.