A soueraigne cordial for a Christian conscience Content thi selfe with pacience, with Christ to bear the cros of paine which can wil the rec[m]pence, a thousand fold with ioyes againe let nothig cause thi hart to quail lau[n]ch out thi bote, hoise vp the sail put from the shore. And thou sure thou shalt atain vnto the port that shall remayne, for euermore.

A GODLY PRAIER.

BE mercyfull vnto ys (O Lord God of mercies) and destroi vs not in thi wrath. we haue offēded (O lord) we haue trespassed agaynst thee, therfore hast thou now visited vs with thi heauy hād, suffering our e¦nemies to triūphe ouer vs. But yet (O Lord) our hope is in thee, that thou wilt not forsake vs, nor leaue vs, which put our trust in the. Hear vs (O Lord) for thi sonne our Lord Iesus Christes sake, and gyue not thy people to be a praye vnto the wycked for euer, O Lorde in thee haue we trusted, let vs neuer be cō∣founded. Haue mercy vpon vs, and after this great miseri, shew vs the light of thy countenaunce, that we may se the brightnes of the gospel againe, to thy great glory, and our great comfort▪ and to the saluatiō of thy people. Tourne vnto vs (O Lord) that be tourned vnto the, & by thy holy spirit worke in vs, that we neuer retourne from thee anye more▪ but alway walke in thy holy feare, as it besemeth thy children▪ withdraw (O Lord God) thys thy

heauie displeasure, and be mercy∣ful vnto vs. Let not thy enemies of thy woord, spoile thy seruauntes, neither gyue thy people to be an euerlasting stocke to the foolishe. Finally (O Lord God) deale with vs after thy accustomed kyndnes. As thou art iustlye displeased for our synnes, so be fauourable to vs that repēt the same, that thou mai∣est be knowen a righteous God, ful of pitie and compassion. Graunt this we beseeche thee, for the bloud of Iesus Christ▪ to whom with the & the holye ghost be al honour, praise and glo∣rie, worlde without end

Amen,