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O How much are we bounde vnto thee (o Lord our God) being redee∣med with soe great a guift? being succou∣red by soe glorious a benefitt? O how much oughtest thou of vs wretches to be feared, loued, blessed, praysed, honoured and glorified, who hast in this manner loued, saued, sanctified, and exalted vs? Ve∣rily we owe unto thee all our ability, all
our life, all our learning. But who hath any thing, that is not thine? Thou therfor o Lord our God, from whom all good thinges doe proceede, for thine owne and for thy holy names sake, bestowe vpon vs thy graces and benefitts, that by them we may worthily serue thee, and in veritie please thee, and may daily render due prayses vnto thee, for soe many and soe great graces and fauoures proceeding frō thy mercie.
We truly haue noe other meane wher∣by to serue and please thee, but onely the guifts, which we receiue from thy lib••ra∣liti•••• for euery good and perfect guift, is from aboue, descending downe from the Father of lights, with whom there is noe variation, or shadow of change. O Lord our God, who art a mercifull and good God, a God of all power, a God of vnspea∣kable, and incomprehensible nature, God the instructor of all thinges, and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, who for our com∣mon good, hast sent from thy bosome, our most sweet Lord thy beloued sonne, to take vpon him our life, that he might giue vs his, and might be perfecte God of thee his Father, and perfect man by rea∣son of his mother whole God, and whole man, one and the same Christ, eternal and temporall, immortall and mortal, creator
and created, strong and enfeebled, con∣querour and conquered, nourisher & nou∣rished, sheepe and shepheard, dying tem∣porallie, and liuing with thee eternallie: who promising the liberties of euerlasting life to those that loued him, vsed these wordes vnto his disciples: Whatsoeuer you shall aske my Father in my name, he will giue it you.
By this high Preist, true Bishoppe, and good shepheard, who hath, offered him∣selfe as a sacrifice vnto thee, laying down his life for his flocke: I beseech thee by him, who sitteth at thy right hand, and maketh intercession for vs, being our Re∣deemer and aduocate, yea by thine owne mercifulnesse and goodnesse I humblye craue of thee, o God most merciful, milde, and benigne louer of mankind, that thou together with thy same sonne and holie Ghost (for that you all three beinge but of one & the same nature, are to be estee∣med but one and the same giuer) wilt giue me grace to praise and glorifie thee in all thinges with great contritiō of hart, and manie teares, with much feare and trembling. But for that our corrupt body, is as a clogg or burden to the soule, prick forward (I beseeche thee) my lasines with thy spurres, and make me promptly to perseuere day and night in fulfillinge
thy commaundements, and in soundinge forth thy praises. Graunt that my hart may waxe hoate within my bosome, and that I may be as it were sett on fire by meanes of my meditation.
And because thine onely begotten son God hath saied: Noe man commeth to me, vnlesse my Father, who hath sent me, dra∣we him, and noe man commeth to the Fa∣ther, but by me: I humbly pray and besee∣che thee, draw me vnto him continually, that he at length may bring me thither to thee, where he sittethe at thy right hand: where there is euerlasting life enduring hapy, for euer, where there is perfect loue voide of all feare: where there is one eter∣nall day, and one desire of all: where there is most soueraigne and certaine assured∣nes, and assured quietnes, and quiet ioy∣fullnes, and ioyfull happines, and happy euerlastingnes, and euerlasting blessednes, and blessed seeing and praising of thee, being likewise endlesse: where thou with him, and he with thee, in communion of the holy Ghost, liuest and raignest God eternally and euerlastingely, throughout all ages, times, and generations. Amen.