The poore mans Pater noster with a preparatiue to praier: wherto are annexed diuers godly psalmes and meditations: collected out of the sacred scriptures, by Thomas Timme minister.

Jn earth as it is in heauen.

THe celestiall crea¦tures, O God, are prest and rea∣die to obaie thy di¦uine will, and whatsoeuer thou commandest them they doo it speedilie. Among which, are thy angels, who alwaies

stood stedfast in thy truth since the first beginning, and doe still stande in thy presence to serue thee, as ministring spi∣rits, to defend and gard thine elect, These angels doo reioise in heauen for the fulfilling of thy will in the conuersion and repentaunce of sinners, yea, so prompt is their seruice and so willing is their obedi∣ence, that nothing is more pleasant vnto them then when thy will, O God, is

performed and executed.

The blessed saints also de∣parted this life in soule and spirit, haue the fulnesse of ioy in thy presence, and the plea∣sures also which are at thy right hand for euermore. This thy wil hath brought to passe. And therfore being frée from the cares and labours of this life, they doo still execute thy holie will, falling before thee which sittest in the heauenlie throne, and worshipping thee which liuest for euermore and

sayeng. Thou art worthie, O Lorde, to receyue glorie and honoure, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy wils sake they are, and haue beene created.

As the angels and saints doo thus rest on thy will, O God alone, euen so other ce∣lestiall bodies also doo obeie the same. The perpetuall mo∣tion and true course of the hea¦uens: the sunne, the moone, and the stars, do continuallie kéepe their prescribed order

whereunto thou hast appoyn∣ted them. The temperate and flourishing springtide, the hot and dry summer, the fruit full haruest, and the chilling cold winter, haue their times and returnes from yeare to yeare according vnto thy di∣uine will. In the execution whereof they haue thus con∣tinued more than fiue thou∣sand and sixe hundred yeares, and yet in that same remai∣neth and endureth still stable and firme.

Make in like manner, O Heauenlie Father, wee be∣séech thee, our stubborne, dis∣obedient and rebellious wils, pliant, tractable, and obedy∣ent, to thy most holie will. O that this flesh, putting off the olde Adam which is made of earth, might submitte it selfe so willinglie vnto thy will as that inwarde manne dooth which is regenerate and illuminated by thy holie spi∣rite, and therefore with groanes and sighes desy∣reth

to doo thy will. O that it might please thee, to breake in sunder for euer the bandes of sinne, wherewith our spirit is tied, that beeing frée, wee might serue thee continuallie as thou wilt. O Father, wee heartilie praie thee, and for Christs sake humblie beséech thee, disburthen vs of this earth wherewith we are ouer∣whelmed, and make vs hea∣uenlie, that thy name maie bee sanctified in earth as it is in heauen: that wee may de∣sire

thy kingdome to come in earth as it is in heauen: that wee may will thy will to bee done in earth, as it is in heauen: that nowe here in earth wee may begin to bee such, as one day through thy grace and mercy, we shall bee in heauen. Where wee shall for euer praise thee and our lord Iesus Christ, to whome with the holie Ghost, bee all honour and glory world with out end, Amen.