Babington - Houston-Packer Collection BV4655 .B23 1615

I. PETITION. vpon theLords Priyer. 39 ![Ç The Pr4yg.:,' ,i cil2ghti ,G;Q J , dópkç. wppon vs mozwés find' srretche -2 heet4 e thy feet: livfl r nd begging'mercie. Let vs ob- tain e of thy fatker14064aefe o trhat_abou haft fo taxing y taughrvsto4Jk 144stSigxametittybrehaloioed. Let our eseien.4rie441;901littenlightnedbythygracet behold that,t4,1,t¡e}g4 chalinefe that is ithy!aft more and rnm,e,allat ISslike,larereie,and power, winch thou-Jbevveft in thy; 1Pierkes, rnddthat trxth , w [:dome, aryl goodnefe. which Ain thy .word y amore and More with alt thy .iertues generally whñtfeeuer cotnprehended in. thy nature and f rte. for the knowledge andvfe áf m{mo; let tthen bee- more áttErt more day y known veto vs. And when in mercaethpt?ta i Gel owed as it crazy f :not ' oe to thine ovine w f dome , this knowledge vppon vt s -Q hé ueet Fathëf let it notbe v.1? e. bare knowledge, but ioyne to our knowledge that ò çt d etnd henour, that regard ánd're verence ¡near obedience that is fit for fucha name, pipth in wordeand .. work(' thouuhtand deede, 'and eueryway. Make vs O Lord eue, moro and more to.auode and Jhùtrne what poQnteth thy name, and caufetls thytrttthtó heetre eua/i of the mtéked. Remove áná oterturnealfa -good Lord all thofe this in thy good times which prophane, bleritifi,, and blot this gloryof thine.fhiningeitber an thy fe /, in thy word, or .in thy workes. Such as are tbefeirreligious Atheilisofo{arftynefùlldales ,. which with their mock -s, and fcofet; sauntes,andiefgs, deride allgoodneffe,, outface all confcience andcare to ',leaf, thee,: and daylyworke dsfdainewhere theymay hate hearing of obedience to thy blefed will. O ?llos; ;nightie GAD, remote their, featesptst of Kingdomes and counttyes...Out of Cuuëst andtowns, and out of private hoiofet and families. Awake Lord ire ïhy power, anaul>in é of thy holy name , let not there inchasters and charmers preuaile again_! thee and g loueic that they haue bamfi;ed out of o many_ places,the fetore of thy name. they are v»14;s4' theywould hateallPasch, they are vneleane and they infra, wbaa'ottbey come , their ë,00 gricioous Rakes of no _mad' offence, and good Lord remote:them from thy'chofen¡' Le fen all, far thy ho y name fake the complainers of thy protidence,'the mssrmtsrert'ótt't . iudggements, carpersandcauillerset thyword, allw-ersto loofeneffeof lofe, and behauteur ,'' and all that polluting thy holy name, yet hate to bee reformed. Finally, Beare Father; let not the Thames of vngedline f fe daylie before our faces,carry vs away. Neither there deep: waterflouds drowse our Saules, the lewd and goof: examples wee beháld with griefe, let them nester preuaile again__ vs to peruertvs , but if . 'thy haft wrath haue fealedtheir ionfufion they Geeing vniufl, let them bee vial _gill, they beeing ftltlíy . lct them'beefilthy All to their ovine woe, not to our h oppe or hinderauce to doe our dtserie:,' in f eking to knowthy glorious name more and more , and to fantlrfse and hallow itaccor_' ding to that true knowled, e more and more. And deerefi GOD beginne not oney obe- dience in vs, but confirme thy fauotr to vs euerear:: ilrengthen andefgabltjh vs in all goodnefe c make firongaur inwardmanagainfallafaults and there feet' Soclespendcbpiti fennefes!!prifonduring life, by welcome changereceouewhen time f/soil beewithihei '`- tolice, till thy day ofdoom; andthenreeeiuingtheirmatesagainc, buó immortall and incorruptible, with them to lute cotnyned again: for euerrnore in ioy and comfort. Rat not this for our fake,sO almighty Lord; but for lets Chriffoar ánel, life and Sauteur A» tern; hE The

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