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Pater noster spoken of ye sinner
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Prayer
Date
1535
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The pater noster spoken of ye sinner God answerynge him at euery peticyon.
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STC 16818
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The pr~ nr~ spoken of the sinner.
The synner.
O Oure father whichearte in heuen / what
a great space is betwene
the and vs?
Howe therfore shall we thy children
here on erthe / banysshed
and exiled from the in this vale
of mysery and wretchednesse /
come home to the into our naturall
countrey?
God
The chylde honoureth hisfather / & the seruaunt his maister.
If I be your father / wher
is myne honour? If I be your
lorde / where is my feare? Malachias.i.
For my name thorowe
you and by your meanes
is blaspemed / rayled vpon / and
euyll spoken of. Esaias.lii.
A.ii.
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The synner.
Helas o father that is truth /we knowlege our synne and trespace /
neuerthelesse / yet be thou
a mercyfull father / and dele nat
with vs accordi~ge to our deseruynges /
neither iuge vs by the
rygorousnesse of thy lawe / but
gyve vs grace that we maye so
lyve / that thy holy name maye
be halowed & sancttfyed in vs.
And kepe oure hertes that we
neither do nor speake / no / that
we nat ones thinke our purpose
any thynge / but that whiche is
to thine honour and praise / and
aboue al thi~ges make thy name
and honour to be sought of vs /
and nat our own name & vaine
glorie. and of thy myghty power
brynge to passe in vs / that
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we maye loue and feare the / asa sonne his father.
God
How can myne honour andname be halowed amonge you /
whan your hertes and thoughtes
are alwayes enclyned to euyll /
and ye in bo~dage and captiuyte
vnder synne: moreouer
seynge that no man can synge
my laude and prayse in a strau~ge
countrey. Psal. cxxxvi.
The synner.
O father that is truthe / wefele our membres / ye / and also
the very hertes of vs prone and
redy to synne / and that the worlde /
the flesshe / and the deuyll /
rule in vs / and expell the dewe
honoure of thyne holye name.
Wherfore we beseche the moste
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mercifull father / for ye loue thatthou hast vnto thy sonne Christ
helpe vs out of this myserable
bondage / and let thy kyngdom
come to dryue out the synne / to
lose the bondes of Sathan / to
tame the flessh / to make vs rightuouse
and parfeyte / and to cleue
vnto the / that thou only maiste
raygne in vs / and that we
maye be thy kyngdome and possessyon /
and the obey with all
our power and strength / bothe
within and without.
God
Whom I helpe / them I distroye.And whom I make lyuynge /
safe / riche / and good /
them I kyll / condempne / and
cast them awaye / make theym
beggers / and brynge them to
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nought. But so to be cured ofme ye wyll nat suffre. Psalmo.
lxxvii. Howe than shall I hele
you / ye / and what can I do more?
Esaias. v.
The synner.
That is to vs great soroweand grefe / that we can neither
vnderstande nor suffre thy holsom
hande / wherfore helpe dere
father / open our eyes / and worke
pacience in vs / that we may
vnderstande thi holesom hande
and also pacie~tly suffre thy godly
wyll to be fulfylled in vs.
Furthermore / though thy most
holesome cure be neuer so paynfull
vnto vs / yet go forwarde
therwith / punisshe / bete / cutte /
burne / distroy / bri~ge to nought
dampne / cast downe vnto hell /
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and do what so euer thou wiltethat thy wyll onely may be fulfylled
and nat ours. Forbydde
dere father / and in no wyse suffer
vs to folow our owne good
thoughtes and imagynations /
neyther to prosecute our owne
wyll / meanynge / and purpose.
For thy wyll and ours ar clene
contrary one to the other / thyne
onely good / though it otherwyse
appere vnto our blynde reaso~
and our euyll / though our blindenesse
se it nat.
God
I am well serued and deltewith all / that men loue me with
their lyppes / and theyr hertes
are farre fro me / and whan
I take them in hande to make
them better and to ame~de them /
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than ro~ne they backwarde / andin the middes of their cure / while
their helth is a workyng / thei
withdrawe them selues fro me:
as thou redest. Psal. lxxvii.
Conuersi su~t in die belli. They
ar tourned backe in the daye of
battayle. That is to saye / they
which began well / and committed
them selues vnto me / that I
shulde take them in hande / and
cure them / are gone backe fro
me in tyme of temptation / and
kyllynge of the flesshe / and are
retourned to sinne and vnto dishonourynge
of me agayne.
The synner.
O father it is true / no mancan be stro~ge in his owne strength /
in the seconde chapyter of
the first of the Kynges. ye / and
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who is able to suffre and abydebefore thyne hande / if thou thy
selfe strength & conforte vs nat:
wherfore most mercyfull father
take vs vnto thy cure / fulfyll
thy wyll in vs / that we may be
thy kingdome inherytau~ce
vnto thy laude and praysynge.
Also dere father / strength and
confort vs in such busines with
thy holy worde. Gyue vs oure
dayly bred / graue & prynte thy
dere sonne Iesus in our hertes /
that we strengthed thorow him
maye cherefully and gladly suffer
and endure the distroyenge
and kyllynge of our wyll / and
the fulfyllynge of thy wyll / ye /
and shede out thy grace vpo~ all
christente / and sende lerned prestes
and prechers to tech vs thy
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sonne Iesus purely / and to fedevs with the worde of thy holy
gospell / and nat with the dregges
and chaffe of fables & mens
doctryne.
God
It is nat good to cast perlesbefore swyne / neyther to gyue
holy thinges / and the childrens
bred vnto the dogges and hou~des.
ye synne contynually without
ceassyng / and though I let
my worde be preached amonge
you neuer so moch / yet ye folow
nat neither obey / but dispyse it.
The synner.
O father haue mercy on vs /and denye vs nat that breed of
loue / it greueth vs sore / euen at
the very herte rotes of vs / that
we can nat satisfye thy worde
and folow it. we desyre the therfore
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to haue pacyence with vsthy poore and wretched chyldre~
and to forgyue vs our trespace
and gyle / and iuge vs nat after
thy lawe / for no man is rightuouse
in thy presence. Loke on
thy promyses / we forgyue oure
trespacers / and that wyth all
our hertes / and vnto suche hast
thou promysed forgyuenes / nat
that we thorowe such forgyuenesse
ar worthy of thy forgyuenesse /
but that thou arte trewe /
and of thi grace and mercy hast
promysed forgyuenes vnto all
them that forgyue their neyghbours /
in this thy promyse therfore
is all our hope and truste.
God
I forgyue you ofte / & looseyou ofte / & ye neuer abyde stedfaste /
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children of lytle fayth areye / ye can nat watche and endure
with me a lytle whyle / but attones
fall againe into te~ptatio~.
Mathe. in the. xxvi. chapter.
The synner.
Weake are we o father / andfeble / and the temptacyon great
and manyfolde in the flessh and
in the worlde. Kepe vs father
with thy mightye power / and
let vs nat fall in to temptatyon
and synne agayne: but gyue vs
grace that we maye abyde sta~dynge /
and fyght manfully vnto
the ende / for withoute thy
grace we can do nothynge.
God
I am rightuous / and rightis my iudgement / and therfore
synne may nat be vnpunisshed /
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ye / and ye must suffre euyll andafflictio~ / and as touchyng that
ye haue te~ptatyon therby / that
is your synnes faute only / whiche
compelleth me thervnto / to
kyll it & to heale you. For sinne
can with none other medycyne
be drawen out of you / but thorowe
aduersyte and suffrynge
of euyll.
The synner.
For as moch than as aduersyte /trybulatio~ / afflyction / and
euyll / whiche fyghte agaynste
synne gyue vs temptacyon / delyuer
vs out of theym / fynisshe
thy cure / and make vs thorowe
hole / that we losed from synne
and euyll / maye be vnto the a
kyngdome / to laude / to prayse /
and to sanctify the. Amen
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And seynge thou hast taughtvs thus to praye / and hast promysed
also to here vs / we hope
and are sure that thou wylt graciously
and mercyfully grau~te
vs our peticions for thi verites
sake / and to the honourynge of
thy trueth. Amen.
Fynally some man wyll saye
happely: What and if I can nat
beleue that my prayer is herde.
I answere. Than do as the father
of the possessed dyd in the.
ix. of Marke / wha~ Christ sayd
vnto him. Yf thou couldest beleue /
all thynges are possyble
vnto him that beleueth. The
father answered: I beleue lorde
helpe myne vnbelefe. That is
to saye: Hele myne vnbelefe /
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and gyue me perfyte belefe /and strength the weaknesse
of my faith /
& encrease
it.
AMEN