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The Covntrie Man's Comfort

Or Religious Recreations, fitte for all well disposed persons. Which was Printed in the yeere of our Lord 1588. And since corrected, amended, and enlarged by the same Author. I. R. [i.e. John Rhodes]
Rhodes, John
 
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A song in stead of an Introduction to this worke, worthy your reading and entituled A Table of good Counsell.
 
The summe of the Creed in Meeter.
 
The summe of the Tenne Commandements.
 
A Briefe of the Lords Prayer.
 
The Summe of the old Covenant or Testament with the two Sacraments thereof giuen to the Iewes by Almightie God.
 
The Summe of the new Couenant or Testament with the two Sacraments confirming the same and given both to the Iewes and Gentills by Iesus Christ the sonne of God.
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An instruction of the whole year: deuided in 12. Months, foure seasons or quarters as also into weekes and daies, of the Sabboth or Lords day: and what is the true keeping of it.
 
Of a Yeare.
 
Of the 12. Monthes in the yeare.
 
Of the names of the Monthes.
 
Of the 4. Quarters in the yeare
 
A religious Letter, shewing how and whom to wooe in the way of Marriage, though all men cannot doe, or haue it so as is here set downe.
 
Certaine verses or English Meeters concerning locking in of our doors at Night and of opening them in the Morning with prayer, and then of following some lawfull vocation or other.
 
A song in praise of Musicke against all Stoickelike Natures.
 
A song in commendation of diuers instruments of Musicke.
 
A song against Fortune and those that haue or doe defend the same, which may be sung to the Tune of: Fortune my foe, why dost thou frowne on me.
 
A song or Ditty made on this theame I know not what, wherein is shewed how men ought not to set their mindes on worldy pleasure but on the living Lord.
 
A song against slaunderous tongues shewing that no sort of good men did or euer could escape them.
 
A song or ditty, shewing the nature of the ambitious, and what is true happinesse, namely to live as that we may make a good end before death.
 
A song in dispraise of spight and enuie.
 
A sorrowfull song or sonnet, wherin is lamented our miserable estate in this life hunting after vanity.
 
In this song we are put in mind of our fraile and weake estate, and we are taught how to lull and bring asleepe our affections that we may goe to God.
 
The lamentable mone of a sorrowfull soule.
 
A ditty declaring the fervent desire of a christian soule.
 
Two most excellent songs or Ditties, made by Queene Elizabeth, as it is credibly reported (and as it is very likely by some words in it) in the yeare 1588. When the Spaniard came to possesse this land and is in manner of a prayer to God.
 
The other song of Queene Elizabeth made in manner of a thankesgiuing to God for her and our deliverance from the inuincible Nauie of the Spaniard (as he termed it) which thanks and praise was performed at Saint Pauls crosse in London.
 
A Carroll for Christmas day
 
Another Carroll for Christmas day: made as if it were spoken by Christ to Adam and his posteritie.
 
A Carroll for S. Stephens day.
 
A Carroll for Saint Iohns day.
 
A Carroll for Innocents Day.
 
A Carroll for New yeares day setting out vnto vs the true circumcision of the heart, with out the which the circumcision of the outward members was of none effect.
 
A Carroll for Twelfe day.
 
A song reprouing Papistes for the Gunnepowder treason, and of our ioy and thankes-giving for our deliverance from that danger and all others.
 
A Game at Chesse with the Papists, or a Ditty made on that game against them and their evill practises.
 
An exhortation to praise God for that worthy science and skill of Musick and for the great masters of the Art and their worthy workes.
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Certaine graces before and after meat, in english meeter very breife & short for children to vse.
 
Grace before meat for poore and rich, made vpon the 4. Petition of the Lords Prayer, and made to the three persons in Trinitie.
 
Grace after meat for the rich and wealthie of of the world.
 
Grace before meat.
 
Grace after meate.
 
Grace before meate.
 
Grace after meate, for poore people.
 
A Prayer for the King and State.

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Grace after meat for the rich and wealthie of of the world.

As thou hast fed our bodies Lord,
so feed our soules likewise:
And make vs mindfull of the poore,

as riches doe arise.
Increase thy flocke preserue our King,
thy grace and peace vs send:
That we may lead a faithfull life,
and make a godly end.
Amen.
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