The debate betweene Pride and Lowlines, pleaded to an issue in Assise And hovve a Jurie vvith great indifferencie being impannelled, and redy to haue geuen their verdict, were straungely intercepted, no lesse pleasant then profitable. [by] F. T. |
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A Prayer to almightie God.
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A Prayer to almightie God.
Lord
God through whose eternall ordinance,
Decreed is and set downe by statute:
That human life shall stand of sustenance,
And must for want thereof be resolute.
Decreed is and set downe by statute:
That human life shall stand of sustenance,
And must for want thereof be resolute.
Into the matter whereout he was take,
Which was the earth and therfore hast him giue,
In token of thy loue and for his sake,
All necessary things wheron to liue.
Which was the earth and therfore hast him giue,
In token of thy loue and for his sake,
All necessary things wheron to liue.
Both for his pleasure and necessitie,
To number them and make diuision:
The first I may not for infinitie,
But to the last belongen three and one.
To number them and make diuision:
The first I may not for infinitie,
But to the last belongen three and one.
Which are apparel, meat, and drinke and sleepe,
Whereof the last three ben so necessary:
That who so lacketh them no life may keepe,
The fourth to hide our shame thou will we cary.
Whereof the last three ben so necessary:
That who so lacketh them no life may keepe,
The fourth to hide our shame thou will we cary.
These for our life we holden suffisaunt,
For these we make shift and prouision:
Forgetfull of the fourth and ignoraunt,
Which yet is chiefe of all and liefe allone.
For these we make shift and prouision:
Forgetfull of the fourth and ignoraunt,
Which yet is chiefe of all and liefe allone.
Thy word (O Lord) by whom all these are led,
And through thee which they yelden norishment:
For else man liueth not onely by bred,
By meat or drinke or other accident.
And through thee which they yelden norishment:
For else man liueth not onely by bred,
By meat or drinke or other accident.
Nor yet by sleepe to nature so friendable,
Though of all these we taken what we will:
Yea rather for wee been vnmeasurable,
And vse them not for neede but to fulfill.
Though of all these we taken what we will:
Yea rather for wee been vnmeasurable,
And vse them not for neede but to fulfill.
A foule delite and priden vs therein,
They been our snares and hasten our decay:
Thy iust reward (O Lord) allas for sinne,
When we by them are led forth of thy way.
They been our snares and hasten our decay:
Thy iust reward (O Lord) allas for sinne,
When we by them are led forth of thy way.
Graunt vs therfore (O Lord) that we so vse,
Thy Creatures as may stand with thy will,
That for their sakes we do not thee refuse,
Nor turne thy giftes and goodnes to our ill.
Thy Creatures as may stand with thy will,
That for their sakes we do not thee refuse,
Nor turne thy giftes and goodnes to our ill.
But that aboue all other things we thirst,
Thy kingdome and of it the righteousnes,
Which thou hast bidden vs to seeken first,
So shall the rest not hurt vs through excesse.
Thy kingdome and of it the righteousnes,
Which thou hast bidden vs to seeken first,
So shall the rest not hurt vs through excesse.
In this life nor yet in the life to come,
Which graunt vs Lord for Iesus Christes sake:
And when in earth our part is playd and done,
Our soules and bodies to thy mercy take.
Which graunt vs Lord for Iesus Christes sake:
And when in earth our part is playd and done,
Our soules and bodies to thy mercy take.
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