⧠An humble supplicacion vnto God / for the restoringe of hys holye woorde / vnto the churche of Englande / mooste mete to be sayde in these oure dayes / euen with teares of euery true faythfull English harte †Esa 59. ☞ Beholde / the Lordes haÌ„de is not so shortened / that it caÌ„ not help / neither is his eare so stopped / that it maye not heare †¶ Imprynted at Strasburgh in Elsas / at the signe of the goldeÌ„ Bibell / In the moneth of Auguste the yeare of our LORD 1554. The supplicacion O Moste dere / gentle Gen. 1. Sap. 8. Ioan. 1. Psal 95. Prou. 21. louing and merciful father / maker / ruler / conseruer / and disposer of all thinges / bothe in heauen in earthe / withoute whose will / ordinaunce and commaundemeÌ„t nothing is done that is done / in whose handes all the coastes of the earthe and the hartes of princes and of all other thy humayne creatures are / to be ruled / ordered and bent / as thy godly wisedome dothe appointe / from whome also / as from a most righteous iudge / commeth prosperitie and Eccles 11. Deut. 28. Psal 148 Amos. 8. Math. 9. aduersitie / health and syckenesse / wealth sâ—asones / peace and trouble / blessinges and plagues / the gift of the holy worde / and the takinge awaye of thesame / the sendinge of faythful workeman into thy haruest / the displasinge of them agayn / the apointemeÌ„t Eccle. 10. Iob. 34. of godly magistrates / and setting vp of hypocrites and tyrauntes for the punishment of the disobedient / vngodly and stifnecked people We fele / we fele / yea / we Englishe men fele / O father of mercies / and God 2. Cor. 1 of all consolacion so greate a dongehisâ— of Iere. 17. synne within vs / such vilenes / such corrupcion / such vnthankefulnes / and suche disobedience againste the and thy blessed wil / that except thou haddest geuen vs a commaundemeÌ„t to praye / and also ioyned vnto Praiâ—r thesame / a faithful and louing promise that thou wilt heare vs / whan soeuer we cal on the / in the name of Iesus Christ thy derely beloued sonne ouxe Lorde / and oure alone sauioure / we neuer durste soo muche / as once too lifte vp oure eyes vnto the / and to approche vnto the gracious and mercifull throne of thy diuine maiestie / for a redresse of those euils / wherewith at thys present alas for sorow we are miserably / yet worthely plagued / punished and tormented But o heauenly father / and oure moste benigne and gentle Lorde / thou graciously coÌ„sidering bothe oure vilenes and weakenes of conscience / haste notwithstanding geuen vs a commaundement by thy seruauÌ„t â—auid not to feare / but franckely too fle vnto the / as vnto a mooste stronge mightie and inuincible bulwarke / by feruent prayer in all oure troubles / and haste also promised / not for anye woorkes of righteousnes that Titus 3. we haue done / but for thyne exceding great and vnspeakable mercies sake / to heare vs and to satisfye oure requestes / sayeng Caâ— on me in the daye of thy trouble / and I wil Psal 50. delyuer the / and thou shalte honoure me Here haue we poore wretches vnto oure greate comforte / bothe a commaundement of the to praye / also a promyse that thou wilte hearâ— vs. And thy moste dere and onely begotten Math. 7. Luce. 11. sonne commaundeth vs not onely to aske / too seke / and too knocke / but he also promyseth / that whosoeuer wil axe / thesame shal receaue / whosoeuer will seke / thesame shal fynde / and to him that knocketh / it shall be Ioan. 14. opened / yea / his promyse is / that whatsoeuer we axe of the in hys name / thou wilte gyue it vs. We beynge encouraged / and as it were vnderpropped with this thy gracious commaundemente to praye / and louinge promyse too be hearde / are bolde at this presente / in the name of Christe too come vnto the merciful thron of thy godly maiestie / and before thesame too poore ouâ— the sorowful griefes of oure most sorowful hartes / most huÌ„bly besechiÌ„g the for thy mercies sake / for thy promises sake / for thy names sake / yea / for thy dere Christes sake / that thou turniÌ„g away thine eyes froÌ„ oure sinnes / wilt behold thin holy anoiÌ„ted / whoÌ„ 1. Tim. 2. 1. Ioan. 2. Math. 17 Marc. 9 thou hast made our media â—or aduocat for whose sake thou hast opeÌ„ly declared eueÌ„ froÌ„ the heaueÌ„s / that thou art wel pleased with and for his dignitie and worthines graciously Luc. 9. 2. Pet. 1. heare the lamentable peticions huÌ„ble requestes of oure broosed hartes / and troubled consciences Ah moste dere father / great are our miseries / but greater are our synnes / greuous are oure troubles / but more greuous are the wickednesses / whiche we moste wretched synners haue committed againste thy fatherly goodnes / intollerable are the plagues / that be layde vpon vs / but those thorow oure vnthankefulnes and wicked lyninge we frely confessed haue we mooste worthely deserued / whiche haue so ofte deseruâ—d the very tormentes of hell fyre / alas wretches that we are / and yet are we compelled euen of necessitie for vayne is the Iere. 17. helpe that commeth from man / yea / cursed be he / that putteth his truste in man / maketh flesh his arme to fle for soccoure vnto the / whome we haue so ofte so greuously offended / whose righteousnes notwithstaÌ„ding in punisâ—hinge synners whan we beholde / we begynne to despayre and too caste awaye all hope / but whann we beholde thy mercy / setforth in the precious bloude of thy moste dere sonne Christe Iesu oure Lorde / we take a good harte vnto vs / and setting before our eyes thy moste louinge / swete and fatherly promises / in hearing vs for Christes sake / we are encouraged to beleue / that although our synnes be neuer so great and greuous / neuer so abhominable and intollerable / we were neuer so wicked and filthy synners / yet for thy mercies sake / for thy promise sake / for thy names sake / yea / for thy dere christes sake thou wilt mercifully heare vs / and graunte vs oure earnest requestes / yea / and that so muche the more / because the matter is not onelye oures / but thyne also / agayne / seynge we come not vnto the to desyre longe lyfe / gold and ryches with the wicked wordlynges / nor yet to craue at thy hande wealth pleasure / bishoprikes and benefices / Deanries / Prebendes and such other worldly promocions with the swinishe and beastlye Epicures / whose God their bellye is / but oure Phil. 3. The Christen maÌ„s desyre humble supplicacion / our earnest request / oure hartye desyre is / onely that thou wilt
foode / wherwith they pasture thy shepe / is the drowsyedreaÌ„s and idle imaginacions of Antichriste In steed of the peachyng of thy lyuely worde / the fede thy stocke wythe latin munblynges / wythe dume Images wyth Hethnyshe cerymonies wyth dayne syghtes / and suche other apysh toys In sted of the ministracioÌ„ of the holy and blessed CoÌ„munion the fede thy shepe wythe vile sâ—ynckyng / abhominable deulyshe / blasphemus Idolatryous Masses And vnto thes vnwholsome and pestilent and poysomfull pastures the dryue thy shepe / wyll they nyl they if any of thy floche refuse to come and taste of those their pestileÌ„t poysoÌ„s poisoÌ„ ful pestilences / him they accite to appere befor that greate wolfe / whose face is lyke vnto the face of a she beare that is robbed of her yonge ones / whose eyes coÌ„tinually burne withe the vnqueÌ„cheable flames of the deadly cockatrice / whose teethe are lyke to the venomous tethes The descriptioÌ„ of a certaine heade vvolfe cladde in a Bishopes rotchete Psal 9. of the rampyng lyon / whose month is full of cursed speaking bitternes / whose toÌ„â— speakithe extrem blasphemes agaynst the thy holy annoited / whose lippes at ful of deadly poisoÌ„ne / whose throte is an open sepulchre / whose breathe fomethe bloweth out threatenyng slauther agaynst the disciples Psal 5. Act. 9. of the Lorde / whose harte without ceasyng imaginethe wickednes / whose handes haue a delighte to be embrued with the bloode of the Sainctes / whose fete are swifte to shed bloode / whose whole manne bothe body soule go alwaies vp down musyng of myschyff Psalm 13. This wolfe / o Lorde / is so arrogaÌ„te / haultie and prowde / seyng the gouernemeÌ„t of the whole Realme is coÌ„mitted vnto hym / that he hathe caste awaie all feare of the. He makethe bosâ—e off hys awne witte learnyng pollecye His wayes are alwaye fylthye / thy iudgemeÌ„tes are Psal 9. farre out of his syghte / he defyethe all hys enemies For he saythe in his hearte tushe / I shal never be caste downe / theyr shall no harme happen vnto me He sytte the lurking lyke a lyon in his denne / that he maie prinely murther the innocent sucke hys bloode Whan suche / o Lorde God / as will not obeye their popish and deuelyshe proce dyngs / are broughte before that grevous wolffe / they are miserably tauÌ„ted / mocked / schorned blasphemed / as thi derely beloued sone was in Bishope Caiphas howse / and Mat. 26. Mar. 14. Luc. 22. afterwarde cruely coÌ„mitted to presoÌ„ / to the towre / to the flete / to the marshalseas / to the Kynges beÌ„che / to the Counters / to Lollardes towre / to Newgate tc Where they are kepte as shepe in a pynnefolde appointed to be slayne And as thys cruel bloudy wolf dealeth with the poore lambes / euen so do the resedue of that let cherous litture He with all other of that wolfythe kynde / hunger and thyrste nothing so greatly / as the deuouring of the bodies / and the sucking of the bloude of thy poore and innocent lambes Psal 10. Ah Lorde / whyle the vngodly haue the ouerhande / the poore are moste wretchedly haÌ„dled They are prayes vnto the wolfes Arise therefore / o Lorde God / lyfte vp thine hande / and forget not the poore / whiche geueth them selfe ouer into thy hande / and committeth hym vnto thy defence Breake thou the arme of the vngodly and malicious / search out the wickednes / whiche he hath done / that he maye shortly perish from the lande of the liuing Suffer thy shepe nomore to be thus miserably scattered / rente / torne and deuoured of these mosâ—e cruell / greuous / and insatiable wolfes Remember this thy promise Beholde / I my self will vpon the shepeherdes Eze. 34. / and requyre my shepe from their handes / and make them cease froÌ„ feding of my shepe / yea / the shepehardes shall fede them selfs nomore For I will deliuer my shepe out of their mouthes / so that they shal not deuoure them after this / c. Beholde / I Beholde I wille looke to my shepe myselff and seke them Like as a sheppherde among the flocke seakethe after the shepe that arescattered abrode Euen so wil â–ª I seke aftere my shepe and gathere them together out of all landes I will brynge theme into theire owne lande / and fede them vpon the mountaines of Israel by the riuers / and in all the places of the contre I will fede theme â—â—righte good pasturs / vpon the hye mountaynes of Israel shall their foldes be There shall there lâ—e in a good folde and in a fatte pastur shall they fede / euen vpon the mountaynes of Israel I will sede my shep my self bryng them to theyr rest / saythe the Lorde God Suâ—he as be lost / wil I seke / suche as go astraye / will I brynge agayne suche aâ—be wounded / will I bynde vp / suche as be weake / will I make stronge / suche as be fate and well lykynge / thosse will I preserue / fede them withe the shynge that is Lawful / c. I will helpe my shepe / so that they shall nomore be spoyled I will make a covenant of peace with them / dryue all euyl beastes out of the Lande / so that they maye dwelle saffely in the wyldernes / sleap in the words Good fortune and pâ—ossperite will I gyue them / â—nto all that be rounde aboute my hyll A prossperous shâ—wer rayâ—e will Iseâ—de theme in due season that / the trees in the woode maye bryng forthe theyr frutes / the ground hir increas They shall be saff in the lande and shall knowe That I am the Lorde / whiche haue broken their yoke / and delyuered them out of the handes of those / that heylde them in subieccione O Lorde God our heuenly father haue pitie on thy poor afflicted scattered flocke / accordyng to theyes thy louyâ—ge father lye promysses deale with thy people So shall all men vnderstande / that thoue arte they re Lord God and shepparde / and that they are thy people and the shepe of thy pastur / and by this meanes be occasioned to mangnifie and praysethy holy nam for ener euer Heretofore the preachers of thy holi vorde the faythfull ministers of the SacrameÌ„ts Preacharsâ— and mâ—esters hertofor reuerenced 1. Timo 5 wer had in double honor accordiÌ„g to the doctrin of the holy scripturs But nowe of all mene they are moste miserable For besides the tomoche despite full wordes / wherwith the wickid Papistes laboure to obscure and deface / somoch as lyghethe in them â—he good name of the godly minsters Howe cruelly agaynste all order of Lawe are they thrust out of theyr lyuynges / and depriued of all / that they had / insomoche that they theyrpoore
Take away from vs the Romish latin seruis / which the sineâ—ed shauliÌ„ges muÌ„ble in the teÌ„ples befor thy people with out all EdifieÌ„g â— Cor. 14 â—oan 4. restoruÌ„to vs our acustoÌ„ed coÌ„on praiers in the English â—ong that we may know what we pray / by this meaÌ„es worshyp the in spryt truth Masse Banyshe out of the coÌ„gergacioÌ„ that most vile stinking Idoll the Masse / restore vnto vs the holy blesed CoÌ„muÌ„ioÌ„ / that we eating â— Cor. 10. together of one bread driÌ„aing of one cupe may remeÌ„ber the Lordes death bethaÌ„kfull / to the. Pourge oure temples of all popyshe abhomynacions ecremonies / of CerimoÌ„ies / of Images / of allters / of copes / of vestmeÌ„tes / of pixes / of croses of sensers / of holi vater bucketes / of holi bread basketes / of Chrismatorâ—â— / aboue all of Idolatrus priestes vngodly ignoraÌ„te curates The propiciatori sacrifis of the popish Masse Akominaâ—ons / the wicked opiyâ—n of the corporal presence of Christ in the SacrameÌ„tal bread / the receauiÌ„g of the SacrameÌ„t vnder on kind / the iÌ„tercesioÌ„ of Sayntes / the doctriÌ„e of the IustificacioÌ„ ofworkes / the popysh purgatory / the wicked tradicioÌ„s of the Elders / with all vngodly custoÌ„es strange doctriÌ„es take thoue / o good Lorde / awaye from vs / teache vs vy thy holy Sprite Deut. 4. 6. 12. Proue 30 â–ª Esa 30. Luc. 1. to walke oÌ„ly in that waye / that thow haste apoiÌ„ted / by no meaÌ„es to turne neyther on the righte haÌ„de nor on the lefte / but all blynd zeles and good eÌ„tentes layde aside / gyue vs grace toserue the oure Lorde God in suche holynes Ryghtousnes as is accepted before the / all the-dayes of owre lyffe O heaueÌ„ly father moste mercifull Lordepreserue and saÌ„ctâ—fye with thy holy spirite thy vniuersall coÌ„gâ—egaâ—ioÌ„ / â—aÌ„ly the faythful coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of EnglaÌ„d / that as in their baptime they haue giuen them selues ouer wholy vnto the / Gods coÌ„grâ—gacione forsakyng the dewill / the worlde and the fleshe withe all their workes / poÌ„pes / lustes vaÌ„ities / haue sworne to serue the with all that they ar able to mak / euen so they thorow thy grace maye aÌ„swere to their professioÌ„ liue according to their promyse made in their baptime / eâ—taÌ„g them selues withe no new / couÌ„terfaiÌ„cte and strange religioÌ„ / nor yet defilyng them selues withe any vnrighteousnes / but walkyng inthat only waye that thowe hayst apoynted And suche as thorowe the strenghe of thy Spirite abide full constaÌ„te stedfaste in the Stronge inChriste coÌ„fesioÌ„ of thi truth befor the worldli tiraÌ„tes and belâ—â—de hipocrites / o Lorde coÌ„firm them in thy truthe thorowe the holy Gooste / and giue theme grace to persiste and coÌ„tinwe in it vnto the ende / that thowe mayste be glorifyed by them / and that the truthe of thy holy Psal 17. worde maye the more earnestly be receauyd / embraced and beleued of the ChristeÌ„ weaklynges O howld thow vp their goynges in thy pathes / that their foote steppes slipe not Thow haste deliuered them from stinkyng Sodome / suffer them no more to look backe towarde it Thow by the mightie powre out streached arme hast brought them out of sinfull Egepte / haste fedde them withe the HeueÌ„ly mana / suffer them nomore somoche as ones to haue a luste to returne vnto thatlande of boÌ„dage / nor to haue a desire to sitte amoÌ„ge the greasy fleshe pottes of Egepte / to eate of the fishes / melons / cowcuÌ„bers / garleke / oÌ„yones / lekes / c / wherwith the filthe EgepciaÌ„s are fedde They haue visited sene Christ thy SoÌ„ne oure Kinge Math. 2. suffer them nomor to return vnto wicked Kinge Herode They haue put theyr hande to the ploughe / graunt that they neuer looke backe agayne Luc. 9. / but preserue coÌ„tine we go forwarde vntothe ende They haue escaped from the filthenes of the world thorow the knowleg of the of our Sawyour Iesu Christ / suffer them nomor to be entaÌ„gled therin owercooÌ„e / lest the latter ende be worse theÌ„ the begynnyng For it had bene better not to haue knowuethe 2. Pete 2. waye of rightousnes / thaÌ„ after they haue knoweÌ„ it to turne froÌ„e the holy coÌ„maÌ„ndemeÌ„t that is geuen them So myght it be saide ofthem accordinge to the true prouerbe Thedogge is tuked to his vomite agayne and the sowe that was washede to hire walowingein Prouerb 26. the myre The weakeliÌ„ges and suche as are not yet vveakliÌ„ges Ruges perfectly stablyshed in thy true relygeoÌ„ / but-like redes wauer with euery wind of doctriÌ„ / o Lord coÌ„firm thow mak them thorowly stroÌ„g in the knowledg of thy truth that they withe a coÌ„staÌ„te faythe lustie courage maye both beleue coÌ„fesse the befor the tyraÌ„tes of the world / that thow alou art the Lorde and that ther is no truth necessari vnto saluacioÌ„ / but that only / whiche is contayned in thy-holy Scriptures Gods profoÌ„ners To them that are in bondes for the coÌ„fessiou of thy truthe gyue thowe grace / o moste louyng Lorde / to reioyse / that they be couÌ„ted worthy of thy fatherly goodnes to suffer Rebuke / iufamy / epresoÌ„meÌ„t / losse of goodes c Acto 5. / for the name of the Lorde Iesu / to be persuaded that the affliccioÌ„s of this liffe are not woâ—thi of the glori / which shal be shewed vpon Roma 8. the SoÌ„nes of God in tyme to come / notwithstaÌ„dyng that their trouble / whiche is / shorte lighte preparethe an excedyng andeternall 2. Cor. 4 waighte of glory vnto them / whiche looke not on the thynges which are seâ—e / but on the thynges whiche are not sene Agene / that if they dye withe Christ / they shall allso lyue withe 2. Timo 2 Christ / and if they suffer witheChrist / they shall also reigne withe Christ And as for them that for fear of liff or loss of goodes / or els for pleasyng the hyâ—â— powresare Back sliders for â—â—are outwardly gone frome thy true relygioÌ„ / and withe their bodyes serue Baal / yea and that agenst their owne coÌ„scieÌ„ce / whaÌ„ in their heartes they wishe all Idolatrous strange worshippinges vtterly to be abolyshed / thatthowe alone mightest be glorified honored we moste humbly beseche the to pardoÌ„ their imperfeccioÌ„s / and to forgiue their iÌ„firmetes / which by the prophet speaketh of thi SoÌ„ne coÌ„cerÌ„ynge the weake feareful on thys maÌ„ner Esa 42. A brâ—osed Reed shall he not breake / and flaxe that begynnthe to burne / he shall not / quenche Math. 12. Marc. 9. O Lorde healpe their vnbeleffe Encrease their faythe Make them stroÌ„ge with thy holy / Spirite / that that whiche they in wardly beleue theim ay outwardli confesse worke accordyngly
consyder thyne owne glory / the halowinge of thy blessed name / the auauncemente off thy glorious kyngdom / the accomplyshmeÌ„t of thy heaueÌ„ly wil / the honour of thy only begotteÌ„ sonne / the settingforth of hys holy Gospel / the purenes of the Christen religion / the syncere preachinge of thy lyuely worde / the true administracioÌ„ of thy wholsome sacramentes / the saluacion of suche as thy derely beloued sonne hathe boughte from the tyranny of sathan / with the pryce of hys moste precious and dere hart bloud These thinges / these thinges o heauenly father do we poore wretches craue and begge at thy merciful hande These thinges / these thinges â–ª euen with sorowfull groninges lameÌ„table teares do we miserable captiues desyre the to consyder / and not so to suffer thine aduersaries to triumphe / as thoughe there were no God at all / no Christe / no Gospell / no faythe / no true religion / but whatsoeuer pleaseth the hypocrites to coÌ„maunde thy people to beleue Thou callest thy self a ielous God / why than doest thou Exod. 20 suffer thy people / thy congregacion / thy flocke / thyne heritage / to be thus seduced ledde awaye from the vnto all kynde of spiritual fornicacion / and abhominable whordome by that Antichriste of Rome / â—hat greate Baal / that stoute Nemroth / that Pestilences of the Christen coÌ„mon vvealte fals prophet / that beast / that whore of Babylon / that sonne of perdicion / and by hys abhominable adherentes / Cardinalles / Archebischoppes / Bischoppes / Suffraganes / Archedeacons / Deanes / Prouostes / PrebeÌ„daries / Commissaries / Parsonnes / Vicares / Purgatorierakers / Priestes / Monkes / Friers / Chanons / Nonnes / Anckers / Anckresses / Pardonners / Proctors / Scribes / Officialles / SoÌ„ners / Lawers / Massemongers / Canâ—nistes / Papisâ—es / Antichrâ—stes / MaÌ„monistes / Epicures / Libertâ—â—es / With all the table of beasâ—lye hypocrytes that haue receued the beastes marâ— / which do not hing els than seke / how they may establishe their Antichristian kyngdom / by suppressinge thy holy worde / and leadinge thy people into all kynde of â—lyndenes / errours and lyes Thou callest thy self a Lorde / and thou sayeste / that thou wilt gyue thy glory to none other / nor thy prayse vnto grauen Imagâ—s / howe commeth it than to passe / that thou suffrest thy glory so too decaye in the realme of Englande / so many to steale awaye thy prayse and â—onoure / by sayenge their idolatrous and deuelishe masses / by Abâ—ominaâ—â—lons ministeringe a sorte of Heythenish and Iewishe ceremâ—nies / by prayenge vntoo â—ead sainctes / by blottinge oute of the temples / thy holy lawe there written / according to thy commaundement / for the edifyenge of thy people / and by settinge vp in the steade therof Idols and Mawmettes / cleaâ—e contrary Deut. 4. Heb. 12. to thy blessed worde Thou callest thy self a LyoÌ„ a coÌ„sumiÌ„gfyre / threatenesâ— vtter destruccioÌ„ vnto thin aduersaries / whi suffereth thou thaÌ„ these Antichristes thus to ryse / roâ—e / rage / agaiÌ„st the testameÌ„t of thy most dere sonne / to beat doune thy trueth / to call thy holy lawe heresy / to banishe the preachinge of the Gospel / the true â—se of the Sacramentes / to seke the destruccioÌ„ of so many as vnfaynedly loue the and thy blessed worde Thou promiseste / that so many as hate Psal 129. Syoâ— / that is to saye / thy faithfull congregacion / shal be confounded and broughte to noughte / howe cometh it thaÌ„ to passe / that the wicked now florish like the grene olyue tree / liuing in all wealth / pompe and pleasure / and thy people / whome thou hast sealed with thy holy spirite vnto euerlasting lyfe / are moste miserablye entreated / some bannisâ—â—ed / some in pryson / some cruellye murthered / but all in moste sorowfull miseries / and miserable sorowes Thou promisesâ—e / that thou wilt deliuer Ezec. 34. thy flocke from the hande of the wicked shepehardes / and that thou thy selfe wilte fede them in moste pleasaunt and swete / pastures ah good God / how cometh it thaÌ„ to passe / that wher as before thy shepe were fâ—dde with the confortable meate of thy glorious gospel / by the ministerie of the godly learned preachers / the faithfull shepehardes are driuen awaye / and a rable of rauening Acto 20 wolfes are brasâ—e into the shepefolde / which spare not the flocke / but cruelly murder / not ouly their bodies by â—mprâ—sonning hanging / heading and brenning them / but their soulcâ— also by teaching them wicked and pestilent doctrine Thy moste dere sonne / bothe promised prophecied / that euery plante / whiche thou the heauenly father haste not planted / â—hal be plucked vp by the rootes / but we se it otherwise Math. 15. come to passe in the realm of Englande For suche plantes / as the deuill and hys chaplens had planted / were thorowe the diligence and godly zele of thy seruauntes kynge Henry the eyghte / and kyng Edward the syxte / moste blessedly plucked vp / and thy holy ordinaunces agayne planted vnto the greate ioye and vnspeakeable conforte of all the faithfull But now / thorow the tyranny and blynde zele of certayne / are thy blessed statutes plucked vp by the rootes / and set in agayn / are the damnable decrees / and crocked constitucions of Antichriste / vnto the excedinge greate griefe / sorow and pensyuenes of all faithfull Christians Ah Lorde God / seme these thinges matters of sâ—al importans / before the eyes of thy diuâ—ne maiestie Can these outragious thiÌ„ges be done in earth / thou wincke at them in heauen Arte not thou he / that kepeth Israel Psal 121. Esa 59. But he neither sleapeth nor slombreth / sayeth the Psalmographe / that kepeth Israel Aryse therfore / o Lord / why sleapest thou Is thy eare so stopped / that thou canste no more heare And is thy haÌ„de so shortened / that it can nomore healpe O Lord / arise for thy mercies sake / helpe vs. Haste the to deliuer vs for thy name sake / for great are oure troubles / intollerable are oure miseries Ah Lorde / vouchesafe once again to looke dounefroÌ„ heauen / coÌ„syder the lamentable state of the realme off England / of the godly inhabitauÌ„tes therof / which desyre nothing so greatly / as to se thy true honour perfectly setforth / thy holy worde truly preached / the Christen religion hyghly auaâ—nced / and thy holy name sanctified / praysed / magnified commended for euer Ah Lorde God / heretofore in the time of Kinge HeÌ„ry the â—yghtâ— thy blessinge / thou gauest to the realme off Englande a man to reygne ouer it / vnder whome the churche was purged of many enormities great abuses / the true religion began to haue good successe And whaÌ„ it