calamitie and such verily as is euerlasting and hath no end when as the iust men like the Ceder and Palme trée inioy the sincere and euerlasting good things in the blessed habitation of the heauens We humbly beséech thée O excellent father to cherishe and comfort this hope in vs to the intent we maye right well perceyue that thou art both good and iust and also doest publishe vnto all creatures that there is no vnrighteousnesse in thy noble iudgement through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xciij. Psalme WHen as wée right well consider O moste mightie God that the world was made of thee to abide exceeding firme and vnmouable A prayer 〈◊〉 the establiâ—â—meÌ„t of chriâ—â— kingdome who doest gouerne the same with so great constancie and in such perfect order as wée verily know thy excellencie might and noble power thereby Wherefore wée take heart to vs and perswade our selues most assuredly that thy louing promises shall be of no lesse assuraunce to sticke vnto then the nature of things teacheth vs that thy glorious kingdome is both strong and vnmoueable Although therefore the cruell enimies of our saluation doe vaunt themselues agaynst vs fret excéedingly continually dashe vs togither with the sourges of their yrefulnesse and gréeuous temptations and rise vp against vs like huge waters and tempestuous seas yet our assured hope is that thou wilt defende vs wyth thy inuincible power and excéeding great might Vouchsafe therefore that both this fayth maye alwayes bee printed in oure mindes and also that thy good and notable promises which thou hast made vnto thy blessed Churche maye not onely come to passe but also being bestowed vpon it may long tyme be preserued in the same so that thy moste famous goodnesse and vnspeakeable mercie maye be published more and more throughout the vniuersal world by Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xciiij. Psalme â— prayer aâ—aynst our eâ—â—mies deâ—eyptfull teaâ—hers cruel â—â—raunts THe presumption and statelinesse of sinners O most mightye God is wonderfull for it doth not onely teare in péeces the féeble and grinde to powder the weaklinges but also bringeth them in the end to such madnesse as they iudge their wickednesse and greeuous offences which they haue most lewdly committed to be hid and vnknowne vnto thée Vouchsafe therefore that this kinde of foolishnesse maye bâ—e farre from oure thoughts and graunt that we may be most assuredly perswaded that thou hauing made the eare fourmed the eye and giuen vnto men the power and habilitie of vnderstanding art ignoraunt of nothing which is done by vs in earth but rule and order vs so in the meane season as we may not only escape and flie from the euerlasting and perpetuall destructions which are prepared for the vngodlye but also inioy the moste high quietnesse perpetuall felicitie which thou hast vouchedsafe to bestow vpon thy faythfull seruaunts If thou verily be not present hauing the helpe alwayes prepared and in a readinesse wherewith thou mayest mightily defend vs we shall easily fall into those mischiefes which hang ouer our heades Be thou we humbly beséech thée our Castle fortresse strong shielde of defence least we séeme to haue vainely reposed our whole trust and confidence in thée onely through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcv. Psalme FOrsomuch as O moste mightie God thou art our saluation and strength A prayer foâ— true fayth it is meete wée shoulde prayse thy glorious name to the vttermost of our powers and to the intent we may the more orderly doe the same we first and formost come vnto thée with hartie coÌ„fession of our heinous sinnes Wheras thou hast of thy infinite goodnesse and not for oure merites sake chosen vs to be thy blessed people shéepe of thy pasture as hauing no néede of our seruice at all forsomuche as thou art the great king aboue all Gods in whose hand be not onely the earth and exceeding high Mountaynes but also the heauens and all creatures we haue gréeuously offended thée diuers and sundrie wayes hardning our sinfull hearts at thy fatherly admonicions who haue very readily fainted in temptation our mind hath fowlye erred and we haue alwayes by reason of our lewde sinnes and moste wicked desertes become bourdenous and merueylous troublesome vnto thee For which cause thou hast at this tyme raysed vp so prowd and cruel enimies against vs by whom we are brought into great perill and daunger neuerthelesse acknowledging howe vnrighteouslye we haue dealt wée knowe for a certaintie that besides thy infinite goodnesse and mercy there remayneth none other defence for vs. Wherfore with these our feruent prayers and earnest supplications we prease into thy sight or euer we perishe requiring thée not to grinde vs vnto powder in thy most gréeuous wrath take away the heynous sinnes we humbly beséech thée wherewith we and our fathers haue greatly tempted thée and prouoked thy heauie displeasure agaynst vs. Call to remembraunce that thou art oure mightie God valiaunt king and louing shepherd Therfore mightily preserue valiantly kéepe and noblye defende vs from those that hate thée no lesse then they do vs suffer them not according to the lust of their crueltie vtterly to destroy the worke of thy blessed handes which thou hast begunne passing well in vs through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme THy excellent Maiestie and inuincible power O most good and mercifull god is of such force as euery where it excelleth and beareth dominion moste amplye and without desert but séeing that all thinges as well high as lowe were made by thée there is nothing to be found eyther hidden in the depth of the earth or set vppe in the height of the mountaynes whereof thou wert not the author and first founder for which cause we iustly desire to shewe forth thy worthy prayse To the furtheraunce hereof also maketh this that thou art our onely stay and we as thy blessed flocke and sheepe of thy pasture appertain and belong vnto thée onely Therefore doe we greatly worship humbly reuerence duely honor right earnestly cal vpon thy most fauorable Godbeade requiring this especiallye that thou suffer not our heart which of nature is disposed vnto euill to be hardned at thy friendly admonitions Make the same soft we hartily pray thée with the inspiration of thy good grace and holye spirite neyther suffer vs to striue and struggle against thy blessed commaundementes like vnto the stifnecked Iewes who woulde so often tymes put thée to the tryall of thy mightye power but séeing it was not their hap to inioy the promised land graunt for thy infinite mercies sake that we may at length be permitted to enter into the hauen of eternall felicitie after our long and daylye trauaile through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcvj. Psalme WE are admonished for diuers and sundrie causes O most mightye
Mistresses euen so doe our eyes wayte vppon thee being the onely refuge of our saluation that like as they do wholy depende and hang vpon their Maisters and Mistresses so do we crie dayly to thee vntill thou haue mercy vppon vs. Bee not thus excéeding wrathfull and angry at our wickednesse wherewith we are little better then ouerwhelmed that thou doest lesse regarde the glorie of thy name then the reuenging of them Pardon we humbly beséech thée thy poore suppliants that they may be nothing destitute of thy infinite mercy and singuler goodnesse Haue pitie vpon vs O good god in these miserable dayes be fauourable vnto vs who knowe right well with what troubles and reproches thy holy Church is euery where sore touched Let not the arrogancie and dispitefulnesse of the wicked passe any further being now so puft vppe without measure through the prosperous successe of the matters they take in hande as mans power is nothing able to asswage the same Make thou therfore who art inuincible and omnipotent an ende of theyr outragious madnesse and kepe them within their bounds through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme ALthough thou hast appoynted thy seate and dwelling place O moste good and mercifull God to bée in the passing highe heauens yet notwithstanding thou neuer ceasest to styrre vs vp with thy holy spirite whereby thou instructest the heartes of the faythfull who at what tyme we be tryed with heauinesse of mind yrksome tribulations and daungerous perils indeuor our selues both by our earnest prayers and continuall petitions to craue helpe at thy handes onely Now therefore like as seruants are attendant onely at the handes of theyr Maysters and handmaydes wayt diligently vpon their Mistresse hande euen so the eyes of our fayth looke onely vppon thee O heauenly father and shall alwayes hereafter haue a due regarde to thy diuine Maiestie vntill thou hast mercie vpon vs. Be fauorable vnto vs we humbly beséeche thée according to thy accustomable mercie and louing kindnesse neyther suffer the force of our fierce aduersaryes to haue thy faythfull seruantes in contempt and make vs a ieasting stock We doubt not but thou knowest right well that the mightie and highe minded of this wretched worlde doe with much arrogancie both hate and dispise thy holy and sanctified Church Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest speedily lay to thy readie helping hand not permitting hir neyther to be polluted with supersticious and deuilishe errors nor yet opprest by Sathan or force of the vngodlye through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme LOke downe from heauen vpon vs O most excellent father who doe eleuate and lift vp our eyes to thee onely earnestly requyring that thou wouldest defend vs by thy readie helpe from the great perilles wherewith we be at this present sore vexed For séeing thou hast created vs and wée be duly and rightfully thine lord of thy infinit goodnesse dispise not thou thy seruants who looke for helpe at thy handes onely in this their néedfull tyme. We acknowledge verily we confesse I say that we haue by reason of our heynous sinnes and great offences committed agaynst thée deserued these things which are now fallen vpon vs. But our feruent desire is that thou hauing compassion vppon thy louing feruauntes wouldst pardon for thy great goodnesse and infinite mercies sake what things soeuer they offend thée in them Wey not O good God our vnworthinesse but consider the rebukes and slaunders wherewith thou art touched in vs. For whilest the wicked enimies do stirre vp blasphemies agaynst thy faythfull people they doe wrong not vnto vs but to thy glorious name when as they rage by force of armes and great violence they chiefly shoote at the ouerthrowing of thy true honor sincere religion and most blessed worde these are the thinges which they meane to take vtterly away if they might haue successe For so long as they perceyue themselues to abounde in much strength and doe whatsoeuer it pleaseth them they become marueylous high minded and thy Church being troubled by them is put to an excéeding great foyle which hath none to flie vnto for helpe but thée onely who art their Lord. Driue thou away these iniuries and mischieuous euilles which they bring vpon vs we humbly beseech thée for nothing is required in this behalfe but that thou wouldest defende the honor and glorie of thy true doctrine and sacred gospel least the wicked make a laughter hereat GrauÌ„t O good God that those men may one day feele the force of thy blessed veritie so as they shall will they â—ill they acknowledge thee to bée a God of might through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxiiij Psalme A prayer against violence and deceypt VNlesse thou doest assist vs O most mightie God with thy puyssaunt power and readie helping hande the Antichristians are so bent to rise vp agaynst thy faythfull people as they séeme to committe nothing more then to swallow vs all vppe euen quicke whose woodnesse is in such wise kindled that if thou puttest not to thy helping hande they are like to consume and deuoure vs which truely we can not denie but hath béene of our partes iustly deserued if we well wey and consider our owne sinnes For what scourge and tormentes can wée déeme that thou ordeynest vniustly for vs weying so great ingratitude as we haue shewed towardes thée who haue beene such transgressors of thy holy commaundements as there is no penaltie so great but that wée both are worthie thereof and also seeme so to be For although thou wilt not be present to helpe thy sacred Church for our sakes yet do it for the glory of thy name least the most raging riuers do ouerwhelme and choke it vp with their ouerflowing and violence of waters turne away we heartily require thée their mouthes and téeth from thy holy ones least they teare them in peeces like vnto a pray who verily hunt for nothing else by their subtilties and lewde practises then to catch and snarle in the trappes of their vngodlynesse those which haue addicted themselues to thy blessed wordes to the pourging of the true worshipping of thee and to a more sincere and pure maner of religion Make hast therfore O good God to be our speedie helper and deliuer vs from the Nettes of such cruell hunters But vouchsafe thou we humbly beséeche thée who hast made heauen and earth that we may impute our whole saluation vnto thée only and none other thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme VNlesse thou thy owne selfe O most good and mercifull God doest at this present suppresse and kéepe vnder the fury and madnesse of the Antichristians in such sort as they be not able to accomplish those things which they haue now enterprised and deuised amongst themselues they will swallow vp thy sacred Church whole and quicke who doe
O moste good and mercifull God who neyther minister iustice nor right vnto their people A prayer for a good Magistrate vnlesse they be ruled and guided with thy blessed spirite Wherefore we earnestly requyre thee to helpe mortall mens causes which be farre out of order both by multiplying and mainteyning of good Princes and also by correcting the lewde and outragious so that poore mens suyts be not neglected that the oppressed may be set at libertie and that godlinesse in especiall maye flourishe and greatly go forward And as thou hast vouchedsafe through thy diuine power to bewtifie our Maiestrates Princes and King with thy heauenly name euen so we hartily require thée also of thy vnspeakeable goodnesse to cause their worke and ministerie to be such and so duly executed as the faythfull so long as they liue in this wretched worlde may honor thée purelye and lead a right vertuous and godly life so that togither with them they maye be brought vnto thée who art king of kings and Lord of Lordes where they may ioyntly be pertakers of eternall good thinges and moste excellent felicitie throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WE hartily acknowledge and earnestly confesse O moste mightie God that thy chosen people who haue neglected their obedience towardes thée are very often inforced to be in subiection vnto wicked rulers and vnbeleuing Princes neither is there any cause why we should complaine of iniurie profered vnto vs in so doing For we haue so gréeuously and after such a froward maner sinned against thée as wée haue not only deserued these but also much more heynouser punishments Notwithstanding the assured hope we repose in thy blessed wordes and louing promises wée most heartily and with much feruencie beséeche thée to succor thy sacred Church in these most troublesome times And thou who hast vouchedsafe to bewtifie the superior powers and Magistrates with the name and title of Gods vouchsafe also to ouerlooke their counsels with thy iustice shewing thy selfe as an vpright iudge amongst them least they being left vnto their owne sensualitie and lewdnesse wherwith mans corrupt nature is of it selfe greatly ouercharged do not very wrongfully persecute thy holy Church and yéeld vnto vngodlinesse those thinges which be neither méete nor conuenient If thou O most déere father do according to our earnest prayers intermeddle thy selfe amongst them in ordring the common wealth we doubt not but thou wilt by thy direction and furtheraunce reuenge the poore and fatherlesse and set such at liberty from their most gréeuous and extréeme perils as be exceedingly afflicted and very sore opprest Our earnest request is that thou wouldest not deliuer thy blessed Church vnder their rule dominion which walke in darknesse who hauing no maner of vnderstanding nor perceyueraunce of their duetie go about so much as in them lyeth to ouerthrowe all right iustice and godlinesse Nowe when these men who are so highly promoted by thée as to be called Gods and the Sonnes of the moste highest doe neyther perceyue nor yet vnderstande the same they deserue to be cast away and die like most vile persons The Church O good God is thy chosen heritage wherefore mightily assist it and take thou thy selfe vpon thée hir case to mainteine and defende through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxxiij Psalme â— praier that â—od would â—fende hys â—ord in disâ—te of the â—ngodly THe hatred armies deceipts and pernicious deuices of the fierce enimies of our saluation O almightie God do so dayly increase that we are inforced to crie vpon thée continually Whose whole driftes tende to none other purpose then to pull vs from thée and that there might not any person be found which should eyther trust in thée or purely call vpon thy blessed name as he ought to do For our owne fleshe our senses and vngodly men haue togither with the fierce rulers of darknesse conspired against thy sacred Churche and finally all earthly and worldlye affections and habilitie haue lift vp themselues to ouerthrow the same Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest not keepe silence neyther holde thy peace nor yet be in quiet for like as thou hast of olde time ouerthrowne the Egyptians Madianites Cananites and Philistines for the safegard of the Israelites euen so at this day deliuer thou those which haue wholy committed themselues to thy faythfull protection and gouernement whose force puyssaunce and saluation is layde vp in thee onely Bridle thou so the boldnesse of our outragious enimies or rather of thine to the entent all men may perceyue that thou onely art the God whom reiecting all maner of supersticions they ought wholy to worship and purely call vpon through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxxiiij Psalme A prayer for â—he increasement of â—ayth LOke what earnest and feruent desire so euer the olde fathers had O most mightie God to come vnto the place wherein thou haddest appointed a Tabernacle to thy selfe for that tyme euen the like are we kindled withall in beholding the repayring of thy sacred Church and to sée therin a very great companie of Godly men lawfully assembled togither for the aduauncement of thy glorie hearing thy holy doctrine and duly receyuing of thy blessed sacraments accordingly Wherefore we humbly besech thée which art our God and King that we may one day or other reioyce to be there for what felicitie soeuer maye bee attayned vnto in this frayle life we doubt not but it will light vpon the sacred companie of the godly Giue eare therefore O excellent father vnto our earnest prayers and graunt that we make none other accompt of thy blessed house then thy will and pleasure is wée should do for a more blessed thing it were for vs to haue one dayes méeting and abode therein then if we abide neuer so great a time of continuaunce in the congregation of the vngodlye or in suche a one as is not lawfully assembled with the aduauntage and ouerplus of all the pleasures of thys transitorie world Seeing that therefore thou art our most splendent light strong defence cause our assemblies on the earth so to redound to thy vnspeakeable glory that our assured hope by comming in the ende vnto thée into the euerlasting tabernacles of the heauens may be augmented and very muche increased through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxxv. Psalme SHewe thy selfe gentle and gracious O almightie God towards thy beloued Churche A prayer fâ— the whole congregatâ— of Christ for thy excéedinge great gloryes sake and mercie moste magnificent that we may be miraculously delyuered from the horrible fardell and cruell bondage of our deadlye sinnes who haue hitherto béene bond slaues to the fleshe and wretched prisoners of the diuill and yet hast thou vouchedsafe to release forgiue vs the whole number of our deadly iniquities and couered all our heynous
God greatly to magnifie thee A prayer of thankes giuing for Christs benefites bestowed vppon vs. and highlye to sanctifie thy holy name But able we are not thus to doe vnlesse the heynous sinnes wherewith we are miserably oppressed be first put away and driuen farre from vs. We haue receyued at thy mercifull handes through the preaching of thy blessed Gospell the most noble and excellent gift of saluation but we haue hitherto led our life so coldly therin and wrought so contrary to our vocation in neglecting and dispising thy sacred commaundements that néedfull it was in the ende for the calamities which we now suffer to incounter with oute lewdnesse and that thou shouldest extende thy furious wrath vpon vs by these moste gréeuous perilles being moued and prouoked thereto through oure wicked desertes and naughtie behauiour Notwithstanding O good God haue no regard at all to our merites but rather sée to this that thy famous glorie may be greatly published amongest the heathen and thy wonderfull worckes made manifest vnto all people Both thy aduersaries and ours also repose their whole affiaunce in worldly strength and cursed Idolatrie who would inforce vs to yéeld such honor vnto Antichrist as they do wheras we contrarywise acknowledge thée to be a great and terrible Lorde aboue all Goddes Wherefore we earnestly call vpon thy excellent Maiestie and in these daungerous daies flie vnto thy mercy seat requyring pardon for our heynous sinnes and that thou wouldest shewe howe vaine our enimies goodes be Iudge O good god the aduersaryes of thy true worshippe and enimies of thy sacred Gospell so that thou as right méete it is mayst reigne beare dominion ouer the heathen Stretche out thy inuincible power thy puyssaunt glory and thy renowmed magnificence O good God for our speedy deliueraunce who being deliuered from so many and great inconueniences maye render vnto thée due oblations of heartie prayses Cause thy glorious name to be well spoken off in euery place and let all men honor and reuerence thy diuine Maiestie with moste pure and perfect deuotion through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THy benefites O almightie God are not only bestowed vpon vs coÌ„tinually but also after a new and vnaccustomed maner do spring vp freshe from time to tyme wherefore vnlesse we will be marueylous vngratefull they deserue that we should euermore magnifie the same with newe prayses and pleasaunt songes Such is thy magnificencie and vnspeakeable power whose bewtie and Maiesty is so great that thou doest surmount beyonde all measure what Godhed or Deitie soeuer meÌ„ could at any time deuice to themselues GrauÌ„t therfore that whensoeuer we go about duely to honor reuerently to worship thée we may chéerfully offer vp our selues al that euer we haue to thy incoÌ„prehensible glorye so that we may preache thy glorious kingdome to all nations not onely with wordes but in verteous lyfe and holy conuersation to the intent euery man maye right well knowe and perceyue that like as thou hast created vs and the whole vniuersall worlde so also shall we and all thinges be repayred againe throughe Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcvij. Psalme A praier that we may appeare in the â—ay of iudgement with a â—ure chearâ—ull heart THou thy selfe O moste mightye God which art the author of full ioy and perfect gladnesse art also indued with exceeding seueritie and dreadfull power which thy properties thou bestowest vpon man according to thy infinite iustice and righteousnesse Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldst not burne vs vp with the fire of thy wrathfull indignation who otherwise by reason of our heynous sinnes are worthie of most greeuous punishments but according to thy great mercie and through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde and sauiour remit and pardon whatsoeuer we haue lewdly committed agaynst thée but contrariwise turne the wrath of thy heauie displeasure vpon thy fierce aduersaryes Let those men be set on fire make them to tremble let them melt away like wax at the sight of thy bright countenance But let vs being restored and reformed in a new kind of life by thy blessed spirit feele in our selues and set out thy noble iustice such wise vnto them as all people maye right wel perceyue the same For although we haue greatly and verye muche strayed from thy holy will reuealed vnto vs in the sacred scriptures we are notwithstanding heartily sorye for our lewde deserts and be verye desirous to make thy glorious renowme excéeding famous Let not therfore this our assured hope and feruent desire be made frustrate put them to confusion who beleue nothing at all in thée but haue an infinite number of Idols wherein they put their whole trust wherevnto they shewe much worship merueylous great honour and wonderfull obedience And finally graunt this thing also that suche as thou hast regenerated and quickned with thy blessed spirit may vtterly detest sinne and whatsoeuer fighteth or is repugnant to thy holy will Afterward take the soules of thy faythfull seruauntes out of wicked mens handes and when we be throughly delyuered from them cause vs not onely to reioyce with great gladnesse but make thy healthfull light of saluation to shine vpon all that are thine whereby they may bee conuerted vnto thée and celebrate thy worthie memoriall with perpetuall prayses throughe the selfe same Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SEing it is thou O almightie God that rulest farre and néere and mightily gouernest all things there is nothing in the whole worlde but ought to be excéeding glad thereof for like as thy glorious kingdome which is the chiefest thing to be desired is most gorgeously decked with iustice and equitie euen so is there such strength and puyssaunce graffed in the same as no crafty deuices and subtile practises can preuaile agaynst it but that whatsoeuer thou hast with a most rightful counsaile and singuler iustice decreed vpon shall be brought to good ende We earnestly require thée therefore that as the earth heauen and vniuersall worlde are most euident witnesses of thy vnspeakeable wisedome and singuler iustice so the truth and sincere worshipping of thée may appéere in thy blessed Church where all men maye heartily reioyce togither bicause supersticious and corrupt Religions are altogither banyshed Let them be ioyfull in this behalfe which purely and with feruent zeale do vnfeynedly loue and honor God whome finally we humblye beséeche to augment the light of our mindes and that we maye with an exceeding pleasant chéerefulnesse reioyce in the sacred Congregation of hys blessed Sainctes for the vnspeakeable benefites he hath bestowed vpon vs through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme FOrsomuch as all thy iudgementes O most good and mercifull God doe shine forth with perfect equitie and right vp iustice we ought therefore to be excéeding glad
abundance of water to drie and sandie places and in altering and turning the barren ground to a fruitfull soyle And contrariwise mens sinnes are the occasion thereof that by a wonderfull exchaunge thou makest pleasaunt and fertile places to be come barren and altogither fruitlesse in fine to the intent thou mayst be well knowne thou causest mortall creatures to féele thy inuincible force by casting downe excéeding mightie kings and princes and making them to be had in contempt and become a moste shamefull laughing stock and liftest vp the poore and basest in degree vnto highest kingdomes We earnestly require thée therefore not to suffer vs to thinke of those thinges negligently but rather graunt this thing onely that we being moued hereby may commit our selues altogither both to be preserued through thy vnspeakable goodnesse and also guyded by thy sacred lawe so that thou being our chiefe Capitaine and ruler we may swim out of worldly sourges whose mindes being hitherto vtterly voide of good déedes may now bring forth most abuÌ„dant fruit and that wheras we haue bene pinched with an excéeding scarcitie of goodnes we may by thy onely helpe attaine to the excellent riches of the kingdome of heauen through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WHosoeuer they be O moste good and mercifull God that thou deliuerest from exceeding gréeuous daungers it behoueth them vncessantly to celebrate thy worthie praises and to render condigne thanks to thee for the same Such as are driuen to wander from place to place and walke through théeuishe wayes in solitarie and vnhaunted places being in daunger of wilde beasts and théeues euen these when they earnestly pray vnto thée do dayly feele thy louing mercie and readie helpe Thou art present also with them that are distressed with captiuitie bound with fetters of Iron and layde in moste darke dungions Neither art thou forgetfull of them whom deadly diseases haue almost consumed and made vtterly an end of forsomuch as thou hast once decréed that suche as lamentably require thy assistaunce from the bottome of their heart shall neuer be destitute of thy helping hand We therefore that haue of long time and that gréeuously wandred out of the path of godlinesse and holy life doe nowe come vnto thee for succor who being so wretchedly opprest with the tirannicall bondage of our heynous sinnes do call vppon thée and finally in all our prayers doe earnestly desire that thou wouldest heale the diseases of our wounded soules so that we may alwayes liue as thy faythfull seruaunts and thou thereby to receyue perpetuall praise through Iesus Christ our lord Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cviij Psalme A praier that the godly may â—aue grace to â—ithstand the assaultes of â—he wicked STrengthen and furnish our mindes and heartes in such wise with thy holy spirite O most mightie God that although diuers sundrie mishappes fall vpon them or that they be shaken with the feare and dread of the enimies of true godlinesse and sincere religion yet they may not ceasse to shewe forth thy worthie prayses Let our whole witte minde and perceyueraunce O excellent father he stirred vp in vs for the right vnderstanding of thy goodnesse and acknowledging of the moste stedfast faythfulnesse of thy benigne promises For these two things are so famous in thée as they do not onely by reason of their hugenesse surmount the highe Cloudes of the ayre but also farre excéede the height of the heauens Therefore are we bolde humbly to intreat and heartily beséech thée that our innumerable and most gréeuous sinnes being forgiuen thou wilt set vp thy honor againe and shewe thy famous glorie to the whole worlde by deliuering thy sacred Churche from the Iawbones of Antichrist Call to remembraunce that she is thy beloued heritage and chosen possession which although for our iniquities sake thou séemest sometime to relinquishe and cast of from thy fauourable protection yet art thou not able for thy goodnesse faythfulnesse sake to forget it in déede Wherefore our whole trust consisteth in thée onely as they that know most certainly that mans helpe is of none effect Be thou therefore present with vs and graunt that we maye behaue our selues both boldly and with great constancie in the behalfe of thy glorious name and of thy holy Gospell through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WHilest we call to our remembraunce and thinke vpon the riches O moste good and mercifull God of thy louing promises we are wonderfully stirred vp to celebrate thy name with singuler prayses which then augmenteth a more vehement desire when we finde by experience that thou doest very faythfully performe whatsoeuer thou hast promised to bestowe vpon vs. Thou verily hast giuen vs hitherto many thinges and that truly without our desertes yet there bée manye remayning which we earnestly require may very spéedily be accomplished Thou hast begunne to deliuer vs from the handes of our cruell enimies and let this luckie beginning procéede to a further successe we bée nowe so farre forth exempted from sinne that so long as we truely beleue in thée they shall not be imputed to vs vnto death But yet for all that are we hitherto still oppressed with them let vs therfore by thy high and mightie power shake of their yoke dayly more and more Forsomuch as thou art the first founder of thy sonnes Kingdome who is the true Dauid haue a regard therefore we humbly beséech thée to set forth make famous the light thereof amongest all Nations and that he may purely with great deuocion be honoured and called vppon by vs in especiall whereby thy sacred Church may doe thinges nobly for the aduauncement of thy glorie and not be plucked back by the enimies of vngodlinesse from the right path of perfect religion through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cix Psalme WE acknowledge and confesse that thou alone O most mighty god doest giue vs all thinges which we possesse A prayer of the godly for the enimies of the gospell vnder whose gouernment and religion wee accompt it a marueylous felicitie to leade our life neyther haue we anye other thing so déere and precious vnto vs as to continue in the prayse and commendation of thy glorious name Dissemble not at this time nor kéepe silence against the wicked persons guilefull enimies of thy holye Church who doe not onely rise vp agaynst thée with forged tales and blasphemies but also make war agaynst vs with a most furious hatred and outragious crueltie being vtterly forgetful of all humanitie and godlinesse But thou O good God right well knowest howe peaceably we haue béene hitherto towards them and haue heartily loued those men and earnestly prayed for them both publikly and priuately who nowe recompence vs with extréeme afflictions and gréeuous calamities for our good turnes extended towardes them Wherefore be thou stirred vp agaynst them O heauenly
confessing thée they maye both in this life and in the life to come be farre more happy and blessed then their enimies bicause they reioyce vaunt themselues aboue measure in their present luckie estate through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen Another prayer out of the same psalme FOr this intent and purpose we nowe pray O most mightie God bicause we nothing at all mistrust but that thou wilt harken and giue eare to our humble petitions which we poure out before thée not of hypocrisie and double dealing but sincerely and from the heart for séeing that we desire to be tryed rather by thy iudgement then mans graunt that when wée are sore tempted and proued by greauous aduersities nothing maye be found in vs whereby we should be condemned and adiudged to perpetuall destruction but forsomuch as we are naturally euill how can this thing come to passe vnlesse thou doe stay and gouerne our steps with thy excellent grace and holy spirite and so vpholde and vndersette vs as thy vnspeakeable mercy may wonderfully vtter and shewe forth it selfe by our saluation defende and keepe vs therefore from all men which resist the force of thy glorious Gospell and striue agaynst thy holy will so much as in them lyeth Thou seest what diligent watch our enimies lay for vs and howe lyke deuouring Lions they couet to praye vpon vs they are as swordes O good God prepared to be the handes and instrumentes of thy indignation defende and kéepe vs neuerthelesse vnder the shadowe and moste sure defence of thy wings that during this wretched life wee may be comforted with thy fauourable countenaunce and in the blessed resurrection haue with an exceding great pleasure the fruition of thy glorious presence through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xviij. Psalme A prayer to be deliuered out of great distresse WE acknowledge and confesse thée O most mightie God to be our onelye health buckler defence strength and sure refuge and therefore do wée both earnestly loue thée and greatly couet to publishe and set forth thy worthy prayse euerlastingly but our extreeme enimies do now thus greauously oppresse vs bicause our sinnes deserue the same so that we being sore discomforted are almost in the straite pangues and anguishes of death wherfore it séemeth that no other helpe and succour remayneth for vs but to make our crye vnto thée and to direct our prayers towardes thy mercies seate vnto whom séeing that the Mountaines the earth the heauens lightnings windes clowdes raynes hayle and tempestes are obedient without any delaye or gainsaying it shall be a thing most easy for thée to rid and deliuer vs from the force of our outragoius enimies although they bée neuer so mightie which we earnestly require O good God that thou wouldest vouchsafe to graunt vnto the feruent praiers of thy sacred Churche hauing no regard at all to our lewde deserts but chiefly to thy exceeding great clemencye and vprightnesse of the cause it selfe so that thou mayst deale holily with the holy and contrariwise vpon the wicked sende trouble and aduersitie preserue thy afflicted people according to thy accustomed maner and in so great darckenesse lighten them with the bright lampe of fayth and perfite wisdome to the intent they may acknowledge none other buckler or defence but thee onely Graunt vs O most deere father so to walk without fal or stumbling as the féete of our fayth may not stacker in such great perilles arme and strengthen thy beloued seruants to battaile and confound them O most mightie God who go about to gainsay and resist thée to the intent thy blessed name may be spoken of and magnified amongst all Nations bycause thou hast giuen great and glorious prosperitie vnto thy renowmed Church through Iesuâ— Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same Psalme SEing that we are verye weake by nature anâ— compassed about on euery side with most thicke clowdes of darknesse we come vnto thée O most mightie God and require at thy handes that the splendent light of thy holy spirite may bée kindled in our heartes for so shall we vnderstand thy vndefiled word and most vncorrupt spéech of thy sacred scriptures wherein it is most cléerely and euidently promised that thou wilt be an excellent strong defence for all such as haue their onely affâ—aunce in thée The sinnes truly which we haue committed deserue not that we should obteyne so much fauour and helpe at thy hande but our earnest desire is that these things may happen vnto vs euen for the glory of thy most renowmed and excellent name Forsomuch as therefore none other God is to be sought out or founde who may be compared with thée eyther in power or goodnesse garnishe thou vs with holinesse and girdâ— vs about with such strength as wee may once be led out and vtterly deliuered from imminent daungers and obteyne full triumphe and conquest ouer the enimies both of thy glorie and our saluation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same psalme WE can not choose O most mightie and mercifull God but earnestlye loue thée séeing that by the fayth whiche thou hast giuen vs wée well perceyue thée to be our onely refuge stay and deliuerer for our sinnes haue oftentymes purchased vnto vs most deadly griefes and mightye and valiaunt enimies who haue like vehement streames of water enuironed and compassed vs aboute with tribulations snares yea and death it selfe but thou O good God who as thou being the souereigne Lord of all thinges art knowne to haue thy throne in heauen euen so for thy infinite mercies sake haue respect vnto vs and when thou hast remitted and pardoned our offences vouchsafe that we maye be deliuered from thy wrath and extréeme punishments which thou art woont to laye vpoÌ„ the vngodly And grauÌ„t that whilest we inuocate cal vpon thée our loud cries and earnest praiers be not poured out in vaine through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THou knowest O mercifull and most mightie God howe many and howe great aduersaries we haue both within and without who as they can not awaye with thy name and glorie so do they also most lewdly wickedly repine at our saluation wherefore we do not without iust cause humbly sue vnto thée that as thou hast often deliuered vs out of the daungerous perilles of damnation and perpetuall destruction so now also notwithstanding the most grieuous and heynous offences which we haue committed against thée and for the which we repent vs at this time of them from the bottome of our heart it would please thée to fortefie and strength vs in such wise with thy assistaunce as we may vanquishe and ouercome what thing soeuer hath set it selfe against thy glorious kingdome whereby we maye at length shewe forth and magnifie thée onely in the chiefest assemblies of men for our alone defender and excellent sauiour throughe Iesus Christ our
countenaunce through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SO long as we liue here O most mightie God all things are so vnquiet and at so small stay vnto vs through the desert of our gréeuous offences that we be on euery side assayled with the deadly assaults of the force of oure aduersaries but vnlesse thou puttest to thy helping hande we shall séeme to be swalowed vppe out of hande Wherefore to the intent we may be defended so oft as our fraile mindes be possest with a vehement feare we poure out our feruent prayers before thy mercie seate which glistereth and shineth most farre abroade that regarding and highlye estéeming thy sacred wordes and louing promises in such sort as being strengthned by them we may with a stout courage ouercome whatsoeuer sorrowfull horrible vnpleasaunt and rough thing setteth it selfe agaynst vs. As our teares O excellent father are gathered and written by thee euen so when thou art called vpon deliuer thy faythfull seruauntes from the Gyues and Fetters of their carefull myndes and thou of thy infinite goodnesse purging our gyltinesse bestow vpō vs so much strength and stedfast hope as we néede nothing at all to feare the violence and power of malicious disposed persons for if thou shalt be our redemer especially from eternal death we will alwayes in oure dayly prayers shew forth the worthie prayses of thy most glorious name through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WE doe dayly indeuour our selues O moste mightie God lamentably to call vpon thy mercie when as they go about to subuert thy sacred Churche who being not a fewe in number and waxen strong aboue measure do not ceasse by sundrie meanes to assault the same Neyther is there any thing that maketh vs more afrayed then these our owne proper sinnes wherewith we haue moste greeuously offended thée and made our selues vtterlye vnworthy of thy gracious fauour yet notwithstanding of the great and vnspeakeable louing kindnesse that is in thée wée ceasse not to hope but set thy louing promises before our eyes the sayinges and words wherof we commend and approue and also so much as in vs lyeth take holde of them by fayth Graunt therefore O excellent father that we be not more feareful then is decent which the flesh is able to worke agaynst vs. We know assuredly that the wicked do now euery where maliciously rayle vpon vs bending all their deuices agaynst thy most sacred doctrine lying in wayte and séeking occasion by all meanes possible quite to subuert and vtterly ouerthrowe thy sacred Churche Dispise not thou O good God the prayers and sighes of thy faythfull seruauntes so strengthen and confirme our weake consciences that we passe nothing at all what men doe agaynst vs. Deliuer our soules from sliding and destruction so that we may both nowe and also after this life be partakers of thy most commodious and splendent blessed light throughe Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lvij. Psalme SEing that there is no refuge for vs O moste gracious and moste mightie God but to flie vnto thée onely A prayer for the aduaūcement of the Gospell contrary to hir enimies expectation we commit our whole saluation into thy tuition and gouernment to the intent thou shouldest miraculously preserue the same so that thou mayest bée our strong defence vntill this their outragious furie who violently oppresse thy sacred Church be much abated and greatly brought lowe Therefore we incessauntly call vpon thy euerlasting name through whose mightie power and high aucthority all thinges maye for the Godly be surely brought to passe Graunt we humbly beséech thée that our heynous sinnes be not the cause thou withdrawest thy mercifull goodnesse from vs which as we confesse them to be most gréeuous and infinite so are wée nothing doubtfull but that they shall be forgiuen vs for our onely mediator Iesus Christes sake through whose louing fauour thy faythfull seruaunts shal not only be preserued in the glorious kingdome of heauen but for thy excellent promise and goodnesse sake they shall also at length be brought to confusion whosoeuer they are which go aboute to oppresse thy constant and stedfast beleuers Thou thy selfe right well seest O excellent father howe his blessed Church is compelled to haue hir dwelling continually amongest Lyons in the middest of whote burning flames inuironed with moste forceable weapons and tongues chiefly that be very noysome and do excéeding great hurt To the intent therefore thou mayst shew forth and mightily declare thy inuincible power touching hir preseruation graunt that the snares and great layings awayte which be prepared for thy holy ones may in conclusion be onely hurtfull to the Authors and chiefe deuisers thereof but vouchsafe to giue vnto vs a right stedfast heart and excéeding constant minde touching the confession and publishing of thy blessed name For wée heartily acknowledge and earnestly confesse thy vnspeakable goodnesse to be so great as it deserueth high prayse not onely in voyce but with Lute and Harpe and by all wayes and meanes of commendation that possible may be which pearceth the clowdes euen vnto the glorious heauen And for bicause it may dayly increase the better and be more vnderstood lift vp thy selfe in this our age by shewing forth thy right excellent power in being oure shielde of defence and buckler through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THere is nothing that doth more reléeue and comfort our féeble mindes being in great distresse and extréeme calamities O most good and merciful God then the Ancre of fayth which dependeth most stedfastly vpon thy excellent goodnesse Wherfore seing that not without iust cause we burne and frie in our lewde vices we resort vnto thy diuine Maiestie and being marueylous sore burthened with the gréeuous fardell of our most heynous sinnes do dayly call vpon thée for thy assistant and readye helpe Send vs ayde from heauen we humbly beséech thée otherwise we shall not be in safetie from the Lions Speares Darts and deceiptfull tongues wherewith Sathan doth merueylouslye aflict thy holye Church Aduaunce thy selfe and make thy infinite power most manifest in taking vs out of our enimies handes For so thy vnspeakable clemencie and notable faythfulnesse which farre surmount the Clowdes and glorious heauens shall appéere bright in their owne excellent greatnesse and we in giuing due thankes for our deliuerance will ioyfullye sing double prayses to thy glorious name for euermore through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing that thy blessed Church O moste mightie God is so vexed with the cruell enimies of thy glorious name and blessed doctrine we repose our whole confidence in thee onely and flie for succor vnder the shadowe of thy wings we acknowledge and confesse that it is our partes to direct oure supplications parpetually vnto thée when thou only and none else art
the vngodly which thing they are very readie to do vpbrayde vs therewith through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxj. Psalme A praier that â—ur faith fayâ—th vs not in â—ge and great â—istresse FOrsomuch as we doe euidentlye knowe O almightie God that there is alwayes spéedie succour in a readinesse to helpe and further such as flie vnto thy protection therefore haue we reposed our whole trust and confidence in thée onely that of whom we ought to craue assistaunce vnto him must our fayth and hope be most aduisedly directed Thou aydest chéerishest and garnishest those which honour thée from their youth insomuch as that if thou séemest at any tyme to leaue them it is woont to bée taken for a wonder We hope therefore that séeing thou hast béene alwayes with vs from our conception birth thou wilt not forsake vs neyther in our crooked olde age nor at the last ende of our life in consideration whereof that what prayses and thankes we are bounde to giue vnto thée the same do we dayly yeelde and as our assured trust is shall yéelde for euer that as thy benefites towardes vs are infinite and the more thy goodnesse also and mightie déedes are set forth so much the more are they knowen to surmount the prowes of all prayse and commendation Notwithstanding vnto the rest of thy benefits adde this also we hartily beséech thée that as thou layest now and then bitter and vnfortunate things vpon thy faythfull seruants so thou thy selfe wouldst vouchsafe readily to comfort and quicklye ease them of the same through Iesus Christ our lord AmeÌ„ ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxij Psalme A praier that the kingdom of heaueÌ„ may come vpon vs through the preaching of the gospell FOrsomuch as we shall haue Iesus Christ our Lorde as a moste iust iudge it is méete that wée should alwayes both feare and reuerence him For seing that his father hath as nowe also indued him with a singuler power this was his chiefest care that the righteous might be strengthned to the intent they should both set vp and also inlarge the true worshipping of him so farre as might be Our humble request is therefore O heauenly father that before we be brought vnto his tribunal iudgement seat we may be redéemed from the heynous sinnes which we are giltie of who being thus regenerated by his blessed spirit may bring forth plentie of good workes so that we be not dampned for oure wicked misdéedes which thing if we by strong and constant fayth may perceyue our selues to haue obteyned we shall verily by reason thereof iudge our selues blessed and marueylous happie for the same who minde to extoll and celebrate thy excellent name and glorie with moste high prayses whereby the whole earth if it were possible may haue true and perfite knowledge of thée through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxiij Psalme ALthough thy goodnesse O almightie and most gracious God A praier thâ— we may nâ— repine at thâ— prosperitie the wicked â–ª be excéeding notable towardes those men that reuerence thée with true and perfect deuocion Yet notwithstanding such is the weaknesse of man that the prosperity of the wicked doth very often bleare and dasell the eyes of thy elect and chosen seruaunts whilest they sée all things happen vnto them luckely and as they woulde wishe who contemne aswell all humaine lawes as diuine and are fallen into so extréeme wickednesse insomuch as they both thinke and preach most shamelessely that thou hast nowe no regarde of our affayres and welfare Neither suffer we humbly beséech thée the féete of our fayth eyther to stacker or to be any thing doubtfull stretch forth thy mightie hand to our great misfortune and bridle our mouthes and imaginations in such sort that we beginne not to ymagine a vaine and vnprofitable maner of worshipping thée Strengthen vs so as we may paciently and with a Christian kinde of sufferaunce abide the issue and vttermost successe of things At what tyme thy last excéeding great iudgement shall mightily shew forth hir selfe then wil it appéere with howe notable an vprightnesse thou orderest all thinges Graunt vs also in the meane season to desire nothing more feruently then that our mindes may be fastned and linked vnto thée with an indissoluble knot through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxiiij Psalme A prayer for â—e churches â—reseruation â—gaynst the â—duersaries the gospell IF it shall happen O most mighty God which we right well knowe doth oftentimes come to passe that by reason of the manifolde sinnes which are by vs oftentymes committed we prouoke thy wrathfull indignation agaynst vs and purchase the gréeuous scourges wherewith we be much chastised Be mindfull we humbly beseech thée of thy exceeding great goodnesse and louing promises which thou knowest we haue alreadie layde holde of by fayth neyther deliuer thou our soules into the power of the outragious aduersaries of thy glorie and our saluation Forsomuch as they earnestlye bend themselues about none other thing but eyther to throwe downe thy excellent works or to make voyde and of none effect the saluation of mankinde which with so great mercifulnesse thou hast purchased let their enterprises be made frustrate whose driftes tend to none other ende but that thy glorious name maye be blasphéemed and very euil spoken of Be mindefull we huÌ„bly beseech thée of the good thinges which thou hast hitherto bestowed vpon vs neyther ceasse to bring vnto perfection the work of redemption that thou hast alredy mightily begunne in vs. Arise O good god and aide such with thy spéedie helping hand as vnfeynedly call vpon thée that the fonde deuises of the vngodlye haue no successe at all either agaynst thy renowmed glorie or our saluation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxv. Psalme A praier that we may be obedient to â—he worde of God OVr earnest and feruent desire is O moste mightie God to celebrate thy glorious name and excéeding wonderous actes for we require thée euen from the bottome of the heart to bring to passe that thy blessed people maye be defended from these terrible daungers in such wise as they come not to vtter ruine Remoue our heynous sinnes out of thy remembraunce we humbly beséech thée neyther impute this thing chiefly vnto vs that where as thou hast called vs vnto thée and set before our eyes an order of true godlinesse and made the same free for euery one of vs to leade our life according to thy blessed word and christian profession we haue not onely behaued oure selues coldely therein but haue most vnthankfully cast away the discipline trade of liuing which the fayth thou inlargest vs with and bestowest vpon vs is worthy of Regard not therfore the nuÌ„ber of our heynous sinnes neither how great our deserts be nor yet what thy iustice might rightfully require at our handes
and very ioyfull For although thy faithful seruants be punished for a while so loÌ„g as they are in this wretched life yet the time will one day come when thou by fire and with the cléere lightsome presence of thy diuine Maiestie shalt iudge the world rewarding euery man vprightly according to his deserts Then shall the very heauens shewe foorth thy righteousnesse and al men compelled whether they will or no to say that thou art most iust and then also shall thy blessed Church be filled with true and perfect ioy Seing that therefore the matter standeth thus so long as we are here strauÌ„gers from thée cause light to rise in vs and a spirituall reioycing with excéeding purenesse of heart whereby we may sincerely and after a due maner ioy in thée onely so that one of vs maye alwayes put an other in remembraunce not to bée forgetfull to publish thy vnspeakable holinesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcviij. Psalme A prayer for the fauour of Christ through his glorious resurrection THou hast shewed oftentimes that saluation belongeth vnto thee only O moste mightie God for the doing and accomplishing whereof thou hast no néede of any creatures assistaunce Thou shewedst marueylous wonders in our fathers dayes and diddest often preserue them with thy onely right hande and blessed arme for thou hast in such wise extended thy readie helpe towards them that thy excellent mercy vnspeakable goodnes became manifest to al nations Seing that therfore thou hast not hitherto bene forgetful of thy faithful promises but rather hast alwayes assisted thy beloued seruants wheÌ„ soeuer they stoode in néede of a deliuerer whervpoÌ„ they thought thy glorious name was to be extolled praysed all maner of wayes so much as in them lay both with heart voyce trumpets harpes shawmes and sundrie ditties of songes we therfore thy faythfull people doe in like sort pray at this present that thou hidest not thy selfe from vs in this time Thou truely art not ignoraunt how many and howe great the perils are which do gréeuously molest vs. And so long as we do wey the case by our owne deserts they séeme to be more hard and gréeuous vnto vs then we be able in any wise to beare for we haue sinned in such wise agaynst thee so impudeÌ„tly transgressed thy sacred lawes and so often playd the rebelles agaynst thy diuine Maiestie that if thou shouldest reward vs according to our lewde lyfe and filthie condicions we may be euen in vtter dispayre of our saluation But we do greatly with much feruencie labour to obteyne this at thy fauourable handes both that thou wouldst deale with vs according to thy accustomed maner by forgiuing the penitent pardoning their heynous offences which vncessauntly call vpon thy blessed name and being mercifull vnto such as faythfully trust in thée And also that of thy singuler iustice and excellent clemencie thou wouldst mightily deliuer vs after a puyssaunt maner maintaine vs and defend vs with an inuincible force from the most cruell enimies of thy blessed name through Iesus Christ oure Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme AL mankind in generall O most mightie God are bounde to prayse and sette forth thy blessed name excéedingly for the notable benefits thou bestowest vpoÌ„ them and most especially for that thou hast deliuered vs from euerlasting death by the helpe of none other creature but onelye through the sole oblation of thy alone and most dearly beloued Sonne insomuch as we may rightly saye that thou onely defendest vs with thy holy arme and puissant right hande Thou hast verye certainlye shewed howe mindfull and what a good kéeper thou art of faythfulnesse and goodnesse which the whole endes of the earth and all mortal creatures may assuredly see and right well perceyue by our redemption but we be so dull rude and blockishe that we haue in a maner lost the whole perceyueraunce of so noble and great liberalitie the fault whereof we must impute to our heynous wickednesse and mischieuous déedes Wherefore with a mightye lamentation and verye sorrowfull crie wée doe earnestly call vpon thy inestimable mercie to forgiue whatsoeuer wée haue moste gréeuously committed agaynst thée and to take from thy blessed Churche the occasions of so great sorrow For whilest we knowe godlinesse and religion to hang in so great distresse we can in no wise sing vnto thée with heart and voyce as we ought to do or prouoke all creatures through oure great ioye to vnspeakeable gladnesse We do nowe earnestly require thée to come and iudge the case of thy faithfull people Rayse vp and sustaine with thy iudgement such as mourne and comfort the afflicted that thy equitie and iustice wherein thou doest much excell all others may moste manifestly shewe forth it selfe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcix. Psalme A prayer for the iustification of fayth agaynst the righteousnes of workes IT is truly an excéeding great force of thy glorious kingdom that thou moste mightye God vsest in the defence of the Godly and ouerthrowing of the enuious and rebellious people which our fathers haue oftentimes had tryall of Whereby we doe most certainly beleue and earnestly confesse that so long as thou doest fauour thy faythfull seruaunts the courages minds and strengtâ— of those that assault them yea and the verâ— earth also doth quaile seeing therfore thaâ— thy puyssaunce and strength is so great iâ— the Church let thy mightye power we bâ—séech thee disquiet and trouble all nations which would quite subuert and vtterly ouerthrow thy glorious kingdome And as thy puyssaunt force and mightie strength surmounteth all Gods and kings euen so nowe shew thy selfe a terrible and feareful GOD for the preseruation of thy blessed Church It is verily not vnbeknowne vnto vs that thou louest iugdement and decidest mens causes vprightly We heartily require thée therefore to vouchsafe that when as our iniquities which we haue coÌ„mitted prouoke thée to extend thy seueritie vpon vs thou wouldst turne thy eyes from these thinges and bend them wholy vpon Iesus Christ our sauiour who is for vs in the stead of Aaron Moses Samuell and a true Bishop Bée mindfull of the prayer sacrifice bloud and teares which he shed for vs vpon the Alter of the Crosse Admit we haue committed an infinite number of naughty factes yet remember that we thorowe him doe call vpon thy blessed name pardon therefore forgiue and vtterly remit our heynous transgressions and make no â—ariance in deliuering vs from these exceeding great and daungerous perils so that we may leade our lyfe with an vncorrupt heart towards thee and exalt thy glorious name euen as it right wel deserueth with such prayses as maye pearce the heauens through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme ALthough the vngodly O most mightie God seeme to ruffle sometime so greatly as they turne all things vpside downe yet
deserts the outragious enimies of thy blessed name are raysed vp and haue mightily preuayled agaynst vs who dayly strengthen themselues agaynst thy sonne our Lord and fauiour Iesus Christ We know right wel that by reason of the life which we haue hitherto liued repugnant to thy glorious name and our profession all these most gréeuous euilles haue happened to thy sacred Church But our earnest request is that thou wouldest be mindefull of thy faythfull couenaunt wherein thou promisest that we should be the méeting line of thy blessed heritage for thy couenant is not transitorie but perdurable Thou hast vsed at other tymes to chastice kinges that they should not hurt thy elect people who doest preserue and defende thy blessed seruaunts inhabiting here vpon the earth so often as it is thy holye will and pleasure The Heauen Elements and all creatures haue serued thée as souldiours in Egypt for the deliueraunce of thy faythfull people As thou therefore wert not then forgetfull of thy sacred couenaunt so shewe thy selfe mindfull thereof at this present for wicked men the deuill and Antichrist practise by all the meanes they can possible imagine and deuise to swallow vs vp Wherefore renue thou thy wonderfull workes in vs O mightie God who being altogither voyde of helpe require thée to hide vs vnder thy mercifull winges and spread them so ouer vs as thou mayest not onely bée our defender but cause vs to leade a quiet and peaceable life towards thée through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SEing that the godly O almightie God can not haue an excellenter and more noble desire then vnfeynedly to remember thy marueylous and excéeding great actes by celebrating the same both in worde and most exquisite commendations being now folowers of the fayth of Abraham and children not degenerate from the aūcient holy fathers members of Christ and instructed by the tradicions of his blessed Apostles do call to remembraunce how vnuiolably thou hast kept the sacred couenaunt which thou madest with thy holye Church from the beginning Thy sure protection most strong defence hath béene alwayes merueilous readie to helpe thy elect seruaunts at what time they reposed their whole trust in thy vnspeakable mercie and when thou tookest vpon thée to be their strong helper and mightie deliuerer no man could in any wise hurt them Moreouer when thou didst strike the whole world by any calamitie with thy seuere iustice or didst trouble it with scarcitie of foode and lacke of vittailes al that so much as it was turned at length to thy singuler welfare and famous glorie of the people of Israell We being greatly admonished by these thinges are of verye good comfort who come humbly vnto thy diuine Maiestie and hartily pray thée that thou wouldest be no lesse mindfull of thy holy couenant towards thy blessed church at this daye then thou wert in olde time For thou seest howe many discommodities do on euery side assaile hir and besiege it about we humbly beséech thée O excellent father who alone canst doe this to commaūd all those things either to fade away or else graunt them power to pourge vs of our lewde condicions through Iesus christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme OVr earnest request is O most good and mercifull God that thou wouldst augment the felowship of thy déere children as well in nūber as also in faith all other ornaments of thy excellent grace And like as thou hast giuē Aaron to be a most faythfull pastor of thy children of Israell when they grew to be a very great people so now also prepare godly learned and wise Ministers for thy sacred Church by whose good behauiour the Egypt of our men maye fade away and let the doctrine wherewith we be instructed by them be kindled dayly more and more in vs so that euery one of vs may be inriched most abundantly both with spirituall goods and spirituall fruites Suffer vs not O excellent father to be at any time destitute of the bright light of thy sacred word and guyding of the holy ghost wheras otherwise we shall both miserably stray in the Wildernesse of this miserable lyfe and also perishe excéeding vnfortunately that when as innumerable perils of temptations hang ouer thy faythfull seruaunts let them not want the strength of thy good grace and louing fauour wherby they may be able so long as life indureth to set out thy glorious kingdome vnto many and finallye obteyne at thy louing handes the dwelling place of perpetuall felicitie thorowe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing that the holy scriptures make not mencion without iust cause of the children of Israels vngratitude and rebellion agaynst God for they were alwayes troublesome to him by reason of their complaints we humbly beséeche thée O heauenly father so to rule gouerne vs with thy vnspeakable mercy and fatherly louing kindnesse that we be not found like vnto them They did lately and very readily forget thy wonderfull workes whereby thou deliueredst them from bondage then they trusted in straunge Gods they were defiled with fleshly pleasures and finally did both dispise the amiable lande which thou promisedst them also polluted themselues with most gréeuous and shamefull offences For the which notable and gréeuous sinnes thou hast oftentymes chastised them with a fatherly discipline but yet such was thy vnspeakable goodnesse thou wert neuer forgetful of thy couenant made with their forefathers Euen so we humbly beséeche thee O good God to chasten and correct thy blessed Churche when it doth now and then slide very sore with thy accustomed mercifulnesse and fauourable louing kindnesse sauing the right of the euerlasting couenaunt which thou hast renued with vs through the death of thy onely beloued Iesus Christ our Lord who lyueth reigneth with thee euermore worlde without ende Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THy vnspeakeable goodnesse is such O most mightie God towards the congregation of thy faythfull seruaunts that looke whatsoeuer thou hast done hitherto for setting thy faythfull people at libertie the same also might she now both hope for and also assure hir selfe of if she had abidden in the couenant that she made with thee For euen as the persecutors of the Israelites were sore vexed at length opprest through thy mightie power so in likewise when it shall seeme good vnto thée let all such as be enimies to thy sacred Church and veritie be consumed with the force of thy inuincible spirite We now therefore require this especially at thy mercifull hands that thou wouldst so long as we be straungers from thée in this wretched lyfe and are compassed about on euery side with an infinit nūber of perils lighten the night of our darknesse with the bright fire of thy blessed spirite and vouchsafe to mittigate the heate of our manifold temptations with the most sweete clowde of thy benigne grace
vyces and be now according to our iust deserts sore tost with the heauie burthen of extréeme aduersities Stretch thou out thy helping hand to ayde our princes armies who vsest to take the simple out of the dust doest lift the poore from the dunghill and succor thy blessed Church in such sort as it do not become altogither barren Vouchsafe that it may one day reioyce in peace and tranquillitie and graunt hir to bee made vnto thée through thy sacred worde and holye spirit a mother of many children by whom thy glorious name maye bee exalted with perpetuall prayses euen as it behoueth thē through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WHosoeuer addict themselues to honor thée O moste mightie God wyth fayth and pure deuocion are bound to render immortal thanks to thy glorious name which they ought to paye vnto thée in all places euery yere without ceassing euery day and euery houre The puyssaunt force of thy great goodnesse extended towards vs is manifested in such wise as all men must néedes confesse that thou art no lesse mercifull then inuincible For although thou art sayde to haue placed thy kingly Court and Pallace in the highest coastes of the Heauens notwithstanding thou submittest thy diuine prouidēce to euery base thing which lyeth hid in the lowest part of the earth insomuch as nothing can be done eyther in heauen or earth but is cléerely and moste plainely séene of thée For séeing therefore we perfectly vnderstande that such thinges as bée done of vs are not vnbeknowne to thée and that it is alwayes thy accustomed maner to rayse vp the poore and needie so they beleue vnfeynedly in thée out of the fowle and filthie dust to more noble most renowmed Kingdomes who also doest often cause the childlesse and barren women to haue a plenteous houshold we doe with great humilitie lamentably require this at thy fauourable handes that thou wouldest be mercifull vnto the calamities thy blessed Church is nowe in so as it may at length by thy good meanes be most noble right famous which yet goeth bestoubered with filth and dust and whereas she séemeth to haue left child bearing let hir be glad with a perfect and substanciall ioy for the number of hir most faythfull sonnes through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxiiij Psalme WHen as thou O moste mercifull God broughtest the children of Israell by thy inuincible power A prayer for a true fayth by the contemolation of Goddes wonderfull workes from the bondage of Egypt and hadst layd sufficient greeuous punishments vpon the cruell and obstinate Egyptians hauing a fatherly carefull regarde and singuler affection towardes the people of the Iewes diddest therefore moste manifestly declare through wonderfull examples and moste abundaunt fauour that thou wert with them at the deuision of the waters in the red sea by the marueylous quaking of mount Sinay by the goyng backe of the riuer of Iordane the vncredible gushing of waters out of the hard rocke whereby we may right euidently vnderstand that al things happen prosperously and are greatly obedient to those whome thou hast vouchedsafe to regester in the number of thy elect seruaunts For which cause sake an excéeding liuely hope is raised vp in vs that séeing our assured affiaunce is that we belong to thy blessed house by the adoption of fayth it will come to passe that as we bée alreadie deliuered by thy benigne grace from the miserie of eternall death so also whatsoeuer is among thy blessed creatures whether it be the likenesse of prosperitie or aduersitie shall redounde at length moste luckely for the welfare of thy sacred church vnto the which thing as we right well perceyue that our heynous sinnes be worthily and not without iust cause a great let and hinderance so also we humbly beséech thée for thy infinite mercie and promised good willes sake to bring the same very spéedily to passe and that in the name of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde who liueth and reigneth with thée euermore worlde without ende Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxv. Psalme AT what time we do lamentably require thy fauourable mercy O most mightie God A prayer for a constant confession of the Gospell thereby to be deliuered from such horrible calamities as do greatly assaile vs which is not done onlye to the intent we our selues shoulde receiue benefite thereby but also that thy blessed name might become more glorious through out wonderfull deliuerance For if thou shouldst suffer thy blessed seruaunts to lie vnder foote we sée it woulde easilye come to passe that the children of this wretched world will vpbrayde them accompt the hope they repose in thée onely to be as a vaine thing As for our part who being illumined with thy heauenly grace doe very well consider that what good thing soeuer is in this wretched worlde whereof the vnbeleuers haue made thēselues their ydols they haue neyther power nor habilitie at all to make men happie blessed although they both honor reuerence them Wherefore we knowe this to be still remayning for vs that so many as haue the feare of thy diuine maiesty before their eies and appertaine to the spirituall Israel be also graffed in the Kingdome priesthood of Christ should make their ful accompt to haue thée as their onely helper and defender For if that be done which they are bound to performe they shall dayly attaine greater encreasementes of perfect good thinges For which cause we heartily require thée who dwellest in the high heauen and hast ordeined vs to haue our habitation in the earth so long as this life indureth graunt vs so to liue that thou suffer vs not to passe our tyme like vnto them which be deade who can not set forth thy worthye prayses but our earnest desire is that we may both in talke and holy workes alwayes set out thy most glorious name through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxvj. Psalme THou doest then moste chiefly declare thy singuler good will towardes the Godly O almightye God A prayer to the like effe◠of the psalm◠which goe◠next before when as thou art present to helpe such as lamentably call vpon thée in the middest of their vnfortunate mishaps and the heynouser those be whereout thou doest deliuer them so much the greater is thy notable louing kindnesse manifested vppon them and the mindes of them all more inflamed to haue accesse vnto thée in their moste harde and troublesome tymes Wee therefore being sore cast downe and ouerwhelmed with the most gréeuous burthen of our heynous sinnes do humbly call vpon thée And forsomuch as we know by experience that men are lyers and all hope to be of none effect which shall be reposed in things created we hartily require thée with so much earnestnes as can be deuised to forgiue vs whatsoeuer we haue wickedly and lewdly
in such wise rise vp gnash their téeth rage swell for anger as thy faythfull seruants are nowe in a maner almoste drowned of them vnlesse thou doest verye spéedily asswage and thrust back the storme of vngodlinesse huge waues of the deuill Turne away thy furious wrath from vs we heartily pray thée O heauenly father and punish not thée wickednesse which we haue committed agaynst thée according to our iust deserts who doe not this onely to the intent thou shouldest consider our worthinesse but that thou mightest not fayle thy owne name thy pure doctrine and thy faythfull promises Graunt that we may once say verilye our God is to be magnified and praysed which will not suffer hys blessed Church to bée dispersed of wicked mens outragious crueltie but hath taken hir from the snares and Iawes of vngracious persons by his excéeding famous and most puyssant arme Cut their Nettes asunder let their naughtie enterprises bee frustrated and make their force to fayle them who do nowe greatly terrifie all such O good God as stand in feare of thée let vs looke for helpe at thy mercifull handes onelye who hast made heauen and earth Wherefore our earnest petition and hartie request is that thou wouldest of thy singuler mercie and excellent clemencie yéeld thy selfe plyable to our feruent prayers through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SVch as belong to thy heritage and are the true Israell must needes confesse with vs O most mightie God that vnlesse we had béene preserued and holpen by thy singuler fauour and mightie power wée should haue beene swallowed vp and vtterly consumed to nothing more then once by the fierce enimies of our saluation For if we looke for helpe else where to succor vs we know assuredly that it is of no force at all The violence and outrage of those men which do greeuously assault vs is lyke most swift streames of water that doe sodainly ouerflow the fieldes whose outragious crueltie may bée fully compared to the fiercenesse of brute beastes which men also vse such craftie and couert snares to trap vs in as the fowlers and hunters are nothing comparable vnto them herein but séeme very simple farre theyr inferiors Wherfore according to our bounden duetie wée render condigne thankes vnto thée forsomuch as thou hast hitherto deliuered thy simple and féeble flocke from so great perillous daungers and request this at thy mercifull hands that thou wouldst in lykewise not suffer thy sacred Church hereafter to bee ouerthrowne neither by outragious violence nor yet through subtile deceipt so as our assured cōfidence in thée may be dayly more and more greatly augmented and mightily increased through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxv. Psalme FOrsomuch as mannes helpe O most good and mercifull God is verye weake A prayer for the preseruation and long continuance of fayth wonderfull vncertain and merueylous deceyuable we are euidētly taught to repose our whole confidence in thée onely vnto whom whosoeuer they bée that doe annixe themselues they neuer go nor yet wander out of the right way Thou therefore which hast promised to stablishe Mount Sion being thy holy Church in such wise with thy mightie protection as it maye abide for euer agaynst all the craftie assaultes and layings awayte of hir outragious aduersaries haue the like regarde wée humbly beséech thée to the same at this present neither permit the rod of the vngodly to waxe fierce vpon hir For if it bée inforced to bée in subiection to thy wicked enimies euen they also which seeme godly men shall fall redily into impietie Punish our sinnes O good GOD which be great and gréeuous with an other maner of chasticement and correction for we do desire no more at this tyme but that we may not be oppressed by Antichrist requyring thée to defend the congregations of thy faythfull inuironing them about on euery side lyke most defenceable Mountaynes so that the wicked aduersaries of thy glorious name haue no power to make hauocke of them at theyr will and pleasure Deale louingly fauorably in these dayes with such as be greatly desirous of goodnesse and vpright dealing but cause those to féele and haue in tryall what the workers of iniquitie doe deserue whose mindes are not onelye wrapped altogither full of vngodlinesse by practising mischiefe naughtinesse but also indeuour so much as in thē lyeth that thy blessed worde may no where flourish that true religion might be vtterly extinguished and the perfect inuocating and calling vpon thy glorious name quite rooted vp But as for thy beloued Israell after she hath inioyed peace and tranquilitie let it be ioyned more and more vnto thee so as shée maye continually lay sure holde vpon thy worthie prayses through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme IN whose minds soeuer the beliefe of thy faythfull promises O moste mightie God is assuredly graffed and firmely established they being like vnto wel grounded Mountaynes do nothing shake in troublesome tymes but their constancie and vnremoueablenesse is of such force as their assured hope is that they be no lesse armed with thy mightie protection and sure defence then was the Citie of Ierusalem inuironed with a rampire of Mountaynes which did ouerlooke it rounde aboute on euery side Now therefore when as the mischiefe and flame of the vngodlye is occupied on this one poynt how to scatter the Church and to oppresse it assist the same O excellent father and make it manifest vnto hir what a singuler loue thou bearest therto But if as wée openly and with a sincere fayth acknowledge and confesse our horrible naughtinesse haue deserued the being depriued and left destitute of thy ayde we should be giuen ouer into the woodnesse and cruell handes of the Antichristians wey not we humbly beseech thée what our misdéedes do rightly deserue but haue a regard how we are cōmitted vnto thee that thou art put in trust with vs in christ neyther shew thy selfe wrathful contrary to thy old and auncient custome whereby thou neuer gauest libertie to the tyranny of wicked persons to persecute the godly any long time least if thy vpright iudgements should be prolonged they perhaps who are righteous may be boldned to reuolt therefro and yéelde to naughtinesse as the cōmon sort do Be thou O most mighty god good louing mercifull vnto these men whose earnest desire it is to haue the zeale of godlinesse imprinted in their hearts and extend thy indignation rather vpon those which thinke and do nothing but rather that which is lewde vnrighteous and wicked But preserue and increase for thy infinite mercies sake the accustomable peace of thy beloued Israell through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WHosoeuer do giue credit to thy sacred truth O almightie God as becommeth them remaine irremoueable like vnto stedfast Mountaynes and moste strong rockes
Iesu it behoueth vs to leade a life amongest our selues not like straungers but as brethren and sisters ought to do neither haue the godly a greater desire or more pleasure in anye thing then to be in perfect vnitie peaceable agreement in the house of God Wherefore it is no small griefe vnto vs that this brotherly affinitie is euery where rent and broken asunder which we ought warely to chéerishe and haue in great estimation But we acknowledge oure selues to haue giuen an apparaunt cause of this gréeuous vexation and sorowfull calamitie for how can it be then that we who are not knit vnto thee with our whole heart and be nothing in such wise obedient to thy sacred commaundements as thou requirest should be well ioyned togither or be in loue with our neighbours We humbly beseech thée therefore O good God to pardon whatsoeuer we haue heretofore lewdly committed agaynst thee béeing aduersaries to thy diuine lawe and sacred commaundementes and to couple vs one to another with an excéeding stedfast charitie into the sacred bodie of thy holye Church so that our louing consent faythfull agreement may spread it selfe abroade most largely as a swéete smell of mutuall loue and through the pleasaunt dew of thy heauenly blessing become euery day more fruitfull then other in good and godly workes leading of thy singuler good will not onely a quiet and peaceable life frée from the present euils in this wretched worlde but finally obteyne such a one as is blessed and euerlasting through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SEing thou hast of thy louing kindnesse O most good and mercifull God chosen all faythfull people to be thy déere children graunt that we who are brethren by a blessed generation may be fastned togither in mutuall loue long peace and perpetuall charitie so that during this lfie wée maye take perfect pleasure of such kinde of tranquilitie and also become an excéeding delectable odor towardes the perpetuall saluation of all others which be as yet straungers to thée Thy blessed Church may bee O heauenly father through this especiall example greatly wondered at of all men For certainly we know by experience that thou hast vsed to poure out a moste ample blessing vpon so many as lead an agréeable and friendly lyfe in thy healthfull doctrine and pure religion and therefore doe wée nowe requyre this earnestlye at thy mercifull handes béefore all ritches and other earthly commodities through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxxiiij Psalme A prayer for fayth in our dayly peticions IT ought to be a most pleasant and ioyfull thing vnto vs O almighty God to celebrate thy high prayses perpetually and shewe forth thy marueylous workes without ceassing for the performance whereof godlinesse would require that we shoulde not onely doe the same on the day tyme but also in the night season But yet notwithstanding our most heinous sinnes and continual backslidings compell vs rather to brust out into sorowfull teares piteous sobbinges and déepe sighes wherethrough we may say alwayes before thée we verily haue sinned O good God excéeding gréeuously whose offences are more in number then the sande of the sea and Starres of the skie but nowe wée lift vp our handes vnto our holy sanctuary which is Iesus Christ thy dearely beloued Sonne so that whatsoeuer we cannot obteyne through our owne worthinesse and desertes we indeuour to atchieue the same by his onely meanes and gracious fauour We heartily require this at thy mercifull handes O most excellent father that thou wouldest at one tyme or other out of Sion that is to say out of the hid treasure of thy clemencie be fauourable vnto the people which flie to thee for succor by deliuering them from present mishaps whereby thou who diddest make heauen and earth hast vouchedsafe to call vs vnto the knowledge of thy blessed name so that we maye lawfully render abundant thankes and shewe forth thy worthy prayses with a moste free and ioyfull heart through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing thou hast bewtified all those with a notable promise O most mightie god which are knitte togither in the honouring of thy blessed name so that thou wilt not onely be present with them but also bestowest excellent benefites vpon these men whosoeuer they are that excell in sincere fayth and pure godlinesse and haue an exceeding desire to be in the blessed congregations insomuch as there is nothing which they more couet or desire then to appeare diuers tymes before thée in the sacred assemblies But bicause we see our selues greatly defiled with most heynous faultes ouerlading vs in such wise as we dare not celebrate and prayse thée as Christians ought to do our earnest request is therfore that thou wouldst of thy vnspeakable mercie infinite goodnesse and excellent clemencie deliuer vs from the Champions of Antichrist and his ministers who indeuour themselues so much as they can possible that thy faythfull seruaunts might no more assemble and meete togither for to honor thée sincerely and as they are willed to do Reserue those to thy selfe we humblye beseech thée who haue so great a desire to lift vp their handes vnto thée and to direct their prayers vnto thy mercies seate with a most holye intent shewe these men much pleasure from heauen cherishe them greatly and be their strong defence being a thing nothing impossible to thy wonderfull and inuincible power forsomuch as the whole worlde and all thinges conteyned therin were not only made by thy puissant might but also indure and bée preserued through thy omnipotencie by Iesus Christ our lord Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THy vnspeakeable goodnesse is such O most merciful God as it ought alwaies to be greatly praised and highly magnified Wee will therefore lift vp pure handes in all places touching the publishing of thy glorious name render perpetuall thanks according to our bounden dutie for thy louing kindnesse extended towards vs. But seing that this ought to be done in the most sacred and holy assemblies our earnest desire is for to haue thée present there wyth vs to bestow thy plentifull blessing vpon thy beloued Israell through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxxv. Psalme WHosoeuer they be that are moued by the holy ghost to assemble togither O almightie God for to celebrate thy glorious name A prayer against a 〈◊〉 and false confidence haue a wonderfull heape of benefites set out before them which thou hast most plentifully bestowed vpon vs. For looke what thinges thou hast by thy wonderfull wisdome created in heauen and earth all the same doest thou continuallye dispose according to the pleasure of thy good will causing the clowdes raine windes and other workes of nature to be in such wise obedient to thée as they serue excéeding commodiously for the vtilitie of mankinde But seeing that the