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
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
we here liue coÌ„sisteth in this that we take heede of the wicked counsels and curssed behauiours of men by eschewing the felowship of them who bee so dispitefull that they laugh and scorne at all matters And that in stead of these most deadly things there be placed in vs an excéeding feruent zeale of Gods lawe therein to delight and exercise oure selues both day and nyght therby to perceyue how that hitherto we haue greatly gone astray from the scope and marke of our saluation yea to haue offended very miserably lewdly agaynst this thy blessed lawe and diuine worde wée desire thée that thou wouldst of thy singuler mercie pardon remit whatsoeuer we haue committed against thy excellent maiesty And vouchsafe through the continuall studie and exercise of thy worde to make vs euer hereafter fruitful and liuely plants so that we may not onely bring forth wholsome and pleasaunt fruites in thy sacred Church during this life but also maye in the other worlde stande faste in iudgement before thee who knowest and best vnderstandest the way of the righteous through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the second Psalme WE nowe perceyue O most good and mightie God that not onely Antichrist A prayer for comfort in persecution but also the force power of the world hath coÌ„spired agaynst thée and thy annoynted as they who think the gospel and réedefying of thy blessed Church to be intollerable bandes and a most hard gréeuous yoke Wherfore they indeuour themselues by all meanes they can possible deuise to breake the societie of the faithfull vtterly to cast awaye all discipline but seing that thou sittest in the heauens and art not ignoraunt what the Deuill and wickednesse of the fleshe enterpriseth laugh thou also their vaine counsels to scorne and make such things as they haue begon enterprised of none effect causing them in like maner to bee as a mocking iesting stock vnto thy elect chosen seruants Do those meÌ„ to vnderstande thy heauie wrath at the length to be so terrified with the fury of thy indignatioÌ„ that they may haue no power or strength to destroy thy blessed Church ouer the which thou hast set Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour for to reigne therein with his blessed worde and holye spirite with suche might and puissaunce as maye neuer haue ende Vouchsafe therefore to giue vnto vs although thy most vnworthy and trayterous children so much faith and constancie as we may both take him to be oure onely king and also confesse hym so to bée and wythout all doubting assure oure selues that we are hys Nation people and herytage knowing this assuredly howe that he is of such force and power as he can torment and vexe whome he liste wyth a dominion farre stronger then any stéele and breake them in péeces like potsheards Conuert therfore O mightie God the hearts of the kings of the earth in such sort vnto thée that they may be so perfite wise as truly to acknowledge heartily imbrace louingly kisse thy dâ—ere only sonne least his ireful wrath being kindled enflamed they perishe immediatly and make those which haue wholly committed themselues to thy protection euermore happie and blessed when it shall séeme good in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An orher prayer out of the same psalme ALthoughe moste good and myghtie God the Deuill fret the powers of the worlde stande vp daylie and the fleshe wyth all hir seruitors conspire against the kingdome of thy onely sonne Iesus Christ our Lord let vs yet vnderstande yea let vs be perswaded through a constant fayth that thou doest deryde and contemne all such who so soone as it pleaseth thée art hable to destroye them in thy wrath and whote displeasure But alack seing in this confidence we are oftentimes vnstable and moueable in so much as we being led away by dyuers terrours doe obey thy commauÌ„dements lesse than it becommeth vs we beséeche thée of thy fauourable and bountifull goodnesse to bée mercifull vnto vs so that we may ground our selues stedfastly vpoÌ„ this rock of faith that thy sonne our king and redeemer hath in thée of all thinges the highest power and gouernement for when thou didst beget him thou gauest all Nations to hym to rule and gouerne them by right of inheritaunce Graunt therefore that we maye once at length be so godlye wyse and so ryghtly instructed as seruing thee wyth all reuerence and humble feare wée bee not at the last daye lyke a potters vessell consumed and brought to naught wyth the rod of thy indignation through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the thirde Psalme THeir armies O most mercifull and mightie God which assault and persecute thy Church A prayer against our persecutors â–ª are increased aboue measure for euen now verie many are so bolde as to disquiet and vexe the same who doe cruelly rise vp agaynst it hauing confidence truely in none other counsell but that they imagine and determine with themselues how that there is no more helpe for vs to be looked for at thy hande as thought thou hast vtterly abandoned and forsaken thy people and bereft them of all manner of succour and defence We denie not truely considering the sinnes and wickednesses by which we haue offended thee but that we haue deserued to be loft destitute of thy help and set out as laughing stockes to the despitefull dealings and iniuries of those which are the enimies of thy holye name But notwithstaÌ„ding for the faithes sake which through thy fauourable mercie remayneth in vs we are bolde to come nigh vnto thée and beséeche thee that amongst these rauillous false braydings of our aduersaries thou wilt vouchsafe to giue vs somuch spirite constancy as we may not doubt but that thou wilt be the only defence worship mighty reuenger of thy blessed people Hauing this assured fayth confidence that if we shall craue thy ready help in our earnest praiers thou wilt without faile heare vs out of thy heauenly dwelling yea whilst we doe wholy rest and fully repose our hartes on this thy protection we shall be so voyde of feare euen in the middle of thousands of our enimies that we may according to oure accustomed maner safely take our sleepe and wake agayne bicause we doe with a good and bolde courage stick stedfastly to thée alone Wherefore arise O mightie God according to thys our assured trust and according to thy accustomed woonted maner breake the teeth of those that boast themselues against thee so that they be not of force to teare crash thy sacred Church in peeces at their owne wil and pleasure make them to vnderstande that saluation belongeth vnto thée how thou canst of thy fauourable goodnesse rid and delyuer thy blessed people out of these extreme daungers through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme ALthough O most
Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same psalme SEing that we are O heauenly father during this miserable life wrapped in and compassed about with an infinite nuÌ„ber of perilles we direct our humble prayers and hartie peticions vnto thée to the intent thou wouldest stretche foorth thy mightie arme to be our defence and not suffer the great and verie strong enimyes of oure saluation to preuayle agaynst vs. When we are most busily vexed and afflicted of them O good God make it manifest that thou art our mighty protector redy defender There is no righteousnesse or puritie in our workes which we maye vaunt and boast off in thy presence wée francklye acknowledge and confesse that we haue greatly strayed from thy holy precepts Neuerthelesse yet pardon according to thy accustomed woont and mercie the grieuous sinnes committed by vs and vouchsafe of thy gracious fauour to grauÌ„t that we may hereafter liue as becommeth thy chosen blessed and innocent people so that on the other side we may finde thee elect holy and hurtlesse vnto vs throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xix. Psalme â— praier that â—s may be â—rtakers of Gods diuine â—orde THy wonderfull power wisdome and goodnesse O most mightie God which thy nature is excéeding plentifully indued withall sheweth it selfe in all places vnto vs by those things which thou hast fourmed and created The heauen truly with all hir ornaments with the alteration of tymes with the brightnesse of the Starres and of the most whote burning Sunne are nothing else but plain voices and a vniuersal doctrine for all sortes of people by the which the prayses of thy Maiestie are most amply blazed and set forth Wherfore we confesse howe that we can make no excuse at all of our so slender confidence and féeble loue towardes thée who ought truelye to haue béene assuredly perswaded by the aucthoritie of these thinges that we should vnseperably cleaue vnto thée alone being the chiefe and principall causer of so many good workes bestowed vpon vs but alas these admonishments not regarded we haue folowed the lustes and desires of our filthie fleshe with mad imaginations and feyned thinges of our owne braine and made very little accompt of thée who art the Creator and maker of all thinges And for that cause doe well deserue the offlictions which we are assayled with who haue not onelye dispised and had in contempt the workes of nature that should haue allured and drawne vs vnto thée but haue coldely altogither vnprofitably heard thy worde that is to say the holy Scripture and Gospel of thy déere and welbeloued sonne prouoking thy indignation towardes vs by that from whence we shoulde to the comfort of our soules haue drawne out wisedome light ioyfulnesse and perfect righteousnesse but although we now séeme for these weighty considerations most vnworthie of thy mercie yet we instantly require thée to pardon and forgiue vs and not to afflict thy Church according to hir deserts Graunt we humbly beséech thée that we may hereafter to our great profite and coÌ„fort haue these thy creatures in estimation and let thy wordes be not only swéeter vnto vs than hony but farre excéede all the ioy and pleasure of this world Take from vs our heynous sinnes and shewe thy selfe to be a true defender and redéemer of thy chosen people through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WE vnderstande it commeth to passe through thy excelleÌ„t goodnesse O almightie God that the knowledge of thée may be graft and imprinted in mennes mindes by the fourme order and most beautifull comlinesse of the thinges that be created whom the circles and globes of the Heauens the continuall alteration of the day and night and most goodly brightnesse of the sunne do declare to be their most wise Creator with wordes plain ynough doe teach vs both to knowe and also to wonder at thy Maiestie herevnto are added thy written lawes which haue brought vnto vs mortall creatures the true wisedome the testimonie of thy will the substanciall pleasure of the soule heauenly delicates But as we be lewd and wicked wretches so haue we neuer made an ende of abusing both these most faythfull scholemaisters Therefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest vouchsafe to pardon and forgiue wherin we haue offended thee contrary to the admonitions of so worthy instructions and graunt vs hereafter so attentiuely to beholde with due fruct the creation and workmanship of the world that we may become very earnest obseruers of thy sacred lawes through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xx Psalme OVr dayly peticion is O almightie god that the kingdome of our Lorde Iesus Christ may be augmented A prayer for the prosperouâ— successe of christs kingdome againâ—â— the enimies thereof and appeare at length to be most perfect which thing we nowe also desire very instantly in our hartie prayers and humble supplications Be alwayes mindfull thereof O good God of his fatte and most pleasant oblation which he made for vs vpon the Aultare of the Crosse and graunt that by the tryumphe of his moste perfect victorie and conquest wée maye take both saluation and delyghtfull pleasure Althoughe wée denie not but that the same shall come to passe without oure deserts who haue through our manifolde wickednesse offended thée very many and infinite wayes yet for thy tender louing mercies sake put them to shame and confusion that repose all their trust in Charets horse and worldly power but raise and lift vp to saluation such as are wholy bent to depend vpon thee and bow downe thy merciful and fauourable eares to heare the feruent prayers and peticions whiche we make vnto thy diuine Maiestie for the mightie inlarging of our Lord Iesus christ his kingdome throughe the same Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxj. Psalme A prayer for â—he prayse â—nd augmenâ—ation of the Gospell WEe confesse with a singuler ioy O most mightie God that Iesus Christ our king being indued with power and honour after his resurrection doth abide and liue with thée And forsomuch as he hath nowe obteyned and gotten most largely whatsoeuer may bee wished or desired tending to moste perfect and euerlasting blessednesse it can not otherwise be but that verye much of his saluation giftes and glory be shedde abroade and light vpon vs also which are his members Of which felicitie and most singuler gift although we acknowledge and confesse our selues most vnworthie by reason of our wicked maners and vngodlye life yet forsomuch as we heartily repent vs of them we are nothing doubtfull of his redy helpe but doe also most assuredly beleue that he will once vanquishe and bring to nought so many as do aduaunce and sette themselues agaynst hys glorious Kingdome Graunt wée humblye beséeche thee moste deere father that their pestiferous deuices being of none offect thy high and famous power
ought therefore to haue reioysed in the alone and highly to extoll thy blessed name onely but alas for sorowe we haue beene most vngratefull for all these excellent benefites in flesh and mans power hath bene our onely affiance for we through our most wicked life and vngodly behauiour haue brought thy blessed doctrine which we professe to great infamie and reproche Thou therefore doest cast vs down presently and heapest shame vpon vs we are now in a maner become a praye vnto Antechrist and a mocking stocke vnto our neighbours Thy sacred Gospell O good God is at this present a bye worde vnto the Infidels a scorne vnto the people and a Mayegame vnto euerye rascall we acknowledge that all these thinges haue happened vnto vs by reason of our mischieuous sinnes and that right worthelye But O excellent Father reconcile vs againe vnto thée according to thy mercifull goodnesse and vouchsafe to pardon whatsoeuer we haue very lewdlye and foolishlye committed agaynst thy diuine Maiestie and graunt also that we be not any thing at all forgetfull of thée neither be found false harted or vnfaythful in thy holy couenant Let not our minde at any tyme start and shrinke aside from thy blessed footesteppes although we should be worne to the vttermost and compassed about on euerie side with the shadowe of death Let vs neuer so ouershoote our selues no though we be appoynted as shéepe to the slaughter as to be forgetfull of thy glorious name and to haue recourse vnto detestable worshipings Awake we humbly beséech thée O good God neither slumber nor sléepe thou any more Let not thy face be hidden from our gréeuous afflictions arise and mightily preserue them that are throwne downe and brought verye low whome we doubt not but thou of thy vnspeakeable mercy hast chosen vnto thy selfe through Iesus Christ our lord Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WOnderfull things are set forth vnto vs in the sacred scriptures O most good and mercifull God of thy excellent mercy and victorious actes which thou hast shewed in old time as touching the strong defence the mightie preseruation and excellent increasing of thy faithfull seruants by hearing whereof we are assuredly perswaded to repose oure whole trust in thée onely and not in our owne strength ryches and power But nowe being sore opprest with the most gréeuous burthen of our heynous sinnes when as we féele the deserued reuengement of thy heauy wrath and fearing more dreadfull paynes and sharpe punishments as men whose consciences do iustly accuse them earnestly require thée who art alwayes verye mercifull to pardon and forgiue whatsoeuer we haue lewdly commitced agaynst thy diuine Maiestie furthermore if thou shalt purpose and determine with thy selfe to vex vs with bitter calamities and wofull miseryes graunt that the same be not the cause we defile the godly awe and reuerence which is due of our partes vnto thée neyther suffer thou vs to haue recourse vnto any other counsels then thine Stirre vp thy selfe therefore and make haste to helpe vs for thou séemest to haue turned away thy fauor from vs while thou prolongest the tyme to be our strong helper And therfore to the intent thy accustomed tender mercy and fauourable goodnesse maye bée manifested and well knowne vouchsafe mightily to deliuer vs from these daungerous perils that inuiron and compasse vs about on euery side through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xlv. Psalme A prayer for saluation purchased vnto vs by Christ WE haue Christ Iesus O moste good and mercifull God an onelye and most ample King to all sortes of good men whose force as it is verie notable so is the throne of hys glorious Empire established for euer His excellent power is inuincible it is garnished with most notable righteousnesse he standeth in highe fauour with thée and is in his vnspeakeable wisedome right glorious The Church is vnto him as a most royall Quéene espoused to the intent she may bring him foorth a most plentifull and holy seede We therefore which ought with all our indeuour to haue honored so mightie a King haue through our naughtinesse and lewde behauiour defiled his excellent name and holy kingdome which we now heartily acknowledge and earnestly confesse before the O most excellent father humbly requiring thy diuine maiestie to pardon and forgiue vs the same that we being receyued into thy louing fauour may féele a fresh the benifits of our good king and although we neyther merite nor deserue the same yet graunt that he may arise in this time of our great distresse be girded about with his two edged sworde and deliuer his déere espoused Church from the violent iniuries and opprobrious slaunders of Antichrist Let him now drawe out the excéeding sharpe darts of his mightie worde and blessed spirit and execute the rodde of seuere iudgement and righteousnesse wherewith he hath béene alwayes accustomed to gouerne his kingdome and at this present verie manifestly to declare that he greatly loueth truth and hateth iniquitie as a most wicked thing through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THy onely begotten sonne our Lord Iesus Christ O most good and mercifull God is worthie to be commended by all meanes possible that can be deuised who hath aboue all things vttered and set forth him selfe elegantlye and after a beautifull maner in the forme of excellent vertues and shape of pure holinesse vsing a most gentle maner of perswasion both in his teaching and exhortation and bringeth all things vnder his diuine power and omnipotent gouernment through the puissant sworde of his blessed worde and efficacie of his incomparable force who hath from time to time shewed himselfe a verie great louer of righteousnesse a most extreeme enimie of iniquitie But whereas we sinfull wretches as a chast spouse in wedlocke were handfasted to such so puissant a one as he is haue defiled our selues through sundrie and manifolde spottes of corrupt vices Therefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest clense vs with heartie rapentaunce and thy blessed spirit whereby the wicked and lewde desires that bée graffed in vs being once forgotten wée may altogither aspire vnto the loue of this most delectable bridgrome that through our labor layde togither in stéede of our fathers who are now alreadie gathered vnto him manie mo faithfull children maye be begotten vnto him a new wyth whome we may alwayes set out and celebrate his famous honour and moste noble prayses thorowe the selfe same Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xlvj. Psalme WHosoeuer doe certainely beléeue thée O most good and mercifull God to be their onely hope and assured strength A prayer for victorie in temptation thou hast béene alwayes very prone readie to helpe them in their great afflictions Wherefore the faithfull are vtterly voyde of all maner of feare although the whole earth be mooued the hilles shake the waues and sourges
streÌ„gth that when thou mouest and stirrest vp thy selfe they are immediately scattered from their place and put to flight whosoeuer they be the beare hatred to thy blessed name and glorious kingdome wherefore neyther do we doubt but that at this tyme the power of Sathan and his adherents who ceasse not euery where to ouerthrowe thy faythfull people shall be dispatched and come to naught euen lyke vnto smoke that vanisheth and mistes which passe away And for this cause there is layde vp a great pleasure and excéeding comfort vnto the faythfull whereof we heartily require thee that we also may be partakers and that thou wouldst ease vs of the fardell of sinne wherwith we are most gréeuously burthened that taking vs vnto thy gracious fauour againe thou wilt indue vs very largely with thy holy spirite Seing that thou arte the father of the fatherlesse and a reuenger of such as be miserably oppressed vouchsafe also to deliuer vs from the fetters of our iniquities neyther be thou any thing lesse our strong defence then thou wert the children of Israelles mightie protector in the wildernesse Wée bée as thou well perceyuest by reason of our heynous sinnes greatly disfigured let therefore the bright fauour and light of thy fauourable countenaunce be present with vs wherby our mindes may be made splendent reformed vnto the souereigne blesse and highest felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SVch is thy excellent wisdome O moste good and mercifull God that as thou hast an innumerable maner of wayes and infinite meanes to preserue thy faythfull seruaunts so hast thou also as manye to bring the wicked to perdicion Wherefore in restoring thy blessed people being sore opprest both of sinne and Sathan in getting great famous victories of thy cruell enimies out of all doubt thou deseruest that so many as naturallye apperteyne to the stocke and linage of Israell should set out thy worthie prayses and moste noble triumphes with a wonderfull great gladnesse Wherefore we humbly require thée by thy notable and exceding great power that what giftes of saluation thou hast begunne to bestowe vpon vs thou wouldest from day to day augmeÌ„t and increase with a prosperous successe whereby we may offer vnto thée who art borne vp beyond the heauens with noble triumph not the sacrifices of brute beastes but our selues as an acceptable and blamelesse fréewill offering to the intent it may be left for a sufficient witnesse both vnto vs to all others that it onely apperteyneth vnto thy singuler force and incomparable power to bring thy elect children vnto the moste desired felicitie and chiefest place of blesse they looke for through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxix Psalme A prayer in â—ribulation â—or the glory â—f the resurâ—ection MAns weake and fraile nature O most mighty God is continually tost and turmoyled with infinite calamities Neyther should that séeme a matter so greatly to be lamented if in this vniuersall case such as faythfully honor and worship thee were not séene to be more greeuously afflicted and punished then the rest but the worlde goeth so that the stormie waues the clammie mire the déepe and whirling gulphes of temptations doe little better then choke vppe those which haue a stedfast beliefe and assured trust in thee Which matters being done to the intent they may paciently and with a quiet mind suffer whatsoeuer is commodious for them doth certainlye not muche further the saluation of such as be weake who see these things come to passe vnlesse thou for thy infinit goodnesse and vnspeakable mercies sake wherwith thou art plentifully indued puttest too quickly thy spéedy furtheraunce for so shall the thing which seemeth to haue weakened and dismayed their heartes wonderfullye cheere and refreshe them for if thou shalt giue eare vnto our lowly prayers as our assured trust is and deliuer vs out of so great perils according to our humble peticions these gréeuous afflictions truly shal bring forth fruit not to be repented of Graunt we hartily beséech thée O excellent father that suche as be in a maner consumed and at deathes doore for the zeale they beare to thy glorie may according to their feruent praiers obtaine this of thée both the inlarging of thy most famous kingdome and also their welfare which assault the same and be sworne aduersaries thereto through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SVch was thy excéeding great goodnesse and clemencie towardes mankinde O most good and mercifull God that to saue them thou diddest suffer thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde to be touched with moste greeuous reproches and heynous sclaunders insomuch that euen at the houre of his death he being greatlye a thirst they gaue him none other drink but most sharp and sowre vinegar mingled with gall If we be any thing forgetfull of these things eyther we shewe that we are vtterly destitute of fayth or make our selues giltie of most hatefull vngratitute We haue before our eyes the moste gréeuous vengeaunce which in the ende thou tookest of those wicked and vngodly persons who raged so greatly agaynst thy most déerely beloued sonne and yet are not moued by their example to amende our naughtie factes and wicked life then the which looke howe much he is nowe more glorious and excellent then he was at that tyme so much the more wrong and reproch is done vnto him on our behalfe We therefore humbly require and earnestly intreate thée that thou wouldest vouchesafe to inspire into vs a more perfect minde a better desire which professe his glorious name and most pure religion by the selfe same Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxx. Psalme FOr this intent and purpose O most good and merciful God haue we recourse in our feruent prayers to thy gracious tuicion and fauourable mercie A prayer iâ— necessitie for that we see nothing in this life eyther voyde of perils or in safety from the outragious enimies of our saluation through whose spitefull malice deuilishe falshoode and tyrannous crueltie we finde all thinges very froward and full of most gréeuous enmitie but bicause we feele our selues giltie of no smal or light crimes and are nothing ignorant how thou of thy iustice takest punishment of our greeuous sinnes we humbly beséech thée according to thy woonted and accustomed mercie to forgiue vs whatsoeuer we haue filthily coÌ„mitted and what vengeaunce or punishment is worthilye and of desert due vnto vs may eyther be vtterly released or else mercifully mittigated So shall so many as be sworne aduersaries to thy true religion which we professe be abashed and put to vtter shame when thou shalt haue helped and assisted vs but contrariwise they which be greatly desirous to set forth thy glorious name shall be right glad and triumphantly reioyce with vs. Therefore make no long tarying to be our readie helper least
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
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
father let their cursings and blasphemies which they haue continually in their mouth returne vppon them ouertake and sore oppresse them hauing a iust rewarde for their hatred and iniuries which they extend chiefly both towardes thée and also towardes vs that be thy faythfull people But deale not with vs O moste mercifull father according to the worthinesse of our iniquities who haue in such wise sinned and behaued our selues so wickedly in thy sight as there are no punishments though they be neuer so gréeuous but that we haue deserued theÌ„ Yet haue thou not a regard vnto vs but to the glorie of thy owne name preserue and succour vs for thy infinite goodnesse sake when we be gréeuously afflicted and vtterly destitute of all succor let the Antichristians bée put to rebuke and clothed wyth shame and cause reuilings to be a daylye cloke to couer them withall But be thou alwayes readie to assist vs with thy readie helpe saue the soules of thy faythfull seruauntes which depende wholy vpon thée through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing therefore thou art the same God O heauenly father which we make a vaunt that thou art Neither be thou silent or at rest in so great oppressions of thy sacred Church when as none other thinges are euery where heard then meere blaspheemies agaynst thee agaynst thy pure doctrine and agaynst thy blessed people yea and that chiefly of such for whose preseruation shée hath alwayes prayed hartily to thée Thou knowest right well how we haue continually wished that peace and all good things might happen vnto our chiefest aduersaries who notwithstanding are nowe moste impudently puffed vp forsomuch as they verily thinke that they haue espyed a conuenient time to ouerthrow thy blessed heritage Wherefore they surely do right well deserue that thou shouldest paye them the hire of their lewd behauiours and all those things which we haue now heard thy holy spirite to threaten agaynst obstinate and vncurable sinners But our conscience doth accuse vs that we haue behaued our selues most vnworthie of thee and thy sacred doctrine who first confesse our sinnes to be excéeding gréeuous and secondly doe earnestly desire thée for thy infinite mercies sake to forgiue vs the same and finally that thou wilt succor thy afflicted people to the intent we may both confesse thée and also celebrate thy glorious name in holye and great congregations bicause thou hast set thy selfe as a ready defender at the right hande of the poore and of such as are verye like to be ouerthrowne and hast preserued their life and religion from the force and madnesse of Antichrist who now séemeth to presume and take vpon him to do what he lysteth agaynst them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme O Most good and mercifull God who of all the prayses wherewith the Church magnifieth thée art the rightfull and rich ground and matter it is not hidden from thy diuine Maiestie what the subtile and deceyptfull sort doe dayly practise agaynst the same Shée of hir gentlenesse loueth them with a motherly affection and with prayers both most feruent and also moste often doth make supplication to thée for their welfare Notwithstanding seing that they do not amend but are more stubburnly boldned in their naughtinesse we humbly beséeche thée at length to asswage and represse their furious rage and appoynt some meane and ende for thy seruaunts afflictions Thou séest howe all thinges are nowe in a maner brought to extréeme weaknesse so that there is almost nothing in thy worshipping but is shamefully defiled and very lewdly corrupted Make haste therefore to be our ready helper to the intent it may be perfectly knowen that thou wantest neyther strength nor wisdome to succor those that be thine which shall bée marueylous conuenient for the delating and publishing of thy blessed name most worthie prayses wherefore seing that there is now great scarcitie of good and spirituall stuffe in thy blessed Church remedy thou the same with the most plentiful treasures of thy bright light pure doctrine benigne graces and vnspeakable benefites through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cx. Psalme â— prayer for â—e benefite our reâ—mption â—rchased â— Christ SEing that thou O most mightie God hast vouchsafed thy dearely beloued Sonne our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ to sitte at thy right hand hauing a full perfect and souereigne power insomuch as he doth rule and gouerne all things neyther shall there be any of his aduersaries remayning but may at length be cast vnder him as his footstoole ponder diligently we humbly besech thée after what sort the vngodly and most outragious AntichristiaÌ„s aduaunce themselues in these dayes who dare openly say of him we will not haue this man raigne ouer vs neyther can they be any thing satisfied by shewing forth this their outragious anger after a moste spitefull maner both against thy blessed spirite and also vpon vs thy chosen people wherefore sende out from heauen O mightie GOD thy puissaunt Scepter and rod of thy great furie vpon them so that thy déere sonne may by the holy ghost and sacred Gospell be of souereigne aucthoritie euen in the middest of his deadly enimies GrauÌ„t also his faithfull people to be of such a willing and readie minde as they being a very great number maye assemble and méete togither for the defence of his glorious kingdome not onely with their most feruent prayers but also by all that meanes they can possible imagine and deuise We truely are by reason of our heynous sinnes vnworthie of so great and vnspeakable a benefit who haue hitherto ledde our life nothing faythfully Haue no regarde to vs at all O heauenly father but vnto thy solemne othe and promise wherewith thou hast ordeyned thy déere sonne to be both a noble Prince and also a louing priest in the true Church for the preseruation therof Vouchsafe therfore in these our dayes that the kings rulers mightie powers of this wretched worlde who haue so layde their heddes togither agaynst him maye bee vtterlye consumed with the furie of thy heauie displeasure and do due execution vppon these blasphemous and most dishonest aduersaries so as this sacred Dominion and Empire of the glorious Gospell may be greatly inlarged thorowout the vniuersall world and that Iesus Christ thy déere sonne which séemeth to be in a maner altogither opprest in vs may be right well knowen to lift vp his heade most renowmedly and after an excellent maner for whose sake we heartily require all these things which liueth and reigneth with thee euermore worlde without ende Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme FOrsomuch as it is thy gracious wil and pleasure O moste good and mercifull God that our sauiour Iesus Christ thy deere sonne should shewe forth his notable power ouer all creatures and set in suche wise on thy right hande as at length the
the helpe of thy holye spirite which procéedeth from thée through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxliiij Psalme WE vnfeynedly confesse O moste good and mercifull God that all warlike force and pollicie procéedeth from thée onely â— prayer aâ—aynst wicâ—ed doctrine ydolatrous â—orshipping who bestowest the same at thy will and pleasure vpon such as thou wilt forsomuch as therefore we ascribe all power victorie to thy blessed name wée take thee onelye to bée our strong Castell inuincible Tower vnremoueable rocke and mightie shield For although we right well perceyue that man of his owne nature is a thing of naught in respect of that he should be acknowledged of thée and we to haue sinned so heynously as we are altogither vnworthye that thou shouldst make any accompt at all of vs but hauing neuerthelesse assured confidence in thy vnspeakable mercie we are bolde to direct our hartie praiers vnto thy diuine Maiesty in this our most difficult troublesome time requiring thee to shew forth thy mightie power from heauen for our deliuerance by scattering and dispersing of our cruell enimies Stretch out thy puyssaunt hande we humbly beseeche thée and rid vs from the layings awayte of vngodly persons It is thou which hast sent helpe vnto kinges and princes that put their whole confidence in thée by the deliuering not of Dauid only but also through the often setting at libertie of verie many of the auncient fathers from noysome mishappes and extréeme perils Forsomuch as therefore thou hast alwayes indued thy faythfull seruaunts with innumerable and most excellent benefites as well temporall as spirituall things that is to wit a plentifull issue flocks of shéepe riches and honour insomuch as all people might easily iudge the nation blessed which tooke thée for their God Reiect not now thy sacred Church for séeing that thou knowst the great afflictions wonderfull perils and marueylous distresse shée is in make spéede to helpe hir neyther permit the enimies of thy glorious name to lay the same waste and graunt that she being at length deliuered from these euils may sing new songs vnto thée and extol thy excellent name with perpetual praises through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THere is none other force O most good and mercifull God besides thine wherein thy faythfull people may haue their rock theyr fortresse shield and place of refuge in a readinesse But shoulde thy godlinesse make any accompt of vs who be vile dwarfish men For both we and all our doings shall fade away like a shadowe and meere vaine thing vnlesse thou of thy excellent mercy be present and deliuerest vs from the daungers that are without measure layde euery where for vs who then can otherwise escape the subtile crafts and wilie imaginations wherewith the enimies of mankind doth dayly assaile vs Our earnest desire is therefore to haue thée lay to thy helping hand whereby we may diuers times celebrate thy worthye prayses with newe songes and ditties Neyther doe we onely require this that those thinges may thriue with vs which apperteine to this life and a worldly prosperitie for although these coÌ„monlye bee of great waight yet doe we accompt it a greater blessednesse if thou verily wilt so shew thy selfe to be our god as in dede thou art through Iesus christ thy son who liueth and reigneth with thee euermore worlde without ende Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxlv. Psalme THy worthynesse is so noble and excellent O almightie God A prayer for the glorifyinâ— of gods workes in vs with the prâ—seruation of the Church and comfort of the faithfâ— as our searching bee it neuer so exactlye done can in no wise comprehende the same Yet we certainly vnderstand this by fayth that thou art excéeding mercifull and so aboundest therewith as it is verye long before thy heauie wrath be kindled For such is thy vnspeakable goodnesse that nothing can be founde eyther among the creatures which thou hast made or in the gouernment of the worlde but that thy singuler clemencie appeereth in the same Forsomuch as therfore we know assuredly that the sacred Churche which is thy glorious kingdome shal indure for euer we earnestly require thée to vpholde the same continually when as it is like to fall to rayse it vp when it seemeth most pressed downe by féeding all thy people in time conuenient with thy blessed worde and satisfying all suche with thy liberall grace as repose theyr whole trust in thée neyther suffer these mens prayers to be in vaine which with a pure and vnfeyned heart call vpon thy most holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxlvj. Psalme A prayer for â—he acknowâ—edging of our â—utie in prayâ—ng God and â—rusting in â—im of our â—eaknesse â—f Gods proâ—ection ouer â—ll sortes of â—eople THou right well deseruest O most good and mercifull God that wée should continually extoll thy worthie prayses from the bottome of our heart and with a right pure minde neither can we practise any thing in this lyfe more noble or of greater profite In thée only ought we to repose our whole trust and not in men bée they neuer so famous and puissant for their bodie is easily dissolued their soule is soone breathed out and their ymaginations are of none effect But thou who hast created the whole worlde doest confirme thy faythfull promises with euerlasting truth in reuenging the oppressed satisfying the hungrie deliuering the fettered out of prison giuing sight to the blinde recomforting the heauie hearted fauouring the righteous defending the straungers fatherlesse children and widdowes and also in disappoynting the lewde wyles slie craftes and subtile disceyts of vngodly persons Seing that all these thinges bée thy wonderous works and are séene of vs continually they do marueylously establish our wauering fayth And therefore being styrred vp by them we do earnestly beseech thee both to gouerne and also preserue the Church which is thy blessed kingdome among the waues of this wretched worlde throughe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxlvij Psalme WE are bounde to render excéeding great praise O most mightie god to thy glorious Maiestie A praier thâ— the worde 〈◊〉 God may bâ— of great forâ— in vs. who doe euidently perceyue that thou healest those which are broken in heart exaltest them that be méeke bringest the vngodly euen vnto hell There is no force able to incounter with thy puissaunce which rulest the starres and callest them forth by name for the accomplishing of thy blessed will as though they were thy sheepe or seruaunts Thou therfore that bringest forth clowdes raine and hay which doest féede cattell and yong Rauens and preseruest such as feare thée without the helpe eyther of footmen or horsemen looke vpon thy blessed Church we humbly beséeche thée fortifie it agaynst hir enimies and indue hir children wyth continuall peace Suffer it not to pine away
augmentation of the Gospell Psal xxj A prayer for Gods fauour in distresse Psal xxij A prayer that God woulde both feede and defende vs. Psal xxiij A prayer for the kingdome of Christ and a newe lyfe Psal xxiiij A prayer for constancie in a troublesome contention for the worde of God Psal xxv A praier that we reuolt not from christ Psal xxvj A prayer for comfort in fayth agaynst our enimyes Psal xxvii A prayer for comfort in necessitie agaynst double tongued persons Psal xxviij A prayer that we may be obedient to the worde of God Psal xxix A prayer that al our afflictions may wel depart from vs by Gods especiall grace Psal xxx A prayer in distresse triall of fayth Psal xxxj A prayer that our sinfull crimes maye bee pardoned Psal xxxij A prayer for prayse and thankes giuing to God for his omnipotencie Psal xxxiij A prayer for comfort in distresse Psal xxxiiij A prayer both against our enimies and false Prophetes also Psal xxxv A prayer for vpright iustice Psal xxxvj A prayer for constancie in fayth agaynst such as will hurt vs. Psal xxxvij A prayer agaynst our enimies and the dread of conscience Psal xxxviij A prayer against vanitie and the haters of mans life and safetie Psal xxxix A prayer that our sinnes may be pardoned thorow the merits of Christ Psal xl A prayer agaynst the enimies of Gods holye worde for the works of charity Psal xlj A prayer in distresse for the comfort of the Gospell Psal xlij A prayer in necessitie Psal xliij A prayer in persecution aswell agaynst corporall enimies as spirituall Psal xliiij A prayer for saluation purchased vnto vs by Christ Psal xlv A praier for victorie in temptation Psal xlvj A prayer for the good successe and increasement of the Gospell Psal xlvij A prayer for the Christian Church and congregation Psal xlviiij A prayer that we abuse not teÌ„poral goods Ps xlix A prayer for remembrance in distresse of the last iudgement and promises of God Psal L. A prayer for remission of sinnes Psal Lj. A prayer agaynst all pernicious seducement Psal Lij A prayer for deliueraunce out of trouble through fayth Psal Liij A prayer for helpe in necessitie against the crueltie of the vngodly Psal Liiij A prayer for saluation purchased vs by Christ Psal Lv. A prayer for a stedfast confession of the Gospell Psal Lvj. A prayer for the aduauncement of the gospell contrarie to hir enimies expectation Psal Lvij. A prayer agaynst our naturall declinings from God and craftye layinges awayte of the vngodly Psal Lviij A prayer against the Pharisies and false Prophets Psal Lix A praier for Gods helpe in necessitie Psal Lx. A prayer for a constant fayth in Christ Iesus Psal Lxj. A prayer for a true fayth and contempt of mutable things Psal Lxij A prayer in distresse for the comfort of the Gospell Psal Lxiij A prayer agaynst the wicked enimies of the Godly Psal Lxiiij A prayer for sustenaunce and all kinde of Gods benefites Psal Lxv. A prayer in necessitie to the glorie of God for setting vs at libertie Psal Lxvj. A praier for the augmeÌ„tatioÌ„ of the gospel Ps Lxvij. A prayer for the vnitie and inlargement of the christian congregation Psal Lxviij A prayer in tribulation for the glorie of the resurrection Psal Lxix A prayer in necessitie Psal Lxx. A prayer that our fayth faileth vs not in age and great distresse Psal Lxxj. A prayer that the kingdome of heauen may come vppon vs through the preaching of the Gospell Psal Lxxij A prayer that we may not repine at the prosperitie of the wicked Psal Lxxiij A prayer for the Churches preseruation against the aduersaries of the Gospell Psal Lxxiiij A prayer that we may be obedient to the worde of God Psal Lxxv. A prayer that our courage fayleth vs not in affliction Psal Lxxvj. A prayer of consolation in distresse by coÌ„sidering the wonderfull workes of God Psal Lxxvij A prayer for grace and vprightnesse of heart Psal Lxxviij A prayer for obtayning of mercy fauor against the persecutors of the Church Psal Lxxix A prayer for the repayring of the afflicted Church Psal Lxxx. A prayer for perseuerance in faith Psal Lxxxj. A praier for a good Magistrate Psal Lxxxij A prayer that God would defende his worde in disyite of the vngodly Psal Lxxxiij A praier for the increasmeÌ„t of faith Psal Lxxxiiij A prayer for the whole congregation of Christ Psal Lxxxv. A prayer in distresse Psal Lxxxvj. A prayer for the reedifying of the christian Congregation Psal Lxxxvij A prayer in the triall of fayth Psal Lxxxviij A prayer to put God in remembraunce of hys promise Psal Lxxxix A prayer both to attaine vnto the knowledge of God the vanitie of this life also Psal xc A prayer in temptation and perilles for deliueraunce and preseruation Psal xcj. A prayer against the perswasion of such as wold haue iustification to proceede of good workes Psal xcij. A prayer for the establishment of Christes kingdome Psal xâ—iij A prayer agaynst our enimies deceyptfull teachers and cruell tyraunts Psal xciiij A prayer for true fayth Psal xcv A prayer of thanks giuing for Christes benefits bestowed vpon vs. Psal xcvj A prayer that we may appeare in the day of iudgement with a pure chereful hart Psal xcvij. A prayer for the fauour of Christ through his glorious resurrection Psal xcviij A prayer for the iustification of faith agaynst the righteousnesse of workes Psal xcix A prayer that we may in all places both glorifie God and also confesse him Psal C. A prayer for a godly life Psal Cj. A prayer in the tryall of fayth and affliction of the Church Psal Cij A prayer for a newe life Psal Ciij A prayer that we may vse the creatures of God in such sort as we are willed Psal Ciiij A prayer that we be not ignorant of the workes of our redemption Psal Cv. A prayer for a perfect confession and that the grace which God hath indued vs with maye haue much rule ouer vs. Psal Cvj. A prayer for the knowledge of Gods benefites coÌ„trary to al worldly lewd things Psal Cvij A praier that the godly may haue grace to withstand the assaults of the wicked Psal Cviij A prayer of the Godlye for the enimies of the Gospell Psal Cix A praier for the benefite of our redemption purchased by Christ Psal Cx. A prayer that Gods wonderfull works may be made manifest Psal Cxj. A praier that the godly may be blessed Psal Cxij A prayer for the comfort consolation of christs Church Psal Cxiij A prayer for a true fayth by the contemplation of Gods wonderfull workes Psal Cxiiij A prayer for a constant confession of the Gospell Psal Cxv. A prayer to the like effect of the psalme which goeth next before Psal Cxvj. A prayer for the perfect knowledge of Christ Psal Cxvij A praier that we may be coÌ„forted in faith ps Cxviij A prayer in necessitye anguishe and distresse Psal Cxix A prayer agaynst the enimies of Gods diuine worde Psal Cxx. A prayer in necessitie for Gods diuine preseruation Psal Cxxj. A prayer that the christian church may through fayth and charitie be repayred Psal Cxxij A prayer for the mercie of God Psal Cxxiij A prayer against violence deceipt Ps Cxxiiij A prayer for the preseruation and long continuance of fayth Psal Cxxv. A prayer that we may be deliuered from thraldome attain to the glorie of god Psal Cxxvj. A praier for susteÌ„tatioÌ„ safe keping Ps Cxxvij A praier that we may feare God and lead a blessed life Psal Cxxviij A prayer against the counterfeit holinesse of such as woulde bee iustified by their workes Psal Cxxix A prayer for grace in the time of nede Psal Cxxx. A prayer that we maye haue humilitie and â—ispise arrogancie Psal Cxxxj. A prayer that the Gospell may reigne amongst vs. Psal Cxxxij A praier for christian charitie Psal Cxxxiij A prayer for fayth in our dayly petitions Psal Cxxxiiij A prayer against a vaine and false confidence Psal Cxxxv. A prayer for the knowledge of gods omnipotent goodnesse Psal Cxxxvj. A prayer agaynst such as be enimies and deryders of the Gospell Psal Cxxxvij A prayer that all men of great power high authority may imbrace the word of god ps Cxxxviij A prayer for the knowledge of Gods diuine prouidence Psal Cxxxix A prayer agaynst the venemous tongues of the vngodly Psal Cxl. A prayer agaynst hipocrisie Psal Cxâ—j A prayer for comfort in persecution Psal Cxlij A prayer in temptation for the auoyding of desperation Psal Cxliij A prayer agaynst wicked doctrine ydolatrous worshipping Psal Cxliiij A prayer for the glorifying of Gods workes in vs with the preseruation of the Church and comfort of the faythfull Psal Cxlv. A prayer for the acknowledging of our duetie in praysing God trusting in him of our weaknesse and of Gods protection ouer all sortes of people Psal Cxlvj. A prayer that the word of God may be of great force in vs. Psal Cxlvij A prayer that God may be commended in all his creatures Psal Cxlviij A prayer for the aduauncement of the Gospell Psal Cxlix A praier that we may prayse God with a cherefull heart Psal Cl. ¶ A prayer of Docter Peter Martyr agaynst worshippers of bread and all maner of superstition Finis
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
may at length bée so knowen and manifested as we may alwayes shew foorth thy worthy prayses and passing wonderous workes through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxij. Psalme A prayer for Gods fauour in distresse THou couldest indure and suffer that our Lorde Iesus Christ thy Sonne O most mightie God should so be tormēted on the crosse for the sinnes of men that he did appeare to be vtterly forsaken of thée and left voide of all helpe Thou which wert woont to ayde and succour thy Saintes at what tyme they called vpon thee séemedst to contemne our Sauiours praiers as though he had béene a worme and no man the verye abiect of all mankinde and the outcast of the people and at length sufferedst him to die a very shamefull death by the hands of the furious raging Iewes who came and fell vpon him as they had béene mad dogs fierce bulles and roaring Lions Whom notwithstanding thou diddest rayse afterwarde from death in suche glorious wise that for the same cause his faythfull members doe alwayes laude and celebrate thy excellent name therefore we heartily pray and humbly beseche thée for that thy most abundant mercye wherewith thou wert moued in such wise to permit so many euils to happen vnto thy onely beloued son for our sakes not to suffer the cause of thy most afflictted Church to come into ruine and decay We acknowledge our sinnes to be passing horrible for the which not onely a temperall but also an immortall death is due yet looke thou not vpon vs O mightie God in respect of that we are our selues but because we be members of thy déere and onely begotten sonne effectually preseruing and mightily defending our cause in the Gospell being also thy case and which the aduersaries of the gospell iudge that thou hast left destitute and vtterly forsaken through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme FOrsomuch as thy sonne our lord Iesus Christ O most mightie God suffered in such wise for our redemption sake as he might séeme to be cast out of thy sight and vtterly forsaken of thée who being ouerwhelmed on the Crosse with the waues and sourges of a most bitter death at the last dyed and being made a most innocent sacrifice suffered the paynes and torments which we had iustly deserued Then being raysed from death after thrée dayes appeared to his disciples and manifestly shewed forth and published thy excellent name and glorie none otherwise then he accustomablye vsed a little before to doe while he liued among them Séeing that therefore we both acknowledge and also confesse our selues to haue béene abusers of such an vnspeakable mercie and infinite clemencie we humbly flée vnto thée hartily praying that whom thou hast graunted and ordeyned to be ingraffed and to spring a newe in so excellent a Mediator who is the authour and onely preseruer of our saluation thou wouldest graunt the same to be pricked forwarde and stirred vp somuch as in vs lyeth to séeke for all true godlynesse so that not onely the whole number of vs which be now liuing but all mortall men also that shall liue hereafter may be drawne to worship and serue thée alone holily and after a most chaste maner through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same psalme THy Sonne our Lord Iesus Christ O most good and mightie God suffered maruelous bitter punishmentes and extreeme painefull torments for the saluatiō of mankinde For when he had layde the sinnes of the worlde vpon himselfe it behoued him to be vexed so fiercely and outragiously as he might suffer the full punishment for them all Finallye being nayled vnto the Crosse he spent his moste swéete life for vs vnto whom he hath by that meanes purchased pardon forgiuenesse of sinnes thy louing friendship and eternall life if we shall faythfully beleue his sacred doctrine and blessed gospell But alas as we be very weake in fayth so are we lightly forgetful of such great and manifolde benefites yea we rather liue as men vnworthye of the redemption that was of so mightie a price vnto our moste innocent lord For which cause we bewail this calamitie in thy presence O heauenly father humbly praying and earnestly beseeching thée not to suffer vs to be vtterly destitute of the fruite of our Lord Iesus Christ his Crosse and death who liueth and reigneth with thée euermore worlde without ende Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxiij. Psalme A praier that God woulde both feede defende vs. AL such as haue thée O most mightie God for their shepherd do leade their life excéeding happily as those who haue alwayes foode abundantly ynough of thy heauenly doctrine and most fruitfull and plenteous watering of the holy Ghost whereby they may be renued and comforted so often as they shall be oppressed with the mishaps of this wretched world or wearied with the afflictions of the persecution thereof Although therefore we acknowledge and confesse our selues vnworthie of thy gouernaunce and shepherdlike care ouer vs who haue verie often dispised thée and thy sacred word and by reason of oure most greauous and innumerable transgressions deserue to bée thrust out of thy blessed shéepefoldes notwithstanding we hauing confidence in thy great mercie and goodnesse which is vnto thée proper and naturall humbly beseeche thy goodnesse that thou wouldest vouchsafe to gather vs home as lost sheepe vnto thy selfe and suffer vs not to wander and stray without thée through the wide desertes and outgrounds of this deceyuable world Thou seest vs nowe to be at deathes doore therefore be so present with vs as we may put away and cast off all feare who nowe stande in néede of thée to strengthen and comfort vs with the staffe and shéepehooke of thy authoritie Thou canst refreshe vs if it please thée with a most exquisite and well furnished banquet of thy sacred doctrine and blessed sacraments and make vs to drinke plentifully of the cup of thy holy spirite and grace the enimies and aduersaryes of thy glorious name beholding the same O let that thy mercy and clemencie alwayes so imbrace vs we humbly beséech thée which thou hast accustomed to bestow vpon thy faythfull seruauntes as in the sacred Church which is thy mansiō house we maye continue stedfastly in fayth and thy most glorious Gospell throughe the merits and loue of our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thée world◠without ende Amen Another prayer out of the same Psalme THou vsest O most mighty God to preserue those thy children whom thou hast louingly adopted with no lesse care and diligence then if they were shéepe the same alwayes ledde of thée being their most louing shepheard toward their owne health and perfect commoditie who so long as they haue thée for their maister and gouernor they shall be destitute neyther of the meate nor drinke of thy moste wholsome doctrine Wherby it is manifest that if we pine