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
and miserable caytifes vnto thée who of thy owne accorde vsest to bee an helper to the poore and distressed Breake thou yet once at length the power of the vngodlye heare the prayers of the afflicted and finally deliuer the oppressed so that they being set free from so great terrours may giue due thanks vnto thée in thy sacred church for thy great mercye and compassion thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xj. Psalme IN thée O most good and mightye God repose wée our whole trust and confidence A prayer against the temptation of fayth therfore when our fleshe when humaine wisedome when also the vngodly do obiect and lay to our charge that our cause is turned vpside downe and quite ouerthrowne neyther any helpe at all left for the maintenance of the true doctrine and the most holy and sacred Gospell wée are not for all this perswaded to dispaire of thy mercy power â–ª who see in deede that the enimies of thy glorious name haue bent the bowe of their puyssaunce and made ready their arrowes to pearce and shoote vs thorow Moreouer wee also wey and consider that oure lyfe hath béene such as we deserue all maner of euill hap and miserie that may bée who haue not done after thy will as it became obedient children no but haue alwaies hitherto which now sore gréeueth vs rebelled agaynst thy holy commaundementes Yet nowe with all humilitie do we craue pardon for our sinnes and are very bolde to require this of thee through the confidence wée haue in thy excellent goodnesse and singuler clemencie that thou which hast thy exceding princely palace and most holy seate in the heauens from whence it is thy accustomed woont to looke downe and fixe thine eyes vpon all thinges that are done on the earth wilt at length diligently trie out the equitie of this cause and looke vpon the vngodlynesse and crueltie of our enimies But restraine thou and kéepe backe which hast very often vsed to cast fire brimstone and burning thunderboltes vpon the vngodlye at the least wise the cruell persecutors of thy blessed Churche to the intent all men maye knowe that thou beyng most righteous doest fauour the right cause and wilt bee our strong defence who haue taken vpon vs an earnest zeale and loue of thy most glorious name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same Psalme WHen we O most good and mightye God do put our whole trust and coÌ„fidence in thee so much as in vs lyeth the desires of our owne fleshe the counsayles of the vngodly and the temptations of Sathan do not sléepe or cease wherewith wée are alured day and night to renounce and vtterly forsake all Godlinesse as thoughe we should be wholy oppressed and vanquished with the strength of bowe of arrowes and other force of our wicked enimies if we go on forwarde to leade such a life as becommeth thy seruauntes But we notwithstanding we be compassed about and ouerwhelmed with greauous sinnes and iniquitie yet neuerthelesse vpon the sure trust and confidence that we haue in thy rich mercy we humbly besech thee first to forgiue vs our heynous offences who do acknowledge and confesse the same vnto thy diuine Maiestie And that then thou wouldest out of thy celestiall and heauenly palace shewe forth thy louing countenaunce to be our most strong helper that at what tyme thou hast tryed and proued the case on both partes with an equall ballance then the enimies of godlinesse maye be iustly punished according to their owne desertes and on the contrary part thy beloued seruauntes trie by receyuing of saluation that thou art a defender of equitie and vpright dealing through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xij. Psalme â— praier aâ—ainst huâ—aine false 〈◊〉 erronious â—octrine IN so great a want and scarsitie of good and godly men thou onely O most mercifull and mightie God remaynest to be our strong defeÌ„ce Wherefore we drawe néere and approche vnto thée with these our dayly prayers beséeching thy diuine Maiestie to helpe at length our most troublesome and afflicted estate For vnlesse thou mightily defendest thy louing Church howe can it be in safety amongst such kinde of enimies who do not kéepe any maner of fidelitie and go alwayes aboute to deceyue plaine simple persons with vaine lyes and false flattering wordes neuer faythfullye thinking that in their hart which they vtter by word of mouth Deliuer vs not ouer O most mercifull father to be handled of them as our sinnes and wickednesse deserue but in this case haue an especiall regarde to the glory of thy puyssaunt name the mightye increasing of thy Gospell and the farre passing faythfulnesse of thy louing promises this do not for our sakes but for the causes here shewed and mencioned beare not with these men that séeke to augment and enlarge their owne power only which being straungers to Godlinesse haue no knowledge at all of thée Looke vpon the great affliction and groninges of thy blessed Church arise vp nowe and helpe vs according to thy mercifull promises For thy wordes are white and more pure then the most excellent and finest siluer Finally seing euery sort of wicked and vngodly persons did couitte with all the witte and industrie they can to bée moste mightie defende thou thy Church for thy infinite mercies sake from those mens extréeme iniuryes and cruell oppressions through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme FOrsomuch as O heauenly father during the time we liue in this transitory worlde amongst frayle mortall creatures of Godly true dealing and faythfull persons there is marueylous great want wheras contrariwise men may sée a wonderfull company of vngodly persons deceytfull men flatterers such as be great talkers and speake very prowde wordes we poure out our humble prayers before hande vnto thée who art our refuge beséeching thee that thou wouldest not so weigh and regard those things which wee haue frowardly committed against thée as to giue vs ouer vnto the lust and furye of wicked and lewde men according to our iust deserts But rather for thy great mercyes sake which is marueylous ample and excéeding large arise and with thy mightie power deliuer those that trust in thée from the snares deceipt and subtile wiles which the enimies of all godlines do practise and imagin continually against them that whilest thou art their defence mightie preseruer from the wicked and moste cursed generation all men may vnderstand thy promises and woordes to be both garnished with a singuler and vnspeakeable veritie and also most pure and vncorrupt from euery sporte of deceyuablenesse and vaine léesing through Iesus Christ oure Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the xiij Psalme WHilest that the Godly O most mightie God do sée themselues vexed with grieuous afflictions A praier that we dispayre not in trybulation and tossed with painefull miseries they greatly feare that
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
away so long as we liue in this miserable and wretched life for the hunger and thirst of true and perfect goodnesse it happeneth for this cause and of no other in that we haue forsaken thée and folowed straunge guydes whereof come the great perilles and miserable troubles of mind which fall vpon vs. Wherefore we humbly beséech thée O most faythfull and louing shepheard to call vs backe from errors into the right and perfect way correct the vices of the wandring and straying flocke with the rod and shéepehooke of thy righteousnesse so that we maye féede at length orderly purely and chastly of the moste wholesome delicates of thy sacred worde and blessed Sacramentes by which meanes the whole heade heart and all the powers of our minde may be made fat and well liking and we be alwayes so vnderpropped with thy louing mercie as we maye finallye inioy in thy house the souereigne delightes and dainties of euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxiiij. Psalme THou O most mightie God which art not onely the founder and maker of the earth and all thinges conteyned therein A prayer fo◠the kingdo◠of Christ a◠a new life but also hast fourmed man the tiller and inhabitor therof and vouchedsafe to instruct vs mortall creatures with the doctrine of thy diuine law and sacred Gospell by which meanes they may annex and knitte themselues againe vnto thée from whom they came into this worldly light that is to haue their habitation in the holy Mount of thy sacred Churche wherein thou art alwayes conuersant who truly requirest this of them that they should be of an vndefiled conuersation pure of heart not addicted to vaine and transitorie delights neyther folowers of deceipts nor yet periured persons which sort of men thou doest promise to be partakers of thy infinite mercie and singuler liberalitie Therefore ought we to haue indeuored our selues to séeke thée out by these meanes but we haue like most sinfull wretches declined from this path of truth and righteousnesse and fallen from thée thorow the perillous steepe wayes of vices and of all voluptuousnesse Wherfore no maruell is it if we nowe be fallen into so marueylous difficult times troublesome estate Thus thou séest and right well perceyuest by what meanes the state of thy blessed Church is at this present in a maner desolate and throwne downe We hūbly require thée not to take vengeance vpon our euill and lewde factes as they haue deserued but for the glorie of thy name as thou art a most puyssaunt king and excellent in vertue in whose handes are all armies and powers euē so shew forth thy most valiaunt strength in defending thy beloued Church and thy singuler good wil towardes those which repose their whole trust and confidence in thée through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SEing that all thinges O most good and mightie God haue their being through thy creation and making we must certainly without any doubt conclude that both the earth and also men which inhabite the same be onely thine but vnto thee verily who as thou art Lorde of all thinges so art thou accompted and that most rightfully to be the perfection and highest tipe of our felicitie can no man come but such as haue a pure heart innocent hands and constaunt fidelitie towardes their neighbors Forsomuch as we be not as now indued with these kinde of ornamentes but rather spotted with filthie vices being altogither vtter enimies to these vertues we do in our feruent prayers lamentably desire thy fauorable mercy which thing only is the last refuge we haue to stay our selues vpon that thou which art called the king of glory accompted strong mightie a valiant conquerour and noble triumpher in warres wilt with thy mercifull goodnesse farre surmount and ouerpasse oure sinfull deseruings And graunt although of our partes greatly vndeserued that wée may be partakers of thy excellent blessing and incomperable righteousnesse for so much as we haue reposed our whole fayth and confidence in Iesus Christ thy sonne who liueth and reigneth with thée euermore worlde without ende Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxv. Psalme A prayer for constancie in a troublesom contention for the word of God WE lift vp our mindes prayers wordes and hands vnto thée O most mightie God desiring this especially that whilest we staye our selues and depende wholye vpon thy goodnesse thou do not suffer vs to be so confounded as the aduersaries of thy glorious name and enimies of the pure and sincere doctrine may greatly reioyce thereat and be much boldned in their wickednesse Neither do we pray for this as though our deserts iustly required the same but confesse how much and how greatly we haue gone astray from thy sacred lawe and blessed will which as we acknowledge willingly and before the face of the worlde so indeuor we our selues to craue pardon and forgiuenesse of thée in these our dayly praiers Declare therefore thy blessed wayes hereafter effectually vnto vs according to thy mercie louing kindnes bring vs in vre with thy sacred lawes statutes to the performaunce whereof thou wouldst haue vs surely bound For it is a thing impossible but that he doth stedfastly perseuere and abide in thy holy couenaunt whome thou thy selfe shalt instruct and teache bicause his minde without doubt shall inioy perfect good things and his féete be set at libertie were they intangled in neuer so strong and craftie a net Beholde nowe O good God with what troublesome afflictions and painefull griefes thy blessed Church is oppressed whose safetie and deliuerance dependeth onely vpon thée Deliuer hir therefore in such sort O mightie God of Israell that she fall not vnder the most furious rage of Antichrist and the Deuill through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WE do resort haue dayly accesse vnto thee O most mightye God who instātly in our earnest praiers feruent peticions require thy mercifull goodnesse not to suffer nor permitte vs to haue the foyle in the contention which we nowe holde continuallye with the cruell enimies and aduersaries of mans saluation Pourge and vtterly wipe awaye the sinfull blemishes and spottes of our infirmitie with thy vnspeakable clemencie and although we be altogither vnworthie of thy louing fauour by reason of our naughtinesse and wicked life yet we heartily require and earnestly desire thee to direct teach gouerne and finally shewe vs thy blessed wayes which we knowe are garnished with an incredible liberalitie and marueylous assured truth Haue a great regarde and care O most gentle father vnto the perils and calamities wherein we are wrapped and in maner ouerwhelmed Deliuer vs oute of them and wipe away al our wretched iniquities and rescue thy sacred Churche which to do is in thy onely power not only from outward afflictions wherewith it is diuerslye vexed but chieflye from
well vnderstande that thou mightily preseruest thy faithfull seruauntes and doest greatly strengthen such as honor and reuerence thee with an vnfeyned heart through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme LEt thy fauourable and louing countenaunce O most mightie God shine vpon vs from whence commeth all consolation ioy and gladnesse vnto thy beloued seruaunts and seing we craue for thy ready helpe bring vtterly to naught the subtile inuentions craftes deceptes and laiyngs awaite of the violent force of our enimies Surely most great most bewtifull and most ioyfull is the swéetenesse of thy inestimable goodnesse which thou hast layde vp for those that repose their whole trust in thée that the sinnes therfore which we haue lewdly committed seclude vs not from the same we hartily beséeche thée to clense and purifie vs with thy gracious fauour For if we once obteyne this there is no doubt but that we shall be both hidden and also defended from all imminent mischiefes vnder the tabernacle strong defence of thy mightie protection so as we boldely and stedfastly perseuering in thy blessed loue may at length be brought and conueyed vnto thée being the piller and chiefe stay of our saluation through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THe confidence O most mightie God which the Godly repose in thée hath this notable and singuler propertie that it maketh no man ashamed thereof nor defraudeth any person of his iust desire the same therefore doth greatly inforce vs to craue thy readie helpe that thou wouldest alwayes be our puyssaunt strength strong defence assured stay valiaunt Capitaine and most prouident nourisher Moreouer we know right well that by reason of our manifolde sinnes the malicious enimies of thy glorious name and our saluation haue euery where layde snares trappes and ambushes for vs. Therefore doe wée commit our whole spirite and lyfe to thy faythfull custodie and put them into thy hands to be strongly defended forsomuch as thou séest our innumerable infirmities and howe we are alwayes inuironed and compassed about with the violent force of our fierce enimies be mercifull therfore to our sorowfull estate and helpe vs presently without any delay And as thou hast both life and death in thy puyssant hands graunt that we thy faythfull seruants may liue and rest with thée for euer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxxij. Psalme WEe are admonished by thée O most good and mercifull God that the felicitie of thy faythfull seruaunts consisteth herein A praier thaâ— our sinfull crimes may be pardoned that their sinnes are forgiuen couered and not imputed vnto them in thy iust iudgement which thing if euer we had néede to obteyne certainly we nowe séeme to lacke it most when as through present calamities our heynous sinnes are set before our eyes For we feele thy hande to waxe heauie ouer thy sacred Church wherefore we haue thought good not to hide our sinnes but publikely and openly to confesse them before thy dâ—uine Maiestie neyther doe we any thing at all mistrust the vnspeakable goodnesse thou art indued withall who incontinent doest quite pardon and vtterly forgiue vs our gréeuous offences Therfore we that be thy déere beloued seruants doe nowe earnestly require thée doubting not but thou art to be found not to permit thy faythfull people to be violently oppressed of their cruell enimies who be like vnto ouerflowing waters Be thou a denne and place of refuge for vs in these moste greeuous afflictions Informe and teache vs the right way of blessed saluation and whatsoeuer brutishe and beastlye lust remayneth as yet in vs kéepe thou it so vnder with the hard bit and bridle of thy holy spirite that wée bée not for the same cast downe hedlong into perpetual destruction and finally poure out lamentable sorowes and pitious calamities vpon the aduersaryes of thy most glorious name but let such as trust onely in thée be inclosed and fortified with thy singuler louing kindenesse as with a strong rampire that those which haue a feruent zeale to thy excellent name and be of an vpright heart maye chéerefully reioyce in thée and triumphe with a perfite gladnesse throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THey without doubt are right happie and blessed O most mightie God to whom thou of thy vnspeakable mercy hast forgiuen their gréeuous sinnes not imputing them but couering and remitting what wicked and naughtie thing soeuer they haue bene stayned and polluted with Wée doe most manifestly acknowledge that so great and notable a benefite coulde not haue happened vnto vs vnlesse oure sinnes verilye were openly knowen and disclosed to thée and that we poure into thy blessed bosome what sinnes so euer we haue lewdely and shamelessely committed agaynst thy sacred lawe Therefore we acknowledge and confesse vnto thée O heauenly father that our vnrighteousnesse is excéeding great and our soules miserably burthened with the waight of our impietie wherefore nowe ayde and helpe vs with thy fauourable mercye and we heartily beseeche thee to wipe away after a louing gentle maner what naughtinesse soeuer doth remain behind Deliuer vs froÌ„ the sorowful calamities and greeuous miseries that are hanging ouer our heades make vs to haue an vncorrupt minde and gouerne vs with thy prouident care least through our euill affections we do not degenerate into most foolishe brute beastes but being inuironed and compassed about with thy excellent goodnesse let vs be cheared vp with rightfull mirth and assured ioy before thée through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxxiij. Psalme A prayer for prayse and â—hankes gyâ—ing to God â—or his omniâ—otencie HOw many soeuer O most mighty God as haue attayned vnto righteousnesse throughe an vnfeyned fayth doe well vnderstande howe much prayse and glorie thou art worthy of by reason of thy maruelous works There is nothing in the world but it beareth witnes that thou art good The heauens stand fast and all the hostes of them were made by thy sacred worde neyther are the waters of the sea and great déepes conteyned within their boundes by any other power then through thy holy spirite and mightie force Therefore it is and hath béene oure dutie both to honour and feare thée onely euen as thou hast rightly deserued but we haue O sinfull wretches that we are done nothing lesse in all our whole lyfe And therefore haue well and iustly deserued the great troubles and daungerous perilles we now are in But séeing that thy infinite goodnesse cannot be drayned drie through mens naughtinesse and lewd behauior be they neuer so innumerable we craue pardon and forgiuenesse of all those thinges which we haue committed agaynst thy diuine Maiestie and heartily require thee according to thy woonted mercy to make voyde all the subtile counsayles and lewde deuices wherewith the fierce enimies of godlinesse pretend to subuert and ouerthrowe thy sacred
seruauntes Let the kinges therefore assemble togither and the princes conspire as they thinke good vtterly to subuert and ouerthrow hir yet shall they be inforced to leaue of their fonde deuices as who at the féeling of thy mighty power present being striken with excéeding feare must néedes ceasse from their wicked attempts for such as thou strykest a feare into they are ouertaken wyth sorrowe as women laboring of childe Wherefore O good God suffer not our heynous sinnes to excéede surmount thy vnspeakable goodnesse we truely haue offended thée verye gréeuously neyther doe we denie the same but togither with oure heynous sinnes wée acknowledge also thy excéeding great mercy which we séeke for with sorowfull teares that we may at length be reconciled vnto thée not for our owne deserts but through the inestimable goodnesse louing fauour and bening grace of thy deere sonne and graunt that the fierce enimies of thy blessed Church may in likewise come to vtter ruine as shippes are oftentymes torne amiddest the sea through the very great and excéeding hideous noyse of the wind which is sodenlye stirred vp so that like as wée haue heard with our eares thy most large promises set forth and preached out of the holy Scriptures so we may also with our eyes sée them mightily come to passe and be performed We haue alreadie conceyued an assured hope and stedfast confidence by those thinges which are set out vnto vs in thy most blessed worde now graunt wée humbly beséech thée that the thing maye take so good successe as through the publishing of thy glorious name and goodnesse incontinent after the performaunce of thy excellent benefites we may with great solemnitie render due thankes for the same And to the intent it maye be euery where knowne that whatsoeuer procéedeth from thée is nothing else but vpright iustice be thou our God euen our God I say both so long as we here liue and also euerlastingly through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme ALl creatures O most good and mercifull God doe plainelye and euidentlye acknowledge thy great goodnesse but thy sacred Church is the especial worke wherin thou art singularlye preached and magnified From thence all the whole worlde receyueth gladnesse for so much as the sounde doctrine is there wherby both thou thy selfe art manifestly knowne we also called to heauen for what most pleasaunt ioyful and blessed thing so euer can be had vppon earth it florisheth there And therefore no maruell is it though the aduersaries force rageth against hir with cruell threatning outragious madnesse and furious violence if thou be at hande without delay thou doest maintain fauor and defend it in such wise that the mighty rulers of the worlde and princes of darkenesse are inforced will they nill they to be sore troubled to runne hedlong away to be marueylously disquieted with excéeding great feare Their impotent threatnings are vtterly disapoynted through thy mighty power but there thy faithfull seruants are vnburthened of their heauie cares and sadde gréefes which benifites of thine we now and then féele not bicause we fall excéeding miserably and meruelous painfullye into sundrie and manifolde faults being driuen therto partly by infirmitie and partly through ignoraunce By this so great honor of thy glorious house we humbly beséech thée therefore to blot out whatsoeuer we haue committed against thée to the intent that thou thy selfe mayst rule and gouerne vs in the same Church to the glory of thy most excellent name through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xlix. Psalme WE heartily require thée O most mightie God that fayth may be annixed to the doctrine of thy holy Ghost A praier that we abuse not temporall goodes when as being greeuouslye afflicted through the naughtie behauiour of our outragious enimies we maye duely way this with our selues that they stay most vpon their transitorie riches and welth wherein they much abounde for they verilye perceyue not that men can by no riches in this world redeme themselues from death and eternall damnation Bridle thou O excellent father our affections in such wise that no fraile things take any place at all in vs. Let the common infirmity and miserie which is wholy sowne in such as we be admonish vs or else verie death that spreadeth it selfe ouer all people how wise or foolish soeuer men be they can in no sort so mocke death as alwayes to kéepe and inioy the goods they haue gotten in this wreched world We also doe plainly confesse that we haue oftentimes fallen on this behalfe who trusting in worldlye strength were perswaded of wonderfull victories pompes triumphes as though our names shoulde haue beene exalted aboue all measure Neyther did we well consider that a good fortune and prosperous successe of the fleshe endureth but a time and so many as haue assured confidence in them shall perishe at length lyke beastes and are put into hell and inprisoned vnder an euerlasting night Forgiue vs O good God this heynous crime that putting awaye and casting aside all vayne hope of worldly welth thou thy selfe mayst take vs vp into thy tuition and rayse vs from eternal death and the paines of Hell Graunt that we stande in no feare at all of them who haue greatly increased themselues and their houses with riches and honor all which things are but commodious onely for this present life that they might be the better able to follow the sensuall appetite of their fleshly lustes Finally wée humbly require thée O good God to deliuer thy blessed church from these outragious enimies which haue not this perceyueraunce as to vnderstande that the honor and authoritie they haue is giuen them of God whoe dye not onely like senselesse beastes but being depriued of their worldly goods shall after this wretched life suffer eternall punishment through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THe renowmed oracles of the sacred doctrine which thou hast vouched safe to set out in the holye scriptures ought men O mightie God well to consider with most attentiue mindes yea there is no man so ignoraunt or any of so high degree but it behoueth him verie diligentlye to ponder and waye the excellent things that thou speakest And this thou chiefly admonishest vs off that we haue not that confidence in the pleasures of this world being verie vayne and frayle which wée ought to repose in thee only What thing soeuer is wonderfull puissaunt excéeding strong meruailous excellent or verye honourable amongst men are of no force to redéeme and deliuer vs from death but such is their propertie and condicion that they are quicly chaunged perish in the twinckling of an eie neyther may the man which hath his whole affiaunce in these abide anye while in honor For so soone as they wither and perish so sone also doth their counterfeit renowne fade away Wherefore we earnestly require thée O good father
that oure sinnes bée not the occasion thou withdrawest thy selfe from so laudable and renowmed a custome of thy excellencye But if thy sacred Church be a little while afflicted and greeuously troubled as wee haue well deserued make thou for the glorie of thy name hir puyssaunt aduersaries yea rather thine of such féeblenesse as those be which are a slepe so that if they will abuse their strength let them greatly faile thereof and cause both their footmen and horsemen throughe thy rebuking of them to be of no force at all We right wel know O good God that thou onely oughtest to be feared insomuch as no man is able to indure thy wrathfull displeasure Arise therefore to iudge thy sacred Churches cause insomuch as hir milde Citizens may by thy puyssant helpe be mightily preserued that whatsoeuer the most disdainfull enimies haue interprised by threates to doe against the same it maye redowne to thy owne prayse and renowmed glorie Graunt O good God that we maye with an excéeding cheerefulnesse and ioyfulnesse of heart render such thankes giuinges as we haue vowed vnto thee for so great a benefite when as we shall perceyue all the kinges of the earth to stande in great feare of thy excellent Maiesty and that thou hast abated the courages of the mightie princes of this wretched worlde throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxvij Psalme â— prayer of â—onsolation â— distresse â— coÌ„sidering â—â—e wonderâ—ll workes â— God WE crye vnto thée in heart voyce O most mightie God with such an assured confidence that seing thou be our puyssaunt God wée are heard of thée in théese our sorowfull tribulations who through our earnest repentance and hartie inuocation of thy blessed name make diligent searche for thée whilest we are on euery side oppressed with much anguishe and sore afflictions neither is there any other firme substanciall consolatioÌ„ remayning vnto vs. For so long as our minde is gréeuously troubled and hart excéedingly disquieted what other thing remaineth but that we being moued with extréeme heauinesse and dolefull sorrowe doe make our mone and heauie complaint vnto thée Aboue all other things our heynous sinnes do sting vs whereby we both right well knowe that thou art offended and also féele by experience a troublesome and wounded conscience in oure selues Wherefore our mindes are miserably afflicted and being ouerwhelmed with feare and sorrowe all our strength doth vtterly fade away Our eyes attend diligently vpon thée whose minde and heart being broken and cast downe wée lamentably require thy fauourable mercie Ah God most déere father shall our manifolde sinnes bée the cause why thou wilt alwayes hyde thy selfe from vs Wilt thou ceasse to shewe thy selfe both merciful and gentle vnto vs For thou truely art of nature patient and long suffering wherefore let vs not be destitute of thy mercie and louing kindnesse which are vnmeasurable Be not thou O good God who art the father of mercie forgetfull to shew thy fauourable compassion towardes vs. We verily haue prouoked thy heauie displeasure by reason of oure naughty behauiour notwithstanding thou canst with thy most high right hand easily alter the same and pardon our gréeuous offences which we haue no mistrust of so long as thy excellent workes depart not out of our remeÌ„brance Thou wert woont to shewe wonders in deliuering thy faythfull people therefore at this time also stretch out thy mightie power against the vngodlye who haue assayled thy blessed flocke with deceyptfull pollecies and warlike crueltie and deale with them according to thy olde accustomed maner It is not vnbeknowen to vs how wonderfully thou diddest deliuer the Israelites from the Egyptians The waters of the great depe the clowdes the thunders the lightnings and al creatures haue at thy forceable word set forth their safegarde and welfare insomuch as thou didst lead out thy chosen people like shéepe by the hands of Moyses and Aaron euen whither soeuer it pleased thée Be thou O excellent father in such wise assistant vnto vs with thy armies that being deliuered from our moste cruell enimies we may through an vnfeyned fayth and pure conuersation of life be drawne vnto thée who art our assured hope and chiefe thing we delight in through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WE haue a perpetual regard to thy excelleÌ„t goodnesse O almightie God in these most troublesome times who make thée wearie through our dayly prayers and very feruent peticions flying to thy diuine Maiestie as vnto our only Sauior whilest thy blessed Church is in so great peril Neither is our sorrow and mournings smally increased so long as we call to remembraunce the things that were done in olde time wherein a man might with an assured minde and very quiet conscience peaceablye and without offence haue addicted himselfe to set forth with high prayses both thy glorious name and also thy excellent doctrine But forsomuch as we haue very muche abused the gift of so great securitie and most sound quietnesse we do now earnestly beséech thée O excellent father to forgiue whatsoeuer we haue committed agaynst thy excellent Maiestie but seing it cannot come to passe that thou shouldest be forgetfull to shewe mercie towardes thy faythfull seruauntes cast vs not vtterly away And forsomuch as it behoueth thy louing promises to take place at length withdraw not thy fauourable mercie altogither from vs. We doe nowe right well cal to remembrance thy wonderous works of olde which thou wroughtest in deliuering the children of Israell out of Egypt for so soone as the waters in the sea behelde thy omnipotent power they were sore afrayed and moued after a marueylous sort Thou didst fight against the vngodly with darke clowdes thunderinges lightnings windes and an horrible tempest In lyke maner therefore thou then deliueredst thy people of Israel euen so now preserue thy blessed Church from the outragious crueltie of Sathan and enuious enterprises of his wretched adherentes throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THe greater the afflictions be O moste good and merciful God that we indure so muche the more are we accustomed to pray the ferueÌ„tlier vnto thée for seing that we nowe right well perceyue and do dayly more more feele that thy sacred church is miserably tormented and vexed sundrye wayes we come and make intreatance to thy gentlenesse beséeching thée to ayde hir in such wise as thou wert woont to doe in hir first age Doubtlesse thy most perfect nature and also thy excéeding constancie wherewith thou art indued can not abide that thou who hast béene alwayes fauourable towards those which thou didst most tenderly loue shouldest nowe gather thy goodnesse togither in a bundel to the intent thou wouldest withdrawe the same from them Wherefore our earnest and hartye desire is that thou wouldest vtter thy auncient inuincible power towardes vs at this instant in raysing cherishing and restoring thy holy
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
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
be euil spoken of Vouchsafe O good God that we may leade the rest of our life altogither in godly and religious workes for if we shall obteyne this at thy mercifull handes we mistrust not but thou wilt immediately after powre out thy fierce iudgements vpon thy enimies who do assault vs thus cruelly And thou thy selfe seest how vndeseruedly they do it For although wée haue sinned so heynously as we haue procured vnto our selues greeuouser punishmentes then these be yet our aduersaries haue not for our sinnes sake onely digged these pittes for vs but they persecute yea and would vtterly destroy vs for that religion is a little purged the true worshipping of thée restored Therefore confirme and strengthen thou vs O excellent father for thy infinite goodnesse sake vouchingsafe that thy holy worde may haue a perpetuall abyding in thy sacred Church and suffer vs not to perish in this gréeuous persecution but cause vs to bée delighted therein and to refresh our selues therwith that forsomuch as we are thy faythfull seruauntes and haue no confidence at all in mans force saue and defend vs thy owne self frō such perils as hang ouer our necks through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Caph Lamed OVr soules haue nowe fainted vs O most good merciful God with carefull longing after thy blessed worde so long as we hope both for helpe and saluation at thy handes onely Vnto thée I say do we lift vp our handes day and night to the entent thy faythfull seruaunts maye at length inioy their hoped promises who in the meane season do desire to haue this graunted vs that in no wise we be forgetfull of thy sacred lawe whilest thou delayest thy helpe in the middest of our gréeuous calamities And like as thy sacred lawe abideth stedfast in the most bewtifull furniture of the heauens and by it a most firme stabilitie in the earth and also that most commodious and goodly varietie of time perseuereth and hath his continuaunce euen so we humbly beséeche thée that it be not worne out of our heart and inward partes by any processe of time for vnlesse our meditation be alwaies hereof we shall easily perish in our sorowfull afflictions Seing then it is thy blessed worde which quickneth vs for if we giue credite thereto we shall obteine both saluation and also know how to behaue our selues according to iustice neyther shall we bée troubled at the iniuries which our aduersaries profer vs graunt O excellent father that this may neuer slippe out of our remembraunce but vouchsafe vs rather to sée an ende of all other things then thy sacred worde eyther to be forespent or ouerthrowne in thy blessed Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lamed Mem. WHosoeuer they bée that applye themselues to thy blessed worde O moste good and mercifull God shall reape at length no small fruit and commoditie therby for they shall not onely surmount their enimies in knowledge and vnderstanding of heauenly thinges but also farre excell those which are had in great reputation both for their learning and also for the experience they haue attained vnto by reason of their long life To the intent therefore we be not depriued of so great a benefite we humbly beseech thee that detesting vtterly the lewdnesse of our heynous sinnes we maye haue more felicitie in thy sacred wordes then in all other pleasures And forsomuch as this life of ours is hedged in and compassed aboute on euerye side with blind ignoraunce we can not haue a meter lampe then thy diuine worde to lighten our mindes withall mans way ought to be ordered and directed hereby euen like a most cleere light and that chiefly when as the matter it selfe doth declare howe that euery one of vs doe beare his life alwayes in hys handes by reason of the excéeding great perils we are in There want not euery where puyssaunt Champions of the aduersaries which lay a thousand snares for our life wherefore wee intreate thée so much as in vs lyeth that thou wouldst stirre vp our sinfull heartes to fulfill thy holy commaūdements which thou hast vouchedsafe to bewtify with so great promises through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Mem Nun. THy diuine law and sacred wordes O most mightie God be of such force as those which loue them and thinke continually thereof become euery day wyser then other and surmount all mortall men in vnderstanding althoughe they bée better learned and auncienter in yeares which study is marueylous commodious to withdraw our feete from the path of wickednes and doth sometime confirme our feeble footsteps least they swarue peruersly from thy blessed commaundements Forsomuch as therefore we haue miserably declined from thee in our former life and shamefully sinned which doth manifestly appéere in that wee haue neglected thy righteous wordes louing promises sacred ceremonies and whole law Wherefore wée ought not to wonder or complaine at all that thou doest at this present punish vs vniustly but haue truely well deserued this through oure naughtie and lewd behauiours that so vniust and cruell enimies should rise vppe agaynst vs for these things verily would not haue happened vnto vs if wée had alwayes vsed thy blessed words and holy precepts as a Lanterne to our feete neuerthelesse our earnest request is O good God that thou wouldst for thy infinite mercies sake haue an especiall regarde to the gréeuous daungers and perils whereinto our soule is now brought Pardon wée hartily beséech thée our heynous sinnes and make our heart méeke and forwarde to fulfill thy holy commaundements so that thou mayst deliuer vs from the snares which the enimies of thy blessed name haue layd to tray vs in and suffer not those whom thou hast chosen and adopted into thy euerlasting inheritaunce to be vtterly opprest and come to miserable confusion through Iesus christ our Lorde Amen Samech Ain SVch as be illumined with thy heauenly spirit O most mightie God do vtterly hate all maner of sinne and iniquitie and therfore haue thée for their sure refuge and strong shielde bicause they sée them liue most blessedly and in great felicitie whom thou doest strengthen with thy puyssaunt force and inuincible power such as thou susteynest and nourishest be deliuered from most gréeuous perilles whereas contrariwise so many as fall from thée and goe astray from thy blessed precepts are horribly punished Our earnest desire is therefore that being moued by lyke perswasions we maye both put our whole trust in thée onely and also become most zealous in all thy holy commaundements For flesh and the power of our aduersaries practise continuall enmitie agaynst vs let them not be of such force as they may destroy vs but make vs rather sticke fast vnto thy sacred wordes so that we may take as much delight in them as in the greatest pleasures for the accomplishing whereof it is verye néedefull that thou of thy infinite mercye doest instruct and teach vs. For séeing the knowledge of diuine things can not be
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
and with all instruments meanes and wayes wherewith that thing may best be done And to the intent this thing may be the better accomplished of vs put into the handes of our heart the sword of thy blessed word whereby we may take vengeance of the flesh wicked vices and lewde desires which doe in a maner destroy vs and so to bridle and kéepe vnder sinne which is naturall vnto vs that it may be deposed from the tyrannie which he executeth vppon the children of Adam through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cl. Psalme WHen as al things which thou hast created O almightie God praise thée A praier 〈◊〉 wee may prayse Gâ—â— with a châ—â—â—full heart they do not onely that which is due to thy famous honour and glorious renowme but also they worke moste wonderfully and aboundantly theyr owne perfection for there is nothing which we can do of more excellencie then to celebrate thée as being the originall and ende of all good things whose vnmeasurable benefites we feele dayly poured vpon vs. But neither can we sufficiently ynough perceiue them nor yet thy infinite goodnesse so long as we be here oppressed with the most gréeuous burthen of our heynous sinnes and borne downe by reason thereof with an excéeding great waight of afflictions so that a man must néedes vnskilfully prayse the thing which he knoweth not We do therefore earnestlye require thée O mightye God euen from the bottome of the heart to disburthen vs of the fardell of our corrupt naughtinesse which being layde downe we mistrust not but the darknesse of present calamities shall be driuen away from the sacred Church so that she may lift vp hir eyes to hir maker and redéemer who wondering as well at the ryches of thy excellent goodnesse as of the vnspeakable wisdome shall magnifie thée with most highe prayses as méete it is But nowe verily so sorowfull and lamentable things do incounter vs euery where that we sée nothing towardes vs sauing thy wrathfull indignation which as we deny not our selues to haue deserued so wée earnestly desire and heartily praye thee to withdrawe the same from vs at length to the intent we may be stirred vp to the worthie praysing of thy gloryous name not onelye in wordes but with all tunable instruments méete to lift vppe our mindes vnto thée through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme LIke as the holinesse and magnificencie of thy excellent name O most mightie God is continually celebrated in the glorious Sanctuarie of suche as be blessed and spiritually minded which thing maye bée done so much the more excellentlier of them for that they beholde the secretnesse of thy Maiestie both néerer and perfectlier euen so is it méete also that mortall men should alwayes addict themselues to extoll thy worthie prayses who see the vnmeasurable treasure of thy excellent goodnesse mightie power and incomprehensible wisedome to be dayly manifested both in heauen and in all creatures But aboue all others this belongeth to our charge who being illumined with fayth and with thy heauenly spirite doe vnderstande more of thy diuine misteries out of the holy Scriptures then nature is able to set forth with all hir bewtifull furniture and therefore we humblye beséech thee to styrre vp our sinfull heartes in such wise as we may worship thée with moste pure prayses and excéeding feruent peticions through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer of Doctor Peter Martyr agaynst worshippers of bread and all maner of supersticion AYde vs nowe at length I humbly beséech thée O heauenly father by lightning the mindes and heartes of thy Christian people wyth the spirit of thy sonne Christ Iesus who laying Idolles and superstitions apart may returne to the pure and vncorrupt worshipping honouring and calling vpon thee onely neyther suffer the honor due to thée alone to be wickedly and deuilishly attributed vnto bread wine pictures Images and bones of dead persons thy holye name hath alreadie beene to long slaundered to long hath the puritie of thy blessed Gospell béene polluted men haue ynough to much abvsed the institution of thy sonnes supper by conuerting the same to most filthie Idolatry Mittigate at length these outrages of mad brayned men that miserably ouerthrowe themselues hedlong as they may no more go a whoring lewdly and voyde of shame vpon euery hill vnder euery trée in all by wayes stréetes Churches and Chappels with bread and wine vnder the name of thy déere sonnes Sacrament and let them not defile the true honoring of thée after this wicked and blasphemous maner Vnlesse thou O most good and mercifull God doest with thy puyssant hand take away vtterly subuert this worshipping of bread the saluation of mankind and reedifying of thy sacred Church can neuer be looked for Helpe O good God succour thy faythfull people whome thou hast redéemed with the bloud of thy deere sonne And thou O Christ Iesu who art a true and euerlasting God establishe this worke which is begunne by thée and bring it to the desired ende or if the sore bée without hope of recouery and that thy truth maye not any more take place commonly and openly in thy sacred Church then come and excercise iudgement with all spéede and driue awaye for the glorie of thy name so shamefull a reproche from thy holy supper which thou of thy incredible mercie and singuler goodnesse hast instituted who lyuest and reignest with the father and the holy ghost euermore world without ende Amen Finis A Table wherein is conteyned the effect of all such notes or arguments as be set in the margent at the beginning of the first prayer for euery Psalme conteyning in number Cl. A Prayer for a Christian life Psalme j. A praier for coÌ„fort in persecution Ps ii A praier against our persecutors Ps iij. A prayer for a true fayth Psal iiij A prayer agaynst false Prophetes and enimies of the truth Psal v. A prayer in distresse Psal vj. A prayer agaynst the aduersaries of the Gospell Psal vij A prayer in trouble for the fauour of Christ Psal viij A prayer agaynst our enimies in persecution Psal ix A praier against enimies and tiraunts Psal x. A praier against the temptatioÌ„ of faith Psal xj A prayer against humaine false and erronious doctrine Psal xij A prayer that we dispayre not in tribulation Psal xiij A prayer for the grace of Christ agaynst originall sinne Psal xiiij A prayer that we may perseuer in the number of true Christians Psal xv A prayer that we may not perishe by fayth but attaine vnto glorie thereby Psal xvj A prayer that our eminies may not get the victorie ouer vs. Psal xvij A prayer to be deliuered out of great distresse Psal xviij A prayer that we may bee partakers of Gods diuine worde Psal xix A prayer for the prosperous successe of Christes kingdome against the enimies therof Psal xx A prayer for the prayse and
that great calamitie whereby thy honour is much defiled neyther purely and chastly set forth as it ought to be through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxvj. Psalme A praier tha◠we reuolt no◠from Christ IF wée had led our lyfe innocently O most mightie God we should not be so striken with feare and terror in these daies as who should know for a certaintie that they cannot wauer nor fall in decaye which surely haue sticked and cleaued to thée yea rather wée should wholy submitte our selues wyth a willing minde to be searched and tried out of thee But forsomuche as we had little and verye small confidence in thy diuine Maiestie we trusted in vaine persons and fleshly helpe neyther haue we forsaken the companie and felowship of verye hurtfull and wicked doers but haue both with our filthy handes and lewde conditions defiled thy most holy Gospell therefore are we at this present in great perill least our lyfe and soule perish after the maner of the mischieuous and bloud thirstie Wherfore we heartily pray thée to bée as nowe mercifull vnto vs and forsomuche as we call vpon thy blessed name that thou wouldest vouchsafe to pardon and remitte whatsoeuer we haue hitherto so wickedlye committed against thee and let the vprightnesse of our cause obteyne that thing at thy handes which we doe not deserue for in this case not onely our saluation is impeached but also thy sincere doctrine and pure religion Suffer not thy sacred church therfore to be in subiection and as an vnderling to the fraudes and decepts of Antichrist Deliuer it from the destruction which the Deuill and his members doe prepare and worke for hir that we may hereafter leade an holy and innocent life and highly extoll thy noble actes and wonderfull workes in the sacred and blessed congregations throughe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same Psalme WE are verye desirous O almightie God to lead an innocent and blamelesse life before thée and not to turne from the right waye when thou shalt trie vs with sundrie and manifolde temptations we haue not as yet atteyned thereto bycause we haue reposed small fayth and little hope to speake of in thée Wherefore our humble request is that thou wouldest haue mercye vpon vs and pardon whatsoeuer we haue committed and done amisse for if thou be fauourable and gentle vnto vs we will neuer be vnmindefull of thy louing mercie euerlasting truth Graunt O most benigne father that amongst innocents we may liue innocently and vtterly detest with an extréeme kinde of hatred all maner of decepts and cursed lying that we maye addict our selues wyth all our heartes to laude magnifie and celebrate thy glorious name neither suffer vs to knitte vppe and finishe our last dayes with malefactours and wicked persons but rather let a blessed enteraunce to the house of eternall felicitie whether we haue dayly a feruent desire to come be set open and made as a frée passage vnto vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxvij. Psalme A prayer for comfort in fayth agaynst our enimies FOrsomuch as O heauenly Father we make our accompt of thee onely to be the whole stay and principall defence of our saluation light strength and stedfastnesse it shoulde behoue vs to continue and abide wish a good courage and assured constancie in the studie of godlinesse whatsoeuer the worlde may séeme to attempt agaynst vs what aduersitie soeuer may by the instigation of the deuill hang ouer vs and finally what calamitie so euer men do moue and stirre vp agaynst vs all that we ought boldly to dispise thou being our strong defence and hiding vs in thy blessed Tabernacle But bicause our fayth is verye weake and our confidence in thée doth oftentymes both wauer and stagger hereof it commeth that we are so muche fearefull and timerous Therefore strengthen thou vs O highe and mightie God with thy excellent grace and bounteous spirit that we may liue orderly godly and after an honest sort in the holy congregation which is thy blessed Church in déede Hide not thou thy louing countenaunce still awaye from vs we humbly beséeche thée for that is our sole and onely desire Graunt that we may constantly perseuer and be made strong to abide the comming of thy ready helpe with stedfast and vnappalled courage through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the xxviij Psalme IF thou O most mightie God shouldst dissemble A prayer for comfort in necessitie against doubl◠tonged persons and haue little regard to helpe and comfort vs in these oure gréeuous afflictions which happen vnto vs not onely true godlinesse shoulde come to ruyne and decaye but we also might incontinent bée easily compared to those which are put downe and laide at the pittes doore readie to bee burned giue eare therefore vnto our humble prayers and peticions whome thou séest to haue assured confidence in none other then in thy onely sonne Iesus Christ our Sauiour For as touching our selues we haue behaued vs so euill and liued so lewdly and vngodly that when we consider and looke vpon our selues we sée nothing due vnto vs but death and endlesse damnation Therfore of thy singuler mercie and goodnesse destroy vs not according to our deserts amongest the vngodly deceptfull and wicked persons but rewarde all thy aduersaries and namely the enimies of thy blessed Church according to their iust desertes so that whatsoeuer the vnfaithful do either inuent imagin against vs may fall vpon their owne head But whensoeuer they begin little to regard thy holy words and wonderous workes bring to nought their crooked and cruell deuises wherby thou thy selfe mayst be exalted and lifted vp with highe prayses bicause thou hast heard the voyces and piteous complaints of thy most humble and lowly seruauntes Be thou O good God our assured strength and shield of defence preserue thy faythfull people in these great daungers and suche as thou hast chosen to bée thy gracious heyres augment and heape vpon them thy sauing health and most noble benefites giue those men sufficient foode so long as they here liue and finally bring them vnto eternall ioy and blessed felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WE heartily require thée O heauenly father to be fauourable and mercifull vnto vs that seeing we poure out our humble prayers and earnest petitions vnto thée thou wouldest according to thy excellent goodnesse paciently heare vs. If thou O Lord shouldst accept vs according to the rate and goodnesse of oure desertes we should euery where and in all places suffer an infinite number of greauous miseries and sorowfull calamities And bycause the outragious aduersaries and cruell enimies both of our saluation and also of thy famous honor go about nothing else then to pull thy faythfull seruaunts awaye from true Godlynesse and that stedfast desire they haue to leade a
vertuous life bée thou therefore our assured strength and strong shield of defence agaynst them If we be thy blessed people and chosen heritage as thou hast promised as we faithfully beleue then preserue féede and be fauourable vnto vs and bring vs forth to the chiefe and highest blesse which we haue alwayes an especiall eye and principall regard vnto through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxix. Psalme A praier that we may be obedient to the word of god SO many of vs O heauenly father as are promoted throughe thy vnspeakeable mercy that we both be and also are named the children of God haue no light occasion or small regarde to celebrate thy diuine maiestie by the effect of those things which in the worke of nature we see to procéede frō thée which are so passing excellent and maruelous that they shewe forth themselues to those that behold them as most certaine and manifest tokens of thy vnspeakable glorie and dignitie Thou bringest forth so mightily when thy good pleasure is showers clowdes lightnings earthquakes and ouerflowings of waters that euen the hilles and trées although they be very high and all other liuing things doe both greatly and horribly quake We only O good God are blinde deafe and dull to conceyue these thy moste wonderous workes Wherefore for the loue thou bearest vnto vs hauing compassion vpon so great foolishnesse and vnskilfulnesse which procéedeth of nothing else then of sinne graunt that we being at length exempted from them maye both acknowledge thy excellencie in thy notable workes and sing also perpetuall prayses to thée for thy manifolde benefites extended towarde vs through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxx. Psalme WE ought O most mercifull god to celebrate and extoll thée with wonderfull and vnspeakeable prayses A praier tha◠all our afflictions maye well depart from vs by Gods especiall grace bicause thou art so prone and readie to preserue those that with an vnfeyned heart call diligently vpon thy blessed name We doe plainely acknowledge and openly confesse our sinnes to be innumerable and most heynous for the which right worthy are we to be adiudged of eternal destruction and perpetual death But our earnest request is the thou wouldst shewe the like fauourable mercy towards vs as thou wert accustomed to doe vnto thy elect and chosen seruauntes although thou art woont to chastice them with a short kinde of wrath and such a one as indureth but the turning of a hande which forthwith thou alterest into an excéeding great good will and such a one as lasteth continually Preserue vs therefore from the present euils and iminent perils which hang ouer our heades that we beyng saued and deliuered out of all daunger may confesse thée and be both sure and experienced witnesses touching the truth of thy faythfull promises and also euery where and in all places shewe forth and publishe that thou onely and none other ought to be trusted in through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme THy blessed Churche O almightie GOD prayeth thee to relieue hir beeyng sore tossed and oppressed with these stormye tempestes neyther suffer thou the fierce enimyes of thy glorious name to reioyce and triumphe at hir destruction Thou art accustomed O good God both to heare and also to helpe without delay such as earnestly call vpon thée and it is in thy mightie hand power to bring backe againe from the graue and to quicken those which were nowe in a maner fallen into the pitte Wherefore to the intent thou mayest stirre vp an earnest desire feruent affection in our mindes to thy worthy prayse shewe thy selfe to haue bene angry with vs yet let it be but for a moment neyther shall that inestimable loue of thine towardes vs whereby wée liue and shall liue in thée be any thing the more in that respect deminished Bring spéedily to passe we humbly beseeche thée that our sorrowfull teares déepe sighes and piteous grones may shortly be chaunged into godly mirth and ioyful gladnesse Marke thou in no wise our desertes but what beséemeth thée best We truely are worthie of deadly hatred and extréeme punishmentes by reason of our manifolde sinnes who so long as all thinges happened luckely and as we woulde haue it vainely imagined that we could beare out all things of our owne strength power But nowe when thou hast a little turned thy louing countenaunce from vs and present calamities haue appeared we are so astonished and stricken with feare that we can scarcely abide or stande vpright Howbeit haue thou an especiall regard O good God what thy mercifull promises require namely that thou wilte not suffer those to perishe and come to ruine which crie heartily vnto thée For our aduersaries would doe nothing lesse then set forth thy worthie prayses At length therefore make an ende of our sorowfull mourning that the spirite of gladnesse beyng restored to vs againe we maye both nowe and in an other world also render euerlasting prayse and thanks vnto thée through Iesus christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxxj. Psalme SEing that thou O most mighty God art our assured rocke and strong defence A prayer in distresse and triall of faith it is nowe néedefull for thy names sake that thou shouldest saue and deliuer those which repose their whole trust in thée so that we may be nothing ashamed of the fayth that we haue firmely affixed in thée Thou séest howe they of whome thy sacred doctrine and holy Gospell is had in contempt haue priuily layde snares and nettes to trap vs. We therfore which sée that we can be preserued by none other meane do now commit our selues to be defended by thy onely handes and mightie power For we haue no affiaunce in curious and wicked artes but repose our selues O good God vpon thy goodnesse only and require thée to haue an especiall care and regarde to the afflictions we nowe are in neyther suffer thou vs to be shut vp into the handes of wicked persons We knowe for a certaintie that our sinnes wherewith we are so sore burthened shall make exceedingly agaynst vs in thy iust iudgement that of right we can not escape But beséeche thée of thy infinite goodnesse to haue mercy vpon vs neyther suffer thy blessed Church to be a by word and ieasting stock both to the neighbors and enimies thereof Shew forth thy chearefull countenaunce vpon hir let the wicked be put to vtter shame we humbly pray thee who mayest stop the mouthes of lyars when they most arrogantly imagine very horrible accusations agaynst hir And although as to the iudgement of the flesh we thinke our selues to be thrust downe hedlong and cast vtterly from the sight of thine eyes yet notwithstanding we stil hope in spirite that thou wilt giue attentiue eare vnto our hartie prayers Graunt therefore that the vertuous men which earnestly loue thée may