yet there but one almighty is and not almighties three The father God is God the Sonne God holy Ghost also yet are there not three Gods in al but one God and no mo So like wise Lord the Father is and Lord also the Sonne And lord the holy ghost yet are there not thre lords but one For as we are compeld to graunt by christian veritie Eche of the persons by hymfelfe both God and Lord to be So catholike religion forbiddeth vs alway That eyther gods be three or y t there lordes be three to say Of none the father is ne made ne create nor begot The Sonne is of the Father not create ne made but got The holy Ghost is of them both the father and the Sonne He made ne create nor begot but doth proceede alone So we one Father hold not three one Sonne also not three One holy Ghost alone and not three holy Ghostes to bee None in this Trinitie before nor after other is Ne greater any then the rest ne lesser be likewise But euery one among themselues of all the persons three Together coeternal al and al coequal bee So vnitie in Trinitie as said it is before And Trinitie in vnitie in all thynges we adore Therfore what man soeuer that saluation wil attayne This faith touching the Trinitie of force he must retayne And nedeful to eternal lyfe it is that euery wight Of the incarnating of Christ our Lord beleue aright For this the right faith is that we beleue and eke beknow That Christ our lord y e son of God is God and man also God of his fathers substance got before the world began And of his mothers substance borne in world a very man Both perfect god and perfect man in one one Iesus Christ That doth of reasonable soule and humaine flesh subsist Touchyng hys Godhode equal with his father God is he Touching his manhode lower then his father in degree Who though he be both very God and very man also yet is he but one Christ alone and is not persons two One not by turning of Godhode into the flesh of man But by takyng manhode to God this beyng one began All one not by confounding of the substance into one But onely by the vnitie that is of one person For as the reasonable soule and flesh but one man is So in one person God and man is but one Christ lykewyse Who suffred for to saue vs all to hell he did descend The third day rose agayne frō death to heauen he did ascēd He sittes at the ryght hand of God the almighty father there From thence to iudge the quicke dead againe he shal retire At whose returne all men shall rise with bodies new restorde And of their own workes they shal geue accōpt vnto y e lord And they into eternal lyfe shall go that haue done wel Who haue done il shal go into eternal fire to dwel This is the Catholike beliefe who doth not faithfully Beleue the same without al dout he saued cannot be To Father Sonne and holy ghost al glory be therfore As in beginning was is now and shal be euermore The Lamentation of a synner Marckant O Lord turne not away thy face frō him that lieth prostrate Lamenting sore his sinful life before thy mercy gate Which gate thou openest wide to those y t do lament their sin shut not y r gate against me lord but let me enter in And call me not to mine accomptes howe I haue liued here For then I know right well O Lord how vile I shall appeare I nede not to confesse my lyfe I am sure thou canst tell what I haue ben and what I am I know thou knowest it wel O Lord thou knowest what things be past eke the things that bee Thou knowest also what is to come nothing is hid from thee Before y e heauēs earth wer made y u knowest what things wer thē As all things els that haue ben since among the sonnes of men And can the thinges that I haue done be hidden from thee then Nay nay y u knowest thē all O Lord where they wer done whē Wherfore with teares I come to thee to begge and to entreate Euen as the child that hath done euill and feareth to be beate So come I to thy mercy gate where mercy doth abound Requiring mercy for my sinne to heale my deadly wounde O Lord I nede not to repeate what I do begge or craue Thou knowest O Lord before I aske y e thing that I would haue Mercy good Lord mercy I aske this is the totall summe For mercy Lord is all my sute Lord let thy mercy come The humble sute of a sinner O Lord of whom I do depēd be hold my care full hart whē thy will pleasure is release me of my smart y u seest my sorowes what they are my gref is knowne to thee and there is none that cā remoue or take the same frō me But onely thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy stil is prest To ease all those that come to thee for succour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teares greuous grone Attēde vnto my sute O Lord marck wel my plaint mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me about That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot realease or mitigate this payne But euē thy Christ my lord god which for my sinnes was slaine Wose bloudy woūdes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy saints behold them all and so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hinder me a while when thou shalt see it good I shall nioy the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels thy saintes do now behold the same So trust I to possesse that place with them to prayse thy name But whiles I lyue here in this vale where sinners do frequent Assist me euer with thy grace my sinnes still to lament Least that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Onely thy grace must be my stay least that I fall down flat And beyng down then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once agayne my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy church house of saints sing Psalmes to thee alwaies The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OVr father which in heauē art lord halowd be thy name thy kingdom come thy wil be done in earth euen as the same in heauē is Geue vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so Forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptation leade vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thine both now and euer be The .x. Commaundementes of
weary of the manifolde mischiefes of thys lyfe and wouldest comforte thy selfe thou haste the 102. Psalme Forasmuche as it is meete and conuenient alwayes and in all thynges to geue GOD thankes when thou wilt prayse hym thou hast wherwith to exhort thy soule the 103. Psalme If thou wilt prayse god and know how to prayse him for any thing and what wordes he that prayieth ought to vse thou hast .113 127. 146. 133. 147. 148. 149. 150. Psalmes If thou hast faith as the Lord hath said and beleuest in those things which thou speakest when thou prayest say the .96 Psalme If thou be captiuated with straunge cogitations and hast perceyued thy selfe to be ledde out of the way and art sory therfore cease from henceforth and staying where thou perceiuest thy selfe to synne sit and mourne also as the people did saying the .137 Psalme If thou suppose temptations to bee for thy triall geue thankes after the temptation vnto God saying the .139 Psalme If thou art agayne caught of thine enemies and wouldest be deliuered say the 140. psal If thou wilt make thy prayers say the .5 Psalme and the .141 142. 143. 144. Psalmes If an enemy and tyrant be risen vp against the people feare thou no more then Dauid did Goliath but with Dauid beleue and sing the 144. Psalme If thou cal to remembraunce the goodnes of God toward thee and all men and wouldest prayse God say the .85 Psalme If thou wilt syng vnto the lord thou hast to say in the 96. Psalme in the 98. Psalme If thou beyng but a meane man peraduenture art set before thy brethren in some thing puffe not vp thy selfe in pryde against them but geue the praise to god and sing the 152. or the 151. psalmes If thou wilt syng obedieuce thou hast the 105. and the 106. 107. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 134. 145. 147. 148. 149. 150. psalmes If thou wilt sing particularly of the sauior thou hast of him in euery psalme but specially in the .25 and the .110 Psalme Such psalmes as shewe hys lawfull generation of the father and hys presence is the .11 Psalme Such as preache of the diuine crosse and how much lying in wayte he receyued for vs. and how great thinges he suffered are the .2 psalme and the .119 psalme Such as signifye the lyinges in wayte of the Iewes and the malice and Iudas Iscariothes betrayinges are the .21 psalme and the .50 72. psalmes Such as declare his kingdome and power to iudge and his presence in the fleshe is the 16. psalme For declaration of hys glorious resurrection in the fleshe read the .24 the .47 psalmes For his ascention into heauen read the .93 psalme .96 and the .98 the .99 psalmes Which if thou read thou mayst espye what benefites the Lorde bestowed vpon vs by hys passion To him be glory for euer ⧠The vse of the rest of the psalmes not comprehended in the former Table of Athanasius IF thou wouldest prayse God because he hath geuen vs a good prince which will and doth punishe the enemies of Christes religion vse the 21. Psalme If thou be persecuted without a cause if thou wouldest haue no affinitie with vice nor with the vicious vse the .26 Psalme If thou wouldest not be wicked if not accouÌ„ted as a malefactor but wouldest haue theÌ„ punished and thy self and such other godly men defended from their tiranny vse the .28 Psalme If thou seest the nobilitie the councell the magistrates and princes not geuen to religion nor to the praysing of God vse the .29 Psalme If thou desirest to be iust and vertuous vse the .33 Psalme If thou be afflicted with any sickenes and wouldest fayne lyue and see good dayes and Christes glory to be encreased vse the .39 Psalme If thou be banished for religion and art almost in dispayre of returnyng to the country vse the .42 Psalme If thou perceyue thy selfe forsaken of God and therfore persecuted for religion and vertues sake vse the .44 Psalme If thou wouldest complayne of Doeg of a wicked man and wouldest haue him to bee rooted out and thy selfe to haue prosperitie vse the .52 Psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from thyne enemies whiche persecute thee vnto death vse the .54 Psalme If thou wouldest haue the helpe of God agaynst such as persecute thee without a cause vse the .59 Psalme If thou wouldest prepare thy selfe to fight agaynst the Idumeans or such lyke enemies of Christ vse the .60 Psalme If thou wouldest haue Christ to come conquere and beate downe the Sirians Idumeans Aimnonites Papistes Antichristians Nullifidians Neutralles and vngratious Pelagians vse the .68 Psalme If thou be perswaded that Christ will come and punishe offenders ayde the true worshippers and poure out the dregges of wine and the vengeaunce of his cup on the vngodly vse the .75 Psalme If thou neyther wouldest haue Idolatry neither any lycentious lustes rayne in Christes common wealth thou must geue God thankes if thou be perswaded he both will and caÌ„ take them awaye vsing the .81 Psalme If thou wouldest gladly know Christes Churche how that Sion signifieth it and how that the true religion shal be delated and spred through the whole world vse the .87 psalme If thou goest to fight against the Idumeans or any of Christes enemies whether they offend in maners or in doctrine and wouldest desire God to geue the victory vse the .108 psal If thou wouldest liue a godly life if y u wouldest replenish thy minde with godly preceptes and therby obtâ—ine immortalitie and eternall felicitie Study diligently the .119 psalme If thou be thrust into a college or into a parish town or country whose inhabitours are wicked crafty malicious pickequarels wouldest be deliuered froÌ„ theÌ„ vse the .120 psalme If thou wouldest haue the congregation of Christ to prosper vse the .122 psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from contempt infamy and the derision of the wicked vse the .123 psalme When thou art deliuered out of prison captiuity or any distres in geuyng thankes to God vse the .124 psalme To vnderstande the safety that those are in whiche are vnder the tuition of the Lorde Iehoua and how that the wicked shal be punished consider the .125 psalme If thou desirest to knowe the felicitie that he hath whiche reuerenceth God and lyueth godly the traÌ„quilitie and peace of conscience which he enioyeth in this life and the vnspeakable ioye in the lyfe to come meditate diligently the .128 psalme To vnderstande howe the good and godly are defended by the ayde of the Lord and the wicked perishe consider the .129 psalme If thou wouldest not be arrogant and proude vse the .131 Psalme If thou wouldest prayse vnitie and concorde among brethren vse the .133 psalme To sing prayses to God for his mercies vse the .134 Psalme FINIS Veni Creator COme holy ghost eternal God procedyng froÌ„ aboue both from the Father the sonne the God of peace loue Visite
20 The Lord doth so preserue and keepe his very bones alway That not so much as one of them doth perish or decay verse 21 The sinne shal slea the wicked mā whiche he himself hath wrought and such as hate y e righteous mā shal soone be brought to nought verse 22 But they that serue the liuing Lord the Lord doth saue thē sound and who that put their trust in hym nothyng shal thē confound Iudice domine psalme .xxxv. I. H ¶ So long as Saule was enemy to Dauid al y ◠had any authoritie vnder him to flatter their king did also most cruelly persecute Dauid against whom he prayeth God to plead to auenge his cause that they may be taken in their nets and snares which they laid for hym his innoccēy may be declared And y ◠the innocēt whiche taketh part w e him may reioyce praise the name of the Lord that thus deliuereth his seruant And so he promiseth to speake forth the iustice of the Lord and to magnify his name al the dayes of his lyfe LOrd pleade my cause agaynst my foes con found their force and myght Fyght on my part against all those that seeke with me to fyght Lay hand vp pon thy speare and shield thy self in armour dresse stand vp for me and fight the field to helpe me from distresse verse 3 Gird on thy sword and stop the way my enmies to withstand That thou vnto my soule do say lo I thy helpe at hand verse 4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seke my soule to spil let thē turne backe flye with shame y e think to worke me il verse 5 Let them disperse and flie abrode as wind doth dryue the dust And that the aungel of our God their might away may thrust verse 6 Let al their wayes be voyde of lyght and slippry like to fal And send thine aungel with thy might to persecute them al. verse 7 For why without my fault they haue in secret set their grin And for no cause haue digd a cause to take my soule therin verse 8 When they think least haue no care O Lord destroy them al Let them be trapt in their owne snare aud in their mischief fal verse 9 And let my soule my hart and voyce in God haue ioy and wealth That in the lord I may reioyce and in his sauyng health verse 10 And then my bones shal speak and say my partes shal al agree O Lord though they do seme ful gay what man is lik to thee The second part verse 11 Thou doost defēd y e weake from thē that are both stout and strōg and rid the poore from wicked mē that spoyle and do thē wrong verse 12 My cruel foes against me rise to witnes things vntrue And to accuse me they deuise of that I neuer knew verse 13 Where I to them did owe good wil they quit me with disdayne That they should pay my good with il my soule doth sore cōplain verse 14 When they wer sick I mournd therfore and clad my self in sacke With fasting I did faint ful sore to pray I was not slacke verse 15 As they had bene my brethrē deare I did my self behaue As one that maketh woful cheare about his mothers graue verse 16 But they at my disease did ioy and gather on a rout Yea abiect slaues at me did toye with mocks and checks ful stout verse 17 The belly gods and flattering trayne that al good things deryde At me do grin with great disdayne and pluck their mouth asyde verse 18 Lord whē wilt thou amēd this geare why doost thou stay pause Oh rid my soule myne onely deare out of these Lyons clawes verse 19 And then wil I geue thanks to thee before thy church alwayse And where as most of people be there wil I shew they prayse verse 20 Let not my foes preuayle on me which hate me for no fault Nor yet to winke or turne their eye that causeles me assault The third part verse 21 O peace no word they thinke or say their talke is al vntrue They stil consult and would betray al those that peace ensue verse 22 With opē mouth they run at me they gape they laugh they fliere Wel wel say they our eye doth see y e thyng that we desire verse 23 But Lord y u seest what waies they take sease not this geare to mēd Be not far of nor me forsake as men that fayle their frend verse 24 Awake aryse and stirre abrode defend me in my right Reuenge my cause my Lord my God and aid me with they might verse 25 According to they righteousnes my Lord God set me free and let not them their pride expresse nor triumph ouer mee verse 26 Let not their harts reioyce cry there there this geare goeth trim Nor geue them cause to say on hye we haue our wil of hym verse 27 Confound thē with rebuke and shame that ioy whē I do mourne and pay thē home with spite blame that brag at me with scorn verse 28 Let them be glad and eke reioyce which loue mine vpright way and they al tymes with hart and voyce shal prayse y e lord say verse 29 Great is the Lord and doth excel for why he doth delight To see his seruants prosper wel that is his pleasant sight verse 30 Wherfore my tonge I wil apply thy righteousnes to prayse Vnto the Lord my God wil I sing laudes w t thankes alwayes Dixit iniustus Psalme .xxxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid greuously vexed by the wicked doth complaine of their malice wickednes Then he turneth to consider the vnspeakable goodnes of God toward al creatures But specially towards his children that by fayth there of he may bee comforted and assured of his deliuerance by this ordinary course of gods worke who in the ende destroyeth the wycked and saueth the iust Sing this as the. xxxv psal verse 1 THe wicked w t his workes vniust doth thus persuade his hart That of y e Lord he hath no trust his feare is set apart verse 2 Yet doth he ioy in his estate to walk as he began So long til he deserue the hate of God and eke of man verse 3 His words are wicked vile and naught his tong no truth doth tel Yet at no hand wil he be taught which way he may do wel verse 4 When he should slepe thē doth he muse his mischief to fulfil No wicked wayes doth he refuse nor nothing that is il verse 5 But Lord thy goodnes doth ascend aboue the heauens hie So doth thy truth it self extend vnto the cloudy sky verse 6 Much more thē hils so high and steepe thy iustice is exprest Thy iudgemēts like to seas most depe thou sauest both mā beast verse 7 Thy mercy is aboue all things O God it doth excel In trust wherof as in thy wings the sonnes of men shal dwel verse 8 Within thy house they
sometymes the mercyes receyued desiryng also to be instructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and glorifie his name He complayneth also of hys aduersaries and requireth to be deliuered from them Syng this as the .81 Psalm verse 1 LOrd bow thine eare to my request and heare me by and by With greuous payne grief opprest ful poore weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my way and doings holy bee and saue thy seruaunt O my Lord that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with al For through the day I do not cease on thee to cry and cal verse 4 Cōfort O Lord thy seruaūts soule that now with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lord I extol and lift my soule and mynde verse 5 For thou art good and bountiful thy gifts of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentiful to al that cal on thee verse 6 O Lord likewise when I do pray regard and geue an eare Marke wel the wordes that I do say and al my prayers heare verse 7 In time when trouble doth me moue to thee I do complayne For why I know and wel do proue thou aunswerest me againe verse 8 Among the Gods O Lord is none with thee to be comparde and none can do as thou alone the like hath not bene hard verse 9 The gentils and the people al which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees wil fal and glorify thy name verse 10 For why thou art so much of might al power is thine owne Thou workest wonders stil in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teach me Lord thy way and I shal in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dread verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with al my hart O Lord and glorify thy name alwayes for euer through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excel Thou setst my soule at liberty out of the lower hel verse 14 O Lord the proud agaynst me rise and heapes of men of might They seke my soule and in no wise wil haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lord art merciful and meke ful slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is ful great and eke thy truth no measure hath verse 16 O tourne me Lord and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O helpe saue thyne own seruaunt thy handmayds sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that al my foes may see And be ashamde because Lord thou doost helpe and comfort mee Fundamenta eius Psalme .lxxxvii. I. H. ¶ The holy ghost promiseth that the condition of the Church whiche was a misery after the captiuity of Babilon should be restored to great excellēcy so that there should be nothing more comfortable then to be nombred among the members therof Sing this as the .81 Psalme verse 1 THat city shal ful wel endure her ground worke stil doth stay Vpon the holy hils ful sure it can no time time decay verse 2 God loues the gates of Siō best his grace doth there abide He loued them more then al the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Ful glorious things reported be in Sion and abrod Great things I say are sayd of thee thou city of our God verse 4 On Rahab I wil cast an eye and beare in mind the same and Babilon shal eke apply and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tyre also with Ethiope like wise a people old ful long ago were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shal say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp the hye God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shal through Gods deuise appere Of syon that the chief of al had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as sing therin great plenty bee My fountaynes and my pleasaunt springs are compast al in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme .lxxxviii. I. H. ¶ A grieuous complaint of the faithful sore afflicted by sicknes persecutiō aduersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complainyng him selfe to be forsaken of al yearthly helpe LOrd God of health the hope stay thou art alone to me I cal cry throughout the day and al the night to thee O let my prayers sone ascēd vnto thy sight on high encline thyne eare O Lord entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is fild and doth in trouble dwel My lyfe and breath almost doth yeld and draweth nye to hel verse 4 I am esteemd as one of them that in the pit do fal And made as one among those men that haue no strength at al. verse 5 As one among the dead and free from things that heare remayne It were more easy for me to be with them the which are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I say whom thou hast cleane forgot The which the hand hath cut away and thou regardst thē not verse 7 Yea lyke to one shut vp ful sure within the lower pit In places darke and al obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thine anger and thy wrath likewise ful sore on me doth lye And al thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vexe and try verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of from me makst them hate me sore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth faile through grief and wo I cal to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretch abrod verse 11 Doost thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shal dead to life agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shal thy louing kindnes Lord be preached in the graue Or shal with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shal they that lye in darke ful low of al thy wonders wot Or there shal they thy iustice know where al things are forgot verse 14 But I O Lord to thee alway do cry and cal apace My prayer eke ere it be day shal come before thy face verse 15 Why doost thou Lord abhorre my soule in grief that seketh thee And now O Lord why doost thou hide thy face away from me verse 16 I am afflict as dying stil from youth this many a yeare Thy terrours which do vexe me il with troubled mind I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathful rage ful sore vpon me fal Thy terrours eke do not asswage but me oppres with al. verse 18 Al day they compas me about as water at the tyde And al at once with streames ful stoute beset me on ech syde verse 19 Thou settest far from me my frends
and louers euery one Yea and mine old acquaintaunce al out of my sight are gone Misericordias domini Psalme .lxxxix. I. H. ¶ With many wordes doth the Prophet prayse the name of God for his Testament and couenaunt that he had made betwene him and his elect by Iesu Christe the sonne of Dauid Then doth he complayne of the great ruyne and desolation of the kyngdome of Dauid so that to the outwarde apperaunce the promise was broken Finally he prayeth to be deliuered from his afflictions makyng mention of the shortnes of mans lyfe and confirming hym selfe by Gods promises Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 TO sing the mercies of the Lord my toung shal neuer spare and with my mouth frō age to age thy truth I wil declare verse 2 For I haue sayd that mercy shal for euermore remayne In that thou doost the heauens stay thy truth appeareth playne verse 3 To mine elect sayth God I made a couenant and behest My seruant Dauid to perswade I swore and dyd protest verse 4 Thy sede for euer I wil stay and stablish it ful fast and stil vphold thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew w t ioy mirth thy wondrous workes O Lord Thy saints within thy Church on earth thy faith truth record verse 6 Who with the Lord is equal then in al the cloudes abrod among the sonnes of al the Gods what one is like our God verse 7 God in assemble of the saynts is greatly to be drad and ouer al that dwel about in terror to be had verse 8 Lord God of hostes in al the world what one is like to thee On euery side most mighty Lord thy truth is sene to be verse 9 The ragyng sea by thyne aduice thou rulest at thy wil and when the waues therof arise y u makst thē calme stil verse 10 And Egipt thou lord hast subdued thou hast it destroyed Yea thou thy foes w t mighty arme hast scattred al abrod The second part verse 11 The heauēs are thine stil haue ben likewise y ◠earth land The world withal that is therin thou foūdest w t thy hād verse 12 Both North South w t East West thy self didst make frame Both Tabor mount and eke Hermō reioyse and prayse thy name verse 13 Thine arme is strong and ful of power al might therin doth lye The strength of thy right hād ech houre thou liftest vp on hye verse 14 In righteousnes and equity thou hast thy seat and place Mercy and truth are stil with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folke is blest that knoweth aright thy presēt power O God For in the fauour of thy sight they walke ful safe abrod verse 16 For in thy name throughout the day they ioy much reioyce and through thy rightousnes haue they a pleasant fame noyce verse 17 For why their glory strength and ayde in thee alone doth lye Thy goodnes eke that hath vs stayde shal lift our horne on hye verse 18 Our strength that doth defend vs wel the Lord to vs doth bring The holy one of Israel he is our guide and kyng verse 19 Somtyme thy wil vnto thy saints in visions thou didst shew and thus thē didst thou say to them thy mind to make thē know verse 20 A man of might haue I erect your king and gyde to be and set vp him whom I elect among the folke to me The third part verse 21 My seruaunt Dauid I appoint whom I haue searched out and with my holy oyle anoynt him king of al the route verse 22 For why my hand is ready stil with hym for to remayne and with mine arme also I wil him strengthen and sustayne verse 23 The enmies shal not him oppres they shal him not deuoure Ne yet the sonnes of wickednes of him shal haue no power verse 24 His foes likewise wil I destroy before his face in sight and those that hate him I wil plage strike thē with my might verse 25 My truth and mercy eke with al shal stil vpon him lye And in my name his horne eke shal be lifted vp on hye verse 26 His kingdome I wil set to be vpon the sea and sand and eke the running floudes shal he embrace with his right hād verse 27 He shal depend with al his hart on me and thus shal say My father and my God thou art my rocke of health and stay verse 28 As one first borne I wil him take of al on earth that springs His might and honour I shal make aboue al worldly kings verse 29 My mercy shal be with him stil as I my selfe haue told My faythful couenaunt to fulfil my mercy I wil hold verse 30 And eke his sede wil I sustayne for euer strong and sure So that his seat shal stil remayne while heauen doth endure The fourth part verse 31 If that his sonnes forsake my law and so begin to swerue and of my iudgements haue none awe nor wil not them obserue verse 32 Or if thy do not vse aright my statutes to them made and set al my commaundements light and wil not kepe my trade verse 33 Then with the rod wil I begin theyr doings to amend and so with scourging for theyr sinne when that they do offend verse 34 My mercy yet and my goodnes I wil not take him fro Nor handle him with craftines and so my truth forgo verse 35 But sure my couenaunt I wil hold with al that I haue spoke No word the which my lips haue told shal alter or be broke verse 36 Once swore I by mine holynes and that performe wil I With Dauid I shal kepe promise to him I wil not ly verse 37 His sede for euermore shal rayne and eke his throne of might as doth the sunne it shal remayne for euer in my sight verse 38 And as the moone within the sky for euer standeth fast a faythful witnes from on hye so shal his kyngdome last verse 39 But now O Lord thou doost reiect now thou chaungest cheare Yea thou art wroth with thine elect thine own annointed deare verse 40 The couenāt which thy seruāt made lord thou hast quite vndone and downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royal crown The fifte part verse 41 Thou pluckst his hedges vp with might his wals doost y u cōfoūd Thou beatest eke his bulwarkes down breakst thē to the groūd verse 42 That he is sore destroyed and torne of commers by throughout and so is made a mocke and scorne to al that dwel about verse 43 Thou their right hand hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy and al his foes that him deuour loe thou hast made to ioy verse 44 His swerds edge y u doost take away that should his foes w t stand To him in warre no victory thou geuest nor vpperhand verse 45 His glory thou doost also wast his
and meditate vpon thy workes most wonderful O Lord. verse 6 And they shal of thy power and of thy feareful actes declare and I to publish al abrod thy greatnes wil not spare verse 7 And they into the mētion shal breake of thy goodnes great and I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shal repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gratious and merciful also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to al and al his workes his mercy doth excede verse 10 Lo al thy works do praise thee lord doe thy honor spred verse 11 Thy saints do blesse thee they do thy kingdomes glory shew verse 12 And blase thy power to cause the sōnes of mē his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to spread the glorious praise verse 13 Thy kingdome Lord a kingdome is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through ech age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth them that fal the sliding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of al do wayt on thee thou doost them al releue and thou to ech suffising foode in season due doost geue verse 16 Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doost fil al things whatsoeuer doth lyue with gifts of thy good wil. verse 17 The Lord is iust in al his wayes his workes are holy al verse 18 Nere al he his that cal on him in truth that on him cal verse 19 He the desires which they require that feare him wil fulfil and he wil heare thē whē they cry saue them al he wil. verse 20 The Lord preserues al those to him that bear a louing hart But he them al that wicked are wil vtterly subuert verse 21 My thākful mouth shal gladly speake the praises of y e Lord al flesh to prayse his holy name for euer shal accord Lauda anima mea Psalme Cxlvi I. H. ¶ Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almighty and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at libertie comforteth the satherles widowes and the straūgers and rangneth kyng for euer Sing this as the .2 137 Psalme verse 1 MY soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes my God I wil cōfes While breath life prolōg my daies my tōg no time shal cease Trust not in worldly princes thē though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortal mē in whō there is no health verse 2 For why their breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fal and then the counsels of theyr hart decay and perish al. verse 3 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde and he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is stayd verse 4 Which made the earth waters depe the heauens hye wythal which doth his word and promise kepe in truth and euer shal verse 5 With right alwayes doth he procede for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 6 The Lord doth sēd the blind theyr sight the lame to lims restore The Lord I say doth loue the right and iust man euermore verse 7 He doth defend the fatherles the straungers sad in hart And quyt the widow frō distres il mens wayes subuert verse 8 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion stil shal rayne In tyme of al posterity for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlvii N. ¶ The Prophet prayseth the bounty wisedome power suffice and prouidence of God vpon al his creatures But specially vpon his Church which he gathereth together after their dispersion declaring his word iudgement so vnto them as he hath done to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to syng For it is pleasaunt and to prayse it is a comely thing 2 The Lord his own Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynd verse 4 He counts the nūber of the starres names them in their kind verse 5 Great is our Lord great is his power his wisedome infinit verse 6 The Lord releues y e meke throwes to groūd the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyce and to our God vpō the harpe aduaunce your singing voyce verse 8 He couers heauen with cloudes for the earth prepareth rayne and on the mountaines he doth make the gras to grow agayne verse 9 He geues to beastes theyr foode to young rauens when they cry verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legs dothly verse 11 But in al those that feare the Lord the Lord hath hys delight and such as do attend vpon his mercies shyning light verse 12 O prayse thy Lord Ierusalem thy God O Sion prayse verse 13 For he the barres hath forged strōg wherwith thy gate he stayes verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in the◠and in thy borders he Doth settle peace with y ◠flower of wheat he filleth thee verse 15 And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out and eke the word with spedy course swyftly run about verse 16 He geueth snow like wol hore frost like ashes doth he spred verse 17 Like morsels casts hys I se therof the cold who can abide verse 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word and melteth thē agayn His wind he makes to blow thē y ◠waters flow amayn verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iacob doth he shew his statutes his iudgments he geues Israel to know verse 20 With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne his secret iudgements ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlviij I. P. ¶ He prouoketh al creatures to prayse the Lord in heauē in earth in all places specially for the power that he hath geuen to his people Israel whō he hath taken so nere vnto hym GEuelaud vnto the Lord from heauē that is so hye Praise him in dede and word Aboue the starry skie And also ye his angels al armies royal prayse him with glee verse 3 Prayse him both mone sunne Which are so cleare and bright The same in you be done He glistring stars of light verse 4 And eke no les He heauens fayre verse 5 And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse verse 6 For at his word they were Al formed as we se At his voyce did appere Al things in theyr degre Which he set fast To them he made A law and trade For ay to last verse 7 Extol and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fel Al depe do ye the same For it becommeth you wel verse 8 Him magnify Fyre hayle I se Snow And stormes that blow At hys decree verse 9 The hils and mountaynes al And trees
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience
here before thy maiesty trusting in our owne merites or worthines but in thy manifold mercies which hast promised to heare our prayers grauÌ„t our requests which we shal make to thee in y â— name of thy beloued son Iesus Christ our Lord who hath also commaunded vs to assemble our selues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not onely be amoÌ„gst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obtayne all thinges which shal seme expedient to thy blessed wil for our necessities therfore we besech thee most merciful Father to turne thy louyng countenance towardes vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wherby we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishment but rather receyue vs to thy mercye for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offences in whom onely thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seyng that of thy great mercies we haue quietly passed this nyght graunt O heauenly Father that we may bestow this day wholy in thy seruice so that al our thoughts words and dedes may redouÌ„d to the glory of thy name and good ensample to al men who seyng our good workes may glorify thee our heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and â—oue thou hast not onely created vs to thyne own similitude and lykenes but also hast chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of y e world we besech thee to encrease our faith knowledge and to lighten our harts with thy holy sprite that we may in y â— mean tyme liue in godly conuersation and integrity of lyfe knowyng that Idolaters adulterers couetous men coÌ„tentious persons drunkards gluttons and such like shal not inherite the kingdom of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for an other we do not onely make request O Lord for our selues and them that thou hast already called to the true vnderdandyng of thy heauenlye wil but for all people nations of the world who as they know by thy wonderful workes that thou art God ouer al so they may be instructed by thy holy spirit to beleue in thee theyr onely Sauiour redemer But for as much as they cannot beleue except they heare nor cannot heare but by preachyng and none can preache except they be sent therfore O Lord rayse vp faithful distributers of thy misteries who settyng apart al worldly respects may both in their lyfe doctrine onely seeke thy glory Contrarily confound Sathan Antichrist with all hyrelinges whome thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sence that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiete thy little flocke And because O Lord we be fallen into the latter dayes and daungerous tymes wherein ignoraunce hath gotten the vpper hand and Sathan by his ministers seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospell we besech thee to maintayne thy cause against those rauenyng wolues and strengthen al thy seruants whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion eyther to encrease their tiranny or to discourage thy children neyther yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hynderaunce to thy mercies but with speede O Lord consider these great miseries For thy people Israell many tymes by their synnes prouoked thyne anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgement yet thoughe theyr synnes were neuer so greuous if they once returned from theyr iniquity thou receyuedst them to mercy We therefore most wretched synners be wayle our manifolde synnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wyckednes and vngodly behauiour towardes thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humbly besech thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercies vpon vs and receyue vs againe to thy fauour Graunt vs dere father these our requests and al other thynges necessary for vs and thy whole church according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our lord In whose name we besech thee as he hath taught vs saying Our father c. A prayer to be sayd before meales ALl thynges depend vppon thy prouidence O Lord to receyue at thy hands due sustenance in time conuenient thou geuest to them and they gather it thou openest thy hande and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father which art the fountayne ful treasure of al goodnes we beseche thee to shew thy mercies vpon vs thy children sanctify these gyfts which we receyue of thy mercifull liberality graunt vs grace to vse them soberly and purely accordyng to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we maye acknowledge thee to bee the author and geuer of all good things and aboue al that we may remember continually to seeke the spirituall foâ—â—e of thy worde wherwith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our sauior Christ who is the true bread of life which came down from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shal liue for euer and raigne with him in glory world without end So be it A thankes geuyng after meales LEt all nations magnify the Lord let all people reioyce in praysing and extollyng hys great mercies For his fatherly kyndnes is plentifully shewd forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise endureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde God for the manifolde benefites which we continually receiue at thy bountiful hand not onely for that it hath pleased thee to frede vs in this present lyfe geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies fashioned vs a new into an assured hope of a far better lyfe the which thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Gospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer our affections to bee so intangled or rooted in these earthly and corruptible thyngs but that we may alwayes haue our myndes dyrected to thee on high coÌ„tinually watchyng for the coÌ„myng of our Lord and Sauiour Christ what time he shal appeare for our ful redemption To whome with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory for euer and euer So be it Another thankes geuyng before meales ETernall and euerlyuing God Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankynde hast appointed to his sustenaunce not onely the frutes of the earth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of the earth and fishes of the sea and hast commaunded thy benefits to be receyued as from thy handes with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane al things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctifâ—d by thy word by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderately to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies being refreshed the soules may be
name Helpe to amplifie and increase 〈…〉 and whatsoeuer thou sendest we may be hartly wel contēt with thy good pleasure wil Let vs not lacke the thyng O Father without the which we cā not serue thee but blesse thou so al the workes of our handes that we may haue sufficient and not to be chargeable but rather helpeful vnto others be merciful O Lord to our offences seing our det is great which thou hast forgeuē vs in Iesus Christ make vs to loue thee and our neighbours so much y e more Be thou our father our captaine and defender in al temptations hold thou vs by thy merciful hand that we may be deliuered from al inconueniences and end our liues in the sāctifying and honor of thy holy name through Iesu Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour So be it Let thy mighty hand out stretched arme O Lord be stil our defence thy mercy and louyng kindnes in Iesu Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true an holy word our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comfort and consolation vnto the end and in the end So be it O Lord increase our faith ¶ A Confession for al estates and times O Eternal God and most merciful father we confesse acknowledge here before thy diuine maiestie that wear miserable sinners cōceiued and borne in sinne and iniquity so that in vs there is no goodnes For the flesh euermore rebelleth against the spirite wherby we continually transgres thy holy precepts cōmaundemēts so purchace to our selues through thy iust iudgemēt death dānation Notwithstanding O heauēly father for asmuch as we are displeased with our selues for the sinnes that we haue cōmitted agaynst thee do vnfainedly repent vs of the same we most humbly besech thee for Iesus Christs sake to shew thy mercy vpon vs to forgeue vs al our sinnes to increase thy holy spirit in vs y ◠we acknowledging frō the botom of our harts our own vnrighteousnes may frō hēceforth not onely mortify our sinful lustes affections but also bring forth such frutes as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil not for the worthines therof but for y ◠merites of thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our onely sauiour whom y u hast alredy geuē an oblatiō offring for our sinnes for whose sake we are certeinly perswaded y ◠thou wilt deny vs nothing y t we shal aske in his name according to thy wil. For thy spirite doth assure our consciēces that thou art our merciful father so louest vs thy childrē through him that nothing is able to remoue thy heauēly grace fauour frō vs to the thee therfore O father with the sonne and the holy ghost be al honor glory world without end So be it ¶ A Prayer to be said before a man begin his worke O Lord God most merciful father Sauiour seyng it hath pleased thee to cōmaūd vs to traueil that we may releue our nede we besech thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour y t thy blessing may extend vnto vs without the which we are not able to continue that this great fauor may be a witnes vnto vs of thy bountifulnes assistāce so that therby we may know the fatherly care that y u hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lord we besech thee that thou wouldest strengthē vs with thine holy spirit that we may faithfully trauail in our estate and vocatiō without fraude or deceit and that we may indeuour our selues to folow thine holy ordinaūces rather thē to seke to satisfy our gredy affectiōs or desire to gayne And if it please thee O Lord to prosper our labour geue vs a minde also to helpe thē that haue nede according to that abilitie that thou of thy mercy shalt geue vs and knowing that al good thinges come of thee graunt that we may humble our selues to our neyghbours and not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them whiche haue not receyued so liberal a portion as of thy mercy thou hast geuen vnto vs. And if it please thee to trye and exercise vs by greater pouertye and neede then our fleshe woulde desire that thou wouldest yet O Lorde graunte vs grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish vs cōtinually through thy boūtiful liberality that we be not so tempted that we fal into distrust but that we may paciently wayt til thou fil vs not onely w t corporal graces benefites but chiefly with thine heauenly and spiritual treasures to the intent that we may alwayes haue more ample occasion to geue thee thākes and so wholy to rest vpon thy mercyes Heare vs O Lord of mercy through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the whole state of Christes Church ALmighty God and most merciful father we hūbly submit our selues and fal down before thy maiesty beseching thee from the botom of our hartes that this sede of thy worde now sowen amongst vs may take such depe roote that neither y e burning heat of persecutiō cause it to wither neither the thorny cares of this life do choke it but that as sede sowen in good ground it may bring forth thirty sixty an hundreth fold as thy heauenly wisdome hath appointed And because we haue nede continually to craue many things at thy hāds we hūbly besech thee O heauenly father to graunt vs thy holy spirit to direct our petitiōs that they may procede from such a feruent mind as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil. And seing that our infirmitie is able to doo nothing without thy helpe that thou art not ignoraunt with how many and great temptations we poore wretches are on euery side enclosed and compassed Let thy strength O Lord sustayne our weakenes that we 〈◊〉 defēded with the force of thy grace may be safely perserued agaynst al assaultes of Sathan who goeth about cōtinually like a roring Lion seking to deuoure vs. Encrease our faith O merciful father that we do not swarue at any time from thy heauenly word but augment in vs hope and loue with a careful kepyng of al thy cōmaundements that no hardnes of hart no Ipocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw vs away frō thy obedience And seing we liue now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly prouidence defend vs agaynst the violence of al our enemyes which do seke by almeanes to oppres thy truth Furthermore for as much as by thy holy Apostle we be taught to make our prayers supplications for al men We pray not onely for our selues here present but besech thee also to reduce al such as be yet ignoraūt frō the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and errour to the pure vnderstanding and knowledge of thy heauenly truth that we al with one consent vnitie of minds may worship thee our onely God sauiour And that al Pastors shepe heardes and Ministers to whom thou