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A14946	A spyrytuall and moost precyouse pearle Teachyng all men to loue and imbrace the crosse, as a mooste swete and necessary thyng, vnto the sowle, and what comfort is to be taken thereof, and also where and howe, both consolacyon and ayde in all maner of afflyccyons is to be soughte, and agayne, how all men should behaue them selues therein, accordynge to the word of God. Sett forth by the moste honorable lorde, the duke hys grace of Somerset, as appeareth by hys epystle set before the same.; Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English.	Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552, attributed name.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 25255; ESTC S105089	87,629	226

towarde thy seruauntes And for the same not merited of any man but freely of thy mere mercy ge uen we rendre vnto the according to our moste bounden duetye most hartye prayses and entier thankes In consyderacion wherof the chyldren of Israell b●…ynge in miserable captyuytye lamentably lamen tyng before the their to muche sorowfull state by hearty prayers after that thou haddest delyuered them from that lande of seruitude brast out into exceding great prayses glorifyinge thy moste holye and blessed name for their swete and comfortable delyueraunce The cytezens of Bethulia lykewyse beyng in great dystresse called vpon thy glorious name and thou most mercyfullye delyueredst them And they agayne wyth merye voyces more ioyful heartes song vnto the most hearty thankes In lyke maner after thou haddest delyuered Ioseph danyell Peter many other thy seruauntes from their so rowes and calamities ah who is able to expresse with howe ready and glad myndes they magnifyed the thy holy name We therfore synfull wretches excyted styrred vp wyth the godlye examples of these thy seruautes knowyng how greatly thou delightest in the sacrifice of praise confessyng also such is our beggery that we haue no other thyng worthye to offre vnto thy dyuyne maiesty are at thys present gathered together to celebrate thy greate mercyes to magnyfye thy blessed name and to rendre vnto the moste humble thankes and immortal prayses that it hath pleased the of thy excedynge goodnes the rather at the contemplacyon of our prayers to shew thy fauourable mercy in the delyuerance of thy seruaunt our Lord and mayster vnto our syngular ioy and great comfort For thye thy benefyte most benefycyal father we so heartylye thanke the as heart can thynke most entyerly beseching the that thou wylt geue vs all grace neuer to be vumyndfull of thys thy benefyte nor to cōmit any thing hereafter that should offend thy fatherly goodnes or prouoke thy wrath againste vs lest through our disobedience we after this feele more bitter tokens of thy heuye dyspleasure than hetherto we haue done but in all oure enterpryses so to behaue oure selues accordinge to thy blessed wyll that thou mayest delight in vs as a father in hys chyldren and vouchsafe to blesse vs with all spiritual blessyng to enryche vs wyth the knowledge of thy heauenly word and to worke in vs a lyfe con formable to the same that other seyng our godly maners and Christian conuersacion maye be encouraged to embrace thy blessed word to magnyfy thy holy name and in all poyntes to frame their lyfe accordyng to the rule of thy holy commaun dementes through the inspyracyon of thy blessed spirit to whom with the thy derely beloued son Iesu Christ be al honor prayse and glory for euer and euer Amē A Godlye prayer and Confessyon of our synnes to god our heauenly father with the rehersall of the punishmentes and plages of the same callynge therein vpon the mercy of God LOrd god of heauen great myghty terryble god fearfull dreadfull is thy name whom all creatures do feare and tremble for the power of thy face for intollerable is the threatenyng of thyne indignacion ouer the synner We are not ashamed to knoweledge and to confesse vnto the our trespasses 〈◊〉 synnes for we haue synned aboue the numbre of the sande whyche is in the sea Yea Lord we haue synned offended and haue ben vngodlye and knowledge oure transgressyons and oure synnes are euer before vs we haue synned in dede and departed from the we haue neither heard nor yet kept thy commaundementes ney ther we haue done as thou hast commanded vs. Lord thou hast knowen our weakenes and infyrmytye that neyther oure fathers nor yet we haue ben able to heare al thy commaundementes lawes and ordynaunces whyche thou haste geuen vs by thy faythfull seruaunt Moses wherfore thou hast had mercy vpon vs and in the fulnesse of thy promysed tyme haste sent vs our sauyoure and redemer thyne onelye sonne whom thou hast put vnder the lawe that he myghte redeme vs from the heauy burthen of the lawe and wythoute oure deseruyng freely geuen vs the ryghteousnes so that onelye we woulde knowledge oure synnes and beleue that the same are forgeuen thoroughe thyne onelye sonne Ielus Christe But we vnthankefull synners do nothynge belongynge to repentaunce and haue also after our stubburne impenitent hartes hoorded vp a treasure of thy wrath in the daye of thy wrath and of the declaryng of thy ryghteous iudgemente for oure synnes reache vnto heauen we haue synned greuouslye vnto thys daye Yea father we haue synned agaynste heauen and before the and are not worthye to be called thy chyldren we be ashamed to lyfte vp oure eyes vnto the Lorde for we knowledge that we haue offended the verye sore For oure synnes sake is thyne indygnacyon descended ouer vs the indygnacyon of thyne vnmercyfulnes whyche thou ha●…t sente into vs by the wycked Angels Hon ger famyne and dearth hast thou heaped ouer vs and hast destroyed our prouysyon of bread to the expyracyon of our children and bretheren But amonge vs that are a lyue for oure vnthankefulnes sake hast thou sent honger not onely of the bo dely bread but the honger of the spyritual breade and we haue gone and runne hether and thether sekynge the same but haue not founde it and oure yonge chyldren haue also sought the bread but there was none to breake it vnto them Thou hast brought vpō vs the sweard of the vn beleuynge and geuen the carcases of our chyldren into destrucciō before the face of theyr fathers oure townes villages are conf●…med wyth fyre oure cityes are wasted and few inhabitours left in the same oure frendes are fallen by the swordes of our enemies their bodyes are become meate for the foules of the ayer and for the wylde beastes of the earth alas thys haue oure eyes sene Lord thou hast plaged and striken vs w t more buyles sores and wyth dyseases which haue not ben heard of before that we coulde not be healed more pestylence haue we hadde than euer oure fathers knewe of Al these plages hast thou Lord brought vpon vs our chyldren and our bretheren and they are not yet at an ende for these are the dayes of thy vengeaunce But Lord thou arte oure God our refu ge and strenght oure helpe in the greate afflictions whiche are come vpon vs a meke true longe sufferinge pacient god a God of mercy and all conforte which conforted vs in al our troubles Thou art also riche in mercies in the which thou orderest all thynges for incōprehensible vnseearcheable is the mercy of thy promyse Thou art the moste hyeste god ou●…r all earth thou wylt not the destruccyon of the soule for thou hast according to thy goodnes promysed vs repētaunce for the remissyon of synnes sayenge That thou hast no

¶ A Spyrytuall and moost precyouse Pearle Teachyng all men to loue and imbrace the crosse as a mooste swete and necessary thyng vnto the sowle and what comfort is to be taken thereof and also where and howe both consolacyon and ayde in all maner of afflyccy●ns is to be soughte And agayne how all men should behaue them selues therein accordynge to the word of God Sett forth by the moste honorable Lorde the duke hys grace of Somerset as appeareth by hys Epystle set before the same IESVS Uerely verelye I saye vnto you Whosoeuer beleueth on me hath euerlastyng lyfe The Contentes of thys boke are conteyned in the next leafe The contentes of the most precyous and spiritual pearle The fyrst Chapter ¶ That all trouble afflyccyon comyth from God Fol. i●… The seconde Chapter ¶ That trouble afflyccion and aduersyte are sente vnto vs of God euen for the ponyshment of our synnes Fol. i●… The thyrde Chapter ¶ All maner of troubles afflyccyons whatsoeuer they be are allweys much●… lesse and lyghter than are oure synnes Fol. v ▪ The fourth Chapter ¶ All maner of afflyccyons are sent and come from God of a louyng and fatherly mynd toward vs. Fol. viij The fyft Chapter ¶ That only God for Christes sake and that of verye mere loue fauor doeth correct and punyshe vs. Fol. x The sy●…t Chapter ¶ Symylytudes comparysons dec●…arynge howe and after what maner God doth plage and chasten vs of verye loue mercy and fauor towards vs. Fo. xii●… ▪ The. vij Chapter ¶ Trouble and afflyccyons do serue 〈◊〉 proue and to trye vs wyth all Fol. xxi The. viij Chapter ¶ Trouble and affliccions do help further vs to the knowledge of oure selues and of God also and specyally to wysedome Fol. xxv The. ix Chapter ¶ Trouble afflyccyons doo helpe and further vs to the ryght knowledge of our synnes and to perfyte sorow and repentance for them Fol. xxvi The. x. Chapter ¶ Trouble afflyccyon and aduersyte do helpe and further vs to the exe●…synge a●…d increasyng of our fayth Fol. xxvi●… The. xi Chapter ¶ Trouble aduersyte geuyth vs occasyon to pray vnto God and to laude and prayse hym Fol. xxxij The. xij Chapter ¶ Trouble aduersyte doo further vs to vertu and Godlynes Fol. xxxiiij The. xiij Chapter ¶ Sorowe and affliccion do help and further vs towarde the feare and loue of God Fol. xxxviij The. xiiij Chapter ¶ Trouble and afflyccyon is good an●… profytable to teache man pacience mekenes and lowlenes Fol. xli The. xv Chapter ¶ Trouble and aduersyte is good to teache men pyty compassyon and pacyence towards other Fol. xlij The. xvi Chapter ¶ Trouble and aduersyte makyth men harde and stronge and teacheth them sobernes and temperancy Fol. xliij The. xvij Chapter ¶ Trouble and aduersyte teachyth men to contemne despyse and defye the world to be dylygent and feruente in all godlynes and vertu Fol. xliiij The. xvii●… Chapter ¶ Trouble and aduersyte is also an occa syon and help of much transytory quyetnes and commodyte in thys worlde Fol. x●…ij The. xix Chapter ¶ Trouble and aduersyte is a furtherance to eternall lyfe Fol. xlix The. xx Chapter ¶ How and in what respect trouble and aduersite can be so profytable and of such vertue seynge that the vnfayethfull do●… waxe more obstynate and peruers●…●…row trouble and afflyccyon Fol. l. The. xxi Chapter ¶ Felowe companyons in trouble and aduersyte Fol. liiij The seconde parte of thys boke The. xxij Chapter ¶ By what naturall meanys or wayes trouble and aduersyte maye be qualyfyed easyd and ouercomme Fol. lvi The. xxiij Chapter ¶ The best and suerest succor and comfort in aduersyte restyth only in the myght power wyll and goodnes of God Fol. lix The. xxiiij Chapter ¶ Examples of the helpe and ayde of God Fol. lxiiij The thyrd and last part of thys boke The. xxv Chapter ¶ We must dyrect our fayth hope confydence towards God Fol. lxvi The. xxvi Chapter ¶ Of prayer in trouble and aduersyte Fol. lxviij The. xxvij Chapter ¶ Repentance and amendemente of lyfe in trouble and aduersyte is necessarye Fol. lxx The. xxviij Chapter ¶ Christen godly persuasyons and examples out of the word of God to moue men vnto pacyence in afflyccyon and aduersyte Fol. lxxi The. xxix Chapter ¶ Examples causes taken out of naturall thynges and of heathen men whereby a man maye be mouyd to pacyence in aduersyte Fol. lxxvi The. xxx Chapter ¶ By what meanys pacyence ma●…e be obteyned goten And ones had howe it may be kept and increasyd Fol. lxxxiij The. xxxi Chapter ¶ The fruyte profyte and commodyte of pacyence as well corporall as spyrytual Fol. lxxxix ¶ An humble petycyon to the Lord practysed in the commun prayer of the whole famyly at Shene durynge the trouble of theyr Lord and mayster the duke of Somerset hys grace gathered and set furth by Thomas Becon Mynister there Whych trouble began the. vi of October the yeare of oure Lorde M. D. xlix and ended the vi of February than next ensuyng Fol. xcvij. ¶ A thankes geuyng for hys graces delyueraunce Fol. xcviiij ¶ A godly prayer and confessyon of our synnes to God our heauenly father with the rehersall of the punishmentes and plages of the same callyng therein vpon the mercy of God Fol. c. ¶ A prayer for the kynges mayestye and for peace Fol. ciij. Edward by the grace of God Duke of Somerset earle of hertford vycount Beachamp lorde Seimour vncle to the kynges excellent maiestye knyght of the most noble ordre of the garther c. to the Christian reader Gretyng YF they be worthye prayse who for a zeale and desyre that they haue to do theyr neyghbours good do wryghte and put in prynte suche thynges as by experyence they haue proued or by heare saye of graue and trustye men they haue learned or by reading of good and auncyent authores they haue vnderstanded to be a salue or medycyne to a mans body or to a parte or membre of the same how muche more deserue they thank and prayse that teache vs a true comfort salue medycyne of the soule spyrit mynde The whych spyryte and mynde the more precyous it is then the bodye the more daungerous be hys sores and syknes and the more thancke worth the cure thereof For a well quyeted mynde to a troubled bodye yet maketh quyetnes and sycknes of bodye or losse of goodes is not muche paynfull to hym that estemeth it not or ●…aketh it pacyently But an vnquyet mynde yea to a moste hole bodye maketh helth vnpleasaunt death to be wyshed And an vnsacyable mynde and sore wyth desyre of more maketh ryches pouertye and health a syknes strengthe an infyrmyte bewty a deformyte and welth pouertye wken by comparyng hys felycytye wyth a better it leseth the grace and ioye of that it hath and felyth the smart of that it hath not The●… to amende thys in wealthe and

appereth vnto the and thou knowest not what God meaneth thereby yet oughtest thou as a chylde vnto the father to geue vnto hym honor laude and prayse that he dysposeth all thynges wyth such wysdome and in suche order And when he seyth tyme he wyll rewarde consyder all such thynges as haue bene wroughte committed heretofore agaynst hys most ryght iust lawes accordynge as they haue deserued The iiij Chapter All maner of affliccions are sent and come from God of a louynge fatherlye mynde towarde vs. IT is not suffycient for vs to know that all maner of affliccyon commeth by the permyssyon and sufferaunce of God of hys iuste iudgemente by reason of our synnes For in extreme temptacyons and in greate necessyties these are the fyrste thoughtes and ymagy nacyons that come into oure myndes For as muche as I haue greuouslye offended God wyth my synnes therfore is he displeased wyth me and nowe become myne enemye and hath caste hys fauor from me And yf we preuent not shyft awaye such fantasyes ymaginacyōs in tyme they wyll make vs to flee frō God to forsake hym and to abhorre grudge agaynst hym As Saul dyd which ymagyned fully persuaded with hym self y t God punyshed hym of hatered displeasure agaynst hym And therfore Sauls hart turned from God and forsoke him and so he began to hate and abhorre hym as a cruell tyranne Wherfore vnto suche poyntes and articles as are taught heretofore thys admonicyon doth also apper teyne We ought to receyue wyth hyghe thankefulnes what soeuer God of a fatherly louynge mynde not of any indygnacyon towarde vs sendeth vnto vs whether it be to the fleshe pleasant or greuous The Forde God vy●…iteth vs with temporal transitorye myserye euē for the very carefull and fatherlye harte that he beareth towarde vs and not of any hatred or indignacyon agaynst vs. For God is reconcyled and at one wyth all Christen men thorow hys sonne and loueth them euen from the verye ground of hys harte For the whiche cause howe so euer or by what maner of meane it be that God pouysheth correcteth vs he doth it because he hateth as thoughe he wolde vtterlye refuse and cast vs away but of very pyty compassyon onelye to receyue vs as hys chyldren to kepe and preserue vs to exercyse and practyse vs to humble and to brynge vs downe and to styrre and prycke vs forwarde that prayer fayth the ●…eare of God obedience other vertuys maye ware and increase in vs to hys honor and our saluacyon Testymonyes for thys haue we fyrst in the xxxiij of Ezechiel As trulye as I lyue I haue no pleasure in the deathe of the synner but that he turne liue Here ●…owe doth God sweare that he doth ponyshe not to destroye but to allure reduce bryng vs vnto penans Item Prou. iij. Whome the Lorde loueth hym doth he chasten and yet not withstandinge he hath pleasure in hym as a father in hys chylde Thys is an euydent testimony that affliccyon trouble and vexacyon are no tokens of the wrath and dyspleasure of God but rather holye tokens of hys grace mercy and fauor whereby god assueryth vs of hys mercyfull will and fatherlye harte towarde vs. Item in the. viij to the Romaynes We know that vn to suche as loue God al thynges serue to the best And in the. xi of the. i ▪ to the Cho rinth we are corrected ponyshed of the lorde that we shulde not be condemned with the world All thys mayest thou also marke in the whole story of Iob thorow oute Lykewyse Ioseph was solde of hys brethren and delyuered vnto the Heathē of very malyce and enuye by the prouoc●… cyon and suggestion of the deuyll But y e most faythfull God turned it to the profyte and welth both of the house of Israel and also of the whole kyngdome of Egypt For so dyd Ioseph hym selfe interprete it in the. x●…v of Genesis Agayne the churche of Christe that is to saye the Christen congregacyon which is Christes spowse muste suffer vexacyon and affliccyon here vpon earthe But for as muche as God loueth thys hys spowse of hys sonne namely the congregacyon of the faythfull and mynded to comforte her and to be most benefycially vnto her therfore lyke as he hath raysed vp Christe her brydegrome heade and Kynge from deathe euen so wyll he also delyuer her from all affliccyon and geue her a ioyfull victorye of all suche thynges as do oppresse her But it is the infyrmyte and faulte of oure weake eyes that we can not espye the mercyfull louing goodnes of God in and vnder the rodde and scourge Whansoeuer we are vysyted wyth affliccyon and miserye it is our du●…ye in dede fyrste to acknowledge and remember oure synnes and agayne to cō syder the ●…ock bandes of the deuill for synne but we ought not to iudge ymagyne of suche affliccyon according to the purpose and wyll of the deuill as he of a malyce a myscheuous mynde that he beareth vs myndeth towarde vs ▪ which seketh contynually nothynge els but the vtter destruccyon and confusyon of all mankynd but rather we ought to esteme cōsyder of al such troubles afflicciōs according as God meaneth receyueth thē which of his mere goodnes turneth them to our welth profyte workynge fynyshing therby our perfyght saluacyō And wheresoeuer the harte can not conceyue thys comforte that God correcteth pouysheth for very mercyfull fauor loue towarde vs there of necessyte must the temptacyon and grefe be moche the greater and the party at lengthe fall to vtter desperacyon ¶ The. v. Chapter That onely God for Christes sake and that of very mery loue and fauor doth correcte and pouyshe vs. THe very ryght and onelye cause of the mercyfull and fatherly wyl of God towarde vs haue we in the onelye merytes of Iesus Christe vnto whome we ought to lyfte vp oure hartes towarde heauen and to behold and consyder hym wyth our myndes contynuallye after thys maner Oure synnes and mysdedes deserue honger dearth warre pestilence and al maner of plages Now hath Christ rāsomed and made full satisfaccyon for all the synnes that we haue committed He hath redemed payde discharged and made harmeles vnto vs al our mysdedes wyth hys bytter deathe victoryous resurreccyō hath satisfyed hys fathers ryghteousnes As S. Paule doth testifye verye comfortably i. Corin. i. sayinge Iesus is becomme and made vnto vs our wysdome our ryghteousnes our satisfaccyon and oure redempcyon So that nowe yf affliccyons hurt vs only by reason of our synnes and oure synnes satysfyed dyscharged thorowe the death and passyon of Iesus then must it nedes folowe that all oure affliccyons al so are lykewyse harmeles vnto vs and can not hurte vs. Yea Christe wyth and thorowe hys passyon and affliccyon hath blessed and sanctyfyed all maner of affliccyons that they all shulde serue and redounde

pacyence whyche thynge only Christ alone hath done And yet shall we be rewarded for oure pacyence and aduersyte and they shall profite vs euerlastyngly ●…ast of al pacyence is profytable and bryngeth syngular commodyte not only to hym that hath the same vertue but also to other people For whan another perceyuyth thy constant trueth fydelyte and stedfastnes he taketh example and occasyon to exercyse lyke pacyence and stedfastnes It is manyfest by dyuers true and cre dyble storyes whan as the Christians haue dyed manfullye and boldlye for the Christen fayeths sake that certen of the persecutors and enemyes of Christe haue wonderyd so sore there at that they by that and no nother occasyon were conuer tyd and turnyd to the fayth and relygyon of Christ. Item pacyence and stedfastnes haue wroughte peace and quyetnes in comon welthys in the church and in many nacions cyteys and townys As Scipio a wyse and noble ruler for as muche as he dyd resrayne hym self and woulde rather forsake the cyte of Rome than to subdewe and oppresse his ennemyes wyth force of armes it turnyd to the syngular welth and commodyte of the whole comon welth And contrarywyse a bytter cruell and vnpacyente mynde bryngyth workyth and occasionyth infynite harme destruccion in comon welthys heresyes in the church of god For Marius as he came agayne to Rome and coulde not refrayne hym self thorowe hys vnpacyentnes wrought great tyrannye and shewed muche cruellnes causynge dyuers of the pryncypall people of the contrarye parte that helde agaynste hym moste cruellye to be murtheryd and put to death wherevpon dyd folowe and insewe muche inconnenyence Also Arrius because he could not obteyne hys purpose nor bryng hys dyuyse to effect for very frowardnes and impacyency he vexed and dysquyeted the church of Christ with horrible heresyes In lyke maner thorow our vnpacyentnes in the crosse a●…d aduersyte we geue occasyon to them that be weake in the fayth to dowt whether our fayth and relygyon be the true fayeth and relygyon or 〈◊〉 whan we confesse saye of god that he is our comfort and refuge both in thys world and in the world to come and yet we shewe our selues so desperate and heuy in aduersyte as though God had vt terly forsaken vs as though there were no better lyfe after thys Wherfore we oughte to arme and prepare our selues to all maner of aduersyte in tyme whyle we are here in good welth and prosperyte and not to depend hang ouer much vpon transytorye goodes and prosperyte that whansoeuer nede shall re quyre we may be content wyth pacience to forgoo and forbeare them and contynue stedfast in the true fayth wherein whosoeuer shal cōtinue vnto the end shalbe sauyd Mat. xxii●… x AMEN To god only be al honor and prayse A humble peticyon to the lord practysed in the commune prayer of the whole famylye at Shene during the trou ble of their Lord and mayster the duke of Somerset his grace gathered set furth by Thomas Becon Minister there Whych trouble began the. vi of October the yeare of oure Lorde M. D. xlix and ended the. vi of Februarye than next ensuyng O Lorde father of mercies and God of all consolacyon whiche rulest and dis posest all thynges after thyvnsearcheable wysedome and workeste in thy creatures accordynge to thy blessed wil which is alwayes good and godlie howsoeuer blinde and frayle flesh iudgeth of it we thy ●…nprofitable seruantes know and vnfainedly confesse thy om nipotencye and almightye power Wee knowe that thou arte able to dooe whatsoeuer thy good pleasure is Wee knowe that thou bryngeste downe to the graue and fetcheste vppe agayne Thou punyshest with pouertye and makeste welthy agayne Thou bringeste lowe and lifteste vp agayne Yea thou O Lord kil●…est and makest aliue again O●… wonderfully doest thou worke in al thy creatures specially in them whom thou haste appointed to be vesselles of mercie and inheritours of thy eternal glorie If they at any tyme greuously offende thy diuine maiestie as we be al sinners and readie at euery moment to fal thou doest neither longe winke at their wickednes nor yet for euer cast them from thy fauoure but lyke a louyng phisicyon wyth some emplastre or salue although bitter to y e flesh yet holsom to the soule thou healeste thē And like a tender and ientle father correc test them with some tēporal punishment that by the meanes they escaping euerlasting punyshment may repeute them of theyr vngodly behauiour confesse their wickednes flee vnto thy mercye and for euer after be the more cyrcumspect in trea dyng the pathes of thy holye lawe On thys maner dyddest thou handle the Israelytes when they offended thy fatherly goodnes On this maner dyddest thou deale wyth kynge Dauyd and prophete Ionas for theyr dysobedyence wyth manye other whom not wythstandynge for thy mercyes sake after they had knowledged theyr offences and called vpon thy holye name thou wonderfully delyueredst and broughtest agayne as it were into the heauen of quyetnes We therefore thy poore and sorowfull creatures perceyuynge in the holye scryptures so large fountaynes of thy greate mercyes plenteously issuyng out toward al them that be of a contryte and broken heart are bold at this present for thy promyse sake to come vnto the most humbly beseching the that as thou delyueredst Ionas oute of the whales bellye Danyell from pryson Peter thy Apostle out of warde Da uyd from the handes of hys enemyes Susan from the power of her aduersaryes wyth dyuerse other so in lyke maner thou wylt delyuer and set at lybertye thy serruaunt our Lord and mayster y●…a and that on such sort that it may be to thy glo rye to his honor and to the comfort of al vs hys fayethfull and true seruauntes And although we for oure imperfeccyon be not worthye to craue and enioye so great comfortable benefyte at thy mercyfull handes yet we doubt not but for thy ●…rely beloued son Iesu Christes sake thou wylt moste fauourablye heare vs most fatherly pytye vs and moste bounteously graunt vs thys oure humble request And we agayn receyuyng thys benefyte of our Lord and maysters delyueraunce at thy hand shall not be vnthankfull but contynually magnytye thy holy and glorious name whych dealest so fauourably wyth thy seruantes when they call vpon the in the name of Iesu Christ thy only begotten sonne and oure alone medyatour and aduocate to whom wyth the and the holy ghoste be all prayse and honor for euer and euer Amen A thankes geuyng for hys graces delyueraunce SO oft as we consyder thy wonderfully worckes O blessed and heauenly father which thou wor kest of thyne own good wyll for so many as in their trouble and aduersyte flee for refuge vnto thy holye name as vnto a strong hold and mighty fortresse we can not but confesse and acknowledge thy sin gular kindnesse vnspeakeable good wil which thou contynually through thy fatherly goodnes bearest