of the heare me for thy goodnes nygh thou art to al that call on the. Thy promyses be iuste yea they be trouth it selfe loke to my wretchednes delyuer me plucke thou me from al daungers Truely I shall neuer forget thyne vnspeakable goodnes Take I say Lorde my matter into thy handes Ryd me forth of trouble quyckē me lyke as thou hast promysed to do Let my humble supplicaciō come in afore the saue me euen to make thy worde good Thyne hande be wyth me let me neuer leaue thy worde but brynge aboute y t my soule maye perpetually lyue and prayse the rendrynge vnto the most hertye thākes for thy continuall kyndnes Thy ryght hande I saye helpe me I am as a sely shepe that strayeth in wyldernesse Doutles of my selfe I am not able to turne to thy hyghe waye agayne Wherfore moost gentell herdman and Lorde seke thou me out bryng me agayne vnto thy fold Neuer suffer that thy memorial thy waye wytnesse iugemēt ryghteousnes trouth worde pleasure and ordynaunce at any tyme shuld perysh or be of no effecte strēgth or valure Cause that my flesh alway may quyuer and be adrad of thy threatenynges so that my spirite in the meane tyme be neuer hindred nor disturbed from the constaunt trust of thy promyses made performed vnto vs for Christ Iesus sake thy dearly beloued sonne Amen Agaynst euell tonges Psalm 120. IN thys my greuous trouble lord I call on the wherfore heare me O most gracious Lorde Lorde I say delyuer me from euell tonges vnshamefastly raylyng agaynst thy holy trouth aswell as agaynste me yet do I knowlege thy trouth wol do vnto death Wo is me that I am constrayned to leade my lyfe amonges these foreners and suche as be not thy naturall chyldren borne I meane amōges those y t be enemyes vnto thy peace and pursuers of thy moost hallowed name from such pestilencies saue and kepe me I the praye O moost gracious Lorde To put thy selfe in Gods handes Psalm 121. I Lyft vp myne eyes vnto heauen cryenge callynge for assystence of thy grace My god helpe me truely thys is easy for the to do for thou madest both heauē and earth I besech the so to kepe me that my foote slyde not but haue thou a watchyng eye vpon me Shadowe me aboute thorow thy ryght hande be thou my bulwarke and fortresse agaynst the vngodly suffer not the myghtye to laye cruell hādes on me And o thou moost gentel and benigne Lorde I pray the let not myne herte be set on the vayne pleasures of thys worlde neyther yet let me cowardly fall and shrynke whan I am brought to aduersitie and trouble Deliuer me frō all euell be thou thassuraunce warrant to my soule cast thy tender eye towarde me whether I go in or out O Lorde Amen For the buyldynge of Christes Church Psalm 122. I Haue surely great cause to reioise euen from my herte roote in that I se so many men daylye reformyng theyr lyfe vnto better beynge illumined by faythe and makynge greate prease to enter into y e Lordes house Enlarge therfore thorow thy worde the precincte and boundes of thy cytie Hierusalem Repare agayne concorde peace and true loue in vs to y e perpetual honoure of thy name Let thy spirite shyne by a true certaine iudgement make thy cytizens welthy in all goodes Let the gates of hell haue no power agaynst thy cytie so that thy churche maye lyue in rest quietly and saffely defēde it frō all imminent daūgers sende vs many that may preach vs peace in this cytie and that by all meanes wol do theyr endeuours to further it Amē Constantly to endure vnder Christes crosse Psalm 123. TO the lyfte I vp myne eyes O God that dwellest in heauen Cōsyder that as the seruaūtes haue a ready eye towardes theyr maister and the maydens also vpon theyr maystresse euen so be myne eyes continually fixed vpon the to thyntent at length I maye wynne thy moost gracious fauoure Mercyfull lorde now pytie vs for al the worlde hath vs in greuouse disdayne The ryche spytefully scorne vs euen to y e teeth the proude persons do reiecte vs. But thou O Lorde plucke vs forth of theyr handes and make a rescue of vs agayne to thintēt we may become subiectes to thy moost gracious goodnes whyche mought be to the prayse of thy most puyssant and glorious name Amen To be delyuered from bondage of conscience Psam 124. ONles thou haddest continually abyden wyth vs O Lorde verely we had bene quyte lost in thys ragyng see of troubles and had ben caught w t these preuye snares wher wyth our enemyes haue beset all the way wherby we shuld passe for none other entent than to wynde vs in theyr myschiefe and to cary vs with them vnto hell Brast theyr snares a sōder o Lorde set vs at large drawe vs forth from thys depe water Thy name be oure helpe and defence for thou hast made both heauen erth To be rydde from imminent daunger Psalm 132. GRaunt vs grace O Lorde styffely to cleaue vnto the so as we shrynke not but that we stande for euer euen as moūt Sion in that same thy new cytie Hierusalē which is Christ. And O thou moost tender and deare Lorde cast a stronge bulwarcke aboute vs so as the wycked haue no power agaynst vs. Further more leaue vs not vnto our selues nether yet suffer vs ons to put forth our arme to do vnryghteousnes Be gracious and free to all such as beleue in the syth they be of honeste and true hertes Reste quyete and peace be vnto Israel euen to as many as lyue after the spirite and not after the fleshe Amen For hym that is imprisoned eyther in spirite or in body Psalm 126. LOrde god almighty delyuer me frō thys bondage comforte me O my God and fyl my mouth wyth ioye replenysh my tonge wyth gladnes euen from myne herte Shewe some wonderous feate for my sake that thy suters maye se it and come wyth me to render vnto the worthye thankes Certes thou shuldest by this meanes geue them occasion the more constantly to suffer aduersitie and to trust assuredly vpon the. O Lorde God raūsome me I saye frō thys paynfull bondage destroy this captiuitie euen as the hote sonne cōsumeth and dryeth vp the dewe that falleth by nyght Turne my weping vnto gladnes euen for thy names sake as I shall euer more auaunce and magnifye it To be admytted vnto Christes Sabboth or restynge daye Psalm 127. BUylde vs O Lorde watch and kepe vs for onles thou vouchsaue to do it doubtles we spēde our wynde in waste Let vs I saye ones ceasse from thys hurlye burlye thys toylynge drudgynge in the vayne trumpery of thys worlde so as ones at last we maye religiously hallowe thy holye Saboth and wyth longe sufferynge a wayte for thy ioyful cōmynge castynge al our thought and care on the only albeit in the meane season we ought to laboure diligētly
of the and be ioyfull w t a careles herte Harken vnto me froÌ„ thy holy hyll as ofte as I crye vnto the make me not to fear yea though thousaÌ„des of men stand against me Lord at thy haÌ„des only is ayde and helth to be receyued blessyng ouer thy people Aryse therfore lord helpe me and endowe me w t thy blessyng For the lyghtenyng of the holy ghoste psal 4. HEare me when I crye for succour to the o Christ which arte my ryghteousnes and innoceÌ„cy and in aduersitie solace me with the ioye of thy spirite Poure vpon me thy grace and graunt me my peticions lyfte vp ouer me y e lyght of thy couÌ„tenaunce o lorde and thy fauour y t through thy spirite I maye knoweledge the and with the same be hertely cherefull for euer Graue within me o lord almyghty peace fast hope brennyng loue and fayth vnfeyned euermore to endure So be it A prayer for grace in the mornyng psalm 5. LOrde heare thou my wordes marke my cryeng o my kynge and my god for vnto y e only I come to pray neyther do I loke for succour any where els thaÌ„ of the. Thou shalte graciously herken vnto my peticion o lord in the mornyng that is that thy grace mought spryng in myne herte with the morowe lyght of comforte the nyght of care perturbacions being ouer passed Suffre me not to peryshe with vngodly folke whom thou cursest I come runnyng vnto the not trustyng to myne owne ryghteousnes but to thyne vnspeakable mercy towardes thy holy temple I shall addresse my selfe to worshyp the with al reuerence and feare Lorde with the rule of thy iustyce thou shalte dyrecte me for thy names sake thou shalt make playne thy waye before me and my way before the least y e spirite of malice turne me theÌ„s Let them reioyce which repose them selues and truste alwayes in thy succour let theÌ„ syng hymnes psalmes whiche do glory and reioyce of the let theÌ„ tryumphe whiche loue thy name Thou shalte defende vs with thy grace as with a shylde in tyme of sclauÌ„der and peryll to thintent when we be assaulted of them we may yet w t constauÌ„t chere growe vp into our ful ê‘fectioÌ„ In aduersitie for the comforte of the holy ghoste psalm 6. LOrde in thy wrathe reproue me not neyther in the heate of thy mynde chasten me but rather pacify and aswage my troubled spirite and haue compassyon on me for I am sore diseased Oh lorde play the phisicion vpoÌ„ me for my bones are greuously shaken vexed Howe longe lorde wyll it be thus When shall I fele coÌ„forte at thy handes Retourne lorde to thine accustomed mercy and delyuer my soule healpe me for thy mercies sake for in death noman remembreth the neither they which be in hell or helly tormentes of herte do gyue worthy thankes for benefites receyued of the. Succour my necessitie o lorde bryng me againe kepe me for elles I shall peryshe and be vtterly loste Heare my wofull and lamentable voyce gyue answere to my requestes Turne from me myne enemies and ryd me of all incoÌ„modities and greuaunces Amen A prayer that the chyldren of god may be gathered togyther psalm 7. O Lorde my god we haue trusted in the defende vs therfore from persecutours kepe vs. For if thou ceasest it is certayne we shal be trodeÌ„ vnder fote Aryse Lorde and guyde thy church assembled in spirite with a godly dispensyng of mysteries to thintent thy name mought be glorified by the same in lyuyng cleauyng togyther For these vngodly persoÌ„s which be euermore snapping agaynste vs thynke thou haste no kyngdome to gouerne wheras it is certeyne thou hast receiued al power of thy father and arte alway present in mens doynges Oh my lord come forth at laste with strength power for theyr sake whiche be as yet somwhat weake euen redy to fall when any storme of aduersitie sodeÌ„ly arise least they vtterly shrynke away Let vs se ones at laste an end of the malice of these vngodly AuauÌ„ce iustice for thou o my god doste searche the hertes and the raynes Bryng comforte and be our buckler which arte wonte to helpe meÌ„ of vpright herte Make vs o lorde suche as we maye set forth thy name with louyng hertes For thy names sake delyuer vs from perilles SO BE IT In necessitie a prayer accordyng to the example of Christe Psalm 8 O LORDE our ruler for thy names sake which is wonderfull in the world haue mercy on me deliuer me out of al distresse by Iesus Christ whoÌ„ after he had susteyned y e crosse and foule death thou dyddest crowne with immortall glorye makyng him lorde ouer all the workes of thy handes and likewyse hast auaunced vs in him to the same dignitie and power This same Christe thou haste gyuen vs and with hym all thynges In his name we gyue thankes vnto the coÌ„fessyng without ende thy bouÌ„tyful benefytes towardes vs. AMEN That the enemyes of Christe myght be spoyled of theyr power Psalm 9. REplenysh my herte lorde with ioye and gyue me courage for I wyl blowe abrode thy name which arte most hygh Stande on my syde and defeÌ„de my quarel lyke a mighty patrone whiche in very dede is thy quarel O iuste iudge Unto me pore wretch be thou a fortresse buckeler in this my trouble and vexacion at tyme conuenient which to the is best knowen For thou lorde neuer forsakest them that seke the neyther wylt thou forget y e lameÌ„table complaynt of the pore Be mercyfull vnto me and beholde my wretchednes layde open to myne enemyes yea let me rather reioyce I beseche the in thy sauegarde defeÌ„ce succour AMEN Agaynst the enemyes and persecutours of Christe Psal. 10. FOR what cause o lorde staÌ„dest thou so farre from me and hidest thy face at times troublesome How greate miseries suffre thy pore seruauÌ„tes of the wicked What so euer them lusteth that proudly and stubburnly they dare do none otherwyse then if thou haddest no knowledge of mens matters or haddest forgotten thy promises and threttes which be conteyned in thy lawe Aryse vp lorde put forth thyne hande forget not thy wretched seruauntes which canst not but se what wretchednes and wo is euery where specially amonges vs whiche referre all vnto the dare not ones wyshe any thing after our owne wyll and pleasure thou I saye arte the healper of the pore and frendles Consider y e longe hope and awayting of the troubled conducte theyr hertes that they may duely call on the in suche wyse as they may be herde From wronges reuenge defende them lorde AmeÌ„ That we shrynke not from the truthe Psalm 11. IN THE O lorde I laye vp my hope let me not shrynke from the in aduersitie althoughe my moste sworne and hartiest freÌ„des gyue me counsayle eyther to dissemble or vtterly to deny thy trouth Breathe in to me a mynde to endure euen to my death that shall confesse openly to al men thy
FOr as muche as O Lorde oure God not one of vs all hathe wrought of hymselfe any goodnes for all we euen of byrth be spotted corrupted grauÌ„t vs thy ryghtuousnes and be thou workynge through thy holy breath in vs kepynge the godly rest of the new Saboth such thynges as thou allowest be pleasaunt vnto the leste at any tyme we proudly seke oure owne honoure not thyne in all oure doynges and that beynge raunsomed and delyuered by the out of bondage anguysh peryll and trouble we mought ioye euerlastyngly Amen A prayer of the congregacion agaynst enemyes Psalm 54. AYde me Lorde for thy names sake accordynge to thys thy promise Who so euer calleth on the name of the Lorde shal be saulfe Take on the my quarel agaynst my pursuers defende it by thy myghte and prowesse for my powers are vtterly none at all Herken Lorde to my prayers ponder the wordes of my mouth straungers and suche as vtterly despyce y e haue assauted me do cast how to bryng me to death Succour me Lorde be at haÌ„de kepe me fyght for me Let the thynges whyche they go aboute to worke agaynst me fal on theyr owne heades in case thou iudgest them vnworthy to be conuerted to forthynke them selues otherwyse although they be at thys season myne enemyes yet of thy greate bountie and mercy pardon them theyr synnes and gyue them y e spirite of repentaunce to the inteÌ„t they may ones at last be made my true and hertye frendes For the same thy benefyte I shall imploye my selfe to be thankefull and seruiceable vnto the specially sythe thy name is so louynge and thou art so at hande and present in extreme necessities Thys I say shal be bruted by the mouthes of men and blowen abrode wyth moost hygh prayses So be it A prayer of Christes church Psalm 55. O My god hear me in my prayer abhorre not my doleful plaint take charge of me and gyue eare For certes I shal neuer stynte most lameÌ„tably to crye vnto the tyl tyme thou heare my peticion Lo our enemy maketh proude resistence he letteth as muche as in hym lyeth thy quarell yea and all thynges y t shuld be helthfull and profytable vnto vs he hyndreth he stoppeth he furiously condemneth I am accused wroÌ„gfully the vngodly persons lye in awayte of my lyfe FroÌ„ them O lorde delyuer me set theÌ„ besyde theyr purpose diuide theyr tonges let theÌ„ disagre and be confused amonge them selues rescue my soule out of theyr haÌ„des into peace cut theyr combes abate theyr pryde brynge theÌ„ downe They woll not turne theÌ„selues they wol not forthynke them of theyr folyes for they be quyte departed froÌ„ thy feare and past all shame My hoole cause and greue I caste vpon the prouyde thou for me forse that I myscary not kepe defeÌ„de coÌ„serue me let me haue at last some ende of these hurlye burlyes troubles let me not hereafter reuolue ydel counsels wyth my selfe let me not be couÌ„ted a castawaye a slaue a mockyng stocke any longer as heretofore I haue ben These thynges I praye the I may obtayne swete Sauiour for thy holy names sake accordynge to the worde of promyse whervnto I haue respecte wyth faste and sure truste continually Amen In bytter tribulacions Psalm 56. GOd be thou mercyful vnto me for on me they rage and make hauocke vnmercyfully But to the alone I flee thou arte my refuge in the only I truste from thy worde let me not shrynke but styfly auowe it glory in it Consyder my salt teares take compassion on me cause myne enemyes to recule let me fele at last that thou art my god my Sauiour my buckler Rydde my soule from death myne eyes froÌ„ bytter teares my herte from care my feete froÌ„ slydyng so as I may walke afore the in the lyght of lyfe and that for euer more I may gyue the worthy thankes accordyngly Amen Agaynst the suppressours of the trouth Psalm 57. HAue mercye on me God haue mercy on me for in the trusteth my soule vnder shadow of thy wiÌ„gê I flee tyll the wyckednes wherwyth I am pressed be passed from me Unto the O God moost hyghe I crye rayse me vp that am falleÌ„ to grouÌ„de whych thynge is moost easy for the to do From thy heauen sende succours vnto me Out of theyr haÌ„des that intende to suppresse me plucke me awaye Sende thy bountyfull goodnes whych is so trustye certayne wherby thou sauest vs frely wythout oure owne deserte Thys bountyfull goodnes O Lorde we clayme as due to vs by thyne owne fre promyse From the lyons defeÌ„de my soule and also from the mortall souldyours and satellites of darkenes whose teth be speares whose toÌ„ges be two edged sweardes MouÌ„te aboue the heauens that thou mayst be knowen to be the great myghty God syth these vngodly hel houÌ„des thus by theyr doynges denye that thou doest gouerne any kyngdome in heauen I saye lyfte vp thy selfe and shewe what thou canst do in thy soÌ„ne Christ who of loÌ„ge tyme euen thorowe the deuises and dreames of men hath ben wrongfully banyshed dryueÌ„ out and excommunicate Declare that he is oure onely mercy stocke and redeÌ„ption the treasure of ryches thy coÌ„pagnion of diuine glorye and power Thy goodnes and grace be endles euen as the botomles sees in abundaunce amoÌ„ges men by powrynge vpon theÌ„ thy treasures and benefytes Amen For remyssion of dayly trespases psalm 58. INdowe vs wyth this grace lorde that we may alwaye speake thinges plesauÌ„t vnto y e y t we may alowe wyth our sentence thynges iust and true in thyne eyes let there be no vngodlynes in our herte That yf any of vs through brycklenes of the corrupte nature by thy sufferauÌ„ce shall fall yet Lorde let not suche persone harden hys herte agaynst the whyle lyke a father thou pluckest hym backe neyther suffre hym to stoppe hys eares agaynst thy minister chastisynge hym by thy worde but rather let hym gladly heare and quycquely turne agayne Be it notifyed and made playne vnto men that we beare awaye some coÌ„moditie of the iustice of our fayth that thou arte neuertheles the iust iudge of y e erth to the glory of thy name Amen Agaynst the bloudy Phariseys Psam 59. DElyuer me swete Lorde from myne enemyes froÌ„ these bloud soupers and wycked Pharises delyuer me for behold they lye in awayt of my soule moost slyly wyth all the power they can make They cast theyr heades against me beinge styred vp with hatred of thy worde In thys my trouble namely in the defeÌ„ce of thyne owne quarel helpe me let thys theyr deadly malyce displease the let theyr couÌ„sels take none effecte Be thou my fense enuiron me wyth thy goodnes let the day starre of thy solace ryse vnto me so y t cherfully I maye aduaunce thy mercy Be thou my refuge rescue me in al myne aduersite o my god whych arte my ayde succoure helth AmeÌ„ For strength of mynde to beare the crosse Psalm
for truely so we haue in commaūdement of the where as yet the encrease and furtheraunce of oure labours to the mayntenaunce of oure lyuynge whyle we be in thys body we loke for at thyne handes and not by our owne paynes takynge Take awaye Lorde al couetyse and vayne studye of ryches frō our hertes Let vs be founde lyke vnto the arrowes shot from a bowe euen ernestly bent and constant in thy worde Let oure quyuers and hert strynges be foūde full of hote and feruent zeale alway by peticiō shotynge vnto the so that in face of oure enemyes we neuer be steyned wyth any blot of reproche To be blessed of the Lorde Psalm 128. GEue vs grace swete Lorde to feare the to walke in thy waies and fotesteppes and well to prosper in our iorney Moreouer vouchsaue to blesse vs and all thynges belongynge vnto vs so as we also maye se many children of fayth and peace in Israel Amen For defence agaynst our enemyes Psal. 129. LOrde many ther be that cōspire agaynst vs full many that inuade vs that make hurly burlies amōge vs and fyersly assault vs but suffer them not to preuayle neyther to haue y e vpperhande on vs O our moost mercyfull God cut a sonder theyr ropes and snares Let them returne with shame as many as work vs any trouble but blesse thou vs O Lord for thyne holy names sake Amen For the troubled conscience Psalm 130. LOrde I crye vnto y t euē in myddes of al my troubles Wherfor I besech the mercyfull Lorde heare my voyce Bow downe thyne eares vnto my pyteous cōplaynt yf thou laye to our charge our horrible innumerable faultes who shal escape or go quyte whan thou shalt syt as iudge who shal be able to holde plee with the yea who is he that shal not be forced vnto vtter despayre Truly then shulde we all peryshe Thys notwythstādyng ther is yet in thyne handes Lorde both power and also a good wyll to forgeue vs oure synnes which thyng I know thou wolt do yf it were but to perfourme thy promyse made by thy sonne Christe our Lorde and prest who assuredly hath payed a sufficient raūsome for oure synnes euen the mooste deare sacrifice of his owne bodye to thintente y u mightest be our soueraygne Lorde God and y t we myght knolege our synnes and make sute vnto y e for pardon therof Lorde graūt me to wayte for thy gracious pardon longe to trust hange on the euen so longe tyll at length thou dispetche me as my truste is in thy promise From daysprynge to daysprynge diligently I wayte Lorde our god without dout thy mercy is great great pardō styl remaineth in thyn handes yea thy mercy can neuer be spēt Agayn thy promises can not be vndone nor made voyde Delyuer me then pluck from me this incommodite other casualtyes of this wretched lyfe Preserue all true Israelites in spirite I meane al the beleuers in y e frō these remnauntes of synnes naturally buddyng forth of our harte Defende vs also from all aduersities of flesh O Lorde of thy moost gracious clemencye mercye and pytye Amen For the auoydyng of spirituall pryde Psalm 131. SUffer not my harte to swell in pryde nor myne eyes to shew any proude lokes that I take not to much vpon me neyther arrogantly auaunce my selfe aboue Christe our heade but make y t I maye gredyly couet to haue good sauoure in thy worde only as much as thou shalte vouchsaue to open vnto me And in case thou wythholdest the mylke of cōforte whych streameth frō Christe wel vnderstanded and knowen yet let vs not Lorde despayre but truste wyth a quyet herte alway vpon the. So be it To obteyne Christes benefites Psalm 132 THou son of Dauid Iesu Christ arise take seasin of thy resting place which I beseche y e it may be amonges vs for asmoche as by thy promyse we be entytled recognised to be thy court and dwellyng place God thy father which can not deceyue hath made vs an ernest promise confirming also the same by his solemne othe that thou shuldest be our sauiour maynteynour and defēsour Truly it is not possible for hym to go backe and not to stande by his worde yea euen nowe hathe he suche is his fidelitie performed it in dede and what so euer helth he hath sent vs the same also hath he confirmed by sure and substantiall witnes aswell of his owne word as of his sacramētes Thou also most deare Lorde Iesu hast forther promised y t thou wolt abyde wyth vs euen vntyl the worldes ende This thy worde is oure assured ioye and comfort for we know that euermore sythens thy deathe and bodylye departyng thou art thobteyner of our remission and pardon wherfore O moste gracious Lorde through thy fauour and in the let vs fynd mercy and that for euer In al our workes and procedynges prosper vs saue vs fyll vs with ioye Thyne halowynge mought shyne clere vpon vs thy kyngdome and crown abyde with vs and in thy peax euermore preserue vs. Amen For Christiane charite and cōmunion of sayntes Psalm 133. INspire vs ī suche wise O Lord y t as most louynge brethren quietly and peaciably we may dwell to gether in thyne house Brynge to passe I saye that by true and faythfull loue we maye be ioyned and fastened euery one to other as membres of Christes body Thyne oyle of hallowynge I meane euen thyne holy goost mought waxe hote and fragrant amonges vs vpon vs let fall thy dewe of blessynge the plentyfull encrease of all thynges bothe bodely and goostly to thintent accordynge vnto thy moost fre promyse we may obteyne euerlastynge lyfe For continuaunce of grace Psal. 134. GRaunte vs thy seruauntes alwaye to auaunce y e our Lorde in thyne house to walke vpryghte wythout blemish or cause of reproch yea in our trouble and affliccion to lyfte vp innocente and pure handes vnto the prayenge on thys maner vnto the. Blesse vs O God for thou arte the maker of heauen and earth Amen A generall prayer of Christians for helpe from God Psalm 135 DYspose our hertes Lorde that we thy seruaūtes may worthely prayse and lyfte vp thy name for we knowe thou arte gentyll meke mercyfull free Thy name is gracious frendfull and ryght amyable to all that cal on the in tyme of theyr aduersite of thy mere goodnes thou hast chosen vs to be thyne owne seuerall people Thou alone arte the great very God thou madest both heauen and earth euen accordynge to thyn owne pleasure thou dealtest thy benefytes and gyftes of grace to euery one of them namely to thy electe chosen euen agaynst Satan and the hole kyngdome of y e vngodly Wherfore Lorde let the remembraunce prayse of thy name euermore be feruent amonges vs. Reason thou debate thou iuge thou thy peoples cause surely they suffer passynge great wronges But stande thou I say good gracious Lorde vnto thy seruauntes be mercyful to them
Ryd them frō theyr greuouse daungers so as in moost large wyse thou mayst be bruted and auaūced in Sion and in thyne holy Hierusalem Amen A prayer to put God in mynde of hys accustomed goodnes Psal. 136. MOost gentell Lorde thy goodnes and mercy surely abydeth for euer though we neuer so muche fall and vanyshe awaye thy grace doth nothynge wydder nor decaye Thys thy grace O Lorde by many tokens and proues thou hast plentyfully declared vnto vs euē from the begynnyng of the worlde And euen nowe at thys daye doest thou not ceasse largely to hepe these thy manyfolde benefytes on vs Stablysh therfore thy goodnes and aboūdaūt grace towarde vs O Lorde wyth no sodē displeasure turne not away from vs. But be thou mercyful and tender vpon our myserie And from oure enemyes and all aduersitie for thyne euerlastynge goodnes sake defende vs O Lorde Amen For the captiues vnder Antichrist Psalm 137. LOrde we be refuse personnes brought vnder captiuite thralle and bonde vnder the power of thyn aduersary And yet thys our lamentable and pyteous complaynt thou semest not to ponder thou regardest not oure supplicacion and that not wythout good cause for we graunte we haue trespased heinously against the. Howbeit syth the vngodly thus laugh vs to scorne condemnynge the songes that we synge the and y e prayses that we geue the yea y e word also that we preach of the O Lorde I beseche the shewe some proufe of thy selfe declare thy name power amōges those thy spyteful enemies Brynge downe Antichristes kyngdome w t all hys vngodly sectes for surely ouerlonge it hath oppressed vs yea and at thys daye it styll letteth and holdeth vnderfote very many whyche els spedelye wolde haue runne to the kyngdome of fredome Pull it therfore downe O Lorde wyth al hys stōblynge blockes euell exāples croked doctrine neuer suffer it to recouer agayne Than shall we beynge quyetly set at rest serue y e euen wyth herte al our lyues longe For delyueraunce in peryls Psalm 138. LOrde let me fele by experience how good thou arte and howe trustye Delyuer me euē to make thy promyse good than shall I neuer cease to thanke the wyth all myne herte and to magnify thy moost glorious name for by thy open worde thou haste made it excedynge glorious beyonde all other thynges Certes my god and father vpon the do I call Gyue my soule perfyte strength in suche wyse as I maye set forth and blowe abrode thy prayses to the hygh auauncement of thy name Cause thou O my God that all kyngdomes of the earthe maye heare thy worde maye walke in thy wayes Hallowe thy name blowe abrode thyne excellent glory Graūt to gouernours and other in authoritie this grace that they may knowlege the to be aboue them all Lorde loke vpon y e lowly hertes that thou mayst promote them Marke well the proude hertes afarre from the to thintent thou mayst brynge them lowe and cast them forth of thy presence In this straight saue my lyfe strengthē thyne hāde agaynst myne enemyes and take my part agaynst them Lorde thy goodnes is euerlastynge cast not away thyne owne hādyworke haue pytie on me helpe me Plucke me forth of these peryls for thyne holy names sake For denyenge of thy selfe and holly to yelde the vnto Christ. Psalm 139. LOrde thou knowest me so well as any man doth els lo I and all that euer I haue be holly in thy handes Thou madest me thou fashionedst me thou hast endowed me wyth all thynges necessary euen frō my byrth vnto thys daye I can not prayse ynough thy wonderous prouision thus practised amonges all creatures it is more then is possible for man ones to conceyue it in hys thought What other thynge doest thou requyre of vs than to yelde vp oure selfe wyth all that is ours vnto the I meane holly to resigne vnto thy pleasure all that belonge to the necessary reliefe eyther of bodye or of soule and the same agayne hūbly to requyre at thyne handes for Christ Iesus sake Wherfore my God I besech the for thyne holy names sake take charge of me Graūte me constantly to trust on the vtterly refusyng my selfe so as in al peryls I sue for no help but onely at thyne handes lyke as thou haste in ryght large maner made me a promyse of the same Make a tryal of me proue myne harte Take from me all euyll thoughtes disceyt double dealyng and lyes thus shalt y u cleane purge myne harte mercyfullye leade me on the waye of perpetuall felicite Agaynst the enemyes of Christes trouth Psalm 140. Delyuer me O Lorde frome the vngodly and styfe necked personnes for thou seest howe in theyr hartes they ymagē mischeue haue greate pleasure to pycke quarels theyr tonges be more sharpe then any adders styng And vnder theyr lyppes lurketh poysone of adders But O mercyfull Lorde let me not fall in theyr handes that they handle me not after theyr owne luste Thou only arte my God thou must heare my pyteous playnte Lorde y t rulest al to gether y t arte the strēgth and power of my defēce be thou as a sallet on my heade when so euer y e vngodlye shall assaulte me neyther suffre thou y e wycked thus to prosper in theyr matters Encrease not theyr croked and malicious stomackes leste they take harte of grayse spytefully reuile the. Loke vpon thy poore wretches cause and rydde me out of these dayly greuaunces then shall I wyth a ryghte vp harte and pleasaunt countenaunce extoll and magnifie thy name Amen To kepe thy tonge and to eschewe the infection of the worlde Psalm 141. TO the I crye O Lorde heare me spedely let my prayer be as a swete taste and sauoure in thy presence and the lyftynge vp of myne handes as an euenynge sacrifice Lorde set a watch about my mouth kepe my lyppes my tong also that they speake nothyng amisse as do y e vngodly but that they call purely syncerelye vpon the and reporte thy worthy prayses Bow not myn hart to luste after euell nor to folowe the fashion of y e wycked and abominable synners leste I happen to cloke my wyckednes wyth other synnes as hypocrites do Let me not lyue as they wolde haue me do but rather as it shall beste please the. Let me not approue neyther theyr counsels nor theyr dedes though they cast neuer so goodly a shewe fayre face to the worlde Let me not herkē to the tyessynges and swete beytes of the vngodly whych counsayle me to fylthy vnclene thynges but rather let me gyue good eare to y e rightuouse and godlye man thoughe he sharply correct and chyde me let me alwaye haue a readye eye towarde the only in the to trust and to apply my selfe vnto the. Cast not away my soule neyther suffer thou it to perish Kepe me that I be not tangled with the snares of the vngodly and from the priuie trappes of
and othe that is written in the lawe of Moses the seruaūte of god against whome we haue offended is poured vpō vs. And he hath performed his wordes which he spake agaynst vs and agaynste oure iudges that iudged vs to brynge vpon vs suche a plage as neuer was vnder heauen lyke as it is nowe come to passe in Ierusalem yea all this plage as is writen in the law of Moses is come vpō vs. Yet we neuer made any supplicacion before the o lorde that we myght tourne agayn from our wickednes and thinke vpon thy trouth Therfore hath the lorde made hast to bring this plage vpon vs for the lord our god is ryghtwyse in all his workes which he doth for we wolde not harken to his voyce And nowe O lorde oure god thou that with a myghty hand hast brought thy people oute of Egypte to get thy selfe a name as thou hast at this daye we haue synned O lorde and done wickedly agaynst all thy rightousnesse Let thy wrothfull displeasure be tourned awaye I beseche the frome vs for through the haynouse offēce of vs and oure forefathers is thy churche abhorred of all them that are aboute vs. Now therfore O our god heare the prayer of thy seruaūte let thy face shyne ouer thy Sanctuary y t lyeth wast O my god bowe downe thyne eare herken at least for thyne owne sake open thyn eyes and see howe we be spoyled for we do not cast our prayers before the in our owne ryghtousnes but only in thy greate mercyes O lorde heare O lorde forgyue O lorde consydre tary not ouer longe but for thyne owne sake do it PRAYERS IN TYME OF ADVERSITIE AND FOR A MANS OVVNE SYNNES A prayer and an open confession of the people of Israel to be delyuered from their ennemy Iudic. 10. WE haue synned agaynste the for we haue forsaken our own god haue seruyd Baalym Lorde we haue synned do thou vnto vs what so euer please the and delyuer vs only at this tyme. Amen In warres agaynst Turkes and inuadours the prayer of kynge Asa. 2. Paral 14. LOrde it is all one with the to helpe them that haue no power with fewe or with many Helpe vs o lorde our god for we truste to the in thy name be we come agaynste this multitude Thou arte the lorde oure God let no man preuayle against the. Amen If god sende the trouble eyther for a punyshment of thy synnes or to proue thy pacyence therwith praye thus Tobia 3. O Lorde thou arte rightous and all thy iudgementes are true yea all thy wayes are mercy faythfulnes and iudgemente And nowe o lorde be myndefull of me and take no vengeaunce on my synnes neyther remēbre my mysdedes neyther the mysdedes of my elders for we haue not bene obedient vnto thy cōmaūdementes therfore are we spoyled brought in to captiuitie in to death into derision and shame vnto all nacyons And nowe O lorde thy iudgementes are great for we haue not done according to thy commaūdementes neyther haue we walked innocētly before the. Wherfore now o lorde deale with me accordinge to thy wyll and commaunde my spirite to be receyued in peace for more expedient were it for me to dye then to lyue The prayer of Manasses kynge of Iuda when he was in pryson for remission of synnes and for gods fauour and delyueraunce 2. Paral. 36. O Lord almyghty god of our fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob and of the ryghteouse sede of them which hast made heauen and earth with all the ornament therof which haste ordeyned the see by the worde of thy cōmaundement which haste shut vp the depe haste sealed it for thy fearfull laudable name drad of all men honorable before the face of thy vertue the fearse anger of thy threteninge is aboue measur heuy to synners But the mercy of thy promesse is greate vnserchable for thou art the lorde god most hyghe aboue al the earth longe sufferinge and excedynge mercyfull sory for the malyce of men I haue prouoked thyne anger haue done euyl before the in cōmitting abominacyons multiplieng of offences And now I bow y e knees of my hart requiringe goodnes of the o lorde I haue synned lorde I haue synned and knowe my wyckednes I desire the by prayer o lorde forgyue me O lorde forgyue me and destroye me not with myn iniquities neyther do thou alwaye remembre my euels to punyshe thē but saue me which am vnworthy after thy greate mercye I wyll prayse the euerlastingly all the dayes of my lyfe for all y e vertue of heauen prayseth the vnto the belongeth glorye worlde without ende Amen The prayer of Mardocheus in the pursute of Haman whome the byshop of Rome at thys daye resembleth Hester 15. O Lorde thou valyaunt myghty kynge for all thinges are in thy power yf thou wilt help and delyuer Israel ther is no mā can with stande the for thou hast made both heauen and earth thou arte lorde of all and there is none can resist the o lorde Thou knowest al thou wotest lorde it was neyther of malyce ne of presumption neyther for any desire of glory y t I wolde not bowe downe my self and worship the most proud Haman for I wolde gladlye yf it might haue tourned Israel to good haue kyste euen his fotesteppes but I feared leste I shulde haue gyuen Gods glorye vnto a man because I wolde worship none but only the. Wherfore O Lorde thou God and kynge haue mercy on thy people for they ymagen howe to brynge vs to nought yea their desire is full set to destroye and ouerthrowe the people that haue euer bene thyne Oh despise not thin own good which thou hast delyuered and brought forth of Egypte euen for thyne owne cause Heare my prayer be mercyful to thy people whome thou haste chosen for an heritage to thy selfe Tourne our complaynte and sorowe into ioye so as we maye lyue o lorde and prayse thy name O Lorde suffer not the mouthes of them that prayse the to be destroyed The oration and blessing of Iob in his most greuous aduersitie and losse of goodes Iob. 1. NAked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shall I retourne agayn The lorde gaue and the Lorde hath taken away as it hath pleased the lorde so is it done Nowe blessed be the name of the lorde Amen A prayer that we may be deliuered frome our aduersaries Esai 37. O Lorde of hoostes thou god of Israell which sittest vpon cherubin thou arte the god alone of al the kyngdomes of the worlde thou only hast created heauen and earth Enclyne thyne eare Lorde and consyder open thyne eyes and se delyuer vs from the hande of our aduersaries to thintēt all the kyngdomes of the earthe maye knowe that thou only art the lorde Amen The prayer of Esaye when the people were sore plaged Esaye 65.64 LOke downe frome heauen and beholde the dwellynge place of thy sanctuary and thy