the Eagle from time to time renue hir youth And like as thou dissembling the sinnes of the Israelites didst not onely bring them to the dwelling place that thou hadst promised by Moses whom thou hadst taught but also through the perpetuall benefites of thy excellent mercie bestowed vppon that people didst shewe and manifest that thy goodnesse towardes them surmounted all their mischieuous dedes no lesse space then the heauens are distant from the earth bée thou which art our father and we thy déere children moued with mercie towardes vs who are lyke to be ouerwhelmed wyth darknesse and lewde behauiours vnlesse thou presently puttest to thy assistant helping hand Cause vs to finde by proofe that thou hast renued the couenaunt made betwixt thée and vs and the same being restored let vs with all earnessnesse indeuor our selues to set forth thy blessed lawe and commaundementes in holynesse of life whereby not onely the earthly Church may render condigne thankes vnto thy vnspeakable goodnesse for our saluation but also the Aungelles which accomplishe thy holy will with a marueylous cheerefulnesse may do the same through Iesus Christ our lord Amen ¶ A prayer out of the. Ciiij Psalme A praier that we may vse â—he creatures of God in such â—ort as we â—re willed EVery creature doth abundauntlye shew forth vnto vs thy inuincible force splendant bewtte and famous glorie O most mighty god inasmuch as we sée that all things doe adorne thee with their whole power might obeying not onely thy sacred wordes but euen thy very beckes also it behoueth vs in like sort to be likewise affectioned séeing that thou hast created all things chiefly to our profite and singuler commoditie For we certainly know and right well perceiue howe the earth doth continually yéeld fruit for our sustentation and how we be helped with the welles flouds beastes raine herbes corne wine oyle and all kinde of foode but our nature is so blinde corrupt and defiled that the more we are bounde to thée for thy excéeding great benefites so much the stubburnlier swarue we from thy sacred wordes and blessed will Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest for thy infinite mercies sake pardon whatsoeuer wée haue hitherto committed agaynst thy diuine Maiestie and vouchsafe vs to depend soly vpon thée will we or nill we touching our bodily foode so that also our whole motions strength counsels and workes be fastned onely vpon thy excellent goodnesse Moreouer we humbly beséech thée not to turne thy face awaye from vs in these our dayes whereas otherwise we shall be sore troubled giue vp the ghost and be brought to nothing Thou hast O good God diuers meanes and sundrie wayes to destroy thy mischieuous enimies who vsest the moste violent windes lightnings and flames of fire in steede of thy messengers for if thou doest looke downe vpon the earth it trembleth by and by and if thou touchest the mouÌ„taynes they smoke straight wayes Sley thou therefore the wicked Antichristians in such wise as they may no more remaine and let peace and tranquilitie be so giuen to thy blessed Church that she may ioyfully sing and pleasantly shewe forth thy moste worthie prayses through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme IT is not vnbeknowne to thy faythfull people O most mightie God that thou hast created all things from the beginning to the behoofe of thy elect seruaunts Therefore like as we see the whole worlde which thou hast made to be garnished with wonderfull and most bewtifull ornamentes so we humbly beséeche thée to lighten and pollishe thy blessed Church in suche wise which is the congregation of such as shall be saued that thy glorie maye no lesse appéere in hir then in the whole worlde let the pure light of thy sacred wordes shine especially therein which maye cause the mightie power and inuincible force of thy Spirite to worke more effectually in oure heartes and make the constancie in fayth of the beleuers so great as they may be more stedfast then the masse of the earth or foundations and pillers of the worlde Driue from thence at the rebuke of thy puyssance daungerous temptations the hurtfulnesse of hell and the prince of darknesse and contrariwise in stéede of them let the inspiration of thy most swéete spirite succéede like springs of liuing water and let not perpetuall foode bée wanting to our weaknesse where with to féede it But let there be a fortresse in the confidence of thy glorious name for vs to retire vnto and like as in thy blessed creatures is great abundance of light whether it be in the starres or in the sundrie variety of beasts herbes stones so we humbly beséech thée to garnishe and bewtifie thy holy Church with the brightnesse of all vertues through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme AL creatures which thou hast created O most good and mercifull God are witnesses by their greatnesse and most exquisite ornaments with what a wonderfull wisdome and inuincible power thou flourishest there is nothing but it dependeth wholy vppon thée for what things soeuer haue life are fed by the foode which thou giuest them and from such as thou hidest the sight of thy louing countenaunce they are not able any longer to indure but die incontinent whensoeuer they be depriued of thy spirit Forsomuch as therfore O excellent father thou art so good and mighty in working euen towards those things chiefly which thou hast ordeyned to be farre inferiour to man wée humbly beséech thée to extend thy fauourable clemencie no lesse towards thy blessed Church Shee verily is thy owne worke wherefore reioyce and delight therein and of thy excéeding highe prouidence cause thy maiesty to shew forth it selfe in hir most euidently whereby wée may alwayes both ioyntly amongest our selues haue most pleasaunt wordes concerning thy blessed wil and also magnifie thée with perpetuall prayses forsomuch as thou hast taken all vncleanesse quite from hir through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cv. Psalme THy marueylous and vnspeakable workes O heauenly father doe much counsaile vs A praier thâ— we be not â—â—norant of tâ—â— works of oâ— redemptioâ— and thy commaundements earnestly teach vs to search for thy louing countenaunce with a most pure worship and faythfull inuocation in thy holy congregations by calling this to mind and remembraunce that thou art our mercifull God who hast made vs the true Israell by Christ and sonnes of thy most famous seruaunt Abraham thorow fayth Take away therefore from vs we humblye beséeche thée our heynous sinnes and all vncleanesse of life to the intent we may according to our bouÌ„den dutie séeke thée come before thy diuine presence We acknowledge our selues to haue hitherto most gréeuously offended thée both in minde and voyce and vnlesse thou makest haste to helpe vs our sinnes will cast vs downe into the déepe For euen according to our iust
of the sea doe so outragiously beate vppon the shore that all things may séeme incontinent to be destroyed and quite ouerflown with waters and on the other side they are indued with a great and notable assuraunce when as thou refreshest them in their grieuous distresses with the most pleasaunt riuers of thy heauenly consolations namelye in setting out the rare and wonderfull meanes of thy assistant helpe through thy fruitfull spirit Vpon which thy excellent goodnesse we also hauing assured confidence notwithstanding the innumerable sinnes which we confesse to be the chiefe cause why we haue offended thee most gréeuously require that thou wouldst shake and make feeble the Nations and Kingdomes which thou seest doe resist thy sacred Churche with great violence and most craftie deuices shew forth that voyce of thine wherewith the earth and euerye creature therin are woont to be shaken and vtterly brought to naught Be thou O our God as a most strong and vnuincible Tower vnto vs cause thou warres here to ceasse and make thou speares horse charets and all kinde of weapons blunt that they may finally leaue of their lewde enterprises who mightily fight agaynst vs and shewe thou thy selfe great and excellent aboue all things while thou doest manifest thy selfe to be better for our deliueraunce then all the armies and puyssance of the whole worlde through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme AFter what sort soeuer a very sodaine or horrible mishappe O most mightie God shall sore vex vs our hope shall not faile vs neyther will we be any thing dismaied or troubled séeing we are now fully resolued that thou art our onely helper and deliuerer although the whole worlde be moued the stormes of humaine flesh do swell and that all the Deuils of hell with their whole furniture shoulde séeme to shake all thinges of ours yet do we repose and settle our selues in thy vnspeakeable goodnesse and inuincible power Oure sinnes truely deserue all maner of trouble and enmitie but forgiue thou vs them according to thy accustomed goodnesse and pitiyng our present calamities graunt that such as vnfeynedly call vpon thee may enioy health peace and quietnesse of minde for thou canst very easily disappoynt and breake the swordes bow warlike ingines and all the craftie deceyptes and imaginations of the Deuill not onely through thy most mightie and inuincible worde but also euen with a becke and at thy onely will and pleasure our earnest request is O good God to applie our selues here vnto that wee maye attentiuely beholde those marueylous actes which thou doest for thy faithfull seruauntes whereby all Nations maye right well knowe and perceyue that thou takest our part and determinest to bée a continuall helper of thy blessed people throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xlvij. Psalme A prayer for the good sucâ—esse and inâ—reasment of â—he Gospell THou hast vouchedfafe O moste mightie God to gather and collect a Churche vnto thy selfe on earth which thou hast not conueyed into stonie houses or Temples of Marble but into the liuely hearts of men whome thou deckest and garnishest with thy most wonderfull giftes and doest pollishe the same passing well with the holy Ghost and therefore séeing they be indued with so great a rewarde it behoueth all faythful people to make an excéeding pleasant mirth and ioyfull gladnesse But the most deadly and heynous sinnes which we haue committed doe greatly darken these thankes giuings and mery songs who are worthily verye sore oppressed with the afflictions of them and seing we heartily acknowledge and earnestly confesse that we haue hitherto gone astray and suffer none otherwise then we haue most iustly deserued thou that art very mercie it selfe forgiue thy faythfull people and thou also who art most highe and rulest farre and néere destroy vs not according to our merits Graunt O excellent father that our naughtie and lewd behauiours hinder not the propagation of thy glorious kingdom arise and go forwards by causing strauÌ„ge people to be in subiection to the fayth and make those Nations which haue béene hitherto Infidels obedient to thy sacred worde and thou who hast chosen thée a Church as a most notable and famous heritage magnifie thy selfe continually by al meanes and with most exquisite prayses therein in such wise as all men maye accompt preach and exalt thée for their king but as for thy faythfull seruants who now séeme to be aboue all others most cast awayes lighten them in such wise with thy blessed spirit and rule them so by thy holy worde as all men may perceyue that they be guyded and gouerned by thy mightye power And vouchsafe that the souereigne estates and what power soeuer is in the world may at length be annexed and knit vnto thée that thou be none otherwise their God then thou wert in olde time the God of faythfull Abraham Graunt that the kings and princes who ought of duetie to helpe and defende their subiectes may perfectly acknowledge thée whereby thy famous honour and renowmed glorie maye most brightly shine therein to the singuler benefite of thy sacred Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme IT behoueth all faithfull people O most good and gracious God to extoll and aduaunce the kingdome of Christ with an excéeding ioy wonderfull gladnesse and most hartie endeuour for so thy vnspeakeable goodnesse is both mightily declared and we also are come to the full attainement of our saluation Surely it is verye requisite that all people Nations should be in subiection to his gouernment and the worlde shall go best on our side who be his peculier heritage and especial flock We heartily require thée therefore O our most puyssaunt king who art exalted into the high heauens and vnto the right hand of thy father to vouchsafe for to acquire vs of the heynous faultes we haue gréeuously committed and whatsoeuer sorrowfull calamities and straunge mishaps be like to fall vpon vs put them of from our shoulders through thy inestimable mercie and mightie power whereby thou thy selfe alone mayest beare rule and reigne in our mindes And graunt that all kinges all princes and great states that haue aucthoritie vpon earth may vnseperably cleaue vnto thée being the rightfull and most true God throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xlviij. Psalme THy excellent Maiestie and excéeding honour O moste good and mercifull God aboundeth greatly in the Church A prayer fâ—â— the christiaâ— Church aâ— congregatiâ—â— seeing that thou doest mightilye rule hir with thy sacred worde and holye spirite neyther art thou marueylously praysed there onely but what comlinesse or perfect ioy soeuer is in the whole worlde it issueth and procéedeth doubtlesse from thée And forsomuch as thou art farre better knowne there then any where else it commeth hereof that thou art in the same place a sure defence and moste strong fortresse to thy faythfull
forgiue the heynous offences and excéeding wicked deedes wherewith we haue greatly offended thée so that thou doest not condemne vs for euer but cause vs to reape this singuler commoditie of these present mischiefes that considering and well waying the force and efficacie of thy heauie wrath and our brittle and most short lyfe we may with a greater earnestnesse stande more in feare of thee Vse thy olde accustomed maner O excellent father in shewing thy selfe as now well pleased with thy afflicted and persecuted children then shall we perfectly reioice and be right glad when thy working appéereth and is made manifest vnto vs. Let thy holy Ghost we humbly beséech thée direct vs in such wise as thy famous honour thy excellent glorie and thy cléere brightnesse may shine both in vs and in all our doings through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme IF we doe greatly reioyce in our owne behalfe O most mightie God that the plentiousnesse of thy louing fauour was so exceeding abundant towards vs that such as thou right well louest those didst thou elect before the foundation of the worlde was layde and didst predestinate to be partakers of thy eternall ioyes or euer the mouÌ„taines were made or any part of the world brought in ripe shape our ioy doubtlesse shall be doubled if we thorowly way and consider how that of our owne selues both by infirmity of nature also through the wickednesse of our heynous sinnes we are otherwise nothing For we run hedloÌ„g into perdition slide as water vanish away like a dreame and in the twinckling of an eye we wither like grasse Which discommodities at what tyme we call to remembraunce let them we humbly require thée styrre vp in vs an occasion of learning and wisedome so that we may vnderstand and right well perceyue howe vnworthie wee are in respect of our selues to inioy thy louing fauour and contrariwise how great thy benigne clemencie is towardes vs by the which we hartily beséech thée to turne thy fauourable countenaunce vpon vs in shewing that we are thy workemanship as we be in déede Let thy excellent brightnesse lighten our blind mindes in such sort that oure deedes neuer swarue from the marke of thy excéeding great glorie thorowe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcj. Psalme A prayer in temptation and perils for deliuerance preseruation WHosoeuer dependeth wholye vpon God so that he accompteth him to be his sure defence most strong holde he néedeth not to feare any calamitie no layings awayte nor finally to dread any distresse For God no lesse defendeth his seruauntes then the hennes do their chickens at what time they hide them vnder their winges or that the Souldiours defende and couer themselues in battaile with their shielde and target For can pestilence plague calamitie or wasting terrefie those which beleue faythfully in God Nothing truely shall make them afrayde For although Sathan and all the vngodly worke most greeuous and pernicious thinges agaynst him yet hath God committed his welfare to an innumerable company of Aungels through whose conduct and protection he is not onely defended but caried also on their handes and shoulders that he dashe not agaynst hurtfull things There is no power in the most cruell beastes but is troden vpon and beaten downe vnder his féete If we therefore stand nowe in much feare of the wicked it is a plaine token that we haue small confidence and little trust in thée by reason of which dull and weake fayth we are become so plyable to an innumerable sort of sinnes as by our backslydinges from thee we prouoke thy gréeuous wrath continually agaynst vs. Wherefore our hartie request is that according to thy accustomed goodnesse thou wouldest in such wise pardon whatsoeuer we haue verye lewdly coÌ„mitted against thée and make vs hereafter most earnest louers of thy diuine Maiestie that we may in right perfect fayth haue thy glorious name and dignitie in wonderfull admiration and cause our prayer not to be vnfruitfull before thée wherevnto we humbly beséech thy infinit goodnesse that thou wouldest make aunswere according to our demaund And finally be present to the feruent peticions and troublesome matters of thy blessed Church thorowe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SVch as repose their whole trust and confidence in thée onely O almightie God haue put themselues vnder the shadowe of thy assuraunce and fortresse of thy moste strong defence where they may be in safety from all the assaultes of the enimies and preserued from euery pernicious thing that may annoy them When as wicked men being vndoubtedly members of the deuill and his Catchpolles shall practise any euil thing agaynst them they shall at no tyme be left destitute of Gods assured helpe and faythfull promise for he wil quickly defend them as a mighty strong shield And when most gréeuous temptations which happen dayly doe rage on euery side whereby an infinite number of mortal men fall downe hedlong into euerlasting damnation what soeuer they are which haue assured themselues in their heartes and prayed vnto the Lord thou art my God and thou art the thing I onelye trust in euill shall in no wise happen vnto these kinde of men but they shall remaine stedfast and without feare when others fal and come to naught He will not onely deliuer them from troublesome mishaps by the handes of blessed Aungels but also there shall be no beastes so venemous outragious that may hurt them any thing at all And therefore wée humbly require thée O excellent father to vouchsafe that we may not be secluded froÌ„ partaking of so great good things but that we maye in such wise loue thee and so repose our whole trust in thy diuine Maiesty as wée maye seeke none other refuge and piller to stande by but thée onely through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcij. Psalme WE are then slacke in celebrating thy glorious name O almighty God when as we forget thy woÌ„derfull workes which A prayer agaynst the perswasion such as we haue iustification to prâ—ceede of gooâ— workes so soone as we diligently consider and thinke more attentiuely of they shall by and by cheere vs excéedingly and consequently inforce a great strength and efficacie in vs touching the setting foorth of thy worthie prayses But such truely are very foolishe and dull fighted who eyther do not waye them or else are nothing moued therewith theyr eyes therefore are sore blinded bicause they see the matters of the vngodly to haue good successe and go long vnpunished But these maner of men ought to consider that for this purpose thou wouldest doe thus with the wicked bicause they might be the more sorowfull to sée their flourishing estate sodainly altered yea and that in a tyme vnlooked for who after they haue walked in the shadowe of felicitie maye runne into méere and assured
thing soeuer wée haue committed agaynst thée so that wée maye not decline anye more hereafter from the perfect waye of thy blessed commaundements then may we clayme vnto our selues the true substanciall delightes wherin our soules may liue yea and lead such a pleasant life as they may by al meanes indeuour to set forth thy most worthie prayses For séeing that we haue wandred hitherto like brute beastes therfore call thou vs away O excellent father who art our onely sauiour from the heynous errours and gréeuous sinnes we are infected withall so that euery one of vs may be wholy addicted to obey thy sacred will and holye commaundements through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Schin Thau ALthough the malice and deceyptes of those which in the worlde are alwayes aduersaryes to thy glorye O almightie God be both mightie and of great force against our féeble courage yet notwithstanding on the contrarie part so great is the pleasure which thy sacred worde bringeth vnto vs that it is nowe déerer vnto the godly then anye spoyles bée they neuer so fatte or then any pray be it neuer so ritche for they pricke vs forward to render day by day wonderfull prayses vnto thée And this onely remayneth as a speciall comfort that thou wilt not suffer vs to be depriued of the saluation which we looke for at thy mercifull handes Our earnest request is that thou wouldest for this cause giue an attentiue and readie eare to our humble petitions that forsomuch as the righteousnesse of thy blessed law is in all pointes true and stedfast furnishe vs fully with this thy holy spirite that whatsoeuer we haue nowe chosen to kéepe through the grace thereof we may accomplishe so much as our feeble nature is able to do and where the weaknesse of the fleshe fayleth there let the inuincible power and notable strength of thy holy spirite supplie We haue wandred hitherto O Lorde God diuers wayes lyke foolish misled shéepe for vnlesse thou doest séeke vs out with a fatherly and shepherdlike prouidence we shall readily perishe in our naughtinesse and therefore suffer vs not who are in verye great daunger to walke any more in darknesse and amongst rauening Wolues through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxx. Psalme WEe being wearied and sore troubled O almightie GOD with most gréeuous and excéeding perillous mishappes A prayer agaynst the enimies of Gods diuiâ— worde as thou right well knowest do dayly flie vnto thy gracious mercies seate humbly requiring thée to giue eare at length vnto the ferueÌ„t prayers which we alwayes make namely that thou wouldest deliuer thy blessed Church from the deceypts lyes and false ymaginations of Antichrist and his retinue For the blasphemies reproches slaunders wherewith they inuade and defame thy holy gospell may be compared to deadly sharpe arrowes and whot burning coles through which the heartes of the godly are striken wyth excéeding great sorrowe and their mindes bée inflamed with zeale and rightfull anger for the glorie of thy name We acknowledge our selues verily to haue wel deserued for to be troubled with such vncleane infection and outragious pestilence bicause we haue sinned moste heynously agaynst thée and thy diuine lawe But our earnest request is that of thy naturall and frée mercie wherewith thou art indued we who are so greatly desirous of perfect peace for the true honouring sincere celebrating and due setting out thy worthy prayse may at length attaine thereto through thy most gracious fauour sore agaynst their willes which are chiefest enimies to the peace and tranquillitie of thy faythful through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WE know by experience O almightie God howe great the affliction and miserie of the Church is for the vices and lyes of corrupt opinions sakes which are brought into it Wherefore we humbly beséech thée to deliuer hir from this kinde of calamitie for we haue nowe at length begonne right well to vnderstande how deceyptfull and craftie the seducementes of Antichrist hath bene hitherto Cause henceforth the puyssaunt force and moste sharpe weapons of thy blessed worde to be present whereby all the subtiltie of Sathan maye be confounded and brought to nought Yea rather thurst thou in thy most mighty shaft which thou vsest diuers tymes to punishe vngodlinesse withall agaynst this pestilent plague so that all malicious snares may thereby be consumed as it were with moste whote burning coales whereas otherwise if thou doest not laye to thy moste strong and puissaunt hand our pilgrimage shall be continued in wofull miseryes and sinfull wickednesse without end For there is no hope of peace to be loked for where thy sacred truth is had in deadly contempt yea rather it séemeth dayly to be the further of from thy blessed Church the more loue and earnest desire she hath thereto Seing therfore that it behoueth vs to wage continuall warre agaynst spirituall wickednesse refuse not thou O excellent father redily to helpe such as vnfeynedly call vpon thée for the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxj. Psalme A prayer in necessitie for Gods diuine â—reseruation WE looke for thy assistant helpe O most mightie God with an excéeding heauinesse of minde in these our most troublesome mishaps eliuating our eyes to thee onelye through whose mightie power like as we knowe that heauen and earth was created so also our assured hope is that thou canst deliuer vs from these present mischiefes Verilye we acknowledge our sinnes to be such as they haue deserued to bée punished with these sore afflictions and greeuous chasticements For we haue not yéelded due honor and reuerence vnto thee when as thou didst call vs to the profession of thy sacred gospel but seeking our owne profite onely haue miserably neglected thy renowmed honour and famous glory Wey not therefore O good GOD this our ingratitude and wickednesse committed but for thy infinite mercies sake keepe our féete from falling by setling them so in thy holy lawe and sacred commaundementes as they swarue not at all therfro Moreouer séeme not to slumber or sleepe touching the defence and preseruation of thy blessed Church being so sore afflicted If it hath béene thy accustomable maner to defende thy faythfull seruaunts from the heate of the Sunne in the day tyme and from the colde of the Moone in the night dispise not vs that suffer so many and great tormentes through the furie and outragious woodnesse of Antichrist preserue not onely our soules and life from his subtile deuices but especially maintain thou thy pure religion which he doth most of all fight against For our earnest request is that thou wouldest so direct the begynnings and endings of our doinges in the true pathes of thy blessed coÌ„maundements as they may perpetually abyde in the perfect rule thereof through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SO long as wée O almightie
made like vnto a moste fruitfull woman that may be compared to the ranke Oliues and exceeding fertile vines which vnspeakable happie giftes we mistrust not but thou wilt one day bestowe readily vppon vs if from the seate of thy Maiestie it shal please thee to behold the congregation of the faithfull with thy merciful eye bicause al things that apperteyne to true and perfect felicitie come from the will of thy inestimable goodnesse For seing we doubt not but this redowneth to the honor of thy glorious name that a continuall ofspring of thy déere children shoulde bée multiplied in the blessed Church and become notable in peace in prayses and in puritie of life we heartily require thée in our most feruent prayers to obteine the same through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxix Psalme THou knowest O moste good and mercifull God howe greatly the enimies of thy gloryous name haue fought continuallye agaynst thy sacred Church A prayer agaynst the counterfeit holinesse of such as wold be iustified by their workes and alwayes troubled the same from hir infancie yet notwithstanding thou hast done this of thy singuler fauor thou barest therevnto that hir aduersaryes coulde neuer preuaile agaynst hir who diddest it for this intent bicause thy faythfull promises should be accomplished They seemed diuers and sundry times to thrust the share of affliction verye deepe into hir backe who hauing a marueylous obstinate heart purposed to make exceeding long ridges vpon the same But thou O good God of thy perfect iustice hast alwaies cut a sunder the cordes of the vngodly in péeces Wherefore we nowe heartily beséech thée not to regard our wicked factes but the glorie of thy name For if thou shouldest deale with vs according to oure worthinesse we do not onely deserue such painefull miseries and sorowfull calamities but much more gréeuouser Yet for thy infinite mercies sake poure not out thy furious wrath on vs but vpon the vngodly let them be confounded and turned backeward and graunt that they maye quickly wither euen as the grasse before they bée any thing able to bring their lewde enterprises to an end whose deserts are not such as we ought to pray for their good successe séeing their practises bée excéeding naught But now cause the Church of thy faythfull people to inioye some blessing of peace and tranquilitie through Iesus Christ our lord Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THe assaultes of thy faythfull people O moste good and mercifull God be not onely very many and diuers but they are also continually tempted and be inforced to fall into vtter destruction for the deuill and power of our fierce aduersaries desire nothing more then to turne thy Image vnto them from the purpose thou hast ordeyned it for And therefore we heartily crie and call vnto thée who hast an incomprehensible mercie ioyned with thy excéeding great Iustice that thou wouldest for the intire good will and louing fauour thou bearest vnto vs breake a sunder the slithe coardes of temptations and teare in péeces the subtile snares of such as lay deceyptfull trappes to snarle vs in so that the wicked enimies of our saluation maye according to their iust demerites be brought to vtter shame and confusion to the intent all men may right wel know that thy perfect righteousnesse will not suffer their deuilishe fraudes and cursed deceyptes to escape alwayes vnpunished whereby thy blessing which thou hast appoynted for the elect and chosen may not be impeached and let not the force of the deuils subtilties and craftie ymaginations disappoynt the saluation which we that hope in thy faythfull promises looke to atchieue and attaine vnto thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxx. Psalme THou art woont verye often O almightie God to punish thy faythfull seruaunts greeuously A prayer for grace in the time of nede to the intent they might therby returne vnto thée with earnest and perfect repentance which now experience teacheth vs to féele in thy sacred Church by reason of these most troublesome tymes for we that haue béene hitherto innumerable wayes very vngratful towards thée and euery where transgressed thy holy lawe and blessed commaundements are so oftentymes vexed with the fiercenesse of the cursed deuill and his bondslaues that we be inforced to crie vnto thée out of the bottomlesse pit and from the vnmeasurable déepenesse of our aduersities requiring thée not to marke our heynous sinnes so seuerely For if thou O good god wilt dulye consider and iustly punishe the iniquities that we haue committed according to their iust deserts which of vs shall be so blamelesse and holy as he may be able to stand before thy iustice But forsomuch as we right well know that thou art indued with excéeding great gentlenesse we doe both early and late looke and wayte for thy readie helpe Although therefore our iniquities are very many in number vouche thou safe for thy most abundaunt goodnesse and infinite mercies sake to redéeme vs from them all so that wée being deliuered from imminent perils and present calamities may as well beleue in thée onely as publish to the whole worlde that there is true and perfect redemption through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing that we be perpetually tost O almightie God with the most déepe sea of temptations neyther are able of our selues to match them there is good reason why we do not without iust cause require thée spéedily to helpe and succour our wofull miseries But if thou who art both a rightfull iudge and perfect arbitrer of oure causes wouldst consider all things whatsoeuer we haue gréeuously offended thée in and earnestly marke the same who were able I pray thée to stand before thy tribunal seat Seing therefore thy mercie is notable and infinite our earnest desire is that we maye in such wise depend onely therevpon as the iniquities which we haue cōmitted might be redeemed thereby who are nourished dayly and hourely in this hope alone trusting that thou wilt neuer be forgetfull of the true Israell which is thy holy and blessed Church Graunt vs therefore we humblie beséech thée to obteyne at thy fauourable handes pardon and remission of sinnes as a sound and sincere fruite of this stedfast confidence through Iesus Christ our lord Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxxj. Psalme A praier that we may haue humilitie and dispise arrogancie FOrsomuch as we are marueilous vngratefull towards thée O most mightie God for the exceeding great benefits bestowed vpon vs leading a life hitherto nothing agréeable to thy holinesse and our vocation there is no cause why our heart should bée puffed vp or walke in wonders Cause thy holy spirite to be aboundantly poured vpon vs insomuch as all pride and arrogancie beeing vtterly layd aside and quite done away we maye heartily acknowledge this which is most true howe that we are heynous sinners by which
meanes thou wilt through a true and sincere repentance pardon our naughtie and lewde behauiour Moreouer frame and comfirme vs in suche wise towards thee as we may be like vnto a weaned childe which alwayes longeth for hys mother by whom it is cherished and nursed Vnlesse thou therefore be our ready helper what other thing eyther can wée or ought we to iudge of our owne power and strength but the same shall be hurtfull vnto vs. Wherefore séeing that thy blessed Church hath none other refuge but thée only being vtterly voyd of all humaine helpe therefore euen after the maner of a childe it looketh vnto thée whose earnest desire is that thou wouldest not vtterly forsake hir but so assist the same with thy fauourable goodnesse as she maye alwayes wholy addict hir selfe to cal vpon thy glorious name and publish thy famous renowme through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme FOrsomuch as O most good and mercifull God it verily behoueth thée onely to be high and excellent our earnest request is that thou wouldest not permit pride to breake into our heart being of it selfe stubburne and rebellious ynough séeing that all humaine arrogancie and ouerwéening of our selues can not be but very vaine as that which hath neyther true nor iust cause so to do We desire therefore a very méeke heart and marueilous lowly eyes to eschue all such lewde deuises and fond enterprises as may excéede the meane and boundes of our vocation Vouchsafe we humbly beséech thée that our minde may none otherwise depend vpon thée then Infants hang vpon their Nources breastes For we perceyue right well that thy blessed Churche shall neuer be compted in a prosperous estate vnlesse shée doth both vtterly dispaire of hir selfe and also repose hir whole hope and confidence in thée onely through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxxij Psalme A praier that â—he Gospell may reigne â—mongst vs. WE know right well O most good and mercifull God that thou art not forgetfull of the couenaunt thou madest wyth vs in Christ Iesu but acknowledge our selues to haue swarued from thy most sacred couenaunts and blessed agréements For wheras it behoueth vs to frame our life so as we might please thee and that all our déedes ought to redowne vnto the glory of thy blessed name then the which we haue done nothing lesse who haue marueylous coldly exercised true and perfect godlinesse neither indeuoured our selues to reedifie thy holy Church with a feruent desire as it became vs to do But be not thou reuenged O good God vppon our naughtie facts neyther let these things which wée haue heynouslye committed agaynst thée be an occasioÌ„ that thou shouldst not giue eare vnto our heartie prayers For this verily do we earnestly desire in all our humble petitions that the place wherein the Arke of thy glorious couenaunt remayneth that is to say thy elected church may continue thy louing Spouse inioying at length a quiet and peaceable rest to the intent thy blessed kingdome may more prosperously be inlarged and the glory of thy famous name spred abrode farre wider then it is at this day Shewe we humbly beséech thée that thou art according to thy faythfull promise truly resident in thy holy Church by induing thy faythfull seruauntes with true holinesse and perfect saluation Suffer not as thou hast louingly promised the light of thy people to bée extinguished and quite put out but let the princely bewtie and renowmed glorie of thy excellent Maiestie shine perpetually in hir through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme FOrsomuch as thou of thy infinite goodnesse O moste gracious and mercifull God hast determined to dwell perpetually in the congregation of the faythfull which is the Church that Christ hath redéemed with his precious bloud we humbly beséech thee neuer to forget this thy moste louing promise For our earnest request is to haue thy resting place abide in vs and that thou wouldest haue an holy and well furnished habitation in our hearts through fayth As therefore wée mistrust not but thou wilt kéepe this thy sacred couenaunt firme and stedfast so we heartily desire thée to vouchsafe that we on our part may not swarue therefro but follow and accomplish to the vttermost those testimonies of thy holy wil which thou hast thought good to teach vs in thy sacred scriptures so that the ministers of thy Sacraments the faythfull people and all the estates and degrées of thy elect seruaunts maye shine in true godlynesse and most sincere vertues to the honour of thy glorious name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxxiij Psalme WHen as those which take vppon them the defence of thy glorious name O most mightie God doe liue wonderful friendly amongst themselues A prayer fâ—â— christian charitie and practise al the meanes they can deuise to honor and reuerence thee then doth thy blessed church increase dayly more and more in famousnesse and puyssaunt power And in likewise on the other side it is greatly torne and weakned if they which ought to haue dwelt togither like brethren breake out into dissentions or else be plucked asunder through any debate Our earnest request is therefore to haue such peace graunted vs by thy excellent goodnesse as we may be ioyned togither like members in thy one bodie which is the holy Church But seing that our innumerable sinnes do marueylouslye hinder so great a felicitie howe then can it fall out that such as bée at discorde with thée maye be in vnitie amongst themselues We earnestly desire this at thy mercifull handes that the heynous offences wherewith we haue sundrie tymes and that greeuouslye prouoked thy wrathfull indignation beeing quite forgiuen thou wouldst receyue vs againe into thy blessed fauour causing vs faythfully to imbrace mercy and louing kindnesse in such wise as wée maye bee annixed vnto thée without seperation for hereof our tranquilitie shall haue hir originall and deriuation hereof shall there be made an excellent most fertile Church of good déedes hereof shal the hid and secret treasures of thy holy spirite open themselues vnto vs brust out into very swéete and pleasaunt fruites and finally a most redolent smell of iustice and vertue shall breath forth from thence thorow out the whole worlde Graunt therfore O excellent father to thy humble suters that they may haue peace with thée amongst themselues and also with all men so much as in them lyeth whereby they béeing gathered togyther in thy blessed name according to thy louing promises may haue thee present with them feele thy most plentifull blessing and finally obteine eternall ioy and felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme FOrsomuch as thou hast of thy singuler fauour and exceding great goodnesse O mercifull God adopted vs to be thy déere children through fayth we haue conceyued in Christ