thou art forgetfull and takest thy grace and fauour vtterly away fro them Graunt that suche maner of thoughtes and suspicions be not graft and fixed in our minds for surely we deserue to be vtterly left and quite forsaken of thée by reason of our most heynous offences but suffer not O good God for thy most glorious names sake the stoute arrogant enimies of Godlinesse eyther to preuaile any thing at all or haue occasion to triumphe ouer thy faythfull seruauntes like victorious conquerors illuminate and lighten the eyes of our minde we humblie beséech thée with thy holy spirit that wée séeing and right well allowing those thinges which be most iust may neyther honor nor worship thée amisse nor yet become slouthfull towardes the amendment of our sinfull life for so shall all occasion of reioysing and vaunting be quite taken from our aduersaries and we haue great cause to render eternall thankes vnto thy diuine Maiestie as thou hast right well deserued through Iesus christ our lord AmeÌ„ ¶ A prayer out of the .xiiij. Psalme A praier that we may perceuer in the nuÌ„ber of true christians TAke away from thy déere children O most mightie God those notorious wicked Counsels and foolishe imaginations whereby we may surmise in our mindes that thou art no God at all and although thou knowest well ynoughe that we haue oftentymes erred gone astray from the true path of righteousnesse for which cause sake we haue very well deserued euen like bread and most delicious meate of them to be deuoured and vtterly consumed as are the most mischieuous and furious enimies of godlines We humblie besech thée that as thou hast promised to ayde and assist the generation of these men and all such as put their trust in thée so thou wouldest not forsake vs being thus extréeme miserable greauously afflicted Let thy help appeere and shew forth it selfe out of the heauenlye Sion that when thou hast deliuered vs from the bondage and corruption of sinne death and the Deuill thy beloued Church maye not onely be cheered and refreshed but also be excéeding ioyous through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xv. Psalme SEing that O most mighty god none can inhabite and dwell in perpetuall felicitie and thy heauenly kingdom but such as haue béene voyde of fault and vndefiled fro the filthie corruption of wickednesse who haue in suche wise yéelded and dedicated their heart tongue and outward workes to the honor of thy blessed name that they do omit or let slip by negligence or malice none of thy sacred coÌ„maundements Hereby we nowe perceyue and right well vnderstand that if we should be dealt withal as our owne deserts are and according to the worthinesse of our workes how farre of we be from thence so as we may in a maner dispayre and be altogither doubtfull of our saluation but trusting in thy excellent goodnesse we boldely demaunde this at thy mercifull handes that the merits of our déedes beyng layde apart thy faythfull promises maye according to our assured hope still remaine most firme and stable and vouchsafe to graunt vnto vs receyued againe into thy louing fauour that being henceforth adourned with the ornamentes of perfite righteousnesse sincere truth and pure loue wee maye neuer bée drawen away from the habitation of thy blessed felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xvj. Psalme FOrsomuch as we are so poore O most déere father of heauen and thou so exceding rich in al things A praier thaâ— we may not perishe by fayth but attayne vnto glory therby â–ª and thy workes most noble and plentiful surely nothing is giuen vnto vs nor any thing at all in our power whereby we may eyther merite or increase thy most blessed estate and felicitie but yet seing that our whole trust and affiaunce dependeth on thée onely we humbly present our selues and fall downe before thy deuine Maiestie beséeching thée to preserue vs from those euils which inuiron compasse vs about on euery side And our heynous sinnes wherewith thou well perceyuest vnto be ouerladen being pardoned graunt that as thou art become our rightful inheritaunce so we may wholâ— set our ioy and delight in thée agaâ—â— and accompt it a most pleasant camely thing to set forth and commend thée onely and none else instruct thou vs counsaile thou vs be thou alwaies before our eies least we swarue at any tyme from the right way so that wee may with great ioy during this mortall life remaine and abide in thée and after the most and glorious resurrection be partakers of those euerlasting perfect pleasures which we beleue do consist onely in thy most mightie will and power through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xvij. Psalme â— praier that â—ur enimies may not get â—he victorie â—uer vs. THy blessed Churche prayeth thée O most mightie God and lifteth vp hir voice daily vnto thy throne beséeching thée to weigh and consider at one time or other hir most righteteous cause wherefore giue eare and haue regarde vnto the prayers which the faythfull sort poure out before thée with an vnfayned heart who knowe verie well that we are laden and burthened with other innumerable sinnes so as we are faine at all tymes humbly to craue pardon of thée for the same but as for those which oure aduersaries doe lay to our charge wée are nothing giltie in them wherefore if thou thy selfe who art a most righteous iudge be examined in this case we knowe nothing can be found that by thy holy worde may be condemned But our whole doing is onely for this ende and purpose that the renuing and setting vp againe of religion and true godlinesse may be aduaunced to the intent thy blessed commaundementes might be duly obserued and thy sacred law with more sinceritie obeyed And whereas this care and studie hath brought vpon vs most extreeme perils yea almost vtter destruction vnlesse thou remoue and turne the same away quite from vs we humbly beséech thée to hold vp and strengthen our goynges in thy pathes with a puyssaunt steadinesse which are otherwise of themselues very slipperie that we may neither stand in doubt nor be discouraged in these kinde of distresses Thou mayest hereby make thy excellent goodnesse O mercifull God to be much marueled and wondered at if thou wilt defende those that trust in thee at a tyme vnlooked for yea thou shalt not onely reuenge vs thy louing seruants by that meanes but thy selfe also forsomuch as they haue chiefly risen vp and beÌ„t themselues against thee Hide vs therefore vnder the shadowe of thy winges and the more prosperous successe that they seeme to haue in their doyngs so that now they hang vpon our neckes like hungry Lions the more a great deale preuent thou their furye and spéedily deliuer and rescue the life of thy faithfull seruauntes out of theyr handes and vnto the same graunt that by acknowledging
saluation to triumph and reioyce at our destruction forsomuch as it shal be manifested in this one poynt that thou doest make a verye great accompt of vs when as thou art our strong defender in such a noysome and troublesome tyme. Succour vs we humbly beséech thee and shew how thou doest mightily vpholde vs whereby we maye according to our bounden dutie Publishe and set forth the worthie prayses of thy most glorious name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .lxij. Psalme A prayer in distresse for the comfort of the gospell THere is none O most mightye God that well rightly considereth thy inestimable goodnesse but with a ferueÌ„t mind doth like vnto a hart that is very thirstie breathe and feruently bray vnto thée both day and night for howe can it be that any man hauing a true fayth should not make earnest haste to come vnto the liuing God but wée haue bene hitherto greatly slacke in that harty desire neyther haue we vnfeynedly sought God as we ought to doe in the sacred and holy Congregations Therefore through much heauinesse and sorrow piteous teares haue béene oure meate and drinke in these marueylous troublesome times whyles the most cruell enimies of thy blessed Church doe dayly mocke and ieast at vs saying where is their God But as thou O good God art mercifull and most gentle so lay downe and turne away we humbly beséech thée thy heauie displeasure which thou hast rightly conceiued agaynst vs and remembring thy faythfull promises graunt vnto vs although we in no wise deserue it that our assured hope and constant fayth may be most firme and strong so as our soule be not cast downe lower then it ought to bee For although flouds tempestes and bottomlesse pittes of temptations séeme to be poured out vpon thy blessed Church yet so asswage and moderate them with the goodnesse of thy singuler mercye and excellent grace that our minde and conscience be not depriued of their perfect ioy Graunt that we being stirred vp with thy holy spirite maye alwayes incourage our selues to hope and trust in thy most stedfast helpe bicause we shall yet still celebrate and prayse thy glorious name for restoring vs health and perfect quietnes through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WEe desire with our whole heart O most good and mercifull God to be knit annexed vnto thée dayly hungring and thirsting for the same bicause we can not without great sorrow and griefe heare the gyrds and scornings both of our owne minde and of our cruell aduersaries when thou séemest to haue forsaken vs wherewith they mocke at godlinesse and fayth conceyued namelye by casting vs in the téeth with the wofull cares piteous miseries and lamentable calamities that wee being sore opprest séeme in a maner to be cast downe with and that so much the more bicause our owne sinnes become euery day greater and greater We humbly beséech thee O good God for thy excellent mercies sake to pardon and forgiue vs the same whereby we maye be made able to confirme strengthen our selues being assuredly printed in our mindes by thee onely and séeing that our euill affections and greeuous terrors of punishments are very troublesome vnto vs graunt that we being mightily strengthned with thy louing promise maye comfort our owne afflicted soules perswading theÌ„ that as they trust onely in thee so shall they be in good hope chéerefully to celebrate thy moste glorious name bicause thou art both become their perfect saluation and also their true God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xliij. Psalme TAke at length vpon thée O most good and mightie God throughe thy owne aucthoritie and inuincible power A prayer in necessitie the iudgement of our cause which although it indeuoureth to maintaine and vpholde the true worshipping of thée thy pure religion for which thinges sake the same is very good and yet neuerthelesse is it forsaken and disallowed of all men Wherefore we haue excéeding great néede that thou doest deliuer vs from deceypfull and wicked men Thou onely remainest the chiefe coÌ„fort assured strength and strong defence of thy blessed Church Notwithstanding we haue liued vnworthy of thy holye name profession and doctrine but such is thy vnspeakable mercye that it hydeth such mens iniquities as vnfeynedly repent and turne vnto thée it forgiueth heynous sinnes and will not lay to the charge of the faythfull whatsoeuer they haue most wickedly committed Therefore we heartily require thée to haue pitie vpon vs and make vs in such wise partakers of thy splendent light and glorious truth that we may both here worship thée purely in the holy congregations and at the last bée conducted to the most blessed habitations of eternall life Our soule truely is nowe heauy and vtterly dismaied we are oftentimes vexed with timerous imaginations and the bowelles within vs doe tremble and quake for feare Yet we humbly besech thée O excellent father to confirme such an assured hope in vs that we may hereafter set forth thy worthie prayses and be excéeding chearefull for the obteyning of our saluation when as thou shalt declare thy selfe to be our most famous God as in very déede thou art through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WEe commit our cause to thy strong defence and puyssaunt gouernment O most mightie God being in marueylous great daunger and in so great perils of this sinfull life For although we haue no strength and power in our selues so long as we continue in this most miserable life wherevnto may we leane seing we be wretchedly ouerlayde with originall sinne and an infinite number of wickednesses adioyned thereto yet we humblye beséech thée let the cléere light of thy most louing countenaunce shine vpon vs that the darkenesse of our minde may be made bright thereby For if it happen vnto vs through thy vnspeakably mercie to be replenished with thy excéeding gladnesse and incredible ioy we will then bid our minde which otherwise would be abashed to be of good cheare This one thing we hartily require of thee to vouchsafe for to graunt vs that we maye repose our whole trust and affiaunce in thée alone bicause thou onely art become our saluation and verye true God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xliiij. Psalme prayer in â—secution â—el against â—porall eniâ—es as spiâ—all THou hast of thy singuler goodnesse O most mightie God chosen thée a Church out of many nations planted with thy puyssaunt hand and not by mans force which beyng thorowe thy singuler fauour and blessed spirite clensed and pourged from hir heinous sinnes hath hitherto escaped the mischieuous assaultes of the cruell deuill through thy mightie ayde and strong defence thou hast alwayes preserued it from hir outragious aduersaryes and put them to vtter shame endlesse rebuke which bore deadly hate thereto We
what great stormes of temptations soeuer the deuill or worlde doe styrre vp agaynst them for as Cities be fortefied and raunged euery where about with thick rampires strong walles huge towers and high hilles so God doth as with a shield defend those whom he greatly fauoureth and which are his elect seruaunts and gardeth them also like an excéeding strong Bulwarke Therefore do we not without iust cause O excellent father call earnestly vppon thée that thou doest not permit the vngodly to poure out their crueltie vppon the Church of the righteous least if such as be yet weaklings amongs the faythfull sée the prosperitie of wicked persons they also of an euill zeale begin to follow their lewd vices and most greeuous sinnes Wherefore rather defend and aduaunce we heartily pray thée thy blessed saintes and be fauourable vnto them whom thou hast now appoynted to followe thée with a perfect mind and vncorrupt faith But beat downe such with thy puyssaunt strength mightie power as bée enimies to godlinesse and the honor of thy glorious name so that thy sacred Church which is the holy Israell bée not defrauded of the ioyfull saluation shée looketh for at thy mercifull handes through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxvj. Psalme A praier that we may bee deliuered froÌ„ thraldome attaine to the glory of god SVrely the thraldome and bondage of thy blessed church O most good and mercifull God hath béene hitherto excéeding hard beyonde all measure being sore opprest vnder the tyrannie of Antichrist and yet notwithstanding thou of thy infinite goodnesse hast redéemed it to our wonderfull comfort and the great hope of others which as yet haue an earnest desire to the attayning of Christian libertie We at this present heartily beséech thée that at what time the deuill and power of the aduersarie séeme by all the meanes they can deuise to bende their force for to hinder the good workes which is begunne not to be forgetfull of thy Churches captiuitie from which thou hast after a sort begunne to restore the same who verily hath behaued hir selfe so vnthankfully towardes thée as one that made small accompt of the benefites bestowed vpon hir according to their worthinesse But forsake hir not for thy accustomed mercies sake before thou hast fully repayred in hir that which remayneth as yet to be restored thereto yea rather vouchsafe to bestowe vpon the same as on fieldes wanting moysture at noone tyme the moste swift streames of thy heaueÌ„ly grace flowing waters of thy blessed spirite to the intent we maye with abundaunt gladnesse reape the pleasant fruite of the prayers which we doe now sowe with teares â–ª so as the heathen which behold these calamities with a doubtfull minde wherewith the outragious enimies of thy glorious name do sore oppresse vs may at length openly publish that thou hast dealt honourably with thy faythfull seruants by which meanes we may after these gréeuous sorrowes bée ended inioy not onely suche a gladnesse as we woulde willingly wishe but also a very healthfull comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing it is thy most auncient accustomable maner O almightie God to aâ—d and helpe such as vnfeinedly trust in thée by thy wonderfull and singuler prouidence when as they be fallen into greatest distresse so that thou sendest them deliueraunce euen when they least looke for it séeming rather to inioy the same as a dreame then lyke a matter of truth we haue no dispayre at all of thy sacred Church being almost without hope of recouery who know right wel that it is a light thing to thée yea and excéeding easie to fill our mouth with laughter and our tongue with ioy in suche wise as our cruell enimies shall be inforced to say whether they will or not that these mens God hath vndoubtedlye done wonderfull great thinges for them at what tyme he caused those his seruants to inioy a notable comfort and marueylous delectation eueÌ„ when they were without hope thereof Our earnest request is therefore that thou wouldst for thy infinite mercies sake pardon the offences wherewith wee haue stubburnlye through our outragious madnesse feeble imbecillitie and naturall corruption prouoked thée to extréeme anger so that wée obteyning againe at thy mercifull handes the auncient fauour and beneuolence may finde no lesse alteration of our estate then those which being parched with a Southerne drougth and such ardent burning as is at noone day may be moysted with a freshe and sodeyne abundaunce of waters vnlooked for And what things soeuer we sowe with teares graunt vs we heartily praye thée to reape them at length with great ioy and gladnesse so that finally we may haue most plentifull fruites of consolation out of the prayers wée in moste humble wise poure out dayly before thée through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WHen it happeneth at any tyme O moste good and mercifull God that thou of thy singuler goodnesse doest vtterly deliuer thy sacred Church from the captiuitie and thraldome of the deuill and that it beholdeth al thy members and hirs quite set frée from fond errors and blinde darkenesse then shall it be replenished with such gladnesse as shée shall rather thinke howe shée dreameth of that great good thing then verily to inioy the same At what time shée maye well say that shée is mitry in déede and shall be indued with perfect gladnesse neither shall shée not onely render immortall thankes and prayses vnto thée but also euery man will maruaile at the high and mightie things thou hast done for hir Our earnest request is therfore that thou woldst now at length condiscend vnto the accomplishment of these thinges and excéedingly fauour hir captiuitie being thus miserable and of such long continuaunce deliuer thy faythfull seruants from obscure darknesse and vnloose the bandes of thy accustomed louing kindnesse wherewith thou hast redéemed the children of Adam which are so long a time in bondage and thraldome and with the liuely waters of thy benigne grace cause thou the barrennesse and thirsty soyle of our soule to be right pleasaunt and fertile so that the wofull teares which the godly did sowe and poure out in the time of their captiuitie may bring them at length to their desired ioyes and that such as with great sorrow and heauinesse haue hitherto sowne the séede of feruent praiers and dolefull sighings may with very much ioy and marueilous pleasure reape the sound fruits of true godlinesse and pure religion thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxvij Psalme IT is out of all controuersie A prayer for sustentation and safe keping and a matter agreed vpon among al godly persons that no family can be well ordered or any common welth rightly gouerned vnlesse thou O moste mightie god doest further and prosper their proceedings We therefore who are not ignorant but thou wilt do farre
deserts the outragious enimies of thy blessed name are raysed vp and haue mightily preuayled agaynst vs who dayly strengthen themselues agaynst thy sonne our Lord and fauiour Iesus Christ We know right wel that by reason of the life which we haue hitherto liued repugnant to thy glorious name and our profession all these most gréeuous euilles haue happened to thy sacred Church But our earnest request is that thou wouldest be mindefull of thy faythfull couenaunt wherein thou promisest that we should be the méeting line of thy blessed heritage for thy couenant is not transitorie but perdurable Thou hast vsed at other tymes to chastice kinges that they should not hurt thy elect people who doest preserue and defende thy blessed seruaunts inhabiting here vpon the earth so often as it is thy holye will and pleasure The Heauen Elements and all creatures haue serued thée as souldiours in Egypt for the deliueraunce of thy faythfull people As thou therefore wert not then forgetfull of thy sacred couenaunt so shewe thy selfe mindfull thereof at this present for wicked men the deuill and Antichrist practise by all the meanes they can possible imagine and deuise to swallow vs vp Wherefore renue thou thy wonderfull workes in vs O mightie God who being altogither voyde of helpe require thée to hide vs vnder thy mercifull winges and spread them so ouer vs as thou mayest not onely bée our defender but cause vs to leade a quiet and peaceable life towards thée through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SEing that the godly O almightie God can not haue an excellenter and more noble desire then vnfeynedly to remember thy marueylous and excéeding great actes by celebrating the same both in worde and most exquisite commendations being now folowers of the fayth of Abraham and children not degenerate from the aūcient holy fathers members of Christ and instructed by the tradicions of his blessed Apostles do call to remembraunce how vnuiolably thou hast kept the sacred couenaunt which thou madest with thy holye Church from the beginning Thy sure protection most strong defence hath béene alwayes merueilous readie to helpe thy elect seruaunts at what time they reposed their whole trust in thy vnspeakable mercie and when thou tookest vpon thée to be their strong helper and mightie deliuerer no man could in any wise hurt them Moreouer when thou didst strike the whole world by any calamitie with thy seuere iustice or didst trouble it with scarcitie of foode and lacke of vittailes al that so much as it was turned at length to thy singuler welfare and famous glorie of the people of Israell We being greatly admonished by these thinges are of verye good comfort who come humbly vnto thy diuine Maiestie and hartily pray thée that thou wouldest be no lesse mindfull of thy holy couenant towards thy blessed church at this daye then thou wert in olde time For thou seest howe many discommodities do on euery side assaile hir and besiege it about we humbly beséech thée O excellent father who alone canst doe this to commaūd all those things either to fade away or else graunt them power to pourge vs of our lewde condicions through Iesus christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme OVr earnest request is O most good and mercifull God that thou wouldst augment the felowship of thy déere children as well in nūber as also in faith all other ornaments of thy excellent grace And like as thou hast giuē Aaron to be a most faythfull pastor of thy children of Israell when they grew to be a very great people so now also prepare godly learned and wise Ministers for thy sacred Church by whose good behauiour the Egypt of our men maye fade away and let the doctrine wherewith we be instructed by them be kindled dayly more and more in vs so that euery one of vs may be inriched most abundantly both with spirituall goods and spirituall fruites Suffer vs not O excellent father to be at any time destitute of the bright light of thy sacred word and guyding of the holy ghost wheras otherwise we shall both miserably stray in the Wildernesse of this miserable lyfe and also perishe excéeding vnfortunately that when as innumerable perils of temptations hang ouer thy faythfull seruaunts let them not want the strength of thy good grace and louing fauour wherby they may be able so long as life indureth to set out thy glorious kingdome vnto many and finallye obteyne at thy louing handes the dwelling place of perpetuall felicitie thorowe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing that the holy scriptures make not mencion without iust cause of the children of Israels vngratitude and rebellion agaynst God for they were alwayes troublesome to him by reason of their complaints we humbly beséeche thée O heauenly father so to rule gouerne vs with thy vnspeakable mercy and fatherly louing kindnesse that we be not found like vnto them They did lately and very readily forget thy wonderfull workes whereby thou deliueredst them from bondage then they trusted in straunge Gods they were defiled with fleshly pleasures and finally did both dispise the amiable lande which thou promisedst them also polluted themselues with most gréeuous and shamefull offences For the which notable and gréeuous sinnes thou hast oftentymes chastised them with a fatherly discipline but yet such was thy vnspeakable goodnesse thou wert neuer forgetful of thy couenant made with their forefathers Euen so we humbly beséeche thee O good God to chasten and correct thy blessed Churche when it doth now and then slide very sore with thy accustomed mercifulnesse and fauourable louing kindnesse sauing the right of the euerlasting couenaunt which thou hast renued with vs through the death of thy onely beloued Iesus Christ our Lord who lyueth reigneth with thee euermore worlde without ende Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THy vnspeakeable goodnesse is such O most mightie God towards the congregation of thy faythfull seruaunts that looke whatsoeuer thou hast done hitherto for setting thy faythfull people at libertie the same also might she now both hope for and also assure hir selfe of if she had abidden in the couenant that she made with thee For euen as the persecutors of the Israelites were sore vexed at length opprest through thy mightie power so in likewise when it shall seeme good vnto thée let all such as be enimies to thy sacred Church and veritie be consumed with the force of thy inuincible spirite We now therefore require this especially at thy mercifull hands that thou wouldst so long as we be straungers from thée in this wretched lyfe and are compassed about on euery side with an infinit nūber of perils lighten the night of our darknesse with the bright fire of thy blessed spirite and vouchsafe to mittigate the heate of our manifold temptations with the most sweete clowde of thy benigne grace
whereby we may so purely and with such safetie finishe our iourney through the deserts of this sinfull lyfe as in the ende we may reioyce for béeing come vnto thée with pourged minds into euerlasting tabernacles thorow Iesus christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme OVr fayth O most good and mercifull God is more feeble and weake then it ought to be whereof it commeth that wée sinne oftentymes with our fathers whilest that we do not faythfully trust to thy blessed promises but as thou who art God hast not dealt with the children of Israell according to their infidelitie and vnbeliefe but didst deliuer them with a strong arme and most puyssaunt power from the bondage of the Egyptians euen so we humbly beséech thee to be in suche wise present with vs by vanquishing beating downe the gréeuous sinnes whereby we are led into captiuitie as thou hast drowned the Egyptians in the depth of the Sea to the intent that we being moued with the féeling of this thy vnspeakeable goodnesse maye haue a more firme and constant fayth nothing pampering our lustes in passing thorowe the desert of this wretched life least we also in like maner kindle not thy heauy displeasure agaynst vs as did the Israelits who prouoked thy wrathfull indignation agaynst theÌ„ through their sundrie naughtie and lewde desires Let vs we heartily pray thée haue their penalties and punishments alwayes before our eyes who being admonished by other mens perils and mischiefe may behaue our selues warelier and with more wisedome in thy blessed house which is thy sacred Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cvj. Psalme A prayer for perfect conâ—ssion that grace which God hath inâ—ued vs with â—aye haue â—uch rule â—uer vs. WE are all greatly bound to magnifie thy blessed name so much as in vs lyeth O moste excellent God for thy singuler goodnesse and euerlasting mercie who hast very often shewed the vnspeakeable force of thy puyssant strength for thy faythfull peoples deliuerance the like we nowe doe humblie beséech thée to visite and comfort thy afflicted Church withall which nowe is little better then opprest with the furie of Antichrist and lewde practises of euill persons But forsomuch as it is thy blessed heritage we haue a merueylous earnest desire once to behold the peace ioy and prosperity therof We know right well and plainly confesse that we haue committed very muche lewdnesse togither with our fathers so that wée haue sinned exceeding gréeuously and haue most wretchedly fallen from thée our God yet doe we not therefore dispaire bicause we verily perceyue that thou didst alwayes shewe thy selfe to be such a one towards thy chosen people of olde time which thou diddest adorne with incredible benefites who although they were altogither forgetfull of the same in starting aside to ydolatry and vngodlinesse yet didst thou onely not vtterlye ouerthrowe those men but being chastised with a fatherly correction for a season restoredst theÌ„ to their former quietnesse at what time they returned into the way of thy holy coÌ„maundements Wherfore we humbly besech thee O most mightye God to preserue vs none otherwise not according to our deserts but for the glorie of thy name only that like as we are gathered togither out of manye nations so also being deliuered from a number of great perils may shew forth thy moste worthie prayses and speake very much honor of thée through Iesus Christ our lord Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme THy inestimable clemencie and wonderfull goodnesse O most good and merciful God is such that the déepelier we consider the same by thy glorious workes somuch séemeth it to be a more difficult thing to prayse thée according to thy desert and worthinesse yet seeing the mindes of the beholders hereof doe alwayes perfectly sée that such are blessed which execute Iustice and equitie and contrariwise those moste vnfortunate that in their life and conuersasion swarne from thy sacred lawes We earnestly require thée therefore to kéepe vs through the grace and fauour of our Lord Iesus Christ in the obedience of thy moste holy will and call vs backe from our innumerable most gréeuous sinnes vouchsafing finally to preserue thy blessed church not verily for hir owne desertes sake but for the honor of thy most glorious name Let it neuer be forgetfull of thy vnspeakeable benefites which if we doe not alwayes well consider we shall readily yéeld to worldlye and fleshly desires Remoue farre from hir hatred and sectes whereby thy faythfull Ministers haue béene sometime vexed by the craft and subtiltie of the Deuill And like as thou hast of olde time spared thy people whome thou determinedst to destroy at Moses intercession euen so pardon and forgiue vs all maner of crimes and faultes that we haue offended thée in through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THe fathers in the wildernesse behaued themselues hedlessely towardes thée O most mightie God and were so shamelesse as they are a spectacle vnto vs who did in a maner parpetually or at the least within a short while one after another prouoke thy wrathfull indignation swaruing marueylous vnfortunately from thee through their lewde temptations wicked grudginges and most odious repinings Wherefore thou wert rightly and not without good cause moued agaynst them for which thinges sake thou shewedst forth thy heauie displeasure nowe and then in suffering and permitting their cruell enimies marueilous seuerely to chastice them These things ought to be an ensample and warning vnto vs for to haue an especiall regard to eschewe those kinde of vices for the which we know they were cast of from thée Howbeit we are so apt and plyable to wickednesse that we haue miserably defiled our selues with the selfe same vices no lesse then they did And therefore haue wée oftner then once felt that thou who art a righteous Iudge hast giuen vs vp to be punished by our owne wickednesses and lewde desires but séeing we haue nowe suffered punishment ynough we humblye besech thee that like as thou didst helpe the Israelites when they called vpon thee in the chiefest stormes of their calamities being nothing forgetfull of the couenaunt thou madest with theÌ„ so also thou wouldst be our mightie defence and set vs at libertie from our errors and bondage of sinnes that we are gréeuously burthened withall into the fauour of our Lorde Iesus Christ thy sonne who liueth and reigneth with thée euermore world without end AmeÌ„ ¶ A prayer out of the Cvij Psalme SVch verily are greatly bound to thy clemencie O almightie God A prayer for the knowledgâ— of Gods benefites contrary to all worldly lewâ— thinges vnto whom so long as they saile and are miserably toste of stormie tempestes and windie waues thou sendest thy readie helpe in time conuenient and that bicause they haue faythfully called vppon thée Also thy mightie power is no lesse shewed in giuing