PRAIERS OF HOLI FAthers Patryarches Prophetes Iudges Kynges and renowmed men and wemen of eyther testamente ¶ The praier of Moses to the Lorde for the synnes of the people Exod. 32. LORD why waxeth thy wrath hote against thi people which thou haste brought forthe of the lande of Egipt with a greate power and with a mightie hande wherfore should the Egiptyans speake and saie he worketh craftelye with theim euen to rydde theim oute of the worlde Tourne awaye thy fyerce wrathe and haue compassion ouer the wyckednesse of the people Amen ¶ An other prayer of Moses vnto the same Exodi 32. OH this people hath synned an heinouse sinne haue made theÌ„ golden goddes Either forgeue theim this offeÌ„ce or els wype me oute of this boke which thou hast wryteÌ„ AmÌ„ ¶ For the siÌ„ne of the people what time they murmured a prayer of Moses Nume 14. THe Lord is longe er he be angry and is full of mercy sufferyng synne and trespasse and leauing no manne innocente whiche visitest the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren euen vpon the third fourth generacion Be merciful I besech the therfore vnto the sinne of this thy people according vnto thy greate mercye according as thou hast forgeuen this people comming from Egipte euen vnto this place ¶ An other of Moses and AaroÌ„ for the people Nume 16. O Moste myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe one maÌ„ne hath synned wylte thou bee wroth with all the multitude ¶ For the stubbernes of the people the true preacher on this wyse as Moses dyd maie make his prayer vnto God Deute 9. O Lord God destroy not the people and thine inheritauÌ„ce whiche thou hast deliuered through thy greatnes and which thou hast brought out of the Egypte of this worlde RemeÌ„bre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob and loke not vnto the stubbernes of this people neither consyder yet theyr wickednes and greuous offence for it is thyne owne people thyne enheritaunce whiche thou hast chalenged for thine owne in thy great might in thy stretched out arme AmÌ„ ¶ The prayer of Salomon in the dedicacion of the temple of Hierusalem 3. Kyng 8. BLessed be the Lorde God of Israell which hath fulfilled with his hande that he spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father Lord God of Israel there is no God lyke that in heauen aboue or in the earth beneth that kepest appointment mercy with thy seruauntes that walke before thee with al their hertes which also hast kept couenaunte with thy serâ—aunt Dauyd my father that thou promisedest hym Now then O Lorde God of Israell let thy worde bee stable whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunte Dauid my father But in dede can God dwel on the earth Beholde neyther heauen nor heauen aboue all the heauens are able to conteyn thee howe muche lesse then this house that I haue buylte but looke to the prayer of thy seruaunte his supplicacion O Lorde my God geue an eare vnto the voice and praier which thy seruaunt praieth afore the this daie And wheÌ„ thy people shal haue synned agaynste the for there is no man that synneth not thou shalte bee angrye with theim yet yf they tourne agayn with all theyr heart and dooe repente in theyr hearte makyng theyr prayer vnto thee saiyng we haue sinned we haue dealte vniustely we haue dooen wyckedly and so retourne again vnto the with all theyr hert and all their soule make supplicacyon vnto the then thou shalte heare from Heauen euen from the firmament of thy seate theyr prayers and peticions and shalt bee mercyfull vnto the synnes of thy people whiche haue offended the and shalte shewe theim iustyce and mercie for they bee thy people and thine enherytaunce whiche thou broughtest out of Egypte from the fournesse of yern and lette thyne eyes bee opened to the prayer of thy seruaunt and vnto the praier of thy people Israel to herken vnto theim in all that they call vnto thee for Amen ¶ A prayer of Esdras for the synnes of the people 1. Esd 9. MI God I am ashamed and dare not lift vp mine eyes vnto the my God for our wyckednesse is growen ouer oure head and oure trespaces are waxen great vnto the Heauen euen from the tyme of our fathers yea and oureselues also haue greuouslye synned vnto this daie and because of oure wyckednesse haue we and both oure kynges and our preestes bee delyuered into the hande of the Kynges of the nacions into the sweard into captiuitie into spoile and into confusion of face as it is come to passe this daie But nowe is there a lytle and so dayne graciousnesse come frome the Lorde oure God so that some of vs are escaped that he maye geue vs a nayle in his holie place that oure God may lyghte oure eyes and geue vs a lytle lyfe in our bondage For we are bond menne and our God hathe not forsaken vs in oure bondage but hathe inclined mercy vnto vs in the syghte of the kynges of the Persyans that he shoulde geue vs lyfe and promote the house of oure God and to set vp the desolacion therof and to geue vs an hedge in Iuda and Ierusalem And nowe o oure God what shal we saye after this for we haue forsaken thy coÌ„maundementes whiche thou haste coÌ„maunded by thy seruauntes prophetes and sayde The lande wherunto ye goo to possesse it is an vncleane lande throughe the fylthynesse of the people of the landes in theyr abhominacions wherewith they haue made it full of vncleannes on euery syde Therfore shall ye not geue your doughters vnto theyr sonnes and theyr doughters shall ye not take vnto youre sonnes and seke not theyr peace welthe for euer that ye maye bee stronge and enioye the good in the lande and that ye and youre chyldren maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore And after all this that is come vpon vs because of our moste naughtie dedes and oure greate trespace thou oure God haste spared oure wickednesse haste geuen vs a delyueraunce as it is come to passe this daye to the intente we should not tourne backe and lette gooe thy coÌ„maundementes neither be ioined in matrimony with the people of these abhominacyons wilte thou then bee wroth at vs tyl we bee vtterlye consumed so that nothing remain and tyll there bee no delyueraunce O Lorde of Israel thou arte ryghteous for wee remayne yet escaped as it is this daie Beholde in thy presence are wee in oure trespace for hereupon is there no standyng before the. ¶ The praier of Nehemias for the sinnes of the people before the Lorde Nehem. 1. O Lorde God of Heauen thou greate and terrible God thou that kepest couenaunt and mercye with theim that loue thee and obserue thy coÌ„maundementes let thyne eares harken and thyne eyes bee open that thou mayest heare the prayer of thy seruaunte whiche I praye nowe before thee day and nyghte for the children of Israel thy
wil not heare me for it is an hardenecked people but in the lande of their captiuite thei shal remembre them selues lerne to knowe that I am the lorde their God When I shall giue theim an hearte to vnderstaÌ„de and eares to heare then shall thei praise me in the lande of their captiuite and thynke vpoÌ„ my name Then shall thei turne theim from their harde backes and from their vngodlynes There shall thei remembre the thynges that happened vnto their fathers whiche synned against me So will I bryng theÌ„ again into the lande whiche I promised with an othe vnto their fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob and thei shal be lordes of it yea I will encreace theim and not minishe theim And I will make an other couenaunt with theÌ„ suche one as shall endure namely that I will bee their God and thei shal be my people and I will no more dryue my people the children of Israell out of the lande that I haue gyueÌ„ theim And now O Lorde almightie thou God of Israell our soule that is in trouble and oure spirite that is vexed crie vnto thee Heare vs O Lorde haue pitte vpon vs for thou art a mercifull God God bee gracious vnto vs for wee haue synned before thee Thou endureste for euer should wee then vtterly perishe O Lorde almighty thou God of Israell heare now the praier of the dedde Israelites and of their children whiche haue sinned before thee and haue not harkened vnto the voyce of the Lord their God for whiche cause these plages hang now vpon vs Oh Lorde remeÌ„bre not the wickednes of our forefathers but thynke vpon thy power and name now at this tyme for thou art the Lorde our God and thee O Lorde will wee praise For thou hast put thy feare in our heartes to the intent wee should call vpon thy name and praise thee in our captiuitie and that wee might turne from the wickednes of our forefathers that synned before thee Beholde wee are yet this daie in our captiuitie where as thou hast scattered vs to bee an abhomination curse and synne like as it hath happened vnto our forefathers beecause of all their wyckednes and departyng from thee euen from thee that art the Lorde our GOD. Amen ¶ The praier of Daniell the prophete for his owne synnes and for the synnes of the hole nacion Daniell 9. O Lorde thou greate and fearefull GOD thou that kepest couenaunte and mercye with theim whiche loue thee and kepe thy commaundementes wee haue synned wee haue offended wee haue been disobedient and haue gone backe yea we haue departed from the preceptes and iudgementes would neuer foloe thy seruauÌ„tes the prophetes that spake in thy name to our kynges and princes to our forefathers and to all the people of the laÌ„de O lorde righteousnesse belongeth vnto thee and to vs perteineth nothyng but open shame as it is come to passe this daie vnto euery manne of Iuda to theim that dwell at Hierusalem yea vnto all Israell whether thei bee farre or nighe through out all landes wherin thou hast scatttered them because of the offences thei did against thee O lorde vnto vs to our kynges and princes to oure forefathers euen vnto vs all that haue offeÌ„ded thee belongeth opeÌ„ shame But vnto thee O Lord God pertaineth mercy forgeuenes wher as we on our behalfe are gone backe from thee and haue not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walke in his lawes whiche he laied before vs his seruauntes the prophetes yea all Israell haue transgressed gone backe froÌ„ thy lawe so that thei haue not herkened vnto thy voyce wherefore the curse the othe that is written in the law of Moses the seruauÌ„t of God against whom â—e haue offeÌ„ded is poured vpon vs. And he hath performed his woordes whiche he spake against vs and against our iudges that iudged vs to bryng vpoÌ„ vs such a plage as neuer was vnder heauen like as it is now come to passe in Ierusalem yea all this plage as it is writen in the law of Moses is come vpon vs yet we neuer made any supplicatioÌ„ before thee O lorde that we might tourne again froÌ„ our wickednes thinke vpon thy trouth Therfore hath the lord made hast to bryng this plage vpon vs for the lorde our God is righteous all his woorkes whiche he dooth and the cause herof was that wee would not harken to his voice And now O lorde our God thou that with a mightie hande hast brought thy people out of Egypte to gette thyself a name as thou hast at this daie wee haue synned O Lorde and dooen wickedly againste all thy righteousnes Let thy wrothfull displeasure bee tourned awaie I beseche thee from the citee Hierusalem thy holy hill for through the haynous offence of vs our forefathers is Hierusalem and thy people abhorred of all theim that are aboute vs. Nowe therfore O our God heare the praier of thy seruauÌ„t and let thy face shyne ouer thy Sanctuary that lieth waste O my God encline thyne eare and harken at least for thyne owne sake open thyne iyes and see how wee bee spoiled and the citee desolate whiche is called after thy name for wee dooe not cast our praiers before thee in our owne righteousnes but onely in thy greate mercies O lorde heare O lord forgyue O Lorde considre tary not ouer longe but for thyne owne sake dooe it O my God for thy citee and thy people is called after thy name ⧠PRAIERS IN tyme of aduersytie and for a maÌ„nes owne synnes ¶ The prayer of Iacob to bee delyuered from his brother Esau Genesis â—â— 32 O GOD of my father Abraham and God of myfather Isaac Lorde whiche saydeâ—te vnto me returne vnto thy countrey thy kinred and I will dooe all well with thee I am worthy of the leaste of all the mercies and truthe whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane now haue I gotten twoo droues Deliuer me from the handes of my brother Esau for I feare hym least he will come and smyte the mother with the children Thou saidest that thou wouldeste suerly dooe me good and wouldest make my sede as the sande of the sea whiche cannot be numbred for multitude ¶ The praier of Iosua what tyme the people fled in the battaill Iosua 7. AH Lorde almightie wherefore hast thou brought this people ouer Iordane to deliuer vs in to the handes of the Amoretes to destroie vs. Would God we had adueÌ„tured â–ª dwelte on the other syde Iordan O Lorde what shall I saie wheÌ„ Israell turneth their backes before their enemies Moreouer the Cananites and all the inhabitaunces of the lande shall heare of it and shall come aboute vs to destroie the name of vs out of the world and then what wyle thou dooe vnto thy myghtie name ¶ A prayer an open confession of the people of Israell to bee delyuered from theyr enemyes Iudic. 10
destroye hym This shall get the an euerlastyng memoryall yf the hande of a womanne ouerthrowe hym for thy power O Lord standeth not in the powir of men nether hast thou any pleasure in the strength of horses There was neuer proud persone that pleased thee but in the prayer of the humble and meke hathe thy pleasure been euermore O thou God of heauens thou maker of waters and Lorde of all creatures heare me poore woman callyng vpon thee and puttynge my truste in thy mercy Remembre thy couenaunt O Lorde and minister wordes in my mouthe and stablyshe this deuice in my hearte that thy house may contynue styll in holinesse and that al the heathen may knowe vnderstand that thou arte God and that there is none other but thou ¶ An other prayer of Iudith whiles she went about to slee the enemy Holofernes Iudith 13. STrengthen me God of Israel and haue respect vnto the woorkes of my handes in this houre lyke as thou haste promised graunted that by thee I may perfourme the thyng which I haue deuised thorowe the belefe that I haue in thee Oh strenthen me I beseche thee at this houre ¶ The prayer of Mardocheus in the pursure of Haman for all the Iewes nacion Aester 13. O Lord thou valyaunt and mightye kyng for all thynges are in thy power yf thou wylte helpe and delyuer Israel there is no manne can withstande thee for thou haste made both heauen and earth thou art Lord of all and there is none can resist thee O Lord. Thou knowest all thou wotest Lord it was neither of malice nor of presumption neither for any desire of glori that I would not how doune myselfe and worshyp the moste proude Ha nā for I would gladly if it might haue tourned Israell to good haue kyste euen his footsteps but I feared least I should haue geuen Gods glori vnto a man because I would worshyp none but only thee And therfore O Lord thou God and king haue mercy vpon thy people for they ymagē how to bryng vs to naught yee their desire is ful set to destroy and ouerthrowe the people that hath euer been thyne Oh despise not thyne owne good which thou haste delyuered and brought forth of Egypte euen for thyne owne cause Heare my prayer bee mercyful to thy people whom thou hast chosen for an heritage to thyselfe Tourne our cōplaint sorow into ioy so as we may line O Lord and prayse thy name O Lord suffer not the mouthes of theim that prayse thee to bee destroyed ¶ The prayer of quene Hester for her selfe and all her countrye menne Hester 13. O My Lorde thou onely arte our Kyng helpe me a desolate woman which haue no helper but thee for my miserie and destruccion is harde at myne hande of a chylde I learned of my father that thou tokest vp Israel out of all peoples and oure fathers out of all theyr progenitours that they shuld bee thy perpetuall enheritaunce and loke what thou dyddest promyse theim thou hast made it good vnto thē Now Lorde wee haue synned before thee therfore hast thou geuen vs into the handes of our enemyes because wee worshypped theyr goddes Lorde thou are ryghteous neuerthelesse they are not satisfied that they oppresse vs with moste heuy thraldome but also imputing the strength of theyr handes vnto the power of their ydols they wyll chaunge thy promises and destroye thyne enherytaunce and stoppe the mouthes of theim that prayse thee and quenche the glorie of thyne house and thyne aulter to open the mouthes of the heathen that they may prayse the power of ydols magnifie the fleshly kyng for euer Lorde geue not thy scepter vnto theim that bee nothyng worthy least they laugh at our fall but tourne theyr deuyce vpon theimselues and punyshe hym that hath begoon to rage vpō vs. Thinke vpon vs O Lord and shewe thy selfe in the tyme of our distresse Strengthen me O thou king of goddes thou Lorde of all power geue me pleasaunt speche in my mouth before the Lyon Tourne his heart to hate our enemy to destroye hym all suche as consent to hym But delyuer vs with thy hande and helpe the forsaken woman which haue no helpe nor defence but onely the Lorde thou knowest all thou wotest I loue not the glori of the vnrighteous and hate the bed of the vncircūcysed and of all heathen Thou knowest my necessitie that I abhorre the token of my preeminence and worshyp whiche I beare vpon my heade what tyme I muste shewe myselfe bee seen and that I abhorre it as an vncleane clothe Thou knowest also that I thy hande mayden haue not eaten at Hamans table and that I haue had no pleasure in the Kynges feaste that I haue not dronke the drynke offrynges and that I thy handemayde haue had no ioye sythens the day I was broughte hyther vnto this daye but onely in thee O Lorde O thou God of Abraham O thou myghty God aboue all heare the voyce of theim whiche haue none other hope and delyuer vs oute of the hande of the wycked and ryd me out of my feare Amen ¶ The oracion and blessynge of Iob in his moste greuouse aduersytie and losse of his goodes Iob. 1. IOb shaued his head fell doune vpon the grounde worshypped God and saied Naked came I oute of my mothers wombe naked shall I retourne agayne The Lorde gaue and the Lorde hathe taken awaye as it hathe pleased the Lorde so it is dooen Nowe blessed bee the name of the Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer that wee maye bee delyuered frome oure aduersaries Esai 37. O Lorde of Hoostes thou God of Israel which syttest vpon Cherubin Thou art the God alone of all the kyngdomes of the worlde thou onely haste created Heauen and earth Encline thyne eare Lorde and consyder open thyne eyes and see delyuer vs frome the hande of oure aduersaries that all the kyngdomes of the earthe maye knowe that thou onely art the Lorde Amen ¶ The prayer of Esaye when the people were fore plaged Esaye 63.64 LOoke downe from heauen beholde the dwellyng place of thy sanctuari and thy glory howe is it that thy gelousye thy strengthe the multytude of thy mercyes and thy louyng kyndnesse wyll not be entreated of vs yet art thou oure father Abraham knoweth vs not neither was Israell acquaynted with vs. But thou Lord art our father and redemer thy name is euerlasting O lord wherfore haste thou led vs out of thy waye wherfore hast thou hardened our heartes that wee feare thee not Bee at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake that are of the generacion of thyne herytage Thy people hath had but lytle of thy sanctuarie in possessiō for our enemies haue takē it in And we are become euen as wee were in the beginning what time wee wer not vnder thy dominiō nor called not vpō thy name O that thou wouldest cleaue the heauen in sondre and come doune that the moūtaines
handes of all that hate vs. To fulfill the mercie promised to our fathers and to remembre his holye couenaunte And to performe the othe whiche he sware to oure father Abraham to geue vs that wee delyuered out of the handes of our enemies mighte serue hym without feare all the daies of our life in suche holynes and righteousnes as is accepte before hym And thou childe shalt bee called the prophete of the highest and thou shalte goo before the face of the Lorde to prepare his waies And to geue knowelage of saluacion vnto his people for the forgeuenes of synnes Throughe the tendre mercie of our God wherby the daye spryngeth from an highe hath visited vs. To geue light to theim that satte in darkenesse and in shadowe of death and to guyde oure fete into the waye of peace ¶ The prayses of the angelles at the birth of Christe Luke 2. GLORI vnto God on highe and peace on the earthe vnto menne reioysyng ¶ Gyuyng of thankes of Symeon Luke 1. LORDE now letteste thou thy seruaunt departe in peace acordyng to thy promise for myne iyes haue sene the sauiour sent from thee whiche thou hast prepared before the race of all people A lighte to lighten the Gentyles and the glorie of thy people Israell ¶ Thankes of Paull for his conuersion vnto Christe 1. Timothi 1. VNto GOD kyng euerlastyng immortall inuisible and wyse onely but honoure and prayse for euer and euer Amen ¶ A song of the triumphers ouer the beaste Apoca. 15. GReate and meruelouse are thy woorkes Lorde God almightie iust and true are thy waies kyng of sainctes Who shall not fear O Lorde and glorifie thy name For thou onely art holy and all Gentiles shall come and worshippe before thee for thy iudgemeÌ„tes are made manifest ¶ A blessyng of the people by kyng Salomon 3. Kynges 8. BLessed bee the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israell accordyng to all that he promised so that there is not one worde escaped of all the good promises whiche he promised by the hande of Moses his seruaunt And the Lorde oure God bee with vs as he was with our fathers and forsake vs not neyther leue vs but he may bowe our heartes vnto hym to walke in al his waies to kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and customes whiche he coÌ„maunded our fathers And these my woordes whiche I haue prayed before the Lorde bee nighe vnto the Lorde our God daie and nighte that he defende the quarell of his seruaunt and of his people Israell euermore that all nacions of the earth maie knowe that the Lorde he is God and none other but he and I praye God that youre heartes maie bee founde with the Lorde oure God to walke in his ordinaunces and to kepe his lawes as wee dooe this daie ¶ The blessyng and prayses of saincte Ambrose and Augustyne Te Deum laudamus WE prayse thee Oh Lorde wee knowelage thee to bee the Lorde All the earth mought worship thee whiche art the father euerlastyng To thee crieth forth all angelles the heauens and all the powers therin To thee thus crieth Cherubin and Seraphin continually holy art thou holy art thou holy art thou Thou art the Lorde God of hoostes Heauen and earthe are fulfilled with the glory of thy maiesti The glorious compaigne of the Apostles praise thee The goodly feloshippe of the propheies praise thee The fayre feloâ—shippe of Matters prayse thee The holy congregacion of the faithefull throughout all the world magnifie thee Thei knowlage thy honorable and verie onelye soonne The knowelage the holye ghoste to bee a conforter Thou arte the kyng of glorie O Christe Thou arte the euerlastyng soonne of the father Thou wheÌ„ thou shouldest take vpon thee oure nature to delyuer manne diddest not abhorre the virgins wombe wheÌ„ thou haddest ouer come the sharpenes of deathe thou openeddest the kyngdome of heauens to theim that beleued in thee Thou sittest on the righte hande of God in the glorie of the father Wee beleue thou shalt come to bee our iudge wherefore wee praye thee help thy seruauntes whoÌ„ thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud Make theÌ„ to bee noÌ„bred with thy saintes in ioy euerlasting O Lord saue thy people blesse thine heritage Gouerne and also lift theim vp into blesse euerlastyng wee praise thee euery daie and wee worshippe thy name euer worlde without ende O Lorde lette it bee thy pleasure to kepe vs this daie without synne O Lorde haue mercie vpon vs eueÌ„ as mee trust in thee In thee O lorde dooe I trust let me not bee confounded for euer Amen ⧠PRAIERS FOR SVCcours and reliefes of life for wysedome for humylitie and for other naturall giftes ¶ The request of Iacob for sustentacioÌ„ and reliefe of this present life Genesis 28. IF THE LORDE will bee with me and will kepe me in the waie that I shall walke in will geue me breade to eate and clothe to weare and that I maie returne again vnto my fathers house in sauerie theÌ„ shall the Lorde bee my God and this stone whiche I haue sette vp an ende shal bee godes house and of all that thou shalte geue me will I geue the tenth vnto thee ¶ Thus prayed Anna vnto the Lorde that she might obtein a childe 1. Kynges 1. LORDE of hoostes if thou wilt looke on the wretchednes of thyne handmaide and shalt remembre me and not forgette thyne handmaide and shall geue thyne haÌ„d maide a maÌ„ne childe I will geue him vnto the Lorde all the daies of his life ¶ The prayer of Salomon for wysedome well to gouerne his people daiely to bee prayed of all princes other rulers 3. Kynges 3. THou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father great mercy acording as he walked before thee in trouth in righteousnes and in playnesse of hearte with thee And thou haste kepte for hym this greate mercie that thou haste geuen hym a soonne to sit on his seate And now Lorde my God it is thou that haste made thy seruaunte kyng in the rouâ—e of Dauid my father and I am a young lad and wote not how to ordre myself And thy seruaunte is in the middest of thy people whiche thou hast chosen a people that are so many that thei cannot bee nombred for multitude geue therefore thy seruaunte an vnderstandyng hearte to iudge thy people to deserue betwne good and bad for who is able to iudge this thyne so greate a people ¶ A prayer of Salomon for a competency of life Prouerbes 30. TWo thynges I require of thee that thou wilt not denie me before I die Remoue froÌ„ me vnnitie and lies geue me nether pouertie nor riche onely graunt me a necessarye liuyng least if I bee to full I mought happely denie thee and saie what feloe is the Lorde or constrayned through pouertie I mought fall vnto stealyng forsweare the name of my God Amen ¶ A prayer for obteinyng of Wisedome Sapiense 9. GOD of my fathers and Lorde of mercies
bee oure captain the Lorde shall bee our lawe geuer The Lorde shall bee oure Kyng and he hymselfe shall bee oure sauyoure Esay 45. I Am he I am he sayth the Lorde that for mine owneselues sake dooe away thyne offences and forget thy synnes so that I wyll neuer thynke vpon theim Put me now in remembraunce for wee wyl reason together and shewe what thou haste for thee to make thee quyte Esay 45. TOurne vnto me all ye coastes of the earthe sayeth the Lorde so shall ye bee saued I am the God and there is els none I sweare by my selfe out of my mouth cometh the woorde of ryghteousnesse that may no man tourne but all knees shal bowe vnto me and all tongues shall sweare vnto me saiyng Verely in the Lorde is my righteousnesse strength To hym shal men come but all they that thynke scorne of hym shal bee confoūded And the hole sede of Israel shall bee iustified and praysed in the Lorde Esay 53. SEke the Lorde whyle he maye bee founde And call vpon hym while he is nigh Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes and the vnryghtuouse his ymaginacyons and tourne agayne vnto the Lorde so shal he bee mercyful vnto hym and to our God for he is redy to forgeue Hie. 10. THere is none lyke vnto thee oh Lorde Great arte thou great is the name of thy power Who woulde not feare the Or what kyng of the Gentiles woulde not obey thee For among all the wyse men of the gentyles in all theyr kyngdomes there is none that maye bee lykened vnto thee Hie. 10. NOwe I knowe oh Lorde that it is not in mannes power to order his owne wayes or to rule his owne steppes and gooynges Therfore chasten thou vs oh Lorde but with fauour not in thy wrathe bryng vs not vtterly to naught Hie. 14. WE knowlage Oh Lorde all oure misdedes the sinnes of our fathers for wee haue offended thee Bee not displeased oh LORDE for thy names sake forgette not thy louyng kindnesse Remembre the trone of thy glorie breake not thy couenaūt that thou haste made with vs. Are there any amonge the goddes of the Heathen that sendeth rayn or geueth the showers of heauen Dooest not thou it oh Lorde God in whom wee trust Yea Lorde thou dooest all these thinges Hie. 16. OH Lorde my strength my power and refuge in tyme of trouble Hie. 31. I Wyll plant my lawe sayth the Lorde in the inwarde partes of theim and write it in their heartes and wyll bee theyr God and they shall bee my people And frome thence forth shall no manne teache his neighboure or his brother and saye knowe the Lorde But they shall all know me frome the loweste vnto the hygheste sayeth the Lorde For I wyll forgeue theyr misdedes and wyl neuer remember theyr synnes any more Thus saieth the Lorde whiche gaue the sonne to bee a lyghte for the daye and the mone starres to shyne in the nyghte Whiche moueth the sea so that the floudes therof waxe fearce the Lorde almyghty is his name Eze. 33. AS truely as I lyue sayeth the Lorde I haue no pleasur in the death of the wycked but muche rather that the wycked tourne frome his waye and lyue Micheas 7. WHere is there O Lorde suche a God as thou that pardonest wyckednesse and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne herytage He kepeth not his wrathe for euer And why his delyght is to haue compassion he shall tourne again and bee mercyfull vnto vs. He shall putte doune our wickednes and cast all our sinnes into the botome of the sea Thou shalt kepe thy truste with Iacob and thy mercy for Abraham as thou haste sworne vnto our fathers longe agoo Ecclesi 36. HAue mercye vpon vs oh Lorde thou God of all haue respecte vnto vs shewe vs the lyght of thy mercyes sende thy feare among the Heathen and straungers whiche seke not after thee that they may know there is no God but thou that they may shewe thy wonderous woorkes Lyfte vp thyne hande ouer the outlandyshe heathen that they maye learne to know thy myght and power Lyke as thou arte halowed in vs before theim so bryng to passe that thou mayst bee magnified in theim also before vs that they maye knowe thee lyke as wee knowe thee For there is none other God but thou onely oh Lorde renew the tokens and chaunge the wonderouse woorkes Shewe thy hand and thy ryghte arme gloriously Rayse vp thy indignacion and powre oute thy wrathe Take awaye the aduersarie and the ennemye Make the tyme shorte remembre thy couenaunte that thy wonderouse woorkes maye bee praysed Lette the fyer of the wrathe consume theim that lyue so carelesse and lette theim peryshe that dooe thy people hurte Smyte in sunder the heades of the Prynces that bee oure enemyes and saye there is none other but wee Gather thy lytle flocke together agayne that they maye knowe there is none other God but onely thou that they may shewe thy wonderous woorkes and bee thy people and heritage lyke as from the begynnyng Oh Lorde haue mercye vpon the people that hath thy name vpon Israel whome thou hast likened to a fyrst borne sōne Oh bee mercyfull vnto Israel the cytie of thy sanctificacion the citie of thy reste Fyll Syon with thy vnspeakable vertues and thy people with thy glorie Geue wytnesse vnto thy creature whom thou madest from the begynnyng and raise vp the prophecies that haue been shewed in thy name Reward thou theim that wayte for the that thy Prophetes maye bee founde faythful Oh Lorlde heare the prayer of thy seruauntes a cordyng to the blessyng of Aaron ouer thy people that all they whiche dwell vpon the earthe maye knowe that thou art the Lorde the eternall GOD whiche is from euerlastyng Ecclesi 41. OH death howe bytter is the remembraunce of thee to a man that seketh reste and comfort in his substaunce and richesse vnto the man that hath nothing to vere hym that hath prosperitie in all thynges yea to hym that yet is able for to receyue meate oh death how acceptable good is thy iudgement vnto the nedefull and vnto hym whose strengthe fayleth and that is nowe in his laste age and that in all thynges is full of care and fearfulnesse vnto hym also that is in dispayer and hath no hope nor pacyence Bee not thou afrayde of deathe remember theim that haue been afore thee and that come after thee for this is the iudgement of the Lorde ouer al fleshe And why wouldest thou bee agaynste this pleasure of the hyghest Whether it bee ten an hundreth or a thousande yeares deathe asketh not howe longe one hathe lyued PSALMES OF DAVID against tirauntes and persecutours of Goddes woorde ¶ That all such as lyue in Satans bōdage may come to the knowlage of the faythe in Iesus Christe LORD helpe for there is not one saincte more very fewe faithful are there amonges the chyldren