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
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
in the duste Stande vp O Lorde in thy wrath lyfte vp thy selfe ouer the furious indignacion of mine ennemyes aryse vp for me in the vengeaunce that thou hast promised that the assemblye of the people may come aboute thee for theyr sakes therfore lyfte vp thyselfe agayne The Lorde is iudge ouer the people auenge me then Oh Lord a cordyng to my ryghteousnesse and innocencie Oh lette the wyckednesse of the vngodly come to an ende but maintayne the iuste thou ryghteous God that tryest the verye heartes and raynes my helpe cōmeth of God which preserue theim that are true of heart God is a ryghteous iudge and God is euer threatenyng yf menne wyll not tourne he hathe whet his swearde he hath bent his bowe and made it ready He hath prepared hym the weapons of deathe and ordeyned his arrowes to destroy Beholde this felowe trauayleth with mischief he hath conceiued vnhappenes and brought forth a lye He hath grauen and dygged vp a pytte but he shall fall hymselfe into the hole that he hathe made For his vnhappynes shall come vpon his owne heade and his wyckednes shal fal vpō his owne pate As for me I wyll geue thankes vnto the Lorde for his ryghteousnes sake And wyll prayse the name of the Lorde the moste hyghe ¶ A sanctifieng for the mercye of God shewed vs in temptacions and aduersities and for the meruelous subuersion and destruccion of our aduersaries Psal 9. Wyll geue thankes vnto thee I O Lorde with my hole heart I wyll speake of all thy meruelous woorkes I wyl bee glad and reioyce in thee yea my songes wyll I make of thy name Oh thou moste hyghest Because thou haste dryuen myne enemyes a bake they were discomfyted peryshed at thy presence For thou haste mainteyned my ryght and my quarel thou syttest in the trone and arte the true iudge Thou rebukeste the Heathen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out theyr name for euer The enemyes sweardes are come to an ende thou haste ouerthrowen theyr cities theyr name is perysshed with theim But the Lorde endureth for euer he hathe prepared his seate vnto iudgemente He gouerneth the worlde with ryghteousnes and ministreth true iudgemente vnto the people The Lorde is a defence he is for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they that knowe thy name put theyr trust in thee For thou oh Lord neuer faylest theim that seketh thee Oh prayse ye the Lorde whiche dwelleth in syon shewe the people of his dooynges and why he maketh in quisicion for theyr bloude and remembreth theim He forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercye vpon me Oh Lorde consydre the trouble that I am in amonge myne enemyes thou that lyftest me vp frome the gates of death that I may shewe thy prayses wtin the portes of the doughghter of Syon reioyce in thy sauing helth As for the heathen they are sonken downe in the pyt that they made yea in the same net whiche they spred oute pryuely is theyr owne feet taken Thus the Lorde is knowen to execute true iudgement when the vngodly is trapped in the woorkes of his owne handes So he is The wycked bee tourned vnto hell and all the heathen that forget God But the poore shall neuer bee oute of remembraunce neyther shall the pacient abidyng of such as bee in trouble peryshe for euer Aryse Lorde lette no manne haue the vpper hande lette the heathen bee condemned before thee Oh Lorde sette a scolemaister ouer theim that the heathen may know theimselues to bee but mē ¶ A lamentacyon and waylinge vnto God while Antechrist triumpheth and sleeth the holy ones of God persecuteth the Gospell Pfal 10. WHy arte thou gooen so farre of O Lord wilt thou hyde thyselfe their hearte is sure that thyne eare herkeneth thereto help the fatherles poore vnto their righte that the vngodly bee no more exalted vpō earth ¶ That wee bee not wrapped in the blyndnes of the wycked and that wee perishe not for euer Psal 13. HOW long wilt thou forgette me Oh Lorde wilte thou forgette me for euer How long wilte thou hyde thy face fro me O how long shall I tosse counsailles in my mynde how long shall I bee thus vexed in my hearte How long shall myne enemie triumphe ouer me Cōsidre and heare me Oh lorde my God lighten myne iyes that I slepe not in death least myne enemie saie I haue preuailed against him for if I bee cast doune thei that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercie and my heart is ioyfull in thy sauing helth I wil syng praises of thee O Lorde that dealest so louyngly with me ¶ That the heauenly father will not suffre vs to shrinke at so mighty aduersaries and so cruelly pursuing whiche floue full of pleasures of the worlde thus wee maie praye with the Prophete praiyng in the person of Christ Psalm 17. HEARE myne innocencie Oh Lorde consydre my complaine hearken vnto my prayer that gooth not out of a fayned mouth let my doome come forth frō thy presēce and looke vpon the thyng that is egail Thou hast proued visited my heart in the night seasō thou hast tried me in the fyre and hast found no wickednes in me for I vtterly purposed that my mouth should not offende Because of the woordes of thy lippes I haue kept me from the workes of menne from the waies of peruerse persones Direct my gooynges into thy pathes that my fotsteppes slippe not for vnto thee I crie Heare me oh God enclyne thyne eares vnto me and herkē vnto my woordes Shewe thy meruelous louyng kyndenes thou that sauest suche as put their trust in thee From suche as resist thy righthande kepe me as the apple of an iye Defende me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges from the vngodly that trouble me from myne enemies whiche cōpasse my soule rounde aboute whiche maintein their owne welthynesse with oppression and their mouth speaketh proude thynges Thei lie waytyng in our waie on euery syde tournyng their iyes doune to the grounde like as a lion that is gredy of his praye as it were a lions whelpe lurkyng in his denne Aryse Lorde disappoint hym and cast hym doune deliuer my soule with thy swearde from the vngodly with thy hāde O Lorde reseue me from the menne of this worlde whiche haue their porcion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy treasure Thei haue children at their desyre leaue the rest of their substaunce for their babes well I will beholde thy presence in righteousnes when thy glory appeareth I shal be satisfied ¶ With muche affiaunce of hearte vpon God a prayer for synnes and for the grauntyng of his holy spirite for it is not possible but GOD will heare vs a cordyng to Christes promise in the Gospell Psal 25. VNto to thee Oh Lorde I lift vp my soule My God I trust in thee lette me not bee confoūded leaste myne enemies bragge ouer me
¶ A bewaylyng of our corrupte nature and of the miserie of this lyfe by reason of synne Psal 93. LORDE thou art our refuge from one generaciō to an other Before the mountaynes were brought forthe or euer the earth and the worlde were made thou arte God euerlastyng and worlde without ende Thou iournest menne to destruccyon agayne thou sayest come agayne ye chyldren of menne For a thousande yere in thy syght are but as yester day that is paste lyke as it were a nyght watche Assone as thou scatrest theim they are euen as a slepe and fade awaye sodenly lyke grasse In the mornyng it is grene and groweth vp but in the euenyng it is cut doune and wythered For wee consume away in thy displeasure and are afrayed at thy wrathfull indignacion Thou settest our misdedes before thee and oure secrete synnes in the syght of thy countenaunce For when thou arte angry all our daies are gone Wee bring our yeres to an ende as it were a tale that is tolde The dayes of our age are about .iii. score yeres and ten though men bee so stronge that they come to foure score yeres yet is theyr strength then but laboure and sorowe so sone passeth it awaye and wee are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath thy fearefull and terrible displeasure O teache vs too nombre oure dayes that wee may applye our heartes to wysdome Tourne thee agayne O Lorde at the laste and bee gracious vnto thy seruauntes Oh satisfye vs with thy mercye and that sone so shall wee reioyce and bee glad all the dayes of oure lyfe Comforte vs agayne nowe after the tyme that thou haste plaged vs nnd for the yeares wherein wee haue suffered aduersitie Shewe thy seruauntes thy woorke and theyr chyldren thy glorie And the glorious maiestie of the Lord oure God bee vpon vs. Prosper thou the woorke of oure handes vpon vs prosper thou oure handye woorke ¶ A sanctificacion of the Lordes name for that he made all thynges and all bee in his hande Psal 95. OH come lette vs prayse the Lorde lette vs heartely reioyse in the strength of oure saluacyon Let vs come before his presence with thankesgeuyng and shewe ourselfes glad in hym with psalmes For the Lorde is a greate God and a greate kyng aboue all goddes In his hande are all the corners of the earth the strength of the hyls is his also The sea is his for he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande Oh come lette vs woorship and bowe doune ourselues let vs knele before the Lorde our maker For he is oure God and wee are the people of his pastur and the shepe of his handes To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce harden not your heartes as when ye prouoked me in time of temptacion in the wyldernesse where your fathers tempted me proued me saw ray woorkes Fourty yeres long was I greued with this generacion and saied they euer erred in theyr heartes they verely haue not knowne my waies Therfore I saied vnto theim in my wrath that they should not entre into my reste ¶ Whyles wee seme to bee in the myddes of tribulacion and forsaken of men yea and of God also Psal 102. HEare my prayer O Lorde and lette my crying come vnto thee Hyde not thy face frome me in the tyme of my trouble Inclyne thine eares vnto me when I call heare me and that ryghte sone For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke as it were a fyre brande My hearte is smytten downe and wythered lyke grasse so that I forgette to eate my breade For the voyce of my gronyng my bones wyll scarse cleue to my fleshe I am become lyke a pellicane in the wyldernesse and lyke an hole in the broken walle I wake and am euen as it were a sparowe sytting alone vpon the house top Myne enemyes reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together agaynste me I eate ashes with my breade and myngle my drynke with wepyng And that because The children of thy seruauntes shall cotinue and their sede shall prospere in thy sighte ¶ A merie thankesgeuyng for all the benefites conferred vnto vs by Christ Psal 103. PRayse the Lorde oh my soule all that is within me prase his holy name Prayse the Lord oh my soule and forgette not all his benefites whiche forgeuethe all thy synnes and healeth all thyne infirmeties Whiche saueth thy life from destruction and crouneth thee with mercie and with louyng kyndenes Whiche satisfieth thy desyre with good thynges makyng thee young and lusty as an egle The Lorde executeth righteousnes and iudgemente for all theim that suffre wrong He shewed his waies vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israell The Lorde is full of compassion and mercie long sufferyng and of great goodnes He will not alwaie bee chydyng neither will he kepe his anger for euer He hath not delte with vs after our synnes nor rewarded vs acordyng to oure wyckednes For looke how high the heauen is in comparisō of the earthe so greate is his mercye also towardes theim that feare hym looke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he sette oure synnes from vs. Yea like as a father pittieth his owne children euen so is the Lorde mercifull vnto theim that fear hym For he knoweth whereof wee bee made he remembreth that wee are but duste That a manne in his tyme is but as grasse and flourisheth as a floure in the felde For as sone as the wynde gooeth ouer it it is gone and the place thereof knoweth it no more But the mercyfull goodnesse of the Lorde endureth for euer vpon theim that feare hym and his righteousnes vpon their chyldrens chyldren Namely to suche as kepe his couenaunte and thynke vpon his commaundementes to dooe theim The LORD hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdom ruleth ouer all Prayse the Lorde ye his angelles ye that bee mightie in strength fulfillyng his cōmaundemente that menne maie haue the voyce of his woordes Praise the Lorde all ye his hostes ye seruauntes of his that dooe his pleasure Oh speake good of the Lorde all ye his woorke in euery place of his dominiō Praise thou the Lorde o my soule ¶ An other geuyng of thankes and prayse Psal 104. PRayse the Lorde o my soule O lorde my God thou art become excedyng glorious thou art clothed with maiestye honoure Thou deckest thyself with light as it wer with a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtain Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes the chariottes and gooeste vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thy angelles spirites and thy ministers flames of fyre Thou hast laied the earth vpon her foundacion that it neuer moueth at any tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garment so that the waters stande aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke thei flie at the voyce of thy thoundre thei are a
seruauntes and knowlage the synnes of the chyldren of Israel whiche we haue coÌ„mitted against the. And I and my fathers haue synned also we haue been corrupt vnto thee in that wee haue not kepte thy coÌ„maundementes statutes and lawes whiche thou coÌ„maundest thy seruaunte Moses And they are thy seruauntes and thy people whom thou hast deliuered through thy great power and mightye hande I beseche the Lorde let thyne eares bowe doune to the prayer of thy seruaunt and the prayer of thy seruauntes whose desyre is to feare thy name Amen ¶ A confessyon and solemne prayer of the Leuites and of the churche for synnes with a rehersall of the benefites of God 2. Esd 9. LOrde thou alone haste made Heauen and the Heauen of all heaueÌ„s with all theyr hoost the earth and all that is therupon the sea and all that is conteyned therin thou geuest lyfe vnto all and the hoost of Heauen bowe theimselues vnto the. Thou arte the Lorde God that haste chosen Abram broughtest hym oute of Vr in chaldea and calledst hym Abraham and foundest his heart faithfull before thee madest a couenaunte with hym to geue vnto hym and his sede the lande of the Cananites Hethytes Amorites Pheresites Iebusytes and Gergesites Thou haste made good thy wordes for thou arte ryghteous and haste consydered the myserye of oure fathers in Egypte and hearde theyr complaynte by the red sea and shewedst tokens and wonders vpon Pharao and on all his seruauntes on all the people of his lande For thou knowest that they were presumptuous and cruel against theim so madest thou the a name as it is this daye And the red sea didest thou deuide before theim so that they went thorowe the middes of the sea drye shodde As touching theyr persecuters thou threwest theim into the depe as a stone in the myghtye waters and leddest thy people on the daye tyme in a clowdye pyller on the nyght season in a pyller of fyre to shewe theim lyght in the waye that they wente Thou camest downe also vpon mounte Sinai and spakest vnto theim from heauen and gauest theim ryght iudgementes true lawes good coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and statutes declaredst vnto theim thy holye Sabboth and coÌ„maundedst theim preceptes ordynaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunte gauest theim bread from heaueÌ„ when they were huÌ„gry broughtest forth water for them out of the rocke when thei were thyrstie and promisedst theim that thei shuld gooe in and take possessyon of the land ouer whiche thou haddest lyfte vp thyne hande for to geue theim But they and oure fathers were proude hardnecked so that they folowed not thy coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and dyd not remâ—mbre the wonders that thou dyddest for theim but became obstinat and heddy insomuch that they tourned backe to theyr bondage in theyr disobedience But thou my God forgauest and walle gracious mercyfull pacient and of greate goodnes forsokest theim not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde this is thy god that brought the oute of the lande of Egypte and dyd great blasphemies yet forsokest thou theim not in the wyldernesse according to thy greate mercye And the cloudy piller departed not from theim on the daye tyme to leade theim the waye neyther the pyller of fyre in the nyght season to shewe theim lyghte in the waie that they went And thou gauest theim thy good spyryte to enfourme theim and with helpest not thy Manna from theyr mouthe gauest theim water when they were thursty Fourtie yeres longe madest thou prouision for theim in the wyldernesse so that they lacked nothynge theyr clothes wared not olde and theyr fete swelled not and thou gauest theim kyngdomes and nacyons and thou diuydest theim accordynge to theyr porcyons so that they possessed the lande of Sehon kyng of Esebon and the land of Og the kyng of Basan And theyr chyldren multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theim into the lande whereof thou haddest spoken vnto theyr fathers that they shoulde gooe into it and haue it in possessyon And the chyldrenne wente in and possessed the lande and thou subduedst before theim the inhabytauntes of the lande euen the Cananytes and gauest theim into theyr hande and theyr kynges and the people of the lande that they myght dooe with theim what they wold So they wanne theyr stronge cities and the fatte lande and tooke possessyon of houses that were full of all maner of gooddes weiles dygged oute vyneyardes oylegardens and many fructfull trees and they dyd eate and wer fylled and became fatte and lyued in welth thorough thy greate goodnesse neuerthelesse they were disobedyente and rebelled against thee and did cast thy lawe behynde theyr backes and slewe thy prophetes whiche exhorted theim so earnestlye that they shoulde conuerte vnto the and dyd great blasphemies therfore thou gauest theim ouer into the hande of theyr enemyes that vexed theim And in the tyme of their trouble they cried vnto thee and thou heardest theim from heaueÌ„ and through thy great mercy thou gauest theim sauyours whiche helped theim out of the hand of theyr enemies But when they came to rest they tourned backe agayde to doo euyll before the. Therfore leftest thou theim in the hande of theyr enemyes so that they had the dominion ouer theim So they conuerted and cryed vnto thee and thou herdest thâ—im from heauen and many tymes haste thou delyuered theim according to thy greate mercy testytiedst vnto theim that they should turne agayne vnto thy lawe Notwithstandyng thei were proude herkened not vnto thy coÌ„maundementes but synned in thy lawes which a man should doo and liue in theim and turned the shulder a waye and were styfnecked and woulde not heare And many yeres dyddest thou forbeare theim and testifiedst vnto theim through thy spyrite euen by the office of the Prophetes and yet woulde they not heare Therfore gauest thou theim into the hande of the nacyons in the landes But for thy great mercies sake thou hast not vtterly consumed theim neither forsakeÌ„ theim for thou art a gracyous and a merciful God Now our God thou greate God mightye and terrible thou that kepest couenaunte and mercye regarde not a litle all the trauaile that hath happened vnto vs and our kinges princes preestes prophetes fathers and all thy people sythens the tyme of the Kynges of Assur vnto this daye Thou art ryghteouse in all that thou haste brought vpon vs for thou haste dooen righte And we on our behalfe haue been vngodly our kinges princes preestes and fathers haue not doone after thy lawe nor regarded thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and thy earnest exhortacions wherewith thou hacte exhorted theim haue not serued thee in theyr kyngdome and in thy greate goodnes that thou gauest them and in the large and plenteous laÌ„de whiche thou gauest them thei haue not conuerted froÌ„ their wicked woorkes Beholde therfore are we in bondage this daie yea euen in the lande that thou gauest vnto our fathers to enioy the fructes