prayer out of the same Psalme WEe acknowledge O moste mightie God with howe great a pernicious infection of sinnes wée haue defiled oure mindes which thing séeing that it is most troublesome and excéedingly gréeueth vs neyther can we through our own strength and good workes wash out the spottes alreadie conceyued but this is our onely refuge that we may come vnto thée béeing the well spring of mercye so that thou hauing compassion vpon vs mayest doe away our greeuous offences washe away our deadly iniquities blot out our heinous sinnes and purifie againe our vices wherwith we are wonderfully infected euen froÌ„ our conception and birth For if thou wilt most franklye pardon the misdeedes and wickednesse wherwith we are sore burthened then verily shalt thou appéere to be exceeding true faythfull and most constant in thy faythfull promises Vouchsafe to sprinckle vs with the bloud of thy only begotten sonne by whiche one souereigne thing both the soule and bodie maye bée renued with a marueylous comfortable ioy We earnestly desire a new heart to be created in our bowels and to be indued also with thy most noble spirite to the entent we may not compelled but with right good will offer vnto thee a sacrifice of a troubled and contrite heart which thou neuer vsest to contemne that finally beyng so clensed by thy gracious fauour and louing mercie we maye alwayes offer vnto thée an acceptable sacrifice of thankesgiuing throughe Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lij Psalme SVch as haue through their owne maliciousnesse preuayled A prayer agaynst all pernicious seducement and by their pernicious factes attayned vnto some aucthoritie are woont to boast arrogantly thereof and haue alwaies had a great delight in cursed words accompting it for the singularest pleasure in the worlde to do hurt to lye to speake very deceyptfully But yet like miserable wretches as they be they doe not in the meane while diligently consider howe sodainly in a time vnlooked for their prosperous estate and such transitorie goodes will be turned vp side downe and they also to haue no porcion at all of eternall saluation in such sort as they shall not haue any place in the land of the liuing But we O almighty and most mercifull God who chiefly trust in thy vnspeakable mercy infinite goodnesse beséech thée that the heynous sinnes being done awaye whereinto we haue through humain inbecility ofteÌ„times falleÌ„ may be of a right lowly mind neither puffed vp with arrogancye through any of thy excellent gifts but by the fall ouerthrow of prowde persons may rightly perceyue that they tooke not God for their inuincible strength and sure defence but riches and worldlye prosperitie Graunt vs wée humbly beséech thée for thy infinite mercie and goodnesse sake stedfastly to repose our whole confidence in thée only and that we may like the leauie and florishing Oliue trée liue fruitfullye in thy sacred Church and magnifie thée as meete it is so to bée bycause thou art moste richely liberall to suche as be thy faythfull and louing seruauntes through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Liij Psalme A prayer for deliueraunce â—ut of trouble through faith WO be vnto the brainsicke lewdnesse of the vngodly which hath burst forth into suche madnesse that they perswade themselues howe there is no God whereby they leade a most filthy life and are defiled thorowout with detestable conditions and most abhominable factes but as they be beneficiall to none so do they séeke their owne things with doing of wrong to other folke But God whome they little set by knoweth these their lewde practises right well who although he filleth the heauens with his Maiestie yet espyeth he out mens wicked and lewde facts amongst whome alas for sorrow he séeth not one truly that setteth hys minde vpon goodnesse faythfulnesse and vprightnesse all haue strayed aside from the right way al oppresse the weaker sort neyther do they vprightly honor God nor truly call vpon his blessed name But the tyme will come when as these that be so carelesse shall be quickned vp with most vehement feare And such as nowe seeme to welter fortunately in their owne wickednesse shall at the last be depriued of all their goodes and feele God to shewe himselfe angrie with them Wherefore oure earnest request is O heauenly father that thou wouldest be fauourable and mercifull to such as flie vnto thée for succour and losen vs from the Chaynes of our gréeuous sinnes wherewith we are fast bound so that we maye be comforted with a right perfect ioy and liue with thee in perpetuall felicitie and most happie blessednesse thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Liiij Psalme A prayer for helpe in necessitie against the crueltie of the vngodly AT what time thy faythfull seruants O most good and mercifull God bée tost with doubtfull casualties and their mindes very vnstable through most gréeuous thoughts then laying a side all mans helpe which thou tellest them is altogither vaine and in no wise to be trusted vnto do come vnto thée as their most strong defence calling vpon thy inuincible Godhead and that from the bottome of their heart to deliuer them froÌ„ the outragious vnmerciful and cruel harted who rise vp to assault thy déere saints whome thou hast chosen vnto thy selfe to inherite thy glorious kingdome and so much the more maliciously doe they deale with them and practise all kinde of outrage bicause they neuer sette thée before their eyes whome they ought to haue in great honour and high reuerence Séeing therefore by reason of the heynous sinnes by vs committed we perceyue that deserued tormentes and gréeuous punishments doe hang ouer our heades we require thée to shewe thy lawfull fauour vnto them which make humble intercession who are hartily sorie in that they haue so gréeuously offended thée and for thy infinite mercies sake stand in their defence when their raging and most cruell enimies do assault them for although our merites require it not yet neuerthelesse doth thy assured faithfulnesse stedfast truth and constant promises assure vs the same But hauing atchieued our desires we shall with songes of prayses continually call vpon thée and wil shewe forth our thankefull minde in the ioyfull Congregation of faithfull and godly men through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WE doe continually call vpon thy glorious name O most mightie God to the intent we may find thy present helpe in these extréeme miseries of thy greeuous afflicted Church it is nowe néedefull for thée through thy force inuincible power to rescue vs out of the hands of the vngodlye and take vs vnto thy selfe and although our corrupt maners and wicked life which we haue hitherto led do nothing at all deserue the same yet notwithstanding we knowe thy fauourable mercie to be such that thou wilt not dispise those that flie vnto thée
confessing thée they maye both in this life and in the life to come be farre more happy and blessed then their enimies bicause they reioyce vaunt themselues aboue measure in their present luckie estate through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen Another prayer out of the same psalme FOr this intent and purpose we nowe pray O most mightie God bicause we nothing at all mistrust but that thou wilt harken and giue eare to our humble petitions which we poure out before thée not of hypocrisie and double dealing but sincerely and from the heart for séeing that we desire to be tryed rather by thy iudgement then mans graunt that when wée are sore tempted and proued by greauous aduersities nothing maye be found in vs whereby we should be condemned and adiudged to perpetuall destruction but forsomuch as we are naturally euill how can this thing come to passe vnlesse thou doe stay and gouerne our steps with thy excellent grace and holy spirite and so vpholde and vndersette vs as thy vnspeakeable mercy may wonderfully vtter and shewe forth it selfe by our saluation defende and keepe vs therefore from all men which resist the force of thy glorious Gospell and striue agaynst thy holy will so much as in them lyeth Thou seest what diligent watch our enimies lay for vs and howe lyke deuouring Lions they couet to praye vpon vs they are as swordes O good God prepared to be the handes and instrumentes of thy indignation defende and kéepe vs neuerthelesse vnder the shadowe and moste sure defence of thy wings that during this wretched life wee may be comforted with thy fauourable countenaunce and in the blessed resurrection haue with an exceding great pleasure the fruition of thy glorious presence through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xviij. Psalme A prayer to be deliuered out of great distresse WE acknowledge and confesse thée O most mightie God to be our onelye health buckler defence strength and sure refuge and therefore do wée both earnestly loue thée and greatly couet to publishe and set forth thy worthy prayse euerlastingly but our extreeme enimies do now thus greauously oppresse vs bicause our sinnes deserue the same so that we being sore discomforted are almost in the straite pangues and anguishes of death wherfore it séemeth that no other helpe and succour remayneth for vs but to make our crye vnto thée and to direct our prayers towardes thy mercies seate vnto whom séeing that the Mountaines the earth the heauens lightnings windes clowdes raynes hayle and tempestes are obedient without any delaye or gainsaying it shall be a thing most easy for thée to rid and deliuer vs from the force of our outragoius enimies although they bée neuer so mightie which we earnestly require O good God that thou wouldest vouchsafe to graunt vnto the feruent praiers of thy sacred Churche hauing no regard at all to our lewde deserts but chiefly to thy exceeding great clemencye and vprightnesse of the cause it selfe so that thou mayst deale holily with the holy and contrariwise vpon the wicked sende trouble and aduersitie preserue thy afflicted people according to thy accustomed maner and in so great darckenesse lighten them with the bright lampe of fayth and perfite wisdome to the intent they may acknowledge none other buckler or defence but thee onely Graunt vs O most deere father so to walk without fal or stumbling as the féete of our fayth may not stacker in such great perilles arme and strengthen thy beloued seruants to battaile and confound them O most mightie God who go about to gainsay and resist thée to the intent thy blessed name may be spoken of and magnified amongst all Nations bycause thou hast giuen great and glorious prosperitie vnto thy renowmed Church through Iesuâ— Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same Psalme SEing that we are verye weake by nature anâ— compassed about on euery side with most thicke clowdes of darknesse we come vnto thée O most mightie God and require at thy handes that the splendent light of thy holy spirite may bée kindled in our heartes for so shall we vnderstand thy vndefiled word and most vncorrupt spéech of thy sacred scriptures wherein it is most cléerely and euidently promised that thou wilt be an excellent strong defence for all such as haue their onely affâ—aunce in thée The sinnes truly which we haue committed deserue not that we should obteyne so much fauour and helpe at thy hande but our earnest desire is that these things may happen vnto vs euen for the glory of thy most renowmed and excellent name Forsomuch as therefore none other God is to be sought out or founde who may be compared with thée eyther in power or goodnesse garnishe thou vs with holinesse and girdâ— vs about with such strength as wee may once be led out and vtterly deliuered from imminent daungers and obteyne full triumphe and conquest ouer the enimies both of thy glorie and our saluation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same psalme WE can not choose O most mightie and mercifull God but earnestlye loue thée séeing that by the fayth whiche thou hast giuen vs wée well perceyue thée to be our onely refuge stay and deliuerer for our sinnes haue oftentymes purchased vnto vs most deadly griefes and mightye and valiaunt enimies who haue like vehement streames of water enuironed and compassed vs aboute with tribulations snares yea and death it selfe but thou O good God who as thou being the souereigne Lord of all thinges art knowne to haue thy throne in heauen euen so for thy infinite mercies sake haue respect vnto vs and when thou hast remitted and pardoned our offences vouchsafe that we maye be deliuered from thy wrath and extréeme punishments which thou art woont to laye vpoÌ„ the vngodly And grauÌ„t that whilest we inuocate cal vpon thée our loud cries and earnest praiers be not poured out in vaine through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THou knowest O mercifull and most mightie God howe many and howe great aduersaries we haue both within and without who as they can not awaye with thy name and glorie so do they also most lewdly wickedly repine at our saluation wherefore we do not without iust cause humbly sue vnto thée that as thou hast often deliuered vs out of the daungerous perilles of damnation and perpetuall destruction so now also notwithstanding the most grieuous and heynous offences which we haue committed against thée and for the which we repent vs at this time of them from the bottome of our heart it would please thée to fortefie and strength vs in such wise with thy assistaunce as we may vanquishe and ouercome what thing soeuer hath set it selfe against thy glorious kingdome whereby we maye at length shewe forth and magnifie thée onely in the chiefest assemblies of men for our alone defender and excellent sauiour throughe Iesus Christ our
gréeuous wrath and dreadfull indignation from these present aduersities Surely we féele thy heauy hand and perceyue the great perils we are in who know that it can not be remedyed and amended by mans helpe which thing doth not befall and happen vnto vs without our iust desectes For doubtlesse our heynous sinnes and gréeuous iniquities haue wrapped vs in on al sides wherwith we are sore bourthened and miserably opprest farre aboue our power Herevpon it coÌ„meth to passe that we go alwayes mourning and are in a maner at deathes doore through great heauinesse and anguishe of heart We sée our neighbors and friendes stand a farre of and our aduersaryes pitch guileful snares who worke all the meanes they can possible deuise vtterly to ouerthrowe vs. Thou therefore O good God for thy louing mercies sake first and formost reconcile vs vnto thée by louinglye forgiuing and fauorably pardoning whatsoeuer we haue most filthily committed against thy diuine Maiestie then make hast and speede to be our readie helpe We abide looking forthee our onely refuge who hast béene accustomed readily to succour those that vnfeynedly call vpon thee and giue eare vnto their lamentable peticions Thou art not ignoraunt howe the Antichristians triumph and rise vp agaynst vs whilest we are so shaken and tossed for they which hate vs verye vniustly increase and waxe dayly stronger and stronger Wherefore we humbly require thée O excellent Father not to forsake vs in so great and gréeuous afflictions séeyng that thou thy selfe art our onelye saluation make haste we hartily beséech thée to helpe and succour thy blessed Church and mightily rescue it being in extréeme perill thorough Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme ALthough O most good and mercifull God we finde the fardell and burthen of wickednesse which we haue committed agaynst thee to be so great as we are not now any lenger able to susteyne and beare them therefore vpon affyaunce of thy vnspeakeable goodnesse we come and call vpon thée with a sorowfull heart not to correct vs for them with yre and wrathfull indignation let thy admonition be fatherly as thou hast béene accustomed of olde to shewe and extende the same towardes thy faithfull seruaunts Behold how through conscience of our heynous sinnes our hartes be altogether amazed all thinges are marueylously putrified and verye corrupt in vs we shall liue excéeding sorowfully in affliction and in a maner quite destitute of light vnlesse thou puttest to thy assistant helping hande Neyther doe we trust any thing at all in our friends neighbors for our gréeuous sinnes purchase vs all thinges frowardly and after an enuious maner Therefore O good God at what time we poure out our wretched iniquities into thy bosome and are so much carefull to procure pardon for them let vs not be vtterly destitute of the louing fauor and riche mercie that is naturally graffed in thée but as thou art alwayes tractable and easie to be intreated so vouchsafe to make haste for to minister spéedie and stedfast helpe in our sorowfull distresses through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxxix. Psalme â— prayer aâ—â—inst vaniâ— and the â—ters of â—ns lyfe â—d safetie SEing that O most mighty God we are vexed with present calamities in this most troublesome time and opprest with so great a storme of afflictions we flie vnto thee for succour humblye requiring that thou wouldest so bridle our mouth and tongue with thy holy spirite as nothing may passe from vs either detestable to thy diuine Maiestie or vnséemely for our profession But séeing we cannot rightfullye complaine that these perplexities and anguishes doe surmount our heynous sinnes or that we be vnworthily punished graunt we maye appease and stay the cursed cryes of such as wrongfully complaine of thée but rather let our bowels be stirred vp with a perfect griefe for the heinous sinnes we haue committed let them waxe whotte with a most inward sorrow and cause our hartes to be kindled and set on fire with a continuall earnest repentaunce Graunt that we may right well vnderstand O most gentle father euery moment and houre the state of our vnripe life forsomuch as it is but méere vanitie howsoeuer we lead it and we are farre wide to thinke that our carefull turmoyle or heaping togither of vncerteine riches are able to profite or auaile vs anye thing at all Therefore it behoueth vs O mightie Lorde to haue a speciall regarde vnto thée onely whom if thou wilt especially reléeue from our gréeuous sinnes and heynous iniquities our assured hope is that we shall be no more a scorne and reproche to the vngodly For thou hast béene accustomed to remoue thy plagues from such as be purged and clensed of their wicked crymes and sinfull déedes least they should be vtterly consumed at the shaking of thy most mightie and inuincible hande which if it should perseuer and go on in continuall vexing men according to their iust deserts it would no lesse consume theÌ„ grind them to powder then Mothes fret out clothes Giue eare therefore O good God vnto our humble prayers and séeing thou knowest we cannot haue an assured and perfect rest vpon earth graunt that we maye finallye liue with thy excellent Maiesty by a constant fayth and walke before thée in muche safetie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WHile we féele any tokens of thy rygor and seueritie O most mightye God although we are perswaded in spirit not to speake euill of thy goodnesse or iustice yet through the greatnesse of our extreeme sorrow testimonie of our sinnes we are almost so farre gone brought to such a poynt that our life is very yrkesome vnto vs wherefore seing that we confesse our heynous sinnes vnto thée and haue sundry wayes wickedly offended thy diuine Maiestie bée mercifull fauorable vnto vs for thy louing kindnesse mercies sake Thou seest howe short and vaine a thing our life is beyng lyke vnto shadowes wherein is nothing firme sound or worth the trusting to we fade away in a moment and what tyme soeuer thou giuest vs here to liue we passe ouer all the same through our owne default with most heady troublesome and pernicious affections We require thée therefore that thou wouldest yet at length haue mercy vpon vs let our earnest peticions and sorowfull mourning which thy blessed spirite hath from our hearts wrong out in vs enter into thy mercifull eares and moreouer vouche thou safe to refreshe our distressed mindes with thy louing fauour from time to tyme so long as wee wander lyke pilgrymes in this wretched worlde through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xl. Psalme THose which are susteyned and stayed vp with suche a hope O most mightie God that they looke for thy ready helpe in their present tribulations wheÌ„ they most charge them A praier thâ— our sinnes may be pardoned thorow the
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
to forgiue vs bycause we haue hither to so long and with such a feruent desire trusted in these transitorie riches that oure harts and mindes being withdrawne therfro thou wouldest most straightly annixe them to thee and thy sacred wordes to the intent we may delight in nothing more then to folowe thee and chéerefully indeuour to do whatsoeuer is thy holy will and pleasure least we become as brute beastes and perish like most dumme cattel through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the L. Psalme O Puyssant and most mighty God A prayer for remembranc◠in distresse of the last iudgement promises of god who of thy bountifull mercy hast vouchedsafe to gather thée a blessed Church out of all parts of the world and that first by the Apostles whom in Mount Sion thou induedst with thy sonnes most abundaunt spirite Neyther wouldest thou for any other cause gather thy very chosen and good people so wonderfully togither but that a true way how to worship thée wherein doubtlesse consisteth the whole perfection of faythfull beleuers might at length be vniuersally knowne amongst all nations and cause vs to learne that godlinesse doth not altogither consist in outward obseruations and most dumme ceremonies For like as these thinges doe please thée so long as they are witnesses and testimonies of fayth so if they be destitute thereof they are exceeding odious and very detestable in thy sight The thing that thou chiefly requirest of vs is this that thy holy name may be highly praysed and duly glorified not only in words and thoughts but with all the déedes of this our life Thy blessed will is that we shoulde vnfeynedly performe whatsoeuer we haue hartily promised and with feruent zeale vowed vnto thee so as we be assuredly perswaded that they are both agréeable to thy sacred word and a furtheraunce to perfect godlinesse Moreouer thou requirest vs to inuocate and call vpon thée when we are most touched with aduersitie and to render due thankes to thy diuine Maiestie as expedient it is so to doe at what time soeuer we be mightily deliuered therefro Thou doest exact require these things at our handes as the chiefest poynts of our religion But we O good God haue hitherto most wretchedly and vnhappily sinned who haue alwayes put no smal affiaunce in our owne rites and ceremonies and perused oftentymes the holy Scriptures when our hart was farre from them discipline hath bene displeasaunt vnto vs and we haue euerye where through our moste wicked lustes neglected thy sacred commaundementes Now therfore for thy singuler mercie and infinite goodnesse sake pardon and forgiue vs these our misdéedes and mightily deliuer vs from such as being wrapped in with rapine and vnchastnesse spake most vileynously of thy sanctified Churche and holy Gospell beleuing that thou spiest not the naughtinesse which they lewdly commit when as thou séemest not to reuenge it but very paciently to permit and suffer the same Cause them shortlye to vnderstand this right well neither let vs be haryed thus violently of them as thoughe there were none that coulde or would deliuer vs through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme THou hast shewed vnto vs O most good and mightie God through that seuere sentence of thine by what thing mortall mens causes are to be decided before thy high iudgement seate and it liketh thée nothing at all to make inquisition for burnt offerings or outward sacrifices séeyng the Calues Goates wilde beastes and finally all liuing thinges that be in the worlde are in thy mightie hande and power neyther was it thy good pleasure at any tyme that these thinges should be offered vnto thee any otherwise but as manifest tokens of reuerent awe pure religion and inward godlinesse But thou hast chiefly required this of mankind that they should yeelde and render most hartie thankes for the benefites they haue receyued and to ascribe all the good thinges they inioy vnto thée onely but let them diligently annixe and ioine this therevnto that whatsoeuer they pretend or purpose to do it may according to theyr faythfull promise greatly redowne to the glorie of thy blessed name and call vpon thée onely in their great distresse and miserable calamities We do in this point as thou O good God right well knowest erre very gréeuously and therefore our harty desire is that for thy infinite goodnesse sake thou wouldest pardon and forgiue whatsoeuer we haue wickedly and after a lewde maner committed agaynst thée so as we handle not thy sacred worde to our condemnation least we be through thy vpright sentence pronounced wonderfull arrogant straunge children exceeding couetous giuen to fleshly lust and curssed speakers but rather that we may earnestly offer vnto thee an acceptable sacrifice of thankesgiuing and fashion our whole life according to the square rule of thy blessed commaundements through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lj. Psalme WEe lamentablye wyth heartye prayer call vpon thy louing mercie O moste good and gracious God that we maye be clensed A prayer for remission of sinnes washed and pourged from our heinous iniquities and excéeding detestable and mischieuous déedes who do acknowledge and confesse howe lewdly we haue hitherto behaued our selues but our gréeuous sinnes shall neuer be of such force as to make thée vniust or false of thy excellent promise we truely doe right well vnderstand that our deserts are not such as thou shouldest vouchsafe to make most large and notable promises vnto vs but stand nowe in great néede of thy vnspeakable faythfulnesse and constancie to helpe vs. Thou seest that we were brought forth into this worlde corrupted and defiled euen from our mothers wombe and were before conceyued in the same iniquities also purifie therefore our mindes and garnish them with such a passing whitenesse as séemeth acceptable vnto thee Create in vs a pure heart a right holy and seruiceable spirit that we be not cast of from thée as moste wicked persons but may recouer the true ioyes and perfect consolation If thou wilt deliuer vs from those deadly sinnes which accuse vs as gyltie of eternall death our lippes shall merily and with right great ioy shewe forth thy worthie prayse Graunt we heartily beséech thée that we may approche vnto thy diuine Maiestie with a troubled spirite and an humble and contrite heart as an offring wherein thou chiefly delightest then shall our present calamities be mollefied and then also shall we not celebrate thy prayses vnthankefully manifest thy louing kindnesse vnto Sion thy beloued Church for thou right well perceyuest the manifold perils it is subiect vnto and that she is gréeuously assaulted both without and within We hartily require thée to deliuer hir not onely from outward enimies but also reforme the same and set it in good state to the intent she may not séeme altogither vnworthie such an husband as thou art through Iesus Christ our lord Amen An other
there is no cause why the faythful should be greatly afrayde forsomuch as thou hast taken the gouernement of all worldlye things into thy mightie protection and guydest with thy excellent wisdome the state of the whole worlde for whosoeuer they be which are assuredlye perswaded in this poynt they leaue feare for such as be otherwise minded while they themselues being fully replenished with pure ioy and perfect gladnesse doe extoll thée with vncessaunt prayses to the vttermoste of their powers and shewe forth thy famous glorie by all meanes that can be deuised vnto whom we also annix our indeuours with an exceeding chéerefull courage and also humbly require thée in our most feruent cryes and earnest petitions that as thou shewedst thy selfe gentle and treatable vnto Moses Aaron Samuell and the remnaunt of thy most faythfull priestes when they did inuocate call vpon thy glorious name giue eare in likewise to vs at thys present defend thy sacred Church which now standeth in great néede of thy mighty assistance if euer it wanted the same no lesse with thy diuine presence good counsel holye spirite and grace then thou diddest help our fathers in times past with a piller of fire with clowdes in the Sea and in the most wide and large wildernesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the C Psalme VErily thy excéeding great honour O most mightie God and notable benefites bestowed vpon vs A praier that we may in all places both glorifie God and also confesse him require this that we of dutie should come before thy presence with thankes giuing and magnifying thy blessed name with a notable gladnesse and vnspeakable ioy There be two thinges chiefly which seeme to hinder vs from doing thereof first we are burthened with an innumerable multitude of horrible vices and so kept downe with sinne that wée dare scarcely lift vp our eyes vnto thée furthermore we are by the desert of our owne lewde factes inuironed in such wise with anguishe and feare of Antichrist as we are in a maner swalowed vp therewith For experience teacheth that he is so stirred vp agaynst vs by thy iustice through our owne wicked behauiour that vnlesse thy louing mercy be our readie helper mannes power and strength shall further vs nothing in this behalfe First and formost therefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest take vtterly away from thy faythful seruaunts the burthen of wickednesse and graunt that we may lead a pure and vndefiled life in stéede of such a one as is very lewde and marueylous corrupt Secondly that thou wouldst deliuer thy blessed people from the Iawes of the most cruell enimies whose indeuour is alwayes to bring not only the bodyes and goodes but also the soules of thy faythfull seruaunts to eternall destruction Thou that art our God suffer not these things to be done we humbly beséech thee we are the worke of thy handes for thou diddest make vs and not we our selues Seing therefore that we be thy chosen people shéepe of thy pasture be present so to helpe vs both in the outward and inward man that we may in the end enter the Court of thy diuine presence by publishing thy vnspeakable goodnesse with high praises godly Hymnes pleasaunt songs so that assuraunce thereof may be giuen by vs both to all Nations and throughout all ages by Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WE being greatly assured by the outward testimonie of the sacred scriptures and inward inspiration of thy blessed spirite O most good and mercifull God that thou wilt be fauourable and mercifull vnto vs and all ours are both filled wyth perfect ioy and receyue full pleasure But forsomuche as we right well perceyue by the excellent benefites of fayth that thou art our founder by whome we are created and chosen to be thy beloued flocke and peculier people we can neuer be fully satisfied 〈…〉 due thankes giuing and remembraunce of thy so great goodnesse We come and approche vnto thee therefore with vncessaunt prayses and humble supplications moste earnestly requiring thy diuine Maiestie in oure feruent prayers to manifest thy glorious name vnto all Nations and of thy louing kindnesse to set thy sacred Church againe in such blessed felicitie as all men may right well know and perfectly vnderstand thy clemencie extended towards hir both for the veritie of the doctrine and also for liuing and conuersation fully agréeable to the things that are faythfully and truely taught by Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cj. Psalme â—â—rayer for â—dly life THou requirest this especiallye in such mens liuings as professe thy blessed name and holy Gospell O most good and mercifull God that they should lead their life excéeding iustly and with great vprightnesse and to performe the déedes of charitie towardes their neighbours which thing séeing the holye Scriptures do euery where beate into vs we vnfeynedly confesse that we haue in no wise performed it and in this behalfe wée acknowledge before thy diuine Maiestie our gréeuous wickednesse moste wrongfull dealings and the colde zeale we haue had towardes thy holy Church and blessed people praying thee that thou wouldest pardon and remit whatsoeuer we haue hitherto trayterously and rashlye committed agaynst thy sacred commaundements and graunt that being inforced therto through the wisedome of thy holy spirite we maye beginne an innocent and blamelesse life let all wicked deuices be excluded far from our hearts and cause vs to detest such matters as be repugnant to iustice and equity so that we may neyther thinke nor yet doe any thing which may be disagreable to thy blessed lawe and good pleasure Moreouer we humbly beséech thee not to forsake thy holy Church in this most troublesom time for thou both féest and right wel perceiuest howe the cruell malicious and vngodlye Antichristians haue inuaded hir being so puft vp with pride inflamed with furie scorning as well diuine lawes as humaine with like statelinesse and equall contempt doing nothing with courtesie and faythfulnesse but practise to bring all thinges to nought by forged tales politique deceypts and very much outrage wherfore our earnest request is O good GOD that thou wouldest make hast to succor thy faythfull people and destroy with thy puyssant force and mightie power suche as are wicked who be no lesse aduersaryes to thy blessed name then of our peace and quietnesse through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme IT behoueth the Church O alâ—â—htye God which is thy blessed house to bée decked with all maner of ornaments apperteyning to holinesse and vertue whereof forsomuch as we sée it to bée as now miserably destitute we humbly beséech thée who art beneuolent and wisheth hir as wée doubt not all good and prosperous things whom thou especially fauourest according to the meaning of thy louing promises grauÌ„t hir in such wise to be restored as all thinges may
the Eagle from time to time renue hir youth And like as thou dissembling the sinnes of the Israelites didst not onely bring them to the dwelling place that thou hadst promised by Moses whom thou hadst taught but also through the perpetuall benefites of thy excellent mercie bestowed vppon that people didst shewe and manifest that thy goodnesse towardes them surmounted all their mischieuous dedes no lesse space then the heauens are distant from the earth bée thou which art our father and we thy déere children moued with mercie towardes vs who are lyke to be ouerwhelmed wyth darknesse and lewde behauiours vnlesse thou presently puttest to thy assistant helping hand Cause vs to finde by proofe that thou hast renued the couenaunt made betwixt thée and vs and the same being restored let vs with all earnessnesse indeuor our selues to set forth thy blessed lawe and commaundementes in holynesse of life whereby not onely the earthly Church may render condigne thankes vnto thy vnspeakable goodnesse for our saluation but also the Aungelles which accomplishe thy holy will with a marueylous cheerefulnesse may do the same through Iesus Christ our lord Amen ¶ A prayer out of the. Ciiij Psalme A praier that we may vse â—he creatures of God in such â—ort as we â—re willed EVery creature doth abundauntlye shew forth vnto vs thy inuincible force splendant bewtte and famous glorie O most mighty god inasmuch as we sée that all things doe adorne thee with their whole power might obeying not onely thy sacred wordes but euen thy very beckes also it behoueth vs in like sort to be likewise affectioned séeing that thou hast created all things chiefly to our profite and singuler commoditie For we certainly know and right well perceiue howe the earth doth continually yéeld fruit for our sustentation and how we be helped with the welles flouds beastes raine herbes corne wine oyle and all kinde of foode but our nature is so blinde corrupt and defiled that the more we are bounde to thée for thy excéeding great benefites so much the stubburnlier swarue we from thy sacred wordes and blessed will Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest for thy infinite mercies sake pardon whatsoeuer wée haue hitherto committed agaynst thy diuine Maiestie and vouchsafe vs to depend soly vpon thée will we or nill we touching our bodily foode so that also our whole motions strength counsels and workes be fastned onely vpon thy excellent goodnesse Moreouer we humbly beséech thée not to turne thy face awaye from vs in these our dayes whereas otherwise we shall be sore troubled giue vp the ghost and be brought to nothing Thou hast O good God diuers meanes and sundrie wayes to destroy thy mischieuous enimies who vsest the moste violent windes lightnings and flames of fire in steede of thy messengers for if thou doest looke downe vpon the earth it trembleth by and by and if thou touchest the mouÌ„taynes they smoke straight wayes Sley thou therefore the wicked Antichristians in such wise as they may no more remaine and let peace and tranquilitie be so giuen to thy blessed Church that she may ioyfully sing and pleasantly shewe forth thy moste worthie prayses through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme IT is not vnbeknowne to thy faythfull people O most mightie God that thou hast created all things from the beginning to the behoofe of thy elect seruaunts Therefore like as we see the whole worlde which thou hast made to be garnished with wonderfull and most bewtifull ornamentes so we humbly beséeche thée to lighten and pollishe thy blessed Church in suche wise which is the congregation of such as shall be saued that thy glorie maye no lesse appéere in hir then in the whole worlde let the pure light of thy sacred wordes shine especially therein which maye cause the mightie power and inuincible force of thy Spirite to worke more effectually in oure heartes and make the constancie in fayth of the beleuers so great as they may be more stedfast then the masse of the earth or foundations and pillers of the worlde Driue from thence at the rebuke of thy puyssance daungerous temptations the hurtfulnesse of hell and the prince of darknesse and contrariwise in stéede of them let the inspiration of thy most swéete spirite succéede like springs of liuing water and let not perpetuall foode bée wanting to our weaknesse where with to féede it But let there be a fortresse in the confidence of thy glorious name for vs to retire vnto and like as in thy blessed creatures is great abundance of light whether it be in the starres or in the sundrie variety of beasts herbes stones so we humbly beséech thée to garnishe and bewtifie thy holy Church with the brightnesse of all vertues through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme AL creatures which thou hast created O most good and mercifull God are witnesses by their greatnesse and most exquisite ornaments with what a wonderfull wisdome and inuincible power thou flourishest there is nothing but it dependeth wholy vppon thée for what things soeuer haue life are fed by the foode which thou giuest them and from such as thou hidest the sight of thy louing countenaunce they are not able any longer to indure but die incontinent whensoeuer they be depriued of thy spirit Forsomuch as therfore O excellent father thou art so good and mighty in working euen towards those things chiefly which thou hast ordeyned to be farre inferiour to man wée humbly beséech thée to extend thy fauourable clemencie no lesse towards thy blessed Church Shee verily is thy owne worke wherefore reioyce and delight therein and of thy excéeding highe prouidence cause thy maiesty to shew forth it selfe in hir most euidently whereby wée may alwayes both ioyntly amongest our selues haue most pleasaunt wordes concerning thy blessed wil and also magnifie thée with perpetuall prayses forsomuch as thou hast taken all vncleanesse quite from hir through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cv. Psalme THy marueylous and vnspeakable workes O heauenly father doe much counsaile vs A praier thâ— we be not â—â—norant of tâ—â— works of oâ— redemptioâ— and thy commaundements earnestly teach vs to search for thy louing countenaunce with a most pure worship and faythfull inuocation in thy holy congregations by calling this to mind and remembraunce that thou art our mercifull God who hast made vs the true Israell by Christ and sonnes of thy most famous seruaunt Abraham thorow fayth Take away therefore from vs we humblye beséeche thée our heynous sinnes and all vncleanesse of life to the intent we may according to our bouÌ„den dutie séeke thée come before thy diuine presence We acknowledge our selues to haue hitherto most gréeuously offended thée both in minde and voyce and vnlesse thou makest haste to helpe vs our sinnes will cast vs downe into the déepe For euen according to our iust
atteyned vnto without thy good spirite vouchsafe thou therefore thy owne selfe that we may very perfectly vnderstande thy sacred law and iudge thereof aright through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Ain Pe. THy blessed wordes O almightie God are in all places so worthie of admiration that they can not but bée regarded of the godly therefore we earnestly require thée that thou who art mercifull and plentious in goodnesse wouldest looke vpon vs altogither well appeased and so frame our thoughts and déedes that we giue no roome at all to vngodlinesse then the which nothing is more vaine for seeing we be men and therefore hedged in with a fleshly burthen suffer not the waight thereof to ouerwhelme vs but rather breath the spirite of repentance into our nostrelles whereby we may shed forth most flowing riuers of teares for the faultes we haue euery where committed For bicause thou art our excéeding right vp Iudge who neyther clokest our sinnes nor yet permittest them to go vnpunished and seing that thy iudgements and lawes are stuft with so great vprightnesse as nothing is conteyned in them that any creature can by iust reason reproue or finde fault with for siluer and golde tryed in the fire matcheth not the purenesse of them Therefore we earnestly desire thee that thou wouldest not onely cause vs to acknowledge them but also obey the same so much as our féeble weake nature is able to doe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Pe Zade OVr minde O most good and mercifull God is verye much darckned euen of natiue infection with a thicke mistinesse so that it is not able to vnderstand thy holye commaundements perfectly and we are of nature excéedingly bent vnto affections which as they be displeasant to thée so they marueylously like vs and we cannot abide the scorninges of the vngodly wherewith they vaunt themselues ouer vs when wée do wholye applie our mindes to serue thy excellent Maiestie We earnestly require thee therefore that thou wouldst lighten our darkned mindes asswage our lewde affections and strengthen vs in such wise that what reproch so euer shall hang ouer our heades for thy glorious Gospels sake we may ouercome it with a stout courage And cause vs to resist those which ieast at vs with a stedfast hope and assured confidence we haue to thy louing promises so that the naughtinesse of lewde lustes may be broken in péeces with the puyssant force of thy blessed truth Let not any worldly power moste deere father be an impediment to vs but that we may stedfastly defend thy holy precepts in the presence of all men be they neuer so glorious and wonderfull in their doings which I beseech thee to make so pleasant and delectable vnto vs as we may compt nothing in this life to be preferred before thē neither any matter to be an hinderaunce but the we may performe the same with an excéeding cheereful mind through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Cuph Res. WE require thee O most mighty god euen from the bottome of our heart and with an vnfayned fayth that we may he diligent obseruers of thy sacred law and holy commaundementes for we are wonderfully prouoked to defile thy blessed precepts through the impulsion of fleshly motions fiercenesse of our natiue corruption and vices graffed in vs but seing that we haue bound our selues with such a number of most gréeuous and detestable sinnes it is no maruaile if thou who vsest iustice and seueritie towards thy elect seruauntes doest suffer vs to be thus tormēted and put in feare of Antichrist and his rascals But now our earnest request is that thou wouldest for thy great goodnesse and infinit mercies sake pardō whatsoeuer we haue gréeuouslye committed against thee and looke vppon the state of the Church being in a maner rent and torne with a marueylous louing eye right fauourable countenaunce deliuering hir according to thy accustomed maner from imminent perils when as she could not be preserued but by thy onely guidaunce and gouernment It is méete O good God that saluation shoulde be farre from the vngodly who do vtterly dispise thy sacred worde holy lawe and blessed commaundements but it happeneth otherwise to them that trust in thée for they haue louing promises of their saluation of all the which truth is the most excellent and notablest To the intent therefore it may remaine without spot and vnuiolated defend vs with thy owne handes when as we bée in great distresse and much perill for the profession of thy glorious name through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Cuph Res. FOrsomuch as through fleshlye affection O moste good and mercifull God wée are perswaded to receyue any thing rather then thy diuine law therfore haue we dayly recourse vnto thee in our feruent praiers ▪ that thou wouldest guide vs with thy holy spirite for the obseruing therof And to the intent our lamentable cryes may not be in vaine soften thou our harts and bow thou our mindes in such wise that they may care for nothing so much as to obey thée in all things whatsoeuer they doe We meditate vpon this one only matter at midnight and in the dawning of the day that whereas there wanteth no store of thinges to drawe vs an other way we may therefore be fortified with thy mighty protection agaynst the same And as thy blessed precepts be certaine and sure so cause vs to sticke fast vnto them for whosoeuer of a frowardnesse swarue therefro do stray farre from saluation by meanes wherof if this shall happen vnto vs through our infirmitie lay to thy helping hande without any delaye by raysing vp vs that are fallen and although our case be very naught yet helpe vs wyth the warrant of thy blessed worde For séeing it is not vnbeknowne to thée O excellent father how many go about to destroy vs therefore make thou speedie hast to bée our readie helper and deliuerer by confirming those most stedfastly which inuocate and cal vpon thée with most stedfast beliefe in thy faythfull promises through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Schin Tau THe Deuill verily Antichrist and puyssaunt Princes of this wretched worlde do persecute thy blessed Church O moste mightie God without any offence giuen who séeme in suche wise to vaunt themselues and waxe furious agaynst godlinesse as the faythfull bée not without iust cause greatly afrayde whome nothing but thy worde is able to make mirry and restore to gladnesse againe therefore stirre vs vp in such sort with thy blessed spirite that wée may be alwayes wonderfull desirous therof For we certainly know that peace will insue augment continue in them which loue thy sacred law so that nothing verily shall be able at any time to doe them hurt but if we be as nowe voyde of perfect peace and quietnesse of minde the occasion without doubt must rise hereof bicause we haue neglected thy holy worde and slenderly folowed thy diuine lawe Pardon vs therefore pardon we humbly beséech thée what wicked and lewde
Mistresses euen so doe our eyes wayte vppon thee being the onely refuge of our saluation that like as they do wholy depende and hang vpon their Maisters and Mistresses so do we crie dayly to thee vntill thou haue mercy vppon vs. Bee not thus excéeding wrathfull and angry at our wickednesse wherewith we are little better then ouerwhelmed that thou doest lesse regarde the glorie of thy name then the reuenging of them Pardon we humbly beséech thée thy poore suppliants that they may be nothing destitute of thy infinite mercy and singuler goodnesse Haue pitie vpon vs O good god in these miserable dayes be fauourable vnto vs who knowe right well with what troubles and reproches thy holy Church is euery where sore touched Let not the arrogancie and dispitefulnesse of the wicked passe any further being now so puft vppe without measure through the prosperous successe of the matters they take in hande as mans power is nothing able to asswage the same Make thou therfore who art inuincible and omnipotent an ende of theyr outragious madnesse and kepe them within their bounds through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme ALthough thou hast appoynted thy seate and dwelling place O moste good and mercifull God to bée in the passing highe heauens yet notwithstanding thou neuer ceasest to styrre vs vp with thy holy spirite whereby thou instructest the heartes of the faythfull who at what tyme we be tryed with heauinesse of mind yrksome tribulations and daungerous perils indeuor our selues both by our earnest prayers and continuall petitions to craue helpe at thy handes onely Now therefore like as seruants are attendant onely at the handes of theyr Maysters and handmaydes wayt diligently vpon their Mistresse hande euen so the eyes of our fayth looke onely vppon thee O heauenly father and shall alwayes hereafter haue a due regarde to thy diuine Maiestie vntill thou hast mercie vpon vs. Be fauorable vnto vs we humbly beséeche thée according to thy accustomable mercie and louing kindnesse neyther suffer the force of our fierce aduersaryes to haue thy faythfull seruantes in contempt and make vs a ieasting stock We doubt not but thou knowest right well that the mightie and highe minded of this wretched worlde doe with much arrogancie both hate and dispise thy holy and sanctified Church Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest speedily lay to thy readie helping hand not permitting hir neyther to be polluted with supersticious and deuilishe errors nor yet opprest by Sathan or force of the vngodlye through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme LOke downe from heauen vpon vs O most excellent father who doe eleuate and lift vp our eyes to thee onely earnestly requyring that thou wouldest defend vs by thy readie helpe from the great perilles wherewith we be at this present sore vexed For séeing thou hast created vs and wée be duly and rightfully thine lord of thy infinit goodnesse dispise not thou thy seruants who looke for helpe at thy handes onely in this their néedfull tyme. We acknowledge verily we confesse I say that we haue by reason of our heynous sinnes and great offences committed agaynst thée deserued these things which are now fallen vpon vs. But our feruent desire is that thou hauing compassion vppon thy louing feruauntes wouldst pardon for thy great goodnesse and infinite mercies sake what things soeuer they offend thée in them Wey not O good God our vnworthinesse but consider the rebukes and slaunders wherewith thou art touched in vs. For whilest the wicked enimies do stirre vp blasphemies agaynst thy faythfull people they doe wrong not vnto vs but to thy glorious name when as they rage by force of armes and great violence they chiefly shoote at the ouerthrowing of thy true honor sincere religion and most blessed worde these are the thinges which they meane to take vtterly away if they might haue successe For so long as they perceyue themselues to abounde in much strength and doe whatsoeuer it pleaseth them they become marueylous high minded and thy Church being troubled by them is put to an excéeding great foyle which hath none to flie vnto for helpe but thée onely who art their Lord. Driue thou away these iniuries and mischieuous euilles which they bring vpon vs we humbly beseech thée for nothing is required in this behalfe but that thou wouldest defende the honor and glorie of thy true doctrine and sacred gospel least the wicked make a laughter hereat GrauÌ„t O good God that those men may one day feele the force of thy blessed veritie so as they shall will they â—ill they acknowledge thee to bée a God of might through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxiiij Psalme A prayer against violence and deceypt VNlesse thou doest assist vs O most mightie God with thy puyssaunt power and readie helping hande the Antichristians are so bent to rise vp agaynst thy faythfull people as they séeme to committe nothing more then to swallow vs all vppe euen quicke whose woodnesse is in such wise kindled that if thou puttest not to thy helping hande they are like to consume and deuoure vs which truely we can not denie but hath béene of our partes iustly deserued if we well wey and consider our owne sinnes For what scourge and tormentes can wée déeme that thou ordeynest vniustly for vs weying so great ingratitude as we haue shewed towardes thée who haue beene such transgressors of thy holy commaundements as there is no penaltie so great but that wée both are worthie thereof and also seeme so to be For although thou wilt not be present to helpe thy sacred Church for our sakes yet do it for the glory of thy name least the most raging riuers do ouerwhelme and choke it vp with their ouerflowing and violence of waters turne away we heartily require thée their mouthes and téeth from thy holy ones least they teare them in peeces like vnto a pray who verily hunt for nothing else by their subtilties and lewde practises then to catch and snarle in the trappes of their vngodlynesse those which haue addicted themselues to thy blessed wordes to the pourging of the true worshipping of thee and to a more sincere and pure maner of religion Make hast therfore O good God to be our speedie helper and deliuer vs from the Nettes of such cruell hunters But vouchsafe thou we humbly beséeche thée who hast made heauen and earth that we may impute our whole saluation vnto thée only and none other thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme VNlesse thou thy owne selfe O most good and mercifull God doest at this present suppresse and kéepe vnder the fury and madnesse of the Antichristians in such sort as they be not able to accomplish those things which they haue now enterprised and deuised amongst themselues they will swallow vp thy sacred Church whole and quicke who doe
and with all instruments meanes and wayes wherewith that thing may best be done And to the intent this thing may be the better accomplished of vs put into the handes of our heart the sword of thy blessed word whereby we may take vengeance of the flesh wicked vices and lewde desires which doe in a maner destroy vs and so to bridle and kéepe vnder sinne which is naturall vnto vs that it may be deposed from the tyrannie which he executeth vppon the children of Adam through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cl. Psalme WHen as al things which thou hast created O almightie God praise thée A praier 〈◊〉 wee may prayse Gâ—â— with a châ—â—â—full heart they do not onely that which is due to thy famous honour and glorious renowme but also they worke moste wonderfully and aboundantly theyr owne perfection for there is nothing which we can do of more excellencie then to celebrate thée as being the originall and ende of all good things whose vnmeasurable benefites we feele dayly poured vpon vs. But neither can we sufficiently ynough perceiue them nor yet thy infinite goodnesse so long as we be here oppressed with the most gréeuous burthen of our heynous sinnes and borne downe by reason thereof with an excéeding great waight of afflictions so that a man must néedes vnskilfully prayse the thing which he knoweth not We do therefore earnestlye require thée O mightye God euen from the bottome of the heart to disburthen vs of the fardell of our corrupt naughtinesse which being layde downe we mistrust not but the darknesse of present calamities shall be driuen away from the sacred Church so that she may lift vp hir eyes to hir maker and redéemer who wondering as well at the ryches of thy excellent goodnesse as of the vnspeakable wisdome shall magnifie thée with most highe prayses as méete it is But nowe verily so sorowfull and lamentable things do incounter vs euery where that we sée nothing towardes vs sauing thy wrathfull indignation which as we deny not our selues to haue deserued so wée earnestly desire and heartily praye thee to withdrawe the same from vs at length to the intent we may be stirred vp to the worthie praysing of thy gloryous name not onelye in wordes but with all tunable instruments méete to lift vppe our mindes vnto thée through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme LIke as the holinesse and magnificencie of thy excellent name O most mightie God is continually celebrated in the glorious Sanctuarie of suche as be blessed and spiritually minded which thing maye bée done so much the more excellentlier of them for that they beholde the secretnesse of thy Maiestie both néerer and perfectlier euen so is it méete also that mortall men should alwayes addict themselues to extoll thy worthie prayses who see the vnmeasurable treasure of thy excellent goodnesse mightie power and incomprehensible wisedome to be dayly manifested both in heauen and in all creatures But aboue all others this belongeth to our charge who being illumined with fayth and with thy heauenly spirite doe vnderstande more of thy diuine misteries out of the holy Scriptures then nature is able to set forth with all hir bewtifull furniture and therefore we humblye beséech thee to styrre vp our sinfull heartes in such wise as we may worship thée with moste pure prayses and excéeding feruent peticions through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer of Doctor Peter Martyr agaynst worshippers of bread and all maner of supersticion AYde vs nowe at length I humbly beséech thée O heauenly father by lightning the mindes and heartes of thy Christian people wyth the spirit of thy sonne Christ Iesus who laying Idolles and superstitions apart may returne to the pure and vncorrupt worshipping honouring and calling vpon thee onely neyther suffer the honor due to thée alone to be wickedly and deuilishly attributed vnto bread wine pictures Images and bones of dead persons thy holye name hath alreadie beene to long slaundered to long hath the puritie of thy blessed Gospell béene polluted men haue ynough to much abvsed the institution of thy sonnes supper by conuerting the same to most filthie Idolatry Mittigate at length these outrages of mad brayned men that miserably ouerthrowe themselues hedlong as they may no more go a whoring lewdly and voyde of shame vpon euery hill vnder euery trée in all by wayes stréetes Churches and Chappels with bread and wine vnder the name of thy déere sonnes Sacrament and let them not defile the true honoring of thée after this wicked and blasphemous maner Vnlesse thou O most good and mercifull God doest with thy puyssant hand take away vtterly subuert this worshipping of bread the saluation of mankind and reedifying of thy sacred Church can neuer be looked for Helpe O good God succour thy faythfull people whome thou hast redéemed with the bloud of thy deere sonne And thou O Christ Iesu who art a true and euerlasting God establishe this worke which is begunne by thée and bring it to the desired ende or if the sore bée without hope of recouery and that thy truth maye not any more take place commonly and openly in thy sacred Church then come and excercise iudgement with all spéede and driue awaye for the glorie of thy name so shamefull a reproche from thy holy supper which thou of thy incredible mercie and singuler goodnesse hast instituted who lyuest and reignest with the father and the holy ghost euermore world without ende Amen Finis A Table wherein is conteyned the effect of all such notes or arguments as be set in the margent at the beginning of the first prayer for euery Psalme conteyning in number Cl. A Prayer for a Christian life Psalme j. A praier for coÌ„fort in persecution Ps ii A praier against our persecutors Ps iij. A prayer for a true fayth Psal iiij A prayer agaynst false Prophetes and enimies of the truth Psal v. A prayer in distresse Psal vj. A prayer agaynst the aduersaries of the Gospell Psal vij A prayer in trouble for the fauour of Christ Psal viij A prayer agaynst our enimies in persecution Psal ix A praier against enimies and tiraunts Psal x. A praier against the temptatioÌ„ of faith Psal xj A prayer against humaine false and erronious doctrine Psal xij A prayer that we dispayre not in tribulation Psal xiij A prayer for the grace of Christ agaynst originall sinne Psal xiiij A prayer that we may perseuer in the number of true Christians Psal xv A prayer that we may not perishe by fayth but attaine vnto glorie thereby Psal xvj A prayer that our eminies may not get the victorie ouer vs. Psal xvij A prayer to be deliuered out of great distresse Psal xviij A prayer that we may bee partakers of Gods diuine worde Psal xix A prayer for the prosperous successe of Christes kingdome against the enimies therof Psal xx A prayer for the prayse and
vertuous life bée thou therefore our assured strength and strong shield of defence agaynst them If we be thy blessed people and chosen heritage as thou hast promised as we faithfully beleue then preserue féede and be fauourable vnto vs and bring vs forth to the chiefe and highest blesse which we haue alwayes an especiall eye and principall regard vnto through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxix. Psalme A praier that we may be obedient to the word of god SO many of vs O heauenly father as are promoted throughe thy vnspeakeable mercy that we both be and also are named the children of God haue no light occasion or small regarde to celebrate thy diuine maiestie by the effect of those things which in the worke of nature we see to procéede frō thée which are so passing excellent and maruelous that they shewe forth themselues to those that behold them as most certaine and manifest tokens of thy vnspeakable glorie and dignitie Thou bringest forth so mightily when thy good pleasure is showers clowdes lightnings earthquakes and ouerflowings of waters that euen the hilles and trées although they be very high and all other liuing things doe both greatly and horribly quake We only O good God are blinde deafe and dull to conceyue these thy moste wonderous workes Wherefore for the loue thou bearest vnto vs hauing compassion vpon so great foolishnesse and vnskilfulnesse which procéedeth of nothing else then of sinne graunt that we being at length exempted from them maye both acknowledge thy excellencie in thy notable workes and sing also perpetuall prayses to thée for thy manifolde benefites extended towarde vs through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxx. Psalme WE ought O most mercifull god to celebrate and extoll thée with wonderfull and vnspeakeable prayses A praier tha◠all our afflictions maye well depart from vs by Gods especiall grace bicause thou art so prone and readie to preserue those that with an vnfeyned heart call diligently vpon thy blessed name We doe plainely acknowledge and openly confesse our sinnes to be innumerable and most heynous for the which right worthy are we to be adiudged of eternal destruction and perpetual death But our earnest request is the thou wouldst shewe the like fauourable mercy towards vs as thou wert accustomed to doe vnto thy elect and chosen seruauntes although thou art woont to chastice them with a short kinde of wrath and such a one as indureth but the turning of a hande which forthwith thou alterest into an excéeding great good will and such a one as lasteth continually Preserue vs therefore from the present euils and iminent perils which hang ouer our heades that we beyng saued and deliuered out of all daunger may confesse thée and be both sure and experienced witnesses touching the truth of thy faythfull promises and also euery where and in all places shewe forth and publishe that thou onely and none other ought to be trusted in through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme THy blessed Churche O almightie GOD prayeth thee to relieue hir beeyng sore tossed and oppressed with these stormye tempestes neyther suffer thou the fierce enimyes of thy glorious name to reioyce and triumphe at hir destruction Thou art accustomed O good God both to heare and also to helpe without delay such as earnestly call vpon thée and it is in thy mightie hand power to bring backe againe from the graue and to quicken those which were nowe in a maner fallen into the pitte Wherefore to the intent thou mayest stirre vp an earnest desire feruent affection in our mindes to thy worthy prayse shewe thy selfe to haue bene angry with vs yet let it be but for a moment neyther shall that inestimable loue of thine towardes vs whereby wée liue and shall liue in thée be any thing the more in that respect deminished Bring spéedily to passe we humbly beseeche thée that our sorrowfull teares déepe sighes and piteous grones may shortly be chaunged into godly mirth and ioyful gladnesse Marke thou in no wise our desertes but what beséemeth thée best We truely are worthie of deadly hatred and extréeme punishmentes by reason of our manifolde sinnes who so long as all thinges happened luckely and as we woulde haue it vainely imagined that we could beare out all things of our owne strength power But nowe when thou hast a little turned thy louing countenaunce from vs and present calamities haue appeared we are so astonished and stricken with feare that we can scarcely abide or stande vpright Howbeit haue thou an especiall regard O good God what thy mercifull promises require namely that thou wilte not suffer those to perishe and come to ruine which crie heartily vnto thée For our aduersaries would doe nothing lesse then set forth thy worthie prayses At length therefore make an ende of our sorowfull mourning that the spirite of gladnesse beyng restored to vs againe we maye both nowe and in an other world also render euerlasting prayse and thanks vnto thée through Iesus christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxxj. Psalme SEing that thou O most mighty God art our assured rocke and strong defence A prayer in distresse and triall of faith it is nowe néedefull for thy names sake that thou shouldest saue and deliuer those which repose their whole trust in thée so that we may be nothing ashamed of the fayth that we haue firmely affixed in thée Thou séest howe they of whome thy sacred doctrine and holy Gospell is had in contempt haue priuily layde snares and nettes to trap vs. We therfore which sée that we can be preserued by none other meane do now commit our selues to be defended by thy onely handes and mightie power For we haue no affiaunce in curious and wicked artes but repose our selues O good God vpon thy goodnesse only and require thée to haue an especiall care and regarde to the afflictions we nowe are in neyther suffer thou vs to be shut vp into the handes of wicked persons We knowe for a certaintie that our sinnes wherewith we are so sore burthened shall make exceedingly agaynst vs in thy iust iudgement that of right we can not escape But beséeche thée of thy infinite goodnesse to haue mercy vpon vs neyther suffer thy blessed Church to be a by word and ieasting stock both to the neighbors and enimies thereof Shew forth thy chearefull countenaunce vpon hir let the wicked be put to vtter shame we humbly pray thee who mayest stop the mouthes of lyars when they most arrogantly imagine very horrible accusations agaynst hir And although as to the iudgement of the flesh we thinke our selues to be thrust downe hedlong and cast vtterly from the sight of thine eyes yet notwithstanding we stil hope in spirite that thou wilt giue attentiue eare vnto our hartie prayers Graunt therefore that the vertuous men which earnestly loue thée may
well vnderstande that thou mightily preseruest thy faithfull seruauntes and doest greatly strengthen such as honor and reuerence thee with an vnfeyned heart through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme LEt thy fauourable and louing countenaunce O most mightie God shine vpon vs from whence commeth all consolation ioy and gladnesse vnto thy beloued seruaunts and seing we craue for thy ready helpe bring vtterly to naught the subtile inuentions craftes deceptes and laiyngs awaite of the violent force of our enimies Surely most great most bewtifull and most ioyfull is the swéetenesse of thy inestimable goodnesse which thou hast layde vp for those that repose their whole trust in thée that the sinnes therfore which we haue lewdly committed seclude vs not from the same we hartily beséeche thée to clense and purifie vs with thy gracious fauour For if we once obteyne this there is no doubt but that we shall be both hidden and also defended from all imminent mischiefes vnder the tabernacle strong defence of thy mightie protection so as we boldely and stedfastly perseuering in thy blessed loue may at length be brought and conueyed vnto thée being the piller and chiefe stay of our saluation through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THe confidence O most mightie God which the Godly repose in thée hath this notable and singuler propertie that it maketh no man ashamed thereof nor defraudeth any person of his iust desire the same therefore doth greatly inforce vs to craue thy readie helpe that thou wouldest alwayes be our puyssaunt strength strong defence assured stay valiaunt Capitaine and most prouident nourisher Moreouer we know right well that by reason of our manifolde sinnes the malicious enimies of thy glorious name and our saluation haue euery where layde snares trappes and ambushes for vs. Therefore doe wée commit our whole spirite and lyfe to thy faythfull custodie and put them into thy hands to be strongly defended forsomuch as thou séest our innumerable infirmities and howe we are alwayes inuironed and compassed about with the violent force of our fierce enimies be mercifull therfore to our sorowfull estate and helpe vs presently without any delay And as thou hast both life and death in thy puyssant hands graunt that we thy faythfull seruants may liue and rest with thée for euer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxxij. Psalme WEe are admonished by thée O most good and mercifull God that the felicitie of thy faythfull seruaunts consisteth herein A praier thaâ— our sinfull crimes may be pardoned that their sinnes are forgiuen couered and not imputed vnto them in thy iust iudgement which thing if euer we had néede to obteyne certainly we nowe séeme to lacke it most when as through present calamities our heynous sinnes are set before our eyes For we feele thy hande to waxe heauie ouer thy sacred Church wherefore we haue thought good not to hide our sinnes but publikely and openly to confesse them before thy dâ—uine Maiestie neyther doe we any thing at all mistrust the vnspeakable goodnesse thou art indued withall who incontinent doest quite pardon and vtterly forgiue vs our gréeuous offences Therfore we that be thy déere beloued seruants doe nowe earnestly require thée doubting not but thou art to be found not to permit thy faythfull people to be violently oppressed of their cruell enimies who be like vnto ouerflowing waters Be thou a denne and place of refuge for vs in these moste greeuous afflictions Informe and teache vs the right way of blessed saluation and whatsoeuer brutishe and beastlye lust remayneth as yet in vs kéepe thou it so vnder with the hard bit and bridle of thy holy spirite that wée bée not for the same cast downe hedlong into perpetual destruction and finally poure out lamentable sorowes and pitious calamities vpon the aduersaryes of thy most glorious name but let such as trust onely in thée be inclosed and fortified with thy singuler louing kindenesse as with a strong rampire that those which haue a feruent zeale to thy excellent name and be of an vpright heart maye chéerefully reioyce in thée and triumphe with a perfite gladnesse throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THey without doubt are right happie and blessed O most mightie God to whom thou of thy vnspeakable mercy hast forgiuen their gréeuous sinnes not imputing them but couering and remitting what wicked and naughtie thing soeuer they haue bene stayned and polluted with Wée doe most manifestly acknowledge that so great and notable a benefite coulde not haue happened vnto vs vnlesse oure sinnes verilye were openly knowen and disclosed to thée and that we poure into thy blessed bosome what sinnes so euer we haue lewdely and shamelessely committed agaynst thy sacred lawe Therefore we acknowledge and confesse vnto thée O heauenly father that our vnrighteousnesse is excéeding great and our soules miserably burthened with the waight of our impietie wherefore nowe ayde and helpe vs with thy fauourable mercye and we heartily beseeche thee to wipe away after a louing gentle maner what naughtinesse soeuer doth remain behind Deliuer vs froÌ„ the sorowful calamities and greeuous miseries that are hanging ouer our heades make vs to haue an vncorrupt minde and gouerne vs with thy prouident care least through our euill affections we do not degenerate into most foolishe brute beastes but being inuironed and compassed about with thy excellent goodnesse let vs be cheared vp with rightfull mirth and assured ioy before thée through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxxiij. Psalme A prayer for prayse and â—hankes gyâ—ing to God â—or his omniâ—otencie HOw many soeuer O most mighty God as haue attayned vnto righteousnesse throughe an vnfeyned fayth doe well vnderstande howe much prayse and glorie thou art worthy of by reason of thy maruelous works There is nothing in the world but it beareth witnes that thou art good The heauens stand fast and all the hostes of them were made by thy sacred worde neyther are the waters of the sea and great déepes conteyned within their boundes by any other power then through thy holy spirite and mightie force Therefore it is and hath béene oure dutie both to honour and feare thée onely euen as thou hast rightly deserued but we haue O sinfull wretches that we are done nothing lesse in all our whole lyfe And therefore haue well and iustly deserued the great troubles and daungerous perilles we now are in But séeing that thy infinite goodnesse cannot be drayned drie through mens naughtinesse and lewd behauior be they neuer so innumerable we craue pardon and forgiuenesse of all those thinges which we haue committed agaynst thy diuine Maiestie and heartily require thee according to thy woonted mercy to make voyde all the subtile counsayles and lewde deuices wherewith the fierce enimies of godlinesse pretend to subuert and ouerthrowe thy sacred