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
that great calamitie whereby thy honour is much defiled neyther purely and chastly set forth as it ought to be through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxvj. Psalme A praier tha◠we reuolt no◠from Christ IF wée had led our lyfe innocently O most mightie God we should not be so striken with feare and terror in these daies as who should know for a certaintie that they cannot wauer nor fall in decaye which surely haue sticked and cleaued to thée yea rather wée should wholy submitte our selues wyth a willing minde to be searched and tried out of thee But forsomuche as we had little and verye small confidence in thy diuine Maiestie we trusted in vaine persons and fleshly helpe neyther haue we forsaken the companie and felowship of verye hurtfull and wicked doers but haue both with our filthy handes and lewde conditions defiled thy most holy Gospell therefore are we at this present in great perill least our lyfe and soule perish after the maner of the mischieuous and bloud thirstie Wherfore we heartily pray thée to bée as nowe mercifull vnto vs and forsomuche as we call vpon thy blessed name that thou wouldest vouchsafe to pardon and remitte whatsoeuer we haue hitherto so wickedlye committed against thee and let the vprightnesse of our cause obteyne that thing at thy handes which we doe not deserue for in this case not onely our saluation is impeached but also thy sincere doctrine and pure religion Suffer not thy sacred church therfore to be in subiection and as an vnderling to the fraudes and decepts of Antichrist Deliuer it from the destruction which the Deuill and his members doe prepare and worke for hir that we may hereafter leade an holy and innocent life and highly extoll thy noble actes and wonderfull workes in the sacred and blessed congregations throughe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another prayer out of the same Psalme WE are verye desirous O almightie God to lead an innocent and blamelesse life before thée and not to turne from the right waye when thou shalt trie vs with sundrie and manifolde temptations we haue not as yet atteyned thereto bycause we haue reposed small fayth and little hope to speake of in thée Wherefore our humble request is that thou wouldest haue mercye vpon vs and pardon whatsoeuer we haue committed and done amisse for if thou be fauourable and gentle vnto vs we will neuer be vnmindefull of thy louing mercie euerlasting truth Graunt O most benigne father that amongst innocents we may liue innocently and vtterly detest with an extréeme kinde of hatred all maner of decepts and cursed lying that we maye addict our selues wyth all our heartes to laude magnifie and celebrate thy glorious name neither suffer vs to knitte vppe and finishe our last dayes with malefactours and wicked persons but rather let a blessed enteraunce to the house of eternall felicitie whether we haue dayly a feruent desire to come be set open and made as a frée passage vnto vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xxvij. Psalme A prayer for comfort in fayth agaynst our enimies FOrsomuch as O heauenly Father we make our accompt of thee onely to be the whole stay and principall defence of our saluation light strength and stedfastnesse it shoulde behoue vs to continue and abide wish a good courage and assured constancie in the studie of godlinesse whatsoeuer the worlde may séeme to attempt agaynst vs what aduersitie soeuer may by the instigation of the deuill hang ouer vs and finally what calamitie so euer men do moue and stirre vp agaynst vs all that we ought boldly to dispise thou being our strong defence and hiding vs in thy blessed Tabernacle But bicause our fayth is verye weake and our confidence in thée doth oftentymes both wauer and stagger hereof it commeth that we are so muche fearefull and timerous Therefore strengthen thou vs O highe and mightie God with thy excellent grace and bounteous spirit that we may liue orderly godly and after an honest sort in the holy congregation which is thy blessed Church in déede Hide not thou thy louing countenaunce still awaye from vs we humbly beséeche thée for that is our sole and onely desire Graunt that we may constantly perseuer and be made strong to abide the comming of thy ready helpe with stedfast and vnappalled courage through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the xxviij Psalme IF thou O most mightie God shouldst dissemble A prayer for comfort in necessitie against doubl◠tonged persons and haue little regard to helpe and comfort vs in these oure gréeuous afflictions which happen vnto vs not onely true godlinesse shoulde come to ruyne and decaye but we also might incontinent bée easily compared to those which are put downe and laide at the pittes doore readie to bee burned giue eare therefore vnto our humble prayers and peticions whome thou séest to haue assured confidence in none other then in thy onely sonne Iesus Christ our Sauiour For as touching our selues we haue behaued vs so euill and liued so lewdly and vngodly that when we consider and looke vpon our selues we sée nothing due vnto vs but death and endlesse damnation Therfore of thy singuler mercie and goodnesse destroy vs not according to our deserts amongest the vngodly deceptfull and wicked persons but rewarde all thy aduersaries and namely the enimies of thy blessed Church according to their iust desertes so that whatsoeuer the vnfaithful do either inuent imagin against vs may fall vpon their owne head But whensoeuer they begin little to regard thy holy words and wonderous workes bring to nought their crooked and cruell deuises wherby thou thy selfe mayst be exalted and lifted vp with highe prayses bicause thou hast heard the voyces and piteous complaints of thy most humble and lowly seruauntes Be thou O good God our assured strength and shield of defence preserue thy faythfull people in these great daungers and suche as thou hast chosen to bée thy gracious heyres augment and heape vpon them thy sauing health and most noble benefites giue those men sufficient foode so long as they here liue and finally bring them vnto eternall ioy and blessed felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme WE heartily require thée O heauenly father to be fauourable and mercifull vnto vs that seeing we poure out our humble prayers and earnest petitions vnto thée thou wouldest according to thy excellent goodnesse paciently heare vs. If thou O Lord shouldst accept vs according to the rate and goodnesse of oure desertes we should euery where and in all places suffer an infinite number of greauous miseries and sorowfull calamities And bycause the outragious aduersaries and cruell enimies both of our saluation and also of thy famous honor go about nothing else then to pull thy faythfull seruaunts awaye from true Godlynesse and that stedfast desire they haue to leade a
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
of the sea doe so outragiously beate vppon the shore that all things may séeme incontinent to be destroyed and quite ouerflown with waters and on the other side they are indued with a great and notable assuraunce when as thou refreshest them in their grieuous distresses with the most pleasaunt riuers of thy heauenly consolations namelye in setting out the rare and wonderfull meanes of thy assistant helpe through thy fruitfull spirit Vpon which thy excellent goodnesse we also hauing assured confidence notwithstanding the innumerable sinnes which we confesse to be the chiefe cause why we haue offended thee most gréeuously require that thou wouldst shake and make feeble the Nations and Kingdomes which thou seest doe resist thy sacred Churche with great violence and most craftie deuices shew forth that voyce of thine wherewith the earth and euerye creature therin are woont to be shaken and vtterly brought to naught Be thou O our God as a most strong and vnuincible Tower vnto vs cause thou warres here to ceasse and make thou speares horse charets and all kinde of weapons blunt that they may finally leaue of their lewde enterprises who mightily fight agaynst vs and shewe thou thy selfe great and excellent aboue all things while thou doest manifest thy selfe to be better for our deliueraunce then all the armies and puyssance of the whole worlde through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme AFter what sort soeuer a very sodaine or horrible mishappe O most mightie God shall sore vex vs our hope shall not faile vs neyther will we be any thing dismaied or troubled séeing we are now fully resolued that thou art our onely helper and deliuerer although the whole worlde be moued the stormes of humaine flesh do swell and that all the Deuils of hell with their whole furniture shoulde séeme to shake all thinges of ours yet do we repose and settle our selues in thy vnspeakeable goodnesse and inuincible power Oure sinnes truely deserue all maner of trouble and enmitie but forgiue thou vs them according to thy accustomed goodnesse and pitiyng our present calamities graunt that such as vnfeynedly call vpon thee may enioy health peace and quietnesse of minde for thou canst very easily disappoynt and breake the swordes bow warlike ingines and all the craftie deceyptes and imaginations of the Deuill not onely through thy most mightie and inuincible worde but also euen with a becke and at thy onely will and pleasure our earnest request is O good God to applie our selues here vnto that wee maye attentiuely beholde those marueylous actes which thou doest for thy faithfull seruauntes whereby all Nations maye right well knowe and perceyue that thou takest our part and determinest to bée a continuall helper of thy blessed people throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xlvij. Psalme A prayer for the good sucâ—esse and inâ—reasment of â—he Gospell THou hast vouchedfafe O moste mightie God to gather and collect a Churche vnto thy selfe on earth which thou hast not conueyed into stonie houses or Temples of Marble but into the liuely hearts of men whome thou deckest and garnishest with thy most wonderfull giftes and doest pollishe the same passing well with the holy Ghost and therefore séeing they be indued with so great a rewarde it behoueth all faythful people to make an excéeding pleasant mirth and ioyfull gladnesse But the most deadly and heynous sinnes which we haue committed doe greatly darken these thankes giuings and mery songs who are worthily verye sore oppressed with the afflictions of them and seing we heartily acknowledge and earnestly confesse that we haue hitherto gone astray and suffer none otherwise then we haue most iustly deserued thou that art very mercie it selfe forgiue thy faythfull people and thou also who art most highe and rulest farre and néere destroy vs not according to our merits Graunt O excellent father that our naughtie and lewd behauiours hinder not the propagation of thy glorious kingdom arise and go forwards by causing strauÌ„ge people to be in subiection to the fayth and make those Nations which haue béene hitherto Infidels obedient to thy sacred worde and thou who hast chosen thée a Church as a most notable and famous heritage magnifie thy selfe continually by al meanes and with most exquisite prayses therein in such wise as all men maye accompt preach and exalt thée for their king but as for thy faythfull seruants who now séeme to be aboue all others most cast awayes lighten them in such wise with thy blessed spirit and rule them so by thy holy worde as all men may perceyue that they be guyded and gouerned by thy mightye power And vouchsafe that the souereigne estates and what power soeuer is in the world may at length be annexed and knit vnto thée that thou be none otherwise their God then thou wert in olde time the God of faythfull Abraham Graunt that the kings and princes who ought of duetie to helpe and defende their subiectes may perfectly acknowledge thée whereby thy famous honour and renowmed glorie maye most brightly shine therein to the singuler benefite of thy sacred Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme IT behoueth all faithfull people O most good and gracious God to extoll and aduaunce the kingdome of Christ with an excéeding ioy wonderfull gladnesse and most hartie endeuour for so thy vnspeakeable goodnesse is both mightily declared and we also are come to the full attainement of our saluation Surely it is verye requisite that all people Nations should be in subiection to his gouernment and the worlde shall go best on our side who be his peculier heritage and especial flock We heartily require thée therefore O our most puyssaunt king who art exalted into the high heauens and vnto the right hand of thy father to vouchsafe for to acquire vs of the heynous faultes we haue gréeuously committed and whatsoeuer sorrowfull calamities and straunge mishaps be like to fall vpon vs put them of from our shoulders through thy inestimable mercie and mightie power whereby thou thy selfe alone mayest beare rule and reigne in our mindes And graunt that all kinges all princes and great states that haue aucthoritie vpon earth may vnseperably cleaue vnto thée being the rightfull and most true God throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xlviij. Psalme THy excellent Maiestie and excéeding honour O moste good and mercifull God aboundeth greatly in the Church A prayer fâ—â— the christiaâ— Church aâ— congregatiâ—â— seeing that thou doest mightilye rule hir with thy sacred worde and holye spirite neyther art thou marueylously praysed there onely but what comlinesse or perfect ioy soeuer is in the whole worlde it issueth and procéedeth doubtlesse from thée And forsomuch as thou art farre better knowne there then any where else it commeth hereof that thou art in the same place a sure defence and moste strong fortresse to thy faythfull
but for our Lord Iesus Christes sake thy most déerely beloued sonne be mercifull vnto vs and set forwarde thy selfe to defende vs agaynst our most vehement and outragious enimies and publishe that abroade to their shame which is rightfull excéeding iust when it shall séeme good in thy sight Thou vpholdest the earth and whole worlde and euery creature depend onely vpon thée wherfore if thou doest stand on our side nothing can so hinder vs but that we may be safely preserued The very foolishe and vngodly Antichristians haue not onely lift vppe their hornes but also are wonderfull outragious against vs who vtter horrible and vnspeakable blasphemies agaynst thée and with a stiffe necke cast away from them euery yoke or burthen that thy sacred worde bringeth Our helpe O good God which is of any force commeth neyther from the East nor from the West nor yet from any other part or coast of the world but thou onely oughtest to be our iudge who canst at thy will and pleasure both rayse vs vp and cast vs downe againe But forsomuch as the cup is in thy hande let them drinke and sucke out the dregges thereof wherewith they may be so brought a sléepe as thy blessed Church maye be no more hereafter troubled of them We will then talke of thée and sing Psalmes vnto thy glorious name when as the hornes of the vngodlye shall be broken in péeces and the righteous take quiet and peaceable rest in thée through Iesus Christ our lord Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme FOr this intent and purpose O moste mightie God are we determined to honor extoll thée bicause thou art alwayes readie to heare those that call vpon thy glorious name with a right sincere fayth and doest manifest thy presence by the bestowing of notable and excellent giftes We render most heartie thankes vnto thee for this cause chiefly in that thou hast vouchedsafe to choose vnto thy selfe a Church out of this great number of vs wherein seeing it is conuenient that thou shouldest reigne and shewe thy almightie power we earnestly require thée vtterly to subuert all maner of vngodlinesse and contrariwise maintein innocencie and right pure religion What earthly and fleshly thing of the worlde remaineth in vs let it forthwith be drowned and cause thou all thinges which by thy heauenly spirite thou hast bestowed vpon vs in our regeneration to bée throughly grounded in vs make thy righteous and elect seruauntes like vnto most strong pillers but let suche as inhabite the earth which striue against thy holye name and blessed doctrine stagger and fall Haue a regarde to this we humbly beséech thée O excellent father that the fooles may forsake at one tyme or other their folly and let the wicked at length ceasse to abuse their power which they séeme to bend against godlinesse and thy sacred Gospell doe away their furious wordes arrogant taunts and rebellious blasphemies Neyther haue thou O good God any respect in this case what our sinnes haue deserued which are verye heauie and right gréeuous to be borne neither are we ignoraunt of them nor yet doe we mistrust but thou for thy infinite mercies sake wilt vtterly blotte those out least we be inforced through the same to drinke drie the cup of thy most bitter wrath Let so manye as giue themselues to naughtinesse drinke of the same yea make them to sucke out all the dregges thereof so that thy blessed church may haue thy iust iudgements in perpetuall remembraunce and extoll them with continuall prayses when as she shall sée the hornes of the vngodlye broken and suche mightily preserued and highly set vppe as haue altogither addicted thēselues to righteousnesse a perfect godly life through Iesus Christ our lord Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Lxxvj. Psalme A praier that our courage faileth vs not in affliction IT hath pleased thy vnspeakeable goodnesse without anye of our desertes O most mightie God that thy blessed worde shoulde be well knowne amongst vs and thy sonnes holy Gospell preached in the midst of vs which thing as we do know to be a singuler and right excellent benefite so doe we diligently cōsider that through our owne default the same doth greatly burthen vs. For we haue doubtlesse vsed shamefull vnthankefulnesse towardes thy diuine Maiestie in that we haue framed our life nothing at all according to the knowledge of thy blessed worde and sacred doctrine Notwithstanding forsomuch as we be sorowfull for our great wickednesse and are willing to amend our heynous faultes we humbly require thée to helpe them that are fallen stretch out thy ayding hande to such as call vpon thy most holy name and pardon vs whome it heartily repenteth to haue any thing at all offended thée And forsomuch as according to thy louing promises we be thy Tabernacle and dwelling place against the which the vngodly haue set themselues in battaile to the intent they maye vtterly subuert it and pull vp the same by the rootes breake thou their Dartes and Bowes in péeces and strike downe their shields swords armor This canst thou doe without any trouble bicause thy force is more excellent of greater power then all the tirannie of the world Let it therefore wast al to spoile them let both their horsmen footemē be cast in a dead sléepe at thy mighty rebuke And whē as such haue slept their sléepe which leane so prowdly to their own strength let them find in their hands that which may eyther do them good or delight them We know for a certaintie that thou art very terrible and how no man is able to stande before thée when thy heauie wrath shall be kindled wherfore we humbly require thée to arise and saue thy méeke people For at what time thou shalt subdue this force and furie of our aduersaries it will redowne to thy worthie prayse forsomuche as therefore thou canst mightilye bridle the spirite and crueltie of Princes neyther suffer vs to come vnder the yoke thereof but rather assist vs in such wise that we atchieuing and getting the victory maye pay the heartie vowes which wée owe vnto thée with a right ioyfull minde and most ready will through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme FOrsomuch as O moste mightie God thou hast chosen thée an house and mansion place in thy sacred Church therefore art thou well knowen in hir and thy glorious name is there most notably set forth bicause thou hast full many a time and very often driuen the shaftes bowe sworde and shielde therefro with all warlike ingines and subtil deuices inuented by souldiours which the fierce aduersaries of thy sacred doctrine and enimies of true religion did prepare against the same being set vp thereto by thee There thou hast I say for this cause béene continuallye famous and had in very great admiration aboue al robbers tyraunts of this wretched world Wherefore our right humble request is
calamitie and such verily as is euerlasting and hath no end when as the iust men like the Ceder and Palme trée inioy the sincere and euerlasting good things in the blessed habitation of the heauens We humbly beséech thée O excellent father to cherishe and comfort this hope in vs to the intent we maye right well perceyue that thou art both good and iust and also doest publishe vnto all creatures that there is no vnrighteousnesse in thy noble iudgement through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xciij. Psalme WHen as wée right well consider O moste mightie God that the world was made of thee to abide exceeding firme and vnmouable A prayer 〈◊〉 the establiâ—â—meÌ„t of chriâ—â— kingdome who doest gouerne the same with so great constancie and in such perfect order as wée verily know thy excellencie might and noble power thereby Wherefore wée take heart to vs and perswade our selues most assuredly that thy louing promises shall be of no lesse assuraunce to sticke vnto then the nature of things teacheth vs that thy glorious kingdome is both strong and vnmoueable Although therefore the cruell enimies of our saluation doe vaunt themselues agaynst vs fret excéedingly continually dashe vs togither with the sourges of their yrefulnesse and gréeuous temptations and rise vp against vs like huge waters and tempestuous seas yet our assured hope is that thou wilt defende vs wyth thy inuincible power and excéeding great might Vouchsafe therefore that both this fayth maye alwayes bee printed in oure mindes and also that thy good and notable promises which thou hast made vnto thy blessed Churche maye not onely come to passe but also being bestowed vpon it may long tyme be preserued in the same so that thy moste famous goodnesse and vnspeakeable mercie maye be published more and more throughout the vniuersal world by Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xciiij. Psalme â— prayer aâ—aynst our eâ—â—mies deâ—eyptfull teaâ—hers cruel â—â—raunts THe presumption and statelinesse of sinners O most mightye God is wonderfull for it doth not onely teare in péeces the féeble and grinde to powder the weaklinges but also bringeth them in the end to such madnesse as they iudge their wickednesse and greeuous offences which they haue most lewdly committed to be hid and vnknowne vnto thée Vouchsafe therefore that this kinde of foolishnesse maye bâ—e farre from oure thoughts and graunt that we may be most assuredly perswaded that thou hauing made the eare fourmed the eye and giuen vnto men the power and habilitie of vnderstanding art ignoraunt of nothing which is done by vs in earth but rule and order vs so in the meane season as we may not only escape and flie from the euerlasting and perpetuall destructions which are prepared for the vngodlye but also inioy the moste high quietnesse perpetuall felicitie which thou hast vouchedsafe to bestow vpon thy faythfull seruaunts If thou verily be not present hauing the helpe alwayes prepared and in a readinesse wherewith thou mayest mightily defend vs we shall easily fall into those mischiefes which hang ouer our heades Be thou we humbly beséech thée our Castle fortresse strong shielde of defence least we séeme to haue vainely reposed our whole trust and confidence in thée onely through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcv. Psalme FOrsomuch as O moste mightie God thou art our saluation and strength A prayer foâ— true fayth it is meete wée shoulde prayse thy glorious name to the vttermost of our powers and to the intent we may the more orderly doe the same we first and formost come vnto thée with hartie coÌ„fession of our heinous sinnes Wheras thou hast of thy infinite goodnesse and not for oure merites sake chosen vs to be thy blessed people shéepe of thy pasture as hauing no néede of our seruice at all forsomuche as thou art the great king aboue all Gods in whose hand be not onely the earth and exceeding high Mountaynes but also the heauens and all creatures we haue gréeuously offended thée diuers and sundrie wayes hardning our sinfull hearts at thy fatherly admonicions who haue very readily fainted in temptation our mind hath fowlye erred and we haue alwayes by reason of our lewde sinnes and moste wicked desertes become bourdenous and merueylous troublesome vnto thee For which cause thou hast at this tyme raysed vp so prowd and cruel enimies against vs by whom we are brought into great perill and daunger neuerthelesse acknowledging howe vnrighteouslye we haue dealt wée knowe for a certaintie that besides thy infinite goodnesse and mercy there remayneth none other defence for vs. Wherfore with these our feruent prayers and earnest supplications we prease into thy sight or euer we perishe requiring thée not to grinde vs vnto powder in thy most gréeuous wrath take away the heynous sinnes we humbly beséech thée wherewith we and our fathers haue greatly tempted thée and prouoked thy heauie displeasure agaynst vs. Call to remembraunce that thou art oure mightie God valiaunt king and louing shepherd Therfore mightily preserue valiantly kéepe and noblye defende vs from those that hate thée no lesse then they do vs suffer them not according to the lust of their crueltie vtterly to destroy the worke of thy blessed handes which thou hast begunne passing well in vs through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme THy excellent Maiestie and inuincible power O most good and mercifull god is of such force as euery where it excelleth and beareth dominion moste amplye and without desert but séeing that all thinges as well high as lowe were made by thée there is nothing to be found eyther hidden in the depth of the earth or set vppe in the height of the mountaynes whereof thou wert not the author and first founder for which cause we iustly desire to shewe forth thy worthy prayse To the furtheraunce hereof also maketh this that thou art our onely stay and we as thy blessed flocke and sheepe of thy pasture appertain and belong vnto thée onely Therefore doe we greatly worship humbly reuerence duely honor right earnestly cal vpon thy most fauorable Godbeade requiring this especiallye that thou suffer not our heart which of nature is disposed vnto euill to be hardned at thy friendly admonitions Make the same soft we hartily pray thée with the inspiration of thy good grace and holye spirite neyther suffer vs to striue and struggle against thy blessed commaundementes like vnto the stifnecked Iewes who woulde so often tymes put thée to the tryall of thy mightye power but séeing it was not their hap to inioy the promised land graunt for thy infinite mercies sake that we may at length be permitted to enter into the hauen of eternall felicitie after our long and daylye trauaile through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcvj. Psalme WE are admonished for diuers and sundrie causes O most mightye
God greatly to magnifie thee A prayer of thankes giuing for Christs benefites bestowed vppon vs. and highlye to sanctifie thy holy name But able we are not thus to doe vnlesse the heynous sinnes wherewith we are miserably oppressed be first put away and driuen farre from vs. We haue receyued at thy mercifull handes through the preaching of thy blessed Gospell the most noble and excellent gift of saluation but we haue hitherto led our life so coldly therin and wrought so contrary to our vocation in neglecting and dispising thy sacred commaundements that néedfull it was in the ende for the calamities which we now suffer to incounter with oute lewdnesse and that thou shouldest extende thy furious wrath vpon vs by these moste gréeuous perilles being moued and prouoked thereto through oure wicked desertes and naughtie behauiour Notwithstanding O good God haue no regard at all to our merites but rather sée to this that thy famous glorie may be greatly published amongest the heathen and thy wonderfull worckes made manifest vnto all people Both thy aduersaries and ours also repose their whole affiaunce in worldly strength and cursed Idolatrie who would inforce vs to yéeld such honor vnto Antichrist as they do wheras we contrarywise acknowledge thée to be a great and terrible Lorde aboue all Goddes Wherefore we earnestly call vpon thy excellent Maiestie and in these daungerous daies flie vnto thy mercy seat requyring pardon for our heynous sinnes and that thou wouldest shewe howe vaine our enimies goodes be Iudge O good god the aduersaryes of thy true worshippe and enimies of thy sacred Gospell so that thou as right méete it is mayst reigne beare dominion ouer the heathen Stretche out thy inuincible power thy puyssaunt glory and thy renowmed magnificence O good God for our speedy deliueraunce who being deliuered from so many and great inconueniences maye render vnto thée due oblations of heartie prayses Cause thy glorious name to be well spoken off in euery place and let all men honor and reuerence thy diuine Maiestie with moste pure and perfect deuotion through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THy benefites O almightie God are not only bestowed vpon vs coÌ„tinually but also after a new and vnaccustomed maner do spring vp freshe from time to tyme wherefore vnlesse we will be marueylous vngratefull they deserue that we should euermore magnifie the same with newe prayses and pleasaunt songes Such is thy magnificencie and vnspeakeable power whose bewtie and Maiesty is so great that thou doest surmount beyonde all measure what Godhed or Deitie soeuer meÌ„ could at any time deuice to themselues GrauÌ„t therfore that whensoeuer we go about duely to honor reuerently to worship thée we may chéerfully offer vp our selues al that euer we haue to thy incoÌ„prehensible glorye so that we may preache thy glorious kingdome to all nations not onely with wordes but in verteous lyfe and holy conuersation to the intent euery man maye right well knowe and perceyue that like as thou hast created vs and the whole vniuersall worlde so also shall we and all thinges be repayred againe throughe Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the .xcvij. Psalme A praier that we may appeare in the â—ay of iudgement with a â—ure chearâ—ull heart THou thy selfe O moste mightye God which art the author of full ioy and perfect gladnesse art also indued with exceeding seueritie and dreadfull power which thy properties thou bestowest vpon man according to thy infinite iustice and righteousnesse Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldst not burne vs vp with the fire of thy wrathfull indignation who otherwise by reason of our heynous sinnes are worthie of most greeuous punishments but according to thy great mercie and through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde and sauiour remit and pardon whatsoeuer we haue lewdly committed agaynst thée but contrariwise turne the wrath of thy heauie displeasure vpon thy fierce aduersaryes Let those men be set on fire make them to tremble let them melt away like wax at the sight of thy bright countenance But let vs being restored and reformed in a new kind of life by thy blessed spirit feele in our selues and set out thy noble iustice such wise vnto them as all people maye right wel perceyue the same For although we haue greatly and verye muche strayed from thy holy will reuealed vnto vs in the sacred scriptures we are notwithstanding heartily sorye for our lewde deserts and be verye desirous to make thy glorious renowme excéeding famous Let not therfore this our assured hope and feruent desire be made frustrate put them to confusion who beleue nothing at all in thée but haue an infinite number of Idols wherein they put their whole trust wherevnto they shewe much worship merueylous great honour and wonderfull obedience And finally graunt this thing also that suche as thou hast regenerated and quickned with thy blessed spirit may vtterly detest sinne and whatsoeuer fighteth or is repugnant to thy holy will Afterward take the soules of thy faythfull seruauntes out of wicked mens handes and when we be throughly delyuered from them cause vs not onely to reioyce with great gladnesse but make thy healthfull light of saluation to shine vpon all that are thine whereby they may bee conuerted vnto thée and celebrate thy worthie memoriall with perpetuall prayses throughe the selfe same Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SEing it is thou O almightie God that rulest farre and néere and mightily gouernest all things there is nothing in the whole worlde but ought to be excéeding glad thereof for like as thy glorious kingdome which is the chiefest thing to be desired is most gorgeously decked with iustice and equitie euen so is there such strength and puyssaunce graffed in the same as no crafty deuices and subtile practises can preuaile agaynst it but that whatsoeuer thou hast with a most rightful counsaile and singuler iustice decreed vpon shall be brought to good ende We earnestly require thée therefore that as the earth heauen and vniuersall worlde are most euident witnesses of thy vnspeakeable wisedome and singuler iustice so the truth and sincere worshipping of thée may appéere in thy blessed Church where all men maye heartily reioyce togither bicause supersticious and corrupt Religions are altogither banyshed Let them be ioyfull in this behalfe which purely and with feruent zeale do vnfeynedly loue and honor God whome finally we humblye beséeche to augment the light of our mindes and that we maye with an exceeding pleasant chéerefulnesse reioyce in the sacred Congregation of hys blessed Sainctes for the vnspeakeable benefites he hath bestowed vpon vs through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme FOrsomuch as all thy iudgementes O most good and mercifull God doe shine forth with perfect equitie and right vp iustice we ought therefore to be excéeding glad
father let their cursings and blasphemies which they haue continually in their mouth returne vppon them ouertake and sore oppresse them hauing a iust rewarde for their hatred and iniuries which they extend chiefly both towardes thée and also towardes vs that be thy faythfull people But deale not with vs O moste mercifull father according to the worthinesse of our iniquities who haue in such wise sinned and behaued our selues so wickedly in thy sight as there are no punishments though they be neuer so gréeuous but that we haue deserued theÌ„ Yet haue thou not a regard vnto vs but to the glorie of thy owne name preserue and succour vs for thy infinite goodnesse sake when we be gréeuously afflicted and vtterly destitute of all succor let the Antichristians bée put to rebuke and clothed wyth shame and cause reuilings to be a daylye cloke to couer them withall But be thou alwayes readie to assist vs with thy readie helpe saue the soules of thy faythfull seruauntes which depende wholy vpon thée through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SEing therefore thou art the same God O heauenly father which we make a vaunt that thou art Neither be thou silent or at rest in so great oppressions of thy sacred Church when as none other thinges are euery where heard then meere blaspheemies agaynst thee agaynst thy pure doctrine and agaynst thy blessed people yea and that chiefly of such for whose preseruation shée hath alwayes prayed hartily to thée Thou knowest right well how we haue continually wished that peace and all good things might happen vnto our chiefest aduersaries who notwithstanding are nowe moste impudently puffed vp forsomuch as they verily thinke that they haue espyed a conuenient time to ouerthrow thy blessed heritage Wherefore they surely do right well deserue that thou shouldest paye them the hire of their lewd behauiours and all those things which we haue now heard thy holy spirite to threaten agaynst obstinate and vncurable sinners But our conscience doth accuse vs that we haue behaued our selues most vnworthie of thee and thy sacred doctrine who first confesse our sinnes to be excéeding gréeuous and secondly doe earnestly desire thée for thy infinite mercies sake to forgiue vs the same and finally that thou wilt succor thy afflicted people to the intent we may both confesse thée and also celebrate thy glorious name in holye and great congregations bicause thou hast set thy selfe as a ready defender at the right hande of the poore and of such as are verye like to be ouerthrowne and hast preserued their life and religion from the force and madnesse of Antichrist who now séemeth to presume and take vpon him to do what he lysteth agaynst them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme O Most good and mercifull God who of all the prayses wherewith the Church magnifieth thée art the rightfull and rich ground and matter it is not hidden from thy diuine Maiestie what the subtile and deceyptfull sort doe dayly practise agaynst the same Shée of hir gentlenesse loueth them with a motherly affection and with prayers both most feruent and also moste often doth make supplication to thée for their welfare Notwithstanding seing that they do not amend but are more stubburnly boldned in their naughtinesse we humbly beséeche thée at length to asswage and represse their furious rage and appoynt some meane and ende for thy seruaunts afflictions Thou séest howe all thinges are nowe in a maner brought to extréeme weaknesse so that there is almost nothing in thy worshipping but is shamefully defiled and very lewdly corrupted Make haste therefore to be our ready helper to the intent it may be perfectly knowen that thou wantest neyther strength nor wisdome to succor those that be thine which shall bée marueylous conuenient for the delating and publishing of thy blessed name most worthie prayses wherefore seing that there is now great scarcitie of good and spirituall stuffe in thy blessed Church remedy thou the same with the most plentiful treasures of thy bright light pure doctrine benigne graces and vnspeakable benefites through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cx. Psalme â— prayer for â—e benefite our reâ—mption â—rchased â— Christ SEing that thou O most mightie God hast vouchsafed thy dearely beloued Sonne our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ to sitte at thy right hand hauing a full perfect and souereigne power insomuch as he doth rule and gouerne all things neyther shall there be any of his aduersaries remayning but may at length be cast vnder him as his footstoole ponder diligently we humbly besech thée after what sort the vngodly and most outragious AntichristiaÌ„s aduaunce themselues in these dayes who dare openly say of him we will not haue this man raigne ouer vs neyther can they be any thing satisfied by shewing forth this their outragious anger after a moste spitefull maner both against thy blessed spirite and also vpon vs thy chosen people wherefore sende out from heauen O mightie GOD thy puissaunt Scepter and rod of thy great furie vpon them so that thy déere sonne may by the holy ghost and sacred Gospell be of souereigne aucthoritie euen in the middest of his deadly enimies GrauÌ„t also his faithfull people to be of such a willing and readie minde as they being a very great number maye assemble and méete togither for the defence of his glorious kingdome not onely with their most feruent prayers but also by all that meanes they can possible imagine and deuise We truely are by reason of our heynous sinnes vnworthie of so great and vnspeakable a benefit who haue hitherto ledde our life nothing faythfully Haue no regarde to vs at all O heauenly father but vnto thy solemne othe and promise wherewith thou hast ordeyned thy déere sonne to be both a noble Prince and also a louing priest in the true Church for the preseruation therof Vouchsafe therfore in these our dayes that the kings rulers mightie powers of this wretched worlde who haue so layde their heddes togither agaynst him maye bee vtterlye consumed with the furie of thy heauie displeasure and do due execution vppon these blasphemous and most dishonest aduersaries so as this sacred Dominion and Empire of the glorious Gospell may be greatly inlarged thorowout the vniuersall world and that Iesus Christ thy déere sonne which séemeth to be in a maner altogither opprest in vs may be right well knowen to lift vp his heade most renowmedly and after an excellent maner for whose sake we heartily require all these things which liueth and reigneth with thee euermore worlde without ende Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme FOrsomuch as it is thy gracious wil and pleasure O moste good and mercifull God that our sauiour Iesus Christ thy deere sonne should shewe forth his notable power ouer all creatures and set in suche wise on thy right hande as at length the
Antichrist and his cursed members haue worse dealt with vs thē our deserts required but know assuredly that thou doest not chasten and correct vs in thy furious displeasure but with fatherly mercie and louing kindnesse Wherefore we whom thou sore chastisest hauing recourse vnto thée require these thinges at thy mercifull handes that thou wouldst open the eyes of our minde wyth thy healthfull light so that we be not blinded at the beholding of thy wonderous workes let not thy sacred precepts be hid from vs so long as we be pilgrimes in this wretched world causing our mindes to bée continually inflamed with a moste ardent desire towardes those thinges which thou hast giuen in commaundement to be obserued Graunt that our deserts be not such henceforth as we be reproued amongst the lewde sort or cursed like execrable thinges bicause we haue greatly swarued from thy holy precepts Thou séest right well the slaunders and reproches wherwith thy cruell enimies do euery where assaile vs and after what sort the great princes and mighty rulers of this wretched world when they were set togither agaynst vs did striue not onely by worde but also by indeuour to turne vs away from thy sincere worde from the deuout worshipping of thee and from thy pure ceremonies Thou therefore so strengthē and quicken vs with thy puyssaunt force and mightie power as we may bée assuredly perswaded that thy faythfull promises are most true and certain through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Aleph Beth. SVch truelye are to bée accompted right happie amongst mortall men O moste good and mercifull God as haue thy sacred law alwayes set out before the eyes of their minde which they make as a patterne to beginne their life by and as a rule to proceede by when they haue begunne so that if they shal perhappes go astray their fault may both be amended thereby and they also lead a vertuous life according vnto iustice These shal liue blamelesse and when their doinges shall be examined by vpright iudgemēt they shal not be ashamed which will greatly auaile if it be diligently practised from the tender age But we heartily acknowledge and earnestlye confesse O most deere father that all mans pollicie is altogither vnprofitable and none accompt at all to be made thereof vnlesse thou bee present with thy blessed spirite and doest direct our minds for otherwise what gaine may wée haue by meditating of thy holye law then a colde and very hurtfull knowledge Wherefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest not onelye minister strength vnto vs by thy grace for the accomplishing of those thinges which thou commaundest in thy diuine lawe but also to bring this vnto good effect so that wée may haue more felicitie in them then in all our owne deuices and take a greater delight in the execution hereof then in anye fleshly or worldly pleasures through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Gimel Daleth SEing that all the force wee haue dependeth vpon thee O most good and mercyfull God and that wée do nothing wythout thy gracious ayde and furtheraunce which may please thée wée haue good cause to flie vnto thy excellent mercie seate so that we may through the helpe and assistaunce of thy good grace frame our deedes altogither confirmable vnto thy holye lawes which thing can in no wise happen vnlesse thou remouest from oure eyes the vale which euill lustes and lewd desires do alwayes put betwixt vs and thy wholsome doctrine by reason whereof we do not wel consider the beneficiall thinges which are there commaunded vs to obserue Driue also farre from vs we heartily beséech thée the swelling of the minde and a haute conceypt wherethrough wée are accustomed beyond all measure to haue mens ordinances and humaine deuices in marueylous admiration so that sometime thy holy preceptes séeme vile vnto vs in comparison of them and that moste chiefly when as wée be afraid to abide the displeasure of mightie men and the shame of this wretched world At what tyme therefore our minde shall be thus diuersly seuered refreshe thou vs O good God with thy blessed worde and mittigate with thy spirituall calmnesse the ouer vnquiet thoughtfulnesse of our mind and suffer vs not to be deceyued by the leasings of this corrupt life being of themselues marueylous pleasaunt and flattering For if thou shalt once set our destressed hart at libertie there can be no cause to the contrarie but that we may make wonderfull expedition for the accomplishing of thy sacred commaundements which we humbly beséech thée to vouchsafe that we may obteyne with as earnest an intention as can be possibly deuised through Iesus christ our Lorde Amen He Vau. WHen as we on the one side doe consider the weakenesse of oure owne strength O moste mightie God and contrariwise the absolutenesse and perfectnesse of thy blessed lawe wée euidently perceyue that for the obteyning thereof thy moste puyssant helpe will stand vs in very great steade first therefore teache vs the true wayes of thy holye commaundementes moreouer illuminate in such sort our mind and vnderstanding as we may be able to incline with great feruencie vnto those things which thou hast both taught commaunded Furthermore it is néedefull for thee to graunt vs power and habilitie to performe whatsoeuer we haue learned of thée otherwise it shall profite vs little or nothing at all to haue knowledge vnlesse some part of obedience be eyther performed or at least wise begunne in vs which the lewde inclination of our sinfull heart doth greatly hinder and finally our senses and corrupt affections are wonderfull huge aduersaries herevnto Succor thou vs therefore we humbly beséech thée with thy good grace and abundant fauor forgiuing whatsoeuer we haue committed and do dayly after a most sinfull maner agaynst thy sacred lawe neyther let it be imputed vnto vs for our eternall destruction And in the meane season O good God let thy louing mercies vtter and shewe forth themselues to be a strong defence and mightie preseruation for thy sanctified Church which thou seest gréeuously tormented with great perilles mischieuous reproches and diuerse kyndes of afflictions not permitting hir to bée in such sort wrested out of thy handes as shée may be robbed eyther of thy blessed worde or of the lawfull holy and most pure honoring of thée through Iesus Christ our lord Amen Zain Heth. WE flie vnto thée in this most troublesome time O almightie God when as we see thy blessed church so sore afflicted and that thorow our owne euill desertes who haue greatly sinned against thee done very lewdely and transgressed thy sacred lawes innumerable wayes and there is but one thing onely which rayseth vp our hope and comforteth vs most in these our gréeuous afflictions namely that we know how thou art right mindfull of the louing promises made to thy faythfull seruaunts Forsomuch as our sinnes former wretched life doe marueylously accuse vs wée humbly beséech thée therefore so to quicken and lift vs vp with thy
thing soeuer wée haue committed agaynst thée so that wée maye not decline anye more hereafter from the perfect waye of thy blessed commaundements then may we clayme vnto our selues the true substanciall delightes wherin our soules may liue yea and lead such a pleasant life as they may by al meanes indeuour to set forth thy most worthie prayses For séeing that we haue wandred hitherto like brute beastes therfore call thou vs away O excellent father who art our onely sauiour from the heynous errours and gréeuous sinnes we are infected withall so that euery one of vs may be wholy addicted to obey thy sacred will and holye commaundements through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Schin Thau ALthough the malice and deceyptes of those which in the worlde are alwayes aduersaryes to thy glorye O almightie God be both mightie and of great force against our féeble courage yet notwithstanding on the contrarie part so great is the pleasure which thy sacred worde bringeth vnto vs that it is nowe déerer vnto the godly then anye spoyles bée they neuer so fatte or then any pray be it neuer so ritche for they pricke vs forward to render day by day wonderfull prayses vnto thée And this onely remayneth as a speciall comfort that thou wilt not suffer vs to be depriued of the saluation which we looke for at thy mercifull handes Our earnest request is that thou wouldest for this cause giue an attentiue and readie eare to our humble petitions that forsomuch as the righteousnesse of thy blessed law is in all pointes true and stedfast furnishe vs fully with this thy holy spirite that whatsoeuer we haue nowe chosen to kéepe through the grace thereof we may accomplishe so much as our feeble nature is able to do and where the weaknesse of the fleshe fayleth there let the inuincible power and notable strength of thy holy spirite supplie We haue wandred hitherto O Lorde God diuers wayes lyke foolish misled shéepe for vnlesse thou doest séeke vs out with a fatherly and shepherdlike prouidence we shall readily perishe in our naughtinesse and therefore suffer vs not who are in verye great daunger to walke any more in darknesse and amongst rauening Wolues through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxx. Psalme WEe being wearied and sore troubled O almightie GOD with most gréeuous and excéeding perillous mishappes A prayer agaynst the enimies of Gods diuiâ— worde as thou right well knowest do dayly flie vnto thy gracious mercies seate humbly requiring thée to giue eare at length vnto the ferueÌ„t prayers which we alwayes make namely that thou wouldest deliuer thy blessed Church from the deceypts lyes and false ymaginations of Antichrist and his retinue For the blasphemies reproches slaunders wherewith they inuade and defame thy holy gospell may be compared to deadly sharpe arrowes and whot burning coles through which the heartes of the godly are striken wyth excéeding great sorrowe and their mindes bée inflamed with zeale and rightfull anger for the glorie of thy name We acknowledge our selues verily to haue wel deserued for to be troubled with such vncleane infection and outragious pestilence bicause we haue sinned moste heynously agaynst thée and thy diuine lawe But our earnest request is that of thy naturall and frée mercie wherewith thou art indued we who are so greatly desirous of perfect peace for the true honouring sincere celebrating and due setting out thy worthy prayse may at length attaine thereto through thy most gracious fauour sore agaynst their willes which are chiefest enimies to the peace and tranquillitie of thy faythful through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WE know by experience O almightie God howe great the affliction and miserie of the Church is for the vices and lyes of corrupt opinions sakes which are brought into it Wherefore we humbly beséech thée to deliuer hir from this kinde of calamitie for we haue nowe at length begonne right well to vnderstande how deceyptfull and craftie the seducementes of Antichrist hath bene hitherto Cause henceforth the puyssaunt force and moste sharpe weapons of thy blessed worde to be present whereby all the subtiltie of Sathan maye be confounded and brought to nought Yea rather thurst thou in thy most mighty shaft which thou vsest diuers tymes to punishe vngodlinesse withall agaynst this pestilent plague so that all malicious snares may thereby be consumed as it were with moste whote burning coales whereas otherwise if thou doest not laye to thy moste strong and puissaunt hand our pilgrimage shall be continued in wofull miseryes and sinfull wickednesse without end For there is no hope of peace to be loked for where thy sacred truth is had in deadly contempt yea rather it séemeth dayly to be the further of from thy blessed Church the more loue and earnest desire she hath thereto Seing therfore that it behoueth vs to wage continuall warre agaynst spirituall wickednesse refuse not thou O excellent father redily to helpe such as vnfeynedly call vpon thée for the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxj. Psalme A prayer in necessitie for Gods diuine â—reseruation WE looke for thy assistant helpe O most mightie God with an excéeding heauinesse of minde in these our most troublesome mishaps eliuating our eyes to thee onelye through whose mightie power like as we knowe that heauen and earth was created so also our assured hope is that thou canst deliuer vs from these present mischiefes Verilye we acknowledge our sinnes to be such as they haue deserued to bée punished with these sore afflictions and greeuous chasticements For we haue not yéelded due honor and reuerence vnto thee when as thou didst call vs to the profession of thy sacred gospel but seeking our owne profite onely haue miserably neglected thy renowmed honour and famous glory Wey not therefore O good GOD this our ingratitude and wickednesse committed but for thy infinite mercies sake keepe our féete from falling by setling them so in thy holy lawe and sacred commaundementes as they swarue not at all therfro Moreouer séeme not to slumber or sleepe touching the defence and preseruation of thy blessed Church being so sore afflicted If it hath béene thy accustomable maner to defende thy faythfull seruaunts from the heate of the Sunne in the day tyme and from the colde of the Moone in the night dispise not vs that suffer so many and great tormentes through the furie and outragious woodnesse of Antichrist preserue not onely our soules and life from his subtile deuices but especially maintain thou thy pure religion which he doth most of all fight against For our earnest request is that thou wouldest so direct the begynnings and endings of our doinges in the true pathes of thy blessed coÌ„maundements as they may perpetually abyde in the perfect rule thereof through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme SO long as wée O almightie
hearts of kings and princes are vnder thy dominion thou doest coÌ„tinually bow them so farre as the preseruation of thy faythfull seruaunts doth require which is sufficiently manifested ynough by Pharao king of Egypt Sion and Og moste puyssaunt princes of the lande of Canaan By reason whereof the hope that we haue assuredly conceyued in thy beloued promises is so confirmed and established that althoughe wée maye sée the Churche gréeuouslye oppressed with excéeding great perilles yet our onelye trust is that thou wilt so aide and helpe the same out of the hidde and secrete treasures of thy louing mercie as first and formoste to pardon our innumerable and most shamefull declinings from thee wherwith wée haue mischieuously polluted our selues and that thou wilt also in such wise vanquish subdue and represse the malipertnesse of the deuill and his gard as we be not inforced anye more by them to imbrace againe an ydolatrous trade of worshipping thée and giue honor to those Images which can neither speake heare nor yet haue breath although they séeme as if they had both eares hands mouthes Graunt we heartily pray thee O excellent father that all men may perpetually laude and set forth thy glorious name out of Sion which is thy true Church with an auncient yea rather an euerlasting peace and tranquilitie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THou deseruest verye great commendation for a number of excellent causes O almightie God and diuers wayes to be extolled with moste noble prayses first and formost thou art good thy name is marueylous pleasant and wonderfull amiable Moreouer thou hast chosen vs to be thy peculiar people that is true Israell who art of such an inuincible force as there is onely not any creature but also none other God at all that may be compared to thée in power For thou onelye doest wonderous things in heauen in earth in the sea and in the déepes and bottomlesse pit thou also stirrest vp and bridlest at thy will and pleasure the flaming lightninges boysterous windes raynie showers raging waters and stormie tempestes Whose mightie puyssaunce the Egyptians Amorreites and Chenaneits haue felt when thou didst defend the children of Israell with thy accustomable clemency and gouernedst them through an vnspeakable louing kindnesse and wonderfull mercie that thou didst extend towards them Iudge thou therefore thy faythful people who hast béene accustomed to rule the course of nature by suche a wonderful meanes and finally comfort thy beloued seruants haue an especiall regard behold and sée we humbly pray thée the gréeuous calamities of thy sacred Church neither deale with vs according to our wicked lewde deserts We acknowledge verily euen from the heart that we haue led a lyfe to muche vnbeséeming thy glorious name and our vocation who doe not nowe returne vnto dumb Idolles when we are thus gréeuously afflicted being the workes of mens hands hauing as it were a mouth eyes and eares and yet do they not speake neyther sée nor vnderstande but haue recourse vnto thée our true and onely God that like as thou louest the sacred Church and wouldst be highly praysed therein so vouchsafe to deliuer the same from imminent perils through Iesus Christ our lord Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme THere be two thinges O most good and mercifull God which ought chiefly to styrre vs vp to speake of thy worthy praises whereof the one is this for that nothing can be found or ymagined greater theÌ„ thou art the other bicause there is a pure ioy and assured pleasure conceyued in the very setting out of thy worthy praises Moreouer the number of thy notable benefits are so great as not only matter to the publishing of thy glorie is ministred euery where but also that it doth in a maner ouerwhelme such as thinke thervpon any thing earnestly as they can readily finde neither beginning nor yet ende for the setting forth of thy glorious name without the wonderfull assistaunce of thy holy spirite Which thing so long as it is duly coÌ„sidered of our parts we doe earnestly require in our dayly praiers that especially in the sacred assemblies we may with moste pure fayth set out thy worthie prayses yéeld thée thy true worshippe and publishe thy renoume with a pure life and holye conuersation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxxxvj. Psalme A prayer for 〈◊〉 knowledge â—f Gods omâ—ipotent goodnesse THy puyssaunt power and singuler goodnesse O moste gracious and mercifull God doth euery where so abounde vppon vs as mannes thought and ymagination can not sufficiently comprehend the same for if we looke vnto the skie that is garnished with excéeding bewtifull and almoste innumerable lightes or if we consider the earth which is marueylous abundauntly replenished and decked with most pleasant fruites they bee alwayes wonderful tokens of thy vnspeakable and passing good will towardes vs. Herevnto are added the wonders which thou didst in Egypt where through when thou hadst spoyled the tyraunt of all that euer he had and finally bereft him of hys lyfe thou madest it manifest what a pleasure the fredome of the children of Israll was to thée vnto whom thou shewedst thy selfe no lesse a most stedfast preseruer in the wast lothsome wildernesse then an excéeding strong defender at what tyme they walked through the whole lande of Canaan and causedst the huge mightie kingdomes thereof to be vnder their subiection Thou therefore who art indued with excellent goodnesse wonderfull clemency and vnspeakable mercie that neuer hath ende haue an especiall regard we heartily pray thée vnto thy beloued Church being nowe in marueylous great perill and extreeme daunger neyther let the most lewde déedes wherewith we haue both polluted our owne selues and also thy sacred Gospell drawe thée from thy natiue louing kindnesse Pardon we heartily pray thee what soeuer we haue committed agaynst thy diuine Maiestie and suffer not thou who giuest sustinaunce to all fleshe thy faythfull seruauntes to bée depriued of a perfect doctrine and most pure and sound sacraments which are in déede the feede of eternall lyfe Vouchsafe that euery man may hereby perceyue howe good and mightie thou art to the intent all persons maye euery where as right méete it is feare and loue thée with a most feruent and heartie good will through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THy goodnesse is such and of so great force O most mightie God as thou wouldst not onely haue vs fedde thereby but also which is not the least part of our felicitie that we should féele and perfectly acknowledge the same who hast for this cause brought forth excéeding bewtifull thinges as well in heauen as in the earth after a most wonderful artificial maner All which matters if we did beholde with a godly affection and well disposed minde our heart without doubt should alwayes be kindled and inflamed with a
in most miserie but deliuer hir from the trappes snares and nettes of the vngodlye and let the wicked fall into theyr owne wiles pittes which they haue made and digged and not thy faythfull people through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same Psalme WIthdrawe not thy readie helpe from vs we humbly beseech thee O moste good and mercifull God so long as wée lamentably require the same at thy mercifull handes for this is our dayly sacrifice wherwith we do greatly honor and highly reuerence thy glorious name neyther doth it lesse please thée to haue vs taught in thy blessed worde then if we should burne vppon Alters a most swéete odor and pleasant perfume of spices as the vse and custome was in old time our earnest desire is therfore that thou wouldest set a sure watche vppon our tongue and heart that we may not do any thing either in word or thought and much lesse in déedes contrarie to thy blessed lawe Remoue from vs all intercourse of the vngodly but cause vs to take in exceding good worth brotherly admonicions and friendly rebukes hauing no regard at all to highe prayses and pleasant flattering tales For séeing that there be a thousand snares and trappes which our auncient enimie hath layde to snarle vs in let thy gracious fauour at length deliuer vs from the whole number of them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxlij Psalme WEe crie out dayly in thy sight O most good and mercifull GOD pouring out our feruent prayers and humble supplications A prayer for comfort in persecution that the sorow and heauinesse conceyued in our heart maye be vttered and this wée doe in thy gracious presence who onely knowest the way and meanes howe to deliuer thy faythfull seruaunts in their vttermost troubles Our spirit verily is continually vexed within vs so long as we consider the present state of thinges insomuch as whether we looke on the right hand or towardes the left we sée no man truely which will vnfeynedly take vpon him eyther to defende or acknowledge the cause of thy blessed Church Which euilles in deede happen vnto vs by reason of our heynous sinnes wherewyth thou art thus gréeuously offended agaynst vs as to stirre vp so fierce and slie enimyes against thy chosen people who lay snares almoste in all places and extende violence euery where vpon vs. Bée mercifull nowe therefore vnto vs O God oure deere father at what time we seeme to bée destitute of al succor neither is there any remayning aliue that hath a regard for the preseruation of our soules heare thou thy selfe oure wofull complaints and be a sure refuge for vs and our porcion amongs the liuing by deliuering vs from our malicious persecutors who séeme at this present to haue the vpper hand For if thou wilt mightily deliuer thy sacred Church from this sorowfull calamitie thy excellent name shall be spred abroad in euery place and all men will reioyce with vs vpon whome they shall perceyue that thou hast shewed this vnspeakeable fauour and louing kindnesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme SEing that we are perpetually inuironed O most mightie God with an infinite number of perils necessitie it selfe perswadeth vs neuer to desist from prayer but alwayes to poure them out exceeding feruently before thée For to whom may wee better declare our extréeme heauinesse and gréeuous miserie which doth dayly assaile vs then to thée who knowest all thinges right wel neither art ignorant of the crafts and subtilties of the force of our cruell aduersaries Thou onely canst succor and deliuer vs who may not trust in mans ayde either because they will not or else for that they be not able to helpe vs. And therefore do we earnestly crie vnto thée béeing our sanctuarie and lotte in the land of the liuing to the intent thou wouldst set vs frée from the deuill the auncient enimy of mankinde and his cursed garde whose mindes being thus recreated and refreshed shall vncessantly acknowledge thy blessed name and all such as be faithfull louers of vertue will togither with vs publishe and set out thy excellent benefites with condigne and deserued prayses through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer out of the Cxliij Psalme WEe doe earnestly desire thée O most good and mercifull God to accept our common petitâ—ons A prayer in temptation for the auoyding of desperation and that thou wouldest for thy excellent mercies sake heare the heartie prayers which we poure out before thée neyther denie wée that the heynous sinnes wherwith we dayly prouoke thy heauie wrath hath not deserued the same But if thou wilt enter into iudgement with vs and giue seuere and vpright sentence seing that no man liuing yea no creature at all be it neuer so pure and holy is able to abide the same we also shall without fayle be cast neyther haue any force to stand in thy presence before the tribunall seate Looke thou therefore vppon vs with thy louing fauour and woonted clemencie that as the enimie hath gréedily persecuted our soules so verily wée séeme being sore smitten and greatly forsaken to be in a maner at the poynt of death bicause our spirit is thus vexed within vs and hart made desolate Who are notwithstanding right mindfull of thy old and auncient mercie wherewith thou hast beene accustomed to succor and helpe thy elect people at what tyme they were miserably afflicted Therefore doe we not onely lift vp our sorowfull handes vnto thy diuine Maiestie but indeuour our selues so much as in vs lyeth for to haue thée deliuer thy blessed church from the handes of hir outragious enimies directing vs so with thy good spirite that we maye hereafter execute those things faythfully which are right and holy according to thy diuine will and pleasure being conueyed out of this present distresse by thy good guidaunce and quickned with thy readye helpe throughe Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen An other prayer out of the same psalme THe infirmitie of our righteousnesse O most good and mercifull God is of such force as those which be instructed with thy blessed spirite know very well that it is not able to stande before thy iudgement seate when as therefore we do consider our lewd deserts our spirite fadeth awaye and our hart waxeth amazed But we haue recourse out of hand to thy infinite mercie who doe heartily acknowledge and earnestlye confesse that our righteousnesse proceedeth not of our selues but commeth from thee onely so that we being stayed vp and confirmed by this stedfast faith do lamentably require thy fauourable assistaunce in the daungerous perils of this wretched life For vnlesse thou puttest to thy redie helping hand wée doe vtterlye dispaire of our saluation Shew vs the way wherein we may walke without daunger and teach vs after what maner we may accomplish thy blessed will and rule all our thoughts and déedes by
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