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[The flour of godly prayers] [most worthy to be used in these our days…[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies…
[The flour of godly prayers] [most worthy to be used in these our days for the safeguard, health, and comfort of all degrees, and estates / newly made by Thomas Becon].[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies for the sauegard, health, and comforte of all degrees, and estates / newlie made by Thomas Becon].
London: printed by John Day, 1550London: printed by Ihon Day, 1550
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A prayer for the king.
A prayer for the kynge.
O Almighty God king of kings and Lord of Lords,1 which by thy divine ordinance hast appointed temporal rulers to govern thy people according to equity and justice, and to live among them as a loving father among his natural children unto the advancement of the good and punishment of the evil, we most humbly beseech thee favourably to behold Edward thy servant our king & governor, & to breath into his heart through thy holy spirit, that wisdom, that is ever about the throne ⟨p. xvi⟩thy Majesty, whereby he may be provoked, moved and stirred, too love-fear and serve thee, to seek thy glory, to banish Idolatry, superstition and hypocrisy out of this his realm, and unfeignedly to advance thy holy and pure religion among us his subjects unto the example of other foreign nations. O Lord defend him, from his enemies, send him long & prosperous life among us, & give him grace not only in his own person godly & justly to rule, but also to appoint such magistrates, under him, as may be likewise affected both toward thy holy word & toward the common weal that we his subjects living under his dominion in all godliness, peace & wealth, may pas the time of this our short pilgrimage in thy fear, & service, unto the glory of thy blessed name, which alone is worthy all honour for ever and ever. Amen.
O Almyghtye God kyng of kinges and Lord of Lords,1 whiche by thy deuyne ordynance hast appoynted temporall rulers to gouerne thy people accordyng to equitie and iustice, and to lyue amonge theym as a louynge father among hys naturall children vnto the auancement of the good and punyshemente of the euyll, we most hūbli besech ye fauorably to behold Edward thi seruāt oure king & gouernor, & to breath into his hert thorow thi holi spirit, that wisdō, that is euer aboute ye trone