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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
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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 Kings Council.
A prayer for the Kynges Councell.
1IT is written (o most mighty and everlasting king) that where many are that give good counsel, there goeth it well with the common people, there are all things conserved in a goodly and seemly order, there doth the public weal flourish with the abundance of all good things: it may please the therefore,2 O Lord, which haste the hearts of all rulers in thy hand and directest their counsels unto what end it is thy good pleasure, mercifully to assist all those which are of the kings council, and to give them thy holy spirit to be their president, ruler and governor, that in all their assembles, they may ever set before their eyes thy most high and Princelike Majesty, the fear of thy name, the accomplishment ⟨p. xvii⟩of thy commandment, and alway remember that they are servants appointed for the wealth and commodity of thy people, that what so ever they attempt privately or openly, may turn unto the glory of thy blessed name unto the setting forth of thy holy word, unto the advancement of y• kings honour, unto the profit of the Commons, unto the destruction of vice, and unto the commendation of virtue. Give them grace (o most merciful father) so with one mind to consent in all godly and righteous things, that they ruling righteously, and we living obediently, may all together with quiet harts & free consents praise and magnify the our Lord God for ever and ever. Amen.