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He hath with out doubt hitherto, & shall continually preserve his most gracious mayest from all the crafty conspiracies & subtle assaults of all his enemies, so that they shall never prevail against him, but his grace shall ever be preserved in safe estate, & have perpetually the triumphant victory over all his enemies unto y• great glory of God, the fruitful ⟨image 73⟩promotion of Christs Gospel,¹ and the prosperous tranquillity & wealth of all us his most loving subjects. For as it is impossible to hinder or let the course of the Sun or moon so is it impossible for them to escape, which imagine or work any violence or treason against his grace. Certes there is no evasion nor way to escape, as the wise man saith. For God alway preserveth his ministers,² and will not suffer them to escape unpunished, that contemn disobey, or labour to destroy his ordinance, Would God therefore that all men would remember this saying of the preacher: Wish the king no evil in thy thought,³ and speak no hurt of the rich in thy privy chamber. For a bird of the air shall betray thy voice, and with her feathers shall she bewray thy words. There is nothing hid, y• shall not come to light, neither is there ⟨image 74⟩any secret,⁴ that shall not come to revelation.

He hath wt oute doubte hytherto, & shall continually preserue his moost gracious maieste from all the craftye conspiraciōs & subtyle assaultes of all his enemies, so that they shal neuer preuayle agaynste hym, but hys grace shal euer be preserued in safe estate, & haue perpetually the tryūphant victory ouer all his enemies vnto y• great glorye of God, the fruytefull ⟨image 73⟩