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The pomander of prayer, newly madeThe pomaunder of prayer, newly made
The pomander of prayer, newly made by Thomas BeconThe pomaunder of prayer, newly made by Thomas Becon
Imprinted at London : Over Aldersgate beneath .S. Martins, by John Day, 1561Imprinted at London : Ouer Aldersgate benethe .S. Martins, by Iohn Day, 1561
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.
¶ In the time of any common plague or sickness.
¶ In the time of any common plage or sicknes.
O Almighty God: which in thy wrath in the time of king David didst slay with the plague of pestilence three score & ten thousand, & yet remembering thy mercy, diddest save the rest: have pity upon us miserable sinners, that now are visited with great ⟨image 141⟩sickness & mortality, that like as thou diddest then command thine▪ angel to cease from punishing: So it may now please the to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
O Almighty God: which in thy wrath in the time of king Da uid didst slea with the plage of pestilence thre score & ten thousand, & yet remembring thy mercy, diddest saue the rest: haue pity vppon vs miserable sinners, that now are visited with greate ⟨image 141⟩sicknes & mortalitie, that like as thou diddest then commaunde thine▪ angell to cease from punishing: So it may now please the to withdraw frō vs this plague and greuous sicknes, throughe Iesu Christ oure Lorde.
Amen.