Certain prayers and godly meditations very needful for every ChristenCerteine prayers and godly meditacyons very nedefull for euery Christen

Although through the beholding of thy mercy and compassions I may be bold to fly unto the (oh Lord) yet will I not come as the pharisee which prayed not but rather praised him self and despised his neighbour: but I come unto thee as the publican Luc. xviij. which durst not lift up his eyes unto heaven. For I also do knowledge mine iniquity / and whiles I ponder my since I dare not lift up mine eyes / but humbling my self with the publican I say: God be merciful to me a sinner. My soul wavereth between hope ⟨image 108⟩and fear / and sometime for the fear of my since (which I feel and knowledge to be in me) I am ready to despair / sometime through the hope of thy mercy / I am lifted up and comforted. Nevertheless because that thy mercy is greater then my misery I will ever Lord trust in thee and will singe out thy plenteous compassions for ever / for I know that thou desirest not the death of a sinner / but rather that he were converted and that he would knowledge his iniquity and forsake his sin / and so come to the that he may live.

Although thorow the beholdinge of thy mercye and cōpassyons I maye be bolde to flye vnto the (oh Lord) yet will I not come as the pharise which prayed not but rather praysed hym selfe and despysed his neyghboure: but I come vnto the as the publicane Luc. xviij. which durst not lyfte vppe his yies vnto heauen. For I also do knowlege myne iniquite / and whyles I pō dre my synnes I dare not lyfte vppe myne yies / but humblinge my selfe with the publicane I saye: God be mercyfull to me a synner. My soule wauereth betwene hope