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

Because it is written Psalm .xviij. unto the holy man thou shalt be holy / & with the innocent shalt thou deal innocently with the pure and chosen shalt thou do purely / and with the wicked shalt thou play overth wart: I am very desirous that all men were saved and that they should com• unto the knowledge of the truth: which thin ge were very necessary for them and also for my profit / for by their prayers exhortations / and examples I might rise from this filthy sin / and be provoked daily to proceed unto better. I beseech the therefore oh Lord although I be a sinner / that thou of thy favourable benevolence wouldest deal gently with zion: that the walls of Jerusalem might be built again / zion is thy church / for zion by interpretation signifieth a foothill or a place where a man may see far about him:

Because it is wryten Psalme .xviij. vnto the holye man thou shalt be holye / & wyth the innocent shalt thou deale innocentlye with the pure and chosen shalt thou do purelye / and with the wyked shalt thou playe ouerth warte: I am verye desyrous that al men were saued and that they shuld com• vnto the knowlege of the truth: whych thī ge were verye necessarye for them and also for my profyte / for by theyr prayers exhortacyons / and examples I myght ryse from this filthye synne / and be prouoked daylye to procede vnto better. I besech the therfore oh Lord although I be a synner / that thou of thy fauourable beneuolence woldest deale gentlye wyth zion: that the walles of Hierusalem myght be bylt agayne / zion is thy church / for zyon by interpretacion signifieth a footehill or a place where a man maye se farre aboute hym: