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O Lord GOD our heavenly Father, we thy poor and wretched creatures, give thee most humble and hearty thanks for our quiet and safe sleep, and for raising us up from the same. We beseech thee for Jesus Christs sake, to prosper us this day in our labour and travel, that it may be to the discharging of our duty in our vocations, principally to thy glory, next to the profit of this Church and common-weal, and last of all to the benefit and content of our masters, Grant dear father, that we may cheerfully and conscionably do our business and labours, not as men pleasers, but as serving thee our God, knowing thee to be the chief master of us, and that thou seest and beholdest us with thy fatherly eyes, who hast promised reward to them that faithfully and truly walk in their vocation, and threatened everlasting death and damnation to them that deceitfully and wickedly do their works and labours. We beseech thee O heavenly father, to give us the strength of thy spirit, that godly and gladly we may overcome our labours, and that the tediousness of their irksome labour which thou for our sins hast poured upon all mankind, may seem to us more delectable and sweet. Fulfil now O Lord these our requests, for thy son our Saviours sake, in whose name we pray as he himself hath taught us. Our father, &c.

O Lord GOD our heauenly Father, wee thy poore and wretched creatures, giue thee most humble and heartie thankes for our quiet and safe sleepe, and for raising vs vp from the same. Wee beseech thee for Iesus Christs sake, to prosper vs this day in our labour and trauell, that it may bee to the discharging of our duety in our vocations, principally to thy glory, nexte to the profit of this Church and common-weale, and last of all to the benefite and content of our masters, Grant deare father, that we may cheerfully and conscionably do our businesse and labours, not as menpleasers, but as seruing thee our God, knowing thee to bee the chiefe master of vs, and that thou seest and beholdest vs with thy fatherly eies, who hast promised rewarde to them that faithfullie and truly walke in their vocation, and threatned euerlasting death and damnation to them that deceitfully and wickedly do their works and labours. We beseech thee O heauenly father, to giue vs the strength of thy spirit, that godlie and gladlie we may ouercome our labours, and that the tediousnesse of their irksome labour which thou for our sinnes hast powred vpon all mankind, may seeme to vs more delectable and sweet. Fulfill nowe O Lord these our requests, for thy sonne our Sauiours sake, in whose name we pray as hee himselfe hath taught vs. Our father, &c.