Most godly prayers compiled out of Davids PsalmsMost godly prayers compiled out of Dauids Psalmes

¹Thou hast of thy singular goodness (O most mighty God) chosen thee a Church out of many nations, planted with thy puissant hand, and not by mans force, which being (through thy singular favour and blessed spirit) cleansed and purged from her heinous sins, hath hitherto escaped the mischievous assaults of the cruel devil, through thy mighty aid and strong defence: thou hast always preserved it from her outrageous adversaries, and put them to utter shame & endless rebuke which bore deadly hate thereto. We ought therefore to have rejoiced in the alone, and highly to extol thy blessed name only: but alas for sorrow, we have been most ungrateful ⟨image 67⟩for all these excellent benefits, in flesh and mans power hath been our only affiance, for we (through our most wicked life and ungodly behaviour) have brought thy blessed doctrine which we profess, to great infamy and reproach. Thou therefore doest cast us down presently, and heapest shame upon us: we are now in a manner become a pray unto Antichrist, and a mocking stock unto our neighbours. Thy sacred Gospel (O good God) is at this present a bye word unto the Infidels, a scorn unto the people, and a Mayegame unto every rascal: we acknowledge that all these things have happened unto us by reason of our mischievous sins, and that right worthily. But (O excellent Father) reconcile us again unto thee (according to thy merciful goodness) and vouchsafe to pardon whatsoever we have very lewdly and foolishly committed against thy divine Majesty, and grant also that we be not any thing at all forgetful of thee, neither be found false hearted, or unfaithful in thy holy covenant. Let not our mind at any time start and shrink aside from thy blessed footsteps, although we should be