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

We lamentably with hearty prayer call upon thy loving mercy (O most good and gracious God) that we may be cleansed,¹ washed, and purged from our heinous iniquities, and exceeding detestable and mischievous deeds: who do acknowledge and confess how lewdly we have hitherto behaved our selves, but our grievous sins shall never be of such force, as to make thee unjust, or false of thy excellent promise: ⟨image 80⟩we truly do right well understand that our deserts are not such, as thou shouldest vouchsafe to make most large and notable promises unto us, but stand now in great need of thy unspeakable faithfulness and constancy to help us. Thou seest that we were brought forth into this world corrupted and defiled even from our mothers womb, and were before conceived in the same iniquities also: purify therefore our minds, and garnish them with such a passing whiteness as seemeth acceptable unto thee. Create in us a pure heart, a right, holy, and serviceable spirit, that we be not cast of from thee as most wicked persons, but may recover the true joys and perfect consolation. If thou wilt deliver us from those deadly sins which accuse us as guilty of eternal death, our lips shall merrily and with right great joy show forth thy worthy praise. Grant (we heartily beseech thee) that we may approach unto thy divine Majesty with a troubled spirit, and an humble and contrite heart, as an offering wherein thou chiefly delightest: then shall our present calamities be mollified, and then also shall we not celebrate thy