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

An other prayer out of the same psalm.

An other prayer out of the same psalme.

The behaviours of the wicked (O most mighty God) are so corrupt and naughty, that very little wholesomeness or none at all can seem to be in their decrees: they practise deceits, they offer wrong, and now from their childhood have both fallen from thee, & also live in subjection to their own cankered maliciousness: in fierceness, in hardness of heart, in furious mood, in outrage of mind & in unbridled cruelty, they may be likened unto stinging Serpents, roaring Lyons, & such kind of ravenous beasts: therefore (we earnestly require thee) not to suffer us for to fall as our heinous sins have justly deserved, into such an extreme madness, that (forsaking thee who art the Well & Fountain of all good things) we may put our trust & confidence in them, neither permitting us to follow their lewd decrees & fond fantasies, which were so perilous a thing as the other. Cause us (we humbly require thee) to dissent wholly from them, & in the mean time let their power in doing any hurt be utterly abated, so that ⟨image 93⟩as men altogether unarmed, although their desire to do mischief be not assuaged, yet both ability and knowledge to fulfil their wicked desire and extreme eagerness be quite taken from them. Confound thou in the turning of a hand their lewd devices, & cause the Congregation of the faithful greatly to triumph, when as they may right well perceive that thou both renderest the fruit of righteousness to the righteous, and also takest punishment of the ungodly, according to their wretched and lewd deserts, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THe behauiours of the wicked (O most mighty God) are so corrupt and naughtie, that verye little wholsomnesse or none at all can seeme to be in their decrées: they practise deceyts, they offer wrong, and now from their childhood haue both fallen from thée, & also liue in subiection to their owne cākred maliciousnes: in fiercenes, in hardnesse of heart, in furious moode, in outrage of minde & in vnbrideled crueltie, they may be likned vnto stinging Serpents, roring Lyons, & such kinde of rauenous beastes: therefore (we earnestly require thée) not to suffer vs for to fall as our heynous sinnes haue iustly deserued, into such an extréeme madnesse, that (forsaking thee who art the Well & Fountaine of all good things) we may put our trust & cōfidence in them, neither permitting vs to followe their lewde decrées & fond fantasies, which were so perillous a thing as the other. Cause vs (we humbly require thée) to dissent wholy from them, & in the meane time let their power in doing any hurt be vtterly abated, so that