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

¹Seeing that we are persuaded (O most good and merciful God) that thou art our strong defence, invincible tower, sure aid, & mighty safeguard, we keep a quiet and very peaceable mind even in the middest of our extreme miseries and grievous calamities. For we doubt not but that the devil and his wicked members shall have no success at all in those things they enterprise to do against our welfare: and whosoever they be which thrust forward themselves contrary to thy blessed will, are in no wise able to stand and abide, but are at the end disappointed of that they look for. Wherefore we humbly require thee, that our offences ⟨image 98⟩being done away, which (by reason of our infirmity) we deny not, but are an infinite number, thou wouldest still persevere to be our Buckler and sure defence as thou hast hitherto been accustomed. Forsomuch as through thy especial help, we shake of all worldly mens fear, as whom we know to be altogether vain, yea and so foolish, that if they were weighed in a balance, they should be found altogether lighter then vanity it self. And as we dread them nothing at all, so likewise our earnest request is, that we may have no affiance in evil gotten goods and flourishing riches, but always well and diligently to set before our eyes, that thou art just, merciful, & of a wonderful invincible power, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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