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

We do in this wretched life (O most good and mighty God) with great fervency, sigh, desire,¹ and earnestly thirst for thee only, when as all things are become troublesome, horrible, and cruel unto us. We are ⟨image 99⟩greatly desirous clearly to behold thy singular virtue & excellent honour, for nothing can happen more blessed, nothing more joyful, & nothing more pleasant to mortal creatures, then the perfect knowledge thereof. We may through thy ready help (O heavenly father) exalt thy glorious name continually, when as we render due thanks for the excellent benefits thou hast bestowed upon us, always requiring of thee in our earnest petitions and most ardent prayers, those things which may be both to thy glory and our own salvation. These verily are the mere delights of the godly, there is the mind fed with perfect and true gladness, when as even at midnight in the bed it is not forgetful of thy goodness and clemency. But our heinous offences are a very great hinderance to this singular benefit, whereinto both our infirmity and ignorance driveth us, which, we humbly beseech thee (for thy infinite mercies sake) to wipe away: be our ready helper as thou hast begun, hide us under thy favourable wings, and cause our minds to be linked always unto thee. But as for such as resist thy glory obstinately and with ⟨image 99⟩stubbornness, let them run headlong into the deep gulf of perdition, and make us evermore rejoice and be glad in thy comfort and consolation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.