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Most godly prayers compiled out of Davids PsalmsMost godly prayers compiled out of Dauids Psalmes
Most godly prayers compiled out of Davids Psalms by D. Peter Martyr. Translated out of Latin into English by Charles Glemhan. G. Seen and allowed according to the order appointedMost godly prayers compiled out of Dauids Psalmes by D. Peter Martyr. Translated out of Latine into English by Charles Glemhan. G. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed
London: printed by William Seres, 1569
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
WE have both our health and also all other commodities of this life at thy merciful hands (O most good and mighty God) being the fountain and original of all good things, who doest both adorn and continually bestow so great benefits upon thy faithful servants, that impossible it is to compt the number of them. But this chiefly ought not to be passed over with silence, that thou thy self hast so happily & with so good success fought our battles against sin, death, the devil, and all evils, insomuch as the deadly enemies of our salvation felt thee to be our present help, when as thou diddest puissantly overcome, mightily subdue, and grievously punish them. Wherefore it is our right bounden duty to render perpetual thanks with Psalms, loving praises, godly songs, and all kind of ditties ⟨image 103⟩and Music, which thing that it may not be done maliciously, and grudgingly, but with a mind void and free from fleshly cares and carnal desires, we humbly beseech thee to pardon whatsoever we have transgressed, either through the darkness of ignorance or weakness of mind, and proceed also ever hereafter to defend us from the crafty snares and subtle layings await of the force of our enemies (as thou hast heretofore steadfastly from time to time assisted such as trust in thee) whereby all men shall assuredly perceive that thou so favourest the faithful believers, as thou givest unto them abundance of strength and power invincible, through Jesus christ our Lord. Amen.