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

¹WE cry unto thee in heart & voice (O most mighty God) with such an assured confidence, that seeing thou be our puissant God, we are heard of thee in thieves our sorrowful tribulations, who (through our earnest repentance and hearty invocation of thy blessed name) make diligent search for thee, ⟨image 116⟩whilst we are on every side oppressed with much anguish and sore afflictions, neither is there any other firm & substantial consolation remaining unto us. For so long as our mind is grievously troubled, and hart exceedingly disquieted, what other thing remaineth, but that we (being moved with extreme heaviness and doleful sorrow) do make our moan and heavy complaint unto thee. Above all other things our heinous sins do sting us, whereby we both right well know that thou art offended, and also feel by experience a troublesome and wounded conscience in our selves. Wherefore our minds are miserably afflicted, and being overwhelmed with fear and sorrow, all our strength doth utterly fade away. Our eyes attend diligently upon thee, whose mind and heart being broken and cast down, we lamentably require thy favourable mercy. Ah God most deer father, shall our manifold sins be the cause why thou wilt always hide thy self from us? Wilt thou cease to show thy self both merciful and gentle unto us? For thou truly art of nature patient and long suffering: wherefore let us not be destitute ⟨image 117⟩