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

Forsomuch as all thy judgements (O most good and merciful God) do shine forth with perfect equity and right up justice, we ought therefore to be exceeding glad and very joyful. For although thy faithful servants be punished for a while so long as they are in this wretched life, yet the ⟨image 151⟩time will one day come, when thou by fire and with the clear lightsome presence of thy divine Majesty shalt judge the world, rewarding every man uprightly according to his deserts. Then shall the very heavens show forth thy righteousness, and all men compelled whether they will or no, to say that thou art most just: and then also shall thy blessed Church be filled with true and perfect joy. Seeing that therefore the matter standeth thus so long as we are here strangers from thee, cause light to rise in us, and a spiritual rejoicing with exceeding pureness of heart, whereby we may sincerely and after a due manner joy in thee only, so that one of us may always put an other in remembrance not to be forgetful to publish thy unspeakable holiness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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