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

Thy magnificence & renowned glory (O almighty god) is well & sufficiently set forth by these things which through thy excellent power & divine providence, be done both in heaven & earth, notwithstanding for the more & better stirring up of our gross and leaden harts, thy power would set out it self also in babes & young children. Even from our childhood we are miserable & wretched, not by the workmanship & creation, by the which thou hast made and formed us, but through our original and natural sin, & an infinite number of faults that we our selves have added thereto: for the which nevertheless, we humbly beseech thee, be not so displeased with us, but that (according to thy accustomed mercy) thou wilt often visit ⟨image 17⟩and look upon us, and those whom thou hast made little inferior unto Angels, make them partakers of thy own nature. Finally, seeing that thou haste in lawful wise made us Lords over all thy creatures, grant that we may use them to the praise and glory of thy name, so as thy sacred word and Gospel may be spread abroad amongst all Nations, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THy magnificence & renoumed glory (O almighty god) is well & sufficiently set forth by these things which through thy excellent power & diuine prouidence, be done both in heauē & earth, notwithstanding for the more & better stirring vp of our grosse and leaden harts, thy power would set out it selfe also in babes & yong children. Euen frō our childhood we are miserable & wretched, not by the workemanship & creation, by the which thou hast made and fourmed vs, but through our originall and naturall sinne, & an infinite number of faults that we our selues haue added thereto: for the which neuerthelesse, wee humblye beséeche thée, bée not so displeased with vs, but that (according to thy accustomed mercie) thou wilt often visite