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

¶ A prayer out of the .Cvij. Psalm.

¶ A prayer out of the .Cvij. Psalme.

Such verily are greatly bound to thy clemency, O almighty God,¹ unto whom (so long as they sail and are miserably tossed of stormy tempests and windy waves) thou sendest thy ready help in time convenient, and that because they have faithfully called upon thee. Also thy mighty power is no less showed in giving abundance of water to dry and sandy places, and in altering and turning the barren ground to a fruitful soil. And contrariwise, mens sins are the occasion thereof, that by a wonderful exchange, thou makest pleasant and fertile places to be come barren and altogether fruitless: in fine, to the intent thou mayst be well known, thou causest mortal creatures to feel thy invincible force, by casting down exceeding mighty kings and princes, and making them to be had in contempt, and become a most shameful laughing stock, and liftest up the poor and basest in degree, unto highest kingdoms. We earnestly require thee therefore not to ⟨image 171⟩suffer us to think of those things negligently, but rather grant this thing only, that we being moved hereby may commit our selves altogether both to be preserved through thy unspeakable goodness, and also guided by thy sacred law, so that thou being our chief Captain and ruler, we may swim out of worldly surges, whose minds being hitherto utterly void of good deeds, may now bring forth most abundant fruit: and that whereas we have been pinched with an exceeding scarcity of goodness, we may (by thy only help) attain to the excellent riches of the kingdom of heaven, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SVch verily are greatly bound to thy clemencie, O almightie God,