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

AL thy works, O most mighty god,¹ are very great & wonderful, which (if we did devoutly and with much fervency search out) we should find nothing in them that should not greatly satisfy our desires. But (alas for sorrow) seeing that we are so much burdened with a corrupt life and an innumerable multitude of sins, we are not able purely and with singleness of heart, to behold the magnificence and uprightness that thou usest in thy marvellous works. Yet notwithstanding by calling to remembrance the unspeakable benefits which thou hast bestowed upon us and our fathers, we can not but say that thou art loving and merciful unto us. Abolish not thou therefore (who never hast forsaken thy faithful servants, by nourishing and giving them ⟨image 180⟩the promised heritage of the Gentiles) the holy covenant which thou madest with them, neither be forgetful of us, for thy infinite mercies sake, but show forth thy self an earnest lover of judgement and verity, by manifesting the equity, justice, and uprightness of thy blessed will. The cause why our fierce enemies do so assail us, is not unbeknown to thee, but thou understandest right well the cruel malice and mischievous hatred they have borne to sincere godliness, true religion, and pure invocation of thy blessed name: who can not abide that the Gospel should flourish in our Churches, for which cause they are so earnestly bent to swallow us up. Send thou therefore redemption unto thy faithful people: and let the blessed covenant which thou haste made with thy sacred Church, be inviolable and everlasting, in respect whereof (we humbly beseech thee) mightily to deliver us, so that all men may right well perceive thy infinite goodness, and greatly fear and stand much in awe of thy divine Majesty: but cause us always to celebrate thy most worthy praises, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.