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

Thou doest then most chiefly declare thy singular good will towards the Godly (O almighty God)¹ when as thou art present to help such as lamentably call upon thee in the middest of their unfortunate mishaps: and the heynouser those be whereout thou doest deliver them, so much the greater is thy notable loving kindness manifested upon them, and the minds of them all more inflamed to have access unto thee in their most hard and troublesome times. We therefore being sore cast down and overwhelmed with the most grievous burden of our heinous sins, do humbly call upon thee. And forsomuch as we know by experience that men are liars, and all hope to be of none effect which shall be reposed in things created, we heartily require thee with so much earnestness as can be devised, to forgive us whatsoever we have wickedly and lewdly committed, by taking away those punishments from thy sacred Church ⟨image 188⟩which our deadly sins have worthily deserved, that we being mightily delivered, may be exceeding joyful before thee, and both quaff the cup of thanks giving, and also cause thy singular loving kindness, towards us, to be made manifest unto all men. And like as thou hast always had not only a special regard unto the death of the blessed saints, but also unto their miserable affliction and most piteous lamentation, so (we humbly beseech thee) to take pity at this time upon the feebleness of thy sacred Church being in a manner as now destroyed & brought to utter ruin, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.