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

Thou mightest be thought (O most merciful father) to have withdrawn thy self marvellous far off from thy servants, in this most troublesome time of affliction, insomuch as with closed up eyes thou forgettest to look and behold what the wicked Antichrists (with an extreme pride and set obstinacy) attempt and enterprise against thy faithful people, because the things they devise have so good and lucky success: whereby it cometh to pass that they stick not to blaspheme thee, yea, and be persuaded that there is no ⟨image 20⟩God, & because thou seemest to have withdrawn all kind of punishment from them, their opinion and belief is, that they shall never fall, and assure themselves that their estate will be always prosperous, whereby they have no measure in perjuries, deceits, injuries, and dishonesty, they kill thy faithful servants, both openly and privily, they do assail, vex, and oppress thy blessed Church, thinking (O good god) that thou regardest not the same, nor hast any care at all thereof. But although we have now well deserved that thou shouldst turn away thy eyes from our calamities, and to consider nothing at all our troubles, in that we have grievously sinned, and been marvellous ungrateful for thy notable benefits (abusing our vocation, Gospel, and Sacraments, and despising the liberty offered unto us) to serve thee according to the express rule of thy sacred word: yet we acknowledge and confess our selves to have committed all these things against thee, and other innumerable detestable facts, whereof we do now earnestly crave pardon, and most humbly beseech thee at length to arise, and (with thy mighty