Thou deservest very great commendation for a number of excellent causes (O almighty God) and divers ways to be extolled with most noble praises: first and foremost thou art good, & thy name is marvellous pleasant and wonderful amiable. Moreover thou hast chosen us to be thy peculiar people, that is, & true Israel, who art of such an invincible force, as there is only not any creature, but also none other God at all that may be compared to thee in power. For thou only doest wondrous things in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in ⟨image 235⟩the deeps and bottomless pit: thou also stirrest up and bridlest at thy will and pleasure, the flaming lightnings, boisterous winds, rainy showers, raging waters, and stormy tempests. Whose mighty puissance, the Egyptians, Amorites, and Canaanites have felt, when thou didst defend the children of Israel with thy accustomable clemency, and governedst them through an unspeakable loving kindness and wonderful mercy that thou didst extend towards them. Judge thou therefore thy faithful people, who hast been accustomed to rule the course of nature by such a wonderful means, and finally comfort thy beloved servants, have an especial regard, behold, and see (we humbly pray thee) the grievous calamities of thy sacred Church, neither deal with us according to our wicked & lewd deserts. We acknowledge verily (even from the heart) that we have led a life to much unbeseeming thy glorious name and our vocation, who do not now return unto dumb Idols (when we are thus grievously afflicted) being the works of mens hands, having as it were a mouth, eyes, and ears, and yet do they not speak, ⟨image 235⟩neither see, nor understand: but have recourse unto thee, our true and only God, that like as thou lovest the sacred Church and wouldst be highly praised therein, so vouchsafe to deliver the same from imminent perils, through Jesus Christ our lord. Amen.
THou deseruest verye great commendation for a number of excellent causes (O almightie God) and diuers wayes to be extolled with moste noble prayses: first and formost thou art good, & thy name is marueylous pleasant and wonderfull amiable. Moreouer thou hast chosen vs to be thy peculiar people, that is, & true Israell, who art of such an inuincible force, as there is onely not any creature, but also none other God at all that may be compared to thée in power. For thou onelye doest wonderous things in heauen, in earth, in the sea, and in ⟨image 235⟩the déepes and bottomlesse pit: thou also stirrest vp and bridlest at thy will and pleasure, the flaming lightninges, boysterous windes, raynie showers, raging waters, and stormie tempestes. Whose mightie puyssaunce, the Egyptians, Amorreites, and Chenaneits haue felt, when thou didst defend the children of Israell with thy accustomable clemency, and gouernedst them through an vnspeakable louing kindnesse and wonderfull mercie that thou didst extend towards them. Iudge thou therefore thy faythful people, who hast béene accustomed to rule the course of nature by suche a wonderful meanes, and finally comfort thy beloued seruants, haue an especiall regard, behold, and sée (we humbly pray thée) the gréeuous calamities of thy sacred Church, neither deale with vs according to our wicked & lewde deserts. We acknowledge verily (euen from the heart) that we haue led a lyfe to muche vnbeséeming thy glorious name and our vocation, who doe not nowe returne vnto dumb Idolles (when we are thus gréeuously afflicted) being the workes of mens hands, hauing as it were a mouth, eyes, and eares, and yet do they not speake, ⟨image 235⟩neyther sée, nor vnderstande: but haue recourse vnto thée, our true and onely God, that like as thou louest the sacred Church and wouldst be highly praysed therein, so vouchsafe to deliuer the same from imminent perils, through Iesus Christ our lord. Amen.
