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

¹Thou couldest endure and suffer that our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son (O most mighty God) should so be tormented on the cross for the sins of men, that he did appear to be utterly forsaken of thee and left void of all help. Thou which wert wont to aid and succour thy Saints at what time they called upon thee, seemedst to contemn our Saviours prayers, as though he had been a worm and no man, the very abject of all mankind, and the outcast of the people: and at length sufferedst him to die a very shameful death by the hands of the furious raging Jews, who came and fell upon him as they had been mad dogs, fierce bulls, and roaring Lions. Whom notwithstanding thou diddest raise afterward from death in such glorious wise, that for the same cause his faithful members do always laud and celebrate thy excellent name: therefore we heartily pray and humbly beseech thee (for that thy most abundant mercy wherewith thou wert ⟨image 34⟩moved in such wise to permit so many evils to happen unto thy only beloved son for our sakes) not to suffer the cause of thy most afflicted Church to come into ruin and decay. We acknowledge our sins to be passing horrible, for the which not only a temporal, but also an immortal death is due: yet look thou not upon us (O mighty God) in respect of that we are our selves, but because we be members of thy deer and only begotten son, effectually preserving and mightily defending our cause in the Gospel, being also thy case, and which the adversaries of the gospel judge that thou hast left destitute and utterly forsaken, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.