A godly meditation composedA godlye medytacyon composed

i. Timoth. ii. Pray in every place lifting up pure hands.

i. Timoth. ii. Praye in euery place lyfting vp pure hādes.

OH mighty king, and most high almighty god, the father of our lord Jesus christ, which mercifully doest govern ⟨image 31⟩all things, which thou hast made look down upon the faithful seed of Abraham, the children of thy chosen Jacob, Thy chosen people I do mean, consecrate unto the by the anointing of thy holy spirit, And appointed to thy kingdom by the eternal purpose, free mercy, and grease, but yet as strangers wandering in this vile vale of misery, brought forth daily, by the worldly tyrants, like sheep to the slaughter. O father of all flesh who by thy divine providence changest times and seasons, and most wonderfully disposest kingdoms, thou hast destroyed Pharaoh, with all his horse, and Chariots, puffed up with pride, against thy people, leading forth safely by the hands of thy mercy, thy beloved Israel, through the high waves of the raging waters Thou ⟨image 31⟩oh god the lord of all hosts, and armis, diddest first drive away from the gates of thy people the blasphemous Sennacherib, slaying of his army, four score and five thousand by thy angel, in one night: And after by his own sons before his own Idols, diddest kill the same blasphemous Idolater, showing openly to all heathen thy provident power, towards thy despised little ones. Thou diddest trance form and change proud Nebuchadnezzar, the enemy of thy people, into A brute beast, to eat grass, and hay, to the horrible terror of all worldly tyrants, And as thou art the father of mercies and god of all consolation, so of thy wonderful mercy diddest thou preserve those thy three servants in Babylon, which with bold courage gave their bodies to the fire, because ⟨image 32⟩