A godly meditation composedA godlye medytacyon composed

¶An other godly prayer to be said at all times.

¶An other godly prayer to be sayde at al tymes.

Honour and praise be given to the o Lord god almighty most dear father of heaven, for all thy mercies and loving kindness showed unto us, in that it hath pleased thy gracious goodness freely and of thine own accord to elect and chose us to salvation before the beginning of the world, and even like continual thanks be given to thee for creating of us after thine own image, for redeeming, us with the precious blood of thy dear Son when we ware utterly lost, for sanctifying us with thy holy spirit in the revelation and knowledge of thy holy word, for helping and Suckering us in all our needs and necessities, for saving us from all dangers ⟨image 37⟩of body and soul, for comforting us so fatherly in all our tribulation and persecutions, for sparing us so long and giving us so large a time of repentance, thes benefits O most merciful father, like as we knowledge to have received them of thy only goodness, even so we beseech the that for thy dear Son Jesus Christs sake to grant us always thy holy spirit, whereby we may continually grow in thankfulness towards thee, to be led into all truth, and comforted in all our adversities, O lord strengthen our faith, kindle it more in faruentnes and love towards the & our neighbours for thy sake. Suffer us not dearest father to receive thy word any more in vain, but grant us always the assistance of thy grace and holy spirit, that in hart word ⟨image 37⟩and deed, we may sanctify and do worship to thy holy name. Help to amplify & increase thy kingdom, and what soever thou sendest we may be heartily well content with thy good pleasure and will, let us not lack the thing (Oh father) with out the which we cannot serve thee, but bless thou so all the works of our hands that we may have sufficient and not to be chargeable but rather helpful unto others, be merciful (O Lord) to our offences, and seeing our debt that great which thou haste forgiven us in Jesus christ, make us to love thee and our neighbours so much the more. Be thou our father our captain and defender in all temptations hold thou us by thy merciful hand, that we may be delivered from all inconveniences,