A68446:13
An humble supplication unto God for the restoring of his holy word, unto the…An humble supplicacion vnto God for the restoring of hys holye woorde, vnto the…
An humble supplication unto God for the restoring of his holy word, unto the church of England, most mete to be said in these our days, even with tears of every true [and] faithful English heart.An humble supplicacion vnto God for the restoring of hys holye woorde, vnto the churche of Englande, mooste mete to be sayde in these oure dayes, euen with teares of euery true [and] faythfull English harte.
printed by J. Lambrecht?, 1554
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thou promisest / that so many as hate1 Sion / that is to say / thy faithful congregation / shall be confounded and brought to nought / how cometh it than to pass / that the wicked now flourish like the green olive tree / living in all wealth / pomp and pleasure / and thy people / whom thou hast sealed with thy holy spirit unto everlasting life / are most miserably entreated / some banished / some in prison / some cruelly murdered / but all in most sorrowful miseries / and miserable sorrows?
Thou promiseste / that so many as hate1 Syo• / that is to saye / thy faithfull congregacion / shalbe confounded and broughte to noughte / howe cometh it thā to passe / that the wicked now florish like the grene olyue tree / liuing in all wealth / pompe and pleasure / and thy people / whome thou hast sealed with thy holy spirite vnto euerlasting lyfe / are moste miserablye entreated / some bannis••ed / some in pryson / some cruellye murthered / but all in moste sorowfull miseries / and miserable sorowes?
Thou promisest / that thou wilt deliver1 thy flock from the hand of the wicked shepherds / and that thou thy self wilt feed them in most pleasant and sweet / pastures: ah good God / how cometh it than to pass / that where as before thy sheep were f•dde with the comfortable meat of thy glorious gospel / by the ministry of the godly learned preachers / the faithful shepherds are driven away / and a rabble of ravening2