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• Lord God our heavenly father, we thy poor & wretched creatures, give thee most humble & hearty thanks for our quiet and safe sleep, and for raising us up from the same. We beseech thee for Jesus Christ his sake, to prosper us this day in our labour and travel, that principally it may be to thy glory, next to the profit of our Master and the Common-weal, and last of all to the discharging of our duty in this our vocation. Grant dear father, that we may cheerfully and conscionably do our business and labours, not as men-pleasers; but as serving thee our God, knowing thee to be the chief Master of us and our Masters, & that thou seeing and beholding us with thy fatherly eyes, promising reward to them that faithfully and truly walk in their vocation, and threatening everlasting death and damnation to them that deceitfully and wickedly do their works and labours. We beseech thee ô heavenly father, to give us the strength of thy spirit, that godly and gladly we may overcome our labours, and that the tediousness of this irksome labour which thou for ⟨image 92⟩our sins hast poured upon all mankind, may seem to us delectable and sweet. Grant ô dear Father, that we may cheerfully walk in our vocation, and faithfully serve thee in this our service, and gladly and joyfully go forth in our labours. Fulfil now ô Lord these our requests, for thy son our Saviours sake, in whose name we pray as he him self hath taught us. Our Father &c.

• Lord God our heauenly father, we thy poore & wretched creatures, giue thee most humble & heartie thanks for our quiet and safe sleepe, and for raising vs vp from the same. We beseech thee for Iesus Christ his sake, to prosper vs this day in our labor and trauel, that principally it may be to thy glorie, next to the profit of our Maister and the Common-weale, and last of all to the discharging of our dutie in this our vocation. Grant deare father, that we may cheerfully and conscionably do our businesse and labours, not as men-pleasers; but as seruing thee our God, knowing thee to be the chiefe Maister of vs and our Maisters, & that thou seeing and beholding vs with thy fatherly eyes, promising reward to them that faithfully and truly walke in their vocation, and threatening euerlasting death and damnatiō to them that deceiptfully and wickedly do their works and labours. We besech thee ô heauenly father, to giue vs the strength of thy spirit, that godly and gladly we may ouercome our labours, and that the tediousnesse of this irksome labour which thou for