Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms, Prayers based on Psalms · Psalm 110 – Psalm 116
¶ A prayer out of the .Cx. Pſalme.
… prayer for …e benefite our re…mption …rchaſed … Chriſt.SEing that thou (O moſt mightie God) haſt vouchſafed thy dearely beloued Sonne our Lord and ſauiour Ieſus Chriſt to ſitte at thy right hand, hauing a full, perfect, and ſouereigne power, inſomuch as he doth rule and gouerne all things, neyther ſhall there be any of his aduerſaries remayning, but may at length be caſt vnderunder him as his footſtoole: ponder diligently we humbly beſech thée, after what ſort the vngodly and moſt outragious Antichriſtiās aduaunce themſelues in theſe dayes, who dare openly ſay of him: we will not hauehave this man raigne ouer vsus, neyther can they be any thing ſatiſfied by ſhewing forth this their outragious anger after a moſte ſpitefull maner, both againſt thy bleſſed ſpirite, and alſo vponupon vsus thy choſen people: wherefore ſende out from heauen (O mightie GOD) thy puiſſaunt Scepter and rod of thy great furie vponupon them, ſo that thy déere ſonne may (by the holy ghoſt and ſacred Goſpell) be of ſouereigne aucthoritie, euen in the middeſt of his deadly enimies. Graūt alſo his faithfull people to be of ſuch a willing and readie minde, as they (being a very great number) maye aſſemble and méete togither for the defence of his glorious kingdome, not onelyonly with their moſt feruent prayers, but alſo by all yt meanes they can poſſible imagine and deuiſe. We truely are (by reaſon of our heynous ſinnes) vnworthie of ſo great and vnſpeakable a benefit, who hauehave hitherto ledde our life nothing faythfully. HaueHave no regarde to vsus at all (O heauenly father) but vntounto thy ſolemne othe and promiſe, wherewith thou haſt ordeyned thy déere ſonne to be both a noble Prince, and alſo a louing prieſt in the true Church for the preſeruation therof. Vouchſafe therfore in theſe our dayes, that the kings, rulers, & mightie powers of this wretched worlde, (who hauehave ſo layde their heddes togither agaynſt him) maye bee vtterlye conſumed with the furie of thy heauie diſpleaſure, and do due execution vppon theſe blaſphemous and moſt diſhoneſt aduerſaries, ſo as this ſacred Dominion and Empire of the glorious Goſpell may be greatly inlarged thorowout the vniuerſall world, and that Ieſus Chriſt thy déere ſonne which ſéemeth to be in a maner altogither oppreſt in vsus, may be right well knowen to lift vp his heade moſt renowmedly, and after an excellent maner, for whoſe ſake we heartily require all theſe things, which liueth and reigneth with thee euermore worlde without ende. Amen.
An other prayer out of the ſame pſalme.
FOrſomuch as it is thy gracious wil and pleaſure (O moſte good and mercifull God) that our ſauiour Ieſus Chriſt thy deere ſonne ſhould ſhewe forth his notable power ouer all creatures, and ſet in ſuche wiſe on thy right hande, as at length the force of all his outragious enimies may bée like a footeſtoole caſt vnderunder him: our earneſt requeſt is that he would nowe ſet out and publiſhe his mightie power in this great needfull time of the Church. Let him rayſe vntounto himſelfe willing and forward labourers for ſuch a noble, excellent, and moſte commodious a worke, who being inflamed with the zeale of his honor and dignitie, may eſtabliſhe the truth of his doctrine, amend mens maners, and ſet vp integritie of life amongſt thy faythfull people. For, ſéeing we heartily acknowledge and humbly confeſſe that we hauehave both defiled and polluted our ſelues by diuers innumerable and moſte gréeuous crimes, we earneſtly beſéech thée to abſolue vsus of them, through the expiation of Chriſt our mediatour and high prieſt, which thing vnleſſe he doth it, who is ordeyned a prieſt for vsus after the order of Melchiſedech, wee can none other wayes obteyne the ſame. Forſomuch therefore as our heynous ſinnes are blotted out and wiped away by him, turne thy heauie diſpleaſure from vsus, and poure it out agaynſt the ſtubburne and rebellious enimies of al godlineſſe. GiueGive ſentence in ſuch wiſe vponupon the wicked people, that at what time thy ſtreight iuſtice ſhall bée ſéene, knowne, and manifeſtly perceyued, al men in generall may lift thée vp with perpetual prayſes, according to thy worthie deſertes, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
An other prayer out of the ſame Pſalme.
WE know (O almightie God) that the deſolution of the world is not ſo long deferred, and that our Lorde Ieſus Chriſt thy moſt dearely beloued ſonne being conueyed out of our ſight, ſitteth on thy right hand in glorie, for any other cauſe, but that all the enimies of the Goſpell ſhould in the meane while fall downe flat vnderunder his féet, and that his doctrine (which by the impulſion of the holy Ghoſt is ſpred abroad from Mount Sion thorowout the whole world) ſhoulde both be publiſhed farre and néere, and alſo bring forth fruit in ſuch wiſe, that thou mayeſt hauehave whole nations true worſhippers of thée, not now conſtrayned and brought thereto by compulſion, but of a willing heart, and ſuch as will thinke it a goodly matter to ſpende not onelyonly all their goodes, but euen their life alſo for the defence of thy ſacred truth. Seing that thou (O excellent father) haſt promiſed with an aſſured othe to performe theſe thinges in very deede, we do chalenge thée at this time vponupon thy faythfulneſſe to accompliſh them with ſo muche ſpéede as poſſible may bée: pronounce ſentence (I heartily pray thée) with thy ſacred Church, which the prince of darkeneſſe hath of ſuch long time and ſo ſharpely aſſayled. Teare in péeces the deuils curſed engines, & mad outrage wherewith the infernall powers kéepeth hir beſieged, ſo that one time or other Chriſt may put vp his bright hed amongſt vsus, who lyueth and reigneth with thée in the vnity of the holye Ghoſt euermore worlde without ende. Amen.
¶ A prayer out of the .Cxj. Pſalme.
AL thy works, O moſt mightie god,A praier th… Gods wonderful wor… may be mad… manifeſt. are very great & wonderfull, which (if we did deuoutly and with much feruencie ſearch out) we ſhould find nothing in them that ſhoulde not greatly ſatiſfie our deſires. But (alas for ſorrowe) ſéeing that we are ſo much burthened with a corrupt life and an innumerable multitude of ſinnes, we are not able purely and with ſingleneſſe of heart, to beholde the magnificence and vprightneſſe that thou vſeſt in thy marueylous workes. Yet notwithſtanding by calling to remembraunce the vnſpeakable benefites which thou haſt beſtowed vponupon vsus and our fathers, we can not but ſay that thou art louing and mercifull vntounto vsus. Aboliſhe not thou therefore (who neuer haſt forſaken thy faythfull ſeruauntes, by nouriſhing and giuing them the promiſed heritage of the Gentiles) the holye couenaunt which thou madeſt wyth them, neyther be forgetfull of vsus, for thy infinite mercies ſake, but ſhewe forth thy ſelfe an earneſt louer of iudgement and veritie, by manifeſting the equitie, iuſtice, and vprightneſſe of thy bleſſed will. The cauſe why our fierce enimies doe ſo aſſaile vsus, is not vnbeknowen to thée, but thou vnderſtandeſt right well the cruell malice and miſchieuous hatred they hauehave borne to ſincere godlineſſe, true religion, and pure inuocation of thy bleſſed name: who can not abide that the Goſpell ſhould flouriſhe in our Churches, for which cauſe they are ſo earneſtly bent to ſwallow vsus vp. Sende thou therefore redemption vntounto thy faythfull people: and let the bleſſed couenaunt which thou haſte made wyth thy ſacred Church, be inuiolable and euerlaſting, in reſpect whereof (we humbly beſéech thée) mightily to deliuer vsus, ſo that all men may right well perceyue thy infinite goodneſſe, and greatly feare and ſtand much in awe of thy diuine Maieſtie: but cauſe vsus alwayes to celebrate thy moſt worthie prayſes, thorow Ieſus Chriſt our Lorde. Amen.
An other prayer out of the ſame Pſalme.
IF we did diligently pervſe and ſeeke out the thinges which thou (O almightie God) haſt created, we ſhould euen with all our heart be inforced to acknowledge the equity and vprightneſſe of them: forſomuch as we ſee nothing amongeſt all thy creatures but is wonderfull notable, and moſt excellent. Moreouer the famous tokens of thy ineſtimable goodneſſe which thou doeſt for men, are of euerlaſting memoriall, and ought at no time to be forgottē. Thy faithfull ſeruaunts hauehave hitherto neuer lacked or béene deſtitute of thy readie helpe, who haſt very carefully thought alwayes of the couenāt thou madeſt with them. For thou giueſt vsus abundauntly all maner of things which are for the health of the bodie, thou adorneſt them with an excéeding great heritage, & doeſt furniſhe them with doctrine & moſt wholeſome precepts: adding moreouer herevnto the wonderfull promiſes annixed to a marueylous ſtedfaſt veritie, and finally haſt béene accuſtomed to deliuer thē from ſorowfull bondage and greeuous oppreſſion. We that beleue aſſuredly theſe things, do nowe with much humilitie, preſent our ſelues before thy gracious preſence, requiring thée to remit the moſt gréeuous ſinnes wherewith we hauehave offended thee, and to deliuer vsus from imminent perils, ſo that we (being voyd of fearefulneſſe and frée from wicked perſons) ſhall by that meanes hauehave the feare of thée (which is the beginning of wiſdome) and the true vnderſtanding of thy bleſſed law, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lorde. Amen.
An other prayer out of the ſame pſalme.
WE ought to poure out (both openly and in priuate places) no fained praiſes before thée (O moſte good and mercifull God) but ſuch as procéede from the bottom of the heart: for thy notable factes whereby thou haſt linked vsus vntounto thée, are ſo to bée marueyled at of all men, as the Godly doe not ſearch thoſe out but for a ſinguler delight they take in them. Neyther doubt we but that thou wilt yet doe ſuch thinges for our preſeruation, as ſhall be worthie to be regeſtred in perpetuall memorie: for wée are nothing miſtruſtfull that thou canſt be at any time forgetfull of thy holy couenant which thou haſt vouchedſafe more then once to enter into with thy faythfull ſeruaunts. We right well perceyue, and the Scripture doth eueryevery where put vsus in remembraunce, how thou haſt alwayes ſtood moſt conſtantly to thy bleſſed couenaunts. For thou haſt not onelyonly brought our Fathers out of Egipt, but of thy wōderful clemencie feddeſt them in ye deſert, who didſt (according to thy faythfull promiſe) place thoſe thy people in ye land of Canaan: our earneſt requeſt and humble deſire is therefore, O excellent father, that thou wouldſt extend thy merciemercy & truth no leſſe towards vsus. For performaunce whereof ſende out thy moſt puyſſant force of thy bleſſed word, whereby the true honouring of thy holye name in thy ſacred Church may be ſet frée from errors and darkneſſe, ſo that we may at length luckily attaine to the true worſhipping of thée, which is the originall and piller of all wiſdome, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
¶ A prayer out of the .Cxij. Pſalme.
A praier that …he godly …aye be …leſſed.FOrſomuch as we hauehave not yéelded ſuch honor vntounto thée (O moſt excellent father) as was our right bounden dutie, neyther hauehave bene obedient to thy bleſſed commaundementes as we ought, therefore are theſe troubleſome and difficult tymes nowe come vponupon vsus. For thoſe which duely obey, faythfully louelove, and truely worſhip thée according to thy preſcript word, do not wallow in darkneſſe, but are ſtrengthned in righteouſnes, and order all their doyngs with an vpright iudgement. Let thy vnſpeakable mercye therefore, O moſt mighty God, amend that in vsus which hath (through our lewde default) béene greatly appared. Firſt vouchſafe to giuegive thy benigne conſent vntounto this, that we ſwarue hereafter nothing at all from the perfect waye which thou haſt ſet forth vntounto vsus: then, ſo ſtrengthen oure mindes and heartes, that we be not more affrayed of imminent miſchiefe then néede is, but vnderſhore thou the weakeneſſe of our féeble minde, and graunt that we may repoſe our whole truſt in thée onelyonly. Cauſe the horne of thy people to bee exalted and lifted vp in this ſo ſharpe and perillous a battaile. Thou ſéeſt how greatly ourwicked and vngodly enimies do fret at vsus, for if they were of abilitie, they would not only deſtroy vsus and all that we hauehave, but alſo vtterly race and aboliſhe out of the Church the pure worſhipping of thée, all perfect Godlineſſe, and true religion: who gnaſhe the téeth of their crueltie, and with moſte forceable weapons they rage without merciemercy. Beate thou downe therefore and make fruſtrate their deuiliſhe enterpriſes with thy excellent might and inuincible power, ſo that they maye fade awaye as voyde of their fond practiſes, and all their moſte deteſtable ymaginations vtterly periſhe, to the glorie and prayſe of thy name, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
An other prayer out of the ſame pſalme.
THe due feare of thée (O moſte mightie God) that is to ſay, reuerent godlineſſe, cauſeth men to be right bleſſed, who care for none other thing then howe they may moſt readily obey thy bleſſed will. Therefore are we moued lamentably to require thy louing merciemercy, whereby thou mighteſt renue thy holye Church being in a maner come to vtter ruine: for otherwyſe ſhall not hir or rather thy poſteritie or ofſpring be at any time eyther famous or mightie, for the abundaunce of ſpirituall giftes is to be looked for from none other place, neither wil light burſt out by any other meanes in the middle darkneſſe of errors and wickedneſſe. Moreouer, if godlineſſe (according to our earneſt peticion) may reuiue in hir, the perfect office of charitie towards our neighbor ſhall not be wanting, but eueryevery man will pleaſure his brethren ſomuch as in him lyeth, ordering his doings not raſhely or by chaunce, but with a ſpirituall & ghoſtly iudgement. Wherefore we earneſtly deſire thée to eſtabliſhe vsus quickly in thy confidence, from the which, let not (eyther tempeſtuous ſtormes & gréeuous aduerſities, or the delight of fortunate thinges) in any wiſe withdraw vsus, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
An other prayer out of the ſame Pſalme.
LYke as they which indeuor themſelues to the vttermoſt of their powers for to follow true godlineſſe and the obſeruation of thy holy commaundements (O mercifull God) do leade a right happie and bleſſed life: euen ſo do we right well perceyue that it was very agréeable to thy incōparable iuſtice, that we ſhould be preſently tormented with theſe troubleſome times, who hauehave coldely applied our ſelues to the true honoring of thée, and negligently obeyed thy ſacred law as becommeth vsus. But take not thou (O good God for thy infinite mercies ſake) ſuch reuengement of our ſinnes as they hauehave iuſtly deſerued, but cauſe ſome light to ſhine out vntounto vsus in ſo great a miſt of darkneſſe, whereby pure godlineſſe may be ſet vp agayne in thy ſacred Church, and holy religion flouriſh excéedingly. Graunt moreouer that thy true worde and faythfull promiſes may take ſuch déepe roote in our ſinfull hearts, that (although we heare of gréeuous miſchiefes hanging ouer our heddes) yet let vsus not ſtart nor ſtagger any thing at all from thy ſacred fayth and holy purpoſe. Vnderproppe thou vsus thy owne ſelfe, by cauſing it thus to fall out that we may in this dreadfull time, leane ſtedfaſtly to thée alone, ſo as Antichriſt may fret and gnaſh with his téeth, and the ſpitefull aduerſaries of thy glorious name pine away. But contrariwiſe let the prayſe and cleareneſſe of thy fauourable merciemercy exalt it ſelfe more and more, and be made manifeſt to all creatures, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
¶ A prayer out of the .Cxiij. Pſalme.
A prayer for the comfort & cōſolation of Chriſtes Church.SEing that we ought to magnifie thy glorious name (O moſt good and mercifull God) ſo much as in vsus lyeth, and by all the meanes we can poſſibly deuiſe, who hauehave not liued in ſuch wiſe heretofore, as to further thy worthy prayſes according to our right boū den dutie, but rather thy bleſſed truth and ſacred Goſpell hath (through our great default and curſed lewdneſſe) béene muche ſlaundered, and that thing which ought to hauehave béene highly commended amongſt all Nations, is eueryevery where (by our naughtineſſe) made of none accompt. Wherefore we heartily acknowledge and earneſtlye confeſſe that thou haſt moſt gréeuouſly vexed and troubled vsus, to the intent we ſhould the better vnderſtand thy iuſtice, & vpright iudgement. Yet notwithſtanding, our earneſt requeſt is, yt (forſomuch as nothing can be compared vntounto thee in reſpect of goodnes & mercy) thou wouldſt at length be our ready helper & ſpeedy deliuerer: who haſt béene accuſtomed, of thy infinite bountiouſneſſe, to looke not onelyonly vponupon the things that are in heauen, but alſo doeſt humble thy ſelfe to beholde all matters which be done vponupon the face of the earth. HaueHave an eye therefore vntounto the troubleſome eſtate of thy bleſſed Church, and diligently regarde the moſte greeuous oppreſſion of thy faythfull people. Forſomuch as we hauehave hitherto wallowed in the m…ery puddle of our lewd vyces, and be now (according to our iuſt deſerts) ſore toſt with the heauie burthen of extréeme aduerſities. Stretch thou out thy helping hand to ayde our princes & armies, who vſeſt to take the ſimple out of ye duſt, & doeſt lift the poore from the dunghill, and ſuccor thy bleſſed Church in ſuch ſort, as it do not become altogither barren. Vouchſafe that it may one day reioyce in peace and tranquillitie, and graunt hir to bee made vntounto thée (through thy ſacred worde and holye ſpirit) a mother of many children, by whom thy glorious name maye bee exalted with perpetuall prayſes, euen as it behoueth thē, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
An other prayer out of the ſame Pſalme.
WHoſoeuer addict themſelues to honor thée (O moſte mightie God) wyth fayth and pure deuocion, are bound to render immortal thanks to thy glorious name, which they ought to paye vntounto thée in all places, eueryevery yere without ceaſſing, eueryevery day, and eueryevery houre. The puyſſaunt force of thy great goodneſſe extended towards vsus is manifeſted in ſuch wiſe, as all men muſt néedes confeſſe that thou art no leſſe mercifull then inuincible. For although thou art ſayde to hauehave placed thy kingly Court and Pallace in the higheſt coaſtes of the Heauens, notwithſtanding thou ſubmitteſt thy diuine prouidēce to eueryevery baſe thing which lyeth hid in the loweſt part of the earth, inſomuch as nothing can be done eyther in heauen or earth, but is cléerely and moſte plainely ſéene of thée. For ſéeing therefore we perfectly vnderſtande that ſuch thinges as bée done of vsus are not vnbeknowne to thée, and that it is alwayes thy accuſtomed maner to rayſe vp the poore and needie (ſo they beleue vnfeynedly in thée) out of the fowle and filthie duſt, to more noble & moſt renowmed Kingdomes: who alſo doeſt often cauſe the childleſſe and barren women to hauehave a plenteous houſhold, we doe with great humilitie lamentably require this at thy fauourable handes, that thou wouldeſt be mercifull vntounto the calamities thy bleſſed Church is nowe in, ſo as it may at length (by thy good meanes) be moſt noble & right famous, which yet goeth beſtoubered with filth and duſt, and whereas ſhe ſéemeth to hauehave left child bearing, let hir be glad with a perfect and ſubſtanciall ioy for the number of hir moſt faythfull ſonnes, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
¶ A prayer out of the .Cxiiij. Pſalme.
WHen as thou (O moſte mercifull God) broughteſt the children of Iſraell by thy inuincible power,A prayer for a true fayth by the contemolation of Goddes wonderfull workes. from the bondage of Egypt, and hadſt layd ſufficient greeuous puniſhments vponupon the cruell and obſtinate Egyptians, hauing a fatherly carefull regarde and ſinguler affection towardes the people of the Iewes, diddeſt therefore moſte manifeſtly declare (through wonderfull examples and moſte abundaunt fauour) that thou wert with them at the deuiſion of the waters in the red ſea, by the marueylous quaking of mount Sinay, by the goyng backe of the riuer of Iordane, & the vncredible guſhing of waters out of the hard rocke: whereby we may right euidently vnderſtand that al things happen proſperouſly, and are greatly obedient to thoſe whome thou haſt vouchedſafe to regeſter in the number of thy elect ſeruaunts. For which cauſe ſake, an excéeding liuely hope is raiſed vp in vsus, that ſéeing our aſſured affiaunce is, that we belong to thy bleſſed houſe by the adoption of fayth, it will come to paſſe, that as we bée alreadie deliuered by thy benigne grace from the miſerie of eternall death, ſo alſo whatſoeuer is among thy bleſſed creatures (whether it be the likeneſſe of proſperitie or aduerſitie) ſhall redounde at length moſte luckely for the welfare of thy ſacred church: vntounto the which thing as we right well perceyue that our heynous ſinnes be worthily and not without iuſt cauſe a great let and hinderance, ſo alſo, we humbly beſéech thée, (for thy infinite merciemercy and promiſed good willes ſake) to bring the ſame very ſpéedily to paſſe, and that in the name of thy ſonne Ieſus Chriſt our Lorde, who liueth and reigneth with thée euermore worlde without ende. Amen.
¶ A prayer out of the .Cxv. Pſalme.
AT what time we do lamentably require thy fauourable mercy (O moſt mightie God)A prayer for a conſtant confeſſion of the Goſpell. thereby to be deliuered from ſuch horrible calamities as do greatly aſſaile vsus, which is not done onlye to the intent we our ſelues ſhoulde receiue benefite thereby, but alſo that thy bleſſed name might become more glorious through out wonderfull deliuerance. For if thou ſhouldſt ſuffer thy bleſſed ſeruaunts to lie vnderunder foote, we ſée it woulde eaſilye come to paſſe, that the children of this wretched world will vpbrayde them, & accompt the hope they repoſe in thée onelyonly to be as a vaine thing. As for our part, who being illumined with thy heauenly grace doe very well conſider (that what good thing ſoeuer is in this wretched worlde, whereof the vnbeleuers hauehave made thēſelues their ydols) they hauehave neyther power nor habilitie at all to make men happie & bleſſed, although they both honor & reuerence them. Wherefore we knowe this to be ſtill remayning for vsus, that ſo many as hauehave the feare of thy diuine maieſty before their eies, and appertaine to the ſpirituall Iſrael, & be alſo graffed in the Kingdome & prieſthood of Chriſt, ſhould make their ful accompt to hauehave thée as their onelyonly helper and defender. For if that be done which they are bound to performe, they ſhall dayly attaine greater encreaſementes of perfect good thinges. For which cauſe we heartily require thée, who dwelleſt in the high heauen, and haſt ordeined vsus to hauehave our habitation in the earth ſo long as this life indureth, graunt vsus ſo to liue, that thou ſuffer vsus not to paſſe our tyme like vntounto them which be deade, who can not ſet forth thy worthye prayſes, but our earneſt deſire is that we may both in talke and holy workes alwayes ſet out thy moſt glorious name, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lorde. Amen.
¶ A prayer out of the .Cxvj. Pſalme.
THou doeſt then moſte chiefly declare thy ſinguler good will towardes the Godly (O almightye God)A prayer to the like effe… of the pſalm… which goe… next before. when as thou art preſent to helpe ſuch as lamentably call vponupon thée in the middeſt of their vnfortunate miſhaps: and the heynouſer thoſe be whereout thou doeſt deliuer them, ſo much the greater is thy notable louing kindneſſe manifeſted vppon them, and the mindes of them all more inflamed to hauehave acceſſe vntounto thée in their moſte harde and troubleſome tymes. Wee therefore being ſore caſt downe and ouerwhelmed with the moſt gréeuous burthen of our heynous ſinnes, do humbly call vponupon thée. And forſomuch as we know by experience that men are lyers, and all hope to be of none effect which ſhall be repoſed in things created, we hartily require thée with ſo much earneſtnes as can be deuiſed, to forgiue vsus whatſoeuer we hauehave wickedly and lewdly committed, by taking away thoſe puniſhments from thy ſacred Church which our deadly ſinnes hauehave worthilye deſerued, that we being mightily deliuered, may bée exceeding ioyfull before thée, and both quaffe the cup of thankes giuing, and alſo cauſe thy ſinguler louing kindneſſe, towardes vsus, to be made manifeſt vntounto all men. And like as thou haſt alwayes had not onelyonly a ſpeciall regarde vntounto the death of the bleſſed ſaints, but alſo vntounto their miſerable affliction and moſt pitious lamentation, ſo (wée humbly beſéech thée) to take pitie at this time vponupon the féebleneſſe of thy ſacred Church being in a maner as nowe diſtroyed & brought to vtter ruine, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.