A prayer or supplycation made vnto God by a yonge man that he woulde be mercifull to vs, and not kepe his worde away from vs, but that the truth maie springe / quod John Pyttes.

❧ A Prayer or supplycation made vnto God by a yonge man , that he woulde be mercifull to vs , and not kepe his worde away from vs , but that the truth maie springe . Psalme , C.xix . Wherein hath a yonge man O Lorde to reioyce , But in thy worde : therefore put I forth my voyce . O Lorde of mercye vs beholde The whiche are here in great mysery And in doynge thy wyll lorde we are to colde Therefore on vs shewe some pytye For mercy vnto thee now do we crye That thou in our synnes suffre vs not to dye . Let vs not be forsaken of thee O lorde Although we be wretched and synfull But thy mercies nowe showe abrode And to vs synners moost wicked be mercyfull For mercy vnto thee nowe do we crye That thou in our synnes suffer vs not to dye . Thou dyddest thy worde plentyfully sowe abrode Euen vnto vs lorde of tyme very late But we were to vnthankfull , all with one accorde Therefore thou dyddest , o lorde , it away take Wherefore nowe for mercye vnto thee we crye That thou in oure synnes suffre vs not to dye . Good lorde be merciful vnto vs we thee praye Although destruction we haue deserued Let vs haue thy worde agayne , O lorde , to be our stay That by stronge fayth in thee , we maye be saued For onelye vnto thee continually wyll we crye That thou in our synnes suffer vs not to die . Take away Idolatry , o lord , let that no more vpspring In this , O lorde , thy poore and symple lande Thou dydst plague vs lord , in taking away our Kynge Wherefore holde ouer vs nowe thy right hande And forgeue vs lorde , nowe do we crye That in our synnes thou suffre vs not to dye . Full godly and ryghteously dyd he begynne For the tyme thou gauest hym space To set forth thy glorie , and punishe synne This was the intente of his grace Therefore for the like do we now crye That thou in oure synnes suffer vs not to dye . Images , o lorde , he plucked cleane downe And ceremonies that were naughte And priestes he made leaue Baales crowne And thy worde he caused to be taught For by thy worde all thinge did he trie that we in ignoraunce shoulde not dye . He was the sower thy seede to sowe As thy Euangelistes do playnely wryte But some of thy seede away did goe Amonge the harde grounde dyd it lighte therfore for forgeuenes now do we crye that thou in oure synnes suffre vs not to die . We are that harde and stonye grounde Where some of thy sede dyd fall Of whiche seede small rote is founde Sathan almooste had dryed vp all Therefore for mercye now do we crye that thou in oure synnes suffre vs not to die , O Lorde , make vs of that fruytfull grounde the whiche doth kepe thy commaundementes That great increase of godlynes in vs maye be founde that we maye serue thee with good intentes And alwayes for mercye vnto thee to crie That we in our sinnes do neuer die . Ful notable and excellent kinges thou hast geuen vs Kynge Henry the eight of moost famous memorie Whiche abolyshed the byshop of Rome from vs And by thi mighty power plucked down much idolatri We consideringe this , for mercye do now crye That in our sinnes thou suffre vs not to die . Also we were made to go and worship a false God Whiche was a great abhomination and ydolatrye But thy commaundementes he set forth abrode In oure owne natiue speache moost truely Teachinge vs alwayes on the for to crye that we in oure sinnes lorde , shoulde not dye . Euen as Esechias was vnto Iudae So was Kynge Henry vnto Englande Vnto this Kynge , o lorde , compare we Edwarde the syxte whom thou hast in thy hande Which thy word set abrode most manifestlye That we in our sinnes Lorde , shoulde not dye . Although that in age he was not so hye Yet vnto his steppes he went very nere Vnto the glory of thy blessed Maiestie And vnto the soule helth of vs his subiectes dere Therefore vnto thee , o lorde , do we now crye that thou in our sinnes suffer vs not to dye His father broke the Pilgrimages going to this saint and that saint , to and fro But he , o lorde , at his vp comminge Brought doune all as thou doest knowe For by thy worde he dyd all thinge trie That we in our sinnes shoulde not die . He was in age like to that vertuous kinge Iosias , whiche in Hierusalem dyd raigne One and thirtie yeares had he there his beynge And executed thy lawe this is very plaine But for oure vnthankfulnes , o lorde , truely Thou causedst our worthy kinge shortly for to die . I hartely beseche thee , o eternall God To kepe and preserue Elysabeth our Quene That she may thy worde now set abrode Nowe in her time as before hath bene By her godly Father & brother , for which thing we cry That we may repent , and not in our sinnes die , Finis , Quod Iohn Pyttes