Psalm 145: For the Glorifying of God's Works in Us with the Preservation of the Church and Comfort of the Faithful
for, seeing that thou knowest the great afflictions, wonderful perils, and marvelous distress she is in, make speed to help her, neither permit the enemies of thy glorious name to lay the same waste: and grant that she, being at length delivered from these evils, may sing new songs unto thee, and extol thy excellent name with perpetual praises, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Prayer 2) There is none other force (O most good and merciful God) besides thine, wherein thy faithful people may have their rock, their fortress, shield and place of refuge in a readiness. But should thy godliness make any accompt of us who be vile dwarfish men? For both we and all our doings shall fade away like a shadow and mere vain thing, unless thou of thy excellent mercy be present and deliverest us, from the dangers that are without measure laid everywhere for us: who then can otherwise escape the subtle crafts and wily imaginations wherewith the enemies of mankind doth daily assail us? Our earnest desire is therefore to have thee lay to thy helping hand, whereby we may diverse times celebrate thy worthy praises with new songs and ditties. Neither do we only require this, that those things may thrive with us which appertain to this life and a worldly prosperity: for, although these commonly be of great weight, yet do we accompt it a greater blessedness, if thou verily wilt so show thyself to be our god, as in deed thou art, through Jesus Christ thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee evermore world without end. Amen.
PSALM 145: FOR THE GLORIFYING OF GOD'S WORKS IN
US WITH THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH AND
COMFORT OF THE FAITHFUL
Thy worthiness is so noble and excellent, O almighty God, as our searching (be it never so exactly done) can in no wise comprehend the same. Yet we certainly understand this by faith, that thou art exceeding merciful, and so aboundest therewith, as it is very long before thy heavy wrath be kindled. For such is thy unspeakable goodness, that nothing can be found either among the creatures which thou hast made, or in the government of the world, but that thy singular