Psalm 20: the Prosperous Success of Christ's Kingdom Against the Enemies Thereof
than honey, but far exceed all the joy and pleasure of this world. Take from us our heinous sins, and show thyself to be a true defender and redeemer of thy chosen people, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Prayer 2) We understand it cometh to pass through thy excellent goodness (O almighty God) that the knowledge of thee may be graft and imprinted in men's minds, by the form, order, and most beautiful comeliness of the things that be created, whom the circles and globes of the Heavens, the continual alteration of the day and night, and most goodly brightness of the sun, do declare to be their most wise Creator, and with words plain enough do teach us both to know, and also to wonder at thy Majesty: hereunto are added thy written laws, which have brought unto us mortal creatures, the true wisdom, the testimony of thy will, the substantial pleasure of the soul, and heavenly delicates. But as we be lewd and wicked wretches, so have we never made an end of abusing both these most faithful schoolmasters. Therefore our earnest request is that thou wouldest vouchsafe to pardon and forgive wherein we have offended thee, contrary to the admonitions of so worthy instructions: and grant us hereafter so attentively to behold with due fruit, the creation and workmanship of the world, that we may become very earnest observers of thy sacred laws, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
PSALM 20: THE PROSPEROUS SUCCESS OF CHRIST'S
KINGDOM AGAINST THE ENEMIES THEREOF
Our daily petition is (O almighty God) that the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ may be augmented, and appear at length to be most perfect, which thing we now also desire very instantly in our hearty prayers and humble supplications.
Be always mindful thereof (O good God) of his fat and most pleasant oblation which he made for us upon the Altar of the Cross, and grant that by the triumph of his most perfect victory and conquest, we may take both salvation and delightful pleasure. Although we deny not but that the same shall come to pass without our deserts, who have (through our manifold wickedness) offended thee very