The 2. Morning praier.
WHat is this worlde, O Lord? it is euill, it is a pallace of vaine pleasure, a cage ofiniquitie, or rather a
Davids sling against great Goliah conteining diuers notable treatises, the [n]ames whereof follow next after the epistle to the reader / by E.H.
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- Davids sling against great Goliah conteining diuers notable treatises, the [n]ames whereof follow next after the epistle to the reader / by E.H.
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- Hutchins, Edward, 1558?-1629.
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- [London] :: Printed by R. [Y]ardley and Peter Short,
- [1593]
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lumpe of myserie. And what am I Lord? what am I but a friende of this presente euill world, and an enimie to thee? what am I but a child of wrath and sonne of darknes, so glued to sinne, and lymed with ini∣quitie, that my bodie is a body of sinne? What then shal I dó? shall the mountaine of sinne oppres me? or the world with the baites of vanitie so choke mee, that I shall neuer like an egle flie to the carcase? nor be able to crie for helpe to thee the onely morning star, which art woont to spread foorth the beames of comforte vnto the needie in time of extremitie? O Lord giue me wings of faith to flie vnto thee, and powre
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vpon me the dewe of thy bles∣sing, that I may bud and beare the fruite of holinesse, through the operation of thy gratious beames. Giue mee thy grace that I faile not in my vocation that I may doo good, & eschew euyll, and so make good that vowe, which I made vnto thee in baptisme before beloued Si on. Saue me from falling, and stay my feet from slipping, by thy holy worde, which is the glasse of thy will, & a lanterne to all them that walke in dark nesse, that beeing guided ouer this mistie worlde, I may ariue at the land of promise and pal∣lace of rest in a liuely faith, A∣men.