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O Thou good sheep∣herd of our soules, haue mercie vpon vs: thou hast ap∣pointed vs as Vicars and De∣puties vnder thee, or rather for nurses for thee, to traine vp the babes of thy family in the loue and feare of thee. Giue vs, we beseech thee, the pure milke of thy Gospell to feed them: but especiallie the light of honest conuersation, to guide them out of this vallie of darkenesse, vnto thee the true morninge
starre, and sunne of righteous∣nes. Arme vs with the buckler of thy truth, that wee may not onlie bicker with, but also put to flight Satan that rauenous Lion O Lorde, who seeketh by subtiltie to trapp and deuoure the lambs of thy pasture. We∣pon vs with Scriptum est, It is written O Lorde, which is thy power vnto saluation, and the onely buckler whereby thou didste defende thy selfe in thy threefold combat with Satan. Take from vs the leauen of the Pharisees, the sowred dough of heresies, beeyng the verie canker of Christian professi∣on, and the onely pitch that defileth the table of thy Chil∣dren, that wee may feede thy
children onely with the worde of thy mouth. This do O Iesus for thine owne sake, Amen.