The imitation of Dauid his godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls, troubles and afflictions being a king whose example of faith, patience, hope, obedience and deliueries, thankfulnesse and prayer, is left euen for princes, potentates, and all true Christians to imitate. Collected by way of meditations and prayers out of the 27. Psalme. By I.N.
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- The imitation of Dauid his godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls, troubles and afflictions being a king whose example of faith, patience, hope, obedience and deliueries, thankfulnesse and prayer, is left euen for princes, potentates, and all true Christians to imitate. Collected by way of meditations and prayers out of the 27. Psalme. By I.N.
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- Norden, John, 1548-1625?
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- London :: Printed by Iohn Haviland, for Richard Whittakers and George Latham,
- 1624.
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- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms XXVII -- Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
- Prayers -- Early works to 1800.
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"The imitation of Dauid his godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls, troubles and afflictions being a king whose example of faith, patience, hope, obedience and deliueries, thankfulnesse and prayer, is left euen for princes, potentates, and all true Christians to imitate. Collected by way of meditations and prayers out of the 27. Psalme. By I.N." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08277.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2025.
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TO THE HIGH and most noble, CHARLES, Prince of Wales, Duke of Corn∣wall, and of Yorke, and Earle of Chester, bee here in this life truest honour, highest happi∣nesse, and most perfect peace, and after this life eter∣nall glory in the Heauens.
I Know not how to excuse mee (most gracious Prince) in that I haue presumed
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to attempt a matter of so high and diuine a subiect (considering what I am) and to ad∣uenture it to your Highnesse (knowing who you are) but that my heart was willing, & ouercame a weake vnderstanding, which (first) it may please your Highnesse of your princely clemency to accept, namely, the
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will, and to pardon the deed; for I may truly protest that I intended herein nothing lesse than to be thought de∣sirous to seeme so im∣pudent as to giue your Highnesse the least (or to thinke that you nee∣ded any other) aduice or counsell in this be∣halfe, than that which you haue so plentiful∣ly receiued from him
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that gaue strength vn∣to Dauid, and wisdome vnto Salomon his son, together with the sweet fructifying seed which hath beene so diuinely sowne in your Princely breasts by the wisdome of our se∣cond Salomon, your most pious and most truly religious Father.
Humbly beseeching your Highnes to con∣ceiue
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no other intenti∣on in me, than an vn∣willingnesse to let slip the Interim of my se∣questred imploiments in your Highnesse ser∣uice (much against my will) without some ex∣ercise inwardly com∣fortable, though out∣wardly little profita∣ble; yet if any thing vsefull (though but to the vulgar) it may pray
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your Princely fauour being done, your Highnesse seruice de∣pending; beseeching the length of daies to lengthen your daies to his glory, your honor, and comfort of such as feare God.
Your Highnesse most humble seruant, Iohn Norden.