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It is God that giueth deliuerance vnto Kings, it is he that rescued Dauid his seruant, from the hurtfull sword.
Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be established in righteousnesse,
VVE render and yéelde vnto thée all possible thanks, O Lord of mercy, King of all Kings and Kingdomes of the Earth, for (as a great blessing vnto vs) thou
hast placed ouer vs in this Realme, so ••ure a guide of true Religion, IAMES (by thy heauenly prouidence) our gracious King, vnder whom en∣ioying frée liberty of the true seruice of thée, wée rest in a quiet estate both of body and minde: wée humbly be∣séech thée, to behold with thy eyes of mercy, the same thy Seruant our So∣ueraigne Lord and Gouernour, & to replenish his heart with the grace of thy holy Spirit, that hee by the wor∣king thereof, being inclined to the set∣ting forth of thy Word, may walke ac∣cording to the truth of the same sincere∣ly: that wée thy Seruants, and vnder thée his Subiects, séeing his godly examples, may be ashamed to fall from that true forme of honoring thy Name, which for thy glory, through thy grace, by the rule of thy holy Word, is pre∣scribed vnto vs: and vouchsafe to stir vp in him zeale of thy glory, & a desire to establish whatsoeuer wanteth in this Church of England, for the increase of true and sincere Discipline: Let no ignorance abide in his Royall heart, but inrich him with diuine and hea∣uenly Knowledge: giue him an obe∣dient minde, abounding with all humi∣lity
towards thy diuine Maiestie: saue and defend him from the tyranny of forraigne Powrr, and Authoritie, and from all such as professe not inwardly vnfaigned zeale of thy Gospell: giue him godly Counsellors, and such zea∣lous and true hearted Ministers of thy Will, that hee and wée may sincerely serue thée in this life, and in the end for euermore raigne with thée in thy heauenly Kingdome, for Jesus Christ his sake, our onely Aduocate.