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A Prayer for one that pre∣pares himselfe for marriage.
House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers, but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord,
Well is hee that dwelleth with a wife of vnderstanding,
Blessed is he that hath a vertuous wife, for the number of his yeares shall be dou∣ble: an honest woman recouereth her husband, and she shall fill the yeares of his life with peace: A vertuous woman is a good portion, which shall be giuen as a gift vnto such as feare and serue the Lord,
O Heauenly God, euerlasting and most powerful Father, I do pro∣strate my selfe before the throne of thy Maiesty, humbly thanking thée, in that thou hast formed mée in the wombe of my mother, and suffered mée to be borne such as I am, maintained me likewise from mine infancy to this instant, and preserued me from infinite perils: for it is through thy goodnesse