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A Prayer for the prosperity of the Church.
GReat is the Lord, and highly to be praised: in the City of our God, even upon his holy hill.
2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the ioy of the whole earth: upon the north side lieth the City of the great King, God is well known
in her palaces as a sure refuge.
3 For lo, the Kings of the earth are gathered, and gone by together.
4 They marbelled to see such things: they were astonied and suddenly cast downe.
5 Feare came there upon them, and sorrow: as upon a woman in her travail.
6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea: through the east wind.
7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the City of the Lord of hosts, in the City of our God: God upholdeth the same for ever.
8 We wait for thy loving kindnesse (O God:) in the midst of thy temple.
9 O God, according unto thy name, so is thy praise unto the worlds end: thy right hand is full of righteousnesse.
10 Let the mount Sion reioyce, and the daughters of Iuda be glad: because of thy iudge∣ments.
11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her: and tell the towers thereof.
12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her hou∣ses: that ye may tell them▪ that come after.
13 For this God is our God for ever and e∣ver: he shall be our guide unto death.
O Great God, who art highly to be praised, who hast manifested thy power and thy mercy in the constitution, propagation, and de∣fence of thy Holy Church, by the miraculous as∣sistances and effects of thy Holy Spirit, insomuch that the Kings of the earth marvailed to see such things, and were astonied and suddenly cast down, acknowledging the powers of thy King∣dome, and submitting to thy lawes with faith and obedience: be pleased, according to thy gra∣cious promise, to uphold the same for ever, let not the gates of Hell prevaile against thy Church, be thou known in her palaces as a sure refuge, make her the joy of the whole earth, and let her be glad and rejoyce because of thy judgements, so shall we praise thee in the midst of thy Tem∣ple, wayting for thy loving kindnesse, that accor∣ding as thy name is, so may thy praise be, infinite and eternall, world without end. Amen.