Prison-pietie, or, Meditations divine and moral digested into poetical heads, on mixt and various subjects : whereunto is added a panegyrick to the right reverend, and most nobly descended, Henry Lord Bishop of London / by Samuel Speed ...

Dr. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, HIS Prayer for Wisdome.

Let my Prayer be set forth before thee as Incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening sacrifice.

O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercies, thou that hast made all things with thy Word, and didst or∣dain man through thy Wisdom, that he should have dominion over thy Crea∣tures which thou hast made, and that he should order the World according to Holiness and Righteousness, and execute Judgment with an upright heart; give me Wisdom which is ever about thy Seat, and put me not out from among thy

Children: For I thy servant, and son of thy Handmaid, am but of a short time, and too weak for the understanding of thy Judgments and Laws. Although a man be never so perfect among the chil∣dren of men, yet if thy Wisdom be not with him, he shall be of no value: O send her out therefore from thy Holy Heavens, and from the Throne of thy Majesty, that she may be with me, and labour with me, that I may know what is acceptable in thy sight: for she know∣eth and understandeth all things; and she shall lead me soberly in my works, and preserve me in her power: So shall my works be acceptable by Christ our Lord; to whom, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, be all Honour and Glo∣ry, World without end. Amen.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom; and the price of Wis∣dom is above Rubies.