9. An acknowledgement of Gods mercy, and that by affliction man is taught true wisedome.
GRatiously in mercie hast thou dealt with me thy poore obe∣dient
A Beautifull baybush to shrowd us from the sharp shovvers of sinne containing many notable prayers and meditations, being very profitable for all true Christians that delight to laud the Lord.
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- A Beautifull baybush to shrowd us from the sharp shovvers of sinne containing many notable prayers and meditations, being very profitable for all true Christians that delight to laud the Lord.
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- Lodon [sic] :: Printed for Ed. White,
- 1610.
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"A Beautifull baybush to shrowd us from the sharp shovvers of sinne containing many notable prayers and meditations, being very profitable for all true Christians that delight to laud the Lord." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05792.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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seruant, according to thy worde, yet further I desire thee O Lorde, that thou wouldest teach mee that true and sincere knowledge ioyned with iudge∣ment, that I may discerne all thinges aright, as it were by ta∣sting a sauorie thing: for vppon thy commaundements doe I de∣pend. Before I was camed by the efficacie of thy rod, I wan∣dred to and fro, but now am I quickned and haue learned ther∣by to obey thy commaundements: be gratious vnto mee O Lord, and teach me thy statutes. The vngodly haue euer practised mis∣chiefe against me, but haue fai∣led, for that I endeuored myself
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to keep thy commadem rnts, and they thus neglecting their cal¦lings and being puffed vp with the vaine estimation of them∣selues, are become dull and foo∣lish, but in thy law is my whole delight, and therein wil I medi∣tate all the day long. It was therefore for my commoditie that thou didst chasten me, for that I zealously do learne to immitate thy statutes, for the doctrine and precepts that thou hast by thine owne mouth reuealed before the face of thy people, and deliuered vnto me, is of more estimation then the finest pearle, or greatest heapes of golde. Therefore O Lord, direct me thy poore ser∣uant,
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with thy holy spirit, that this thy sacred word may be so firmely and effectually grafted in my heart, that I may cleaue vnto thee for euer.