Commentaries of the diuine Iohn Caluine, vpon the prophet Daniell, translated into Englishe, especially for the vse of the family of the ryght honorable Earle of Huntingdon, to set forth as in a glasse, how one may profitably read the Scriptures, by consideryng the text, meditatyng the sense therof, and by prayer

¶ A Prayer concernyng the same.

GRaunt almighty God and most mercifull father, se∣yng thou doest set forth vnto vs so cleare and bright a glasse wherin we may both behold thy prouidēce and thy maruelous iudgementes that thou hast heretofore executed vpon thine old people, that we also may fully persuade our selues that we are also vnder thy hand and protection: wherby we may so rest and settle our selues alwayes, that what soeuer commeth vnto vs, we may still trust that thou wilt be our keper and defender, al∣wayes carefull for our saluation: so that we may safely and with quiet mindes call vpon thee, and so chereful∣ly wayte for all daungers in all maner of chaunges of this world, that we may stand stable in thy word which neuer fayleth, and cleauyng vnto thy faithful promises, may nothyng doubt but that Christ to whom thou hast geuen vs, whom also thou wilt haue to be the pastor of thy whole flocke, is so careful ouer vs that he wil lead & bring al through this brūt of our battaile how greuous and troublesome so euer, whiles we attaine to that hea∣uenly rest which by his bloud he hath purchased for vs.