Ad te Domine clamabo. Psal. XXVIII. Th. St.
¶ Being in great feare and pensiuenes to
The forme of prayers and ministration of the sacraments, &c. vsed in the Englishe Congregation at Geneua and approued, by the famous and godly learned man, Iohn Caluyn.
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- The forme of prayers and ministration of the sacraments, &c. vsed in the Englishe Congregation at Geneua and approued, by the famous and godly learned man, Iohn Caluyn.
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- English Church (Geneva, Switzerland)
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- M.D.LVI. [1556]
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"The forme of prayers and ministration of the sacraments, &c. vsed in the Englishe Congregation at Geneua and approued, by the famous and godly learned man, Iohn Caluyn." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68393.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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see god dishonored by the wicked men, he de∣siereth to be rid of theym, and crieth for ven∣geaunce agaynste theym, and at lengthe assue∣reth hym selfe that god hathe hearde his pra∣yer, vnto whose tuicion, he commendeth all the faithefull.
〈♫〉〈♫〉THou art o lord my streīgth and staye, the succour whych I craue: neglect me not, lest I be lyke to them that go to graue. The voyce of thy suppliant heare, that vnto thee doth
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〈♫〉〈♫〉crye, when I lyft vp my handes vnto thy holy arke most hye.
[verse 3] 3 Repute not me among the sorte
of wycked and peruerte:
That speke right faire vnto their frendes,
and thinke ful yll in heart.
[verse 4] 4 Accordyng to their handy worke,
as they deserue in dede:
And after theyr inuencions,
let them receyue theyr meede.
[verse 5] 5 For they regard nothing gods workes,
his lawe, ne yet his lore:
Therfore wil he them and their seed
destroye for euermore.
[verse 6] 6 To render thankes vnto the lorde,
howe greate a cause haue I:
My voyce my praier and my complaint,
that heard so wyllynglye?
[verse 7] 7 He is my shyelde and fortitude,
my buckler in dystresse:
My hope, my helpe, my heartes releife,
my song shall him confesse.
[verse 8] 8 He is“ 1.1 our strength and our defence,
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oure enmyes to resiste:
The health and the saluacion,
of his elect by Christe.
[verse 9] 9 Thy people and thyne herytage,
lord blesse guide and preserue:
encrease them lord & rule their harts,
that they maye neuer swerue.
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“ 1.1
meanige, him selfe and his companions.