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O gratious God and most wise Father, seeing it is so manifest that the holy Bible is thy Book, and of thy one∣ly making,(a 1.1) inspire in∣to our hearts good motions, that our delight may be in thy Lawes, and that we may exercise our selves therein day and night,(b 1.2) grant we may ever without doubt(c 1.3) or wavering believe it with all our heart and soul, th••t it
may be sweeter unto our mouthes than the honey or the honey-comb;(d 1.4) and that it may be dearer unto us than thousands of gold & silver. Give us that firme resoluti∣on to believe thy Word with out any further reasoning and arguing. Work so in us (good Lord) that (despi∣sing(e 1.5) thy Word delivered unto us) we never seek af∣ter strange revelations. And for as much (good Lord) as there is nothing so near and so dear unto thee as thy Word, which proceeded(f 1.6) from thy mouth. Grant that we may be in love with no∣thing so much as with thee and thy Word. Grant there∣fore (O Lord) that we may keep thy sayings(g 1.7) and ponder them with blessed
Mary in our hearts. Lastly, Lord, whatsoever thy word doth sound in our ears, let not our hearts be like the thorny ground, the sto∣ny, nor the beaten high way, but like the good ground that bringeth forth some forty, some fifty, some sixty, and some an hundred fold, To the glory of thy name and our salvation, through Jesus Christ, Amen.
2 Pet. 1.21.
Psal. 1.2.
Act. 28.••4.
Psal. 90.
Luk. 10.16.
Mat. 5.
Luk. 2.