Sampsons iavvbone against the spiritual Philistine Containing sundry godly and Christian praiers, necessarie and conuenient for all estates and occasions: by Ed. Hutchins.

A prayer against treason.

ALL power is of thee (O Lord) to whome power belongeth: by thee it is, that Kings doe raigne; thou art the God, that hast said, they are Gods: their estate in thee is commen∣ded vnto vs, for they are thy mi∣nisters: nay, thou hast com∣manded all men to honour and obey them; not only forfeare, but for conscience sake: but yet, alas, many men, in all ages haue prooued so miferable, as not onely by Doctrine to dis∣grace, but by practise to ouer∣throw this thine ordinance. Da∣uid

found an Absalon, Zachari∣as the King of Israell found a Shallum, Senacherib was smit∣ten by his two Sonnes in the Temple, as he was praying: O vnnaturall! O Diuelish trea∣son! nay, alas, as it was of old, so is it nowe, that none can liue lesse secure then the Magistrate, if Amasa might feare the kisse of Ioab, when but nowe the wicked are in league, if they might compasse a Nehemias it is their desire. But no mar∣uell though the wicked doe so spite thine ordinance, seeing thine owne, and onely sonne, could not bee free from Trea∣son, and the seruaunt is not a∣boue his Maister. Yet (O Lord) if it be thy pleasure, make soft

the hearts of such persons, who any waie seeke to stand with the Diuell, and withstand thy Gods vpon earth. Especiallie (O Lorde) cast thy fauourable eie vppon England: long pre∣serue our gratious Princesse E∣lizabeth, and all her faithfull seruants from the treacherie of forrainer, or priuie, or dome∣sticall foe whatsoeuer; as thou hast done, so doe still, that thy Gospell maie haue free course, the Diuell may be foyled of his purposes, that we may still be comforted, and thou haue the glorie; through Iesus Christ our Lord, and Saui∣our, Amen.