This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ...that it would please htm to raise upothershereafterlike unto these, and to gather us all to their society into the bosom of Abraham. XXI. Although the following prayer of the youthful King, may not have any just claim to be admitted here, as a Bidding Prayer"", it is hoped that it may be considered as forming no improper conclusion to this division of the forms considered. Lord God, deliver me out of this miserable and wretched life, and take me among thy chosen. Howbeit, not ' It has been printed by Heylin and Fuller in their Histories of the Reformed Church. my will but thine be done. Lord, I commit my spirit to thee. 0 Lord, Thou knowest, how happy it were for me to be with Thee. Yet, for thy Chosen's sake, send me life and health, that I may truly serve Thee. Oh my Lord God! bless my people and save thine inheritance, Oh Lord God, save thy chosen people of England. Oh Lord God! defend this Realm from Papistry, and maintain thy true religion, that I, and my people, may praise thy Holy Name, for Jesus Christ his sake. XXII. From Bishop Banner's Injunctions; 1554. Concernynge an uniforme order in Byddynge of the Bedes. Forasmuche as praier is a thynge muche commended, yea and commanded in Scripture, and Almyghty God greatly deliteth in it, eyther privately made, eyther elles publikely, but chiefly pub-lickely made with good devotion, and charitie, tendynge to the honoure of God or the wealthe and profite of our even Christen; and finally for that we be all bounde by Scripture, and by reason also, one of us, being membres of the Churche, to pray in a due order, for the other, beyng membres of the same (whiche indede they and we are, not onely so longe as we are here livynge in this worlde but also after that we in the faithe of Christe be...
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