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Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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¶ Because that whan thou goest to study in holy scripture, thou shuldest do it with reuerence, therfore for thy instruction ∧ louynge admonicion therto, the Reverende father in god, Nicolas, Bisshoppe of Salisbury hath prescrybed the this prayer folowynge, taken out of the same.

noteO lorde God almyghtye which longe agoo saydest by the mouth of Iames thyn Apostle: If any of you lacke wysdom, let hym aske it of God whiche geueth it plenteously to all men, and casteth no man in the tethe, and it shalbe geuen hym. Heare my peticion for this thy promes sake. noteLet my prayer ascende luckely in to thy syght lyke incense. Let thyne eare be attent vnto my depe desyre. Geue me wysdome which is euer assistent about thy seate. And put me not out from amonge thy chyldren, for I am thy seruaunt and þe; sonne of thy handmayde. Oh sende her (I meane thy godly wysedome) out of thyne holy heauens, and from the trone of thy maiestye, that she maye be with me, and laboure with me, þt; I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght Oh lerne me goodnes, note nurtoure, and knowlege, for I beleue thy commaundementes. Thou art good and gracyous, instructe me in thyne ordynaunces. Let myne hertie besechynge ascende in to thy presence. Geue me vnderstondynge accordynge to thy worde. Oh geue me vnderst&obar;dynge, and I shall kepe thy lawe, Yee I shall kepe it with all myne herte. noteShewe me thy wayes O Lorde, ∧ teache me thy patthes. Leade me in to thy trueth and lerne me, for thou art the God of my helth. noteAnd on the do I depende alway. Heare now my voyce O Lorde with which I haue cryed vnto the. Haue mercy vpon me, and gracyouslye heare me for Jesus Christes sake oure Lorde, which lyueth and reygneth with the his father ∧ the holy goost worlde without ende. Amen. ¶ After the ende of any Chapter (yf thou wylt) thou mayest saye these verses folowynge.

noteLeade me (o Lorde) in thy waye, and let me walke in thy trueth.
Oh let myne herte delyte in fearynge thy name.
Ordre my goynges after thy worde, that no wyckednes reygne in me.
Kepe my steppes within thy patthes, lest my fete turne in to any contrary waye.

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Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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