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Thou moſt great / moſt mightie and tere mounteyns & makeſt them
e Cedar
u gyueſt ſnow like woll / &
e hoare froſt like aſſhes / thou caſteſt forthe thy
e cold therof / thou ſen• / O Lord / & haue not harkned to thy voyce / which
e Prophets
u haſt iuſtly powe Earth / your
e earth
e aer is now froſen vnto vs / we haue
e good fruytes of true ree cauſe of all our euelles / wo to our wice bitter cup of thy deſcrued wrath. Loke done
O Lorde from heauen / with thy pitefull eyes / behold our
lamentable eſtate / the deepe ſnow hath ouerwhelmed the
Earth / the nipping froſt hath conſinned the fruytes theru
yt preſerueſt man & beaſt / make ſom prouiſion for both / the
cattell do groue & make pitiouſe complaynt / ye heards
do low / the flockes do bleet / the byrdes do crie to the for
ſuccour and releſe. Lorde if they ſterue / our bodyly foode
doth periſh / for thou haſt gyuen them vnto vs for meat:
they haue not ſinned but we haue tranſgreſſed / they nede
not to repent / but we which haue offended / we do conu haſt done / wt many
forlike offences / whereas yu mighteſt worthyly plage vs
as thou haſt done them in thy ſodeyne wrath / but thou
warneſt vs with leſſer ſtourges / then we deſerue / that we
ſhould tourne to thee with our hole harte / which of our
ſelues we are not hable to do wtout thee / wherfore cou
a right ſprite within vs / then ſhall we walke in thy waies
who can make clene yt which is conceyued in vncleuenes
but thou alone / no man can come vnto thee / excepte thou
droweſt him vnto the / thou art good and we be euill / yu
art holy / and we prophayne / thou art pure / and we polluu art pleaſed & pacie vnworthy to
be worthy / wherin thy grace doth moſt abound / yu haſt
promiſed by thy ſay thfull Seruantes the Prophetes aud
Apoſtles / that if we repent thou wilt no more remembre
our offences / Lord thou knoweſt our ſeble nature / & how
we be but duſt and aſſhes / frayle ſtoble corruption and
wormes of the earth more vaine then nanitie it ſelf / what
praiſe can be to the O mightye Lorde to ſtryue with duſt
and aſhes / what ſtrength is that to fight agaynſt vayne
ſhadowes / what power can that appeare to beat downe
rotten ſtoble / what greate renowne is yt to thee to tread
downe ſely crawling wormes and dryue them into duſt / yt
is Enough for thee O Lion moſt victoriouſe of ye tribe
of Inda that we fall downe before thy face / and yeld our
ſelues to thee / & then thyne angre hath an end. We are
heare O Lorde before thy Maieſtie falling to the ground / confeſſinge
our ſinnes with ſorowfull hartes and ſobing
ſighes in faſting / weping / and turning wholely vnto thee / cranyng
Perdon for all our miſdedes / proiniſing amend
Our Father which art in Heauen. &c.
¶ Seane and allowyd. ❀
¶ Imprinted at Norwch. in ye parish of St.
Andrewe by Antho: de Solempne. 16