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Venicreator.

Come holy Ghost eternal God,
proceding from aboue:
Both from the Father & the son,
the God of peace & loue,
Uisit our mindes & into vs
thy heauenly grace inspire,
that in all truth & godlines,
we may haue true desire.
Thou art the very comforter,
in all wo and distres:
The heauenly gift of God most highe,
which no tongue can expres.
The fountaine and the liuely springe,
of ioy Celestiall;
The fyre so bright, the loue so cleare,
and vnction spirituall.


Thou in thy giftes art manifold,
wherby Christes church doth stande:
In faythfull hartes writyng thy law,
the finger of Gods hand.
According to thy promise made,
thou geuest speache of grace:
That through thy helpe the prayse of God,
may stande in euery place.
O holy Gost into our wittes,
sende downe thy heauenly light:
Kindle our harts with feruent loue,
to serue God day and night.
Strength and stablish all our weaknes,
so feable and so frayle:
That neither flesh, the worlde, nor deuill.
against vs do preuayle.
Put backe our enemies far from vs,
and graunt vs to obteyne:
Peace in our hartes with God and man.
without grudge or disdayne.
And graunt (O Lorde) that thou beyng,
our leader and our guide:
We may eschewe the snares of sinne
and from thee neuer slide.
To vs suche plentie of thy grace,
good Lorde graunt we thee pray:
That thou maiest be our comforter,
at the last dreadfull day.
Of all strief and discention,
O Lord dissolue the handes:
And make the knots of peace and loue,


throughout all christen landes.
Graunt vs (O Lord) through thee to know
the father most of might:
That of his deare beloued sonne,
we may atteyne the sight.
And that with perfect faith also
we may acknowledge thee:
The spirit of them both alway,
one God in persons three.
Laude and prayse be to the father
and to the Sonne equall:
And to the holy spirit also,
one God coeternall.
And pray we that the only sonne,
vouchesafe his Sprit to sende:
To all that doo professe his name,
vnto the worldes ende.

Loke for the lxxxxv Psalm. iii Fol. 237.


Amen.