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To the holy Goost.

O holy spirite our cōfortoure
For grace & help lorde now we call
Teach vs to knowe Christ our sauyoure
And his fathers mercy ouer all
From his swete worde let vs not fall
But lyft vp our hertes alway to the

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That we may receaue it thankfully.
Nowe seynge we are come together
To heare the wordes of verite
In vnderstandynge be thou guyder
That we may folowe the voyce of the
From straunge lernynge lorde kepe vs fre
That we thorowe them be not begyled
Kepe our vnderstandynge vndefyled
We praye the also blessed lorde
Enflame our hertes so with thy grace
That in our lyues we folowe thy worde
And one forgeue anothers trespace
To amende our lyues lorde geue vs space
With thy godly frutes endewe vs all
That from thy worde we neuer fall

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Let vs not haue thy worde onely
In our mouthe and in our talkynge
But both in dede and verite
Let vs shewe it in our lyuynge
Make vs frutefull in euery thynge
And in good workes so to encreace
That whyle we lyue we may the please.
O lorde lende vs thy strength and power
To mortifie all carnall luste
In all our trouble sende vs succour
That we faynt not in the to truste
And make vs stronge to suffre with Christe
Beynge pacient in aduersite
And in all thynges thankfull to the.