# Prayer For The Secular Power.

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O, thou God and Lord of hosts, who hast appointed
governments in all countries, forgive those
authorities who have laid their hands on Thy saints,
and touched the apple of thine eye; let the blood
of those whom they have killed not cry vengeance
upon them, lest thy wrath be kindled against them;
let it not be laid to their charge in thy great day of
judgment, which shall be hereafter.

Let those who do not yet cease to rage against
thy sheep, and to scatter thy dearly purchased
church, be brought to the right, so that they may
be converted before their death, and, from persecutors,
become true followers of thy church.

On the other hand, the authorities whom thou
hast set in our fatherland, the blessed Netherlands,
that are at present free from the constraint of conscience,
free from domineering over the most holy
faith, and above all, free from the blood of thy servants
and saints, be pleased to bless them, out of thy
heavenly habitation, with the abundance of thy wisdom
and grace, a foretaste of which thou hast permitted
them to have already, many years ago.

Let thy church, which is without external armor
shield, sword, or arms, rest under their protection,
as under a shady vine or fig tree, in honesty and
godliness; so that thy people may be multiplied,
and many that are still in error, be guided into the
true, right, and only way that leads to life.

Guide us so into thy ways, that we may not in
any wise be a stumbling-block or offense for them;
so that the liberty which they grant us in the practice
of our religion, which we owe to thee, may not
be taken from us because of an improper walk on
our part.

Be pleased to let our children and descendants
(if it be best for their salvation), enjoy this pleasant
peace which we receive under their protection.

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O, Lord God, grant that none of these authorities,
or of those that are ruled by them, perish; but
that they may all be kept and eternally saved,
through Jesus Christ thy beloved Son, to whom be
praise, now and forever. Amen.

Remember me, O my God, for good. Neh. 13:31.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit; thou hast
redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. Ps. 31:5.



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