{"name":"prayer-for-schollers","title":"A PRAYER FOR SCHOLLERS","text":"Psal. 119.9.10. Wherewith shall a young man redresse his way? If hee wiselie take heede to guide himselfe according to thy word. 10. With my whole hart haue I sought thee, let me not wander from thy Commandements.\n\nI Render thee thanks, most merciful God, for all thy great and infinite benefites, but chiefly, that according to thy singular mercy, thou hast called me to the knowledg of thy Gospell, & hast giuen me teachers, that they may bring me vp in good letters and sciences, to endue my minde with holy & honest precepts. Graunt that I may acknowledge aright, what, and howe great these thy benefites are, and that for the same, I may alwaies giue thee thanks. Bestowe moreouer vpon me thy grace, and lighten me with the beames of thy Spirite, in remoouing the darke cloudes of my minde, that I may desirouslie and gladly, learne these thinges which are taught vnto me by my teachers, that I faythfully keepe in memory, that I may render accompt againe thereof readily & with iudgment, least my Teachers labour and mine (the precious time, and this so meete an occasion giuen vnto me of thee, and the fruites which are hoped for of me,) shamefully perish not, thorogh my vnthankfulnes & slugishnes. To the ende this come not to passe, giue me thy holie Spirit, the authour of all vnderstanding and trueth, that hee may make me faythfull, able and meete to comprehend these thinges. Grant also, that to whatsoeuer studie I apply my minde, this euer may be before mine eies, to acknowledg thee, the onelie true God, and whome thou hast sent, Iesus Christ, and so I may worshippe thee in a pure conscience. Moreouer, because thou promisest wisdome to those, which are of a lowe and humble minde as children: but those that are proud and high, destitute of thy guifts, thou giuest them over to vanitie: roote out of my hart all pride, that being humbled, I may shew my selfe teachable and obedient, first to thee, then to those whome thou hast giuen me, to instruct, that so I may by little & little prepare my selfe to serue to thy glory onely, and to the profit of others, in walking in that calling, which thou shalt assigne vnto me, Amen."}