Here are some interesting prayers from the 1599 Geneva Holy Bible. The 1599 Geneva Bible was the precursor to the 1611 King James Bible. Not only did the 1599 Geneva contain prayers in the back but it also contained the Psalms set to music. And by the way, it was also illustrated!
A Godly prayer to be said at all times
From the 1599 Geneva Holy Bible
Honor and praise be given to thee,
O Lord God Almighty,
Most dear Father of Heaven,
For all thy mercies and loving kindness shewed unto us,
In that it hath pleased thy gracious goodness,
Freely and of thine own accord to elect and choose us to salvation before the beginning of the world:
And even like continual thanks be given to thee,
For redeeming us with the precious blood of thy dear son,
When we were utterly lost:
For sanctifying us with the holy Spirit in the revelation and knowledge of thy word:
For helping and securing us in all our needs and necessities,
For saving us from all dangers of body and soul,
For comforting us so fatherly in all our tribulations and persecutions,
For sparing us so long,
And giving us so large a time of repentance.
These benefits O most merciful father,
Like as we acknowledge to have received them of thy only goodness,
Even so we beseech thee for thy dear son Jesus Christ's sake,
Grant us always thy holy Spirit,
Whereby we may continually grow in thankfulness towards thee,
And our neighbors for thy sake:
Suffer us not (most dear Father) to receive thy word any more in vain:
But grant us always the assistance of thy grace and holy Spirit,
That in heart, word, and deed,
We may sanctify and do worship to thy name,
Help to amplify and increase thy kingdom,
And whatsoever thou sendest,
We may be heardly well content with thy good pleasure and will.
Let us not lack the thing, O Father,
Without the which we cannot serve thee:
But bless thou so all the works of our hands,
That we may have sufficient,
And not be chargeable but rather helpful to others.
Be merciful O Lord to our offenses,
And seeing our debt is great which thou hast forgiven in Jesus Christ,
Make us to love thee and our neighbors so much the more:
Be thou our Father, Captain, and defender in all temptations:
Hold thou us by thy merciful hand,
That we may be delivered from all inconveniences,
And end our lives in the sanctifying and honoring of thy holy name,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord and only savior.
Let thy mighty hand and out-stretched arm (O Lord) be still our defense,
Thy mercy and loving kindness in Jesus Christ thy dear son our salvation,
Thy true and holy word our instruction,
Thy grace and holy Spirit our comfort and consolation unto the end and in the end.
So be it.
O Lord increase our faith.
A prayer to be said before a man begins his work
From the 1599 Geneva Holy Bible
O Lord God most merciful Father and Savior,
Feeling it hath pleased thee to command us to travel,
That we may relieve our need,
We beseech thee of thy grace so to bless our labors,
That thy blessing may extend unto us,
Without the which we are not able to continue,
And that this great favor may be a witness unto us of thy bountifulness and assistance,
So that thereby we may know the fatherly care that thou hast over us.
Moreover (O Lord) we beseech thee that thou wouldest strengthen us with thy holy Spirit,
That we may faithfully travel in our estate and vocation,
Without fraud or deceit,
And that we may endeavor ourselves to follow thine holy ordinance,
Rather than to seek to satisfy our greedy affections or desire to gain.
And if it please thee (O Lord) to prosper our labor,
Give us a mind also to help them that need,
According to that ability that thou of thy mercy shalt give us:
And knowing that all good things come of thee,
Grant that we may humble ourselves to our neighbors,
And not by any means lift ourselves above them which have not received so liberal a portion as of thy mercy thou hast given unto us.
And if it please thee to try and exercise us by greater poverty and need then our flesh would desire,
That thou wouldest yet (O Lord) grant us grace to know that thou wilt nourish us continually,
Through thy bountiful liberality,
That we be not so tempted,
That we fall into distrust,
But that we may patiently wit till thou fill us,
Not only with corporal graces and benefits,
But chiefly with thine heavenly and spiritual treasures,
To the intent we may always have more ample occasion to give thee thanks,
And wholly to rest upon thy mercies.
Hear us O Lord of mercy,
Through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
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