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A Protestant souldier's congratulation to the Prince of Orange, in a new letany, or, Prayers against Popery· Being thought necessary to be added to the daily devotions of private families at all times, but more especially in this present juncture of affairs in England. By Captain Anthony Stampe, sometimes chief engineer and adjutant general to an active Protestant Army against the rebels in Ireland.
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Stampe, Anthony.
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Wing S5192; ESTC R229849
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A Protestant Souldier's CONGRATULATION To the PRINCE of ORANGE IN A NEW LETANY OR PRAYERS AGAINST POPERY Being thought necessary to be added to the DAILY DEVOTIONS of PRIVATE FAMILIES At all TIMES But more especially in this present juncture of AFFAIRS in ENGLAND By Captain ANTHONY STAMPE Sometimes Chief Engineer and Adjutant General to an Active Protestant ARMY against the Rebels in IRELAND Printed for A. S. in the Year MDCLXXXVIII 17. Dec. TO THE READER READER IT is strange to see a Souldier in these days at his Prayers without Beads whereas most part of our Profession are Irreligious which how should it otherwise be being addicted as they are especially in these loose times too much tollerated to Blaspheme their Maker with God Damme's and he is accounted the Bravest Souldier amongst them that can thunder forth the most Oaths with an Audacious Brasen Face and be of greatest Repute who commits the Foulest Ennormities and for Murther it Self flies to the Court Sanctuary and gets his Pardon which Irregular Practices are unsufferable in a Christian Countrey to the great dishonour of our Noble Profession for a Right Valiant Souldier Fights only in a Good Cause for the Honour of his Prince and Countrey as truly Religious carrying his Life momentary in his hands For Devotion is more requisite in him than in other Callings which are less hazardous such a Souldier will chearfully be ready at all times to Fight against the Common Enemy and no Other with Resolution and Courage undauntable for Victory having before-hand his Peace made with God Should he Die thus in the Bed of Honour he will be Safe in the other World when the Prophane Souldier wallowing in his Blood breathing out his Ghost died deep in Sin will be denied his entrance into Eternal Bliss The Chief Cause of our Souldiers Debauchery in England is by the ill Example of their Officers who glories in their wicked doings being not at first Right Disciplin'd Souldiers made by Favour without Merrit having little or no Religion in them the King's Army for the greatest part of his Officers are composed with Such and Papists I hope shortly to see a Parliament Sit to Free us of these evil Pests and to Redress all other Grievances of this Nation whereby the Protestant Religion may for ever Prosper and Flourish to the Glory of God with the utter Downfal of Popery I bid you heartily Adue and Recommend you to my Prayers made by a Souldier yet judged useful for Private Families as well as for the Occasion of these Times Yours A. STAMPE A Protestant Souldier's CONGRATULATION To the PRINCE of ORANGE c. A Prayer in Remembrance of the Seven Bishops Imprisonment LOok down O Lord from thy Eternal Habitation upon this Sinful Land that hath transgressed against Thee and have not regarded the Words of thy Divine Messengers whom Thou hast Ordained to Convince them of their Sins who instead of Obeying thy Precepts taught by them have been Disobedient Children by Committing those Holy Men to Prison and Persecuting them with Severity for Delivering thy Truth and for Opposing what was Propos'd to be hurtful unto thy People Committed to their Charge Quiet and settle Right the Minds of Men from falling into Confusion and Ruin so much threatned by our Mortal Adversaries the Pope and Devil Good Lord Deliver us from them A Prayer whereby the Bishops and other Holy Divines may prevail with God for the Sins of this Nation WE beseech Thee Dear Father of Heaven to permit those Godly Men which have thus been Religious Sufferers for thy Gospel to Prevail with Thee now at the brink of Danger as Thou hast done to Thy Servants of Old to pacify Thy Heavy Wrath gone out against this Sinful Land for their backslidings from Thee Oh! Heal these Infirmities which are fallen upon us and Unite all Protestants to accord together in Brotherly love whereby we may Live in Holiness and Righteousness all the Days of our Lives and after Us our Childrens Children from One Generation to another may intirely so continue whilst the Sun and Moon endures Amen A Prayer for rooting out of Popery WE Beseech Thee the Creator and Maker of all Things to Blast Banish and Root up by the Roots Popery from all Protestant Countreys especially where we now Live and in Thy own Good Time hasten it for the Elect Sake out of the World Calling in thy Ancient People the Jews and likewise the Gentiles to bring them into our Protestant Faith agreeable to the Primitive Institution of our Blessed Saviour and his Apostles who left it unto us to follow because our Salvation depends thereon so that nothing is to be added or taken away from the Written Word of God upon Condemnation Yet the Papists as it is well known have left out amongst them what was Essential and introduc'd in the room thereof many False Ridiculous Ways of Worshiping of Thee with Prophane Superstitious Idolatry being against Thy Express Commandments in defiance of Thee They have lately Sow'd in this Land as they have done in other Parts of the World their fast growing Seeds of Iniquity to choak thy Good Word of the Gospel long since Planted amongst us which they have attempted to do by their Jesuitical Plots of the Devil and Pope to eradicate Protestantism whereby they might the betrer Accomplish their Infernal Intentions and Wicked Designs to turn all Christian Kingdoms into Popedoms and to that end their Hellish Works may be forwarded they have Erected innumerable Numbers of Popish Schools Mass-Houses Convents Nunneries c. contrary to thy Will and the Established Laws of these Protestant Nations and by them they have allured and inticed away from us unstable and wandring Souls for Novelty Lucre and Gain Besides They have publickly denied the Holy Bible to be the Written Word of God their Emissaries the Priests are furthermore so nimble and busy to Attend Sick Dying Persons and Malefactors that are to suffer by Law that they give them no rest till they have Subverted them from the Protestant Faith they should Die in and so cheat them of their Everlasting Happiness they else might Injoy to all Eternity We pray Thee O Lord to Deliver us from such Hellish Guides that would thus dazle our Eyes with False Delusions to intrap our Souls by Amen A Prayer for calling back those which are gone astray WE beseech Thee O Lord who art the Great Physician of our Souls that Thou wilt be pleas'd to Heal all the Breaches Popery hath made in Great Britain and Ireland and all other Protestant Countreys bring them in with True Repentance back again who have fallen away from our Faith and likewise Reconcile and Unite all Protestants who otherwise have been Disjoynted thereby to Live together in Love and Amity one with another without further Jarring and from henceforth to be all contented to Sing severally or joyntly their Sweet Hallelujah's to Thee for this Harmonious and Religious Agreement without having any more Differences
by their Controversies to arise amongst them but that they may abide together in Sobriety and Charity to the End of the World shall be our Daily Prayers Amen A Prayer for delivery from Famine VVE Beseech Thee O Lord who is the Alone Disposer of all Things That Thou wouldst be pleased to Preserve these Three Nations from the Dreadfulness of Famine and to Bestow the Kindly Fruits of the Earth in their Seasons with Plenty of Wholsom Food for the People therein to Feed thereon which we most earnestly desire for Thy Son Christ Jesus Sake Amen A Prayer for Delivery from the Plague Pestilence and Sword. WE beseech thee O Lord who is the giver and preserver of Life to defend and keep these Nations from the most dangerous Diseases of Plague Pestilence and devouring Sword to come into these Lands any more amongst us to sweep away the people therein From sudden Death and intestine Wars Good Lord deliver us A Prayer for the City of London against Fire WE beseech thee O Lord who never sleepeth nor slumbreth to watch over the City of London and Suburbs be thou at all times the Protector thereof and defend it from the Malice Craft and Subtilty of our Adversaries the Papists our common Enemies that study the Destruction of our Renowned City by their Diabolical Practices to bring it again by Fire into Ashes We return thy Almightiness our grateful Thanks in causing their Treacherous Intentions which were for a second Conflagration and to be discovered hath Alarmed our Inhabitants to be upon their Guards for prevention The Papists since finding their Swords blunted their Gun-powder damped and the rest of their Arms made useless and thereby disappointed from doing our Protestant Friends any harm that is come over to our Succour which thou hast miraculously performed beyond the expectation of Man Yet still the Papists are further mischievously bent to act by Achitophel's Counsels contrived at Rome and hatched in Hell We therefore humbly desire thee likewise to bring all their Deeds of Darkness to Light so that they may never take effect but be always addled and frustrated to nought stinking as they do in the Nostrils of all good Men. We again pray thee that thou would'st be pleas'd in favour of some Righteous Souls to be found among'st us to stand up before thee to pacifie thy displeasure for the Sins here committed against thee whereby this City may be saved and sheltered under thy Wings from the Papists infâ—rnal Fury with Fire to reduce her to another Rubbish Amen A Prayer for the Relief of the Poor WE beseech O Lord the giver and lender of all things out of thy free and wonted bounty unto those which have acquired it by thy providence and their Industry to enjoy a plentiful Estate to no other purpose then that they should do good therewith proportionably as they are enabled in the Generation they live in by cheerfully relieving the crying Necessities of the Poor for those that are negligent in feeding the Hungry and clothing the Naked thou wilt certainly call them to an account of their Stewardship who have no right to what they have but by thee We heartily pray thee to open their Eyes and Hands that are shut with luke-warm Charity whereby they may freely give their supply to the wants of the Needy that the Poor might not murmur against thee but receive their charitable Benovelence from the well Minded which will cause them to return thy Divine Majesty Prayers of Thanks for their daily Bread which we intreat thee the God of Compassion to grant them Amen A Prayer for the Two Armies in England VVE beseech thee most wonderful Jehovah for thy dear Sons sake the Captain General of our Salvation if it be thy blessed Will to turn the Minds and Hearts of the Protestant Souldiers of both Armies now in England from engaging one against the other and from shedding any more Blood in a Protestant Cause but that they may be united together into one intire Army under the Conduct of a Protestant Prince for to vanquish and overcome the Tyrants of the Earth and to pull down Anti-christ the Whore of Babylon whereby thy Gospel may be preached in Purity and soundness of Doctrine thro' out the whole World. We intreat thee again to bring in all that are without our Pale into the Protestant Faith whereby thy Name may be called upon by all and Worshipped in True Holiness to these our devour desires we pray thee that thou would'st hear us and answer us herein to whom all Honour and Glory be for ever given Amen A Prayer against Oppression and Slavery O Almighty Lord thou did'st open our Lips that our Tongues should express the Miseries we were fallen into for thou art a Compassionate God and hath promised unto those which truly rely on thee that thou wilt not leave them nor forsake them who shall call upon thy holy Name in time of need and thy Ears shall not be stopped from hearing the complaints of the oppressed and when thou seest it fit thou wilt then relieve them We do with humble Thankfulness confess thou hast heard us and answered us too out of thy loving Kindness when we were even in our greatest Extremities gasping as it were expecting every moment to have our Throats cut by the bloody Conspiracy of the Papists who are professed Enemies to thy Church which was not only threatned upon us but preparations were visibly making to effect their detestable designs upon us at a time we were helpless in our selves lying under the cruel Bondage of Slavery had we resisted them in our restraint they had made it Rebellion in us and our Remedy had been worse to us than our Disease but we patiently submitted under our heavy Yoke to thy determinate Will tho' our Afflictions were grievous unto us to wait upon thy good time for our deliverance from our Mortal Adversaries the Papists in the mean while drove Jehu like on their pre-meditated murthering Resolutions not to leave one Protestant alive in England which thou hast prevented them in whereby we might live to Glorifie thy Name for ever Amen A Thanksgiving for our happy Deliverance from the slaughter of our Blood-thirsty Butchers from whom we daily expected when we should be brought forth to their Shambles for Slaughter they having dexterously provided Irish Forces to be our fatal Executioners and also a French Army hasting over to be Actors in this hoâ—rid bloody Tragedy these Irish Butchers were the Sons and Grand sons to those notorious barbarous Rebels who in the Year 1641 in Ireland Massacred of English and Scots Protestants to the number of 200000 Men Women and Children in cold blood by divers inhumane new Inventions to torture them into lingring Deaths which those poor precious souls under-went for professing the Faith of the Protestant Religion as it is truly recorded by the late Sir John Temple then Master of the Roles in that Kingdom as may more at large appear these Fry and Spawns of the Old Rebels are foaming at the Mouths with their tainted blood running hot in their veins itching to be at work to mangle our Bodies they being naturally fleshed and hardned by the Devil to Murther encouraged by their Priests who tells them The more Hereticks they kill of us the more they Merit and shall inherit for their great Service therein our Possessions by making of Rivers of Blood to flow from Protestant Bodies for them to triumph and wade in O Most blessed Lord we have great reason on our side highly to praise and magnifie thee that thou hast by thy extraordinary care over us preserved us from the rage and fury of these our implacable Adversaries that would have destroyed us therefore we return unto thy Divine Majesty with our Hâ—nds and Hearts lifted up to thee our most humble and â—rateful Thanks in chaining and tying up these raveâ—ous Wolves Whelps of Tygers from being let loose to worry us to Death as it was designed by the Papists Most wonderful Deliverer thou hast miraculously freed us from the Tyranny we were under out of the paws and jaws of these Cannibal Men-eaters by seasonably sending over to us a Protestant Prince which is most nearly and dearly related to these Nations with a puissant Army and a magnificent Fleet to our Aid Succour and Relief purposely for to redeem us out of our Slavery we were enthrall'd in and to maintain unto us our Religion Laws Liberties Properties and Birth-rights being justly belonging to all the Protestants in England Scotland and Ireland which otherwise would have been for ever lost and for these thy Blessings to our Deliverances all Honour and Glory to thee be for ever given Amen A Prayer for the Prince of Oranges's Success THou O Lord hast strongly assisted this Great Prince beyond the expectation of our Enemies who were Fortifying and Making vast Preparations against him both by Sea and Land for to prevent him in his Religious Resolutions Thou hast heard our Prayers for his Coming over to us and for his Success and Thou didst hear him for us and has prospered him in all these his high Undertakings We further pray Thee for a Blessing from Above to Crown his Glorious Atchievements here below that he may perfect these his Victories here over his and our Enemies for Thy Glory His Honour and these Nations Welfare Amen A Prayer for the Prince of Oranges Person VVE humbly beseech Thee O Lord to Preserve and Defend from all Perils and Dangers whatsoever Thy Dear Servant next and immediate under Thee Supream Deliverer of Great Britain and Ireland out of Popish Slavery by the Grace of God the most Potent most Mighty and most Illustrious William Henry Prince of Orange together with his Royal Consort our Gracious Princess We heartily pray thee to grant them Issue to inherit their Vertues and Renowns that their Days may be long and comfortaâ—â—e unto them We beseech thee likewise for thy greaâ— Goâ—pel sake that thou would'st be pleas'd to lead this great Captain on further to the Conquest of France Rome and other Popish Countreys and that his Highness Head may be adorned with Diadems here and after this Life in Heaven with a Crown of Glory Amen FINIS