perticular and that Most ordinary twice a day at Morne Even Numb. 18. 3. More extraordinary Twice a day at Morne Noone and Night Psalme 55. 1. Seven times a day Dan. 6. 11. The Horologe 1 Before day Mar. 1. 31. 2 At Sun-rise Psal. 63. 1. 3 At the third houre Act 2. 15. 3 At the sixt or noone 10. 9. 4 At the ninth houre 3. 1. 5 At Sun-set P. 134 6 After it at night P. 134 7 At Midnight Ps. 139. 62 The place of Prayer In generall in every place Exod. 20. 24. In speciall for 1 Tim. 2. 8. Publique Prayer In the Congregation or Temple Psal. 111. 1. Acts 3. 1. and 22. 17. Private Prayer At home Esa. 26. 20. In the Chamber Mat. 6. 6. On the house top or leades Acts 10. 9. Abroade In the Garden Joh. 18. 2. In the field Gen. 29. 63. In the Desert Mar. 1. 35. The manner of Prayer in respect of The Posture Standing Mar. 11. 25. Kneeling Luke 22. 41. Falling on the face Mat. 26. 29. The Gesture Lifting up the eyes Psal. 123. 1. Lifting up of the hands 1 Tim. 2. 8. Smiting the brest Luke 18. 13. Vncovering the head 1 Cor. 11. 4. At your entrance into the Church before publique service say O LORD IN the multitude of thy mercies I wil aproach thine house and I will worship towards thy holy Temple in the reverence of thee Lord hear the voyce of my prayer when I call unto thee when I lift up my hands towards thy Sanctuary Remember these my brethren also which stand about me and pray together with me remember their endeavours their zeale Remember them likewise which for just causes are absent and O Lord have mercy upon them and us according to the abundance of thy goodnesse I have loved the beauty of thine house and the place where thy glory dwelleth that I might hear the voyce of thy praises and publish all thy wonders One thing have I desired of the Lord which I will still intreate That I may dwell still in the house of the Lord and visite his holy Temple To thee O Lord my heart hath said I will seeke the Lord Thee ô my God have I sought thy face And thee will I seeke The Horologe or Diall of Prayer THou which hast put the times and seasons in thine own power Acts 1. 7. Grant that wee may pray unto thee in a fit and acceptable time and save us Mar. 4. 38. 1. Thou which for us men and for our salvation wert borne at Midnight Lu. 2. 7 Grant that we may be daily regenerate by the renewing of thy holy Spirit untill Christ bee perfectly found in us and save us Lu. 3. 5. 2. Thou which early in the morning whilst the Sunne was rising didst rise again Mar. 16. 2. Raise us up daily to newnesse of life prompting us unto those means of repentance which thou best know'st and save us Rom. 6. 4. 3. Thou which at the third houre didst send thy holy Spirit upon thy Apostles Acts 2. 15. Take not thy Spirit from us but renew it daily in us and save us Psal. 51. 10. 11. 4. Thou which at the sixth houre and on the sixth day did'st fasten the sins of the world and crucifie them on the same Crosse with thy selfe Mat. 27. 45. Col. 2. 14. Cancell the hand-writing of our sins which is against us and take it cleare away and save us Thou which at the sixth hour did'st let downe the great sheete from Heaven and Earth as a type of thy Church Acts 10. 11. Receive us sinners of the Gentiles into the same and with it take us up into Heaven and save us Gal. 2. 15. Acts 10. 16. 5. Thou which at the ninth houre did'st for us sinners and our sinnes take that bitter and cursed death Mar. 15. 34. Heb. 2. 9. Mortifie in us our earthly members and whatsoever opposeth thy will and save us Col. 3. 5. 6. Thou which at even would'st be taken downe from the Crosse and laid in the Sepulchre Mar. 15. 42. Bury our sinnes in thy grave and with thy righteousnesse cover the evill which we have committed and save us Rom. 6. 4. Thou which late at night gavest to thine Apostles the power of remitting or retaining sinnes Jo. 2. 23. Make us pertakers of that benefit unto remission good Lord and not unto retention and save us Thou which at midnight did'st raise the Prophet David and the Apostle Paul to praise thee Ps. 119. 62. Act. 16. 25. O give us also Songs in the night and make us mindefull of thee upon our Beds and save us Ps. 63. 6. Thou which by thine owne mouth hast foretold the coming of the Bridegroome at midnight Mat. 5. 6. Grant that we may ever have that crye in our eares the Bridegroome cometh and so be never unprepared to meet him and save us Thou which by the Cocke crowing did'st admonish thy Apostle Peter and made him returne to repentance Matt. 26. 74. 75. Grant that wee also weepe bitterly for the things wherein wee have sinned against thee and save us Thou which at the Seventh hour did'st cure the Rulers Sonne of a feaver Jo. 4. 52. If any feaver or sicknesse remaine in our soules take that away also and save us Thou which at the 10. houre would'st have thy Apostle which found thy Sonne to cry with great joy wee have found the Messias Jo. 1. 41. Make us find the Messias likewise and having found him to rejoyce in like manner and save us Jo. 1. 41. Thou which vouchsafest to call those which stood al day idle and with promises of reward to send them even at the 11. houre into thy Vinyard Matt. 20. 6. Shew us the same favour and though wee returne late unto thee as at the 11 houre graciously yet denie not to entertaine us and save us Thou which at Supper time did'st institute the holy mysteries of thy body and bloud Jo. 13. 3. Matt. 26. 20. Make us mindefull and pertakers of them and not to our perdition but to the remission of sinne and our obtaining the legacies of the new Testament and save us Thou which hast foretold thy comming to judgment on a day which wee expect not and in an houre which wee knew not Luk. 12. 46. Matt. 24. 50. Make us ready every day And houre that wee may with joy attend thy comeing and save us Thou which sendest forth the light wch createst the morning and makest the Sun to rise upon thee good bad inlighten the blindnesse of our mindes with the knowledg of thy truth Ps. 43. 3. 74. 16. Eph. 1. 18. Lift up the light of thy Countenance upon us that in thy light we may see light in the light of grace the light of glory and save us Ps. 4. 7. 36. 9. Thou which givest food to all flesh which feedest the young Ravens which call upon thee and hast nourished us from our Childe-hood Fill our hearts with food and gladnesse and with
one night adde knowledge unto another Teach mee good Lord so to number my days that I may apply my heart unto wisedome From the morning watch untill the evening let Israel trust in thee O Lord A Paraphrase upon the Lords Prayer O Lord I Have neither knowne thee as I ought might have done neither as I have known thee have I glorified thy name or beene thankefull unto thee and woe is me that I have not But with sorrow I confesse and humbly I crave pardon and would to God I had done it nay would I might now hereafter so know thee and live so holily that both in me and by mee and by others for my sake thy name might be hallowed O let me so serve and so promote thy Kingdome here upon earth in the state of grace that I may attaine unto some place though the lowest even under the feete of thy Saints in Heaven in the state of glory Thy will which is holy and just and good be done by mee thy mercifull and gracious will be done with me me earth as I am As it is in Heaven Give us this day those things which may conduce to our welfare our quiet and our contentment Forgive mee my debts That excessive score of my debts my filthy slips fals my frequent relapses my long long wallowing in abominable pollutions even such as it is a shame to name or repeate these all and those other also which are not so sensible and yet perhaps no lesse grievious and which sinke me full as deep into perdition Out of these depths I cry out unto thee good Lord I beseech thee deliver my soule deliver it from the nethermost hell One deep calleth upon another the depth of my misery on the depth of thy mercie psal. 42. 7. O let thy mercie bee exalted above thy justice let thy goodnesse overcome my wickednesse Jam. 2. 13. Where sin hath abounded let thy grace much more abound Rom. 5. 20. Take away my sinnes take away the cause of my sins my sinns both those which are scandalous and scrupulous to my heart and those also which are not so and yet perhaps far more heynous of which I desire thee ô Lord that I may bee enlightned that so I may bee humbled for them In thy wrath remember mercie and forgive me my sinnes sins of mine owne ends with others sins secret and manifest sins ancient and fresh of the world or of the flesh As thou art most mercifull and indulgent and compassionate O Lord forgive them all even as wee forgive our debters and grant us this also that wee may forgive them and to that end infuse thy charity into our hearts Leade me not neither suffer me to be led nor â—â— enter into temptation but remember commiserate my frailty and weakenesse so often discovered But deliver me from evill from the evill Spirit and his suggestion from the evill in my selfe that is in my flesh and the inticement therof from the evil in the world and the contagion of it From all penall evills which most justly and worthily I have deserved from the evils of the world to come and spare mee there and feare and launce me here rather From the evills of this present world ptty mee Lord for I am but feeble from the malice and evill of this day and of this disease wherewith I now struggle and from the evill ensuing From all manner of evills past present and to come from them all good Lord deliver me and keepe me thy servant for ever Amen Confession of sin TO thee O Lord I confess for if I would I cannot hide it from thee that I also am one of the number for even my life discovereth my guilt O Lord I am a Sinner a branch of the wild Olive tree arising from the roote of bitternesse Job 14. 4. For of uncleane seed was I begotten and in sinne did my mother conceive me Psal. 51. 1. And I have sinned I have dealt unjustly I have done wickedly even in thy presence Psa. 106. 6. 51. 2. Impiously have I behaved my selfe in thy Covenant and have cast off thy law 1 King 8. 34. And rejected thy correction oppressed thy spirit and have gon a whoring after mine owne inventions and proceeded from bad to worse and have not feared thee Esa. 5. 24. Pro. 15. 3. Esa 63. 10. Ier. 18. 12. Lev. 25. 43. Nor yet returned Luk. 15. 18. No not when I was called back Pro. 13. 10. Not when I was afflicted Heb. 3. 13. But have waxed hard 1 Kings 16. 33. And have provoked thee And all this thou hast seene Psa. 9. 33. And yet hast held thy peace La. 2. 59. Sam. 49. 21. O God Thou knowest my foolishnesse and my transgresssions are not hid from thee I know it also my guilt is ever more before me Ps. 69. 5. Ps. 51. 3. Job 31. 33. Ps. 141. 4. And I hide not ô Lord Iincline not my heart to such wicked words as to excuse the accusations of my sinnes But against mine owne selfe I acknowledge mine iniquity and all that is within me and all my bones say that I have sinned I have sinned O Lord against thee Psa. 32. 5. 103. 1. 55. 10. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 19. Like a lost sheep I have gon astray and have been as froward as an untamed Heifer nay like a dogg have I returned to my vomit and like a washt Sow have I wallowed in the mire againe and rushed into mine owne destruction like a barbed steed into the battell Psalme 119. vlt. Ier. 31. 18. Pro. 26. 11. 2 Pet. 2. 10. Ier. 8. 6. And now O Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hidden from thee thou know'st Lord my greif because I have thus sinned against thee that I am become tedious to mine own selfe because my sorrow is not greater that earnestly desire of thee a contrite heart unspeakable groanes and teares of bloud Psa. 38. 9. Iob. 7. 20. Psalme 51. 17. Rom. 8. 26. And woe is me for my leanesse for the drynesse of my eyes and the hardnes of my heart Esa. 24. 16. Ier. 9. 1. Rom. 12. 5. Mar. 9. 25. Yet Lord I repent I repent O Lord O doe thou help my want of penitence and still more and more bruise thou rend prick and smite this heart of mine Psa. 51. 17. Ioel. 2. 13. Act 1. 2. 37. Behold O Lord I am angry with my selfe for my foolish unprofittable nay hurtfull dangerous lust 1 Cor. 7. Ps. 73. 22. Luc. 23. 34. 1 Cor. 6. 8. 1 Tim 6. 9. Yea I even loath and abhorr my selfe for the absurdity the foolishnesse the basenesse of it Iob 42. 6. 2 Thes. 3. 2 All the day long my shame is before mine eyes and the confusion of face hath covered me Ex. 5. 12. 13 17. Psa. 44. 15 Alas Alas That I have no more reverenced nor yet feared Ja. 1. 14. Thy Incomprehensible glory Awfull presence
mercy endureth and that endureth for ever in the world to come through the cisterne and cunduit of all thy mercies Jesus Christ A Prayer for Magistrats Ecclesiastical and civill LORD by whose almighty power all governments doe stand those especially wherein the people are led in the way of his sanctuary as he hath graciously begun to lead us in that way so leave us not till we have finished our course with joy knit the hearts of Moses and Aaron and that they may joyne lovingly Teach their hands and fingers of their hands that they lead skilfully touch the hearts of the people that they may be lead willingly That by meanes of this happie conduct surely without errour and safely without danger wee may lead to be led forward untill wee come to the fruition of his promise the expectation of our biessed hope even the eternall joyes of his celestiall Kingdome through Jesus Christ our Lord Before Sermon BLessed art thou O Lord Teach me thy Statutes open my eyes that I may understand the wonders of thy law O Lord remove thou the vaile from my heart whil'st that I either read or heare thy word The forme of Prayer used by Bishop Andrews after the opening of the Text THat the Word of God may at this time obtaine in us that end to which it was appointed and this our whole action may be advantaged Reverend Fathers and Brethren in CHRIST let us by our prayers invite hither the Divine Majesty acknowledging in the first place from the bottom of our hearts our unworthinesse even to draw neere to him much more to pray to yet much more to obtaine any thing from him But that all our worthinesse depends upon his acceptation and that all our confidence to pray and hope to obtaine depends upon his intercession By him let us deprecate the present punishment most due to our former unthankfulnesse for and carelesnesse in his word Let us pray that the grace of his Spirit may now prevent us and that what my heart hath profitably meditated he would bring into my tongue thence into your Eares thence into your Hâ—â—râ—â— thence into your life study and manners to the salvation of us all and his eternall glory And least we should be unmindfull of the Church of CHRIST in our prayers which is never unmindfull of us in hers let us interceed with our most mercifull Father for his Church militant on earth scattered far and wide through all Nations That God would preserve unto her his truth not long since recovered out of the most thick darknesse of errour that he would restore unto her when it shall seem good unto him her unity now almost lost through the dissentions of the christian World And let us commend unto him not without groanes that part thereof which beside and above the rest stands in speciall need of our prayers that part I say which is afflicted and oppressed either with the outward crosse for the testimony of a good or the inward for the testimony of a bad conscience Let us pray for a happy issue of their calamities and in the meane time while the issue is uncertaine so much patience as shall be necessary for the bearing of their crosses as is meet meekly and couragiously For that part of the Church flourishing with peace and by name for this our Church of England that God would give us to know the day of our visitation and to walke worthy of his so great mercy that we indeed have but before us no Nation no age ever had experience of For the principall members of our Church and State the Queenes most sacred majesty that shee may be enriched and adorned with all virtues fit for so great a place so great a Person that in this her Kingdome the Kingdome of CHRIST may daily more and more be propagated and that she may be as cordiall to us as careful of all things which are Gods as God hath confirmed by many great former later arguments that he is cordiall to and carefull of her For the Honourable Peeres of the Kingdome those especially who are of her Majestyes Privy Councel that God would proceed as he hath done long to suggest to them whatsoever shall be for the peace of this Church and Kingdome that what is good may be effected that what is hurtfull may be removed For the English Clergy to which whiâ—e I desire to pray all happines what other things should I begg of the Lord then that they may once be of one minde and Judgment in all things For our Magistracy that they may discharge their Office purely and entirely neither turning Justice into Worme-wood by corrupt sentence nor into Vineger by long suspension and delay of Causes For the People even the lowest part of the Kingdome so it is but yet precious being bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ that they may heare such as they have and have such as they should heare men fit to teach both now and hereafter That this may be and ever be and that there may daily spring up a great supply of Learned men wch may be able to plead our causes and minister to the health of our bodies and procure the salvation of our soules that God would be good and gracious to all Schooles of good Learning To both the Universities and especially to this of Ours and all the Magistrates thrreof To the Right Honourable the Lord Treasurer of the Kingdome our Chancellour To the Right Worshipfull Master Vice-Chancellour Master Proctors Master Taxors and the rest who have any Office among us Lastly that he would plentifully poure out his blessings upon our Colleges and as my speciall duty calls mee upon the whole Society of Pembrook Hall that wee in gracing our Predecessors who have beene alwayes famous in this Church may follow their iudustry considering the end of their conversation For all these Fathers and Brethern let us humbly offer up to CHRIST our Intercessor his owne Prayer to be presented to his Father in our name that hee would graciously bestow upon us these things and what ever else shall be necessary for us Our Father which art in heaven c. Another Exhortation to Prayer used by Bishop Andrewes after his opening of the Text IN the handling of which Particulars that the Word of God may at this time obtaine in us the end to which it was by him ordained and that this our whole action may be profitable let us by our Prayers hither invite the Holy Spirit Invoaking to that end the Father by the Sonne And least wee should be forgetfull of her in our Prayers which in hers is never unmindefull of us let us make intercession to the most mercifull Father for his Church Catholike not Romane but Universall militant upon Earth scattered over the face of the World That God would preserve unto her his Truth now long since recovered out of the thickest darkenesse of errours that when it shall seeme good unto him her Unity now almost lost through the dissentions of the Christian world may be restored And let us not without groanes commend unto God that part thereof which besides and above the rest stands in speciall neede of our supplications I mean our Brethren for what reason soever oppressed and afflicted with any kinde of crosse Let us pray for an happy end of their tryals and while the issue is uncertain for so much patience as shall be necessary to the meeke and constant sufferance of their troubles For the portion of the Church flourishing in peace namely for the Churches in great Brittaine and Ireland and for that in both the Palatinate And as our speciall duty bindes us for the most peaceable and powerfull Prince James by the Grace of God King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith and throughout his Dominions over all conditions and orders both Ecclesiasticall and Civill Supreame Governour Let us pray for his long life c. multitude of yeares and that hee may live long daily more and more to encrease the Kingdome of Christ see it propagated and rejoyce For the incomparable Queene Anne For our springing hope the most noble Prince Charls For the Bridegroome and the Bride the most Illustrious Fredericke Prince Elector of the Roman Empire Count Palatine of the Rhene and the most Excellent Lady the Lady Elizabeth the Kings onely Daughter our only Princesse For the most Noble the Peeres of the Realme those chiefely of his Majesties most Houourable Privy Councell For this our Order for the Clergy and for all the people But in our prayers first and last wee earnestly beg of God that hee would be good and gracions to the late Marriage especially that Sion may be glad therein in whose Joy God alwayes shares that hee may so blesse them out of Sion that they may see the clause in the marriage song their Childrens children and what wee all doe wish for Peace upon Israel For which blessing let us prostrate offer up to Christ our Intercessour his owne prayer in our name to be presented to his Father that hee would most mercifully and bounteously bestow upon us these things and what else hee knowes expedient for any of us Our Father c.