afraid yet put I my trust in the Lord. Psal. 56.3 Nevertheless my soul wait thou stil upon God for of Him cometh my salvation He verily is my hope and my strength He is my defence so that I shal not greatly fall Psal. 62.5 6. Let us go with boldness to the Throne of Grace that we may find mercie in the time of need Heb. 4.16 Devout Ejaculations grounded on the consideration of our Humane Frailtie and the Divine Providence and Mercie I. LORD of life and death of sickness and health all things therto belonging By whose appointment we are born and again by whose appointment we die Our time is in Thy hand Psal. 31. 17. and unto Thee belong the issues of death Psal. 68. 20. Thou that hatest nothing that Thou hast made nor dost ever utterly forsake the work of Thine own hands Thou that art a defense for the oppressed a Refuge in the needful time of trouble Thou that never failest them that seek Thee Psal. 9.9 10. And to whom none ever praieth without hope to be heard Thou that hast promised The poor shal not alway be forgotten that the patient abiding of the meek shal not perish for ever Psal. 9.18 For the comfortless troubles sake of the needie and for the deep sighing of the poor Psal. 12.5 Arise O Lord And men shal know that it is Thy hand and that it is Thou Lord that hast done it Psal. 109.25 II. O Lord whose mercie reacheth to the heavens and whose faithfulness to the clouds Psal. 36.5 and 57.11 Of whose mercies there is neither number nor end The greatness of whose goodness is not shut up under any time Who callest into Thy Vineyard even at the eleventh hour S. Matth. 20.6 7. Who rulest not with rigor but with meekness dost govern the things Thou hast made Thou that killest and revivest that bringest to the gates of death and bringest back again Thou that hatest nothing that Thou hast made That hast shut up all under sin that Thou mightst have mercie upon all Rom. 11.32 Lord The Savior and the saving health of all Thy faithful The Fountain of Grace and Goodness The Father of mercies and God of consolation 2 Cor. 1.3 Thou That up holdest all such as are falling and liftest up those that be down Psal. 14.5.14 Thou That healest the broken in heart and givest medicine to heal their sickness Psal 147.3 The comfort of them that be in heaviness The strength of then that be in weakness The health of them that be in sickness Hear O LORD and have mercie Look down from Heaven Behold and visit Visit with Thy salvation FINIS PRAIERS For the Morning Evening H. Communion TRANSLATED Out of the Greek Manual of the Private Devotions of the R. Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrews late L. Bishop of Winchester Never before printed LONDON Printed for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard 1648. Morning Praier GLorie be to Thee O Lord Glorie be to Thee Glorie be to Thee who hast given me sleep for the refreshing of my weakness and for the eas of my labors of this flesh subject to weariness That this day and every day may come on perfect holie peaceable healthful and without sin Grant Lord we beseech Thee That an Angel of peace a faithful guide a Guardian of our souls and bodies may pitch a tent about us and ever suggest what is needful for my salvation Grant Lord we beseech Thee The pardon and remission of all sins and of all transgressions Grant Lord we beseech Thee What things are good and profitable to our souls together with peace in this world Grant Lord we beseech Thee That we accomplish the rest of our life in Repentance and godlie Fear in Health and Peace Grant Lord we beseech Thee What things are true what are honest what are just what are pure what are lovelie what are of good report wherin there is virtue wherin there is praise that we may reckon of these things to do them Grant Lord we beseech Thee A Christian end of our life without sin without shame and if Thou think good without pain and a good Apologie at the dreadful and terrible Tribunal of our Lord JESUS Christ Grant Lord we beseech Thee O Being above all Being O uncreated Nature Thou Framer of the whole world I set Thee Lord before me Psal. 16.9 I lift up my soul unto Thee Psal. 25. 1. I fall down on my knees and worship Thee Psal. 95.6 I humble myself under Thy mightie hand 1 S. Pet. 5.6 I stretch forth my hands unto Thee My soul is for Thee as ground without water Psal. 143.6 I smite upon my brest and say with the Publican God be merciful to me a sinner S. Luke 18. 13. To me altogether a sinner To me the chief of sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 To me a greater sinner then the Publican be merciful as to the Publican O Father of Mercies I beseech Thee by Thy Fatherlie bowels of compassion Despise me not An unclean worm Psal. 22.6 A dead dogg 2 P. Sam. 9.8 A stinking carcass Despise me not The Work of Thy hands Psal. 138.8 Thine own Image Gen. 1.27 Despise me not Though I bear the brands of mine iniquitie Lord if Thou wilt Thou canst make me clean Lord speak the word only and I shal be cleansed S. Mat. 8.2 8. And Thou O Savior Christ O Christ my Savior Savior of sinners of whom I am chief 1 Tim. 1.15 Despise me not Despise me not O Lord The price of Thine own blood Upon whom Thy Name is called O Lord despise me not But look upon me with those Thine eies with which Thou lookedst upon Marie Magdalen at the Feast Peter in the High Priests Hall The Thief on the Cross. That with The Thief I may humbly call upon Thee saying Lord remember me in Thy Kingdom S. Luke 23.42 Peter I may weep biterly S. Matth. 26.75 And O that mine eies were a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night P. Jer. 9.1 Marie Magdalen I may hear Thee saying Thy sins are forgiven Thee And that with her I may love much because my many and manifold sins are forgiven me S. Luke 7.47 48. And Thou all-holie and gracious and quickning Spirit Despise me not Despise me not Thine own Inspiration Holie thing But turn Thee again O Lord at the last and be intreated to look upon thy servant Psal. 90.13 BLessed art Thou O Lord our God the God of our Fathers Who turnest the shadow of death into the Morning P. Amos 5.8 And renewest the face of the earth Psal. 104. 30. Who hast dispell'd the darkness by the presence of the light Who separatest the Night and bringest in the Day Who hast light'ned mine eies that I sleep not in death Psal. 13. 3. Who hast delivered me from the terrors of the Night and from the Pestilence that walketh in darkness Psalm 91.5 6. Who hast driven
and put thou thy trust in the Lord. Psal. 27.16 O cast thy burthen upon the Lord and He shal refresh thee and shal not suffer the righteous to fail for ever Psal. 55.23 O put your trust in Him alway yea people Pour out your hearts before Him for God is our hope Psal. 62.8 He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth He His anger for ever Psal. 103.9 In His wrath He will remember mercie P. Hab. 3.2 Heaviness may indure for a night but joy will come in the morning Psal. 30.5 For a little while have I forsaken thee but with great compassion will I gather thee For a moment in mine anger I bid my face from thee but with everlasting mercie have I had pitie on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer P. Isa. 54.7 8. Concerning the Contrition and Repentance of the Sick DO you acknowledg yourself not to have lived so well as you ought but to have sinned don amiss and dealt wickedly Do you call to mind the years of your life spent amiss in the bitterness of your soul Do you desire to have your mind illuminated by God touching those sins you never knew or which you once knew but have now forgotten that you may repent of them 1 Do you desire to feel greater sorrow in your soul for your sins committed then you do 2 Would you be glad if you did feel it 3 And are you grieved that you feel it not that you are no more grieved Be there or is there any special sin that doth lie heavie on your conscience for the which you need or would require the benefit of private Absolution Say Thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin and makest his beautie consume as a moth fretting a garment Psal. 39.12 There is no health in my flesh by reason of Thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sen. Psal. 38.3 Lord be merciful unto me Heal my soul for I have sinned against Thee Psal. 41.4 Lord I confess my wickedness and am sorrie for my sin Psal. 38.18 I call to mind the mispent years of my life in the bitterness of my soul. P. Isa. 38.15 My misdeeds have prevailed against me O be Thou merciful unto my sin Psal. 65.3 For Thy Names sake O Lord be merciful unto my sin for it is great Psal. 25.10 O remember not the offenses and frailties of my youth but according to Thy mercie think Thou upon me O Lord for Thy Goodness Psal. 25.6 Namely O Lord and specially in be merciful unto me Herein the Lord be mertiful unto His servant 2 Kings 5.18 O Lord lay not to my charge Acts 7.60 If Thou Lord be extreme to mark what is don amiss O Lord who may abide it Psal. 130.3 O enter not into judgment with Thy servant for no flesh is righteous in Thy sight Psal. 1 43.2 My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face bath covered me Psal. 44.16 My heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is fallen upon me Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me Psalm 55.4 5. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as are of an humble spirit Psal. 34.17 A broken and contrite heart O Lord wilt Thou not despise Psal. 51.17 Repent you of these your sins That is 1. Have you a purpose to judg yourself for them if you live 1 Cor. 11.31 2. And to inflict upon yourself punishment for committing them according as you shal be directed 2 Cor. 7.11 Levit 5.18 3. Are you resolved if God send you life hereafter to amend and live more carefully and to avoid both those means occasions that may provoke you to sin again and those signs and marks which testifie you delight in it 4. Do you holily promise thus much in the presence of God His grace aiding you 5. Do you desire if God send you health again to be specially put in mind therof Turn us then O God our Saviour and let Thine anger cease from us Psal. 85.4 Concerning the Belief of the Sick BEleive you the Christian Creed or Confession of our most Holie Faith once delivered to the Saints Beleive you that you cannot be saved except you did beleive it Are you glad in your soul and do you give God heartie thanks that in this Faith you were born have lived in it and now shal die in the same Do you yourself desire and do you wish us to desire at the hands of God that this Faith may not fail you until the hour and in the hour of death If your sense fail you or if the pain of your disease or weakness otherwise so work with you as it shal happen you with your tongue to speak ought otherwise then this your Faith or Religion would do you renounce all such words as none of yours and is it your will we account of them as not spoken by you Is there in your mind any scruple touching any matter of Faith or Religion Say Lord I beleive help Thou mine unbelief S. Mark 9.24 Concerning the sick parties Forgiving offenders against him DO you forgive them that any manner of way have offended you as freely as you would be forgiven at Gods hand Do you likewise desire of God that He would forgive them That amends which they are bound to make you in that they have offended you are you content to remit them also Are you willing that so much be shewed them from you that you have forgiven them freely and fully and desire God to do the like Say Father forgive them they knew not what they did S. Luke 23. 34 O Lord lay not these fins to their charge Acts 7. 60. Concerning the sick parties Desire of Forgiveness from them whom be hath offended YOu yourself living in the world it cannot be but some you have offended Do you desire that all such as you have offended would pardon and forgive you Do you remember or call to mind any person or persons in special whom you have so offended Will you that so much be signified to them in your name that you desire them to forgive you Inasmuch as the offenses against the Seventh Commandment of getting any children by the act of adulterie committed with the wife of another man and against the Eighth Commandment touching mens goods and against the Ninth touching mens credits or good names are not by God forgiven unless restitution be made to the parties wronged Are you readie and willing to restore and make satisfaction to such as you have wronged in thrusting in a child begotten by you likelie to deprive the true children of the partie and begotten by him of a childs part and portion and to such as you have wronged in their goods and to satisfie those whom you have any way touched in their good name and that without all fraud or delay Can you call to mind any persons in
forgive Consider and do it O Lord. Defer not for Thine own sake O my God Ch. 9. V. 5 7 9 16 17 18 19. P. Jonas O Lord in following vanities I have forsaken mine own mercie For which I am cast out of the fight of Thine eies Yet I remember Thee O Lord yet will I look yet again toward Thy Holie Temple O Lord hear and have mercie Ch. 2. v. 8. 4. Prodigal child Father I have sinned against heaven and against Thee I am no more worthie to be called Thy son But forgive me and make me one of the meanest of Thy hired servants S. Luke 15.18 19. God be merciful to me a sinner S. Luke 18.13 JESU Master have mercie upon us S. Luke 17.13 Have mercie on me O Lord Thou son of David S. Mat. 15.22 O Lord help me v. 25 O Lord even the little whelps eat of the crumbs of Thy table Ver. 27. S. Paul O Lord I am carnal and sold under fin And in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good Rom. 7.14 18. The good thing I do not which I would The evil that I would not that do I. V. 15. Though I consent to the Law according to the inner man V. 22. Yet I feel another law in my nature rebelling against the Law of my mind and leading me captive to the Law of sin V. 23. O wretched man that I am who shal deliver me from this bodie of death Ver. 24. But this is a true saying and by all means worthie to be received That JESUS Christ came into the world to save sinners wherof I am chief 1 Tim. 1.15 S. Peter We have spent the time past of our life aster the lusts of the heathen walking in wantoness lust surfeting uncleaness and other excesses 1 S. Pet. 4.3 But Thou hast redeemed us O Lord by the pretious blood of Christ the undefiled Lamb. 1 S. Pet. 1.1 18 19. Have mercie upon us in that Name besides which Thou hast given none under heaven wherby we must be saved Acts 4.12 S. John If we say we have no fin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us 1 S. John 1.8 If our heart condemn us not God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things 1 S. John 3.20 But we confess our sins and confessing them we have an Advocate with the Father JESUS Christ the Righteous and He is the propitiation for our sins 2 S. John 1.2 S. James In many things we sin all Ch. 3. V. 2. But Lord let Thy mercie triumph over Thy Justice Ch. 2. V. 13. A Confession of sins according to the branches of the Decalogue I. I Have touching Thee O Lord been full of roving imaginations and evil thoughts I have not studied to seek and know Thee as I ought Knowing Thee I have not glorified Thee nor given thanks to Thee accordingly I have doubted of Thy promises and not trusted to Thy help I have made flesh mine arm and hoped for prosperitie from man rather then from Thee I have not performed the dutie of Invocation with that reverence I ought I have not been thankful specially not for Thy chastisements II. I have not worshiped Thee in spirit and truth I have drawn neer to Thee with my lips but my heart hath been far from Thee I have been more careful of the outward ceremonial part of Thy worship then of the inward and spiritual III. I have not with due regard taken Thy Name into my mouth I have with rash oaths and eager execrations oft abused it I have not given occasion to others to sanctifie Thy Name but have caused it to be evil spoken of through mine evil dealing I have not duely regarded and reverenced those things wheron Thy Name is imprinted IV. I have not to Thy Sabbath or Sanctuarie brought that care which I should I have not spared to absent my self from Thy Holie Assemblies without sufficient cause I have not spent the days assign'd to Holie exercises upon them chiefly but have in them too much intended mine own private business I have been content in them with the use of the Means alone without any practise at all V. I have not so reverently spoken nor so dutifully carried myself toward some whom Thou hast placed over me as was meet I should I have not so carefully prayed for them as was requisite I have not opposed to them who unreverently in terms used them Chiefly those who have had me in government touching my soul. VI. I have not wished or provided for the good of my neighbor as I should but rather maligned been angrie and quareled with them and sought revenge upon everie light injurie I have not had that compassion on the poor that I should nor ministred to their necessities I have not defended them against the wrongs of others as I might I have not rejoiced in the good success of my neighbor but envied his welfare VII I have not possessed my vessell in holiness and honor nor preserved it from pollution as the Temple of God should be I have suffered my phancie to wander licentiously Mine ears and tongue I have not kept as I should I have not eschued the occasions of lust nor made the covenant with mine eies that I should I have not brought under my bodie nor kept it in subjection with such abstinence as I should I have more studiously and with more cost intended my flesh then my spirit VIII I have not reckoned godliness gain nor been content with my estate but wished an higher I have not been so exact in paying and dealing with those I have dealt withall as in justice I was bound I have by undue means interverted to my use that which was not mine I have not of that whereof I had more then enough been willing to part with to the relief of the needie IX I have not been so studious of speaking the truth as I should I have been desirous to seem and to be reputed more then I was I have not had that care of the good name of my brother I was bound I have not so hated flatterie as I should I have not so stood for and defended the truth as was meet I should X. I have been full of wandering desires wicked affections unlawful concupiscences evil suspitions and surmises and inordinate lusts touching my neighbor and that which is his The Triumph of Mercie in many Gradual Expressions and Remembrances propounded to us in the Holie Scriptures GOD In his Mercie is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Corin. 10.1 Gen. 18.32 Takes all in the better part If it will admit any good sense so he construes it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 10.1 Meek not irritable not easily stirred up or provoked 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wisd. 11.24 Sees and sees not makes as if He did not see 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts 17.30 Overlooks looks beyond our sins looks not at them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 P. Micha 7.18 Passeth by or over them
sleep from mine eies and slumber from mine eie-lids Psal. 132.4 Who makest joyful outgoings of the Morning and Evening Psal. 65.8 For I laid me down and slept and rose up again Psal. 3.5 And Thou Lord madest me to dwel in fafetie Psal. 4.9 For I awaked and beheld and my sleep was sweet unto me P. Jer. 31.26 O Lord blot out as a Night-mist mine iniquities P. Isa. 44.22 Scatter my sins as a Morning cloud Grant that I may become a child of the light and of the Day I Thes. 5.5 That I may walk soberly chastly and honestly as in the Day Rom. 13.13 Vouchsafe to keep me this day without sin Te Deum Uphold me when I am falling and lift me up when I am down Psal. 145.14 That I may never harden my heart as in the provocation Psalm 95.8 with the tentation or deceiptfulness of any sin Heb. 3.13 Moreover deliver me this day From The snare of the Hunter The noisome pestilence The arrow that flieth by day Mischance The Noon-day destruction Psal. 91.3 5 6. Preserve this day from any evil of mine and me from the evils of the day Let not my days consume in vanitie nor my years in trouble Psal. 78.33 Let one day certifie another Psal. 19.2 Let this day add some knowledg or practise to yesterday Psal. 143. O Let me hear Thy loving kindness betimes in the Morning for in Thee is my trust shew Thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my soul unto Thee Ver. 8. Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies for I flee unto Thee to hide me Ver. 9. Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth Thee for Thou art my God Let Thy loving Spirit lead me forth in the way of righteousness Ver. 10. Quicken me O Lord for Thy Names sake and for Thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble Ver. 11. REmove from my mind thoughts that are without understanding Wisd. 1.5 Inspire good thoughts into me even such as shall be wel pleasing unto Thee Turn away mine eies lest they behold vanitie Psal. 119.37 Let mine eies look after that which is right and mine eie-lids after just things Prov. 4.25 Hedg in mine ears with thorns that they listen not to foolish discourses In the Morning give me an ear to hear with and open mine ears to the doctrine of Thy Oracles P. Isa. 50.4 5. Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and a dore with a guard about my lips Psal. 141.3 Let my speech be season'd with salt Col. 4.6 that it may minister grace unto the hearers Ephes. 4.29 Let me do nothing that shal make my heart ake or be a scandal to me 1 Sam. 25.31 But let my doings be such for which Thou maist remember me for good And spare me according to the greatness of Thy mercie Nehem 13.22 31. INto Thy hands I commend my spirit soul and bodie for Thou hast Created Redeemed Regenerated them O Lord Thou God of truth Psal. 31.6 And with myself I commend unto Thee all mine all that belong unto me Thou O Lord hast graciously given them unto Thy servant Genes 33.5 Preserve us O Lord from all evil O Lord I beseech Thee keep our souls Psal. 121.7 Keep us from falling and present us faultless before the presence of Thy glorie S. Jude Ver. 24. at that day 2 Tim. 1.18 O Lord preserve my going out and my coming in from this time forth for evermore Psal. 121.8 Prosper I beseech Thee Thy servant this day and grant him mercie in the sight of all he shal meet with Neh 1.11 Haste Thee O God to deliver me Make haste to help me O Lord. Psal. 70.1 O Turn Thee unto me and have mercie upon me give Thy strength unto Thy servant and help the son of Thine handmaid Shew some good token upon me for good that I be not put to shame in the sight of them that hate me because Thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me Psal. 86.16 17. Evening Praier HAving passed over this day Lord I give thanks unto Thee The Evening draweth nigh make it comfortable An Evening there is as of the Day so of this Life The Evening of this Life is Old-age Old-age hath seiz'd upon me make that comfortable Cast me not away in the time of age Forsake me not when my strength faileth me Psal. 71.9 Be Thou with me until Old-age and even to hoar hairs do Thou carrie me P. Isa. 46.4 Do Thou do it do Thou forgive Do Thou receive and save me O Lord. Tarrie Thou with me O Lord for it is toward Evening with me and the Day is far spent S. Luke 24.29 of this my toilsome life Let Thy strength be made perfect in my weakness 2 Corinthians 12.9 THe Day is vanished and gon so doth my Life vanish my Life no Life The Night is coming on and so doth Death Death without Death The end as of the Day so of our Life is at hand We therfore remembring this beseech Thee O Lord that the end of our Life being Christian and acceptable to Thee without Sin without Shame and if it please Thee without Pain Thou wouldst guide us in peace O Lord our Lord gathering us together under the feet of Thine Elect when Thou wilt and as Thou wilt only without Shame and Sin GRant that we may remember the days of darkness that they are many Eccles. 11.8 that we be not cast out into outer darkness S. Matth. 22.13 and 25.30 and that we may remember to prevent the Night by doing some good Judgment is at hand Grant us O Lord that we may make a good and acceptable account at the dreadful and terrible Tribunal of JESUS Christ. IN the Night I lift up my hands toward Thy sanctuarie and bless the Lord Psal. 124.2 3. The Lord hath granted His loving kindness on the Day time and in the Night season will I sing of Him and make my praier unto the God of my life Psal. 42.10 As long as I live will I magnifie Thee on this manner and lift up my hands in Thy Name Psal. 63.5 Let my praier be set forth in Thy sight as the Incense and let the lifting up of my hands be an Evening sacrifice Psal. 141.2 BLessed art Thou O Lord our God the God of our Fathers Who didst create the interchanges of the Day and Night Who givest us occasions of songs in the Night Job 35.10 Who hast delivered us from the evil of this Day Who hast not cut off like a Weaver my Life nor in this Day before Night didst make an end of me P. Isa. 38.12 LOrd as we add days to our days so we add sins to our sins Ecclus 5.5 A just man falleth seven times a day Prov-24 16 but I a wretched sinner seventie times seven times S. Mat. 18.22 wonderfully and horribly O Lord. P. Jerem. 5.30 But I turn from my wicked ways and bewailing them P. Isa. 30.15 I return to my heart P. Isa. 46.8 and turn to
The Fulness of Wisdom S. John 6.35 A Sufficient Accompt of our Oblations 1 Cor. 16.1 For the Armour of Patience 1 S. Pet. 4.1 For the stirring up of our Thankfulness Psal. 116.11 For Confidence in Praier Psal. 116.12 Mutual Inhabitation S. John 6.56 A Pledg of our Resurrection S. Joh. 6.54 An acceptable Apologie at the Bar of Judgment 1 Cor. 11.29 A Testament of our Inheritance S. Luke 22.20 A Type of Perfection S. Joh. 17.23 That we with all Thy Saints who from the begining have pleased Thee may be partakers of Thy most pure and eternal good things which Thou hast prepared O Lord for them that love Thee in whom Thou art glorified for ever O Lamb of God who takest away the sin of the world S. John 1.29 Take away mine also who am a notorious sinner WEe therfore O Lord in the presence of Thy Holie Mysteries Being mindful of The saving Passions of Thy Christ His life-giving Cross pretious Death three daies Burial Resurrection from the dead Ascension into Heaven Session at the Right hand of Thee the Father glorious and dreadful Return humbly beseech Thee that we receiving a part of Thy Holie Mysteries with a pure testimonie of our Conscience may be united to the Holie Bodie and Blood of Thy Christ. Let me so receive these Mysteries that I may be worthie to be ingraffed into Thy Bodie which is the Church That I may become one of Thy Members and Thou my Head That I may remain with Thee and Thou with me That now not I in myself but Thou in me and I in Thee May for ever continue in an indissoluble bond of Love Wash out the stains of my old fresh sins Never let any sinful spot abide where so pure Sacraments have ent'red Through this Sacred Mysterie which I here call to mind Burie me already dead to this world with Thee in Thy Grave And receiving this Sacrament not unworthily let us procure Christs dwelling in our hearts Epbes. 3. 17. and be made a Temple of Thy Holie Spirit 1 Cor. 6. 19. Even so O Lord. And make not any one of us guiltie of these Thy dreadful and beavenlie Mysteries nor weak in Soul or Bodie by our unworthie partaking of the same 1 Corin. 11.27 29 30. But grant that to our utmost and last gasp we may worthily receive the hope of these Thy Mysteries To our Sanctification Illumination Strength'ning To the eas of the burthen of our many sins As a Preservative against all the assaults of the Devil As a Deleterie Impediment of our evil Customs For the Mortification of our lusts Keeping of Thy Commandments Increas of Thy Divine Grace and Possession of Thy Kingdom After the Receiving of the Blessed Sacrament IT is good for me to hold me fast by God and to put my trust in the God of my salvation We have now O Christ our God finished perfected according to our abilitie the Mysterie of Thy Dispensation For we have had the Memorial of Thy Death seen the Type of Thy Resurrection been filled with Thy endless Life enjoied Thy never failing Dainties Wherof vouchsafe to make us all partakers in the world to come THe good Lord pardon everie one that prepareth his heart to seek the Lord God of his Fathers though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuarie 2 Chron. 30. 18 19. FINIS See Bishop Andrews's Eighth Sermon of Repentance and Fasting * S. Chrysost. Liturgie * S. Chrysost. Liturgie * S. Chrysost. Liturgie * S. Chrysost. Liturgie * S. Chrysost. Liturgie †Philip. 4 8. * S. Chrysost. Liturgie These Praiers thus marked are not in the Greek but in the Latin MS. In the Latin not in the Greek MS.