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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51405	The Countess of Morton's daily exercise: or, A book of prayers, and rules how to spend the time in the service and pleasure of Almighty God.	Morton, Anne Douglas, Countess of, d. 1700.; Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.	1679 (1679)	Wing M2817A; ESTC R216837	16,448	141

me and bring me at last to thine Eternal Kingdom of Glory through him who is the King of Glory my blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen Heb. 13. THe God of Peace who brought again from the Dead our Lord Jesus Christ the great Shepherd of his Flock through the Bloud of his everlasting Testament make me perfect in every good work to do his Will and that which is well-pleasing in his sight through the same Jesus Christ our Lord To whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be Glory for ever Amen PRAYERS UPON Sundry Occasions PRAYERS When you are upon a Journey I. THe Almighty Lord be now and evermore my defence to bless me and preserve me from all evil in my going out and my coming in and give his Angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways II. IF God will be with me and keep me in this way that I go so that I come to my home in Peace then shall I give Thanks and pay my Vows unto him III. O God who knowest us to be set in the midst of many dangers grant that by thy mighty aid I may be defended from all things that may hurt me either in Body or Soul through Christ our Lord. Amen IV. DIspose and Govern the way of thy Servant O Lord and further me with thy gracious and continual help that in all my doings begun continued and ended in Thee I may glorifie thy holy Name and keep my self by thy most mighty protection in the ways of thy Laws and paths of thy Commandments for the attainment of everlasting rest and peace in thy heavenly Kingdom through Christ our Lord. Amen V. SHew me thy ways O Lord and teach me thy Paths for I lift up my Soul unto thee Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my Salvation in thee hath been my hope all the day long Amen PRAYERS In the time of any sudden danger or distress I. ALmighty and everlasting God mercifully look upon me and in this time of dangerand necessity stretch forth thine hand to succour and defend me through Christ our Lord. Amen II. THe Almighty Lord who is a strong Tower of defence against all the Perils Assaults and Tribulations of this World be now and evermore my Aid and Protector through Jesus Christ our Blessed Lord and Saviour Amen III. FRom Lightning and Tempest from all Evil and Mischief and from sudden death Good Lord deliver me PRAYERS In the time of sickness and affliction I. SAve me O King of Heaven and hear me when I call upon thee for I am in affliction and heaviness Thou art a defence for the oppressed and a refuge in the needful time of trouble look down from Heaven and visit me with thy Salvation II. I Know that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it and ●hy doings are always just but thou art also good and gracious and of great mercy to them that call upon thee Thou upholdest all them that are fallen and liftest up those that be down II. I Know that of very faithfulness thou hast caused me to be troubled that I might call upon thy Name IV. ANd now Lord what is my hope Truly my hope is even in Thee For thou art the hope of all the ends of the Earth the aid of all that need the help of all that fly to thee for Succour O turn thee unto me and shew me the light of thy Countenance that I may be made whole and give thanks unto thy Name V. O God favourably with mercy hear my Prayers and grant that all those things which I suffer for my sins I may well pass and overcome by thy most gracious and ready help through Christ our Lord Amen VI. O Do well unto thy Servant that I may live and keep thy Commandments VII MErcifully O Lord look upon mine Infirmity and for the glory of thy Name turn from me all those Evils that I most righteously have deserved and grant that in all my troubles I may put my whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy Honour and Glory through our only Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Meditations in the time of Sickness upon the great Mercies of God I. WHen we are judged we are chastened of the Lord that we may not be condemned with the world II. REfuse not the correction of the Almighty it is the Lord let him do what seems good in his own eyes III. AS it pleaseth the Lord so cometh every thing to pass Blessed be the Name of the Lord. IV. GOD is the Lord of Life and Death of sickness and of health by whose appointment we were born and by whose commandment again we must die our time is in his hand and to him belong the issues of Death V. GOD is meek and gentle ready to accept our sorrow and repentance for sin VI. HE is exceeding slow to anger and not easily provoked he seeth our sins and makes as if he saw them not he many times over-looketh them and by his long-suffering passeth them by as loth to see them VII WHen he cannot but see yet he forbears and is patient Forbears long suffers long many times many years VIII WHen he can suffer stay no longer but punish he must he doth it against his will and when he is angry he containeth himself in it and suffereth not his whole displeasure to arise IX HE is angry but not according to our deserts nothing so much He is angry but not long it endures but a little while and in his wrath he thinketh upon mercy he thinks every stripe two and is quickly weary he repents him of the evil and is soon appeased X. HE will have none to perish but have all to be saved he willeth not the death of a sinner but that he should repent and live XI NOt of any sinner not of Manasses not of Rahab not of Mary Magdalen not of Saint Paul who was once a chief sinner XII FOr Christ came into the world to save sinners and of them that come unto him he casteth none out A Thanksgiving after Recovery from Sickness I. O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy Servant according to thy great Goodness and Mercy Before I was troubled I went astray but now I will take heed to my ways that I swerve not from thy Precepts It is good for me that I have been in trouble that I may learn to obey thy Commandments II. RIghteous art thou O Lord and true are thy Judgments Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me but my sure trust hath been in thy Mercy O let my Soul live and it shall praise thee and thy Judgments shall help me III. I Will always give thanks unto the Lord his Praise shall be ever in my mouth O Lord my God I cried unto Thee and thou hast healed me Thou hast turned my heaviness into

an Evening Sacrifice In thee hath been my hope all the Day long and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge day and night for ever Glory be to I. O Thou Brightness of Eternity by whose Providence both the Day and the Night were created and governed and who hast made the outgoings of the Morning and Evening to praise Thee mercifully vouchsafe to let the Light of thy Countenance shine upon me with the blessed Beams of thy Goodness and Mercy that neither the Prince of Darkness may have any power over me nor the Works of darkness overwhelm me but that by thy mighty Protection I may be defended both in Body and Soul from all the perils and dangers of this night and for evermore through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen II. MAke me to remember that the Darkness hideth nothing from Thee but that to Thee the Night shineth as clear as the Day to Thee the Darkness and the Light are both alike III. OBe thou merciful unto me and bless me shew me the light of thy Countenance and be merciful unto me IV. INto thy hands I commend my self my Soul and my Body and all that is mine for thou hast made and created them and thou hast redeemed us O thou Lord God of mercy and truth V. THou hast Created all things and for ●hy Will 's sake they are and were created VI. O Send thy Light and thy Truth what they may preserve me and save me for thy Mercie 's sake Lord have mercy upon me Christ have mercy upon me Lord have mercy upon me God the Father bless me God the Son defend me God the Holy Ghost pr●serve me now and f●● evermore Amen Rules and Advertisements AFter this speak not unnecessarily to any before you go to sleep Remember that your Bed is a representation of the Grave and Sleep an Image of Death It behoves you FORMS OF CONFESSIONS AND PRAYER TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR The Forgiveness of Sins in reverencing his Power and Majesty as I should Yea I have sometimes doubted of him misbelieving his Promises and not trusting to his Help I have made Flesh my arm and put my confidence in the pleasing Vanities and uncertain Prosperities of the World I have otherwhile been full of roving and unlawful imaginations concerning God and full of wandring thoughts in his Service II. I have often framed to set up to my self divers Imaginations and Forms of God's Worship and Religion which he hath not set and established in his Church I have been negligent in giving him his external Worship and Honour not falling down before him with that inward reverence of Spirit and Truth nor with that outward Order and Humility of my Body which is requisite always to be shewed forth and done before Him III. I have often drawn near unto him with my lips when my heart hath been far from him I have too frequently vainly inconsiderately used his great and fearful Name and in the eagerness of my Spirit I have not abstained from abusing it with rash Oaths and Execrations My Vows and Promises that I have made in his Name I have not performed Those holy things whereon his sacred Name is set imprinted I have not duly regarded and through my presumptuous vanities I have been an occasion to make his Name be evil spoken of and prophaned by others IV. I have often absented my self from the publick Worship and Service of his Holy Assemblies Sanctuary vainly mispending the days that are hallowed to the honor of his great Name V. I have not carried that reverence and regard nor given that due obedience which I ought to them whom God hath placed over me seeking rather my own will and pleasure than submitting my self to their lawful precepts and advice I have too much unregarded the Persons of my Betters and been unthankful to them that have deserv'd well of me VI. I have not done to all others as I would that they should do to me I have envied their welfare the better and more prosperous Life of others above my own I have often let the reins of my Passion loose to anger malice and revenge uncharitably delighting in the mischief and destruction of my own private or peculiar Enemies When out of my abundance I might have relieved others that were in want I have many times neglected it VII I have often suffered my fancy and affections to wander licentiously I have not held mine Eyes nor mine Ears nor my Tongue from vanity I have not carefully eschewed the occasions and enticements to corrupt and vain affections I have not preserved my Body in that Holiness Honour and Purity which becometh the Temple of God VIII I have not reckoned Godliness to be my greatest Gain nor been content with that which I have IX I have listened to Flattery and used it towards others of many I have had evil suspicions and given rash judgment upon them Upon my self I have set a greater value than I deserved and seemed better than I was that I might gain a false reputation from others And I have often suffered truth to be gainsaid X. I am guilty of many inordinate desires and irregular affections And wo is me that in all these things I have offended For if in all these things my Heart should not condemn me God is greater than my Heart and knoweth all things But I confess them and confessing am sorry for them and being sorry for them am ready to leave them his Grace thereunto assisting me and not only to leave them but to judge my self for them with all religious lowliness and alacrity submitting my self freely to the pious directions and advice that shall be given me by my Spiritual Governors and Ministers of God for shewing forth the fruits of my sorrow and repentance meet for amendment of life And though I be altogether unworthy yet for the Worth and Merits of my Saviour in whose Merits and Mercy I put my whole Trust and Confidence being as he is the Propitiation not only for my sins but for all the sins of the world I most humbly crave pardon and absolution from them and from all my other sins which I may have now forgotten and whereof my Conscience may be afraid MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS AT THE Holy Communion Referring to I. PURITY II. FAITH III. CHARITY Meditations and Prayers at the Holy Communion I. Purity I Will wash my Hands in innocency O Lord and so will I go to thine Altar I will come into thine House in the multitude of thy mercies and in thy fear will I worship thee toward thy holy Foot-stool For Christ our Passeover is offered Let us therefore keep the Feast not with the Leven of malice wickedness but with the unlevened Bread of Sincerity and Truth The Prayer O Lord cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit that my Body may be made clean by the pure Body of my Saviour Jesus Christ once offered upon

the Cross and that my Soul may be washed by his most precious Bloud there shed for me and that He may abide with me for ever Amen II. Faith I believe Lord help mine unbelief I Believe that God our heavenly Father did of his tender mercy give his only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross for the Redemption of the world I believe that he made there by the Oblation of himself once offered a perfect Sacrifice and satisfaction for our sins I believe that this Sacrament was ordained for the continual remembrance of that his Death and Sacrifice and for the benefits we all receive by it I believe that I shall here partake of the spiritual Food and most precious Body and Bloud of Christ the Bread of Life that came down from Heaven the Bloud that hath been carried up into the holy places and the Cup of Eternity For they that eat of this Bread and drink of this Cup shall live for ever The Prayer O My God what are we that thou so regarded us to give thy self for us to give thy self to us to be one with us that we may have life in us even life immortal which will quicken us and raise us up at the last day O my Lord I am not worthy not worthy the least of thy Mercies how much less of this which is the greatest greater than the World greater than the Heavens greater than all the Treasures of Heaven and Earth but I beseech Thee look upon me in the Greatness of thy Mercies not weighing my Merits but pardoning mine offences Amen III. Charity THis is a Sacrament of Love and this is thy Commandment that we should love one another even as thou hast loved us for we being many are one Body whereof Christ our Lord is the Head The Prayers O Thou Blessed and undivided Trinity whichteachest us that all our doings without Love and Unity are nothing worth send into all our hearts that most excellent gift of Charity and inflame our Souls with the Celestial Fire of thy Love that living together in unity of Spirit and the bond of Peace among our selves we may perfectly love Thee and worthily magnifie thy Holy Name through Christ our Lord. Amen A Litany Privately to be used before the Receiving of the Holy Communion O God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost God the most holy blessed and glorious Trinity Have mercy upon me O Thou immaculate Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the World Have mercy upon me O Christ the Eternal Son of the Father the Redeemer and Preserver of Men the Bread and Life of the World the Author and finisher of our Faith the Great Mystery of Godliness the Word that was made Flesh to save thy Servants from their Sins Have mercy upon me Save me O God for I come unto Thee in the multitude of thy Mercies and in thy Fear will I fall down and worship Thee in thy Holy Temple that Thou mays Have mercy upon me Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender Mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and frailties of thy Servant but Spare me O Lord Spare me for thy goodness an Have mercy upon me From my unworthiness to receive thy blessed Body and Bloud by which thou hast redeemed me from all carnal vain and earthly Imaginations in this thy Holy Sacrament from all misbelief and incredulity of thy Word from all defects of Sanctity Love and Charity from all my Sins and Iniquities Good Lord deliver me By that fervent ardor of Goodness and Charity wherewith thou camest down from Heaven by thy blessed Cross and Passion and by the mysterious institution of this thy Holy Sacrament Good Lord deliver me By thy most sacred Body which was broken crucified by thy most precious Bloud which was shed poured forth for the Sins of the World Good Lord deliver me O Lord God I beseech thee to hear me and that it may please thee to give us all true Faith and Repentance with devout humility and Reverence rightly and duly to celebrate this thy holy Sacrament in memory of thy most hallowed true and propitiatory Sacrifice with a firm faith to receive thy blessed Mysteries to give thanks unto thy Name O Lord I beseech thee to hear me That it may please thee to accept this our bounden duty and service our Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving the Memorial that we now make of thine own death and Sacrifice which was once offered for us and to grant that by the Merits and Power thereof we and all thy Servants may receive remission of our sins and be filled with thy Grace and Heavenly Benediction O Lord I beseech thee to hear me O Lord God Lamb of God Son of the Father thou that takest away the Sins of the World Receive my Prayer When you are ready to receive the Holy Sacrament in each kind do it with the greatest reverence and devotion that you may yet without all affectation and singularity lifting up your hands and your heart to God And after you have Received lift up your hands again and say devoutly with your self while others receive I. BLessed art Thou O Lord Blessing and Honour and Glory be unto thee O thou Lamb of God for evermore Amen II. This is the Lord 's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes III. I will magnifie thee O Lord and will praise thy Name for ever and ever IV. All thy Works praise thee O Lord and thy Saints give thanks unto thee V. Happy are those Servants whom when their Lord cometh he shall find thus doing VI. Salvation and Blessing and Honour be unto him that sitteth upon the Throne of Heaven now and for ever Amen A Thanksgiving after the Holy Communion BLessed art Thou O Lord God and blessed be thy Holy Name for ever who hast now vouchsafed to feed me with the Bread of Life and hast given me to drink the Cup of Eternity the holy and heavenly Mysteries of the Body and Bloud of my Saviour thereby assuring my Soul of thy favour and goodness towards me for the sealing of my Faith for the pardon of my Sins for the obtaining of my Peace and all other Benefits of Christ's blessed Passion I now most humbly beseech thee to assist me with thy Heavenly Grace that I may continue thine for ever and be made a Temple of thy Holy Spirit and that having now Christd welling in me by faith I may accomplish the rest of my life in Repentance and Godly fear in mortifying my own sinful desires and in keeping thy Holy Commandments For which end guide me with thy Power enlighten me with thy Word and quicken me with thy Spirit Elevate my Senses compose my Manners and order my Conversation aright for thou art able to do abundantly above all that I can ask or think by which thy great and bountiful goodness towards me thou wilt glorifie thy Name in