out in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against thee 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoyce let them ever shout for joy because thou defendest them let them also that love thy name be joyfull in thee 12 For thou Lord wilt blesse the righteous with favour wilt thou compasse him as with a shield Ev. Pr. PSAL. VI. David being afflicted with sicknesseâ— and sensible of Gods anger prayes against it implores the Divine mercy renounces all communion with evill men and evill works prayes for life and health ease and remâ—ssion and finding ease nad comfort gives thanks to God O Lord rebuke me not in thine anger neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure 2 Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am weak O Lord heale me for my bones are vexed 3 My soul is also sore vexed but thou O Lord how long 4 Return O Lord deliver my soul oh save me for thy mercies sake 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee in the grave who shall give thee thanks 6 I am weary with my groaning all the night make I my bed to swim I water my couch with my tears 7 Mine eye is consumed because of griefe it waxeth old because of all mine enemies 8 Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping 9 The Lord hath heard my supplication the Lord will receive my prayer 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed let them return and be ashamed suddenly PSAL. VII David justifies himself against the reproches of Shimei who accus'd him to have caused the death of King Saul and his family and to have usurp'd the Kingdome he prayes to be delivered from the injuries of his adversary to be restored to his Kingdome and to be a veng'd of his enemy O Lord my God in thee do I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion rending it in pieces while there is none to deliver 3 O Lord my God if I have done this if there be iniquity in my hands 4 If I have rewarded evill unto him that was at peace with me yea I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul and take it yea let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust Selah 6 Arise O Lord in thine anger lift up thy self because of the rage of mine enmies and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded 7 So shall the congregation of the people compasse thee about for their sakes therefore return thou on high 8 The Lord shall judge the people judge me O Lord according to my righteousnesse and according to my integrity that is in me 9 O let the wickednesse of the wicked come to an end but establish the just for the righteous God tryeth the hearts and reins 10 My defence is of God which saveth the upright in heart 11 God judgeth the righteous and God is angry with the wicked every day 12 If he turn not he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it ready 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors 14 Behold he travelleth with iniquity and hath conceived mischief and brought forth falshood 15 He made a pit and digged it and is faln into the ditch which he made 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate 17 I will praise the Lord according to his righteousnesse and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high PSAL. VIII The glory and magnificence of God his love to Man his providence over the world an act of praise and adoration of God O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy name in all the earth who hast set thy glory above the heavens 2 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemie and the avenger 3 When I consider thy heavens the work work of thy fingers the moon and the starres which thou hast ordained 4 What is man that thou art mindfull of him and the son of man that thou visitest him 5 For thou hast made him a little lower then the angells and hast crown'd him with glory and honour 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands thou hast put all things under his feet 7 All sheep and oxen yea and the beasts of the field 8 The fowl of the air and the fish of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas 9 O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy name in all the earthâ— Mo. Pr. PSAL. IX The Church praises God for her victory over her enemies God takes care of his Church will destroy them that oppose her The faithfull are exhorted to put their trust in God I Will praise thee O Lord with my whole heart I will shew forth all thy marvellous works 2 I will be glad and rejoyce in thee I will sing praise to thy name O thou most high 3 When mine enemies are turned back they shall fall and perish at thy presence 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou saâ—est in the throne judging right 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen thou hast destroyed the wicked thou hast put out their name for ever and ever 6 O thou enemy destructions are come to a perpetuall end and thou hast destroyed cities their memoriall is perished with them 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath prepared his throne for judgment 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousnesse he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightnesse 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast not for saken them that seek thee 11 Sing praises to the Lord which dwelleth in Sion declare among the people his doings 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood he remembreth them he forgetteth not the cry of the humble 13 Have mercy upon me O Lord consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Sion I will rejoyce in thy salvation 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the net which they hid is their own foot taken 16 The Lord is known by the judgement which he executeth the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands Higgaion Selah 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poor
Amen A prayer against temptations III. O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ thy Name is great thy essence is infinite thy goodnesse is eternal and thy power hath no limit thou art the God and Lord of all Blessed for evermore Looke downe in mercie and compassion from thy dwelling heare our prayers and supplications and deliver us from all temptations of the world the flesh and the Devill Take not thy grace from us let us never want thy helpe in our needs nor thy comfort in the day of our danger and calamity Never try us beyond our strengths nor afflict us beyond our Patience nor smite us but with a Fathers rod * We have no strengths of our owne thou art our confidence our rock and our strong salvation Save us O God from the miseries of this world and never let us suffer the intolerable calamities of the next Rescue us from the evils we have done and preserve us from the evils we have deserved that we living before thee with clean hearts and undefiled bodies and sanctified spirits may at the day of Judgement be presented pure and spotlesse by the blood of the lamb that we may sing eternall Allelujahs in heavenly places to the honour of God our Saviour who hath redeemed our soules from death our eyes from tears and our feet from falling Grant this in the richnesse of thy mercy through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall be added upon all Sundaies and Festivals of the yeare this following prayer and upon other daies as opportunitie is to be had all or some portions The prayers for kings c. and the state Ecclesiastical are never to be omitted but on ordinary daies it may suffice to recite them omitting so much of either as is included in the Columnes * The prayer of intercession for all states of Men and Women in the Catholick Church I. SAve us defend and keep us in thy fear and love O thou God of mercy and grace Give unto us the light of thy countenance pardon of our sins health of our body sanctification of our spirits peace from heaven and salvation of our soules in the day of our Lord Jesus Amen For the Catholick Church II. HEar our praiers for thy holy Church Catholick which thou hast redeemed with thy blood sealed and sanctified with thy spirit Extirpate all heresies and false doctrines unite all her divisions let her be prosperous under thy favour and the protection of Kings and Princes and the whole secular arme that she may daily celebrate thy Name with strict obedience and pure spiritual sacrifices that she may be accepted and prevaile in her daily and nightly prayers and that the gates of hell may never prevaile against her let her live in the spirit and reigne in thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the supreme power III. WE pray unto thee O great King of Heaven and earth for all Christian Kings Princes Governours and states Crowne them with justice and peace and with the love of God and the love of their people * let holinesse be the ornament of their heads invest them with the armour of righteousnesse and let the anointing from above make them Sacred and venerable wise and holy * that being servants of the King of Kings friends of religion Ministers of justice and patrons of the poor they may at last inherit a portion in the Kingdome of our Lord Jesus For the state Ecclesiastical IV. REmember all them that doe the Lords worke in the ministery and conduct of soules Give them great gifts and great holinesse * that wisely and charitably diligently and zealously prudently and acceptably they may be guides to the blind comforters to the sad and weary that they may strengthen the weake and confirme the strong separate the vile from the precious boldly rebuke sinne patiently suffer for the truth and be exemplary in their lives * that in all their actions and sermons in their discipline and ministrations they may advance the good of soules and the honour of our Lord Jesus Amen For all orders and states of men c. V. O Blessed God who art rich in mercie and compassion take care of all states of Men and Women in the Christian Church the Nobility and Gentry Magistrates and Judges Advocates and Physicians Merchants and Artificers Husbandmen and Tradesmen the Labourers and the Hirelings give them grace in their several callings to glorifie thee and to keep a good conscience both towards God and towards Man that they may find eternal comfort in the glorious day of our Lord Jesus For the miserable and afflicted VI. In mercie remember the poor and needy the widdowes and the Fatherlesse the strangers and the friendlesse the oppressed and the greived the Decrepit and the sickly the yong men and the tempted the weake of heart and the weake in body them that languish and them that are dying Releive their necessities comfort their sorrowes sanctifie their calamities strengthen their weaknesses and suffer not the Devil to prevaile over them in the daies of their sorrow and disadvantage and in thy due time deliver them from their sad bondage into thy glorious liberty of the sons of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. VII BE a guide to the travellers a star and a port to Mariners the comfort and strength of Miners and Gallislaves Pity good God all Gentlemen that are fallen into poverty and sad misfortunes strengthen and deliver all women that are in sharp and dangerous labour all them that roar and groane with intolerable paines and noisome diseases Have mercy and compassion upon all that are afflicted with illusion of the night and frightfull apparitions that are haunted or possessed with evill spirits or troubled with despairing or amazed consciences with the stone and with the gout with violent colics and greivous ulcers give them pity and give them patience a speedy deliverance from their calamity and a sanctified use of the rod of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. VIII WE pray unto thee O Blessed Father in behalfe of all that are in banishment captivity in fetters or hard services in want or extreme poverty in great fear or in any great passion Keep them from sinning against thee and from being swallowed by too great a sorrow Let the accidents of their lives be under the command of reason and of thy holy spirit and end in holinesse and comfort in peace and joyes eternall through the mercies of our God in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen For the preservation from danger and evill IX KEep us O God from famine and pestilence from Earthquakes and inundations from fire and sword from invasion by foreign enemies and from civil warres from false religion and from discountenancing the true let every Christian soule find pity at the throne of grace let all our errors and ignorances find pardon by Christ and remedie by the holy spirit of Christ hear all our praiers releive all our necessities
Come and hear all ye that fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my soule * The people that walked in darknesse hath seen a great light and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death upon them hath the light shin'd * O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he hath done for the children of men * He turneth the wildernesse into a standing water and dry ground into water-springs * He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyfull mother of Children * For unto us a child is borne unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulders * His name shall be called wonderfull counsellor the mighty God the everlasting Father the prince of peace * Of the increase of his Government and peace there shall be no end * He shall sit upon the throne of David to order his Kingdome and to establish it with judgement and justice for ever and ever * O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he hath done for the children of Men. Minister Glory be to God on high Answer And on earth peace good will towards men Minister Amen Answer Amen Then proceed to the Nicene Creed The collect to be inserted after the first collect of the Morning and Evening prayer and may be said during the twelve daies ALmighty God who hast so loved the world that for our redemption from sin misery thou gavest thy son that he taking upon him our nature and being borne of a Virgin might performe to thee the obedience which mankind owed and pay the price in which we were indebted and teach us what thou wouldest have us to doe and convey to us all the good which thou didst designe for us overshadow us with thy holy Spirit of grace that we may conceive Christ in our hearts by faith relyup on him in a holyhope and expresse him in anexcellent charity that as he was pleased to take upon him our nature so we may be borne againe and be partakers of the Divine nature that conforming to his image following his example and being filled with his Spirit we may grow in the knowledge and love of God and live in righteousnesse that being thy sons by a holy adoption we may partake of the inheritance of thy welbeloved son the firstborne of all the creatures our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen Upon Good Friday Instead of the Psalmes of the day read at Morning Prayer Psalme 22. Psalme 25. Psalme 51. Evening Prayer Psalme 81. Psalme 85. Psalme 86. Psalme 88. or any three of them The Collect. O Most Blessed most gracious Saviour Jesus who by thyobedience unto death even the death of the crosse didst become the sacrifice of the world the great example of patience the Lord of life the good shepherd laying downe thy life for thy sheepe and the mediator betweene God and man let thy wounds heale thy blood cleanse thy death make us to live and thy Spirit make us to worke righteousnesse all our daies that we may by thy aide and by thy example obey our heavenly Father with all our powers and all our faculties with our reason and our affections with our soules and with our bodies with our time and with our estate in prosperity and adversity that we may beare our crosse patiently and doe thy worke cheerefully and be ready to benefit mankind with great charity and great industry that being followers of thy life and partakers of thy death we may receive a part in the resurrection of the just to the joyes of God in thy inheritance O most blessed most Gracious Saviour Jesus Amen For Easter day The Psalmes appointed for Morning Prayer Psalme 30. Psalme 45. Psalme 47. Evening Prayer Psalme 57. Psalme 66. Psalme 72. The Hymne to be said after the second lesson at Morning and Evening prayer IN thee O Lord I have put my trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousnesse incline thine ear unto me and save me ¶ Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my Castle * For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope even from my youth ¶ Thorough thee have I beene holden up ever since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praises shall be alwaies of thee * O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long ¶ Thy righteousnesse O God in very high and great things are they which thou hast done O God who is like unto thee◠* O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me and yet didst thou turne and refresh me yea and broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe ¶ Thou hast brought to me great honour and comforted me on every side * Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulnesse O God playing upon an instrument of musick unto thee will I sing upon the harp O thou holy one of Israel ¶ My lips will be faine when I sing unto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast delivered * Blessed be the Lord God even the God of Israel which onely doth wondrous things ¶ And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty Amen Amen Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect O Most Holy most Glorious Saviour and redeemer Jesu who for our sakes didst descend from the glories of God to the paines and labours of the earth and didst passe from a painfull life to an ignominious death from the bitternesse of death to the darkenesse of the grave and by thy divine power didst raise thy selfe from death to life againe we give thee thanks for thy infinite love to us and all mankind we acknowledge thee to be our Lord and confesse thee to be our God we adore thy Majesty and rejoyce in thy mercies we humbly pray thee to enable us with thy Spirit to beleive all thy doctrines and to obey all thy Commandements that after a holy and a religious life spent in doing honour to thy holy Name we may be partakers of thy holy resurrection passing from death to life from the darkenesses of the grave to the light of Heaven from an imperfect duty to the perfection of holinesse in the fruition of the joyes of God in thy eternall Kingdome O Most holy Most Glorious Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen Upon Ascension day Instead of the Psalmes of the day read at Morning Prayer Psalme 15. Psalme 21. Psalme 24. Evening Prayer Psalme 92. Psalme 96. Psalme 97. The Collect. O Blessed High Priest Holy Jesus King of the world and head of the Church who
When he fell and broke thy easy Commandement thou didst not despise his folly nor leave him in his sin but didst chastise him with thy rod and restrain him by thy law and instruct him by thy Prophets and at last didst send thy Holy Son into the world that he might renew and repair thy broken image The People shall answer Blessed be God He comming from heaven and taking our flesh by the power of the Holy Ghost of the Vâ—rgin Mary conversed with men and taught us the way of God and the dispensation of Eternal life People Holy Jesus Blessed be God But when for the redemption of us sinners he would suffer death upon the Cross without sin for us who were nothing but sin and misery in the night in which he was betrayed he took bread he looked up to heaven he gave thanks he sanctified it he brake it and gave it to his Apostles saying Take eat This is my body which is broken for you Doe this in remembrance of me Likewise after Supper he took the Cup and when he had given thanks and blessed it he gave it to them saying Drink ye all of this for this is my bloud of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins Doe this in remembrance of me For as often as ye shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye shall shew forth the Lords death till he come The people shall answer Amen Minister We beleeve and we confess People We declare thy death and confess thy resurrection Then the Minister kneeling shall say this prayer of Oblation I. WE sinners thy unworthy servants in remembrance of thy life-giving passion thy Cross and thy pains thy death and thy burial thy resurrection from the dead and thy ascension into Heaven thy sitting at the right hand of God making intercession for us and expecting with fear and trembling thy formidable and glorious return to judge the quick and dead when thou shalt render to every man according to his works doe humbly present to thee O Lord this present sacrifice of remembrance and thanksgiving humbly and passionately praying thee not to deal with us according to our sins nor recompence us after our transgressions but according to thy abundant mercy and infinite goodness to blot out and take away the hand-writing that is against us in the book of remembrances which thou hast written and that thou wilt give unto us spiritual celestial and eternal gifts which neither eye hath seen nor ear hath heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man to understand which God hath prepared for them that love him thorough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall follow the reception and distribution of the Holy Sacrament The Minister first receiving and privately saying this short prayer O Blessed Jesus My Lord and my God thou art the celestial food and the life of every man that cometh unto thee I have sinned against heaven and before thee and am not worthy to partake of these holy Mysteries but thou art my merciful Saviour grant that I may religiously thankfully and without reproof partake of thy Blessed body and blood for the remission of my sins and unto life eternal Amen Then reverently taking in his hand the consecrated bread that he means to eat let him say THE Body of our Lord Jesus which was broken for me preserve my body and Soul into everlasting life Amen Then praying a while privately let him receive the Chalice saying THE Bloud of our Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for the remission of my sins cleanse my Soul and preserve it into everlasting life Amen Then let him pray awhile privately and recommend to God his own personal necessities spiritual and temporal and the needs of all his Relatives c. After that let him distribute it first to the Clergy that helps to officiate and after that to the whole Congregation that offers themselves saying the same words changing the person While the Minister of the Mysteries is praying privately the people may secretly pray thus or to this purpose I Beleeve O God and confess that thou art Christ the Son of the living God who came into the world to save sinners whereof I am chief Lord make me this day partaker of thy heavenly Table for thou dost not give thy secrets to thy enemies but to the sons of thine own house Let me never give thee a Judas kiss I confess thee and thy glories I invocate thee and thy mercies I trust upon thee and thy goodness like the thief upon the Cross Lord remember me in thy kingdome with the remembrances of an everlasting love Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof but as thou didst safe to lie in a Manger with beasts and to enter into the house of Simon the leper nor didst despife the repenting harlot when she kissed thy feet so vouchsafe to lodge in my soul though it be a place of beastly affections and unreasonable passions throw them out and dwell there for ever purifie my soul accept the sinner cleanse the leper so shall I be worthy to partake of this Divine Banquet Amen When every of the Communicants hath received in both kinds let the Paten and Chalice if any of the consecrated Elements remain be decently covered and then shall follow these prayers THE POSTCOMMUNION The Minister and People devoutly kneeling shal say the Lords prayer the people repeating every petition after the Minister Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass aganist us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Then the Minister shall pray this prayer for the Catholick Church I. REceive O Eternal God this sacrifice for and in behalf of al Christian people whom thou hast redeemed with the bloud of thy Son and purchased as thine own inheritance From the fountains of mercy the springs of our Blessed Saviour let all thy people upon whom the name of Jesus is called receive confirmation and increase of grace fruitfulness in good works and perfect understanding in the way of godliness Defend O God thy Church and preserve her from all heresy and scandal from sacrilege and Simony from covetousness and pride from factions and schism from Atheisme and irreligion from all that persecute the truth from all that work wickedness and let not thegates of hell prevail against her nor any evil come neer to hurt her II. Give thy blessing O God to this Nation remember us for good and not for evil be reconcil'd unto us in the Son of thy love and let not thine anger be any longer upon us nor thy jealousy burn like fire Send us health and peace justice
his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Or this IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousnesse incline thine eare unto me and save me ¶ Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alwayes resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my Castle * As for the children of men they are but vanity the children of men are deceitful upon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanity it selfe ¶ O trust not in wrong and robbery give not your selves unto vanity if riches increase set not your heart upon them * Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and be not absent from us for ever ¶ Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble * For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaveth unto the ground ¶ O cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever * For this God is our God for ever he shall be our guide unto death ¶ There the wicked cease from troubling and there the weary be at rest * There the prisoners rest together they heare not the voice of the oppressor ¶ The small and great are there and the servant is free from his Master * Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God ¶ Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which feedeth the hungry * The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giveth sight to the blind he helpeth them that fall the Lord careth for the righteous ¶ Praise the Lord O my soule while I live will I praise the Lord yea as long as I have any being I will sing praises unto my God Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Lesson Read Genesis 39. Genesis 40. Isai. 42. 51. Jerem. 32. or Jerem. 37. Jerem. 52. Matthew 25. Acts 5. Acts 16. Let these be read at several times and if the office be said in private let him that reads and is interested meditate a while After which let him humbly kneele downe and pray I. The Prayer for all Prisoners O Almighty God the Merciful Father of all that put their trust in thee looke downe from the beauteous throne of thy glory with much mercy and compassion upon us thy servants who are children of misery full of sin and full of calamity whose onely hope is in the mercies and loving kindnesse of the Lord. O doe thou pardon all our trespasses and debts by which we are in arrears to thee put them upon the accounts of the Crosse for our Blessed and most gracious Lord hath paid our price to redeeme us from the Eternal prisons and be thou pleased to enrich us with thy holy Spirit that we may be strong in faith abounding in hope established in a holy patience and rich in charity expecting with meeknesse and submission when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord our Blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Amen II. For Prisoners of Debt ENable us O God thou treasure of all goodnesse and all plenty and all justice to doe our dutie to those to whom we are obliged let not their kindnesse to us be injurious to them nor our poverty become their calamity but doe thou enable us by the miracles of thy mercy to doe what we are bound to doe or incline our creditors to accept what we can and make us willing to doe according to the utmost of our power and doe thou make it up in the blessings of plenty and mercy what is diminished to them by our poverty and infelicity Restore us O God to the light of thy countenance to the sense of thy mercies and refreshments sanctify our present condition make us humble and obedient quiet and peaceable temperate and patient let not our calamities exasperate our spirit nor the present affliction make us to seeke for comfort in the creature much lesse in vice and the stupors of drunkennesse in prophane noises and evil company O let our hopes be in thee and our joy in thee onely and in thy service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen III. For Prisoners of Crime O Eternal and most Holy Saviour Jesus who wert brighter then an Angel purer then the morning starre and yet wert pleas'd for our redemption to take upon thee our guilt that suffering our punishment thou mightest rescue us from an intolerable state of evil Thou didst for our sakes suffer thy selfe to be imprison'd in the house of the High-preist and have thy holy hands bound with cords that thou mightest procure to us the liberty of the sons of God O looke upon us with a gracious eye Thou didst suffer and yet wert innocent we suffer lesse then we have deserved and hope in thy goodnesse that we never shall suffer so much O heare our cries from the bottom of our prisons from the depths of our sorrowes let this affliction be thy discipline to worke contrition and repentance in our hearts Thou art just O God in all that we suffer and thou art to be glorified and shame and confusion of face belongs unto us as it is this day but never let us suffer the confusion of a sad eternity Accept our sorrow and repentance our suffering and our shame that in the blood of the Lambe and in the teares of repentance our sins being washed our soules may be presented pure and spotlesse before the throne of grace through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen IV. If the Prisoners be condemned to death then adde this prayer O Most mercifull Saviour who didst glorify thy mercy by giving pardon and promising paradise to the repenting theife thy mercies have no limit and thy loving kindnesse cannot be measured O heare the cries and deepest groanings of miserable perishing sinners who cannot looke up with any hope but onely because thy glorious mercy is greater then can be understood and by thy owne measures thou doest good to the miserable and calamitous Thou didst add fifteene yeares to the daies of Hezekiah upon his prayer but he was righteous Thou didst lift up the head of Manasses from the Dungeon and gavest pardon to him when he cried mightily but he was a timely penitent O give mercy to thy Enemies that faine would be reconcil'd to thee to the impenitent that faine would be admitted to repentance to miserable and undone persons who desire that the infinitenesse of thy mercy should be glorified upon those whom nothing can releive but what is infinite as thy selfe O give pardon to thy servants give patience a conformity to thy will and a dereliction of their owne let thy Blessed Angels stand in circuit round about and rescue this miserable company man
it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankfull unto him and bless his name 5 For the Lord is good his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations PSAL. CI. David being newly made King promises to reign in righteousnesse and holiness that he will entertain none but good men to his counsel and employments that he will do justice upon the evil doers I Will sing of mercy and judgement unto thee O Lord will I sing 2 I will behave my selfe wisely in a perfect way O when wilt thou come unto me I will walk within thy house with a perfect heart 3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me 4 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I cut off him that hath an high look and and a proud heart will not I suffer 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwel with me he that walketh in a perfect way he shall serve me 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. Mo. Pr. PSAL. CII The Psalmist prayes to God in behalfe of the Jewes in their captivity describes their calamity foretells their return speedily he complains of their enemies he prayes to be preserved from an untimely and an hasty death The mortality of the Heavens and the eternity of God HEare my prayer O Lord and let my cry come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble encline thine ear unto me in the day when I call answer me speedily 3 For my dayes are consumed like smoke and my bones are burnt as an hearth 4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin 6 I am like a pellican of the wilderness I am like an owle of the desart 7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top 8 Mine enemies reproch me all the day and they that are mad against me are sworn against me 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down 11 My dayes are like a shadow that declineth and I am withered like grass 12 But thou O Lord shalt endure for ever thy remembrance unto all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favour her yea the set time is come 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favour the dust thereof 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord and all the kings of the earth thy glory 16 When the Lord shall build up Zion he shall appear in his glory 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer 18 This shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary from heaven did the Lord behold the earth 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner to loose those that are appointed to death 21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdomes to serve the Lord. 23 He weakened my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 24 I said O my God take me not away in the midst of my dayes thy yeares are throughout all generations 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt endure yea all of them shall wax old like a garment as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed 27 But thou art the same and thy yeares shall have no end 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be established before thee PSAL. CIII A celebration of the Divine mercies and bounty his great readinesse to forgive the vanity of mans life the permanent goodness of God to his servants the praises of God BLess the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name 2 Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities who healeth all thy diseases 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction who crowneth thee with loving kindness tender mercies 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgement for all that are oppressed 7 He made known his wayes unto Moses his acts unto the children of Israel 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious slow to anger and plenteous in mercy 9 He will not alwayes chide neither will he keep his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him 12 As far as the east is from the west so far hath he removed our transgressions from us 13 Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him 14 For he knoweth our frame he remembreth that we are dust 15 As for man his daies are as grass as a flower of the field so he flourisheth 16 For the wind passeth over it and it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that feare him and his righteousness unto childrens children 18 To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandements to do them 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all 20 Bless the Lord ye his angels that excell in strength that doe his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word 21 Bless ye the Lord all ye his hosts ye ministers of his that do his pleasure 22 Bless the Lord all his works in all places of his dominion bless the Lord O my soul. Ev. Pr. PSAL. CIV A psalm celebrating the honour of God in the fabrick the beauty the order the government of the world declaring the goodness the wisdom â—the omnipotence and omnipresence of God BLess the Lord O my soul O Lord my God thou art very great thou art clothed with honour and majesty 2 Who coverest