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Directions for prayer, for the Diocess of Bath and Wells. To the poor inhabitants within the Diocess of Bath and Wells, Thomas their unworthy bishop wisheth the knowledge and the love of God.
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Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.
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1686
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my Neighbour for the sake of Iesus my Saviour Amen Amen It grieves me O merciful God that I should daily offend thee But I repent O pitty and pardon me for the sake of Iesus thy Beloved Amen Amen O my God keep and protect and bless me this Night and preserve me from sin and danger for the sake of Iesus Amen Amen Lord refresh me this Night with seasonable Sleep that I may rise the next Morning more fit and able to serve thee in my Calling for the sake of Iesus thy Beloved Amen Amen I believe in God the Father c. All love all glory be to thee our God the Father who c. as in the Morning I desire thee O Lord God O Heavenly Father who art the giver of all Goodness to send thy Grace unto me and to my Wife and Children to my Husband and Children Father and Mother Brethren and Sisters Kindred and Friends Master and Mistriss you must name these Relations according as you stand related and to all People that we may worship thee serve thee and obey thee as we ought to do And I pray unto thee that thou would st send us all things that be needful both for our Souls and Bodies and that thou wilt be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins and that it will please thee to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that thou wilt keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly Enemy and from everlasting Death And this I trust thou wilt do of thy mercy and goodness through our Lord Iesus Christ Amen Lord so be it Lord hear me help me pardon my Failings supply all my Wants and the Wants of all for whom I pray which I sum up in the words of thy own beloved Son Our Father which art in Heaven c. As you are going to Bed say I will lay me down in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord only that makest me dwell in safty Psal 4. 9. As you began the Day so end it with glorifying God and when you are in Bed say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost three Persons and one God blessed for evermore All praise all love be to thee I earnestly beg of God to make you sensible your selves and to give you grace to make your Children and Servants sensible also how Necessary and Happy and Heavenly a Duty Prayer is and how many exceeding great and precious Promises God has made to them that devoutly pray to him and if you are thus sensible you will not content your selves with Morning and Evening Prayer only but you will be desirous if you have Opportunity to retire about Mid-day for a few Minutes that you may imitate the Devotion of holy David and of Daniel and pray three times a Day Dan. 6. 10. and that you may not want a help for Noon-tide Prayer the Catechism shall supply you Prayer at Noon At Evening and at Morning and at Noon-day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice Psal 55. 19. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be World without end Amen All love all glory be to thee O God the Father who hast first loved us and hast given thy beloved Son to die for our Sins and to rise again for our Iustification Have mercy upon me O God after thy great Goodness according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine Offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin Make me a clean Heart O God and renew a right Spirit within me for the sake of Iesus thy Beloved Amen O Lord God who seest I am not able of my self to walk in thy commandments and to serve thee be pleased to help and strengthen me by thy special Grace that I may daily and sincerely perform my Duty towards thee and my Duty towards my Neighbour for the sake of Iesus my Saviour Amen O my God give me grace to believe in thee and to love thee with all my Heart with all my Mind with all my Soul and with all my Strength to worship thee to give thee thanks to put my whole trust in thee to call upon thee to honour thy Holy Name and thy Word and to serve thee truly all the Days of my Life for the sake of Iesus thy Beleved Amen O my God give me Grace to love my Neighbour as my self to do to all Men as I would they should do to me to love honor and succor my Father and Mother this clause must be left out if your Father and Mother be dead to honor and obey the King and all that are put in Authority under him to submit my self to all my Governors Teachers Spiritual Pastors and Masters to order my self lowly and reverently to all my Betters to hurt no Body by Word or Deed to be true and just in all my Dealing to bear no malice nor hatred in my Heart to keep my Hands from picking and stealing and my Tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering to keey my Body in temperance soberness and chastity nor to covet or desire other Mens Goods but to learn and labour truly to get mine own Living and to do my Duty in that state of Life unto which it has pleased thee to call me for the sake of Iesus thy Beloved Amen Lord hear me help me pardon my Failings supply all my Wants which I sum up in the words of thy Beloved Son Our Father which art in Heaven c. Instead of these two last Prayers you may sometimes say the Ten Commandments which you may turn into a very good Prayer by saying after every one Lord have Mercy upon me and incline my Heart to keep this Law Where you not only beg pardon for the sins you have committed against each Commandment but you also beg Grace to keep it At the end of them you may say Lord have Mercy upon me and write all these thy Laws in my Heart I beseech thee And so conclude with the Lord's Prayer Do not think that this Practice of Prayer will be too hard or too long for young Persons or for labouring People for if you cannot say them all say as much as you can or if you are at Day Labour or have not time or convenience to say them offer up to God two or three hearty Ejaculations in their place But if you can get time and convenience say them all and I dare assure you that all the three Forms of Prayer which I commend to you will not in all take up a quarter of an hour and certainly that Person has very little sence of his Duty very little concern for his immortal Soul very little Honour for God or value for Heaven who will not spend one quarter of an hour in the space of four and twenty hours in the Service