thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole Earth Good Lordâ— purge it from all Atheisme Heresy Schisme Superstition Factious maintenance of Groundless Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptisme may in all places be uniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant Good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working member under Christ the Head in that Church the Body all the dayes of my life and through the hour of my death through the Merits and by the Grace of the same Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may Serve thee and thou Bless them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gratious Soveraigne treasure up in Him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to Thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that He may live long and be full of honourable success all his daies in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any nearer Reference the place where I was borne c Every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom Friends Dr c. All those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me Service even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the Afflicted members of the body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted Send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my estate as their's is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their Power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorne of the World Amen O Domine Jesu Da quod jabes jube quod vis Facias animam meam paratam in adventum tuum veni quando vis Des mihi ad minimum sufficientem si placet pacatissimam patientiam veni quomodo vis O Tu qui Salus es omnium sperantium in Te. Et in super interpone obsecro O Domine Jesu Mortem Crucem Passionem Meritum Sanguinem tuum inter Iudicium tuum Animam meam nunc semper praecipue in hora mortis meae Quae mors obnixe precor nunquam sit subitanea nunquam adveniat inveniat me imparatum nunquam ita adveniendo saeviat quin ut retineam Fidem Spem Charitatem memoriam intellectum Sanum usque ad extremum halitum Et esto mihi in Deum Protectorem Des peccatis meis Misericordiam Veniam Ecclesiae tuae Pacem Concordiam mihi peccatorum primo Gratiam in hac vita Gloriam in futura Ita ita venias O Domine Jesu miserere mei Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes only give mee I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a Patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. SUNDAY O Lord by thy mercy I am risen out of my Grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preservedst me Make it I beseech thee a Resurrection to Grace in this Life and to Glory in the Life to come through Iesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the Resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made Holy to us Give me that Grace that I may keep it Holy to thee through Iesus Christ. Amen O send out thy Light anâ— thy Truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy Hill and to thy Dwelling that I may goe unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my joy and gladness and give thanks unto thee Amen Almighty and everlasting God who governest all things both in Heaven and Earth Mercifully hear my supplications for my selfe and all thy people grant us thy peace all the days of our life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee give me grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Christ Iesus came to visit us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithfull servants may rise up to the life immortal through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning Grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise hear read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting Life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us that whereas by our Sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful Grace and Mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may â—peedily deliver us To whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honor and glory world without end Amen Lord let thine Angels tarry round about
tua laudabo glorificabo te per omnes dies vitae meae Tu enim es Deus poenitentium Salvator peccantium Tibi gloria per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Anniversaria O Eternal God and merciful Father with whom do rest the souls of them that die in thy faith and favour Have mercy upon me and grant that my life may be a preparation to die and my death an entrance to life with thee As upon this day it pleased thee to take my dear Father to thy mercy wheâ— I was yet young O Lord he was 〈◊〉 servant thy meek humble faiâ—hful servant and I assure my self he is in rest and light and blessedness Lord while I am here behind in my pilgrimage showre down thy grace upon me Thou hast been more then a Father to me thou hast not suffered me to want a Father no not when thou hadst taken him from me O be pleased to be a Father still and by thy grace to keep me within the bounds of a Sons obedience Thou hast given me temporal blessings beyond desert or hope O be graciously pleased to heap spiritual blessings on me that I may grow in faith obedience and thankfulness to thee that I may make it my joy to perform duty to thee And after my painful life ended bring me I beseech thee to thy joyes to thy glory to thy self that I and my Parents with all thy Saints and Servants departed this life may meet in a blessed glorious resurrection ever to sing praises and honour to thee in and through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Deus meus respice servum tuum miserere mei secundum viscera misericordiae tuae Scandalum ecce factus sum Nomini tuo dum ambitioni meae aliorum peccatis servio Quin hoc licet aliorum suasu oblatrante tamen Conscientia perpetravi Obsecro Domine per misericordias Jesu ne intres in judicium cum servo tuo sed exaudi sanguinem ejus pro me perorantem nec hoc Conjugium sit animae meae Divortium a sinu tuo O quanto satius fâ—isset si vel hujus diei satis memor Martyrium cum Proto-martyre tuo potius perpessus essem negando quod urgebant aut non satis fidi aut non satis pii amici mei Pollicitus sum mihi tenebras peccato huic sed ecce statim evolavit nec lux magis aperta quam ego qui feci Ita voluisti Domine prae nimia misericordia tua implere ignominia faciem meam ut discerem quaerere Nomen tuum O Domine quam gravis adhuc est memoria peccati hujus etiam hodie etiam pâ—st tot toties repetitas preces a tristi confusa anima mea coram te profusas O Domine miserere exaudi preces depressi humiliati valde servi tui Parce Domine et remitte peccata quae peccatum hoc induxerunt sequuta sunt Nam confiteor Domine iterum eodem die revolventis anni nec satis adhuc cautus aut satis humilis factus in aliud grave peccatum incidi lapidatus iterum non pro sed a peccato Nunc plene suscita me Domine ne moriar ultra in peccatis meis sed des ut vivam vivens gaudeam in te per merita miserationes Jesu Christi Salvatoris nostri Amen O merciful God thou hast shewed me much mercy and done great things for me and as I was returning instead of thankfulness I wandred out of my way from thee into a foul and a strange path There thou madest me see both my folly my weakness Lord make me ever see them ever sorry for them O Lord for my Saviours sake forgive me the folly and strengthen me against the weakness for ever Lord forgive all my sins and this and make me by thy grace thy most true humble and faithful servant all the daies of my life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O misericors Pater quo me vertam Qui exeundo revertendo peccavi contra te Abii cum Prodigo pâ—â—digus in longinquam regionem Dissipavi substantiam meam tuam luxuriose Ibi primum sensi omnia consumpta me dignum non meliori quam porcorum consortio Nec tamen aut vita illa immunda aut fames gratiae de reditu ad meliorem frugem vel cogitare fecit Reversum jam ab itinere infausto ecce judicia tua Domine insequuntur me Ignis corripit tecta sub quibus sum vidit enim Deus nec multum distulit sed ignis accensus est in Jacob ira ascendit in Israel Et scelera non dubito mea conflagrationem Collegio minitabantur mihi Nam dum igni extinguendo intentior sum parum abfuit quin ab igne extinguerer Quam ecce misericordia tua Domine vix sine miraculo me flammis â—â—puit Nam dum amica manus astantis me vi quadam amovit eodem instanti ex eodem loco ubi pedem figere decrevi prorupit inclusus ignis in flammas subsidunt gradus ego st ibi invenisset incendium una periissem O peccata mea nunquam satis deflenda O misericordia tua Domine nunquam satis praedicanda O poenitentia nunquam mihi magis necessaria O gratia tua Domine humillime jugiter imploranda Surgo ô Domine Pater ecce venio lento quidem instabili gressu sed venio confiteor peccavi enim in coelum contra te nec dignus sum vocarifilius tuus Sim ô Domine quid vis modo tuus Ablue peccata mea in sanguine Filii tui ut sim tuus Et concede obsecro ut sicut tum terror ita quotidie memoria ignis hujus exurat faeces omnes reliquias peccatorum meorum ut me cautioreÌ„ factum melior ignis charitatis devotionis in amorem tui in odium peccati accendat per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine misericors glorificetur beatissimum nomen tuum Ecce enim ego dum pro Officio Regem sequor tui humanorum casuum immemor mihi praefidens infausto in via saltu in terram infidam incidi Tendonem fregi Levatus in curtum Hamptoniam perveni Cruciatus talis fuit qualem nervi sentire solent Et certe in febrem ferventiorem ipse angor conjecisset nisi ingens defluxus sanguinis me ab illo metu liberasset Magna infirmitate laboravi et fere per biennium claudus incessi Infirmitatem aliquam adhuc sentio sed gratiae immortales tibi O beatissima Trinitas usum satis perfectum Crurium dedisti mihi confirmasti praeter omnium expectationem gressus meos Dirigas nunc eos O Domine in viis mandatorum tuorum ut nunquam vel inter te falsum cultum vel inter te mundum claudicem sed recta pergam
upon me And they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause But I give my self unto prayer Lord forgive them and hear me Amen O God which art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedome defend me and all thy servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen DIc ô Domine mi Jesu doce discā a te quod doceam de te Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evil and preserve me from the cruel man which imagines mischief in his heart and stirs up strife all the day long The proud have laid a snare for me and spread their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto me and all thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen HAve mercy upon me O God have mercy upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these and all other my afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercy and truth upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine misericors qui ad cor altum non accedis humilia animam meam O tu qui non videris nisi a mundis cordibus veram cordis munditiem dato mibi Sitio O Domine da arrham haereditatis futurae saltem da guttam coelestis pluviae qua refrigerare possim sitim meam quia amore ardeo Nec hoc peto Domine propter merita mea indignissimus enim sum qui gustem sed pro misericordia tua meritis Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi Amen Almighty God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and body in the wayes of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy mighty protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in body and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen O Lord I cry unto thee hearken unto me O God Thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak And in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Da mihi Domine dormitum abeunti requiem corporis animae Custodi me a caliginoso peccati somno ab omni tenebrosa nocturna mollitie Ignita maligni tela dolose in me vibrata extinguito Rebelliones carnis meae reprimito Et omnem terrenam mundanam in me cogitationem sopito per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved And grant that in all our troubles we may put our 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 Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FRIDAY DEus magne Deus omnipotens Deus summae bonitatis quem inviolabilem incorruptibilem credi intelligi fas est Trina Unitas quam Catholica Ecclesia colit supplex oro expertus in meipso misericordiam tuam ne homines cum quibus mihi a pueritia in omni victu fuit summa consensio in tuo cultu a me dissentire permittas nec vel me vel illos a veritate salute quae est in Christo Jesu Amen O Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhorre my soul neither hide thy face from me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Iesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility Mercifully grant that I may both follow the example of his patience and be made partaker of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy Family for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the cross who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified Receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truly and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen Diu est O Domine ex quo contra Haereses laboravi sum poene fatigatus Veni Domine mi Jesu praeliator fortissime Princeps exercitus Domini qui Diabolum vicisti seculum Apprehende arma scutum exurge in adjutorium mihi Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercy O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul. Amen Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord O pluck my feet out of the net Amen Almighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of my necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Remember not my old sins
Charles the new-born Princess the Lady Mary and with them in a hopeful healthful and succesful Posterity that the whole Kingdome may have fulness of joy in them and that both they and we may all have joy in the true honour and service of God that both Church and Kingdom may be blessed and their Royal Persons filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles both for the gentleness of thy hand in a disease otherwise so troublesome and fearful And for the mercifulness of thy hand in taking it off so soon and so happily We know and acknowledge before thee our sins and what grievous punishments they have deserved But Lord we beseech thee still to remember us in mercy and long to bless our Gracious King with life and healâ—h and strength and happiness and above all with the fear of thy holy Name that so he may continue under thee and over us a Father of the State a Patron of the Church a Comfort to his Royal Queen till he see his Childrens Children and peace upon Israel Grant this good Lord even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Most gracious God and loving Father we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for thy great mercy in blessing the Queen's Majesty with a happy Deliverance in and from the great pains and peril of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue thy mercies towards her that she may happily overcome this and all other dangers that his most Gracious Majesty may long have joy in her most happy life both of them comfort in the Royal Prince Charles the rest of their Princely Issue particularly in the new-born Prince the Duke of York that they all may prove a healthful hopeful and a succesful Posterity that both Church and Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them That their Majesties Royal Persons may be filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come And this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victory we humbly beseech thee to guard our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles to bless him in his Person with health and safety in his Counsels with wisdome and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success Grant blessed Lord that Victory may attend his designes and that his liege People may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the face of thine and his treacherous Enemies Give him blessed Father so to settle his Subjects in Peace and the true fear of thy Divine Majesty that he may return with joy and honour and proceed long to Govern his Kingdoms in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and Giver of all Victory We humbly beseech thee both now and ever to guide preserve our most gracious Soveraign Lord King CHARLES To bless him in his Person with health and safety in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success especially against those his Traiterous Subjects who having cast off all Obedience to their Anointed Soveraign do at this time in Rebellious manner invade this Realm Grant Blessed Lord that Victory may attend his Majesties designs that his Liege People may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the faces of thine and his treacherous Enemies Enable him blessed Father so to vanquish and subdue them all that his Loyal Subjects being setled in Peace and the true fear of thy holy Name he may return with joy and honour continue to Govern his Kingdomes in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen Quotidie O Lord forgive me all my sins that are past O Lord strengthen me against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c. O Lord fill my heart with thankfulness and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude O Lord let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the daies of my life O Lord give me a faithful a patient a penitent a persevering heart in thy service that so I may with comfort daily nay hourly expect when my Changing shall come So Amen Lord Iesu. Amen Absolutio OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to Absolve all sinners which truely repent and believe in him of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences And by his Authority committed to me I Absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen Admissio in Ecclesiam GOd who of his mercy hath given you grace to give your self to his Church Preserve aud keep you in his Truth free both from Superstition and Prophaneness The Lord bless and keep you The Lord make his face shine upon you and be merciful unto you The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace in Conscience and constancy in Truth And by the power of Ministration committed to me by our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ I Readmit you into the Fellowship of his Church in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen His Grace's Speech according to the Original written with his own hand and delivered by him upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill Jan. 10. 1644. to his Chaplain Dr. Sterne now Lord Arch-Bishop of York Good People THis is an uncomfortable time to preach yet I shall begin with a Text of Scripture Heb. 12.2 Let us run with patience that race which is set before us Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God I have been long in my Race and how I have looked unto Iesus the Author and Finisher of my Faith he best knows I am now come to the end of my Race and here I find the Cross a death of shame But the shame must be despised or no coming to the right hand of God Iesus despised