works thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever VI. UTmost obedience fear love hope and affiance continual praise and thanksgiving glory and Adoration be to the one GOD Almighty the Creatour the Redeemer and the Sanctifier as it was in the beginning is now accept O Lord my affection and devotion and ever shall be world without end Amen As long as I live I will serve thee with all my soul and with all my might As long as I live I will magnifie thee in this manner and lift up my hands with my heart in thy name And let heaven and earth give thanks unto thy Holy Majesty for ever and ever Amen Hallelujah VII THis day I will do as I would be done to This day I will do some good God helping me This day I will set the Lord before my face that I may not sin against him The Lord bless my going out and my coming in and all my employments from this time forth for evermore through Jesus Christ. Amen CHAP. II. AT Noone Every day I will say the Lords Prayer and 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 DAILY PRAYER CHAP. III. The Evening Office. I. Before Supper I Will say the Lords Prayer and the Collects for the Week and for the day as before Dinner II. ALmighty God who seest we have no power of our sâ—lves to help our selves keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen III. THen looking up to heaven I will think and Meditate with all seriousnesâ— and serenity of mind with fear and reverence with firm belief good affection and admiration upon the chief articles of the Christian Faith Most especially upon the Eternal everlasting invisible omnipresent almighty omniscient incomprehensible immutable most perfect most excellent most high most happy most holy most just and infinitely merciful and gracious GOD and Father Lord and King Creatour Preserver and Governour of Men and Angels and of all things in Heaven and Earth I fear thee I bless thee I thank thee I adore thee with all submission of soul and body I put my whole trust in thee I love thee I will obey thee Author of all good and endless fountain of life and wisdom and power and peace and felicity I will likewise meditate with all thankfulness upon our most gracious Lord and all sufficient Saviour Iesus Christ the eternal Son of the Father who hath lovâ—d us and taken our nature and washed us from our sins in his own bloud the perfect rule and pattern of holiness and the perpetual and ever prevailing Advocate at Gods right hand for all the penitent and believing I will also meditate upon the pure and glorious Majesty the quickning piercing enlightning and burning power the prophecies and miracles the long-suffering warning and instruction the sanctification prevenâ—ion assistance and consolation and the manifolâ— gifts and vertues of the Holy Ghost Pardon I most humbly beseech thee O God of love and mercy my too frequent neglects of thy grace and presence Glory be now to the Eternal Trinity which innumerable spotless Angels and souls of righteous men and all the powers of heaven incessantly do serve and praise and worship with fear and trembling To these I joyn my humble voice and my willing but polluted heart saying Amen Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts heaven and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Moreover from daily experience and example I will Reflect on the breviâ—y vanity various temptations sinfulness and sorrows of this mortal life upon which the eternal dependeth I will also Contemplate with faith fear and solicitude the general Resurrection and final Judgment of all mankind according to our works words and designs at Christs most glorious most dreadful most righteous and all-searching Tribunal Lord Iesus have mercy upon us all and prepare us for thy coming Finally I will Ponder and congratulate the present satisfaction anâ— internal peace and the future everlasting joy and happiness O unâ—xpâ—essible and everlasting happiness both in soul and body for all the faithful and obedient thâ—ough the inestimable merits of Christ Jesus Amen Hosanna in the highest IV. Furthermore I will constantly use Self-examination Oh my soul what have I done this day what have I omitted How have I offended against God or man in thought word or deed O Lord Almighty God most holy thou Judge eternal have mercy upon me a vile sinner and for thy inâ—inite goodness forgive me the transgressions of this day in particular c. together with the rest of the sins of my life especially the more heinous and presumptuous as c. I am heartily sorry for these my misdoings The remembrance the stain the guilt the burden of them is grievous unto me For Christ's sake pity and pardon me and establish my heart by thy grace that I may hereafter more earnestly and faithfully pursue those necessary and solemn vows of a cautious sober honest and godly life which I have often made unto thee especially at thy holy Sacraments Amen V. I now render most humble and hearty thanks unto thâ—e Almighty and most gracious God fâ—r all thy Blessings vouchsafed me this day especially c. Thanks be to the Divine grace that I have passed this day without scandal and without trouble Blessed be God my strength and hope that I have done any thing this day which I ought to do Here I am O Father do with me as seems best in thine own eyes O let my service be acceptable to thee while I live and my soul ready for thee when I die Amen Lord God Almighty who hast created me and redeemed me Hallelujah VI. Going to bed I will say THe Lord bless and keep me and mine all this night Oh keep our souls Amen For Christs sake Here endeth the Shorter Office for every day See the Larger at Rising and Râ—posing Chap. ix and x. PIOUS RESOLUTIONS CHAP. IV. I. I Will frequently say The Lord sees me in all my waies Or if I have time I will repeat Psal. 139. II. I Will love and fear and serve the Lord my God by his grace and help with all my heart and affection with all my soul and intention with all my mind contrivance and understanding and with all my might faculties and industry And I will love my neighbour as my self For saith the Gracious Saviour on these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets Matt. c. 22. Luke c. 10. Deut. c vi 5. and x. 12 20. c. 11.3 III. I will often recite Tit. c. 11.11 12. The Saving grace of God hath appeared unto all men teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should
When I awake I am alwayes with thee thanking and praising and adoring thy Majesty who continually keepest the world from returning to nothing from whence thou first mad'st it Unto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heavens with the affection and reverence of a child with the fear and solicitude of a servant Psal. 123.1 2. Holy holy holy Lord God Omnipotent which was and is and is to come glory and honour and worship be to thee world without end Amen Rev. 4.8 Keep thy servant by thy grace O Lord that Hypocrisy Pride Envy Anger Gluttony Covetousness or Sloth or any other grievous sin may never have the dominion over me and become habitual and customary to me and ever keep me O Lord most holy from Fornication Drunkenness Theft and Dishonesty Idolatry Manslaughter Cursing Swearing and Lying Extortion and Oppression and all other scandalous and heinous actions and practices But engraft in my heart the contrary fruits of thy holy Spirit Piety Humility and Mildness Faithfulness and Honesty Modesty Temperance and Chastity Content and Quietness Compassion Charity and Liberality Prudence Care and Diligence and let this be my habit my custom and my life for Jesus Christ his sake Amen V. Thursday THe Lord is my strength and my praise There is none holy as the Lord neither is there any rock like our God. The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the bed and to the grave and bringeth up He keepeth the feet of his saints and exalteth the horn of his anointed Hallelujah My heart rejoyceth in his salvation 1 Sam c. 2. Thou art my hope in the land of the living thou art the hope of all the ends of the earth and of them that dwell in broad sea yea thou O God art my hope and joy to all eternity Amen Psal. 141.4 The Providence of the Father almighty guide me the Wisdom of his eternal Son enlighten me and the Power of his holy Spirit quicken me Amen What now shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits â—or my Birth my Education my Baptism Catechism and Confirmation What for the blessed Eucharist for the Sermons and the Prayers of this Church What for Sundry Deliverances and special Blessings through so many years of living Yea what shall I render unto thee holy JESUS for thy expiatory Blood for thy grand Example for the Mission of the Holy Ghost with various and unexpressible Grace and for the reserve of everlasting Blessedness O Lord what shall I render unto thee Take O take again most merciful Lord these Gifts together this Soul and Body and their abilities which I now kneeling humbly and faithfully offer to thy everadored Divinity O despise not but take again the works of thy own hands and receive all into the bosom of perpetual happiness Amen Hallelujah Or Is not this to be my last day and then Eternity O prepare me for thy self holy JESUS I know not the day nor the hour of thy Judgment Matth. 24.30 Or receive to thee in peace or visit this dearly purchased soul this piece of Immortality drencâ—t in thy Blood. Yea come quickly Lord Jesus Amen I will magnifie thee O God my King and praise thy name for ever and ever Every day will I give thanks to thee and bless thy name for ever and ever Great is the Lord and marvelous worthy to be praised There is no end of his Greatness no end of his Mercy Hallelujah Psal. 145.1 23. c. Grant me I humbly beseech thee Almighty and most merciâ—ul Father a quiet Mind and a â—ound Body a good Report and a liberal Conversation in all Piety Prudence Charity Honesty and Chastity and at last if I may not be a Martâ—r for thy Truth grant me a mild Death and happy Immortality for Christ Jesus his sake the Source of all Blessings as well visible and secular as invisible inconceivable and everlasting Amen Christ is ascended up on high hath led captivity captive and given gifts unto men that God might dwell amongst us Set up thy self O JESUS above all the heavens and thy Glory above the earth I now worship thee with all humility and affection as thy Apostles did when thou departedst from mount Olivet to the Joy of supercâ—lestial Glory The fowls of the air are thine O bountiful Creatour and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the sea and thou feedest them and multipliest them Wherefore I will seek the kingdom of God before food and rayment For our heavenly Father knoweth that we have need of these things Matth. 6.25 VI. Friday I Awakt and lookt up and my sleep was sweet unto me Blessed be the Lord our God the God of our fathers who satisifieth the weary soul and replenisheth every sorrowful heart who converteth the shadow of death into the morning and daily renews the face of the earth and maketh the evening and the morning alternately to praise him Ier. 31.25 26. Psal. 104.30 and 65.9 Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip who ruleth with his power for ever Hallelujah On this day O crucified Saviour have mercy on me and all mankind Amen I will walk this day God being my helper soberly chastly decently humbly and in diligence and content as a child of light and of God. Sufficient to the day is the evil and trouble of it I fully trust in the perpetual Grace of my heavenly Father through his Eternal Son. Amen Or I have remembred thy name O Lord in the night and have kept thy law Psal. 119.55 Our help standeth in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth Psal. 124.8 O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man who putteth his trust in thee yea blessed is the man to whom thou imputest no sin Psal. 84.13 All the world doth worship thee sing of thee and praise thy name which is great wonderful gracious and holy Hallelujah Praise the Lord O my soul. O Father Eternal Almighty God Lord and Possessor of infinite perfection Majesty and mercy Maker and Upholder of all things visible and invisible O blessed Jesus Lamb of God Son of the Father who hast loved us and dyed on the cross for us O most holy Spirit founder and fountain of light and knowledge of vertue and grace of liâ—e peace and bliss everlasting with utmost humility intention of mind and affection I adore and glorifie thee All power and riches and wisdom and salvation and glory and honour and blessing be to the eternal Trinity now and for ever Amen Hosanna in the highest Hosanna I bless thee O Lord Almighty that thou hast made the world out of nothing and created me and all mankind after thy own image and hast set us over the works of thy hands and given thy holy angels charge of us to keep us in all thy ways and that after the early loss of paradise c. many and late transgressions and presumtions thou yet openest
will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord and offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen Psal. 116.11 12 15. AT RECEIVING THE CUP· CHAP. XIII I. AMen Jesus Master have mercy on us Luke 17.13 Let this Blood purge my Conscience from dead works to serve thee the Almighty and most gracious Father to honour thee the Everliving Saviour and for ever to obey and fear thee most holy and quickning Spirit Amen Lord I will serve thee better I will obey thee Succour my weakness pity my infirmity Dear Lord. Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Iohn 21.17 What honour hath Almighty God done me that I should be the vessel of this divine mystery and bear within my breast the Lord Jesus I adore I give thanks II. Thou art made whole go and sin no more no more by anger lust excess fraud slandering c. Ioh. 8.11 Our God is a consuming fire to the perverse and impenitent Our God is a merciful Father to the humble and relenting Orator As is his Majesty so is his mercy Ecclus. 2.18 Both infinite and incomprehensible both to be acknowledged admired and adored O Majesty everlasting I fear thee I worship thee I trust in thee through Jesus Christ. Amen Let me not O let me not again pollute this body and soul with my habitual and grievous sins as c. after I have received thy body and blood O Lord who hast created me and redeemed me Grant me thy grace O God that I may fulfil the places and offices thou callest me to in this life Amen III. Lord bless these and the rest of my brethren and let us live eternally together ever praising and Adoring thee For by this great and attractive sacrament we all become one bread one bloud one soul and consent have all one faith one hope one heaven one Lord the blessed Lord Jesus the knot and center of this most immense and pious fraternity and eminently one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in us all to whom be glory and obedience everlasting Amen in heaven Amen on earth From thy one precious body O wonderful Saviour thou feedest and revivest five thousand and five thousand thousand millions of thy disciples and followers Aeternae tanta est opulentia mensae Prudent Say O Lord and thy word is omnipotent This day salvation is come unto this house Luk. 19.9 IV. The bread of God is he that came down from heaven and giveth light to the world Lord evermore give us of this bread Ioh. 6.33 34. Thus thus will we shew sorth thy death O Jesus till thou comest again and blessed are those servants whom at the end of the world the Lord shall find so doing yea verily blessed is he that eateth meat in the kingdom of God. Luk. 12. 43. c. 14.15 He that solemnly and faithfully and seriously contemplates my Passion and Philanthropy and amends his life for that consideration He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day Amen Holy Jesus who art the Resurection and the life Ioh. 6.54 56. Master it is good for us to be here Mark. 9.2 Do not our hearts burn within us while the Lord opens to us the scriptures opens to us his precious side Full is the satisfaction inexpressible the joy of those that love thee O Jesus Angels and men consent heaven and earth joyn together to praise thee serve and worship thee and with these my poor soul the meanest of all thy creation Good Lord accept us I will give thanks unto thee among thy people and sing praises unto thee among the faithful My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed For thy â—ercy is greater then the heavens and thy truth reaâ—heth above the clouds Set up thy self O Lord above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth Thou hast wrought redemption in the midst of the earth O Jesus and vanquisht all the enemies of guilty mankind and art seated at the right hand of Father the Lord and worship of angels Hosanna in the highest The right hand of the Lord hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass The word was made flesh the beloved Son of God died for us Let them now that fear the Lord confess that his mercy endureth for ever V. I â—ill read Ioh. c. 18. and c. 17. the security and consolation of the Church and also Rom. c. 8. and the hymn Come holy Ghost our souls inspire c. In the ordering of Priests Almighty God who hast given thy onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of Godly life Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour our selves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Most holy spirit the efficacy and life of this mystery bless me with these thy gifts and fruits meekness modesty sobriety prudence diligence honesty fidelity constancy chariâ—y kindness and devotion from the time of this holy Sacrament For I have now dedicated and given up entirely my soul senses and affections my will wit and reason to the glory and service of Jesus Christ who dyed for me I must I will obey him in all things Lord forgive Lord help me My soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee Psal. 21.21 I am altogether confounded and swallowed up with the immense grace of God I am throughly possest glorious Lord with thy love and boundless favour to me I long I here endeavour yet cannot tell how to express my thankfullness and obedience My thoughts and contrivance and my words and lauds my action and zeal cannot do it to any fitness or content Lord still excite and still direct my gratitude I would be as thankful to thee as humble as obedient as any creature in heaven or earth Father Almighty make me so Amen Now Lord Jesus who wast expanded on the cross for me command me what thou wilt Use me in the hazards and difficulties of thy Church thy purchase and thy glory Bid me walk upon the sea I will obey thee and thy right hand shall hold me up And I will not deny thee in the Court or in the Garden I am ready to lay down my estate my liberty and also my life would to God it were a clean and entire sacrifice for Christs religion and to be obedient unto the death Assist and strengthen my mind O blessed Saviour by thy grace thy intercession thy example Amen All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth faith the ascending Jesus Go ye therefore
PRIVATE DEVOTION AND A BRIEF EXPLICATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Matth. VI. 6. Thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut the door pray to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly OXON Printed at the THEATER for Henry Clements Bookseller in Oxford A. D. MDCLXXXIX Imprimatur GILB IRONSIDE Vicecancellarius THE CONTENTS CHAPTER I. DAILY PRAYER in the Morning II. At Noon III. At Evening IV. Pious Resolutions V. Select Lessons of Holy Scripture VI. Occasional Lessons VII Going to or from the Church VIII Occasional Reflections IX The Larger Office at Rising wheâ— my affairs will permit X. The Larger Office at Reposing XI Private Devotion at the HOLY COMMVNION XII At Receiving the Bread. XIII At Receiving the Cup. XIV At home after the Communion PREPARATION for DEATH and ETERNITY XV. Forgiveness and Charity XVI Repentance XVII Sickness and Pain XVIII Hope in God and Resignation to his pleasure XIX Profession of the Catholick Faith. XX. Desire of Absolution and of my Change. XXI Psalm cxxxix XXII The TEN COMMANDMENTS Expounded DAILY PRAYER CHAP. I. The Morning Office. I. At Rising BLessed be God my Creatour and Preserver Amen O Almighty Lord and everlasting God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws and in the works of thy commandments that through thy most mighty protection by which Heaven and Earth consist both here and ever we may be preserved in body and soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen See Chap. ix II. Before Dinner OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name adored be thy Majesty which is great wonderful holy almighty and eternal Thy Kingdom come where dwelleth righteousness and peace Thy will and holy commandment be done as in heaven by the blessed angels and souls of righteous men continually zealously and unâ—nimously so on earth by me and all mine by this church by the church Vniversal and by all that breath For of thee we live and move and have our time and the hope of everlasting happiness Again and for ever adored by thy name Give us this day our daily bread and necessaries in diligence honesty moderation and content And blessed be the most bountiful Creatour for all his blessings spiritual and temporal conferred on me and all mankind Give comfort and relief and in part by our hands to the sick the poor the fatherless the stranger and the afflicted Forgive us miserable and ungrateful sinners all our trespasses in thought and word and deed against thy Divine Majesty for the infinite merits and by the efficacious intercession of Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour as we now entirely forgive those that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation and trouble as we deserve But of thy great goodness deliver us from all evil and hurt both of soul and body from our enemies seen and unseen from the wiles and suggestions of the Devil the corruptions of the World and all other occasions of sin from thy wrath and the terrour of death and everlasting damnation for the sake of the only beloved Son who hath taught us this Prayer For thine is the Kingdom thou rulest what thou hast made thine the power insinitely surpassing all that we can ask or think or sear thine the mercy of which we are the unworthy instance and example and thine the glory the praise the worship and the obedience world without end Amen III. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible And in Jesus Christ his only and eternal Son our Lord. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate â—or the sins of the world was cruciâ—ied dead and buried He desceâ—ded into hell and triumphed over the powers of darkness The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven and as I most surely believe now sitteâ—h at the right hand and eminent glory of God the Father Almighty interceding for his faithful people From thence he shall come at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead according to their works I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord and giver of life and wisdom and vertue and all that good is The holy Catholick and Apostolick Church where is the word of God the Sacraments and all other means of salvation The Communion of Saints in the service of God and expectation of consummate bliss The forgiveness of sins by the alone merits of Iesus Christ The resurrection of the body by his rising And the life everlasting through his purchase Amen Grant O Lord that I may behave my self this day sutable to this Revelation and holy Confession for which I humbly bless thy Name Amen IV. I Will say every morning and evening the Collect for the Week and also for each day of the week one of the Collects following Sunday Collect for Easterday or S. after Easter And Glory be to God on high c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Munday 1 S. in Advent or 2. S. after Epiphany or 4. S. after Epiphany Tuesday 2 S. in Advent or 7 S. after Trinity or 4 S. after Easter Wednesday Ashwednesday or 12 Sun. after Trinity or 4 S. after Trinity Thursday Ascensionday or 14. Sunday after Trinity or 6. Sunday after Trinity Friday Goodfriday or 18 S. after Trinity or 24. S. after Trinity Saturday Easter Eve. or 12. S. after Trinity or 3 S. after Trinity V. LOrd God Almighty to thy grace and mercy to thy protection disposal and governance I now most humbly and entirely commit my soul and body which thou hast created redeemed preserved and in measure sanctify'd my goods and estate which thou hast given and continued and encreased to me All my thoughts and desires my words and works my designs and affairs particularly c. which I undertake in thy fear and for thy glory My dear Family and Kindred as c. blessing thee for their health mutual love and piety and humbly beseeching thy Divine Majesty to preserve them in this grace My friends and acquaintance my Superiours and benefactours as c. Lord ever direct and prosper them The King and Queen and the whole Realm blessing thy holy name for the health and peace and plenty we enjoy and beseeching thee to continue these thy mercies and to forgive us all our offences This Holy Church of which by thy grace I am a member Blessed be God our helper and defender The Church Universal Enlarge and unite thy people O triumphant Saviour All that are distressed in mind body or estate especially such as suffer for righteousness sake throughout the whole world Thy eye is ever upon them Almighty and most merciful Father Grant them patience and deliverance Finally I commend to thy goodness thy whole Creation Thy mercy is over all thy
the door of repentance and life to us all allowing us all means of emendation and conversion the admirable treasure of the divine Scriptures the wonderful benefits of the holy Sacraments innumerable patterns of good living and dying and together with all the comforts of this visible world rejoyce and honour with his hope of everlasting felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen VII Saturday THe heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy work One day telleth another and one night certifyeth another of the great power and bounty of the Creatour blessed for ever There is neither speech nor language but their voices are heard amongst them Their sound is gone out to all lands and their words to the worlds end Psal. 19. The Lord giveth food to all flesh and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him The Lord cloatheth the grass of the field and bringeth forth herbs for the use of man and beast The Lord helpeth them to right that suffer wrong and looseth men out of prison The Lord giveth sight to the blind and to the seeing The Lord helpeth them that are fallen and raiseth the dead He cureth the broken hearted and giveth medicine to heal the sick The Lord caâ—eth for the righteous and humble but scorneth and debaseth the proud The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him that call upon him faithfully My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all the world above and below give thanks unto his holy name for ever and ever Amen Tread firmly O disciple of Christ in the footsteps of thy meek and holy master for these lead still upwards unto supercelestial and endless glory Interpose O blessed Jesus thy passions cross and death between the Divine Justice and this poor soul both now and in the hour of death and in the day of judgment Grant O Lord to the living mercy and grace to the faithful departed a joyful resurrection To thy Catholick Church peace and concord truth and righteousness and to me and all sinners repentance and pardon and life everlasting Amen Or By thy bloody Sweat thy Thorny Crown and Scourges thy pierced Hands and Feet the fountain of Bloud and water opened in thy precious side by thy dying groans and acclamations thy prayers and benedictions be merciful unto me a vile sinner spare me and bless me O my crucified Love. Amen THE LARGER OFFICE GOING TO BED CHAP. X. I. Sunday I Will lay me down in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely that makest me dwell in safety Psal. 4.9 Whom have I in heaven but thee O Lord and what is there on earth that I desire in comparison of thee Thou art about my path and my bed and spiest out all my ways Psal. 139.2 Have mercy upon me and all mine this night O blessed Jesus who didst die and revive for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with thee Hallelujah 1 Thess. 5.10 Or From morning to night I will bless the Lord. Now to him who is able to keep me and all his servants from falling and to present us at length pardoned and faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding great joy to the only wiseGod our Saviour and Defender be glory and majesty dominion power and praise both now and for ever Amen My trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever Psalm 52.9 Let me and all mine yea let me and all thine O holy Father now sleep in peace and wake in Christ begin the next return of reason with heavenly Meditation Amen Or To Gods gracious Protection I most humbly commit my self my family and friends and all the faithful and all the afflicted The Lord bless us and keep us The Lord make his face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us The Lord lift up his countenance upon us and give us peace both now and evermore Amen by the merits and intercession of Jesus our onely Saviour and Advocate BENEDICTIO II. Munday IN the Name of God I will lay me down to rest The almighty Lord be now and evermore my Defence against all perils both of Sleep and Death Amen for Jesus his sake Thou art worthy O Lord to receive Glory Honour and Power for thou hast created all things and for thy Wills sake they were created and are preserved Blessed be thy name world without end Amen Or Great Ruler of the day and night Upon our darkness cast thy Light With safe and kind Repose allay The Care and Trouble of the day That when thou shalt unclose my eyes Healthful and pure I may arise Fit for the morning Sacrifice Or O praise the Lord ye Angels of his that excell in strength that are always waking and always active O praise the Lord all ye his Hosts ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous ye servants of his that do his pleasure O speak good of the Lord all ye works of his in all places of his dominion Praise thou the Lord O my soul and in praising turn thee to thy rest The glorious Majesty of the Lord endureth for ever the Lord shall rejoyce in his works Amen Psal. 103. III. Tuesday THis night and the days and nights of my appointed time defend O Lord protect spare deliver and bless thy servant who putteth his trust in thee through Jesus Christ. Amen I will remember thee upon my bed and think upon thee when I am waking Because thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoyce my soul hangeth upon thee and thy right hand upholdeth me Thy loving Kindness is better then life better then all the glories and pleasures of the whole world Let me now rest O benign Saviour where thy beloved Disciple did that my sleep may be sweet that my dreaming may be of thee of thy Redemption and of thy glorious mansions Or my flesh shall rest in hope that thou Lord wilt raise me both from the Bed and from the Grave and wilt shew me the paths of Life both temporal and eternal for the sake of thy wellbeloved Son whom thou sufferedst to die for the world but not to see corruption Amen Just and righteous are thy ways O Lord who will not fear and serve thee Let us rejoyce and be exceeding glad and secure for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Rev. 19.5.6 Every where and at all times will I think upon my mortal and sinful life and upon thy continual and great Mercys In thee O Lord have I put my trust that I be not confounded though altogether unworthy of thy eye and regard In thee only I confide Amen with great ardor and expectation O God leave not my soul destitute IV. Wednesday THe Lord is my shepherd therefore can I lack nothing Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and sleep is that valley I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort
me Psal. 23. The Lord hath granted his loving kindness in the day time and in the night season will I sing of him and make my prayer to the God of my life Psal. 42.10 My soul rejoyceth in the Lord and I have put my trust in his holy name Psal. 33.21 Blessed be thou Lord God of our fathers for ever and ever Thine O Lord is the Greatness and the Power and the Glory and the Victory and the Majesty For all that is in heaven and earth is thine and thou rulest over all for ever Amen 1 Chron. 29.10 11 13. V. Thursday EVerlasting Praise and Thanks to thee most gracious God and Father for my Life and Reason Integrity of Body and Soundness of Memory for my pious and generous Parents my Education in good Learning and Manners for my Regeneration by Baptism and my frequent access to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ my Saviour for my place and order in the Holy and Apostolick Church for my competent Estate Content Liberty and Quiet for my power and greater will for Alms-doing for my Profession in this place my good Name and various Friendship and for whatever I have well done or said throughout my whole life for my Relations and Benefactors for the divine Forbearance Clemency and Beneficence unto to this age of my life for sundry remarkable Deliverances of me and my friends from Diseases Troubles and Dangers for innumerable Blessings known and unknown remembred or forgotten spiritual and temporal most chiefly for the means of Grace of all sorts and for the hope of immarcessible Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. O all ye blessed all ye righteous O all the world behold here the monument of Almighty Mercy Is not this a brand pluckt out of the burning Zach. 2.4 Or O holy Father the thoughts of thy infinite Grace and Mercy thy continual and almighty Providence how dear are they unto me Thy Redemption O blessed Jesus shall now lye next my heart and in the meditation of thine inestimable Passion and of thy numberless and everlasting Benefits will I go to sleep or to die as it shall seem best to thee my most gracious Lord and Saviour This night most Holy Pure and Eternal Spirit guard I humbly beseech thee and possess my soul whilst the meaner nature lies languid useless and insensible Amen VI. Friday THe Lord is my stony rock and my defence my Saviour my God and my might in whom I will trust my buckler the horn also of my Salvation and my refuge Psal. 18.1 With my soul have I desired thee in the night season and early in the morning have I sought thee When I awake by thy empire and pity let my soul be still with thee O Lord my God. Or And now Lord what is my hope my hope is even in thee My help standeth in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth Psal. 132.2 From evil Designs and unlawful Desirâ—s from impure and vain Thoughts from the Illusions and Suggestions of the devil from inordinate Passions and Disturbances of Body and Mind good Lord deliver me this night Amen VII Saturday IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto the name of the Lord most highest To tell of thy loving kindness in the morning and of thy faithfulness every night Psal. 92.1 2. Grant thy servant O Lord a Christian end of this day and this week and this declining mortal life Amen for Christ Jesus his sake Bless me also holy Father as thou didst this day at the finishing of thy Creation and sanctifie and separate me to thy Service for ever Amen He that keepeth Israel he that keepeth thee O Christian doth neither slumber nor sleep The Lord himself is thy keeper The Lord is thy defence on thy right hand The Lord preserveth thee from all evil yea it is even he that keepeth thy soul. Amen God most holy most mighty Or Lord Jesus Christ the cheerful Ray and Glory of the Father immortal heavenly holy and happy being come to close of this day and the confines of darkness we laud and magnifie the Father the Son and the holy Spirit of God thou indeed art worthy to be praised with holy voices O son of God giver of life Therefore the whole world glorisieth thee and worshippeth thee Amen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I will not give sleep to my eâ—es nor slumber to my eye-lids till I be at peace with all men till I have sought thy peace most gracious Father which the world cannot give and have confessed unto thy Majesty the Faults and Omissions of this day together with the more heinous Sins of my life Whatever I have devised said or done unworthy my Place my Age my Christianity and my Priesthood good Lord forgive me for the Bowels of Jesus Christ. Amen And let the grief and trouble of such Confessions henceforth deter me from the like Presumptions Transgressions and Neglects and from their several Causes and Occasions Amen Amen I will frequently read two or three Verses of the Holy Bible before I go to bed Here endeth the Larger Office at Rising and going to Bed. WHen I go not to Church I will say secretly or in the family Te Deum or Nunc dimittis and also the Collects for Peace and Grace and the Collects for all Conditions and the general Thanksgiving Our most gracious Father hear both the Church and me Oh hear them supplicating for me and all well employed and afflicted people Amen for the alone merits of Christ our Lord. PRIVATE DEVOTION At the HOLY COMMUNION CHAP. XI I. At the Offering MOst bountiful Father I return Mites for Talents received I offer to thee still of thy own Accept I pray thee most gracious Lord together with this small token of my Duty and Gratitude my Soul and Body and Action all which I here humbly dedicate unto thee at thy Altar And also forgive me all my Debts and Trespasses against thy divine Majesty for the one Oblation and transcendent Worthiness of thy beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen II. Before the general Confession HAving already in my retirement read over the Communion-service and also Matth. c. 28. and 1 Cor. 11.17 c. and thereupon leisurely and carefully examined and recollected as in the presence of the Living God what I have done what I have amended or not amended O wretched and inconstant creature since the last Communion and solemn Promise of a correct Life And having also satisfied to my power for all Injuries and Offences done by me against any man and likewise with hearty Sorrow Aversation and Repentance implored at home Gods Pardon for those sins and the rest of my whole life I now fasting Dan. c. 9.3 do again beseech the same indulgence with Humility Intention of Mind and enlarged Hopes here in the midst of his devout People before his Priest near his holy Altar and under the regard of glorious