O Praise the Lord laud ye the Name of the Lord praise it O ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God 3 O praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious O sing praises unto his name for it is lovely 4 For why the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his own possession 5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased that did he in heaven and in earth and in the sea and in all deep places 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain bringing the windes out of his treasures 8 He smote the first-born of Egypt both of man and beast 9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee O thou land of Egypt upon Pharaoh and all his servants 10 Hee smote divers Nations and slew mighty Kings 11 Sehon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Basan and all the kingdomes of Canaan 12 And gave their land to be an heritage even an heritage unto Israel his people 13 Thy Name O Lord endureth for ever so doth thy memoriall O Lord from one generation to another 14 For the Lord will avenge his people and be gracious unto his servants 15 As for the images of the heathen they are but silver and gold the work of mens hands 16 They have mouthes and speak not eyes have they but they see not 17 They have eares and yet they hear not neither is there any breath in their mouthes 18 They that make them are like unto them and so are all they that put their trust in them 19 Praise the Lord ye house of Israel praise the Lord ye house of Aaron 20 Praise the Lord ye house of Levi ye that fear the Lord praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion which dwelleth at Jerusalem The Prayer O Lord God in whose sight the death of all the Saints is precious and to whom the souls of the Martyrs from under the Altar call to avenge their bloud that is shed like water upon the earth be gracious unto us thy servants avenge all thy people of their enemies that all that hate and persecute thy Church being either brought to repentance or confusion thy Name and thy memoriall may be celebrated to all generations thy Kingdome and thy comming may be hastened that the Saints may receive the consummation of their glories by resurrection of their bodies and receiving the crown of righteousnesse which thou hast prepared for all that put their trust in thee and that we all standing in the house of the Lord even in the courts of the house of our God for ever may praise thy Name which is gracious and lovely even for ever and ever Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 136. A Prayer of thanksgiving to God for his eternall mercies O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever 2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods for his mercy endureth for ever 3 O thank the Lord of all lords for his mercy endureth for ever 4 Which onely doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever 5 Which by his excellent wisdome made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever 6 Which laid out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever 7 Which hath made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever 8 The sun to rule the day for his mercy endureth for ever 9 The moon and the starres to govern the night for his mercy endureth for ever 10 Which smote Egypt with their first-born for his mercy endureth for ever 11 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever 12 With a mighty hand and a stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever 13 Which divided the Red sea in two parts for his mercy endureth for ever 14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it for his mercy endureth for ever 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host he overthrew them in the Red sea for his mercy endureth for ever 16 Which led his people through the wildernesse for his mercy endureth for ever 17 Which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever 18 Yea and slew mighty kings for his mercy endureth for ever 19 Sehon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever 20 And Og the king of Basan for his mercy endureth for ever 21 And gave away their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever 22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant for his mercy endureth for ever 23 Which remembred us when we were in trouble for his mercy endureth for ever 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 25 Which giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever 27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever The Prayer O God of Heaven and Lord of lords who by thy excellent wisdome hast made the Heavens and onely dost great wonders in Heaven and Earth making all thy creatures to be expresses of thy power and of thy loving mercy let thy mighty hand and stretched out arme lead us through the midst of this world and the throng of all our enemies giving us food for the sustenance of our bodies the light of the sun of righteousness to lead us in our goings and great apprehensions of thy mercy to excite in us devotion and true Religion that we praising thy mercies and being relieved and sustained by thy loving kindnesse may at last come to the land of promise which thou givest for an heritage to thy people and may receive the mercies of thy Kingdome which endure for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 137. A Prayer for redemption of the Church from captivity and persecution BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembred thee O Sion 2 As for our harps we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein 3 For they that led us away captive required of us then a song and melody in our heavinesse sing us one of the songs of Sion 4 How shall wee sing the Lords song in a strange land 5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning 6 If I doe not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth yea if I preferre not Jerusalem in my mirth 7 Remember the children of Edom O Lord in the day of Jerusalem how they said Down with it down with it even to the ground 8 O daughter of Babylon wasted with misery yea happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them
even as the drops that water the earth 7 In his time shall the righteous flourish yea and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth 8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other and from the floud unto the worlds end 9 They that dwell in the wildernesse shall kneel before him his enemies shall lick the dust 10 The kings of Tharsis and of the Isles shall give presents the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts 11 All kings shall fall down before him all nations shall doe him service 12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth the needy also and him that hath no helper 13 He shall be favourable to the simple and needy and â—hall preserve the souls of the poor 14 Hee shall deliver their soules from falshood and wrong and dear shall their bloud be in his sight 15 He shall live and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia prayer shall be made ever unto him and daily shall he be praised 16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth high upon the hils his fruit shall shake like Libanus and shall be green in the city like grasse upon the earth 17 His name shall endure for ever his name shall remain under the sun among the posterities which shall be blessed through him and all the heathen shall praisâ— him 18 Blessed be the Lord God even the God of Israel which onely doth wondrous things 19 And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever and all the earth shall be filled with his majesty Amen Amen The Prayer O Blessed Jesu who didst descend from heaven into the womb of the blessed Virgin like rain into a fleece of wooll thou that punishest the wrong doer and defendest the children of the poor and them that have no helper have mercy upon thy Holy Church be pleased by her ministery to extend thy blessings and thy dominion from the one Sea to the other even unto the worlds end that all Kings of the earth may fall down before thee and all Nations may do thee service Make thy righteous people to flourish and so subdue their enemies under them delivering them from falshood and wrong that they may be blessed with abundance of Peace and be satisfied with thy righteousnesse and salvation through thy mercies O blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 73. A Prayer that we may have our portion in God and not in the good things of the men of this world TRuly God is loving unto Israel even unto such as are of a clean heart 2 Neverthelesse my feet were almost gone my treadings had welnigh slipt 3 And why I was grieved at the wicked I doe also see the ungodly in such prosperity 4 For they are in no perill of death but are lusty and strong 5 They come in no misfortune like other folk neither are they plagued like other men 6 And this is the cause that they be so holden with pride and overwhelmed with cruelty 7 Their eyes swell with fatnesse and they doe even what they lust 8 They corrupt other and speak of wicked blasphemy their talking is against the most Highest 9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven and their tongue goeth through the world 10 Therefore fall the people unto them and thereout suck they no small advantage 11 Tush say they how should God perceive it is there knowledge in the most Highest 12 Lo these are the ungodly these prosper in the World and these have riches in possession and I said Then have I cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in innocency 13 All the day long have I been punished and chastened every morning 14 Yea and I had almost said even as they but lo then should I have condemned the generation of thy children 15 Then thought I to understand this but it was too hard for me 16 Untill I went into the sanctuary of God then understood I the end of these men Namely how thou dost set them in slippery places and castest them down and destroyest them 18 Oh how suddenly doe they consume perish and come to a fearfull end 19 Yea even like as a dream when one awaketh so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the City 20 Thus my heart was grieved and it went even through my reins 21 So foolish was I and ignorant even as it were a beast before thee 22 Neverthelesse I am alway by thee for thou hast holden me by my right hand 23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsâ—ll and after that receive me with glory 24 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee 25 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever 26 For lo they that forsake thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee 27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God to put my trust in the Lord God and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion The Prayer O Lord God who art loving unto all thy Church even unto all such as are of a clean heart give unto us hearts humble and mercifull that we may never be holden with pride nor overwhelmed with cruelty and sanctifie our words and lips that we may never blaspheme thy holinesse nor our talking be ever against thee or thy honour O God most Highest give unto us such religious and mortified affections that we may never thirst after the temporall advantages and prosperities of the wicked set not our feet in slippery places lest we be suddenly cast down and have our portion in the lot of the wicked who perish and come to a fearfull end guide us with thy â—ounsell that we holding us fast by thee and putting our trust in thee ô God thou mayest be the strength of our hearts the hope of our souls and the ground of all our confidence and content in this life and after this life is ended thou maiest receive us with glory and be our portion for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 74. A Prayer against Sacrilegious persons and all the Enemies of the Church O God wherefore art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture 2 O think upon thy congregation whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old 3 Think upon the tribe of thy inheritance and mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt 4 Lift up thy feet that thou maist utterly destroy every enemy which hath done evill in thy sanctuary 5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations and set up their banners for tokens 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees was known to bring it to an excellent work 7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers 8 They
Domus orationis Bonum est confiteri Domino et psallere tuo nomini Altissime Te decet Hymnus Gloria Miserere Confiteor THE PSALTER OF DAVID WITH Titles and Collects according to the matter of each PSALME Whereunto is added DEVOTIONS For the help and assistance of all Christian People in all occasions and necessities The third EDITION LONDON Printed for R. ROYSTON at the Angel in Ivie-lane 1647. THE PREFACE IT is naturall for all men when they are straitned with fears or actuall infelicities to run for succour to what their fancy or the next opportunity presents as an instrument of their ease and remedy But that which distinguishes men in these cases is the choyce of their Sanctuary for to rely upon the Reeds of Aegypt or to snatch at the Bul-rushes of Niluâ— may well become a drowning man whose Reason is so wholly invaded and surprizâ—d by Fear as to be uselesse to him in that confusâ—on But he whose condition although it be sad is still under the Mastery of Reason and hath time to deliberate unlesse he places his hopes upon something that is likely to cure his misery or at least to ease it by making his affliction lesse or his patience more does deserve that misery he groans under Stripes and remedilesse miseries are the lot of Fools but Afflictions that happen to wâ—se men or good men represent indeed the sadnesses of mortality but they become Monuments and advantages of their Piety and Wisdome In this most unnaturall Warre â—ommenced against the greatest solennities of Christianity and all that is called God I have been put to it to run somewhither to Sanctuary but whither was so great a question that had not Religion been my guide I had not known where to have found rest or safety when the King and the Laws who by God and Man respectively are appointed the Protectors of Innocence and Truth had themselves the greatest need of a Protector And when in the beginning of these troubles I hastned to His Majesty the case of the King and His good Subjects was something like that of Isaac ready to be sacrificed the wood was prepared the fire kindled the knife was lift up and the hand was striking that if we had not been something like Abraham too and against hope have beleeved in hope we had been as much without comfort as we were in outward appearance without remedy It was my custome long since to secure my selfe against the violences of Discontents abroad as Gerson did against temptations in angulis libellis in my books and my retirements But now I was deprived of both them and driven to a publick view and participation of those dangers and miseries which threatned the Kingdome and disturbed the eavennesse of my former life I was therefore constrained to amasse together all those arguments of hope and comfort by which men in the like condition were supported and amongst all the great examples of trouble and confidence I reckon'd King David one of the biggest and of greatest consideration For considering that he was a King vexed with a Civill Warre his case had so much of ours in it that it was likely the devotions he used might fit our turn and his comforts sustain us And indeed when I came to look upon the Psalter with a neerer observation and an eye diligent to espy my advantages and remedies there deposited I found very many Prayers against the enemies of the King and Church and the miseries of Warre I found so many admirable promises so rare variety of expressions of the mercies of God so many consolatory hymnes the commemoration of so many deliverances from dangers and deaths and Enemies so many miracles of mercy and salvation that I began to be so confident as to beleeve there could come no affliction great enough to spend so great a stock of comfort as was laid up in the treasure of the Psalter the saying of S. Paul was here verified if sinne and misery did abound then did grace superabound and as wee beleeve of the Passion of Christ it was so great as to be able to satisfy for a thousand Worlds so it is of the comforts of Davids Psalmes they are more then sufficient to repair all the breaches of Mankind But for the particular occasion of creating confidences in us that God will defend his Church and his Anoynted and all that trust in him against all their Enemies which was our case and contained in it all our needs for the present I found so abundant supply that of 150. Psalmes some whereof are Historicall many Eucharisticall many Propheticall and the rest Prayers for severall occasions 34. of them are expresly made against Gods and our enemies Eleven expresly for the Church four for the King that is a third part of the Psalms relate particularly to the present occasion beside many clauses of respersion in the other which if collected in one would of themselves be great arguments of hope to prevail in so good a cause This which experience taught me now I was promised before by a frequent testimony of the Doctors of the Church who give the Psalter such a Character as is due to the best and most usefull book in the whole World viz. The most profitable of books the treasure of Holy instructions consummationem totius paginae Theologicae the perfection of the whole Scripture so the ordinary Glosse calls it arma juvenum parva Biblia tribulatorum solatia the young mans armory the little Bible the comfort of the distressed so others to be said by all men upon all occasions is the counsell of the most devout amongst them But concerning the Psalter there are good words enough and reall observation of advantages in the severall prefaces before the Commentaries upon the Psalms set forth by the Fathers and Writers of the first and middle ages I leave the particular enumeration of them to the learned Divines of our Church to whom it is more proper the summe of them is this which Tertullian alone hath expressed in his Apology agâ—inst the Gentiles Omnes Bibliothecas omnia monumenta unius Prophetae scrinium vincit in quo videtur thesaurus collocatus esse totius Judaici Sacramenti inde etiam nostri this book alone of the Prophet David hath in it some excellencies beyond all the monuments of Learning in any Library whatsoever and is the store-house both of the Jewish and Christian Religion But that which pleases me most is the fancy of S. Hilary expounding the Psalter to be meant by the Key of David spoken of by S. John in his Revelation And properly enough for if we consider how many mysteries of Religion are open'd to us in the Psalter how many things concerning Christ what clear vaticinations concerning his Birth his Priesthood his Kingdome his Death the very circumstances of his Passion his Resurrection and all the degrees of his Exaltation-more clearly and explicitely recorded in the Psalter then in all the
fraud and malice of blood-thirsty and deceitfull men and from the crafty insinuations of all them that work vanity but let thy blessings bee upon the righteous and let thy favourable kindnesse defend thy whole Church as with a shield that all those who put their trust in thy mercy may be ever giving of thanks and may be joyfull in thee O lead us in thy righteousnesse that we become not a rejoycing to our enemies but that we may worship thee in feare and come into thy house to make our prayers unto thee and to give thee thanks for the multitude of thy mercies which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 6. A Prayer of a penitent person for remission of his sinnes O Lord rebuke me not in thine indignation neither chasten me in thy displeasure 2 Have mercy upon mee O Lord for I am weak O Lord heal me for my bones are vexed 3 My soul is also sore troubled but Lord how long wilt thou punish me 4 Turn thee O Lord and deliver my soul O save me for thy mercies sake 5 For in death no man remembreth thee and who will give thee thanks in the pit 6 I am weary of my groaning every night wash I my bed and water my couch with my tears 7 My beauty is gone for very trouble and worn away because of all mine enemies 8 Away from me all ye that work vanity for the Lord hath heard the voyce of my weeping 9 The Lord hath heard my petition the Lord will receive my prayer 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded and sore vered they shall be turned back and put to shame suddenly The Prayer O Most mercifull God whose property is alwayes to have mercy and to forgive behold with the eyes of thy pity and compassion the estate of thy humble servants made most miserable by reason of our sins Hear the voyce of our weeping pity our groaning strengthen us for we are weak heal us for our bones are vexed and deliver our soules from death that being saved from the bottomlesse pit we may give thanks to thy holy Name O turn from the severity of thy displeasure and visit us with thy mercy and salvation For all our sinnes give us a great sorrow and contrition and in our sorrows let thy comforts sustain us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 7. A prayer for defence of our Innocence against the unjust molestation of our enemies O Lord my God in thee have I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me 2 Lest he devour my soul like a Lion and tear it in peeces while there is none to help 3 O Lord my God if I have done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my hands 4 If I have rewarded evill unto him that dealt friendly with me yea I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy 5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soule and take me yea let him tread my life down upon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust 6 Stand up O Lord in thy wrath and lift up thy self because of the indignation of mine enemies arise up for me in the judgement that thou hast commanded 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therefore lift up thy self again 8 The Lord shall judge the people give sentence with me O Lord according to my righteousnesse and according to the innocency that is in mee 9 O let the wickednesse of the ungodly come to an end but guide thou the just 10 For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins 11 My help commeth of God which preserveth them that are true of heart 12 God is a righteous Judge strong and patient and God is provoked every day 13 If a man will not turn he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it ready 14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors 15 Behold he travaileth with mischiefe he hath concâ—ived sorrow and brought forth ungodlinesse 16 He hath graven and digged up a pit and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other 17 For his travell shall come upon his own head and his wickednesse shall fall on his own pate 18 I will give thanks unto the Lord according to his righteousnesse and will praise the name of the Lord the most High The Prayer O God from whom commeth our help thou art a righteous Judge and preservest all that are true of heart deliver us from our persecutors who travell with mischief against us and have digged a pit for our destruction O let their wickedness and malicious devices against thy servants come utterly to an end for evermore Thou O Lord art strong and able to take vengeance and yet being provoked every day still art patient towards us and compassionate Deliver us from their wrath to whom we have done no injustice or displeasure pardon our offences against thee and protect our innocency against them that we may praise thy name and give thanks unto thee for thy righteousnesse and sâ—lvation who art blessed for evermore Amen PSALME 8. A contemplation of the Divine beauty and excellency manifested in his Creatures O Lord our governour how excellent is thy name in all the world thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens 2 Out of the month of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger 3 For I will consider the heavens even the works 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 Thou madest him lower then the angels to crown him with glory and worship 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet 7 All sheep and oxen yea and the beasts of the field 8 The fowls of the aire and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas 9 O Lord our governour how excellent is thy name in all the world The Prayer O Lord God Father of men and Angels God of all the Creatures who hast created all things in a wonderfull order and hast made them all conveyances of thy mercies to mankinde give us great and dreadfull apprehensions of thy glory and immensity thy Majesty and mercy that we may adore thee as our Creator love thee as our Redeemer fear thee as our God obey thee as our Governour and praise thee as the author and fountain of all perfections and all good which thou hast communicated to thy creatures that they may all in their proportions doe thee service who hast to that end made the world and redeemed us by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Morning
eye-lids trieth the children of men 6 The Lord alloweth the righteous but the ungodly and him that delighteth in wickednesse doth his soule abhorre 7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares fire and brimstone storm and tempest this shall be their portion to drink 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousnesse his countenance will behold the thing that is just The Prayer O Lord who art our hope and our refuge the exceeding great reward of all that trust in thee have mercy upon us thy servants who have no confidences but upon thy mercies and infinite loving kindnesse Defend us from all secret Plots and designes intended against our peace and securities by them that privily shoot at us and would overthrow the foundations of our repose and safety And that we may be better intitled to thy protection and care over us make us to love righteousnesse to follow the things that are just that by thy grace we being defended from taking delight in wickednesse may also be delivered from the portion of the ungodly which thou givest them to drink upon whom thou rainest snares fire and brimstone storm and tempest Deliver us O Lord from the eternall pressure of thy wrath through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 12. A prayer for defence against the dangers of evill Company HElp me Lord for there is not one godly man left for the faithfull are minished from among the children of men 2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour they doe but flatter with their lips and dissemble with their double heart 3 The Lord shall root out all deceitfull lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things 4 Which have said With our tongue we will prevail we are they that ought to speak who is Lord over us 5 Now for the comfortlesse troubles sake of the needy and because of the deep sighing of the poor 6 I will up saith the Lord and will help every one from him that I welleth against him and will set them at rest 7 The words of the Lord are pure words even as the silver which from the earth is tried and purified seven times in the fire 8 Thou shalt keep them O Lord thou shalt preserve him from this generation for ever 9 The ungodly walk on every side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke The Prayer O Most blessed Jesu who in thy eternall providence doest suffer the tares and the wheat to grow together untill the harvest permitting hereticks and vicious persons to communicate in the externall society of thy people grant us thy grace that we may so beleeve and heartily obey all thy pure words and dictates which thou hast taught us in thy holy Gospel that we may be kept unspotted of the world and although the ungodly walk on every side yet we may persevere in the wayes of righteousnesse and increase the number of the godly that at last we may be admitted into the glorious fellowship of Saints and Angels who behold thy face and the glories of thy Kingdome where thou livest and raignest with the Father and the holy Ghost Eternall God world without end Amen PSALME 13. A Prayer in time of temptation HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for ever how long wilt thou hide thy face from me 2 How long shall I seek counsell in my soul and be so vexed in my heart how long shall mine enemies triumph over me 3 Consider and hear me O Lord my God lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death 4 Lest mine enemy say I have prevailed against him for if I be cast down they that trouble me will rejoyce at it 5 But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is joyfull in thy salvation 6 I will sing of the Lord because he hath dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praisâ— the name of the Lord most Highest The Prayer O God the giver of all grace the author of all Ghostly strength look with compassion upon our infirmities and how unequally we are assaulted by many by powerfull by malicious adversaries How long O Lord how long shall we seek for rest and finde none O give us either peace or victory and preserve us that we sleep not in the death of sin lest our grand enemy the Devill say he hath prevailed against us Our trust is in thy mercy and thy delight is in it strengthen us so with thy grace that we may fight a good fight and conquer and be crown'd with a crown of righteousness which we begge we may receive from the hands and by the mercies of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Psalme 14. A Prayer against Atheisme and irreligion THe fool hath said in his heart There is no God 2 They are corrupt and become abominable in their doings there is not one that doth good no not one 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doth good no not one 5 Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues have they deceived the poyson of asps is under their lips 6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse their feet are swift to shed bloud 7 Destruction and unhappinesse is in their ways and the way of peace have they not known there is no fear of God before their eyes 8 Have they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischief eating up my people as it were bread 9 And call not upon the Lord there were they brought in great fear even where no fear was for God is in the generation of the righteous 10 As for you ye have made a mock at the counsell of the poor because he putteth his trust in the Lord. 11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion when the Lord turneth the captivity of his people then shall Jacob rejoyce and Israel shall be glad The Prayer O Eternall God Creator of the world conserver of the Creatures whose essence and goodnesse and perfections are infinite and made so manifest in the creation order protection and disposition of thy creatures that without the greatest sin folly in the world we cannot but acknowledge thee and adore thee with the lowest adorations of soul and body and with the most profound humility Preserve us O Lord in great Religion Veneration and reverence of thy Divine perfections Keep us from all distrust of thy providence all doubtings of thy infinitenesse or of any other article of our faith and grant that we confessing thee before all the world may be acknowledged for thy children and rewarded among thy servants not for our righteousnesse but through the merits and mercies of our dearest Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 15. Which is a short rule of a good life and a desire of innocency and
sanctity LOrd who shall dwell in thy tabernacle or who shall rest upon thy holy hill 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life and doth the thing which is right and speaketh the truth from his heart 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue nor done evill to his neighbour and hath not slandered his neighbour 4 He that setteth not by himself but is lowly in his own eyes and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it were to his own hinderance 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury nor taken reward against the innocent The Prayer O Lord let thy mercy preserve us in holinesse and innocency or if through infirmity we fall make us to rise again by penitence that we may lead an uncorrupt life with humility and truth and justice not slandering our neighbour not invading his right not breaking our trust not oppressing the indigent and necessitous but doing good to all and especially making much of them that fear the Lord that we may never fall from thy favour but at the end of our weary pilgrimage we may take our rest upon thy holy hill and dwell in thy tabernacle where thou raignest with infinite glory and felicities God eternall world without end Amen PSALME 16. A Prayer for the blessings of Gods providence and preservation in this life and for glory hereafter PReserve me O God for in thee have I put my trust 2 O my soul thou hast said unto the Lord Then art my God my goods are nothing unto thee 3 All my delight is upon the Saints that are in the earth and upon such as excell in vertue 4 But they that run after another god shall have great trouble 5 Their drink-offerings of bloud will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintain my lot 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground yea I have a goodly heritage 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning my reins also chasten me in the night season 9 I have set God alwayes before me for he is on my right hand therefore I shall not fall 10 Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory rejoyced my flesh also shall rest in hope 11 For why thou shalt not leave my soul in hell neither shalt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of joy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore The Prayer O God who art the portion of our inheritance our God and our preserver preserve and maintaine all those good things which thou hast wrought in us and for us and that we may never fall give us thy grace that we may set thee always before us rejoycing in thee and delighting in the Saints that are upon the earth that when our flesh shall see corruption our Souls may not be left in hell but may walk in the paths of life and in the day of restitution of all things both bodies and souls may have a goodly heritage even the lot of thy right hand where there is pleasure for evermore and where we may see thy face and the glory of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen PSALME 17. A Prayer for protection against the injuries of our Enemies Bodily and Ghostly HEar the right O Lord consider my complaint and hearken unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equall 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season thou hast tried me and shalt finde no wickednesse in me for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend 4 Because of mens works that are done against the words of my lips I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer 5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my foot-steps slip not 6 I have called upon thee O God for thou shalt hear me encline thine ear to me and hearken unto my words 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindnesse thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings 9 From the ungodly that trouble me mine enemies compasse me round about to take away my soul. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat and their mouth speaketh proud things 11 They lie waiting in our way on every side turning their eyes down to the ground 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a lions whelp lurking in secret places 13 Up Lord disappoint him and cast him down deliver my soul from the ungodly which is a sword of thine 14 From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the evill world which have their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure 15 They have children at their desire and leave the rest of their substance for their babes 16 But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousnesse and when I awake up after thy likenesse I shall be satisfied with it The Prayer O Most mercifull Jesu thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee defend us and deliver us from the hands of all our Enemies and although they are a sword of thine and an instrument sent from thee to chastise us for our sins yet arise O Lord in mercy and strength disappoint them and cast them down lest they destroy our souls that when thou hast visited us with thy fatherly correction and tried us like as silver is tried thou maist finde no wickednesse in us Sanctifie our hearts and lips that we may not thinke a thought displeasing unto thee and that our mouth may not offend Keep us as the apple of an eye hide us under the shadow of thy wings of mercy and providence keep us from the ways of the destroyer and hold up our goings in thy paths that we may persevere in righteousnesse and our foot-steps may not slip that in the day of the resurrection of the Just we may behold thy presence and receive infinite satisfactions in the vision beatificall Grant this O merciful Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 18. A prayer for strength and Victory in Warre temporall or spirituall together with an act of hope and confidence in God I Will love thee O Lord my strength 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 2 I will call upon the Lord which is worthy to be praised so shall I be safe from mine enemies 3 The
triumph over me 2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed but such as transgresse without a cause shall be put to confusion 3 Shew me thy wayes O Lord and teach me thy paths 4 Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee hath been my hope all the day long 5 Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesse which hath been ever of old 6 Oh remember not the sinnes and offences of my youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodnesse 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord therefore will he teach sinners in the way 8 Them that be meek shall he guide in judgement and such as be gentle them shall he learn his way 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies 10 For thy names sake O Lord be mercifull unto my sinne for it is great 11 What man is he that feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose 12 His soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the land 13 The secret of the Lord is among them that fear him and he will shew them his covenant 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord for he shall pluck my feet out of the net 15 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and in misery 16 The sorrowes of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles 17 Look upon mine adversity and misery and forgive me all my sinne 18 Consider mine enemies how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me 19 O keep my soul and deliver me let me not be confounded for I have put my trust in thee 20 Let perfectnesse and righteous dealing wait upon me for my hope hath been in thee 21 Deliver Israel O God out of all his troubles The Prayer O Gracious and Righteous Lord God who art the guide of the meek and teachest the humble and gentle in thy way forgive the sins and offences of our youth and although by them we have deserved thy wrath and that we be put to confusion yet be pleased to think upon us for thy goodnesse and according to thy mercy that when thou hast forgiven us all our sinne and taken away our adversity and all our misery thou maist keep our soules in perâ—ectnesse and righteous dealing that at last we may dwell at ease free from trouble and safe from all our enemies even when we shall inherit the land of everlasting rest where thou livest and raignest eternal God world without end Amen PSALME 26. A Prayer of preparation to the holy Sacrament and to death BE thou my judge O Lord for I have walked innocently my trust hath been also in the Lord therefore shall I not fall 2 Examine me O Lord and prove me try out my reins and my heart 3 For thy loving kindnesse is ever before mine eyes and I will walk in thy truth 4 I have not dwelt with vain persons neither will I have fellowship with the deceitfull 5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked and will not sit among the ungodly 6 I will wash my hands in innocency O Lord and so will I goe to thine altar 7 That I may shew the voyce of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works 8 Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth 9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners nor my life with the bloud-thirsty 10 In whose hands is wickednesse and their right hands are full of gifts 11 But as for me I will walk innocently O Lord deliver me and be mercifull unto me 12 My foot standeth right I will praise the Lord in the congregations The Prayer O Lord our Judge whose loving kindnesse is great and alwayes before our eyes manifested in the abundant acts of thy grace and providence make us to love and frequent all the actions ministeries and conveyances of thy graces to us especially thy holy Sacraments O dear God endue our Soules with faith and charity and holy penitence that our hands and hearts our Souls and bodies being washed in innocency and penance we may goe to thy holy Table and may in the whole course of our life walk righteously and in obedience to thee that in this world hating the congregation of the wicked and the fellowship of the deceitfull and vain persons at last our Soules may not be shut up with sinners nor our lives with the bloud-thirsty but wee may have our portion in the eternall habitation of thy house where thine honour dwelleth and reigneth world without end Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 27. A Prayer that being freed from our Enemies we may attend the services of Religion and serve God in his holy Temple THe Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraid 2 When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eate up my flesh they stumbled and fell 3 Though an host of men were laid against me yet shall not my heart be afraid and though there rose up War agaist me yet will I put my trust in him 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord which I will require even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life to behold the faire beauty of the Lord and to visit his Temple 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me and set me up upon a rock of stone 6 And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladnesse I will sing and speak praises unto thâ— Lord. 8 Hearken unto my voyce O Lord when I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me 9 My heart hath talked of thee seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek 10 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure 11 Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation 12 When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me up 13 Teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in the right way because of mine enemies 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries for there are false witnesses risen up against me and such as speak wrong 15 I should utterly have fainted but that I beleeve verily to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the living 16 O tarry thou the Lords leisuâ—â— be strong and he shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord. The Prayer O Lord God thou hast been our succour
with gladnesse so shall we give thanks unto thee for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 31. A prayer for protection against our enemies and all dangers of soule and body and specially at the houre of death IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never bee put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousnesse 2 Bow down thine ear to me make haste to deliver me 3 And be thou my strong rock and the house of defence that thou maist save me 4 For thou art my strong rock and my castle be thou also my guide and lead me for thy names sake 5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strength 6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of truth 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lord. 8 I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soule in adversities 9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy but hast set my feet in a large room 10 Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and mine eye is consumed for very heavinesse yea my soul and my body 11 For my life is waxen old with heavinesse and my yeares with mourning 12 My strength faileth me because of mine iniquity and my bones are consumed 13 I became a reproofe among all mine enemies but specially among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of mee and they that did see me without conveyed themselves from me 14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of minde I am become like a broken vessell 15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude and feare is on every side while they conspire together against me and take their counsell to take away my life 16 But my hope hath been in thee O Lord I have said Thou art my God 17 My time is in thy hand deliver me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me 18 Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance and save me for thy mercies sake 19 Let me not be confounded O Lord for I have called upon thee let the ungodly be put to confusion and be put to silence in the grave 20 Let the lying lips be put to silence which cruelly disdainfully and despitefully speak against the righteous 21 O how plentifull is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sonnes of men 22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues 23 Thanks be to the Lord for he hath shewed mee marvellous great kindnesse in a strong city 24 And when I made haste I said I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes 25 Neverthelesse thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cried unto thee 26 O love the Lord all ye his Saints for the Lord preserveth them that are faithfull and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer 27 Be strong and he shall stablish your heart all yee that put your trust in the Lord. The Prayer O God our rock the house of our defence let us be glad and rejoyce in thy mercies and salvation Consider O Lord our trouble and in thy pity know our souls beset round about with enemies and adversities Shut us not up into the hands of our enemies nor our lives within the grave Our time O Lord is in thy hand to thee pertain the issues of life and death and though our strength hath failed us because of our iniquity and our bones are vexed by reason of our sins yet our hope is in thee O Lord we have said Thou art our God deliver us from all our enemies bodily and ghostly turn our sadnesse into joy and our mourning into gladnesse lest our bodies and soules be consumed for very heavinesse Let us not be put to confusion nor to silence in the grave but let us see thy marvellous loving kindnesse and partake of thy plentifull goodnesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee even before the sonnes of men O let us never be cast out of the sight of thine eyes but deal with us in mercy and loving kindnesse Into thy hands we commend our spirits resigning our selves up to thy providence and disposition either to life or death as thou in thy infinite wisdome shalt finde most proportionable to thy glory and our eternall good beseeching thee to be our guide to death and to lead us for thy Name sake to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 32. A confession of sins and a prayer for pardon BLessed is he whose unrighteousnesse is forgiven and whose sin is covered 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin and in whose spirit there is no guile 3 For while I held my tongue my bones consumed away through my daily complaining 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is like the drought in Summer 5 I will knowledge my sinne unto thee and mine unrighteousnesse have I not hid 6 I said I will confesse my sinnes unto the Lord and so thou forgavest the wickednesse of my sin 7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found but in the great water-flouds they shall not come nigh him 8 Thou art a place to hide me in thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance 9 I will enform thee and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt goe and I will guide thee with mine eye 10 Be ye not like to Horse and Mule which have no understanding whose mouthes must be holden with bit and bridle left they fall upon thee 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord mercy embraceth him on every side 12 Be glad O ye righteous and rejoyce in the Lord and be joyfull all ye that are true of heart The Prayer O Lord God eternall Judge of men and Angels whose property is always to have mercy and to forgive have mercy upon us who confesse our sins unto thee to be so great and many that were not thy mercy infinite we might despair of having our unrighteousnesse forgiven or our sins covered O dear God preserve us from the great plagues that remain for the ungodly and let thy mercy imbrace us on every side Impute not unto us the sins we have multiplied against thee and against all the world for we have been like to a Horse and Mule without understanding brutish in our passions sensuall in our affections of unbridled heats and distemperatures But
as clear as the light and thy just dealing as the noon day 7 Hold thee still in the Lord and abide patiently upon him but grieve not thy self at him whose way doth prosper against the man that doth after evill counsels 8 Leave off from wrath and let goe displeasure fret not thy self else shalt thou be moved to do evill 9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out and they that patiently abide the Lord those shall inherit the land 10 Yet a little while and the ungodly shall be clean gone thou shalt look after his place and he shall bee away 11 But the meek spirited shall possesse the earth and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace 12 The ungodly seeketh counsell against the just and gnasheth upon him with his teeth 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn for hee hath seen that his day is comming 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as be of a right conversation 15 Their sword shall goe through their own heart and their bow shall be broken 16 A small thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of the ungodly 17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken and the Lord upholdeth the righteous 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly and their inheritance shall endure for ever 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time and in the days of dearth they shall have enough 20 As for the ungodly they shall perish and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs yea even as the smoak shall they consume away 21 The ungodly borroweth and payeth not again but the righteous is mercifull and liberall 22 Such as be blessed of God shall possesse the land and they that be cursed of him shall be rooted out 23 The Lord ordereth a good mans going and maketh his way acceptable to himself 24 Though he fall he shall not be cast away for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand 25 I have been young and now am old and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread 26 The righteous is ever mercifull and lendeth and his seed is blessed 27 Flee from evill and doe the thing that is good and dwell for evermore 28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right he forsaketh not his that bee godly but they are preserved for ever 29 The righteous shall be punished as for the seed of the ungodly it shall be rooted out 30 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein for ever 31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisedome and his tongue will be talking of judgement 32 The law of his God is in his heart and his goings shall not slide 33 The ungodly seeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay him 34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemne him when he is judged 35 Hope thou in the Lord and keep his way and hee shall promote thee that thou shalt possesse the land when the ungodly shall perish thou shalt see it 36 I my self have seen the ungodly in great power and flourishing like a green bay-tree 37 And I went by and lo he was gone I sought him but his place could no where be found 38 Keep innocency and take heed unto the thing that is right for that shall bring a man peace at the last 39 As for the transgressours they shall perish together and the end of the ungodly is they shall be rooted out at the last 40 But the salvation of the righteous commeth of the Lord which is also their strength in the time of trouble 41 And the Lord shall stand by them and save them he shall deliver them from the ungodly and shall save them because they put their trust in him The Prayer O God Almighty who never forsakest the godly but preservest them for ever let thy Law bee in our hearts fixed and grounded that we may keep innocency and take heed to the thing that is right order our goings and make thy way acceptable to thy self that we delighting in thee alone committing our ways wholly to thy providence and putting our trust in thy mercies we may not be confounded in the perillous times but may be refreshed in the multitude of peace having peace all our dayes and peace at the last in the inheritance of Saints who have refused the guilded glories of this world which is the lot of the wicked and ungodly people and are satisfied with the expectation of true joyes and the rewards of innocency through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 38. A Prayer for remission of sins PUt me not to rebuke O Lord in thine anger neither chasten me in thine heavy displeasure 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me and thy hand presseth me sore 3 There is no health in my flesh because of thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head and are like a sore burden too heavy for me to bear 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt through my foolishnesse 6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery that I goe mourning all the day long 7 For my loyns are filled with a sore disease and there is no whole part in my body 8 I am feeble and sore smitten I have roared for the very disquietnesse of my heart 9 Lord thou knowest all my desire and my groaning is not hid from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength hath failed me and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble and my kinsmen stood afarre off 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me and they that went about to doe me evill talked of wickednesse and imagined deceit all the day long 13 As for me I was like a deaf man and heard not and as one that is dumb which doth not open his mouth 14 I became even as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofs 15 For in thee O Lord have I put my trust thou shalt answer for me O Lord my God 16 I have required that they even mine enemies should not triumph over me for when my foot slipt they rejoyced greatly against me 17 And I truly am set in the plague and my heavinesse is ever in my sight 18 For I will confesse my wickednesse and be sorry for my sin 19 But mine enemies live and are mighty and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number 20 They also that reward evill for good are against me because I follow the thing that good is 21 Forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou farre from me 22 Haste thee to help me O Lord God my salvation The Prayer O Lord who knowest all our desires and from whom
of our head yet thou hast not suffered us to fall into the horrible pit of eternall misery and destruction but hast set our feet upon the Rock Christ Jesus and by his graces and holy Laws hast ordered our goings Let it be thy pleasure still to deliver us for we are not able of our selves to look up and our enemies still seek after our souls to destroy us Make no long tarrying O God shew thy self our helper and redeemer so shall we talk of thy truth and of thy salvation in the assemblies of thy servants in this life hoping that we shall hereafter declare thy righteousnesse in the great congregation of Saints and Angels singing eternall praises to God the Father the Son and the holy Ghost Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 41. A Prayer for the grace of charity for pardon of sins and for deliverance from false friends and Traitors BLessed is he that considereth the poor and needy the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble 2 The Lord preserve him and keep him alive that he may be blessed upon earth and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies 3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth sick upon his bed make thou all his bed in his sicknesse 4 I said Lord be mercifull unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against â—hee 5 Mine enemies speak evill of me when shall he dye and his name perish 6 And if he come to see me he speaketh vanity and his heart conceiveth falshood within himself and when he commeth forth he telleth it 7 All mine enemies whisper together against me even against me doe they imagine this evill 8 Let the sentence of guiltinesse proceed against him and now that he lieth let him rise up no more 9 Yea even mine own familiar friend whom I trusted which did also eat of my bread hath laid great wait for me 10 But be thou mercifull unto me O Lord raise thou me up again and I shall reward them 11 By this I know thou favourest me that mine enemy doth not triumph against me 12 And when I am in my health thou upholdest me and shalt set me before thy face for ever 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel world without end Amen The Prayer O Blessed Jesu Saviour of the world be mercifull unto us and heal our sins for we have sinned against thee and are no more worthy to be called thy children but yet make us thy servants and give us testimony that we are translated from death to life by charity and love to all our brethren O make our bowels yearn with pity and compassion over the necessities of the poor and needy and give us grace and power to help them and relieve thâ—ir miseries that we being mercifull as our Heavenly Father is may receive such blessings and assistances as thou hast provided for the charitable deliverance from our open enemies safety from private treachery and conspiracies comfort in our sicknesses health of body and pardon of our sins through thy mercies and blessed charity O most mercifull Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen PSALME 42. A Prayer for comfort in spirituall desertion and drinesse of affection and that we may long and sigh after God LIke as the hart desireth the water brooks so longeth my soul after thee O God 2 My soul is a thirst for God yea even for the living God when shall I come to appear before the presence of God 3 My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God 4 Now when I think thereupon I poure out my heart by my self for I went wit the multitude and brought them forth into the house of God 5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving among such as keep holy day 6 Why art thou so full of heavinesse O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 7 Put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance 8 My God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan and the little hill of Hermon 9 One deep calleth another because of the noise of the water-pipes all thy waves and storms are gone over mee 10 The Lord hath granted his loving kindnesse on the day time and in the night season did I sing of him and made my prayer unto the God of my life 11 I will say unto the God of my strength Why hast thou forgotten me why goe I thus heavily while the enemy oppresseth me 12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth 13 Namely while they say dayly unto me Where is now thy God 14 Why art thou so vexed O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 15 O put thy trust in God for I will yet thank him which is the help of my countenance and my God The Prayer O Eternall and living God thou art the help of our countenance and our God thou art the thing that we long for and our hearts are vexed within us and disquieted when we feel not the comforts of thy Spirit and those actuall exultations and that spirituall gust which thou doest often give to thy people as earnests of a glorious immortality O Lord pity our infirmities and give us earnest longings for the fruition of thee our God in the actions of holy Religion Grant unto us vivacity of spirit unweariednesse in devotion delight and complacency in spirituall exercises that when our souls are vexed with temptations and sadnesses we may remember thee concerning the land of promise and be comforted and encouraged in our duties by the expectation of those glories which thou hast laid up for them that love the appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen PSALME 43. A Prayer for chearfulnesse of spirit in our devotions GIve sentence with me O God and defend my cause against the ungodly people O deliver me from the deceitfull and wicked man 2 For thou art the God of my strength why hast thou put me from thee and why goe I so heavily while the enemy oppresseth me 3 O send out thy light and thy truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy dwâ—lling 4 And that I may goe unto the altar of God even unto the God of my joy and gladnesse and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee O God my God 5 Why art thou so heavy O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 6 O put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks which is the help of my countenance and my God The Prayer O God our defender and deliverer thou art the God of our strength and our ghostly confidence let the light of thy countenance produce the beams of spirituall joy in our souls and let thy truth lead us in the way of thy salvation that when
we go unto thy dwelling places where thou manifestest thy presence we may approach unto thee with joy and gladnesse rejoycing in nothing more then in doing thee service and singing praises to thy name for the help of thy countenance which thou givest us in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 44. A Prayer in time of Warre WE have heard with our eares O God our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old 2 How thou hast driven out the Heathen with thy hand and plâ—nted them in how thou hast destroyed the Nations and cast them out 3 For they gat not the Land in possession through their own sword neither was it their own arm that helped them 4 But thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto them 5 Thou art my King O God send help unto Jacob 6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies and in thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us 7 For I will not trust in my bow it is not my sword that shall help me 8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies and puttest them to confusion that hate us 9 We make our boast of God all day long and will praise thy name for ever 10 But now thou art far off and puttest us to confuson and goest not forth with our Armies 11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enâ—mies so that they which hate us spoil our goods 12 Thou lettest us to be eaten up like sheep and hast scattered us among the Heathen 13 Thou sellâ—st thy people for nouâ—ht and takâ—st no money for them 14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them that are round about us 15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the heathen and that the people shake their heads at us 16 My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me 17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer for the enemy and avenger 18 And though all this be come upon us yet do we not forget thee nor behave our selves frowardly in thy covenant 19 Our heart is not turned back neither our steps gone out of thy way 20 No not when thou hast smitten us into the place of Dragons and covered us with the shadow of death 21 If we have forgotten the name of our God and holden up our hands to any strange God shall not God search it out for hee knoweth the very secrets of the heart 22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain 23 Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and be not absent from us for ever 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble 25 For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaveth unto the ground 26 Arise and help us and deliver us for thy mercie sake The Prayer O Lord God of hosts who for our sins hast suffered the sword to take vengeance upon us and to plead thy cause against us O hide not thy face from us and forget not our misery and trouble We are killed all day long and are accounted as sheep appointed to be slain we are covered with the shadow of death and they which hate us spoile our goods Deal with us in pity and as thou hast done to our Fathers of old time when they called upon thee in their trouble so deal with us thou overthrewest their enemies and didst tread them under that arose up against them Arise and help us and deliver us also for thy mercy sake our own sword cannot help us but let thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance work deliverance and salvation for us Go forth with our Armies O thou God of Hosts do thou fight our Battels that we may not turn our backs upon our enemies but crown us with Victory and Peace that we may make our boast of thee all day long and praise thy Name for ever who art holy and just and mercifull the great God of Battels and recompences From thee let mercy now and ever proceed and to thy Name let honour be for ever ascribed of all the Hosts of Heaven and Earth world without end Amen PSALME 45. A Prayer for the conversion of the Heathen and prosperity of the Church MY heart is enditing of a good matter I speak of the things which I have made unto the King 2 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer 3 Thou art fairer then the children of men full of grace are thy lips because God hath blessed thee for ever 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh O thou most mighty according to thy worship and renown 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour ride on because of the word of truth of meeknesse and righteousnesse and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things 6 Thy arrows are very sharp and the people shall be subdued unto thee even in the midst among the Kings enemies 7 Thy seat O God endureth for ever the scepter of thy Kingdome is a right scepter 8 Thou hast loved righteousnesse and hated iniquity wherefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladnesse above thy fellows 9 All thy garments smell of myrrhe aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad 10 Kings daughters were among thy honourable women upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in a vesture of gold wrought about with divers colouâ—s 11 Hearken O daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine own people and thy fathers house 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty for he is thy Lord God and worship thou him 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee 14 The Kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work the virgins that be her fellows shall beare her company and shall be brought unto thee 16 With joy and gladnesse shall they be brought and shall enter into the Kings Palace 17 In stead of thy fathers thou shalt have children whom thou mayest make Princâ—s in all Lands 18 I will remember thy name from one generation unto another therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee world without end The Prayer O Blessed Jesu Prince of the Catholike Church thou art fairer then the children of men thy lips are full of grace thine Armies mighty thy head is Crowned with Majesty and clothed with worship and renown have mercy upon thy holy Church blesse her for ever with righteousnesse and let the oyle of gladnesse refresh her amidst the multitude of her sorrows and afflictions And because
cleanse me from my sinne 3 For I knowledge my faults and my sinne is ever before me 4 Against thee onely have I sinned and done this evill in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged 5 Behold I was shapen in wickednesse and in sinne hath my mother conceived me 6 But lo thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdome secretly 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssope and I shall be cleâ—n thou shalt wash me I shall be whiter then snow 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladnesse that the bones that thou hast broken may rejoyce 9 Turn thy face from my sins and put out all my misdeeds 10 Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me 12 O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit 13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked and sinners shall be converted unto thee 14 Deliver me from bloud-guiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousnesse 15 Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the wals of Jerusalem 19 Then shalt thou bee pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt-offerings and oblations then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar The Prayer O Most mercifull God whose goodnesse is great and the multitudes of thy mercies are innumerable have mercy upon us for our sins are ever before us presented by the continuall accusations of a troubled conscience We have sinned against thee and done evill in thy sight and yet because thou art the God of mercy and fountain of eternall purity delighting in the conversion and salvation of a sinner we present unto thee the sacrifice of a troubled spirit of broken and contrite hearts beseâ—ching thee to let the dew of thy favour and the fire of thy love wash away our sinnes and purifie our souls Make us clean hearts O God and pure hands though our sins be as scarlet yet make them like wooll though they be as purple yet make them as white as snow Restore the voice of joy and gladnesse to us let us not be for ever separate from the sweet refreshings of thy favour and presence but give us the comforts of thy help again and let thy free Spirit loose us from the bondage of sin and establish us in the freedome and liberty of the Sons of God so shall we sing of thy righteousnesse and our lips shall give thee praise in the congregation of thy redeemed ones now henceforth and for ever Amen PSALME 52. A Prayer for deliverance from tyranny oppression and slander WHy boastest thou thy self thou â—yrant that thou canst doe mischief 2 Whereas the goodnesse of God endureth yet daily 3 Thy tongue imagineth wickednesse and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp rasour 4 Thou hast loved unrighteousnesse more then goodnesse and to talk of lies more then righteousnesse 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt O thou false tongue 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever hee shall take thee and pluck thee out of thy dwelling and root thee out of the land of the living 7 The righteous also shall see this and fear and shall laugh him to scorn 8 Lo this is the man that took not God for his strength but trusted unto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickednesse 9 As for me I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever 10 I will alwayes give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done and I will hope in thy name for thy Saints like it well The Prayer O Almighty God whose goodnesse endureth daily extend this thy goodnesse towards us thy servants and defend us from the tyranny and malice of all our Enemies who boast themselves in mischief keep us from the obloquy of false tongues and from the slander of lying persons who talk of lies more then righteousness that we being nourished by thy goodnesse and watered with the dew of divine blessings may flourish like a green olive in the house of God bringing forth the fruits of tender mercy and abounding in peace and that we may by the suffusion of anointing of the holy Ghost be consign'd to thy everlasting Kingdome there to reign with thee who reignest eternally one God world without end Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 53. A Prayer for Redemption of the Church from the persecution of Atheists and persons irreligious THE foolish body hath said in his heart There is no God 2 Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickednesse there is none that doth good 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is also none that doth good no not one 5 Are not they without understanding that work wickednesse eating up my people as if they would eat bread they have not called upon God 6 They were afraid where no fear was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast put them to confusion because God hath despised them 7 Oh that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity 8 Then should Jacob rejoyce and Israel should be right glad The Prayer O Lord God who dwellest in heaven and lookest down from thence upon the children of men be pleased to give salvation to thy people out of Sion thy holy habitation and preserve thy Church from the malice of such persons as have not called upon thee but would eate up thy people as they would eate bread that we being delivered from the captivity of sins and miseries may serve thee with freedome of spirit in joy and spirituall rejoycing all the dayes of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 54. A prayer for deliverance from our Enemies SAve me O God for thy names sake and avenge me in thy strength 2 Hear my prayer O God and hearken unto the words of my mouth 3 For strangers are risen up against me and tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after my soul. 4 Behold God is my helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evill unto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy truth 6 An offering of a
confidence in God BE mercifull unto me O God be mercifull unto me for my soul trusteth in thee and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge untill this tyranny be overpast 2 I will call unto the most high God even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand 3 He shall send from heaven and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truthâ— my soule is among Lions 5 And I lie even among the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and arrows and thâ—ir tongue a sharp sword 6 Set up thy self O God above the heavens and 〈◊〉 glory above all the earth 7 They have laid a net for my feet and pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me and are fallen into the midst of it themselves 8 My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and give praise 9 Awake up my glory awake lute and harp I my self will awake right early 10 I will give thanks unto thee O Lord among the people and I will sing unto thee among the Nations 11 For the greatnesse of thy mercy reacheth unto the Heavens and thy truth unto the Clouds 12 Set up thy self O God above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth The Prayer O Most high and mighty God who hast set thy self above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth do thou send from heaven and save us from the reproof of all our ghostly Enemies who would eate us for our soul is among Lions and the Devil is busie seeking to devour us O send out thy mercy and truth deliver us from the malicious slander of men and from the dreadfull accusations of the Devils at the day of judgement who are set on fire against us and their teeth are spears and arrows gnashing at us to tear us in pieces Let thy mercy sustain us let thy righteousnesse be interpos'd in answer for us that as our enemies accuse us thy mercies may acquit us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 58. A Prayer that Gods people may be delivered from the malice of wicked men ARE your minds set upon righteousnesse O ye congregation and doe ye judge the thing that is right O ye sons of men 2 Yea ye imagine mischiefe in your heart upon the earth and your hands deal with wickednesse 3 The ungodly are froward even from their mothers wombe assoon as they be born they go astray and speak lies 4 They are as venemous as the poyson of a serpent even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her eares 5 Which refuseth to hear the voyce of the charmer charm he never so wisely 6 Break their teeth O God in their mouthes smite the jaw-bones of the Lions O Lord let them fall away like water that runneth apace and when they shoot their arrows let them be rooted out 7 Let them consume away like a snaile and be like the untimely fruit of a woman and let them not see the sun 8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns so let indignation vexe him even as a thing that is raw 9 The righteous shall rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance he shall wash his footsteps in the bloud of the ungodly 10 So that a man shall say Verely there is a reward for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that judgeth the earth The Prayer O Almighty Lord thou God that judgest the earth who preparest rewards for the righteous and executest vengeance against the ungodly deliver all thy chosen people from the peevishnesse of froward and ungodly men whose hands deale with wickednesse and they imagine mischief in their hearts And to thy servants give thy grace that our minds may be set upon righteousnesse that we may judge the thing that is right never refusing to hear thy voyce or stopping our ears like the deaf adder against thy holy precepts that we may have no iniquity in our mouths nor unrighteousnesse in our actions and at last we may have the reward of the righteous the inheritance of thy Kingdome through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 59. A Prayer against Hereticks and all other Enemies of the Church DEliver me from mâ—ne enemies O God defend me from them that rise up against me 2 O deliver me from the wicked doers and save me from the bloud-thirsty men 3 For lo they lie waiting for my soul the mighty men are gathered against me without any offence or fault of me O Lord. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault arise thou therefore to help me and behold 5 Stand up O Lord God of hosts thou God of Israel â—o visit all the heathen and be not mercifull unto them that offend of malicious wickednesse 6 They go to and fro in the evening they grin like a dog and run about through the city 7 Behold they speak with their mouth and swords are in their lips for who doth hear 8 But thou O Lord shalt have them in derision and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn 9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee for thou art the God of my refuge 10 God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteously and God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies 11 Slay them not lest my people forget it but scatter them abroad among the people and put them down O Lord our defence 12 For the sin of their mouth and for the words of their lips they shall be taken in their pride and why their preaching is of cursing and lies 13 Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they may perish and know that it is God which ruleth in Jacob and unto the ends of the world 14 And in the evening they will return grin like a dog and will goe about the City 15 They will run here and there for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied 16 As for me I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercy betimes in the morning for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble 17 Unto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my refuge and my mercifull God The Prayer O Lord God of Israel visit us with thy salvation and deliver us from the malice of wicked doers and the violences of blood-thirsty men Let not them prosper O Lord in their machinations whose preaching is of cursing and lies and who offend of malicious wickednesse shew us thy goodnesse plenteously that we may never forget thy mercies or thy Laws for thou art our defence and refuge and our mercifull God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 60. A Prayer in time of Warre or Temptation O God thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad thou also hast been displeased O turn thee to us again 2 Thou hast moved the land and divided it heal the sores thereof for it shaketh
3 Thou hast shewed thy people heavy things thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine 4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee that they may triumph because of the truth 5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered help me with thy right hand and hear me 6 God hath spoken in his holinesse I will rejoyce and divide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth 7 Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my head Judah is my law-giver 8 Moab is my wash-pot over Edom will I cast out my shoe Philistia be thou glad of me 9 Who will lead me into the strong city who will bring me into Edom 10 Hast thou not cast us out O God wilt not thou O God goe out with our hosts 11 O be thou our help in trouble for vain is the help of man 12 Through God will we doe great acts for it is hee that shall tread down our enemies The Prayer O Lord God who for our sins hast shewed us heavy things and given us a drink of deadly Wine and yet hast never failed them that fear thee but hast given them a token that they may triumph because of thy truth and mercy consigning them to redemption and deliverance by the testimony and comforts of the holy Spirit O be thou our help in trouble for all our hope is in thee and we disclaim all confidence in our selves or in the arm of flesh praying thee for aid that in thy strength we may tread down our enemies and give thee thanks who art the fountain of strength and the disposer of Victories through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 61. A Prayer for the King and for comfort in sadnesse HEar my crying O God give ear vnto my prayer 2 From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee when my heart is in heavinesse 3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher then I for thou hast been my hope and a strong tower for me against the enemy 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings 5 For thou O Lord hast heard my desires and hast given an heritage unto those that feare thy name 6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life that his years may endure throughout all generations 7 He shall dwell before God for ever O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulnesse that they may preserve him 8 So will I always sing praise unto thy name that I may daily perform my vows The Prayer O Blessed Jesu thou that art the rock higher then all the world upon whom thy Church is built and all our hopes rely be mercifull unto us and give ear unto our prayers be unto us a fountain of comfort whensoever our heart is in heavinesse for under the covering of thy wings there is joy and health and safety save all those that fear thy name and give thy blessing to thine heritage and that the blessings of thy people may be lasting and perpetuall give unto thy servant the King long life let thy loving kindnesse and faithfulnesse alway preserve him be a strong tower for him against all his enemies and at last bring him to an eternall Kingdome where no enemies shall assault or disturb his Peace that he may dwell before thee for ever and rejoyce in the participation of the blessings of thy kingdome who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 62. A Prayer that we may trust in God onely in all our troubles MY soul truly waiteth still upon God for of him commeth my salvation 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall 3 How long will yee imagine mischiefe against every man ye shall be slain all the sort of you yea as a tottering wall shall ye be and like a broken hedge 4 Their device is onely how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies they give good words with their mouth but curse with their heart 5 Neverthelesse my soul wait thou still upon God for my hope is in him 6 He truly is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not fall 7 In God is my health and my glory the rock of my might and in God is my trust 8 O put your trust in him alway ye people poure out your hearts before him for God is our hope 9 As for the children of men they are but vain the children of men are deceitfull upon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanity it self 10 O trust not in wrong and robbery give not your selves unto vanity if riches increase set not your heart upon them 11 God spake once and twice I have also heard the same that power belongeth unto God 12 And that thou Lord art mercifull for thou rewardest every man according to his work The Prayer O Lord God of whom commeth our salvation thou art our defence and strength our health and our glory give us thy grace that we may put our whole trust in thee alway that we may pour out our hearts before thee in all our troubles that we may wait still upon thee for the performance of our expectation in all our longings and desires Be thou our defence uphold us that we may not fall into those great sins which lay waste our consciences or into such miseries as make us without hope or remedy the miseries of despair obstinate malice or the woes of a sad eternity Teach us to despise riches to disclaim all trust in the creatures not to delight in lies or vanity not to multiply wrongs and robbery that when thou shalt come with power and great glory to reward every man according to his work thou maist be mercifull unto us pardoning our sinnes and accepting us to life eternall through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 63. A Prayer for deliverance from the miseries of our pilgrimage with longing and desires after God and the joyes of Heaven O God thou art my God early will I seek thee 2 My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is 3 Thus have I looked for thee in holinesse that I might behold thy power and glory 4 For thy loving kindnesse is better then the life it self my lips shall praise thee 5 As long as I live will I magnifie thee on his manner and lift up my hands in thy name 6 My soul shall be satisfied even as it were with marrow and fatnesse when my mouth praiseth thee with joyfull lips 7 Have I not remembred thee in my bed and thought upon thee when I was waking 8 Because thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoyce 9 My soul hangeth upon thee thy right hand hath upholden me 10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul they
heard 8 Which holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not ouâ— feet to slip 9 For thou O God hast proved us thou also hast tried us like as silver is tried 10 Thou broughtest us into the snare and layedst trouble upon our loyns 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place 12 I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices with the incense of rams I will offer bullocks and goats 14 O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. 15 I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue 16 If I encline unto wickednesse with my heart the Lord will not hear me 17 But God hath heard me and considered the voyce of my prayer 18 Praised be God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me The Prayer O Lord God who art wonderfull in thy works and in thy doings towards the children of men thou chastisest every one whoÌ„ thou receivest proving us and trying us like as silver is tried let thy mercifull hands lead us through the fire of afflictions and the waters of temporall chastisements so as we may not be consumed with the flames of thy wrath nor the waters go over our souls but that we being sustained by the comforts of thy Spirit and refreshed with the dew of thy graces we may at last be brought out into a wealthy place even the place of eternall treasures O give us thy grace that our hearts encline not to wickednesse and that our feet slip not that so we regarding thy laws and having respect to obey thy holy will and pleasure thou mayest hear our prayers the greatnesse of thy power may cast down all our enemies that they may never be able to exalt themselves that while thou holdest our souls in life we may never cease praising thee who hast never turn'd thy mercy from us through Jesus Christ our Lord· Amen PSALME 67. A prayer that all men may blesse God and God may blesse all men GOd be mercifull unto us and blesse us and shew us the light of his countenance and be mercifull unto us 2 That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all Nations 3 Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee 4 O let the Nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the Nations upon earth 5 Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God even our own God shall give us his blessing 7 God shall blesse us and all the ends of the world shall fear him The Prayer O Lord God thou Governour of all Nations and the righteous Judge of the whole earth be mercifull unto us and blesse us Thou makest the Sun to shine upon all the corners of the habitable world giving his light both to the good and bad let the light of thy countenance diffuse it self to all Nations and to all men Lighten all our darknesses with the beams of thy divine favour teach thy wayes unto all the people of the earth and give thy saving health to all Nations that while all joyn with one consent to fear thee and to give thee praises thou mayest govern us all in peace and righteousnesse and when thoâ— shalt come to judge us we may receive thy everlasting mercies Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Advocate Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 68. A Prayer for defence and propagation of the Catholike Church LEt God arise and let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him 2 Like as the smoak vanisheth so shalt thou drive them away and like as waxe melteth at the fire so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoyce before God let them also be merry and joyfull 4 O sing unto God and sing praises unto his name magnifie him that rideth upon the Heavens as it were upon an horse praise him in his name yea and rejoyce before him 5 He is a father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of the widows even God in his holy habitation 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one minde in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity but letteth the runnagates continue in scarcenesse 7 O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernesse 8 The earth shook and the heavens dropped at the presence of God even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God which is the God of Israel 9 Thou O God sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was weary 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy goodnesse prepared for the poor 11 The Lord gave the word great was the company of the preachers 12 Kings with their Armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the houshold divided the spoil 13 Though ye have lien among the pots yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove that is covered with silver wings and her feathers like gold 14 When the Almighty scattered Kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon 15 As the hill of Basan so is Gods hill even an high hill as the hill of Basan 16 Why hop ye so ye high hils this is Gods hill in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for ever 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand even thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai 18 Thou art gone up on high thou hast led captivity captive and received gifts for men yea even for thine enemies that the Lord God may dwell among them 19 Praised bee the Lord daily even the God which helpeth us and poureth his benefits upon us 20 He is our God even the God of whom commeth salvation God is the Lord by whom we escape death 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickednesse 22 The Lord hath said I will bring my people again as I did from Basan mine own will I bring again as I did sometime from the deep of the sea 23 That thy foot may bee dipped in the bloud of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogges may be red through the same 24 It is well seen O God how thou goest how thou my God and King goest in the sâ—nctuary 25 The singers go before the Minstrels follow after in the midst are the
habitation and a residence for thy holy Spirit grounding us in faith building us up in hope and perfecting us in charity that we being joyned in the communion of Saints in the union of the holy Catholique Church militant on earth may all partake of the blessings of thy Church triumphant in the City of thee our God in the celestiall Jerusalem where thou livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen PSALME 88. A Prayer in time of sicknesse and danger of death O Lord God of my salvation I have cryed day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence incline thine ear unto my calling 2 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh unto hell 3 I am counted as one of them that goe down into the pit and I have been even as a man that hath no strength 4 Free among the dead like unto them that be wounded and lie in the grave which be out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand 5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in a place of darknesse and in the deep 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me and made me to be abhorred of them 8 I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth 9 My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I have called daily upon thee I have stretched out my hands unto thee 10 Doest thou shew wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee 11 Shall thy loving kindnesse be shewed in the grave or thy faithfulnesse in destruction 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark and thy righteousnesse in the land where all things are forgotten 13 Unto thee have I cried O Lord and early shall my prayer come before thee 14 Lord why abhorrest thou my soul and hidest thou thy face from me 15 I am in misery and like unto him that is at the point to die even from my youth up thy terrours have I suffered with a troubled minde 16 Thy wrathfull displeasure goeth over me and the fear of thee hath undone me 17 They came round about me dayly like water and compâ—ssed me together on every side 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight The Prayer O Lord God of our salvation who for our sakes wert wounded and didst die and lie in the grave but yet alone of all that ever died wert free among the dead and by thine own power didst arise again with victory and triumph have mercy upon thy servant for thine indignation lieth hard upon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms my soul is full of trouble by reason of my sins and my life draweth nigh unto the grave restore me unto thy favour and let me not go down into the dark nor my life into the place where all things are forgotten but let me shew forth thy loving kindnesse amongst thy redeemed ones in the land of the living for the living the living he shall praise thee and confesse the holinesse and the mercies of thy holy Name O hide not thou thy face from me but give me health of body and restore and preserve me in the life of righteousnesse and so blesse me with opportunities of doing thee service that I may redeem the time past and by thy grace may grow rich in good works always abounding in the work of the Lord that when thou shalt demand my soul to be rendred up into thy hands my soul may not be abhorred of thee nor suffer thy terrors but may feel an eternity of blessings in the resurrection of the just through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 89. A Prayer for the King in time of Wars or any publike calamity MY song shall be alway of the loving kindnesse of the Lord with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another 2 For I have said mercy shall be set up for ever thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen I have sworn unto David my servant 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever and set up thy throne from one generation to another 5 O Lord the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works and thy truth in the congregation of the saints 6 For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto the Lord 7 And what is he among the gods that shall be like unto the Lord 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the counsell of the Saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him 9 O Lord God of hosts who is like unto thee thy truth most mighty Lord is on every side 10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm 12 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therein is 13 Thou hast made the North and the South Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy Name 14 Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand 15 Righteousnesse and equity is the habitation of thy seat mercy and truth shall goe before thy face 16 Blessed is the people O Lord that can rejoyce in thee they shall walk in the light of thy countenance 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name and in thy righteousnesse shall they make their boast 18 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy loving kindnesse thou shalt lift up our horns 19 For the Lord is our defence the holy one of Israel is our King 20 Thou spakest sometimes in vision unto thy Saints and saidest I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people 21 I have found David my servant with my holy oyle have I anointed him 22 My hand shall hold him fast and my arme shall strengthen him 23 The enemy shall not be able to doe him violence the son of wickednesse shall not hurt him 24 I shall smite down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him and in my Name shall his horn be exalted 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea and his right hand in the flouds 27 He shall call me Thou art my Father my God and my strong salvation 28 And I will make him my first-born higher then the Kings of the earth 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the days of heaven 31 But if his children forsake
fear thy Majesty to admire and tremble at thy omniscience and omnipresence and to contemplate with the greatest zeal and affections all those glories which thou communicatest to the sons of men in the revelations of thy gospel of thy creatures and of thy miracles that we may tell of thy greatnesse and declare thy salvation from day to day and when thou commest with righteousnesse to judge the earth and all people with thy truth we may rejoyce in thee everlastingly and sing an eternall Allelujah to thee in thy sanctuary Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen PSALME 97. A meditation upon the day of Judgement and a prayer for mercy and salvation THE Lord is King the earth may be glad thereof yea the multitude of the Isles may be glad thereof 2 Clouds and darknesse are round about him righteousnesse and judgement are the habitation of his seat 3 There shall goe a fire before him and burn up his enemies on every side 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world the earth saw it and was afraid 5 The hils melted like wax at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth 6 The heavens have declared his righteousnesse and all the people have seen his glory 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images and that delight in vain gods worship him all yee gods 8 Sion heard of it and rejoyced and the daughters of Judah were glad because of thy judgements O Lord. 9 For thou Lord art higher then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre above all gods 10 O ye that love the Lord see that ye hate the thing that is evill the Lord preserveth the souls of his Saints he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous and joyfull gladnesse for such as be true hearted 12 Rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous and give thanks for a remembrance of his holinesse The Prayer O Lord our King Lord of the whole earth have mercy upon us and sanctifie us with thy grace that we may hate every thing that is evill that we may love thee give thanks unto thy name and rejoyce in remembrance of thy holinesse that in the day of judgement and great terrors when thou shalt fit in thy seat supported with righteousnesse and judgement and a fire shall go forth from thy presence to burn up thy enemies on every side thou maist preserve our souls in safety from the hand of our enemies and a light may spring up unto us to preserve us from eternall darknesse and the want of the light of thy countenance through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 98. A thanksgiving for the redemption of mankinde by Jesus Christ. O Sing unto the Lord a new song for hee hath done marvellous things 2 With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory 3 The Lord declared his salvation his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen 4 He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God 5 Shew your selves joyfull unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoyce and give thanks 6 Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalme of thanksgiving 7 With trumpets also and shawmes O shew your selves joyfull before the Lord the King 8 Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein 9 Let the flouds clap their hands and let the hils bee joyfull together before the Lord for he is come to judge the earth 10 With righteousnesse shall he judge the world and the people with equity The Prayer O Most glorious and powerfull Jesu who with thine own right hand and with thy holy arm hast gotten to thy self on our behalf the victory over sin hell and the grave remember this thy mercy and truth which thou hast promised to all that beleeve on thee give us pardon of our sins seal'd unto us by the testimony of the holy Spirit and of a good conscience and grant that we by thy strength may fight against our ghostly enemies and by thy power may overcome them that we may rejoyce in a holy peace and sing and give thee thanks for our victory and our crown Extend this mercy and enlarge the effect of thy great victories to the heathen that all the ends of the world may sing a new song unto thee and see the salvation of God that when thou commest to judge the earth we may all find mercy and be joyfull together before thee in the festivity of a blessed eternity through thy mercies O blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen PSALME 99. A Prayer for the vertue of religion and devotion in holy places THe Lord is King be the people never so unpatient he sitteth between the Cherubims be the earth never so unquiet 2 The Lord is great in Sion and high above all people 3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name which is great wonderfull and holy 4 The kings power loveth judgement thou hast prepared equity thou hast executed judgement and righteousnesse in Jacob. 5 O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool for he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests and Samuel among such as call upon his Name these called upon the Lord and he heard them 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gave them 8 Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgavest them O God and punishedst their own inventions 9 O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him upon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy The Prayer O Great God and King of Heaven and earth thou that sittest between the Cherubims unmoved in the centre of thy own felicity and essentiall tranquillity undisturbed in the great concussions and unquietnesse of the earth give unto us thy servants venerable and dreadfull apprehensions of the sanctity and perfections of thy Name and Nature which is great wonderfull and holy Teach us in all the addresses of our devotion and in all places appointed for thy service by all reverence holinesse of soul and body to expresse the greatnesse of thy power and our weaknesse the majesty of thy glory and the unworthinesse of our persons the distance of God and man of finite and infinite of Lord and Servant that the awfulnesse of thy dread majesty may check every unreverent gesture and thought in us teach us to make approaches of humility and fear that we calling upon thy Name according to our duties by the fear of thee being taught to keep thy testimonies and never to forget the Law thou givest us we may be delivered from thy wrath and punishment and at last praise thee upon thy
holy hill in thine everlasting habitation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 100. A Psalm of praise to God for his mercy truth O Be joyfull in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladnesse and come before him presence with a song 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture 3 O goe your way into his gates with thanskgiving into his courts with praise be thankfull unto him and speak good of his name 4 For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation The Prayer O Lord our God who hast created us out of nothing and hast redeemed us from misery and death when we were thine enemies shewing great expresses of thy loving kindness when we were vessels of wrath and inheritors of perdition revealing thy truth unto us in the Sermons of the Gospel teach us to walk as thou hast commanded us to believe as thou hast taught us that we may inherit what thou hast promised us for thou art the way the truth and the life we are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture thou art our guide and our defence let thy grace teach us to serve thee and thy holy Spirit assist and promote our endeavours with the blessings of gladnesse and chearfulnesse of Spirit that we may love to speak good of thy Name and at last may go into the courts of thy Temple with praise and a song in our mouths to thy honour and eternall glory whose mercy and truth is everlasting and revealed unto the Church in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen PSALME 101. A Prayer for a holy life MY song shall be of mercy and judgement unto thee O Lord will I sing 2 O let me have understanding in the way of godlinesse 3 When wilt thou come unto me I will walk in my house with a perfect heart 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sins of unfaithfulnesse there shall no such cleave unto me 5 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 6 Who so privily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomack I will not suffer him 8 Mine eyes look unto such as be faithfull in the land that they may dwell with me 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life he shall be my servant 10 There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight 11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers from the City of the Lord. The Prayer O Lord God of eternall purity who art of pure eyes and canst behold no unrighteousnesse or impurity enlighten our understandings that we may have knowledge in the way of godlinesse make our paths straight and our hearts perfect take from us the sins of unfaithfulnesse correct and mortifie in us all froward and peevish dispositions let us love the society of the Saints and hate the fellowship of the wicked that we may not be destroyed with the ungodly nor be rooted out from the City of the Lord and banished from the sweetnesse of thy presence for with thee is light and health and salvation to thy Name be all honour and glory and praise ascribed world without end Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 102. A Prayer for comfort in sadnesse anxiety of spirit sicknesse or any other affliction HEar my prayer O Lord and let my crying come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble encline thine ears unto me when I call O hear me and that right soon 3 For my days are consumed away like smoak and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand 4 My heart is smitten down and withered like grasse so that I forget to eat my bread 5 For the voyce of my groaning my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh 6 I am become like a pelican in the wildernesse and like an owle that is in the desert 7 I have watched and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the house top 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast taken me up and cast me down 11 My days are gone like a shadow and I am withered like grasse 12 But thou O Lord shalt endure for ever and â—hy remembrance throughout all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion for it is time that thou have mercy upon her yea the time is come 14 And why thy servants think upon her stones and it piâ—ieth them to see her in the dust 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy majesty 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion and when his glory shall appear 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poore dâ—stiâ—ute and despiseth not their desire 18 This shall be written for those that come after and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth 20 That he might hear the mournings of such as be in captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdomes also to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey and shortened my days 24 But I said O my God take me not away in the midst of mine age as for thy years they endure throughout all generations 25 Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall wax old as doth a garment 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not faile 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and â—heir seed shall stand fast in thy sight The Prayer O Eternall God who endurest for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations have pity upon us according to the infinite treasures of thy loving kindnesse hear the voice of our groaning for thy indignation and thy wrath lieth hard upon us our sins have put an edge upon thy sword and a thorn into our wounded consciences O build up the ruines of our souls repair the breaches of our comforts and our hopes and let thy glory now appear for that shines brightest in the beams of thy mercy and when thou turnest
commemoration of Gods frequent pardons and mercies to the penitent O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever 2 Who can expresse the noble acts of the Lord or shew forth all his praise 3 Blessed are they that alway keep judgement and doe righteousnesse 4 Remember me O Lord according to the favour that thou bearest unto thy people O visit me with thy salvation 5 That I may see the felicity of thy chosen and rejoyce in the gladnesse of thy people and give thanks with thine inheritance 6 Wee have sinned with our fathers we have done amisse and dealt wickedly 7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt neither kept they thy great goodnesse in remembrance but were disobedient at the sea even at the Red sea 8 Neverthelesse he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be known 9 He rebuked the Red sea also and it was dried up so he led them through the deep as through a wildernesse 10 And he saved them from the adversaries hand and delivered them from the hand of the enemy 11 As for those that troubled them the waters overwhelmed them there was not one of them left 12 Then beleeved they his words and sang praise unto him 13 But within a while they forgat his works and would not abide his counsell 14 But lust came upon them in the wildernesse and they tempted God in the desert 15 And he gave them their desire and sent leannesse withall into their soul. 16 They angred Moses also in the tents and Aaron the saint of the Lord. 17 So the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the congregation of Abiram 18 And the fire was kindled in their company the flame burnt up the ungodly 19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image 20 Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calf that eateth hay 21 And they forgat God their Saviour which had done so great things in Egypt 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham and fearfull things by the Red sea 23 So he said he would have destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap to turn away his wrathfull indignation lest he should destroy them 24 Yea they thought scorn of that pleasant land and gave no credance unto his word 25 But murmured in their tents and hearkned not unto the voice of the Lord. 26 Then lift he up his hand against them to overthrow them in the wildernesse 27 To cast out their seed among the nations and to scatter them in the lands 28 They joyned themselves unto Baal-peor and ate the offering of the dead 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions and the plague was great among them 30 Then stood up Phineas and prayed and so the plague ceased 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousnesse among all posterities for evermore 32 They angred him also at the waters of strife so that he punished Moses for their sakes 33 Because they provoked his spirit so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips 34 Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lord commanded them 35 But were mingled among the heathen and learned their works 36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols which turned to their own decay yea they offered their sonnes and daughters unto devils 37 And shed innocent bloud even the bloud of their sons and of their daughters whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan and the land was defiled with bloud 38 Thus were they stained with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions 39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance 40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them were Lords over them 41 Their enemies oppressed them and had them in subjection 42 Many a time did he deliver them but they rebelled against him with their own inventions and were brought down in their wickednesse 43 Neverthelesse when he saw their adversity hee heard their complaint 44 He thought upon his covenant and pitied them according unto the multitude of his mercies yea he made all those that had led them away captive to pity them 45 Deliver us O Lord our God and gather us from among the heathen that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name and make our boast of thy praise 46 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and world without end and let all the people say Amen The Prayer O Lord God full of mercy and pity who didst many times deliver thy people from their adversity when thou for their rebelling against thee with their inventions hadst given them into the hand of the heathen Remember us O Lord according unto the savour thou bearest unto thy people and visit us with thy salvation that though we have done amisse and dealt wickedly against thee and against thy covenant yet be pleased to help us for thy Name sake and make thy power to be known in the mighty deliverance and redemption of us from so great danger and misery Give us grace to beleeve thy words to abide thy counsels to walk in thy Laws to relinquish our own sinfull and vain desires to obey our Governours Ecclesiasticall and Civill that we may not have the lot of Dathan and Abiram but at last may receive our portion in the felicity of thy chosen giving thee thanks with thine inheritance for that thou hast turned from us thy wrathfull indignation pitying us and saving us according to the multitude of thy mercies Thy Name be blessed O Lord God everlastingly and world without end through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 107. A thanksgiving for deliverance from miseries and dangers O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed and delivered from the hand of the enemy 3 And gathered them out of the lands from the East and from the West from the North and from the South 4 They went astray in the wildernesse out of the way and found no city to dwell in 5 Hungry and thirsty their soul fainted in them 6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them from their distresse 7 He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt 8 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men 9 For he satisfieth the empty soul and filleth the hungry soul with goodnesse 10 Such as sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death being fast bound in misery and iron 11 Because they rebelled against the word of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsell of the most High 12 He also brought down their heart through heavinesse they fell
down and there was none to help them up 13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distresse 14 For he brought them out of darknesse and out of the shadow of death and brake their bonds in sunder 15 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men 16 For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smitten the bars of iron in sunder 17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickednesse 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at deaths door 19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distresse 20 He sent his word and healed them and they were saved from their destruction 21 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men 22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladnesse 23 They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their businesse in great waters 24 These men see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep 25 For at his word the stormy winde ariseth which lifteth up the waves thereof 26 They are caried up to the heaven and down again to the deep their soul melteth away because of the trouble 27 They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man â—nd are at their wits end 28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble he delivâ—reth them out of their distresse 29 For he maketh the storm to cease so that the waves thereof are still 30 Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he briâ—geth them unto the haven where they would be 31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men 32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders 33 Which turneth the flouds into a wildernesse and drieth up the water springs 34 A fruitfull land maketh he barren for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein 35 Again he maketh the wildernesse a standing water and water springs of a dry ground 36 And thâ—re he setteth the hungry that they may build them a City to dwell in 37 That they may sow their land and plant vineyards to yeeld them fruits of increase 38 He blesseth them so that they multiply exceedingly and suffereth not their cattell to decrease 39 And again when they are minished and brought low through oppression through any plague or trouble 40 Though he suffer them to be evill intreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wildernesse 41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery and maketh him housholds like a flock of sheep 42 The righteous will consider this and rejoyce and the mouth of all wickednesse shall be stopped 43 Who so is wise will ponder these things and they shall understand the loving kindnesse of the Lord. The Prayer O Lord God gracious and good whose mercy endureth for ever have mercy upon us when in our trouble we cry unto thee for when our hearts are brought down through heaviness there is none to help us up or to deliver us out of our distress but only thou ô Lord. We have sinned we have rebelled against thee and lightly regarded thy counsels wee have walked and sate in darknesse and in the shadows of death being fast bound in the captivity and misery of sin O bring us out of darknesse and break our bonds asunder guide us through the desert of this world in which grows nothing but sadnesse and discontent still the tempests and smooth the flouds of misery which are ready to overwhelm us and in thy due time bring us to eternall rest and to the haven where we would fain be that in the congregation of thy holy people we may praise thee for thy goodnesse and declare the wonders thou hast done for us in delivering us from sin and misery and death and bringing us to a City to dwell in where there is life and light and joy eternall in the beholding the face of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 108. A Prayer for victory against our Enemies O God my heart is ready my heart is ready I will sing and give praise with the best member I have 2 Awake thou lute and harp I my self will awake right early 3 I will give thanks unto thee O Lord among the people I will sing praises unto thee among the nations 4 For thy mercy is greater then the heavens and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds 5 Set up thy selfe O God above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth 6 That thy beloved may be delivered let thy right hand save them and hear thou me 7 God hath spoken in his holinesse I will rejoyce therefore and divide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth 8 Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head 9 Juda is my law-giver Moab is my washpot over Edâ—m will I cast out my shooe upon the Philistines will I triumph 10 Who will lead me into the strong city and who will bring me into Edom 11 Hast not thou forsaken us O God and wilt not thou O God goe forth with our hosts 12 O help us against the enemy for vain is the help of man 13 Through God we shall doe great acts and it is he that shall tread down our enemies The Prayer O Lord God whose mercy is greater then the Heavens and thy glory is above all the earth be thou exalted in thine owne strength and magnifie thy power and thy mercy in defending us and all thy holy Church against all our enemies temporall and spirituall Forsake us not O God our defence for vain is the help of man do thou strengthen us and go forth with our hosts to battell that we being defended and armed by thee may doe acts great and good fighting thy battels and putting our confidence in thy righteousnesse onely and salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 109. A Prayer against Gods enemies and especially Traitors prophetically intended against the person of Judas HOld not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea and the mouth of the decâ—itfull is opened upon me 2 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 3 For the love that I had unto them lo they take now my contrary part but I give my self unto prayer 4 Thus have they rewarded me evill for good and hatred for my good will 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him and let Satan stand
at his right hand 6 When sentence is given upon him let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sin 7 Let his dayes be few and let another take his office 8 Let his children be fatherlesse and his wife a widow 9 Let his children be vagabonds and beg their bread let them seek it also out of desolate places 10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath and let the stranger spoil his labour 11 Let there be no man to pity him nor to have compassion upon his fatherlâ—sse children 12 Let his posterity be destroyed and in the next generation let his name be clean put out 13 Let the wickednesse of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sin of his mother be done away 14 Let them alway be before the Lord that he may root out the memoriall of them from off the earth 15 And that because his minde was not to doe good but persecuted the poor helplesse man that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart 16 His delight was in cursing and it shall happen unto him he loved not blessing therefore shall it be far from him 17 He clothed himself with cursing like as with a raiment and it shall come into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones 18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hath upon him and as the girdle that he is always girded withall 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies and to those that speak evill against my soul. 20 But deal thou with me O Lord God according unto thy name for sweet is thy mercy 21 O deliver me for I am helplesse and poor and my heart is wounded within me 22 I goe hence like the shadow that departeth and am driven away as the grashopper 23 My knees are weak through fasting my flesh is dried up for want of fatnesse 24 I became also a rebuke unto them they that looked upon me shaked their heads 25 Help me O Lord my God Oh save me according to thy mercy 26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it 27 Though they curse yet blesse thou and let them be confounded that rise up against me but let thy servant rejoyce 28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a cloke 29 As for me I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth and praise him among the multitude 30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save his soul from unrighteous judges The Prayer O God of our praise who wast contented that thy Son Jesus Christ should be betrayed into the hands of sinners by one of his own Apostles the Traitor Judas and in punishment of so great impiety didst suffer Satan to stand at his right hand tempting him to despair and to give sentence upon himself to condemne himself and to execute his own judgement and gavest his Bishoprick to another let thy righteous judgements finde out all those that are Traitors to their Prince enemies to the Church Apostates from Religion Hypocrites under specious pretences and beauteous titles that they may be clothed with shame and may cover themselves with their own confusion as with a cloke that by thy punishments in this life they may be driven to a sharp and salutary repentance and may be saved in the life to come Deal thou with us O Lord according to thy mercy take away thy curse and let not thy blessing be far from us let not our wickednesse nor the wickednesse of our fathers be had in remembrance in thy sight let our minds be alway to do good and our hearts and lips be given unto prayer and our prayers so guided by thy assistances that they be not turned into sin that when we go hence like the shadow that departeth and are driven away like the grashopper when the days of our vanity and rejoycing are past we may stand at thy right hand and our souls be saved from the lot and portion of the unrighteous through the righteousnesse and passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 110. A Hymne in the honour of Christs Kingdom and Priesthood and exaltation THe Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand untill I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler even in the midst among thine enemies 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will-offerings with an holy worship the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning 4 The Lord sware and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek 5 The Lord upon thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath 6 He shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with the dead bodies and smite in sunder the heads over divers countreys 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up his head The Prayer O Eternall God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who when thy Son had drank of the brook in the way to the grave and to our redemption beginning his passion by the brook Cedron and tasting the waters of bitternesse till he had drunk off the whole chalice of thy wrath upon the Crosse didst lift up his head and set him at thy right hand till thou shalt make all his enemies his footstool fill our hearts with his love and praises that we may pay him the offerings of our souls and bodies in an holy worship and joyfull thanksgiving for all the parts and mysteries of our redemption for his birth in the womb of his holy Mother pure and virginall like the morning dew for his Death and Passion and for his continuall mediation and intercession by which he does officiate in his eternall Priesthood which is after the order of Melchisedek Remember us blessed Jesu in the Day of thy power when thou shalt come to judge the world and the places fill'd with dead bodies shall give up their dead that we may sit at thy right hand to magnifie and behold the glories of thy Kingdome for ever and ever Amen PSALME 111. An Eucharisticall Hymne for the benefits of the holy Gospel particularly of the blessed Sacrament I Will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart secretly among the faithfull and in the congregation 2 The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein 3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour and his righteousnesse endureth for ever 4 The mercifull and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works that they ought to be had in remembrance 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him he shall ever be mindâ—ull of his covenâ—nâ— 6 He hath
shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgement all his commandements are true 8 They stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and equity 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his Name 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdome a good understanding have all they that doe thereafter the praise of it endureth for ever The Prayer O Blessed Jesu whose righteousnesse endureth for ever thy work is worthy to be praised and had in honour for that thou hast been mercifull and gracious to us and hast given meat even the food of the blessed Sacrament unto them that fear thee that by participation of thy holy Communion we should have thee in remembrance and ever be mindfull of thy covenant plant thy fear in our hearts give us wisdome and good understanding and make us to have pleasure in thee and all thy works that we obeying the precepts of thy holy Gospel and performing the conditions of thy covenant which thou hast established for ever in truth and equity in verity and judgement we may worthily praise and adore thy reverend and holy Name among the faithfull in this life and in the great congregation of saints in the life to come through thy mercies O blessed Jesu to whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory now and for ever Amen PSALME 112. A Prayer for the feare of the Lord for charity and the blessings of the righteous BLessed is the man that feareth the Lord hee hath great delight in his commandements 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the faithfull shall be blessed 3 Riches and plenteousnesse shall be in his house and his righteousnesse endureth for ever 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness he is mercifull loving and righteous 5 A good man is mercifull and lendeth and will guide his words with discretion 6 For he shall never be moved and the righteous shall be had in an everlasting remembrance 7 He will not be afraid for any evill tidings for his heart standeth fast and beleeveth in the Lord. 8 His heart is stablished and will not shrink untill he see his desire upon his enemies 9 He hath dispersed abroad and given to the poor and his righteousnesse remaineth for ever his horn shall bee exalted with honour 10 The ungodly shall see it and it shall grieve him he shall gnash with his teeth and consume away the desire of the ungodly shall perish The Prayer O Lord God who art to be feared in the generations of the world teach us the fear of thy Name that we may fear to offend thee and that delighting in thy Commandements we may serve thee without fear of our enemies in holinesse and righteousnesse all our days Let thy light rise upon the darknesse of our understandings let thy mercies and gentlenesse cure all thoughts of unmercifulnesse in us and make us charitable of tender bowels yearning with pity over the needs of the poor Teach us to guide our words with discretion make us never to be moved from our purposes of holy living stablish our hearts in thy love that in the day of restitution of all things thou mayest give us the portion of the charitable the rewards of thy right hand and when the wicked shall gnash with their teeth and consume away in a sad eternity we may be satisfied with the riches and plenteousnesse of thy house for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 113. A thanksgiving to God for his acts of providence and particular care over the poor and humble PRaise the Lord ye servants O praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore 3 The Lords name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same 4 The Lord is high above all heathen and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth 6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor out of the mire 7 That he may set him with the princes even with the princes of his people 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyfull mother of children The Prayer O Lord God whose dwelling is on high and yet thou humblest thy self to behold the things that are in Heaven and earth have mercy upon us thy humble servants and lift us up from the gates of death take us out of the mire that we sink not into the bottomlesse pit of misery and infelicity and when for our sinnes thou humblest us as low as the dust let thy mercy exalt us and restore us to the light of thy countenance and the joy of thy salvation that when thou shalt call all the world to judgement from the rising of the Sun to the going down thereof we may be set with the Princes of thy people with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in thine eternall Kingdome to sing praises to thy Name from this time forth for evermore Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 114. A thanksgiving to God for the deliverance of his people from bondage and misery WHen Israel came out of Egypt and the house of Jacob from among the strange people 2 Juda was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 The sea saw that and fled Jordan was driven back 3 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hils like young sheep 5 What aileth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and yee little hils like young sheep 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 Which turned the hard rock into a standing wâ—ter and the flint stone into a springing well The Prayer O Lord God at whose presence the earth trembles who workest salvation and deliverance for thy Church in all ages and didst deliver thy people from the bondage of Egypt with a mighty hand and an arm stretched out in miraculous effects deliver us from the bondage of sin from the tyranny of the devill from the Empire and Dominion of the flesh that our bodies and souls being mortified our flesh brought under subjection of the spirit our appetites made subordinate to reason and our souls wholly conformable to thy will our hard stony hearts may be converted into hearts of flesh and into a springing well bringing forth the waters of repentance and fruits springing up to life eternall through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 115. A Prayer against idolatry and for confidence in the true God NOt unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name
example and illumination of thy holy Spirit let thy Spirit lead us thy example guide us thy word teach us that we may not love darkness more then light but may keep thy righteous judgments according to our many purposes our vow of baptisme keep us from the snare of the ungodly and from our own selves the dangers of our own concupiscence and thâ— miseries of our infirmity leave not our souls in our own hands but keep them under thy protection and government lest we swerve from thy commandments but that applying our hearts alway to fulfil thy statutes even unto the end we may possesse thy law as our portion inheritance for ever Grant this O blessed Jesu for thy promise and for thy mercies sake that we may glorifie thee in the unity of the most mysterious Trinity now and for evermore Amen XV. I Hate them that imagine evil things but thy law do I love 2 Thou art my defence and shield and my trust is in â—hy word 3 Away from me ye wicked I will keep the commandments of my God 4 O stablish me according unto thy word that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope 5 Hold thou me up and I shall be safe yea my delight shall be ever in thy statutes 6 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes for they imagine but deceit 7 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like drosse therefore I love thy testimonies 8 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy judgements The Prayer O God our defence shield thou that treadest down all them that depart from thy law and puttest away the ungodly of the earth like drosse let thy mercies hold us up that we may be safe from sin and death eternall make us to hate all evill things all evil imaginations that we being stablished with a trust in thee and building our expectations upon thy mercies and promises we may not be disappointed of our hope but may live with thee eternally through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XVI I Deal with the thing that is lawfull and right O give me not over unto mine oppressors 2 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong 3 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousnesse 4 O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy and teach me thy Statutes 5 I am thy servant O grant me understanding that I may know thy testimonies 6 It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they have destroyed thy law 7 For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stone 8 Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments and all false wayes I utterly abhorre The Prayer O Lord God thou seest with what miseries dangers we are encompassâ—d our ghostly enemies seek to doe us wrong and to oppresse our souls give us not over unto their malice but arm us against their pride and insolency by faith in thy word by hope of thy mercies and looking for thy health and by love unto thy commandments that so in this world in the eternall retribution of the Saints thou maist deal with thy servants according to thy loving mercy Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen XVII THy testimonies are wonderfull therefore doth my soul keep them 2 When thy word goeth forth it giveth light and understanding unto the simple 3 I opened my mouth and drew in my breath for my â—elight was in thy commandments 4 O look thou upon me and be mercifull unto me as â—hou usest to do unto those that love thy name 5 Order my steps in thy word and so shall no wickedâ—esse have dominion over 6 O deliver me from the wrongfull dealings of men â—nd so shall I keep thy commandments 7 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes 8 Mine eles gush out with water because men keep not thy law The Prayer O Just and dear God shew the light of thy countenance upon thy servants let this light give unto us understanding in thy law that our steps being ordered in thy word thou maist deliver us from the wrongfull dealings of men and from the malicious enmities of our Ghostly adversaries that by their temptations and our own weaknesse we may never be brought under the dominion of sin and wickednesse that when thy word goeth forth to call to judgment all people quick dead thou maist be mercifull unto us and save us as thou usest to doe unto those that love thy name Grant this for the merits and mercies of our dearest Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen XVIII RIghteous art thou O Lord and true is thy judgement 2 The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous and true 3 My zeal hath even consumed me because mine enemies have forgotten thy words 4 Thy word is tried to the uttermost and thy servant loveth it 5 I am small and of no reputation yet do I not forget thy commandements 6 Thy righteousnesse is an evâ—rlasting righteousnesse and thy law is the truth 7 Trouble and heavinesse have taken hold upon mee yet is my delight in thy commandements 8 The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is everlasting O grant me understanding and I shall live The Prayer O Righteous Lord God whose judgements are true and thy testimonies exceeding righteous enkindle our souls with zeal to thy Laws and service that the continuall remembrance of thy Commandements may so enable our souls as to give a greatnesse and reputation to us in thy estimation even the greatnesse of humility and obedience which are more honourable in thy eyes then all the pomps and vanities of this world Grant this for his sake who for our sakes humbled himself to the form of a servant and became obedient to the death of the Crosse even Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with the Father and the holy Spirit be all honour and glory now and for ever Amen Evening Prayer XIX I Call with my whole heart hear me O Lord I will keep thy statutes 2 Yea even upon thee doe I call help me and I shall keep thy testimonies 3 Early in the morning doe I cry unto thee for in thy word is my trust 4 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches that I might be occupied in thy words 5 Hear my voyce O Lord according unto thy loving kindnesse quicken me according as thou art wont 6 They draw nigh that of malice persecute me and are farre from thy law 7 Be thou nigh at hand O Lord for all thy commandements are true 8 As concerning thy testimonies I have known long since that thou hast grounded them for ever The Prayer O Lord God of eternall mercy and truth give us hearts fixed upon thy divine beauties and an actuall intention in our prayers that we may call upon thee
with our whole hearts and do thou hear in heaven when we call upon thee deliver us from all them that of malice draw nigh to persecutâ— and afflict us be thou also nigh at hand and nothing can disturb our safety Make us to seek to thee early in the morning let our eyes and our prayers prevent the night-watches that we may be safe in our conversation with thee and our daily approaches to thy Mercy-seat where thou sittest attended with Cherubims and Seraphims glorious in thy self incomprehensible in thy Attributes and infinitely rejoycing in thy mercies which thou shewest unto us in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen XX. O Consider mine adversity and deliver me for I doe not forget thy law 2 Avenge thou my cause and deliver me quicken me according unto thy word 3 Health is far from the ungodly for they regard not thy statutes 4 Great is thy mercy O Lord quicken me as thou art wont 5 Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet doe I not swerve from thy testimonies 6 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors because they keep not thy law 7 Consider O Lord how I love thy commandements O quicken me according to thy loving kindnesse 8 Thy word is true from everlasting all the judgements of thy righteousnesse endure for evermore The Prayer O Lord thy mercy is great thy Word is true from everlasting and in the truth of thy Word and in the mercies of thy promises and loving kindnesse thou lovest to be known to the sons of men O give us thy health and salvation that our souls being delivered from the heavy pressure of sin and quickned in thy Word thou mayest avenge us of all our ghostly enemies and deliver us in thy righteousness in the day of thy eternall vengeance upon the ungodly through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XXI PRinces have persecuted me without a cause but my heart standeth in aw of thy words 2 I am as glad of thy word as one that findeth great spoils 3 As for lies I hate and abhorre them but thy law doe I love 4 Seven times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous judgements 5 Great is the peace that they have which love thy law and they are not offended at it 6 Lord I have looked for thy saving health and done after thy commandements 7 My soul hath kept thy testimonies and loved them exceedingly 8 I have kept thy commandements and testimonies for all my ways are before thee The Prayer ALL our ways O God are before thee let all our ways be directed by thee teach us to walk as in thy presence Make us to hate and abhorre lies and vanity and give us so much love and so much zeal of thy Name and honour that we may make it a businesse to give thee praises with a frequent and daily devotion that we standing in awe of thy Word and holy Laws and doing after thy Commandements our expectations may be satisfied with thy saving health and we may at last enjoy the peace which they have that love thy Law even the peace of a good conscience here and of a blessed eternity hereafter through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen XXII LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord give me understanding according to thy word 2 Let my supplication come before thee deliver me according to thy word 3 My lips shall speak of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4 Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy commandements are righteous 5 Let thine hand help me for I have chosen thy commandements 6 I have longed for thy saving health O Lord and in thy law is my delight 7 O let my soul live and it shall praise thee and thy judgements shall help me 8 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost Oh seek thy servant for I do not forget thy commandements The Prayer O Lord God we have gone astray from thy Commandments and been like lost sheep thou art our Shepheard and our mercifull Guide O seek thy servants let thy hand help us let thy care and providence reduce us into the way of thy statutes that we being delivered according to thy Word from thy wrath and from our own corruptions and irregularities may at last be satisfied with thy saving health and our lips may speak of thy praise in the quire of Saints and Angels singing glorious Anthems to all eternity to the honour of thee O Lord God eternall who livest and reignest world without end Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 120. A Prayer to be delivered from false tongues and cohabitation with wicked persons WHen I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he heard me 2 Deliver my soul O Lord from lying lips and from a deceitfull tongue 3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee thou false tongue even mighty and sharp arrows with hot burning coals 4 Wo is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents of Cedar 5 My soul hath long dwelt among them that be enemies unto peace 6 I labour for peace but when I speak unto them thereof they make them ready to battell The Prayer O Lord God who hearest the prayers of them that call upon thee in their calamities and distresses have mercy upon us thy servants who live in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation whereof we our selves make too great a part we beseech thee so to order the circumstances and opportunities of our life that we may live in the society of holy people whose example and conversation may be a continuall incentive to the ways of peace and righteousnesse and deliver us from a necessity of conversing with turbulent spirits angry and unpeacefull dispositions who upon all occasions make themselves ready to battell Sanctifie our hearts and lips with a burning coal from thy altar that our words may be holy and profitable and keep us from all slander and scandall and the rewards of both the sharp arrows of thy vengeance the hot burning coals of thy wrath Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen PSALME 121. A Prayer for Gods protection over us I Will lift up mine eyes unto the hils from whence commeth my help 2 My help commeth even from the Lord which hath made heaven and earth 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved and he that keepeth thee will not sleep 4 Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand 6 So that the Sun shall not burn thee by day neither the moon by night 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evill yea it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for evermore The Prayer O Lord God our keeper who dwellest upon
the eternall hils from whence commeth all our help let thy mercies and thy providence watch over us by day and night that neither the vanities of the one nor the terrors of the other may disturb our peace or safety Let not our feet be moved but be fixed upon the Rock Christ Jesus and so order our goings making us to walk in the way of thy Commandments that thou mayest goe in and out before us till at last we come into thy presence to dwell with thee for evermore through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 122. A Prayer for the peace and prosperity of the Church I Was glad when they said unto me We will goe into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates O Jerusalem 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is at unity in iâ— selfe 4 For thither the Tribes goe up even the Tribes of the Lord to testifie unto Israel to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of judgement even the seat of the house of David 6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee 7 Peace be within thy wals and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I will wish thee prosperity 9 Yea because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good The Prayer O Blessed Jesu who didst descend according to thy humane Nature from the house of thy servant David and hast planted a Church and defended it with a mighty hand and great assistances be pleased to preserve peace within her wals and send plenteousnesse within her palaces that all that love her peace may prosper and receive the blessings which thou givest to thy faithfull people in the communion of Saints Take from her all schismes and divisions that she may be like a city that is at unity within it self strong in faith abounding in hope and rich in the treasures of charity that at last she may be removed to a fellowship of all those joys and felicities which are laid up for the inhabitants of the heavenly Jerusalem which is from above and is the mother of us all Grant this O blessed Jesu our only Mediatour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 123. An ejaculation or a lifting up our souls to God for help in trouble VNto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heavens 2 Behold even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistresse even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God untill he have mercy upon us 3 Have mercy upon us O Lord have mercy upon us for we are utterly despised 4 Our soul is filled with the scornfull reproofe of the wealthy and with the despite fulnesse of the proud The Prayer O Lord God that dwellest in the heavens have mercy upon us in all our troubles in contempt in our poverty and when ever we are oppressed by any injurious practices of the proud Thou art our Lord and Master we are thy servants our eyes wait upon thee till thou have mercy upon us let us not be ashamed of our hope nor unfaithfull in our services nor distrustfull of thy providence but make us diligent labourers in our calling good husbands of our talents and faithfull in all thy house that we first seâ—â—ing thee may at last sit down at meat with thee at thy table in thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 124. A thanksgiving for our deliverance from the power of all our enemies and a confessing God to be the Author of it IF the Lord himself had not been on our side now may Israel say if the Lord himself had not been on our side when men rose up against us 2 They had swallowed us up quick when they were so wrathfully displeased at us 3 Yea the waters had drowned us and the stream had gone over our soul. 4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our soul. 5 But praised â—e the Lord which hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth 6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler the snare is broken and we are delivered 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord which hath made heaven and earth The Prayer O Lord God which hast made Heaven and Earth in whose Name our help standeth we praise and blesse thy Name that in our troubles and temptations thou hast stood on our side and pleaded for us against them that rose against us It was thy hand O Lord and the help of thy mercy that relieved us the waters of affliction had drowned us and the stream had gone over our soul if the Spirit of the Lord had not moved upon the waters Thou O Lord didst blast the designs of our enemies with the breath of thy displeasure and to thee O Lord we ascribe the praise and honour of our redemption Perpetuate thy mercies to us let us never be given over as a prey to our ghostly enemies but break their snares discover and weaken all their temptations by which they would destroy our souls that we being delivered from sin may be preserved from thy wrath through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 125. A Prayer for confidence in God and for deliverance from the portion of the wicked THey that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion which may not be removed but standeth fast for ever 2 The hils stand about Jerusalem â—ven so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time forth for evermore 3 For the rod of the ungodly commeth not into the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their hand unto wickednesse 4 Doe well O Lord unto those that be good and true of heart 5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickednesse the Lord shall lead them forth with the evill doers but peace shall be upon Israel The Prayer O Lord God our Trust and Confidence in whom whosoever trusteth shall never be removed but standeth fast for ever let thy mercies and the guard of holy Angels stand round about us and about all thy holy people like the hils for our defence and safety that we may be inaccessible by all the intendments of our enemies O let us not put our hands to wickednesse neither let our portion be in the lot of the ungodly whom thou leadest forth to destruction but let us receive the blessing which our Lord Iesus left unto his Church even the peace of God the Father of the Son and of the holy Ghost to whom be all honour and glory ascribed of men and Angels now and for ever Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 126. A contemplation of the joys and blessings of them that depart hence in the Lord. WHen the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion then were we like to them that
against the stones The Prayer O Lord our God thou hast placed us in this world like pilgrims and strangers far from our Contrey far from rest give us souls and desires so abstract so religious and contemplative that all our hopes our joys and longings may be to enjoy thee and thy glories in the celestiall Jerusalem and let thy comforts refresh us in this our captivity and exile that in our heavinesse thou maist be our joy our songs and melody may be the songs of Sion the praises of thy Name that when thou hast delivered us from the wrath and malice of our enemies and dashed all their wickednesse which they have conceived and would bring forth to our destruction against the Rock Christ Jesus we may be blessed amongst thy children and be carried into our Countrey the Land of glorious promises there to reign with thee who livest and governest all things world without end Amen PSALME 138. A Prayer and a thanksgiving for Gods mercies I Will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy name because of thy loving kindnâ—sse and truth for thou hast magnified thy name and thy word above all things 3 When I called upon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soul with much strength 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee O Lord for they have heard the words of thy mouth 5 Yea they shall sing in the ways of the Lord that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect unto the lowly as for the proud he beholdeth them afarre off 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine hand upon the furiousnesse of mine enemies and thy right hand shall save mee 8 The Lord shall make good his loving kindnesse toward me yea thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever despise not then the works of thine own hands The Prayer O Lord God who hast magnified thy Name and Word above all things make good thy loving kindnesses towards us and endue our souls with much strength that thine hand being stretched forth upon the furiousness of all our ghostly enemies and we being saved by thy right hand may praise thee and all thy glories serving thee here with a lowly minde and a great industry that at last we may worship thee in thy holy Temple in the midst of all the Myriads of Angels where thy glory is great and farre exalted above all gods Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 139. A meditation of the omnipresence of God and a prayer that we may alwayes walk as in his sight O Lord thou hast searched me out and known mee thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising thou understandest my thoughts long before 2 Thou art about my path and about my bed and spiest out all my ways 3 For lo there is not a word in my tongue but thou O Lord knowest it altogether 4 Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before and laid thine hand upon me 5 Such knowledge is too wonderfull and excellent for me I cannot attain unto it 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit or whither shall I go then from thy presence 7 If I climb up into heaven thou art there if I go down to hell thou art there also 8 If I take the wings of the morning and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me 80 If I say Peradventure the darknesse shall cover me then shall my night be turned to day 11 Yea the darknesse is no darknesse with thee but the night is as clear as the day the darknesse and light to thee are both alike 12 For my reins are thine thou hast covered mee in my mothers womb 13 I will give thanks unto thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well 14 My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth 15 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy book were all my members written 16 Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them 17 How dear are thy counsels unto me O God O how great is the summe of them 18 If I tell them they are mo in number then the sand when I wake up I am present with thee 19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God depart from me ye blood-thirsty men 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy Name in vain 21 Do not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee 22 Yea I hate them right fore even as though they were mine enemies 23 Try me O God and seek the ground of my heart prove me and examine my thoughts 24 Look well if there be any way of wickednesse in me and lead me in the way everlasting The Prayer O Lord our God who art infinite in wisdom and present in all places filling heaven and earth and hell with the effects of thy mighty power and communications of thy glorious essence let thy hand lead us and thy right hand hold us in all our ways always considering that thou art present understanding our thoughts and words even long before they are and seeing our most secret ways as clearly as in the sight of the sun print thy fear mightily upon our souls that we may be as fearfull of committing sins in secret as in the eyes of all the world that we hating all iniquity and loving thy counsels as our dearest treasures and guide may by the paths of a holy life be conducted into the way everlasting through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 140. A Prayer for deliverance from the mischiefe of all wicked persons DEliver me O Lord from the evil man and preserve me from the wicked man 2 Which imagine mischief in their hearts and stirre up strife all the day long 3 They have sharpned their tongues like a serpent adders poison is under their lips 4 Keep me O Lord from the hands of the ungodly preserve me from the wicked men which are purposed to overthrow my goings 5 The proud have laid a snare for me and spread a net abroad with cords yea and set traps in my way 6 I said unto the Lord Thou art my God hear the voice of my prayers O Lord. 7 O Lord God thou strength of my health thou hast covered my head in the day of battle 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire O Lord let not his mischievous imaginations prosper lest they bee too proud 9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compasse
health to be an ornament to my body to be representations of thy power and of thy mercy Vnto thee O God will I pay my vows unto thee will I give thanks Thou O God of thine admirable and glorious mercy hast made thine Angels ministring spirits for my protection and defence against all the hostilities of the devill thou hast set a hedge about me and such a guard as all the power of hell and earth cannot overcome thou hast preserved me by thy holy providence and the ministery of Angels from drowning from burning from precipice from deformities from fracture of bones and all the snares of evil and the great violations of health which many of my betters suffer I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee Thou O most mercifull God hast fed me and clothed me hast raised me up friends and blessed them hast preserved me in dangers hast rescued me from the fury of the sword from the rage of pestilence from perishing in publike distemperatures and diseases epidemicall from terrors and affrightments of the night fâ—om illusions of the devil and sad apparitions thou hast been my guide in my journeys my refreshment in sadnesses my hope and my confidence in all my griefs and desolations O give thanks unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever But above all mercies it was not lesse then infinite whereby thou lovedst me and all mankinde when we were lost and dead and rebels against thy Divine Majesty thou gavest thine own begotten Son to seek us when we went astray to restore us to life when we were dead in trespasses and sins and to reconcile us to thy self by the mercies and the atonement of an everlasting covenant He is our God even the God of whom commeth salvation God is the Lord by whom we escape death O most blessed Jesu I praise and adore thine infinite mercies humility and condescension that for my sake thou wouldst descend from the bosome of thy heavenly Father into the pure womb of an humble Maid and take on thee my nature and be born and cry and suffer cold and all the incommodities which the meannesse of a stable could minister to the tendernesse of thy first infancy Lord what is man that thou art mindfull of him and the son of man that thou so regardest him I adore thee blessed Jesu and praise thee for thine immaculate sanctity for all thy holy precepts and counsels for thy Divine example for thy miracles and mysterious revelations of thy Fathers will for the institution of the holy Sacraments and all other blessings of thy Propheticall Office O praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious sing praises unto his Name for it is lovely I adore and love thee most blessed Jesu for all the parts of thy most bitter Passion for thy being betrayed and accused buffeted and spit upon blindfolded and mocked crowned with thorns and scourged for thine agony and bloudy sweat for thy bearing the sad load of the Crosse and sadder load of our sins for thy Crucifixion three long hours when the weight of thy Body was supported with wounds and nails for thy Death and Buriall for thy continuall intercession and advocation with thy heavenly Father in behalf of me and all thy holy Church and all other acts of mediation and redemption the blessings of thy Priestly Office O praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders he hath done for the children of men I adore and magnifie thy holy Name O most blessed Jesu for thy triumph over death hell sin and the grave for thy opening the Kingdome of Heaven to all beleevers for thy glorious resurrection and ascension for thy government over all the creatures for the advancement of thy holy Kingdome for thy continuall resisting and defeating the intendments of thine enemies against thy Church by the strength of thine arm by the mightinesse of thy power by the glories of thy wisdome for those blessed promises thou hast made and performest to thy Church of sending the holy Ghost of giving her perpetuity of being in defiance of all the gates and powers of Hell and darknesse and blessing her with continuall assistances and all other glories of thy Regall Office and power O sing praises sing praises unto our God O sing praises sing praises unto our King for God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises with understanding O most holy Spirit Love of the Father Fountain of grace spring of all spirituall blessings I adore and praise thy divine excellencies which are essentiall to thy glorious Self in the unity of the most mysterious Trinity and which thou communicatest to all faithfull people and to me thy unworthy servant in the unity of the Catholique Church O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstoole for he is holy O blessed Spirit I praise and magnifie thy Name for thy miraculous descent upon the Apostles in Pentecost in mysterious representments for those great graces and assistances comming upon their heads and falling down upon us all in the descent of all ages of the Church for confirmation of our Faith for propagation of the Gospel for edification and ornament of thy Family Thou O God shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations O most glorious Spirit I praise and magnifie thy Name for thy inspiration of the Apostles and Prophets for thy providence and mercy in causing holy Scriptures to be written and preserving them from the corruptions of Hereticks from the violences of Pagans and enemies of the Crosse of Christ. I will alwayes give thanks unto the Lord his praise shall ever be in my mouth I blesse thy Name for those holy promises and threatnings those judgements and mercies those holy precepts and admonitions which thou hast registred in Scriptures and in the records and monuments of the Church for all those graces helps and comforts whereby thou promotest me in piety and the ways of true Religion for baptismall and penitentiall grace for the opportunities and sweet refreshings of the Sacrament of the Eucharist for all the advantages thou hast given me of good society tutors and governours for the fears thou hast produced in me as deleteries and impediments of sin for all my hopes of pardon and expectation of the promises made by our Lord Jesus Christ to encourage me in the paths of life and sanctity for all the holy sermons spirituall books and lessons for all the good prayers and meditations for those blessed waitings and knocking 's at the door of my heart pitiently tarrying for and lovingly inviting me to repentance without ceasing admonishing and reproving me with the checks of a tender conscience with exteriour and interiour motives and for whatsoever other means or incentive of holiness thou hast assisted me withall I magnifie and praise and adore thee and thy goodness All Nations whom thou hast made and
with thee but the remembrance of my sins doth so depresse my growing confidence that I am in a great straight between my fears and hopes between the infirmities of my nature and the better desires of conforming to thy holy will and pleasure O my dear Redeemer wean my soul and all my desires from the flatteries of this world pardon all my sins and consign so great a favour by the comforts and attestation of thy divinest Spirit that my own fears being mastered my sins pardoned my desires rectified as the Hart thirst after the springs of water so my soul may long after thee O God and to enter into thy Courts Heavenly Father if it may be for thy glory and my ghostly good to have the days of my pilgrimage prolonged I begge of thee health and life but if it be not pleasing to thee to have this cup passe from me thy will be done my Saviour hath drunk off all the bitternesse Behold O Lord I am in thine hands do with me as seemeth good in thine eyes though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me I will lay me down in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely who shalt make me to dwell in everlasting safety and to partake of the joys of thy Kingdom who livest and reignest eternall God world without end Amen IV. A Prayer for a sick person in danger of death O Lord Jesus Christ our health and life our hope and our resurrection from the dead I resign my self up to thy holy will and pleasure either to life that I may live longer to thy service and my amendment or to death to the perpetuall enjoyment of thy presence and of thy glories Into thy hands I commend my spirit for I know O Lord that nothing can perish which is committed to thy mercies I believe O Lord that I shall receive my body again at the resurrection of the just I relinquish all care of that onely I begge of thee mercy for my soul strengthen it with thy grace against all temptations let thy loving kindness defend it as with a shield against all the violences and hostile assaults of Satan let the same mercy be my guard and defence which protected thy Martyrs crowning them with victory in the midst of flames horrid torments and most cruell deaths There is no help in me O Lord I cannot by my own power give a minutes rest to my wearied body but my trust is in thy sure mercies and I call to minde to my unspeakable comfort that thou wert hungry and thirsty and wearied and whipt and crown'd with Thorns and mock'd and crucified for me O let that mercy which made thee suffer so much make thee do that for which thou sufferedst so much pardon me and save me Let thy merits answer for my impieties let thy righteousnesse cover my sins thy bloud wash away my stains and thy comforts refresh my soul. As my body grows weak let thy grace bestronger let not my faith doubt nor my hope tremble nor my charity grow cold nor my soul be affrighted with the terrors of death but let the light of thy countenance enlighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death eternall and when my tongue fails let thy spirit teach my heart to pray with strong cryings and groans that are unutterable O let not the enemy do me any violence but let thy holy mercies and thy Angels repell and defeat his malice and fraud that my soul may by thy strength triumph in the joyes of eternity in the fruition of thee my life my joy my hope my exceeding great reward my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen V. For a dying Person in or near the agonies of death MOst mercifull and Blessed Saviour have mercy upon the soul of this thy sâ—rvant remember not his ignorances nor the sins of his youth but according to thy great mercy remember him in the mercies and glories of thy Kingdome Thou O Lord hast opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all Believers let the everlasting gates be open'd and receive his Soul let the Angels who rejoyce at the conversion of a sinner triumph and be exalted in his deliverance and salvation Make him partaker of the benefits of thy holy incarnation life and sanctity passion and death resurrection and ascension and of all the prayers of the Church of the joy of the elect and all the fruits of the blessed communion of Saints and daily adde to the number of thy beatified servants such as shall be saved that thy comming may be hastned and the expectation of the Saints may be fulfilled and the glory of thee our Lord Jesu bee advanced all the whole Church singing praises to the Honour of thy Name who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen VI. O Most mercifull Jesu who didst die to redeem us from death and damnation have mercy upon this thy servant whom thy hand hath visited with sicknesse of thy goodnesse be pleased to forgive him all his sinnes and seal his hopes of glory with the refreshments of thy holy Spirit Lord give him strength and confidence in thee asswage his pain repell the assaults of his Ghostly enemies by thy mercies and a guard of holy Angels preserve him in the unity of the Church keep his senses intire his understanding right give him great measure of contrition true faith a well grounded hope and abundant charity give him a quiet and a joyfull departure let thy ministring spirits convey his soul to the mansions of peace and rest there with certainty to expect a joyfull resurrection to the fulnesse of joy at thy right hand where there is pleasure for evermore Amen VII A Prayer for the joyes of Heaven O Most glorious Jesu who art the portion and exceeding great reward of all faithfull people thou hast beautified humane Nature with glorious immortality and hast carried the same above all Heavens above the seat of Angels beyond the Cherubims and Seraphims placing it on the right hand of thy heavenly Father grant to us all the issues of thy abundant charity that we may live in thy fear and die in thy favour Prepare our souls with heavenly vertues for heavenly joys mâ—king us righteous here that we may be beautified hereafter A Morning Prayer In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Our Father which art in Heaven c. I. O Eternall Sun of righteousnesse who camest from the bosome of thy Father the Fountain of glorious light to enlighten the darknesses of the world I praise thy Name that thou hast preserved me from the dangers of this night and hast continued to me still the opportunities of serving thee and advancing my hopes of a blessed eternity Let thy mercies shine brightly upon me and dissipate the clouds and darknesses of my spirit and understanding rectifie my affections and purifie
not thy wrath arise for although I have deserved the extreamest pressure of thine indignation yet remember my infirmity and how thou hast sent thy Son to reveal thy infinite mercies to us and convey pardon and salvation to the penitent I beseech thee also to accept the heartiest devotion and humblest acknowledgement of a thankfull heart for thy blessing and preservation of me this day for unlesse thy Providence and Grace had been my Defence and Guide I had committed more and more grievous sins and had been swallowed up by thy just wrath and severest judgements Mercy sweet Jesu III. LOrd let thy grace be so present with me that though my body sleep yet my soul may for ever be watchfull that I sleep not in sin or pretermit any opportunity of doing thee service let the remembrances of thy goodnesse and glories be first and last with me and so unite my heart unto thee with habituall charity that all my actions and sufferings may be directed to thy glory and every motion and inclination either of soul or body may in some capacity or other receive a blessing from thee and do thee service that whether I sleep or wake travell or rest eat or drink live or die I may always feel the light of thy countenance shining so upon me that my labours may be easie my rest blessed my food sanctified and my whole life spent with so much sanctity and peace that escaping from the darknesses of this world I may at last come to the land of everlasting rest in thy light to behold light and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for evermore Another Prayer for Evening I. VIsit we beseech thee O Lord this habitation with thy mercy and us thy servants with thy salvation and repell far from us all the snares of the Enemy Let thy holy Angels dwell here to keep us in peace and safety and thy blessing be upon us for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen II O Lord Jesu Christ the lively Image of thy Fathers mercies and glories the Saviour of all them that put their trust in thee we offer and present to thee all our strengths and powers of our souls and bodies and whatsoever we are or have to be preserved governed and possest by thee Preserve us from all vitious vain and proud cogitations unchaste affections and from all those things which thou hatest Grant us thy holy charity that we may love thee above all the world that we may with sincerity of intention and zealous affections seek thee alone and in thee onely take our rest inseparably joyning our selves unto thee who art worthy to be beloved and adored of all thy creatures with lowest prostrations and highest affection now and for evermore Amen III. O Father of mercies and God of all comforts let this blessing be upon us and upon all the members of thy holy Church all health and safety both of body and soul against all our enemies visible and invisible now and for ever Send us a quiet night and a holy death in the actuall communion of the Catholique Church and in thy charity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Our Father which art in heaven c. Now and in all dangers and afflictions of soul and body in the hour of death and in the day of Judgement save us and deliver us O sweet Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Collects to be added upon Various Occasions I. For the Church ALmighty and everlasting God who hast revealed thy glory to Jews and Gentiles in our Lord Jesus Christ extend thy hand of mercy over all the world that thy Church may spread like a flourishing vine and enlarge her borders to the uttermost parts of the earth that all Nations partaking of the sweet refreshings of thy Gospel thy Name may be glorified the honour of our Lord Jesus advanced his prophecies fulfilled and his comming hastened Blesse O Lord thy holy Church with all blessings of comfort assistance and preservation extirpate heresies unite her divisions give her patience perseverance in the faith and confession of thy name in despite of all enmities temptations and disadvantages destroy all wicked counsels intended against her or any of her children by the Devill or any of his accursed instruments Let the hands of thy grace and mercy lead her from this vale of misery to the triumphant throne of her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen II. For the King O Lord our heavenly Father High Mighty King of Kings who in thy hands hast the hearts of Kings and canst turn them as the rivers of water send the light of thy countenance and abundance of blessings upon thy servant our Soveraign Lord King Charles make him as holy valiant and prosperous as King David wise and rich like Solomon zealous for the honour of thy Law and temple as Josiah and give him all sorts of great assistances to enable him to serve thee to glorifie thy name to protect thy Church to promote true Religion to overcome all his enemies to make glad all his liege people that he serving thee with all diligence and the utmost of his possibility his people may serve him with honour and obedience in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen III. For the Queen O God of heaven Father of mercies have mercy upon our most gracious Queen unite her unto thee with the bands of faith and love preserve her to her lives end in thy favour and make her an instrument of glory to thy Name of refreshment to the Church of joy to all faithfull people of this Kingdome of a plenteous and blessed Issue to his Majesty and Crown her with an eternall weight of glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen IV. For the Prince of Wales O Most blessed Jesu Son of God who camest from thy Fathers bosome with myriads of blessings to the sons of men blesse us all by thy especiall care and providence over the body and soul of the most illustrious Prince CHARLES Prepare him with plenty of thy grace and with great abilities to succeed his Royall Father in the service of thy Majesty in defending the Catholique Faith in comforting thy holy Church in governing all the people prudently justly and religiously that being partaker of all thy mercies here in proportion to his necessity and capacity he may enjoy a fulnesse of thy glory hereafter through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen V. For the Bishops O Thou great Shepheard and Bishop of our souls most glorious Jesu blesse all holy and religious Prelates especially the Bishops of our Church O God let abundance of thy grace and benediction descend upon their heads that by a holy life by a true and Catholique beliefe by a confident confession of thy Name and by a Fatherly care great sedulity and watchfulnesse over their flock they may glorifie thee our God the great lover of
Souls and set forward the salvation of their people and of others by their example and at last after a plentifull conversion of souls they may shine like the Starres in glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen VI. For our Parents O Almighty God and mercifull Father who from the loins of our first Parents Adam Eve hast produced mankind and hast commanded us to honor our Parents in pursuance of thy holy Commandment and of our duty to thee our God and in thee to them we do with all humility beg a blessing of thee for our Parents who from thy mercy and plenty have conveyed many to us pardon and forgive all their sins and infirmities increase in them all goodnesse give them blessings of the right hand and blessings of the left blesse them in their persons in their posterity in the comforts of thy holy Spirit in a persevering goodnesse and at last in an eternall weight of glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen VII For our Children O Father of Heaven God of all the Creatures by whose Providence mankinde is increased I blesse thy Name for bestowing on me that blessing of the righteous man the blessing of children Lord blesse them with health with life with good understanding with fair opportunities and advantages of education society tutors and governours and above all with the graces of thy holy Spirit that they may live and be blessed under thy protection grow in grace and be in favour with God and Man and at last may make up the number of thine elect children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen VIII For our Patron our Friends and Benefactors O Almighty God thou Fountain of all good of all excellency both to Men and Angels extend thine abundant favour and loving kindnesses to my Patron to all my Friends and Benefactors reward them and make them plentifull compensation for all the good which from thy mercifull Providence they have conveyed unto me Let the light of thy countenance shine upon them and let them never come into any desertion affliction or sadnesse but such as may be an instrument of thy glory and their eternall comfort in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen IX A Prayer of a Wife for her Husband O My God who hast graciously pleased to call me to the holy state of Matrimony blesse me in it with the grace of chastity with â—oyalty obedience and complacency to my Husband and blesse him with long life with a healthfull body with an understanding soule with abundance of all thy graces which may make him to be and continue thy servant a true son of the Church a supporter and a guide to me his wife a blessing and a comfort to his children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen X. Of a Husband for his Wife O Mercifull God who art a Father to us thy children a Spouse to thy holy Church a Saviour and Redeemer to all mankind have mercy upon thy handmaid my wife endue her with all the ornaments of thy heavenly grace make her to be holy and devout as Hester loving and amiable as Rachel fruitfull as Leah wise as Rebeccah faithfull and obedient as Sarah that being filled with thy grace and benediction here she may be partaker of thy glory hereafter through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XI For a Curate to say in behalfe of his Parish O Blessed Iesu thou that art an eternall Priest an universall Bishop and the Fountain of all ghostly good have mercy upon this Parish which thou hast cencredited to my charge Lord I am unfit for so great a burden but by thy aid and gracious acceptation I hope for mercy pardon and assistance O Lord send thy holy Spirit to dwell amongst us let here be peace and charity and true Catholike Religion and holy Discipline Comfort the comfortlesse heal the sick relieve the oppressed instruâ—t the ignorant correct the refractory keep us all from all deadly sin and make them obedient to their superiours friendly to one another and servants of thy Divine Majesty that so from thy favour they may obtain blessings in their bodies in their souls in their estates and a supply to all their necessities till at last they be freed from all dangers and necessities in the full fruition of thy everlasting glories O blessed Saviour and Redeemer Iesu. Amen XII For a Parishioner to say in behalf of his Curate O God Almighty who art pleased to send thy blessings upon us by the Ministration of the Bishops and Priests of thy holy Church have mercy upon thy servant to whom is committed the care of my soul that he by whose means thou art graciously pleased to advance my spirituall good may by thy grace and favor be protected by thy providence assisted by thy great mercies comforted and relieved in all his necessities bodily and ghostly through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen XIII For safe Childe-birth O Blessed Iesu Son of the eternall God who according to thy humanity wert born of a holy Maid who conceived thee without sin and brought thee forth without pain have mercy upon me thy humble servant and as by thy blessing I have conceived so grant that by thy favourable assistance I may be safely delivered Lord grant me patience and strength and confidence in thee and send thy holy Angel to be my guardian in the hour of my travel O shut not up my soul with sinners nor my life with them that go down into the pit I humbly also beg mercy for my childe grant it may be born with its right shape give it a comely body and an understanding soul life and opportunity of Baptism and thy grace from the cradle to the grave that it may encrease the number of Saints in that holy Fellowship of Saints and Angels where thou livest and reignest eternall God world without end Amen XIV Before a Journey O God who didst preserve thy servants Abraham and Jacob thy People Israel thy servant Tobias and the wise men of the East in their severall journeys by thy providence by a ministery of Angels by a pillar of fire and by the guidance of a Star vouchsafe to preserve us thy servants in the way we are now to goe Be O Lord a guide unto us in our preparation a shadow in the Day and a covering by Night a rest to our wearinesse and a staffe to our weaknesse a patron in adversity a protection from danger that by thy assistance we may perform our journey safely to thy honor to our own comfort and with safety may return and at last bring us to the everlasting rest of our heavenly Country through him who is the way the truth and the life our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Amen XV. For afflicted persons O Lord God mercifull and gracious whose compassion extends to all that are in misery and need and takest delight in the relieving the distresses of the afflicted give refreshment to all the comfortlesse provide for the poor give ease to all them that are tormented with sharp pains health to the diseased liberty and redemption to the captives chearfulnesse of spirit to all them that are in great desolations Lord let thy Spirit confirm all that are strong strengthen all that are weak and speak peace to afflicted consciences that the light of thy countenance being restored to them they may rejoyce in thy salvation and sing praises unto thy Name who hast delivered their souls from death their eyes from tears and their feet from falling Grant this for the honour of thy mercies and the glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XVI For our Enemies O Blessed Jesu who wert of so infinite mercies so transcendent a charity that thou didst descend from Heaven to the bowels of the earth that thou mightest reconcile us who were enemies to the mercies of thy heavenly Father and in imitation of so glorious example hast commanded us to love them that hate us and to pray for them that are our enemies I beseech thee of thine infinite goodnesse that thou wouldest be pleased to keep me with thy grace in so much meeknesse justice and affable disposition that I may so far as concerns me live peaceably with all men giving no man occasion of offence and to them who hate me without a cause I beseech thee give thy pardon and fill them with charity towards thee and all the world blesse them with all blessings in order to eternity that when they are reconciled to thee we also may be united with the bands of Faith and Love and a common Hope and at last we may be removed to the glories of thy Kingdom which is full of love and eternall charity and where thou livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen XVII A Prayer to be said upon Ember-dayes O Mercifull Jesu who hast promised perpetuity to the Church and a permanency in defiance of all the powers of darknesse and the gates of hell and to this purpose hast constituted severall orders leaving a power to the Apostles and their Successors the Bishops to beget Fathers of our souls and to appoint Priests and Deacons for the edification of the Church the benefit of all Christian people and the advancement of thy service have mercy upon thy Ministers the Bishops give them for ever great measure of thy holy Spirit and at this time particular assistances and a power of discerning and trying the spirits of them who come to be ordained to the Ministery of thy Word and Sacraments that they may lay hands suddenly on no man but maturely prudently and piously they may appoint such to thy service and the Ministery of thy Kingdome who by learning discretion and a holy life are apt instruments for the conversion of souls to be examples to the people guides of their manners comforters of their sorrows to sustain their weaknesses and able to promote all the interests of true Religion Grant this O great Shepheard and Bishop of our souls Blessed Jesus who livest and reignest in the Kingdome of thine eternall Father one God world without end Amen Sanctus Deus Sanctus Fortis Sanctus Immortalis FINIS