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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05787	The devout companion: containing prayers and meditations for every day in the week: and for several occasions, ordinary and extraordinary.	E. S.	1699 (1699)	Wing S2450A; ESTC R213357	46,424	199

one trouble shall leap upon the Righteous and in an Instant shall as soon vanish though he fall he shall rise again for the righteous shall not be forsaken for ever II. I have lately tasted of thy goodness O Lord I have now been sensible of thy Mercy in a great Measure by this great deliverance I have had experience many times of thy loving-kindness but never more than in thy late Favours I chattered like a Swallow I mourned like a Dove I panted like a Hart but thou hast put life again into my Soul thou hast not dealt with me according to my Sins nor rewarded me according to mine Iniquities As high as the Heaven is above the Earth so great is thy Mercy towards them that fear thee since thy Mercy O Lord hath been so great towards me grant that I may love thee more zealously fear thee more reverently and obey thee more carefully all the days of my Life For as Elkanah was to Hannah instead of many Sons so be thou still to me ● God instead of many Comforters G●ve me therefore patience in trouble a constancy in hope rooted and grounded in love and so bring me O Lord from this valley of tears to life everlasting Amen A Prayer before taking of Physick or any outward means for restoring of Health MOst mighty God the great Physician both of Soul and Body who by thy blessing on a lump of dry figgs didst heal Hezekiah's Boil that he recovered and by laying thy hand upon the head of Peter's Wife's Mother didst cure her of her Fever and anointing the Eyes with Clay and Spittle didst restore the Man that was blind even from his Birth unto perfect Sight and by seven times washing in the River Jordan didst cleanse Naaman the Syrian of his Leprosie and by thine appointment hast provided means for thy Children for the curing of their Sickness and recovery of their Health II. I dare not O Lord without injury to my Soul and indignity to thine Omnipotency despair of thy sufficiency and power for the restoring me to health or not use that help and expect a blessing upon those means which are requisite I should choose and use for the repairing of my Body and the restitution of my Strength I dare not send unto Sorcerers Wizards Charmers or Inchanters for help nor with Ahaziah go to Baalzebub the God of Ekron for relief and leave thee the God of Israel But I renounce and reject all other help but from thee alone and upon the bended knees of an humble heart I come unto thee beseeching thee to sanctifie what I am now to receive or apply to my ease and good and to give such a blessing thereunto that it may remove such pain sickness as doth afflict my Body III. O Lord grant me in all my Sickness patience and not to murmur or repine at thy afflicting hand and in health give me a provident care to prevent all such maladies as by reason of my manifold Sins thou maist justly inflict upon me And as David's Troubles made him pray Hezekiah's Sickness to lament the Prodigal return home and Israel under Aegypt's burthens cry unto thee so I beseech thee that every Chastisement of thine may compel me the rather to sue unto thee for thy saving Health Pity Compassion and Grace And as Christ told his Disciples that Lazarus's sickness was not unto Death but for the glory of God so I beseech thee that none of my afflictions may be unto the death of my Soul but rather for the good both of Body and Soul And as Noah's Ark the higher it was tossed with the Flood the nearer it mounted towards Heaven so my Soul being sanctified by Grace the more it is exercised with the water of affliction the nearer let it be lifted up towards thee O God grant this O holy Father for thy dear Son's sake to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory both now and evermore Amen A Prayer before a Journey or Voyage ALmighty God who preservest thy Servants in all their ways and didst protect and direct Jacob in his way to Laban Jonah in his Voyage and the Children of Israel in the Wilderness and Travels over Jordan Guide me thine unworthy Servant in the Journey that I am now to undertake Lord walk with me be about my Bed and about my Paths keep me from all dangers both of Body Soul refresh me when I am weary comfort me when I am solitary and send me health and strength of Body to perform it Deliver me from Thieves Robbers and savage Beasts furnish me with all necessaries and send me home again in safety II. Send me I beseech thee good success in all my undertakings and grant that I may undertake nothing but what shall be pleasing in thy sight If I meet with Company grant they may be such as I may receive good by rather than harm if I am alone let thy Law be my delight grant that I may then meditate such things as shall be for the benefit and salvation of my Soul and grant that after my business is fully accomplished when I return home I may find my Friends Wife Children and Family in perfect Health and though my whole Life be but a continual Travel here yet send me everlasting peace with thee and thy Son Jesus Christ Amen A Prayer upon return from a Journey or Voyage MOst merciful and gracious Lord God keeper of Israel the well-spring of Life and the alone preserver of all Mankind I render unto thee all hearty Thanks and Praise for thy provident care and gracious protection of me in this my Journey whereas I might have perished e're I had seen again this my Habitation but that thou hast walked before me by day as a pillar of a Cloud to guide me in the way and by night in a pillar of Fire to give me light Thou directest me in all my paths O lead me into the way of Life II. Give me an humble and thankful heart let me not bury this and other thy Favours in forgetfulness but let my Soul still praise thee and thy good Spirit lead me into the Land of Righteousness As thou hast brought me O Lord through this Journey and Voyage and kept this Tabernacle of my Body unsplit So in thy good time bring my Soul home to the Land of Promise the Everlasting Haven of eternal Rest and that for thy Son's sake Jesus Christ Amen The Mariner's Prayer O Eternal God who rebukest the Winds and stillest the raging of the Sea and the noise of the Tempest whose way is in the Waters and thy wonders in the Deep we are in danger every moment of perishing unless by thy miraculous Power thou deliver us from death when with thy Servant Peter we cry out Help Lord we perish let thy hand be stretched forth to command the Waters to be still Fill our Sails with gentle and also prosperous Gales save us from Shipwrack defend us from

hungry with good things and none of thy Servants dost thou send empty away from thy holy Sanctuary Plant thy Fear in my Heart give me Wisdom and good Understanding and make me to have pleasure in thee and all thy works that ●beying the Precepts of thy ho●y Gospel and performing the Conditions of thy Covenant which thou hast established for ●ver in Truth and Equity in Verity and Judgment I may ●orthily praise and adore thy ●oly Name among the Faithful ● this Life and in the Congre●ation of Saints in the Life to ●ome through thy Mercies O ●lessed Jesu to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be ●ll Honour and Glory now and or ever Amen A Prayer for Sunday Evening For Pardon of Sin O Almighty God I acknowledge and confess those many weaknesses and imper●ections I am guilty of in my performance of the Duti● of this Day I have called up on thee for the pardon and fo●giveness of my Sins I hav● heard thy holy Word but y● find my self a very unprofit●ble Servant So that O Lord though I have done thy Wor● I have done it so negligently that I may rather expect th● fire of thy Anger than a Ble●sing from thee II. But if thou O God should be extream to mark what done amiss O Lord who ca● abide it or stand before th● when thou art angry Remember that I am but dust and ashe● and the work of thine ow● hands Pardon I beseech the● and pass by all my Sins Negl●gences and Ignorances loo● not upon the weakness of m● Flesh but upon the willingness ●f my Spirit and so cover all ●y imperfections with the ●erfect and absolute obedience ●f thy dear Son that those Sa●rifices offered up by me this day ●ay be by thee accepted in ●nd for that Sacrifice which Christ Jesus offered upon the Cross once for me III. And as I earnestly desire that my Sacrifices may be pleasing and acceptable to thee so let thine Ordinances be profitable to me And as thou hast this day sown ●n my heart the precious seed of thy Word so let neither the Fowls of the Air devour it nor the Cares of the World choak ●it but let the former and the ●atter Rain of thy blessing come often upon it that it may bring forth in me the Fruits of true Repentance and hearty amen●ment of Life Pardon my m●nifold Sins by which I hav● provoked thee this very day IV. Be thou unto me a mercifu● God in despite of the Snare and Delusions which Sin lays i● the way for my Destruction and keep me under the shadow of thy Wings in perpetua● Peace and Safety Bless me thi● Night sleeping or waking giv● thine Angels charge over me that at whatsoever hour thou callest me I may like a faithful Soldier stand ready prepared to encounter Death and to follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth Grant these things O blessed Father for thy Son Jesus Christ his sake my only Saviour and Redeemer Amen Meditations for Monday Out of the Psalms For a holy Life MY song shall be of mercy and judgment unto thee O ●ord will I sing Let me have un●erstanding in the way of godliness When wilt thou come unto me ● will walk i● my house with a per●ect heart I will take no wicked ●hing I hate the Sins of unfaith●ulness there shall no such cleave ●nto me A froward heart shall depart ●rom me I will not know a wick●d Person Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach I will not suffer him There sh●ll no deceitful person dwell in my house he that telleth ●yes shall not tarry in my sight I shall s●on destroy all the ungodly that are in the Land that may root out all wicked doe from the City of the Lord. Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. A Prayer for Monday Morning For a Holy Life O God most Holy and Righteous who shewest Mercy unto thousands and hates● nothing thy own hands hav● made who fillest me with thy loving kindness every Morning and keepest me in Peace and Safety in the Night season II. I confess O Lord that I am altogether Vanity a shadow of Death a dark Dungeon a barren and empty Ground where no Water is but deluges of Wrath and Confusion But O Lord I abhor my self and repent before thee in dust and ashes and as Sins of Infirmity have thrown me down raise me up again I beseech thee by the Gift of Penitence that I may lead a holy Life with all Humility Truth and Justice Godliness and Honesty in this present World III. I bless thy holy Name for thy Care and Protection over me this Night that thou hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day delivering me from the shadow of Death O Lord continue thy wonted goodness towards me this Day and grant that all my Prayers Words Works and Actions may begin and end in thy Glory IV. Keep me O Lord I beseech thee this day without sin and so replenish me with thy Favour and Grace that my heart may rejoyce and delight in thy praises Deliver me O Lord from lying Lips and from a deceitful Tongue keep me from the Snare of the Hunter and from the noisom and infectious Pestilence from deadly Vexation mortal Sickness and sudden Death V. Protect me in the day of my Trouble give me a contented Mind which may remain unto me a continual Feast in whatsoever changes or chances may befall me in this transitory Life Grant that I may yield up my self to thy good Pleasure in all things and be obedient unto those holy Commandments which thou hast appointed for my Rule and Guide So that at the last I may find that in keeping thy Holy Laws there is great Reward Grant this O heavenly Father for thy Son's sake my only Redeemer Amen A Prayer for Monday Noon For Forgiveness of Sins O God the searcher of all hearts and from whom no secrets are hid but are laid open to thine all-seeing Eye I here acknowledge my Sins unto thee and mine Iniquities which are many in number I come unto thee O Lord who art the fountain of all goodness and forgivest all those that with hearty Repentance come unto thee Pardon and remit all those Sins which this day I have committed against thy Divine Majesty Purge me with Hyssop and I shall be clean wash me and I shall be whiter than Snow Let the dew of thy Favour and the fire of thy Love blot out all my Sins and purifie my Soul II. Create in me a clean Heart and renew a right Spirit within me Let me not be for ever separated from the sweet refreshings of thy Favourand presence but give me the comfort of thy help again and let thy free Spirit loose me from the bondage of Sin and establish me in the freedom and liberty of the Sons of God So shall I praise thy Name