of the Mighty he judgeth among the Gods Defend the Poor and Fatherless do Justice to the Afflicted and Needy Deliver the Poor and Needy out of the hand of the Wicked 82.1 3 4. Thou hast forgiven the Iniquity of thy People thou hast covered all their Sins Thou hast taken away all thy Wrath thou hast turned thy self from thy fierce anger Turn us O God of our Salvation and cause thine anger to cease from us 85.2 3 4. Yea the Lord shall give that which is good and our Land shall give her increase vers 12. For thou O Lord art good and ready to forgive and plentious in Mercy unto all them that call upon thee In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou wilt answer me For great is thy mercy towards me for thou hast delivered my Soul from the lowest Hell For thou O Lord art a God full of compassion and gracious long suffering and plentious in mercy and truth 86.5 7 13 15. Thy Wrath lyeth hard upon me and thou hast afflicted me with all thy Waves and Stormes But unto thee have I cryed O Lord in the morning shall my Prayer prevent thee 88.7 13. Thou rulest the raging of the Sea when the Waves thereof arise thou stillest them The Heavens are thine the Earth also is thine as for the World and the fullness thereof thou hast founded them For the Lord is our defence and the holy One of Israel is our King His Seed also will he make to endure for ever and his Throne as the days of Heaven If his Children forsake my Law and walk in my Judgments If they will break my Statutes and keep not my Commandments Then will I visit their Transgressions with the Rod and their Iniquities with stripes Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail My Covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not fail David His Seed shall endure for ever and his Throne as the Sun before me How long Lord wilt thou hide thy self for ever shall thy Wrath burn like fire 89.9 11 18 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 46. O satisfie us early with thy mercy that we may rejoyce and be glad all our days Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us and the year wherein we have seen evil 90 14 15. Only with thine Eyes thou shalt behold and see the reward of the Wicked There shall no evil befal thee neither any Plague come neer thy dwelling He shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways They shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy Foot against a Stone He shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him With long Life will I satisfie him and shew him my Salvation 91.8 10 11 12 15 16. Lord how long how long shall the Wicked triumph The Lord knoweth the thoughts of Man they are but vain Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him out of thy Law For the Lord will not cast off his People neither will he cast off his Inheritance When I said my Foot slipped thy mercy O Lord held me up In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my Soul My Lord is my defence and my God is the Rock of my refuge 94.3 11 12 14 18 19 22. Come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our Maker 95.6 Rejoyce in the Lord O ye Righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness 97.12 Let them praise thy great and terrible Name for it is holy 99.3 I will behave my self wisely with a perfect heart O when wilt thou come unto me I will walk within my House with a perfect heart A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person Whoso privily slandreth his Neighbour him will I destroy him that hath a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer my Eyes shall be upon the faithful in the Land they shall dwell with me He that walketh in a perfect way he shall be my Servant He that worketh deceit shall not dwell in my House He that telleth Lies shall not tarry in my sight I will early destroy all the wicked of the Land that may cut off all the wicked doers from the City of the Lord 101.2 4 5 6 7 8. For he hath looked down from the height of his Sanctuary from Heaven did the Lord behold the Earth To hear the groaning of the Prisoners to loose those that are appointed to death 102.19 20. Bless the Lord O my Soul and all that is with me bless his holy Name Bless the Lord O my Soul and forget not all his benefits Who forgiveth all their iniquity who healeth all thy Diseases For as the Heaven is above all the Earth so great is his mercy towards them that fear him The Lord is gracious and merciful slow to anger and plenteous in mercy He will not alway chide neither will he keep his anger for ever He hath not dealt with us after our Sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquity As far as the East is from the West so far hath he set our Sins from us Like as the Father pitieth his Children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him For he knoweth our frame he remembreth we are dust 103.1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. As to the Seas thou hast set bounds that they pass not over that they turn not again to cover the Earth O Lord how manifold are thy Works in wisdom hast thou made them all the Earth is full of thy riches So is this great and wide Sea wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great Beasts 104.9 24 25. Glory ye in his holy Name Let the Heart of them rejoyce that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face evermore Remember his marvellous works that he hath done his wonders and the judgments of his mouth He is the Lord our God his judgments are in all the world And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a Law and unto Israel for an everlasting Covenant Saying unto thee will I give the Land of Canaan the lot of your inheritance He suffered no man to do them wrong yea he reproved Kings for their sakes Saying touch not my Anointed and do my Prophets no harm Moreover he called for a Famine upon the Land he brake the whole Staff of Bread He sent a man before them even Joseph who was sold for a Servant Whose feet they hurt with fetters he was laid in Iron Until that time the Word came the Word of the Lord tryed him The King came and loosed him even the Ruler of the People and let him go free Israel also came
art good and gracious O teach me thy Statutes O let my heart be sound in thy Statutes that I be not ashamed quicken me after thy loving kindness and so shall I keep the Testimonies of thy mouth O how sweet are thy words unto my Taste yea sweeter than Honey unto my Mouth through thy Commandments I get understanding therefore I hate all wicked ways let the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord teach me thy Judgements O establish me according to thy word that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope hold thou me up and I shall be safe yea my delight shall ever be in thy Statutes O deal with thy Servant according to thy loving Mercy and teach me thy Statutes order my steps in thy word so shall no wickedness have Dominion over me O deliver me from the wrongful dealing of Men so shall I keep thy Commandments Righteous art thou O Lord and true in thy Judgement I call with my whole heart O Lord hear me I will keep thy Statutes Early in the Morning O Lord do I cry unto thee for in thy Word is my trust hear my voice O Lord according to thy loving kindness quicken me as thou art wont Psalm 119. O consider my Adversary and deliver me for I do not forget thy Law I am as glad of thy word as one that findeth great spoils great is the grace that they have which love thy Law and they are not offended at it I have kept thy Commandments and Testimonies for they are not offended at it O let my Soul live and it shall praise thee and thy Judgements shall help me I have gone astray like a Sheep that is lost O seek thy Servant for I do not forget thy Commandment when I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he heard me my help cometh even from the Lord which hath made Heaven and Earth the Lord shall preserve my going out and my coming in from this time forth and for evermore 120.1.121.2 8. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the Heavens 123.1 They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as Mount Sion which may not be removed but standeth fast for ever the Hill standeth about Jerusalem even so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time forth and for evermore 125.1 2. If thou O Lord be extreme to mark what is done amiss O Lord who may abide it there is mercy with thee therefore shalt thou be feared O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous Redemption and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins 130.3 4 7 8. the Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David and he shall not shrink from it if they will keep my Covenant and my Testimony that I shall learn them their Children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore 132.11 13. Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity for the Lord promises his blessing and life for evermore 133.1 4. Lift up your hand in the Sanctuary and praise the Lord 134.3 whatsoever the Lord pleased that did he in Heaven and in Earth in the Sea and in all deep places thy Name O Lord endureth for ever so doth thy Memorial O Lord from one Generation to another for the Lord will avenge his people and be gracious unto his Servants 135.6 16 14. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever 136.1 O Lord thou hast searched me out and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and my up-rising thou understandest my thoughts long before thou art about my path and about my bed and spyest out all my ways for loe there is not a word in my Tongue but thou O Lord knowest it altogether try me O Lord and seek the ground of my heart prove me and examine my thoughts look well if there be any way of Wickedness in me and lead me in the way everlasting 139.1 2 3 23 24. O Lord God thou strength of my health thou hast covered my head in the day of battle sure I am the Lord will avenge the poor and maintain the cause of the helpless the Righteous also shall give thanks unto thy Name and the Just shall continue in thy sight 140.7 12 13. Lord I call upon thee haste thee unto me and consider my voice when I cry unto thee O let not my heart be enclined to any evil thing let me not be occupied in any ungodly work with the Men that work wickedness lest I eat of such things as please them 141.1 4. I poured out my complaint before him and shewed him of my trouble when my Spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 142.2 3. Hear my Prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken unto me O Lord for thy Truth and Righteousness sake teach me to do the thing that is right for thou art my God let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the Land of Righteousness 143.1 10. The Lord is loving unto every Man and his mercy is over all his works great is the Lord and marvellous worthy to be praised there is no end of his greatness the Lord upholdeth all such as fall and lifteth up all those that be down the eyes of all wait upon thee O Lord and thou givest them Meat in due season thou openest thine hand and fillest all things living with plenteousness the Lord is Righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works the Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him yea all such as call upon him faithfully he will fulfill the desire of them that fear him he also will hear them and will help them 145.3 9 14 15 16 17 18 19. O praise the Lord for it is a good thing to sing praise unto our God yea a joyful and a pleasant thing it is to be thankful he healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth Medicine to heal their sickness he telleth the number of the Stars and calleth them all by their Names great is our Lord and great is his power yea his Wisdom is infinite which giveth fodder to the Cattle and feedeth the young Ravens that call upon him but the Lords delight is in them that put their trust in his mercy 147.1 3 4 5 9 11. For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek hearted 149.4 O praise God in his Holiness praise him in the Firmament of his Power Praise him in his noble Acts praise him according to his excellent greatness let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord 150.1 2 6. O Lord let the Words of my Mouth and the Meditations of my Heart be now and evermore acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer A Prayer for the Morning HEar me when I
Lord and Saviour Amen The Collect. Keep I beseech thee O Lord thy Church with thy perpetual mercy and because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall keep me and all thy people ever by thy help from all things hurtful and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Protection of the godly and a Meditation of the great Works of God in the destruction of the wicked I Will lift up mine eyes unto the Hills from whence cometh my help my help cometh even from the Lord which made Heaven and Earth Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep The Lord himself is my defence upon my right hand The Lord shall preserve me from all evil yea it is even he that shall keep my soul. The Lord shall preserve my going out and my coming 〈◊〉 from this time forth and for ever more unto thee I lift up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the Heavens have mercy upon me for I am utterly despised yet my help standeth in the Name of the Lord which hath made Heaven and Earth 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 Do well O Lord unto those that be good and true of heart and reform what is amiss in me for thy mercy sake O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint If thou Lord wilt be extream to mark what is done amiss O Lord who may abide it for there is mercy with thee therefore thou shalt be feared O Lord God thou art the highest for evermore thy works are glorious and thy thoughts are very deep make my heart and tongue loud instruments of thy praises that I may tell of thy mercy in the morning and of thy truth in the night season that I may rejoyce in giving thee thanks for the operations of thy hand all the daies and nights of my whole life Let thy merciful kindness descend evermore upon the righteous that they may flourish like a Palm Tree being continually watered with the dew of temporal and spiritual blessings and may bring forth fruit of a holy conversation and grant that thy servant being planted in the house of God and firmly fixt in the blessed communion of Saints may flourish in the Courts of thy house and in thy Ecclesiastical Temple to all Eternity O let not my portion be amongst the ungodly and unrighteous Make me not to communicate in their wickedness so much as by consent or approbation that I may never perish and be destroyed in the furiousness of thine anger which thou treasurest up against the day of vengeance and righteous Judgment even the day of the appearing of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen The Collect. ALmighty and merciful God of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do give unto thee all true and laudable service grant I beseech thee that I may faithfully serve thee in this life that I fail not faithfully to attain thy heavenly promise through the merits of Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer that God would preserve his Church against the storm and flood of Persecution I Looked for the Lord my soul doth wait for him in his Word is my trust therefore keep me O Lord and thy whole Church from the hands of the ungodly Preserve me from the wicked men which are purposed to overthrow my going sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor and innocent and maintain the cause of the helpless Lord I call upon thee haste thee to help me and consider my voice when I cry unto thee Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense and the lifting up of my hands be as an evening Sacrifice Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and keep the door of my lips O let me hear thy loving kindness in the morning for in thee is my trust Shew me the way that I should walk in for I lift my soul unto thee Deliver me O Lord from the evil man and preserve me from the wicked man that seeketh to overthrow my going O Lord God Judge of all the World to whom vengeance belongeth and execution of Righteous Judgment have mercy upon us Chasten us with thy gentleness and fatherly correction when we sin against thee Teach us thy Law Be our refuge and confidence in trouble and give patience in time of adversity that in the multitude of sorrows thy comforts may refresh us thy mercies may relieve us thy grace may pardon and confirm us that our feet slip not and our souls be not put to silence have pity upon all distressed and miserable people Do justice upon all that murther the Widow that put the fatherless to death that grind the face of the poor Fail not thy people O Lord and forsake not thine inheritance but destroy the devises of all them that imagine evil as a Law and are confederate against the Righteous to condemn the innocent to discountenance Religion to disadvantage thy worship and service that in the day of eternal vengeance when thou shalt reward the proud after their deserving and the pit be digged by the ungodly we may have the lot of thine inheritance and raign in the fellowship of Saints who give honour and praise to thee O Lord God Almighty world without end Amen The Collect. Keep I beseech thee O Lord thy Church with thy perpetual mercy and because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful and lead us to all things profitable for our salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Invitation to the Worship of God and a Prayer for Obedience to his Will O Great God the Lord our Maker who art a King above all Gods give me the graces of humility and holy Religion that I may worthily praise and worship thy glories and perfections infinitely I am the Sheep of thy Pasture let thy mercies lead me and feed me and refresh my soul with the Divine nutriment of thy Word and Sacraments I am the sheep of thy hands do thou guide me that I may never go astray or if I do bring me home into the Sheepfold of the great Shepherd that I hearing his voice may not harden my heart neither tempting thy mercies nor provoking thy wrath but my heart being preserved from errors and my waies from obliquity and crookedness I may at last enter into thy eternal rest through the merits and guidance of my great Shepherd Jesus Christ my Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The Collect. O Lord I beseech thee let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it ever more by thy help and goodness through Jesus Christ. Amen Adoration and magnifying the Glories of God O Lord God in whose Sanctuary is power and honour before whose
A Prayer for a Penitent Sinner O Lord withdraw not thou thy loving mercies from me Let thy loving kindness O Lord and thy truth alway preserve me O Lord let it be thy pleasure to deliver me from all my fear Make haste O Lord to help me As for me I am poor and needy but the Lord careth for me Thou art my Helper and Redeemer make no long tarrying O my God Hearken to my voice O Lord when I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me O hide not thou thy face from me and cast not away thy servant in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Consider my complaint O Lord for I am brought very low O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me Hear my prayer O Lord consider my desire hearken unto me for thy Truth and Righteousness sake and enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight no man living can be justified Hear me O Lord and that soon for my spirit waxeth faint Hide not thy face from me lest I be like to them that go down to the pit O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust Shew thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my heart unto thee Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies for I fly unto thee to hide me Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God O let thy Spirit lead me forth into the Land of Righteousness Quicken me O Lord for thy Names sake and for thy Righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble O my God and all for Jesus Christ his sake my blessed Lord and Saviour Amen A Commemoration of God's frequent pardons and mercies to the penitent O Lord God full of mercy and pity who didst many times deliver thy people from their adversity when thou for their rebellion against thee and their inventions hadst given them into the hands of the Heathen Remember me O Lord according to the favour thou bearest unto thy people and visit me with thy salvation And though I have done amiss and dealt wickedly against thee and thy Covenant yet be pleased to help me for thy Name sake Make thy power to be known in the mighty deliverance and redemption of me from so many dangers and miseries wherewith thou hast delivered me Give me grace to believe thy word to obey thy counsel and to walk in thy Laws to relinquish my own sinful and vain desire to obey my Governours Ecclesiastical and Civil that I may not have the lot of Dathan and Abyram but at last may receive my portion in thine inheritance which thou hast prepared for thy chosen people giving thee thanks with thine inheritance for that thou hast turned from me thy wrathful indignation pittying me and saving me according to the multitude of thy mercies thy Name be blessed O Lord God everlastingly and world without end through Jesus Christ my Lord Amen A Prayer for Victory against our Enemies O Lord God whose mercy is greater than the Heavens and thy glory above all the Earth be thou exalted in thine own strength and magnify thy power and thy mercy in defending me and thy holy Church against all our enemies temporal and spiritual Forsake me not O God my strength and my defence for vain is the help of man Do thou strengthen me and go along with me and stand by me in the day of battel that I being defended and armed by thee may do acts great and good fighting thy battel and putting my confidence in thy Righteousness only and thy salvation through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Fear of the Lord for Gravity and the blessing of the Righteous O Lord God who art to be feared in the generations of the world teach me the fear of thy Name that I may fear to offend thee and that delighting in thy Commandments I may serve thee without fear of my enemies in holiness and righteousness all my daies Let thy Light arise upon the darkness of my understanding Let thy mercies and gentleness turn all the thoughts of unmercifulness in me and make me charitable of tender bowels earning with pity over the need of the poor Teach me to guide my words with discretion Make me never to be moved from my purposes of holy living Stablish my heart in thy love that in the day of restitution of all things thou mayest give 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 I may be satisfied with the Riches and plentiousness of thy house for ever through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer against my Adversaries and for Confidence in the True God O Lord God at whose presence the Earth trembles who worketh salvation and deliverance for thy Church in Ages thou hast done whatsoever pleaseth thee in Heaven and in Earth give me thy grace that in all my troubles I make thee my succour and defence and put my whole trust in thee only that I receiving thy mercies and the satisfaction of all my hopes from thy plentiousness and loving kindness I may give praise unto thy Name never ascribing unto my self any honour or the glory or thanks of any good action or prosperous success but to thee who art the Author and giver of all good things preserve me from all evil of soul and body from vain imaginations and making any thing to be my confidence besides thee my God that so thou mayest be mindful of me and bless me in all my waies and actions and when I die and go down into silence I may have my portion among the blessed of the Lord in the inheritance of thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer O Thou Almighty Goodness the Father of the Fatherless the portion of the poor and protector of strangers cast thy gracious eyes upon a miserable sinner who with humility implores thy mercy When I look on my self I dare scarce be so bold as to lift up mine eyes unto thee When I think in what condition I am and what I have done it so confounds me that I can hardly think of any thing else it is the greatness of my misery alone that constrains me to the presumption of prostrating my self at thy feet the weight of which presseth me so much that it hath left me no more power than to expose my self before thee as an admirer of thy wondrous charity O my sins are wondrous great in which all comfort forsakes my soul. O thy terrours have consumed me how dreadful are they O the affliction and torment I endure what tongue can express it my soul is parch'd and dried up my spirits are consumed by the heat of thy displeasure may I not now beg one drop of comfort from thee O my God my
Nation do cry for In mercy O Lord prevent the ruine thereof lest the Heathen should say where is now their God O Lord bless with the choicest of thy blessings our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles endue his Royal heart with grace wisdom and understanding cloathe his enemies with shame but upon his head let his Crown flourish and grant that his daies may be long prosperous vertuous and happy Bless our gracious Queen Katherine James Duke of York and all the rest of the Royal Family endue them with thy grace and defend them from all evil Bless all our Magistrates and Ministers with all those graces necessary for their places govern thou them that they may govern us in peace and godliness and true Religion O Lord in much mercy bless all my friends and my relations with all those blessings and benefits needful both for their souls and for their bodies O Lord be merciful to all those poor souls that are under any kind of want need or necessity or under any kind of affliction in much mercy be unto them a present help in trouble support them sustain and lay no more upon them than they shall be able to bear and send them a happy issue out of all their troubles O Lord God for thy mercies sake bestow a double portion of thy blessing upon those whom thou hast made nearest or dearest unto me O Lord pardon all their sins supply all their wants relieve all their necessities and reform whatsoever is amiss in them and give them grace to lead a new life and make them thy true and faithful servants preserve them and me this day from doing or receiving any hurt or harm preserve us from all evil especially from the evil of sin and the evil of punishment and from all sad accidents O Lord bless us this day in our going out and in our coming in bless and prosper us in whatsoever we go about to do let us have all our direction from thy will and the happy success from thy merciful hand and when this mortal life is ended O Lord for Christ Jesus his sake grant that we may enjoy Heaven and the Righteousness thereof and in the mean time grant unto every one of us thy loving countenance thy favour and thy grace and here I will praise and magnifie thy great and glorious Name for electing us in thy love for creating us after thine own Image and for redeeming us by thy dear Son and for sanctifying us by the grace of thy holy Spirit and for thy gracious preservation of us this night past Likewise I praise thee O Lord for our life health strength liberty food and rayment humbly beseeching thee O Lord to continue thy loving kindness towards us from time to time so long as it may be a blessing unto every one of us and our thankfulness towards thee for all thy goodness bestowed upon our souls and our bodies which exceeds our memories and our thanks and all for the sake of thy dear Son and our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen In whose Name I further call upon thee as he hath taught us saying Our Father which art in Heaven c. O Lord Jesus Christ Son of the Eternal God interpose thy holy Death thy Cross and Passion between thy Judgements and my soul now and in the hour of death granting unto me grace and mercy and unto all the faithful pardon and peace to the Church unity and amity and to all sinners repentance and amendment to all life and glory everlastingly who liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen A Form of Thanksgiving with a particular enumeration of God's Blessing O Most glorious Lord God infinite in mercy full of compassion long suffering and of great goodness I adore and praise and glorifie thy holy Name worshipping thee with the lowliest devotions of my soul and body and give thee thanks for all the benefits thou hast done unto me for whatsoever I am or have or know or desire as I ought it is all from thee thou art the fountain of being and blessing of sanctity and pardon of life and glory Praise the Lord O my soul and all that that is within me praise his holy Name THou O God of thine infinite goodness hast created me out of nothing and hast given me a degree of essence next to Angels imprinting thine Image on me enduing me with reasonable faculties of will and understanding to know and chuse good and to refuse evil and hast put me into a capacity of a blessed immortality O praise the Lord with me and let us magnifie his Name together THou O God of thine infinite goodness hast created me out of nothing and hast given me grace to know thy will and hast fed and cloathed me hast raised me friends and blessest them hast preserved me in all dangers hast rescued me from the peril of the sword from the rage of pestilence from dangers of Lyers and Robbers from perishing in publick distemperatures and diseases epidemical from terrours and affrightments of the mighty from the delusions of the Devil and sad separation and from many imminent dangers thou hast been my guide in my journeys my refreshment in sadness my hope and my confidence in all my grief and desolations and a present help in trouble I will give thanks unto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth for ever BUT above all mercies it was not less than infinite love whereby thou lovedst me and all mankind 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 sin and to reconcile us to thy self by the merits and the atonement of an everlasting Covenant He is our God even the God of whom cometh our salvation God is the Lord by whom we scape death O Most glorious Spirit I will praise and magnifie thee for the inspiration of the Apostles and Prophets for thy providence and mercies in causing holy Scriptures to be written and preserving them from the corruptions of Hereticks from the violences of Pagans and enemies of the Cross of Christ. I will alwaies give thanks unto the Lord his praise shall ever be in my mouth I Bless thy Name for those holy Promises and Threatnings those Judgements and Mercies those holy Precepts and Admonitions which thou hast registred in Scripture and in Records and Monuments of the Church for all those graces and helps and comforts whereby thou promotest me in piety and in the waies of true Religion for baptismal and penitential 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 deliveries and impediments of sins for all my hopes of pardon and expectation of the promises made by our Lord Jesus Christ to encourage me