they make for others Remember O Lord for good and shew mercie unto all who remember me in their praiers And shew mercie unto all whom I am desired to remember in mine O Thou who in everie good work acceptest of a readie mind 2 Corinth 8.12 Remember them O Lord who upon reasonable causes finde no leasure to praie even as Thou dost them who call upon Thee Thou wilt arise and have mercie upon all who are in extreme necessitie for it is time that Thou have mercie upon them yea the time is come Psal 102.13 Be merciful to them O Lord as to myself in my extremitie Be mindful O Lord of The Infants The Lads The Men The Children The Youth The Aged All in Extreme Age and Weakness The Hungrie The Naked The Prisoners The Harborless The Thirstie The Sick The Strangers The Unburied Such as are Possessed by the Divel and tempted to make themselvs away Vexed with unclean spirits Acts 5.16 In Despair Sick in Soul Bodie Faint-hearted In Prison and Bonds Condemned to die All Orphans Widows Strangers Travailers by Land Water Women with Child giving Suck In hard Servitude in the Mines Gallies In Solitude Thou Lord shalt save both Man and Beast How excellent is Thy mercie O God and doubtless the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings Psal 36.7 THe Lord bless us and keep us The Lord make His face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us The Lord lift up His countenance upon us and give us peace Numb 6.24 25 26. LOrd I commend unto Thee My Soul and Bodie My Mind Thoughts My Praiers and Wishes My Senses Members My Life and Death My Brethren and Sisters and their children My Friends and Benefactors My Familie and Nighbors All commended to my praiers This my Native Countrie and all Christian people LEt us lift up our hearts unto the Lord as it is very meet right and our bounden dutie that we should in all and for all Things at all Times in all Places by all Means ever everie where everie waie Make mention of Thee Confess to Thee Bless Thee Worship Thee Praise Thee Sing laud to Thee Give Thanks to Thee The Creator Nourisher Preserver Governor Physitian Benefactor Perfecter Lord Father King and God of all The Fountain of Life and Immortalitie Threasurie of eternal good things Whom The Heavens and the Heavens of Heavens Angels and all the Celestial Powers sing praise unto Uncessantly crying one to another and we base and unworthie we with them under their feet Holie Holie Holie Lord God of Hosts Heaven and Earth is full of the Majestie of Thy Glorie P. Isa 6.3 Blessed be the Glorie of the Lord from His place P. Ezech. 3.12 For His Divinitie Incomprehensibleness Sublimitie Dominion Almightiness Eternitie Prevision and Providence My God my Strength and Staie Refuge Deliverer Helper and Defender Horn of salvation and my Lifter up Psal 18.1 ☾ ☾ The Planetarie Character or Hieroglyphic of MVNDAIE call'd in H. Scripture the Second Daie Gen. 1.8 MY voice shalt Thou hear betimes O Lord early in the Morning will I direct my praier unto Thee and Thou wilt look upon me Psal 5.3 BLessed art Thou O Lord who createdst the Firmament of the Heaven Gen. 1.6 The Heaven and the Heaven of Heavens The Celestial Powers Angels Archangels Cherubim Seraphim The Waters above the Heavens Vapors Exhalations from whence Clouds from the ends of the earth P. Jer. 10.12 Storms Dew Hail Snow as Wool Hoar Frost as Ashes Ice as Morsels Psal 147. Lightnings Thunder Winds out of His Threasures P. Jer. 10.12 Tempests The Waters beneath the Heavens For Drink Washing P. Moses O Lord I confess mine iniquities and the iniquities of my Fathers with the trespass which I trespassed against Thee and that I have walked contrarie unto Thee Levit. 26.40 Set not O Lord set not my misdeeds before Thee my whole age is in the fight of Thy countenance Psal 90.8 But pardon the iniquitie of Thy servant according to the greatness of thy mercie and as Thou hast forgiven me from my childhood even until now Numb 14.19 H. Job I have sinned what shal I do unto Thee O Thou Preserver of men Why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee so that I am a burthen to myself O put my wickedness out of remembrance and wash away all my sin Chapt. 7. Ver. 20 21. Deliver me from going down into destruction for Thou hast found in whom to be appeased Chapt. 33. Ver. 24. The Canaanitish woman Have mercie upon me O Son of David Lord help me Yea Lord even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their Masters table S. Mat. 15.22 25 27. The Servant owing 10000. Talents Lord have patience with me yea rather I confess I have nothing to paie Forgive me all my debt I beseech Thee S. Mat. 18.26 29 32. K. David 1. How long wilt Thou forget me O Lord for ever how long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me 2. How long shal I seek counsel in my soul and be so vexed in my heart daie and night how long shal mine enemies triumph over me 3. Consider and hear me O Lord my God lighten mine eies that I sleep not in death 4. Lest mine enemie saie I have prevailed against him for if I be cast down they that trouble me will rejoice at it 5. But my trust is in Thy mercie Psal 13. LOrd remove far from me 1 All Impietie Prophaness Superstition Hypocrisie 2 Idolatrie and Self-wil-worship 3 Rash Oaths and Cursing 4 Withdrawing from and Irreverence in Thy Public Service Hebr. 10.25.38 5 Pride and Carelesness 6 Strife and Wrath. 7 Wantoness and Uncleaness 8 Idleness and Deceit 9 Lying and Slandering 10 All wicked and unbeseeming Imaginations All Lascivious Thoughts Filthie Desires Give me 1 Pietie and true Godliness 2 Grace to Adore and Worship Thee 3 Not to speak but with Blessing Not to swear but with Religion 4 Decent Confession in the Congregation 5 True Natural Affection and a Tractable Disposition 6 Patience and Meekness 7 Chastitie and Temperance 8 Contentation and Goodness 9 Truth and Integritie 10 Good Thoughts Perseverance to the end I Beleeve in God I. The Father Almightie Maker of Heaven Earth II. JESUS Christ His only begotten Son Our Lord. †The Articles of Christ's Humiliation Who was 1 Conceived by the Holie Ghost 2 Born of the ever-virgin Marie 3 Suffered under Pontius Pilate was 4 Crucified 5 Dead 6 Buried * The Articles of Christ's Exaltation Who 1 Descended into Hell 2 Rose from the Dead 3 Ascended into Heaven 4 Sitteth on the Right hand 5 Shal com thence again 6 To judg the Quick Dead III. The Holie Ghost The 1 Holie Church 2 Catholic Church 3 Communion of Saints The Forgiveness of Sins The Resurrection of the Bodie The Life Everlasting ANd now what is my Hope Art not Thou O Lord Surely my Hope is from Thee
Obijt 1626. Aetatis Suae 71. EFFIGIES R.P. LANCELOTI ANDREWES QVONDAM EPISCOPI WINTONIENSIS W.M. sculpsit If ever any merited to be The Universall Bishop this was He Great ANDREWES who the Whole vast Sea did drain Of Learning and distilld it in his brain These pious dropps are of the purest kind Which trickled from the limbeck of his mind Ia Howell A MANUAL OF THE PRIVATE DEVOTIONS AND MEDITATIONS OF The Right Reverend Father in God LANCELOT ANDREWS late Lord Bishop of Winchester Translated out of a fair Greek MS. of His Amanuensis By R.D. B.D. LONDON Printed by W.D. for Humphrey Moseley at the Prince's Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard MDCXLVIII TO HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES SIR IT was the special Command of Your Roia Father our most Gracious Sovereign to the Bishops of London and Elie now with God to take care that of the innumerable Papers of This Reverend Prelate none should bee committed to the Press but such as They found perfected by His accurate hand In prosequution wherof we are much bound to Their care and faithfulness for the communication of His Incomparable Sermons Discourses which now inrich the World with Pietie and Learning and put it to the wonder to see the Quintessence of the Fathers School distilled through His Limbeck in so fit language and expressions to the great advantage of the Church of God Why This most excellent Piece of His Devotions was not by Them presented with the rest the Language wherin it was conceiv'd and us'd by Him will give abundant satisfaction to Your Highness His Greek had been but a Barbarian unto them whose benefit was chiefly intended in all the Publications of His Works Nor is Your Highness now to bee assured that They who were imploied in that service were Wise and Honorable Persons that They well knew Their Work and did it And truly SIR the Commands of His Majestie shall ever be so sacred to me and the Judgment of Those Reverend Prelats so much esteemed by me that I should not have presum'd on this Essaie had not the Honor of This Renowned Bishop been eclipsed by obtruding on the World some broken parcels miserably defaced by a careless Press under the glorious Name of Bishop Andrews If this be thought no sufficient ground for this high presumption I shall proceed in my presumption on Your Highness to be a Mediator to Your most Glorious Father for His Gracious Pardon to a sinner who not being without great hopes of advancing Pietie by his sin is confident of obteining Your Princelie Interposition that it is Felix Error And that the benefit hereof so much redounding to the Glorie of God by promoting Christian people in Devotion it would have been a greater sin against the Public to detein so pretious a Jewel from improvement It being the peculiar happiness of Sacred Commodities to be made better by their using And to whom should Devotion address her self for Patronage in this Age of Irreligion and Prophaness in this great invasion upon God the King the Church and whatsoëver is called Holie if not to Your Highness It will bee no sin in us to look for the righting and maintenance of them all from Your Princelie Arm assisted with the Power of Heaven Ride on Great Prince upon the Horses of Salvation and the Lord of Hosts sight your battels Maie the Sword of the LORD and Prince CHARLES be mightie in operation for the Redemption of His Sacred Majestie and the Restitution of This Church and Kingdom to Their ancient Libertie and Glorie Maie Honor Prosperitie and Peace so accompanie and crown Your Pious Christian and Princelie undertakings that our eies maie once more see the King upon His Throne gloriously triumphing in the Affections of His Subjects happily united in the indissoluble bonds of Love and Loialtie This is the summe of all our desires and the dailie Praier of him whose highest ambition is not to be utterly uncapable of doing service to the Church of God and of approving himself SIR Your Highness's most humble and most loially devoted Orator and Servant RICHARD DRAKE TO THE CHRISTIAN READER AMong the manie blessings for which I am eternally indebted to Heaven I ever highly esteemed the possession of This pretious threasure This sacred Relique of the most Reverend Bishop Andrews Which being used by Him in His most secret conference with His God not only acquaints us with the Devotion of His soul but also gives us an example how Earth maie traffick and communicate with Heaven Had you seen the Original Manuscript happie in the glorious deformitie thereof being slubber'd with His pious hands and water'd with His penitential tears you would have been forced to confess That Book belonged to no other then pure and Primitive Devotion Of that having had the happiness to obtein a Copie under the fair hand of His Amanuensis I should not so long have deteined from you the Communication thereof but that some reasonable and just arguments effectually prevailed with me But at last finding a great invasion made upon His honor I resolved to paie my due respects to His pretious memorie and to exercise so much Charitie which I had learned from His Devotions toward others as not to ingross to my own private use and benefit what I was confident would be most serviceable and welcome to the Church of God From the general inspection of these His set and sacred Forms as you are convinced of His Pietie so you may learn His Judgment concerning Ex tempore Conceptions and undigested Praiers I am confident He had as great abilities of expressing himself to purpose without premeditation as anie Rabbie that pretends to the highest pitch of Inspiration But His Devotion had not taught Him to cast off His Humilitie nor was He so little acquainted with His God and Himself as not to know His distance and to keep it It had been a sin to Him to appear before His God emptie or with that which cost Him nothing There is too much of a Pharisee in him that dares trust to his Memorie his Phancie or Invention before the Majestie of Heaven when even his most premeditated weighed thoughts though clothed in the best attire of language would be esteemed by himself too too unworthie to be offered to his Prince And yet such is the irreligion of this Age the most High God must take up and be content with that homelie entertainment which my Lord or Ladie forsooth would not receive from their most faithfull servant without great scorn and indignation But it is the highest pitch of sacrilege to make the Scripture patronize Impietie They abuse the Text and the Apostle that urge His I will praie with the spirit to justifie Enthusiasm in Praijing unless they will what never anie brainsick Novellist attempted interpret to us I will sing with the spirit with their extemporarie Music His Reading had not taught this learned Father to make such wild conclusions Nor
Beleeve In the Father Affection and Good-will Almightie Saving Power Creätor Providence To Preserve Govern Perfect the World In JESUS Salvation Christ Anointing The onlie Son Adoption To Our Lord Service is due In His Conception the purging of our unclean Conception Birth Birth the purging of our unclean Conception Birth Sufferings that what we should we might not Cross the Curse of the Law Death the sting of Death Burial eternal corruption in the Grave is taken away In His Descent that whether we should go we might not Resurrection as the First-fruits of them that sleep Ascension to prepare a place for us Session to appear and make intercession for us Coming again to take to Himself those that are His. Judging to render to everie one according to his works In the holie Ghost Power from on high Outwardly and Invivisibly but Powerfully and Manifestly converting unto Holiness The Church The Mystical Bodie of them who are called out of the whole world to a Corporation according to Faith Holiness The Communion of Saints the Members of that Bodie A mutual Participation in the Holie Mysteries To a Full persuasion of the Remission of sins Hope of Resurrection Translation to Life Eternal MY Trust is in Thy mercie for ever and ever Psal 52.9 How excellent is Thy mercie O God! Psal 36.7 If I have anie Hope it is in Thy mercie Let me not bee ashamed of this my Hope Psal 119.116 †WE beseech Thee O Lord remember all for good Have mercie upon all O Lord Be reconciled to us all Settle the multitudes of Thy people in peace Dissipate all Scandals Ceas all Warrs Stop all rising Heresies O God our Savior and the Hope of all the ends of the Earth Psal 65.5 Grant unto us Thy Peace and Love Remember to crown the year with Thy goodness Psal 65.12 For the eies of all wait upon Thee and Thou givest them their meat in due season Thou openest Thy hand and fillest all things living with Thy gracious bountie Psal 145.15 16. Remember Thy Holie Church from one end of the world unto the other And give Peace unto her whom Thou hast purchased with Thy precious blood And establish her unto the consummation of the world Remember all who bring forth fruit and do good works in Thy Holie Churches Them also who are mindful of the Poor and Needie Reward them with Thy rich and heavenlie gifts Give them For Earthlie Heavenlie Corruptible Incorruptible Temporal Eternal Blessings Remember them who lead their lives In Virginitie Chastitie and Mortification Them also who in honorable Marriage in Pietie and the Fear of Thee Remember everie Christian soul who being in anie Affliction Trouble Agonie stands in need of Thy mercie and help Remember our Brethren who are in Captivitie Prisons Bonds Bitter Servitude Giving Conversion to all who go astraie Health to the Sick Deliverance to the Captives Remember all Pious and Faithful Kings to whom Thou hast given a Right to reign upon earth And chiefly O Lord Remember our most Gracious King preserved by Thee Establish his Throne Subdue to him all his enemies Speak good to his soul for Thy Churches and all Thy Peoples sake Give him long Peace which maie not be taken away That under his happie Government we maie lead a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honestie 1 Tim. 2.2 Remember O Lord all Principalities and Powers and all that be in place at Court Those who are of the Counsel Or in the Seats of Judgment And all that fight Thy battels for us by Land or Sea Furthermore be graciously pleased O Lord to remember The Holie Fathers of the Church Venerable Presbyterie and all the Clergie who rightly divide the Word of Truth 2 Tim. 2.15 and walk uprightly according to the same Galat. 2.14 Remember O Lord our Brethren who are present and join together in praier with us in this holie hour Remember their Devotion and their Zeal Remember them also who upon good caus are absent And have mercie upon them and us according to the multitude of Thy mercie Fill our garners with all good Preserve our married people in peace and concord Cherish up all Infants Instruct the Youth Strengthen the Aged Comfort the Faint-hearted Gather the Dispersed Bring back again them that are gon astraie Unite them to the Holie Church Catholic Church Apostolic Church Deliver all that are possessed with unclean spirits Sail with all that go by Sea Travail with all that go by Land Take care of the Widows Defend the Orphans Set the Captives at Libertie Heal the Sick Remember O God all who are question'd at the Bar of Justice condemn'd to the Mines and Gallies who are in Banishment anie other Affliction Necessitie Distress Need of Thy great mercie who Love Hate us All recommended to us Thy unworthie servants to be remembred in our Praiers Remember O Lord our God all Thy People and pour upon them all the riches of Thy mercie giving to all their desires tending to salvation Remember O God all whom we through ignorance forgetfulness or multitude of names have not remembred Thou knowest the condition and name of everie one Thou knowest everie one from his Mothers womb For Thou O Lord art the Helper of the Helpless Hope of the Hopeless The Savior of them who are tossed with Tempests The Haven of them who sail The Physician of them who are sick Be Thou all to all Thou who knowest everie one His Desires Habitation Wants O Lord deliver this Citie and all the Countrie wherein we dwell From Pestilence Famine Earth-quakes Inundations Fire Sword Forreign Invasion and Civil Insurrections Appeas the Schisms of the Churches Abate the Insolencies of the Heathen And receiv us all into thy Kingdom owning us for children of the Light And grant unto us Thy Peace and Love O Lord our God Remember O Lord our God all Spirits and all Flesh whom we have remembred and whom we have not remembred O Lord make the end of our Life Christian acceptable to Thee and if Thou think good without Pain in Peace gathering us together under the feet of Thy Elect when Thou wilt and as Thou wilt only without Shame and Sin †Collected out of the Liturgies of SS James Basil and Chrysost THe Glorious Majestie of the Lord our God be upon us Prosper Thou the work of our hands upon us O prosper Thou our handie-work Psa 90.17 LOrd be Thou Within me to strengthen me Without me to Keep me Above me to Protect me Beneath me to Uphold me Before me to Direct me Behind me to Reduce me Round about me to Defend me BLessed be Thou O Lord God of Israël our Father for ever and ever To Thee O Lord belongeth Majestie Power Glorie Victorie Strength Confession For Thou art Lord over all in Heaven and on Earth 1 Chron. 29.10 Everie King and Nation trembleth at Thy presence P. Isa 64.2 Thine O Lord is the Kingdom and Exaltation over all Things Dominion Riches
Undertakings Going out and Coming in Sitting down and Rising up Praiers Preparatorie to all our Thanksgivings THou O Lord art worthie to be praised and unto Thee shall the Vow be performed Psal 65.1 Worthie art Thou O Lord our Holie God to receive glorie and honor and power Revel 4.11 O Thou that hearest Praier unto Thee shall all flesh come Even my flesh shall come My misdeeds prevail against me O be Thou merciful unto my sins Psal 65.2 3. That I may come to confess to Thee with all Thy Works and with all Thy Saints to bless Thee Thou shalt open my lips O Lord And my mouth shal shew Thy praise Psal 51.15 A Form of Thanksgiving for Temporal and Spiritual Blessings MY soul praiseth the Lord for that He hath don good To all Creatures Mankind To the World Habitable part therof To the States of the World Catholic Church Christianitie To all particular Churches States To our Church State Countrie To the several Orders in either of them The Sacred To the several Persons in those Orders To the King Prince To the Citie wherin I was Born Parish wherin I was Baptiz'd Two Scholes Universitie College wherin I was Brought up To my Familie Kindred To all that have Shewed mercie Administred to me To my Nighbors Friends To all commended to my Praiers For that He hath shewed mercie to me In my Soul Bodie Goods For the Gifts of Nature Grace the World For all things wherin I have Received benefit been successful formerly at present For the good if anie which I ever did For my Health good-Name Sufficiencie Safetie Libertie Quiet Thou hast not cut off as a Weaver my Life but from daie even to night Thou preservest me P. Isai 38.12 Thou hast graciously given me Life Breath until this hour From my Childhood from my Youth upward even untill now to Old age Psal 71.15 16. Thou hast held my soul in life and Thou wilt not suffer my foot to slip Psal 66.8 Delivering me From Dangers Diseases Povertie Servitude Public Shame Evil Accidents Not giving me up to perish in my sins Always waiting for my Conversion Leaving in me a Turning to my heart Remembrance of the * Death Judgment Heaven Hell last ends Some Shame Horror Trembling for my sins past O give me oftner and greater greater and oftner more and more O Lord. Giving me good hopes of the Remission of them by Repentance and by the Works therof thorough the Power of the most Holie Keies and Sacraments in Thy Church So that daie by daie for these Thy benefits which I remember And so also for manie more forgotten by reason of their multitude and my forgetfulness For them bestowed on me Willing Knowing Asking Not Asking Knowing Willing I confess and give thanks to Thee I bless and praise Thee as is meet everie daie And I praie with all my soul and with all my mind I praie Glorie be to Thee O Lord Glorie be to Thee Glorie be to Thee And Glorie be to Thy most Holie Name For all Thy Divine Perfections in them For Thy unspeakable and unexpressable goodness and mercie toward sinners and the unworthie And even toward me altogether the most unworthie of all sinners Yea O Lord For this and for the rest Glorie and Praise and Blessing and Thanksgiving with the Voices and the Harmonie of the Voices of Angels and Men of all Thy Saints in Heaven and of all Thy Creatures whether in Heaven or Earth And under their feet of me an unworthie and miserable sinner Thy poor Creature both now in this Daie and Hour and daily unto my last breath and unto the end of the world and for ever and ever Amen A Letanie to be used upon special occasions of Public or Private Humiliation O Father who didst creäte Destroie not him whom Thou didst creäte O Son who didst redeem Destroie not him whom Thou didst redeem O Spirit who didst regenerate Destroie not him whom Thou didst regenerate Remember not Lord our offenses nor the offenses of our Forefathers neither take Thou vengeance on our sins on Their Mine Spare us good Lord Spare Them Me Spare Thy people and in Thy people Me Thy servant whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy pretious Blood and be not angrie with us for ever Be merciful Be merciful Spare us O Lord And be not angrie with us for ever Be merciful Be merciful Have mercie on us O Lord And be not angrie with us verie sore Not verie sore O Lord. Deal not with me according to my sins Neither reward me after mine iniquities But deal with me according to Thy great mercie And reward me after the multitude of Thy compassions Even according to that great mercie And after that multitude of compassions As thou didst deal with our Fathers in the generations of old By whatsoever is dear unto Thee From all evil and adversitie In all times of necessitie From the evil and adversitie at this present time Stand up O Lord rescue and save me Deliver me O Lord And destroie me not In the Bed of Sickness Hour of Death Daie of Judgment In that terrible and dreadful Daie Deliver me O Lord and save me From Beholding the stern countenance of the Judg Standing on the left hand Hearing that fearful sentence Depart from me S. Mat. 25.41 From being bound in the chains of darkness 2 S. Pet. 2.4 Cast out into outer darkness S. Mat. 25.30 Tormented in the bottomless pit of Fire and Brimstone where the smoke of torments ascendeth up for ever and ever Revel 14.10 11. Be merciful Be merciful Spare us Deliver us O Lord and save us and destroie us not for ever not for ever O Lord. And that this maie not be Remove far from me O Lord * 1 Hardness of heart * 2 Want of Remors after sinning Eph. 4.19 * 3 Obduration of heart S. Mark 3.5 and 6.52 * 4 Setting light by Thy threatnings * 5 A seared Conscience 1 Tim. 4.2 * 6 A Reprobate Mind Rom. 1.28 The sin against the Holie Ghost S. Matth. 12.32 The sin unto Death 1 S. John 5.16 †1. Voluntarie Murther Genes 4.10 2. Unnatural Lusts Gen. 18.20.21 3. Oppression of the Poor the Fatherless and Widows Exod. 22.22 23. and Deut. 15.9 4. Detention of the Wages of the Laborers Deut. 24.15 and S. Jam. 5.4 The Four Crying sins The * Six fore-runners of the Sin against the Holie Ghost From the grievous and terrible Evils of this World From Pestilence Famine War Earth quakes Inundations Great Fires Plague of immoderate Rains Drought Corrupting Winds Blasting Thunder Lightning Tempest Epidemial acute evil Diseases And from sudden Death Good Lord deliver us From pernicious Evils in the Church From Private Interpretations 2 S. Peter 1.20 Innovations in Holie things Strange Doctrines 1 Tim. 1.3 Doting about Questions making endless strifes 1 Tim. 6.4 From Heresies Schisms Scandals Public private Good Lord deliver us From the Deifying of Kings Act. 12.22 the Flattering of People S.