untill now For the good which I have received For the good if any which I have done For the use and comfort of thy prudent benefits For the promise and my hope of enjoying thy future blessing For my good and honest Parents My kinde and mild Master and Teacher My ever memorable Benefactors My trusty friends My faithfull companions My loving and carefull Wife My obedient and towardly children For all those which have any way furthered and profited me By their writings Sermons Discourses Proverbs Examples Reproofes Injuries For all these and for all other known unknown manifest and secret remembred and forgotten Wherewith willingly or against my will I have been affected and bettered I praise and will praise Blesse Blesse Thanke Thank thee All the dayes of my life What am I Lord or what is my Fathers house that thou shouldst vouchsafe to look on such a dead dog as I am Psal. 3. 4. What shall I render to the Lord for all the things hee hath bestowed upon me What thanks can I repay unto my God for all the things which he hath forgiven which he hath given me to this instant Praises IT is good to sing psalms unto our God For sweete and decent is his praise Therefore will I confesse unto the Lord with my whole heart In the counsell of the Saints and in the Congregation O magnifie the Lord with me and let us elevate his Name Let all his works blesse the Lord in all the places of his Dominion from the Sun rise to the fall thereof Let all that breath praise the Lord Let all flesh bless his holy name for ever Praise the Lord ô all yee Nations and praise him only ô all ye people Give unto the Lord all ye Kindreds of the earth give unto the Lord honor and glory Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his Name Being your offerings and come into his Courts Praise thou the Lord ô Salem and thou ô Sion praise ye the Lord All ye that stand in the Lords house in the courts of the house of our God lift up your hands towards his Sanctuary ô lift them up and praise the Lord My soule praiseth the Lord him will I praise all my life long To my God will I sing whilst I have any being Thou art my God and I will praise thee Thou art my God and I will exalt thee Be thou ô God exalted above the Heavens and thy glory above the Earth Praised be the Lord for his great goodnesse towards all his Creatures All man-kinde in generall The Klngdome of the whole world The Catholike Church The Kingdomes and Churches in severall This Church and Kingdome of ours The orders and degrees in each And the particular persons in them Towards this City This Parish wherein I dwell Towards all that are mine Mine Household Kindred Benefactors Friends Wel-willers Towards my poor selfe My soule and body in the gifts of grace Nature The world Now to this present and which shall bee at my time hereafter Wee lift our hearts up to the Lord For indeede it is most due and just Most meet and convenient in all and by all means in all â—indes Times and places To memorize adore confesse praise blesse Magnifie and thanke thee VVhich art the Creator Nourisher Preserver Governour Restorer Promoter and Perfecter of all Creatures Their Lord and Father Their King and God The fountain of life and Immortrlity The treasury of eternall blessing VVhom the heavens applaud and the heaven of heavens the Angels and all the Celestiall powers each to other and wee most unworthy and humble sinners under the feete of them with them Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabboth Esa 6. 3. The whole heavens and all the Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory Blessed be the glory of the Lord out of his owne place Ezek. 3. 12. Glory bee to God on high in earth peace and good will among men Blessed and praised and magnified extolled and glorified and hallowed bee thy Name O Lord The memoriall mention and remembrance thereof For the faith of the Patriarchs The hope of the Prophets The labours of the Apostles The trueth of the Evangelists The blood of the Martyrs The zeale of the Confessors The study of the Doctors Glory be to thee O Lord glory be to thee Glory be to thee for the glorifying of them In whom wee also glorifie thee Amen Glory and wisedome Honour and Virtue Praise and Riches Blessing Power Thanksgiving and Dominion Holinesse and Salvation be ascribed to our God which sitteth upon the Throne and liveth for ever and to the Lambe which was slaine Amen Great and wonderfull are thy workes ô Lord Almighty true and just are thy wayes ô thou King of Saints Rev. 15. 3. Who will not feare the Lord and glorifie thy Name for thou onely art holy and all the Nations shall come and worshipp thee for thy judgments are made manifest Praises in Particular COme and harken unto me ô all yee that feare the Lord and I will shew you what thing hee hath done for my Soule he hath created me hee hath brought me into life and hath so disposed of mee that I am A living soule and not a sensles thing A Man not a Beast Civill not barbarous Freeborne not a slave Legittimate not a bastard Of honest parentage not of base or Ignominious Of understanding not blockish Sound in sences not blind or deafe Sound in Limbs not lame or maimed Well brought up not forlorne or exposed A Christian not a Pagan Peaceable not quarelsome Cleare of dangers not swallowed up by them Cleere of infamy not wounded in credit Of sufficient estate not forced to flatter or borrow And living in the dayes of PEACE not turmoyled with hurly burly To thee O Lord Which according to thy abundant mercy hast regenerated us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 1 Pet. 1. 3 4. To an Inheritance Immortall undefiled and never fading reserved in heaven for us which hast blessed me with all spirituall blessings in heavenly things in Christ Eph. 1. 3. Which comfortest mee in all my tribulations that as the sufferings of Christ abound in me so through Christ my consolation aboundeth To thee O Lord The God of my fathers I make my confession to thee I give praise because thou hast granted me wisdome and courage in some measure and hast shewed me the things which I desired thee and hast opened thy Word unto me Unto him which Is able to doe superabundantly above that which is desired or understood according to the power which worketh in us Eph. 3. 29. To him be glory in the Church of Christ through out all generations for ever and ever As with marrow and fatnes shall my soule be satisfied and with joyfull lipps shall my soule praise him Psal. 63. 5. Evening Prayer HAving passed through this â—â—â— I give my thanks to tâ—â—e ô Lord The Evening approacheth ô blesse that also to
with us for ever Be mercifull be merciful ô Lord and pitty us and be not angry with mee to my ruine Deal not with me ô Lord according to my trangressions neither reward thou me according to my sinnes But according to thy mercy deale thou with me And according to the multitude of thy compassions reward me According to that great mercy of thine And according to that exceeding multitude of thy compassions By whatsoever is deare and acceptable to thee From all evill and misfortune at all times of necessity Rise up Lord defend and save me preserve me good Lord and destroy me not But most especially in the time of extremity in the houre of death in the day of judgment in that fearefull day good Lord deliver me From beholding the sterne countenance of the Judge Apo. 6. 6. From my standing on the left hand Mat. 25. 41. From hearing that terrible sentence depart from me you wicked Mat. 8. 12. From being bound in the chaines of darknesse Jude 5. 6. From casting out into utter darknesse Mat. 8. 12. From being thrust into the bottomles pit of fire and Brimstone where the smoake of the fire ascendeth up for ever Be mercifull O Lord spare me Have pitty O Lord and deliver me And confound me not for ever And to this end and purpose from a blinded and a hardned heart tending to impenitence Eph. 14. 19. From a wanton and brasen face tending to impudence Acts. 28. 27. From a seered conscience Pro. 7. 13. From a reprobate mind Esa. 48. 4. From the sin unto death Tit. 1. 16. And against the holy Ghost Jo. 5. 16. Mat. 12. 13. Be mercifull good Lord and deliver me Prayers against Evills Temporall FRom all evill and misfortune and all perrillous accidents in this world From the pestilence Famine and Warre From great fires inundations Earthquakes From excessive Raine drought and mil-dew From al blastings lightning and Thunder From Temptations Stormes infectious diseases and sudden death Be mercifull good Lord and deliver us Against evills in the Church FRom all Innovations private interpretations difference in doctrine contending about vaine and fruitles questions endles desputations and controversies Heresies both publique and private Schismes Scandalls From the pernicious flattering of Princes Acts. 12. 22. The partiality of Saul 1 Sam. 14. 18. The contempt of Michal 2 Sam. 6. 16. The Preisthood of Micha Judg. 17. 10. The flesh-hook of Hophni 1 Sam. 2. 16. The fraternity of Symon Magus and Judas Iscariot Act. 8. 17. Mat. 26. 17. From such as are corrupted in minde unstable and unlearned 1 Tim. 6. 5. 2 Pet. 3. 16. From the arrogance of young Schollers 1 Tim. 36. And from People that contradict their Minister speaking according to the word of God Be mercifull good Lord and deliver us Hos. 4. 4. Against evills Politicall FRom Anarchie or want of Kings From the multitude of Princes From Tyranny From Princes like Ashur Jeroboham Roboam From the cruell insolency of Hamon 2 Sam. 15. 31. From the councellors of Zoan Esa. 14. 11. From the perillous counsell of Achitophel 1 Kings 21. 13. From the Judges of Jesrael From the Lawes of Omri Micha 6. 16. From the Torrents of Belial Psa. 18. 4. The plague of Per◠Num. 25. 5. The vale of Achor Josh. 7. 26. From effussion of blood deadly feind Treason Forraign invasion Civill Warr For the displaceing of good Magistrates and the raising of evill be mercifull good Lord and deliver us From whatsoever may make against the tranquility of our Soules The health of our bodies our estates our libertie or our credit Be mercifull good Lord and deliver us Comprecation or Hosanna in the highest REmember me O Lord in the favour which thou bearest to thy People and visite me with thy salvation that I may see the felicity of thy chosen And rejoyce with the gladnesse of the Saints And give thanks with thine Inheritance For certainly there is a glory to be revealed hereafter And when the judge commeth some shal behold his joyfull countenance Job 33. 16. And be placed on his right hand Mat. 25. 32. And here that most sweet voyce come yee blessed v. 34. And be taken up to meet Christ in the Clouds 1 Thes. 4. And enter into his joy his full joy Mat. 25. 21. His joy which shall never be taken away v. 22. And enjoy that beatificall vision of him And remaine with him for evermore And they onely onely they of all the sonnes of men are blessed To grant me the vilest of men the meanest place there a place even under their feet under the feet of thine elect and of the lowest among them and to this purpose Let me finde grace in thy sight that I may obtaine the grace to serve please thee with feare and reverence Gen. 6. 8. Heb. 12. 8. And give me yet a second grace that I may not receive that grace in vaine 2 Cor. 6. 1. So farre forth as to neglect it or to be wanting to it 1 Tim. 4. 14. Heb. 12. 15. But that I may stirr it up rather so as to encrease in it and to remaine therein to my lives end 1 Tim. 4. 6. 1 Pet. 3. 18. Acts. 13. 43. And O Lord supply thou the defects of thy graces in me helpe my weake faith confirme my faint hope enflame the smokeing flax of my charity And kindle it so in my heart that I may learne to love thee first above all and my friends in thee any Enemies for thee and thy sake As I would have men to deale with me so give me grace to deale with them One thing onely let mee feare that is to feare any thing more then thee And let my heart so rejoyce in the feare of thee That this feare of mine may be my hope Lastly thou which givest grace to the humble Give me so much grace as to be humbled Comprecation of temporall blessings Hosanna in Terrenis REmember O Lord to crowne the years with goodnesse and let thy providence distill plenty For the eyes of all things waite upon thee ô Lord and thou givest them foode in due season Thou openest thy hands and fillest every Creature with thy blessing Psal. 145. 15. Vouchsafe us therefore ô Lord the blessing of the heavens and of the dew from above and of the fountaines of the deepe beneath Deut. 33. 13. 14. The precious things returned by the Sun and the precious fruits put forth by the Moone v. 15 The choicest things of the ancient mountains and the precious things of the lasting hills the precious things of the earth and fulnes thereof O make peace within our borders And fasten thou the Barres of our gates v. 19. But cloath our enemies with confusion and blesse our children among us Let our Sonnes grow up as the young plants and our Daughters be as the polished corners of the Temple v. 144. 12. Lord blesse our victualls with increase and fill us with the floure of wheate and
me an evening there is as of the day so of our life that Evening is old age age hath now surprized me Lord prosper thou that likewise unto me Tarry with me ô Lord for the evening growes upon me Luck 24. 29 And my day is much declined cast me not off now in min age forsake me not now when my strength faileth me Psal. 71. 8 9. But rather let thy strength bee made more perfect in this my weaknes 2 Cor. 12. 9. O Lord the day is vanished and gon so doth this life The night doth now approach so doth death also death without death the end both of our day and of our life is neere at hand Remember this therefore wee beseech thee ô Lord make the end of all our lives Christian-like and acceptable to thee peaceable and if it like thee painlesse translating us among thine elect unto thy heavenly kingdome O Lord thou hearest prayer to thee shall all flesh come In the morning at Noone and in the evening I will call I will cry out and thou shalt heare my voyce In the night will I lift up my hands to thy Sanctuary and will blesse thee ô Lord Psal. 133. 4. The Lord hath shewed his mercy in the day therfore at night I will sing of him and pray unto the God of my life psal. 42. 9 10. Thus will I praise thee all my life long and in thy Name will I lift up my hands Psal. 63 4 5. O let my prayers be directed as the incense and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice Psal. 141. 2. Blessed art thou ô Lord my God the God of my Fathers Psal. 144. 20. VVhich hast created the Changes of night and of day v. 22. VVhich givest rest to the weary and refreshest the weake Esa. 40. 29. VVhich givest Songs in the night Job 35. 10. And makest the out-going of the Morning and Evening to praise thee Psalme 65. 9. VVhich hast delivered us from the malice of this day Matt. 6. ult. And cuttest not off our lives like a VVeaver neither from Morning to Evening makest an end of us Esay 38. 12. As we add dayes to our dayes so we add sinnes to our sins Eccles. 5. 8. The just man falls seven times a day Frov. 24. 16. But wee wretched sinners seventy times 7 times Mat. 18. 22. But wee returne to our hearts Esa. 46. 8. And with our hearts we returne to thee Deut. 30. 2. To thee ô Lord wee returne and all that is within us saith Ps. 103. O Lord wee have sinned against thee 2. Sam. 12. 13. But we repent alas wee repent spare us good Lord Luke 17. 4. Be mercifull and spare us Be propitious to us Haue pitty upon us and spare us ô Lord Forgive us the guilt Rom. 13. 19. Take out the staines Psal. 51. 3. 9. Cure the faintnesse in us by reason of our sins psal. 146. 3. and heale our soules O God for wee have sinned against thee psal. 41. 4. Deliver mee from my unavoydable sins psal. 27. 17. Cleanse me from my secret offences psalm 19. 13. And for my Communion with the transgression of others pardon thy servant ô Lord All our good deeds thou hast wrought in us Esay 26. 12. If wee have done any thing well mercifully regard it ô Lord Our sin and our distraction is from our owne selves Hosea 13. 9. Whatsoever wee have done amisse graciously pardon it Thou which givest thy beloved secure rest grant that I may passe this night without feare Psal. 3. 6. Enlighten my eyes that I sleep not in death p. 13. 4. Deliver mee from the mighty feare from the businesse that walketh in the darke psalm 91. 5. Thou which neither sleepest at any time nor slumbrest keepe mee this night ô Lord from al evill chiefly ô Lord keepe and preserve my soule Psalme 121. 4. 7 Visite mee ô God with the visitations of thy Saints open mine eares in the visions of the night Job 33. 15 16. At least let my sleepe be a cessation from sins from labour and let me dream of nought that may offend thee or defile my selfe Prov. 4. 6. Let not my loynes be filled with illusions but let my reynes chasten mee in the night psalme 38. 8. and 16. 7. Let mee remember thee upon my bed and let mee meditate with my heart and search out my spirit Psalme 63. 6. and 77. 6. And when it shall bee time for mee to rise let mee wake with the light to thee ô Lord to thy praise and thy service Rom. 13. 11. Psal. 63. 1. O Lord into thy hands I commend my spirit my soule and my body Thou hast created thou hast redeemed them ô Lord thou God of truth Psalm 31. 5. And with my selfe I commend to thy mercifull protection all those that belong to mee and all that is mine Thou ô Lord of thy goodnesse hast bestowed them upon me Gen. 33. 5. O keep us all from evil chiefely good Lord keepe and preserve our soules Keepe them ô God keep them all spotlesse and without guilt present them in that day Psa. 121. 7. I will lay me down and sleepe in peace For thou only makest me dwell in safety Psal. 3. 5. and 4. 8. After divine service O Lord thou which hast suffered me this holy day and houre to raise my soule and give praise unto thee and offer up the glory due to thee accept then from my soul this sacrifice sprituall and send into me the grace of thy most sacred spirit ô visit me in thy great goodnesse forgive me all my sins both wilfully and unwillfully committed deliver me from the reward of them that is from everlasting punishment yea and from all distresses in this world change my thoughts into Piety Sanctifie my spirit My soule and my body Oh give me grace to adore and please thee in godlines and holines of life to the utmost end of al my dayes Amen Before thy Approaching the Holy Communion say O Lord I am not worthy nor prepared for thee to come under my sordid roofe for it is wholy desolate and ready to dropp downe quite neither canst thou with me have any fitting place for thy Reposall Mar. 8. 8. But as thou denyest to rest in the Stable and manger of bruit beasts Luk. 2. 7. As thou didst not Disdaine Simon the Kepers house and entertainement Mat. 26. 6. As thou didst not forbid the adulterous Sinner to come and touch thee Luk. 7. 19. Nor did'st abhor her impure and prophane mouth Nor yet the Theeves confession of thee upon the Crosse Luk. 7. 23. Vouchsafe O Lord to receive me likewise an over-worne and most unworthy sinner Amen In approaching the Holy Sacrament O Lord with all thanks wee commemorate the saving passions of thy Christ our Saviour This life-restoring Crosse His precious death His 3. dayes Sepulture His resurrection His ascention to heaven And his sitting on thy right hand His glorious and most Dreadfull returne thence to the