mediation of thine own dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord Amen IV. O Eternal and supreme Majesty we most humbly beseech thee to pour down the Richest of thy Mercies on thy servant the King to take him into thine Immediate and especial protection and proportion thine Assistances and RElief to the Greatness of his Needs and Destitutions O what great troubles and Adversities hast thou shewed him Thou hâ—… set up the Right hand of his Enemies and made all his Adversaries to rejoyce thou hast taken away the Edge of his Sword and givest him not Victory in the day of Battail thou hast put out his Glory and Cast his Throne down to the ground Lord how long wilt thou hide thy self for ever Behold O God our Defender and look upon the face of thine Anoynted and though thou hast permitted our sins to reduce his Affairs to this Hopelesse Condition yet from thence let thy Soveraign Mercy raise him O Lord we know not what to do only our Eyes are upon Thee O magnifie thy strength in this his greatest weakness and by thine own power effect that towards which he hath nothing of Humane Contribution create peace for 〈◊〉 and Create the means for the obtaining it Protect his â—…red person direct and prosâ—…er all his designes fasten him as 〈◊〉 Nail in a sure place and hang â—…on him all the Glory of his â—…hers House that he â—…ay be the Repairer of the Breach the Restorer of Cities to dwell in that he may be a Nursing Father to thy Church and may Comfort the waste places of Sion But if our sins have so far incensed thee that as thou hast taken away one King in thy wrath so thou wilt not give us another except it be in thine Anger if thou hast designed him to succeed his blessed Father not in his Throne but in his sufferings grant him likewise to succeed him in his Virtues Confirm to him that inward Soveraignty over his own Passions more valuable then a Thousand Kingdoms Chuse him for thy self in the Furnace of afflictions and make him so cheerfully to wear his Crown of Thorns with his Saviour here that he may receivâ—… a Crown of Glory from him hereafter and that for the Mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen V. O Thou blessed and only Potentate most just in thy Judgements and wondeâ—…ull in thy mercies we thy sinfull Creatures cast our selves down before thee desiring in all humility to adore that Justice of thine which hath suffered our iniquities to prevail against the cause and enterprises of our Soveraign and yet to praise and magnifie that mercy which hath 〈◊〉 suffer'd them to prevail â—…inst his person but hath in 〈◊〉 midst of the greatest and â—…ost amazing dangers provided him a way of escape plucked him as a brand out of the fire and by thine own gracious proâ—…ction at once defeated both the fears of his friends and â—…nd the hopes of his Enemies Praised be the Lord which hast not given him over for a prey unto their teeth And since thou hast been pleased thus far to condescend to the prayers and groaâ—… of thy servants O 〈◊〉 not our Lord be angry and we will speak beseeching thee who hast thus powerfully rescued him from Egypt not to suffer him to perish in the Wilderness but though his passage be through the red sea yet at last to bring him to a Canaan O thou whose wayes are in the great deep who madest Iosephs imprisonment the way to hiâ—… advancement and the impoverishing of Iob the means of doubling his wealth let the same over-ruling Providence dispose of all late adverse events to those ends which all Loyall hears gasp after Lord be thou pleas'd to breathe upon theâ—…â—…y bones and they shall 〈◊〉 livâ—… in thy sight In the meaâ—… time O Lord let thy comforts refresh his soul in the midst of these sad calamities sanctifie them unto him that he may come out of these tribulations like gold out of the fire purified but not consumed that so whatsoever becomes of his transitory Crown here he may by a constant enduring of temptations be secured of that Crown of life which fadeth not away grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour Amen VI. O Thou King of Nations who dost according to thy will in all the Kingdoms of the Earth who hast made us drink deep of the Cup of trembling and yet seemest to have bitter dregs behinde for us We thy wretched Creatures that have highly contributed to that common weight of sin under which the Land sinks humbly prostrate our selves at thy feet desiring with all sincere contrition to confesse that thou art Righteous in all that is hitherto come upon us All that we have hitherto sufferd being but the sad arrears of the sins of our Peace when we waxed fat and kicked against thee And that thou shalt likewise be most just in the utmost of thy future inflictions which what ever they prove cannot exceed the sins of our calamitous dayes who in the time of our distress have sinned yet more against the Lord who have passed through the fire to Moloch with an undaunted obstinacy suffer'd all the flamings of thy wrath rather than we would renounce any of our detestable things Nay as if our old were too infirm we have made new Leagues with death new agreements with hell proceeding from evil to worse and making every new Calamity thou sendst to reclaim us the occasion of some fresh impiety And now O Lord wilt thou not visit for these things shal not thy soul be avenged on such a Nation as this We are they O Lord that have perverted all thy dispensations toward us grown wanton under thy mercies and desperate under thy Judgements and is there any third method left for those that have frustrated both these Behold O Lord these desperate these gasping Patients at thy feet who have lost sense and motion to all things but the resistance of their remedy O give us not utterly over but continue to administer to us whatsoever may remove this stupefaction and bring us to a feeling of our own condition And what sharpnesse and severity soever thou disceruest necessary for that purpose forbear not O Lord to give us those wounds of a friend O say not concerning us why should ye be smitten any more but rather cast us into the place of Dragons and cover us with the shadow of death if by so doing we may be brought to remember the Name of the Lord our God Lord this is the one great necessary wherein we are principally concern'd to sollicite thee that our Eyes may be opened that we may see every one the plague of his own heart that so instead of those Atheâ—…cal disputes we make of thy providence we may all â—…oyn in an humble Adoration of thy Justice and confessing that our destruction is of our selves abhorre our selves and Repent in dust and ashes And when by thâ—… greater
is come upon us consider and behold our Reproach For our Inheritance is turned to strangers our Houses to Aliens our Necks are under Persecution we labour and have no rest Our Fathers have sinned and are not and we have born our Iniquities Yea servants rule over us and there is none that delivers us out of their hands Our Elders have ceased from the Gate and our Young men from their Musick The Ioy of our Heart is ceased our Dance is turned into mourning For the Crown is fallen from our Head and Wo unto us that We have sinned For this our heart is faint for these things our Eyes are dim But wherefore dost thou forget us for Ever and forsakest us so long time O Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned Renew our dayes as of old And do not utterly Reject us be not for ever Wroth against us O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us Daniel's Prayer and Confession in the Behalf of Himself and his People O Lord the Great and dreadfull God We have sinned and done wickedly and have Rebelled even by departing from thy Precepts and from thy Iudgements Neither have we hearkned to thy Servants the Prophets which spake in thy Name to our Kings our Princes and our Fathers and all the People of this Land O Lord Righteousness belongeth unto thee but unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day unto all that are near and far off through all the Countries whither thou hast driven them because of the Trespasse that they have trespassed against thee For we have not obeyed the Voice of the Lord our God and therefore the Curse is poured out upon us Even such a Curse as that under the whole Heaven hath not been done as hath been done unto Us. But now O Lord our God according to all thy Righteousness I beseech thee let thine Anger and thy Fury be turned away from us Hear the Prayer of thy servant and cause thy Face to shine upon thy Sanctuary which is now desolate O my God incline thine Ear and hear Open thine Eyes and behold our Desolation For I do not present these supplications before thee for our own Righteousnesse but for thy Great Mercies O Lord hear O Lord Forgive O Lord do delay not for Thine own sake O my God and for thy Peoples sake that are called by â—…y Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us Prayers for the King LOrd Remember our distressed King and all his Troubles Amen Let thine Hand hold him fast and thine Arm strengthen him Amen Let not the Enemy be able to do him violence or the Son of Wickedness hurt him Amen Let thy Truth and Mercy be ever with him and in thy Name let his Throne be exalted Amen O be thou his Father his God and his strong Salvation Amen And let him be as the Fiâ—… born and Glorious among tâ—… Kings of the Earth Amen O God make speed to savâ—… him O Lord make haste to help him II. O Most Powerful Lord God the only disposer of all the Kings and Kingdomes of the Earth who for the Punishment of the Crying sins of this Nation hast extinguished our Glory and cast the Throne down to the Ground Give us not over utterly to Ruine and Confusion But bring back in thy good time the Heir of these Kingdomes like the Sun with Healing in his Wings to repair the Breaches already made and prevent the Desolations that â—…reaten us And however thou hast been pleased to cast a cloud upon â—…im in the Morning of his Days yet leave him not in this storm Forsake him not Thou that art the God of his salvation But look upon his Wrongs and have Compassion on his Innocency O let it never be in the Power of men to barr him from the Throne to which by his Birth thou hast designed him But Guide him with those Counsels and prosper him with that success as may settle him in his Throne in Peace Or if the Guilt and Wickedness of his Opposers shall still continue to hinder this Do it after thine own way O God with thy mighty hand and stretched out Arm That they may both know and feel that thou art the Protector of Kings and the Refuge of all them who have no other Trust but Thee Grant this O Lord for the Glory of thy Name and the Comfort of thy desolate Church and People Amen O Most Mercifull God the only Sanctuary of sad and distressed souls Look down I beseech Thee upon thy servant who here with bended Knees and a wounded spirit prostrate my self before Thee For Wo unto us we have lived to see the Crown fall from our Heads and the Glory departed from our Israel even the Anoynted of the Lord driven to fly before wicked men and they who have divided his Inheritance triumphing over him But thou O Lord how long how long shall Bloody Designs and Rebellious imaginations prosper Shall not the Judge of the whole Earth do Right Or hast thou forgotten to be Gracious and shuttest up thy tender Mercy in displeasure O No Thou art the same God who in the midst of Judgment remembrest Mercy Thine Arm is not shortned that thou canst not save nor thine Ear heavy that thou canst not hear Arise then O Lord Arise Let the World see that thou art the Father of the Fatherless and the Helper of them to Right that suffer Wrong Shew it O Lord especially at this time in multiplying all thy comforts upon our distressed King And as thou hast strangely and Wonderfully delivered him from those who so eagerly hunted after his Life So let it appear to the World that thou hast not done this to make him more miserable or to continue him in the Condition of an Exâ—…e But rather that thou hast reserved him for Faithfull Hands and fairer Opportunities and more prosperous successes And though that was not the Time nor those the Means by which thou hast designed to restore the Kingdom to him Yet that thou hast not forsaken him but that He is still in thy Care still under the shadow of thy Wings who alone art able to do more for him then we can pray for and Gloriously to bring him back again by wayes we cannot think of In the mean time O Lord whilst thou thinkest fit to keep him under the sharpnesse of this Discipline Teach him to kisse the Hand that chastens him and humbly to submit his Earthly Crown to thy Divine Will and Pleasure knowing that thou canst either Restore him That when it seems good to thee Or else give him a Crown infinitely more Glorious which no man can take from him Lord He is more Precious to thee then he can possibly be to us Dispose of Him therefore in the multitude of thy Mercies And let thy Holy Spirit take so 〈◊〉 Possession and Guidance of â—…im that among all the Diffiâ—…ties of his most perplexed
Persecution be overpassed Though this year be begun in bitterness yet O suffer it not to end so But cause it to be proclaimed the acceptable yeâ—… of the Lord to all that mouâ—… in Sion As thou hast given unto tâ—… Church an Head of gold so donâ—… let her stand like Nebuchadnezaâ—… Image upon feet of clay Thougâ—… she be made to lie among the poâ—… yet thou canst cover her again wiâ—… silver wings making her featherâ—… like gold Thou art Almighty and canâ—… do it yea thou art Almercifulâ—… and wilt do it O then shew heâ—… now especially some tokeâ—… for good that they which hate her may see it and be ashamed because thou O Lord haâ—… holpen her and comforted her Give her instead of a Rent a Girdle instead of vain Repetitions the Holy Spirit and Office of Prayerâ—… for the bread of Adversity the blessed Manna of thy Word and Sacraments and for the cup of trembling and astonishment the cup of salvation Suffer not Pharaoh's thin and â—…sted Ears of corn to deâ—… those full and good Ears which have sprung up here in Gods field Neither do thou punish our former slighted â—…nty with a succeeding famine of thy Word Give unto her beauty for ashes the 〈◊〉 of Ioy for mourning the garâ—… Prayer for the spirit of beaâ—…ss Give her the custody of Angels the Patronage of Kings and Princes the hearts and â—…ds of Nobles the prayers and tears of Priests and the deâ—…ce of the whole secular Arm. O thou that hast the Key of Daâ—… that openest and no man shutâ—… open thou the mouths of thy Miâ—…rs and suffer no more any man 〈◊〉 them Open thou the doors of 〈◊〉 own House for thy servants to 〈◊〉 in and let no one dare upon 〈◊〉 pâ—…ill of their souls to keep us out And since we have taken upon us to speak unto our Lord not for the sparing of a Sodom but of this thine own Sion leâ—… not our Lord be angry and wâ—… will speak unto him once more Preserve her and all her sons anâ—… daughters in all storms and againâ—… all temptations in this present stormâ—… and against the present and all future temptations that we may do nothing to scandall our holy Calling by sacrificing our Consciences to the purchase of our case Give us innocence mixt with prudence the Doves eye in the Serpents head And teach us to beware of the Dragons Poyson even when we are made to feel the Dragons sting And when the winds shall blow fiercest against thine Ark yet then we beseech thee to preserve the Vessel though thou shalt change the Pilots And however in thy secret wisdom thou mayst suffer many of the Lights to be blown out yet we pray thee Lord be not so severe upon our justly-deserving sins as to remove the Candlestick All this and whatsoever else thou â—…e more needfull for our bleeding Mother or for any of her persecuted Children we beg at thy mercifull hands for thy Sons sake who purchased this Church with his own blood Iesus Christ our Saviour To whom with thee O Father and the ever blessed Spirit be all Honour and Glory Submission and Adoration in all places at all times in all Estates and Conditions by all men and Angels World without End Amen Amen A Prayer for the Kings Birth-day May 29. O Lord God the great disposer of Kings and Kingdomes and who in thy Mercy didst design thy servant our persecuted Soveraign Lord King Charls to be the Heir of these Kingdomes though in thy secret Judgements towards this sinfull Nation thou hast suffered the sons of violence to keep him hitherto from inheriting his Fathers Throne We thy unworthy servants are here nâ—…et together upon the Anniversary Day of his Nativity to offer unto thee a gratefull commemoration our humble thansgivings for thy great Blessing in bestowing upon us at first so hopefull a Prince And withall to bewail our unworthiness of having so good and gratious a Prince as yet to exercise his Raign over us we bewail those many sins of ours whereby we have helped to cut off the Royall Father and whereby we still assist to the keeping our of his Royall Son However we beseech thee O Lord to grant that as thy hands did fashion him and as he was fearfully and wonderfully made in his Mothers womb so his heart may still be in those hands of thine to preserve him from all danger and to mould him to all Christian and Princely Graces Give him years of Happiness and Joy for those years of bitterness and sorrow wherewith thou hast afflicted his soul. Cause him to know that the end for which he was born was not so much to govern others as to submit himself to thee and to lay his Crown and Scepter at the Feet of the Lamb. And grant Holy Father that that as now he has finished twenty nine years of his life and most of those years under the severity of thy Discipline So he may spend the Remainder of his life and may have those years doubled and trebled to him in the successes of thy favour As thou dost add days to his years so let it be thy good pleasure to add happiness to his days exchanging his Banishment into restauration and his Crown of thorns into a Crown of Majesty here of Glory hereafter This day didst thou take him out of his Mothers womb to live here a little time O mayst thou at the last day take both him and us out of our Mothers womb again even the grave and the womb of the Earth to live with thee for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Amen The Ministers Prayer for the People O Most mercifull Lord God and Lover of souls who hast given Commandment to thy Priests to weep and to pray between the Porch and the Alâ—…n and to cry spare thy people O Lord spare them O most blessed Jesu who art â—…n everlasting Priest and the great Shepheard and Bishop of our souls O most holy Spirit who dost sanctifie and preserve us building us up into an holy Temple for thy self to dwell in O Father Son and Holy Ghost three Persons and one God who delightest in the Conversion of sinners and to see souls daily added unto thy Church Bless this whole Congregation and have mercy upon this Parish who are committed to my charge to take care over their souls Lord I am unworthy of so great an honour and too unfit for so great a Burthen yet in obedience to thy Call I have undertaken it and I trust by thy Assistance to be able to feed both thy sheep and thy Lambs Keep them always within thy Fold that they may never wander nor go astray preserve them from Wolves though they should be set in the very midst of them Teach them to know thy voice and to be obedient to thy Call And when any of them shall straggle into the Wildernesse yet then Lord do not thou leave
and â—…bey him as thy Minister not â—…nly for wrath but for consciâ—…ce sake least contemning â—…ine ordinance we incur that damnation thou hast threatneâ—… to all those that resist the highâ—… powers Hear us O Lord fâ—… his sake who is the Prince 〈◊〉 the Kings of the Earth eveâ—… Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Most gracious Lord God the Ruler of Princes wheâ—… they are in their thrones anâ—… their Protector when they aâ—… in perill look down mercifullâ—… from Heaven we most humbly pray thee upon the low estate 〈◊〉 thine anointed our King comfort him in his troubles defenâ—… him in his dangers strengthen him in his good resolutions and command thine Angels to pitcâ—… their tents round about hiâ—… that he may be defended froâ—… the hands of all those that desire his hurt and may be re-established in the just rights oâ—… his throne through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O God the Father of Heaven have mercy upon him and deâ—…er him O God the Father c. O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercy upon him â—…nd deliver him O God the Son c. O God the holy Ghost proâ—…eeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon him â—…d deliver him O God the holy Ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious â—…rinity three Persons and one God have mercy upon him and deliver him O holy blessed and glorious c. Remember not Lord his offences nor the offences of his fore-Fathers neither take thou â—…engeance of his sins spare him good Lord spare thy servant â—…om thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and â—…e not angry with him for ever Spare him good Lord. From all evill and mischief from the Insurrection of wicked doers from the frowardness and madnesse of the People Good Lord deliver him From mouths full of cursing and bitternesse from all thosâ—… that speak evill of dignities and from those that slander the foot steps of thine Anointed Good Lord deliver him From them that are confederates and speak so disdainfully against him and from all thosâ—… that hate him without a cause Good Lord deliver him We sinners do beseech thee tâ—… hear us O Lord God and thaâ—… it may please thee to look upoâ—… the face of thine Anointed and to visit him with thy salvation We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to plead his cause against them thaâ—… strive with him and to fighâ—… against those that fight againâ—… him We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to hear him in these dayes of his trouble and to send him help from thy Sanctuary We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to arise and maintain his cause and to remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to give him patience in this time of adversiâ—…y untill the pit be digged up for the ungodly We beseech thee c. That it may please thee in the multitude of the sorrows that he hath in his heart to let thy comforts refresh his soul. We beseech thee c. That it may please thee not to deliver him over to the will of his adversaries nor to false witnesses risen up against him or to such as speak wrong We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to defend him under thy wings and that thy faithfulnesse and truth may be his Shield and Buckler We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to satisfie him with thy mercy and that soon so that he and we may rejoyce all the dayes of our life We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. A Prayer For the Church LOrd who hast promised to thine Apostles to be with them alwayes unto the end of the world and for a supply of their mortality hast in thy gracious providence over thy Church continued a perpetuall succession of Bishops and Pastors to feed their severall Flocks whereof the Holy Ghost hath made them overseers Inspire them by thy grace that their lips may preserve knowledge and the people seek thy Law at their mouth Bless them O Lord with the blessings of Levi blesse their substance and accept the work of their hands smite through the loyns of them that rise up against them and of them that hate them that they rise not again that they may shine forth as lights before us holding forth the word of life till we all come in the unity of Faith and the knowledge of Jesus Christ unto that perfection and fulnesse of thine everlaâ—…ing Kingdome Amen ALmighty God and gracious Father we confess against our selves that we are most worthy of all the Judgements that thou hast threatned against us these Kingdomes and this Church which is now under the Crosse and neer to utter ruin and extirpation unless thy mercy step in between thy fierce wrath and our hainous sins And howsoever the voice of our crying sins hath ascended into thine ears and stirred up destroyers to root us out that we be no more a people and that thy name be no more called upon nor hallowed by us yet we most humbly beseech thee to hear the prayers and supplications with strong cryings and tears which once our blessed Saviour offered for us upon the Crosse and in the garden and which he daily represents unto thee And for his all-sufficient merits which speak better things than the blood of Abel hear not the cry of our sins but the cry of his blood and therein wash all our sins Let our great miseries and dangers suffice for that which is past and let that Oratour in thy own bosome even thine own fatherly goodness perswade and prevail for us and purchase our deliverance and safety Hear us for our selves and others Look upon us with the eyes of pitty and compassion consider our enemies how many and how mighty they be and they bear a tyrannous hate against us Our goods our lands our lives will not suffice their boundlesse ambition our religion our souls and if it were possible our God is that they strike at curse thou their anger for it is fierce and their wrath for it is cruel Divide them in Iacob and scatter them in Israel As for us deliver us out of their hands and unite us together in the bond of peace that being freed from our many and tyrannous enemies we may ever bless thy sacred and holy name and evermore serve thee without fear in all holiness and righteousness all the dayes of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen WE beseech thee Almighty God look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to our defence against all our enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen GRant we beseech thee Almighty God that we which for our evill deeds are justly punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved through Christ our Lord Amen ALmighty and everlasting God mercifully
make him great put a stop at last to the madnesse of the people say to the destroying Sword it is now enough send us a seasonable and quiet calm visit us with the joy of thy Countenance and make us glad according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted us O restore to us our solemn Assemblies bring us back into thy Courts to praise thee and let us once more worship thee in the beauty of thy holinesse Save us O Lord from our Enemies and from the hands of all that hate us That so we may serve thee without fear living a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty looking for the blessed appearance of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. To whom with thee and the holy Spirit be all honour and praise world without end AMEN A Prayer for preservation from the Enemy O Eternall God and most mercifull Father we humbly beseech thâ—… to be mercifull unto us and in the Riches of thy unspeakable mercies be near to help and succour us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us The Rebellious are strengthned against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee and we deserve to suffer what our Enemies threaten even suddain surprizall and destruction to desolation But there is mercy with thee that thou mayst be feared and there is mercy with thee that they may not be fearâ—… Shew us therefore thy merâ—…y O Lord and let us so fear â—…ee that we may be never forâ—…d to feel or fear them And â—…hen thou wilt correct us for â—…ur sins O Lord in judgement â—…emember mercy and let us â—…all into thy hands and not into the hands of men let us fall â—…to thy hands and not into â—…he hands of ungracious and â—…godly men into thy hands â—…nd not into the hands of sacriâ—…gious and seditious men into thy mercifull hands and not into the cruell hands of thine and our enemies even for Jesus Christs sake our only Mediator and Redeemer AMEN A Confession of Sins and Prayer for Pardon O Lord of heaven and earth God of the spirits of all flesh we a most sinfull and therefore now a most miserable People do in the bitternesse of our afflicted Souls humbly fall down at the foot-stool of thy grace most sadly bewailing our many and most hainous sins We have multiplied our iniquities into a violation of thy whole Law having neither performed to thee our God nor to man the duties thou requirest of us so that by onr wicked works we have denied that most holy faith whereof our Mouths have for so long a time made profession These things O Lord have we done and because in goodnesse thou wert pleased to â—…eep silence how many of us have thought wickedly that thou â—…ert altogether such an one as â—…ur selves which either didst approve or at least wouldst not punish the Crimes that we doâ—…ed on And now in thy just judgments thou hast set our sins in order before our eyes in the continued scourge of this â—…sting Rebellion we may well perceive that the sins we have done have not been barely infirmities but Rebellions against thee In the Rapines acted upon the substance thou hast given 〈◊〉 we cannot but consider that by Oaths and Blasphemies we have robbed thee of thine Honour and have oft-times stollen much of that precious time which should have been spent in thy service Nay we have added sin to sin so that one Crime hath brought forth another Transgression and thou hast shewed us even this in thy Judgâ—… ments we now feel in that thâ—… present War hath brought forth an infectious disease and dotâ—… now threaten famine to us We confesse O Lord with all thankfulnesse of heart that thou hast been pleased to sweeten the bitterness of this Cup by many strange successes by frequent and unexpected Victories and yet thou hast so allayed each favour of thine hand with the mixture of some sudden crosse that herein thou hast set our Repentance too before the sight of our eyes and lets us see 't is mixt with so much coldnesse Hypocrisie that there may be as much guilt in such a kind of Repentance as before there was in our sins Yet return O God in great mercy return unto the many thousands of thy people do thou accept and increase in our hearts detestatioÌ„ of all wickedness that our sorrows for sin may be as compleatly perfect 〈◊〉 we desire thou shouldst make â—…ur Peace and that for times â—…ereafter our hearty observance of thy whole Law may still run along with such sorrows O let â—…ot thy scourge end in a desolation nor thine anger go on unto the height of an everlasting mine But hear us mercifull Father hasten the aversion of these thy sharp judgements from us and let not the noise of this accursed Rebellion be any longer heard in our streets Scatter thou the People that delight in War and let the blessing of Peace be upon the Heads of all those who strive and pray for this blessing and that for his sake by whose hand thou givest every blessing Jesus-Christ our Lord Amen A Prayer for the KING O Lord God infinite 〈◊〉 power by whom thâ—… thrones of Kings are established and their Persons made sacred Take we beseech thee into thy immediate and divine protection thine Anointed Servant the King that no Sacrilegious prophane hand come near to touch him in all his wayes let thy Spirit guide him and thy holy Angels pitch their Tâ—…s about him Comfort him in his troubles defend him in his dangers support him in his Cause blesse him in the confusion of all those that rise up against him shew some token on him even now O God when the Sons of Violence are in the highest of their Pride when they have joyned Nation â—…o Nation Covenant to Covenant and Army to Army to â—…ull down him whom thou â—…ast exalted and to Root out â—…hat Religion which thine own â—…ght hand hath planted Deâ—…t their purposes O thou preserver of men and let not their mischievous imaginations â—…ny longer prosper but blast â—…ll their Counsells wither away their Armies like grasse â—…orched by the Sun bow down a last their stiff necks and obdurate hearts to a desire of that Peace which hath so long been 〈◊〉 abomination to them That this miserable Nation may no further pursue their own Ruine â—…d take pleasure in shedding their own blood but being by so many bitter punishments made sensible of thy Anger for this unnaturall division may at last be reduced within their first obedience to the glory of thy Name the vindication of oâ—… defamed Religion the joy 〈◊〉 our afflicted King and the hapâ—… pinesse of this yet bleedinâ—… Kingdom And confirm all thâ—… to us O Lord by the merits and through the mediation oâ—… thine own dear Son Jesus Chrisâ—… our Lord Amen A Prayer for the preservation of the University and City of Oxford O Almighty God who are the only sure
Power nor unusuall to thy Mercy we most humbly beg for his sake to whom thou canst deny nothing even Jesus Christ the righteous Amen A thanks giving for his Majestyes safe arrival and returne to his Kingdome May 25. 1660. GLory be to God on high on earth peace good will towards men We praise thee we blesse thee wee worship thee We glorify thee and at this time in a more especiall manner with the highest expressions of our devoutest hearts We most humbly give thanks unto thee For that thou hast been pleased out of thine infinite goodness mercifully to look down upon the late low estate of our gracious soveraign That thou hast brought him from so much scornfull neglect in so most unjust so tedious a banishment to appear now so terrible unto his enemies both at home and abroad that thou hast blessed him through the sole strength of thine own arme by thine own way and at thine own time so much beyond the hopes and expectation of Man with so signal and with so dry bloudlesse a victory O Lord God heavenly King God the father Almighty O Lord the onely begotten Son Jesus Christ As thou hast thus begun with thy wonderfull providence to showre down thy blessings upon the head of the King and upon the hearts of his subjects so continue these thy favours to him and us and perfect we beseech thee that glorious work which none but thine own strength can finish the establishment of the throne in righteousnesse the settlement of the Church in purity and the uniting of these kingdoms in a well grounded and lasting peace And to that end thou that takest a way the sins of the world take away for ever from this sinfull land and Nation the foule sin of rebellion together with its monstrous of-spring the crying sins of sacrilege of perjury and hypocrisy Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father smiâ—… through the loynes of those sons of Eelial who oppose the peace of Jerusalem and that have evill will at ion Lord make the enemies of our gracious Soveraigne to fall down before him like Dagon before the Ark. That they may neither have heads to plot nor hands to put in practice any mischievous design against him So shall we still blesse and magnifie thy Name in the midst of the great Congregation so shall we thy servants never cease to be still praysing thee and saying Thou onely art holy thou onely art the Lord thou onely O Christ with the Holy Ghost art most high in the glory of God the Father To thee be all praise and honour and glory ascribed world without end Amen Errata Page 119. for VI. r. VII p. 135. l. 19. r of p. 141. l 20. r. will p â—…r l. 1. r. Psalms p. 2â—…2 l. 1. for Anin r. Anniversary p. 218. l. r. dele appointed c. p. 339. l. 3. for XI r. IX Mat. 13. 45 Mat. 8 25. Verse 26. Scilicet ut fuso Tuarorum Sangune centum Sic capitur minimo thu ris honore Deus Ovid. Quae suit â—…urum pati Mâ—…minisse dulce est Sen. Psal. 95. Psal. 100. Psal. 〈◊〉 Acts 3. Jonah 3. Psal. 5â—… Lam. 4. Psal. 130. Isaiah 65. Tob. 3. Job 5. Ose. 6. Psal. 22. Psal. 6. Psal. 25. Baruch 3. Jonah 2. Dan. 9. Psal. 51. Psal. 79. Jer. 12. 1. 2. Deut. 29. 24. Judg. 6. 13. Isa. 34. 14. Jer. 14. 21. Psal. 126. 5. 4. Cant. 2. 2. Mat. 13. 25. 1 Cor. 11. 19. Isa. 51. 22. Psal. 102. 13. 14. Isa. 51. 18. Mal. 2. 7. Isa. 30. 20. Numb 17. Heb. 9. 24. Mat. 5. 14. Mat. 21. 1â—… Mat. 8. 26. Eph 4. 14. Psal. 137. 2. 〈◊〉 1 Sam. 7. 2 Sam. 6. 14. Luke 1. Ezra 9. 9. Psal. 122 4. Isa. 33 20. Psal. 84. 1. 2. Acts 1. 7. 2 Cor. 12. 9. Jer. 51. 56. Isa. 53. 22. 1 Sam. 3. 18. Mat. 26. 30. Mat. 6. 10. 1 Pet. 2. 2. 1 King 3. 26. Isa. 49. 23. Genes 17. 18. Psol 39. 2. Joel 2. 17. Prov. 29. 18. 1 Pet. 4. 17. Ier. 31. 85. Mat. 2. 11. Lam. 1. 9. 2 Sam. 16. 12. Psal. 56. 8. Psal. 90 15. Cant. 2. 1. Isa. 62. 1. Dan. 2. 13. Psal. 68. 13. Psa. 86. 17. Gen. 41. 24. Isa. 61. 3. Rev. 3. 7. Gen. 18. 32. Judg. 6. 39. Ne devoret Serpens Columbam Mat. 10. 16. Anno 1659