And I now desire to depart this life in the Invocation and Confession of thy Name Lord I confess it and call upon it O come Lord Jesu Amen O Lord I have sinned 1. But I have not denied thee O never let the Enemie prevail with me to denie thee 2. But I believe O Lord increase my Faith and let me never be confounded 3. But I hope and what is my hope but in thee alone receive me O Lord according to thy Word and let me not be disappointed of my hope 4. But I have prepared and directed my heart to seek thee and though I am not purified according to the purification of the Sanctuarie yet O Lord Jesu quench not the smoaking flax nor break the bruised Reed 5. But I bear thy correction patiently and I hold my tongue because thou Lord hast done it 6. But I forgive those that have trespassed against me and thou hast promised forgiveness to him that forgives them 7. But I cast my self upon thee O withdraw not thy self from me and in no wise cast me out when I come unto thee 8. But I desire to depart confessing unto thee and calling on thy Name Wherefore not for my sake O Lord nor for any thing that belongs to me but for thine own sake for thy Names sake for the glorie of thy great Name and for thy Truths sake for thy many great and wonderful mercies sake for the sake of Christ the Mediator and of the Holy Ghost the Comforter receive me that am returned to my self and returning unto thee Amen And therefore O Lord my God I shew forth I offer I commemorate Between thee and me Christ the Priest the Lamb the Sacrifice Between me and Satan Christ a King a Lion a triumphant Conqueror Between me and sin Christ's Innocencie in his Life Between the punishment of me and my sins Christ's Satisfaction Passion and Bloud shedding Between me and my want of Righteousness Christ's Righteousness and unsinning Obedience Between me and my unworthiness to be rewarded Christ's Merits Between me and my want of sorrow for my sins Christ's Tears and bloudie sweat Between me and my want of fervencie in Prayer Christ's Intercession Between me and my own Conscience or the Accusation of Satan Christ the Advocate Between me and my Concupiscence Christ's Love Let it be acceptable unto thee O Lord for the same Christ's sake Amen O Lord I have sinned But I do not cover my sin I do not excuse it I willingly confess it I reflect on it in the bitterness of my soul. I abhor my self for the sins I have committed against thee O give me grace that I may judge and take vengeance on my felf that I may not depart this most miserable life without forgiveness O Lord I have not onely sinned but provoked thee with many and grievous sins yet I beseech thee remember that I am but flesh even a wind that passeth and cometh not again * And the mercie of my blessed Saviour can avail more towards the salvation of me a sinner than my iniquitie can do to my destruction Amen * O Lord Jesus in thee there was found no cause of death and yet didst thou suffer death for me I have deserved death give me grace O Lord that I may not fear to die and that I may be prepared for it Amen * O Lord Jesus for those bitter pains which thou didst endure on the Cross for me a most miserable Creature and especially at that hour when thy most pretious soul went forth from thy blessed body I beseech thee have mercy on my Soul when she takes her flight and bring her unto life eternal Amen Absolution OUr Lord Jesus Christ who hath lest power to his Church to Absolve all sinners which truly repent and believe in him of his great mercie forgive thee thine offences And by his Authoritie committed to me I Absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen Consecrations Ordinations O Lord I am now at thy Altar at thy work keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man lest I be partaker of other mens sins but that I may keep my self pure in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord give me grace that as oft as they shall come in my way I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Grant O Lord I beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee let thy continual mercie cleanse and defend thy Church And because it cannot continue in safetie without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glorie of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For his Episcopal Charge * O God the Pastor and Governor of all thy faithful people look down in mercie upon me thy servant whom thou hast been pleased to appoint chief Pastor of the Church of Canterbury grant I most humbly beseech thee that I may profit those whom I am set over both by my Doctrine and my Example that I together with my Flock committed to my charge may come at last to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O my God my most merciful Father let thy grace work so in me that I may be truly humble in the refusal of every great Office and yet obedient to undertake it that I may be faithful in the possession and courageous in the administration of it that I may be watchsul in ruling them earnest in correcting them servent in loving them patient in bearing with them prudent in governing them That in behalf of those who are under my care I may wrastle with God when he has a Controversie with them and stand in the gap when he is angrie through the faith and merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen O Lord as the rain cometh down from Heaven and returns not thither but waters the Earth and makes it bud and bring forth that it may give seed to the sower and bread to him that eateth So let thy Word be that goeth out of my mouth let it not return to me void but accomplish that which thou wilt and prosper in the thing whereto thou hast sent it that the people committed to my charge may go out with joy and be led forth in peace to thy freshest waters of comfort in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Son of God thou which takest away the
the Merits and by the Grace of the same Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the Members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may serve thee and thou bless them through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gracious Soveraign treasure up in him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that he may live long and be full of honourable success all his days in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any near Reference the place where I was born c. every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom-Friends Dr. c. all those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy Servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me service even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the afflicted Members of the Body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my Estate as theirs is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorn of the World Amen * O Lord Jesus give me to do what thou commandest and command what thou wilt Prepare my Soul against thy coming and come when thou wilt Give me if it please thee a most serene Patience but at least as much as is sufficient for me and come how thou wilt O thou that art the Saviour of all that hope in thee And moreover I beseech thee O Lord Jesus interpose thy Death Cross Passion Merit and Bloud between thy Judgment and my Soul now and ever and especially in the hour of my death Which Death I earnestly beg may never be sudden may it never come and find me unprepared and when it comes never let it rage so but that I may retain Faith Hope and Charity a sound Memory and Understanding even to the last gasp And be thou my Defender O God Grant mercy and pardon to my sins to thy Church Peace and Concord to me the chief of Sinners Grace in this life and Glory in the life to come So even so come O Lord Jesus and have mercy upon me Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes onely give me I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. The daily Examination of Conscience * O My Soul 1. Hast thou given God thanks for the Benefits which thou hast received 2. Hast thou prayed for the assistance of Gods Grace that thou may'st know thy sins and cast them out 3. Hast thou call'd thy self to an account for the sins thou hast committed this present day by thought word and deed in every hour since thou hast been awake 4. Hast thou begg'd pardon for thy offences and hast thou purpos'd through Gods Grace to amend them Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever World without end Amen A daily Prayer O Lord forgive me all my sins that are past O Lord strengthen me against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c O Lord fill my heart with thankfulness and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude O Lord let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the days of my life O Lord give me a faithful a patient a penitent a persevering heart in thy service that so I may with comfort daily nay hourly expect when my Change shall come So Amen Lord Jesus Amen For the King O Lord grant the King a long life that his years may endure as many ages Furnish him with wise and safe Counsels and give him a heart of courage and constancy to pursue them O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness for him that they may preserve him so will I always sing Praises unto thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear the King in the day of his trouble that thy Name O God of Jacob may defend him Send him help from thy Sanctuary and strength out of Sion Grant him his hearts desire and fulfil all his mind Set his heart firm upon thee and upon other things but as they are in and from thee that we his Servants under thee may see with joy that thou helpest thine Anointed and that thou wilt hear him from thy holy Heaven even with the wholsome strength of thy right hand And O Lord close not mine eyes till I see thy favour shine out upon him even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For the Church O Lord we humbly beseech thee to keep thy Church and Houshold continually in thy true Religion that they which do lean onely upon hope of thy heavenly Grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power And that I may humbly and faithfully serve thee in this thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Gracious Father I humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholick Church fill it with all Truth in all truth with all Peace Where it is corrupt purge it where it is in error direct it where it is superstitious rectifie it
good Journey * O Lord I deserve not the guidance of a Star to guide me yet I beseech thee grant me a good Journey seasonable Weather and a happie return that thy holy Angel being my Companion and Protector I may arrive happily to my Journeys end and back again to my own home and at last to the Port of everlasting Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Be present with me O Lord and preserve thy Servant be thou my Upholder when I am in slipperie places and be thou my Haven when I am in danger of shipwrack that by thy guidance I may finish this Journey prosperously and at length return in safetie to my own place through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Give ear O Lord to my Supplications and so dispose the way of thy Servant that amidst all the changes and chances of this life and this way I may ever be defended by thy most gracious help through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord save me thy servant who put my trust in thee send me help from thy holy place and defend me out of Sion Be thou unto me a strong tower from the face of my Enemie Let the Enemie have no advantage over me nor the Son of Wickedness approach to hurt me O make my Journey prosperous to me thou that art the God of my Health O Lord hear my Prayers and let my Crying come unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Rain O God heavenly Father whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall the Earth is fruitful Beasts increase and Fishes do multiply send us we beseech thee such moderate Rain and showers that we may receive the Fruits of the Earth to our comfort and to thy honor through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Fair Weather O Lord God who for the sin of Man didst once drown all the World except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise never to destroy it so again we humbly beseech thee that though we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a Plague of Rain and Waters yet upon our true repentance thou wilt give us such Weather whereby we may receive the Fruits of the Earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives and for thy Clemencie to give thee praise and glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Fasting O Lord the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee are fallen upon me Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me they that sate in the gate also spake against me and the drunkards made songs upon me But Lord I make my Prayer unto thee and I hope in an acceptable time O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies which are in Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen In Lent O Lord which for our sake didst fast fortie days and fortie nights give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glorie who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost Amen The Fast of the four Ember-weeks ALmightie God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church give thy Grace I humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any Office and Administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and innocence of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glorie of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Earnest Prayer STir up I beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful People that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of Afflictions Perils and Adversities IF I find favour in thine eyes O Lord thou wilt bring me again and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle and set me right in thy service and make me joyful and glad in thee But if thou say O for Jesus his sake say it not I have no pleasure in thee behold here I am do with me as seemeth good in thine own eyes Amen O Lord though I be afflicted on every side let me not be in distress Though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all Though I be chastned yet let me not be forsaken Though I be cast down let me not perish And though my outward man decay and perish yet let my inward man be renewed daily even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me I will hold my peace and not open my mouth because it is thy doing and my deserving Amen O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy Word For before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I prayed that I may keep thy Law And it is good for me that I have been in trouble that so I may learn still to keep it better in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen I know O Lord that thy Judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort according to thy Word unto thy Servant even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord Almightie O God of Israel the Soul that is in trouble and the Spirit that is vexed crieth unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercie for thou art merciful and have pitie upon me because I have sinned before thee For thou endurest for ever but unless thou have mercie I utterly perish Have mercie therefore even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord remember thy promise that the poor shall not always be forgotten nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever Amen Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my Soul in Adversities Amen Have mercie upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness yea my soul and my bodie My strength faileth me because of mine iniquities and my bones are consumed I am even become like a broken Vessel For I have heard the blasphemie of the multitude and fear is on every side But my hope hath been and is in thee O Lord thou art my God save and deliver me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Why art thou so full of heaviness O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance O my God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee Amen
his sake Amen Lord keep me from the snare which malicious men have laid for me and from the traps of wicked doers If they will not repent let them sall into their own nets together but let me ever escape them Amen O Lord I pour out my complaints before thee Consider them for I am brought very low O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me Amen In time of Fear LOrd make me remember that the fear of thee is clean and that thy Judgments are true and righteous altogether Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may so carrie my self and that courage that I may so bear up my self as that I may fear none but thee nothing but that wherein I offend thee even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In Poverty O Lord when thou makest inquisition for blood remember and forget not the complaint of the Poor Arise O Lord God and lift up thy hand forget not the Poor Take his cause into thy hand for he commits himself unto thee and thou art the helper of the friendless O be so still even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O praise the Lord ye that fear him and magnifie him all ye of the seed of Jacob For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the Poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him O bow down thine ear and hear him still O thou holy One of Israel Amen I am poor and needy O God make haste unto me Thou art my helper and my deliverer O Lord make no long tarrying Amen In Imprisonment O Lord have mercie up-me and bring my soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name even in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord blessed is the man that hath thee for his help and whose hope is in thee O Lord help me and all them to right that suffer wrong Thou art the Lord which loosest men out of Prison which helpest them that are fallen O Lord help and deliver me when and as it shall seem best to thee even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thine indignation lies hard upon me and though thou hast not for thy mercie is great vexed me with all thy storms yet thou hast put my acquaintance far from me and I am so fast in Prison that I cannot get forth Lord I call daily upon thee hear and have mercie for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou which bringest the Prisoners out of captivitie while thou lettest the Runagates continue in scarceness Have mercie upon me and deliver me out of the Prison and affliction in which I now am and give me grace that being free I may faithfully and freely serve thee all the days of my life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Against Banishment LOrd send me not to the waters of Babylon that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion that no mans crueltie may lead me away captive nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness But that in my Countrie where I learned to serve thee I may live to honour thee all the days of my life even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Against the Violent O Lord the ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me yet make me the more thankful and the more careful to consider thy testimonies Amen O Lord they draw nigh that of malice persecute me therefore be thou nigh at hand to help me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Many O Lord they are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swerve from thy Testimonies Yes Lord I do daily swerve from them Quicken me as thou art wont Amen O take from me shame and rebuke and I will keep thy Testimonies O take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy Judgments are good O Lord do this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For strength in Martyrdom LOrd make me remember the bones of thy Saints how they lie scattered before the pit even as when one heweth wood upon the earth O Lord mine eyes look unto thee in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In time of Dearth BE merciful O Lord and remember us that we be not confounded in these perilous times and that in these days of dearth we may have enough and a free heart and hand to bestow it upon thy poor ones even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord our sins have prevailed against us yet be thou merciful unto our transgressions O visit the Earth and prepare Corn for the Inhabitants thereof Crown the year with thy goodness and let no cloud drop other than fatness that the very Hills may rejoyce on every side that the Pastures may be covered with sheep and the Vallies with corn that thy People may rejoyce and sing unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God heavenly Father who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness thereof all things necessarie for their bodily sustenance Behold we beseech thee the afflictions of thy People and grant that the scarcitie and dearth which we do now most justly suffer for our sins may through thy goodness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plentie for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be mercifully pleased to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the Earth so that in due time we may enjoy them and praise thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of War O My God though mightie Nations gather together on heaps yet let them be broken in pieces though they take counsel together bring it to nought For though they pronounce a decree yet it shall not stand if thou O God be with us Be with us therefore O God for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed be thou O Saviour of Israel which didst destroy the assault of the mightie man by the hand of thy servant David and gavest the Host of strangers into the hand of Jonathan shut up this Armie in the hand of Israel and let them be confounded with their power and with their horse-men Make them afraid and consume their boldness and strength that they may be astonished at their own destruction Cast them down by the sword of them that love thee that we which love thy Name may praise thee and sing unto thee Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord of Hosts give us strength that we may follow on upon our enemies and overtake them and not return till we have destroyed them O gird us
our souls more especially but even from our bodies also through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans understanding pour into my heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ENcline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the apple of thine eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I cry unto thee let my Prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening-Sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him Amen O Lord of all power and might who art the author and giver of all good things graft in my heart the love of thy Name increase in me true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great mercie keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me know my end and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span long and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanitie For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord I give and offer up unto thee my self and all that is mine my actions and words my repose and silence onely do thou preserve and guide me and direct my hand mind tongue to things that are honest and acceptable to thee and withdraw me from any thing from which it were better to abstain by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen TUESDAY LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornful but that my delight may be in thy Law O Lord and my exercise in it day and night Amen * O Sun of Righteousness Father and Original cause of all things when we are influenc'd from above by thee we receive new life when we are cherisht by thy blessed beams we grow up in Grace when we are inflamed by thy love we are made perfect when we are forsaken of thee we perish O thrice-happie are they upon whom thou arisest with the dew of mercie O Lord Jesus bless me with thy light and scatter the clouds of my ignorance and the thick darkness of my sins that I may not go astray from the way of thy Commandments but follow thee unto Light eternal through thee thy self my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance I humbly beseech thee preserve my foot from taking even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord give me I beseech thee the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me Shew me thy ways O God and teach me thy paths Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or my riper age but according to thy mercie think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almightie God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my bodie and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversitie which may happen to my bodie and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen HEarken unto my voice O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercie upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Amen At evening morning and at noon-day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against me Amen Let thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the Prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my Petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee have mercie upon me My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God But let them have no cause to say it any more even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen ALmightie God which shewest to all men that are in errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of Righteousness grant I beseech thee unto me and all them that are admitted into the Fellowship of Christs Religion that we may eschew those things which are contrarie to our Profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord my Saviour in whose power it is to remit sins I beseech thee say unto me Loose thee from thy chains come out of the bonds of thy sins and when thou sayest it loose those cords of my errours wherewith I am entangled and bound for though I am the most wicked of all men and to be abhorred by reason of my continuance in sins yet when thou commandest I shall be free from them
me that I may learn from thee what I ought to teach others concerning thee Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evil and preserve me from the cruel man which imagines mischief in his heart and stirs up strife all the day long The proud have laid a snare for me and spread their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed give unto me and all thy servants that Peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy Commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen HAve mercie upon me O God have mercie upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these and all other my afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercie and truth upon me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O merciful Lord who comest not in to the proud heart humble thou my soul. O thou who art seen by those onely that are pure in heart give me true puritie of heart O Lord I am athirst for thee give me the pledge of the Inheritance which is to come give me at least a drop of thy heavenly showers to refresh my thirst for I burn with Love Neither do I beg this for my own merits for I am most unworthie so much as to tast it but for thy mercies and the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Almightie God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and bodie in the waies of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy mightie protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in bodie and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O Lord I crie unto thee hearken unto me O God Thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak And in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Grant O Lord to me that am lying down to sleep rest both of bodie and soul. Preserve me from the dismal sleep of sin from all the black defiling pleasures of the night Quench the fierie Darts of the evil one which he aims craftily against me Subdue the Rebellions of my flesh and lay asleep in me all earthly and worldly thoughts through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the glorie of thy Names sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved And grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercie and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glorie through our onely Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen FRIDAY * O Great God Almightie God God of infinite goodness whom we ought to believe and apprehend to be inviolable and incorruptible O thou Trinitie in Unitie whom the Catholick Church adores I that have experienc'd thy mercie in my self do most humbly entreat thee that thou wouldest not suffer those men to differ from me in thy Worship with whom I have perfectly agreed in all conversation from my Childhood and suffer thou not either me or them to wander from thy truth and salvation which is in Christ Jesus Amen Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhor my soul neither hide thy face from me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almightie and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the Cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humilitie mercifully grant that I may both follow the example of his patience and be made partaker of his resurrection through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy Familie for the which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the Cross who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen Almightie and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole bodie of the Church is governed and sanctified receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truly and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen * 'T Is now long O Lord that I have been striving against Heresies and I am almost tired Come my Lord Jesus thou most mightie Warrier thou Captain of the Armies of the Lord who hast overcome the Devil and the World lay hold on the shield and buckler and stand up to help me Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercie O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul. Amen Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord O pluck my feet out of the net Amen Almightie God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of my necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Remember not my old sins but have mercie upon me and that soon for I am come to great miserie Help me O God of my salvat io n deliver me and be merciful unto my sins for thy Names sake Amen Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise and that for thy loving mercie and for thy truths sake Amen * O thou Father Son and Holy Ghost one God who hast declared unto us
Amen Lord give me grace that I may dwell under the defence of the most highest and that I may abide under thy shadow O thou Almightie for thou art my hope and my strong hold in thee will I trust through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou which declarest thy Almightie power most chiefly by shewing mercie and pitie give unto me abundantly thy grace that I running to thy promises may be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou art my hope and strength a very present help in trouble confirm me that I may not fear though the earth be moved and the hills carried into the midst of the sea though the waters thereof rage and swell and the mountains shake at the tempest of the same O be in the midst of my soul and I shall never be moved Amen O Lord look upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do to those that fear thy Name Order my steps in thy Word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me Amen Almightie God give unto me I beseech thee a full increase of Faith Hope and charitie And that I may obtain that which thou dost promise make me love that which thou dost command through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I call upon thee in the day of my trouble in the night of my heaviness O deliver me and I will glorifie thee Amen O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing And grant that thy correction may amend me and make me thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Look on me also O Lord Jesus that I may call to mind my own sins and wash away my offences with tears grant me I beseech thee the tears of St. Peter I would not have the joy of a sinner That I may obtain this turn thee O Lord and look upon me and grant the same Cock may waken even me a most miserable sinner that being delivered I may sing unto thee for ever and ever Amen O eternal God and merciful Father grant I humbly beseech thee that I may love all those things which thou commandest and desire that which thou dost promise that amongst the sundrie and manifold changes of the world my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen WEDNESDAY O Lord I have sinned and dealt wickedly nay offended in all thine Ordinances Let thy wrath turn from me for I am weak and hear my prayers and deliver me for thine own sake and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Gracious Father without thee I can do nothing but sin nor can I confess it to have pardon but by thee I was conceived and born in sin And though thou didst wash me from that in the laver of Baptism yet I have since defiled my self again and by many grievous actual sins have made my self a sinner above all other men considering the great measure of grace that thou hast given me Lord increase thy grace and by it weaken first and then cut off my resistance that I may see and confess and hate and forsake all my sins and find mercie and salvation in the merits of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O Lord early this morning do I crie unto thee for in thy Word is my trust Hear me O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust O shew me the way that I should walk in this day and all the days of my life for I lift up my soul unto thee in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen DEliver me O Lord from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain But Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee and there let it still continue acceptable in Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord look upon me in mercie in the greater mercie because the Calling and Place I am in must give a stricter account to thee Look therefore upon me O Lord but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the Bloud of Christ not till I have hid my self in the Wounds of Christ that so the punishment which should else overtake me may pass over me then look and say unto my soul I have forgiven thee and by the work of thy mercie in my soul make me feel it through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen * O Lord who bringest the great Flocks to perfection and increasest the little ones by thy Grace comfort me abundantly according to the exceeding greatness of thy bountie and feed and preserve my Flock together with my self through Jesus Christ the chief Shepherd and our onely Saviour Amen O Lord plead thou my cause with them that strive with me and fight against them that fight against me Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me Say unto my soul I am thy Salvation Even so Amen Give ear O Lord unto my Prayer and ponder the voice of my humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me Amen Deliver my soul O God from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue Amen Keep me O Lord thy poor humble servant with thy perpetual mercie And because the frailtie of man without thee cannot but fall preserve me ever by thy help and lead me to all things profitable to my salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me such Grace as I may seek thee while thou mayest be found and call upon thee while thou art near that I may detest and forsake the wickedness of my ways and the unrighteousness of my own imaginations that I may return unto thee and thou have mercie upon me in Jesus Christ my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen Teach me thy ways O Lord and I will walk in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Amen Lord I beseech thee grant that thy Grace may alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercie upon me O God after thy great goodness and according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin for I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousness Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen * Vouchsafe O Lord to hear my Prayers According to thy good pleasure drive out the Enemie