Spirit Fourthly The holy Catholique Church The mysticall body of Christ the head and them which the Spirit hath called out of the whole world To the beleife of the divine truth To a holy conversation To the mutuall participation of all the members of the body To the Communion of Saints and remission of sins in this world and hope of Resurrection and translation to life eternall in that to come I beleeve Lord supply the defects of my Faith That I may love thee the Father Reverence thee the Almighty That I may commit the keeping of my Soule to thee as to a faithfull Creator 1 Pet. 4. That I may ever give thankes to thy word and onely begotten Sonne as the purger of our nature in our conception and Birth As the Redeemer of our persons By his Passion By his Crosse By his Death As the triumpher over hell in his Descension over death his Resurrection As our forerunner in his Ascension As our Advocate in his Intercession As the Repairer of our Faith in his second comming That Christ may bee formed in us That wee may be conformed to his Image in good workes Conception in Faith Birth in humility For his Passion-sake to have sympathie with him as suffering for us To suffer for him when it shall please him to have an antipathie with sin as the cause of his Passions To Revenge sin in us To Crucifie sin in us To Mortifie sin in us To Burie sin in us To make us conformable to his Descension into hel by our often comming there by meditation To his Resurrection rising againe to newnesse of life To his Ascension seeking and labouring after those things that are above To his Judgment judging our owne selves that we may not be condemned with the world To make us remember when wee are cold in prayer and want any grace or heavenly comfort Thy Seate Thy Appearing Thy Intercession To make us never forget when wee burne through concupiscence and sinfull lust His dreadful and fearefull tribunall and often to thinke on the last trumpe That for thy Christ his sake the onely begotten of thee the Father wee may receive thine anointing the grace of Sanctification the unspeakeable gift of the Holy Ghost In a happy conjunction flowing knowledge fervent prayer diffusion of charity That I may not quench the Spirit or resist him or make him sad or at any time dishonour him That we may be called in thy catholick Church living members both by now and holy affection That we may be common partakers of holy persons actions prayers Liturgies or publique service to the full assurance of remission of sinnes Hope of Resurrection and translation to life eternall Lord increase my Faith as a grain of Mustard seed Not a dead Faith Not a temporary Faith Not a hypocritical Faith Destroying the Law But working by charity co-operating with good works subservient to vertue A living Faith A pure Faith A holy Faith Amen A Confession of sins Lord I confesse I was borne in iniquity and in sinne did my Mother conceive me Psal. 51.7 A roote of bitternesse A vine of Sodome A spawne of Vipers A wild Olive branch A son of wrath A vessel of wrath 1. A rebellious heart like a deceitfull bow 2. A mouth like an open sepulchre full of folly 3. Polluted lips 4. A tongue a world of wickednesse 5. Eyes full of adultery 6. Vncircumcised eares like a deafe Adder 7. A whorish forehead like brasse 8. A hard necke like an iron sinew 9. Hands slow to good 10. Feete swift to evill Whatsoever I have done either was a Spiders web or Basiliskes egge I have sinned before the Lord Thee the Lord and done this evill in thy sight I am by nature corruption a worme very dust By sin a slave of Satan and most vilde firebrand of hell I have sinned sins many in number more than there are drops of water in the Sea starres in Heaven haires on my head Of many kindes In many places on every greene field under every greene tree Often reiterated at severall turnes as a Fountaine casteth out her waters Ier. 6.7 Till they became habituall as skarlet Esa. 1.18 I sold my selfe to doe wickednesse 1 King 21.25 Till they became naturall like a Leopards spots or Ethiopians skinne I have sinned large sins Esa. 57.8 hard sins Ier. 30. 14. Great in quantity v. 15 Long from my Mothers wombe Psal. 24.11 Thicke cords of vanity Esa 5. 18. Deepe heavy as a burden Lead Psa. 38. 4. Having their cry reach to heaven I have sinned heinous sinnes because fruitelesly vainely for a handfull of corne for a peece of bread because with greedinesse Ephes. 4.19 One sin after another because with a whores forehead Ier. 3. 3. Because deceitfully Gal. 2.18 Iam. 4. 10. Because even to offence because I have been unthankfull Rom. 1.21 As a dog to the vomit as a sow to the wallowing in the mire 2 Pet. 2.22 But deliver mee from them O Lord because thou art righteous and upright are thy judgements Psal. 119.137 I eate the fruit of a lye For what fruite have I now of those things whereof I am ashamed Rom. 6.21 Broken cisternes which can hold no water Ier. 2. 13. My dayes are passed away in thy wrath my yeares are as a tale that is told Psal. 90.9 Thou hast given me up to a reprobate minde to doe the things that are not convenient Rom. 1.28 There is no soundnesse in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sinne Psal. 38.3 Adde hither the confusion that is continually before me and the shame of my face that hath covered me Psal. 44.15 Moreover my troubled minde and feare because of thy judgements Lastly bitternesse worse than of death both because I have forsaken God and am forsaken by him Woe be to me revolter that I have done these things See O Lord how vilde I am become even abhorring my owne selfe I waste for very griefe What shall I say or how shall I open my mouth what shall I answer seeing I have done these things Esa. 38.15 To which of the Saints may I flee Wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death Rom. 7.24 Since I can neither say or doe more I will lift up mine eyes toward thee Though I bee unworthy to looke towards thee yet I will looke towards thee Out of the deepe have I called to thee O Lord Lord heare my prayer Psal. 130.2 If thou beest strict to observe what is done amisse Lord who shall be able to abide Enter not into judgement with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shal no man living be justifyed Psal. 143.2 I appeale therefore O Lord from thee to thee From thee being Just to thee being Mercifull From the throne of justice to the throne of grace From thee being a Judge to thee being a Father in Christ Accept O Lord this humble appeale Suffer me not
kind patient long-suffering slow to wrath long containing it selfe Winking at the sins of men because they should amend Wisd. 11.23 Hee being full of compassion for bare them 40. yeares and forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not Yea many a time turned he away his anger and stirred not up all his wrath Psal. 78.38 O that thou hadst knowne this It is the mercy of God that wee are not all consumed Secondly milde in correction so that his judgments want not mercy his punishments are parts of mercy I will visite their transgression with a rod and their iniquity with stripes neverthelesse my loving kindnesse will I not utterly take from him Psal. 89. 32. He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities Psa. 103. 10 Little correction sufficeth a Father for great offences How shall I give thee up Ephraim Hos. 11.8 Thirdly Placability because his wrath is easily appeased Hee will not alwayes chide neither will hee keepe his anger for ever Psal. 103.9 His anger endureth but a moment Psal. 30.5 In a little wrath hid I my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindnesse will I have mercy on thee c. Esa. 54.8 In wrath hee remembreth mercy Hab. 3.2 When I said my foote slippeth thy mercy O Lord helped me Psal. 104. 13. I said I will confesse my transgression unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Ps. 32.5 David said I have sinned against the Lord and Nathan said unto David The Lord hath put away thy sinne thou shalt not dye 2 Sam. 1. 8. Though for no other cause yet for mine owne sake saith the Lord Esa. 43.25 The Lord is mercifull and will not keepe anger for ever Ier. 3.12 The Lord waiteth that he may be gracious unto you Esa. 30.18 Fourthly Compassion for though we suffer deservedly yet hee pityeth us in our misery He is said to have bowels of mercy or tender mercy Luk. 1.78 The Lord is very pityfull and of tender mercy Iam. 5.11 Neverthelesse he regarded their affliction when he heard their cry Psal. 106. 44. Hence hee heareth sinners being in trouble who in their prosperity knew him not If wee seeke him in the time of trouble he will heare us and be mercifull to us Fifthly Readinesse to pardon Psal. 130.4 As David at first would not looke on Absalon yet afterwards kissed him A Father will not only pardon a prodigall Son returning but put on him a robe and a ring and kill a fatted calfe Lu. 15.22 There is joy and triumph in heaven over one sinner that repenteth Luk. 7. Neither doth God onely pardon small faults but great sinnes They say if a man put away his wife and shee goe from him and become another mans shall hee returne unto her againe shall not that woman be greatly polluted but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers yet returne againe unto me saith the Lord Ier. 3. 1. And thus he did to his Disciples leaving him Peter denying him with an oath the theefe blaspheming him and the Jews crucifying him Act. 3.15.19 He is kind unto the unthankfull and to the evill Luk. 6.35 Sixthly Neither doth he onely grant pardon but grace also preventing following compassing about on every side Psal. 79.8 23.6 32.10 Seventhly What ever good worke we doe being assisted by his grace he will reward it Hee crowneth us with loving kindnesse and tender mercies Psal. 103.4 He is mercifull and rewardeth us farre above what we deserve He suffereth not a cup of cold water to be given without a reward Eightly Neither is he mercifull by nature onely but also by practice Hee hath learned to be gracious and shewed it for ever of old Psal. 25.6 We say rightly therefore Our Fathers trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver them Psal. 22.4 Hath God forgotten to be gracious hath he in anger shnt up his tender mercies Psal. 77.9 The Fountaine is not dryed up his hands are not shortened his eares are not heavy Where are thy former loving kindnesses Psal. 89.49 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for I have said mercy shall be built up for ever Ninthly As God sheweth mercy so he promiseth it so saith David Remember the word unto thy Servant upon which thou hast caused mee to hope Psal. 119.49 For what if some did not beleeve shall their unbeleefe make the faith of God without effect Rom. 3.3 If Isaac could not change his word Gen. 27. 33. The Persians theirs Dan. 6.8 Nor Pilate his Iob. 19. 22. Surely Gods promises shall never be altered I will not let thee goe except thou blesse me Gen. 32.26 Yea Lord even dogges eate of the crummes that fall from their Masters table Mat. 15.27 But all these are as one in Christ whereby are given unto us many great and pretious promises 2 Pet. 1.4 And in whom all promises are yea and Amen 2 Cor. 1. 19. Whom to have named is sufficient Jesus thou Sonne of David have mercy on us Mat. 15.22 Jesus this is his name because he saveth us from all our sinnes Mat. 1.21 Lord do not so remember my sins as to forget thy mercy Aug. Sonne of David who forgave railing Shimei thy sworne enemy And thou Lord forgive Christ heare us Christ intercede with us and for us Expiate our sinnes Procure thy Fathers favour give us what thou art thy selfe Say to my Soule I am thy salvation Thy apostle hath not said in vaine This is a faithfull saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chiefe 1 Tim. 1.15 Where sinne abounded grace did much more abound Rom. 5.20 He hath concluded them all in unbeleife that hee might have mercy upon all Rom. 11.32 He commandeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ dyed for us Rom. 5.8 And another Apostle speaketh to the same purpose Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes the Just for the unjust that he might bring us to God 1 Pet. 3.18 So a third Mercy rejoyceth against Judgement Iam. 2.13 And a fourth if any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes and not for our sins onely but also for the sinnes of the whole world 1 Io. 2.1,2 Yea he himselfe saith Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest Mat. 11.28 I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Luk. 5.32 These words have not beene uttered in vaine they cannot be so uttered Wherefore in the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soule Psal. 94. 19. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that wee may obtaine mercy and finde grace to helpe in the time of need Heb. 4. ult. Now therefore O our God heare the prayer of thy servant and his supplications and cause thy
call to minde any persons in particular whō you have so offended 8. Severall parts of prayer to be used by the sicke party taken out of Scripture ANd now O Lord what is my hope truely my hope is in thee Psal. 39. 7. Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth and of them that remaine in the broad sea Though hee kill mee yet will I trust in him Ioh. 13. 15. Though I walk through the vale of the shadow of death yet will I feare none evill Psal. 23. 2. 4. Lord thou knowest whereof wee bee made thou remembrest we are but dust Psal. 103. 14. Call to minde we are but flesh a winde that passeth away and commeth not againe Psa. 78. 39. Remember Lord of what time I am what our substance is wherefore hast thou made all men for nought Psal. 89. 47. Lord considermy complaint for I am brought very low Let my present misery more prevaile to moove compassion than my sinnefull life past to provoke thine indignation Lord how long wilt thou be angrie with thy servant that prayeth Behold Lord I shew the lowlinesse of a suppliant shew not thou to me the rigour of a Judg. Ne quaeso premat Sententia Iudicis Quem sic submittit Petitio supplicis O deliver not thine owne inheritance over into the will of thine enemy Psal 119. 94. I am thine O save me I am thine carest thou not that I perish Mar. 4. 38. Behold O Lord how that I am thy servant I am thy servant and the sonne of thine hand-maid Psal. 116. 16. Thine unprofitable evill servant yet thy servant Thy lost unkind child yet thy child Luk. 15. Though I have not shewed to thee the duty and affection of a child yet doe not thou cast from thee the naturall kindnesse and compassion of a Father I commend my selfe into thy hands as unto a faithfull Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. Receive O Lord thine owne creature not made by any strange god but by thy selfe the onely true and living God despise not O Lord the worke of thine owne hand Psal. 138. ult. Lord I am created to thine owne Image and likenesse Gen. 1. 26. Suffer not O Lord suffer not thine Image to bee utterly defaced but renue it againe in righteousnesse and true holinesse Ephes. 4. 24. I commend my selfe into thine hands for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth Psal 31. 5. Behold Lord I am the price of thy blood of thy most pretious blood 1 Cor. 6. ult. Suffer not so great a price to perish Suffer not that to be cast away that thou hast so deerely bought O Lord thou camest downe from heaven to redeeme that which was lost suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed Behold O Lord thou art in the middest of us thy name is called upon us we are called by thy name Christians Dan. 9. 19. For thy names sake be mercifull unto us Psa. 25. 11. Spare thine own name in us Psal. 19. 9. And doe not good Lord so remember our sinnes that by remembring them thou forgettest thine owne name Lord we call upon thy name there is no name under heaven wherein we can be saved but onely it Act. 4. 12. Though we be unfaithfull yet thou art true and canst not deny thine owne name 2 Tim. 2.13 I commend my selfe into thine hands as to my true and onely sanctifier Lord I have beene the Temple of thy holy spirit 1 Cor. 3.16 Though it hath beene polluted by my frailty yet Lord destroy it not But dedicate it hallow it anew and sanctifie it to thee yet once againe make an Encaenia of it Spare us good Lord spare thine owne handiwork thine own Image thine owne name the price of thine owne blood in us The good Lord bee mercifull unto every one that prepareth his heart to seeke the Lord God the God of our Fathers though he be not according to the cleannesse of the Sanctuary 1 Chron. 30.19 Behold O Lord ae bruised Reed O breake it not smoaking flax yet O Lord quench it not Esa. 42.3 Mat. 12. 20. Lord I have never denied thy name but confessed it ever and in the confession and invocation of it I desire to spend my last breath and to depart this life Lord I have desired to feare thy Name Neh. 1. 11. My soule hath beene desirous to long after thy Commandements Psal. 119.20 Lord I doe acknowledge my wickednesse and I am sorrie for my sinne Psal. 38.18 Lord I beleeve help thou mine unbeleife Lord I hope verily to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the Living Psal. 27.13 Let not this hope confound me nor make me ashamed Psa. 119.16 Lord I freely forgive whomsoe'r I have ought against those poore pence or mites they owe me Mat. 18.28 Lord I held my peace and opened not my mouth at thy chastisements because it was thy doing O Lord Psal. 39.9 Lord I seeke thee and thou never failest them that seeke thee Psal. 9. 10. I come unto thee and of them that come unto thee thou castest none out Ioh. 6.37 Neverthelesse though I be sometime afraid yet put I my trust in thee Psal. 56.3 O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be put to confusion Psal. 71 1.31.1 O Lord my God in thee have I put my trust save me from them that seeke after my soule and deliver me lest hee devoure my soule like a Lion and teare it in peeces whiles there is none to helpe Psal. 7.1,2 The snares of death compassed me round about the overflowings of ungodlinesse made me afraid Psal. 18.4 The sorrow of death overtooke me and the paines of hell gat hold upon me Psal. 18.5 I have found trouble and heavinesse and I wil call upon the name of the Lord Psal. 116.3 O Lord I beseech thee deliver my soule Psa. 116 4. Heare my voyce O Lord out of thy holie Temple let my complaint come before thee let it enter even into thine cares Psal. 18.6 Send downe from on high and deliver me take me out of many waters Psal. 18.16 Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our Lord is mercifull Psal. 116.5 The Lord preserveth the simple I am in misery but hee will thinke upon me Psal. 116.6 Turne againe then to thy rest O my Soule for the Lord hath regarded thee Psal. 116.7 Psalme 22. verse 1. My God my God looke upon mee why hast thou forsaken me and art so farre from my health and from the words of my complaint ver. 2 3. O my God I cry in the day time and thou hearestnot and in the night season also I have audience yet thou continuest holy O thou Worship of Israell ver. 4. Our Fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliver them 5. They called upon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded 9. But thou wert he that tookest mee out of my Mothers wombe 10. Thou wert my hope when I
56. In height Psa. 103. 11. Psal. 36.5 108.4 In depth Psa. 42.9 In length Psal. 26.6 13.6 There is no end of his salvation Psal. 71.13 Mercy shall be set up for ever Psal. 89. 4. His mercy is over all his workes Psal. 145.9 As is his Majesty so is his mercy Psal. 102.40 His propertie is to have mercy Esay 28.21 Hee is the father of mercyes 2 Cor 1. 3. Hee is mercy it selfe Psa. 59. He was so mercifull that he forgave their misdeedes and destroyed them not Yea many a time turned hee his face away and wold not suffer his whole displeasure to arise for he considered they were but dust Psal. 78. 1.38 The Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you Esay 30.18 In the father of the lost child his image Luke 5. 22. God hath shut up all under sinne that he might have mercy upon all Rom. 11. 32. Where sin aboundeth there grace doth over-a-bound Rom. 5. 20. Mercy ttiumpheth over Iustice Iam. 2. 1. This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be received that Iesus Christ came into the world to save sinners In this God set forth his love to us that when wee were his enemies Christ dyed for us Rom. 5. 10. Christ dyed once for our sinnes the just for the unjust that he might offer us unto God 1. Pet. 3. 18. Wee have an Advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes and not for ours onely but for the sins of the whole world 1. Ioh. 2.2 I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Mat. 9. 13. Come unto mee you that travaile and be heavy laden I will refresh you Mat. 11. 20. Of them that come to mee I cast none out Ioh. 6.37 Thou never failest them that seeke thee Psal. 9.10 Why art thou so heavy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within mee O put thy trust in God for I shall yet give him thanks for he is the helpe of my Countenance and my God Returne thou unto my rest O my soule for the Lord hath beene gracious unto thee If the Lord had not helped mee it had not failed but my soule had been put to silence In the middest of the troubles that were in mine heart thy Comforts have refreshed my soule Neverthelesse my soule waite thou still upon God for of him cometh my salvation He verily is my hope and my strength he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall Let us goe with boldnesse unto the Throne of grace that wee may finde mercy in the time of need Act. 4. ult. 16. Expressions of Gods Mercy fit to be used to him in Prayer Lord Of life and death of sickenesse and health and al things thereto belonging By whose appointment wee were borne and againe by whose appointment wee mâ—â— dye our time is in thine hand and unt 〈…〉 belong the issues 〈…〉 Th 〈…〉 est nothing th 〈…〉 made nor doe 〈…〉 terly forsake the workes of thine owne hands Thou that art a defence for the oppressed a refuge in the needfull time of trouble Thou that never failest them that seeke thee and to whom none ever prayeth without hope to be heard Thou that promised the poore shall not alway be forgotten that the patient abiding of the meeke shall not perish for ever For the comfortlesse troubles sake of the needy and for the deepe sighing of the poore arise O Lord and men shall know that it is thy hand and that it is thou Lord that hast done it O Lord Whose mercy reacheth to the Heavens and whose faithfulnesse to the clouds Of whose mercies there is neither number nor end The greatenesse of whose goodnesse is not shut up under any time Who callest unto thy vineyard even at the eleventh houre Which rulest not with rigour but with meekenesse doest governe the things thou hast made Thou that killest and revivest that bringest to the gates of death and bringest backe againe That hatest nothing of that thou hast made that hast shut up all under sin that thou mightest have mercy upon all Lord The Saviour and saving health of all the faithfull The fountaine of all grace and goodnesse The father of mercies and Consolation Thou that upholdest all such as are faling And liftest up those that be downe Thou that healest the broaken in heart And givest medicine to cure their sicknesse The Comfort of them that be in heavinesse The strength of them that be in weakenesse The health of them that be in sickenesse Heare O Lord and have mercy Looke downe from heaven behold and visit visit with thy salvation A Confession The Foundation and ground-worke of Prayer is Faith Theoph. The ground of Faith is the promise of God Lift up your hearts He which giveth us life teacheth us to pray The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds Eccles. 35.17 Prayer is a conference with God I will set my sinnes before mee that they may not appeare before thee Lord my heart is ready Lord I feare it is not ready Would God it were so Woe is mee that it is not so Lord I fit and prepare my selfe Assist my preparation and make me more fit A Confession of the Faith Lord I beleeve helpe my unbeleefe First In God 1. The Father 2. Almighty 3. Creator of Heaven and Earth In the Father naturall affection Almighty power of deliverance Creator providence To Preserve To Governe To Perfect consummate all things Secondly In Jesus Christ His only Sonne Our Lord The great Mystery of godlinesse God manifest in the flesh for us men and for our Salvation God and Man The Son of the Father Anointed of the spirit Our Lord As Creator As Redeemer 1. That he was conceived To purge forth the sin wherin we are conceived 2. Was Borne To clense us of the sin wherein we are borne by nature 3. Suffered What we should have done that we might not suffer 4. Was Crucified To take away the curse of the Law 5. Dyed To take away the sting of death 6. Was Buried To take away the corruption of our bodies in the grave 1. That he descended into bell Whither we should have gone that wee may never come there 2. Rose againe from the dead That being made the first fruites of them that sleepe he might raise our nature together with himselfe 3. Ascended up into heaven That he might prepare a place for us 4. Now sitteth at the right hand of God that he might make intercession for us 5. Whence he shall come That he may receive us 6. To be a Iudge For the consummation of all things Thirdly In the Holy Ghost And in him power from on high to sanctifie and quicken unto eternall life Outwardly and visibly but powerfully and manifestly working in us by the illumination of knowledge infusion of grace In Reproofe In Instruction In Long sufferance In Assistance In Witnesse-bearing In Consolation Grace is the fruite of the
A MANVAL of directions for the Visitation of the sicke wth sweete Meditations Prayers to be vsed in time of sicknesse by Lancelot Andrewes late Bishop of Winchester LONDON Printed for Samuel Cartwright at the hand Bible in Duck-lane 1642 A MANVALL OF Directions for the visitation of the sicke with sweete Meditations and Prayers to be used in time of sicknesse Whereunto is added a Short confession of the Faith with a forme of Thankesgiving and Prayers for Morning and Evening BY LANCELOT ANDREVVES late Bishop of Winchester LONDON Printed by R. Cotes for Samuel Cartwright and are to be sold at the signe of the hand and Bible in Ducke-Lane 1642. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE Sir EDWARD LITTLETON KNIGHT Baron Littleton of Mounslowe Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of ENGLAND AND One of his Majesties most Honorable Privy COVNCELL Grace Peace be multiplyed Right Honorable MAY it please you in these troublesome daies of ours to behold the man who though with open mouth he telleth not all things that every one hath done Yet by lively example teacheth what every one ought to be ready to doe Even for Kings and for all that are in Authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty His Person whilest hee lived wanted not the love and favour of a King to advance him to dignity let not this Posthume worke of his lacke your Honors protection and patronage to keepe it from indignity A Midwives care reacheth no further than the safe bringing the Infant into the world the maintenance and protection thereof she commendeth to the Father and other Friends This Orphan by my meanes hath happily seene the Light but wanting a Father as being deceased before his birth I presume to commend its defence and tuition to your Honour as a friend your Lordshippes selfe to the gracious protection of the Lord who grant you ever the continuance of your honour to you and your posterity for ever So prayeth Your Honours humbly devoted I.G. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER COurteous Reader I shall not neede I conceive to use many words by way of Preface The Authour of this Manuall and his former Workes have beene of such note and esteeme amongst us as that I doubt not but it may justly be said concerning them even to most men which Jehu of the Prophet that annointed him to be King over Israel 2 King 9.11 Ye know the man and his communication For this how like it is the rest of its Brethren I leave you to judge and yet I doubt not but some way may be made to your more willing entertainment of it by telling you it was conceived about that time the Reverend Authour was Parson of Saint Giles Creplegate and used by him in his ordinary Visitation of the sicke To this let me adde the love of publique good not respect of private profit hath moved him to fit this to the Presse who otherwise would never have seene his name in Print and now desireth the praise of the worke may be given to the right Author resting Yours in the Lord I.G. Inquiries to be made by the Minister The Parties THe Sex 2 The Age The condition of life 1 Whether learned structed 2 Sound in minde memory 3 The sense of heariâ—â— perfect 1 whether patient unquiet 2 Cheerefull of dejeâ—â— 3 If being well found comfort 1 Reading 2 Hearing 3 Repeating any particulars Whether any mateâ—â— all point whereof to admonished To take occasion out of â—is owne words VVHat man is hee that liveth and shall not see death Psal. 89.48 It is appointed for all men once to dye Heb. 9 27. I am a stranger and sojourner with thee as all my Fathers were Psal. 39 12. Wee have here no abiding City Heb. 13.14 The night commeth when no man can doe any worke Ioh. 9.4 Where the tree falleth whether to the North to the South there it â—â—eth Eccles. 1.1.3 A MANVALL for the SICKE 1. Comfortable Scriptures to be used to the sicke party Esay 54.10 THe Mountaine may remove and the Hills may faldown but my mercies shall not depart from thee nor the covenant of my peace come to nothing saith the Lord that hath compassion on thee Heaven and earth shal passe but my Word shall not passe All the promises of God are in him Yea and Amen In whom wee have most great and precious promises that we should be partakers of the Divine Nature Ieremy 31.18 I have heard Ephraim lamenting thus Thou trast corrected me and I was chastised as an untamed Heifer convert thou me and I shall be converted for thou art the Lord my God Surely after that I had converted I repented I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea confounded because I did beare the reproach of my youth Since I spake to him I still remember him therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have compassion on him saith the Lord I will visite their iniquity with a rod and their sinne with secourges nevertheles my mercy will I not take from him nor suffer my truth to faile Prov. 3. 11,12 My sonne refuse not the chastisement of the Lord neither be grieved with his correction for the Lord correcteth him whom he loveth even as the father doth the child in whom for all that he delighteth Ioh. 5. 17,18,19 Behold blessed is the man whom God correcteth therefore refuse not thou the correction of the Almighty For he maketh the wound and bindeth it up he smiteth and his hands make whole againe He shall deliver thee in sixe troubles and in the seaventh the evill shall not come nigh thee Heb. 12. 5. Forget not the consolation that speaketh unto you as unto children If you indure chastening God offereth himselfe unto you as unto a sonne for what sonne is it whom the Father chasteneth not If therefore yee bee without correction whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sonnes Moreover wee have had the fathers of our bodies which corrected us and yet wee gave them reverence should we not much rather bee in subjection to the father of Spirits that wee may live For they verily for a few dayes chastened us after their owne pleasure but he chasteneth us for our profit that we might bee partakers of his holinesse Now no chastening for the present seemeth joyous but grievous yet afterward it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse unto them which are thereby execised Wherefore lift up your hands which hang downe and your weake knees Ioh. 16.22 And you now are in sorrow but I will see you againe and your heart shall rejoyce and your Joy shall none bee able to take from you Esa. 54. 7 8. For a little while have I sorsaken thee but in great compassion will I gather thee For a moment in mine anger I hid my face from thee but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer Modicum videbitis me A
hanged upon my Mothers breasts 11. I have beene left unto thee ever since I was borne thou art my God even from my Mothers wombe 16. O goe not farre from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to deliver me 20. Deliver my soule from the sword my darling from the power of the dogge 21. Save me from the Lions mouth deliver me from among the hornes of the Unicornes Psalme 25. ver. 11. For thy names sake O Lord be mercifull unto my sinne for it is great 16. O turne thee unto me and have mercie upon me for I am desolate and in miserie 17. The sorrowes of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles 18. Looke upon my adversity and misery and forgive mee all my sinne 20. O keep my soule and deliver me let mee not be confounded for I have put my trust in thee Psalme 28. verse 1. Unto thee do I cry O Lord my strength think no scorn of me lest if thou make as though thou hearest not I become like those that goe downe into the pit 2. Heare the voyce of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I lift up my hands towards the Mercy seat of thy holy Temple O hide not thy face from me neither cast thy servant away in displeasure Psal. 27.9 Thou hast beene my succour leave mee not neither forsake mee O Lord God of my salvation Psalme 40. verse 11. Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me O Lord let thy loving kindnesse truth alwaies preserve me 12. For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes have taken hold upon mee that I am not able to looke up yea they are more in number than the haires of my head and my heart hath failed me 13. O Lord let it be thy pleasure to deliver me make hast O Lord to helpe me 17. As for me though I be poore and in misery yet the Lord careth for me Thou art my helper and my redeemer make no long tarrying O my God Psalme 31. 14. Lord my hope hath been in thee I have said thou art my God 15. My life is in thine hand O deliver me and be mercifull unto me 16. Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance and save mee for thy mercies sake Psalme 38. 21. Forsake mee not O Lord my God bee not thou farre from me 22. Haste thee to help me O Lord God of my Salvation Psalme 54. 1. Save Me O God for thy names sake O deliver mee in thy strength 2. Heare my prayer O Lord and hide not thy selfe from my petitions and hearken unto the words of my mouth Psalme 55. 1. Heare my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petitions take heed unto me and heare me how I mourne in my prayer and am vexed Psalme 61. 1. Heare my crying O God give eare unto my prayer 2. From the ends of the earth will I cry unto thee when my heart is in heavinesse O Lord let me make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time Psalme 39. 13. Heare me O God in the multitude of thy mercies even in the truth of thy Salvation 14. Take me out of the mire that I sinke not O let mee be delivered from them that seek my soule and from the deep waters 15. Let not the water-floods drowne mee neither let the deepswallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me 16. Heare mee O Lord for thy loving kindnesse is comfortable turne thee unto mee according to the multitude of thy mercie 17. And hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble O haste thee and heare me 18. Draw nigh unto my Soule and save it O deliver me 19. As for me when I am poore and in heavinesse thy help O Lord shall lift me up Psalme 109. 21. But deale thou with me O Lord according to thy name for sweet is thy mercy 22. O deliver me for I am helplesse and poore and my heart is wounded within me 23. I goe like the shadow that departeth I am driven away as the Grashopper 24. My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dryed up for want of fatnesse 26. Helpe me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercies 27. And men shall know that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Psalme 74. 1. Oh God why art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheepe of thy pasture 2. O thinke upon the Congregation which thou haste purchased and redeemed of old 17. O deliver not the Soule of thy Turtle unto the multitude of thine enemies and forget not the distressed of thy servants for ever O let not the simple goe away ashamed but let the poore and needy give praise unto thy name Turne us againe O Lord God of Hosts shew the light of thy countenance and wee shall be whole Psal. 80.3 Psalme 85. 2. O forgive the offences of thy servants and cover all their sinnes 3. Take away all thy displeasure and turne away thy selfe from thy wrathfull indignation 4. Turne us then O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us 5. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another 6. Wilt thou not turn againe and quicken us that thy people may rejoyce in thee Shew us thy mercy O Lord and grant us thy Salvation haste thee to helpe me O God of my Salvation Psalme 70.1 Haste thee O Lord to deliver me make haste to helpe mee O Lord Psalme 44. 23. Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and be not absent from us for ever 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble For our Soule is brought low unto the dust our belly cleaveth to the ground Arise and helpe us and deliver us for thy mercy sake Psalme 86. 1. Bow downe thine eare O Lord and heare me for I am poore and in misery 2. Preserve thou my Soule for thou gavest it me my God save thy servant which putteth his trust in thee 3. Bee mercifull unto me O Lord for I will call daily upon thee 4. Comfort the Soule of thy servant for unto thee doe I lift up my Soule 5. For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercy to all them that call upon thee 6. Give eare Lord unto my prayer and ponder the voyce of my humble desires 7. In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me 15. For thou Lord art full of compassion and mercie long suffering plenteous in goodnesse and truth 16. O turne thee then unto me and have mercie upon mee give thy strength unto thy servant and helpe the son of thine handmaid 17. Shew some token upon me for good that they which love thee may see it and be glad because thou Lord hast holpen and comforted me Psalme 142. 1. I cryed unto the Lord with my voyce yea even unto
desireth forgivenesse of them at thy gracious hands O establish thy word with thy servant and let him not be disappointed of his hopes Though he have sinned yet in thee he trusteth O suffer him not for ever utterly to be confounded Though he have sinned yet he seeketh thee And thou Lord never failest them that seek thee Psal. 9. 10. Yet he commeth to thee And of them that come to thee thou castest none out Ioh. 6.37 O Lord Let not the guiltinesse of a sinner more prevaile to condemne then the gracious goodnesse of a most mercifull Saviour to acquit to pardon O Let not the unrighteousnesse of man make the goodnesse of God of none effect O Lord doe not so remember the unkindness of this thy Child that thereby thou forget the Compassion and kindenesse of a father Doe not thinke upon our sinne that thou therby forget thine owne nature and property which is alway to have mercy Doe not so remember our sinne that thou therby remembrest not thine owne name which is Jesus a loving and most kind Saviour Lord if thy life in our life have not sufficiently appeared yet let not thy death lose the full power and effect thereof in our death also Suffer not O Lord in both so great a price to perish Lose not O Lord that which thou hast redeemed since thou camest to redeeme that which was lost That which was so deere to thee to redeeme suffer it not to be lost as a thing of no value Have mercy upon him O Lord consider the pains which he suffereth thou who onely dost deliver from the gates of death Psal. 9.13 Shew thy marvellous loving kindenesse thou which art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee Psal. 17.7 O keepe him as the apple of thine eye hide him under the shadow of thy wings Psal. 17.8 O Iet thy mercifull Ioving kindnesse bee his comfort according to thy word unto thy servant Psal. 119.76 He or shee is troubled above measure O be mercifull unto him according to thy goodnesse O consider his adversity and deliver him for he is brought very low His eyes long sore for thy word saying When wilt thou comfort me His eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy Righteousnesse O thinke upon him O Lord as concerning thy word wherein thou hast caused him to put his trust O look thou upon him and bee mercifull unto him as thou usest to do to those that love thy name Cast him not away now in the time of his weakenesse forsake him not now when his strength faileth him Psal. 71.9 In the multitude of the sorrowes that are in his heart let thy comforts O Lord refresh his soule O Lord when it oppresseth comfort thou him Esay 38.14 O Lord let thy strength bee made perfect in his weakenesse 2 Cor. 12.9 Let no tentation oppresse him but such as is incident to thy children But as thou art faithfull O Lord so suffer him not to be tempted above that he is able to beare But good Lord with the temptation give an happy issue that he may be able to overcome it 1 Cor. 10. 13. O Lord though he be afflicted on every side yet let him not be distressed though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all though chastened yet not forsaken though cast downe yet not perish 2 Cor. 4 8,9 Remember him O Lord with the favour thou bearest unto thy children O visit him with thy salvation That he may see the felicity of thy chosen and rejoyce with the gladnes of thy Saints and give thankes with thine inheritance Psal. 106. 5. O Remember not his former sinnes but have mercy upon him O Lord and that soone for hee is come to great extremity Psal. 79.8,9 Helpe him O LORD God of his Salvation for the glory of thy name O deliver him and bee mercifull unto his sinnes for thy names sake Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesse which have beene ever of old O Remember not the sinnes and offences of his youth but according to thy mercy thinke thou on him O Lord for thy goodnesse Clense him O LORD from his secret sins from whatsoever hee hath offended By thought word or deed by ignorance or error by frailty or negligence in excesse or in defect by leaving good undone or by doing evill in publicke or private by day or by night against thee his neighbour his owne body Before or since his effectuall calling by himselfe or by other Remembred or forgotten From them all clense him O Lord even from them all lay none of them to his charge cast them behinde thee bury them drowne them scatter them as the mist and as the morning cloud make them to vanish away and come to nothing And wherein soever his conscience most accuseth him therein O Lord be thou most mercifull O enter not into judgement with thy servant if thou shouldest no flesh should bee righteous in thy sight If thou O Lord shouldest be extreame to mark what is done amisse O Lord who may abide it Psal. 130.3 But good Lord one deepe calleth another the deepe of our misery the deepe of thy mercie Psal. 42. Where sinne hath abounded there let grace over abound Rom. 5. And in and through all sinnes and offences O Lord let thy mercie triumph over thy Justice Iam. 2. O Lord heare O Lord forgive Consider O Lord and doe it Dan. 9. Delay not O Lord for his spirit waxeth faint Turne not thy face from him lest he become like those that goe down into the silence Be favourable O Lord be favourable For thy names sake Forthy truthes sake For thy mercies sake Thy many great wonderfull mercies sake For thine owne selfe O Lord Our Creator and Redeemer Our Lord and our Father Our King and our God Commendatio Animae 12. The Commendation of the Soule to God immediately before the departure Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace Luke 2. Into thy hands O Lord we commend his spirit for thou hast redeemed it O Lord thou God of truth Psal. 31. Bring his soule out of prison that it may prayse thee Psal. 142. Oh deliver him from this body of death Rom. 7. Say unto his soule I am thy salvation Psal. 33. Say unto him This day shalt thou be with me in paradise Luke 23. Let him now feele the salvation of Jesus Let him now feele the anoynting of Christ even the oyle of Gladnesse wherewith thou art anoynted Guide thou him through the vale of the shadow of death Psal. 23. Let him see the goodnesse of the Lord in the Land of the living Psal. 27. O Lord command his spirit to be received up to thee in peace O Lord wil him come unto thee Mat. 14. Lord Iesu receive his spirit Act. 7. And open to him the gates of everlasting glory Let thy good spirit conduct him into the Land of righteousnesse Psal. 143. 10. Into
to perish Lord carest thou not that I perish Mar. 4.33 Which wilt that all men be saved 1 Tim. 2.4 That no man perish 2 Pet. 3.9 Lord I am thine therefore save me Psal. 119.94 Despise not the worke of thine owne hands Wis. 10.4 Thy servant and sonne of thy hand-maid Psal. 116.15 Thy servant a prodigall Mat. 18.27 yet a Servant First Thy Sonne the price of thy Sons blood that I might be adopted Though I have forgotten the duty of a Son yet remember thou the love of a Father Though I am a wicked prodigall Son yet I am a Son Luk. 15.17 I am called by thy name Dan. 9.19 Thou art not ashamed to be called my God Heb. 11.16 We are Christians thy Christs ransomed ones we are called by his name Spare thy worke spare thy name the price of thy blood though thou spare not us Secondly But I am a sinner and God heareth not sinners Iob. 9.20 Yet consider I beseech thee of what I am made Remember that I am but flesh a wind that passeth away and commeth not againe Psal. 78.39 Consider our frame remember wee are but dust Psal. 103.14 Fraile dust Light wind Corruptible flesh Lord wilt thou breake a leafe driven to and fro wilt thou pursue the dry stubble Iob 13.24 Wilt thou hunt after a flea 1 Sam. 24.15 Thirdly thy Creature But miserable humble Spare me being humble David spared railing Shimei 2 Sam. 19.19 And David was a man after thine owne heart Act. 13. 22. Spare me therefore O Lord Behold we have heard the Kings of Israel are mercifull let us therfore put sackcloath on our loynes and ropes upon our heads and goe to the King of Israel and say Let my soule live 1 King 20.31,32 It may be he will save us Is any King of Israell mercifuller then thou Thou Lord sparedst Ahab which sould himselfe to doe wickednesse because he humbled himselfe 1 King 21. 27. Spare mee also How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people Psal. 80. 4. Lord I cover not my sinne as Adam Iob 31.33 I doe not extenuate and lessen my sinnes I freely confesse I have sinned Wrought wickednesse Transgressed Beene rebellious But I condemne my selfe 1. Cor. 11. 31. Call it often to mind Confesse it Punish my selfe for it Spare me O Lord Accept the sacrifice Of a broaken spirit Contrite heart Troubled mind Afflicted reines Wounded Conscience I have sinned against thee Fourthly but Lord thou wilt have pitty on some hast thou made man for nought Shall thine enemy say thou hast made us to kill us because thou hatedst us thou hast made us for to be destroyed or that thou couldest not save us Num. 14. 15. Remember this that the enemy hath reproached O Lord that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name Psal. 74. 18. As also that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Rom. 3. 23. If thou wilt contend the most holy cannot answer for one of a thousand Iob. 9. 3. Neither the infant of a day old nor the starres are pure in his sight yea he hath found folly in his Angels Iob. 25. 3. If thou O Lord shouldest marke iniquities who should stand Psal. 130. 3. If thou enter into judgment no man shall bee justified And what shall become of thy great name of the riches of thy mercy of the blood of thy Sonne Gal. 2. 21. Shall he dye to no purpose Let the world rather perish then thou shouldest not multiplie thy mercies upon us Be it farre from us Thou hast included all under sinne that thou mightest have mercy on all All which desire to acknowledge your sins and the misery due for them returne to the Lord with your whole heart All those thou hast loved in thy beloved Not small sinners But Manasses and Paul That in them thou mightest manifest the excellency of thy mercy and open a gate of hope The chiefe of sinners Fifthly wherefore spare me desiring to returne into thy favour For what profit is there in my blood when I goe downe into the pit Psal. 30.9 In death there is no remembrance of thee in the grave who shall give thee thankes Psal. 6.5 Shall thy wonders be knowne in the darke and thy righteousnesse in the Land of forgetfulnesse Ps. 88. 12. Verily the grave cannot praise thee death cannot celebrate thee they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy truth Esay 38. 18. 19. The living the living shall praise thee as I doe this day I shall not dye but live and tell the workes of the Lord Psal. 118. 17. Sixtly But if I have knowne thee O Lord and thy dealings thou art good to them that are good and deserve wel gracious to strangers and mourners merciful to the bad and them that deserve ill Here I Insist When thou canst not for any one for anything yet for thine owne sake thou pardonest sinnes Esay 43. 44. I may come so easily Seaventhly David the prophet adventureth thus to pray Be mercifull unto mee according to thy Law Psal. 119.24 As if the Law set forth thy mercy and indeed so it doth The very Law from thy mouth soundeth The Lord raigneth the Lord God mercifull and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodnesse and truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity and transgression and sinne Exod. 34.6 And by this very word thy servant Moses besought thee to spare thy people Num. 14.15 Eightly the Prophet Isaiah Habakkuk presume to call mercy thy work as if to punish were strange to thee and belonged to another Esa. 28 20. Hab. 3.2 Neither doe the Law and the Prophets onely but nature it selfe but the direction of the Holy Ghost teach Iob this If there bee a messenger with him an interpreter one among a thousand to shew unto man his uprightnesse then he is gracious unto him and faith Deliver him from going downe into the pit I have found a ransome Iob 33. 23. He shall pray unto God and he will be favourable O taste and see that the Lord is gracious Blessed is the man that trusteth in him Psal. 34.8 His mercy is good Psa. 109.21 tender Psa. 69.16 better than life Psal. 63. 3 The mercy of God is Great Psal. 5.7 Manifold Psal. 51.1 Abundant 1 Pet. 4. 10. Large Psal. 130.6 Broad to the East Psa. 86.5 To the West Psal. 119. 156. Deepe as a pit Psal. 103 12. High to the heavens above the heavens Psal. â—2 9 36.5 Eternall every way Psa 25.6 103.17 13.6 His mercy is above all his workes Psal. 145.9 Above our sins Ro. 5.20 Above his Justice Iam. â— 13 According to his greatnesse so is his mercy his salvation infinite Psal. 71. I know no end thereof He is the father of mercy It is naturall to him God is called mercy it selfe Psal. 59.10 Oh happy name under which no man may despaire Aug. Great is the pit of my sins but more the deepe of Gods mercies Chrysost. First
face to shine Dan. 9.17 Lord be mercifull to me a sinner Lord heare me and that soone for my spirit faileth me A forme of Thankesgiving Prayse is comely I was formerly unworthy let me not now bee unthankefull The Soule that blesseth shall be made fat When ye shall have eaten and are satisfyed ye shall praise the Lord your God for that good land which hee hath given you Blessed bee the Lord God of Iethro Let us sing unto the Lord God of Israel Thou art my god I will magnifie thee and praise thee Another Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us againe unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 1 Pet. 1.3 Blessed bee the Lord God of Israel who hath visited and redeemed his people Luk. 1.78 Blessed he God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of mercies and God of all comfort which comforteth us in all our tribulations 2 Cor. 1.3 I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the Congregation Psal. 111.1 I will praise the Lord for I am fearefully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well Psal. 139. 14 15. My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy booke all my members were written which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them Psal. 16. Thine hands have made and fashioned mee together around about Thou hast powred mee out like milke and cruddled me like cheese Iob 10.8,9,10 Thou hast cloathed me with skinne and flesh and hast fenced mee with bones and sinewes Thou hast granted mee life and favour and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit Iob 10.11,12 I will blesse the Lord who hath given me counsell Psal. 16.7 I am not worthy of the least of thy mercies and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant For with my staffe I passed over this Iordan and now I am become two Bands Gen. 32.10 O blesse our God yee people and make the voyce of his praise to be heard which holdeth our soule in life and suffereth not our feete to be moved Psal. 68.8,9 For thou Lord hast made mee glad through thy work I will triumph in the workes of thy hands Psal. 92.4 Blesse the Lord O my Soule and all that is within me blesse his holy name Psal. 103.1 Blesse the Lord O my Soule and forget not all his benefits v. 2. Who forgiveth thee all thine iniquities who healeth all they diseases v. 3. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction who crowneth thee with loving kindnes and mercy v. 4. Who satisfyeth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renued like the Eagle v. 5. Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing thou hast put off my sackecloath and girded me with gladnesse Psal. 30.11 To the end that my glory may sing praise unto thee and not be silent O Lord I will give thanks unto thee for ever v. 12. Thou which hast shewed mee great troubles quicken me again bring me up againe from the depths of the earth Psal. 71.20 My lips shall greatly rejoyce when I sing unto thee and my soule which thou hast redeemed Psal. 71.23 My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long v. 24. Lord God who is like unto thee Blessed bee the Lord God of Israel who onely doth wondrous things and blessed be his glorious name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory Amen Amen Psal. 72.18 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore Psal. 113.2 Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place Ezek. 3.12 Honour and glory Rev. 4.9 And Power v. 11. And Wisdome Re. 5.12 And Strength And Blessing v. 13. And Salvation Re. 7.10 And Thankesgiving And Praise To the blessed and individuall Trinity now and ever Amen Another That I Have any being Live Have reason That I Am civill Am a Christian Am of honest parentage Am of a right minde Sense Members Am borne freely Am brought up with learning For deliverance from Danger Disgrace Trouble For Health For A competent estate For Redemption For Regeneration For Instruction For Vocation For Thy patience For My repentance For Hope of pardon For Prevention For Healing For Benefits which wee have received For That wee have done any good For Present comfort For Future hope For Good and honest Parents For Masters For Benefactors For Good friends For Children For Faithfull Servants For all that have beene presidents to me By Writing By Preaching By Discoursing By Prayers By Examples By Reproofes By Injuries For these and all other things Knowne or unknown Manifest or hidden Remembred or forgotten I doe and will praise thee I doe and will blesse thee I doe and will thanke thee all the dayes of my life Morning Prayer Lord the day is thine and the night also is thine thou hast prepared the light and the Sunne Psal. 74.16 They continue this day according to thine ordinances for all are thy servants Psal. 119. 91. Evening and morning and at noone will I pray and cry aloude and thou Lord wilt heare my voyce Psal. 55. 17. My voyce shalt thou heare in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee and looke up Psal. 5. 3. Blessed art thou O Lord Who turnest darkenesse into light and renuest the face of the earth Psal. 104. 30. Who deliverest us from the terrour by night and from the pestilence that walketh in darkenesse Ps. 91. 5. Who makest sleepe depart from mine eyes and slumber from my eye lids Psal. 132. 4. Blot out O Lord as a thicke cloud my transgression and as a cloud my sinnes Esay 44.22 Make us children of light and children of the day 1. Thes. 5. 5. Grant that we may walke soberly and wisely as in the day Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe us this day without sinne Preserve us from the arrow that flyeth by day and from the devill which walketh at noone day Deliver us from the snare of the Hunter and bitter words preserve us from the malice of this day This day let salvation and peace be unto this house Cause me to heare thy loving kindenesse in the morning for in thee do I trust cause me to know the way wherein I should walke for I lift up my soule unto thee Psal. 143 8. Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies I flie unto thee to hide me Teach me to doe thy wil for thou art my God thy spirit is good lead me into the Land of uprightnesse Psal. 143.10 Let thy worke appeare unto thy servants and thy Glory unto their children Psal. 90.16 Establish thou the worke of our hands upon us yea the workes of our
hands establish thou Set a watch O Lord before my mouth keepe the doore of my lips Ps. 141. 3. Let my speech be alway with grace seasoned with salt that I may know how to answer every man Col. 4. 6. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength my redeemer Psal. 19. 14. Lord prosper our going out and coming in now and ever Amen Evening Prayer By night lift up your hands in the sanctuary and blesse the Lord Psal. 134.3 Evening and morning and at noone will I pray and cry aloud and thou Lord wilt heare my voyce Psal. 55. 17. The Lord will command his loving kindnesse in the day time and in the night his song shall bee with me and my prayer unto the God of my life Psal. 42. 8. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as Incense the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice Psal. 141. 2. Blessed art thou O Lord Who makest the day and night and givest rest unto the weary Who givest songs in the night and makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to rejoyce Psal. 65. 8. Who deliverest us from the arrow that flyeth by day and from the devill that walketh at noone day Psal. 91. 4. Who hast not cut off like a weaver my life and from day unto night wilt not make an end of us Es. 38. 12. Lord as one day succeedeth another so have we added one sinne to another A just man falleth seven times riseth up againe but the wicked shall fall into mischiefe Prov. 24. 16. This day hath both Massah and Meritah But we returne unto thee and all our bones cry out we repent Luk. 17. 4. Let not the sonne set in thine anger Lord thou hast done all our good workes for us whatsoever hath beene well done accept favourably Lord sinne and destruction proceede from us Pardon us wherein we have offended Accept of the good we doe Forgive what we doe amisse Blessed art thou O Lord Who givest thy beloved sleepe and makest them that feare thee to rest quietly Psal. 127 2. Deliver us from the terrour by night and from the pestilence that walketh in darkenesse Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe Ps. 121. 4. Lord deliver us from evill Lord preserve my soule Lord I sleepe but my heart waketh Visit me with thy salvation and shew me thy visions by night Let my sleepe be a cessation from sinne as well as labour that so by dreames I may neither offend thee nor pollute my selfe Make me to remember the darkenesse hideth not from thee but the night shineth as the day Psal. 139. 12. Make me when sleepe departeth from mine eyes to remember thee that I may keepe thy statutes Make me to commune with mine owne heart upon my bed in the night to search mine owne waies not to neglect the chastning of my reines What is right what more right how I may be more pleasing to thee better usefull to men Thou that compassest my paths bed and reiues With a cleare lanthorne to see thee with a darke Lanthorne to see thee Make me thinke long sleepe to be the sleepe of death and my bed to be a grave whose stuffing is wormes and covering dust I will lay me downe and take my rest for thou Lord makest me dwell in safety Psal. 4. 9. Into thy hands O Lord I commend my spirit because thou hast redeemed mee O Lord God of truth 1. Pet. 4. 1. FINIS The Contents contained in this Booke 1 Comfortable Scriptures to be used to the sicke party 2 Ejaculations for the sicke 3 Heads of comfort to be administred from the consideration of God Christ 4 Things to be recommended to the sicke such as are Prayer Almes Repentace Faith Love Hope Well-doing 5 Propositions and inferences to be made to the sicke 6 Questions to be urged to the sicke and Scriptures to be propounded in answer of them 7 Questions to be added farther upon answer of the former 8 Several parts of prayer to bee used by the sicke party taken out of Scripture 9 A Prayer to be used by the Minister 10 A Letany to be used for the sicke 11 Severall choyce expression of prayer to be used for the sicke party 12 The commendation of the Soule to God immediately before the departure 13 Scriptures to be applyed to those who survive when the party is departed 14 A forme of confession according to the ten Commandements 15 Severall remembrances of Gods mercy 16. Expressions of Gods Mercy fit to be used to him in Prayer A confession of the faith A confession of sinnes A forme of Thankesgiving Another Morning Prayer Evening Prayer FINIS