The most Reverend Father Father iâ— God Dr. William Laud latâ— Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Metropolitan of aâ—â— England Officium Quotidianum OR A MANUAL OF PRIVATE DEVOTIONS BY The Most Reverend Father in God Dr. William Laud late Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bâ—s rom 1. 594. The Second Edition LONDON Printed for Robert Crofts at the Crown in Chancery lane 1663. Et Conversus vivificasti Me Psal. 71. 20. O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul Psal. 66. 14. Pater noster LAEsus est sed tamen Pater qui es in coelis Eminenter noninclusivè Sanctificetur In Me per Me super Me Nomen tuum Patris in Nobis ut simus filii Patris nostri Adveniat regnum tuum Ut destruatur Regnum Peccati per quod regnant Mors Diabolus Fiat voluntas tua sicut c. In me qui sum terra sicut in Sanctis Angelis Panem Et super Coelestem Corporeum nostrum Proprium licitè acquisitum quotidianum c. Pro quotidiana necessitate Et remitte nobis Debita sicut c. Talenta dimitte nobis minuta remittentibus Et ne nos inducas in tentationem Nec facias intrare ductos promosque Sed Libera Nos Ab Authorà Malo Extra Nos Diabolo Mundo Intra à Malo Nos Nobis ipsis a Malo Culpa per gratiam poenae per misericordiam Quia tuum est Omniper Pacem Regnum Absolutum in Se. Potentia Independens ab aliis Gloria Circumfulgens Omnia in Omnibus Tuum Amen Et à Te per Te ad Te in Gloria Salute servorum tuorum Amen Oratio Dominica OUr Father which art in Heaven 1 Hallowed by thy Name 2 Thy Kingdom come 3 Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven 4 Give us this day our daily Bread 5 And forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us 6. And lead us not into Temptation 7 But deliver us from Evil. For thine is the Kingdome the Power and the Glory for ever Amen Symbolum Apostolicum divisum in Articulos 1. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary 4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried 5. He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the Dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father 7. From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead 8. I Believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholike Church The Communion of Saints 10. The forgiveness of sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the life Everlasting Amen OFFICIUM QUOTIDIANUM In Nomine Patris F. Sp. Sti. Amen O Lord I am risen up and fallen prostrate before thee prevent mee I beseech thee in all my doings with thy most gracious favour and further me with thy continual help that in all my works begun continued and ended in thee I may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life Through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God and most merciful father Al-merciful Mercy it self I have erred willingly and strayed willingly nay even from thy wayes more like an untamed heifer then a lost and wandring sheep I have followed too much even altogether the absurd devices and brutish desires of my own heart I have offended against nay been offended at thy holy most holy lawes I have left undone not done at all those things which I ought to have done And I have done done nothing else but those things which I ought not to have done And there is no health no hope of health in me But thou O Lord have mercy upon me miserable most miserable sinner the greatest sinner and most unthankful for so great grace Spare me and them all O God which confesse their faults Restore me and them all O God that be penitent that desire to be penitent that wish they were would be glad if they were so that fear they are not enough and are sorry they are no more for this is according to thy promises most gracious most sweet promises declared unto Mankinde in Christ Jesus our Lord. Grant therefore O most mercifull Father for his sake who is our Redeemer Advocate Authour and Finnisher of our faith our Propitiation Righteousness and Justification that I and all penitents may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name and the salvation of our own souls Amen O Eternal God and most merciful Father pardon I beseech thee all the sins Omissions and Commissions thoughts words and deeds by which I have provoked thee to anger from the time of my birth unto this present moment that no one nor all of my sins together may ever be able to cry oftner or louder in thy ears for vengeance then the cry of my prayers may ascend up unto thee for mercy and forgiveness and obtain that they sue for particularly I humble beseech thee forgive unto me my great and clamorous sins such as are c. O Lord against heaven and against thee have I sined and committed foul transgressions in thy sight but I beseech thee wipe them all out of the book of remembrances which thou hast written through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen Give unto me O Lord I humbly beseech thee a wise a sober a patient an understanding a devout a religious a courageous heart Chast and temperate reynes and thoughts A soul full of devotion to do thee service strength against all temptations especially the temptations of c. Through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord I give the humble and hearty thanks increase my thankfulnesse I beseech thee for all benefits and blessings both Spiritual and temporal which in the riches of thy great mercy thou hast liberally poured down upon me but especially Spiritual Lord let me not live but to praise and magnifie thy glorious Name Particularly I give thee most unfeigned thanks for my preservation from the time of my birth unto this present moment for c. for bringing me safe to the beginning of this day in which and all the dayes of my life I beseech thee preserve me from sin and from danger in soul and in body that all my thoughts words and works may tend to the glory and honour of thy Name the good of the Church and the discharge of my duty the salvation of my soul in the day of my appearance and account to be made before thee through Jesus Christ our Saviour and redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee blesse thy whole Catholike Church wheresoever
Christ our Lord Amen Psal 34. I will wait for thy loving kindnesse O God in the midst of thy Temple and there will I praise thee Amen Psal. 48. 9. Lord let me behold thee in thy Sanctuary and there see thy power and glory for thy loving kindnesse is better than life therefore my lips shall praise thee Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up my hands in thy Name Oh! satisfie me with the riches of thy mercy which is in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 63. 2. O how amiable are thy dwellings O Lord of Hosts my soul hath a desire and a longing to enter into the Courts of thee O Lord My heart and my flesh rejoyce in thee O merciful GOD Amen Psalm 84. 1. Lord I humbly beseech thee to hear and accept my prayers for my self and for the people that call upon thee and grant that we may perfectly know all things we ought to do and also have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty and everlasting God mercifully look upon all my infirmities and in all dangers and adversities stretch out thy right hand to help and defend me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen God thou which knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers that for mans frailty we cannot alwaies stand upright grant I most humbly beseech thee to me the health both of body and soul that all those things which I suffer for sin I may by thy help well passe and overcome through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord the Sun is at the height for this day lift up the light of thy countenance upon me and I shall be whole Make all darknesse and spiritual shadows short upon me and shorter in me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Who can tell how ofthe offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret sins Keep me also O Lord from presumptuous sins lest they get the Dominion over me and keep me innocent from the great offence I humbly beseech thee Amen Psal. 19. 12 13. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alwayes praising thee blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy wayes Lord thus blesse the heart of thy servant for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 84. 4. O Sancta Adoranda Longanimis Trinitas Longanimis n. es quae eos à quibus scinderis tam diu toleras O Trinitas Cujus Ego ut Cultor minimè fictus Praeco essem jampridem dignus habitus sum O Trinitas omnibus aliquando vel per Illuminationem vel per poenam agnoscenda Oro te ut hos qui nunc Contumeliis te afficiunt adoratores accipias ne quisquam vel ex Minimis pereat Et hoc etiamsi mihi proptereà aliqua Gratiae Jactura facienda Sit. Neque n. tantum dicere audio Quantum Apostolus Concede autem hoc per propter Merita Jesu Christi Redemptoris Nostri Amen Almighty God who through thy onely begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life I humbly beseech thee that as by thy special Grace preventing me thou dost put into my mind good desires so by thy continual help I may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God who hast given thine Only Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our Justification give me grace so to put away the Leaven of Malice and all wickednesse that I may alwayes serve thee in purenesse of living and in truth through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God who hast given thine onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of good life give me grace that I may alwayes most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to sollow the blessed steps of his most holy life Even for the same thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord give me that grace that I may hold me still by thee and abide patiently upon thee that I may not grieve my self at the man whose way doth prosper nor against him that doeth after evil counsels that I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure lest I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen Tribuat hîc Mihi Dominus ut in Me pro me fiat Ignis Consumens Et ardeat hoc Igne Cor Meum in Lumen AEternum Mihi Ne codem ardeat Anima Mea in Poenam perennem Per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum Amen O Lord make me like a green Olive Tree in thy house for I trust in thy tender mercy for ever and I will alwayes praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy name for ever Amen Psal. 52. 8. O Lord I besech thee make me remember how much more then other men I have need to call upon thee My Charge is great and my strength is little O give me grace to come alwayes before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give then I to ask through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Have mercy upon me O Lord consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death Amen Psal. 9. 8. O Lord increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all Goodnesse and by thy great mercy keep me in the same Give me Godly zeal in Prayer True Humility in Prosperity Perfect Patience in adversity and continual Joy in the Holy Ghost Even for Jesus Christ his sake my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O God who hast taught the hearts of thy faithful people by sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant me by the same Spirit to have a right Judgement in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy Comfort through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit One God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God which hast given unto thy servants grace by the confession of the true Faith to acknowledge the Glory of the AEternal Trinity and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity I humbly beseech thee blesse me also that I may live in the stedfastnesse of this Faith and through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercy sake who livest and raignest one God world without end Amen O my God incline thine Ear and hear open thine Eyes and see Lord forgive O Lord consider and do it for thine own sake O God and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake Amen Dan. 9. 19. Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glory of his house be increased
for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dyeth neither shall his Pomp follow him But ever make me afraid to offend thee Amen Psal. 49. 16 17. Mine eyes long sore for thy Word saying when wilt thou comfort me Lord comfort me for I am become like a Bottle in the smoak yet let me not I beseech thee forget thy Law even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 119. 82. O Lord God which seest that I put not my trust in any thing that I do mercifully grant that I may be desended against all adversities through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord which hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth send thy holy Ghost and pour into my heart that excellent gift of charity the very bond of peace and all vertues without the which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee grant this for thy onely Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord fill me with grace that I may fulfill all the service I owe thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord God spare I beseech thee who shall raise up Jacob for he is small Spare him therefore O Lord spare thy people spare me Say unto my soul Thou hast repented of the evil intended and it shall not be Amen Amos 7. 2 5. Lord when I am asleep let me not be made afraid but let my sleep be sweet that I may be enabled to serve thee Amen Prov. 3. 24. Grant I beseech thee most mercifull Father that I which for my evil deeds am worthyly punished may by the comfort of thy grace be mercifully relieved through Jesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen Consider and Hear me O Lord my God Lighten my eyes that I sleep not in Death Amen Psal. 13. 3. O Lord thou hast proved and visited my heart in the night season Thou hast tryed me O blessed Father purge me that thou mayest find no wickednesse in me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 17. 3. O Lord hear me that seven times a day I may praise thee and be acquainted with that great peace which they have which love thy law Amen Psal. 119. 164. O Lord from whom all good things do come grant unto me thy humble servant that by thy holy Inspiration I may think those things that are good and by thy mercifull guiding may also perform the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen II. POnder my words O Lord Consider my Meditations O hearken unto the voyce of my calling My King and My God for unto thee will I make my prayer My voyce shalt thou hear betimes O Lord early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee and will look up But make me to remember that thou arâ— God and hast no pleasure in wickednesse neither shalâ— any evil dwell with thee Amen O Lord bless me and I will sing unto thee and praise thy Name and be telling of thy salvation from day to day Amen Psal. 96.2 O Lord let Counsell preserve me and understanding keep me deliver me from the evil way and from the man that speaketh forward things and from all such as leave the wayes of righteousnesse to walk in the wayes of darknesse even fot Jesus Christ his sake Amen Prov. 2. 11. O Lord I know the way of Man is not in Himself It is not in man that walketh to direct his owne steps Therefore O Lord I beseech thee make me know my way and direct my steps to thy honour and my owne salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Jerem. 10. 23. Be not wrath with me O Lord but spare me and have mercy upon me for thou wilt be merciful unto thy Creature O Lord I and my fathers have all had the same sickness but because of us that are siners thou shalt be called Merciful through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen 2 Esdras 8. O Lord Guide me here with thy Counsel and after that receive me into Glory For whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee O Lord preserve me in those longings towards thee Amen Psal. 74. 24. O Lord take from me the way of lying and cause me to make much of thy Law that I may chuse the way of truth and lay thy judgements before me that I may stick unto thy Testimonies and run the way of thy Commandements when thou hast set my heart at liberty Amen Psal. 119. 26. O God the strength of all them that trust in thee mercifully accept my prayers and because the weaknesse of mans nature can doe no good thing without thee Grant me the help of thy Grace that in keeping of thy Commandements I may please thee both in will and in deed through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord thou art just and all thy wayes are mercy and truth thou judgest truly for ever remember me and look upon me punish me not according to my sinnes or my Ignorances or my Fathers that have sinned before thee Deal not with me according to my sins but as seemeth best unto thee O Lord my strength and salvation Amen Job 3. 2 3 6. Lord I acknowledge my wickedness and the iniquity of my Fathers we have sinned against thee O Lord be merciful Amen Jer. 14. 20. Lord I beseech thee mercifully to hear me and as thou hast given me an hearty desire to pray so grant that by thy mighty aid I may be defended both in soul and body through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord be gracious unto me and give me an heart to worship thee and to do thy Will and open my heart in thy Law and send me peace Hear my prayer and be reconciled to me and never forsake me in the time of trouble for Jesus Christ his sake Amen 2 Mach. 1. 3 4 5. Remember me O Lord according to the favour that thou bearest to thy people O visit me with thy salvation that I may see the Felicity of thy Chosen and rejoyce in the gladness of thy people and give thanks with thine inheritance Amen Psalm 106.4 O God the Protector of all that trust in thee without whom nothing is strong nothing is holy encrease and multiply upon me thy mercy that thou being my Ruler and Guide I may so passe through things Temporal that I lose not the things AEternal Grant this O heavenly Father for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Grant O Lord that I may live in thy fear and die in thy favour rest in thy peace rise in thy power raign in thy Glory for thy beloved Son's sake Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Hear O Lord Consider my complaint hearken unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips and prevent me in Mercy before
spread upon the face of the whole earth good Lord purge it from all Atheism Heresie Schism and superstition factious maintenance of groundlesse Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptism may in all places be professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working member under Christ the head in the Church the body all the dayes of my life and through the hour of my death through the merits and by the Grace of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Most Mercifull God bless this particular Church in which I live make it and all the members of it sound in faith and holy life that they may serve thee and thou blesse them through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord blesse our most Gracious Soveraign treasure up in him all thy hidden blessings make him and keep him a devout servant to thee a constant Pastour of thy Church and Truth that he may live long and be ful of honourable successe all his dayes in his person in his actions in his Queen in his children in his servants in his people and Crowned with glory after life under him blesse the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that righteousnesse and peace may kisse 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 nearer reference the place where I was borne c. Every Soul contained in any of these All my friends kindred acquaintance Any unto whom thou hast made me any wayes beholding especially my nearer and bosome friends 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 dilgence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repaire 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 blesse all the afflicted members of the Body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted send them constant patience and 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 shouldest shew unto my own soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make mine estate as theirs is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen Blessed Father blesse all sorts of men in their particulars mine enemies wish I forgiveness of sins Turn their heart 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 and scorne of the world Amen O Domine Jesu da quod Jubes Jube quod vis facias animam meam paratam in adventum tuum veni quando vis Des mihi ad minimum sufficientem si placet pacatissimam patientiam veni quo modo vis O tu qui salus es omnium sperantium in te Et in super interpone obsecro O Domine Jesu Mortem Crucem Passionem Meritum Sanguinem tuum inter Judicium tuum animam meam Nunc semper pracipuè in hora Mortis meae Quae Mors obnixé precor nunquam sit subitanea nunquam adveniat inveniat me imparatum Nunquam it a adveniendo saeviat quin ut retineam Fidem spem Charitatem Memoriam intellectum sanum usque ad Extremum halitum Et esto mihi in Deum Protectorem Des Peccatis meis Misericordiam veniam Ecclesiae Pacem Concordiam Mihi Peccatorum primo Gratiam in hâc vita Gloriam in futura Ita Ita venias Domine Jesu miserere Mei Amen Lord here I am do with me as it seemeth best in thy own eyes only 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 dye Amen Our Father which art in heaven c. I. O Lord by thy mercy I am risen out of my grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preserved'st me Make it I beseech thee a resurrection to grace in this life and to glory in the life to come through Jesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made holy to us Give me that grace that I may keep it holy unto thee through Jesus Christ Amen O send out thy light and thy truth that they may lead me and bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling that I may go unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my Joy and Gladnesse and give thanks unto thee Amen Psal. 43. 3 4. Almighty and everlasting God who governs all things both in heaven and earth mercifully hear my prayers for my self and all thy people and grant us thy peace even all the dayes of our life even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee give me grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visite us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithful servants may rise up to the life Immortal through him who liveth and raigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scripture to be written for our learning grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise read hear mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen Lord I humbly besech thee raise up thy power and come amongst us and with great might succour us that whereas by our sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful grace and mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may speedily deliver us to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Lord let thy Angels tarry round about me and deliver me that I may taste and see how gracious thou my God art and how blessed the man is that trusteth in thee through Jesus
the Evening of my days close upon me Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 17. 1. O Domine Oro Te Ultra se Infirmitas mea non tendat sed loquatur hoc solum in quo Animae Salus est Neque in id stultitiae simul Impietatis unquam erumpam ut Omni potentiae tuae Sacra mentorum Arbiter esse velim Neque permittas me erigere Infirmitat is Meae sensum ultra aut Infinitat is Tuae religiosam Opinionem aut significatam Mihi AEternitat is tuae fidem Amen Illumina Quaeso Domine tenebras nostras totius hujus Noctis insidias à Me Omnibus fidelibus tuis ab animabus precipuè sed à Corporibus nostris repelle Propitius Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans Vnderstanding pour into mine 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 Incline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words shew thy marvellous loving kindeness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the Apple of thy Eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 17. 6 7 8. 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 Psalm 141. 2. The Lord is my shield and my strength my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped Therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise thy Name Psal. 28. 8. O Lord of all Power and Might who art the Author and Giver of all good things graff in my heart the love of thy Name increase in mee true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great Mercy keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord let me know my End and the number of my dayes that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were a span long and my Age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanity For 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 unto the foolish Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psa. 39. 5. O Domine mea omnia Meipsum Tibi dono offero Actionem Sermonem Quietem silentium Tantum Me habeas ducas Manum Mentem Linguam ad ea quae honesta sunt tibi grata moveas Et ab omnibus à quibus abstinere praestat abducas Per propter Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen III. 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 scornfull but that my delight may be in thy law O Lord and my Exercise in it day and night Amen O Sol Justitiae Pater Origo Omnium Tuo sydere afflari reviviscere est Tuo foveri Lumine proficere est Tuis accendi flammis perficere est Abs te deseri perire est O ter foelices quibus Mitis Rosidus exoreris Bees me O Domine Jesu Lumine Tuo Et discute Nebulas Ignorantiae meae Caliginem Peccatorum meorum ut non aberrans à via mandatorum tuorum te sequar in Lumen aeternum Per te ipsum unicum Salvatorem Redemptorem meum Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance preserve my foot from taking I humbly beseech thee Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Prov. 3. 26. O Lord give me I beseech thee thy Spirit to think and do alwayes 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 my enemies triumph over mee Shew me thy wayes O God and teach me thy pathes Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me thy statutes 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 kindnesse which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or of my riper Age but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodnesse and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almighty God who seest that wee have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my body and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversity which may happen to my body and from all evill thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen Hearken unto my voyce O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee seek ye my face Thy face Lord will I seek O hide not 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 Psalm 27. 8 9 10. 11. At Evening Morning and at Noon day will I pray and that instantly hear my voyce O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against mee Amen Psalm 55. 18. Let thy merciful Ears O Lord be open to the prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my petitions make mee to aske 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 mercy upon me Amen 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 Psal. 42. 3. Almighty 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 Righteousnesse Grant I beseech thee unto me
Lord I beseech thee grant that thy grace may alwayes prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Have mercy upon me O God after thy great goodnesse and according to the multitude of thy mercies do away my offences wash me throughly from my wickednesse and cleanse me from my sins 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 Righteousnesse Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen O Domine Exaudire dignare Preces meas in Beneplacito tuo Inimicum ab Actibus meis Cogitationibus virtute tuâ expelle Multiplica mihi fidem Guberna Mentem Spirituales Cogitationes concede super stratum vigilanti et ad Beatitudinem tuam producito Per Jesum Christum filium tuum salvatorem nostrum Amen Lord I beseech thee give me grace to avoid the Infections of the Devill and with a pure heart and mind to follow thee the onely true GOD Amen Lord I offer up unto thee my Evening sacrifice thy Sacrifice even a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart which thou wilt not despise in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Domine Supplex te Oro Respice Me purga mentem meam Cogitationes meas ab impuris Concupiscentiis ab omni Inquinamento Carnis spiritus ab omni Diabolica Operatione Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine Inestimabilem Misericordiam tuam clementer ostende simul exue Me à Peccatis quae Commisi Eripe Me à Poenis quas merui Per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum Amen O God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercy may in all things direct and rule my heart through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may remember thee upon my bed and think upon thee when I am waking Thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings I will hope to passe through the darknesse of this night in the comfort of Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen Psal. 63. 6. O Lord make my eyes prevent me the night watches that I may be occupied in thy words Amen Psal. 119. 148. O Lord thou which hast made the night for man to rest in as well as the day to labour Grant O dear Father that I may so take my bodily rest that my soul may continually watch for my deliverance out of this mortal life And that my sleep be not excessive after the Insatiable desires of the flesh but sufficient to releive and maintain Nature to live and serve thee in all sober and godly Conversation through the ayd and assistance of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen V. O Hold thou up my goings in thy pathes that my footsteps slip not Amen Psal. 17. 5. Subveni Domine meus Jesu Et Accingere Gladium tuum circa Femur Potentissime Omnium Potentissime egredere Occide Me in Me ut vivam in te desinant Inimici persequi me Amen O God thou art my God early will I seek thee My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is O satisfie this thirst with the freshest waters of comfort in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 63. 1. O Lord have mercy upon me I have waited for thee Be thou my arm in the morning and my help in the time of trouble that I may exalt thy name which dwellest on high that I may live in the stability of thy times and that thy fear may be my treasure even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Esay 33. 1 5 6. O Almighty God and mercifull Father grant I beseech thee that as I do believe thy only Son our Lord to have ascended into the heavens so I and all thy faithfull servants may in heart and mind thither ascend and with thee continually dwell Amen O God the King of Glory who hast exalted thy only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph into thy Kingdome in heaven I beseech thee leave neither thy Church nor my poor self comfortless But send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and raigneth with thee One God world without end Amen Hear my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my petition take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed Give me strength and comfort in thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 55. 1. O God the proud are risen against me and the Congregation of factious men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes But thou Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long-suffering plenteous in goodnesse and truth O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me shew some token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 86. 14. Assist me mercifully O Lord in these my supplications and prayers and dispose my way towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life I may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O deliver me from them whose words are softer then butter when they have war in their hearts and from them whose words are smoother then oyl while they are very swords Lord I cast my burthen upon thee that thou mayest sustain me and not suffer me to fall for ever Amen Psal. 55. 22. Blesse me O Lord when thou chastenest me and teachest me in thy laws that thou mayest give me patience in time of adversity till the pit be digged up for the ungodly O Lord fail me not neither forsake me for I am part of thy inheritance through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 94. 12. Almighty and Merciful God of thy bountiful goodnesse keep me from all things that may hurt me that I being ready both in body and soul may with a free heart accomplish those things that thou wouldst have done through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O AEterne Deus quandiu hîc in terris sum supplex Oro In quantum terrena mihi serviunt doceant me esse Dominum suum sed à Te constitutum In quantum molesta sunt doceant me servire tibi Domino meo Cui dum non obtempero illa in vindictam justam molesta esse solent ut sive illa mihi serviant sive non Ego
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 necessity and the setting forth of thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O remember not my old sins but have mercy upon me and that soon for I am come to great misery Help me O God of my salvation O deliver me and be merciful to my sins for thy names sake Amen Pial 79. 8. Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise end that for thy loving mercy and for thy truth's sake Amen Psal. 115. 1. O Tu unus Deus Pater Fili S. Spiritus qui unitam Deitatem Nobis declarasti S. S. solius Divinitatis indivisam Gloriam revelasti perfectam Trinitatis Tuae sempiternitatem demonstrasti Da Nobis Obsecro fidem Obedientiam in hâc vita Gloriam in futura Per propter Redemptorem nostrum Jesum Christum Amen O Lord God of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy poor servant that prayeth O turn me again O God shew me the light of thy Countenance and I shall be whole Amen Psal. 80. 4. Tibi Gloria tibi Gloria Domine quanta apud te Clementiae abyssus quanta Patientiae Copia En qui Nominis tui praetextu ex ignobilibus obscuris Clari Illustres effecti sunt honore abutuntur Contra Te qui honorem largitus es audentque non audenda in S. S. Mysteria tua Injurii ut homines perditis moribus praediti summa cum quiete licentia conturbanti omnia O Domine Exurge Adjuva Ecclesiam tuam ne sinas Animam meam in eorum Consilium descendere Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord I will cry day and night before thee let my prayer enter into thy presence incline thy ear unto my calling for my soul is full of trouble and my life draws nigh unto the pit O let not thy Indignation lye too hard upon me neither vex me with all thy storms but remember of what mould thou hast made me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine ne sit mihi inutilis Pugna verborum sed incunctantis fidei constans professio Conserva in me Oro fidei incontaminatam Religionem usque ad excessum spiritus mei hanc Conscientiae meae vocem dona mihi ut quod in Regenerationis meae symbolo Baptizatus in Pa F. Sp. S to professus sum semper obtineam ut te habeam Patrem unà tecum filium tuum adorem Sp. Sanctum tuum promerear Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord be merciful unto me and I will sing praises unto thy name yea I wil tell of thy loving kindnesse early in the morning and of thy truth in the night season O blesse me and fulfill all thy works of grace in me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 92. 1 2. Dona mihi Domine mentem vigilem Cogitationem sobriam Cor castum somnum placidum ab omni diabolica cogitatione liberum deinde excita me Domine hora Orationis ut praeceptis tuis firmiter adhaeream ut memoriam retineam inviolatam Judiciorum tuorum Amen Lord remember thy promise unto thy servant wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust that thy statutes may be my songs in the house of my pilgrimage and that I may remember thy name in the night season Amen Psal. 119. 54 55. In manus tuas Domine Commendo animam meam corpus meum creasti enim redemisti ea Domine Deus veritatis Commendo etiam mecum mea Omnia Tu enim mihi gratiosè largitus es illa pro beneplacito tuo In Pace ergo me simul cubare dormire facias O Domine Qui solus me habitare facias securè Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O omnium Domine Effector O Deus tuorum Pater Gubernator O vitae Mortis Arbiter O Animarum Custos Benefactor O Qui omnia facis tempestive ut ipse pro sapientiae tuae Administrationis altitudine nosti artifice Sermone transmutas Me Opportuno tempore tuo suscipe tamdiu in Carne vitam meam moderatus quamdiu conducibile fuit mihi ipsi Ecclesiae Et suscipe quaeso ob metum tuum paratum Non turbatum nec in Extremo tempore Terga vertentem Nec invito Animo tanquam abstractum avulsum à Mundo sed ut promptè alacriter ad beatam illam aeternam vitam proficiscentem quae est in Domino nostro Jesu Christo Cui Gloria in saecula saeculorum Amen VII O Lord I will sing of thy power and praise thy mercy in the morning for thou hast been my defence and my refuge in the day of my trouble unto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my defence and my mercifull God Amen Psal. 59. 16. The Glorious Majesty of thee O Lord my God be upon me prosper thou the works of my hands upon me O prosper thou my handy-work Amen psal 90. 17. O Lord open my eyes that I may see the wonders of thy law I am a stranger upon earth O hide not thy Commandements from me for thy testimonies are my delight and my Counsellors Lord continue thy favour to me that so they may ever be Amen Psal. 119. 18. O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God which hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day I fall into no sin neither run into any kind of danger but that all my doings may be ordered by thy governance to do alwayes that which is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O my soul wait thou still upon my God for my hope is in him He is my strength and my salvation He is my defence so that I shall not fall so Amen Lord Jesu Amen Psal. 62. 5. O Lord God be mercifull to every one that prepares his whole heart to seek thee O Lord God the God of his fathers though he be not according to the purification of the Sanctuary Amen 2 Chronic. 30. 19. O Lord I walk in the midst of troubles I beseech thee refresh me stretch forth thy hand upon the fury of my Enemies that thy right and thy cunning hand may save me O make good thy loving kindnesse towards me And despise not I beseech thee the work of thy own hands Amen Psal. 138. 7. I deal with the thing that is lawful and right O give me not over to my Oppressors Amen O make me thy poor servant still to delight in the thing
that is good that the proud do me no wrong for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 119. 121 122. Almighty God the fountain of all wisdome who knowest our necessitie before we ask and our Ignorance in asking I beseech thee to have Compassion upon my Infirmities and those things which for my unworthinesse I dare not and for my blindness I cannot ask vouchsafe to give me for the worthynesse of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord I will put my trust in thee alwayes O let the people do it with me and I will pour out my heart before thee Amen Psal. 62. 8. O that my wayes were made so direct that I might keep thy statutes O Lord direct them Amen Psal. 119. 5. O Lord teach me the way of thy statutes and I shall keep it unto the end yea I shall keep it with my whole heart O stablish thy Word in thy servant that I may fear thee And that for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 119. 33. O Lord I will call upon thee in my troubles O deliver me and hear me and then especially what time any storm falls upon me Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 81. 7. Blessed art thou O Lord O teach me thy statutes that my whole heart may seek thee and that I may not go wrong out of thy Commandements that I may take greater delight in thy testimonies then in all manner of riches Amen Psal. 119. 10 12. O praise the Lord all ye his servants ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord with these O Lord I lift up my hands unto thy Sanctuary and will praise thy name O Lord be with me this Evening in all the mercies of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Psal. 134. 1. Miserae Carnis meae Infirmitatem tu nosti qui finxisti me Invisibilium hostium meorum vigilantiam Tu nosti qui vides eos protegat me Ala Bonitatis tuae Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord there is no hiding me from thy presence for if I should say the darknesse shall cover me then shall my night be turned to day for the darknesse is no darknesse with thee but the night is as clear as the day the darknesse and the light to thee are both alike therefore O God I present my self open before thee O cleanse my soul that it may rejoyce to be seen of thee In Jesus Christ Amen Die jam transacto Gratias tibi ago Domine Gloriam tibi tribuo quod sine scandalo Hymnis effero quod liber ab insidiis diem transegerim Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Thy Righteousnesse O God is very high and great things are they which thou hast done for me O God who is like unto thee Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on every side therefore will I praise thee and thy righteousnesse O God and unto thee will I sing O thou holy One of Israel My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee and so will my soul which thou hast delivered My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousnesse all the day long for many are confounded and brought to shame that seek to do me evil O Lord continue thy blessings to me and multiply thankfulnesse to thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 71. 17. 19. O Lord thou keeper of I rael which in the watch of thy servants dost neither slumber nor sleep be my keeper and preserve me this night O keep my soul Amen Psal. 121.4 O Lord give me grace to make hast and not to prolong the time to serve thee to keep thy Commandements that I may call my owne ways to remembrance and turn my feet to thy testimonies and then at mid-night will I rise and give thee thanks because of thy righteous Judgments O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psalm 119. 59. Woe is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to have my Habitation among the tents of Kedar for my soul hath too long dwelt among them that are enemies to peace Too long O Lord but that it is thy good pleasure to continue my dwelling in this vale of misery Amen Psalm 120. 4. Quid es O Deus meus quid rogo nisi Dominus Deus Quis enim Dominus praeter Dominum aut quis Deus praeter Deum nostrum Summe Optime Potentissime Misericordissime Justissime secretissime prasentissime Pulcherrime fortissime stabilis Incomprehensibilis Immutabilis mutans Omnia Nunquam Novus nunquam vetus innovans omnia in vetustatem perducens superbos nesciunt Semper agens semper quietus colligens non egens Portans implens proiegens Creans nutriens perficiens Quaeris quum nihil desit tibi Amas nec aestuas Zelos securus es Poenitet te non doles Irasceris tranquillus es Opera mutas non Consilium Recipis quod invenis nunquam amisisti Nunquam inops gaudes Lucris Numquam Avarus usur as exigis Supererogatur tibi debeas quis quicquam non tuum Reddis debita nulla debens Donas debita nihil perdens Et quid dicemus Deus meus vita mea Dulcedo mea sancta Aut quid dicet aliquis quam de te dicit Et vae tacentibus de te quoniam loquaces multi sunt Miserere Mei Deus ut loquar de te glorificem Nomen tuum Amen Lord this is the time of fear keep thy servant from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me that though my sins be many and great yet I may be innocent from the great offence Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 19. 13. O Lord make me worthy of the place to which thou hast raised me in thy Church that all my endevours may be to make Truth and Peace meet together In this course give me understanding to discover my Enemies and wisdome to prevent them An heart to love my Friends and carriage that may bind them Lord make me to love thy Church and the place where thy honour dwelleth that as thou hast honoured me above many others so I may honour thee above all and spend whatsoever is acceptable in the poor remainder of my life to serve thee in thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord turn away my eyes that they behold not vanity and quicken thou me in thy way Amen Psal. 119. 37. O Domine Misericors quando à te ipse exoratus pacificos dies proventus uberes divitem bonis omnibus tranquillitatem abundantiam dederis super vot a crescentem ne sinas me tanta secundarum rerum prosperitate corrumpi ne tui penitus obliviscar mei sed humilitatem gratititudinem adauge Per Jesum
Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Visita quaeso Domine habitationem meam Omnes infidi Inimici ab eà longè repellantur Angeli tui Sancti habitent in eâ nos in pace sanitate custodiant benedictio tua sit super Nos semper Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Linguae Froenum LEt the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be always acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psal. 19. 14. Lord keep my tongue from evill and my lips that they speak no guile that so I may eschew evil and do good seek peace and ensue it Amen Psalm 34. 12 13. O Lord give me the mouth of the righteous that it may be exercised in wisdome and that my tongue may be talking of Judgment Amen Psalm 37. 31. Lord I have said in thy Grace I will take heed to my wayes that I offend not with my tongue Give me O give me that grace that I may take this heed that I may keep my mouth as it were with a bridle especially when the ungodly is in my sight be it never so much pain or grief to me Hear me and grant Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal 39.1 2. Let the free-will Offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord and teach me thy Judgments Amen Psal. 119. 108. O Lord set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips and let not my heart be inclined to any thing that is evil Amen Psal. 141. 3. O Lord set a watch before my mouth and a seal of wisdom upon my lips that I fall not suddenly by them and that my tongue destroy me not Amen Ecclus. 22. 27. Afflictiones IF I find favour in thy 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 joyfull and glad in thee But if thou say O for Jesus Christ his sake say it not I have no pleasure in thee Behold here I am do with me as seems good in thy own Eyes Amen 2 Sam. 15. 25. O Lord though I be afflicted on every side let me not be in distresse though in want of some of thy comfort yet not of all though I be chastened 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 2 Cor. 4. 8 16. O Lord whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me I will hold my peace and not open my mouth because it is thy doing Amen Psal. 38. 10. O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy Word 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 Psal 119.65 75. I know O Lord that thy Judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me to be troubled O let thy merciful kindnesse be my comfort according to thy Word to thy servant even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 119. 75. O Lord Almighty O God of Israel the soul that is in trouble and the spirit that is pierced cryeth unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercy for thou art mercifull and have pity upon me because I have sinned before thee for thou endurest for ever but unlesse thou have mercy I utterly perish Have mercy therefore even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord remember the promise that the poor shall not alwayes be forgotten nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever Amen Psal. 9. 18. Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soul in adversities Amen Psal. 31. 8. Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and my eye is consumed for very heavinesse yea my soul and my body my strength faileth me because of my Iniquity and my bones are consumed I am even become like a broken vessel for I have heard the Blasphemy 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 me and deliver me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 31. 10 12 14 15 16. Why art thou so full of heavinesse O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O but 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 Psalm 42. 6. Up Lord why sleepest thou Awake and be not absent from us for ever wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaves unto the ground Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercies sake Amen Psal. 44. 23. In thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousnesse bow down thy Ear to me make hast to deliver me be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest save me Be thou also my Guide and lead me for thy names sake Amen Psal. 31. 1. O God the enemy cryeth so and the ungodly cometh on so fast that they threaten to overbear me they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously are they set against me my heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is sallen upon me Fearfullnesse and trembling and an horrible dread have overwhelmed me and I said O that I had wings like a Dove that I might make haste to escape the storm wind and tempest but be thou my helper and I will magnifie thee O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psal. 55. 3. O be thou my help in trouble for vain is the help of men Amen Psal. 60. 11. Gracious Father the life of man is a warfare upon earth and the dangers that assault us are diversly pointed against us I beseech thee be present with me in all the course and passages of my life but especially in the services of my calling suffer not malice to be able to hurt me nor cunning to circumvent me Nor violence to oppresse me Nor falshood to betray me That which I cannot foresee I beseech thee prevent That which I cannot withstand I beseech thee master That which I do not fear I beseech thee unmask and frustrate that being delivered from all dangers both of body and soul I may praise thee the Deliverer and see how happy a thing it is to make the Lord of hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble Especially O Lord blesse and preserve me at this time from c. that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance
also and be safe in the merits and mercies of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction and given me plenty of tears to drink I am become a very strife to my neighbours and my enemies laugh me to scorn but turn thee again thou God of Hosts shew me the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen Psal. 80. 5. Help me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercy and the world shall know that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Amen Lord Jesu Amen Psal. 109. 25. If my delight had not been in thy law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen Psal. 119. 92. Pestilentia DEliver me O Lord from all my offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish take I humbly beseech thee thy plague away from thy people for we are even consumed by means of thy heavy hand and for Jesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease Amen Psal. 39. 9 11. O Lord deliver me from the snare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence O defend me under thy wings and keep me sase under thy feathers that I may not be afraid for any terrour by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day for the pestilence that walketh in the darknesse nor for the sicknesse that destroyeth at noon-day though thousands fall before me and ten thousands at my right hand yet let it not come neer me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 91. 3. O Lord thou art my hope I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me neither let any plague come nigh my dwelling but give thy Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psa. 91. 10. O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee and according to the greatnesse of both thy power and thy mercy preserve them that are appointed to die Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 79. 12. O Lord I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant that I and my Family that are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodnesse from this and all other Infection both of soul and body that so we may live both to serve and praise thee to the glory of thy great Name through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest have pity upon us miserable sinners that now are visited with great sicknesse and mortality and like as thou didst then command thy Angel to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sicknesse through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord who hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and long continued visitation and in the midst of thy judgement remembring mercy hast redeemed us from death we offer up unto thee our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast now delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee And here I offer up unto thee most merciful Father in the name of all thy people all possible praise and thanks and shall ever magnifie thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord the sorrows of death compass me and the snares of death are ready to overtake me when thou wilt dissolve my tabernacle thou alone knowest therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee O Lord and will complain unto my God O be with me at the instant of my death and receive me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 18. 3 4 5. Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth Amen Psal. 31. 6. O Lord thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is become like the drought in summer I acknowledge my sin unto thee O Lord and my unrighteousnesse have I not hid O Lord be merciful unto me Amen Psal. 34. 4. O Lord hear my prayer and with thy ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears for I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were O spare a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Amen Psal. 39. 13. O Domine mediâ vità in morte sumus unde aut à quo quaerimus auxilium nisi à te Domine qui tamen pro peccatis nostris meritò infensus est nobis Sancte fortis sancte Misericors salvator amarissimis poenis mortis aeternae ne tradas me Ne projicias me in tempore aegritudinis meae quum deficit virtus mea ne derelinquas me Domine ante te omnia desideria mea suspiria mea à te non sunt abscondita Nosti Domine Tu Domine Nosti intima Cordis mei ne quaeso occludas precibus meis aures misericordiae tuae quin parce mihi O Domine Sanctissime O Omnipotens Deus Sancte salvator maximè misericors Dignissime AEterne Judex ne sinas me in horâ meâ novissima pro quocunque terrore mortis excidere à te Amen O Domine Salvator Jesu O Lord the snares of death compasse me round about the pains of hell get hold upon me I have found trouble and heaviness but I will call upon thy name O Lord O Lord deliver my soul deliver my soul from death my eyes from tears and my feet from falling that I may walk before thee in the land of the living Amen Psal. 116. 2 3. Thou O Lord hast chastened and corrected me but not given me yet over unto death Open me the gates of righteousnesse that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord Amen Psal. 118. 18. There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sins yet O Lord be mercisul to me and heal me for thy names sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing mee back from the bottome of my Grave what thou hast farther for me to do or suffer thou alone knowest Lord give me patience and courage and all Christian resolution to do thee service and grace to do it and let me not live longer then to honour thee through Jesus Christ Amen INDEX A AMici folio 11. Afflicti f. 12 Auxilium fol. 58 59 75 104. Tempore adverso 56 Afflictiones f. 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132. Adoratio glorificatio dei mei 114. Adventus Dom. 1. f. 18 Dom. 2. 19 Dom. 4. 19. Dies Ascensionis fol.