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A33007 A form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His Majesties late victories over the rebels to be observed in all churches and chapels throughout the kingdom ... Church of England. 1685 (1685) Wing C4122; ESTC R35946 4,847 14

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the Communion Service in stead of the Collect for the day shall be read O Almighty God who art a strong tower c. as before in Morning Prayer ¶ The Epistlo 1 S. Pet. II. 11. 17. ¶ The Gospel S. Matth. xxii 15. 22. Then went the Pharisees c. ¶ In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read Whatsoever ye would S. Matth. vii 12. that men should do unto you do ye even so unto them for this is the Law and the Prophets ¶ After the Prayer For the whole state of Christs Church c. shall these following Prayers be used O Lord our God who by thine Infinite Power and Wisdom dost govern all things we adore and magnifie thy great and glorious Name confessing that to thy good Providence over us we entirely owe both our Being and our Preservation We are here before thee this day to make this humble Acknowledgment as every one of us for himself in particular 〈…〉 us together in the name of this whole Nation to which both now of late and heretofore thou hast vouchsafed so many great and publick Deliverances Thou art our God who hast so often and so wonderfully defeated the ●e●●us of ambitious restless and bloodthirsty men to whom hadst thou given us up for a prey as our sins most justly deserved our Blood would have been spilt like Water upon the ground we must have lost all that is dear to us in this World and we should have been overwhelmed in a Deluge of Sects and Heresies of Wars and Confusions of which we could not have expected to see any other issue than the final Ruine and Destruction of this Kingdom and thy Church amongst us O our God! how gracious hast thou been unto us all and to many of us even against our own wills How much better hast than provided for us than we our selves could or would have done hadst thou left us in the Hand of our own foolish Counsels Into thy blessed Hands O God we entirely surrender and give up our selves and whatever concerns us beseeching thee to be still the same gracious God to us and to our posterity after us And the better to prepare and qualifie us for the continuance of thy Care and good Providence Enable us by thy Grace to live like a People whom thou hast so often and so wonderfully Redeemed not following the Dictates of our own unruly Lusts or Passions nor listning any longer to those that go about with Lies and slander the Footsteps of thine Anointed but studying every one to be quiet and to do our own Business fearing God and honouring our King and loving one another and hereby adorning our most holy Profession that so being delivered from our Enemies and from the Hands of all that hate us we may serve thee without fear in Holiness and Righteousness before thee all the days of our life to the glory of thy Name which is exalted far above all Blessing and Praise through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen GRant Lord we beseech thee that the Course of this World may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly Quietness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ The Hymn Not unto us O Lord c appointed at Morning Prayer in stead of Venite exultemus shall now also be used before the Psalms ¶ Proper Psalms CXVIII CXLIV ¶ Proper Lessons The first 2 Sam. xxii Cantate Domino Ps xcviii The second 2 S. Pet. II. Deus misereatur Ps lxvii ¶ In stead of the Collect for the Day shall the Thanksgiving For peace and deliverance from our enemies be used as in the Morning Prayer ¶ Immediately before the Prayer of St. Chrysostom shall these Collects be used viz. The Thanksgiving For restoring publick peace at home as in Morning Prayer ¶ A Prayer for our Enemies FAther of Mercies and lover of Souls who art kind unto the Vnthankful and to the Evil and hast commanded us also to extend our charity even to those that hate us and despitefully use us We beseech thee as to accept our Prayers and Praises which we have this Day offered up unto thee in behalf of all that are Faithful and Loyal in the Land so also to enlarge thy Mercy and Pity even to those that are our Enemies O most wise and powerful Lord God in whose Hands are the Hearts of all men as the Rivers of Water to turn them whithersoever thou wilt Work mightily upon the Minds of all Parties amongst us Turn the Hearts of the Children to the Fathers and the Disobedient to the Wisdom of the Iust and so make them a ready People prepared for the Lord. Thou that fittest between the Cherubim be the Earth never so unquiet thou that stillest the Raging of the Sea and the Noise of his Waves and the Madness of the People Stir up thy Strength and come and help us Let the Wickedness of the Wicked come to an end Take away his Vngodliness and thou shalt find none Let the fierceness of Man turn to thy Praise and the Remainder of Weath do thou restrain To this end take from them all their Prejudices and all their Passions their confident Mistakes their carnal Ends and their secular Interests Open the blind Eyes that they may see at least in this their Day the Things which belong to their Peace and wisely considering thy Work may say This hath God done and so hear and fear and do no more wickedly Soften the most obdurate Hearts into a meek and humble and docible Temper that they may no longer resist the Truth Bow down the stiff Neck and the iron Sinew to the gentle and easie Yoke of thy most holy Law Take away the Brow of Brass and the Whores Forehead and make their Faces ashamed that they may seek thy Name Sweeten if it may be the Gall of Bitterness and loose the Bands of Iniquity and guide their Feet into the Ways of Peace And thus redouble O Lord upon us the Joys of this Day that we may not onely triumph in the Disappointment of their wicked Imaginations but with thy holy Angels in Heaven rejoyce for their Conversion Which great Blessing with the most ardent Affections of our Souls we beg of thee for thy tender Mercies sake through the Merits and Mediation of Iesus Christ thy blessed Son our onely Saviour Amen GRant Lord we beseech thee that the Course of this World may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly Quietness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FINIS