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A55650
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A Prayer for the Prince and Princess of Orange translated out of French.
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1688
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Wing P3192; ESTC R26900
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A PRAYER FOR THE Prince and Princess of ORANGE Translated out of French. O God who hast commanded us to address our selves to thee in the time of our Necessity with promise to deliver us thence and that we should return thee our most humble Thanksgivings for the same we present our selves upon this extraordinary Occasion before the Throne of thy most Sacred Majesty to Implore thy Assistance from on High in the present Conjuncture and Delivery of thy Church Thou know'st O Lord the many Evils she has undergone even to this present time and the Designs of the Grandees of the World to annihilate and exterminate her from the face of the Earth We may say to thee as David said Why do the Heathen rage and why do the Kings and Princes of the Earth conspire together against the Lord and against his God Yea O great God 't is against thee that they Rebel since they endeavour to abolish the Truth of thy Word and to set up an Idolatrous Worship which is an Abomination in thy sight Behold O Almighty God from the highest Heavens the Affliction of thy People Descend from the high Throne of thy Glory to overthrow and confound their Counsels and Conspiracies which only tend to the Oppression of thy poor Children who groan under the heavy burthen of Persecution assemble together the Kings and Princes who serve thee in Purity to defend thy Cause and make them Victorious over thy Enemies And thou most Puissant God of Arms strengthen their hands in Battel and surround them with thy saving Protection Particularly we implore this Favour from thee for his Highness the Prince of Orange It is he who has most deeply laid to Heart the Outrage that has been done thee and which they would offer to thy Church Support his Cause since 't is thy own and favour him with Victory over all his Enemies His Enterprize is dangerous But what may not he do being sustain'd by thy All Powerful Hand Command the Sea and the Impetuous vvaves to be smooth before him Restrain the contrary Winds within their bounds and permit not the least Gale to blow that does not favour his Designs Thou O Omnipotent God who heretofore didst say to Joshua by Moses fortisie and strengthen thy self strengthen and fortifie this Great Prince this Leader of thy People this Great Joshua whom thou hast given us to be the Zorebabel that must Re-establish thy Jerusalem Gird him with Courage and Strength that he may be undaunted in the midst of the most dangerous Perils that he may have the Strength of Sanison the Prosperity of Gedeon and the Victories of David and that lastly after the Signal Victories which thou shalt give him he may be a Prince of Peace like Solomon Grant him Lord these Blessings always to accompany Him And may the Eternal hear thee Great Prince in the day of thy Distress and may the Name of the God of Jacob grant thee a happy Repose may he send thee Succour from his Holy Place and defend thee out of Sion Remember Lord the Oblations of his Heart and may he perform thy Will. Lord thou knowest that thou didst send this Great Prince into the World as it were by a Miracle by the same Miracle preserve him Thou hast been his God from his Mother's Womb thou hast brought him up between thy knees thy Guarding hand has defended him from his Enemies Thou hast already done great things by his Prowess Through his Courage thy People look upon him as the Pillar of thy Church Deprive him not O God in this unhappy Time of thy Supports which are his only Consolation Remember the labours of his Anoestors for the Establishment and Maintenance of thy Holy Gospel They have upon a thousand occasions experienced that thou wert their God. Thou hast preserved them in the day of Battel in Sieges and in a thousand dangers And Lord we hope from thy Goodness and Mercy that thou wilt also protect with equal force this Prince who has more formidable Enemies to encounter Shorten O Eternal God sooner shorten our days than the Life of a Person so dear to thy Church Let the Holy Angels encamp round about Him command them to fight as heretofore thou didst in the days of Sennacherib to exterminate all those Idolaters that dare oppose his Arms and grant Him O God for his two Fortresses thy Grace and thy Truth to the end that this Prince accomplishing his just Designs thy Church may erect her Banners and sing the holy Hymn God hath shewn himself and his Enemies are confounded Halleluiah Safety and Strength belong to our Eternal God. O Eternal God support on this occasion the heart of her Royal Highness his Illustrious Consort Confirm her against all fear that may possess her Mind and say to her Soul that thou wilt be the Deliverance of her Husband and that no Mischief shall approact his Pavillion Give ear O Holy Father to the fervent Prayers which she sends up to thy Throne and send her thy Holy Spirit to comfort her in this her Tryal and let nothing but the Messengers of good News approach her Sacred Person Doubtless Lord thou wilt be Merciful to her since thou hast fill'd het Heart with the fear of thy Great Name Her trust is in thee let her not be confounded Preserve her Health preserve her Life that she being advanc'd to that High Dignity which we so ardently desire may become a Nurse to thy Church the Hester of this Age and the Blessed Mary that shall give a new Birth to the Saviour of the World in supporting thy Church and diffusing thy Gospel to all the ends of the Earth True 't is O God that we might hope for all these Favours at thy Hands but that we are such vile Offendors and therefore sensible of our Guilt we are in continual Fear Confirm us O Eternal Father through thy Mercy and wash away our Sins in the Blood of our Redeemer in whose precious Name c. 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