the door of repentance and life to us all allowing us all means of emendation and conversion the admirable treasure of the divine Scriptures the wonderful benefits of the holy Sacraments innumerable patterns of good living and dying and together with all the comforts of this visible world rejoyce and honour with his hope of everlasting felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen VII Saturday THe heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy work One day telleth another and one night certifyeth another of the great power and bounty of the Creatour blessed for ever There is neither speech nor language but their voices are heard amongst them Their sound is gone out to all lands and their words to the worlds end Psal. 19. The Lord giveth food to all flesh and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him The Lord cloatheth the grass of the field and bringeth forth herbs for the use of man and beast The Lord helpeth them to right that suffer wrong and looseth men out of prison The Lord giveth sight to the blind and to the seeing The Lord helpeth them that are fallen and raiseth the dead He cureth the broken hearted and giveth medicine to heal the sick The Lord caâ—eth for the righteous and humble but scorneth and debaseth the proud The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him that call upon him faithfully My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all the world above and below give thanks unto his holy name for ever and ever Amen Tread firmly O disciple of Christ in the footsteps of thy meek and holy master for these lead still upwards unto supercelestial and endless glory Interpose O blessed Jesus thy passions cross and death between the Divine Justice and this poor soul both now and in the hour of death and in the day of judgment Grant O Lord to the living mercy and grace to the faithful departed a joyful resurrection To thy Catholick Church peace and concord truth and righteousness and to me and all sinners repentance and pardon and life everlasting Amen Or By thy bloody Sweat thy Thorny Crown and Scourges thy pierced Hands and Feet the fountain of Bloud and water opened in thy precious side by thy dying groans and acclamations thy prayers and benedictions be merciful unto me a vile sinner spare me and bless me O my crucified Love. Amen THE LARGER OFFICE GOING TO BED CHAP. X. I. Sunday I Will lay me down in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely that makest me dwell in safety Psal. 4.9 Whom have I in heaven but thee O Lord and what is there on earth that I desire in comparison of thee Thou art about my path and my bed and spiest out all my ways Psal. 139.2 Have mercy upon me and all mine this night O blessed Jesus who didst die and revive for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with thee Hallelujah 1 Thess. 5.10 Or From morning to night I will bless the Lord. Now to him who is able to keep me and all his servants from falling and to present us at length pardoned and faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding great joy to the only wiseGod our Saviour and Defender be glory and majesty dominion power and praise both now and for ever Amen My trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever Psalm 52.9 Let me and all mine yea let me and all thine O holy Father now sleep in peace and wake in Christ begin the next return of reason with heavenly Meditation Amen Or To Gods gracious Protection I most humbly commit my self my family and friends and all the faithful and all the afflicted The Lord bless us and keep us The Lord make his face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us The Lord lift up his countenance upon us and give us peace both now and evermore Amen by the merits and intercession of Jesus our onely Saviour and Advocate BENEDICTIO II. Munday IN the Name of God I will lay me down to rest The almighty Lord be now and evermore my Defence against all perils both of Sleep and Death Amen for Jesus his sake Thou art worthy O Lord to receive Glory Honour and Power for thou hast created all things and for thy Wills sake they were created and are preserved Blessed be thy name world without end Amen Or Great Ruler of the day and night Upon our darkness cast thy Light With safe and kind Repose allay The Care and Trouble of the day That when thou shalt unclose my eyes Healthful and pure I may arise Fit for the morning Sacrifice Or O praise the Lord ye Angels of his that excell in strength that are always waking and always active O praise the Lord all ye his Hosts ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous ye servants of his that do his pleasure O speak good of the Lord all ye works of his in all places of his dominion Praise thou the Lord O my soul and in praising turn thee to thy rest The glorious Majesty of the Lord endureth for ever the Lord shall rejoyce in his works Amen Psal. 103. III. Tuesday THis night and the days and nights of my appointed time defend O Lord protect spare deliver and bless thy servant who putteth his trust in thee through Jesus Christ. Amen I will remember thee upon my bed and think upon thee when I am waking Because thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoyce my soul hangeth upon thee and thy right hand upholdeth me Thy loving Kindness is better then life better then all the glories and pleasures of the whole world Let me now rest O benign Saviour where thy beloved Disciple did that my sleep may be sweet that my dreaming may be of thee of thy Redemption and of thy glorious mansions Or my flesh shall rest in hope that thou Lord wilt raise me both from the Bed and from the Grave and wilt shew me the paths of Life both temporal and eternal for the sake of thy wellbeloved Son whom thou sufferedst to die for the world but not to see corruption Amen Just and righteous are thy ways O Lord who will not fear and serve thee Let us rejoyce and be exceeding glad and secure for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Rev. 19.5.6 Every where and at all times will I think upon my mortal and sinful life and upon thy continual and great Mercys In thee O Lord have I put my trust that I be not confounded though altogether unworthy of thy eye and regard In thee only I confide Amen with great ardor and expectation O God leave not my soul destitute IV. Wednesday THe Lord is my shepherd therefore can I lack nothing Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and sleep is that valley I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort
PRIVATE DEVOTION AND A BRIEF EXPLICATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Matth. VI. 6. Thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut the door pray to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly OXON Printed at the THEATER for Henry Clements Bookseller in Oxford A. D. MDCLXXXIX Imprimatur GILB IRONSIDE Vicecancellarius THE CONTENTS CHAPTER I. DAILY PRAYER in the Morning II. At Noon III. At Evening IV. Pious Resolutions V. Select Lessons of Holy Scripture VI. Occasional Lessons VII Going to or from the Church VIII Occasional Reflections IX The Larger Office at Rising wheâ— my affairs will permit X. The Larger Office at Reposing XI Private Devotion at the HOLY COMMVNION XII At Receiving the Bread. XIII At Receiving the Cup. XIV At home after the Communion PREPARATION for DEATH and ETERNITY XV. Forgiveness and Charity XVI Repentance XVII Sickness and Pain XVIII Hope in God and Resignation to his pleasure XIX Profession of the Catholick Faith. XX. Desire of Absolution and of my Change. XXI Psalm cxxxix XXII The TEN COMMANDMENTS Expounded DAILY PRAYER CHAP. I. The Morning Office. I. At Rising BLessed be God my Creatour and Preserver Amen O Almighty Lord and everlasting God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws and in the works of thy commandments that through thy most mighty protection by which Heaven and Earth consist both here and ever we may be preserved in body and soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen See Chap. ix II. Before Dinner OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name adored be thy Majesty which is great wonderful holy almighty and eternal Thy Kingdom come where dwelleth righteousness and peace Thy will and holy commandment be done as in heaven by the blessed angels and souls of righteous men continually zealously and unâ—nimously so on earth by me and all mine by this church by the church Vniversal and by all that breath For of thee we live and move and have our time and the hope of everlasting happiness Again and for ever adored by thy name Give us this day our daily bread and necessaries in diligence honesty moderation and content And blessed be the most bountiful Creatour for all his blessings spiritual and temporal conferred on me and all mankind Give comfort and relief and in part by our hands to the sick the poor the fatherless the stranger and the afflicted Forgive us miserable and ungrateful sinners all our trespasses in thought and word and deed against thy Divine Majesty for the infinite merits and by the efficacious intercession of Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour as we now entirely forgive those that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation and trouble as we deserve But of thy great goodness deliver us from all evil and hurt both of soul and body from our enemies seen and unseen from the wiles and suggestions of the Devil the corruptions of the World and all other occasions of sin from thy wrath and the terrour of death and everlasting damnation for the sake of the only beloved Son who hath taught us this Prayer For thine is the Kingdom thou rulest what thou hast made thine the power insinitely surpassing all that we can ask or think or sear thine the mercy of which we are the unworthy instance and example and thine the glory the praise the worship and the obedience world without end Amen III. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible And in Jesus Christ his only and eternal Son our Lord. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate â—or the sins of the world was cruciâ—ied dead and buried He desceâ—ded into hell and triumphed over the powers of darkness The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven and as I most surely believe now sitteâ—h at the right hand and eminent glory of God the Father Almighty interceding for his faithful people From thence he shall come at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead according to their works I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord and giver of life and wisdom and vertue and all that good is The holy Catholick and Apostolick Church where is the word of God the Sacraments and all other means of salvation The Communion of Saints in the service of God and expectation of consummate bliss The forgiveness of sins by the alone merits of Iesus Christ The resurrection of the body by his rising And the life everlasting through his purchase Amen Grant O Lord that I may behave my self this day sutable to this Revelation and holy Confession for which I humbly bless thy Name Amen IV. I Will say every morning and evening the Collect for the Week and also for each day of the week one of the Collects following Sunday Collect for Easterday or S. after Easter And Glory be to God on high c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Munday 1 S. in Advent or 2. S. after Epiphany or 4. S. after Epiphany Tuesday 2 S. in Advent or 7 S. after Trinity or 4 S. after Easter Wednesday Ashwednesday or 12 Sun. after Trinity or 4 S. after Trinity Thursday Ascensionday or 14. Sunday after Trinity or 6. Sunday after Trinity Friday Goodfriday or 18 S. after Trinity or 24. S. after Trinity Saturday Easter Eve. or 12. S. after Trinity or 3 S. after Trinity V. LOrd God Almighty to thy grace and mercy to thy protection disposal and governance I now most humbly and entirely commit my soul and body which thou hast created redeemed preserved and in measure sanctify'd my goods and estate which thou hast given and continued and encreased to me All my thoughts and desires my words and works my designs and affairs particularly c. which I undertake in thy fear and for thy glory My dear Family and Kindred as c. blessing thee for their health mutual love and piety and humbly beseeching thy Divine Majesty to preserve them in this grace My friends and acquaintance my Superiours and benefactours as c. Lord ever direct and prosper them The King and Queen and the whole Realm blessing thy holy name for the health and peace and plenty we enjoy and beseeching thee to continue these thy mercies and to forgive us all our offences This Holy Church of which by thy grace I am a member Blessed be God our helper and defender The Church Universal Enlarge and unite thy people O triumphant Saviour All that are distressed in mind body or estate especially such as suffer for righteousness sake throughout the whole world Thy eye is ever upon them Almighty and most merciful Father Grant them patience and deliverance Finally I commend to thy goodness thy whole Creation Thy mercy is over all thy
works thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever VI. UTmost obedience fear love hope and affiance continual praise and thanksgiving glory and Adoration be to the one GOD Almighty the Creatour the Redeemer and the Sanctifier as it was in the beginning is now accept O Lord my affection and devotion and ever shall be world without end Amen As long as I live I will serve thee with all my soul and with all my might As long as I live I will magnifie thee in this manner and lift up my hands with my heart in thy name And let heaven and earth give thanks unto thy Holy Majesty for ever and ever Amen Hallelujah VII THis day I will do as I would be done to This day I will do some good God helping me This day I will set the Lord before my face that I may not sin against him The Lord bless my going out and my coming in and all my employments from this time forth for evermore through Jesus Christ. Amen CHAP. II. AT Noone Every day I will say the Lords Prayer and Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen DAILY PRAYER CHAP. III. The Evening Office. I. Before Supper I Will say the Lords Prayer and the Collects for the Week and for the day as before Dinner II. ALmighty God who seest we have no power of our sâ—lves to help our selves keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen III. THen looking up to heaven I will think and Meditate with all seriousnesâ— and serenity of mind with fear and reverence with firm belief good affection and admiration upon the chief articles of the Christian Faith Most especially upon the Eternal everlasting invisible omnipresent almighty omniscient incomprehensible immutable most perfect most excellent most high most happy most holy most just and infinitely merciful and gracious GOD and Father Lord and King Creatour Preserver and Governour of Men and Angels and of all things in Heaven and Earth I fear thee I bless thee I thank thee I adore thee with all submission of soul and body I put my whole trust in thee I love thee I will obey thee Author of all good and endless fountain of life and wisdom and power and peace and felicity I will likewise meditate with all thankfulness upon our most gracious Lord and all sufficient Saviour Iesus Christ the eternal Son of the Father who hath lovâ—d us and taken our nature and washed us from our sins in his own bloud the perfect rule and pattern of holiness and the perpetual and ever prevailing Advocate at Gods right hand for all the penitent and believing I will also meditate upon the pure and glorious Majesty the quickning piercing enlightning and burning power the prophecies and miracles the long-suffering warning and instruction the sanctification prevenâ—ion assistance and consolation and the manifolâ— gifts and vertues of the Holy Ghost Pardon I most humbly beseech thee O God of love and mercy my too frequent neglects of thy grace and presence Glory be now to the Eternal Trinity which innumerable spotless Angels and souls of righteous men and all the powers of heaven incessantly do serve and praise and worship with fear and trembling To these I joyn my humble voice and my willing but polluted heart saying Amen Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts heaven and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Moreover from daily experience and example I will Reflect on the breviâ—y vanity various temptations sinfulness and sorrows of this mortal life upon which the eternal dependeth I will also Contemplate with faith fear and solicitude the general Resurrection and final Judgment of all mankind according to our works words and designs at Christs most glorious most dreadful most righteous and all-searching Tribunal Lord Iesus have mercy upon us all and prepare us for thy coming Finally I will Ponder and congratulate the present satisfaction anâ— internal peace and the future everlasting joy and happiness O unâ—xpâ—essible and everlasting happiness both in soul and body for all the faithful and obedient thâ—ough the inestimable merits of Christ Jesus Amen Hosanna in the highest IV. Furthermore I will constantly use Self-examination Oh my soul what have I done this day what have I omitted How have I offended against God or man in thought word or deed O Lord Almighty God most holy thou Judge eternal have mercy upon me a vile sinner and for thy inâ—inite goodness forgive me the transgressions of this day in particular c. together with the rest of the sins of my life especially the more heinous and presumptuous as c. I am heartily sorry for these my misdoings The remembrance the stain the guilt the burden of them is grievous unto me For Christ's sake pity and pardon me and establish my heart by thy grace that I may hereafter more earnestly and faithfully pursue those necessary and solemn vows of a cautious sober honest and godly life which I have often made unto thee especially at thy holy Sacraments Amen V. I now render most humble and hearty thanks unto thâ—e Almighty and most gracious God fâ—r all thy Blessings vouchsafed me this day especially c. Thanks be to the Divine grace that I have passed this day without scandal and without trouble Blessed be God my strength and hope that I have done any thing this day which I ought to do Here I am O Father do with me as seems best in thine own eyes O let my service be acceptable to thee while I live and my soul ready for thee when I die Amen Lord God Almighty who hast created me and redeemed me Hallelujah VI. Going to bed I will say THe Lord bless and keep me and mine all this night Oh keep our souls Amen For Christs sake Here endeth the Shorter Office for every day See the Larger at Rising and Râ—posing Chap. ix and x. PIOUS RESOLUTIONS CHAP. IV. I. I Will frequently say The Lord sees me in all my waies Or if I have time I will repeat Psal. 139. II. I Will love and fear and serve the Lord my God by his grace and help with all my heart and affection with all my soul and intention with all my mind contrivance and understanding and with all my might faculties and industry And I will love my neighbour as my self For saith the Gracious Saviour on these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets Matt. c. 22. Luke c. 10. Deut. c vi 5. and x. 12 20. c. 11.3 III. I will often recite Tit. c. 11.11 12. The Saving grace of God hath appeared unto all men teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should
in the Visitation of the sick And CHAP. XV. of this book VI. Petitions for pardon and peace of Conscience Psalms 103.32.43.63 VII Petitions for grace with vows of holy living Psalms 25.26.50 VIII Faith and entire hope in God. Psalms 23.27.16.31.62 Habak v. 17.18.19 Heb. 11. and 12. IX Happiness of the pious and misery of the ungodly Psalms 1 11.37.52.112.24.34 73. X. Praiâ—es of God for his creation and providence Psalms 103.104.135.145 146.136.147.107.113.8.5.19.65.66.67.74.33.36 XI Praises of God for his salvation and wonderful works Psalms 105.106 Acts 7. Deut. 32. Exod. 15. XII Church Psalms 46.47.48 XIII King. Psalms 20.21.61.72 XIV Publick peace plenty and health Psal. 144. XV. Wars and tumults Psalms 25.64.59.3 XVI Victory Psalms 144.124 Exod. 15. GOING TO OR FROM THE CHURCH CHAP. VII I. Going into Church Sunday LOrd I love the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth Psal. 26.8 One day in thy courts is better then a thousand Psal. 84.10 Lord most merciful hear me in the house of prayer Munday I now enter the Church as I would heaven it self with all reverence of the Majesty Eternal which fills heaven and earth with utmost affection and intention to my bounden duty and most honourable service with faith and hope in the Almighty and most Gracious Creatour and Preserver of all things with full purpose of holy living and also with great joy for the fellowship of all blessed men and of all blessed Angels in my devotion Tuesday How amiable are thy dwellings O Lord God of hosts my soul hath a desire and a longing to enter into thy courts Psal. 84.1 2. My heart and my flesh rejoyceth in thee O merciful God. Amen Lord let me by faith behold thee in thy sanctuary and there see thy power and glory and there find thy favour and remission Amen Wednesday Send out thy light and thy truth that they may leade me unto the altar of God even unto the God of my joy and gladness Psal. 84.4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be always praising thee Amen Psal. 84.4 In the multitude of his mercies we will go into his tabernacle and fall low on our knees before his footstool For the Lord our God is holy Psal. 99.9 Thursday I will take heed to my feet and to the motions of my heart now I go into the house of God and not dare to carry wrath or lust or dishonesty or intemperance in thither We wait for thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple O Let us magnify the Lord our God together Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in his sanctuary Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his name and worship him in the beauty of holiness Yea let the whole world stand in awe of him Amen Friday I will wash my hands in innocency and so will I go to thine altar that I may shew the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works For ever blessed be God who hath made me a Priest in his Church and perpetually engaged me to his house and to his sacraments and to the study and example of piety Saturday I was glad when they said unto me We will go into the house of the Lord to give thanks to the name of our God. O pray for the peace of the Church they shall prosper that love thee Amen Psal. 122.1 4 6. Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go in unto them and praise the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord the righteous shall enter into it Psal. 118.10 20. II. Going out of the Church Sunday BLessed be God for his Grace Munday Be it unto us all most gracious Saviour according to our faith Tuesday We have thought of thy loving kindness in the midst of thy temple This God is our God for ever and ever and he will be our guide unto death Amen for Jesus his sake Wednesday Look down O God of mercies upon me and these my brethren who have kneeled unto thee Accept our zeal and devotion and ever prosper us from thy holy place Christ being our Mediatour Amen Thursday Thy word is the truth O Blessed Jesus Ask and ye shall receive seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you Hallelujah Friday O when shall I come again and appear before the presence of the living God either in thy temple amongst thy faithful people or else O blessed hour at thy holy seat in heaven Saturday O Lord God Almighty who knowest the hearts of all the children of men whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain have respect unto the sincere and humble and united supplications of thy servants when they pray unto thee in the church and when thou hearest forgive and maintaine our right and peace and teache us the good way wherein we should walk that we may fear thee all the days of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 1 Kings c. 8. OCCASIONAL REFLECTIONS· CHAP. VIII I. Reading O Wisdom and Love Eternal instruct and bless me Amen II. Doubts and Cases of Conscience If I forgo my Profit and my Pleasure if I take up thy Cross as well as thy Name O holy Jesus I shall easily resolve my Scruples of Conscience III. Distraction and dulness at Prayer The Lord is here the Lord is here yea I have invoked him I dare not tempt the Almighty Will God regard my Prayer when I regard it not my self IV. Vain Objects Turn away mine eyes O Lord that they behold not Vanity and convert my heart to thy Commandments for Christ his sake Amen V. Temptation to sin How can I do this wickedness and sin against my God VI. Great danger For Jesus his sake save thy servant O Lord who putteth his trust in thee Amen VII Losses The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the Name of the Lord now and for ever Amen VIII Suffering for Righteousness sake The light Afflictions of this life work for us an Eternal Weight of Glory while we look not on the things that are Seen and Temporal but after the Invisible and Eternal IX Dressing I desire I delight to put on as the Elect of God and Baptised into Christ the Armour of Light Love Righteousness Meekness Mercy and the rest of the Vertues of the Lord Jesus X. Washing Wash me throughly O Lord from mine Iniquity and cleanse me from my sin as once thou didst at my Baptism I am ready for the meanest offices of Charity and Humanity since the Lord of Glory washt his Disciples Feet I will lift up pure and innocent hands to God most Holy that dwelleth in the heavens Amen XI Candletinding Bring us all O God to the Light Everlasting for Christ his sake Amen XII Vndressing I have put off the old man with all his evil deeds I am ready also to be unclothed of this mortal flesh when and where and how thou pleasest O Almighty Creatour O most
without Jerusalem between two thieves for the Remission of the Sins of the world and the Saving this poor soul I believe I adore this unconceivable Condescension this strange and God like Charity And I now most humbly acknowledge and confess that all my Duty Zeal and Service in respect of this thy Love and Passion is very vileness and ingratitude Wherefore renouncing the works of Satan and the vanities of the world I will for ever obey thee worship thee thank thee O help me by thy Grace Blessed Redeemer and hold up my goings in the paths that my footsteps slip not Amen II. Munday MOst holy and most merciful Father to whom all things in heaven and earth do bowe and obey with utmost Reverence I adore thy divine Majesty thy eternal and infinite Perfection and rendring my humble and early Thanks to thee for restoring to me this morning my Senses and Reason and Vigour I again submit and dedicate both my Soul and Body with all their Powers and Actions to thy holy Will and Pleasure desiring and fully purposing to serve thee faithfully this day and all the days of my life by the Grace of thy holy Spirit and through the Merit and Intercession of Jesus Christ thy beloved Son and my most blessed Saviour Amen Teach me thy way O God and I will walk in thy Truth Unite my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Psal. 86.11 Or. By thy great Goodness O Lord I here present my self unto thee as a living reasonable and bounden Sacrifice and perpetual Devote Rom. 12.1 Vouchsafe O Lord to keep me and mine this day without Sin and without Peril Amen for Christ his sake I look for the Lord my soul doth wait for him I lift up my heart to the Lord. It is meet and right and our bounden duty it is our greatest honour and glory that we that I above all living should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee and praise and bless and Adore thee heavenly Father Lord God Almighty my Creatour Saviour and Defender Wherefore with thousands and thousands of thousands of glorious and innocent Angels Archangels Thrones and Dominions with Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessours Benefactours and all blessed Souls and with all the Faithful upon earth of every Kindred People and Language I fall down and Worship and laud and magnify thy holy Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Amen Regard O Eternal the devotion and accent of thy humble Creature made lower and courser then the Angels of a tainted life inhabiting the dust and now trembling by reason of his offences and guilt By thy Word O Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of thy mouth Thou layest the beams of thy chambers in the waters and makest the clouds thy chariots and walkest upon the wings of the wind Praise him all ye heavens and ye waters which are within the heavens hail and snow clouds and storm thunder and lightning fulfilling his word Psal. 33. and 104. and 19. III. Tuesday O Lord thou art my God early will I seek thee O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust Lift now up O Lord the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and be my support all the day long for the sake of the dearest Jesus Amen There is no true peace but in thy favour through well doing wherefore my awakened soul fleeth first unto thee O Lord O Lord receive me I humbly and constantly beg of thee Almighty and most benign Father a sound mind and body a devout heart an honest humble meek and charitable Disposition an innocent and peaceable Life a good Name an inoffensive Old Age a serene and Christian Dâ—ath and a blessed Immortality resigning my Life wholly to thy holy Will and Pleasure through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Amen With faithful and blessed men of all ages with the never-ceasing Seraphims and with the Voices of the heavenly multitude as the voice of many waters and as the voice of mighty thundrings I close in now with all ardor and cheerfulness saying Halleluiah Glory and Honour Salvation and Power unto the Lord our God. Let us rejoyce and be glad and with open and elevated hands and hearts give honour unto him For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth in Righteousness and Mercy world without end Amen Rev. c. 19. Or Let us watch and be sober as children of the light and of the day always looking to Jesus the Author of our Faith the Rule of our Life and the Pledge of our Glory Amen O Lord be gracious to me and all mine We have waited for thee For thou art our Arm every morning and our Salvation in the time of Trouble Isaiah 33.2 Gracious God I am not worthy of the least of all thy Mercies and the Truth thou hast shewn unto thy servant Gen. 31.10 Let them praise the Lord that go down to the sea in ships and trade in mighty waters Yea let all the earth fear the Lord and stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world who gathered the waters together on an heap and laid up the deep as in a treasure house who made the dry land to appear out of confusion and commanded it to bring forth herbs and trees for the use of man and beast Hallelujah IV. Wednesday O Thou that hearest Prayer to thee shall all flesh come Psal. 65.3 In the morning thou shalt hear my voice in the morning I will stand before thee and will look up and wait for thy favour The glorious Majesty of the Lord be upon me and all mine Prosper thou the works of our hands O direct and prosper thou our handy work Psal. 90.17 The Lord is a light and defence The Lord will give grace and worship and no good thing will he withhold from them that lead a godly life O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Psal. 84.12 13. Lord pardon all my sins confirm me in piety bless me in my lawful calling keep my soul and body from all evil and fit me for Eternity for the immense merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Advocate Amen O Lord our Governour when I consider the Sun and Moon and Stars those vast and glorious Lights which thou hast created and that thou canst create ten thousand worlds more what is Man that mite upon this Globe that thou art mindful of him and visitest him every morning Thou O Jesus art the true and eternal Light the Sun of Righteousness that lighteth every man that cometh into the world Oh quicken and irradiate my heart Amen Or How dear are thy Counsels thy Mercies to me O God how great is the summ of them They are more in number then the sand they are new every minute
will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord and offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen Psal. 116.11 12 15. AT RECEIVING THE CUP· CHAP. XIII I. AMen Jesus Master have mercy on us Luke 17.13 Let this Blood purge my Conscience from dead works to serve thee the Almighty and most gracious Father to honour thee the Everliving Saviour and for ever to obey and fear thee most holy and quickning Spirit Amen Lord I will serve thee better I will obey thee Succour my weakness pity my infirmity Dear Lord. Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Iohn 21.17 What honour hath Almighty God done me that I should be the vessel of this divine mystery and bear within my breast the Lord Jesus I adore I give thanks II. Thou art made whole go and sin no more no more by anger lust excess fraud slandering c. Ioh. 8.11 Our God is a consuming fire to the perverse and impenitent Our God is a merciful Father to the humble and relenting Orator As is his Majesty so is his mercy Ecclus. 2.18 Both infinite and incomprehensible both to be acknowledged admired and adored O Majesty everlasting I fear thee I worship thee I trust in thee through Jesus Christ. Amen Let me not O let me not again pollute this body and soul with my habitual and grievous sins as c. after I have received thy body and blood O Lord who hast created me and redeemed me Grant me thy grace O God that I may fulfil the places and offices thou callest me to in this life Amen III. Lord bless these and the rest of my brethren and let us live eternally together ever praising and Adoring thee For by this great and attractive sacrament we all become one bread one bloud one soul and consent have all one faith one hope one heaven one Lord the blessed Lord Jesus the knot and center of this most immense and pious fraternity and eminently one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in us all to whom be glory and obedience everlasting Amen in heaven Amen on earth From thy one precious body O wonderful Saviour thou feedest and revivest five thousand and five thousand thousand millions of thy disciples and followers Aeternae tanta est opulentia mensae Prudent Say O Lord and thy word is omnipotent This day salvation is come unto this house Luk. 19.9 IV. The bread of God is he that came down from heaven and giveth light to the world Lord evermore give us of this bread Ioh. 6.33 34. Thus thus will we shew sorth thy death O Jesus till thou comest again and blessed are those servants whom at the end of the world the Lord shall find so doing yea verily blessed is he that eateth meat in the kingdom of God. Luk. 12. 43. c. 14.15 He that solemnly and faithfully and seriously contemplates my Passion and Philanthropy and amends his life for that consideration He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day Amen Holy Jesus who art the Resurection and the life Ioh. 6.54 56. Master it is good for us to be here Mark. 9.2 Do not our hearts burn within us while the Lord opens to us the scriptures opens to us his precious side Full is the satisfaction inexpressible the joy of those that love thee O Jesus Angels and men consent heaven and earth joyn together to praise thee serve and worship thee and with these my poor soul the meanest of all thy creation Good Lord accept us I will give thanks unto thee among thy people and sing praises unto thee among the faithful My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed For thy â—ercy is greater then the heavens and thy truth reaâ—heth above the clouds Set up thy self O Lord above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth Thou hast wrought redemption in the midst of the earth O Jesus and vanquisht all the enemies of guilty mankind and art seated at the right hand of Father the Lord and worship of angels Hosanna in the highest The right hand of the Lord hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass The word was made flesh the beloved Son of God died for us Let them now that fear the Lord confess that his mercy endureth for ever V. I â—ill read Ioh. c. 18. and c. 17. the security and consolation of the Church and also Rom. c. 8. and the hymn Come holy Ghost our souls inspire c. In the ordering of Priests Almighty God who hast given thy onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of Godly life Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour our selves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Most holy spirit the efficacy and life of this mystery bless me with these thy gifts and fruits meekness modesty sobriety prudence diligence honesty fidelity constancy chariâ—y kindness and devotion from the time of this holy Sacrament For I have now dedicated and given up entirely my soul senses and affections my will wit and reason to the glory and service of Jesus Christ who dyed for me I must I will obey him in all things Lord forgive Lord help me My soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour 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 Psal. 21.21 I am altogether confounded and swallowed up with the immense grace of God I am throughly possest glorious Lord with thy love and boundless favour to me I long I here endeavour yet cannot tell how to express my thankfullness and obedience My thoughts and contrivance and my words and lauds my action and zeal cannot do it to any fitness or content Lord still excite and still direct my gratitude I would be as thankful to thee as humble as obedient as any creature in heaven or earth Father Almighty make me so Amen Now Lord Jesus who wast expanded on the cross for me command me what thou wilt Use me in the hazards and difficulties of thy Church thy purchase and thy glory Bid me walk upon the sea I will obey thee and thy right hand shall hold me up And I will not deny thee in the Court or in the Garden I am ready to lay down my estate my liberty and also my life would to God it were a clean and entire sacrifice for Christs religion and to be obedient unto the death Assist and strengthen my mind O blessed Saviour by thy grace thy intercession thy example Amen All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth faith the ascending Jesus Go ye therefore
and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you And lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world Amen Matth. 28.18 The doctrine attested when needful by sundry miraculous works the discipline the sacraments the preservation the piety the zeal and the patience of thy Catholick Church hath indeed sufficiently demonstrated thy gracious presence O Saviour And he lift up his hands and blessed them and while he blessed them he was parted from them and carried up into heaven And they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy And were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen Luke 24.50 AT HOME AFTER THE COMMUNION CHAP. XIV I. IT is finished Blessed Sacrament the Bread of Heaven and the Cup of Salvation the Feast of God the Taste of Eternal Bliss and the Strength Comfort and Life of my Soul. This hath united me to all the Faithful on Earth and to all the Blessed in Heaven This hath joyned me in Affection and Gratitude in Interest and Inheritance unto thee most blessed Jesus the head and defence the ruler and Saviour of the Church the first fruits and security of the resurrection and glory and immortality of this nature Now Lord whether I live oâ— die I trust I am thine I verily believe to see the goodness of the Lord in the region of the blessed through infinite mercy and indulgence Psal. 27.13 O keep me ever Dear Jesus in this good condition by constant and cheerful obedience and observance of all Christian duties by an awful reverence of the Divine name and presence by imitating the best examples living or dead and most especially by following thy meek and immaculate life thy pure and heavenly doctrine and admonitions by caution and frequent meditation by daily examination and prayers and by all other means of a pious and innocent life O Lord I thank thee I bless thee I glorifie thee because by this sacrament thou hast confirmed me in the Catholick faith in reverence duty and love to thy Eternal Majesty in charity towards all mankind friends or enemies in meekness pity humility patience contentedness industry sobriety chastity honesty and integrity And hast thereby given me new and lively hopes of endless felicity both in soul and body against all the malice and attempts of men or devils and against the terrors of death and my sinful life past So great is thy mercy to me for the merits of Jesus Christ thy eternal Son my everlasting Saviour and advocate my Lord and king II. O Stupendous Grace and Piety of the Eternal that I should be I fear I tremble â—o say it the work of Gods hands the image of his wisdom and power the price of Christs blood the temple of the holy Ghost a part of the Catholick and perpetual Church and an heir of immortal glory What now ought my life to be if this be my portion and my priviledge Holy Father let the intercession of Jesus that poured out his tears and sweat and precious blood for us be nigh unto thee day and night that thou mayest have mercy upon us and bless us and prevent our falling from so great salvation Amen Dearest Saviour I desire still to râ—â—lect and meditate on thy humble life thy birâ—h circumcision presentation in the Temple domestick Obedience Baptism Fasting Temptations Hunger Thirst Uncertain abode Travails Watching Prayers Sermons Miracles Dangers Abuses Tortures Bloodshedding and review the â—hole map of thy condescensions griefs and compassions from the Manger to the Cross until I become my self averse separated and cruciâ—yed and dead to the world Amen III. PRaise the Lord O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy name Praise the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits Who forgiveth all thy sins and healeth all thine infirmities who saveth thy soul from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works of Creation Providence and Redemption that they ought to be had in perpetual remembrance Thou art my God and I will thank thee thou art my God and I will praise thee All the works of the Lord are verity and judgment He hath sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever Holy and Reverend is his name Thus long have I lived upon thy bounty thus and thus c. hast thou nourished protected delivered and advanced me and now O Father thou confirmest to me the expectation of everlasting life in thy heavenly kingdom Wherefore I give thanks unto thee with my whole heart Glory Worship Obedience and Praise to God the Father Almighty and most beneficent that sitteth on the Eternal throne and to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world and to the most holy Spirit the Lord of life and peace for ever and ever O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious I have tasted that he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Hallelujah Salvation is of the Lord again Hallelujah Blessed be God for his unspeakable gift Lord hasten the glory of the General Resurrection Amen So come Lord Jesus Into thy hands thy pierced hands O Lord I commend my spirit PREPARATION FOR DEATH AND ETERNITY· CHAP. XV. Forgivenesss and Charity I. HAving lately perused CHAP. VI. of this Booke and also received the Holy Communion in this Apostolick Church I am the more ready and willing to set my self in order to depart this world for the vision of Christ humbly commiting the time and manner of my Dissolution to the Providence of God which hath hitherto defended and sustained me II. Wherefore I freely and fully forgive all that have in any sort wronged and injured me as I desire that God most just and omniscient should now for Christs sake forgive me Amen And I humbly beseech God to forgive them those wrongs and all other their sins Amen I farther desire that it may be certified to them namely to c. that I do remit and release to them all satisfaction and amends in word or deed onely entreating their prayers for me that my humiliation and repentance may be accepted in heaven Yea I wish I could shew more indulgence and forgiveness towards men who need and implore so much of God for my innumerable and most ungrateful offences against his Eternal Majesty III. I likewise humbly and heartily beg pardon and forgiveness of all those whom I have wronged in any manner particularly of c. and do earnestly desire that this my request be signified to them Furthermore forasmuch as slander and fraud and the like scandalous sins are not remitted before God without all possible restitution I am most willing and ready to my utmost power to restore and repay whatever I have couzened and defrauded without delay and without deceit I
of this soul and body as calm and easie as their union was and as it shall be I pass I pass into Eternity O for the sake of Jesus who went through the same shadâ—s while the earth sinks down towards its earth most merciful Father Sanctifie Save and Receive this soul that trusteth in thee and fleeth to thee It is finisht HALLELVIAH PSALM CXXXIX CHAP. XXI O Lord thou searchest me throughout Mark'st every secret and recess My sitting down and rising up And all my thoughts before I guess Th' Eternal eye doth follow me Through every step at every stay And while I speak before they 're form'd Thy Spirit takes the words away Thy presence and I dread the thought Incloseth me on every part Is intimate and piercing far Beyond conceit of humane heart How can I shun thee Ray Divine Or whither shall I from thee slee Heaven is thy throne if I go there And hell I fear as hell doth thee If to the Western main I post The bound of nations and of day There shall the gleam of Providence Surprize and bless me in its way The night shall shrowd me and within The shadow of the earth I 'le lye But shadows clouds this whole globâ— Are glass and brightness to thy eye Thou saw'â—t me in the stove of life Thou saw'â—t me for thou laid'st me there A piece of strange and various art Worthy thy finger and thy care Fram'd and embroider'd in a cell Secret as night and deepest mines A draught too fine for microscope Compleat in all its parts and lines How num'rous is thy grace O God From that small embryo to this man More then the sands more then my faults Or what no artist reckon can Search me O Lord and sound my heart Examine every valve and string Amend the Motion and to bliss Direct it with a lasting spring THE TEN COMMANDMENTS EXPOUNDED Litterally in the direct and common sence both of Jews and Christians As also Spiritually and in great part from our SAVIOURS Sermon on the mount Matt. c. 5 c. 6 and c. 7 CHAP. XXII EXOD. CHAP. XX. I. GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have no other gods but me I believe I trust in I adore with deepest reverence of body and mind I worship according to what is revealed in the Holy Scriptures and I fear and obey above all things One God Eternal maker and governour of the world and infinitely more excellent then all his creatures Spiritually I desire to behave my self in all places as one that really believes and daily confesses and sincerely worships and fears one Almighty all-knowing Spiritual most excellent most righteous and most merciful God author and rulâ—r and judge of all II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any â—hing that is in heâ—ven above or in the earth beneaâ—h or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worâ—hip them For I thâ— Lord thy God aâ— a jealous God and â—isit the sins of thâ— fathers upon thâ— children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments I will not shew any sign or token of religious reverence trust and devotion to any idol or figure molten or graven or painted of the false Gods of the heathens I will not consult them or pray to them or thank and praise them as my protectors and benefactors nor will I build temples or altars to them nor offer sacrifice and oblations to them Nor will I make any idols for others to worship nor any ways confer to and meddle with the sacrifices and superstitions of Idolaters nor will I consult wizzards or use any inchantment Moreover I will not honour any creature angel or man or other as as Gods or as representations and and signs and memorials of the onâ— true God with the solemn worship supplication praises thanksgiving faith and relyance self dedication and obedience which I in duty render to the most blessed incorporeal and invisible Creator of all things but will avoid all occasions of such superstition and profaness Spiritually I put my trust and final hope and confidence in God only not in riches or strength or honour or wisdom nor in any creature in heaven or on earth To God I fly by humble prayers in all my concerns and distresses and upon his gracious providence I wholly rest for the direction and success of all lawful means I also beseech his Eternal wisdom to enlighten my understanding with most reverend and convenient conceptions of his infinitely perfect and glorious Majesty III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord wilâ— not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain I will not dare to invoke and alledge the great and reverend name of God to an untruth or to any light and trivial matter Nor will I dare to blaspheme and speak evil of Gods most holy and dreadful Majesty his eternity perfection providence and government Nor will I swear when lawfully called and urged to it but by the name of the living and omniscient God in certain knowledge and righteousness Spiritually I will always speak and discourse with great leisure care and awe concerning the power and the justice and the mercy of God. I will never mock or jest or play with the word of God or with any verse or phrase of it nor with any holy and solemn thing or person But take all heed that my talk within doors and without be innocent and profitable I will also frequently repeat my Sacramental vows and bend my words and actions thereunto the Lord helping me IV. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy son and thy daughter thy manservant and thy maidservant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it I will observe the rules of my religion Spiritually I will take care that I and all belonging to me do sanctifie the Lords day abstaining from woâ—ldly business except for charity and frequenting the publick prayers and sermons and sacraments and visiting the sick and relieving the poor and at home reading and meditating on the holy Scriptures I will also spend part of other holy days in prayers and praises of God in publick and in private Finally in my family I will daily use domestick prayers V. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee I will obey I will reverence outwardly by all