same IX It is well seen O God how thou goest how thou my God and my King goest in the Sanctuary The Singers go before the Minstrels follow after in the midst are the Damsels playing with the Timbrels Give Thanks O Israel unto God the Lord in the Congregations from the ground of the Heart There is little Benjamin their Ruler and the Princes of Judaâ— their Counsel the Princes of Zabulâ—n and the Princes of Napthali X. Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee Stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in us For thy Temples sake at Jerusalem so shall Kings bring Presents unto thee When the Company of the Spear-men and multitude of the Mighty are scattered abroad among the Beasts of the People so that they humbly bring pieces of Silver and when he hath scattered the People that delight in War Then shall the Princes come out of Egypt the Morians Land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God The Prayer MOst gracious God who art â— Father of the Fatherless and pleadest the Cause of the Widoâ— have Mercy upon thy holy Catholick Church and since her Lord is â—scended up on high even to his heavenly Mansions leave us not alone comfortless but send thy holy Spirit into our hearts that by his assistance we may escape spiritual and the bitterness of the temporal II. Send a gracious showre even the Dew of thy divine Favours to refresh our weariness in this Calamity make thy People as Doves innocent and chast and adorn them with the Beauty of inward Sanctity Let all Kings Princes and Rulers of the Earth confess thy Name and thy honour that thy Gospel extending forth into all Lands Peace and all thy Blessings may follow it and thy praise be encreased from Generation to Generation through Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen Sunday Noons Meditations SIng unto God O ye Kingdoms of the Earth O sing Praises unto the Lord Who sitteth in the Heavens over all from the beginning Lo he doth send forth his Voice yea and that a mighty Voice Ascribe ye the Power to God over Israel his Worship and strength is in the Clouds O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy Places even the God of Israel he will give strength unto his People blessed be God II. O clap your hands together all ye People O sing unto God with the voice of melody For the Lord is high and to be feared he is the great King upon all the Earth He shall subdue the People under us and the Nations under our Feet He shall chuse out an Heritage for us even the Worship of Jacob whom he loved III. God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the Trump O sing Praises sing Praises unto our God O sing Praises sing Praises unto our King For God is the King of all the Earth Sing ye Praises with understanding The Prayer O Lord God Celestial King who reignâ—st Potentate in all the World thou art exalted above all Creatures and art to be feared in all the Dominions of the Earth let the Seed of thy glorious Gospel be planted in all parts of the habitable World that thy saving Health may be known unto all Nations II. Let thy Grace pull down all the strong Holds of Sin and Satan that any ways oppose thy Holy Name and Word subdue all thy People unto thee and the Nations under thy Feet so that we that are thy People and Sheep of thy hands may become one Sheepfold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour Meditations for Sunday Night I will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever Every day will I give thanks unto thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever Great is the Lord and marvellous worthy to be praised there is no end of his Greatness II. One Generation shall praise thy Works unto another and declare thy power As for me I will be talking of thy Worship thy Glory thy praise and wondrous Works So that Men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous Acts and I will also tell of thy greatness The Memorial of thine abundant Kindness shall be shewed and Men shall sing of thy Righteousness III. The Lord is gracious and mercifull long-suffering and of great Goodness The Lord is loving unto every one and his Mercy is over all his Works All thy Works praise thee O Lord and thy Saints give thanks unto thee They shew the glory of thy Kingdom and talk of thy power That thy power thy glory and mightiness of thy Kingdom might be known unto Men. Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and thy Dominion endureth throughout all Ages The Prayer MOst mighty God marvellous worthy art thou to be praised and of thy greatness there is no end give us sanctified Hearts and Lips that we may express thy Righteousness and magnifie thy glory Worship and wondrous Works II. All the Earth praises thee O Lord and thy Saints give Thanks unto thee Make us religious and sincere before thee and to lay aside all Hypocrisie Protect us O Lord by thy hand of Providence that we fall not and raise us up when we are down III. Give us spiritual and temporal Meat in thy oâ—n due time for our Souls and Bodies that we being filled abundantly with thy Mercies here we may have our hearts desire fulfilled and satisfied hereafter among such as fear thee and praise thy holy Name for evermore Amen Monday Mornings Meditations THE Lord upholdeth all such as fall and lifteth up all those that be down For he shall deliver the Poor when he cryeth the Needy also and him that hath no helper He shall be favourable to the Simple and Needy and shall preserve the Souls of the Poor He shall deliver their Souls from wrong and falshood and dear shall their bloud be in his sight II. There shall be a heap of Corn in the Earth high upon the Hills His Fruit shall shake like Liâ—anus and he shall be green in the City like Grass upon the Earth His Name shall endure for ever his Name shall remain under the Sun among the Posterities which shall be blessed through him and all the Heathen shall praise him III. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who only doth wondrous things And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and all the Earth shall be filled with his Majesty Amen The Prayer O Eternal God thou that defendest the Children and Poor but puâ—ishest the wrong doer have mercy upon thy People under affliction extend thy Mercy and compassion from â—ne Sea to another even unto the Worlds end II. Make thy People who love thy Name flourish and subdue their Enemies under them that neither â—alshood nor wrong may any ways â—pâ—ress them Bless them with Peace â—nd Tranquillity and satisfie them with thy Righteousness and Salvation through thy Mercy O blessed â—esu Amen MoÌ„nday Noon's Meditations NOT unto us O
arose to Judgment and to help all the meek upon Earth The fierceness of Man shall turn to thy praise and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it all ye that be round about him bring Presents unto him that ought to be feared He shall refrain the spirit of Princes and is wonderful among the Kings of the Earth The Prayer GReat is thy Name O Lord and thy dwelling in the highest Heavens give a deep impression of a dread and reverence of thee and thy power in our Hearts Let thy threatnings and judgments which descend from Heaven and are executed upon stubborn and disobedient People make us loath Sin or the thoughts of it and shun all the occasions and alluring baits of it II. O let thy continued mercies and loving kindnesses be ever in our remembrance and make our Hearts still full of smoothness and tranquillity that we may not fear the rigour of man or the cruel wrath of those whose spirits thou canst refrain lest we be hindred in our duty towards thee but let us so fear to offend thee that we may press forwards from fear to love from apprehensions of thy wrath to the sense and comfort of thy mercies Meditations for Saturday Morning UNto thee O God do we give thanks yea unto thee do we give thanks Thy Name also is so nigh and that do thy wondrous works declare When I receive the Congregation I shall judge according unto right The Earth is weak and all the Inhabitants thereof I bear up the Pillars of it II. I said unto the Fools Deal not so madly and to the Ungodly set not up your Horn. Set not up your Horn on high and speak not with a stiff Neck For promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South And why God is the Judge he putteth down one and setteth up another III. For in the hand of the Lord there is a Cup and the Wine is red it is full mixt and he poureth out of the same As for the dregs thereof all the ungodly of the Earth shall drink them and suck them out But I will talk of the God of Jacob and praise him for ever All the Horns of the ungodly also will I break and the Horns of the Righteous shall be exalted The Prayer GReat Judge of the whole Universe from whom proceeds all promotion and punishment extend thy Mercy now upon us at the hour of Death and in the day of Judgment when thou shalt judge all the Society of Men and Angels according to Right II. O Give us thy powerful Grace that we may expect thy coming in Humility and perfect Charity and not be puft up and exalted in our Fancies and Imaginations but may submit to thy Will with Meekness and Holy Obedience that when thou shalt pour forth thy Wrath upon the Ungodly we may not be numbered amongst them but partake of those Mercies thou hast provided for those that love and fear thee Amen Meditations for Saturday Noon HAst thee O God to deliver me make hast to help me O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my Soul Let them be turned back-ward and put to confusion that wish me Evil. Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that cry over me There There II. But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let all such as delight in thy Salvation say always The Lord be praised As for me I am poor and in misery Hast thee unto me O God Thou art my Helper and my Redeemer O Lord make no long tarrying The Prayer THou O God art our Deliverer Helper and Redeemer have mercy upon us and all those which serve thee in Sincerity and Truth help us O God against those that seek to destroy our Souls Let our delight be to wait for thy Salvation and to trust in thy never-failing Mercies that our Feet being guided by thy direction we may remain safe under thy Providence II. Suffer us not O thou who art a God of Power and great Glory to be a Prey to our Enemies but dissipate and scatter them as offensive Clouds to the light of thy Gospel Strengthen our Weakness by thy Power pardon our Sins by thy Mercies and justifie our Souls by thy free Grace that we may now and evermore with the humble Addresses of Devotion give thee Praise not only with our Lips but in our Lives through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Meditations for Saturday Night GOD be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his Countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon Earth thy saving Health among all Nations Let the People praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee II. O let the Nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the Folk righteously and govern the Nations upon Earth Let the People praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the Earth bring forth her Encrease and God even our own God shall give us his Blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the World shall fear him The Prayer O God thou great Governour of all Mankind and judge of the whole Earth have mercy upon us and bless us Thou makest the resplendent Beams of thy unwearied Sun to shine and cast his Lustre upon all corners of the habitable World bestowing his Light both on the Good and Bad. II. Let the blessed Light of thy bright Countenance spread it self to all Nations and to all People Lighten all our Darknesses with the radiant Beams of thy Divine Favour teach thy ways to all People and give thy saving Health to all Nations that all may joyn with one consent to fear thee and praise thy Name for evermore Amen EJACULATIONS UPON Several Occasions Out of the Holy Scriptures In the Morning MY Voice shalt thou hear betimes O Lord Early in the Morning will I direct my Prayer unto thee and will look up Psal. 5. 3. My days are like the days of an Hireling Untill the day break and the shadows flie away Job 7. 1. Cant. 4. 6. At going forth The Lord preserve my going out and my coming in from this time forth and for evermore Psal. 121. 8. O hold thou up my goings in thy Paths that my Footsteps slip not Psal. 17. 5. Beginning a good Work In the volume of the Book it is written of me I delight to do thy Will O my God yea thy Law is within my Heart Psal. 40. 7 8. In good Inspirations The Lord God hath opened my Ear and I was not rebellious against him Isa. 50. 5. At Church O how amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of Hosts Psal. 84. 1. Before Reading Speak Lord for thy Servant heareth 1 Sam. 3. 9. Speaking My Heart is inditing a good Matter I speak of the things which I have made touching the King Psalm 45. 1.
When you go about worldly Affairs O let not my heart be inclined to any evil thing Let me not be occupied in ungodly Works with the Men that work wickedness lest I eat of such things as please them Psalm 141. 4. Deliver me O Lord from every evil Work and establish me in every good word and work 2. Tim. 4. 18. God shall bring every Work into Judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil Before Eating Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing Psalm 145. â—6 After Eating The Lord is to be praised who satisfieth thy Mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as an Eagle Psal. 103. 4. In prosperity If I do not remember thee let my Tongue cleave to the Roof of my Mouth if I prefer not thee above my chieâ— Joy Psal. 137. 6. Adversity The Lord killeth and maketh alive 1. Sam. 2. 6. Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we noâ— receive evil Job 2. 10. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his Glory Lukâ— 24. 26. Troubles Surely Man walketh in â— vain Shew surely they are disquieted in vain Psalm 39. 6. Calumnies If I pleased men I should not be the Servant of Christ Gal. 1. 10. Praises Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give Glory Psal. 115. 1. Against vain Hope As a Dream when one awaketh so O Lord when thou awakest thou shalt deâ—pise their Image Psal. 73. â—0 Pride Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased Luke 14. 11. Covetousness It is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20. 35. Luxury Know ye not that your Bodies are the Members of Christ 1 Cor. 6. 15. Envy He that loveth not his Brother abideth in Sin 1 John â— 14. Gluttony The Kingdom of God is nâ— Meat and Drink Rom. 14. 1â— Anger Learn of me for I am meâ— and lowly in Heart Mat. 1â— 29. Sloth Cursed be he that doth tâ— work of the Lord negligentlâ— Jer. 48. 10. Rules of Faith Remove not the anciâ— Bounds which thy Fathâ— have set Prov. 22. 28. Acts of Faith Lord I believe help thâ— my Unbelief Mark 9. 24. I know that my Redeemâ— liveth c. Job 19. 25. Hope Though I walk through tâ— valley of the shadow of Death I will fear no Evil for thou art with me Psal. 24. 4. I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him Psal. 90. 15. Charity Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon Earth that I desire in comparison of thee My Flesh and my Heart faileth but God is the Strength of my Heart and my Portion for ever Psal. 73. 25 26. Against Worshipping of Idols To whom will you liken God or what likeness will ye compare unto him Isa. 40. 18. Woe unto him that saith to the Wood Awake to the dumb Stone Arise it shall teach behold it is laid over with Gold and Silver and there is no breath at all in the midst of it Hab. 2. 19. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your Hearts then put away the strange Gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your Hearts unto the Lord and serve him only Then the Children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth and served the Lord only 1 Sam. 7. 3 4. Against Popish Tradition For as much as this people draw near me with their Mouth and with their Lipâ— do honour me but have removed their Heart far from me Isa. 29. 13. In vain they do worship me teaching for Doctrines thâ— Commandments of Men Maâ— 7. 7. Take heed and beware oâ— the Leaven of the Pharisees anâ— of the Sadduces Against Praying to Saints Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved Rom. 10. 13. When you pray say Our Father which art in Heaven c. Luke 11. 2. Against Antichrist Little Children it is the last time and as you have heard that Antichrist shall come even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know it is the last time I John 2. 18. Let no Man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come â— falling away first and that Man of Sin be revealed the Son of Perdition Who opposeth and exalâ—eth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God â—itteth in the Temple of God â—he wing himself that he is God And for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a Lie that they all might be damned who believed not the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2. Thes. 2 3 4 11 12. Divine Breathings of the Soul towards the Evening AS the Hart panteth after the VVater-brooks so longeth my Soul after thee O God My Soul is athirst for God even for the living God when shall I come to appear before the presence of God â—salm 42. 1. 2. Thy loving kindness is better than life it self therefore my Lips shall praise thee Psal 63. 4. A Prayer for a Family that may serve for Morning or Evening O Eternal Lord God we thy poor and unworthy Servants prostrate our selves before thee in all Humility to ask pardon for all our Sins and Offences Thou art a God of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity yet so infinitely Gracious that none ever trusted in thee and was confounded Thou hadst an Eye upon us in the Womb and notwithstanding our unworthiness thou still relievest us giving us our daily Food and hourly Breath II. What can we render unto thee O Lord for all thy Mercies which thou continually bestowest upon us O let the Ocean of this thy Mercy be a partition betwixt us and our Sins and betwixt thee and thy Judgments Remove from us whatsoever displeaseth thee and we beseech thee be not extream in marking our Imperfections thou hast gone along with us and hast kept us and preserved us this Night past from Fire Water Robbery sudden Death and Desolation Day past from wilful Snining Frights and Fears Maiming Drowning and Fire from bad Company and false Witnesses which might lay to our Charge things that we know not and from all other sad Accidents which might have beâ—aln us III. Bless our gracious Deliverers and Sovereign Lord and Lady K William and Q. Mary defend their Persons uphold their Crown and maintain their State give them continual Peace length of Days and much happiness Bless Catherine the Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and the rest of the Royal Family Let thy Blessing be upon this Family guide us in our ways and lead us in thy Truth Bless all our Relations and Friends guide and govern us by thy good Spirit of Grace and whatsoever thou knowest to be needful and convenient for us we beseech thee grant it IV. Lastly We come unto thee for a blessing for all that are distressed either in
Body Mind or Estate especially those who suffer Persecution for enjoying the Light of thy Gospel and fly into this Land for Succour Hear us O Lord for them and thy whole Church and hear Christ for us all in whose Name and Word we further call upon thee saying Our Father c. A Prayer before the Communion O Merciful Jesu who diedst an ignominious Death upon the Cross for my Sins and didst bequeath in thy last Will and Testament this holy Sacrament for my Souls Nourishment My Sins O Lord are great but I lament my Uncleanness and renounce my Unworthiness II. I come not to thy Holy Table because Worthy but Necessitous I come to be made clean and purged from my Dross and Filthiness thy Body and Bloud can make me Clean thy Merits can make me a worthy Receiver and here is a Conveyance of thy blessed Body and Bloud in this Holy Sacrament Give my Sins thy Pardon my Soul thy Heavenly Grace and what thou dost convey seal unto me for thy alone sake my only Saviour and Redeemer Amen At receiving the Bread Blessed Jesu as thou hast given thy Flesh to be the Bread of Life and Salvation so vouchsafe to work in me by a lively Faith that I receiving the same may evermore continue in thee and thou in me Amen At receiving the Cup. Lord grant that as thy Bloud was shed to wash me a poor Sinner so grant that it may through a lively Faith take effect in me that I may become a fit Member of thee and live and die in thee for ever A Prayer after the Communion GLory Honour and Praise be given unto thee O Lord most Holy for all thy Mercies bestowed upon me I have now been partaker of Bread and Wine Lord make me partaker of thy Body and Bloud The one turns to the Nourishment of my Body but the other with thy Grace is the Nourishment of my Soul II. O let not thy precious Bloud be shed in vain for my Sins but let my hearty Repentance with thy Grace fully purge me from all Uncleanness I have this day been put in mind of the benefit by Christ's Death let me every day learn to die unto Sin and live the Life of the Righteous that at last I may become a new Creature Unto thee O Father my Creator and Preserver unto thee O Christ my Redeemer and Justifier unto thee O Holy Ghost my Sanctifier and Instructer be ascribed all Honour Power and Glory now and for evermore Amen For the Church WE beseech thee O Lord graciously to accept the Prayers of thy Church that she being delivered from all Adversity and Errour may serve thee in safety and freedom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the King and Queen O Lord we beseech thee Bless our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary by thy Gracious Appointment our supream Governours enrich them with all increase of Vertues whereby they may be able to eschew Evil and to follow thee the Way the Truth and the Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Royal Family We beseech thee O Lord to Bless Catherine the Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and the rest of the Royal Family Grant that they may walk in the ways of thy Holy Commandments all the days of their Lives through Christ our Lord. Amen For the High Court of Parliament O Lord Bless the great Council of the Nation direct The joyfull Coronation of King William and Queen Mary at Westminster Abby April the 11th 1689. April â—he 11th 1689. Their Majesties went from 〈…〉 c-hall to Westminster 〈…〉 Heralds being ready 〈…〉 Peers in the Lords House and the Pâ—eresses in the Painted Chamber so that 〈…〉 even in the Morning Theâ— Majesties and the whâ—… Proceeding were conducted to Westminster-hall where a Throne being erected 〈…〉 Majesties took Their Seaâ— and after the Ceremonâ— was ended the Proceeding began from Westminster-Hall to the Abby where beinâ—…d in Order the Lord â—ishop of London began â—…th the Recognition which ended with an universal Acclamâ—tion of Joy then the 〈…〉 of St. Asaph and Banâ—r sung the Lâ—â—tâ—ny 〈…〉 ended the Communion Service began the Epistle taken out of the 1. Pet. 2. 〈…〉 17. read by the Bishop oâ— Carlisle the Gospel 〈…〉 22. 16. 22. read by the Bishop of St. Asaph then followed the Sermon by the 〈…〉 of Salisbury whose Texâ— was 2. Sam. 23. 3. 4. 〈…〉 God of Israel said the Rocâ— of Israel spake c. Sâ—â—mon being ended Tâ—… Majesties took the Oath aâ—d were solnmnly anoiâ—…nd 〈…〉 Crowns placed on their Heads by the Lord Bishop of London assisted by 〈…〉 Lord Bishop of Rochestâ— upon which the Drâ—…t the Trumpets sounded the great Guns were fired yet were drowned in a manâ—…y the loud Shouts and â—…lamations of the Peoplâ—… Many other Royal Ceremonies â—as used too tedious to insert in this narrow 〈…〉 About Eight in the Eveâ—ing Their Majesties râ—…d to White-hall and prosper all their Consultations grant that what they do may be to the advancement of thy Glory the good of thy Church the safety honour and welfare of our Sovereign Lord and Lady and their Kingdoms that all things may be so well ordered and firmly settled by their good endeavours upon the best and surest Foundations that Peace and Happiness Truth and Justice Religion and Piety may be established among us for all Generations These and all other Necessaries for them for us and thy whole Church we humbly beg for thy Son's sake our Saviour Amen For the Clergy Almighty and everlasting God who by thy Spirit dost sanctifie and govern the whole Body of thy Church Graciously hear our Prayers for all those whom thou hast Ordained and called to the publick Service of thy Sanctuary that by the help of thy Grace they may faithfully serve thee in their several degrees through Jesus Christ our Lord. For Friends I beseech thee O Lord for all those to whom I am indebted for my Birth Education Instruction Promotion their Necessities are known unto thee thou art rich in all things reward them for these Benefits with Blessings both Temporal and Eternal For a Family Almighty and Everlasting God send down thy Holy Angel from Heaven to visit protect and defend all that dwell in this House through Christ our Lord. For a Friend Almighty and Everlasting Lord God have Mercy upon thy Servant N. and direct him by thy Goodness into the way of Eternal Salvation that through thy Grace he may desire those things which please thee and with his whole Endeavour perform the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. For Peace O God from whom all Holy Desires all good Counsels and all just works do proceed give unto us thy Servants that Peace which the World cannot give that both our Hearts may be set to obey thy Commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the Fear of our Enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the
Merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour In the time of Plague Let thy Anger cease O Lord and be appeased for the inquity of thy People as thou hast sworn by thy self O Holy God Holy and Strong Holy and Immortal have Mercy upon us For a City Compass this City O Lord with thy Protection and let thy Holy Angels guard the Walls thereof O Lord mercifully hear thy People For Grace Lord from whom all good things do come grant unto us thy humble Servants that by thy Holy Inspiration we may think those things that be good and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same through our Lord Jesus Christ. For Enemies O God the lover and preserver of Peace and Charity give unto all our Enemies thy true Peace and Love and Remission of Sins and mightily deliver us from their Snares through Jesus Christ our Lord. For the Afflicted O Almighty God the Afflicted Soul the troubled Spirit crieth unto thee Hear O Lord and have Mercy for thou art a merciful God For Travellers Assist us mercifully O Lord in our Supplications and Prayers and dispose the way of thy Servants towards the Attainment of Everlasting Salvation that among all the Changes and Chances of this mortal Life they may ever be defended by thy most Gracious and ready Help through Christ our Lord. For the Fruits of the Earth O God in whom we live move and have our Being open thy Treasure in the due Season and give a Blessing to the works of thy Hands through Jesus Christ our Lord. Against Temptation Almighty God which doth see that we have no Power of our selves 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. For Misbelievers and Sinners Almighty and Everlasting God who desirest not the Death of a Sinner mercifully look upon all that are deceived by the subtilty of Satan that all evil Prejudice laid aside they may return to the Unity of thy Truth and Love For Temporal Necessities Replenish those O Lord we beseech thee with Temporal Nourishment whom thou hast refreshed with thy Blessed Sacraments Against Tempests Drive spiritual Wickedness from thy House O Lord and preserve it from the malignity of tempestuous Weather For Women in Travel O Lord of thy abundant Goodness and Mercy help thy Servants who are in great pains and perils of Child-birth that being delivered out of their present Danger they may glorifie thy holy Name who art blessed for evermore For the Sick O God the only refuge of our infirmities by thy mighty power relieve thy sick Servants that they with thy gracious Assistance may be able to give Thanks unto thee in thy Holy Church through Jesus Christ. For Prisoners O God who deliveredst thy Apostle Peter from his Chains and restoredst him to Liberty have pity upon thy Servants in Captivity release their Bonds and grant them Freedom and Safety Accept of the hearty Repentance of those that are appointed to dye and save their Souls for his Merits who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God VVorld without end For the Dying Father of all Flesh and God of all Spirits receive the Souls which thou hast redeemed with thy bloud returning to thee A Prayer before Study O unspeakable Creatour who out of the Treasure of thy VVisdom hast ordained Hierarchies of Angels and hast placed them above the highest Heaven in a wonderfull order and disposed them sweetly for all parts of the VVorld thou the true Fountain and incomprehensible Principle of Light and VVisdom vouchsafe to illuminate the Darkness of my Understanding with a Beam of thy Light remove the Darkness wherein I was born Sin and Ignorance thou who makest the Tongues of Infants Eloquent loosen my Tongue and pour forth the Grace of thy Spirit upon my Lips give me acuteness to apprehend capacity to retain subtilty to interpret aptness to learn readiness to speak direct my beginning farther my progression and perfect my conclusion When the Bell tolls for a Dying Person O gracious God be with this Person in the holy operations of thy Grace and in the yearnings of thy tenderest Mercies in the dreadfull Moment when the Soul shall depart from the Body and conduct this thy dying Creature through the Valley of the Shadow of Death unto the Land of everlasting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A concluding Prayer Almighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name we beseech thee mercifully to incline thine Ears to us who have now made our Supplications and Prayers unto thee and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy VVill may be effectually obtained to the relief of our Necessities and to the setting forth of thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Peace of God which passeth all understanding keep our hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord and the Blessing of God Almighty the Father Son and Holy Ghost be with us now at the hour of Death and at the Day of Judgment King Edward the Sixth's Prayer against Popery LOrd God deliver me out of this miserable and wretched Life and take me among thy chosen Howbeit not my Will but thy Will be done Lord I commit my Spirit to thee O Lord thou knowest how happy it were for me to be with thee yet for thy chosen's sake send me Life and Health that I may truly serve thee II. O my Lord God Bless thy People and save thine inheritance O Lord God Save thy chosen People of England O my Lord God defend this Realm from Papistry and maintain thy True Religion that I and my People may praise thy Holy Name Amen For God's Mercies upon Their Majesties Forces under the Command and Conduct of his Grace the Duke of Schomberg O Most powerfull and great God mighty in Battel fearfull in praises doing wonders thou hast done mighty things already for us whereof we rejoice O be pleased still to continue thy undeserved Mercies towards us and accomplish what thou hast already begun for us Go forth we humbly beseech thee with our Armies against those who would make a Prey of thy People II. Protect and guide our great Governour and Commander whose Commission is to fight thy Battel Guide him and Counsel him in all his Undertakings and cover his head in the day of Battel cause those that hate thy Name and People to flee before him and scatter them as the dust before the Wind Crown him with Victory and great Success that at the last he may return home in Peace and Safety to thy Glory their Majesties Comfort his own Satisfaction and all the Nation 's happiness this we beg for the Merits of Jesus Christ Amen For Mercy to the whole Nation
pine away in Misery Many have been stoned to death and some have been stripped stark naked and driven into the Woods and Mountains in the extremity of Frost and Snow and there starved Some have been compelled to carry their own Parents to Execution others to give fire to the Wood that burnt them Mothers have been forced to throw their own Children into the Water Wives to hang their own Husbands Children to hang up their own Parents and when they have done all this in hope and upon promise of Life they themselves were barbarously Murthered Some have been boiled alive in Cauldrons some have been put into a hole in the ground all but the head and there forc'd to continue till they died Some have been driven through the streets naked and if through weakness they kept not their pace they were pricked forward with Spears and Swords Some have been so rack'd and tormented that Worms have bred in their putrified Sores Infants have been closed again in their Mothers Bellies which the Villains had ript up and there strangled some have been wounded deadly and then hung upon Tenter-hooks and others have been hung by the Arms that the Souldiers might try their valour and the strength of their Swords upon them Some have been ript up and their Guts let out to trail about their heels others have been dragged with Wythes and Ropes about their Necks through the VVaters Bogs Woods and Streets to force them to confess their Treasure which when they had gotten they were basely murdered One hundred and four sheltred themselves in Caves and by smoak made with wet straw at the mouth thereof have been smothered The same Cruelties we must have expected again to have â—aln upon all Protestants if God in his great Mercy had not prevented them Strange and remarkable PREDICTIONS OF THAT Holy Learned and excellent Bishop James Usher LATE Lord Primate of Ireland THE Author of the Life of this worthy Archbishop relates That amongst other extraordinary Gifts and Graces the Almighty had bestowed upon him he was wonderfully endued with a Prophetick Spirit whereby he predicted several things sometime long before they came to pass whereof some we have seen fulfilled and others remain yet to be accomplished and though he was one that abhorr'd Enthusiastick Notiâ—â—s being too Learned Rational and Knowing to admit such idle Freaks and Whimsies Yet he profest That several times in his Life he had many things imprest upon his Mind concerning future Events with so much warmness and importunity that he was not able to keep them secret but lay under an unâ—voidable necessity to make them known From which Spirit he foretold the Irish Rebellion Forty years before it came with the time when it should break forth in a Sermon at Dublin in 1601 where from Ezek. 4. 6. discoursing concerning the Prophets bearing the iniquity of Judah forty days the Lord therein appointed a day for a year He made this direct Application in relation to the connivance of Popery at that time From this year says he will I â—eckon the Sin of Ireland that those whom you now embrace shall be your ruine and you shall bear this Iniquity Which Prediction proved exactly true for from that time 1601 to the year 1641 was Forty years in which it is notoriously known that the Rebellion and Destruction of Ireland happened which was acted by those Popish Emissaries which were then connived at And of this Sermon the Bishop reserved the Notes and made a Remark of it in the Margent of his Bible and for 20 years before he lived in the expectation of the fulfilling of it and the nearer the time was the more he was confident it was near accomplishment though as yet there was no visible appearance The year before the Rebellion brokeforth says Dr. Bernard The Bishop taking his leave of me being going from Ireland to England he advised me to a serious Preparation for I should see heavy Sorrows and Miseries before I saw him again which he delivered with as great Confidence as if he had seen it which seems to verifie that of the Prophet Amos 3. 7. Surely the Lord will do nothing but he will reveal it to his Servants the Prophets From this prophetick Spirit he foresaw the Changes and Miseries of England in Church and State for having in one of his Books De Prim. Eccl. Brit. given a large Account of the Destruction of the Britains by the Saxons about 550 years after Christ he gives this among other Reasons why he insisted so largely upon it That he foresaw that a like Judgment was yet behind if timely Repentance and Reformation did not prevent it and he would often mourn upon the foresight of this long before it came From this Spirit he gave mournfull intimations of the Death of King Charles the I of whom he would be often speaking with fear and trembling even when the King had the greatest Success and would therefore constantly pray and gave all Advice possible to prevent any such thing From this Spirit he foresaw his own Poverty in Worldly things and this he would often speak of with admiration to the Hearers when he was in his greatest Prosperity which the event did most certainly verifie From this Spirit he predicted the Divisions and Confusions in England about Religion and the sad Consequences of it some of which we have seen fulfilled and I pray God the rest which he feared may not also be accomplished Lastly from this Spirit he foretold That the greatest stroke upon the Reformed Churches was yet to come and the time of the utter ruine of Rome should be when she thought her self most secure and to this last I shall add a brief Account from the Person 's own hand who was concern'd The year before the Primate's Death I went to him and earnestly desired him to grant me in Writing his Apprehensions of Justification and Sanctification by Christ because I had formerly heard him Preach upon those Points wherein he seemed to make those great Mysteries more intelligible to my mean Capacity than any Discourse I had heard from others but by reason I had an imperfect Memory of the particulars I took the boldness to importune him That he would please to give me a brief Account of them in writing whereby I might the better imprint them in my memory oâ— which he would willingly have excused himself by declaring his Intentions of not writing any more adding That if he did write any thing it should not exceed a sheet or two but upon my continued importunity I at last obtained his promise He coming to Town some time after was pleased to give me a Visit where I failed not to challenge the benefit of his promise made to me to which he replyed That he had not writ and yet could not charge himself with any breach of promise for said he I did begin to write but when I came to write of Sanctification that is of the new Creature which
Death of thine only Son hast redeemed us from death to life and hast continually a care of us preserving us as the Apple of thine Eye from the dangerous Assaults of Satan and providest for us all things necessary that more Thanks and Praise is due unto thee than the Tongue of Men or Angels can declare II. Accept these my Praises and Thanksgivings O Lord Ibeseech thee and encrease in me a daily desire to praise thy Goodness acknowledging every good and perfect Gift to come from thee to whom with the Son and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory now and for evermore Amen To God for all his Benefits Most merciful God we yield thee humble thanks for thy continual favour and kindness towards us thy poor and unworthy Creatures for whose Salvation when we were lost thou wert pleased even of thy mere Love to send thine only beloved Son Christ Jesus into the World taking humane Nature upon him and suffering most bitter pangs of Death upon the Cross to redeem us again to thy favour II. Such O Lord was thine unspeakable Love for which we are never able to pay the least recompence but give us O Lord thankfull and obedient hearts that we may yield thee praises not only with our Lips but in our lives not only in giving thy Son for us but in leaving unto us a continual remembrance of the same thine unspeakable Love thy Holy Gospel wherein consists the rule whereby we are directed and though Heaven and Earth pass away yet not one tittle of that shall decay or diminish for without which we should have been in our accustomed Ignorance accept us we beseech thee in thy Son our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen Christian Courage IN AFFLICTION A Prayer before the following Advice to the besieged Souldiers in London-Derry under the Command of that worthy Divine and most Loyal and Valiant Commander Col. Walker O Most Eternal Lord God whose Providence never fails those who trust in thy Name and Word mercifully we beseech thee to cast down thy Eyes of Pity and Compassion upon us miserable Sinners which are here met together we do in all humility prostrate our selves before thy Divine Majesty beseeching thee to pardon all our Sins and help our Infirmities O Lord we are not able of our selves to do any thing but offend thee committing daily and hourly Sins without number but O Lord hear thy Son Christ Jesus for us and nail them to his Cross that they may never rise up in Judgment against us either to shame us in this World or condemn us in the World to come bury them in the bottomless Sea of thy Mercy and Forgetfulness that they may never appear before thee to hinder thy Favours unto us seal the remission of them to our Souls and Consciences that they may not disturb or distract us in our Devotions and Duty pour thy Grace and holy Spirit into us that may enable us to walk before thee in Holiness Righteousness and in Sobriety all the days of our lives Bless we beseech thee our dear and dread Soveraign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary Katherine the Queen Dowager the Princess Anne of Denmark and the rest of the Royal Family Bless the Archbishops and Bishops with the rest of the Dispencers of thy holy Sacraments and grant that the light of thy Gospel may never depart from us And Lastly we come unto thee for a Blessing upon our Governours Commanders and fellow Souldiers guide and conduct them in this Calamity fortifie them with Courage and Strength against our Romish Adversaries that thy Name may be glorified our Lives preserved and our Souls Eternally saved in the great day of the Lord Jesus when all flesh shall appear Grant that our Meeting at this time may be for the better and not for the worse to praise and glorifie thy holy Name in whose holy Name and Word we put up these our imperfect Prayers in that most absolute and perfect form of Prayer which Christ himself bath taught us Our Father c. Christian Courage IN AFFLICTION A Discourse by way of Advice to the besieged in London-Derry 2 Chron. 20. Chap. Verse 9. latter part of it Be not afraid nor dismay'd by reason of this great multitude for the Battel is not yours but God's THE Context runs thus And he said Hearken ye all Judah and ye Inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou King Jehoshaphat Thus saith the Lord unto you Be not afraid nor dismaied by reason of this great multitude for the Battel is not yours but God's These are the words of God which he commanded Jahaziel the Prophet to deliver to Jehoshaphat King of Judah When the Moabites and Ammonites came to make War against him to dispossess him of his Kingdom verse the 8th of this Chapter and may be a seasonable Text for this Auditory Our Sins indeed are many which have justly provoked God's heavy Wrath against us and our Enemies are very numerous which surround us therefore now let us cry mightily unto God earnestly beseeching him that he would pardon all our Sins blot out all our Iniquities and receive us graciously let us sincerely repent and be heartily sorry for our manifold Transgressions committed against him so shall we by his Divine Assistance be in a readiness to encounter with Roman Malice these Moabites and Ammonites who are Enemies to our Lives Religion Laws and Liberties and be animated with Courage to go out cheerfully against Rome's Force and Cruelties fighting manfully the Lord's Battel every one of us laying his hand upon his Heart with this comfortable Expression in our Mouths Be not afraid nor dismaied by reason of this great multitude for the Battel is not ours but God's Servile Fear is the harbinger of the Guilty and a slavish timorousness belongs not to the Strong and Couragious but a God like Fear attends upon the Vertuous and produces Success in their Undertakings Holy Job that great Proficient in God's School and great Example of Christian Patience tells you Job 28. 28. The fear of the Lord that is Wisdom and to depart from Evil is Understanding This is the only supream Good and Fear which secures us from committing shameful Acts and creates a circumspection in our Lives for as the shadow of the Body is followed by the Sun so doth Glory attend Vertue in our progress to Christ. Let us then put our whole trust in God in this time of danger and take the Royal Prophets resolution Psal. 118. 6. Not to fear what man can do unto us but rather fear the Lord who pitieth those that fear him Psal. 103. 13. It is the Duty of every one of us to be circumspect in our Lives but more especially at this season and time of Affliction when the hand of God is stretched out against us when the Enemy waits even at our doors ready to devour us when they stand gaping ready to swallow us up quick and none of us can prognosticate how soon his