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Prayers for the use of all persons who come to the baths for cure. By the author of the Manual of prayers, for the use of the scholars of Winchester Colledge.
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Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.
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1692
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Wing K277; ESTC R220999
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condition Thou Lord hast been pleased to deny me the good things the Conveniencies of this Life blessed be thy Name for it thou sawest I should abuse them and therefore hast in mercy with-held from me those occasions of sin But since thou art pleased beyond my poverty to lay this further Calamity this Sickness Lameness on me which has brought me hither O be thou also pleased to succour and to support me under it Ah Lord I come to my Remedy but have not wherewithal to apply it I come to the Waters but have none to assist me none to help me into the Bath O let thy infinite Love kindle a compassionate Charity in the Hearts of the Rich and incline some merciful persons to relieve me Send seasonable relief O my God to all other poor and needy persons who come hither calamitous like my self O bless the Waters to our Cure that being restored to our health and strength we may return to our Labour and according to thy Divine Appointment In the sweat of our brows may eat our bread Bless the Waters O Lord to all other infirm persons but especially bless them to my Benefactors Lord sanctifie my poverty to me that I may be humble and constant under it and submissive to the Disposals of thy most wise and gracious Providence O my God though I am poor in this World make me rich in faith I will gladly want Riches here so I may have Treasure in Heaven hereafter and be an Heir of the Kingdom which thou hast promised to those that love thee Lord pity me Lord hear me Lord help me Lord save me according to the multitude of thy Mercies and the Merits of my Saviour Amen Amen The Poor Man's Prayer for those that relieve him GLory be to thee O Lord for my Benefactors Glory be to thee who hast given them ability and inlarged their Hearts to relieve the poor and needy Glory be to thee for directing them in particular to relieve me O my God I earnestly beg of thee to shew mercy to them who have shewed mercy to me I have had the comfort of their Alms Blessed be thy Name O give them a plentiful recompence for it reward them sevenfold into their Bosom through Jesus thy Beloved Amen Amen Ejaculations for the Poor AS for me I am poor and needy but thou Lord carest for me and on thee Lord I cast all my cares Glory be to thee O Lord who deliverest the poor in his affliction O let it be thy pleasure to deliver me O Lord the poor committeth himself to thee for thou art the helper of the friendless and to thee poor as I am I wholly commit my self O be thou my Helper O be thou my Friend Thou O God hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor and the poor and needy shall give thanks unto thy Name O my Soul put thy trust in the Lord and by doing good dwell in the Land and verily thou shalt be fed Having thus allotted to you that are Rich and to you that are Poor your distinct Duties I must now again joyn you together and I most passionately beseech you if you have a concern for the eternal wellfare of your Souls any Honour for that most Holy Religion you profess any Reverence for the Pure All-seeing Eyes of God to take all imaginable care that you do not abuse the Bath by any Lasciviousness or Impurity which may defile your selves or others for this is the way to turn the means of your cure into an occasion of the more outragious sin and to provoke God to send you away with a dreadful Curse instead of a Blessing If after a due use of the Baths you find any benefit by them and that your Distemper is either removed or abated as you desired the Prayers of the Congregation at your first coming for God's Blessing on the Waters So it is most just you should desire the Congregation to give thanks for you and to render to God a publick acknowledgment for the Mercy he has vouchsafed you Be very careful that when you are well you do not forget you were sick but let that advice which our Lord gives to the impotent Man be deeply impressed on your mind say it often to your own Soul Sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee Renew all those good Resolutions you made in the day of your distress be very watchful and jealous over your self for fear of Backslidings avoid all occasions of sin for the future and dedicate that Health to which God has in tender mercy restored you to his Glory A Thanksgiving ALL Praise all Glory be to thee my Lord and my God for hearing my Prayers in the time of my trouble for blessing the Waters to my Good to my Ease to my Cure O may I never forget this Blessing O may I ever give thee thanks for it Lord I am jealous over my own treacherous Heart that now thou hast abated freed me from my Calamity I shall grow cold in my Devotion and that the sense of my Duty will be apt to wear off with my affliction but my sure and only Trust is in the assistances of thy Grace O hold up my goings in thy paths that my foot-steps slip not O keep me as the Apple of the Eye O may I sin no more left a worse thing come unto me Praise the Lord O my Soul while I live will I praise the Lord as long as I have my Being I will sing Praises unto my God I called upon the Lord in my trouble and the Lord heard me at large therefore will I praise him Thou art my God and I will thank thee thou art the Lord and I will praise thee Praised be the Lord who hath not cast out my Prayer nor turned his mercy from me O give thanks unto the Lord for he is Gracious and his mercy endureth for ever I will not only praise thee O Lord in private but I will tell abroad what thou hast done for my Soul I will give thanks unto thee in the great Congregation I will praise thee amongst much people Accept O my God this my Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving and since the longer I live the more I experience thy most adorable and boundless Goodness the more devoutly may I daily praise thee the more intensely may I daily love thee through Jesus thy Beloved Amen Amen To this you may properly add the hundred and third Psalm IF after you have used the Waters you find no relief by them be not discouraged it may be God designs to effect your Cure some other ways it may be he sees it best for your spiritual good that your Distemper should continue and it is your Duty patiently to submit to his good pleasure If you are conscious to your self that you have truly repented of all your sins past and that the desire of your Soul is towards God you may be then assured that God chastened you because he loves