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A90999	Euchologia: or, The doctrine of practical praying. By the Right Reverend Father in God, John Prideaux, late Bishop of Worcester. Being a legacy left to his daughters in private, directing them to such manifold uses of our Common Prayer Book. As may satisfie upon all occasions, without looking after new lights from extemporal flashes.	Prideaux, John, 1578-1650.	1655 (1655)	Wing P3425; Thomason E1515_1; ESTC R209505	69,265	323

hath a special prescription Lev 7.12 to be tempered with plenty of oyl of gladness that maketh the face to shine Ps 24.25 In this behalf the Psalmist is so copious that it is hard to pitch upon any passage wherein he seemeth more expressive then other In that ninety second Psalm which carries the Title for the Sabbath day no entrance is found but by the door of Thanksgiving It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy Name O thou most high To tell of thy loving kindnesse early in the morning and of thy truth in the night season Upon an Instrument of ten strings and upon the Lute upon a loud Instrument and upon the Harp Church-musick then in those dayes was not held Superstitious but taken in for an help to set forth Praise and Thanksgiving For performance of which duty so many ties are upon us that the Prophet cryes out as destitute of expressions Psa 116.11 What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits he hath done unto me and can resolve no otherwise for himselfe but Psal 145.1 Every day will I give thanks to thee and praise thy name for ever and ever And for stirring up of others to the same duty O praise the Lord saith he for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God yea Psal 147.1 a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful But what need we go further where we have the practice of our Saviour to lead us I thank thee O Father Mat. 11.25 Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to babes Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight According with this we have that large form of Thankgiving besides many others to stirre up our selves and others of the Kingly Prophet Psal 136. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever O give thanks unto the God of all gods for his mercy endureth for ever O thank the Lord of all Lords for his mercy endureth for ever and so going on in numbring up Gods blessings for which thanks were due with a repetition from whence they proceeded from Gods mercy not our deserts for his mercy endureth for ever He ends as he began as though in his acknowledgment he had never said enough O give thanks unto the Lord of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever O give thanks unto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth for ever Upon this ground proceed the four and twenty Elders representing the whole Church of the Faithful falling upon their faces and worshipping We give thee thanks Rev. 12.17 O Lord God Almighty which art and which wa st and which art to come because thou hast taken unto thee thy great power and hast reigned From these and the like patterns our Leiturgies forms are derived A Thanksgiving for raine in time of drought O God our heavenly Father who by thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth c. For fair weather O Lord God who hast justly humbled us by the late plague of immoderate rain and waters c. For Plenty O most merciful Father which of thy gracious goodness hast heard the devout prayers of the Church c. For Peace and Victory Almighty God who art a strong Tower of Defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies c. For Deliverance from the Plague O Lord God which hast wounded us for our sins c. After receiving of the Lords Supper Almighty and everlasting God wee most heartily thank thee for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us which have duly received these holy Mysteries c. And last of all under the Title of Prayers most commonly set in the end of the Church-Book what a complete form of Thanksgiving have we that thus begins Honour and Praise be given to thee O Lord God Almighty most dear Father of heaven for all thy mercies and loving kindness shewed unto us c. Which ends with this most pious and necessary petition to be used at all times and on all occasions Let thy mighty hand and out-stretched arm O Lord be still our defence c. For your Sexe also my Daughters is not to be omitted the Thanksgiving of women after Child-birth commonly called the Churching of Women though latter times have held it superfluous if not superstitious wherein Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodnesse to give you safe deliverance and preserved you in the great danger of Child-birth You are called upon to be thankful heartily and to pray with the words of the Psalmist Psal 121. I have lifted up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my salvation my help cometh from the Lord which hath made heaven and earth And that which followes The Sun shall not burn thee by day nor the Moon by night c. is not impertinent as some will have it in as much as it ascribes all preservation to God at all times and in all places in our greatest extremities When more punctual devout and judicious Thanksgiving upon surer grounds and authority shall bee tendred to you my Daughters you may satisfie your consciences in making use of them In the meane time you and yours may feed on the milk which your Mother the Church so plentifully affords you and not cast about for change of Nurses who will scarce prove so natural CHAP. VI. Of Praises PRaise is a due acknowledgment of Gods infinite excellency expressed in his works of Power Mercy and Justice It hath such affinity with Thanksgiving that most commonly they go together and usually are taken one for the other Psa 145.11 As in that Psalm All thy works praise thee O Lord and thy Saints give thanks unto thee I will magnifie thee Ver. 1 2. O Lord my King and will praise thy Name for ever and ever Every day will I give thanks to thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever Notwithstanding howsoever Magnifying Praising Blessing and giving of Thanks to God are used to the same purpose yet praise may belong to Excellency which we are not bound to thank whereas Thanks includeth Praise for affording us a Blessing by which wee are obliged to magnifie the Donor In the Old Testament those that will seek for forms in this behalf shall find all the Psalmes of David in the Original to come under the title of The Book of Praises Not that all Psalmes therein may be so termed but because the most part are so that gives the nomination to the whole And Samplers for Praises to you my Daughters may be as pertinent that of Miriam registred to all posterity for imitation in these words Exo. 15.20 And Miriam the Prophetesse the sister of Aaron took a Timbrel in her hands and

orderly with Gods Word which must be the ground and rule of all preaching praying and Christian conversation Now such a Reformation is directed to us that wee know not where we are or what to expect but that the longest liver shall never be acquainted by this new method in our Church Service with the whole counsel of God Acts 20.27 and if the Minister please not the Ten Commandments in the Old Testament and Lords Prayer in the New shall never bee known to the simple people But concerning the divers uses and applications of the Psalmes in private that notable Treatise of an ancient Father placed before our Psalmes in Meter may bee a profitable Directory wherein 99. Cases are set down what Psalmes wee may distinctly use for our greatest comfort For you my Daughters it may be sufficient to take into your particular Devotions those seven Psalms termed by the Ancients Penitentials which are the 6 32 38. 51 102 130 143. and were usually repeated weekly each on its set day which was a pious course But if this may bee thought to be otherwise supplyed in the Family Confessions before mentioned in your daily Morning and Evening Prayer it may bee worth your private Observation to consider the several works of the six dayes in the Creation as they are registred in Genesis with the celebration of the Sabbath chap. 1. and then to select seven Psalmes which may serve as a most sweet and pertinent explanation of each of them In this accommodation for Light the first dayes work you have the 27 Psalm The Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I fear c. For the second dayes work which were the Heavens the 19. Psalm The heavens declare the glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his handy-work For the Earth with the Sea of the third dayes framing how consonant is the 14 Psalm The earth is the Lords and all that therein is the compasse of the world and they that dwell therein for he hath founded it upon the sea and prepared it upon the flouds c. In the same order the Sun and Moon and Stars which were created and set in the Firmament the fourth day are taken into especial consideration in the 8. Psalm When I consider the heavens the work of thy fingers the Moon and the Stars which thou hast ordained Behold what an excellent use hee makes of it for a patterne to direct us what we should do in contemplating all the rest of the Creatures Lord what is man that thou art mindful of him and the Son of man that thou visitest him The like use is made upon the consideration of the fishes of the Sea and of the fowls of the air which were the work of the fifth day in the 104. Psalm Ver. ●5 And for the sixth day wherein Man was created with the beast and the rest of the Inhabitants of the Earth to serve him how fit is the 139 Psalme to bee thought upon O God Ver. ●5 thou hast searched me out and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising thou understandest my thoughts long before c. My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy book were all thy Members written And last of all the 92 Psalm bears this Title A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath Day conformable to which we have the seventh and Lords day wherein we may observe that which an unwise man doth not well consider Ver. 6. and a fool doth not understand 1. What is to be done in celebrating of it Ver. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto the name of the Most Highest 2. At what set times especially Ver. 2. Morning and Evening To tell of thy loving kindnesse early in the Morning and of thy truth in the night season 3. With what solemnity Upon an Instrument of ten strings and upon the Lute upon a loud Instrument any that may consort with or quicken our praises Prayers or Thanksgivings 4. Upon what ground Because God hath made us glad through his works and therefore this day should be especially set apart for to rejoyce in giving praise for the operations of his hands which is intimated in the fourth Commaudment it self In six dayes the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is What should this mean but that especially upon this day with all Praise and Thanksgiving all these things were to be considered in pious meditations and distinct Prayers Praises and Thanksgivings to be inferred thereupon according to every mans private Devotions and capacities besides the publick Service 5. In what manner must this be done Our Psalmist also here furnisheth us with a Gloria Patri O Lord how glorious are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep And 6. Tells us that those that pass this over as a slight business are but unwise men and fools who prick up as the green grasse quickly to be mowen down and made fodder for beasts whereas the truly religious and due observers of the Lords Day according to his own holy Ordinance 1 Shal have their strength exalted as the horn of an Unicorn 2. Be annointed with the fresh oyl of Gods blessed Spirit 3. Flourish like a Palm tree that prospereth under pressures and 4. Spread abroad like a Cedar in Libanus in spite of winds and tempests 5. Shall see their enemies danted and put to confusion according to their desire Whereas 6. They themselves shall be firmly fixed and flourish in Gods house and bring forth more fruit in their age then the vigour of their former dayes hath yeilded There be that apply the 150 Psalmes in this manner That the first fifty should especially stir us up to hearty repentance The second to the consideration of Gods Mercy and Justice The third to the contemplation of Eternal happinesse to bee intertained with Hallelujahs and Thanksgivings But if you answer to this Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent Psal 139.5 we cannot attain unto it Take then in a shorter way those three Psalms which may well bee called the Sermons of David In the first of which which is the 37th you have a plaister against fretting at the prosperity of the wicked and perplexed estate of those that in all mens judgements deserve better In the second being the forty ninth a purge for swelling up-starts whose state is held no better then that of the beasts that perish this is set forth more at large in the seventy third to beat us off from all worldly vanities and to bring us to hold fast by God Psal 73.27 37.38 for that will only bring us true peace at the last These Sermons will not over-burden your memories with tediousnesse but be easily learned by you and taught your children And seeing you have the

before me At our going forth Psalm 143 Shew me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my soul unto thee At the hearing of a Clock or looking on a Watch or a Dyal Teach me O Lord Psal 9.12 to number my dayes that I may apply my heart to Wisdom At the undertaking of any work of our vocation The glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon me Ibid. v. 17 Prosper thou the works of my hands O prosper thou my handy work which if wee cannot desire with a good conscience a stop must be made and the business not undertaken Last of all upon our death-beds old Jacobs Ejacalation will be acceptable and comfortable Gen. 49.18 O Lord I have waited for thy salvation With old Simeons in the New Testament to bear it company Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace because mine eyes have seen thy Salvation in knowing and depending upon him for my Redemption my Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus Luk. 23.46 Whose praier in giving up the Ghost must be ours at the last gasp Father into thy hands I commend my spirit The happiest conclusion that all our Devotions can bring us unto In the interim we shall meet with in this vale of misery many passages to be lamented at which how it may be performed the next Title suggesteth CHAP. VI. Of Lamentations and complaints on sad Objects WE read in the Old Testament of the Roll of a Book Ezek. 2.10 wherein was written within and without Lamentations and Mourning and Wo. And in Ramah was there a voice heard as it is repeated in the New Testament Lamentation and weeping Matth. 2.18 and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not The taking up of a lamentation is a Scripture phrase Jer. 7.29 Ezek. 19.1 26.17 27.2 28.12 32.2 and the practice of it usuall Lamentations are prescribed for Tyre and Pharaoh Saul hath a set lamentation penned by David for his sad overthrow and his brave son Jonathans upon cursed mount Gilboa in which the Daughters of Israel are called upon to weep over them 2 Sam. 1.22 under whom they had injoyed such Ornaments and happiness But all the singing men and singing women must by an Ordinance in Israel 2 Chr. 35.25 speak of Josiah in their Lamentations who was slain at Hadradrimmon Zac. 12.11 in the valley of Megidde whereof the Prophet Jeremiah was the Pen-man from whom wee have those inimitable Lamentations for the ruines of the Church and State that fell out in his time O that my head were waters Jer. 9.1 and my eys a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slaine of the Daughter of my people Jer. 7.29 Cut off thy hair O Jerusalem and cast it away and take up a Lamentation in the High-Places Lam. 1.11 Is it nothing to you all ye that passe by behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow Then he turnes unto the Lord Behold Chap. 2.20 O Lord and consider to whom thou hast done this shal the women eat their fruit and the children of a span long Shall the Priest and the Prophet be slain and that in the Sanctuary of the Lord How cold are all Heathen Poets and Orators compared to these burning expressions Isai 22.4 Isaiah had the like before for the desolation he foresaw should come upon his Country for their sins Look away from me for I wil weep bitterly Labour not to comfort me because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people And Alas Chap. 5.16 alas is the burthen of the Lamenration foretold by Amos in the like case which the Citizens and Husbandmen and all those that are skilful in wailing must take up when the Lord is angry and poureth out the Vials of his punishments upon them Psal 8.5 Psal 102.9 Such bread of tears and drink mingled with weeping the Prophet David often made his Kingly repast when the floods of Belial made him afraid and mark how earnest and passionate he is indivers addresses to God which pierce the highest heavens to extort as it were a blessing Will the Lord absent himself for ever Psal 77.7 and will he be no more intreated Is his mercy clean gone for ever and his promise come utterly to an end for evermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious and will he shut up his loving kindness in displeasure And what consorts more with the miseries of these lamentable times then that of the sixtieth Psalm Psalm 60.1 O God thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad thou hast also been displeased O turn thou unto us again Thou hast moved the land and divided it heal the sores thereof for it shaketh thou hast shewed thy people heavy things thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine When you therefore consider my Daughters which I will you seriously and conscionably to do the irreverent contempt and worse then heathenish profaneness that is fallen of late upon Gods Worship under a pretence of exacter teaching and purer Reformation you may betake your selves to that complaint of the Psalmist Help Lord for there is not one godly man left Psalm 12.1 the faithful are minished from among the children of men the wicked walk on every side Ver. ult when the vilest men are exalted And turn that reproof of our Saviour into a necessary Prayer Mat. 21.13 O Lord thy house should be called and so ever acknowledged to bee the House of Prayer but behold it is now made not only a Den of Thieves but a Stable for horses and a Receptacle for Zims and Ohims and daughters of the Owles to act their parts therein Isai 34.14 Men of worse then Heathenish conditions are come into thine inheritance Psalm 79.1 thy holy Temple have they defiled and made thy Jerusalem an heap of stones c. 2. When you recount with your selves Things consecrated to God to be alienated to cursed uses the shepherds smitten the flocks scattered and that not by strangers but at home in the houses of our friends Zach. 13.6 how seasonably will that bee thought upon out of the seventy fourth Psalm O God Psalm 74.1 why art thou absent from us so long Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture Thine adversaries roar in the midst of the congregations and set up their banners for tokens breaking downe the carved works set up for thy Worship with axes and hammers Let us make havock of them altogether say they root them out Psal 83.12 that they be no more a people that we may take the houses of God into our own possession Is it not time therefore for all good Christians to cry out Arise O Lord Psal 74.23 and maintaine thine own cause remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily 3 At the