to perish Lord carest thou not that I perish Mar. 4.33 Which wilt that all men be saved 1 Tim. 2.4 That no man perish 2 Pet. 3.9 Lord I am thine therefore save me Psal. 119.94 Despise not the worke of thine owne hands Wis. 10.4 Thy servant and sonne of thy hand-maid Psal. 116.15 Thy servant a prodigall Mat. 18.27 yet a Servant First Thy Sonne the price of thy Sons blood that I might be adopted Though I have forgotten the duty of a Son yet remember thou the love of a Father Though I am a wicked prodigall Son yet I am a Son Luk. 15.17 I am called by thy name Dan. 9.19 Thou art not ashamed to be called my God Heb. 11.16 We are Christians thy Christs ransomed ones we are called by his name Spare thy worke spare thy name the price of thy blood though thou spare not us Secondly But I am a sinner and God heareth not sinners Iob. 9.20 Yet consider I beseech thee of what I am made Remember that I am but flesh a wind that passeth away and commeth not againe Psal. 78.39 Consider our frame remember wee are but dust Psal. 103.14 Fraile dust Light wind Corruptible flesh Lord wilt thou breake a leafe driven to and fro wilt thou pursue the dry stubble Iob 13.24 Wilt thou hunt after a flea 1 Sam. 24.15 Thirdly thy Creature But miserable humble Spare me being humble David spared railing Shimei 2 Sam. 19.19 And David was a man after thine owne heart Act. 13. 22. Spare me therefore O Lord Behold we have heard the Kings of Israel are mercifull let us therfore put sackcloath on our loynes and ropes upon our heads and goe to the King of Israel and say Let my soule live 1 King 20.31,32 It may be he will save us Is any King of Israell mercifuller then thou Thou Lord sparedst Ahab which sould himselfe to doe wickednesse because he humbled himselfe 1 King 21. 27. Spare mee also How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people Psal. 80. 4. Lord I cover not my sinne as Adam Iob 31.33 I doe not extenuate and lessen my sinnes I freely confesse I have sinned Wrought wickednesse Transgressed Beene rebellious But I condemne my selfe 1. Cor. 11. 31. Call it often to mind Confesse it Punish my selfe for it Spare me O Lord Accept the sacrifice Of a broaken spirit Contrite heart Troubled mind Afflicted reines Wounded Conscience I have sinned against thee Fourthly but Lord thou wilt have pitty on some hast thou made man for nought Shall thine enemy say thou hast made us to kill us because thou hatedst us thou hast made us for to be destroyed or that thou couldest not save us Num. 14. 15. Remember this that the enemy hath reproached O Lord that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name Psal. 74. 18. As also that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Rom. 3. 23. If thou wilt contend the most holy cannot answer for one of a thousand Iob. 9. 3. Neither the infant of a day old nor the starres are pure in his sight yea he hath found folly in his Angels Iob. 25. 3. If thou O Lord shouldest marke iniquities who should stand Psal. 130. 3. If thou enter into judgment no man shall bee justified And what shall become of thy great name of the riches of thy mercy of the blood of thy Sonne Gal. 2. 21. Shall he dye to no purpose Let the world rather perish then thou shouldest not multiplie thy mercies upon us Be it farre from us Thou hast included all under sinne that thou mightest have mercy on all All which desire to acknowledge your sins and the misery due for them returne to the Lord with your whole heart All those thou hast loved in thy beloved Not small sinners But Manasses and Paul That in them thou mightest manifest the excellency of thy mercy and open a gate of hope The chiefe of sinners Fifthly wherefore spare me desiring to returne into thy favour For what profit is there in my blood when I goe downe into the pit Psal. 30.9 In death there is no remembrance of thee in the grave who shall give thee thankes Psal. 6.5 Shall thy wonders be knowne in the darke and thy righteousnesse in the Land of forgetfulnesse Ps. 88. 12. Verily the grave cannot praise thee death cannot celebrate thee they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy truth Esay 38. 18. 19. The living the living shall praise thee as I doe this day I shall not dye but live and tell the workes of the Lord Psal. 118. 17. Sixtly But if I have knowne thee O Lord and thy dealings thou art good to them that are good and deserve wel gracious to strangers and mourners merciful to the bad and them that deserve ill Here I Insist When thou canst not for any one for anything yet for thine owne sake thou pardonest sinnes Esay 43. 44. I may come so easily Seaventhly David the prophet adventureth thus to pray Be mercifull unto mee according to thy Law Psal. 119.24 As if the Law set forth thy mercy and indeed so it doth The very Law from thy mouth soundeth The Lord raigneth the Lord God mercifull and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodnesse and truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity and transgression and sinne Exod. 34.6 And by this very word thy servant Moses besought thee to spare thy people Num. 14.15 Eightly the Prophet Isaiah Habakkuk presume to call mercy thy work as if to punish were strange to thee and belonged to another Esa. 28 20. Hab. 3.2 Neither doe the Law and the Prophets onely but nature it selfe but the direction of the Holy Ghost teach Iob this If there bee a messenger with him an interpreter one among a thousand to shew unto man his uprightnesse then he is gracious unto him and faith Deliver him from going downe into the pit I have found a ransome Iob 33. 23. He shall pray unto God and he will be favourable O taste and see that the Lord is gracious Blessed is the man that trusteth in him Psal. 34.8 His mercy is good Psa. 109.21 tender Psa. 69.16 better than life Psal. 63. 3 The mercy of God is Great Psal. 5.7 Manifold Psal. 51.1 Abundant 1 Pet. 4. 10. Large Psal. 130.6 Broad to the East Psa. 86.5 To the West Psal. 119. 156. Deepe as a pit Psal. 103 12. High to the heavens above the heavens Psal. â—2 9 36.5 Eternall every way Psa 25.6 103.17 13.6 His mercy is above all his workes Psal. 145.9 Above our sins Ro. 5.20 Above his Justice Iam. â— 13 According to his greatnesse so is his mercy his salvation infinite Psal. 71. I know no end thereof He is the father of mercy It is naturall to him God is called mercy it selfe Psal. 59.10 Oh happy name under which no man may despaire Aug. Great is the pit of my sins but more the deepe of Gods mercies Chrysost. First
kind patient long-suffering slow to wrath long containing it selfe Winking at the sins of men because they should amend Wisd. 11.23 Hee being full of compassion for bare them 40. yeares and forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not Yea many a time turned he away his anger and stirred not up all his wrath Psal. 78.38 O that thou hadst knowne this It is the mercy of God that wee are not all consumed Secondly milde in correction so that his judgments want not mercy his punishments are parts of mercy I will visite their transgression with a rod and their iniquity with stripes neverthelesse my loving kindnesse will I not utterly take from him Psal. 89. 32. He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities Psa. 103. 10 Little correction sufficeth a Father for great offences How shall I give thee up Ephraim Hos. 11.8 Thirdly Placability because his wrath is easily appeased Hee will not alwayes chide neither will hee keepe his anger for ever Psal. 103.9 His anger endureth but a moment Psal. 30.5 In a little wrath hid I my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindnesse will I have mercy on thee c. Esa. 54.8 In wrath hee remembreth mercy Hab. 3.2 When I said my foote slippeth thy mercy O Lord helped me Psal. 104. 13. I said I will confesse my transgression unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Ps. 32.5 David said I have sinned against the Lord and Nathan said unto David The Lord hath put away thy sinne thou shalt not dye 2 Sam. 1. 8. Though for no other cause yet for mine owne sake saith the Lord Esa. 43.25 The Lord is mercifull and will not keepe anger for ever Ier. 3.12 The Lord waiteth that he may be gracious unto you Esa. 30.18 Fourthly Compassion for though we suffer deservedly yet hee pityeth us in our misery He is said to have bowels of mercy or tender mercy Luk. 1.78 The Lord is very pityfull and of tender mercy Iam. 5.11 Neverthelesse he regarded their affliction when he heard their cry Psal. 106. 44. Hence hee heareth sinners being in trouble who in their prosperity knew him not If wee seeke him in the time of trouble he will heare us and be mercifull to us Fifthly Readinesse to pardon Psal. 130.4 As David at first would not looke on Absalon yet afterwards kissed him A Father will not only pardon a prodigall Son returning but put on him a robe and a ring and kill a fatted calfe Lu. 15.22 There is joy and triumph in heaven over one sinner that repenteth Luk. 7. Neither doth God onely pardon small faults but great sinnes They say if a man put away his wife and shee goe from him and become another mans shall hee returne unto her againe shall not that woman be greatly polluted but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers yet returne againe unto me saith the Lord Ier. 3. 1. And thus he did to his Disciples leaving him Peter denying him with an oath the theefe blaspheming him and the Jews crucifying him Act. 3.15.19 He is kind unto the unthankfull and to the evill Luk. 6.35 Sixthly Neither doth he onely grant pardon but grace also preventing following compassing about on every side Psal. 79.8 23.6 32.10 Seventhly What ever good worke we doe being assisted by his grace he will reward it Hee crowneth us with loving kindnesse and tender mercies Psal. 103.4 He is mercifull and rewardeth us farre above what we deserve He suffereth not a cup of cold water to be given without a reward Eightly Neither is he mercifull by nature onely but also by practice Hee hath learned to be gracious and shewed it for ever of old Psal. 25.6 We say rightly therefore Our Fathers trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver them Psal. 22.4 Hath God forgotten to be gracious hath he in anger shnt up his tender mercies Psal. 77.9 The Fountaine is not dryed up his hands are not shortened his eares are not heavy Where are thy former loving kindnesses Psal. 89.49 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for I have said mercy shall be built up for ever Ninthly As God sheweth mercy so he promiseth it so saith David Remember the word unto thy Servant upon which thou hast caused mee to hope Psal. 119.49 For what if some did not beleeve shall their unbeleefe make the faith of God without effect Rom. 3.3 If Isaac could not change his word Gen. 27. 33. The Persians theirs Dan. 6.8 Nor Pilate his Iob. 19. 22. Surely Gods promises shall never be altered I will not let thee goe except thou blesse me Gen. 32.26 Yea Lord even dogges eate of the crummes that fall from their Masters table Mat. 15.27 But all these are as one in Christ whereby are given unto us many great and pretious promises 2 Pet. 1.4 And in whom all promises are yea and Amen 2 Cor. 1. 19. Whom to have named is sufficient Jesus thou Sonne of David have mercy on us Mat. 15.22 Jesus this is his name because he saveth us from all our sinnes Mat. 1.21 Lord do not so remember my sins as to forget thy mercy Aug. Sonne of David who forgave railing Shimei thy sworne enemy And thou Lord forgive Christ heare us Christ intercede with us and for us Expiate our sinnes Procure thy Fathers favour give us what thou art thy selfe Say to my Soule I am thy salvation Thy apostle hath not said in vaine This is a faithfull saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chiefe 1 Tim. 1.15 Where sinne abounded grace did much more abound Rom. 5.20 He hath concluded them all in unbeleife that hee might have mercy upon all Rom. 11.32 He commandeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ dyed for us Rom. 5.8 And another Apostle speaketh to the same purpose Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes the Just for the unjust that he might bring us to God 1 Pet. 3.18 So a third Mercy rejoyceth against Judgement Iam. 2.13 And a fourth if any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes and not for our sins onely but also for the sinnes of the whole world 1 Io. 2.1,2 Yea he himselfe saith Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest Mat. 11.28 I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Luk. 5.32 These words have not beene uttered in vaine they cannot be so uttered Wherefore in the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soule Psal. 94. 19. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that wee may obtaine mercy and finde grace to helpe in the time of need Heb. 4. ult. Now therefore O our God heare the prayer of thy servant and his supplications and cause thy
strong and he shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord Psal. 17. 14. O cast thou thy burthen on the Lord and he shall refresh thee and shall not suffer the righteous to faile for ever Psal. 55.22 O put your trust alway in him yee people powre out your hearts before him for God is our helpe Psal. 62. 8. He will not alwayes be chiding nor keepeth he his anger for ever Psal. 103. 9. In his wrath will he remember mercy Hab. 3. 2. Heavinesse may indure for a night but joy commeth in the morning Psal. 30. 5. For a little while have I forsaken thee but with great compassion will I gather thee For a moment in mine anger I hid my face from thee but with everlasting mercy have I had pity on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer Esay 54. 58. 6. Questions to be urged to the sick and Scriptures to bee propounded in answer of them 1. DO you acknowledge your selfe not to have lived so well as you ought but to have sinned done amisse and dealt wickedly 2. Doe you call to mind the yeares of your life spent amisse in the bitternes of your soule 3. Doe you desire to have your minde illuminated by God touching those sinnes you never knew or which you once knew but have now forgotten that you may repent you of them 4. Doe you desire to feele greater sorrow in your Soule for the sins committed than you doe Would you be glad if you did feele it and are you grieved that you feele it not that you are no more grieved 5. Be there or is there any speciall or peculiar sinne that doth lye heavy on your conscience for the which you need or doe require the benefit of private absolution Say Thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin and makest his beauty to consume as a moth fretteth a garment Psal. 39. 11. There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne Psal. â—,8 3 Lord be mercifull to me heale my soule for I have sinned against thee Psal. 41.4 Lord I confesse my wickednesse and am sorry for my sinne Psal. 38. 18. I call to minde the mispent yeares of my life past in the bitternesse of my Soule Esay 38.15 My misdeedes have prevailed against me O be thou mercifull unto my sinne Psal. 65.3 For thy Names sake O Lord be mercifull unto my sinne for it is great Psal. 25.11 O remember not the offences and fraileties of my youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodnes Psa. 25. 67. Namely O Lord and especially be mercifull unto me Herein the Lord be mercifull unto his Servant 2 Kin. 5.18 O Lord lay not my sin to my charge Acts 7. 60. If thou Lord be extreame to marke what is done amisse Lord who may abide it Psal. 130. 30. O enter not into judgment with thy servant for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psalme 143. 2. My confusion is dayly before mee and the feare of death is falne upon me fearefulnesse and trembling are come upon me and an horrible dread hath over-whelmed me Psal. 55.4 5. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as are of an humble spirit Psalme 34. 18. A broken and a contrite heart O Lord thou shalt not despise Psal. 51.17 7. Questions to be added further upon answer of the former REpent you of these your sinnes That is 1. Have you a purpose to judge your selfe for them if you live 1 Cor. 12. 31. And to inflict upon your selfe punishment for committing them according as you shall be directed 1 Cor. 7.11 Lev. 5.18 2. Are you resolved if God send you life hereafter to amend and live more carefully and to avoyd both those meanes and occasions that may provoke you to sin againe and those signes and marks which testifie you delight in it 3. Doe you holily promise thus much in the presence of God his grace ayding you 4. Doe you desire if God send you health againe to be specially put in minde thereof Turne us O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us Psal. 85.4 1. Beleeve you the Christian Creed or confession of our most holy Faith once delivered to the Saints 2. Beleeve you that you cannot be saved except you beleeve it 3. Are you glad in your soule and doe give God hearty thanks that in this Faith you were borne have lived in it and now shall die in the same 4. Do you your selfe desire and doe you wish as to desire at the hands of God that this Faith may not faile you untill the houre and in the houre of death 5. If your sence faile you or if the paines of your disease or weakenesse other-wayes so worke with you as it shall happen you with your tongue to speake ought otherwise than this your Faith and Religion would doe you now renounce all such words as none of yours and is it your will wee account of them as not spoken by you Is there in your mind any scruple touching any matter of Faith or religion Say Lord I beleeve helpe thou mineunbelief Mar. 9. 24. 1. Doe you forgive them that any manner of way have offended you as freely as you your selfe would be forgiven at Gods hands 2. Doe you likewise desire of God that hee would forgive them 3. That amends which they are bound to make you in that they have offended you are you content to remit them also 4. Are you willing that so much be shewed them from you that you have forgiven them freelie lie and fullie and desire God to doe the like Say Father forgive them they knew not what they did Luk. 23.34 O Lord lay not these sinnes to their charge Act. 7. 60. You your selfe living in the world it cannot bee but some you have offended 1. Doe you desire that all such as you have offended would pardon and forgive you 2. Doe you remember or call to mind any person or persons in speciall whom you have so offended 3. Will you that so much bee signified to them in your name that you desire them to forgive you In as much as the offences against the seaventh Commandement of getting any children by the act of Adulterie committed with the Wife of another Man and against the eighth Commandement touching mens goods are not forgiven unlesse restitution bee made to the parties wronged and against the ninth Commandement touching mens credits and good names Are you willing and ready to restore and make satisfactioÌ„ to such as you have wronged in thrusting in a childe begotten by you and likelie to deprive the true children of the party and begotten by him of a childs part or portion And to such as you have wronged in their goods And to satisfie those whom you have any way touched in their name and that without all fraud or delay can you
hanged upon my Mothers breasts 11. I have beene left unto thee ever since I was borne thou art my God even from my Mothers wombe 16. O goe not farre from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to deliver me 20. Deliver my soule from the sword my darling from the power of the dogge 21. Save me from the Lions mouth deliver me from among the hornes of the Unicornes Psalme 25. ver. 11. For thy names sake O Lord be mercifull unto my sinne for it is great 16. O turne thee unto me and have mercie upon me for I am desolate and in miserie 17. The sorrowes of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles 18. Looke upon my adversity and misery and forgive mee all my sinne 20. O keep my soule and deliver me let mee not be confounded for I have put my trust in thee Psalme 28. verse 1. Unto thee do I cry O Lord my strength think no scorn of me lest if thou make as though thou hearest not I become like those that goe downe into the pit 2. Heare the voyce of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I lift up my hands towards the Mercy seat of thy holy Temple O hide not thy face from me neither cast thy servant away in displeasure Psal. 27.9 Thou hast beene my succour leave mee not neither forsake mee O Lord God of my salvation Psalme 40. verse 11. Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me O Lord let thy loving kindnesse truth alwaies preserve me 12. For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes have taken hold upon mee that I am not able to looke up yea they are more in number than the haires of my head and my heart hath failed me 13. O Lord let it be thy pleasure to deliver me make hast O Lord to helpe me 17. As for me though I be poore and in misery yet the Lord careth for me Thou art my helper and my redeemer make no long tarrying O my God Psalme 31. 14. Lord my hope hath been in thee I have said thou art my God 15. My life is in thine hand O deliver me and be mercifull unto me 16. Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance and save mee for thy mercies sake Psalme 38. 21. Forsake mee not O Lord my God bee not thou farre from me 22. Haste thee to help me O Lord God of my Salvation Psalme 54. 1. Save Me O God for thy names sake O deliver mee in thy strength 2. Heare my prayer O Lord and hide not thy selfe from my petitions and hearken unto the words of my mouth Psalme 55. 1. Heare my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petitions take heed unto me and heare me how I mourne in my prayer and am vexed Psalme 61. 1. Heare my crying O God give eare unto my prayer 2. From the ends of the earth will I cry unto thee when my heart is in heavinesse O Lord let me make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time Psalme 39. 13. Heare me O God in the multitude of thy mercies even in the truth of thy Salvation 14. Take me out of the mire that I sinke not O let mee be delivered from them that seek my soule and from the deep waters 15. Let not the water-floods drowne mee neither let the deepswallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me 16. Heare mee O Lord for thy loving kindnesse is comfortable turne thee unto mee according to the multitude of thy mercie 17. And hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble O haste thee and heare me 18. Draw nigh unto my Soule and save it O deliver me 19. As for me when I am poore and in heavinesse thy help O Lord shall lift me up Psalme 109. 21. But deale thou with me O Lord according to thy name for sweet is thy mercy 22. O deliver me for I am helplesse and poore and my heart is wounded within me 23. I goe like the shadow that departeth I am driven away as the Grashopper 24. My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dryed up for want of fatnesse 26. Helpe me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercies 27. And men shall know that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Psalme 74. 1. Oh God why art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheepe of thy pasture 2. O thinke upon the Congregation which thou haste purchased and redeemed of old 17. O deliver not the Soule of thy Turtle unto the multitude of thine enemies and forget not the distressed of thy servants for ever O let not the simple goe away ashamed but let the poore and needy give praise unto thy name Turne us againe O Lord God of Hosts shew the light of thy countenance and wee shall be whole Psal. 80.3 Psalme 85. 2. O forgive the offences of thy servants and cover all their sinnes 3. Take away all thy displeasure and turne away thy selfe from thy wrathfull indignation 4. Turne us then O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us 5. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another 6. Wilt thou not turn againe and quicken us that thy people may rejoyce in thee Shew us thy mercy O Lord and grant us thy Salvation haste thee to helpe me O God of my Salvation Psalme 70.1 Haste thee O Lord to deliver me make haste to helpe mee O Lord Psalme 44. 23. Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and be not absent from us for ever 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble For our Soule is brought low unto the dust our belly cleaveth to the ground Arise and helpe us and deliver us for thy mercy sake Psalme 86. 1. Bow downe thine eare O Lord and heare me for I am poore and in misery 2. Preserve thou my Soule for thou gavest it me my God save thy servant which putteth his trust in thee 3. Bee mercifull unto me O Lord for I will call daily upon thee 4. Comfort the Soule of thy servant for unto thee doe I lift up my Soule 5. For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercy to all them that call upon thee 6. Give eare Lord unto my prayer and ponder the voyce of my humble desires 7. In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me 15. For thou Lord art full of compassion and mercie long suffering plenteous in goodnesse and truth 16. O turne thee then unto me and have mercie upon mee give thy strength unto thy servant and helpe the son of thine handmaid 17. Shew some token upon me for good that they which love thee may see it and be glad because thou Lord hast holpen and comforted me Psalme 142. 1. I cryed unto the Lord with my voyce yea even unto
desireth forgivenesse of them at thy gracious hands O establish thy word with thy servant and let him not be disappointed of his hopes Though he have sinned yet in thee he trusteth O suffer him not for ever utterly to be confounded Though he have sinned yet he seeketh thee And thou Lord never failest them that seek thee Psal. 9. 10. Yet he commeth to thee And of them that come to thee thou castest none out Ioh. 6.37 O Lord Let not the guiltinesse of a sinner more prevaile to condemne then the gracious goodnesse of a most mercifull Saviour to acquit to pardon O Let not the unrighteousnesse of man make the goodnesse of God of none effect O Lord doe not so remember the unkindness of this thy Child that thereby thou forget the Compassion and kindenesse of a father Doe not thinke upon our sinne that thou therby forget thine owne nature and property which is alway to have mercy Doe not so remember our sinne that thou therby remembrest not thine owne name which is Jesus a loving and most kind Saviour Lord if thy life in our life have not sufficiently appeared yet let not thy death lose the full power and effect thereof in our death also Suffer not O Lord in both so great a price to perish Lose not O Lord that which thou hast redeemed since thou camest to redeeme that which was lost That which was so deere to thee to redeeme suffer it not to be lost as a thing of no value Have mercy upon him O Lord consider the pains which he suffereth thou who onely dost deliver from the gates of death Psal. 9.13 Shew thy marvellous loving kindenesse thou which art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee Psal. 17.7 O keepe him as the apple of thine eye hide him under the shadow of thy wings Psal. 17.8 O Iet thy mercifull Ioving kindnesse bee his comfort according to thy word unto thy servant Psal. 119.76 He or shee is troubled above measure O be mercifull unto him according to thy goodnesse O consider his adversity and deliver him for he is brought very low His eyes long sore for thy word saying When wilt thou comfort me His eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy Righteousnesse O thinke upon him O Lord as concerning thy word wherein thou hast caused him to put his trust O look thou upon him and bee mercifull unto him as thou usest to do to those that love thy name Cast him not away now in the time of his weakenesse forsake him not now when his strength faileth him Psal. 71.9 In the multitude of the sorrowes that are in his heart let thy comforts O Lord refresh his soule O Lord when it oppresseth comfort thou him Esay 38.14 O Lord let thy strength bee made perfect in his weakenesse 2 Cor. 12.9 Let no tentation oppresse him but such as is incident to thy children But as thou art faithfull O Lord so suffer him not to be tempted above that he is able to beare But good Lord with the temptation give an happy issue that he may be able to overcome it 1 Cor. 10. 13. O Lord though he be afflicted on every side yet let him not be distressed though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all though chastened yet not forsaken though cast downe yet not perish 2 Cor. 4 8,9 Remember him O Lord with the favour thou bearest unto thy children O visit him with thy salvation That he may see the felicity of thy chosen and rejoyce with the gladnes of thy Saints and give thankes with thine inheritance Psal. 106. 5. O Remember not his former sinnes but have mercy upon him O Lord and that soone for hee is come to great extremity Psal. 79.8,9 Helpe him O LORD God of his Salvation for the glory of thy name O deliver him and bee mercifull unto his sinnes for thy names sake Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesse which have beene ever of old O Remember not the sinnes and offences of his youth but according to thy mercy thinke thou on him O Lord for thy goodnesse Clense him O LORD from his secret sins from whatsoever hee hath offended By thought word or deed by ignorance or error by frailty or negligence in excesse or in defect by leaving good undone or by doing evill in publicke or private by day or by night against thee his neighbour his owne body Before or since his effectuall calling by himselfe or by other Remembred or forgotten From them all clense him O Lord even from them all lay none of them to his charge cast them behinde thee bury them drowne them scatter them as the mist and as the morning cloud make them to vanish away and come to nothing And wherein soever his conscience most accuseth him therein O Lord be thou most mercifull O enter not into judgement with thy servant if thou shouldest no flesh should bee righteous in thy sight If thou O Lord shouldest be extreame to mark what is done amisse O Lord who may abide it Psal. 130.3 But good Lord one deepe calleth another the deepe of our misery the deepe of thy mercie Psal. 42. Where sinne hath abounded there let grace over abound Rom. 5. And in and through all sinnes and offences O Lord let thy mercie triumph over thy Justice Iam. 2. O Lord heare O Lord forgive Consider O Lord and doe it Dan. 9. Delay not O Lord for his spirit waxeth faint Turne not thy face from him lest he become like those that goe down into the silence Be favourable O Lord be favourable For thy names sake Forthy truthes sake For thy mercies sake Thy many great wonderfull mercies sake For thine owne selfe O Lord Our Creator and Redeemer Our Lord and our Father Our King and our God Commendatio Animae 12. The Commendation of the Soule to God immediately before the departure Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace Luke 2. Into thy hands O Lord we commend his spirit for thou hast redeemed it O Lord thou God of truth Psal. 31. Bring his soule out of prison that it may prayse thee Psal. 142. Oh deliver him from this body of death Rom. 7. Say unto his soule I am thy salvation Psal. 33. Say unto him This day shalt thou be with me in paradise Luke 23. Let him now feele the salvation of Jesus Let him now feele the anoynting of Christ even the oyle of Gladnesse wherewith thou art anoynted Guide thou him through the vale of the shadow of death Psal. 23. Let him see the goodnesse of the Lord in the Land of the living Psal. 27. O Lord command his spirit to be received up to thee in peace O Lord wil him come unto thee Mat. 14. Lord Iesu receive his spirit Act. 7. And open to him the gates of everlasting glory Let thy good spirit conduct him into the Land of righteousnesse Psal. 143. 10. Into
thy holy hill and Heavenly Kingdome Psal. 15. Send thine Angell to meete him and to bring him into Abrahams bosom Luke 16. Place him in the habitation of Light and peace of joy and gladnesse Receive him into the armes of thy mercy and give him an inheritance with thy Saints in light there to raigne with thine elect Angels thy blessed Saints thy holy prophets and glorious Apostles in all joy and glory felicity and happinesse for ever and ever 13. Scriptures to be applyed to those who survive when the party is departed Pretious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints Psal. 116. I heard a voyce from Heaven saying Write Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord for they rest from their labours and their workes follow them Moses Wee have sinned O Lord thou hast set our faults before thee and our secret sinnes in the sight of thy countenance Psal. 90.8 Returne O Lord how long and bee pacifyed towards thy servants Psa. 90. 13. Iob. I have sinned what shall I doe unto thee O thou preserver of mankind why hast thou set mee as a marke against thee that I am become a burden to my selfe Iob 7. 20. Have mercy upon mee O Lord and restore unto me my righteousnesse againe Say concerning me Lord deliver him for I have received a Reconciliation Iob 33. v. 24 That I have offended thee woe is me Iob 10.15 Yet if thou kill mee I will put my trust in thee Iob 13.15 David My misdeeds have prevailed against me Psal. 65. 3. O bee thou mercifull unto my sinne ibid. I have gone astray like a sheepe that is lost O seeke thy servant for I do not forget thy Commandements Psalm 119. ult. Wee have sinned with our Fathers wee have done amisse and dealt wickedly Psal. 105. For thy names sake O Lord bee mercifull unto our sinne for it is great Psal. 25. My foote hath slipped let thy mercy O Lord lift me up Psal. 94. Esay Behold thou art angry for we have sinned we all have beene as an uncleane thing and all our Righteousnesse as a defiled cloath Wee all fade as a leafe and our iniquities like a winde have taken us away But now O Lord thou art our Father wee are but as clay and thou art our Potter wee all are the worke of thy hands Be not angry O Lord above measure neither remember our iniquities forever Lord we beseech thee remember wee are thy people Jeremy Lord our iniquities are against us our rebellions be many we have sinned against thee Yet deale thou with us according to thy name for thou Lord art in the middest of us and thy name is called upon us O Lord forsake us not O Lord thou hope of Israell the Saviour of it in the time of trouble forsake us not Daniel Wee have sinned O Lord we have transgressed and done wickedly yea we have rebelled and have departed from thy precepts and from thy Commandements O Lord righteousnes belongeth unto thee but unto us confusion and shame of face because of all the offences wee have committed against thee Yet compassion and forgivenesse is with thee O Lord though wee have rebelled against thee O Lord according to thy goodnesse I beseech thee let thine anger and thy wrath bee turned away from us and cause thy face to shine upon thy servant O my Lord incline thine eare and heare open thine eyes and behold my affliction for wee doe not present our supplications before thee in our owne righteousnesse but for thy manifold and great mercies O Lord heare O Lord forgive consider and doe it O Lord deferre not for thine owne sake O my God Ionas O Lord in following lying vanities I have forsaken mine owne mercy for the which I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes Ion. 2.4 Yet I remember thee O Lord yet will I look againe towards thy holy Temple O Lord heare and have mercy The Prodigall Child Father I have sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne But forgive mee and make me one of the meanest of thy hired servants Luke 15. 28. Lord bee mercifull unto me a sinner Jesu Master have mercy upon us Have mercy upon mee Lord thou Son of David Mat. 15. O Lord helpe me O Lord even the little whelps eate of the crums of thy Table Paul O Lord I am carnall and sold under sinne and in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good The good things I doe not which I would the evill that I would not that doe I. Though I consent to the Law according to the inner man yet I feele another Law in my nature rebelling against the Law of my minde and leading me captive to the Law of sinne O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from this bodie of death Rom. 7.14 But this is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to bee received That Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners whereof I am chiefe Peter We have spent the time past of our life after the lust of the heathen walking in wantonnesse lust surfetting uncleannesse and other excesses 1 Pet. 4. But thou hast redeemed us O Lord by the precious blood of Christ the undefiled Lambe 1 Pet. 1. Have mercy upon us in that name besides which thou hast given none under heaven whereby wee must be saved Act. 4. Iohn If we say wee have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us If our heart condemne us not God is greater then our heart knoweth all things But wee confesse our sinnes and confessing them we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes Iames In many things we offend all But Lord let thy mercy triumph over thy Justice 14. A forme of Confession according to the tenne Commandements 1. 1. I have not studyed to know and seeke thee as I ought 2. Knowing thee I have not glorified thee nor beene thankefull to thee especially not for thy chastisements 3. I have doubted of thy promises and not trusted to thy helpe 4. I have made flesh mine arme and have hoped for prosperity from man rather then from thee 2. 1. I have touching thee been full of roving imaginations and evill thoughts 2. I have not worshipped thee in spirit and truth 3. I have not performed the duty of invocation with that reverence which I should 4. I have drawne neere unto thee with my lippes but my heart hath beene farie from thee 3. 1. I have not with due regard taken thy name into my mouth 2. I have with rash oathes and eager execrations oft abused it 3. I have not given occasion to others to sanctifie thy name but have caused it to bee evill spoken of through mine evil dealing 4. I have not duely regarded and reverenced those things wheron thy name is imprinted 4. 1. I have not spared to absent my selfe from thy holy
A MANVAL of directions for the Visitation of the sicke wth sweete Meditations Prayers to be vsed in time of sicknesse by Lancelot Andrewes late Bishop of Winchester LONDON Printed for Samuel Cartwright at the hand Bible in Duck-lane 1642 A MANVALL OF Directions for the visitation of the sicke with sweete Meditations and Prayers to be used in time of sicknesse Whereunto is added a Short confession of the Faith with a forme of Thankesgiving and Prayers for Morning and Evening BY LANCELOT ANDREVVES late Bishop of Winchester LONDON Printed by R. Cotes for Samuel Cartwright and are to be sold at the signe of the hand and Bible in Ducke-Lane 1642. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE Sir EDWARD LITTLETON KNIGHT Baron Littleton of Mounslowe Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of ENGLAND AND One of his Majesties most Honorable Privy COVNCELL Grace Peace be multiplyed Right Honorable MAY it please you in these troublesome daies of ours to behold the man who though with open mouth he telleth not all things that every one hath done Yet by lively example teacheth what every one ought to be ready to doe Even for Kings and for all that are in Authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty His Person whilest hee lived wanted not the love and favour of a King to advance him to dignity let not this Posthume worke of his lacke your Honors protection and patronage to keepe it from indignity A Midwives care reacheth no further than the safe bringing the Infant into the world the maintenance and protection thereof she commendeth to the Father and other Friends This Orphan by my meanes hath happily seene the Light but wanting a Father as being deceased before his birth I presume to commend its defence and tuition to your Honour as a friend your Lordshippes selfe to the gracious protection of the Lord who grant you ever the continuance of your honour to you and your posterity for ever So prayeth Your Honours humbly devoted I.G. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER COurteous Reader I shall not neede I conceive to use many words by way of Preface The Authour of this Manuall and his former Workes have beene of such note and esteeme amongst us as that I doubt not but it may justly be said concerning them even to most men which Jehu of the Prophet that annointed him to be King over Israel 2 King 9.11 Ye know the man and his communication For this how like it is the rest of its Brethren I leave you to judge and yet I doubt not but some way may be made to your more willing entertainment of it by telling you it was conceived about that time the Reverend Authour was Parson of Saint Giles Creplegate and used by him in his ordinary Visitation of the sicke To this let me adde the love of publique good not respect of private profit hath moved him to fit this to the Presse who otherwise would never have seene his name in Print and now desireth the praise of the worke may be given to the right Author resting Yours in the Lord I.G. Inquiries to be made by the Minister The Parties THe Sex 2 The Age The condition of life 1 Whether learned structed 2 Sound in minde memory 3 The sense of heariâ—â— perfect 1 whether patient unquiet 2 Cheerefull of dejeâ—â— 3 If being well found comfort 1 Reading 2 Hearing 3 Repeating any particulars Whether any mateâ—â— all point whereof to admonished To take occasion out of â—is owne words VVHat man is hee that liveth and shall not see death Psal. 89.48 It is appointed for all men once to dye Heb. 9 27. I am a stranger and sojourner with thee as all my Fathers were Psal. 39 12. Wee have here no abiding City Heb. 13.14 The night commeth when no man can doe any worke Ioh. 9.4 Where the tree falleth whether to the North to the South there it â—â—eth Eccles. 1.1.3 A MANVALL for the SICKE 1. Comfortable Scriptures to be used to the sicke party Esay 54.10 THe Mountaine may remove and the Hills may faldown but my mercies shall not depart from thee nor the covenant of my peace come to nothing saith the Lord that hath compassion on thee Heaven and earth shal passe but my Word shall not passe All the promises of God are in him Yea and Amen In whom wee have most great and precious promises that we should be partakers of the Divine Nature Ieremy 31.18 I have heard Ephraim lamenting thus Thou trast corrected me and I was chastised as an untamed Heifer convert thou me and I shall be converted for thou art the Lord my God Surely after that I had converted I repented I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea confounded because I did beare the reproach of my youth Since I spake to him I still remember him therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have compassion on him saith the Lord I will visite their iniquity with a rod and their sinne with secourges nevertheles my mercy will I not take from him nor suffer my truth to faile Prov. 3. 11,12 My sonne refuse not the chastisement of the Lord neither be grieved with his correction for the Lord correcteth him whom he loveth even as the father doth the child in whom for all that he delighteth Ioh. 5. 17,18,19 Behold blessed is the man whom God correcteth therefore refuse not thou the correction of the Almighty For he maketh the wound and bindeth it up he smiteth and his hands make whole againe He shall deliver thee in sixe troubles and in the seaventh the evill shall not come nigh thee Heb. 12. 5. Forget not the consolation that speaketh unto you as unto children If you indure chastening God offereth himselfe unto you as unto a sonne for what sonne is it whom the Father chasteneth not If therefore yee bee without correction whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sonnes Moreover wee have had the fathers of our bodies which corrected us and yet wee gave them reverence should we not much rather bee in subjection to the father of Spirits that wee may live For they verily for a few dayes chastened us after their owne pleasure but he chasteneth us for our profit that we might bee partakers of his holinesse Now no chastening for the present seemeth joyous but grievous yet afterward it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse unto them which are thereby execised Wherefore lift up your hands which hang downe and your weake knees Ioh. 16.22 And you now are in sorrow but I will see you againe and your heart shall rejoyce and your Joy shall none bee able to take from you Esa. 54. 7 8. For a little while have I sorsaken thee but in great compassion will I gather thee For a moment in mine anger I hid my face from thee but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer Modicum videbitis me A
little time and yee shall see me Psal. 94. 12.13 Blessed is the man whom thou chastisest O Lord and teachest him thy Law that thou mayst give him rest in the dayes of evill 1 Cor. 11. 31. But when wee are judged we are chastened of the Lord because we should not bee condemned with the world They that sow in teares shall reape in joy Psal. 129.5 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me but hee hath not given me over unto death Psal. 118.18 Iam. 1. 2 4. My brethren count it exceeding joy when you fall into divers afflictions knowing that the trying of the faith bringeth patience and let patience have her perfect worke that you may bee compleate intire taking nothing Blessed are they that mourne for they shall be comforted Mat. 5.4 When I am weak then am I strong 2 Cor. 12. 10. 2. Ejaculations for the sicke CAst me not away in the time of my weakenesse forsake me not when my strength faileth me Though I be afflicted on every side yet let me not be distressed though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all Though chastened yet not forsaken though cast downe yet not perished As mine outward man doth weare and decay so let mine inward man renew dayly O let this light affliction which will quickly be over cause unto me a farre more excellent and eternall weight of glory In the middest of the sorrowes that are in mine heart let thy comforts O Lord refresh my soule My flesh and my heart fayleth but bee thou the strength of my head and my portion forever Psa. 73. 26. Thou O Lord up-holdest all such as are falling and liftest up those that be downe Thou healest the broken in heart and givest Medicine to heale their sickenesse As thou art faithful O Lord so suffer me not to be tempted above that I am able But good Lord give me an issue with the Temptation that I may be able to beare it 3. Heads of comfort to be administred from the consideration of God Christ God A creator {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and so faithfull 1 Pet. 4. ult. A possessor or owner {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} I am thine part of thy possession Gen. 14. 19. A Redeemer at large {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Psal. 130. 7. A Redeemer {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as of the same flesh and blood Iob. 19.25 26. I. Christ a Mediator 1. Betweene God and us his Priesthood and Sacrifice A Lyon 2. Betweene us and Satan his Kingdome and conquest II. A Lambe 1. Betweene us and sinne his Innocence 2. Betweene us and our Concupisence his Charity III. 1. Betweene us and the punishments due to our sinne his passion and blood-shedding satisfaction 2. Betweene us and our conscience and the Judgement of God his Advocate-ship IIII. 1. Betweene us and our want of Righteousnesse his absolute and compleate obedience 2. Betweene us and our want of desert of the eternall Reward his Merit V. Betweene us and our want of sorrow in repenting his Agony bloody sweate These Recount Shew Offer Set betweene 4. Things to be recommended to the sicke such as are Prayer Almes Repentance Faith Love Hope Wel-doing Prayer PRay unto the Lord if happily this may be forgiven thee Act. 31. 6. Almes Blessed is the man that considereth the poore and needy Psal. 41.1 By mercy and truth are sinnes cleansed or forgiven Prov. 12. Breake off thine unrighteousnesse by mercy to the poore Dan. 4. 14. They shewed the Garments which shee had wrought with her own hands Act. 9. 39. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 1. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Luk. 13. 5. 2. Without faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11.6 3. If I have all faith and no love it profiteth me nothing 1 Cor. 13.2 4. We are saved by hope Rom. 8. 24. 5. Hope thou in the Lord and bee doing good Psal. 37.3 And they shall come forth that have done good to the resurrection of life Iob. 5.29 Make you friends of the unrighteous Mammon that when you must hence they may receive you into everlasting Tabernacles Luk. 16.9 5. Propositions and inferences to be made to the sicke 1. YOu are perswaded that no sicknesse or Crosse commeth by chance unto any 2. But you beleeve that it is God that fendeth them without whose providence they fall not on us 3. You acknowledge God to be most wise and to suffer nothing to befall us but what is expedient it so should 4. Therefore God having sent this his visitation now to you at this time that it is expedient for you thus to be sicke Say I know O Lord that thy judgements are just and that thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me to bee troubled Psal. 119.75 1. You know and confesse that God to al but Christian men especially carryeth the asfection of a father towards his children 2. You know also that a father whether he maketh much of his childe or whether hee chasten him continueth a father in both and loveth him in the one no lesse than in the other 3. Thinke the same of God touching your selfe that while he gave you good dayes he loved you and that now he sendeth you some evill he loveth you also and would not have sent these evills but to be a cause unto you of greater good that being cal'd home by them you might be at perfect peace with him Say Before I was troubled I went wrong but now shall I learne thy word Psal. 119. 67. 1. You are not onely to take it patiently I held my peace and opened not my mouth because it was thy doing Psal. 39.9 It is the Lord let him doe what seemeth him good in his own eyes but 2 even to give him thankes for it as for an wholesome medicine the Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away as it pleaseth the Lord so is it come to passe blessed be the Name of the Lord I will take the cup of Salvation and give thankes to the Name of the Lord 3. Especially for that we in the time of our health forgetting him yet he is so mercifull that he giveth us not over with the world but for all wee have grieved his holy Spirit and fallen from grace he visiteth us againe and offereth it afresh unto us 4. That if his will had not beene to have shewed mercy by his chastisement hee could and would suddenly have taken you away with a quicke destruction and not given you this time to bethinke your selfe and to seeke and sue to him for grace Say When I am judged I am chastened of the Lord that I might not be condemned with the world 1 Cor. 11.32 Gods very punishment is a part of his mercy Psal. 89.31 It is the great mercy of the Lord that we are not suddenly consumed Lam. 3. 22. For giving you a time and space O tarry thou the Lords leasure be
World have mercy upon him Save and deliver him Oh GOD the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son haver mercy upon him strengthen and comfort him Oh Holy blessed and glorious Trinity have mercy upon him Remember not Lord our offences call not to minde the offences of his forefathers but spare him good Lord spare thy servant whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and bee not angry with him for ever From thy wrath and heavy indignation from the guilt and burden of his sins from the dreadfull sentence of the last Judgement Good Lord deliver him From the sting and terrour of Conscience from the danger of impatience distrust or despaire from the extremity of sicknesse anguish or agony that may any way withdraw his minde from thee Good Lord deliver him From the bitter pangs of eternall death from the gates of hell the power of darkenesse the illusions and assaults of our Ghostly enemy Good Lord deliver him By thy manifold and great mercies by the manifold and great mercies of Jesus Christ thy Son his Agony and bloody sweate strong crying and teares bitter Crosse and Passion mighty Resurrection glorious Ascension effectuall and most acceptable intercession mediation By the graces and comforts of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliver him For thy names sake the glory of thy name thy loving mercy thy truths sake thine owne selfe In this time of his most extremity in this his last and greatest need in the houre of death and at the day of Jndgement Good Lord deliver him Deliver him O Lord from all danger and distresse from all paines punishments both bodily and ghostly Amen As thou diddest deliver Noah from the flood so save and deliver him Lot from the fire of Sodome so save c. Isaac from present death so save c. Iob fnom his tentations so save c. Moses from the hand of Pharoah so save c. Daniel from the Lyons den so save c. Ionas from the belly of the Whale so save c. And as thou hast delivered all thy blessed Saints and servants from all their terrors and torments so deliver his soul and receive it to thy mercy We sinners do beseech thee to heare us good Lord That it may please thee to remember him with the favour thou bearest unto thy people and to visit him with thy salvation We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to save and deliver his Soule from the power of the enemy lest as a Lyon he devoure it and teare it in peeces if there be none to helpe We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to be mercifull and to forgive all his sinnes which by the malice of the devill or by his owne frailty hee hath at any time of his life committed against thee We beseech thee c. That it may please thee not to lay to his charge what in concupiscence of his eyes in pride of life vanity or superfluity he hath committed against thee We beseech thee c. That it may please thee not to lay to his charge what in carnall desires of the flesh in lust or in the uncleane passions therof hee hath committed against thee We beseech thee c. That it may please thee not to lay to his charge what in the fiercenesse of his wrath in the eagernesse of an angry spirit hee hath committed against thee We beseech thee c. That it may please thee not to lay to his charge what in vaine and idle words in the loosenesse and slipperynesse of the tongue he hath committed against thee We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to make him partaker of all thy mercies and promises in Christ Jesus We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to vouchsafe his soule the state of joy blisse and happines with all thy blessed Saints in thy heavenly Kingdome We beseech thee c. That it may pleasethee to grant his body rest and peace and a part in the blessed resurrection of life and Glory We beseech thee to heare us good Lord Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare us O Lord God Lamb of God Sonne of the father that takest away the sinnes of the world have mercy upon him thou that takest away the sins of the world grant him thy peace Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the father have mercy upon him Lord have mercy upon him Christ have mercy upon him Lord have mercy upon him Our father which art in heaven c. Oh Lord deale not with him after his sinnes Neither reward him according to his iniquities O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighings of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers which wee make before thee at such times specially when our greatest and grievous extremities are ready to oppresse us And O Lord graciously heare us that those evills those illusions terrours and assaults which thine and our enemy worketh against us may bee brought to naught and by the providence of thy goodnesse bee dispersed that we thy servants beeing swallowed up with no tentations may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord 11. Severall choyce expressions of prayer to be used for the sicke party In the midst of life we are in death of whom then may we seeke for succour but of thee O Lord who for our sinnes art most justly displeased with us Yet O Lord most holy O Lord most mighty O holy and most mercifull father deliver us not over to the paines of Eternall death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not up against us the cares of thy mercy but spare us O Lord most holy O Lord most mighty O immortall and most mercifull father Thou most worthy Judge eternall suffer us not in our last houre for any terrour of death to fall away from thee We commend unto O Lord the soule of this thy servant He or she is the worke of thine hands Despise not O Lord the worke of thine owne hands The likenesse of thine Image Suffer not O Lord thine Image to be utterly defaced The price of thy blood Let not so great a price be cast away A Christian man or woman the name of thy Son is called upon him For thy names sake be good unto thy name Thine O save him Give not over that which thine is to the will of the enemy Though he have sinned yet thy name hath hee not denyed but called upon it and confessed it unto his lives end and there is no name under heaven but thine wherein he expecteth salvation Though he have sinned yet he hath not hid his sinne nor excused it Psal. 141.4 but acknowledged it and beene sorry for it and wisheth even teares of blood wherewith to lament it Though he have sinned yet others also have sinned against him which from the heart he forgiveeth and
assemblies without sufficient cause 2. I have not to thy sabbath or sanctuary broght that care which I should 3. I have not spent the dayes assigned to holy exercises upon them onely but have in them intended mine owne private businesse 4. I have been content in them with the use of the meanes onely without any practice at all 5. 1. I have not so reverently spoken of nor so dutifully carried my selfe toward some whom thou hast placed over me as was meete I should 2. I have not so carefully prayed for them as was requisite 3. Chiefly those who had mee in government touching my soule 4. I have not opposed to them who unreverently in termes have used them 6. 1. I have not wished or provided for the good of my Neighbor as I should but rather maligned been angry and quarelled with him and sought revenge upon every light occasion 2. I have not rejoyced in the good successe of my Neighbour but envied his welfare 3. I have not had due compassion on the poore nor ministred to their necessities 4. I have not defended them against the wrongs of others as I might 7. 1. I have suffered my fancy to wander licenciously 2. I have not eschewed the occasion of lust nor made a Covenant with mine eyes not kept mine eares and tongue as I should 3. I have not brought under my body nor kept it in subjection with abstinence but have wore studiously and with more cost intended my flesh then my spirit 4. I have not possessed my vessell in holinesse and honour nor preserved it from pollution as became the temple of God 8. 1. I have not reckoned godlinesse great gaine nor been content with mine estate but wished an higher 2. I have not been so exact in paying and dealing with those I had to deale with all as in justice I was bound 3. I have by undue meanes interverted to mine owne use that which was not mine 4. I have not of that I had more then enough been willing to part with to the reliefe of the needy 9. 1. I have not been so studious of speaking the truth as I should 2. I have beene defirous to seeme and to bee reputed more then I was 3. I have not had that care of the good name of my brother which I was bound to have 4. I have not hated flattery as I should 5. I have not stood for and defended the Truth as was meete 10. I have beene full of wandring desires wicked affections unlawfull concupiscences evill suspitions and surmises and inordinate lusts touching my Neighbour and that which is his 15. Severall Remembrances of Gods Mercy God In his Mercy is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 2 Cor. 10. 1 Gen. 18.32 takes all in the better part If it will admit any good sense so he construes it {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Meeke 2 Cor. 10. 1. not irritable not easily stirred up or provoked {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Sees and sees not makes as if he did not see {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} overlookes beyond our sinnes not at them {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} passeth by or over them dissimulat peccata propter poenitentiam {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} When hee cannot but see yet he forbeares is patient M {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Forbeares long suffers long many times many yeares {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} When he can suffer no longer yet stands as over Ephraim asking how shal I stay yet Expect at ut misereatur When hee can stay no longer but punish hee must he doth it not from the heart Lam. 3.33 but against his will When he punisheth he doth it not suffering his whole displeasure to arise containing himselfe and his anger Not according to our deserts nothing so much Not long it indures but a moment in comparison Psal. 30.5 He thinkes every stripe two is quickly weary Esa. 54.7,8 In his wrath remembers mercy Hab. 3.2 Repents him of the evill is mooved with the fight of our misery Ioel 2 13. Psal. 106. Hath Mercy {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Great mercy multitudes of mercy Hath Compassions {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the bowells of compassion the bowels of a parent of a mother Psal. 103.15 Esa. 49. Many Bowells {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Is soone appeared and easily Esa. 30. 15. Forgives pardons is reconciled Mat. 18.32 27. Takes into favour againe Receives to grace 2 Cor. 5.19 Luk. 15.22 Rom 3.25 All have sinned and are defective in giving glory unto God Rom. 3.23 In his Angels he found folly the starres are not cleane in his sight Ioh 25 5. 4.18 15.15 But God hath not made all men for nought Ps. 89 Yet if God should bee extreme to marke what is done amisse who were able to abide it Psal. 130. 3. If he should enter into Judgement with his servants no flesh should bee found righteous in his sight Psal. 147.2 None were able to answer one for a thousand no not Iob himselfe Iob 9.3 Therefore God hath shut up all under sinne that he might have mercy upon all Rom. 11.32 Hee would have none to perish but to come to him by Repentance 2 Pet. 3,9 He would not the death of a sinner but that hee should turne and live Eze. 33.11 Hee would have all to be saved 1 Tim. 2.4 All that know their sinne Psal. 51.3 Know and acknowledge it Psal. 31.5 Luk. 15.18 Acknowledge it and be sorry for it Psal. 38. Be sorry for it and bee ready to leave it Prov. 28. 13. Not onely to leave it but to judge themselves for it 1 Cor. 11.31 Eze. 36. And to punish themselves for it By the fruites of mortification Ioel 2.13 Ion. 7.5 Accompanyed with prayer Psal. 32.6 Aliens Esa. 58.7 Prov. 6.6 Dan. 4.24 At the estimation of the Priest who may forgive us in the person of Christ Ioh. 8.9.2 Cor. 2.10 Ioh. 20.22 Which his mercy is not onely for common and ordinary sinners but for the chiefe Such as Manasses Paul such as David Peter such as Ionas the thiefe on the Crosse such as Rahab Mary Magdalen such as the Corinthians 1 Cor. 5.1 Et eratis the Jewes his betrayers and murtherers Act. 3.15.19 David was a man according to Gods owne heart Christ is the sonne of David and David forgave Shimei and wept for his rebellious sonne Absolon 2. Sam. 19.29 The preface or Stile of the Law Exod. 3.46 The Lord the Lord gentle and mercifull patient and of much mercy which keepeth mercy for thousands and forgiveth The discourse of Elihu Ioh. 3. 23. Tast and see how gratious the Lord is Psal. 34. 8. 1 Pet. 2.3 His mercy is sweet Psal. 109. 10.69.17 His mercies are many there is a multitude of them Psal. 5.7 51.1 There is plenteous redemption Psa. 130. ult. The mercies are great they have a magnitude Psa. 86.5 119.
56. In height Psa. 103. 11. Psal. 36.5 108.4 In depth Psa. 42.9 In length Psal. 26.6 13.6 There is no end of his salvation Psal. 71.13 Mercy shall be set up for ever Psal. 89. 4. His mercy is over all his workes Psal. 145.9 As is his Majesty so is his mercy Psal. 102.40 His propertie is to have mercy Esay 28.21 Hee is the father of mercyes 2 Cor 1. 3. Hee is mercy it selfe Psa. 59. He was so mercifull that he forgave their misdeedes and destroyed them not Yea many a time turned hee his face away and wold not suffer his whole displeasure to arise for he considered they were but dust Psal. 78. 1.38 The Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you Esay 30.18 In the father of the lost child his image Luke 5. 22. God hath shut up all under sinne that he might have mercy upon all Rom. 11. 32. Where sin aboundeth there grace doth over-a-bound Rom. 5. 20. Mercy ttiumpheth over Iustice Iam. 2. 1. This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be received that Iesus Christ came into the world to save sinners In this God set forth his love to us that when wee were his enemies Christ dyed for us Rom. 5. 10. Christ dyed once for our sinnes the just for the unjust that he might offer us unto God 1. Pet. 3. 18. Wee have an Advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes and not for ours onely but for the sins of the whole world 1. Ioh. 2.2 I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Mat. 9. 13. Come unto mee you that travaile and be heavy laden I will refresh you Mat. 11. 20. Of them that come to mee I cast none out Ioh. 6.37 Thou never failest them that seeke thee Psal. 9.10 Why art thou so heavy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within mee O put thy trust in God for I shall yet give him thanks for he is the helpe of my Countenance and my God Returne thou unto my rest O my soule for the Lord hath beene gracious unto thee If the Lord had not helped mee it had not failed but my soule had been put to silence In the middest of the troubles that were in mine heart thy Comforts have refreshed my soule Neverthelesse my soule waite thou still upon God for of him cometh my salvation He verily is my hope and my strength he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall Let us goe with boldnesse unto the Throne of grace that wee may finde mercy in the time of need Act. 4. ult. 16. Expressions of Gods Mercy fit to be used to him in Prayer Lord Of life and death of sickenesse and health and al things thereto belonging By whose appointment wee were borne and againe by whose appointment wee mâ—â— dye our time is in thine hand and unt 〈…〉 belong the issues 〈…〉 Th 〈…〉 est nothing th 〈…〉 made nor doe 〈…〉 terly forsake the workes of thine owne hands Thou that art a defence for the oppressed a refuge in the needfull time of trouble Thou that never failest them that seeke thee and to whom none ever prayeth without hope to be heard Thou that promised the poore shall not alway be forgotten that the patient abiding of the meeke shall not perish for ever For the comfortlesse troubles sake of the needy and for the deepe sighing of the poore arise O Lord and men shall know that it is thy hand and that it is thou Lord that hast done it O Lord Whose mercy reacheth to the Heavens and whose faithfulnesse to the clouds Of whose mercies there is neither number nor end The greatenesse of whose goodnesse is not shut up under any time Who callest unto thy vineyard even at the eleventh houre Which rulest not with rigour but with meekenesse doest governe the things thou hast made Thou that killest and revivest that bringest to the gates of death and bringest backe againe That hatest nothing of that thou hast made that hast shut up all under sin that thou mightest have mercy upon all Lord The Saviour and saving health of all the faithfull The fountaine of all grace and goodnesse The father of mercies and Consolation Thou that upholdest all such as are faling And liftest up those that be downe Thou that healest the broaken in heart And givest medicine to cure their sicknesse The Comfort of them that be in heavinesse The strength of them that be in weakenesse The health of them that be in sickenesse Heare O Lord and have mercy Looke downe from heaven behold and visit visit with thy salvation A Confession The Foundation and ground-worke of Prayer is Faith Theoph. The ground of Faith is the promise of God Lift up your hearts He which giveth us life teacheth us to pray The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds Eccles. 35.17 Prayer is a conference with God I will set my sinnes before mee that they may not appeare before thee Lord my heart is ready Lord I feare it is not ready Would God it were so Woe is mee that it is not so Lord I fit and prepare my selfe Assist my preparation and make me more fit A Confession of the Faith Lord I beleeve helpe my unbeleefe First In God 1. The Father 2. Almighty 3. Creator of Heaven and Earth In the Father naturall affection Almighty power of deliverance Creator providence To Preserve To Governe To Perfect consummate all things Secondly In Jesus Christ His only Sonne Our Lord The great Mystery of godlinesse God manifest in the flesh for us men and for our Salvation God and Man The Son of the Father Anointed of the spirit Our Lord As Creator As Redeemer 1. That he was conceived To purge forth the sin wherin we are conceived 2. Was Borne To clense us of the sin wherein we are borne by nature 3. Suffered What we should have done that we might not suffer 4. Was Crucified To take away the curse of the Law 5. Dyed To take away the sting of death 6. Was Buried To take away the corruption of our bodies in the grave 1. That he descended into bell Whither we should have gone that wee may never come there 2. Rose againe from the dead That being made the first fruites of them that sleepe he might raise our nature together with himselfe 3. Ascended up into heaven That he might prepare a place for us 4. Now sitteth at the right hand of God that he might make intercession for us 5. Whence he shall come That he may receive us 6. To be a Iudge For the consummation of all things Thirdly In the Holy Ghost And in him power from on high to sanctifie and quicken unto eternall life Outwardly and visibly but powerfully and manifestly working in us by the illumination of knowledge infusion of grace In Reproofe In Instruction In Long sufferance In Assistance In Witnesse-bearing In Consolation Grace is the fruite of the