by thy governance to do alwaies that is righteous in thy fight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen COLLECT V. For aid against Perils Note That this Collect is to be said at Night LIghten mine eyes O Lord that I sleep not in darkness nor in the shadow of death but by thy great mercy defend me from all perils and dangers this night that the Enemy may have no advantage over me nor yet the wicked approach to hurt me but preserve me both in body and soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT VI. For a Blessing upon the Church and State O Lord look down from Heaven behold and visit us with thy Salvation have mercy upon these sinful and distracted Kingdoms pardon our great and crying sins divert thy Judgments and give us all grace thankfully to accept thy mercies defend this Church with thy continual help and government Bless and preserve Their Majesties King WILLIAM and Queen MARY prosper Their Forces with all happiness both by Sea and Land and make them eminent Instruments of doing good for the furtherance of thy glory and do thou at last bring Them to thy everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT V. For Victory over our Enemies O God the protector of all them that trust in thee the Lord of all power and might be ready I beseech thee to save and deliver me and all my Superior Officers and fellow Soldiers of this †This to be used as necessary Camp or Garison from the hands of our Enemies that we may be preserved and comforted in all the dangers and Calamities of War do thou strengthen the hands of our General and go along with our Officers and Soldiers and stand by us all in the day of Battel that we being armed by the power of thy Divine Providence may do great and valiant Acts and so magnifie thy honour and glory in giving us Victory and deliverance through Jesus Christ our Blessed Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT VI. For the Peace of the Christian World GRant I beseech thee O merciful Lord to all thy faithful People pardon and peace that they being cleansed from all their sins may walk in brotherly love and agreement of Mind and serve thee with a quiet Mind through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen COLLECT VII For heavenly Hope and Confidence O God who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love grant I beseech thee that I may lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace and in all my troubles put my whole trust and confidence in thy mercy that thou being my Ruler and Guide I may so pass through things temporal that I lose not the things Eternal but may obtain thy gracious Promises through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT VIII To Conclude ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears now that in his name I have made my Prayers and Supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may be effectually obtained to the relief of my necessity and to the setting forth of thy Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen COLLECT IX For a Blessing THE Lord fulfil the desires and Prayers of thy humble Servant as may be most expedient for me The Lord bless and keep me in the day of Battel in the hour of death and in the time of Judgment The Lord lift up the light of his Countenance upon me and give me Peace both now and evermore A COLLECT in case the Soldier be visited with Sickness or lie dangerously ill of his Wounds O Lord look down from Heaven visit and relieve me thy * As the case requires afflicted or wounded Servant whom thou hast made the object of thy heavy wrath and displeasure for the punishment of my sins sanctifie I beseech thee this thy fatherly correction to me that the sense of my weakness may add strength to my Faith and seriousness to my repentance that if it shall be thy good pleasure to restore me to my former health I may lead the residue of my life in thy fear and to thy glory or else give me grace so to take thy visitation that after this painful life ended I may dwell with thee in life everlasting through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Private Prayer for the Morning O Lord God of Hosts who rulest over all the Kingdoms of the Earth in whose Hands there is power and might so that none is able to withstand thee look down from Heaven and behold from the Habitation of thy Holiness and Glory upon me and all the Camp of our Israel who lie before thee dead in Trespasses and Sins be thou pleased to quicken us all by thy heavenly grace and power that we may arise from the Death of sin unto the Life of righteousness particularly be merciful unto me the unworthiest of all thy Servants give ear unto my Prayer O God and hide not thy self from my supplication who come unto thee with all humility and devotion of Soul and Body imploring thy fatherly mercy and forgiveness of all those grievous sins and transgressions which I do now confess before thee * Here recollect your particular sins O cleanse thou me from all my faults wash me in the Blood of that Immaculate Lamb who offered up himself a Sacrifice for the sins of the whole World look upon the intercession of the Blessed Jesus and let his saving power and efficacy plead pardon for my sins hear O Lord and forgive give grace and strength to thy Servant that he may reform all the errors and miscarriages of his former Life and be renewed in the Spirit of a sober Mind to think and do always those things that be righteous in thy sight Shew thy Pity and Compassion to this sinful and divided Nation wherein we live pardon our great and crying sins prevent the wrath of thy terrible Judgments and give us not over a prey unto the will of our Enemies for thou art the hope of our Israel and the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble and therefore that we may enjoy security and rest from all our Enemies round about us be thou pleased to bless and defend with thy peculiar favour and providence Their Sacred Majesties King William and Queen Mary make Them the saving Instruments of this Church and Nation and to this end do thou prosper Their Forces both by Land and Sea with happy Success and Victory Be thou O Lord the God of our defence and Salvation in the Day of Battel and strengthen the Hands of our General and bless all our Officers and Soldiers that we may be strong in the Lord and in the Power of his might to fight valiantly for the cause of God And now O Lord lest any unthankfulness for former mercies
thy God to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day Deut. 28. v. 15. The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies thou shalt go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth Deut. 28. v. 25. And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God to walk in his ways and to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. v. 12. Up sanctifie the people and say Sanctifie your selves against to morrow for thus saith the Lord God of Israel There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee O Israel thou canst not stand before thine enemies until ye take away the accursed thing from among you Josh 7. v. 13. And you in any wise keep your selves from the accursed thing lest ye make your selves accursed when ye take of the accursed thing and make the camp of Israel a curse and trouble it Josh 6. v. 18. Take good heed therefore unto your selves that ye love the Lord your God Josh 23. v. 11. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter Fear God and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man Eccles 12. v. 13. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him saying And what shall we do And he said unto them Do violence to no man neither accuse any falsly and be content with your wages Luke 3. v. 14. Besides this giving all diligence add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge and to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience and to patience godliness and to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity for if these things be in you and abound they make you that ye shall be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 1. v. 5 6 7 8 9. Wherefore the rather brethren give diligence to make your calling and election sure for if ye do these things ye shall never fall 2 Pet. 1.10 The works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies envyings murders drunkenness revilings and such like they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God Gal. 5.19 20 21 22. But as he which hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation 1 Pet. 1. v. 15. EXERCISE II. A Christian Soldier must exercise the Acts of daily Repentance by hearty Contrition sorrow ful Confession and the sincere Resolution of Holy amendment for the time to come HAve mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindness according unto the multitude of thy mercies blot out my transgressions Ps 51. v. 1. Wash me throughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin Ps 51. v. 2 c. For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities Ps 51. v. 9. Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me Ps 51 v. 10. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Ps 51.17 Deliver me then O God from blood guiltiness from the sins of malice and uncharitableness of whoredom and drunkenness of murmuring and disobedience of swearing and profanation of thy name c. * Here recollect the sins you are guilty of thou God of my salvation Ps 51. v. 14. I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men Job 7. v. 20. I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin For this shall every one that is godly pay unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found Psal 36.5 6. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 Joh. 1.9 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance Luk. 3. v. 8. Repent and be converted that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord Act. 3.19 Sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee Joh. 5.14 God having raised up his son Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniquities Act. 3.26 I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God Rom. 12. v. 1 2. EXERCISE III. A Christian Soldier must meditate upon the infinite love and goodness of God in giving his Son to be the Saviour of the World THis is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 So God loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life St. Joh. 3.16 John seeth Jesus coming unto him and saith Behold the lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world Joh. 1.29 He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Is 53.5 To him give all the prophets witness that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Act. 10.43 God commendeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us Much more then being now justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath through him Rom. 5. v. 8 9. And if any man sin we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world 1 Joh. 2. v. 1 2. EXERCISE IV. A Christian Soldier must exercise himself in a constant and babitual Preparation for Death considering the many fatal Accidents and Dangers to which his life is exposed in the time of War O That they were wise that they understood this that they would consider their latter end Deut. 32. v. 20. Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away Jam. 4.14 Surely men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are alike to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity Ps 62.9 Seeing his days are determined the number of his months are with thee thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass Job 14.5 So teach us to number our days
righteous for we remain yet escaped as it is this day behold we are before thee in our trespasses for we cannot stand before thee because of this Ezra 9. v. 15. I looked on my right hand and beheld but there was no man that would know me refuge failed me no man cared for my soul Psal 142. v. 4. Attend unto my cry for I am brought very low deliver me from my persecutors for they are stronger than I Psal 142. v. 6. Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right but we have done wickedly Neh. 9. v. 33. Neither have our kings our princes our priests nor our fathers kept thy law nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testifie against them Neh. 9. v. 34. For they have not served thee in their kingdom and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them and in the large and far land which thou gavest before them neither turned they from their wicked works Neh. 9. v. 35. Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name Psal 79. v. 9. O Lord be gracious unto us we have waited for thee be thou their arm every morning our salvation also in the time of trouble Isal 33. v. 2. Be not far from me for trouble is near for there is none to help Psal 22. v. 11. Deliver my soul from the sword Psal 22. v. 20. O our God wilt thou not judge them for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us neither know we what to do but our eyes are upon thee 2 Chron. 20. v. 12. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time 1 Pet. 5.6 The God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus after that ye have suffered a while make you perfect stablish strengthen settle you 1 Pet. 5. v. 10. And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve and hast given us such deliverance as this Ezza 9. v. 13. Should we again break thy commandments and joyn in affinity with the people of these abominations wouldest thou not be angry with us till thou hast consumed us so that there should be no remnant nor escaping Err. 9. v. 14. EXERCISE XII But if it please God to bless our Forces with happy Victory and Success then let all the Officers and Soldiers of the Army and all the People of the Land ascribe the Power and Glory to the Lord and devoutly say HAppy art thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the Lord the shield of thy help and who is the sword of thine excellency and thine enemies shall be found liers unto thee and thou shalt tread upon their high places Deut. 33. v. 29. Thy right hand is become glorious in power thy right hand hath dashed in pieces the enemy Exod. 15. v. 6. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee Exod. 15. v. 7. Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the Gods who is like thee glorious in holiness fearful in praises doing wonders Exod. 15. v. 11. Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and for thy truths sake Psal 115.1 He arose and smote the Philistins until his hand was weary and his hand clave unto the sword and the Lord wrought a great victory that day 2 Sam. 23. v. 10. Rejoice O ye nations with his people for he will avenge the blood of his servants and will render vengeance to his adversaries and will be merciful to his land and to his people Deut. 32.43 The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee and shall say Destroy them Deut. 32. v. 27. Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15.57 O sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory Psal 98. v. 1. Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation and David said Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel our father for ever and ever 1 Chron. 29. v. 10. Thine O Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine thine is the kingdom O Lord and thou art exalted as head above all 1 Chron. 29. v. 11. Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all 1 Chron. 29. v. 12. Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious name 1 Chron. 29.13 For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever Amen Matth. 6.13 Some COLLECTS proper for the Exercise of the Soldier 's Morning and Evening Service of Private Devotion in the Camp or Garison COLLECT I. For God's assistance in Prayer LET thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the Prayers of thy humble servant and that I may obtain my Petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen COLLECT II. Of Contrition and Confession ALmighty and Everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgive the sins of all them that are truly penitent create and make in me a new and contrite heart that I worthily lamenting my sins and acknowledging my wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen COLLECT III. For God's free Pardon and Absolution ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of thy great goodness hast promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true Faith turn unto thee have mercy upon me pardon and deliver me from all my sins confirm and strengthen me in all grace and holiness and bring me unto everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another for the same ALmighty and everlasting God I beseech thee to absolve me from all mine offences that through thy mercy in Christ Jesus I may be delivered from the bonds of those sins which by my frailty I have committed Grant this O heavenly Father for Jesus Christ his sake our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT IV. For Grace Note That this Collect is for the Morning O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same with thy mighty power and grant that I may fall into no sin neither run into any kind of danger but that all my thoughts words and actions may be ordered